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THEDAILY BKAMINER

JUNE 15 1e08

THE SESSION. Tue late session of Parliament has dis- tinetly accentuated the wide difference there is between Liberal promises and Liberal yerformance. Three Govern- ment measures, viz, the Yukon Railway Bi}!, the Plebiecite Bill and the Franchise Bil, have engaged attention. The first of these was to ratify a contract made be-~ tween the Government and Messrs Mc-~- Kenzie and Mann for the construction of a tramway. In direct and flagrant contra

diction to Liberal principles and promises, |

this contract had been let without public tender. The bargain was made in secret ; and the terms of the contract, when at first published, were grossly misrepreeent- ed. As a matter ef fact, they pro- vided for the construction of a little tram

way, about a hyndred and fifty miles long, estimated hy the Governmeut engineer to be “a paying road from the start,” and for the giving away tothe contractors of about four millions of acres of the bes: auriferous land in the world, The arrange~ ment was 60 very like a job, and e0 opposed to the intete+ts of the public, that when it became known the cottotry took alarm.

The people had not, at the time of the election, at all anticipated such a “ give- away,’ —least of all by a Liberal Govern~ ment; and the Senate, acting within its constitutional rights, rejected the Bill, We venture the prediction that the Gov~

ernment will not submit the question of the Yukon railway bill to the people at the

polis; for they wel! know that the opinion

of the people is in unison with the cpipion

of the Senate in this regard.

As to the Plebiscite, it is merely a means of enabling the Goverament to avoid a portion of the responsibility which they accepted when they took office. A great many persons believe that it will result as the other Prohibition Plebiscites have resulted; and this opinion is sup~ perted by the statement of the Premier that, should the vote be adverse to pro- hibition it will settle the matter; and, should it be favorable, the Government will begin to consider whether or not prohibition is advisable !

The new Franchise Bill has become, law; and, thanks to the Senate, the measure although still a faulty one, is shorn of its woret features as far as Prince Edward Island is coccerned. As the bill left the hands of Sir Wilfrid Laurier’s subservient majority in the House of Commons, it would have been a howling farce and per- fect engine of electoral malpractices in Indeed, it is doubtful if elector

this province.

under its provisions a single

in P. E. Island could vote at all; for while it provided modus operand? for voting where no list

existed, all this was overridden by the positive enactment, Ip section 435 of the Dominion Election Law, that no person could yote except where his name was fpund ona list of voters. When Senator ferguson pointed this out to the Minister of Justice threw the re- sponsibility for this incongruity the Government, the philosophic miuister moved an amendment providing that sec-~ tion 43 shall not apply to Prince Edward Island. The minister did not observe

that section 43 not only deciares that no those whose

and upon

person shall vote except names are on a jist, but that it is this section which gives voters a legal right toenter a polling booth. As the law now stands, voters in Prince Edward Island may vote although their names are not on any list ; but! they have no strictly legal right to enter the polling booth, What a beaut'ful thing it is to have a philosopher for Min- ister of Justice!

Another flagrant incongruity in the bil], as passed in the Commons, was that non- residentelectors should vote as provided in the Provincial laws, This legalized special voting by schedule in Dominion election, in Prince Edward Island, without making provision to adapt special voting to the ballot system. Hence a non-resident voter could present his vote by schedule at his resident polling district, but no ballo; could be given him; and consequently the yote could not be made to count for the candidate in whose favor it was intended to be recorded. ator Ferguson the bill was amended, making it obligatory to vote personally in Prince Edward Island as in the other Pro- vinces.

But these incongruities in the Govern- mest’s principal {attempt at legislation during the present session are unimportant compared with the nefarious attempt which the Government made in this bill to place the honest electorate of the Province in the power of trampsand repeaters. All the safeguards which we have hitherto had in

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THE DAILY EXAMINER, CHARLOTTETOWN, JUNE 15 1898,

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Lominion elections ip the jucicial prepar-

ation of the voters’ liste, and ia Provincia}

, . CPleetionne bw the rewhyt ter or 1-4

ia the pa ald lv J4d Clady cotuciu Ze bad Votes afier the election, were attempted to be swept away. Sevator Ferguson curried an amendment inthe Senate, against the members of the Government, reiaining the right to object to bad votes and to have them scrutinized before a county court judge. This amendment, so obviously in the interest of honest elections, was stub- bornly opposed in the Senste by the Minister of Justice, and was rejected by the Commons, where it was ably supported by Messrs. Martin and McDonald. When the bill came to the Senate a second time, that House ttoutly adhered to its amendments, and the Commons were compelled to give way.

Another extraordinary point in the bill was that it gave a dangerous power to the deputy returning officer in administering oaths toelectors. If this officer were either ignorant or evil disposed, he would admin ister the Provincial oath which would enable a qualified person to vote with impynity as often for the same candida e3

At the suggestion of Sen- {

as there were Provincial electoral districts included in a Pederal fid ng,

While, thanks to thé Sénate, honest elections afe still preserved in Prince Eijward Island, some other Provinces are not equally safeguarded. In Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Manitoba the man whose right tothe Franchise has been tampered by revisors who are generally creatures of the municipality or th? Provincial Govern nent,has no j adicial remedy. The Conservatives in the Com- mons, as well as in the Senate, struggled to the last in favour of the principle of au appeal, and only yielded when they found that further persistence would result in defeating the bill. The action of the Sen- ate on the Franchise Bill adde axother to the long list of cases where that House has proved itselfa bulwark of the rights of the people.

with

Apart from these measures, the Gov- ernment have done little in the late session beyond the correction of the blund er mad

last year in respect tothe preference of British goods under the tariff and the passage of a Supply Bill aurhorizing the largest expenditure out of the Consolidated Fund ever recorded injthe ennals of Can: da, and a heavy addition to the public debt. While the expenditure out of the Consol- idated Fund is to be four million dollars in excess of the average expenditure of the Conservatives, and while the increase of the public debt is proportionately great, there is not a dollar —our readers will not fail to note the fact—there is not a dollar for the Belfast and Murray Harbor Riil- way or Hillsborough Bridge. There was a grant of $180,000 for the construction of a second winter steamer. But the govern~ ment know that a second winter steamer will not be provided next vear, and that If & second winter steamer should be provid~ ed during the year following, a large part of the $180,000 will necessarily be revoted in that year. So thas we are juatified in the conclusion that of

they are only humbugging the people.

ail the immense and'unprecedented expendi'ures for the next vear, there is practically nothing for Such is Lib-ral performance as contrasted with Libe-al

prom ise,

Prince Edward I-land.

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—One of the “sunny rays’-—$300,C00 for Manitoba on the eve ofan election.

— The Guardiar has cause for its com: plaiats about Mr. Foster’s speeches. They have made clear the hypocrisy and false hood of the Guardian’s friends in the ministry.

Montreal Star: The Government comes out of this session of Parliament with its franchise bill, its Plebiscite—which we suspect it would trade offon easy terms— a fat supply bil,! a superanouatioa rear- rangement, several disappointments and a depenea respect for the Senate.

SHIP NEWS.

Port of Charlottetown.

ENTERED.

June 14.—Cardigan, Keeping, Sydney; Dielytrie, Cook, Loch Levin, C B; Annie T McKie, Scott, Liverpool, N 8; Confede- rate; Forrest, New Richmond, P Q; Kebi- noor, Cameron, Pictou; #8 Polino, Lach - ance, Montres!; ss Wio Aitken, Batt, Pic tou; Hanoah, Eldridg>, Dicks, Souri-; ss Halifaz, Pye, Boston.

CLEARED.

June 14.—SS Halifax, Pye, Boston; ss Poliv, Lachance, St Joha’», Nid; Diely- ris, Cook, Pictou; Frank, Grant, Wallac: ; Confederate, Forrest, Cape George, Kohi~ noor, Cameroo, Pictou.

Port of Summerside.

ENTERED

June 10.—Ida M, McFadyen, Pic‘ou, lumber; Advance, Terris, Paspebiac, 3000 railway ties; ss City of Ghent, McNevin, Halifax, mdse; #8 Uampana, Demers, Mon- treal. Nina Page, Campbell}, Ch’town, bal; es Polino, Lechancs, Montrea’, mdse, ss Campans, Demers, Pictou, stores.

CLEARED

June 10.—Lochiel, Wright, Richibucto, bal; *s City of Ghent, McNevio, Halifax, produce; ss Campana, Demers, Pictou, mdse; Ida M, McFadyen, Shediac, bal; Samuel Drake, Olsen, Pictou, oats.

Jure 14. - Nina Pag?,Camptell, Pictou, produce; Dominion. Ritchey, Gaspe, ba’; 8: Polino, Lachance, St Jobn’x, Nid, via Charlottetown; ss C1mpana, Demers, Mor- treal, produce; Adyauce, Terris, Chaplier, ballast.

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DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS AGAIN.

Conductor Hogg tells The Story of His Rescue from Diabetes.

Tor NXto, June 13 — (Specialy Mr. H. Hogg, the well known and popular street railway conductor (No. 107) who has been cured of a very severe case of Dia- batee, by Dodd’s Kidney Pills, bas written as follows to Dodd’s Medicine Co., Limit- ed.

‘My sufferings extended over a period of three years, and grew worse every day. I could get nothing to cure Diabetes, nor to purify my blood. Finally, the dizzi ness #0 Overpowered me, and I grew #0 emacia‘ed and weak, that I had to quit work.

“A friend advised me to try Modd’s Kidney Pills. I laughed at him, for I bad tried so many remedies, only to be di.ap- po nted thatLhad lost hope. How:ver 1 did try Dodd’s Kidney Pills. Gad, six boxes cured me entirely.”

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Witt you kindly buy your tickets for the grand sacred concert in the Methodist brick church, next Thursday eveaing, at the places where thev are now for sale, to avoid any delay in the vestibule ?

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Freshen ‘The Room

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Paper

That paper on the wall beside you has been on long enough,

A little money spent

here will give youa hand- some rew paper.

Moore & MeLeod,

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get

No stamps—the customers g

ALL the discount.

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HOME *MAK ERS.

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Buy Furniture

Buy The Best.

Mark Wright & Co. Ltd

resh Gilt Edge

PRINT BUTTER. We get anew supply in twice a week—every market day. Itis always good. We recommend i:, and we sell it cheap.

Fresh Eggs

we sell as cheap — some. times cheaper than the price you pay for them at the market They are always fresh.

SANDERSON & CO

Ftich-erade Art Rocms

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Thank §

F. TarBush, for the High Grade Art Co., has opened an office 4 docrs up from J. T McKenzie’s store on west side of Queen street, and is of-- fering to enlarge photos, tin-typ<s or group pictures very cheap for three months, that everybody may have a sample of their work. He has in the past 19 months delivered the highest grade work ever delivered on P. E I Beware of unauthorized agents. All work guaranteed, and no deposit required, 138

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“Shin a ha Shin Boila”

Tue Catholics of China Point and G -llas Point take this means of invit- ing all their friends and the public in general to their Tea-Meeting and Amusements which they purpose

ni Wharf

China Pot

‘93.08

Thursday, July 7th, Next

in aid of their chapel now in course of erection,

All kinds of amusements and sports usual at such gatherings will be provided, and music ga'ore wil! enliven the oceasion

A superior new Singer Sewing Machine donated to the chapel fund by Mr W, J. O'Reillv, will be disposed of by LOT-~ TERY on the occasion, at the sma)l sum o!| 25e a ticket.

A sa'oon well stocked with Temperate drinks, fruit, icecream and all the delie cacies of tl e season, will be on the grounds an! will be presided over by Mr John Meriisev, a Prince of Hospitality.

The Str. Jaeques Cartier will leave Ste o Nsvigstion Wharf at 10 a.m. to wing excursionists to the Tea, returning avont 6 o’clock p m.

Admiseion to the grounds including tea 25 cents,

Should the day prove unfavorable the ‘ea wii tske place on Saturdey.

By crder,

eediedate

WALTER MORRISEY, Sacretary

Prince Edward Island Railway

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On and after Monday, June 13th, 1898, in connection with the present time table a passenger train will leave Summerside at 9.15 a. m., (connecting with the ex- press train from Charlott-town) and will arrive at Tignish 12.30 p.m; leave Tig nish at 3.56 p.m., arrive at Summerside at 7.10 p.m.

A passenger train will also leave Char- lottetown at 745 a. m., arriving at Souris at 10.45 8. m.; and Georgetown at 10.106 a. m; leave Georgetown at 1.25 p. m., and Souris at 12.50 p. m., and arrive at Char- lottetown at 3.45 p. m.

All Standard Time.

G. A. SHARP, D. POTTINGER, Supt. Gen. Mgr. Gov’t Rys

Railway Office, Ch’tew. Moncton

I have been freqzently told that “Dry Goodmen” try to persuade buyers from it Specting my goods.

lt is exsy 10 yzuess why tl) ey do this— ard I sincerely hope they wil] continue in that course, for it only tends to make the shrewd buyer so much cazar't> know what I am selling at low prices,

I employ nosslesmer, sell only to gilt edge buyers, and my only terms are cash.

Housekeepers will find it totheir ad- vantage to inspect my wrappers and ekirts

See the widely known “Kiag Diamond Skirts” at euch a low figure.

Buyers will save shoe walking and mouey by trading wiih me.

Phillip Goodstein

New York Cheap Store.

BERG GRGE

‘tien ‘o Mr H. J.

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PROGRAMME OF

Graud pacred concert

Re-opening of Methodist Brick Chuch Thursday, 16th Inst,

1. Organ—Overture to Zanetta. .. We ber M: 8. N. Earle 2. Choruse—Seod ou: thy light..Gounoud 3. Vocal Solo—Enternal Rest------ bndeecnntinnss Seetooes binds cogsee Picolimini Miss Edna Sinclair . Cornet Dueti— Andante

...-Heriman J. F. Maloney and A. Mitchell Sen.iChorus—Tie King of Love my Shepherd is...............H.?. Shelly . Violin Solo~—Les Adieux...... . Saraste Miss Jean Bruce . Vocal Solo—With Verdue Clad. . coopengete.¢.6.cn pene ennooenpe se oo ae Mies Minnie Mocre, . Chorus— Festival Hyron.......... oo sseesssceessseess ss... Dudley Buck . Cornet Soio— Angels Ever Bright ++ seerecsseesss..-8nd Fair Handel J. F. Maloney

4 5. 6

10. Recitative—So!o and Quartette—

Canned ttt: BR siete i 55k cat Gie bel Miss H. Collings. Solist

11, Voca! Duett—The Cru: fix......... Faure

Misses Mincie Moore and A. Earle With Organ and Piano Accompaniment 12. Violin Solo—Legende....... Wienaicki

Miss Jean Bruce 13. Solo and doable Quartette—Sun. ST. So a Schnecker 14. Vocal Solo—The Light trom Heaven jetiony athaenit is wiikaieieeaaiis Gounoad Miss Edna Stoclair With Organ Piano and Violin Accompai- ment i5. Organ- Ad+jio from Seven Last eee Ove-ture—Morning, Noon and Night iv +. « penosetedes oe uic © ONER GRE Mr S. N.Earle 16. Con ralto Solo—De Profoundis. . smb nse'0 ech watt temeeee Tee Mes Amy Earle With Organ, Pianoanu Violin Accompani ment 17. Chorus—Trinmpbal March......Cosia GOD SAVE THE QUEEN, Doors open at 7.30, Concert will be- ginat 8.15. Tickets to be had at the drug stores of Meesrs ©. D, Rankins, LL W Watsons, 8 W Dood’s Geo E Hughes’ and Johnson & Johneon’s; alsoat Messrs Haszard & M. ore’s and Geo Carter & Co’s, and at the Vesti! ule of the cLurh on Thursday Even. Admission fee 25c.

Notice To Contractors

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Scaled Tenders adidréssed tothé uuder- signed, and marked “Tender for New Cuurch,” will be received up to the 4:h day of July, prox, from parties willing to contract forthe covstrnction of the new Roman Catholic Church at Kinkora, according to plan and specitications to be reco at th? office of W.C. Harrie, Archi tect, or at the Bishop’s Palace, Ch’town, from the llth to the 25th inet, and at the Parochial Residence Kinkora, from the 2oth to the 4th of July next.

The church isto be constracted of P.¥.I. sand stone. The Parishioners wil! make all the excavations and supply the ttone andeand. The loweet or any ‘ende) not necessarily accepted,

J.J, MACDONALD, P.P. Kinkora, P E. I. June 9th, 798

It’s All We Ask

9c for 1030 Nol cedar shingles, They are worth

moe, but for 15 days we make this offer,

After 15 Days

we will advance the price —-remember only 15 | days from to-day. All classes of shing'es and all kinds of lum- ber at corresponding prices.

Puone 181.

Connolly's Wharf. Ponies For fale

For sale, a pair of thoroughbred Shet- land Island ponies, trom the celebrated farm of Col. James Domville, at Rothesay New Brunswick, ;

These ponies took second prize for carriage pair at the Exhibition in St Jobn, N. B. in 1896, and first and second prizes for saddle ; ovies.

Thev are eight vears old, kind and ‘tractable, can travel Jong distance in double harness, and can be driven and handled by ladies and children.

With the ponies goes a comeortable carriage to sent three and « beautiful little s'eigh to e€at two; also a set of harness,a saddle and a robe The ponies, carriage, &-,cen be seen at any time on applica- ' Worth, at his stable on Prince St. For any further information apply to A. A. BARTL2TT, P.O. Box 652 136 eod Ch.town, P.E. I

Aching and Ulcerating Teeth

Treated and filled.

“ecayed teeth crowned with gold. Moderate prices.

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(H. H. HARVEY. Agent James Barrett,

t . - ‘eS ae : NE watch trade has rather fluctuating of late, first, price _ went up, aftes long .period of low pries nov the prices have d egain, whether becanse of War or greater variety of preduct; we cannot say, but the fact aq muins that you can buy from ug a reliable timekeeper _ ever before, in fact ere is no need to shoddy ,oods at all, ak If you want a good and alao the cheapest watch for the money, we recemmend a@ good movement in a nickel case instead of a poor one in a fine look colored zase that wili only wear a very short time, Soliciting @ share of you patronage, we re

Youss respectfully,

E. W.TAY

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if so, you need & pair of Bicycle Boots. We © have them in Chocolate and Black. leather, for men, and in cate vass for youths and boys,

Men’s Bicycle Boots, $1.85 & $2.00 Boys’ Canvass Boots, 81.00 Youths’ “ “ %

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Importers of Fine Woolleas and Tailors Trimmings

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La lies chocolate laced and buttos- ed boots from $2 to 3.25,

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country. If your merchrnt hes oot 80% send or write to Brace’s Grocery, ues 8t., Charlottetown. Eggs or butter ™ in exchange. None sre cue ou see stam on the tin this . , ot K. BRACE, Ch’to*®

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