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MAY 13, 1898.

THE PATRIOT’S EXOUSES.

Tue Patriot offera some excuses for the conduct of the Government in the asylum matter. That the public may see the value of its excuses we must refer tothe charges ;

lst. It is charged that the money ($25,- 000) borrowed for the purpose of erecting the building has, contrary to the will and intention of the Legislature, been used a8 current revenue. This charge cannot be lenied ; and oo excuse is offered in reapect to it. The government stands guil.y of having diverted a large sum of money entrusted to its keeping for a certain purpose to ether uses. There has been on the part of the Government a breach of trust in regard to this matter sufficient to shake to its foundations the confidence of the people.

2od. It is charged that a blunder having been committed by the party architect, the nt did not adopt the only course set forth in thecontraet for correcting To this charge the Patriot

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ma that the architect made some splans or estimates regardiug

the foundation ofthe new building. This cansed a difficulty with the contractor about the extra work. The best of architects and engineers will occasionally make mis- takes. It ought not to have been difficult to arrange the matter, but the explanation of the Comn r of Public Works, the other night,showed that the contractor had not manif | a dispositioa to come to an am tlementof the matter.’

If the editor the Patrict had heard

the correspondence read be would not have

offered this } the correspoadence shows that this plea is directly contrary to the trath. In proof of this, we make the followi: “4 iu tations: Charlottetown, May 29, 1897. Hon. James R. McLean Commissioner of Public Works

Dear Sre,—It ig now more than a month since [ brought to your notice the fact that the foundation of the new wing to Falcon- wood Asylum could not be built according to plans and specjfications prepared by the architect in charge of the work. Of the correctness of this fact_you informed me that you had satisfied yourself, and that I had done al! the excavation for foundation wall required by the plans and specifica- tions. As the time is rapidly passing with- in which the work should be performed I have again to request you, as I have al- ready frequently done, that you will give me the necessary authority to enableme to proceed with the extra work required to be done before work on my contract can be proceeded wih. I haveall the material neccesary to enable me to proceed with the work, and had all the workmen engaged ; but on account of the delay occassioned through no fault of miae but through de- fects in the work of the architect in charge the wen have been unable to wait any longer and have obtained wark elsewhere. In these circumstances you will see the injustice to me in my being delayed, as by this time I cou!ld and would have had the foundation wal] built andthe first story erected and would have been entitled toa second payment on my contract.

Yours respectfully. (Signed) Water Lowe.

On the 13th of August, Mr. Lowe ad- lressed another letter to the Commission- er, in which he says:

“By tbe terms of my contract I em not to be paid for any extra work unless I have your authority in writing for doing it. On the 27th ot April last, I brought to your notice the fact that I could not proceed with the contract unless a foundation was first provided upon which to place the building, and that the providing such foundation necessitated a large amount of work and material not provided for in the specification and plans; and I then, and several times since, re- quested you to give methe necessary authority to enable me to do the extra work. Both verbally and .in your ketir you admit that the extra work and material are nec assary, but up to the present moment I have not received the authority from youto do the very work which you know and admit must be done before I can proceed with my contract,”

Agaiv,on the 27th of August, Mr. Lowe wrote to the Commicsioner of Public Works:

“T addressed you on this matter on the 29th of May ult., on the 26th of July, and on the 13th of August, in writing, aud on several occasions, verbally and requested authority to proceed with the contract; but you have not even deemed it worth your while to acknowledge the recipt of my letters. In ali those letters 1 expres-~ sed my willingness to proceed with the contract, and ] may again repeat that I am willing and anxious to commence the work. As stated in all these levers, I cannot proceed further with my contract until certain extra work bas been done; and this extra work you admit must be done; then why not authorize me to do it?”

In view of the correspondence, no one can truthfully eay that Mr. Lowe has not manifested a disposition to come to an amicable settlement of the matter.” So that this excuse of the Patriot falls to the ground.

3rd. It is charged that the Government proceeded in an unreasonable and uubusi- nesslike way to try to force Mr. Lowe to provide the foundation which was not

THE DAILY EXAMINER, CHARLOTTETOWN, MAY 13, 1898,

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provided, in the specification. Kvery ne | wo toad? But the Patriot

popetadeott that Mr. Lowe couk the Asylum in the air, says :

“It would have been “ nabusinesslike ” forthe Government to have sacriced the public interest by yielding to exorbitant demands from any quarter. That indeed would have been a“ bangle. ”

What is the value of tnis plea? Again, avoiding the disputed statements of the architect on the one hand and Mr. Lowe on the other, we refer the public to the correspopdeace.

On the return of Mr. Peters from British Columbia, Mr. Lowe was requested tomake an estimate of the cost of the extra work ; and he promptly did so. In a letter datei July 5th, be gave the Siguree: Excavating and grading and back ‘Alling 60 cents per yard; stone masonry, per perch, $6; back- work, per thousand laid, $17. The Government objected to these prices as excessive, and Mr. Lowe explained that prices had gone up, and that it was impossible to obtain workmen with- out importing them. However this may be,

the Government haggled abont the matier until the 19th of October, when they ac- cepted Mr. Lowe’s figures, and yielded fully that which the Patriot refers to as “exorbitant demands!’’ Ifthe prices eet by Mr. Lowe were exorbitant, why did the Government, after frittering away the whole summer, accept them,? If they were such prices as ought to be accepied, why were they not accepted promptly ,sotbat the poor lunatics ‘might as speedily as pcssi- ble, be provided with the accou:modation Able guardians of the public interests these! The public interests in this regard, have, indeed, been doubly sacrificed by the Government, {and this without any sufficient cause; for Mr. Chappell had, some time after the, dis- covery of his error, submitted to the Government an offer to pay for the addi- tional work himself, at rates somewhat lower than those submitted by Mr. Lowe, — so that the Government weuld have only been required to pay the diffcrence, namely, $4 per thousand for brick laid; $2 per perch for stone masonry, and twenty-five cents a yard for excavation.

The Patriot’s excuses cannot be accepted. We know of no case in which the incapa- city and embceility of a Government was

required ?

ever more clearly set forththan it is ino this, POLITICS IN THE SCHOOLS.

How politics effect the public service of this Province under Liberal rule is shown in respect toour schools. The law provided that anew school district should not be established unless there were forty children within its bounds of four equare miles. and there, throughout the couatry, might be gained by abandoning this provision; and the year 896, it was that “with; regard to any district heretofors created or bereafter

It was found that a few votes, here

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created, no court shail enquire whether or nut such district contains or contained less

childrep or Jess than * The result of this “amendment” —save the mark—is seen ip the fact, stated by Premier Warburton in thecourse of his budzet speech, that thereare twenty-three schools in the Province with a daily average atten lance of less than ten scholars; eighty-three schools with a daily average of from ten to fifteen scholars; and

than forty resident four «quare miles.

seventy-four schools with a daily average of from fifteen to twenty scholars. That is to eay there are 2 and eighty schools in which the daily average attend- ance is less than twenty; and all the teach~ ers of these schools are receiving full pay according to their respective classes. The

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Province je receivieg leee henefit from the mcbuvie aud paying mivie fori 5 Liberals won the election ! We are now, or shall be in the near future, called upon to pay the cost accruing from this avd other legisimion enacted for the benefit of the

Liberal party. NOTES AND COLIMENTS.

—It iv expected that the Legislature will rise tomorrow, the estimates having been bo'ted at Jast night’: sitting

—There i# yet a good deal of the savage jn man. Thecry “Remember tse Maine” has munch more influence over United States soldiers aud sailors thao “Relief for the Cubans.” In war at least revenge seems to be a stronger virtue than love.

—The Warbington correspondent of tlre New York Beyald quotes a high official ofthe adminiitation as saying: “Great Britain’s attivude of strict neutrality will prevent continental Europe from attempt- ing mediativn between the United States

the way Great Britain has acted, and it need pot surprise you to find that the bonds between the two governments #re more securely forged at the close of the war with Spain than they have been at any time in our bistory.”’

OUR SECOND EDITION.

Readers of Tue Examiner may be sure of finding 1p our second edition, published each day at 5.30 o'clock, the very latest despatches from the seat of war. Finding that the demaaod for the second edition sufficient to warrant its continnance, it wil) be issued r-gularle till further notice.

So far we Lave been able to secure and pblish exclusively each evening, tel: gren 8 ¢ vering the occarance of events almust 1 p to hour of going to pre+s, and readers may expect that the same promptness in secur- jag news wil! be observed in future.

St John Suu: The most surprised American row | ving will be Commodore Dewey when he ‘aala the New York newspaper accoun’s of what he did at Manila,

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SATURDAY

BEER - B’°S. A Rare Chance To Purchase a Bicycle

AT THE MARKET SQUARE,

I am insturcted by Mr. John P. Joy to sell by auction, at the market square Friday, the 20th day of May inst, at 1? o’clock nocn,

20 Bicycles, last year’s wheels, Ladies and Gentlemen, in good repair; the only reasoa for selling, wants to furnish his livery with one make, to enable hiv. to keep a full stock of repairs.

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and the proper prices, the world.

We are ‘well armed with URE for spring trade—40 vanced their prices 10 p.c..

HOME MAKERS,

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They intend holding the Philippines and everything else We are going to imitate them in this ‘the bold we have on our trade we shall try to We do not require, as they do, a navy andap army, but our sinews mrst be tke right goods! W.ith such an armament we can defy |

the proper kind of FURNIT-

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Choosing from 40,000 Rolls.

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THE RED FLAG

Sometimes a red flag mean* anarchy, sometimes an auction» It is usualiy an sign of excitement of one kind oranother. What I am doing in my store seems to have stired up as much commotion as if I bad hung out a red flag, but it is only the bargains inside. My com- petitors don’t lke ita bit. No won- der; look at these prices—

Men’s Stockings 4 puirs for 25 cents Men’s Shirts - worth 60c, for 49c each Men’‘s Underwear worth 76c, for 49 cents

PHILLIP GOODSTEIN, New York Cheap Store. CAPT. MAY’S OLD STAND, GRAFTON ST.

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sortment cf New Hats.

Me ap Corsets.

White, unlaundried, ready to wear, ! good dollar value at 75¢ Laundried shirts, colored, open back

80c

One A. 1 value at

VEILINGS.

Thcre’s been enough said about Millinery and 4A : liners this spring to sink a_ ship, . done Paton & Co’s Millinery dept keeps to the front, and Malone’s artistic work settles that.

What you want, we have. A Special ‘leader’ 250 Good, Strong, Jean cover: d 30 Better quality, well made 42¢ A splendid value fine grey Jean, | good wearer i 45e | Summer Corsets, perfectly cool and| comfartab!e ; ot 4Bc¢ English Short waiste | Corsets 70: and ‘ a 90c Shirts that Wear Well

Lovk well, wear weil, at prices that make buving easy. 25¢ and 35e. Good, unlaund.ied white Shirts 45¢ The best shirt va'ue in the city is our ‘famous’ uniaundried shirt 75¢

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Her recommendation is style very low price. Buy Gloves this always here, Gloves worth 1.00 for 50cand from good Kid Stock.

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Trimmed Bonnets 1.95, ye and 3.00.

Hats $1.00, 7.59 and $

Each year sees an improvement Refined and Artistic Millinery. %] season, the styles and Fioral Or ments are perfectly al'uring. Our lection is the finest that a culti

You might can be means Paton’s.

Neat, Black, spotted net Nice qualities A little wider

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Ladies’ Shirt Waists.

The Shirt Waist Department has some very special values for your atten tion. Samples —fair well made waist.

Better quality, nicely and well finished -

Fine, strong cotton, jaundried collar and cuff

55 samples only one of each saving of 25 per cent on the

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taste and a thorough knowledge this department could secure, 7 Department is under the same m ment which has found so much fa with our customers.

One thousand remnants of ti ‘ | Cottons, washable Prints worth 1 6 to 7c a yard more than the Hundreds of pretty patterns short lengths. Come early. 16c¢ Print for jQg 18¢ Print for |p 22c Print for|§¢. 25c Print form

| Muslins |§, 20, and 22¢. j

Dress

A lovely Serge display of new! some stuffs—priced as we always just a little lower than anyone else.

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wage-earning people of this city by the tion of it goes into the pockets of the house furnishings, ete. What hould patronize us when we can give an get elsewhere.

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us and you will never get left,

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merchant tallors, and the largest pa ® merchants who sell dry goods, carpe we put forth, why y% ; better value for your money than yo :

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