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if; init, gurham 33mm. Thursday. December 22, 1898. In response to the call ot Returning Otticer Ruse“. quite a number of gate. mycrs of the Division anembled in the Town Hall on Monday to nominate candidates tor the two positions. Ben. tinck was very much in evideme. " it manned the lemon: bridge on its western bonndnry would prove the storm centre of the occasion. Ben. tinck thbtitne furnishes two candid- ates. Whom and Rice. Glenelg Stick: to Binnie. and Durham. to Me- Mr. Binnie entered upon Ci, contrast between two years ago and now, showing how improved they were in material things. He claimed the new system was working well, and thought the sectional leeling would die out, and the Division come to be looked on as a unit. They had effected savings lrtlt he showed that more expense would soon be incurred for a new roof for the L‘ourtllouse, but as the admin. istration of justice was expected to be less than usual the new expense would not be much felt. Of course if the House of ltetuge went on, he point- ed out that taxation would be slightly increased. 0n the merits of the House ot Refuge, he was very doubtful and claimed that less humiliating assist. ance was being rendered by the local method. lie also handled the bridge matter, letters having passed between him and Reeve Dickson relative tothe matter, which he claims shows the thnship was not slighted, though Reeve Dickson thinks otherwise. In answer to a query hy W. Laidlaw as to how he would vote on House of Refuge question, he said he would be guided by the expressed wishes of his division. He asked their support once more, and re,ittf, to use the ex- perience ot years in their service. Reeve Dicksat came next and en- tered into by-law 363, which he claim- ed worked well under the old JJ'1'i'd, when municiYal oftieem form the Co. Council. le read Binnie's letter, over a sentence in which the misunder- standing arose, and another long letter to justin himself and his township in repudiatiptt the 8667,09 charged against them by the County. sticks to Binnie, Dr. Jamieson, M. P. P., was made Chairman, and happily introduced the subject and the speakers remarking that the new system-oi which he tip" proved-had the effect of drawing more attention to County matters. Mr. Ities came on next and in a breezy manner placed himself before the people. He was in the tield to tight it out, and as Reeve Dickson had stolen his thunder, had little to say about the new, bridge, as to the Cris in bridge, 8 ot Hanover, knowing the reality thoroughly. he said that it would be a most unjust thing to ask Co. Grey to pay for it. He thought the expense of Council was not mater- ially lessened from what it was under the old system. He would require a large majority of his division in favor of House of Ratings before he would vote for it. Mr. Brigham had been on to by parties in all parts ofthe g,ettg.1 He was pleased tohear they had been mica], but thought it possible they had been too much so. this in reierence to the relussl of the poultry and volunteer grunts, which he was inclined tofsvor. in theone ease as a usetul adjunct to agriculture. in the other than patriotic reasons. .\lr. McKinnon tirst nominated, spoke first and entered into an ex. planation of the detieit, they found awaiting them when they assumed (nice in i897, and claimed that meer ing, this had afreeted their record ad- versely. lie went into figures to show where they had effected swings. and read the jail surgeon's report which showed that an increased number of committals were being made thas adding to the expense). He thanked them tor the past and asked them to place him in the iront as before, prom- ieing his best efforts Ill their service. Questioned by ll. Willis about the bridge he entered into an explanation showing that everything had been done in good faith, and read a letter he had received Iron) the Deputy Reeve Devlin calling his attention to the matter. Mr. Laidlaw thought expenditure enormous in connection with Ca Court matters, no a day being required tom-nib body while in wash n, besides the thumb! unease of keeping litig- ant- nitiux a whole week matinee. no In: Td'lt A Home at Refuge believing l municipalities could ctr County Nominations. DISTRICT NO. 3. better look after their own. The vor. unteers should be better paid than they were. He favored a change .in the meant system by which the reeves of municipalities would form the Co. Council. Mr. Calder thought there might be more detailed expenditure in wnnec- tion with Ca Council matters. He also favored a council represented direct from the municipalities, as the present system had a tendency to run on It/ee lines He spoke out boldly in avor of a House of Refuge, showing what a tritie the average expense per ratepayer would be. He took excep- tiontothe promises of candidates to bind themselves to vote by their division, ignoring the possible opposite vote at the' rest althe county. McKinnon and Binnie being allowed a 2nd hosting. the tumor road a bitter tha if?" minim" tttrd t was t y nun with what was going on, t,t'f'r"ll,'l,'ffl on principle. He jna'faed his vote unmet the Poultry grant to o. Sound. while Durham and other places got none. He had as much respect for the volunteers as any one, but had ob. jected to the grant owing to the desire to overtake the big deficit. He had moved himself that the Dominion House be memorialized to grant the 25e a day, but it was voted down. As had been his motion, in the interests ofeconomy to do away with the De- cember session. Smm-lmw (mother. (we may he dull.) ('mml y income and vxprndil ure is much Imm- vague than the councils below it or the Pnrhantents above it. The man Mr. Binnie was chairman of the com- mittee which refused the grant and had to report the refusal. He subse- quently voted fora $500 grant which was deteated. By-law Ne. 363, am much talked of was the work of Mr. Gilbert McKeehnie when Reeve of Durham. It dealt with the question of boundary bridges, and made provision for equivalent, to muni- cipalities with inland bridges (like Dur- ham) when expenditure was made on boundary bridges. This has now teen repealed we believe, the work being now under statute. which may mean a bad thing for Durham when she builds for herself m a few years two line iron bridges aernss the Sangeen. has yvt to arise who will make County tinunces cleurarul popular. An annual (-xpmulil ure of 831000 is made. Some of this is controlalrle and some of it Is not, but just what and where it all goes is nut. as we said, clear. True the min- utes are publishml. but so much appears there that the fittanci ll part is lost, sight of. Wouldn't it be wise to publish a county financial statement as is done in all the municipalities before nomina- tion day ? This House of Refuge or Home for aged poor. We regret to hear our pulr. lic men oppose this scheme. It seems to us one of the advance movements of civilization. dictated first by humani- tat inn considerations, and then by sound administration, which surely com he secured. tinancial considerations also. The erection of the Home will cost, proh- nhly. net, 816000 and as this can he Be- on: ed at low interest, and payments spread over 20 years the average amount fitr erection and maintenance to the ratepayers will not be more than 25cts. 3 rear. some say half that. We hope Ill whom these lines will reach wilt throw the expense to the winds and vote for a home for those who in tho me of life have humane handicapped, and sure. them from receiving pauper aid among- " loose who may have known them in hotter days. (A humiliating positiona) The home will and employment unit to thooe who are able to assist, them. selves. and for those who are not let it not be said that we will enter the we: centur hT,1.,'.'tiT,', better place for or method to shie our aged poor than to heed them with criminals in the county jail! or dole out to them a pittance through a neighbor's hand. Dr. Jamieson had to leave during the meeting and the chair was occupi. ed by Mr. C. Mom", and as the hour wasadvaneed anduobody thought ot a vote ofthanks to the speakers he appropriately thanked them. He would he a hold man who would prediet the winners, from what he saw there. or even from what is known. Bruzlmmexpects and will Ret S. Ben- tinrk pretty fully. a large slice of Hau- over his former vote anyway in Durham. and perhaps a respeetahle showing in (ileuelg. Riesis expected to take the North and West of Bentinek, and will get, a few from Durham and possibly one or two in Glenelg. Binnie. the sole 'vpvesetttutrye from Glenelg will draw largely therefrom, he takes a "ist vote in Durham and i-eeeired a very gener- ous suppolt in Bentinek before. Mr. MrKinnou will lead of course in Dur- ham hut his wide acquaintance and business relations in the two townships gives him a "pull" which may. put him in the lead once more. It would not slnprise us if the two old councillors should again he. elected. Bentinck of course would feel this sorely, but there is no reason to fear even in that case that her :interests would; he neglected, Similarly' many think it possible both Bentinck men may go III as Bentinek yole oVertops Durham and Glenelg together. So passed the 2nd Humiliation under the new system in Div. No. 3. There was a general sauce of "dryness" about. the pruceedin vs which was slightly ru- lieved at the ht',,..',',' by in mild passage at arms ltrtrtrert the two old commission- er s. which had ttteppeCindi; of‘;t;~lling talesout of school.' As was expected the old Commis- sioners are returned by acclamution, and Messrs. Allan and Schenk will be reckoned try runny “lucky boys" to have the privilege of writing "C. C.” totheir names for two years more with the unanimous eminent of their division a tribute tomerit. See Holstein Cor. respondenoe. “Age and Want. o t ill-matched pair." Dunstan No. 4. NI DTEH. _ __ R5NTA3trt5 -AttCHNES TORONTO There are those who any that possibly the township may - upon 5 otritsega in the nine unanimous manner which would be u tsurprise but gratifying on the whole. However a contest is very probable, and in that event we hear mentioned as likely candidates, two David's, each of whom alone might slay their Goliath if 'tother were away. We refer to David McKelvey and David McIntyre. both of the 22nd con- cession. C. McInnis will make the reeveship contest lively should he de. cide to measure swords with the re douhtable "Pete " Mr. Chas Ueyell has returned home to his parents after a few years in the West- ern States. He has purchused land there and i"oposem to: 'co back there in the spring. Out trrople here are sorry to see some of our best young men leaving Canada We claim we buy e here as good a. climate, soil, and rr tluctiveuess u; they have in the States, 1nd “they ham to chum-1e a wife mr girls in Ontario are Recon-l to none. Apparently Reeve Staples is to get the compliment. of an aeelamation, This has been looked for. For the Council however, there will be a number of men to offer themselves for sacrifice. T. McFadden, an old and tried ottieer will surely be elected, and apparent complications in the north where Lamb and Hugh Baird are both reported in the tield may elect the 2: old eoaneilmen l Williams, Firth and McMillan. Arrewsmith may again seek to serve his township, and without doubt Peter McInnis is coming out and with such a grist the result is unguessable. The 1loyorship is still a dark horse. If reeveSparlingr would see his way to accept it, there would be few to oppose we fancy. A decided desire exists to see Gilbert Mekeehnie at the council tulle, and if he decided to stand lor Mayor would likely have no opposition. The councillnen may be drawn from any part of the town, and as Parker, Brown and Kinnie are retiring we be. lieve, coaldn't we have the remaining 6 just sit still, and 'saw wood' ioranother year? There you are, gentlemen, Sparling Mayor, (just keep his old seat) and the other six, ---a council right to hand, and we charge you nothing for it. There is considerable talk here of lhe AIL-Arthur T Hall suit at Owen Sound, over Ycry trittius,r matters that might have bevn val-d 2n home. Wo think the pur- ties who advinml l-w were to blame as it has cunt. but]: parties cunsidernble be~idcs putting the county lo considerable ex- pause. Before the Review arrives here some of our boys 1vill spend an evening with the Sons of t'scotloud, in frlceville, am] a Christmas Trt.e party is to be held here the coming Week. Hlood's moan-Mb" '"reed'tPtttA,F" ' '.'odBt"iemere-& ll s “with“... " m... GLIooOOOqulLIuI. mmmbmmwom Reeve Morice is to have an English- speaking opponent in Forbes. but it Bobs hold on Neustadt and elsewhere is as good as before, Forbes is out. nnlessindecd, Koeing, an old reeve. slips in between and puts both oat. an'rmox Mr. Jacklyn, it is alleged will op- pose reevc Dickson. and will a donghty and worthy opponent. "Sam," as his friends call him, did not make a good showing at the County nomination, bat he has proved a strong township man. For the council there will be aspirants enough. “minimum with.“ “saw pills.“ In: 'tteat". “much am Hood's. mum A Flashy ._ Consumptive Nemeriee h Town and Townships. HOPEVILLE. Brannon. NORMA may. DURHAM GLENELG. 63mm J' tiarstiTiiGiGTn iikiiu tFr6iiGriiia" rm- nportod on. 'dt"gtfit 3nd private Fund- to Loan on low . town: mu. of have... Yunnan- Inadn by IOOIIIPMCIIII “In Vilma». IAIN! TEN. COUCITOR, mm puma. COIVIVWI; no. ofBtte----utW" T0". BUM. niuhm. undid-ai'udu: 1 M. correctly “View. M l pqt'bppl pot. . .‘ud Enqui- Would intimate that she will continue the Furniture and fe,W,tplyiad',,y?,'h"t estab- lished by her father in Dur am in 185. and will endeavor to give all old and new cuntcm era the same entire satisfaction. Furniture of the Best Make ALWAYS ON HAND. PICTURE "All" A SPINAL" Undsrtauttttpnd Alumni-c - we win- ---iihuf. rtiiihiiii." 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