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fl‘he following were also nominat- zed, but alter short speeches retired ,in favor of the present member :â€" David James, Thornhill. Geo. Flint, sr., Stouffville. ’ Iohn Richardson, Scarboro' . W. D. Gregory, Toronto. Joseph ’1ait,’Ioronto. Dr. Cruickshank, Ellesmere. .F. G. Inwood, Toronto. I. Ingham, Todmorden. Joseph Gibson, Deer Park. Anthony Forster, Markham. G. R. Vanzant, Markham. .H. P. Crosby Umonville. .L. Annis, Scarboro. .Elgin, Schofl, Toronto. Mr. Smith, onvbeing called to the ,platiorm, wasrreceived with cheers. After referring With pleasure to the large gathering, notwithstanding the counter attractions, he said he was ,glad to meet with so many of the .uid representatives. as well as many :who were receiving the use of the ‘lrancnise for the first time. One lace he regretted to say he missed, that ot Mr. John Lane, who was prevented irom being present by ill- mess. Mr. Smith had no doubt of the result of the Local Election in East York, but reminded the :Re- dormers that there were always doubtful elements which it would be5 well to take into consideration. in :this case there will be a doubtlul‘? .element in the southern portion of York, many of whose electors will Note for.thetfirst time in this ccounf .try. After referring briefly to the xgeneral policy of the HonHO.‘ Mow- at, he proceeded to discuss the question of French in the Public‘ .bchools 01 Ontario. It was the .Mowat Government whozfirst spoke «rot abolishing French from the ;schools, and in 1885 introduced the :5) stem of teaching English in the teastern part of the province where ethetpeople .were nearly all French. Already, (according to the reports oi the Inspectors, English is taught in all those schools where 1* rench was lormerlythe exclusive language. If, ,as some newspaperanave reported, it is tound that English is yet ex- cluded from some schools, the mat- ‘terwillbe brought out by the com- mission appointed by the govern- .ment, when .the remedy will be cheerfully applied. Mr. Smith then drew a pictureuot the state of things that wouldgprevail 1n the Eastern ‘Countiestit the policy of Mr. Craig. .of East Durham, ‘were adopted. That gentleman wanted, not that English should be taught in all the schools in question, but that French I should ,be excluded from those' WWW Mr. G. BTSmith was nominated hy Mr. John Rlchardson, reeve of Scarboro’, seconded by J. M. Law- :zeuce, Esq., 01 Richmond Hill. East York Liberals have often "held successful mass-meetings, but We are safe in saying that never has there been shown greater unanimity rthan was evinced on Tuesday last when Mr. G. B. Smith, the present “member tor the Local House, re- ceived his second no mination from their hands. The convention was in every respect a representative one, and notwithstanding the fact .that it was a busy time for the farm- ers. electors from all parts ot the Riding were present, and lully five hundred people were in the Mark- ham Town Hall, where the meeting was held. A special train left thel city about II oclock a. m., which brought to Markham electors from Eglinton, Davisvxlle, Deer Park,- Todmorden, Doncaster, East Toron- to Village, Scarboro Junction, Agin- court, Ellesmere and Umonville, be- sides,perhaos,a dozen Torontonians. Richmond Hlll was well respesent- ed, in fact it would be difficult to find a place of any size wh1ch did, not send its men ready to cast their ,.ballot is necessary. At about half past two the as- semblage was called to order by Mr. L. Annis, President of the Associat- ion, taking the chair, and referring to the object which brought the people tOgether. He explained that "1t was time to have the candidate in the field, whoever he might be, as their opponents had freely circu- lated the report that Mr. G. B. Smith was not going to be a candi- date at the coming election. He r spoke 0t thezharmony and thorough vorganization necessary In the partv, and calling for nominations received «the _followi_ng: â€"â€"â€" RICHMOND HILL. Thursday, Aug. 29, ‘89‘ MR. G. @Iw fiihemh NEW ADVERTISEMENTS B. SMITH RE-NUDIINA TED Mr. Annis also resigned in favor of Mr. Smith,~who had 'served ”the electogs soab§y andfio Well." Mr. Crosby was dellghted to see such a large gathering. Although he differed with the Reform party on their trade policy, he was on the whole a firm supporter of Mr. Mow- at, and had no faith in the charges brought against the Government in reference to the French Schools. Mr. Crosby was Mr. Smith’s oppo- nent at the last election, and al- though he said he still favored hav- ing a local man, he would not op- pose the sitting member, whom he complimented on the manner in which he had performed his duties. Mr. Vanzant urged the party to start work at once, and moved that Mr..Smi(’h’s nomination be made unanimous. Mr. Foster also was in sympathy with the idea ofa local man 1t :1 selection could be made. but had every confidence in Mr. Smith. Mr. Git$on would continue to Ienda helping hand, and would work for the return of the present memben Mr. Ingham entreated "the mem- bers of the party to set to work, and not to be deceived by 'the Third Party idea. He ventured tc :sav that Conservatives would vote as they had in the past, and warned Reformers to be true to their prin- c1ples. rl-Ie retired as the others had done. ‘ Mr. Tait was the next to take the platform. After a spirited and witty speech he toid the convention he was note. candidate. He was well pleased with Ithe meeting, ‘ and recognized a larger proportion ofthe old workers in the Reform cause than were present at the convention three years ago. Mr. Gregory would be glad to represent such a Riding as East York. He showed that Mr. Smith looked alter the Dominion Voters' Lists as well as those of the Province, and trusted that Liberals would stand shoulder to shoulder in re- electing such a worthy supporter! of the Hon. Oliver Mowat. Mr. Richardson referred to the able policy ot=the Mowat Adminis- tration, and warned the part-y not to be deceived by any such cry ‘35 the French Schools, which was .as cow- ardly as the cry raised before the last election. namely, “The Muti- lated Bible.” Three years ago he said, he was in favor ofa local man. but now Mr. Smith was no stranger and he would cheerfully give him every support. He then spoke of the indefatigable offorts of the mem-;, ,ber for Last York in carrying out; the wishes of the electors, andoas a member of the Legislative Commit-‘ tee in the County Council, he was prepared to say they received able assistance from him. Dr. Cruickshank,‘in a few choice sentences, said Mr. Smith was prov- Ing himself a friend, not only of the county or the province, but to the Dominion. He retired in his favor. Mr. Flint congratulated the party on its large and enthusiastic meet- } ing. His speech was humorous,but at the same time sound and practi- cal. VVlth a copy of the platform of the Third Party in his hand he read clause alter clause, and showed that the 'l'hird Party was not re- quiredas far as Relormers were concerned, as most Of ‘the pkanks had been advocated by the Reform party for many years past. As to that plank which insisted that r1ght- eousness and truth should enter into men’s conduct ot public affairs as much as into men’s conduct of priv- ate afl‘airs, he asked if that were not consistent with the practice of the Reform party ever since it had a history As to Prohibitxon he had always advocated it, and the course 1 of the Retorm party had always ‘ tended to the repression ofthe liquor l traflic and the decrease in drunken- ness. He retired In favor of the present member. = Mr. David James withdrew his name after expressing his satisfact- ion with Mr. Smith as the represen- tative for East York. ‘ scoools. imagine the consequence! Think of these little French child- ren, unable to speak a word of Erg- lish, perhaps, and prevented by such an act as Mr. Craig would put into operation from acquiring;r sufficient education to become good citizens of the Dominion. Why such a law would be worth‘y‘only‘oflRussia. It would not be worthy of the govern- ment of the Hon. Oliver Mowat,and the government of the Hon. Oliver Mowat would have nothing to do with such an act. The convention cheered heartily and Mr. Smith con- cluded by expressing his gratificat- ion at having been their representa- ‘ tive in the Ontario Legislature for the past three years. But with money it is comparatively easy; no prudent pastor will investigate too closely the antecedents or present state of morals of a candidate for mem- bership, who has intimated his intention of figuring: for a large amount on the subâ€" scription list; a. few questions are asked and satisfactorily answered, and although the fact of his moral and religious unfic~ ness is patent to every one but the min- ister and the treasurer, the candidate for righteousness is received with open’arms. I am aware there are exceptions; honest conscientious, godly ministers, who have carefully guarded the portals, and have had their hearts well nigh broken by the abuse and opposition of those who opined that the church was not "prospering," inc” that a sufficient number of wealthy infidels had not been induced to enter the fold, to sufficiently cheaper! the cost of the heavenly provender tolthe rest of the .miserly flock. Seriously, 1 have over and over again wondered if our ministers are not making an enormous blunder in permitting the “hues and the wheat to grow together.” I don't believe that this parable and 1 other similar passages were ever intend- ,4 ed to justify the admission and retention? into the Churches of men who could not be elected into any fraternal or beneficial society 11) the country, and both of the above were prominent members of two of Toronto’s most fashionable churches. Only last week I attended a. lodge meet- inc,r when a prominent member of the Angelican Communion was black balled5 on account of his notorious character and immorality. Nor is this an isolated case. The biggest scalt-wag in a community usually makes for an office in a Church to suppliy‘the deficiency in respectability of which‘he is sadly conscious, and in- stead of the bad being improved by be- ingrin contact with the good, the good usually share in the condemnation which sooner or later falls on the wolf in sheep’s clothing. - The Toronto papers of the last few days have brought the name of another member of the legal fraternity rather prominently before the public; Mr. John McGregor, or. as he prefers it, Mac- Gregor, is now dodging the Sheriff, who is armed with a. writ to capture the afore- said,and detain him in the Queen’s name, until he is able to afford a satisfactory explanatlon of how some $660 intended to be paid to his client, Mr. Pritchard, came into his hands and was retained by, him. In the case of a non-professional awnidler he would be brought before the nearest J. P., committed for trial, and sent down, brought up at the assize court and sentenced to‘Kingston penetentiary, while a. more distinguiehed rascal may avail himself of every possible and tech- nical objection which would cause delay, and as in this instance set sail for the U.‘) S. two hours in advance of the Shefiflh It is a curious fact, by the way. in this connection, rthat ,lonia MacGregor is a hrother-in-law of Mr. ‘McDonald, the Central Bank robber and present Cali- fornia evangelist. He also had a warm spot in his heart for religion, and used to exhorb sinners most fervently to “flee from the wrath to come.” I wonder if he had any inkling of how noon he would have to practise what he preached. The interesting information is forward‘ ed from California that Judge D. M. Mc' Donald will “address an evangelistic meeting for men only, at 4 p. m. next Sunday, in the Y. M. C. A. hall at Los Angelos.” Mr. McDonald, who is no more a judge than I am. will be remem- bered as one of the gentlemen who found it convenient to go south “for his health” shortly after public investigation into the affairs of the defunct Central Bank oom- menced. His departure was somewhat hurried; in fact he \éiid not wait long enough to move any of his furniture, and even his wife’s personal effects were left behind. Mr. McDonald had not found it advisable to make even a flying visit to Carmela since that time, although quite a number of people in Toronto would be pleased to see him again; it would doubt- less facilitate the collection of sundry small accounts. After votes of thanks to the popular chairman and the secretary, and cheexs for the Queen and the nominee the meet- ing adjourned. Mr Smith then came forward and thanked the convention for the confidence they had shown in him after three years as their representative. He said that the kind words of many of the speakers was more tllln he deserved, as he had simply endeavored to do his duty. On finding: however, that his humble efi‘orts had met. with such enthusiastic and generous ap- proval by the grand assembly, he felt re- paid a hundred~fold. Continuing he said he must confess the honor conferred on him in making him standard-bearer a second time. and that he was now ten times more proud and happy than when he received his first nomination. Messrs. Inwood and Richardson then moved and seconded respectâ€" ively a resolution averring the cor- ‘él-ial Sympathy of the convent-ion with the policy of the Mowat Gov- ernment, and pledging the earnest eflorts 01 all present to secure the return to the next Legislature of Mr. G. B. Smlth, the nominee of the present conventlon. The resolution was carried amidst great applause. 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