Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-01-17
CANADIAN CORRESPONDENCE.

10 lnc EultOf Oh the EAPOSlTOR,
The great event of the past week was
the Board of Trade dinner in Toronto
OH the 4th inst, at which the leading
public men of Canada were present and
made addresses. The prevailing tone
of the speeches by His Excellency
Lord Stanley, Sir John Mcdonald
Premier, the Hon. Oliver Mowat and
the Hon. George Foster, was patriotic
and some of the addresses referred to
the Butterworth Resolutions. Lord
Stanley alluded to the friendly way in
which certain persons were offering to
dispose of Canada without much refer
ence to the wishes of the Canadians
themselves, and said it reminded him
of the story of the two Sheridan's, faith
er and son, "Tom," said the father, "it
Is about time for you TO be taking a
wife," "Yes," said the dutiful son,
whose wife shall l take?" Sir John
Mcdonald abiding to the same, recited
the old couplet:
Will you walk into my parlOr?
Said the spider to the fly,
(and then added
No, thank you, sir, not any.
have no cu-ri-os-it-eye.
The great battle of the giants is over.
The G. p. II. r. case before the supreme
court Is ended, and the right of the
province of Manitoba, to build branch
line over the c. u. road is unquestioned.
The Hon Oliver Mowat has scored an
other great victory in defeating this
giant monopoly, aided as it was 10y the
great legal talent of the Hon. Edward
Blake. The case is to 60 TO the Privy
Council.
The Dominion parliament will meet
OH the 3lst inst. There is ground for
believing the session will be short
one. Only 20 notices of private bills
have been given and 8 applications for
divorce are before the Senate.
Professor Goodwin Smith has written
a letter to the "Thunderer" warning
the English Conservative party against
adopting Female Suffrage. lie points
out the disastrous (Y consequences of
Female Suffrage in America and pre-
diets the speedy adoption of Home
Rule If the women are allowed to vote.
Toronto is discussinga Depsomaniac
Hospital and will probably build one
soon.
One of the liveliest styles of political
ever held in Canada took
place in Windsor a few days ago in
which Mr.. Sol. White, the Annexation
list took part. The following is clipped
from the Globe report:-"Mr. White in
to-day said he was in ia
vor of political union because he thinks
the interests of Canada and the United
States are identical, and that the inter
ests of Canada and Great Britain are
not identical. Il. Mercer Morton said
to a Globe reporter: ] do not think
Canada is vet ripe for a change in her
think that annexation
is not what the people of Canada want.
Canada is now old enough to take care
of herself and should be a separate ma
ton. | am in favor of better trade be-
tween Canada and the United States.
Yesterday Mr.. White was defeated by
Mr.. Twoomley in the contest for the
of Windsor-his opponent
however, is also an advocate of political
union"
The Dominion Treasury shows sur
plus of S4,S5O,OOO. at the close of six
months ending Dec. 3lst.
Toronto is waking up on the subject
of telegraph poles and wires and Soil
citor Biggar has given notice of appli-
cation to parliment for power to COM
pei the companies to remove all poles
and place all wires under ground.
The Hon. Edward Stanley son of the
Governor General, was married in Lon
don on Saturday last to Lady Alice
Montague, daughter of the Duke of
Manchester.
The weather continues very mild and
rain and sleet are frequent. Canadians
are rejoicing that they will not need SO
much of Uncle Sans coal as usual.
The colleges have all re-opened after
the holidays, and the attendance at
them all is unusually large. Toronto
University has about 500 students. of
whom 81 are ladies. Alma Ladies Col
lege. st. Thomas, Ont. has enrolled 100
students. and the other Ladies Col
leges are also well attended. Wishing
all my readers a Happy New Year, |
am Sincerely, BOHEMIAN.