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 No. %, 
 
 (ONTARIO CiENEKAL ELECTION, 1894.) 
 
 THE INDEPENDENT AND CONSERVATIVE PRESS 
 
 OF CANADA 
 
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 THE MOWAT GOVERNMENT. 
 
 A FAVORABLE VERDICT. 
 
 The '^^lail" oil the Financial Adminintration of the Province. 
 
 On April 11th, 1890, the Ma\l said editorially : — " The Government can also make 
 md a good case for itself ia reyanl to if^i adiniiiistratioii of the finances. After dealing lib- 
 erally by the municipalities and exhibiting a creditable enterprise in building railways 
 and erecting public institutions, Mr. Mowat is able to show a comfortable surplus. In- 
 stead of having a surplus of live or six millions in the treasury, Quebec has a debt of 
 thirty millions, and, in spite of the direct taxes imposed on conunercial corporations .aid 
 of other revenue- raising devices, a fresh loan is inevitable. It must als(; be admitted that 
 Mr. Mowat has passed many progressive measures affecting the general interests of the 
 community, and that, on the whole, his management has been clean and free 
 FKOM SCANDAL. These are powerful reasons for caviNG him a new term." 
 
 In an editorial on Feb. 13, 1890, it also said : " . . . The Ontario Government's 
 management of the finances has been thrifty, judicious and clean." 
 
 When the Mowat Govei'nnient was returned to power four years ago the Mail had 
 this to say : — "Mr. Mowat's victory is due in the main to the fact that tlie people have 
 confidence in his individual probity. His administration of affairs has been singularly 
 free from scandal, and it must be Jidmitted alscj that his legislation has been progressive, 
 and, on the whole, well in accord with the spirit of the people and their institutions " 
 
 A €ontrat4t with <|nebec. 
 
 The Monireid (ruzette, the ablest Conservative journal in Canada, says: — "On the 
 whole we are sjjending two and a half millions annually more than Ontario, and how long 
 we should continue to mainuiin this ratio is a problem well worthy the serious attention 
 of those who tjike an interest in our public affairs. It follovvs, of course, that Quebec 
 collects a larger revenue than the lister province. Ontario depends for her income princi- 
 l)ally upon tliree sources, the Dominion subsidy, the license tax and the revenue from 
 crown lands ; while Quebec, over and above these, has been compelled to levy tribute 
 upon commercial corporations, and to impose a tax upon all trades and professions." 
 
 The Montreal ''Witney." 
 
 Montreal fVitness (Independent), Dec. 27th, 1893: — "Sir Oliver Mowat has given 
 the Province of Ontjirio twenty-one years of administration so honest and economical, so 
 capalde and so free even from ill report, that his political foes have been constrained to 
 praise both him and his administration. If the Ontario exchequer is to-day that of a 
 wealthy Province, when all other Provinctis are plunging deeper and deeper into public 
 debt, it is owing to the just and economical government of Sir Oliver Mowat." 
 
 The ** Montreal Insurance Chronicle." 
 
 The Montreal Insurance and Finance Chronicle, April loth, 1894: — "The annual 
 statement of the Treasurer of Ontario, even if the criticisms of the opponents of the 
 
Government are correct, is one to make the people of this Province acutely envious. . . 
 Apart from all political considerations, it is generally admitted that whatever other sins 
 may be laid to the charge of the veteran, Sir Oliver Mowat, he cannot be accused of ex- 
 travagance." 
 
 A Nova Scotia OpiiiioiK 
 
 The Halifax Chronicle :— " The idea seems to be everywhere that the Mowat adminis- 
 tration is absolutely certain of a return to office. This belief is baaed upon the fact that 
 Ontario, alone of all the Provinces, has for twenty-five years been governed without the 
 shadow of a scandal." 
 
 Sir Oliver Mowat's Record. 
 
 Toronto Eveniiig News (Independent Conservative), Nov. 22nd, 1893 : — "It does not 
 retjuire another triumph at the polls to secure an honorable place in Canadian history for 
 the Little Premier. He has already held office for a longer period than any other head 
 of a Government in the Empire. He has blocked Federal attempts to encroach on the 
 legislative rights of the provinces. He has won a victory which established Ontario's 
 title to a territory enormous in extent and rich in resources. During his term of office a 
 system of prisons, hospitals and asylums has been established that is at least the equal of 
 that possessed by any other state in the world. New Parliament buildings have been 
 erected which are the pride of every Ontarion. And in all the time that he has held 
 office there has been no serious charge of boodling laid against either himself or any 
 member of his Government. "With a record such as this Sir Oliver, while naturally 
 anxious to add one more victory to his credit, can aflFord to look forward to the approach- 
 ing contest with comparative indifference regarding the result." 
 
 Efficient, Pure aiitl Economical Governmentt 
 
 The Toronto Star (Independent), Nov. 22nd, 1893 : — " Ontario will hearken to the 
 plea of her Grand Old Man not only from sympathy, but because he has served her well, 
 because his administration has been careful, economical, honest and wise. It would not 
 profit the Province to change its government as the parties are at present constituted, for 
 one side contains many men of acknowledged ability, while the other side is distinguished 
 by a remarkable lack of men fitted to carry on a Government. It would be an ungrateful, 
 ungraceful act to drive Sir Oliver Mowat from power to give the Government into the 
 hands of such men as sit on the other side of the House. His hair has whitened, and his 
 frame has grown feeble in the service of the province ; for Ontario's sake he gave up an 
 honorable position on the bench and the practice of a profession that would have brought 
 him immense wealth ; he has given efficient, pure and economical government. Let not 
 Ontario show ingratitude and folly by defeating the oldest, ablest, and purest statesman 
 in the land." 
 
 And again on Jan. 16th, 1894 : — " Ontario may well be proud of her Premier^ 
 Canada's Grand Old Man. He has done a noble "vork for the province, and is a sturdy 
 patriot, upholding the honor, integrity and capabilities of his country with unfaltering 
 faith and ringing declarations. Sir Oliver Mowat has lived an active life, and has not 
 spared himself in the service of his country. He has grown old, and yet in his advanced 
 years he is able to speak for an hour and a half, dealing vigorously with political questions 
 of the day. Well may his party applaud and revere him, and even the members of the 
 P. P. A. cannot help but admire him for the fearless, outspoken position he took in 
 opposition to them. 
 
 The Binder Twine Industry Approved. 
 
 Orangeville Sun (Conservative): — "No exhibition at the fair received more notice from 
 the farmers than the binder twine shown by the Government of Ontario, and all were 
 favorably impressed with its fine quality. The question of the best disposition to be 
 
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 and in selecting the manufacture of binder twine in hho Central Prison the Ontario Gov- 
 ernment has hit upon an industry which does not come into competition with a large body 
 of workingmen. and which we ho])e will have the oftect of breaking down the monopoly 
 to some extent which is said to exist between the ropemakers of the Dominion. This 
 will secure the farmers good twine at low prices. Only one kind is manufactured — pure 
 inanilla, of extra firmness and quality. The work is under the charge of Mr. James 
 Noxon. In securing the services of such an eminent agricultural implement manufact- 
 urer and caterer to the farmer's wants the Government, for once at least, appears to have 
 put the right man in the right place." 
 
 A €oiiti*a!!it with Ottawa. 
 
 Toronto Evening News (Independent Conservative), Aug. IGth, 1893 -" Mowat has 
 been in power in Ontario for over twenty years, and, while there have been complaints of 
 extravagance in the purchase of asylum supplies and of mismanagement in the coloniza- 
 tion road expenditure, a serious charge of corruption against his government has yet to 
 be heard. At Ottawa, on the other hand, there has been nothing but scandal for three 
 years past, the latest expose having to do with a bridge on which the outlay, owing to 
 open and shameless stealing, has been treble what it should have been. The Local 
 Opposition tells us that it is necessary to turn Mowat out in order to get behind ' he 
 scenes and discover whether he really has been as honest as appears on the surface. 
 There is no necessity for a change of government at Ottawa in order to secure informa- 
 tion as to the extent of the political rottenness there. The sore is so serious in the latter 
 case that it is imiJossible to keep it hidden. If there is reason for a change in Ontario, 
 so that we may find out whether we really have been honestly governed or not there is 
 still more reason for a change at Ottawa in order to see if such will not at least partially 
 remove a great evil." 
 
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 The New Parliament Buildings. 
 
 Toronto EverAng Telegram (Independent), April 5th, 1893 : — "No Province ever got 
 more for its money than Ontario secured in the New Parliament Buildings, and no build- 
 ing was ever erected with less of jobbery and bungling in the work. . . . Altogether^ 
 the building is a credit to the Government that planned the work, to Hon. C. F. Fraser, 
 who supervised it, and to the Province, the greatness and the hopes of which are not 
 unworthily typified by the new abode of its Legislature." 
 
 Toronto Evening News (Independent Conservative), Apiil4th, 1893 : — "The structure 
 erected is a credit alike to the Government and the people for whom the Government has 
 acted. . . . It is doubtful if an equally good showing can be made in connection 
 with the erection of any other great public building on this continent." 
 
 E. E. Shkppard in Toronto Saturday Night {Conaervative), April 8th, 1893: — " I think 
 that . . . Ontario is getting the worth of her money in the new Parliament Buildings, 
 and though I am no friend of the Government, I think it is in poor taste and belonging 
 to b'id morals that a building so economically constructed and so well adapted to the pur- 
 pose for which it is designed, should not be commended to the public as an example of 
 the honesty and definiteness of purpose which have characterized the Hon. C. F. Fraser 
 in his management of this important public work." 
 
 Toronto Mail, February 23, 1894 : — " . . . The magnificent pile that has been 
 erected in the Queen's Park at a figure which, notwithstanding its extent, is moderate for 
 
 the work that has been done, is an ornament to Toronto The outlay upon 
 
 them, in so far as it has been carefully expended, will not be begrudged by anyone who' 
 has pride in the Province and its capital. " 
 
 The Buffalo Express : — " The cost of Ontario's New Parliament Buildings is evidence 
 to the effect that public work may be done on a business-like basis. That is a fact which 
 a good many States, and the United States Government have yet to learn. " Referring 
 to the Albany Capitol, the Express says : " Twenty million dollars has been wasted on a 
 building which was to have cost but three million." 
 
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 Conservative Praise of tlic RIaiiliood Voters^' Registration Bill. 
 
 Toronto Morning World (Conservative) : — " Those who have practical experience ir 
 the pi-eparation of voters' lists ought to be well disposed towards the Registration Billj 
 introduced by Mr. G. W. Ross." 
 
 Toronto J^Jye/iinji News: — "The Registration Bill provides for an up-to-date list.] 
 Personation is the greatest evil in connection with popular government in Toronto, and ifl 
 the Mowat Government deserved credit for nothing else it at least does merit praise 
 the effort it is making to limit the practice." 
 
 Toronto Evenhig Telefjram (Independent), April 30, 1894 : — " Every word that Hon.i 
 A. S. Hardy uttered as t. the atrocious frauds in connection with the preparation of the! 
 voters' list and the polling of votes in Toronto is true. The Opposition has very little to! 
 do when it prolongs the session by an effort to protect the plugger and the personator! 
 against the consequences of a registration law for manhood franchise voters. . . Fraudl 
 has become an almost decisive element in Toronto elections, and the Ontario Government | 
 camiot he too highly praised for passing a registration law as a step towards purity at the | 
 polls." 
 
 The Toronto Week (Independent), May 6, 1894 : — " It is not easy to understand why] 
 Mr. Meredith and his followers, and a certain portion of the Conservative press, should 
 have set themselves in so determined opposition to the Registration Bill. . . It will, 
 we think, be conceded by mo.st thoughtful men on either side of politics, that no better 
 method for securing the vote to the largest number of those eligible, and rendering fraud 
 and personation di'licult, has yet been devised than an effective registration system." 
 
 The Best Way to Sell Timber Limits. 
 
 The Canada Lumberman, May, 1894, in comparing the Ontario )neth()d of selling 
 timber berths by ])ublic auction only, with that of the Dominion by tender, says : — " If 
 we take the prices secured at the (Ontario) wiles and compare them with prices obtained 
 by other methods of sale only one conclusion can be reached as to the tinancial results 
 accruing from the sale of timber limits by auction." 
 
 The '* Empire" Praises the Park System. 
 
 Toronto Empire (Conservative), March, 1894 : — "These Parks (Rondeau and Algon- 
 quin), will foi'm monuments to Mr. Hardy's foresight, his patriotism and administrative 
 capacity, and will exist for future generations. 
 
 k S^ritish Colombia Opinion. 
 
 World, an independent journal, said, in 1890 
 
 "Hun. Oliver 
 A determined effort 
 
 The Vancouver, B.C 
 Mowat has been in power uninterruptedly for eighteen years, a aecermmea enorc now, 
 as on previous occasions, will undoubtedly be made to dethrone him and his Ministry, 
 some of whom are amongst the ablest men ni the Dominion. The Opposition in the On- 
 tario House is not strong either in brain power or administrative ability. For many years 
 Mr. Meredith has led a forlorn hope. Himself a popular gentleman, of fair abilities, his 
 following in capacity are hardly equal to the ordinary County Councils of the Keystone 
 Province." 
 
 And History is Repeating Itself. 
 
 The Winnipei? Free PresH said in 1890 :--"The real object of their (the Opposition) 
 crusade is to get hold of the revenue and resources of Ontario on the strength of Pro- 
 testant prejudices. They think there is a chance of riding into power on the Protestant 
 Horse, and they have taken the risk of a fall for the chance of success. Should they 
 fortunately succeed, what a glorious old time they will have dispensing among themselves 
 the spoils of the richest, and heretofore best-governed Province in the Dominion !. It 
 would not be long after they got there before Ontario would lose her proud distinction of 
 being the only country in the world that has no public debt, whose resources are un- 
 touched and whos'i Government is the most honest and economical that was ever knov". 
 
 [Copies of this circular can be had from Alexander Smith, 34 Victoria Street, 
 Toronto, at $1 per thousand.] 
 
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