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THE DAILY EXAMINER.
SEPTEMBER 24, 1886,
= The Drink Evil THERE is in operation in New York, a license law s high license law-—-and ‘‘ex cellent re tiations”” for saloons Yet we
see that the law is violated there with just
as much impunity as it is here. Liquot
dealers are every where the same. They will violate legislative regula tions no matte how reasonable they may be—~if the public and then officials, the police and the courts, allow them to do so. The root of the evil, whe
ther it «xists in New York or Charlotte
town. lies in the invincible turpitude
of the liquor dealers and the apathy of
public opinion. Many persons here say ** we should be all right if we had ‘a high license law’: the saloon keepers of !New York pay from $300to 8400 each per year, and yet the
drink evil exists and
and Scott Ax
License Law
grows. ceupy the same position im
this respect both have been and are daily
and hourly violated ; and from this pornt
of view there is no reason whatever why we should reject the one ind ac cept the other. But there is some difference between the
In New York,
und women can go to the
operation of the two laws.
for instance, men
saloons by day or by night and get drunk.
This they can « in Charlottetown; bu
they have to run the risk of being brought
before the courts as witnesses and so they
proced
are more careful in their mode of
ure,—and they do not dare to send their
little children to carry the drink home to
} } . + > the 1 through he stree;rs,. From this latter point
[
of view the scott
rather better than high
Act seems to be
license it is at least advisable to give the seott Act
year in whi
: a fair trial during the remaining
will necessarily continue to be the law of Chark
ttetown. To this end
we trust the influence of public opinion will now be br ht to bear strongly upon the
City Council and their officers. The
to the fines is secured to the Council by
order of the Dominion Government, and they should require their ofticers to enforce
glect of
the law, on pain of dismissal for ne duty. small
Telephones and Politicians.
OwR evening contemporary is getting its
political iniquities down pretty fine—so
fine, indeed, that we should say that it was
fast approaching the vanishing point—when , L
a scandal! out of the fact that
the
it can make
the Government of this Island spend sum of one hundred and forty dollars for its telephone services ‘n connection with aly the public departments.
rhe Asylum telephone was, weunderstand, put in chiefly so that in case of fire or other accident, they could quickly summons assistance from the city. It is largely used also by people who want to inquire after friends who
are inmates. We do not see
how this can be called a telephone for Dr.
Blanchard, any more than the blankets which cover the poor inmates could be
called blankets for Dr. Blanchard.
Then the telephone for ‘“‘DeBlois” is the only one in the Provincial Building, and is used by all departmeuts of the Govermment.
lhe telephones at the Attorney General's ottice and residence were put there in order that the Premier might be within the call of the public at all hours.
The same question that asked for return of telephones also asked for return of post- stamps, it will be in order for the
Patriot to expose the iniquity of different
age
departments. using quite a sum of money for pestage.
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Editorial Notes.
By a recent decision in the High Court that
section 128 of the Canada Temperance Act,
of Justice of Ontario it is held under
by which the accused is made a competent
and compellable witness, he is not bound 1s aa
to ‘riminate himse Sir J. Perguson, Under Foreign Secre-
tary, announced m the house of commons
a few days avo that personal communica- tions were passing between the representa- tives of Her Majesty's government and the
United States ministers in the direction of
the removal of friction between the fishing i rests of the United States an Canada arismg out of the deiects of the present tr ie The Liverpool Journal of Commer
‘ cusses the pr ts of the proposed line
f teamshij on the Pa ifie bet ween Cana- dian ports : ose OF Australia and China and Japan. x the former it enticipates
ait ulty il »btaining subsidies at the pre-
seat moment in the antipodean colonies, their revenues being fully taken up in New
Zealand, besides, is desirous of maintaining
meeting charges already incurred.
S direct communication with England. With China and Japan, however, the prospects o
the Canadian line the Journal considers
1 i 1 ahi er
The inter-departmontal
; In ttee nas,
ably upon the propos 1] to subsidize a trans- Pa ‘fic line from Vancouver, and the Gov- ernment are inclined to support the idea. There will be much discussion over the matter, thor rh, before it can be finally | Chom d Private interests in existing lines | will do their utmost to prevent a change that would seriously effect their interests,
ai i it
i. Wil have to be demonstrated that toe
Cauadian route POSSeS8CS8 undoubted advantages over its rivals, This, the Jouy- yal thinks, may be readily done,
com. | Lis believed, reported favor-
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THE DAILY EXAMINER - - = =
; | The Scott Act Cases.
Tar postponed Seott Aet cases constitu ted the docket at the Stipendiary Magis trate’s Court this forenoon. There was not a very large number of spectators present. lhe first case was called about half past ten o'clock.
Mr. F. Peters, who appeared for the defence. asked that the search warrant under which his client’s premises were eX umined be set aside on the ground of irre eularity in its composition
His Honor overruled the motion, and the case was proceeded with.
The police ofticer who searched the prein ises was the first witness examined, Le said: I was present in the Court on Wed- nesday last and heard the evidence given concerning the drawing of hop beer or ale from a pump in the bar in the defendant's
house. On Wednesday I visited the premises of the defendant. 1 had a search warrant, and examined the premises | found an ordinary pump on the bar Li was the only pump there and led into the cellar to a large cask. The cask
was ou blocks and was apparently almost full. (Bottle produced.) I drew this bot- tle of beer from it. I tasted the beer | took from the cask and so far as I am a judge, I believe it to be malt beer. It will make one drunk if one drinks enough of it. I also quantity of brandy and whiskey inthe bar near the pump. | know if was brandy and whiskey I saw _be- cause I read the labels. There was no at- tempt made to conceal the liquors and I did not have any trouble getting in to the nouse,
The
eXamination was, at
SW a
testimony elicited at the previous the request of Mr. Peters, here read over. Mr. Peters con- tended that there was nothing in it to He said he would put the defend- ant on the stand and he w ruld prove that the cask from which the policeman drew not tapped at the the drinks, s
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. ; the bottle of beer was
time the Frenchman got
that the two circumstances could not be connected.
Che defendant was then examined by Mr. Peters. He said: The cask from which the policeman drew the beer was apped in the cellar on Tuesday night.
it this stage His Honor asked the witness where and from whom he got the
The witness, on the advice declined toanswer. His witness would
ve. ask of liquor
of his counsel, Honor the
not answer the questions put to him on
“1 said that if the
cross-examination, he would not receive his testimony at all.
Witness proceeded :—I got the cask from Hyndman. I cannot tell when it was placed in the cellar, as I am not at home always. 1 do not know when I got it from Hyndman, but it was some time this month. i cannot tell who put the cask in its place, is | was not there when it was put in. Different men put the casks in. I cannot give any of their names with the exception of two—one named Dick and the other George Flat—both of whom work at Hynd- man’s and go round with the dray. (His Honor asked what was removed to make room for and the witness, on his counsel’s advice, declined to answer. He also declined to say whether or not he was present when the removal took plaze.) I eannot tell from what cask the beer sold the Frenchman was drawn, as I sold him none. (Witness declined to answer the question as to whether or not it was malt
here
the cask,
beer that was sold the Frenchman.) The cask was tapped on Tuesday night. Myself and another man were present. (Witness declined to say who owned the eask from which the bottle of beer was drawn. He also objected to telling who
owned the liquor the officer saw in the bar.) | do not know where the absent witness is at present. My father owns the house. (Witness here admitted that he ‘‘run” the house, but declined to say who ‘“‘run” the bar. )
The next and last witness called, testified that he held the light while the defendent
tapped the cask of beer inthe cellar. He did not help to put the cask in the celler, neither did he know how long it had been
there. He did not think it had been tapped before. There were several empty casks alongside. This concluded the testimony. Mr. Peters contended that the was not suflicient for conviction. His Honor was of a different opinion, but in the absence of the other witness he would postpone the further hearing of the case until Friday next. The second case was then called, but as the witness wanted could not be found it was also postponed till Friday.
Court adjourned at 12.45.
evidence
>_~_eoem-.
Canada Temperance Act.
A MEETING of influential citizens was held in the Y. M. C. A. Hall on Thursday even- ing, to take into consideration the best means to secure the better enforcement of the Canada Temperance Act in the city.
D. Farquharson, Esq., was chosen Chair- man, and the undersigned Secretary.
The meeting was addressed by the Chair- man, the Lieut. Governor, Rev. W. R. Frame, and Messrs. H. J. Cundall, A. Mc- |'Kinnon, W. L. Cotton, J. A. Lawson, G. |Full, G. W. Millner, T. C. J and L.
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| Gotti. The speeches were pointed and ear- j Tae showing 2 determination on the part fof the speakers thet something must be ' done to bring about a better state of things
un Charlottetown. <A determined feeling
was also shown on the part of ali present
;
that the time has arrive? when the city Lo licials, who are responsible for the
| for eink ft Canada Temperance Aci, i must do iheit rk or give place to those
who will.
On motion of Rev. W. R. Frame, second- ed by A. McKinnon, Esq., the following committee was appointed to consider the best means to bring to the attention of the City Council and Stipendiary Magistrate the fact that the citizens are determined to bring about a better state of things in the icity, viz.: Revs. W. R. Frame and W. | Harrison, and Messrs. D. Farquharson, A.
| McKinnon,G. Full, L. Goff, T.C. James, W. | H. Aitken, W. L. Cottonand J. A. Lawson. J. A, Lawson,
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Babies and Beer.
** GROWLER ” THE
CHILDREN CARRYING THE FROM THE SALOON TO THEIR HOMES LAW OVeNLY VIOLATED,
(New York Herald, Sept. 19.)
Children on their way to school on a fine morning is one of the most cheering sights th's city presents. These same children carrying liquor from the saloons when schoo! hours have passed presents one of the most melancholy. The bright young faces that have beamed with happiness in the early sunlight become dark and sullen in the afternoon when they are turned toward the corner grocery or saloon, The children are ashamed of carrying the ‘* growler,” as any one may find out who takes the pains to question them. But objecting to the task little use. The parents want the ‘‘orowler” filled and they scold or whip their children into subjection.
The practice of sending minors for drink is increasing to what extent a stroll along any street in the east or west of Broadway and Fifth Avenue will show. No one seems to trouble about the system being contrary to the law, and so it is continued in the face of all authority. The police look on. ‘Chey do not seem to make even an effort to stop it. Either they are too lazy or too indifferent. When spoken to they pretend it is none of their business, and so the *‘ beering up” goes merrily on under their very eyes.
A reporter of the Herald who had been sent to examine this subject yesterday called the attention of an officer to a child leaving a saloon with a pail of beer in her hand, and asked him if it were not against the law to sell liquor to a minor.
‘Yes,’ replied the officer of the law. ‘Certainly it is, and it is one of the offences for which we can arrest without a warrant.”
‘‘Why don’t you arrest, then?”
‘‘Ah, well, that’s another matter. Why don't we close the saloons on Sunday, and why don’t we do lots of other things we don’t? We don’t and we can’t—that’s about all there is about it.”
‘It seems simple enough to you to go over to that saloon and arrest the man who sold the beer to that infant. She is not much over four.”
‘‘It seems simple enough to you, but if | were to interfere with that man and_ that baby I would be interfering with his brewer, the local politician he works for, probably the captain. Pretty soon I'd feel they were interfering with me, and I'd find myselt up in the annexed district watching the antics of the goats.”
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AN EVANGELIST’S EYPERIENCE.
‘Tl have been studying this matter for some time,” said the Rev. James Matthews, a clergyman engaged in evangelizing work throughout the city. ‘*! am appalled at ir. Children of the tenderest years are driven to the saloons to buy beer, whiskey, rum, gin and all the other damnable compounds concocted in these evil dens—-little girls all the way from three to ten, as well as little Why, I have seen them so little that they could hardly carry the vessel when full. They are robbed of their virtue in those places by ruffians and are turned loose on the world’s drunkards and profli- gates. The children first get hardened to the business in going to the saloons and on the way home they get the appetite tor drink, because they taste the beer out of vans and pitchers and by and by come to like it as much as their parents do. You have only to go into some of the crowded neighborhoods of the downtown wards any day to see babies staggering drunk along the streets. That is no exaggeration. Gu higher up, into what I should call the middle of the city, say the Eleventh, Thir- teenth and Seventeeth wards, and you will see a state of affairs that will make any man’s cheek pale with horror. Some of the bar- keeprs are as bad as any of the -blackguards who haunt these places. A little girl is never safe. And think of what they are exposed to, even if they had vessels from which they could not themselves drink ! There are the cursing and swearing, the smoking, the drinking, the cards, the pool, the low songs and ribald jests. Such an atmosphere would corrupt an angel.
‘“‘Have you taken any account of num- bers ?”
‘Tl have. I have seen as many as twenty- five and thirty go into the same saloon in a day. It is spreading, and if the people of this city don’t do something about it they will find a monster among them one of these days that they cannot destroy, but that will eat them up. We must keep on pounding until we beat the whole abomin- ation out, and then we shall have to keep on pounding to keep it out. The way to reach the evil is to put the law in force. We have good laws. Al! we need is to see that they are executed. We want people to help us, too. We want these fellows caught and brought up, and any one inter- ested in the subject, who will come to 25 State street shall have all the information at my command.”
DOY 8.
BLAMING THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
‘It is then,” said Dr. Howard Crosby, ‘‘as terrible as the mind can picture, but we can do nothing with it.”
“Why not, Doctor ?”
‘Because the courts won’t help us. whole trouble is in the courts.”
‘‘Are the cases brought up ?”’
‘Certainly. were six thousand
vise cases in the District Attorney’s oflice at one time, and there they remained. Vhen a man is pulled up he gets a hundred dollars bail from the next and he the next and so on. They wriggle out of it in this way, and they know that will be the last of it. The District Attorney ought to set a day to try thes excise cases, and then we could do some- thing with them. Friday would be a good day, and if he would set that day apart for that purpose, the thing would be stamped out and no doubt of it.”
* Has he been asked to do so.”
‘Oh, yes; but he says the unbailable cases must come first, and there are so many of these it is impossible to reach the excise matters. I spoke about the matter, and I was told that there were so many wives, mothers aud sisters weeping for their velatives in the Tombs that these cases must have precedence of all others.
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There
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tries
SOME
PRIGHTFUL FIGURES.
I belong to a sub-committee of the Society for the Prevention of Crime, and J have been engaged on this work for two years,” said the Rev. Dr. N. B. Thompson. ‘IT can’t tell you how pleased I am to see that the Herald has taken it up. Now we may hope to accomplish something.” “What have you done?’ “
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meeting to raise funds. We needed $3,000 and succeeded in raising $300. Well, we went to work with that, and sent out 12,000 circulars in which was printed a copy of the law. The statute says that any person who shall, either personally or by his wife, ser- vant, employe or other agent, sell or give away any strong or spirituous liquors, ale, beer or wine to any minor under the age of eighteen years shall be deemed guilty of ab misdemeanor, and shall be liable to a fine of $25 for every such offence. Some of the saloon keepers twirled the circulars round their fingers, others threw them in the spittoons. Some said, ‘To hell with the law |’ and a few took them into serious con- sideration and refused to sell to children after that. Now, we have 8,888 licensed saloons in this city and over three thousand unlicensed ones. Take out « few of the first-class houses and you may safely set it down that all the rest sell to minors. I have watched this thing inyself, and | have seen one hundred children go into saloons for beer and get it within one hour. Yes, sir, one hundred an hour. I[t is the same all over the city. Now, sir, average that one hundred | have given you and you will find that 150,000 children in this city are occupied like that every day. Take it that each one fetches a pint, a small estimate, and you have 75,000 quarts of beer brought into their homes daily by babies. If you take the calculation a little further you will find that the children of this great, intelligent and wealthy metro- polis of America are helping their parents to drink at the rate of 2,000 barrels of beer aday. The school population is 355,000. Well, we have half of them carrying the
‘‘growler,” as you call it. I have seen them drink on the way home. I have
heard them swear, lisping such oaths as a man would be ashamed to use, and I know that in the saloons they learn to be thieves as well as drunkards. Many of the saloons have become so accustomed to their steal- ing the lunch while the man’s back is turn- ed drawing the beer that now they place it
out of their reach. They stand and watch the card playing, listen to the talk and leave corrupted from head to foot. We
made arrests and went down to the police court, but, bless you, before we could get
back co execute the warrants the birds had !
wind of May-
Now, how did they get I don’t know.
flown.
what we were doing?!
be you can guess.” a ee =e -
A terrible fire. What a thrill of terror over us when we read the record of some fearful devastation by fire, and yet it is a fact that, thousands are daily being consumed by the inward fire of fever, caused by con- sumption of the lungs, which couid be subdued by Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery.
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NOTICE. Liberal Corservetive © Couveniin.
‘ CONVENTION of delegates from the differ- ‘*~ eut Poliing Districts of the Second District of Queen's County, for the Legislative Council, will be held in the Liberal-Conservative Committee Rooms, Cameron Block, Charlottetown, on VUESDAY, the 5th day of October next, at i! o‘clock, a. m., for the purpose of nominating a candidate to contest the said District in the approaching election for the Legislative Council. D. FERGUSON, Vice-President for 3rd Assembly District. A. MARTIN, Vice-President for 4th Assembly District. Sept. 17th, 1886-—-sep21 li we ex & h 2i
CHANGE OF HOUR. BOSTON STeAmcks,
(OM MENCING with the “Carroll” leaving here ' 7th OCTOBER, the hour of sailing will be
4 @CLOCK, P. ™%.,
on THURSDAY of each week for the remainder of the season.
CARVELL BKOS., Agents,
Sept. 2i—pat her s’side prs
Notice to Purchasers of Public Lands,
A LL Persons indebted to the Government, on - account of the purchase of their lands, are hereby Zealled upon to come _ for- ward and make suitable payment during the present autumn.
A list of the names of those whose term of credit has expired, and of other defaulters, will be published early in November, pursuant to law.
D. FERGUSON, The Commissioner of Public Lands. Pubiic Lands Departmeni, Charlottetown, Sept. 23, 1886—sept24 wky 6i
Choice Furniture, &c., AT AUCTION,
AT Rooms, FRIDAY, Ist
o‘clock, p. m.
October, af" 2
1 Piano (good), by Hallett & Cumston., 1 Parlor Set. walnut and sitk (handsome). 3 Marble-top Tables, Walnut Hat Rack and Hall Chair, Extension Dining ‘able (walaut). 5 Chairs, 1 Sofa, 2 Bed-room Sets, Bedsteads and Chairs; Carpets, in Tapestry, &c. 1 Cooking Range-—“Silver Loke.” 2 Standard Parlor Stoves, 1 Refrigerator, Lot of Books, &c. 4. 7, B. MACGOWAN, Auctioneer,
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75 Bbis. JP PLES,
in Gravensteins, Emperors, &c. A choice, hand- picked lot, worth calling—‘*APPLES.”’
A. H. B. MACGOWAN,
Sept. 21—li Auctioneer. ae Fis 2 % oy Zs ce 2 foun Ye.
At Auction, on Pownai Whar', next, 25th imst., at il o*clock, a..m.,—
Lartoad Flour, choice patents,
“Prince,“* “Wolverton” and ‘“City,*
A. H. B. MACGOWAN,
Auctioncer, Sept, 22, 1886—3i
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Our Dress Goods Department is right full of bargains. We have also an extra large stock of Velveteen, Black and Colored Cashmeres, Merinoes, Sacques, Sacqne Cloth and Ulster Cloth from 20 to 30 per cent less than usual,
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By calling at G. G. JURY'S store you may realize it, for he has a large assortment of goods, such as Waltham, Elgin, pps Beye Kliery, Seaside, and ail the best grades of American Watcles, in gold, silver, and silver- ore cases, at a Keduction of Ten per Cent on former low prices.
In CLOCKS, a large assortment of e’ght- day and thirty-hour pieces, varying from one dollar up toe tweive dollars.
SILVERWARE, ia Castors, Butter Dishes, 2 ; Pickie Dishes, Cake saskeis, Knives, Forke,
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