I 4

ii r i

. _These men will not find much satis

i, faction in Sir Wilfrid Laurier’s plea

° hat the majority is not arge,

_'single vote elected a representvwive.

A' Sucha majority has even turned_

electors voting at a Scott Act election ' -not a majority, or any certain per-- “'__, oentags of the entire electorate, but ..V`_ a simple majcritv of those who chose

1 one, ten, or a thousand votes, said to " f bring into force or repeal the act-, that

4 business. Such have been the Cana-

other days in regard to liquor legisla- _ ' tion. power, but majorities may not always 3

There had been plebiscites and ple- be defied or reouifed with impunity. 'I ' _ _ '

GUARDIAN.ci~iAu.r.fi1-1;i:'i~iiwN. MARCH is isiis. ` `

-:_~ ;~ -- - ~~,¢_--ii-av ~ > 'H ; _i--1; - _ -V51 '_ ~v-' _ -_-f -:- _ _____.....~._

o /_-_ ‘f > _-. ___ _ .ii-<< _ » , _ __ , ._ _

.. mm.-=-». ._»...-_-....<_»..__ V . - -V ~~»-_» -»- _...ac » .~._--~---o-oa=.-.<xs=f.- I-'.T.T»_=¥ _~.s~.s_‘sf*;'-”2~»-.:».J\: >-_-‘:_ --fi»~‘.&i>Ws.~VLr@ simwfv 3,, ~.o.. .- , __ _

- - _ f . _-.» » -_-___ _-__ .ea oh,

' » ' "' ""' ` “ - -anno-ian-i-¢a._»-_,,o.»..,. , , ,_

' i i

1 1 1

- _ _i ' ~‘ .V V ~ i When Kipling was n lleportor

b ‘~ It is not kind to the San Francisco

I I ` h ' d h' C rtin "pf

Moxnav. Min in is. isai.

I N0 PROHIBI TION !

-----* W

Saturday’s Gi.'.iiini_iN that was read gthat the majority was not as large aS yith deep surprise and sorrow by thou-i we had wished for. \Vould it not sands througli-_int Prince Llward ls- lhave been better for Sir \Vilfrii'l to land. We refer to the stateiiieiit in have told us in ailvaiice of the vote ot our Ostawa dcspatcli that Sir Wilfrid ‘_ 23th Septeni‘oei°,that lie would require

I Q I . v _ .~ _ . - V l

' _ _ . P'

. ` _ '_ ' . ii

ff ~ _day stiiry” cnilie man chiefly involved

' in the frauds, :ind who had not yet bee

“_ ` ' ° ' ' I A ‘Mg

lebis ` _ ' _ _ _ 'I _ tr'

I O l. il I .` m

Q . . .V . '. ' . V o V `as

4 ' lv I ' I 0 .M

Laurier had iiit'oi~nied the Dominion io,

' assuflicient to warrant the in-l

parliament. ‘y t

peoplg had been to hope for some-

. alections a majority, however small,

- enough!

Let us give the Premier credit for

V _ the l`i'ii.nl;:iess ivizli wiiicli lie li is smit-

ed lhathe will not give us the law

liich the majority of the plehiscite

There was one announcement ~_ in voters claim as a right. Let us admit

majority of fifty thousand, or n vot

Alliance tlirit the government do _~ of half the total electorate, as a con- not regard the majority' in the plebis- ._ dition precedent to passing an act 2 mee - ` e did not do this, but he di'l assure .frndiieiiofi of a pi-ohibitory bill in us from time to time that the will of

l he people as expressed in the p _- ` -

Be ond question the temperancelcite would be carried out.

Where in all Canadian history, er

thing different and better than £1118 in that of any other country possess- cold and curt denial of their wishes. _ing free iepresentative institutions,

oi-is Sir Wilfred find his precedent

'5 E

aiii£o

All their political education from the d ' ' ' _

-ieginning had been along tho lille Of for sa jf ing that an electoral majority ` ' _

majority rule. In parlialnenffory iof 13,000 is not sufficient to justify ' _

' ' ' the passing of a law 'l Where in all Q

had always been decisive. In thehistory does he lind a precedent for

' ssuming that a government ought

legislatures and in the parliament it _

Owin to the increased demand for our

a ' U

had been the same. A majority of a lrather to obey the minority than the _

majority i By what prooo-so of rooooo~ Hats. we have equipped ourselves accordingly,

A majority of one _member in the ing does he assume that the fewer and have prepared an asqortment that will c0m_ h°“S° defeated “ '”i“‘S°"7 ‘nd “pany '”.“mbe” i”°1“d‘”f"i the i”t°'e"“'ed diS` ma-nd the attention of everv buyer in this city

tillers, brewers, liquor sellers and their

about the entire policy Offbo C0911- 3 customers, ought to have more weight S \-\p"'t0".date in

try. In our civic and municipal sys- _ with the government and pai liament

tems the rule Was the Same- In Olll' 3* of the country than the larger num- _ And SUp€l'l0l‘ in Qlliflity.

ggciotieo, in public meetings, in all the ljber of sober, disinterested citizens 'l V multifarious concerns of life in which 1_ We ask these questions now, because any division of opinion is subjected l, they are questions of vital moment ' to the test of a vote, the one almostl lilvarying rule has been f-hilt U18 Will answered-if public opinion is to be

treated with respect.

It will perhaps be said by the poli-

onr most advanced temperance legis- ticians and others that public senti-

‘ S lation, the Scott Act, had given us an

t illustration of the same principle in strong enough to give promise of an 3 the matter of dealing with the liquor _ question. In that act they had crys- f *tallized into law the principle of ma-

of the majority must prevail. » The Liberal party, which gave us

jority rule. If the majority of the -

i to vote-if such a majority, be it of

majority was all powerful to change the system of dealing with the liquor

dian precedents, political, civic, muni-

and interest, questions that must be

ment in favor of I prohibition is not

effective enforcement of a prohibitory law. The argument is rather stale, but it admits of a ready answer. In fact the people have already answered it in a manner precisely the opposite to the conclusion that the government ,have reached. And when the govern- ment referred the question to the people to answer, the majority in their answer assumed the responsibility for the results, if their wishes were carried

No doubt we are done with plebis-

cites ont-e and forever. But the ov-

Wlrli

SEE OUR' SPECIAL VALUES.

Hard and Soft Felt Hats at T50. each. Fine

Fur Felt Hats, for young men, neat stylish shapes. all colors, at $1.50 each. _ Better quali- ties at $1.75, $2.00 and $2.25. And the best Hats in the trade for $2.50 each, equal to any $3.00 or $3.50' Hats. Neat small shapes for youths and large full shapes for big men. '

..... .. g... JAMES PATUN & C0.

eipal and social; such was the pre- yet done with prohibition. The i - eedent set by the Liberal party in majority may be held at bay for a_

time by those temporarily holding

editor w o rejects i e ou g Dinah Shadd io recall that he based his refusal on the ground that the siwv was ‘scarcely equal to the standard of merit demanded dy _the magazine” Those weie the days when Kipling, was a stiuirgling reporter. and in this connec tion there is ricalled the story of Ki ling’s third a-d last assignment toa news story A bu insurance fraud ha

paper io which Kipling was atiached liiplinc was assigned to get s “second

arrested Late in the afternoon Walked into the ofiiee with facts “nmol eiit to justify a three column sp ° allowance But somehow his own p

mio the facts, and he presently drift

writen in the inimitable vein which h

about half a million dollars in damag

operations to another field. Said ih

` have genius. You will some day mak

Weekly. . ' V _

Calls il White Manh Burden.

Curzon of Kedleston, the Viceroy. m

to the science of medicine as being

the East. '

He quoted Rudyard Kipliog’s ve in “Take Up the White Mama Burden

brighten and alleviaiethe lot of wom of India . _ ‘

| m

been unearthed and exposed by the

soriality persisted in obtruding itse f

into a scathing satire on the odender

since made hun famous ’1‘hOcity editor counted exactly fifteen libel suits and

in ihat story, and next morning Mr. Kipling was requested to trans'ferhis

edi or,j|in biddinghim good bye . "Y u

a great name, though I may not live to see it. But fate never intended you for me mechanism of news.” --[l.»eslie's

9'!! SWEET-

V Calcutta, March 9.--At the annual

mieiing of the Dufferin "funds, Lord

L ad

an eloquent and stirringspeech, alluding

If 9425

_i__.g__-__

greatest boon the West has given to

I ending, “and bid sickuem_.ceass,"" an,d assured his audience that Lady Curzon was determined to do her utmost _to

I Lady Curzon left for Slmla on the 5th inst.

_ at B. ll. lIason’s News

` Stand .

bigoiggg in several provinces, taken At present the prohibitionists are left n BY SUGKUNG co.

under the direction of various Libei al in a position of disappointment and

owerlessncss It will be their own

of the principle of prohibition. _These votes were ineffective, not because

_the majorities were insufficient- we were never told that -but because the question of prohibition was a mat- ter for the federal parliament and not for the legislatures to deal with. .N What was then to be legitimately hoped and expected when a plebisci-te p ofthe entire Dominion was solemnly taken on this subject, taken by direc- tion of the government of the country and by the unanimous direction of the parliament _which has undoubted power to deal with this matter by legislation ‘.1

We speak advisedly when we say

that the temperance and prohibition electors of the country were not satis- _ lied with the manner in which the _ Conservative administration had dealt V,V with prohibition. Whoo tho Liboroil party came into power in 1896, they \ did so under a. solemn pledge to sub-; mi t the question to a vote of the peo- l ple of Canada. That pledge had been j effective in carrying into the Liberal ranks thousands of Conservative elec-E tors, whose strongccnvictions on the‘

tions in order to obtain the lega _Bros

suppression of the liquor tratiic.

_ ` _ - _. _ . .OF. . . .

' The Reign of The March King, by May Car

CQNTENTS OF MARCH N-UMBEEI

_ The Liquor Problem in Charlottetown

-or coalition governments, in which P ~ _ t I -If I "'i_FoitLaJoie_ Euonmous SALE io mi; mins

_ _ i .

U01 ` _ ' _A iiikoii;21,s°iixy M. L. w. F.

i The Cats of Charlottetown

wwf? C10'l11liJ1g', L' i S. Woo1ens» .f°“

$‘ 2

You say you are not g

“ well.” Of course-how

canyon bewellif you neg;

ooi iiooiuiyi Asnavis

will invigoratc your system and ; _ _ ` _ _ _ _ _ im, ,oo in ,afoot nooiui. ii VHESSRS, lllllllili & lilllsllll, llil. 13.8, E66l1lill‘ST. l0llTll$llli,

. . . _ [Who are retiring from business ] IRS, 9

has dm” it fm °th°rS_1t Win d` - Arn.ou.:n.tl.:n.¢ to ’a`b¢>'\zi1»*.$8<J<>,<>O<D. ';°h'tigif1"‘;”";d';‘aY heh left' c°“”P°°d°“°°

OU 2. O

it for you. Wherever Ai>boy’s 'ron otook ioiasoiursir new, oimoot oi-.ory iioo boiog nuinuncruiieo Fon nits - . _ i

. siiiuiiicis mine. <1 v ii a b niiswaiiioiow ‘ _ ~ _ ' ° '

Efhfvaant salt has ban _ __Men’s Worsted_aii¢-i Tag; Slgtzaréulhr ranges; Boys"ii.\'dn %oi:isliisP(gi1si1i?st: iigular 'P'

' ' .`;§_»$ l ` ff `. A 0 ‘ A I

ducedzthasrecavcdu-

are

mlng Imula Felix l

‘ Prince Edward Island Coins, by Edward

BY SUOKLING as oc B.,o.id _

We have been instructed to se.Ll in Detail and by Catalog-ue the Magnifiollll stock on aféint to Cfiitifsb W L C tt

ar as a oe , y . . o on

_ C _ A Side Talk With The ‘.‘Sports” _ _ _ Topios ofiiio amos, by Tho I-:aiioo

' _ _ ' ' _ ' _The Bar By Alberton, by Robert Harris, P_

R. C A

Books and The Magazines Local Happenings

_ ranges Children’s 2 PIECE AND 3 P1565 $5125, immense var,” Mews Wang; P. 0. BOX 699,

,.,,_,, mmm.-._ ss;s:s..i:°a:si.s:§.§skfa.Misri.:.=°~~°... ;:’"af~....~°°.’~ P~

1 . __ » ~ ors ._ n s erco , ’ : _ _

r ' Ulsters Men’s Mackinaw Suits, etr I en S The M°5”z"°° 'G “I” 9” 331° th"°“8h‘

= -» _ if-'D 7 I Italians, Mohairs, Pocketinsrs, Silo:-las, Slecv out the Pr°viu°°’" an PIN" 'hen "h°

lui amggisis son pljmugxj Am]_g[g|MM|NgS_Lin;§2s,égmgsatm’ Sm; Berg; Threads, Dim comm ,,‘,.,i.i.

and English Pre; \-5’ Sowing-Silks,_Buotons, Buckles,_ Braids, Bindings, etc.

W s d i mm ' T

Princeidilllird Island Magazine

C ..-Now on sun-.. f At all the Bookstores and at

°“’g°"°"“°‘“"°‘“”' wiiiiiitiis inn wnnsiiils-as in _ ._

‘E29 <25 for Z I / 4" fi"

RF`?'-"""“i‘

Et Hes Blanket Cloths’ M cuitings, Coatings, nfwao, rllahfax Tweeds, y

_ 0 ~ l. acinavi s. _ _

\-_. `§O$ce and V_Viareroorn Furniture-Desks, Tgbkig, Letter Preggeo, Safw, eg-¢_ Sewing

__ _ _ _ _ _ T}l¥l89h1110S» P I;9SS1I1k§ ll/%l2;0hég;S_l,~"t;3;1‘;iti&ig Machines. etc. _

_ . . _ . E - . ' ` 15 13 un( ‘W5 “ma C F OTHING R3.: t ,_ A T ll'0lllbll`,lOll QUGSUCII 1[ld\1C€d Dll6|T\ i D0 PIECES DCW -V€1ilI`.lg cA“A|)A, and will be POS|'{y[’VE|_eY SDLQ wn-H031 ‘QESERVE ever C reg ( the TR DE 'N

so sacrifice their political predilec-1 ll0peliltlglXui»€l;(;E\g’;;;e'St?];I\;l(§;Sam at a

_ii -oi. be continued iiniuesiiay, Wednesday, Thiitsilay anilEriday,_ _

UNTIL EVEsY LINE IS SOLD, This date is d . that BUYERS b bl to L ‘ advantage of the_Cheap Holiday Railway Fax: P so may 6 8 6 ta e

Th k llb f ` ` h Lbf thsal tth Wr

smw w@@w @-@-we M §;..;.3°i‘:..°a;i:ta.°ia“ .;.°'2. 3 1. tests ii... ._ ..

JDJ)

I u

RI `

""__

\.J

i '» »-if Y ' ' ‘ ` __' 7'- *'11-3 1- ` V - ' Y S- '_ "U ` " ‘ ' ‘ V - . . dq '

' I l r-1,” i ’ I "_ _ Q }»f.=~_§: _ = _ -_-_~ x __ I - . _ _ ' _. !__'A!<5€ _ _ ~ _ - ' ~_ _V ` f - 1 I - » . _ ' A _ .

1 ‘ 9 ‘ 1 - ~ ~ 4 fs..;;.` -_-,I-.‘,_=_`.. _ ,_-= _ _V - _ ' , . _ _ V- ;_ 1 , _.,_,_ _ _ _ _ ` _ _ Vg! _ ______

an *f *V ' - V f _jfs N

4' r ¢

JOHN T. MCKENZ

THE TRILOR

c i , A _ DOULL & GiBSON, or tothe Auctioneers, at lldiiiitrsal or Torontopp D Usuaun tehway wifigs '_ . ht

B P BS l GI' ll] Sig

U CVC(

. ' y .y .

E SUOKLING do oo., Aueizioneers. A gloss which one ooo iojoloo tho

' __ _ __ _ __ ' i _ ` gf £11 16 other, and ultimately both. suffer.

i w i' ii ii

° 6 ‘ _ e use modern app iances, an t e

V ~ . _ _ - ~ ~ - U greatest care to avoida misfit. _

~ _ _ ' is _ A misfit would hurt your eyes and

_ V ` our reputation.

i , Th Smdrdf ah I. ed lr _ _

_ e 1_1 a tr qu _°ty. _ s‘us_ by all large Transpo tati sCo_ J . ' _L 5 " _

_ _ U CHARLOTTETQWN, - - - P_’E_ ISLALN _pames and Livery Stables. Ithasno'____equal,gand is sold by rail fdlrst-clzd t " fl ? __ 4 Q l

1. I _ _ dealers. Manufactured onlyiby _ ' ' " ‘ ’ _| V . ‘_ if '

22:31 iz _ an _ . _ V. i

3 V 3 _ .. 3 ._ 3 _'I'-U-9 I1- __ _GQ»| v1¢eo¢i,,J¢, geo,-o,

§5“#'-J ';..-. . ..¢-_ V ‘ ' _ - . - _ `~ _ " ' ' . - < 2' i Sf' _--»1`-2--»»~.';\"" ~ ' - '* ~ V - 1 . '..- ==,~-. ._~»_-- _- - . _ . _ ._ . _ .

‘ora-» “‘ >~__~,.€.”‘V~».`.?k;- .=_-.;'."~l , ft & ' - ._ V " ~ V ~V- =~- f- - » .- _ .~ _ ..» -_~. --»~f-.;-~ii="' - ‘ .__.;,~>.-.»’;f =»_ - " .ia _ . .. A s, _i/._ _ wx 1 ._ _... ..,.__»-.-Q fV - , __ _ ,_- ..._ ,~_ _ ._ ,,_~ ..._

~ <~- " ~,°- ~ ~-~ -~ -- »V -V ' V `\‘ »f<».;’.:‘fe».-:*2"§¢»i‘si=s¢»»i.>..ei.s .=-_~V_..=-.-_- _-.<-.,_, _ _ _ ._ _ _ _ ’ - < ° `-*'»~- \