Mr. W. W.
Smith, President of the Brome County Alliance, in the recent
outrage perpetrated upon him by the emissaries of the liquor
traffic. We rejoice to know that there is a prospect of the
speedy bringing to justice of the perpetrators of that assault.
We also desire to record our high appreciation of the valued
services to the cause of prohibition in this section by Mr.
Smith, and trust that he may long be spared to continue his
heroic efforts to free our country from the ravages of strong
drink.'"

The following resolution was adopted by the executive of the Quebec
provincial branch of the Dominion Alliance, at a meeting held in the
parlors of the Y. M. C. A., in Montreal:

"That this Alliance records its profound sympathy with Mr. W. W.
Smith, President of the Brome County Alliance, in the recent
murderous assault made upon him, resulting from his earnest and
successful efforts in the cause of law and order in the County of
Brome, and this Alliance trusts that full justice will be meted
out to the perpetrators of this atrocious crime."

The letter given below appeared in _The Knowlton News_ of Oct. 12th,
1894, under the heading "A Few Words on the Other Side:"

"To the Editor of _The News_:

"SIR,--In the discussion of a case which has and is now agitating
this good County of Brome, that spirit of British fair play which
has attained to the dignity of a proverb has been lost sight of
to a marked degree. I refer to the alleged assault on Mr. W. W.
Smith, at Sutton Junction, in July last. The Dominion Temperance
Alliance and its friends are doing their best, by means of the
press and otherwise, to poison the public mind in advance of the
trial against the party who is charged with procuring the assault
on Mr. Smith, and also against divers other persons in the county
who are said to be his accessories, charging them with the
commission of a grave crime without a scintilla of reputable
evidence on which to base such a charge. This, I say, is not fair
play, and those guilty of the unfairness need not find fault if
lovers of justice refuse to follow them in their raid on men and
characters, or by silence lend strength to the unwarranted
assumption that each and every one of those so flippantly
accused are guilty from the word 'go,' and must be pillor