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THE CANDIDATES. awe OF ; tee --_-- Ord oO ah - 'Two candidates, Mr, Leighton G,} .» McCarthy and Major J. A. Currie, are! 1) now before the electors of North) ,, Simcoe .The former has represept-) 'ed the riding for the past six years apd has a bighly creditable potitical record, while the latter is an un- known quantity in the political ile of North Simcow, Mr. McCarthy, dur- | °° ing hie term of office has carefully | ™ -and atndinnels trecleert after the in. Lt terests of his constituents, this be-| '* img especially true of those In the town of Collingwood, In the larger fo field where matters of Interest to the Dominion have beeo discussed it| > has been noticeable that he has al- ways associated with those who pro- | & moted a polley of progression. Judc- ed. by his work he may be truly called, a progressionist. In coonection with the Improve- ment of our harbor Mr. McCarthy | c has never missed an opportunity to} ty promote our 'interests, During his| .| term of offlee he has been moat! w persistent in pressing upon the Gov-| ir ernment our claims, with what re-} w gulte ia well known. During the! « past six years he bas secured very | h lance grants of money, the total) sj ainount equalling the whole spent in! h the thirty years previous, These « have been expended carefully and |i Judiciously with the result that to-|5 day the work is well advanced and|f} at the present time the Collinrweul | yn harbor is capable of floating the oO largest freight carriers on the Great' i Lakes. The channel, which was formerly narrow and shallow has been widened and deepened to an average depth of twenty feet from the outside to the docks, thas en-} abling steaners to enter with the greatest safety. " Following up his good work in this direction Mr. McCarthy took hold of the proposition relating to the con- atruction of a new wharf, which it must be admitted js sadly needed, For a time it is true he met with discourngements, but he believed the interests Of his conatituenta domind- ed the wharf and he kept persiat-! jy pressing the matter upon the} Gorernment. What | the result? Only @ couple of Weeks agu he se- gured the promlee of the Minlet rofl ./Puciic Works that tho docks w ted i a IP Fe a =! A= = = |= iS iensuet a be built, and that the plans and specifications would be prepared and | tenders asked for immediately, Can the Conservatives boust that. their candidate has done aus such work towards improving the! harbor? 'They cannot, and surely |, they cannot honestly be desirous of | > dofea ting a pe nm ber who: "has done a" meteh Lal, te the welfare and tuterest of Collingwood and the surrounding: country, Surely the gratitude of the) , Citizens cannot be so low ak to j lend them to fall Into line with the: few partisans in town who remain in control of the destines of the | onee great party. | --- -- = = i | ' NOTES or THE HAY. !