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THE CAMPAIGN. the peculiar needs of Cuno S Sk cee ae i ae ews fallen off neatly seventy per ,coat on endeavoring to make the impression (Free trade) is found imposs! le to carry out.”| Britain having fallen ot y y per, : ’ Oe as Sh leent. since 1873. Now let us see how the | that the top button was not Du mic eae ‘Carthy was a big man, and he (Mr. almer) a

King’s County—The Candidates § Austin C. McDonatn, Esq. ( ) Dr. Morrarr. \

Queen’s County—The Liberal-Con- servative Candidates.

{ Hon. J. C. Porr, / ) Hon. F. Dz Sr. Crorx BRreckEn, }

Prince County—The Liberal-Con- servative Candidates.

{ Cornetivs Howat, Esa. } ) Eowarp Hackett, Esq. §

Tue Day EXAMINER,

JULY 25, 1878.

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‘The Belfast Hlection.

Tue resignation of William Welsh, Esq., has, we learn, been accepted; and a writ of election has issued. The time of the elec- tion has not yet been announced.

We have not heard a great deal as to who the candidates will be. Public opinion just now seems to be running in favor of Donald Montgomery, Esq., late Head Mas. ter of the Normal School. The shamefully unfair way in which Mr. Montgomery was treated by the imperious tax-gathering com- bination will, we have no doubt, now recoil —~as all unfairness in politics does recoil— upon the heads of those guilty of it; and Mr. Montgomery’s candidature—should he accept a nomination—will, on that account, be the better received. But Mr. Mont- gomery has positive claims upon Belfast— or any other district in the Province—of a very high order. Not to speak of his being a native of Belfast, Mr. Montgomery is, we are informed by a high authority, one of the best scholars Prince of Wales College He knows the district thoroughly. He is conversant with its people and their interests. That he pos- sesses ability of a high order has been de- monstrated. When he speaks, he speaks so as to command attention. Mr. Mont- gomery deserves well of the people of Bel- fast; and, judging by what we hear, we believe that, if he but consent, he will be their next representative.

has produced.

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HON. LOUIS H. DAVIES ON THE TARIFF QUESTION.

How He Shirks the Issue.

We stated, as facts which cannot be denied, that Mr. McKenzie has declared — we use his own words — that he has “‘~o pea of having a system of Free Trade,” because he believes and knows that, ‘* gitnated as we are, it is ABSOLUTELY IM- POSSIBLE to carry out a Free Trade Policy.” And we asked Mr. Davies to explain how the followers of Mr. McKenzie can possibly come together in the name of Free Trade, or rejoice in the name of Free Traders.

Mr. Davies, in reply, humbugged the andi- ence in the Atheneum with transcendental abstractions; and quoted the following passage from one of Mr. McKenzie’s

speeches :—~

‘You were pleased to refer to my po- litical opinions upon one subject, and while I quite concur with you that, in such a meeting, it is perhaps improper to speak of local politics, still, 1 think that in the high- er branches of political life we may refer to political principles. I take the true meaning of the term free trade to be the complete re- moval of all restrictions upon trade, so far as that can possibly be done. I believe myself that the principles of Richard Cobden and the principles of Free Trade over the world are the real principles of civilization ; and I believe that wherever those principles are interfered with by restrictions on trade by artificial means, to that extent there is re- trogession from the higher principles of civilization. (Applause.) That, I think, is the view generally taken by the people of Canada. We have amongst us, as no doubt

ou have amongst you, people who have the idea that the true trade principle is to build up a high stone and lime wall to pre- vent people coming in or going out, who say : ‘ Let us keep the trade to ourselves, and keep the money in our own country.’ But we cannot do that—we can only make money by trading with other nations and individuals.”

It will readily be seen that this is no answer to our question.

Sir John McDonald, when submitting his celebrated resolution last winter, made use of just as strong language in favor of free unrestricted commerce’as the above quoted.

He said :—

‘In the abstract, Free Trade is the lib- erty of buying in the cheapest market and selling in the dearest. In the abstract it is a proposition nut to be disputed.”

If he had gone no further he would have gone just as far as Mr. McKenzie went in the passage quoted by Mr. Davies ; and he might—just as truly—just as correctly—be classed ‘‘a Free Trader” as Mr. McKenzie.

But both McKenzie and Sir John have gone further. McKenzie says:—

“Situated as we are it is absolutely im- possible to carry out a Free Trade policy.”

And Sir John says:—

*‘But when brought down to the concrete, when the needs of nations are considered, and

And here the difference between the two men is shown ina striking manner. Mr. McKenzie sees the country going to ruin; he sees that the tariff militates against the growth of the industries of Canada; he sees that in carrying it out the poor man is overburdened, while the rich man’s load of taxation is unfairly light~and he does nothing. Sir John, on the contrary, says, “QGome, we can do something, and we will do our best. We can judiciously readjust the tariff; and we will do it.” And he sets to work. The tariff is a protective tariff ; Free Trade is impossible. He says, ‘Let us readjust the tariff so thatall raw materials, quasi raw materials, tea, sugar, tobacco, ete., shall be admitted duty free or nearly so, and the working classes will be relieved. Let us make up the revenue which we will lose by the imposition of heavier duties upon high class articles manufactured in Canada, and the burden will be borne by well-to-do people able to afford to buy and use such articles, and not, as at present, by the poor working man; and besides our own manufactures will receive the advantage of the incidence of the tariff, which now falls to the manufacturers of the United States and other countries : thus trade will revive and the country prosper. Sir John sets about doing this; while Mr. McKenzie remains enveloped in clouds of abstraction. along with Mr. L. H. Davies, or when pressed too hard by vulgar men whose livelihood has been taken away by the Yankees, blurts ‘““we have NO rpea of having a system of Free Trade ! "" The first is a practical statesman, the other a transcendental theorist., unwilling or un- able to do anything to improve the ruin-

out,

ous condition of affairs.

Mr. L. H. Davies in claiming to bea ‘* Free Trader,” while following a leader who says that, under present circumstances, ‘Free Trade is impossible,” is simply trifling with the people; and well deserves of those whom the * arrent hum-

to be set down as one Ottawa Free bugs.”

The Seatin the Cabinet—The Local Premier’s Opinion.

Press calls

Ovr Local Premier—Mr. L. H. Davies— during his speech in the Athenzeum said, in reference to the Seat in the Cabinet, that, for his part, he thought it would be far bet- ter for this Island to have no representative in the Cablnet, than be represented by men of no influence like the representatives of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. This was rather hard on Smith, Burpee, Jones and Coffin. By the way, we notice that the ‘‘ Patriot” has neglected to report that part of Mr. Davies’ speech! The ‘ Pat- riot” should not fail to let its readers know all that the great man said.

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Transcendental Loyalty.

(Froin the Toronto Mail.)

Tue series of articles with which the pub- lic have been favoured in respect to the policy of the Opposition, although evident- ly the outcrop of many men of many minds, have at least the common peculiarity of grossly and intentionally misrepresenting and mistating the premises upon which their argument is based. Having assumed that the policy in question is the building of the famous ‘‘ Chinese wall,” our Grit contemporary tells us that it is “‘idle to pre- tend to qualify or moderate the intent, ef- fect or purpose” of the wall aforesaid, and thus it continues to lift up its voice of wailing : ‘‘ 1t means towards Great Britain separation, for it would loosen the strong- est bond that binds the Dominion and the Empire together—the golden bond of com- merce. It means towards the United States hostility in a retaliatory form—‘ We will do to youas you do to us’—were the exact words of the Tory leader himself. It means toward the whole world exclusiveness—the refusal to buy or to sell—to, buy because, as Sir John McDonald says, we are to pro- duce everything we are to consume—to sell because we are to consume all we produce in a home market.” If such arrant, child- ish, nonsense as this is acceptable to the readers of the ‘‘Globe” we cannot,of course, prevent them from swallowing it, but we very much mistake the intelligence of all classesof Canadians if they do not agree with a certain high dignitary of the church in pronouncing it ‘ bosh.”

Weare told also ‘‘ that the underlying cause of the movement in favour of a pro- tective policy has been the admission of American goods at 174 per cent. tariff,” and

that the intention of Sir John McDonald is’ | position near the Johnson house on the plan.

to ‘* adopt the United States tariff ranging from 35 to 85, or more per cent.” ‘The effect of the Grit policy upon the ‘‘ golden bond” of commerce which binds the Do- minion and the empire to-gether may be very briefly summed up as follows :—-

Imports from Great Britain in

1873. Dutiable

Free . 21,025,742 Total, $68,522,776)

Imports from Great Britain in 1877. Dutiable $32,916,776 Free . 6,655,463 Total, $39,572,239

weakening of the ‘‘golden bond,’ &c., under four years of Grit rule, of $28,950,-

537—of which one-half is in goods free of

Here is a falling off in our total trade, a

count stands with the United States:

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$17,673,305 31,056,873

eer er ee $47,735,678

and in 1877-—-of Duitable Goods. . $23,510,846 Wreti. cs okie cues 27,810,823

Tetdl. . . .caneaei thes $51,312,669

It will be seen, therefore, that in spite of the depression of our trade, and the en- ormous decline in its aggregate, our trade with the United States has increased $3,- 576,991 since the revulsion began, and with Great Britain it has fallen off the startling amount of $28,950,537 in the same time, a weakening of the “golden bond, &c. ,” which does not seem in the least to alarm our su- per-loyal contemporary. It is noteworthy, too, that in free goods our supplies from the Mother Country have been reduced from $21,025,742, to $6,665,463, or 70 per cent., while the reduction from the United States has been from $31,056,873 to $27,801,823, or 10 per cent. only. dé is quite evident that the ‘golden bond” will not be less strong under any system which has been suggested by the Conservative leader than it has been under the operation of the fiscal system of the great muddler and his confederates.

matter. In 1873, Great Britain purchased

our productions to the amount of

and in 1877

$38,743,348 41,527,290

The United States purchased in 1873 . ‘ ; ; and in 1877, only

$34,934, 120

22,919,179 Thus, it will be seen, that while we are buying less from Great Britain by $283 ,950,- 537 in 1877 than in 1873, we are selling her more by $2,773,952 ; and on_the contrary, while we bought trom the United States $3,576,991 more in 1877 than in 1873, we sold $12,041,841 less.

(To be continued. ) ES

FHE McCARTHY MURDER.

Dorcuester, N. B., July 23.

The Osbornes are in good health. The re- examination of Annie Parker by Dr. Tuck was resumed at 10 a.m. to-day. Referring to the statemeut made to Wortman and Stevens say- ing she expressed herself as knowing more than Stevens wrote down, Witness says: Be- fore [ made any statement I told Mrs. Flakes the body was in the Scadouc. I could see the Johnson House from my window and persons roing from the corner of the house up French Ces She then described the money, and stains on the floor, but says she saw no blood in the wagon. The small piece of rope shown on Saturday was produced. Witness said: That looks like new rope. Never saw any like that at Osbornes. She then referred minutely to trying on and the braid on the cuff of the coat as before. About the five puncheons in the bar-room, some were filled and some were not. Witness then point- ed out from memory to the jury the size of the bar-room. In fact her whole re-examination was nearly the same as before detailed. She said : I remember telling Mr. Palmer I forgot a certain person’s name; I told him so because I considered it did'not belong to the case. 1 said the only light in the Waverly Howse at 12 o’clock was the one in the bar and Osborne's room, She referred to the lifting of one Mr. Kennedy from the floor to show some parties that a man could be lifted in that way. By request of Mr. Palmer, Hts Honor asked her if she told Moses Jonah that she saw the sleeves of the coat cut. She said she did not know such a man, and did not tell that to any- one. At another request His Honor referred to lights in the house, and witness said there was no light in the hall when the body was carried out.

Annie then left the stand, after occupying it some two hours, and Patrick Hickey, night watchman at Shediac in October last, was called. Witness described his beat as between the soap factory and Smith’s store ; as to see- ing Chip Smith going towards home, and the wagon going up the road. He did not know the driver; he wasa stranger. He thought he would have seen anything projecting above the box or any one in the front door, as he passed the Waverly twice every half hour, and there was no one in the door. He saw a light in the Waverly at 10.30 o'clock, but not later.

AFTERNOON,

The cross-examination of Hickey by Mr. Palmer was continued this afternoon. The only feature affording interest being the con- troversy indulged in frequently by Messrs. Hanington and Palmer. The witness is a middle-aged man, and, though feeling bother- ed, evidently wants to tell the truth. He says he did not know Harry Osborne until

at Osborne’s after 10.3). If there had been one he surely could have seenit. He forgot whether he said that Harry did not look hke the person he saw in the wagon. If so, it was correct.

To Mr. Hanington—From Sackville street to the main road it would be the nearest route by the Waverly House, but is not generally travelled. (Here the learned counsels, Haning- ton and Palmer, made some fun for the crowd with their continued hits at each other, caus ing the interposition of His Honor, which fora time suppressed the excitement.) At the jury's request the witness explained his

(Right here your reporter had placed in his hands another letter of threat to Mr. Hickey, telling himif he did not keep dark he would be missing as others had been, signed Jim, and dated January 3d, 1878, Moncton.)

James Ingles was the next witness, who ex- plained fully the structure of the Scadouc

$47 ,497 ,034) bridge, giving dimensions, state of tides, ir-

regularity, effect of winds upon them, etc., from his experience as a driyer on said river. Witness also explained the fiuding of the body jas far as his observation served him, which , would be a detail of previous report. He said ‘it is about a mile from the Weldon House to the Scadoue bridge. The channel approaches the shore directly opposite Mr. Atkinson’s residence. Referring to the body again, wit- ness said: I can’t recollect as to the collar of deceased, but remember the long necktie. (Rubber coat shown. ) the button was fest and the coat thrown back,

But let us look a little further into the.

after his arrest, and that he did not see a light ,

Witness described that

‘smaller man. He felt considerably tight with ‘iton. The appearance of Mr. Palmer with ‘the old rubber coat, torn and hanging upon ‘him over his arms caused even the prisoners to smile. Witness says the body appeared to turn blueish shortly after being removed.

To Mr. Hanington—The Scadouc has re- ,

tained its present condition as regards position of chanpel, and irregularity of tides since his experience upon it, Witness says he would prefer to cross the Scadoue ona boom before the Railway Bridge, it being dangerous before the part directly over the water 1s reached, (Here the feeling between Counsel grew 80 ap- parent that his Honor advised them to try and get along without quarrelling. )

To his Honor—Do not know of anything in the bottom of the river to detain a body, the river ia quite clear be times.

The cross-examination seemed to be to show that McCarthy had set out for some Indian camps not far away, and had from intoxication fallen into the Scadoue while attempting to cross the railway bridge, but witness here de- scribed a route which would have been more convenient it he had wished to do so.

Annie Parker was in court all day to day by permission. She is in excellent spirits, but thinks her health has somewhat failed from confinement during the ordeal she has had to

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Temperance Convention.

Tur regular semi-annual meeting of the

Island, was heid in St. Patrick’s Hall, on VYednesday, the 24th inst. Delegates were present on behalf of 41 societies throughout the Island now affiliated to the Union, and representing an aggregate of over 7,000 members. Besides His Lordship Bishop Melntyre and the members of the Central Council, there were also present upwards of twenty clergymen from different parts of the diocese. The following are the names of the Societies and the Delegates repre- senting them, as far as we could ascertain :

_ St. John the Baptist Society, with Cadet Society, Miscouche—John Gillis, Esq.

Mount Carmel, Fifteen Point—M. Arsenault.

St. Jaques Society, Egmont Bay—U. C. Tradelle.

St. Mary’s Society, Brae—Usebius Beaton.

St. Anthony’s Society, Bloomfield—Hypoiile Martin.

St. Bonaventure’s Society, Tracadie—John MeDonald.

St. Eugene’s Society, Covchead —Edward Mullen.

St. Joseph’s Seciety, Charlottetown—Richd. Reddin and F. J. Conroy.

Immaculate Conception Society — James Alexander.

Sacred Heart Society, Alberton—Hon. G. W. Howlan, P. Gavin, Esq.

St. Francis De Sales Society, Grand River, John McKinnon.

St. Francis Society, Little Pond—-Gaspard Metnnis.

St. Augustine Society, Montague—Rev. W. Phelan.

St. Peter’s Society, St. Peter’s Bay—John Sullivan.

= Bridget’s Society, Lot 11—Joseph Mur- pay.

St. Michael’s Society, Montague.

St. Andrew’s Society, St. Andrew’s.

St. Mary’s Society, Sturzeon.

St. Charles’ Society, Summerside —John Gaffney.

St. Charles’ Cadet Society—Charles Smith.

St. Mark’s Society, Lot 7.

St. Felix Society, Rollo Bay.

St. Joseph’s Society, Tignish—J. J. Arsen- ault, J. Richard.

St. Mary’s, Society, Indian River—John Forristal, John McLellan.

Holy Magi Society, Freetown—John Mac- donald.

St. Bridget’s Society, Vernon River—D. E. Clarke, Peter Edmunds, Andrew Keefe.

St. Patrick’s Society, Fort Augustus—J, H. Cummiskey, Lucius O. Kelly.

All Saints’ Society, Cardigan — Robert Quinn.

St. Cuthbert’s Society, Cardigan Road — P. S. Mulligan.

St. James’ Society, Georgetown—Peter Me Court.

St. Columbia Society, East Point—James Beaton, Ronald McDonald.

St. John Baptist Society, Rustico—J. C. Doirant, Sylvester Doirant, Dominick Doirant, Leon Gallant.

St. Patrick’s Society, Charlottetown—Thos. Flynn, Thomas Hagan, Michael Smith.

St. Ann’s Society, Hope River—Joseph Harrington, Florentine Peters, William H. Hogan.

St. Ann’s Society, Lot 65 —Martin Tierney.

St. Joseph’s Society, DeSable—John Bradley.

St. Margaret’s Society, Big Cape—Angus McCormack *

St. Mary’s Society, Souris—John M. Walker.

St. George’s Society, Lot 55—Gregory Mce- Lean.

St. Joseph’s Society, Somerset — Francis P,. Murphy.

Having attended divine service in the morning, at 2 o’clock, p.m., the members of the Central Council met the delegates in the hall and the business of the convention was proceeded with.

During the course of the afternoon the members present were photgoraphed in a group by Mr. Lewis.

At 6.45 the Convention were entertained at a sumptuous repast, provided by Mr. Kennedy in St. Dunstan’s Reading Room.

Speeches were made by His Lordship Bishop Mcintyre, Senator Howlan, Messrs. John Gaffney and P. R. Bowers.

All spoke in the highest terms of the progress made by temperance men through- out the Island, and of the satisfactory state of the different societies as evinced by the reports of the delegates.

At 8 p.m. business resumed in the hall and several subjects of importance were dis- cussed and disposed of.

A resolution was also carried in favor of an early movement being made to introduce the Canada ‘Temperance Act into this Province.

Having completed the work of the session the Convention adjourned at 11 o’clock.

As this is the first regular meeting of this body the attendance of delegates, the great interest manifested in the cause of temper- ance and the management of the whole pro- ceedings of the Union augur well for its

prosperity, ,

Catholic Total Abstinence Union, of this!

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS,

MOLASSES.

pe () PUNS. landing to-day from M. A, OU Starr—exrra Nice. CARVELL BROS, Ch’town, July 25—1i

GOOD TEAS.

He S. 8. Prince Edward, & y HALF-CHESTS Prime Congou and Souchong TEAS, at lowest prices fog cash or good paper. WILLIAM DODD,

Queen Square,

Ch’town, Jaly 25—pat 3i

Lime Juice.

K S. S. M. A. STARR, 15 cases, one dozen each, PURE J LIME JUICE. eis Will be sola Low to close.

WILLIAM DODD, Queen 8 July 25.—pat 3i ’ ae

For One Month, Only:

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BO0TS & SHOES,

gar FOR CAST ~@y

FOR ONE MONTH, ONLY! —CINSISTING OF—

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E. W. SMITH,

. Mrs. Stamper’s Corner, Ch’town, July 25, 1878—Im eod

THE CAMPAIGN.

M EETING of the Business Committee A of the Liberal-Conservative P. will be held in Allin’s Hall on MONDAY EVENING next, at 8 o'clock. (. F. HARRIS, Chairman.

July 25, 1878—

POCIES & CLAMS!

59 Bbls. POGIES, 2@ “ CLAMS.

CARVELL BROS, Ch’town, July 24—pat 3w 2aw

PUBLIG MEETING.

A T the request of a number of electors of Morell and vicinity, I hereby call a PUBLIC MEETING, to be held on

Friday, the 26th instant,

at the hour of 5 o’clock, p. m., at the Store of R. N. COX, Esq., for the purpose of dis- cussing matters in connection with the ap- proaching Dominion Election.

WM. HAYDEN, J. P. Morell, July 24—

THIN DERS.

hee TENDERS will be received by the undersigned, until noon of

Monday, the 12th of August,

for the Erection of a CHAPEL for the Baptist Church, on the corner of Prince and Fitzro Strects. ‘ The Committee are prepared to consider pre a — a or wooden build- ing, and each tender should plain! i which it is intended. er Plans and Specifications to be seen at the oifiice of Thomas Alley, Esq., Prince Street. Accompanying each tender must be the sig- natures of two solvent parties willing to become

sureties for the due fultilment of the contract.

Tenders to be addressed to the undersi and marked ‘‘ Tender for Baptist Chapel.” ‘he Committee co not bind themselves te

M. G. MeLEOD, Sec’y of Building Committee.

accept any tender.

Ch’town, July 23, 1878—dy & sw p ar till 12

STRAYED OR STOLEN,

ROM the Subscriber’s Pasture, on Satur. day night or Sunday morning, a BAY MARE, with white spot in centre of forehead, and a dent across her nose, weighing about 1,300 Ibs., 7 years old. A suitable reward will be given for information that will lead te

her recovery. DANIEL GORDON, Fitzroy Street, July 23—

MPLOYMENT.—I» every village

i_4 township of P. E. Island oe yet aon pied, ONE AcTIVE, intelligent Lady or Gentle. man can obtain a most respectable and profitable engagement. Address, with particulars, D. DOWNIE & CO.,.

Box 1964, Montreal.

May 25, 1878—

FARMER'S ARMS TO LET.

LET, the Saloon and Building known as the *‘Farmer’s Arms,” fronting om Queen Street, formerly occupied by Mr, Geo.

Mutch. Possession given immediately, For further information apply to the undersi Trustees of the Estate of the late Willi

Sneeston. Rh. R. FITZGERALD, B, ROGERS, July 17, 1878—3w

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