The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-09-10
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE or The HERALD.

sfItAl tuhheSfuNutkCt W The HenAlD
The EIections-The Government Cana,d.,..
sweeping the Poiis-Additional Defeats Of
tue NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and Intimidation
Rife la the DOmiDion-Bnnk Bills Flu,,ar.
ing I'm the Air--voters for the .sHighest hid
der'-The Railroad Interest-Member. Born
I'm the United States-Iadian Voters In the
Northwest.
ToToSro Ontario Sept. T. 1867.
The government appear to be carrying all before them
In the elections Quebec will give them majority Of
more than three to and Ontario IL rejecting all the
abest men on the opposition SIDE Mr. Browns defsa9
has been followed by that OF his abest lieutenant Mr.
Mcclellan who has been beaten by the Mayor of Chatham
Kent long regarded the strongest reform consr-
ency in tho West, but has At length been wrested
from the extremists by conservative. East EIgn, too
represented since 1857 by Mr.. Leonidas Burwell has
been carried 10y conservative for the Commons, and .
conservative has also been successful there for the local
Parliament. West Egin formerly represented BY Mr..
scobIe, English abolitionist but who changed to
the conservatives recently, has elected two con-
servatives by large maJorites Mr.. scoble was
thrown aside by the reformers and did not therefore
forward again. The conservatives proper In On
tario far the elections have gone in majority,
and 1t is evident that in party strife they would be
mora than match for the reformers Ontario, OF
rather Upper Canada II formerly was. always sent
majority Of about three to to the Legisature but
wonderful chsnge has been effected and the result
shows that Mr. sandaed Macdonald was so far right in
forming coalition Cabinet that he and his party will
have majority in tho government, bnt not in the Az.
semby The great against him has been that he
sacrificed the reormers but Is that they are
actually in the minority. The general opinion was that
the roiormcrs had very considerable majority. How
easy 1t Is TO DO mistaken.
regards the condlc; Of tho elections, fair play has
A.
Bribery and intimidation have been rife throughout tho
country and both sides have done their worst In fact
it seemed as If they ved in vany, and the longest
purse came of victorious Such barefaced corruption
never before Witnessed and honest people now
cam0ring for the ballot and one days polling In many
constituencies the agents OF candidates might be seen
with rolls OF bank notes in their hands, displaying them
by way OF temptation to those who only required to
know there was money gong TO oer themselves 70 the
highest bidder
The corfnption In South Ontario was unparalleled.
Report says Mr. Brown spent So, 900; but who knows
what 1t cost tho successful canddateY In this city
money plentiful election DAYS as backberrics
and II Ia believed that than OF the successful
candidates mas literally bought his way into Parliament
Al Hamilton money and intimidation carried the
ment candidate ahead but tho manager OF
the Great Western Railway gave Instructions 10 the
men under them that they must vote Tor the other
candidate next day. ana the consequence was that the
government candidate was beaten. The railway vote 10
large, and Notwithstanding very many would have
voted for Mr.. ORelly, they were compelled TO vote
AGAINST their conscences such state OF things argues
Fly against present system for, II man 10 not
wed to vote as 10 wishes where be his freedomf
CORPORATIONS have unfortunately too much power in this
country and they invariably use IL to the detimont OF
The poor man What makes the matter worse In this
instance Is the fact that the manager Of the Great
Western has bad the reputation OF being liberal IN
politics AMI Is regarded disciple OF john Bright In
poor use in coercing the men whom he has the
superintendent 1t Is TO be feared that Engishmon
who arc sent ont here To manage railways viii continue
to play the tyrant Hitherto, Influence OF the KIND
spoken OF has been used the dc OF TIE government
there scarcely difference IN parties as regards the
they resort to for the purpose OF ing the
elections We have certainly had some gsrag examples
on both sides during the past week or two
II not considered sufficient that political cmissArles
should send the province with the view OF securing
support Ministers themselves took the stump, and
appeared on the husngs In various places. Even now
Mr. Sanded Macdonald and the Premier OF the federal
busy In tho West making promises and
but creditabe 10 those gentlemen that they should b
%nsa m as as saco m s"s ~ %or9
Mr. Macdonald went 10 Hamilton aud told the
electors there that II they wanted anything from
10 support him. He said he had done much fer them
in the past, and It was quite likely they would have
port him. There has never been anything unblush-
Ing in the elections ~ we have been forced to wtneas
course win be- continued to the end. -.
No less than six American born candidates for election
have offered themselves 10 Ontario, and out Of the nu-
Der four have been elected three To the House OF Conn
mons and one 10 the local Parliament They are Hon.
w. ?. Rowland, member Of the Prvy Council, hsssr1.
Stephenson, Currier and Williams. Mr. Rowland bal
been several years in Parliament and 30 has Mr. Currsf
Of Ottawa. Mr. stephenson is Publisher and editor o.
the Chatham Pidnd, and Mr. Williams formerly 8
carriage maker s now in the coal oil business n
Hamilton and is reported wealthy. III
Much interest appears DO felt In the elections 10
take place In Algoma, . district bordering the
Northwest country, and which was only few years ago
organized into municipality On account Of its isolated
TO nearly all the adult Inhabitants, and something
like manhood suffrage prevails there the Indians being