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THE cggltnvlafii UH:ll:..O§_‘TI§j.‘OWN, TUESDAY, JANU}Rg_

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TUESDAY. J A 6. i891 .

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A Sad Word.

Yi-‘oi, the ‘Jtlihof J aniia_r_v Will late to cast your vote against the liquor tratlic. ’

[3 mgy curse your home .

lg mg’ ruin your child i

It may crush your heart!

It may !—and too late you may find out it was ii mistake to vote for rum and the rumscllcr.

Make no mistake but vote for the Scott Act on Thursday Mll-

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Father.

Remember that it is iblfii lvllll if the Scott Act is repea ed on Thurs-

“ Too Late.”

* dgy next, your own boy may become II

drunkard through a licensed ‘liquor. ti-afic. Your vote counts one in this matter. Are you willing to shoulder the responsibility of voting. to Put - legalized temptation-to rum in the way of your own boy. Think of it! Ponder the question ! Will you vote to sustain the Scott. Act to make your city a safer place for your boys? God help you do right!

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A Convert.

\\'e know of one man in HRWOD» Ont., who was supposed to be an Apti, but his own sons were working againir the Scott Act repeal movement. Tbi~ man was waited upon and asked tr try if he could not influence his boyi- to stop working for the Scott Act. He hesitated, and than replied. “ Sup- podng I do, and then one of’ these boys dies a drunkard. \Vhat than 3‘ His interviewers replied, “Oh ! wt were not looking at that.” The fathei voted against repeal.

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Voters of Charlottetown.

Tits Dominion of Canada is watch- ing you to-day. The liquor trafiic ii- looliing on with eagerness and anxiety. knowing that the defeat of repeal in Charlottetown will be little short of a death blow, while a success for liquor in your city would ‘open the door to repeal in many other places. We have confidence that on Thursday next you will “let your -light shine beforo men.” Set our country anoble example by giving in favor of the Scott Act, a majority even greater than that by which it was before sustained. -

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Rally Around the Act.

A fair majority in this contest will not be enough. - Charlottetown did nobly in the great campaign of 1879. Charlottetown was at ‘the front in the tremendous contest of four years ago. Charlottetown has been chosen again as the. scene of the opening of another

-— ~desperate struggle between the powefl

of good and the powers of evil. God help the electors of Charlottetown to ” do their duty and come manfully up once again “ to help the Lord against the mighty.” A victory now will mean more than it ever did before. —

Father T Mc Elmeel Again.

This being Epiphany, service was held this morning at St. Dunstan’s Cathedral. Rev. Father «McElmoo‘ preached, and in the course of his re- marks he again alluded to the Scott Act. He complained that it was not enforced as it should be, and that‘ the guarantee given for its future enforce- ment was not in his opinion sufficient. While he did not want either free rum or license he believed that we should get a stringent law for the pro- tection of the community that could be rigidly enforced. But where, may we ask, can such a law be secured? And what guarantee have we, even if it were secured, that it would be en- forced ! One of the prominent liquor dealers—‘-in fact the most. prominent- has declared that he " wiil sell rum till hell freezes over, andthen he will sell it on the ice.” Nice company tiuly, is that man, for the Christian electors

to row with. ———<>Ow}-——-—-

Ihe Forces Against Us.

AGAl.X8T you are arrayed the forces that_have cursed your country in the days gone by—the forces that have fought against order and law in, every part of our fair Dominion'—-the forces that have resorted to incendiarism, assassination and brutalities of every description. It matters not that good men have been misled into supporting Their alliance does

onewhit. All that has been charged against it in the Word of God, in the deliverances of every branch of the Christian church. are true.

You are not asked to vote the liquor traflic out of the city at this time; you are simply asked to vote against its attempt to obtain a foothold in terri- tory upon which it has been forbidden

the right to legally debauch your boys and ruin your homes. Let" nothing induce you to do anything else than the utmost in your power to defeat this awful conspiracy. Let no vote he left unpolled.

Better Than Before.

It should be borne in mind that since the Scott Act was voted upon three years ago, amendments have been made in it, and also in the Sum-_ mary Convictions Act,by which some of the difliculties i_n the enforcement of the Act, which proved very embarrass‘ inil. have been removed.

The following among other improve. '

merits have been made in the Scot Act itself :— --

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operate. It is fighting for 39‘!

strictly medical purpostli ‘ll3¢“l" ‘ penalty of 320 for the first oil-00'» 0'“! $40 for the second or any subsequent offence. .‘ " ' 2. A search warrant may ‘be issued and a suspected place marched, before any charge of selling liquoigdis laid or the party rcceivcs a siiuim I. or other notice of any proceedings. ' 3. All the li uor may bedestroytd. an not merely ‘.0 gallons as before. _

3. A complete ‘set of‘ forms is given, so that with ordinary care irregularities may be easily avoided. The amendment to the Summary Convictions Act enables a magistrate to subpoena a witness from beyond the city or county. Formerly _there was no means of punishing any witness for contempt for disobeying asubpirna, or of holding him for the trial. Now rt iiisgistriitc can commit him to goal until the tiiil, or compel him. to give bail, and to pay the costoccasioned by his contempt.

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Vote “ For the Act.” and against the Saloon: 1'01‘ "10 Boys and against the Bars; for God and Happiness and Home.

Electors of Charlottetown.

You are standing face to face with in duty and a responsibility that you --annot evade. Nearly eleven year- igo you’_\uere in the van of aggressivi nrohibitory work in Canada adoptlne the Scott Act bya majority of 584 votes. Stimulated by your _ noble xample other cities and counties fell into line, and today. largely by W’ movement which you thus inaugurated about one-half of the populationbf oui Dnmininn is enjoying the blessing of il3lfiOP.°

iwolilour years after you adopted thr Act, the ruin_ party, recognising th+ importance of the position you occupy. made a desperate efibrt to win our city hack for license, but they failed, and their failure strengthened our cause tll over the Dominion. As I000 8! three more years had gone by they tried it again, and again-your noble ctgna for " God, and home,aiid country" baflled the assailants and they werv once more cheated of their prey.

Since you won this last victory the liquor-traflic has had some success in ither places, but the fact that you mind by the law is against them in hair ellbrts, so they. have once more, rallied. in a determined attempt to secure the repeal of the Scott Act here. Your city is looked upon as :- oivotal point in the terrible string!‘- that the liquor-trafic is making it'- secure the ground ithas lost in out fair Dominion. You are voting for your homes——for the reputation of your city—for a cause that is noble and .'noly,—but, remember, you are voting in a certain extent for the Province 05 Prince Edward Island and for the Dominion of Canada. ‘ a cop away from the red letters. They are a danger stgnal. Mark your ballot

“For the Act.”

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1 Oddfellowsliip

Grand Master Theo. L_. Chappelle, to-

ether with Gr. Re . Breinner, Grand gfanihal; Bro. W. . Gilles ‘a, Grand Warden ;‘ Bi-o.”Geo. Waller, rand Sec- retary. and Bro. W. R. Boi-eham, Grand Treasurer. visited St. Lawrence Lodge, No.8, 1. O. O. F., last evening and in- stalled into oflioe the following :

N. (}.-—.J. F. Wheat.

V. G.-—J. A. Weddell.

R. 8.-—-D. R. Maclennsn.

P. S.—Fred. H. Seller. Ti-eas.—A. J. Houle Warden‘-«Henry S. 00311. I Coiiductor.———WilliaIn Small. . Cl13.ilIil_l.-B39. Fred E. J. Lloyd. .0 ist.—-Harry L. Hearts.

1. x.——Alex. D. McLeod.

. G.-—-Isaac L. Lane.

V. G.—-Charles McFarlane. S.-D. E. Cameron,

S.-A, M. Mccallum,

J. P. G.—-John T. Hardy,

At the conclusion of the work, the out- going Noble Grand requested all present to visit his hospitable board, where an excellent supper was enjoyed by fully 30 of the brethien. The company separated shortly before midnight, after having spent a most agreeable time, .——-——-—<w—-———-

St Peter's Church.

81'. Ps'rsa's Roan Section of the Pres- byterian :00 . tion of St, Peter's and Braokley Point Road; has contributed during the year the following amounts to the schemes of the Church ; Foreignhiisairins...,,,......,..8 H--me Missions . . . . . . . . .., . ,,

French Evangelisatioii. . , . . , . . . , 15.00 A in_eiitst1oii..........,,....,. 20.00 Co, . . . . . . . . . . 16.15

A Ministers . . . . . . . . . . 7.15

Assembly Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.75

Bursary Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00

Dayspring .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.66

W. F. M. S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.00 ' ' 3202;91-

uests of the late Miss Janie Robei-taon................ 950.00 Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3452.91

A J uvenile Appeal. .

Sta:--Last Thursday evei‘iiag.—while I and another fellow were walking up .Ques_n’8treet we met ‘a woiiian leading her husband home from the grog shop, looking up intugher drunken father’: fang and talking to him in her childish wa , unconscious of the demon raging within, It brought tears to our eyes. Such g at lit as that I do not want to meet again. he yould vote for license after viewing that trio. Oh ! fathers beware.

Yours,

‘ A J Uvsintn WI-mass.

Jan. 3rd, 1891. _ -%

while their littlegirl was walking by them .

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A S'l‘IllIlING ADDRESS BY llll. S. F. SPENDE.

His Vlfnishi the Mayor in his intro- ductory remar s at the meeting last niiiht. said he was glad to be present again as the chairman of a Scott Act meeting, notwithstanding the thunders of the Ex- amimr. He was there, ton,‘ standing by the same standard as that which he sup ported at the last meeting. He believed the Act was a good one, and bad as it has been adiiiiiristerqd, it is far better than free trade in ruin, which will prevail un- less the Act is sustained on Thursday next. .\Vitli reference to the difliculties which have beset the Scott Act he said they had all come from the liquor sellers. Much has been said against the Stipen- diary M istfilte in this matter, but he be- lieved he q done his duty faithfully and well, and ha held his ground notwith- standing that he had been deluged with cart-loads of documents from the qifice of Mr. E. J. Hodgsnn, Q. C. His Worship also referred in the good work done hi the W. C. T. U‘. He was proud to be allied with them i:i the work of temper- ance reform, because he knew that when. he was on the same side with the indie h - was on the side of society in its best PM

Mr. Spence in beginning his add:-es.~ also paid a tribute to the work of womer. He said ‘the best ruled country in the world to-day was g0t’i‘1'llL'(l by a woman- Queen Victoria. lie was gla to see, and it was fitting iiigt the first agistratr of this city ehouldoccupy the chair on such an occasion, when the‘ citizens were met together, not to affect any change in au- ciory, but to support law and put down

lawlessness. V -..i *1?

Mr. Spence neit‘ referred in caustic terms to the fact that the liquor deal era had not dared to send is man to meet him on the platform. Not- withstanding all thip anon ixiqus letter writing and all the abuse ea , upon r.he Scott Act, its opponents wil not dare to put forward a in.-iii “ We want a man. We know we couldn't get a woman-but we beg fur a man. 1_st- eise no one who will put up the cudg--ls in behalf of his aiuse against the Scott Act"? “It they «re ton bashful to come on the platform." «ail Mr. Spence, “I shall he very hep y if any of them who niay‘be in the an i- ones will ask questions from their seats." But no questions were asked. as

Our cause, continued Mr. Spence, is going to be triumphant. It will go on _until the demon drink is driven from our midst or else the grace of God driven from the heart of man. If it ever goes back it will come again to where it is to- day and than goforward as sure as the sun will rise to-marrow.

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Mr. Spence then spoke of the different steps of the temp:-r.ince_ movement. At lirst mistakes were made. But we have "tone up towardslsuccess from runs: to rung of failures. We are wiser because of our mistakes. The tom rance cause, we must remember, is on y sixty years old, and during those years we have been gradually advancing and improving the -nachinery. He illustrated the im_prove_-

out by describing the various develop- -uents in the niaiiufacture of r rs. The first reaper iiivented was the worst old blunder you ever saw. But was it thrown over the fence '2 No The man- ufacturers siniply went on improving each iefect as they could and fiffi-.-1,‘ years of development it became the vvnnderfiil machine now used by our farmers. ‘And so it is with the temperance movement. The temperance cause- started in a blunder. The began to iieform, not drinking ha its. bu‘

inly drunkenness. and the ‘first tempo—r- ance society was a drinking society+ meeting over their glasses and ‘ decanters. But that ni-schilie, wc-qldtft wank, fhen -i clever fellow arose and said, we are drinking the wrong kind of liquor... brandy, gin. rum. ctcl, let us confiiie. our- selves to light wines, cider, lager, etc.-— T'h'éy hadn't bop beer then, The pledge used to read snniething like tliis:--“l pledge‘ myself to abstain fizuni ardent . spirits, except on Christmas, How Years day, 4th Hf July, and qheepvrasliiiig. “You laugh at this” ’_ ence, but these ple were ii wttiiigt ere.” But one fe low I heard of had an old ram and he used to ‘wash that rain three times I day. That machine wouldn't work. Thqn came total abstinence. But the lsgcr beer and light wine systeni-—that musty old corpse which we buried-t0years ag-i.has sprung u, again. Then it was found that the License systi-.m_ was a bad machine. It waiifoiiiid thgt trglning up boys to shun the saloon, .;,.1_gi...,.g licensing the saloon we cnul nit; can inc” them that it was strong‘ to ’ _k, élhgn l’»0‘tl__!o total §listinence_f«_i; the 'in¢lividiial was added total stnhihivsn for the. state

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If the Act has failed here it lsbecauee the law has not been supported by m sral sentiiiient. Law and in -ral. sentiment must‘ go hand in hand. When the Act is sustained on Thursday moral reform has only begun. Law is’ the masculine ele- ment, sentiment the feminine filament and neither is of much usaxwithout the other,‘ The law is only a machine, and to it you must apply the tire of enthusiasm and ‘the steam o moral scntim.--tit. The

before. N-it only must we have a good’ law and moral santiiiient, but the hands on the valves of the machine must be‘ the i-liiht ‘kind. Here in Charlottetown the citizens dl'a|llB1t ugivg up pqttyal seoltliou. aisin an rs y t e mun oi i booths. P P0 - as -. 4*!»

T59 P599 Elli! years have taught us that we have -worked up to a higher and — grander point of prohibition. pntllnmolit ‘is make men sober, just as much 3-; ii», legisl utes to make them drunk by giving men power to sell liquor. Yes, they can be made ten times’ as drunk by act of parliament as they can without it. There are two ways of doing this. One is let- W18 the man got drunk and locking him up _till he gets sober. and the other by lflfiklllg tlI8 liquor up-find kgpping s--ber. We are working for a law that-.

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ANNOUNCEMENT

WE ii.-(vs MADE FOR mans.

-——ALL GOODS ON-—

and canon

To closed at once. . BEER BROS.

metit was asked fora total priihibition law, they said the people were not ready for it. But they gave‘ us the C. T. Act and the people responded iiobly when risked to adopt it, as the number of counties in New Brunswick, News _Sc0l9|fl.‘ P. E. Island, Quebec and Ont.ario_mh:it adopted that Act prove. and in Spite Of the many dllllcllltlt-‘I it had to contend with it had been oi. success. f In_ referring to the time it was ll1V'"P01'’‘tl0n 11} Olll'*l‘l0 he said that inthssocoiid year of its opera- tion it was as w ll obeyed as any la- in Canqla and tightened the liquor traflic wonderfully. The police statistics show- ing the difference b--tween the years un- der license and those under Scott Act were read. and he result was vastly in favor of the years un r. the Art. But this state of affairs di’ ‘ not suit the liquor tmific, and they ruse and created such a state of lawlessness as was never witncss- ~. ed in that land. The law was tiglitiiing down, and its ell’--cts were plgiiiily seen, but in the third year.after~ its adoption an election was liijuugbt on and the Act was re ealed in several places. The result of th _ was deplorable, drunken mubs par- aded the streets and source and scores of electors who voted for its rt-p;»il,i‘-uecl the day of going bacl; ‘Q the lieu-using cyst-ein. The pcqplg could not stand it and last, winter they went to the legislature and revived an old local option law. and they are now going back to prohibit-ion. We in Ontario feel confident. befnre the year of 1891 is at we will have total pro- hibition. (ilslie law referred‘ to above is one that can he called into force‘ by any inunicpality in Out-ii-iu.) Ill.-lvifilllt-ilbfi they have a’ rigid local law in some plltcrl and prolii ition in- otliers. Canada to- day is the most tenipei-ate nation on tht‘ face of the globe, simply because of its difieaciit province's rigid liquor laws.

Let us view the record at the difiere-it provinces, British Columbia, no Scott Act, nopr--hibition, a very loose license law has a percspitig, consumption of liqu--r of 8} gals; Qntiglfio, a,rijgi_d license law, gals; Quebec, one-half under local nptioii, 3; gals; Manitoba and Nurt bu-‘est, pl'«il)l- hition over most (if the territory, 2 gals; New Brunswick. Scott Act fiver greater part, 1§ gala; Nova. Scaitin, with inure pruhibiiimi than New Brunswick, 1;} gals; and soc‘-rding to our oppunenfi gha pea. ple of Ohnrluttetnivn help them to con- sume that -mall quantity. Last comes P. E. Island, all under Scott Act,-not quite six-tciiths of agallon. . '

Again, we will take the committnicnfs l" or indictable offences for the yesrr 1888. British Goluuibia. 89 for 100,000, p"P:iIfl- tion; Ontario, 99;’Qi'iehec 81; Mgiiitoliai

"' «so: am sews.-«is.

In Tnrqiitai with policemen and an army of licensged..’p_lact-s, we havexany puinbei-. of ungloqgsqd pieces. d\iVe avg we n _sys .e':a. .__V0.3‘End joints. Yo perhaps you Jun’; know down are what these terms mean. (fltliairiiiagi-—Ill[,i'_."l3t A (1 II XVO 13. VI .‘ you‘ ‘ gve ig 3 low drinkitiiplace where only the lower 01888 07 dllln era go. The joint is a still lower. place where other p_]‘aat.ioes are carried on besides drinking. It .' is said the liquor ticks will see that no liquor is suld wltlaiutlicense. We find I.‘i1‘}“.‘.i.°.3’.l’..ge”""‘°..'.'?a i."§i"-‘J .i."""-"i“" . ‘ ll ! en‘ in or- eat of course to enctsirsuc the illicit. pl.c,._ The b ya, the reap ~ctab1c yiiung men he. in at this‘ olglfél, rtlhe Roslyn "[1804";--~ my I)! _ in t _e dive 4-] the j--int-. The grade places tlfiafiir the greater 8\'ll._, It’: is to them the 1-.»- snectablo ynuqg men is-sort, them they '03“! the llribil-,,,u-lIi_ch grows upon them -and ere long they bgcaimo disnrdc;-1y gm imdesirable custmgim and “,9: an thrust out and are‘ bligerl to resort to the 10.“: dives to the an tlte ac. ‘l‘!"‘9d/3‘ the f'lr'5.lll"3l8l1lu hotel. But -«til! they are a. s--nice of profit to the air-we l1."ll3.G.."3_ from three the lower places get their liquor. Ana is itis harder. the police are agreed that it is much easier to, enforce a prohiliihiry chm a license law. The Scott Act gave all the I control that license could give, {via 3 szreat deal more. All that wgs cg“-‘id =n a license law was the? reatginiivg power,“ 0-ntfiinefli Aliaeriss law w id ‘ ti." city restrict. sa_y-1195.0, ii-iim ‘Selim: liquor m-d._pexiriit .50 to Bali, tho an... $31 restmnathe 11951) and the so as