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THE DAI Y EXAMINER.

The Scott Act Election

Tue election for the repeal of the Scot! Act concerned takes place in Charlottetown on Thurelay the 24th day of November next.

James Curtis, Esq., Sheriff of Queen's been appointed Returning

so far as this cily is

County, has Officer

The campaign now opens, and are askel whether or not they desire the present state of affairs to Tue Examiner, during the short time that will elapse be-

the citi

zens of Charlottetown to say

continue.

tween now and the day of voting, will en- deavor to discuss the question at issue 1n its practical bearing, in a calm and dispassion- ate msaner, and its columns will be open tu any reasonable correspondence on the sub- Correspondents, however, must bear mind: that be short and to the

yect. this important point in their

communications must point, and entirely free fiom personalities, -_—_--

Feeding and Boasting.

[sere is one feature in Gritism worthy of recognition, and in the perpetuation of which the The majority of their shows begin with either a

party appear unanimous.

True to their instincts, Quebec was not formally opened until Mr. Mercier had fed the The subsequent proceedings may not be food of absorbing interest, but the luncheon so generously spread may make friends forthe dvnor. inquisitive

picnic or dinner. the conference now in sessivn at

audience.

The sessions being secret, an public will be left to guess the programme

submitted by the It is pro-

bable that they will, like the Tooley Street

tailors, consider themselves ‘* the people,”

but such pastimes, although pleasing to the

delegates, will not atall affect the well-

being of the community.

For sume time pastthe Grit party in general have been posing as political saints, assuming that ‘‘the people will believe anything.” They regard themselves as the only authorized agents for the importation |

** Reformers.”

of political virtue, and have decided to}

hold the article for a rise in the market.

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CTOBER

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ILE M4 we have only to say that Taz Examini 8

supported the Seott Act in the previous contests because we were Jed to believe that

under it the liquor business would soon be- come a thing of the past; that the baneful vurse of intemperance would be wiped out; ind that the standard of morality would be vlevated., That the Act has done none of these things is apparent to even the most casual observer. That the number of places where liquor can be obtained have greatly increased, and are continually in- creasing since the Act became law, is also well known; that as a natural consequence of this bad state of affairs the num- ber of people- men women and children seen staggering about our streets is some- thing terrible to contemplate ; and that the standard of morality has not been raised, but lowered is evidenced by the amount of ‘* peculiar ” testimony given at Scott Act trials in’ the Stipendiary Magistrate's Court. Forthese and kindred reasons THR Examiner has spoken as it haa in reference to the Scott Act.

The second and third contentions are, with all due deference, not strictly in ac- cordance with the facts. The temperance men and the ministers of the Gospel are not all on the side of the Scott Act. On the contrary, we have heard many warm advocates of temperance —men who do not import their supplies from Halifax, Mon- treal and other places, as some of the ad- vyocates of the Scott Act do—lament the deplorable state of affairs which exists un- der the Aet.

The charge contained in contention four, that Tue Examiner is hand in hand with drunkards.and rumsellers, we repel with scorn, THe Examiner has never said one word in favor of either theone or the other; but is iu favor of true temperance, frst, last and all the time. Some men, who are really sincere, and many who are not assert that the Scott Act has promoted temper- ance. After giving the Acta fair trial and support, the conclusion has forced itself upon us that it is an egregious failure as a temperance measure. For arriving at this conclusion— based, as it is, on the practical, not the theoretical working of the Act-- und for calling for an improvement we are stigmatised as going h:n1l in hand with drunkards and rumsellers !

In eontentions five and six Tuer Ex-

lf we look alittle closely at the facts, Liberals have | They have the convenient faculty of forgetfulness, and atudiously keep in obscurity their past |

however, we find that these

not a clear title to their claim.

disgraceful career, which, when reca!led, blights them in the estimation of the people | of Canada. The cold, unflinching records of history show that the Grit party has/ been steeped tothe eyes in corruption of

every kind ; the recital of their many wmis-

deeds would occupy too much of our space. | But while indulging in the veriest hypoeri- | tical cant, we sha)] allow them to go ahead | op their own line. They know what they | can do best; and since it is boasting, why, | let them beast to their heart’s content. | This is a free country, and if they can per- | suade the people tu think as much of them | asthey seem to think of themselves, all | right. Ours isa government of the people, | and no one can deny that the people are | king. Tae Examiner believes in the peo-| ple—that is, the rank and file. They | know than the Grit leaders think they do, and are not easily wheedled. The Opposition, being without a policy, have no | principles to fight fur; or, if they have, they conceal them very successfully, What the country needs, and must have, if it is to be prosperous and happy, is an adininis- tratiun that represents the whole Dominion from Prince Edward Island to Vancouver. The Grit party have never dune that. It was not born todoit. It is essentially a and never has been any- thing else. It never proposesa platform which is satisfactury to the entire faction or to the country: It is suspicious of itself. Its business at the present moment is to decry the country and make the people dissatis- fied, if by such an unpatriotic course they can obtain the reins of power.

The people are not blind to the condjtion of affairs, and are watching the various tac- ties of the Grit combination, which, if not edifying, aré certainly amusing. With a pronounced policy-—the same for every Province in the Confederation—the Libera] Conservatives are at present the only party that can truly represent the whole country. The electors see that, and continue to say so at the polls every time an opportunity offers.

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The Scott Act.

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sectional party,

Tus Rev. Georce Street, in another col- umn, delivers a brief discourse from the text, ** Tae Examiner and the Scott Act.” The rev. gentleman, in effect, contends (1) that Tue EXaMINER’s present opposition to the Act is unfortunate because in previous eontests it argued in favor thereof;” (2) that temperance mien are on one side in the pre- sent contest, and Tue ExaMingx on the other; “(8 that the ministers and their charohes, and Tue’ Examiner are arrayed against each other; (4) that Taz ExaMINER is now hand in hand with drunkards and rumsellers; (6) that the action of THe Ex- AMINER creates the impression that it has gone over for a consideration tu theadvucacy of intemperance; (6) that Tue EX4aMIver, IBAsmyCh, 9a it has pronounoed against the existing state of affairs under the Scott Act has been converted from good to bad. .

AMINER is charged with having, for a con-

sideration, gone over to the advocacy of in-

temperance, and thereby being converted from good to bad. These charges, particul- arly the insinuation contained therein, are even more peurile than the previous ones. We need not say that they are untrue. The rev. gentleman must surely have been in a jocose mvod when he consideration story was poured into his ear,and in the same mood when he forwarded the information to us» We cannot think, knowing him as we do, that he really believes the cowardly and contemptible assertion to be true. The only considera- tion we have for writing as we have in regard to the Scott Act is consideration for the welfare of the community.

Now, afew words in conclusion THE Examiner has always been and still is a firm advocate of temperance. Our voice has always been raised in support of measures which we considered conducive to the public weal, and always will be. We have, in former years, given the Scott Act our warmest support; but inasmuch as ex- perience has shown that it has not had uny perceptible effect upon the liquor business, we have wr.tten in the unbiased manner which the rev. gentleman com- plains of.

The Late “torm.

From all parts of the country we learn that the south-eaater of Friday night last was, by far, the heaviest atorm of the sea- son. In the eastern part of the Island the gale was unusually severe, though we have not heard of any shipwrecks yet. On the land fences and stacks were turned over, and one man, Ronald McPhee, of Souris Line Road, had the frame of a new dwelling house which was partly boarded in, blown down, some of the pieces being carried by the wind over a hundred yards before touching the ground. The Souris break- water stood the test admirably. Fortan- ately, the extensive repairs which it had been undergoing since early in the season, were completed a week ortwo ago. Only for this there is nv duubt but a large part of this important public work would . have

been carried away by the late storm. It was a grand sight, we are informed, to see the waves dashing against its side, then raising high in the air and breaking into huge clouds of spray that resembled the smoke from the firing of heavy artillery, It has withstood the late storm and remains uninjured. We understand, however, that something requires to be dune to. protect the outer portionof the work. The De- partment, .it is said, intend-to. build crib- work along the seaside of the outer section. Until this be- done, the work cannot be considered secure against the violence of storms, auch as the’-one which visited us

tod Friday night.

Tux secret of. the opposition to Poet- master-General McLelan is published. It is ** to bleed the old devil and hoped him

out of Canadian public life.” Alth ugh this!

plan of campaign is peculiar to G we incline to the belief that the fair-minded electors of Oulchester have very litle sym- patby with the immoral ‘impure ** bleeding” ‘process;aud will feet their

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

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Scott Act and “ The Examiner”- Unfortunate.

Sir, —There are several things that are unfortunate with regard to Tus Examiner and the coming Scott Act election,

It is unfortunate that this election will find Tae Examiner half-hearted, fighting against what it earnestly and intelligently eomtended for in the previous Scott Act elections. If it is right now it is unfurtu- nate that its voice and influence were on the wrong side sv long.

It is unfortunate that temperance men are on one side in this contest and Tuer EXaMINER on the other.

It is unfortunate that the churches, headed by their ministers, are in direct vpposition to THe EXAMINER on @ question of such important and far-reaching moral interest. This is unfortunate, as the people will conclude that either their ministers or else THe EXaMINER is wrong.

It is unfortunate that Tue Examiner, whose advocacy of temperance and temper ance measures in the past has been constant, stands now op the same platform, hand in hand with liquor sellers and drunkards.

It is unfortunate that the defeat of the Scott Act, which Tax Examiner now seeks to secure, has the hearty and open approval of every wholesale and retail liquor seller, and of every drunkard on the Isiand. This is most unfortunate, because as these men have not come over tothe advocacy and practice of temperance principles, such conduct creates the impression that THE Examiner has gone over for a considera- tion to the advocacy of intemperance.

It is unfortuvate that THe EXaMINER is on the same side asa number of city offi- cialg who have been faithfully lectured ayain and again by Tue Examiner on their remissness in arresting drunkenness, and consequently of encouraging intemperance; and as the conversion of these officials to teetotalism has nut yet been made public, it is very unfortunate that the impression should be daily gaining ground that it is Tue EXAMINER that has been converted, and that the conversion has not been from bad tu good bat from good to bad. The above area few of the things that have struck others aswell as myself as bs.ng very unfortunate.

Respectfully yours, Georce Sree.

Pownal, Oct. 22, 1887.

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The Scott Act Trials.

Sir,—I have read the report of the proceedings of Scott Act trials in the police court as published in the Guardian. One would expect that the editor of that paper would possess the hunesty when giving reports tu give full and authentic ones.

There were no less than three cases tried that day that no me tion whatever is made ot or the evidence given in them.

The reason of this ig that they were dis- missed, and that the evidence was of such a nature that every reasonable man who heard it was thoroughly disgusted at the conduct of the prosecution. The Guardian therefore did not consider it in the interests of the order to give publicity to the dis- gracefal proceedings, hence the evidence was suppressed by the reverend gentieman who presides over the Guardian and prides himself on the honesty of his reports.

But his account of the cases reported are equally unreliable. In many instances he has entirely omitted the evidence of certain witnesses. In another case he left out «

vart of the evidence of Mr. Terrence McAtee—s man who is out of jail fora very short time every few months—who on his oath swore positively that Henderson, the prosecutor, had engaged him to obtain names of persons who frequented taverns to be used as witnesses, and that for the first batch given in he had received fifty cents. Henderson, althoujh in court, never denied this, hence it stands uncontradicted. 1 am prepared to admit that had Henderson denied McAtee’s statement the public should believe him, but although he had the oppor- tunity of duing so he refused. This is con- clusive toshow thatthe evidence of the jail bird was true, and the fact remains that he was employed by Henderson, and as 4 result innocent citizens were subpcened as witnesses to give testimony in matters of which they absolutely knew nothing. Last Friday was also Scott Act day at Cvurt, but the proceedings on that day were equally disgraceful with the former Tues- day, and therefore the Guardian has not even alluded to it, let alone published the evidence given.

Yours, CITIZEN, Snow.

Siz, —The Guardian tells.us that snow fell in Summerside on the 43th inst. We ate nut informed by it asto how much snow fellthere on that day, norare we told whether the snow remains there yet or not. Snow fell on the 13th in the capital of Prince County, the world is told by the Guardian, Onty this, and nothing more. Nou wonder that a great many persuns on the other side of the Atlantic have” very erroneous ideas about the climate of Canada. They read in newspdpers about the snow, and they see in sketches of Canadian winter scenes pictures of men and women wrapped up mn fur and warm wool, as if. our climate were a match for that of Siberia, or of Ice- land in the far north. Our winter climate is severe enough sometimes, weal] know, but itis not as cold and inhospitable as many Europeans are led to believe. Nei- ther does the winter begin on the ** 13th” of October. If afew flakes of snow did fall on the date named, there have been’ lots of sunny days and fine weather since,

‘of which, it is hoped, the Guardian will

make due note. SUMMERSIDE. . ee 3 eculi .r tactics. Siz,—Phe wisdom: of-the Guardian ‘in ublishing the names and evidence giyen

in connecticn with the Scott Act ‘pPdsecu- |

tions is very questionable. Yet if it is per- sisted in, no favoritism .should be shown— all should be served alike.

In the last issue of that paper a very brief synopsis of last week's cases is given, the names of one party at least who was summoned for violation of the O. T. Act is not mentioned. The Editor of the Guerd- jan wil] require to act more fairly, or the people will decide that his zeal in the cause

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