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[HE -DAILY EXAMINER:
The City Council.
‘ne sentiments of nine-tenths of the
citizens of Charlottetown are echoed by the Councillors A 4. McLean meeting of
of
of
; resolutions
and Crabbe. s ib i tted bi the
Counc il, held last evening On some
the minor po nts involved there may be
differences of opinion. But all, or nearly
sll. are agreed that the City Council should
rthwith be reduced and reorganized.
One of the strong reasons why this should he done was illustrated at the Council meet ng held last evening, when charges of per-
iry and almost every other rascality known
]
the calendar were bandied about, to the
Lusion ol dignity, order, good sense, good eling, social propriety and everything else which should characterize the representa- ve assembly of a town which is not utterly
We are bound to say that the
mrvparous.,
scraceful scene of last evening was, for t most Pp irt due ta C vancillor Douse ‘ But at-as im the highest degree important
that the Coun il sh vuld be so reorg snized
that the election of men capable of violat-
ing every written and unwritten rule of civilized life would be impossible.
There is another strong reason for the proposed change Il important § civic business __ that has not been car- ried on apart from the Council has, f years ve been mismanaged. The control of the ty schools, of the city poli f the city protection from fire, every duty that requires business capacity
. consistent, sensible course of condut
has been taken from the City Council. AD
he City Couneil 1s deemed capable of doin g s raising taxes and paying bills ; and it js
: : + freely charged that that duty is mot well
be
1k whiit the
ed, it must apparent to
]
lom In le et] unclil
remains
nstituted as it is, no important work can
) sat act yrily perform 1d, and all civic yrogress must be made in spite of it
For some years past the cit zens have desired to possess a system of waterworks ;] but the Council has been at sixes and at
and nothing could be done about it.
sevens Now, at last, it is proposed in sheer desperation to form anvther independent board, in whom confidence can be placed,
und place the business in their hands ; but
why not just as well reform the Council at should ensure the
> . mce Dy doing so We
right conduct of the ordinary business of the city, also the prosecution of the water- works enterprise, with at least as much care and ability as by a separate Board of Com- missioners. The City Council so reformed would be elected by the citizens; so would
the water commissioners ; and it is not at ill likely that better men would be elected
If
charged
for one than for the other the Council
were reformed and with the
responsibility of the waterworks, citizens
would be careful to select good candidates
ind vote for ** able and disereet men for
business.”
Russian Intolerance.
Russia has adopted the line of policy agaist the venerable Armenian Church in the Caucasus that she has been employing with such rigor in the German Baltic provinces. The private schools of the Armenian Christians have been closed ; the neo-Armenian language has been sup planted by the Russian as the medium of
istruction,aud an imperial ukase commands the Christian Armenians to military service while the Mohammedans are relieved of this duty. The object is to transfer fora umber of years the younger generation of Christian Armenians into other parts of Russia, where there are only orthedox churches, and thus. gradually wean them away from the faith of their fathers. The \rmenians are protesting with might and main. They offered to train these young men at home for military purposes, but the Governor of the Caucasus districts promptly refusel. When the Russian oflicers at- tempted to enforce the new arrangements serious Outbreaks occurred in a number of The efforts of Russia are evidently to realize the ideal dreamed of by Alex- ander Lil, namely, that the many peoples under his sway should have ‘‘one law, one language, one faith.”
Ssanie
places.
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Tue many friends of Rev. Thos. Dancan in Prince Edward Island will be glad to learn that the Bridge of Weir Church, of which he is now fully endowed, and hag been raised to the status ofa Parish Church; and Mr. Daacan is now a Parish Minister, in the Presbytery of Paisley. His co-presbyters
is minister,
THE DAILY
Provincial Legislature
HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY FRIDAY BVRNING, Apri 15.
House met at 8.40.
The Speaker in the chair.
Hon. Mr. Ferevson submitted the statement of expenditures on account of the public service asked for by the leader if the Opposition
Lion. Mr. Sunnivan, in moving that the House go inte committee to .consider a resolution authorizing the introduction of a bill containing certain amendments to the Education Act, explained that the cost of education was increasing each year, that last year the amount expeuded was $112,- 00 and that while the amendments proposed would not impair the etticiency of the Act they would reduce the expenditure 8.000. The bill proposed doing way with the bonus to teachers, with the scholarships at Prince of Wales College and Normal School, appointing an addition- al inspector, grading the schools and pro- viding that teachers shall be paid according to the grade of the school in which they re engaged, and not according to the class of license under which they teach, ete, With reference to the matter of the bonus to teachers he said that last year about $2,000 vere expended therein, and that according the Superintendent's report it would ake upwards of $3,000 to cover the ground this year. He thought the salaries were sufficiently high without the bonus, and amount expended therein would be saved. The amount of the scholarships it- Prince of Wales College and Normal School footed up some $410. As it was thought that every person was now able to send their sons to the College without any sid from the Government, and as_ these scholarships were usually won by people who could well afford to pay for their education, he did not think the doing away € them would bear harshly upon any ‘lass of students, while it would be s saving to the Government of the amount nentioned. There are three classes of 430 and 498 teachers. some schools have more than one teacher. a teacher who has a certificate teaches in a third lass school. The Government had no rigltt to pay first-class salaries to. these teachers, and it was prop sed to pay accord- ing to the grade of the school instead ol the class of license obtained by the teacher. Chis amendment would effect a saving of some $5,000 or $6,000. According to the \ct any persun desiring to qualify fora eacher had the privilege of attending the Prince of Wales College and Normal Schoo! ior five months free of charge. This wivilege had-+ been abused, greatly to he loss af the Government. Almost every student who attends goes as a candidate
some
to
the
eachers schools
in some districts
irst-class
for teachers’ license, thus securing the ive months privilege. When he has _ re- eived one class of license he retires for
. few months, returns again, passes ag:in ind repeats the operation at the expense f the country, until a first-class teachers’ ertificate is secured. In order to prevent + recurrence of this business, one of the smendments provides that no candidate ior teachers license shall receive more than ive months free imstruction at the Prince of Wales College. This amendment, ie thought, would bring in a revenue which had hitherto been, to a large extent, the Government. In accordance with the suggestion contained in the annual eport of the Superintendent of Education an additional inspector was to be appointed ita salary of $800 a year-—the amount paid the other inspectors. There would thus be three inspectors—one for each County—and the work would be more equally divided and better performed. In conclusion, the hon. gentleman remarked that there was no province in British America where more, in proportion to population, was expended in education. Mr. SINCLAIR was not opposed to the proposed amendments as a whole. He was of opinion that the bulk of the people were opposed to the suplementary clause, and he thought that if that clause were abolished aad an addition put to , the salaries of teachers, the people would be satisfied. He did not find any fault with the provision for paying teachers according to the grade of the school in which they were engaged ; but on the contrary considered it a good provision. Nothing would bring teachers up to a realization of their duties sooner than a cutting down of salaries. He did not think the salaries of the inspectors were too high ; but with reference to the appoint- ment of the third officer he thought two smart men could do the work easily. He agreed with the leader of the Government in reference tothe students attending the Prince of Wales College and Normal School, buat differed on the matter of abol- ishing the scholarships.
Mr. Yeo was surprised to find that the Government were violating their pledges to the people in interfering with the Edu- cation Act. During the recent campaign no reference was made to these changes: The cost of education is large, but he thought imstead of decreasing the amount expended for the purpose it should be in- greased @s it was an expenditure from whicli® we derived yreat benetit. He doubted whether the changes proposed would make
Lost to
paid high tributes to his faithfulness and ef- ficleney a8 a Minister since his settlement at/j Bridge of Weir. Mr. Dancan was appointed
, of tie |
one esytery $s Commissioners to the | General Assembly,—Guardian. Tiere will be a meeting of the shareholders ual »@ Wishing to become sach) of the Athletic Association on Wednesday evening next at 38 o'clock in the Caledonian Club
Room, f selecting a Please attend. Lite services at St. Peter’s Church to-mor- | row will be a repetition of those on Easter Sunday with the exception of the Te Deum. | lhere will be a children’s service at 3 o'clock at which the Band of Hope will renew their
pit ie.
1 the purpose of for the Association.
haue |
j
hiceragamea all tie Baptist Church to- at ll oclock by Kev. Mr. Harrison, and 6) oclock by Rev. E. Whitman pastor,
theine—** The yower : v F naaes pow tae tongue or the luilueuce of words,
' PREACHING in
morrow
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a, A SPECIAL meeting of the Benevolent Irish vary i! ] } ; . Society will be held in their Hall, Prince
Street on Mouday evening, the 18th inst at * | : ‘ 3 "kK 7 } } a seven oclock. By order.—John ( ounolly,
*Cletui y . . ites iil haus
Fresn oatmeal, lemon, seville, New York
‘uit aud Boston buster biscuits at the Ci
7 , : van Bakery, ”
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the Act more acceptable to the. people. “Jf
(the proposed reductions could be effected
without impairing the efliciency of the Aet of course it would be all right, but the people were very tenacious about having educational aifairs interfered with. All are aware of the increase in the educa- tional expenditare of late years, and if the proposed bill was a proper one it would re- ceive his support.
Mr. Farquaanson had always been op- posed to the supplementary clause. He did not think the bonuses amounted te much; they could be dispensed with without any material loss to teachers. With reference to the classifying of schools he thought it necessitated the employing of the third in- spector. He was of opinion that much
| dissatisfaction would betheresult of thegrad-
ing of the district schools. He objected to the clause relating to the assistant teachers as it would bear harshly in cases where a number of teachers were employed. No clause in the act worked more unsatis- f.ctorily than the supplementary clause, He thought the taking away of the scholar- ships would be unfair to the poorer stu-
dents. The Government, he said, were} amendments as he thought they would violating their pledges in meddling at all o‘fect a saving in expenditure without inter- When the bill: fering with the working of the Act.
with the Education Act. came up for discussion he would have some- thing further to say.
Hoy. Mr Svuiutvan denied that the
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Government had ever given any pledge that thev would not touch the Educatiou Act, and defied the Opposition to point out any such utterances, - Mr. Saw referred to the passing of the | Education Act and its hand-maid, the As ‘sessment Aet. He thought that in view of the increase-in expenditure a reduction was. necessary. He said the bonus to teachers did more harm than good and should be abolished. With reference to the Prince of Wales College and Normal Schoo! scholarships he did not think their being taken away would interfere with the pro- gress of the poor boy, as, according to the present standard of education the poor boy was to a large extent disqualified. He was of opinion that the paying of the teacher according to the grade of the school in which he was engaged. was a step in the right direction. He agreed with the hon. member for Springton that the supplemen- tary clause was injurious, and regretted that there was not a paragraph in the bill providing for its being swept away.
House incommittee, Mr. A. McLeod m the chair. Hon. Mr. Scwiitvan’ introduced his
resolution which reads as follows :—
Resolved, That itis expedient to introduce a bill amending the law relating to Education by providing inta alia. .
That bonuses to teachers be abolished.
That the maintenance of Scholarships in con- nection with the Prince of Wales College and Normal School be abolished.
That the salaries of teachers as established by law be paid according to the rank or class of the schools conducted by such teachers.
That the Board of Education be empowered to fix the standard and maximum number of first and second-class schools.
‘hat the salaries of assistant teachers be fixed by the Board of Eiucatios, but at amounts not exceeding those established by law.
That candidates for licenses as teachers be not entitled to attend the Prince of Wales College or Normal School for a longer period than five months free of charge.
That an additional inspector of schools be ap- pointed at an annual salary of eight hundred doliars.
SATURDAY,
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tee te ar mean: eet tana ents Alor
“APRIL 16, 1887.
FORENOON SESSION.
Sarurpay, April 16. House met at 11.40 o'clock. The Speaker in the chair. The bill relating to Justices of the Peace was read a third time and passed; also the
the bill consolidating and amending the act incorporating the town of Summerside.
The bill amending the act of imeorpora- tion of the Charlottetown Gas Light Com- | pany was read a first tine.
The bill relating to the further ing of the act to incorporate Society was read a first time.
The bill to amend the law relating to the examination of witnesses was read a_ first time,
The bill authorizing the sale of the old asylum property was read a third time and passed.
House adjourned until 10 a. m. Monday,
amend- the Law
tary (ane
Under the Patronage ef His Honor Lieutenant Governor Macdonald His Worship Mayor Haviland and the Officers of the Active Militia.
A CONCERT in aid of the funds of the Artillery ‘4 and wiil be given, under the above auspices, in the
Mr. Sincuatr hoped the Government would exercise great care in the grading of | teachers. Hon. Mr. Svuniivan said the whole} matter of the classitication and conducting of schools would be in the hands of the Superiatendent of Education.
Mr. Yeo wanted to know if the grading clause applied to the schools in Charlotte- town, and if all teachers other than the principals were to be classed as assistants. Hon. Mr. Svuniivan explained that the salaries were fixed by statute and that the grading clause applied to un- graded schouls. As all the schools in Char- lottetown and Summerside were graded,the hon. member would be able to see whether or not the clause applies to the city schools.
Mr. Yeo said he did not see saving would come in.
where the
Hon. Mr. SULLIVAN remarked that the saving would depend much upon the report = of the Sup-
erintendent of Education as to the state of the schools. ° Mr. FarQuHaRSON said he knew that many first class teachers were engaged in third ¢lass schools, and he thought that in their case the cutting down process would be unjust.
Mr. Srnciare said it appeared hard that the Government could raise or reduce salaries and do away with supplements at the discretion of the Superintendent of Education.
Hon. Mr. Prowse said the resolution
did not say anything at all about the sup- plementary clause. He was not in favor of doing away with that clause. He did not think the cause of education would suf- fer by the passing of the proposed bill. Mr. J. R. McLean took exception to the grading clause onthe ground that a first class teacher was often unable to secure a first classschool and was obliged to take a third class one. Under this clause a man who did first class work in athird class school was only to get a third class salary. He also took exception to the appointing of the ad- ditional inspector and to the doing away with the bonus. He was in favorof in- creasing the salaries of teachers and eras- ing the supplementary clause.
Mr. SurHercanp asked the leader of the Government if it was the intention to inter- fere with the grading of the schools in Charlottetown and Summerside. *
Hon. Mr. SuLLIvAN expiained that it all depended upon the report of the Super- intendent as to the state of the schools. If they needed grading they would be graded.
Mr. Mart took strong objection to the doing away of the scholarships. He did not think teachers should be paid according to the grade of their school instead of the grade of their. ‘certiticate. He thought it should be within the province of the House to state the qualiti- cation and salary of teachers. There was too much machinery in connection with the Board, and he was of opinion that there was room for improvement in this respect, instead of cutting off the scholarships. He believed in abolishing the bonus to teach- ers. The supplementary clause, he thought, bore harshly on the people of certain dis- tricts, and there was a difierence of opinion as to its usefulness.
Hon. Mr. Ferevson said that the aidtional imspector was necessary. With tpgard to the scholarships he thought. be plainly seen that there was no good cause for their, continuance, as the ‘standard of education had been greatly alva ced of late years. The reason for the establishment of these scholarships had passed’ away and there was now no good reason for their being retained. Mr. SUrHERLAND said there appeared to be much dilterence of opinion as to the pro- posed amendments. He thought the money expended in education was money wel spent. Great care should be exercised in dealing with education. The scholarships had been of great benefit to many, and he thought it not right that the Government should do away with them. He thought much difficulty would result from the pro- posed grading of the district schools. He took exception to the reducing of the salar- ies Of assistant teachers in the country dis- tricts. Possibly the clause relating to the attendance of prospective teachers at the Normal School might be all right, but he thougkt provision should be made for bona Jide scholars. He would not favor the abolition of the supplementary clause as he oertagns it one of the best clauses in the ct.
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Dx. GILLIs approved of the proposed
‘TUESDAY,
W. MLC. A. EARLE
ON
the
19th Inst.
PROGRAMME. PAKT I. Selections from Pinafore, D.Godfrey Orchestra. 5. Voonl Goteuiscciccsa sR ER ERA Mr. C. Hermans. 3. Violin Duet—tth Stujiy.............. Wohlfhart Messrs. Vinnicombe and Morson. 4. Vocal Solo..
1. Overture
Mrs. Strickland.
Norma ...-- Bellini Orchestra.
6. Vocal Duet—-Twilight by the Sea..):...........
Messrs. Mvore and Findley.
5. Lastrumental
F, Reading as... cis wer 4B Rev. Mr. Carruthers. Fowsie's SIVA. &. 5 caic sd ca ce Miss Minna Palmer. Study No, 3..
Miss VicDonald,
8 Vocal Solo
9. Violin Solo te ees Dancle
PART I, 1. Vozal Solo—Love’s Sweet old Song...... Malloy Mrs. Malcolm Macleod. 2, Cornet and Clarionet Duet, with string ac- companiment—Andante in A..... aaah Messrs. Fietcher and Vinnicombe, 3. Vocal Sol >—Out on the Deep... F. N. Lobr Prof. Caven, . Cornet Duet.... vicaes : aces co Cie Messrs. Worth and Webb. 5. Vocal! Solo—Sing, sweet Bird.......... Miss Newbery. 6. Instumental Monolo Waliz...... Orchestra. ie a ii i ia e's nla Miss Earle. 8 Chorus—Long live Victoria........... GoD SAVE THE QUEEN.
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To commence at 8 p. m. Doors open at 7.30 p. m.
April 16, 1887.
CARD.
'T HE President and members of the Y. M,C. A.
tender their sincere thanks to the President, Secretars and members of the Bazar Committee and the ladies assisting them, who by thei: united effort made the Bazar in aid of the Y. M. C. A. so successful. The thanks of the Associa- tion are alsO extended to ‘fuer EXAMINER and Patriot, tiis Lordship Bisi op -Mclntyve, the Mayo1 and staff. Mr. W. F. Carter, the Band of the 82nd Battalion aud to the yong ladies and gentlemen who so kindly contributed to the ea and Bazar,
April 16, 1887,
Admission, 35 cents,
QODDFELLOWS'
Sixty-eighth of American
Anniversery
UE
Oddtfellowship will be cclebrated by the
Island members in Chatlottetows, ; Ric ‘i > ° :
On Tuesday, April 26th,
in the Evening of which day a
CONCERT ; will be given in the
Did he: Gaitoceslad Inds dba’
The first part of Programmes wil! contain sev- eral new features—New Orcuesival Selectors, “Mikado” “eieciions, New Songs, acd the firsi
appearance in this (ity of the
VOC OPH GNe BAW:
an entirely new attraction on this Continent— excecdingly fascinating and amusing, alone worth the price of admission.
The second pari of the programme wil] be
An Old-Time Minstrel Entertainment,
consisting of some of the choicest Christy Vocal ems with Orchestral Accompanimeni, under the direciiOn of Mr. Vinnicombe.
Programme will a;peart shorily and will, with- out duubi, be the musi attractive since the days of “Pinafore.” i
Tickets for sele at the usual places,
Admission—Reserved seats, 50 cents; a1 Galery, 35 cents,
@sare and place a sum sufficient in your esti- mates for Convert purposes to attend this one.
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On motion, progress was reported.
House adjourned until 10 o'clock to-+ morrow,
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