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THE DAILY EXAMINER.

APRIL 18, 1890.

Readjustment of Wards

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It has beet evident for several years pas

‘ t that the northern part of Charlottetown 1s

not. as compared with the southern part, fairly repr oot ted in the City Counc l. \s ar y for this unfairness, as well as for ensuring the return of a better class of ur veillors, it was for some time prop sed

:do away with the ward system and elect

the Councillors as the Mayor and the Water , , °. . > 4 pmission are eiecreda, by the CUMULALIVE vote of all the eleciors in the city- But

this idea has, in deference to the wishes ol a large and fluential class of citizens, been

Ali are now content to at ide

abandoned by the ward system, provided always that the wards be made equ al, or as nearly

; : equal as possible, in point of popwation.

The votes polled in the several wards for wembers to the Provincial Legislature,

ns were as follows :

at the last e ecti

om eas Ward 1 secee e< os Ward 2 d3 sees .475 Ward 4 ; cone ease eae boo Ward 5.... <4 jms a

Thus we see that there were more than double as many votes polled in Ward five as in Ward One, and very nearly as many in Ward Four as in Wards Two and Three combined. The unfairness of this division is made manifest by a glance- the necessity readjustment of the wards is ap- But sme persons will, perhaps, say : the lower wards are the wealthier wards, and the value of property ought to be consid-

division of the

sred asa factor in the

wards. Admitting this plea, the follow- ing statement. promptly given THe Ex- AMINER on application to our very etticient

City Clerk, will show that there is s‘ill, io j istice, urgent need for a readjustment. Here is a statement of the valuation of real estate and personal property upon which taxes were levied in the several wards for

the year 1890

Real Personal

Estate, Property.

OO Bicdeece ‘ . .8560,200 $200,000 TINE UF iccuecuscensxeus 414.475 226,130 7? eee 191.00 i ee ee , . 597 450 177,900 PRE bos Cec ccceteuns 811,8.9 195,190 $2 617,405 $990,270

So that there is more than three times as much property in Ward Five as in Ward Three, nearly double as much as in Ward Two; anda very large amount more in Ward Five than in Wards One and Four.

To remedy as much as possible the un- f.irness here portrayed, a bili is to be sub mitted to the Legislature. We are inform- ed that it prevides that Wards One, Two and Three shall remain as they are, and that Ward Five shall be so divided as to three additional

Four and admit of wards of about two hundred and twenty- If this be true, Ward One will still have an advantage of about eighty increasing in the northern part of the town, and as there will be Ward One, the difference will, if the bill be pass- ed, and property be taken into

unfair. By permitting the y P g

? live votes each.

vutes. But as population is

a prepondence of wealth in

considera- tion, nut be boundaries of the southern wards to re- main as they are, the rights of these wards will be preserved, and no citizen residing in them will have good cause to complain; while, by the division of the northern wards, the citizens will obtain that equal representation in the City Council without which taxation levied upon them by the Council is tyranny.

It will, undoubtedly, be objected that the City Council is alreaty ridiculously large, and that to add toit six additiona] To meet this objec- tion, it is, we believe, provided by the bill tht bat one Counsillor shall be elected for so that instead of a Council of

me.abers is farcical.

eacno W 4T I : ten there wil be, if the bill should pass, a

eight. The Council might be ‘e largely reducei, and its effi- ciency, ag an organiZation to transact

Ovounce.l of much mo busi- ness tor the city, greatly improved. But this provision in the bill is, at any rate, a step in the right diraction.

By electing one Councilior for each Ward instead of two, it will necessanly follow that the present auomalous system of elect-

half the Couneil alternately must be

aband nec, and the whole Council com- i

ing pelled tu go tu the people every year, or every two, three or four years, as the wis- dom of the Legislature may decide. Ex. perjence has proved, over and over again, that this, also, isa step in the right direc- tion.

The question to be submitted to the Legislature is not of this party or that party, temperance or tie liquor traffic, Scott Act or anti-Scott Act. It is a question of simple, undoubted justice tothe citizens of Charlottetown. If the readjustment, which we have shown to be urgently need- ed, be fairly made, no reasonable citizen will complain.

Ibere is, we believe, no disposition to

no disposition the part of one class of citizens to obtain

gerrymander the wards,

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advantage over another elass of citizens. It is mot true that the bill’ makes any change #8 to the qualification of electors for City Councillors

Mreover, the bill 4s te be submitted to the electors of the whole city, and voted Gon by them, Defore it will go imtw oper- action. ae

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But this end cannot be gained equal distribution exists.

Let the Legislature do ** the fair thing.” Then all must be satisfied,

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Notes and Comments.

We regret to learn that large quantities ot ice have been piled up on the North Side of the Island as a result of the Jate gale.

-The Grits of the Upper Provinces are saying that the ‘* rise in pork ” is due to re- cent changes in the Canadian tariff. The rise amounts to about three dollars a barre}.

In the House of Assembly, last even- ing, Hons Neil McLeod put ina very strong ple s for the Franchise voters of this city. many of whom are as intelligent and re- spectable as those who rejoice in the pro- perty qualification.

— The Patriot misrepresented the Com- missioner of Public Works in respect to the clause in the bill changing the limits of the town of Summerside. “Hon. Mr. Bentley did not object to the clause in question. He merely, as in duty bound, drew the sttention of the House to what the change woud involve,

The Island Guardian of to-day con- tains a likeness and an interesting sketch of the life of the Hon. Neii McLeod, Leader of the Government of this Province, concluding as follows :—

“Amid ali the wordy wars of a political contest we are not aware that anybody ever reflected upon the record of Hon. Neil Mc- Leod as a c.tizen, busivess man, or politician ; but on the contrary he is regarded by all as a man of prubity, intelligence and culture. Notwithstanding po itica! preferences, both friends and opponents of bis party will al- ways rejoice at che elevation of so worthy a man to any position of emolument, honor or trust.”

— The Patriot adduces, as a proof of its contention that the Natiunal Policy is ruin- ing this Province, the fact that the Carey Farm of two hundred “acres was offered at suction afew days ago and “bid in for $5,500." This same farm was , sold vut- right in the palmy days of the old recipro- city treaty, when the buildings on it were new and when it contained fifty acres more than it does now, fur $4,200! Let us see. Five theusand five hundred dollars for a farm of two hundred acres of land; that is at the rate of $27 50 per acre, —and ‘* bid in” at that. Surety our farmers are not yet ready to abandon their farms as they are in the Eastern States.

—Mr. Kickham submitted his recipro- city resolution yesterday. The debate that ensued was, in point of form and tone, a very good one, though it was evident that party prejudice and blindness prevailed to obscure the vision of the majority. Messrs Laird, Rogers, Balderston and Scrimgeour, with the mover and Hon. James Nicholson, delivered carefully prepared speeches, while Messrs. McNutt and McKenzie spoke more briefly. Hon. Mr. Nicholson was literally and tru y ‘‘ alone in his glory.” We have no doubt that an impartial lis- tener to the debates would decide that, in point of established facts adduced, and cogent reasoning, Mr. Nicholson was able for the whoule of them; and that, if ideas govern in the Cuuncil, the resolution will be withdrawn or thrown cut. We hope to be able to find space fur the official report vf at least one of the best speeches on each side of the question.

—There are many things in connection with the corporation of Charlottetown which are not highly creditable. But there is one feature which can be regarded with unalloyed satisfaction. We reter to the book-keeping. The right system was in- troduced by Mr. Lewis Carvell, when his brother, now Governor of the Province, was Mayor of the city; and Mr. A. H. McPher- son has attended to it, and made additions and improvements to it until it is now as nearly perfect as possible. The books, as kept by Mr. McPherson, reflect the high- est credit upon the city. We know of no tuwn in which the accounts are ‘‘in as good shape” as those of Charlottetown. Of course they necessitate close and care- fal attention on Mr. McPherson's part. indeed, anyone examining them must see that they involve a heavy tax upon his health and strength. He ought to be well paid for his work. We are surprised that the Council have not long ere this taken into cousideration the propriety of raising his salary. E:ght hundred dollars a year is not, in justice, enongh forthe difficult and excellent work which Mr, McPherson

performs.

Last Night’s Meeting.

Tue public temperance meeting held last evening, under the auspices of the Womens’ Christian Union, was one of the best repre- sentative gatherings ever held in the city, to consider this most important interest The hall was thoroughly filled with a most intelligent and sympathetic audience. His Worship the Mayor presided, and in a few well chusen remarks, such as Mr, Haviland knows so well how to make, opened the subject of the evening, quoting such auth- oriies as Cardinal Minning and Archdeacon Farrar to show what a frightful obstacle to religious and national progress the liquor traftic is. Directing our attention for a few moments to Africa he stated on unquestion- able authority that the opening up of Afnca tu civilization and Christianity is by no means an unmixed blessing to the poor Africans, for white traders are flooding the country with intoxicating liquors which threaten todo more harm to the people than can be counteracted by the higher in- fluences.

Prayer was then offered by Rev. D. Sutherland, and a Scripture lesson (Rom. xiv.) read by Archdeacon Jones. The first speaker was Rev. John Read, who defined ‘*Temperance” asthe moderate use of things good and lawful in themselves, and total abstinence from things hurtful to one’s self and iikely to be injurious to others. He ridiculed the idea of the moderate use of strychnine, arsenic and alcohol. Re- ferring to the object of the meeting,he con- sidered it a reprcach to our rulers, from the Premier down, thet our women should be compelled to orgauizein order to have laws carried jnto etfect. in the case of every other criminal law, as soon as a Violation oceurred, the whole machinery of the law was set in motivun to detect and punish crime. In our temperance legisia'ion the sober, mora! portion of the commusity werecompelled tostepoutand layinformatian | before anything could be done. This he

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submic to. He attacked local option laws ! as « miserable shirking of responsibility by legislators, and asked why they did not) submit the Budget to the electors for their | vote before they passed it. He spoke of | the gigantic dimensions of the evil referring tothe millions of dollars which British } capitalists are investing in American aad Canadian distilleries, and urged his hearers , to prepare for a hand fight, which had; really only begun. As an inspiring thought he gave them the scripture just read, and entreated them, in the name of the pitiful, compassionate Christ, to labor and sacrifice for the abolition of this awful evil. Rev. Mr. Sutherland referred to the} large intelligent audience before him as fuly justifying the high opinion he had already formed by the intelligence and | moral worth of the people of Charlotte- | town. He urged that the enthusiasm of the | meeting be crystallized into organization | pointing out that the two paths opens to) temperance were (lst) agitation, (Zud) organization. He referred to the marvellous | success of Parnell and his followers, achiev- | ed along these lines. Speaking of Na-| poleon’s boast that to him nothing was inm- | possible, he said that what was a weak) speech on the lips of a man who had noth- ing but human force at his back was true on our lips as we engaged in this great moral struggle, for we had Divine Power behind us. The three great powers of the present day were the Press, the Pulpit, and the People. He was proud to say the press | were with us, and referred in the highest | terms to our two daily papers—one of | which had promised a column to the W. | C. T. U., and the vther, he felt sure, would | do as much. ‘The pulpit showed, by the | presence of the ministers on the platform, | that it was with us, and the people were, there before him showing by their sym- | pathy thatthey were with us also. He urged concentrated united action against | this terrible fue of God and man. Rev. Mr. Gordon dealt with the economic | side of the matter, showing that in Cinada all the receipts from the sale of intoxicating | liquors, which in any sense might be said to | go to the good of the country, were five and a | halt million dillars which feund their way | into the exchequer. To offset this, there. was a wholesale outlay of twenty-seven.

lion dollars.

fied in fighting for its suppression. it was antagonistic to God, for it was the sworn foe of those things which God had ordained and blessed. 1t was diametrically opposed to the home : it destroyed the hus- band, the bond of the home; the wife, the weaver; and the spiuster, the spinner of the web of domestic happiness. It was the foe of morality, without which no abiding superstructure of social prosperity could be reared; and ic was the foe of man’s eternal interest, for it dragged souls to perdition under the sentence of God himself, who had said, ‘‘No drunkard sha!l inherit the kingdom of heaven.”’ On all these grounds, we demand its suppression. He contended that all legislation, in any way supporting or providing for such a traflic, was opposed to God's enactments and to the relationship which the Creator had established between man and man, and that therefore they should be swept away, and the whole traffic suppressed by law. Mr. Gordun also re- ferred in complinentary terms to the atti- tude of Taz Examiner and Patriot on this great question, reading clippings from both papers; avd spoke of the fact that the police were beginning to do their duty in securing convictions against violators of the Oanada Temperance Act.

The following resolution was moved by Charles Palmer, Esq, seconded by Rub Angus, Eaq., and unanimously carried—

Resolved, That whereas the W. C. T. U. have undertaken to see that the Temperance Act is properly enforced, and whereas in order that the work should be carried on effectively, it is necessary that they should have the moral and financial support of the community. Therefore Resolved, that this meeting pledges itself to support and inudorse them in their work.

Mr. Heartz, organist of the Brick Metho- dist Church, presided at the piano. Mr. Fletcher gave two performances on the cornet, and Miss Tillie Brown and Mr. Davidson sang solos, contributing greatly to the success uf the meeting. Votes of thanks were tendered to the speakers— musicians and chairman—by Dr. Johnson.

Ona the platform, in additiwn to those al- ready mentioned, were Rev Mr. Brewer, Hon Messrs. Rogers, Balderstone, Scrimgevur, Kickham and McNutt, of the Upper House, Messrs. Underhay, Clow, and Forbes, of the Lower House, Judge Hensely and others. The ladies are to be congratulated on this, one of the most successful tem- perance meetings ever held in our city.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR,

Our Streets and Sidewalks.

Str,—The deplorable condition of our streets and sidewalks is a source of daily discomfort and annoyance to citizens who have either to drive through the deep mud or to walk,over rotten plank sidewalks, and places where there are no sidewalks at all. {his state of things has been getting from bad to worse every year, and we have been expecting each new City Council from year to year to take up the matter and inaugurate areform inthe shape of permanent iim- provements on the roads and sidewalks. But nothing in that direction has yet been douse. It is an undeniable fact that we have the worst roads and sidewalks of any town jin the Dominion; and although I admit that the streets here are difficult to keep in order, owing to the soft nature of the soil, yet there is no reason why they should not be improved. The public ac- counts for last year show that over $6,000 was expended tor streets and sidewalks. The way this money is laid out in doingmere patch-work repairs no one sees any good of i*; and unless a proper system is started we can never expect them to be any better. Streets which were macadamized some yeurs ago at an enormous expense have been allowed to go to utter ruin for want of being repaired at the proper time ; thus the capi- tul-expended is now entirely lost. With a preper system, supervision -and timely re- paira, this waste could have been avuided, and by gralual improvement each year, in time ,this city would have good thorvugh- fares. The same argumer.t applies to side- walks as well 2s to the streets. Some years ago asphalt sidewalks were laid down in

‘matter, | made a sidewalk

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time for repairs, they would still be good, but for want of this smal] holes ap- peared, letting the water penetrate through to the foundation. which froze, and in the spring gradually broke up the sarface and destroyed the work.

Last year | took the trouble of corres- ponding with Mr, Hurd Peters, City Law: gineer of St. Joho, N. B., who has had 25 years experience in laying down asphalt and other sidewalks, also in macadamizing and gracing streets, etc., and suggested to some members of the City Council that they get Mr. Peters to come over here and give practical instruction to some competent men here to do this work forthe city, which he consented todo. At the request of one of the Councilors [I again communicated with him this winter, and was in hopes that the Council would have moved in the mat- ter, so as to commence operations this spring. So far, however, the matter seems to be in abeyance, and likely to remain so.

I have been wading through mud to and from my house on the Esplanade, and although I have made repeated application to the Council to have a sidewalk laid, no attention has been paid to my demands. Finding that they would not move in the in front of my house last year, at my own expense. This year the Lieut.-Governor did the same thing in front of the house he is living in, (which, by the way is owned bya City Councillor), but the rest of the sidewalk, however, is a regular mud puddle in wet weather, and seems likely to remain su. Water Street, on which there is heaviest traftic of the city, passing to and from the railway, wharves, etc., is in a scandalous condition. Only yesterday morning-the wheel of a vebicle,with a load of apples, got caught in one of the ruta, and jumped a barrel of apples off the sloven. The head came out of the barrel and all the apples were spi't inthe mud. The dray- man will probably b» censured for the accident, whereas the city is solely to blame Surely this state of things cannot be allow- edtoremain. It is about time ‘now for cit'zens to bestir themselves, and insist that the Council perform its duty and have the streets and sidewalks put in proper order. Citizens object to seeing their money wasted, bat if they had good streets and side-

million dollars, and a retail of eighty mil-| walks they would pay their taxes cheer- He read a clipping from Tue fully, and probably would not object to a Examiner, which showed in forcible terms | small increase if the additional money rais- what the use of liquor did for a farmer, | ed was expended solely and judiciously for and said that on this ground we were justi- | that purpose.

Then,

Hoping the press and citizens generally

will take up this subject, and express their | views freely, [ remain, Mr. Editor, yours

truly, Fenton T. Newsery.

Personal.

Mr. P. C. Murphy, Station Master at Bloomfield, is visiting the city.

Rev. A. E. Burke, of Alberton, is in the | City.

Richard Hunt, Esq., Summerside, is among the guests at the Hotel Davies.

Edward Hackett, Exq , Inspector of Fish- eries, arrived in the city this forenoon. He is at the Osborne.

William Campbell, Esq., Park Corner, is registered at the Hotel Davies.

The Moncton 7'imes gays: Mr. Unaworth, Superiatendent of the P. E. Island Railway, accompanied by his Secretary, Mr. Crosskill, is staying at the Brunswick.

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