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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mdthode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 MICROCOPY RESOLUTION TEST CHART (ANSI jnd ISO TEST CHART No. 2) 1.0 I.I 1.25 ■ 16 13.? U I., „ I'iUu 13.6 4,0 1.4 Z5 2.0 1.6 A APPLIED IIVHGE Inc SST'- 1653 East Main Street ~.^S Rochester. New York 14609 USA — (716) 482 - 0300 - Phone i^= (716) 28L - 5989 - Vox ■^ c'L^L.u^ /^s-y, ^\ % Bfon's Konmalion ites. Delivered in the City Hall last Monday, when ?r,'Kfi°^ *^' candidature for the Mayoralty lor 1888, m response to the request of over 3,000 Electors. Ladies and Gentlkmen— Electors op Ottawa n \. ,. -^i s 7;." ~.' rr£:i '- »•■ • '4"7"— ;s';ec; requisition as l.TCen^'^XTtoZl Zl^Z^Z"""! T'' T"" "^ the place; who can? Silence tells thp ^fn^^.V/if , -t cannot name not satisfied with tellinryo^tit^la^^ and gentlemen, lam electors have bestowed^unon me in^aUo lin. nH'^' ' '^' ^""°^' '^'^' *^« address of such dimensions as^his^-WM!.# ? ""^ presented with an signed by the most LXntS el VtorS OtZf ^hidf ^'^'^'l"^ "'t^^^ enough to twice so around tliP rSfl tr 11 y^' ^^'""^^ ^^^ ^^most long that !f elected, alTdTS t^u'lo"" plLTe'Sr^'^d^ I ."'r' ^"^ does; If ,t represeols the hearts of ,he el«torfwho I ,' • '•'™ " 1 believe it does ; i£ it is the voice of thoTe who wanH H?"'" "' r" «.d a competent Major, and I believe it is,'ltll loTfalteMi To T^ c?„:SpS """" '" ""'""-" "" ^"^ "f"""" "' *"»' '"'»» effort rri,l„°^ """i™"™' '|»y last year I said : " I looked back with (eolins, of pride r,t the great „„d unsurpassed advances that Ottawa has made wfth.n her ™i^t""n ,,;';''•'■''' "T'"T'"' »'«""-«.!" the vaiuatio'n Sf /lei piop rty and in her increased ra Iway facilities I statfd (),nt n„t ^ZZtl^^'^'^'^^'''' '^'-^^' *° ^"^* Btatwhiclf wouM STt c ^d 1 1 ffn. ^'^""r ^^'■^^^S^'^^ it« gr^at importance, and to Ladies ardrP^^I'''^^^^^ °^'^"« to its supreme financial state. ),«« in J CJentlemen, lam sorry that I cannot say that Ottawa drahret«.'T"^ •'^'*'"'^'f ,1"""^ ^^'^ P^^t year; I cannot^ay that h^^ dramage has been unproved, look at the sickness now scourging the citv ) herTaforl floor a'"^"r^ ^^^^^ '^^^^^^ ^""P--^ ^ ^ S' 1; t uer Mayor lias loen an active mayor (cheers ahd hiii^hter) I would f H L llr^on V°"'h' '"\' ^^r^^^ *^"^ ^'-^ mattrfihl LZH Lfto lil tlv :aH If y*?" *V«^^^ ^'^^irectly to Mayor Stewart's address, entered Sfiu ^"^"*i°^ *« "^y last year's candidature. Last year I enteied the field as a candidate for the mayoralty, but I entered too late gi TtheT tU'trif f ™,^-« g-- L their s" hVvtg r e-!?ed to Jv f T 1 ' *''' ^' ^^'^^^*' ^^d ^^o to a man I am by in wor^who^ Hr i7'^' '-"^'n'^'i' ?"^ ^^^^^^ ^ ^'^^ ^i>o stands fltood firm nVhT , f ^ ' ^^ "'"'^^ ^^ ^"« word as he does of his bond, ■£t ser ol d w to ''''i'''^f ?\°^^P°^^""" '° ^« ' b"t' notwithstanding for soirof fl :^Tl^^^^^^^ I polled about 1800 votes, .^nd had it not been tn be fu^^^ell House, thirteen times for Mr. Stewart, the chances are I. ^nd not Mr. Stewart would have been occupying the Mayor's chair during the year now coming to a close. Had I been fairly beaten I would not have murmured, and it was not until some of those who had voted more than once openly boasted of what they had done, that I took action to bring them to justice. I did not do so to make money, for I promised piibhcly, providing I was Buccessful, to donate the entire revenue to the diflerent charitable institutions of the city (cheers and continued cheers) 1 wanted to show that such infamous conduct could not be carried on with impunity (renewed cheers), and furthermore, to give explanation to the electors to the effect that it is not my desire to sit in the Mayor s chair by a Huke, or by corrupt means, (applause) and as an evidence of my desire in this direction, after hearing the learned jndge pi-onounce the law defective, inasmuch that it had to be proven that the voter was seen marking the ballot before he could be prosecuted for vot- ing more than once, I set to work and applied for an amendment to Section G, 139 of the Consolidated Municipal Act, of 1883, which is now amended by adding the following sub-section :— " The receipt of any voter of a ballot paper within the polling booth shall be prima facie eyidence that he has there and then voted." This, ladies and gentlemin, is enough, 1 hope, to show you that I desire when elected, no one will be able to sue- ■ ""° " contend, not even my bitterest enemy, that bv dishonorahl« cessfuUy NATIONAL LtBRARY CANADA BIBUOTHhX?UF, NATiONALE 1 i SECOND TERM. BmmmBm IS pretty hard on the present Mayor, but I cannot help that Tf devotd TiJ^f'Ta?, af 'e>„L,f Vthr'/e-^'^^r ?"""^-^ BROKEN PROMISES. machineri will ™i»?„d',^., ,1, ' """""i, "T^^ <>'''"" »' "■' """^ T. „„f .1 • 1 I *^ ° P^J^ *<> expenses of e ectiae a new Mavop " .nd gentlemen, I hope .o^-wUl not lllo—™;^; rbrg^d"'; sS the old maxim, "Once bitten, b th £o ia %t th< ha^ tha brij pub dim I Wi with to t the 1 evide judge the v( . ing n Sectio ameno of a bi that hi I hopej, cessfuli time (Cries we won't.) Remember time, jv^ii a auffhter and applause). twesby. (L-S^^^iAL EXHIBITION. rivuvii^-'v-' , Mavor Stewart I .„ one of the last to Uud f-'^'>'',- «" ./.^.t'li- a;UW : Ottawa. . i„vk«tvear Mayor Stewart gave as a reason why On Nomination day last yeai, iuitj- bo Bhould bo elected ^^%^f^.'2\l\,\sS^ i, going to be an impcrtaut one L'rMa orof the City of 0^^^^^^:^.. .he Pvovincial with all the energy and such ^^! Jf. ^^'_ ^.^tbing of which the people of Exhibition this year a J- ^^l^^^^^f f °^, n.oTdismal failure) And m bis Ottawa may feel protid." ( Vwell to call this exhibition the Queen s inaugural address, " ^^ 7^"^^ the Dominion Government to have the Jubilee Exhibition. Bud to ask ^^^^^t^Xced at our disposal, in order to Dominion Exhibition grant this f^ P^^^j^^^^.tural character (laughter). Zj out the icW b-n.^ Z^^r^^Tu^^U^, 1B87, seven months' after ^^^:^'Sf^ Ootmcil, pre. bition. The city owes it to f , P°f(^°^' ^^io. " And had it not been one of the most successful ^-f^^^^^^^^^Zv^onU not have been he d for Mr Ira Morgan and myself, the »^f ^^'^^ ° ^hat the Council had tre Why, M." Stewart telegraphed to /oxj^J/^ ^^te of 6 to 8, and repudialed'^;bat the l>revio"S Council had done by ^^ did not want the Exhibition here and ^^;^t^»^ ^^ ^^ the City Council ^d announcing that rather than have he h°"or «; Exhibition here Irred he -ouluurnish the money^^^^^^^^^ |^ ^^^, ,, McLeod he sat in silence and sent off his tamous ci i .^.^. ^^^d closed the slwart and the Exhibition ; and when tl^^^^^^^ ^.^^^^ f^Uu.e. Otuwa Joitrnals, without exception, P^^X^^^^^^e, note what " Civic" Now I desire to 'l«'7 <^ ^^'-^'If^i^^^^ ^M^J'Tlhful provincml Stewart in his «"'-» f ^ ^^iS„g tt atteutiSn of our citizens t«wan.« exhibitioa was the --nB°t direct™.. _^^ ^^^ .^.^.^^ ^^ H Mr the loimaurii ui a i-v. ."•" iiavpi said that "ex-ivinj •j'^ -^ Stewart told the truth he ^^^J^^^^^^^r gt^^^^* «^^^ ^^*° broached that scheme two years betore Mr. f= luce bitten, yor Stewart hirt aiUlress : Bultcd in the But ion of our ilxUibition at a reason why up( rtaiit one lere. It you lall pudeavour ihe Provincial I the people of I And in hi« )n the Queen's it to have the al, in order to jter (laughter), a months' after Council, pre- avincial Exhi- liis exhibition id it not been bave been held e Council had of 6 to 8, and up on his chair , City Council Exhibition here, ch for McLeod had closed the dismal failure. te what " Civic " acial Exhibition strangers alike." Exhibition. Mr. e late provincial r citizens towarc'e )ttawa." If Mr. It ^ MpT)nneral Ltne into office. 'Jone «o littlo, should c.,„ivoc to so "^ ^ ?"''^ t '"^ """'''. and C covering, it canprotecti Jf atl I.an ""' '''''^ "'"'" ^^'''-^^ '-c'lmros ,^ my te„u ofomceas Mayor I c.u not u .on'r^"" ''"^' ""' tlio nxpiration of a straight forward nnd mLljZ"n2Zfi^^^^^^^^^ one under the cloak ofsuspidon "^^ '"'"'"'^' ^ ^"^^ "ot present M. ^. BOARD OF WORKS, ^avo '^ef ';^r;;:;.^^;^;^^~- ^ tl. street improvements that indirectly infers that he waW n eanrif T '''" "°^.•''">''"S «° ondent in the Li^e of H^r' n*''' ^^'^ ^^Y^^ ia. " pertinently asks '< What meetinVof the 1 t' /'7w'''*' of December 5th. ever attended or how much ^are the ?.'t ^^"'^^ ^^'^ ^^« («*«^-", Comment on the above I think ^l ratepayers indebted to him " readily see that the cr^ak wTth' S T'st J'?-^^^*^^^ I believe wi^l office IS one which when examined will Lf '1 '' '^"^'^S '° retain shoddy and ^suspicious material ' ^°""^ ^ ^e of very poor FIRE AND LIGHT. DomimonGovernmeruforfurtlilrL f •'"'° "ego'iations with th« scheme was eiti tj Riifro-ocf^^ ^ way ne should claim or infer thni +1,^ Mayor MacDoVal ,S a"dr;Sr''*"''' ";""gh «» ''ffoH To x «U credit for t„? e^eotSfof "tfe C^trFirstZ' '"= •'■"'"^''' ^ "- . ™E ELECTBIC LIGHT fully »SLVa'dySXlrav:'S™ "^'"'.^''^°" «'«-' '-tl-- K^TiT^"' '^-•^-^^"yor McJJougal. Aid (YK^^f^ j~" ;„" "^ ''"" -finance ASSESSMENT AND POPULATION. The BSHessniont and pojiiilation of fhe City arn the next points touched upon by Mr. Stowart. Now, firstly, F claim that tho increasn in the aH8CHHment is largely duo to tho annexation of New Edinburgh, which was conHiuniuated before Mr. Stewart came into office ; and secondly, I am pleased to know that Mr. Stewart was personally able in one year to increase the population of Ottawa by the round number of H(»0. I know that I could not do ao, and I assure you I would not undertake it. FINANCK DEPARTMENT. Concerning the Finance Department, Mr. Stowart in his address fails to give even an indirect opinion. He keeps shy of the question in the following language : — " As the yearly financial statement will not be in readiness until tho 15th January next, I am iiot prepared to forecast the exact financial posi- tion, but the ratepayers will h.'ive tho gratifying reflection of knowing that the money has been judiciously devoted to works of a substantial character, and to much-needed permanent improvements. " He is not prepared to tell the electors what the financial statement for this year is, and dismisses the subject with the simple remark that " the ratepayers can rest assured that tho money has been judiciously expended. (Laughter.) Now that is for the electors to decide, and I hope they will decide wisely when I tell them that the expenditure this year is over $40,000,00 in excess of tho appropriations, or in other words a mortgage of $40,000.00 over the income of the year is placed on your properties ; and tho query is, "Whero has the money gone to, or what have we got to show for it ?" Here is a memorandum of expenditures and receipts ; — I Memorandum of Expen.litmo nr.d RcceiptH for 11 . Corpoivtion of Ottawa, Caving out Water Workn, Local I Education account. moiith'H of 1887» inprovement and EHtimate for year. 22790 15840 12805 23610 4900 4800 5966 9000 6696 20d 700 600 100 300 2000 2000 400 16850 2900 200 1000 1539 10000 5000 169195 74005 224200 Dec. 1st. Police Department Fire Department . . Salaries accounts . , Street. Improvm'ts. Markets Board of Health . . Instalments ik Int.. Interest account. . . Gaol & Jury Exp... Registry OfFico Election Expenses. Insurances Inquest Charity account. . . Local expenses .... Printing & Advt'g. Stationery Street Lights City Hall account.. Lansdowne Park . . Corporation Grant. Miscellaneous 1885 Account. . 1886 Int. & Sink. fd. ac. f Ana*. Over- drawn.. Say December act. Expen- diture 1 1 months. 20,170 61 18,131 02 ii,r>87 95 50,025 15 7,724 15 1,148 38 3,914 25 9,122 68 3,348 00 147 50 688 76 537 00 80 00 418 40 2,237 38 1,733 00 445 40 11,876 69 3,756 87 970 06 500 00 1,981 20 1,0000 00 5,050 00 Revenue account. Licenses. Liquor,. 12,760.62 Auctioneer.. 400.00 Carters... 1,656.70 Liv. Stable] 680.00 Billiards.. . 938.00 Dog , 838.00 Total Licenses.... Markets Police Ci urt Grades Bates. U cts. on Amount of valuation $12,700,000 Over-dr?»wn.... 168,900 54 73,655 15 242, .555 69 18,813 80 20,000 00 « 38,813 HO 17,273 32 12,901 50 8,006 07 61 00 33,241 80 190,500 00 223,741 89 18,818 80 $ 242,555 69 ' Coming to my own services as one having to deal with the finances of Ottawa as an Alderman for four years, two years of which I was Chairman of the Finance Committee, I may be permitted to call your Q,ttention to what appeared editorially in one of Ottawa's prominent journals last year, November, 1886. " The City of Ottawa is to be greatly congratulated on its present high financial standing, which was shown by the fact that last evening the whole of the 10 and 20 year's debentures of the new civic loan amounting to $107,583.82 were disposed of in one amount, at premiums of 4 and 6 I)er cent, respectively. The amount of premium received compares most advantageously with that obtained in former years, the highest previous premium having been obtained in 1885, when 3 per cent was taken. Not only so, but the fact that one Ottawa firm of high standing has tendered for and accepted the whole, is another proof of the improved credit of the citj, and it is not many years sincB, in 1875, the Corporation had to float six per cent bonds in England at par. Great credit is due to the members of the Finance Committee, and Aid. Brovjn, the chairman, especially, who during the last two years have so carefully managed the civic finances as to secure this immense improvement, and it is to hoped that before long, as Alderman Brown said last evening, the city may be able to emulate Toronto and issue its deV)entures at 4 per cent. " And again, Nov. 1876, " What a contrast between the financial credit of Ottawa city to-day, when her debentures command four or five per cent, premium, and the past when they commanded less than par. In 1874 the city floated £222,700 six per cents, at 93J per cent. ; in 1876, £92,400 at 95 per cent. ; in 1876, £62,000 at 96 per cent; in 1876, $130,000 at 95^ per cent ; and in 1877, $100,000 at 95 percent. To-day. a premium of four and five percent is easily obtained. So much for improved municipal government. T)oes not this speak well for the progress made financially by the endeavours of those appointed on the finance committee and does it not show that while rapid advances vere taking place in the increase of the valuation of our debentures, the financial showing of this year with a balance of over $40,000.00 on the wrong side is likely, should similar results occur in the future, to so terrifticly engulf us in a huge debt, that the financiers and capitalists will hesitate to purchase our debentures, or if they purchase at all instead of giving 104 will, as was the case in 1874, offer 987} or perhaps less. MR. MoLEOD STEWART. Last January according to the Citizen's report, Mr. Stewart appeared to the electors on his record as a citizen. His father had for forty years served the people faithfully as their representative, and had died in harness, and would also be found to serve them faithfully and as well as he could. Let us see Low he has kept his promise. PROrOSITION TO INCREASE THE WATER BATES. Some people have strange ideas, others very absurd ideas, and Others most illogical ideas, and when Mr. Stewart wanted to creat* a surplus and proposed in the Conncil in order to bring a 9 that surplus that they should increase the water rates, he made a most extraordinary proposition : and to which of the three ideas that affect some people which I have mentioned that his proposition should most advisedly be placed, I will place in your hands for decision. The proposition was so absurd that the Free, Press of March 17th last, in its editorial columns had to say : — "Mayor Stewart made an extraordinary proposition to the civic special committtee on Tuesday. It was to increase the water rates for the purpose of creating a surplus which could be handed to the Board of Works for street making. It is surprising that Mayor Stewart as a lawyer is found espousing such a cause, and shows that he is not acquainted with the Water Works Act." Here we find a proposition made by Mayor Stewart to raise the cost of the water supply to create a surplus, a proposition to increase the taxa- tion in water supply to create a surplus. What wisdom is therein exhibited ? How surprisingly suggestive "? Do not the citizens of Ottawa pay enough at pi-esent? Mr. Stewart thinks not. But Mr. Stewart lives in Stewarton, and does not pay water taxes, therefore why should he care for the extra cost according to his suggestion to be created. ANNEXATION. Mayor Stewart desires a second term, and in his plea to be returned informs the elector lat " a committee charged with the consideration of annexing the outlying districts, and the re-distribution of the wards having been appointed, a leport is now before the Council for discussion and adop- tion. I have no doubt but that it will lead to favorable results." Every one who hears me is aware that Mr. Stewart last year said that if elected he would bring Stewai'ton into the city ; that the people of Stewarton were only waiting for him to occupy the chair to induce them to give their con- sent ; and now w^hat do we find, simply that nothing has been done. This is another of Mayor Stewart's broken promises. , But before ending my remarks on the subject of annexation, let me read you a few paragraphs from Ottawa's several newspapers. Previous to the election last year, on December, 29th, the Citizen said, " The advocates of the annexation of Stewarton to this city are jubilant over the pi'ospect of the election ot McLeod Stewart as Mayor of Ottawa. They say that only a little encour- agement on the part of the city is needed to bring this fine suburb in." On January 3rd, McLeod Stewart; as reported in the Citizen stated that hi* offices, and if his business interests were in the city and even his residence, he hoped would soon be there also, when the annexation of Stewarton was brought about. He has always been in favour of annexation. On January €th the Free Press editorially announced, "Now that the contest is over, it is to be hoped that Mr. Stewart will show that he is sincere in the .annexation movement by using his dominant influence in Stewarton to bring that suburb in. The friends of annexation out there should move at once in the matter, and avail themselves of Mr. Stewart's services. March 4th the Journal was of opinion that, if the committee of the City Council to whom the subject of extending the city's limits hat been referred, are alive to th. • manifested to the pro^'/f '^' ^^^"^e is ripe ^^^ ^^^^^^ e within the , On September lOtb iMr W ' ' "^^^^ «« ' Almost evervbodv in sL.^'"^'^ *o a /V.^ n l''^^'^nd^'c\Z" ^tT'V'^^^^onstor^^^^ ^i^l^er said, truthfully pronounces that u"' ^^'^ ^^«««^l^er t^ t !. '^ '^' ^^'^^^^^ matter except prom'sWfo t-' ^^"^^'^ ^^s never ILj ^ "" "^^^^ «^°' *i^e people and LZot^r^T' '"^ *^^ f«ce o/'aU t^^ Gentlemen! ^ - man shouldV^^K^^ ^ ^^-« -^e tf iXnottf Another soicv I.if • ti^ -PAEKS. ^n make it my t„?ir P,"' ""^ '" «>e Stfo/' f^f™""" oityaC •t the hands of th? P„^" "-"ieaTour to see SatT. n *^''J'°'' °f Ottawa I Jone as he sairh': tul^^^ "'^^ -d sTe h'„tt^, "^e ;„ ^^ *oo7, says : '< T>,^ «. -j *. ^'' -t^iayter in ^ho X' A "^°"oy -IWayorhaa -i^I of filth in^Ie Cs^ofl^ ?"y ''- bS^ ^d7hST '"" '"«' Si^" "natters A T.n„ ^ "^ ^* *"e city. 'SinihiJ ■. ^^^^e was a tn-Pot- tie Capital a'^heaTtly dt^^t-'"!'""'^ ""^"'^^ wm, d ^'to"? P'Tf """f •ffort having been m„-7\."^» have not been .u. .,'"'"'>*«" make «wh^:orr,i"ieottarti:ir&-7--7 , • tot erery day th»rthe°enw'""'-''?^' ™'' " "l-eeiimTnTm*.'"' ""•" " ''' ■"»' 11 cholera appearing on this side of the A^tlantic next season extraordinary precautions shoukl be taken to place the city in a sound sanitary condition. We have - ^ral and cheap water pressure, and all that is required is good drainage he proposition made by Dr. Rogers, that a commission of com- petent erg.. i-ers should be appointed by the city to thoroughly exaniine iixe drainage system, is one that should be carried out. If there are dips, pockets or leakage in the sewerf,, they should be discovered and remedied, •therwise the stagnant sewage accumulating thereat will continue to breed the deadly typhoid. . „ . , ..t i • +v,^ Dr. Rogers expresses himself in the followmg language "1 claim the fever prevalent here is occasioned by the sanitary condition of the city largely due to the system of the drainage being defective." I say plainly the sanitary condition of the city of Ottawa, is exceediqgly unsatisfactory, and unless remedied typhoid fever and diphtheria will tend to increase year after year, and should cholera reach our city which may be the case within the next few months, the death roll may be a terrible one, (cries of shame f shame 1 we want Brown !) Mr. F. Powell in the Citizen of November 30th, comes to the rescue of Mayor Stewart in the following insulting language to the Medical M-ofession. j^. , ■•• 1.1. i. "At a time when the papers are flooded with sensational writings, tnat can only serve to create alarm and to injure the city, and doctors avail Aemselves of a cheap medium of advertising their practice ; while the ffobemouches are frightened into a fever of excitement little less pronounced Sian malaria or typhoid, it is re-assurmg to know that, in the future, there will be a practical inspector to regulate the plumbing and drainage of our houses and homes, which are doubtl^'ss two of the main causes of disease kere as elsewhere." Now, Ladies and Gentlemen, I think that regarding what Mr. McLeod Stewart has done to make this a clean and a kealthy city, and what he has not done has been touched upen sufficiently by me that no further remarks are necessary. But I am grieved ; my heart feels sad when I think of the promises that Mr. Stewart made, ycu may say wilful neglect in the slightest degree, endeavouring to carry them out. For months past this destroying epidemic is a plague to our •ity, and it is not until the last moment, when our hospitals are tiled with sick patients, our brothers, our sisters, our parents and our friends, stretched in sickness on their beds, and when the indignation of the people burst forth and demand relief that steps are taken to flush out the gewers, and by that process to endeavour to kill the disease. I ask you do you want for another year in tho Mayor's chair a man who has pro- mised 80 much, accomplished so little, and apparently cared but little for the welfare of the city or the lives of its inhabitants 1 BOULEVARDING KING ST. AND BEAUTIFYING THE v TY. Mr. Stewart in his inaugural address said : "I had the pleasure » guggesting the idea of planting trees on and otherwise beautifying Kin^ ■treet, thereby providing a grand boulevard from Rideau street toward ChoYernmont House and Beechwood Cemetery." And on January 18th, 12 M..._8t„w„.t';ve express t'oSrenlmen^'tS 'J Z^T "''» earned out It would be of materiil «r1^a«+l • X, " ^^® idea were adding beautificationoLraliaJvt^^^^^^^^^ '^ *^^' T'^'' °^ ^"^t"^"! waited for several n.onths and sTen n^^^^^^^^ '''^i ^^^^ ^^«« ^^^^ having appointed ; and Ladies and GenS^^^^^ ^°re than dif- «aid that I .^ould add beautrto our citv bl T '^T ^'^^ ''' ^'^' «^d any other process, and if yo.f had e cte7meCrwo?M "l^d^'f f °^ > ;ve^r, pro..e I .ade I kept, and that.o^ J^\:Sdt\etfiTo/^;* METROPOLITAN STREET RAILWAY MetroVolitrnVe^Swir sz:::^^^''^^ '-''' p-i-^^^' support, Mr. Stewart s 3' thnMf ^T\ i f '""^ ^°'' *° g^^^ ^im your Pi'ovincial ExhiJtionfTubS: Ictf^ -tonly n^ake'the director of the Metropolitan StrLpoM i ^^^* o^^ng to his being a bition opened have cTrrunninfto th!'^^ "^"^^ ^'', '"^"i^ ^^ *^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^i- every five minute! As late a f Marob^pTS'' m^°"«^ ^^^"^ ^^^ ^*°k streets. Council as follows, when sucflsfinat,f p"^ 'J^'V^*"^"^* '^'^^ ^ the Cit^ ed facilities for s trlet raTlwCt^LJ " With the increas^ next few months, this pTrk Jould bp 7 i^ ""! ^V" ^^^« ^^^hin the our citizens." Where are the ra^k ^ wT^ and readily accessible to aU slightest evidence of IL Metronol tan S^. T P^ -f '^' ^^^ ^ "^^''' '' '^^ but another faded and brokfn reed ^^^ ^ Gentlemen, this h THE HIGHEST AMBITION OF HIS LIFE. ANOTHER ITEM FOR PERUSAL IS THIS • On Nomination Mr. Stewart, said •— thecityin thlS;t\tn"'l°l^^^^ -^ ^«^1- citizens U mh one ^^Pf-M I^^^ he said. O. .^uai^ During tleProvTlrele:^^^^^ ^7T ''f^''' «"^ *^« ^-^ one. nation day, andT tlinrtrcb.^, ^°' ^^^^"^^^ .^^« ^^ hand on noiri- order, and contributed mu?h to promote'f .-^^ ZT^'^I- '^''' maintained different on Tuesday i Wwl J^I S- ^ ^^ ^""^ ^^'^ discussion. But how Russell County Had Mr Stewart blV^Tr^' ^'^'' ^''^''' ^ O"* ^ forwhichhedmwsan ifdemnit?tn n -i^ attending to the dutiee shades of electors as was ^^^.1^'"'''^^^" ^ P"^"« meeting of aJi Stewart's trlrto SuncrnvilleZTVbf ''. T^^ ' "' ^^^^ ^^^ riot ]^ City HnJI IZ i:!!^''^"!'"?.'^'*^ *^^ «l*y about {5,^00 for damages to fi- ''^W^r^T^ :m.,-^,^ -'^ li^e Mr^McDougai The Fre4 Press, of February 19th, said : 13 " Shortly after three on Tuesday afternoon, Aid. O'Leary was present in the hall, noting the scene of riot that was going on, went with a'gentle- man to Magistrate O'Gara's office, and having told him the state of mat- ters in the hall, stated that he thought police interference would be neces- sary or the hall shoiild be cleaved. Mr. O'Gara asked why the alderman came to him, and Aid, O'Leary replied that as the Magistrate was one of the police commissioners he would have control and authority over the police, and could order them to interfere. Mr. O'Gara stated that he had no authority over the police insid : the City Hall, and asked : " Where is the Mayor ? ? P Aid. O'Leary — " I understand that he is out at Russell." Mr. O'Gara then advised that nothing could be done unless Aid. O'Leary went to Mr. Lett and asked liiiu as City Clerk to request the people to disperse. This Aid. O'Leary did, and accordingly Mr. Lett appeared in the gallery, and having stated that there was an immense crowd outside, suggested the ad]ournnient, which was at once taken up and carried into effecl;. If Mr. Stewart's highest ambition was to serve the City as he stated, how is it that when he is v, anted in Ottawa in his official capacity and when the property of the City is placed in danger we find him away endeavouring to gratify his ambitious desires and apparently not coring for what takes place at home. Any gentleman aspiring to hold so dignified a position as is that of the Mayor uf Ottawa should in my opinion even though he faltered in other directions, keep faith with the electors in his declaration that "the highest ambition of his life was to serve them." But why should we expect that Mcljeod Stewart would keep this promise when he failed to keep any of the others ho made. Ladies and Gentlemen, in this contest as in the contest of last year, T desire every elector to throw aside politics and nationality, to not consider an Upper or Lower town but to join hands in one bond of sisterhood and brotherhood, all aiming to accomplish the one object, viz : to the advancing and strengthening of the sanitary, financial,' and moral condition of our beautiful city. In conclusion, Ladies and Gentlemen, I firmly and conscientiously state that whatever promises I make I will keep, and that I hope when you have thoroughly read and digested my address and the fevr words I have just spoken, you will cast aside all feelings of indifference regarding this contest and come to the polls next Monday, to cast your vote for the People's Candidate, for the man who will serve you faithfully and never give you cause to regret having supported him. M '* «: