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THE DAILY EXAMINER.
rhe Question Discussed. Ix the early part of this year, THE Ex- ed that it would be prudent,
view ‘ rospective Scott Act election, pass astringent high License Law; so ha ise of the defeat of the Act there
something to fall back upon. We
lid this on the principle that when grap- pling with an enemy it is well to give him
hance and to strengther our defences it every point. The suggestion was adopt- ed by the Government, and a very stringent License Law was submitted to the Legis re. But. mirable dictu, the Bill was
sed by some temperance men
uf ind som utside. It was tended that the present License was iff nt for any eventuality, and the Gov- ernment, finding that the Bill could not be carried in the Upper House, withdrew it.
Just now, it may be interesting to refer he discussion which arose in the
Levislature respecting the Bill:
f the Canada Tem-
’ . * » wK ULLIVAN Said that l
perance A eased to be law, it was question-
Ww vec we had any other law to take ics place The Lecal Act passed some years ago 4 ndefinite on that point. It was not, therefore, desirable to leave the law on such a
t State of um ertainty.
Mr. Uxperuay said that on principle he was opposed to the sale by license of spiritu- us liquors It was possible, however, that
Temperance Act might cease to
subject in
the Canada be law at some future time In that case an arrangement might be made that an Act con- taining similar principles might come into force [he Seott Act has not been properly forced, and we should be prepared, in case eases to become law, with an efficient law take its place. Mr. Yeo said that should the Canada Tem-
perance Act be discontinued in ( harlottetown during the coming summer, cr at any other time, there should be an etficient law to take its place.
Me. RicHarps was under the impression that should the Scott Act be discontinued in iny of the Counties or Towns, we could fall
ck on the License Law passed by our Legis- lature 1 Tew years ayo If, however, su h was not the case, he thought it proper that a
new and efficient Act take the place of the Scott ease to become law vie. BENTLEY said that he did not at all agree with the principle of licensing the sale t intoxicating liquors, but as we could not pass a prohibitory law, we could do nothing etter than pass a strict License Law. There ray be an election onthe Scott Act in the ty during the summer, and there ia a possi- bility f that Act being lost, but he hoped such would not be the case. Should such be the case, h ywever, wWweé should be prepared with another law to take its plac e. Mr. FarquHarson did not believe in spend-
should he passed to Act should the lat-
ing the time of the House in legislating for the benefit of the liquor sellers of this coun- try. The temperance sentiment of the coun
try
y was opposed toa License Law. The Ciov- ernment had not done their duty in reference to the carrying outof the Scott At, conse- juently it became unpopular, and petitions were now in circulation to repeal it. The Act was a good one, but it had ‘not had a fair trial. :
Mr. Ferevson said it was the duty of the Legislature to pass a License Law which would be up to the advances of the temperance sentiment of the people of this Province at the present time. Such a measure was not in- tended in any way to bring about the repeal of the Scott Act, but to assist in retaining it. lt was intended to meet the contingency, and nothing more.
Mr. Bett contended that ‘‘ the License Act of 1876 and amending Acts,” existed now the same as when they were passed, but the Canada Temperance A>t, 1878, had sapended their operation. He read the law to that etfect, contending that if the Scott Act were repealed in Charlottetown, that moment the License Acts now on our statutes would re- vive and enable licenses to be issued and pen- altic 3 to be enforced.
Mr. N. McLeop said that good temper- ince men wished, in the event of the Scott \ct being defeated, that a stringent law should be passed They believe that the liquor traffic is an evil, and they want a law that will restrain its sale. By passing the proposed act, the Legislature would remove ill doubts about the coming into ferce uf the License Act of 1876, and would enact a law far more stringest in its provisions than the License Act of 1876.
Mr. SrncLarr believed it to be an impossi- bility to enact any law that would entirely prevent the use of intoxicating liquors. Al. thongh the Seott Act had not proven equal to what was expects d of it, yet it was the best sot for suppressing intemperance ever had. he old license law was only suspended when ind where the Scott Act was in force, and it would again be renewed in case the Scott Act ceased to be in existence and the country would not therefore suffer until Parliament met next year
Mr. A. J. Macpona.p said that as a tem- perance man he had a good deal to do with framing the License Act of 1876, which was a good act at the time it was passed, but he would be in favor of passing a more stringent aw now
Mr. J. R. MacLean said that a proper license system would work much better than
ver the Scott Act had done, and would pro- mote true temperance better.
Mr. Prowse said he was bound to take the law as laid down by the Attorney General in preference to that laiddown by the opposi- tion, and to believe that if the Scott Act
hould cease to be law in any county or the itv, there was no act to take its place. Such being the case, the Legislature was bound to provide such a stringent law as that now nder consideration He was not at all anxious to pass 1 license bill, He would prefer pi yhibition. He did not think the ld license act sufficiently stringent. Mk. SUTHERLAND said there could be no tt t should the Scott Act be set aside the next election thereon, the old license of this Province wouid immediately take effect. Chat was his opinion at any rate. He did not snow there was anything in the argument ivance l by some members that the pass- ing of a license law would operate against scott Act at the oming election on that Vic Le . sai
pinion seemed to ense |
i that as differences prevail as to the old ‘gain coming into force, as it had Act, he thought d ty of the Legislature to put any pow! “ te at — beyond all doubt, for if ._& debatable question, it would ‘tigation or areign of free rum as has
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ness which was considered an injury to the] of her fame, but she was as generous and country. The people in Prince County want-| charitable as she was talented. >.
ed the Scott Act maintained if possible.
Mk. ARSENAULT had hoped, when the Seott Act was passed, that the bquor question had been settled for all time to come. It was said that there were 200 houses selling liquor in Charlottetown, and he considered that some restriction on the sale of liquor should be en- fered.
Mr. Wise came to the conclusion that the old license law was only suspended while the Seott Act was in force. If the Scott Act was not defeated, the work of passing & new License Law would, be thrown away. He therefore thought it would be better to leave the matter for another year and then if re- quired they could amend the old Act.
Mr. SHaw.—The Bill under consideration could not have any evil tendency in the diree tion of inducing the people to oppose the Seott Act. The County had proved the bene- ficial effects of the working of ihe Scott Act, and there was no fearof them returning to the old license sy stem. But in Charlotte town, where liquor drinking was on the in crease, the Scott Act might be defeated, and we should be prepared with another well- devised measure to take its place.
Mr. BLAKE. To-day, under the Scott Act, liquor can be obtained almost anywhere, «s- pecially in the city. Under the old License Act there were but thirty places where liquor was sold in Charlottetown, while to-day there were perhaps two hundred. The measure now proposed would regulate the liquor. traine by what was termed the High License 5y's- tem. it would certainly be less trouble for the Government to revive the old License Act than to take the trouble ot a new bill, bat their desire wae to legislate tor the best jn- terests of the country.
Dr. Griiis.—The Scott Act worked well in country districts ; but if it should Le defeat “dd in Charlottetown another measure shousi Le provided to take its place, and this Legis lature had no power to pass any other measure for the regulaticn of the liquor traffic but a License Act.
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Haldimand Election.
Tue Opposition journals are trying hard to account, in a reasonable way, for the re- sult of the Haldimand election. 1t was a stunning blow. The constituency of Dr. Rolph and W. Lyon McKenzie, the con- stituency which ever stood true to ‘the Liberal cause,”—gone over to the Tories Gone over, too, in spite of the best effort, that could be put forth by Laurier, Cart- wright, Patterson, Charlton, ef al! How “en such a consummation be accounted for / The Montreal Herald comes nearest to the solution of the problem. It says that the result is ‘*dueto the absence of Liberal No doubt. The They have been matamor-
voters.” Liberal yoters were not there. phosed. Prosperity and careful Govern- ment on the one hand, and Grit tactics and **Commercial Unien” on the other hand
have done the business.
Says the Summerside Journal :—‘*The Pioneer attempts to be sarcastic at the ex- pense of the Attorney-General, and ro- mances about ‘a permanent monument to Sullivan's legal incapacity.’ For three consecutive terms, covering now a period of nearly nine years, has Mr. Sullivan been returned as Leader of the Government of this Province, an honor never before ac- corded any public man on Prince Edward Island. With this certificate Mr. Sullivan can well afford to smile at the insolence of the editor of the Pioneer, the monuments to whose incapacity ‘are thick as mile stones along the legal highways of Ontario, Mani- toba and Prince Edward Island.”
: Varia.
There is a momentary lull in the French trouble, partly because the Committee which was demanded to enquire into legis- lative scandals has been appointed, and the question necessarily stands over pending the enquiry ; partly also, because in many Christian countries the first two days of the month of November are consecrated by cus- toms which defy the inroads of atheism and irreligion, and are something akin to those that cluster around the English Christmas. At this season people visit the tombs of their dead, the God-fearing with loving meémories and pious prayers, the unbeliev- ing for reasons best known to themselves ; but the time is felt to be one when animosi- ties of every kind should be laid aside, at all events for a few hours.
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The President threatened to resign if the Chamber proceeded with its investigation of the charges against M. Wilson, his son- in-law. But wiser counsels have prevailed, and M. Grevy awaits the issue of events. M. Wilson has, so to speak, thrown up the sponge, by refunding tothe Minister of Posts forty thousand francs ($8,000) as conscience money for the use he has made of the Presidert’s frank. It looks as though M. Rouvier’s Ministry would be made the scapegoat of all the disturbance which party politics have brought about.
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One would hardly think that this was the time for a change of Ambassadors, but Lord Lyons, who has faithfully looked after our interests at Paris for the last twenty years, retires at the age of seventy with an earldom to reward him, for having enabled England to steer a clear course through all the shvals with which the changes of recent years have been surround- ed. Lord Lytton has been appointed his successor. This nobleman is said to be an accomplished linguist, and is favorably known for his past diplomatic services. During Mr. Disraeli’s last administration he was Viceroy of India, where his ** jingo- ism,” brought abvut that most senseless and disastrous of wars—the last Afghan cam- paign. He did well to retire when that ad- ministration fell, or he would certainly,and rightly, have been recalled when Mr Gladstone came into office in 1880.
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The musical world is the poorer by the loss of two distinguished musicians who have died within a week of each other. Sir George MacFarren, Principal of the Royal Academy of Music, who succeeded Sir Sterndale Bennet :as Professor of Music at Cambridge, has died full of years and -hon- ors. Madame Lind-Goldschmidt will be remembered in history as Jenny Lind, the ‘‘Swedish Nightingale,” who took England by storm, and retained the reputation of having ,the sweetest voice the nineteenth century heard, and she had the good sense to retire from public life before her voice failed her. She iy said to have made enor-
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* Henry Ward Beecher is a well known namie on this side of the Atlantic. He was the minister of a large buildingin Brooklyn, N. Y., and commanded large. audiences. What his theological views were it is im- possible to tell. It is doubtful whether he knew himself. He believed in the existence of Ged, but that did not prevent him froth welcoming the infidel Ingersoll, and stand- ing by his side before a vast audience,clasp- ing his hand and acknowledging him as a fellow worker on different lines from those on which he worked, still as a fellow laborer in the great work of ‘* emancipating mens minds.”” That he was aclever man no one will deny, and that he was a charlatan, and on the whole an objectionable type of charlatan, is equally certain. Some of his sermons, ‘* Proverbs . From Plymouth Pulpit,” have lately been published in England (Bennet & Co., London.) _ They are poor stuff, reminding one of Dr. Neale’s famous criticism on Thomas Scott. ‘* They are such as some men would not take the trouble of even thinking, many would not be at the pains of speaking, and—one should have imagined, were not the fact as it is--such as noman would have condes- eended to write down.”
+ # And yet here and there inthesesame writ~ ings and saying, some gems are to be found which merit attention, for Beecher had a keen,. shrewd, New England mind, and, moreover, he had an aptness in giving its best thoughts in simple brief sentences, sometimes rising te the dignity of .-epi- gras. For every thought worth ~ re- membering there are dozens of sonorous platitudes. Igivea few of the former which seem to me to be worth ‘* making a nete of *:
You must put your hand into a man’s heart to find out how much he is worth ; not into his pocket.
Sharp men, like sharp needles, break easy, though they pierce quick.
A tongue that is the chimney of the lower nature is full of soot and blackness.
A man that does not know how tobe angry, does not know how to bé good.
lf it were not for God, the world would _ be like a menagerie broken loose, whose keeper had gone home,
A lie always needs a truth fora handle to it. The worst lies are those whose blade is false, but whése handle is true.
Do not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays her egys, and then cackles.
The elect are whosoever will, and the non- elect are whosoever won't.
The Bible is like a telescope. If a man looks through his telescope, then he sees worlds be- yond ; but if he looks at his telescope, then he does not see anything but that.
The heart of God is the world’s hospital.
When a man keeps a journal of his religious experiences, he will never lack a fool’s looking glass.
It is not well for a man to pray cream, and live skim-milk.
The shells which the sea rolls out on the shore are not its best. The pearls have to be dived for.
The fear of doing right is the grand treason in times of danger.
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I have frequently answered questions in this column, and iamnow going to ask one myself. Wallany of your many read- ers tell me who is the author of the follow- ing beautiful lines, which sound to me like the moaning of a breaking heart, struggling in the deep waters of affliction ? :—
**The way is dark, my Father! cloud
Is gathering thickly o'er my head, and load
The thunders roar above me. O, see—I stand
Cloud upon
Like one bewildered! Father, take my hand—
And through the gloom lead safely home thy child !
The day declines, my Father! and the night
Is drawing darkly down. ‘My faithless sight
Sees ghostly visions. Fears like a spectral band
Encompass me. O, Father, take my hand,
And from the night lead up to light thy child !
The cross is heavy, Father! I have borne
It long, and still do bear it. 1 cannot stand
Or go alone. O, Father, take my hand,
And Nae down, lead tothe crown thy ehild !”
NOTICE. The Charlottetown Board of Trade.
Ts adjgurned meeting of this Corporation will be held at Board room on MONDAY evening, 21st inst., at half-past seven o'clock, By order,
JOHN MACEACHERN, Sec’y. Nov. 19, 1887.—2i
MARKET HALL. TUESDAY EVENING, Nov, 22
H.KINGDODDS, ESQ,
Recognized as One of the Ablest and Most Convincing Speakers in Canada, will deliver a BAIR and UNBIASSED Lecture on the Subject of:
TEMPERANCE
in which he will demonstrate that the Seoit Acs has RECARDED rather than A DV ANCED ‘the Cause of
PROHIBITION
Come and hear SOLID FACTS. Doors open at 7.15.
Lecture to commence et 8 o'clock. Nov. 19, 1887.
HORSES.
B. AUCTION, TUESDAY, November 22nd, at 2 a’cluck on Market Square :. 1 Good Working Horse.
1 Carriage Horse. A. McNEILL,
Auctioneer.
Nov. 19, 1887, 2i.
‘Black Oats Wanted.
5,000 BUSHELS good, well-cleaned Black
Oats wanted at once, for which highest
cash price w.ll be paid.
HORACE HaSZ4RD.
moUus sums Df Inoney during the beyvday | Ce’towr, Novi 13 ISt-iwk tod
- SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1887.
GREAT DRY GOODS SALE
AND OPENING OF THE WINTER CAMPAIGN.
We find our premises are at present entirely too small for our increasing trade, and contemplate addin to the rear of our large store a two-storey brick building.
In order to do this it is not necessary to advertise such enormous discounts off our already very Low Prices, as the public are well aware that our prices are away below those who are continually advertising 260, 30-and 40 per cent discount,
We guarantee as much Dry Goods for one dollar as any store in the city.
ss SAMEES PATON & CO.
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GREAT DRY GOODS SALE
BIG DISCOUNTS.
LOOK OUT FOR ADVERTISE MENT MONDAY
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GREAT DRY GOODS SALE.
BIG DISCOUNTS.
Look out for Advertisement Monday
fas STANLEY BROS.
Ch’town, Nov. 19, 1887.
GREAT DRY GOODS SALE.
We iniend to make extensive alterations in our premises next spring, and a change in our business, and to do this must clear out our entire stock of Dry Goods, Clothing, Carpets, &c., &e.
To dispose of this immense stock within so short a time, it must be sold at a sacrifice. and we shall. there- fore, give discounts varying from 20 up to 30 per cent.
The stock consists of Seasonable and Fashion- able Goods, which are all marked in plain figures; and at prices that are well known to be the lowest in the market.
This Sale will be for CASH ONLY. HARRIS é&STHW ART
SUCCESSORS TO GEO. DAVIES & CO.
Leadiog House, Nov. ]8, 18%7.