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The action of the Tories in East York can scarcely deceive any one. Up to date, they have not brought out a candidate, and they are zeal- ously endeavoring to persuade Re- formers that it is not their intention to bring;r out one. Now it needs no witch at a riddle to guess What their object is. At pi‘esent,they are leavâ€" ing no stone unturned to create dis- .sension in the Reform ranks. By promising to support a Liberal who is independent and a local man, the Tories hope to produce a Wide split in our ranks. This split, they trust, will create much hard feeling, so that many Reformers Will either re- fuse to vote for Mr. G. B. Smith,the nominee of the party, or W111 actual- ly vote against him. All the time possible is to be given so that the supposed discord among Reformers lnav grow, and wax and multiply. Then, at the last moment, when the harm done is llkely to prove irre- merliable, that is on the day of nom- ination, the Tories will launch a man of their own, and call on the faithful to support him. And now that Reiormers know the hopes and aspirations of the Tories, it must prove a highly ex- hilarating amusement to blight and baffle them. If there are in the Riding any leerals to-whom victory seems so assured that they hold a few votes more or less a mere trifle, “they must shake off this careless- ness. And there are greater calls on their energy and watchtulness than simpl}, toiling Tory tricks. The contest in which we are now engaged is the most momentous that has ever taken place in this prov- ince. It is not alone a struggle for a party victory. W’e have either to -return Hon. Oliver Mowat to pow- er, or we have to prepare to see On- tario plundered and crippled as is Quebec toâ€"day. Mr. Meredith is not the Opposition leader in this fight. He is out the tail of the fox whose body and head are Sir John A. Macdonald. And the bunch of grapes on which the wicked old 10'); has lastened his greedy eyes is our magnificent surplus ol seven mil- lions of dollars~â€"a surplus due to the economy, patriotism and sound judgment of the government or which Mr. Mowat is the head, Sir John has well mgh exhausted the Domin- ion resourcesI and now he is casting voracious looks on those of our province. We hasten to assure the East York Tories that even if there were any division among Reformers, the paitry,mean advantage which Tories propose to take of it, would at once heal it. If we are beaten, it will not be by weapons forged on our own anvil. But East York is ours, and East York we shall Keep. A nice little disreputable trick, 15 it not? But it will fail, as it deâ€" serves to tail, and the failure willbe due to many. reasons. And here, We beg to assure our Conservative iriends, that there is no split in the Reform ranks, and furthermore that there is not going to be. Mr.Smith’s majority at the Reform Convention Was so large that practically it was unanimous. The delegates who vot- ed for Mr. Smith are not the men to be cheated out of victory by a stupid Tory dodge. They have fought the battle in East York too often to fall victims to a plot as silly as it is pal- pable. And the Tory candidate who is suddenly tofrUsh through the Riding as a magnificent meteor is doomed to prove a poor farthing rush~light which will be most promptly snuffed out. RICHMOND HrLL. Thursday, Dec. 9 In casting their votes for Mr. Smith, then, Reformers will declare for Provincxal Rights against Do- minion encroachments; they will de- clare for tair-plav to all against pan- dering to the prejudice and bigotry of a part. Mr. Smith is a Liberal of the true stamp. 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