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know whether we are to attribute the fact to the educating influence of the Ex- mumer or not—-they have not a word to say in favor of Prohibition.

THEY WANT LICENSE.

even if it be High License. We all know the utter lack of sincerity on the part of these :men. :Why: did they advocate Prohibition three years ago? Simply be- cause they felt it w s a safe game, there was no chance of Prohibition then. lint afterzthree years more of the. educative influence of the Scott Act-after ‘three vials more in which the liquor trafllc has been branded as illegal and degraded.l_-‘P9’ hibition has become so nearly ‘in sight that they don't dare to whisper it. how they would turn the wheels of progress backward to license.

But to meet them on their own ground. It is a fact that the Customs returns show that in 1877, 91,011) sallons more liquor were entered for consumption than during last year. A‘ reduction ofnearly one g_al-. lon for every man woman and child in our Island is not a bad showing. To put it another way

BRDl.'CID,TKI DRINK ‘ILL:

In 1877 there was jconsumed an aver- age of about 1} gallons per head. Last year, allowing for the increase of popu- lation, about two-thirds of a gall ii per head. Yet the S:ott Act has been a failure. If it had been there would not be this desperate efiirrt to upset it.

Take the arrests for drunkenness. < The records show that under the licensesystem as many arrests were made in three years asin 8} years under the Scott Act in other words, under License the arrests were nearly three times as numerous it under the Scott Act, fully three times as numer- ous if you take into account the increase of our city »pulation.. Duringthe pre- sent year. c arrests to date have only been 214. Does that look as if the Act had been a failure Y ‘ But ‘go back to such years as 1875-76-77. What a spec- tacle our cit presented. Do you remem- ber when h ain Street from Grafton to Kent, and Pownal and other streets, on market days, were lined with vehicles in bslliiilil _ -

mos. won's.~' in wurixo. Iliilc their husbagids and brothers were in the taverns -lrizikiiig themselves drunk. Yes. anl ev.-ry- man when he came out brought his is!‘ with him. D.) you re- Iueni'>er the street lights of those days?- the I‘--ads lea iug out of the city often b-.-Ziig; alnnlueely nus-ife t ) peaceable travel- lcm. T-alto the testimony of his Honor the S:-pends:-y——:i'> temperance fanatic, verily I ' ire write or EVERY oasmcts it is clearly ilem -ustrsted that the Scott Act has been a in irked succ ass and a grand e-lucat-r --f pubiic op-ini-ii. But it has been asstrtel by the liquor men that this Act has‘fnl~od in o):..t.l' pli es, and been ri-pésletl because it was a failure, notably in ().iia.-zo. A carefully compiled report drawn up, n -t by temperance societies, nukes the following statements 2 " In those Ontario Counties where the S.-ott Act has been repealed the change. ha-i in every cos-. been for the worse. There is absolutely no exc-:pti-m to this. “The g -od efi'ects of the C. T. Act have been am ly attested -nd are now seen in a in IN! urid right by the results of the repeal. ‘ "In three contiguous counties of Ontario rep-r-‘.5 coins from no less than “dis- liuct points and the verdict in every case is river and unmistakeable. "The one specified cause of retr->gres- sion in temperance sentiment in any l-ace-lity. is the‘ repeal of the Canada Toni- pagrance Act?’

_0llCd niore, it has been alleged that the reason of the decrease in arrests under the Scott Act is that under license system the pool‘ drunkard as soon as his money was gene was iguoininioualy

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by the tavern keeper—-whereas now the illicit vendor is afraid to do that and keeps‘ his victim under his roof tillhe sober: up. No doubt the first:psrt at least of the statement is correct; it comes from the friends of the liquor men,‘ it is just what we expect them to do --—drag the last cent from a man's pocket and then kick him into the tter. There is a good old Book which ets us seethe inside of men's hearts, and its verdict upon just such men as the tavern keepers in—-“The tender mercies of the wicked are cruel." Surely it is only fair that the tavern-keeper should be compelled to keep the finished specimens of his. work upon his premises. But ’ balance this statement contrast the c ass of men who now figure in our police re:-orts with the class of men who figured there under license? In the old days it was nothing uncommon to see respectable mechanics

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iwlioleuilc men have been caught. _ _ . _ _ peculiarly diilicult to catch them and the and so fight until this dire evil was driven

fact that the whole or at least the greater into oblivion. part of the liqunr belonging to a large on-

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tablishmetit was thus disposed of without anyone beiniz c vnvicteil proves that it can readily be done and that the risk of dis- It would not be diificult were it nc-cos=-sry to show ways in which these transactions are effected. But it is still further alleged by the enemies of the Scott Act that the reason why these men buy abroad is that they have A whole- some dread of the St-ipe'ndiary's court which they congidcr a school of per'ury and they are afraid they may be l to oimmit this crime The a-sertioii is

ENOLTJII TO MAKE A ”-I2XD IA!‘-OB.

Why asafact their own illicit dram- sliojiq are the .~ic‘.io.ls of perjury. lsit not run that when a case comes up against -ii-iv_of them they go over the names of witnesses in about this fashion.

vici me. Jones, he's a cute shaver, they won't get anything out of him, etc. In other words these men will perjure them- selves. There are men to-day posted in the illicit grnggeries in our city as “Carey the informer" “ traitor," “blackleg" be- cause they have told the truth on the witness stand. And yet the liquor deal- ers are the men who are supposed to be afraid of perjury. Verily they are 'a curious commodity. A word more High License, for which these men are clamoring. is not an untried scheme. They tried itin Chicago and it failed ignominously. High License was tried in Boston and in Glasgow, and in both places the licensed large sa- loons were found to be sup lying illicit shebeens in other parts of t e city. In Halifax today they cannot count the illicit groggeries. Are you electors of Charlottetown prepared to throw aside an act which has done so much to advance the cause of temperance. and return to a system which leszalizes and makes respec- table a traffic which has utterly ruined the bodies and souls of its victims. Will you trust these -men whose whole interests are bound up with the ruin of yourhoys. I don't believe it. 1

REV. M R. SUTH ERLAND

wished it to be clearly understood at the outset that those taking part in these meetings l'r~l’8 acctualed‘ by no spirit of bigotry or fanaticism. He for one. if their 0 pnnents ihould call a meeting, would be most willing to attend, and would be an attentive and interested bearer. He believed in every one having a fair and unprcjudiced opportunity of defending their cause?» How he would any to all the supporters of the Scott Act to strike hard. He entertained no hard feeling against the men engaged in the trittlic, it was the traffic he objected to, and when he said hard things against it, he could not help it if he gave offence to the men engaged in it; it was their own fault. They should not be there. He would warn them ax_ the Qu-ikcr did the thief he found in his parlor, when point- ing his musket right in his direction -he said Friend lam going ti shoot where tllutf art, if thee do not wish to be hurt thee had better get out of the way. 8-: if the liquor‘ men did not wish to be hurt they had better get out of the trafic for he was going to shoot right that way. gThe subject assigned him was " the duty of the llu::r." every elector had two duties to discharge. The first duty was to choose his side. Each one should I:-lkfi a stand on one side or the other. There should be no such thing -as indifference. Nothing called forthdeepsr disgust than lukewarmness. .\ straightforward opponent commanded respect. but indiflbrence merited nothing but contempt. In 1878 the C. T.’ Act waf enacted. Immediately - objections were raised against it on the score] of injustice and unfairness. It encountered all kinds of opposition, until it was carried up and endorsed by the British Privy Council. All this opposi- tion came from those who were mnrs or less’ closely interested in the liquor trsfic.

go home and think well over the matter; think who have opposed the Act. Have they not been th as who are making money out of it, or those who want it to satisfy a depraved and selfish appetite 3

ABOUT LICENSE.

\Ve hear. much of the advantages of license over the Scott Act. License is a permit to a certain individual to open a saloon to sell liquor. It ismore than that though, it is a bargain between the ‘city, or state, and the saloon ier to share the profits. When on license a saloon you becomes er in the business. To license the iquor traffic is to license a trafic that is a veritable sacrifice to

what Slond-iy was in those days. What do you find ti-day? The'sanie persons appearing time and agsin—-the rs-gals! dead-bouts--sent down by his H-«nor for ten flays or three weeks, sad at the ex- piration of theipfielitence there they are again foraabdhér term. t has been asserted that to-day you must Ifld one llllf .b0 the amount of liqu ar entered for home consumption to account for the liqo ir_ bought in Halifax, St. John and; Montreal, duty paid. In the first place, he had the statcmentfrom one who has ample opportunities to know that there is no ground f: -r the assumption. That there is liqu.-r imported duty paid is true, but that the quantity is large is not oflrroct. The Hop Beer from Halifax may be duty paid, but the quantity of spirits coming in the same way is small, I. grant that when a man with means wants liquor, and does not wish to violate the law. he buys it in Halifax or A mac och.” point in the Dominion : but how much does this amount to ? How many private individuals have well-stocked liquor cellars to-day ? Very few! But let usask, why should liquor be imported duty paid from these points l The wholesale dealers do not buy their liquors duty paid. Wh sh-nild thcyl It simply means so much interest on money thrown away. Under

, the Customs Act, liquors are allowed to

remain in bond, and the duty is only re- ¢}llll'Ud"I0 be paid when the liquor is. Wanted for consumption. But it is said the _ smaller dealers take this course Again, why should they I Surely our W nlcs.-ale men -ho pay no license can do better than men in Ilalifax and St. John who have to pay license fees. Again, there is the cost of tr-mshipment in the latter caal which our men save. But it ' may be said that dealers abroad do bottgf for these smaller men than our wholaaalg deulerafiiid besides that the are jealous of their fellow dealers. We I, it chi; b. so

me rs: scorr acr osurn these things or did they not exist before

' it csme into operation? If therefore they ' import then it is because they always did

00. Indthis branch of trafie was as large under license as it is to day. But an.

O ‘- other reason iron is that smaller-dealers .

are afraidgof fng cow Had to testify ‘Ktfust the wholesale. ealers and thus cause them to under the alties of the 36 as s uiettvr of how flaw‘

devih. The saloon is the great curse of - the larger citiesof Scotland, as elsewho-re, as his experience as a city missionary had clearly shown him. He would ask them if they would go back to license that which had been condemned in the strong- est terms by the ablest and beat of man i John Ruskin, whom nu nae would call 5 temperance fanatic, had said that every man consenting to the licensing of the tnifiic was a moral assassin. In proofof the assertion he would relate the story of a poor widow and her son resid- ing in a small Scottish village. The sun was lured into the saloon, tempted to drink; his mother was almost heart brok- en. She prayed for him; she eutreated him. He took the pledge. The licensed bar, and his former companions were a sore temptatioii in.his way His mother fidvlledlliim to go away from home. He went to Edinburgh. He worked dilli- gently for nearlya year. He sent his mother word that he would be home to spend Christmas. Great was her delight. Every prepnation within her mean! was made for him, and er friends and. neighbors were soon made aware of or son's expected return, He srrivedin the village on Christmas eve, passing the old salion, he vent in to warm himself; he did not intend to drink. Some of his old companions were there. They welcomed him back, and of course they must stand treat. He refused all their entreaties, but when the.s:iloon- keeper-_ taunted him with being a coward, and afraid Ito take a glut: he could not stand that, and he raised the cup to his lips. Then followed one and another, until that same, saloon-l(eép- er kicked the young man out at twelve o’clock at night. He made his way to a vacant barn where he was found the next morning dead. His body was carried to his mother's cottage. and can it be -wondered that in her agony‘ that noel." -ith her hand on oi. cold.and lifeless l‘“'‘“ '3‘ ll” l‘°¥» €l1|'8Odthst'tavern-

ecei-ic. . If the electors le alias th tum; ° Wong drink they vi .b000u.nepsi-tners h’ a business over which ‘hangs the curse of the widow. _ . In eonelusion, Mr. Sutherland ' upon -all concerned that having chosen their side. and made sure it was the right ° ,ll*|lv 0,85% sernoctly and valiant-. “W l mass in secure

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Owixo to the continued illness of two of our printers we are unable to rint the balance of the speeches to-day. ‘hey will appear to-inorrew.

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Refusal of the Lyceum.

‘Owixn to the circulation of a rumor in town this morning that Mr. T. L. Cha - lle had been refused the use of t e yceum Hall on Christmas night" for the Rev. Sam Sm-ill's lecture, we interviewed Hr. Chsppelle on the subject and we give in his own words the exact circunmtances of the. case. ' -

Mr. Chappelle says, “ Yesterday morn- ing I telephoned Mr. Patrick Connolly as Secretary of the B. 1.8. _in_fcrming,hixn that l wished to engage the ‘Lyeeuin f9r

Brown is a good fellow he won't con- ,Ch,.i“m“ fight He replied n A“ right I;

I.then said “ Let there be no mistake now—~have I secured it _1.?' , Mr. Connolly. I finally’ said “hook me then for the hall on Christmas night." I next proceeded to announce the lecture in the three city papers. This morning I received as telephone message from Mr. Connolly informing me that at a meeting of the Lyceum hall commit-to last night they had decided that I could not engage it because Christmas Day was a holy day. “ Th e," added Mr. Chappelle, “ I knew to be a mere subterfuge as the hall, had been f_rc-quently used in the past on "Sun- days and other holy days. the Lyceum- was professedly undenomb

mittee whether’ it were sectarian or not. He replied it was not. I then finished by saying, “ You had no power whatever therefore to refuse me ‘the use of it on any night whether that of a holy day or not." » '

ceived the folloviing lettei-:--

Sut,-—-We the undersigned members of the Lyceum Ilall Committee desire to contradict the-statement which we learn Mr. The). L. Chappelle is endeavoring to circulate with reference to his inability to

of the Rev. Samuel Small on Christmas night. Mr. Chsppelle made application to the Secretary on the_ 18th which was submitted to the proper officers »Mr. Chappelle has been informed that accord- ing to the by-laws which provide the Hall cannot b:- leton Sundays or holy dnys,his application for Christmssyniglit could not be entertaiiie-:1. He was therefor-. prema- ture in annsuncing the lecture in the Lycuumgbefore procuring it. He was also told that the Hall was at his service for the lecture on any night other than Christmas night. The committee find themselves bound to conform to the bye- laws in the case of Christmas night not- withstanding the storm ’ of gindignation which such a decision may raise in the breast of Mr. Chappelle-. We presume the public are as anxious to hear the famous lecturer in the Lyceum on any other night as on Christmas night.

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At Winslne Road, Lot 3, on. ‘the 18th

Elizabeth, beloved wife of James q..¢a,.a..~ the 62nd year of her age.

with her aged" mother and a. large circle of relatives. to mourn their l:-iss. the dead that die in the lard." ‘

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syrups, at-9., Fruits in Season. North Side Queen Square, Charlottctow, P. E. 1.

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The in , stone Kiln, and Farm Buildings are all in a good state of repair, and session will be given at any time. Only mi a mile from Railway stat ion.

Also. in rear of above, 50 acres of {res Land with a sawmill, fronting on the Lot 65 30.5, The above pro ertles will be sold separately or together. an need only to be seen to be appreciated. ‘ ' Reason for eelllng—Got the “slortbweet

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