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APRIL 26, 1878.

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Gross Mismanega:nent.

last eighteen months about the cost, management and achievement () of the steamer Northern Light. One would have thought that the full measure of the in- juries to the people of this Island from this miserable fraud would, by this time, have been complete. It appears, however, that such is not the case. On the Lith of this h she became disabled, and the freight Yester- diy she steamed to Georgetown, leeving the freight behind. AS a portion of this freight consists of ploughs, cultivators, seed grain, ete., the season for which is rapidly pass- ing away, it is difficult to find language sufficiently strong to characterize the con- duct of the managers of the winter boat in this matter. The public havea right to know who is responsible for this shameful In the meantime one fact stands

mont she had then aboard was discharged.

wrong. out sufficiently prominent to be apparent viz: the unsatisfactory na- regard to the

to everybody, ture of the information, in movements of the boat,to be obtained from the person here, who is dignified by the name of Agent of the Department of Marine and Fisheries. It appears that those in charge of the Boat did not think it worth there while to write to Mr. Mitchell in reference to the accident, until the 18th —one week after it happened—and then this let‘er contained no ‘ sound” as to whether it was intended to try to cross the Straits or repair the propellor. This letter the Agent received on the 22d, only eleven days

after the accident to which it referred. In}

the meantime the Agent was fishing for m- formation from telegrams to private indi- viduals!

lt is reported now that the Boat is to re- tain at Georgetown until she receives or- ders from the Department which, of course, must come by mail, as telegrams are too ex-

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ORGANIZATION.

situation of this country is alarming enough tuarouse the attention of every man who pre- tends to a concern for the public welfare.” The list of failures which we publish to-day; the depression prevailing ali over the land, and felt by all; the uncertainity and want of confidence which pervades all classes ; the acknowledged inability of the Govern- ment to do anything but levy taxes and squander millions on rails which are not wanted, on Canals which are of no use to commerce, on breakwaters which are shat- tered by the first storm, on steamers which are so unsuitable and so mismanaged that they are positively of more harm than good —all things should not only rouse, but also concentrate aud fix the attention of every man interested in the country’s welfare. And asthe Liberal-Conservative electors of Canada will, in the course of a few months—it may be in the course of a month or two—be enabled to hurl the incompetents from office and obtain able men to take charge of public affairs, it is high time they were preparing — organizing—selecting the best men to represent thein in Parliament— canvassing—and providing means to secure the election of their candidates. In Ontario the Liberal-Conservative Party is thorough- ly organized; and no less than fifty of their candidates have been already nominated. in each of the other Provinces something has been done. And, now that Mr. Pope has returned, we hope that something will immediately be done here. It is time the

people knew who the candidates are to be. ot ee bie

Quebec

ty is, unfortunately, too true that ‘‘ the

airs.

Tarre can be no doubt that the uncon- stitutional outrage perpetrated by the Gov- ernor of Quebec, in dismissing the Conser- vative Ministry, was a deep-laid scheme, meant to strengthen the McKenzie Party at the approaching elections. The Pre- miei’s conduct, when the matter was re- cently brought before the House of Com- mons, would of itself convince any one of this ; but, when we take into account the conduct of Senator George Brown and others on the very eve of the coup d’ etat, | no doubt can be entertained of the motive | of the action. Indeed, Grit organs hardly now seek to deny it. This, more perhaps than anything else, shows how hollow is the ery of reform raised by the Party now in! power. The liberalism they profess is the tyrannical liberalism of Germany, which brooks no thwarting and shrinks from no injustice to remove whatever obstacles come in the way. Itisa most. significant fact,

connected with the debate in the Ottawa| mitigating circumstances.

Commons, that neither Mr. Holton nor

acetate et ey ee

lawyer which Mr. McKenzie and his fol lowes him, and if he did not vote with his Party, there is enly one conclusion to be drawn, and that is that Mr. MeKenzie and the entire Grit party in the Lower House were They were sanctioning a tyrannical breach Blake could

represent

wrong,

ofthe Constitution ; and Mr. not reconcile their action with his know- ledge of Constitutional Law.

In the Senate a majority of 37 to 20 con- denned the outrage perpetrated by Gover- nor Letellier. Mr. Haythorne, we

observe, Was among those who approved of

Our the Governor’s conduct,—swayed, we pre-

sume, by inordinate motives of party.

Senators Haviland and Montgomery main- tained the cause of right and good Govern- ment. It is something to feel that,at least, one branch of the Legislature takes no share with those who would trample on constitutional liherty, in order to hold on to power.

The Domininion Government look to the forthcoming Loeal elections in the Province of Quebee with exceeding great anxiety. Every influence that can be used is brought forward by them. Money is no object. Banks confer loans without much enquiry or much apparent necessity; and the insti- tutions so honored, work in the cause of Gritism zealously. It is, however, conso- ling to think that the invaders of the con- stitution will be repulsed, and that Joly will be satisfactorily beaten, and Mr. Mce- Kenzie be afforded another proof ‘of what often befalls the best laid plans of mice and men.

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Oddfellowship. NATAL DAY CELEBRATION — SION—-ADDRESS BY REY. A.

Representatives of Colville and Prince Edward Lodges arrived by train this morning ; and this afternoon, at a quarter to three o'clock, a progession was formed as follows :—

1. Colville Lodge, Souris.

2. Prince Edward Lodge, Summerside.

3. Wildey Lodge, Charlottetown.

4. St. Lawrence Lodge, ‘‘.

5. The Encampment.

The procession was one of the finest that ever walked the streets of Charlottetown. It proceeded to Y. M. C. A, Hall. The Noble Grand of St. Lawrence Lodge—R. R. DeBlois, Esq.—took the chair; and, after ceremonies peculiar to the order, the Rev. Alfred Osborne, of St. Paul’s Church, delivered an excellent address upon the prin- ciples of Oddfellowship. The procession then reformed and headed by Galbraith’s Band, marehed through the principal streets of the city. The Grand Entertainment takes place in the Market Hall this evening.

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The “ Disgraceful Slander.”

GRAND PROCES- OSBORNE.

The disgraceful attempt of the Globe.and sundry other Grit journals to blacken the private character of Sir John A. Macdonald and other prominent men of the Conser- vative party by asserting that they were drunk during the memorable twenty-seven hours’ debate of Friday and Saturday, the 12th and 13th inst., has happily recoiled upon the authors of those slanders, and in a manner which they will not soon forget, even should the slanderers escape that legal prosecution which they deserve.

In addition to the other denials of the foul calumny, that of the Hon. J. H. Pope, of . Compton, is perfectly explicit. ~He said: ‘‘ That the Hon. gentleman (Sir John Macdonald) had not been indulging in intoxicating liquors im the slightest degreo, and he thought that those who made the charge had done an injury to the reputa- tion of their country,” an opinion in which every one who loves the truth will heartily | join.

The St. John ‘‘ Freeman”—the Speaker's paper—in the leading article says :—‘‘ Sir John A. Macdonald, although frequently in the House, and moving round much amongst the members of his party, neither did nor said anything that would attract to him the special attention of a stranger. On what the charge of drunkenness made against him rests we do not know.”

It is announced that Sir John A. Mac- donald is going to take proceedings for a criminal hbel against the Hon. Geo. Brown for the article in the ‘‘ Globe” accusing lim of drunkenness. eae

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INNOCENCE ABRoAp. — By the steamer from Boston came a young man of the an- cient colony of Newfoundland, who mourn- ed the loss of a fine gold watch and chain. He was standing on *the wharf, just pre- vious tu the steamer sailing, when two gentiemanly fellows accosted him, asked him the time of day, and on his producing his watch expressed their admiration of it.

Mr. Blake be the learned constitutional |

Correspondence,

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A Nut for the Local Premier.

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To the Editor of the Examiner .

Sir,—I have read a speech ot the Local Premier’s in the Patriot of the 18th inst., (le- livered on the occasion of the debate cn the resolution to abolish the Legislative Council, whereim he was reported to have said ‘* He was no friend of the farmer who would say to destroy our present Constitution, and erect another by which none but young men without property would have a right to vote. \ ould the Premier’s organ be good enough to inform its readers what silly persons advocated the change combatted by the Premier ? Or 1s the idea of “erecting” a Constitution, by which none but young men without property would have a right to vote, a tiuyment of the learned Premier’s imagination, created by him to be, by himself, eloquently destroyed ? :

“The Premier, in the same speech, paid his

fellow-members the compliment of expressing his surprise ‘‘at the amount” of their -ignor- ance—and I do not read that any honorable rentleman thus charged repudiated the soft nnpeachment. I assume they were, to some extent, convinced the rebuke was not without foundation. I was and am myself, sir, guilty of the “ignorance” the learned Premier 1m- putes to his fellow-members, and I now appear in your columns te confess that the cloud of ignorance on the subject on which the | remier discoursed, so densely surrounds me that, not withstanding an attentive perusal of his speech, I still ‘dwell in my ignorance.” .To explain my unfortunate case as explicitly as I can, let me quote the Premier's words :—

‘‘He (Mr. Davies) was surprised at the amount of ignorance displayed by some hop, members in discussing this subject. For their information he would say that this House bad not the power to disfranchise the property holders. It was all very well for some honor- able members to curry favor with the young men by telling them that they would do away with the vote of property holders, but they had not the power. ‘I'he Government depre- cated haste in this matter—they wanted this question to be fairly discussed. Even if this House and the other House passed a bill to do so, they had not the power to abolish the Council. The only way this could be effected was by’a joint address from both Heuses, and then an’ Act of Imperial Parliament would have to be passed.”

in this extract it laid down that ‘*hogorable gentlemen” had not the power of ‘‘deing away with the vote of property Lalders,” and the Premier tells us in detail how the thing can be done. 1am at a loss, Sir, to understand what greater protection there is around the ‘‘ vote of a property holder” than around: the vote of a young man without property, I had thought, in my “‘ignorance,” both were founded on laws equally stable, or unstable. I had learned that the votes of young men were very caval- ierly dealt with by politicians of Mr. Premier’s stripe, both im the Parliament of Canada and in the Legislative Assembly of P. KE. Island. Without recourse to the august power of the Imperial Parliament, Mr. Laird, Mr. Sinclair and other members of that kith, undertook to disfranchise the young men of this Island, and none of the jurists in the House of Commons denied they would have succeeded if their Act had passed. More recently, Mr. Davies bim- self, by Acts of Assembly of this Island, most suecessiully accomplished the feat of cutting off the young men without property from the right of. voting, had an election occurred since the passing of his laws. But the vote of a **property holder,” it seems, is sacred. Well, } can’t see the diiferenee.

Without presuming to <iseuss a constitu- tional question with the learned Attorney Gneeral and Premier of the Island—who I sup- pose knows what he was speaking about— permit me to say that until 1 read his speech i did not think an Imperial Act was at all necessary to abolish the Legislative Council of this Island—and since reading that speech 1 have been thinking over this subject; and, sad to say, Lam stall of the same mind, In fact, Sir, after the Premier’s “bounce” about some imaginary persons who advocated giving votes exclusively to young men without pro- perty, Lam inclinec to think the astute Pre- mier, during the absence of the Leader of the Opposition, was (waconscidusly perhaps) foisting bad law on the learned heads that compose the House of Assembly, In sayimg so, howey¥er, 1 may only be ‘‘displaying” “another example of that “ignorance” that has already surprised the Premier—and [| shall, therefore, be ob- | liged to you or my good friend the editor of | the Patriot, or to that seli-sacrifiemg and per- secuted man, the editor of the Preshyterian—

Te art; for he is very benevolent

following out

. : the command of scripture, ‘‘ Be careful to en

tertain strangers, for so a good man rr, ed Angels unawares. dt is for the pu om to judge and say if the contractor belonea sone species of bemgs; and. he was award the « oe tract after backing out the first time, Was that right or statesmanlike in Stewart?

Well, thé’stone was to he harbor's mouth shore stone, Not very. Mr. Stirling specified that they were to be best land quarried stone; and this sand that.was to be taken from, the great, Sahara Desert wor some other place— i which scared our good fnend ©, Very. well; it. was jound that the sand on the shorg.wonld. do. Lt would not cost quite so much as, imported sand. Then that wharf. . } would like for his honor to throw a little light upon that Asylum Wharf matter. But it may be that common WV. hi. |slanders have no right to maguire about those things. No tenders ever app ared, Why not? \ as not public money paid for it? Phe n it is said the wall of the Asylum is very interior, not much lime being ised in the work, Then Mr. Campbell did not meet with that hearty co- operation that he should have had from the Commissioner of Public Works. Then it 1s said that there has been many thousands of dollars paid t6 the. contractors on) architect's certificate more than the work is worth; and if this work was nolt.properly done, why di the architect cértify i6 as complete and to his sat- isfaction, whea, by his own admission in the EXAMINER, it was not completed? Why was it that W. D. Stewart did not heed the warn- ings about the jobbery in this work last sum. mer; and in the face of all the evidence pro- duced, why did not the Government discharge W. D. Stewart and Mr. Stixiing? Mr. Stirling’s hands are clear ot ringism ip this matter he has shown ‘that he does mot know good work; and therefore is unfit to su- perintend the building. If he is one of the ring, he is doubly nntit to he retained. So the Government can take whichever horn of the dilemma they have 2 mind to. We = intend calling a meeting of tradespeople of Charlotte- town to petition the (Governor in Coancil te have all the suspicious ones removed. A few of our townsmen can be found who can run the Asylum honestly.

1 am, Sir, yours, etc., e A TRADESMAN WHO DID Not TENDER

Avril 25, 1878. 4

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: Died.

At Bideferd, Lot 12, on the 12th inst., after a sudden illness of about ten hours, Margaret Jane Horne, the eldest daughter of Mr. Alfred Horne, in the 23th year of her age.

BALANCE KEITH & COS) ESARKRUPT STOCK |

will be finally Closed @ut

To-morrow, Saturday. .

aa Sale at 2 o'clock and at 7 p. m. “@a

A, MAGNEILL,

Auctioneer.

A ost ot : Aopril 26 —}

DOMINION DAY, 1978!

YHE SONS OF TEMPERANCE will hold

a grand Bemonstration, Teat &

Entertainment in Charlottetown, under

the auspices of the Grand Division. Reform

Clubs and all the other Temperance Societies

are invited. The Band will be in attendance, Further particulars in due time.

W. W. BEER, Ch, of Com.

iJ. W. HODGSON, See’y. Oh’teown, April 26, 1878— .

FOUNDATION STONE.

TENA Poundation Stone of the New School Building, now in course of erection, on Western Kent Street, will be laid by His Honor! the Lieutenant Governor, on ‘Bo day, ‘29th. inst., at 11 o'clock, 2. m., with appropriate ceremonies. The pupils from the various Public Schools will'take part in the proceedings. The Citizens are respectfully invited to at- tend on the occasion. By order, {SAAC OXENHAM, ee. Secretary City School Roan. April 26, 18782 4

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or to. any one of .your well informed cloud of correspondents, who will tell us whether an Act of the Assembly of Prince Edward Island can abolish the Legislative Couycil. Yours truly, AN OPPRESSED TAXPAYER. April 25, 1877. pa. woh ee et bi ‘ T'o the Editor of the Ewvaminer . Dear Srrx,—It is nota little annoying to the | trades-people of this country, ' to ‘ have strat- gers coine here and monopolize the whole of our trade, |! know thatthe Government will endeayor to justity themselves by saying that the contract was let to publi¢e competition,and it was perfectly fair fora Nova Scotian to ten- der for the job and receive it! Who said it! wasn't? We admit that he has a right to,tep- | der; but When we trades;people admit that | strangers liave a. right to pubhe_ competition,

to form aring with others to do wrong, and | steal the public money. Remember 1 do nos | say they have formed a ring; 1 do not say| anything of the kind, 1 only say that we don’t!

At their suggestion he detached the chain! from his yest, that they might weigh it. | the same moment some one attracted his| attention by tapping him on_ the shoulder. | He turned his head, and in an instant the two gentlemanly admirers of his watch were | lost in the erowd. The steamer was about to haul off, there was nothing to be gained by waiting’ and all the young man from Terra Nova could do was weep and wail and. gnash his teeth.— Hv. Herald.

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The recent floods in California seemed at |

first sight to be disastrous without any/| Late California

papers “say, however, that ten thousand

Mr; Blake spoke. They remained mute,| of unproductive land has been covered |

and when the time came for taking the vote

Mr. Blake rose and walked out. Now, if/Jand in the world

aad erate ity Mle eo nat ml it an

with rich alluvial soil by the flood, and that | , the tract promises to make the best grain |

out that Mackintosh’s ér was the fowest :| : > hat Mackintosh’s tender was the lowest ; iand being only five minutes’ walk from the

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acknowledge such a right. But is there any- thing about this Asylum contract, or has there. been; to warrant folks in saying that there was! foul play? Let us see.

Mx, Stewart seemed anxious for this man | Mackintosh to get this contract. turiwéd |

but when notified of the» fact, he did not re- | spond. Now here is where the Jaagh comes! in. Stewart in his zeal for the coupjry’s palyg- | tion (?) crosses ptlie Strats in the i¢e-boat fon

Sunday it is said) to hawt up this deliniquent | | coutractor,

But Macintesh ‘ wad na cum.” tendez, and no person could'bas a blamed him. It was legal. it was right. Well never mind. Let us go on.

and the man after W. D. Stewart’s own heart again comes forward, and,

kandly entertained by our friend W. D, Stew-

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we don’t for ouce admit that they have a rig ir - ‘ : 1ey have a right | Kenmwith, formerly the residence of the

Wasn’t he seli-sacrificing, very ?/ ! Tat | Myr. Stewart | might.have then called for,.the next. lowest /

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Tenders are again called for. | The plans and specifications remain unaltered; | ’

3 CUAL! GOAL! | SALE--3@ Tons good Nut Coal, 1@ *s tound ** HUGH MONAGHAN, Grafton Strect, April 25—

Valuable Freehold Farms and Buiiding Lots,

near Winsloe Station, Malpeque Road, five

miles from Chariottetown.

F8NHE subscriber has been instructed to offer 4 for sale that splendid Property known as

late Hon. J. M. Holl The Farm con- sists of about Six Hundred Acres of excellent land, a large portion of which is cleared and has been for several years in pas- tureg the; rest is covered with firewood and fencing; spatéerials, . The substantiab ' stone Dwelling House commands a charming view of the country, and is surrounded by beautiful plantations and a park-like farm. It would make a delightiul residence for a gentleman ;

station, alfords such an opportunity to farm— and yet be within easy distance of Ch’town — as does not often occur.

“The property has frontayes on the’ Upper aud Lower Malpeque Reads, eld North: River toad and North River, and will be sold in lo p suit purchasers. “For further particula

apply to a. W. HALES a MARINE INS COe™ ,,, Var. Great George and Lower Water Sts. Ch town, April go-m & thur imi

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