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: Th. oo & . "> ‘ wis The Question That 1s Not Before

the People, Question That is Before the People.

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, How can the L£atriwi SAY ‘Free Trade”

that the Grit

Party represent and the Liberal Conservative Party ‘‘ Protection,” or that the issue is ‘* Free Trade” vs. ‘* Pro- tection”? Why, the Premier -the Leader ef the Grit Party—himself said—since he beeame Premier—-that he was in favor of ‘IxctpentaAL Protection.” Here are the very words he uttered :—

“Sir Francis Hincks stated last year in his election tour that he was in favor ol nei lental

Protection ol sail / ain in favor of ad. . eae And again, at Hamilton, the frouel said :— ‘* As long as duties are levied upon imp rted : ty a on aeticins articles they should be levied upon article

produced by our own people.”

What is this but protection in the fullest sense of the worl as understood by the Protectionists of Ontario! How, then, can the Premier be the Free Trade Leader tn a struggle the issue of which is Free Trade vs. Protection? Truly a Leader!! But a Leader of an ‘‘Organized Hypocrisy.”

This is the Leader who, in 170, went dewn to Montreal and gave his “hearty support”—his own words—to the man wo said :—

re woulda, therefore, gentlemei, advocate

the imposition of a duty on all goods coming

from the United States, equal to what the " . . ? - ¥ Americans C! arge on ae goods sent Jrom Ca- vi) ula. 3

This is the Leader, whose First Lieuten- ant (Mr. Joly) on the 25th March, 1876, wrote :—

* «We claimed, ABOVE ALL THINGS a National Commercial Policy,” and “I have not given it up.”

This is the Leader supported by the weak-kneed Laflamme who, last session, said,—vite Hansard :—

‘* The question of Protection was, however,

Incidental Protection.” /¢ could never be mad the absolute question of dividing parties.

This is the Leader who is supported by the two-faced Cartwright who claims to be a Free Trader according to the principles laid down by John Stuart Mill and claps a protective duty of 60 per cent. upon coal oil.

This is the leader backed up by the bold Jones, who writes :—

**The American Government—always alive to the interests of their people and all that re- lates to the prosperity of their country—

Could there be a more decided and un- equivocal endorsation of the Protective Policy of the United States than this ?

—‘‘thave recently passed a Treasury order in- creasing very considerably the drawbacks on white refined sugar, the result of which I learn has been that the great bulk of that quality now used in Canada, comes from that quarter, and their manufacture is entirely abandoned at Montreal, where formerly large quantities were made; hence it follows that if our trade is to be encowraged or sustained, such exceptional legislation as i have referred to must he met by corresponding legislation on our

part.” This is the leader who is surrounded by

Jette, a pronounced Protection:st, Patter- son, an “Incidental Protectionist,” Nor- ris,a ‘‘Protectionist,’’ Laurier and Pelletier, ‘‘ whilom Protectionists,’” Wood and Irving, ‘‘advanced Protectionists,” Work- man, a weak-kneed Protectionist, and many other Protectionists who stick to McKenzie because he raised the duties 25 per cent., and protected coal-oil by a duty equal to 60 per cent.; because he has unequivocally given expression to Protectionist princi- ples ; because he has undeniably declared that—(we quote his own words) ‘‘ situated as we are, it is impossible to carry out a Free Trade policy.” And yet the Patriot of this morning tells the people that men like Pope, Haviland, Brecken, Howlan, Stavert, Jenkins—and all others who make little of the false cry raised by it for political pur- poses—are ‘the most dangerous of their enemies, and traitors of the deepest dye” ! When the Patriot proves that McKenzie and his followers are not double-dyed im- posters—held together only by the golden links of office—then we will demonstrate that Sir John McDonald, Dr. Tupper, Sir A. T. Galt, S. L. Tilley and those who think nd work with them are not such fools as to propose a policy the effect of which would be to ruin the great country built up by their skill and labor in the face of difficulties placed in their way by the Grit Party which only strong, determined, patriotic men could surmount. In the meantime we may be pardoned for again quoting the words of Dr. Tupper :—

‘© What we ask is not the increase of taxation, but the re-adjustment of taxation.”

In other words, the issue, as understood by Dr. Tupper, is simply—we use the Tor- onto Globe’s phrase and take the (lobe’s view—the ‘‘ Incidence of the Tariff,”— whether or not it is better, for the encour- agemement and development of the indus- tries of Canada, to lighten the duties on some articles and increase them on others ?

Toe DAtty EXAMINER, |

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| . . 1 \ ha Sud suppose we conclude it is better, what difference will the proposed change make to

the people? Each man has to contribute 4 share of the 823,000,000 or $24,000,000 re quired every year to maintain the public service of the country. What does it mat- ter to him personally whether he pays it by means of the tea he drinks or” the clothes All persons drink tea and all What whether he pay

he weurs ?

persons wear clothes. does its

matter to a householder

the sugar he uses or the furni-

ture and othor articles he constantly requires about his house, his farm, shop or place of Certainly, it would make not the

it upon

business. slightest difference—except this, that those who wear the finest clothes and use the most expensive articles—in short the rich

would pay the most duty, while at present the burdenof taxationis notso well distribut- ed. On tea, for instance, the poor man pays just as much—more in fact, because he as the rich man! But, it may be said, if duties be raised on articles of clothing and furniture, those articles will

drinks more-

be manufactured in our own coun rry, importation will cease, and the revenue required will not be raised. For instance, if duties were levied upon articles

of clothing and furniture going into Eng- land, little revenue would be raised, because nearly all the clothing and furniture the people of England use are manufactured in England. But this, un- fortunately, is not the case in Canada. In point of fact we do import a very large pro- portion—much too large a proportion—-of what we wear and what we require about

very

our homes. For many years cloths and fur- niture will yield a revenue; and by taking the duties off tea and sugar and proportion- ately increasing them upon cloths and fur- niture an equal anount of revenue would be obtained, the prices of tea and sugar would be lower, the price 04 cloth and fur- niture would be higher—the burden upon the people would be, as nearly as possible, the same. And what would be the result to the industries interested ! refiners would recommence business, capital would be invested, West India freights would look up, thousands of men would be femployed; those men with their families would consume the productions of our far- mers and tradesmen; many would be bene- fitted, and no one’s burden of taxation in- creased. True, manufacturers of clothes and furniture would naturally raise their prices until such time as competition com- pelled a reduction; but the higher prices of those articles would, in the meantime, be set off by the lower pric:s of tea and sugar.

This is an example of the proposed re-ad- justment, by which, it is claimed, the burden of taxation will not be increased, sufficient revenue will be obtained, the varied indus- tries of the country will, incidentally, be fostered, and the development of the vast resources of this great Dominion will be hastened.

Whether such” a readjustment of the tariff shall be made, or whether the ruinous policy of the present Government shall be persisted in ? is the question before the peo- ple.

The question of Free Trade vs. Protection is not before the people —because neither Party are prepared to adopt the principles of either Free Trade or Protection ; because the leaders of the so-called Free Trade Party are—on their own showing -~ both by speech and act, in favor of ‘‘Inci- dental Protection; because the Premier himself says that neither Free Trade nor Protection are ‘‘applicable to our circum- stances’’—see his speech at Sarnia ; because he says that “‘solong as duties are levied upon imported articles they should be levied upon articles produced by our own people” —gsee the Premier’s speech at Hamilton ; and because the leaders of the Liberal- Conservative Party say, ‘‘ What we want is not to inaugurate a system of Protection, ‘but to initiate such a system as will remedy the mistakes made against the doctrines of Free Trade by our neighbors south of the line.’”—See Dalton McCarthy’s speech in Parliament, 1878.

We trust we have pricked the bubble blown big by the Patriot in its issue of

Why, sugar

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Quebec Legislature.

Over telegram shows that M. Turcotte, a Conservative, has been elected Speaker on the nomination of Joly. According to the report M. Tureotte must have voted for himself. ‘Two or three other Conservatives must also have voted for him. —_ oO The General Assewbly of the American Presbyterian Church, Nerth, sitting «t Pitts- burgh, has sustained a vote of censure by a Presbytery on one of its members, for allow- ing a woman to occupy his pulpit. We learn

that the vote sustaining the censure was reached ‘‘after a spirited discussion.” The majority of the Assembly stands by the letter of St. Paul’s injunction, and for doing is, by the press generally, twitted with being ‘‘be- hind the age.”

THE McCARTHY MURDER. iota Coroner Mannington’s Address

Sueprac, June o.

At four o'clock this afternoon, the evi- dence being all in, the Coroner undertook his charge to the Jury. He said after a long and exhaustive investigation which has set the whole country aflame, into the cause of the death of Timothy McCarthy, it he- gentlemen of the Jury, to render a verdict upon the facts elicited at this careful inquiry. The Coroner said he had taken a good deal of trouble, and brought all and every shadow of evidence that could have a bearing on the case before Jury ; that over

EIGHTY DIFFERENT DEPOS{TIONS

had been made, and the Jury, he con- sidered, had paid most careful attention to the hearing of this testimony. The wit- nesses had been alled without delay, and he thought the learned counsel had done the best they could, and made every effort to secure true and reliable testimony. The present cause, though being first of the kind in the Dominion, he considered had been conducted in a masterly and pains- taking manner, and much credit was due each and every one having any connection with the investigation. The Jury he es- pecially lauded for the intelligent interest they had taken in the matter, and more especially for their pertinent and intelligent questions. He said it develved on the Jury to now find out how and

comes your duty,

WHERE AND BY WHOM TIMOTHY M CARTHY CAME TO HIS DEATH.

In reading the evidence over he primar- ily remarked that the body on which this enquiry has been held was found afloat in the Secadoue River; it had been fully re- cognized as that of a missing man named Timothy McCarthy, and that the post mortem examination had disclosed the man- ner of the man’s death. Drs. Allison, Fleming and Scott have made a thorough examination of these remains, and from these gentlemen’s statements it is clear that he was not drowned, but

PLACED IN THE WATER AFTER DEATH had tolled its knell. These medical gentle- men agree that he did not die a natural death, and that he had not suffered death by falling off the bridge and _ striking his head against any hard substance in the water. There are stains of blood, as has been ascertained by a careful analysis, on his shirt front and his other clothing. This fact alone, not only dispels any idea that he came to his death by drowning, but proves beyond a doubt that TIMOTHY MACCARTHY WAS FOULLY MURDERED and afterwards thrown into the river. From the medical testimony we learn that he was killed by a blow dealt him *n the head. After a careful and intelligent search into the depths of the evidence adduced, it is necessary for you gentlemen to ffnc out who is the murderer. Such a verdict is not of the same weight as that of aregular jury, neither convicting nor condemning would be a verdict of guilty on your part. The evidence, he said, goes on to say that Tin- othy McCarthy came from Moncton and put up his horse at the Weldon House. From here he departed in company with Chip. Smith, at 11 o’clock at night, on the 12th Oct., and Smith had deposed that he left deceased in the vicinity of the Waverly (Osborne’s House).

MRS. OSBORNE HAD STATED that McCarthy was in their house about 12 o’clock that night, and we are all aware he had never been seen alive since then. If he left Osbornes, where did he go? At

all events we next FIND HIM IN THE RIVER MURDERED.

Patrick Hickey has testified to seeing a wagon leave O- vornes’ after midnight ef the 12th and 13th, and drive towards the Sca- douc; Mrs. Atkinson comes forward and tells of an unknown wagon that night driv- ing towards the house. This corroborates Hickey and Annie Parker. Blood stains have been found on the bar-room tioor and counter. Then Harry Osborne tells Camp- bell, the dentist, who was boarding there, of a row having taken place the night of the 12th Oct., and that he,

HARRY, HAD TO CONVEY A MAN HOME IN A WAGON,

This fact in itself would appear to be in- tended to set at rest Caiapbell’s mind ; he (Harry) naturally fearing Campbell had heard a noise during the night in the house. Further in the chain of evidence we have Linklitter, who comes forward and tells of a conversation held with Mrs. Osborne; Mas. Osborne’s queries of Linklitter

SHOULD THEY FIND THE BODY IN THE RIVER

with clothes, money and watch, &c., on him, could they do anything to them? This looks suspicious. ‘Then to Foster, the Moncton policeman, she says, if Campbell, the dentist, had some of her pluck they would not get much out of him. These circumstances, gentlemen of the Jury, are nothing in themselves but the chain of cir- cumstantial evidence against the Osbornes,

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which all these little points make it very strong and condemnatory. The Coroner

'waxed stronger, and said tha, leaving ont

Annie Parker's ‘testimony altogether, he thought the Jury cculd not do otherwise than

FIND A VERDICT AGAINST THE PRISONERS,

(At the word guilty, Mrs. Osborne gave a sigh. Exclaimed Oh! The other three made no manifestation whatever.) The Coroner continued. If Annie Parker’s tes- timony is true, and it has been largely cor- roborated, then there can be no doubt as on whose shoulders the wilful murder of Timothy McCarthy rests. As to the hatchet with which he was struck the fatal blow, Judge Hibbert testified there was one in the house at that time, and no living person can say Hibbert was prejudiced. When the body was found no stone was attached, and this would appear contradictory to the Parker girl’s statement ; but, gentlemen of the Jury, you were present at the river’s

bank when a stone had been raked up, and this stone since has been sufficiently IDENTIFIED BY ANNIE PARKER.

If you find the murder was committed at the Waverley House it is then your duty to hurl the dreadful verdict against the moth- er, Eliza and Harry. The father, it ap- pears, is not an accessory unless he has spent the money taken from deceased, and in order to’ ascertain this latter fact you must make a careful enquiry.

The Coroner spoke at great length, dis- playing in an abie manner the principal points of evidence for the jury. He closed by asking the jury to return a verdict imac cordance with their conscience; to consiler without any sympathies, and to be impartial in their decision.

The Court was closed at 5 o’clock, and the jury left to themselves.

THE VERDICT.

At 8.30 the prisoners were brought into Court, a large crowd of spectators following. The Coroner then asked the foreman to make known their decision. Geo. Minor, foreman, said they had disagreed, but as follows: We, the undersigned, convened for the purpose of enquiring into the cause of the deatii of Timothy McCarthy, find that Timothy McCarthy came to his death by a blow or blows on the head from a hatchet in the hand of Harry Osborne in the bar room of the Waverley House, the said hatchet being given him by his mothes, Mrs. : John Osborne, in she presence and with the consent of Eliza Osborne; and we do say that the said Harry Osborne, Mrs. John Osborne and Eliza Osborne are guilty cf wilful murder of the aforesaid “Timothy McCarthy.—(Signed) Charmand Avelling, James Wilbur, Tronquilie Gallant, John Dickie, George Minor.

The minority verdict is as below: We find Timothy McCarthy came to his death by a blow or blows on the head, but the evidence is not suflicient to say by whom.— (Signed) Louis Avard, George Maillet.

The jury were discharged, however, Dr. fuck remarking that the Coroner has power to hold the jury intact, but as the prisoners were already committed at the next sitting of the Supreme Court, he advised the Cor- ongr to discharge the jury, which was ac- cordingly done.

The prisoners received the verdict with- out making any unusual display of feeling. The verdict created no surprise here. The villagers think they will die now without excitement.

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———> 2+ <—e -s o--- Mr. Blake Retires. On the fact of Mr. Biake’s retirement from polities, the Halifax Morning Herald remarks a follaws :—

Our dispatches this morning announce that Mr. Biake has refused a nomination from his party, and will retire from public life. If this be so, the Grit party has lost its right hand, and will not recover from the blow. The motives for Mr. Blake’s retire- ment are more damaging to his party than even the retirement itself. ‘‘Ill health” will be urged by the ‘‘ Reform” papers as the reason; but the health that will bear the fatigues of an enormous legal practice, isnot so very bad after all; and might easily sustain the weight of a sinecure offi- cial position.

The real reason for Mr. Blake’s retire- ment is, want of confidence in the Party leaders, want of faith in the Party platform. He has indirectly denounced the Party as a ‘‘Reform Party that found nothing to re- form.” He opposed and defeated the Min- isterixl Pacific Railway policy. He resigned his portfolio of office. He summarily dis- posed of some of Mr. Laflamme’s measures this last session. He showed his displea sure at the Quebec outrage by refusing to speak or vote in favor of the Government. And at last he refuses a nomination for a seat for another term. The result of this will be a general weakening of the whole ‘* Reform” rarks. The one man whose personal character gave a particle of dignity to the Grits has deserted the Party ; and the Party is doomed.

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Miscellaneous News.

William Cullen Bryant is getting better. The Pope has strongly condemned the Vol. taire Centenary.

New York City reports ninety-five failures this month, with gross liabilities of $5,686,306. Montreal is about to put a loan of $800,000 on the market, to meets its bonds soon coming due.

G. W. Bates and wife recovered judgment for $25,000 against the city of New Orleans for the drowning a little daughter through a hole in a wharf.

A widow lady of Springfield, Mo., named Thompson, highly connected, killed her daughter during a fit of insanity, on’Friday, and then killed herself.

“‘PaTHER MarrHew” is the subject of D. Banks McKenazie’s lecture in Market Hall to-night.

Andy Compagnian was taken from bed on Wednesday night at Owensville, Ind., and carried to the outskirts of the town, where the mob riddled him with bullets. He a notorious robber and murderer.

_A decision was last month rendered in the United States District Court, at New Orleans, by Judge Billings, giving aman named White- field $500 damages against the steamship St. Louis for injuries received from the breaking ofarope. The point decided is that vessels are pecuniarily responsible from damages re- sulting from rotten tackle. The decision is, therefore, very important.

A London letter to the New York Times says: ‘‘Thir betrothal of Prince Henry (he is 68, his bride is 28) reminds me of another forthcoming marriage of even more ir-terest on your side of the water. I mention it wiih re- serve. Miss Bennett, a sister ef Mr. James G. Bennett, is engaged to an Irish Peer. They say Miss Bennett iias played the hostess at her brother’s house with notable hospitality and The Irish Peer in

grace. sh uestion is an Crangeman. If it is true that Miss Bennett is

a Roman Catholic, there will not be wantin in this union opportunities for those mutu concessions Which are necessary to th: happi- ness of the married state.”

eG A AO NRIO

Merchants Bank of P. B. Island DIVIDEND, at the rate of

, Cent. Per Annum, upon the Capital see of this Bank, has this day been declared for the past half year, payable at its Banking House here on demand,

WM. McLEAN, Cashic

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