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I prefer to say what I have to say in the light of day and in public. The day following the date of the cir- cular lUuded to, Mr. Blake came to this city and addressed the electors for the third time within three months. A pro position was made to Dr. Wilton that Mr. Larke be allowed one hour to reply to Mr. Blake, the latter of course to have the right to deliver the closing s(.eech. This was promptly refused, Within the past day or two the Gritpress in the city has been reeking with per&onal changes against myself, my relatives and my friends. Even the name of my late father has been dragged into the contro- versy, hocttuso forty years age he sat in parliament for this district or because he once rented a building to the governiiient - it ia not very clearly indicated whiuh is considered the greater crime! It seems I am not lit to bo elfccti'd, because, also, my father-in law is a stipendiary magistrate; though whether the fact of hie having acted as an impartial judge at the Kiel trial or whether the fuot of his having been appoint- ed to his present position by Mr. Edward Blake, when Minister of justice, is the chief c*use of complaint, is not stated. As I was married after the date of his appointment, perhap? it doea not matter. The above facts all impel me to address a few words by way of a final appeal to those electors who may not be able to be within the reach of my voice before they cast their ballots to morrow. My opponent in the circular lilluded to refer to the franchise and spoeks of the disfranchisemeut of voters. Does he think My opponent attacks me for having written a book upon the Franchise and Election laws of the Dominion and Pro- vinces, and the Government for having purchased copies of it for little more than half the pri' paid for the work by private purchasers. He chooses to say in the circular alluded to t: »t the purchase would not ha\e been made had I not been a can- didate for parliament; while the fact is that that purchase was completed long before I became a candidate. I am not ashamed of the bcok, which cost me much tUne and labor, and which was an expensive volume so far as the mechanical work ia concerned. I am glad to know that it has been of service to the Reform party in the adjoining county of Kent, and that Mr. Justice Prouclfo'ot, a Reform judge, waa able to cite it in support of his decision reversing the decision of the junior judge of that county, who threw out the Reform list of appeals on a somewhat technical ground. My opponent further charges that I op- posed the enlargement of the exemption of incomes froni taxation. I have already so olten explained that I acted for what 1 be lieved to be the interest of the poorer classes in this, that I need say nothing further on this head. No petition or letter from this city indicated to me that the prevailing sentiments against tax exemptions of all kinds had changed. My opponent's organ or one of his fly sheets asserts that there W8 8 widespread indignation at the law at the time. No indignation had been developed until afterwards when Doctor Wilson's paid agent, having obtained the position of assessor, proceeded to asscas men for incomes they had never received ! I may mention that a majority of the Mowat Government voted as I did on this measure. My opponent charges me with responsi- bility for a bonus voted by the free-holders of the city ! One of his paid advertise- ments goes further and charges that I was and that was made at Miilvern when he said that the duty on corn meal must go, and wi'vh it will be forced to go the new corn meal mill recently orecteii in the east end of this city at considerable expense, by an enter priaina citizen. How does this policy commend itself to your judgments? Does the policy of Dr. Wilson's loader, or the conduct of the doctor himself in openly opposing the addition of the Heard Bros, manufactory to the industries of the city, convince you of the wisdom of placing them in power ? Gentlemen, but for the slanders and asperaious cast and the want ol fair play diapUyed, by our opponents, I should h.ivo contente;! myself with addressing you at public meetings. I have invited my opponent to all the public meetings I have called throughout the riding. He preferred to call a separate series of meetings of his own covering the same datea. I make no complaint on this score, but as he has made charges against me by circular I shall not emulate hia example with regard to the Bluke meeting, but will accord him the horr which ho refused Mr. Larke, at either u. uoth of our meetings this evening. I regret that owing to the large number of speakers from a distance who are to address the meetiDga.it will be impossible to extend the invitation to other speakers on the other side. In view of the action taken with regard to Mr, Larke, you will agiee with me that, in making the proposition I have, I am giving every consideration to my opponent to which ho ia entitled. Men of St. Thomas, olectora of Aylmer and of East p]!g!n,I ask you in conclusion to set the seal of your disapprobation upon the policy of slander, to morrow I appeal to you against the attacks of the political ghouls who spare not even the dekd from their calumnies. I ask all my fellow citizens, Catholie ^and Protestant; black and white, Reformers and Conservatives, who value what is decent and just, to give a decisive answer to this wretched policy for himself ! y;;;i-have forgott^the disgraceful tacti^ of i „^- ^^t m;'^;'i,y t^ralST^eS his party tw-o mouths '^^-f^^^^^y^^^J'^^^^^ I -"^^0 elected. Sir John Macdonald's a thouaand electors of this city were i threatened with disfranchiaenient, while hundreds in the country were actually dis- franchised—when, but. for the vigilance aud activity of hia Conaervative friends, my friend Mr. Incram would have been defeated by this dodge ? Is it poesible that ir,y oppor>ent can have reflected when attacking the Dominion Franchise Act, that but for its provisions a candidate for the House of Commons might be placed in the same peril from which Mr. Ingrain so happily eacaped. bribed by the railroad, which I have been I adopted by our opponents and to stand by fiahting in the courts for the city, and j their country. against which I succeeded in obtaining a 1 Should any attempt at corruption come verdict of $12,000— the credit for which | to the knowledge of any one of you may I latter action my opponent is now claiming | ask you to at once bring the guilty party before a i magistrate? An advertisement, insulting to the free nd incorruptible electors of the riding has been inserted in the local papers by our opponents offering a rewaid "for any person or persona fouiid guilty of bribery or corrupt practises in securing the election of Mr, C. 0, Erma- tinger." Please see that this is not made a cloak for attempts at corruption by our opponents, I warn you also against fresh slanders which may be looked for_ at the eleventh_ hour when reply ia im- poesible, ' Yours faithfully, reply to my communication on this subject you have doubtless seen. Do you disapprove of my conduct as to this ? Do you deem it less creditable than that of my opponents who have claimed for their candidate credit for an act on this subject which waa framed and carried into law after he had left the Houee ? My opponent advertises "No coal tax, Hia leader saya he cannot remove the tax. Only one definite etatcmsnt as to his trade policy have you got from Mr, Blake, c, o. tjitdtv/t a nnTTvT/^Tni?