Grip, October 31st, 1874.
SIGNOR BLAKE IN HIS POPULAR ACT OF KEEPING THE GLOBE IN SUSPENSE.
THE NEW CONSERVATIVE
By way of indirect reproof to Mr. Blake for his “disturbing” speech, and, perhaps, with special reference to that gentleman’s implied stricture on a “Reform party with nothing to Reform,” the Globe expressed its disapproval of the spirit of restless change, and intimated that there were times when Reformers could “rest and be thankful” without losing their right to the name. The Conservative party in the Ontario House were, at the time, in sore need of recruits; and, no doubt, would have welcomed the accession of this new Conservative.
Grip, November 7th, 1874.