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MICTOCOrr RISOLUTtON TBT CHAIT 
 
 lANSt and ISO TEST CHART No. 2) 
 
 A APPLIED IM^GE Inc 
 
 16!>3 East Mair Slr«t 
 RocHester, N>* -o'V I 
 (716) 482 - 03OO - Phor 
 (716) 288 - 5999 - Fa. 
 
m%t €ldin and north 
 materloo 
 
 ELECTION CASES 
 
 I 
 
 Conservative Candidate in West Elgin secured his Seat 
 in 1898 by Personation— Evidence against the 
 Liberals in North Waterloo was Bought— Com- 
 mission of Three Judges investigate West Elgin 
 Charges against the Liberals— The Tory Star 
 Witness described by a Judge as 
 
 " A Self-Convicted Liar " 
 
 Whitney's Proposed Bill a Premium on Ealsehood. 
 
 Tory System for Stealing Elections by Slipping, 
 Switching, Stuffing and Spoiling Ballots. 
 
 The methods as described by The Toronto World 
 (Conservative.) 
 
 Splendid Record of Liberal Officials- 
 Election Returns Contrasted. 
 
S00547 
 
West Elgin and North Waterloo 
 Election Cases. 
 
 WHITNEV'M POLICY. 
 
 A few words about these cases, which seem to conHtitute the 
 whole |)oUcy of Mr. Whitney ami his associates :— 
 
 The Oovernment appointcJ a commission of three County 
 Court Judgi.'S to enquire into the alleged irregularities in West 
 Elijin, and every opportunity wna given Mr. Whitney to prove 
 his allegations. The Judges' report is a death-blow to Mr. Whit- 
 ney's charges. In North Waterloo the Government cau8C<l the 
 prosecution of two men who were alleged to have done the 
 crooked woric, and the prosecution was placed in the hands of a 
 Conservative lawyer, and the matter thoroughly investigated, 
 with the result that both men were honorably acciuitted. 
 
 In the North Waterloo election trial the Conservatives had two 
 star witnesses, whose names were Allan R. Shantz and AUjert 
 Bossard. Shantz gave evidence of alleged biillot stuffing, and 
 Bos.-iard had a weird tale of britxTy and corruption. No doubt 
 the Judges at tlie trial were iiifluenceil to a certain e.ttont by the 
 stories told by these men, and all of Mr. Whitney's denunciations 
 have been based on their evidence. And now it transpires that 
 both of these i len were bought to give their evidenc , and it U 
 proven v. J ofthiir own moutha. Ifere is what Shantz waa'forced 
 to admit on oath : — 
 
 Q. What baigain was ultimately made as to your telling > 
 
 A. I was to get paid for it. 
 
 Q. How much ? 
 
 A. That was left to them at the time. 
 
 Q. Who do you mean by them > 
 
 A. Ed. Scully. 
 
 • ■«•••• 
 
 His Loriishi]) (Meredith)— How much were you to get ? What 
 was the bargain afterwards ? 
 
 A. They di-posited a cbc(iue for S50.00. 
 
 His Lordship ((Jsler)— Who ^ 
 
 A. Mr. Reid lias tlie ehe(|ue. 
 
 Q. Whose .van the cheipie V 
 
 A. Tt was signed l)y Mr. J. M. Scully (President of the Con- 
 servative Association). 
 
 (j. (Reading from letter written by Shantz to one Lewis.) " As 
 I have been fooled so long, I must have the same in twenty-four 
 131 
 
Edward Scully ,«!,„;! ;\.'':'"'-"''y .Rrnnted'^after "ho^^H 
 ■n«ko a certain iffi.la • . r , elr r'"'''"',";'"^ "■« """ if I wo^d 
 
 AkH,cnon vvl,,uIl,a.H,,^;.'^^^^ been ,„ld by Ah-. W. Jx 
 
 stor> Sheu , Kohl, \\-a„ek,/and' p/jlon,,!; I "'"^ "''^ '«'•' ""^ H- 
 to at tl». tnal.and tliat if I toi/T ^'"'"!'' '" «^"'"- 
 
 the protection of th. Court Vw!,! f""-' "'"'■3' ""3 asked f. 
 
 inat in en.isidprntl,,., „r , "" '" |ai . 
 
the proper oiTicem of the CoDB.rvntive Assocmiinn, 
 foniicd. Soully tlien miicl : ' This chcqiii' will Ih! [ 
 hands of Htiiiiipf iiii.l li. 1.1 l.y him until nfti'r thf i 
 wht'ii it will 111' liuml'il over tn you ' 
 
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 "A fiiw iliivs aftirwar.K 1 siiw Stiiinpf. wi. "ii h.' 
 nceil soiii.' cliilh.s. iiii.l y.iu I., t.'i take th.i,. $.'i((..)() 
 in cliilhiii^',' •ictwiiii I'lii. .■!icti..M tri.il iih.l the I 
 i)f the [iresi'iit y.iir (ll.OOi. I r.'ceiM-.l clulliiii" I'n 
 .Stinii|,f, to tlie ext.nt .if SJOOO, i^liieh hiis l" 
 suiil .Stunijif (i^ a^T I. ' 
 
 The AlleRrd Ballat-NtiilTrrs .(<'<|iiii))-d. 
 
 Mr. Whitn.'y ti»,k ..'r.'iit ilelijjhi in oulliii;,' upon ih" (li.v.rn- 
 ment to pniseciite WlMfoii;; nn.l ( 'iiiniiiin;;s, who w.Te n |i..rt.-.| 
 by the two Jii.ljri.s at th.i trial for spoiling' hallots, on evidence 
 a Kreat iliiil of w. ^'Ii has been shown lo hav.. heiii piirchnse.l. 
 The caNc WM hil'.iiv tli" <.'onit of App.al, and lli.' lio'Iiiij.- ..f the 
 trial Jml'^is ;'ii;ht l.;i',e teen ivv.'im.I, an.l ih" cliaiiieti r of 
 these two yiiini^' nnii eleared, h'U tli;'- ma.l.' n.j .liil.'ii n..- t.i Mr. 
 Whitney .so liin(5us \m thoii;;lit h.: eo'il.l s.mi,. ;, |,.,ini aj-ainst 
 the (iovennm ni. The o;is.' l).f,in' tli.- I'.nit ..I App.-.il li.'vi'r 
 came to juil;,'!. ■. as th.' Liliinil m.-mli-r, .Mr. I'.ieitli.inpt, wish- 
 ing to take hi , It in Ih.) Hiais.Miii.l n..t hein;; cl,|e to do no 
 while th.' ca-e « as hi I'ore the Coiirt, with.li-.'U- his App.al. 
 resii;n.'.l his .seat .in.i ,l^'aitl ..li: i-,'.l hine.lf to tli.' el. .'tors. 
 So disKUstcd were tlie better rlusaul' <'oii«rrviilites in Xorlh 
 Wa(<rluo, with the roiidurt of their party Inidi-n* In roiiiiec- 
 tlon with the whole mutter, that uo o|i|>osUluii was oiTered 
 to Mr. Brelthuiipt, and he was elei-ted hy arrlama'ton. 
 Just as .soon a.s possible after the matter was out ..f lhi'< '.mr-ls the 
 Ontario Government, dlthnui/h nut li;i<tU;/ houii<l In dn sn, caused 
 proceediufp to lie taken ii linst Wil'dfoiii; an.l Cummin;,''s. I'he 
 prosecution was plaeeil in the hands of County frown Attorney 
 Bowlby, a strong' Coii.sorvative, who .li.l his wh.)!.- duty in the 
 matter, and the tw; men were placed on trial at Hi rlin on July 
 15th, 1001. Allan R. Slmniz, above referre.l to, was hroufjht 
 2,300 miles, at the e.'ipense of the (iovirnn -nt. to f,'ive his 
 evidence. After hearing; • e evidence of all tlie oflioial.s; includ- 
 ing C. H. Doerr, uf IVrlin, and F. J. Collins, of iJuTi.las, th,- two 
 Conservative ^c^llti^.■.■rB, all of whom coiiiplet.ly e.vonoiated 
 Wililfon^ and Cuinniings. the two pri.sot'..'rs w.n- h.norably 
 acquitted, nn.l leftth.' Court- room without th.' slij^'hte.st suspicioo 
 of wron:,'-.!oin.^' h'.v^n;- been proven against 'itlier of them. 
 
Mr Ui , "'""'«■" «»"»ml.«l«a. 
 
 '' '"""'"l-l tl,nt II,,,,. „. 
 
 UM II.' 
 
 t' til I.. . . fj.i 
 
 'iait* tu i 
 
 p 11 •""'-convicted 
 
liny 
 
 Ballots iti till' l'\.' rliviinti'* hi-'- .tUn plnrnl in tin' vinilt iit ti,.- 
 Fiirli;Mii"'iit Ifiiil'iin^s im 1 wlfii tin' tii -xiiirfii l*in- kt-t-pin^ 
 
 tin- lullluls (.f lln' ;;.'ncrill I'lcftinri ilf ISIIH tlii-y wirv (lis| I ,,f 
 
 ill til'' ri'i;nliir wiiy. finil tin' IkiIIuIn cnMl. in tin' \Vi",t Kl^in In.- 
 t'l.'di'in '.vi'i'i' (I I'iilrnlly i|.strn\.i| with the m^t (;n tliis |MPt t 
 tin! ( oimiiiHMii»iii'i'.>H rt'iNirt i'n us follows .-- 
 
 " Thi! (,'i»jiniii''iiMin'!H vnn nvnv>i at tn) ntli runciiisi.in ution 
 tlic I'viili'iid' "I' all pirtii's iiii,'ai,'.-.| in Ih" .li ^iructions ..I iln^ t.iil 
 liit^, I'tr . tliuti tliiit tin- Mii'l l">x with its fMiitiiil-t WHH inii'lvi-rt- 
 t'liily talj.ii witli till' iiilnr Ikivi - iimtiiiiiini,' tin' p'tn ml .lirtiini 
 rrtnt'iH from tlni viiult to (In- t'uri. mnl tlnTc luir'nt Tlu' 
 eviilnnci' Hiitisti.-H ns that tin' sitiil b't\ vvitli it?* cniitciits wiw not 
 dostruynlwilh ilr-ii^n nr tlnliLcrat.' inii-pos.'," 
 
 It id a I'lUuritf pfi^f -tiiin' with tin- (ippi'sitiiin wi-iti-r^ ami 
 ttpcakerH to insiiHiati' anil si);::^'i'sl tluit a H\'sti-TM tor r'ltiiiuit'in;; 
 eli'i'tion WTiin;,'< i-* in vu;; anniii^j.-t tin' i.ilHTals Imt tin- C.ini- 
 miHhiont'fs iii their rt'|>ori, ileal clearly with tlm puiiit ii.h I'ul- 
 lowN ; — 
 
 " At tho '•istnnpo ami l>y tlm rri|iii"<t of the saiil DoiiaM 
 McNishono Al-'xanilm- Sniiili tlw s.'cn'tarj of tlio Oiilario MIht- 
 al Association, ami \V, T. K. l'ji",ton, a loriinT H.'iri'tary of tin 
 saiil AHHociation, went into the clnptonil 'istrict for the piirpcvsi' 
 of proiiiotiiif; the election of the »aiil .M' ish. The suiil Vrestijii 
 adinit^s that he prucurcil the assistanc. tor the NJiid piirpone of 
 four outsiilers, namely, D. K. McIVinall. .1. .F. Hell, one Sullivan, 
 one Uoppinu, and the Hjiiil Smith aecured the service of one Vance. 
 The ConiniiHsioneid cannot trace to these peraon.s or ' any of 
 t'hein i.ny knowledge of the paitici|)Htion in the fraud 'it and 
 illegal practices hereinbefore relat^il." 
 
 .1.1,000 Offlcen. 
 
 Speaking at Whitby in November, 1H!)9, Hon. Geo. \V. Ross 
 amongst other things said: — "Since 1867 there have been 9:i7 
 elections in the I'rovinco of Ontario. For these elections there 
 have been appointed by the Crown, mostly by the Liberal party, 
 927 returning ofFieers. Out of these 927 returning officers ap- 
 pointed by the Lil)eral Oovemment not ono has to thta hour 
 been reported as having been guilty of any corrupt irregularity 
 or having used his position to favor the <;o\'erninent candidat*', 
 and no evidence has Im^cu given in court to sustain a suspicion 
 of such a thing, (^>mpare this record with that of the otln-r 
 side if you want to go into details. Now, take the deputy 
 returning officers, 'iO iti each constituency, or 27,000 in all, atid 
 27,001) poll clerks. No fewer than 55.(»o6 officers in the last ;!,3 
 years have been employed in Ontario, appointed by the return- 
 
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 Wg officers mainly from th^ I u ■ 
 
 Anil a worrl in ,., f uouse, 
 
 ruptionist who y,t Ih'A'- , ?"""' Ontario a (v!„= •'I ■""">• 
 Pi-ur.o...in,,4e^-1;:^tt!:ir'jJl,;^'',{!|ieS^^ 
 
nouncing this ' brazen ' briber, any more than he has denounced 
 the 'Brawling Brood of Bribers,' who attempted to buy up a 
 whole Lepslatnre with money in the shape of $1,000.00 bills. 
 (Appliuisu.) Mr. Wliituey will never get the people to take imy 
 stock in the honesty and sincerity of his denunciation of politicjil 
 corruption applied to Liberal offenders only, when by his siltnc*.' 
 he gives consent to and emlorses the glaring corruption practised 
 by nieuihers of bisown piirtyiu his party's interests. Neither dotts 
 Air. Whitney condemn the evident attempt of tin- Conservative 
 party at the last election to buy up the electorate'. Mf. Whitney's 
 posing as a political purist and champion redrcs.^*!!- of political! 
 wrongs, and his countenancing and tacit, it" not expressed, apjtro- 
 val of the unspeakable jK)liti;.-al corruption of his party assori;itt,s. 
 constitutfs the most traiis|)arent hypncri.sy in tiie annals of 
 political transactions. ( Hear, bear.) " — Lajidatirf- A.-^^f'Vi(tl'( 
 Fik',:7\ lOOl. 
 
 l*oscs as a I'urlst* 
 
 Mr, Whitney poses as tlie apostle of electoral purity, ami claims 
 that his proposed jiunishim-tits foi' eleetoral otlene'S have Iktu 
 the most HU-iiii^'ent. TIn' best answer t'> tJi"s.' ^•^»,l,^ts is a eom- 
 pal'i.^oll (}{ till! |iimi:shnieiits for vaiious ofi'eiiees as proposed by 
 Mr. Whitni'v on the (hh! hainl and !tv the AttornfV-(iener;i I (Mr 
 
 Gibson) on the other in Hi 
 
 Okkknck. 
 I'ndut! iiilliieiift'. 
 
 ; iutriwhiced in the session ol HtOO. 
 
 Votint; more t! an c 
 
 Returning Ofticer, etc., 
 
 falsifying or altering 
 liat of voters or poll- 
 book . 
 
 Offences respecting twd- 
 lot l)nxi'8 and hiillot 
 papers f(r) By Return- 
 ing (tfticers. {b) By 
 other ptirsons. 
 
 UnlfiAvfuHy dt'stroyiiit.' 
 or injuring; ducunients 
 reliiting til t'ltctionn or 
 aiding or iiix'ttiii-^ 
 thiTein. 
 
 Mi;. \VnlT^^^ I'l n- 
 
 TiiK Arroi NFY (i^■N^:u 
 
 ISiLMHS--. 
 
 AT.S I'eMHlMirNTS. 
 
 Penalty of 82lK) and 
 
 PeiKtlty of gliOOand iiii- 
 
 months' iuiprison- 
 
 piitioiiiueiit foi- 1 yi;i.r. 
 
 inent. 
 
 
 Penalty of 8'J(K) and 
 
 Penalty ,.f f^iXi and I 
 
 itiontlia' irnpriftun- 
 
 year's iiiiprt?<onnient. 
 
 ment. 
 
 
 Penalty of $200 and 
 
 Penalty ..f $200 and 
 
 :i montliH' imprison- 
 
 ti months' imprison- 
 
 nicnt. 
 
 nient. 
 
 Penalty of $2,001) an<l 
 
 Penalty of t2,0*K) and 
 
 months' imprison- 
 
 12 months' imprison- 
 
 ment. 
 
 uient. 
 
 ((0 2 years' imprison- 
 
 lit) ;{ years' imprison- 
 
 ment. 
 
 ment. 
 
 \b] months' iinpris()n- 
 
 (') 1 year's impriBon- 
 
 ment. 
 
 iiient. 
 
 I'L'ii;illy uf Sl^.eno and 
 
 Penalty of *'J.('ttO anil 
 
 <i llldlitli'-' illl[iri8Ml- 
 
 iZ niniiihv^' llJli)^i^on 
 
"A— "'** Surest Wav " 
 
 How much will it cost-/ 
 „ Two hundred dollan,. 
 
 F- «!i'iin£H}- "s sr tis ,« .■! 
 
the 
 
 
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 On Tliurscky inorniiiK, ,I,iniiniy 9, 1902, The World ha i ,i 
 niitiihcT of pointe.l iirlicles on tlie mctho.ls omployed to . .ct 
 M.iyiir Howlan.l. One of tins.- Wiislieu.li'd " Wlioli-siile Ucmr ,J- 
 iztmon," It siii.l, " 'jho more ilic vntinj,' of Monilay is iiivestigi ral 
 tho in<iiv (vuloiit it is tliat wl .K's.ilu (lunioniliz.ition iirwailei in 
 thi! p.,Ili.i,' lj,«jtlis. 77,.. ir,„/./ ,K-,|uits .Mr. Huwlamt of it "In. 
 men who diJ it wcc ajrent-, of one of tlie coi-poiations ^nc all 
 .Sun.hty iui.l Jlondiiy tli.-y \v(.n. at wm-ls Hpoiuling thousand it, 
 heaiJinj; otf v hat i.romi.sed (o be a WKteil.x.. There was no ■■ ueh 
 vote polU'd f.,r Howland as the ballot l)^xos show. ,lohn o' tli, 
 
 >Jist, .Tolm o'thi- \\'est,(and) th<! old experienced bird.tliat has njdc 
 hi8 boa.-.t of handling St. Jolin'.s Ward for thirty years or n'ore 
 were all in it." 
 
 The Albany Club, King street, Toronto, the head centr. of 
 Toryism- in the Province, was in favor of Mayor Howland .md 
 licre IS how The World of Thurs.lay morning] January 9 ] ¥)" 
 refers to the nest under the heading " Profes.sional Currupl ,.1^ 
 ists. ' •■ The public are being aruu.sed at last to the existcnc ■ in 
 Toronto of an organized machine of professional corruptioi ists 
 They have a nest in the centre of the city. They liandli the 
 money of corporations; their mission has been to corrupt repre- 
 sentatives of the people and to corrupt electors ; most of all t<. 
 mva<le the one thing that ought to be sacred in our politics- !■, 
 ballot box." 
 
 Here was an opportunity for Mr. Whitney to demand ol 1. s 
 friends, the Conservative mayor and Conservative council of t' e 
 City of Toronto, an investi'.;ation into tlie above charges made I v 
 one of their papers, The World, but he did not do so. 
 
 The Manitoba Election Frauds of I8»<;, 
 
 It was proved before the Public Accounts Committee tliat 
 whole,sale fraud.s were perpetuated in Manitoba during ihe 
 Dominion General Election of 1896. The conspiracy waa h it. h- 
 ed in Winnipeg. One, Freeborn, went up from Ontario, statim- 
 that he came from the chief organizer of the Tory party, M' iC 
 Boyd, the Conservative candidate in Marquette, to whom iVie- 
 born was sent, telegraphed to the organizer, and receiv.-d in 
 answer : — 
 
 *'Ht! wiifi a firat-claas man in North Bruce." 
 Freeborn was thereupon employed in the election, and hi- em- 
 ployment was for the expre.ss purpose of teaching deputv r.' 
 turning iirTicers liow to manipulate balloLs. In this neff.Vioi,.^ 
 business he was helped by two men named Anderson and Waller 
 These three worthies went through the Province into sevoiaJ 
 
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 constituencies and it wua proved by incontestable evidence that 
 they .Msinicto,! n,any .leputy returning officers, through whose 
 crnnes hundreds ot Tory ballot, were substituted for Lite™! 
 t)allots. heveriil of the criminals confes,sed their L'uilt ; prosecu- 
 t^ons^were entered against others, and some of then, were con- 
 
 This .i„,n Freeborn swore that ho {(ot certain instructions from 
 one Turner, who tolu him thev were given him by the Conserva- 
 tive organizer in Toronto. The in^tlllctiol,s read — 
 nn',',1 ■ ''?■%'!"; P"".""K °f "'« l^^'llots, therefore a sufficient 
 nffil:^ «"»'I'l '« pnnted extra to enahle the deputy returning 
 officer to have them marked for our candidate and r.ady to usS 
 after the .count to replace tho,e read out wron-dy to the 
 sen, in,..ers Or the deputy returning ollieer e.n^liave them 
 marked and fohled;,, his pocket to slip h,to the ho.v in plaee 
 ot ail opposition l,aIlot if the opportunity h.M.peus Th s of 
 l^i^lnin " "°"''''""" f'-l"""ly if we havelontrol of both 
 
 •■To get control of both scrutineers have one of onr men not 
 a prominent one but a supposed kieker %• instance, ap- iy to 
 the opposition to be put oti as scr„tine..r in.ide. Tl e'v are 
 generally short ot workers, and a few plausible men willlturn 
 
 the ele^'tion in a close constituency Or the .„i, wrife to 
 
 country.™ '""^ '"'' ■'^<=™'""^"- 1"^-^ if ho lives in the 
 
 "Etiorts should be made to make the.se methods work in wards 
 that give the heaviest of opposition vote 
 
 "h!.^^""^''"T''\"^ '""'' «"-"'i"'-'<^'-S a large vote can be polled 
 
 tleirkr^nl'' "■"•P?n'''' '"^V '^'"' *""" ""'i'' bullots marKed ; 
 their IS no redre.vs if both scrutineers were present. 
 
 A trien.lly instable .should be present to keep tlio poll clear 
 of loungers anf] inquisitive people. f t~ ' '■'l'" 
 
 "The deputy returning ofTicer shoul.l be a reliable sharo and 
 
 ^rutt :r"'h?' "" '""V ''"J" ""^ «"' -"'-' °*' 'ho opiZitlon 
 
 s^ru ne. ; to* i"' " •'■" ^h" '"""""S '"»« "'■"™«. '>-'k both 
 scrutineers to take a piece of paper and record the vote of their 
 
 he'a?l %«-.-'•; 'be ballots which have been emptUi on 
 th!t L ■ I '"" ,"'™ ''"''« * •^'^•■'"<^« t" '■<'■"• ™t wrongly, so 
 should b'''r'„7. "'■">' ^" r'T\ ^°' ""^ ^""^'''"'^'- The b Jlots 
 Tho vtr^ ' '"i!'%"''o be bo.x as quickly as they are read. 
 The extra ones will do to fi.x things correctly when 1,/ goes home. 
 
 Onno'ih r, ."!;'" """i ^^ T'^" "'"■" ^y * ""'« doctoring, 
 tfee 1 n ' ;; rl?! '•«/?"■'"' by the lead out ot a peiuil 
 
 po.site our candidate's name in opening the ballot. 
 
13 
 
 "If you cannot get control of oppaiition acriitineers have your 
 deputy returning olRcer announce that he is tti'ainHt vou so an to 
 leuJ him astray if possible." 
 
 In the city of WinnipcR where 5,000 or 0,000 ballott would 
 have been suHioient in an honest ileetion, there wnre 10 000 piint- 
 e<i, and yet all hud b.-en u-ed up at two o'clock and the polls had 
 to bo close.! while more were printed. AltO({other the Manitoba 
 ecct.ons furnished an instance of the Imldest and n.ost colossal 
 elect.on fraud in history, under the auspices of the 'partv of 
 purity. ' •' 
 
 Tory plot to Steal the Neatu of the Liberal Mrmben in IS96. 
 
 The circular of iastriictions .wnt out fioni the Cmservative 
 headijuarters Knij; St. Toionto in ]89(; pointed ,mt four methods 
 ol doing up the (Jrits as follows :— 
 
 (1) filipjHng—(i.e. calling out a h;illot for the Tory ciindi.late 
 
 when it IS in reality niaikod for the Liberal.) 
 
 (2) Swilrhl.n<j~{lc. stealing ballots marked for the Liberal 
 
 candidal.', ami putting into the ballot b.jK ballots 
 
 marked for the Tory candidate.) 
 (.3) Siutiing—iic. poll.ng votes of the den.l an.l absent men 
 
 with the connivance of l>oth .scrutineers.) 
 (4) SpoUi„;,—(h.. by making a imirk on the ballot marked 
 
 tor tbo i.ibeial candi.late opposite the name of the 
 
 Tory eiin.h.Iate with a piece of lead fastened under the 
 
 hnger nail.) 
 
 _ The extent to which the last metho.1 (Spoiling) was practised 
 IS shown by tb.' very large number of rejected ballots in IKOti as 
 compared witl, other elections. The following table is taken 
 from the ofhcial returns : — 
 
 Number I'l rcjectod Hallnts in 
 ,,,. ^ 18»ti mm 
 
 ^.tir.-.v. {?i ?s 
 
 il™"^*;"''' :::'.:::::;:::i«5 'A 
 
 "-•"'••'■' W"'-,-. l''^ i« 
 
 Cornwall ,ui.|i,t.,:i,in„t ,„;, 42 
 
 I>iirh;iiii h;.nt . . . -.fi .. 
 
 Ki^-iM KH»t ■.•;:: ;; .'• 
 
 E-'^^^-'V ■.■.;.■;. ;.:!w U 
 
 (-rev N„ith ,.,- ,,, 
 
 j}"'"'^";»t ■..;.■..;:: « »? 
 
 Hur-iii .South -.,, ^ 
 
 S""' '..'.■. v. v. '.■.'.'. v. J ill 4!, 
 
 '^'"S»">" 215 33 
 
I 
 
 \ 
 
 51' 
 
 14 
 
 Number of rejected balleU is 
 Umbto„E„t 'fW 1900 
 
 Lincoln »nd Ni«g«t» "'i-m zt 
 
 Middles, South ■; Sft M 
 
 Mu.kok. .nd Pwiy Sound .■.'.' }„ ^ 
 
 Norfolk North... .. };; *8 
 
 PerthSouth Ji* ««'• 
 
 PrinoB Edward ;?? 'J 
 
 SimooeEMt H ^ 
 
 Victoria South fj £2 
 
 Waterloo South .J" ^ 
 
 Wellington Cfntie... . ]^ if. 
 
 WeUington South {?? ?« 
 
 Wentworth South 'xf ^ 
 
 Total for 32 Ridings. . .■.■..•.•.•.■.•.■ -.WWu^ *J 
 
 *"™8« 131 li 
 
 In the Provincial general elections of 1898 there wb™ »»,» 
 acclamations rnd the returns for the Ottawa seats drnoTconuTn 
 any statement w.th reference to rejected ballots but in tl^ 
 ^ma™ng90 ndings there «aa only'an averag:':f aSr^U'd 
 
 reSt^S'b^^'t! tt^'rSZ^''' ''"'' '''' ''" "-"*« o' 
 
 The Cormption of 1891. 
 
 The shameful revelations of 1891 at Ottawa when Whitnev's 
 flT«t- "T '" fK^^V^^'"*? ^"Port^d abroad, cauled th^zlX 
 Oraphe to say that " the government rested on a stupendo™ aS 
 
 fc™'''Sf n^''"^ °f bribery and corruption, anSttat even 
 Tammany Hall su ells sweet and clean in comparison wUhtW 
 hnge stink-pot of the Canadian Government " 
 
 The London Tdeyraph was forced to declare that " nnlv tt>= 
 most resolute and drastic puriHcation Can redeem pubirdL in 
 Canada from the tamt of corruption, the like of wh'^^h we have 
 not seen m our pwn country tor hundreds of yea J" " 
 
 The lo-adon helm said that "no country could prosper whera 
 pubhc departments are in league with fraudulent conSto™ and 
 where Mmiaters are open to offers." i-ouwaciora ana 
 
 The St. Jame^' Gazette added that " the e^istene» ^f „„ 
 J.edsystejnof corruption a„,o„. publicVffi Lt ," " "l^i::; 
 been conclusively proved, and, like everything else on t.,e Ameri^ 
 can continent, the bribery has been colossal." 
 
Fop fuller infopmatlon on this subject 
 see pamphlet entitled 
 
 "A Partial History of the Corrupt! n 
 and Electoral Frauds of the Tory Par y 
 in Canada— Whitney's Legislative I *- 
 cord." 
 
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