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NOVEMBER 7, 1887.
4 Few Stock Arguments—Consid- ered, ‘Wy it as well say that the Moral Law sl ld be repealed, because it 1s con y violated, as that we should, on the ume ground, vote for the repeal of the Scott Act.” We often hear this argument. Let us consider it. The All-Wise has or- rined that man shall have Free Will—and the Moral Law. A man may break the Moral law; but every violation-—the small-
est violation of the Moral Law is punished. There Not a jot or tittle passes fromthe law. A mancan no more break the Moral Law and go without due
is no escape.
punishment, than he can thrust his hand into the fire without suffering pain. On the other hand, men have adopted the law that liquor dealers shall not have free will
in the sale of liquors—and it is a notorious
fact that many liquor dealers violate the law and go unpunished. It will readily be
that the drawn from the
Moral Law is absolutely valueless; and that
seen argument itin no way weakens (but rather strength- ens) the position of those who say that it is neither dignified nor honest, nor expedient for a community to hold fast to a law like it has neither the
the Scott Act, which
power-nor the will to enforce
One of the ablest Judges in the Dominion of Canada to-day has declared that
‘* The
is that
soundest legislation in a free country which is based on the highest moral principles, at the same time recognizes the ex- istence of the frailties and errors of mankind, aud su frames its enactments that it will ac complish the greatest good to the greatest though it may not be all the good
that might be desired
MUuUiwver,
But some of the Solons of Charlottetown say that ‘it would never do to repeal the Seott Act because that would involve a re- cognition of theevil of the liquor traflic,”and a return to the LicenseSystem. It will, how- ever, readily beseenthatthe Scott Act andthe License System—indeed all liquor laws, like —are passed simply and only because the people recognize in the liquor trafic an eV ilto be checked or put down. Nor is the sanction of law given to it when our license may be
law is in force. The whole town
under prohibition while the license law is in force ; for it enacts that no license shall issue, under any circumstances, unless a
‘majority of the ratepayers in the block where the proposed license is sought for, and also of those resident on the opposite side of the street, extending as far as the block opposite only, signify their de- sire im writing that a license shall be grant- ed." Moreover, every man who had refused to express his desire in writing that a place for the sale of liquor should be set up in his neighborhood would feel himself per- bound to see that the law was respected whereas under the
Scott Act, which is adopted by a
sonally interested and
small majority of the whole town, no one feels particularly interested in having violaters of the law punished. The license law would have the whole town at its back ; but should the Scott Act be retained it can only have the support of a small majority, while it is safe to say that many who vote for it will fail (as heretofore) to throw the weight of their moral iafluence in its favor in carrying it out.
Or assist
But, it is said, *‘under the Scott Act liquor selling is disreputable ; but under the license it will be While the writer was, a few weeks agu, travelling ** Scott
respectable.” by train through a Act county,” eight or ten buys and young men came into the car. All seemed to be the sons of respectable parents, and all were under the influence of liquor ; some singing Sa vation
were drunk, songs, and about the most sacred names.
bandying The warm blood of youth in combination with bad hquor, producing profanity aud blasphemy ! It was a sight to make the angels weep. But were the unhappy parents of these youths consoled by the knowledge that drunk at ‘disreputable places,” —** low dives, which no respectable man would enter?” Or will it help the old toper when he goes down to the black portals of a drunkard’s grave to plead that
their sens got
1a Vins . . he learned to drink at ‘* disreputable
in « Scott Act County ?
places ”
Again, it is pleaded—and this seems to be the main point in the issue—the strong plank in the platform—that if the Scott Act be repealed, there is no law to take its place, and we shall havea ‘ carnival of rum.” We have too much respect for this community to suppose that if there were no law to regulate the liquor traffic, ev ery- sne would drink and get drunk, and we sin erely believe that the conditions would uot be greatly changed: those who cared to sell would sell, and those who desired to drink would drink~as they do at present.
But how about the law? The Scott Act
provides that after a vote tu repeal it has been taken, and a majority have declared for repeal, an order in C uncil revoking the
Wwiilay msue “at any time s from the day of #
rote.’ su
7.2. 4 ) msibly he revoked before the
J suiuary next.
Again, our Local Law
provides that the license laws } > ry }
ot the Province shall be in force
im BY County oy city of thiy Tstund, we
atter tie €xz-
Ahat is to say, the Seott Act cannot 20th of
soon as the Canada Temperance Act is re- pealed. These license laws prohibit, abso- lutely, the sale of liquor without license; and consequently no liquor can (legally) be sold under them until licenses have been issued. in Char- lottetown until after a Licensing Board has been elected; a Licensing Board cannot be elected before the first Tuesday in Septem- ber next; consequently all sales of liquor between the date of the revocation of the of licenses of having of rum,”
But no license can issue
Act, and the issue
illegal ; and
Scott will be instead “free liquor,” and a ‘* carnival
we shall—if a majority vote in favor of the
petition on the 24th inst.—have absolute legal prohibition until after next September.
the Times.
This is certainly the age of great pro- jects. Railways, canals, subway-tunnels and bridges are everywhere Leing construct ed at enormous figures, and in almost every instance the investment, be it public or private, isa paying one. Telegraph and telephone wires lead to and from every cen- tre of trade, and flash their messages over thousands of miles of land and water.
science seem to beggar what we now cnjo) in the world’s admiration. Who knows what to-morrow may bring forth? Our little Island keeps a-jog with the times. But a few years ago and few thought of any thing greater than a wooden bridge over a small river or brook, and now we traverse the Island from the east to the west behind ‘* Pope’s Iron Horse.” We have telegraph and telephone accomodation too, and a fair summer steamer service. But there is still a gap in the line of direct communication between us and the outer world, and with a little patience and an united front, we will soon secure that from the large-minded men who watch over Canadian interests. Another step has been made towards the subway by the satisfactory surveys of this summer, and something definite will be surely arrived at this winter if we can keep shut the mouths of someofourchronic grum- blers whe are ever ready to condemn what they are unable to understand. The march of progress is notto stop, however, with the securing of the subway as a mode cof completing vur system of communication. Railways, bridges and subways are all very good, but we are to have a canal too, it would appear. A good deal is being said just now by tke people of Tracadie and sur- rounding districts about a canal across the Island from Bedford Bay to the East River, a distance of only two miles. It alsgeeappears that the route has been sur- veyed. The advantages such a work would afford for speedy navigation are manifold and apparent to any one whe will take up the map of Canada and study it for haif an hour. It may take some time, but we be- lieve that a future generation will see the work accomplished. Could’nt Mr. Welsh who has no faith in the * stove-pipe pro- ject,” take this new scheme under the egis of his protection. It is a subject that would give ample room fur nautical oratory before Parliament. + +
The Bishop of Rochester, in whose dio- cese Dr. McGlynn has recently been airing his favorite theories, handled the exéom- municated priest without gloves in a recent discourse delivered from the pulpit of: his cathedral. The denunciation is one of the most vigorous we have seen for many a day. Bishop McQuaid, after pronouncing Me- Glynn’s land theories as old as the hills, combats statements made by the ex-priest in an article published some time ago in the North American Review , having reference to the standing and capabilities of the re- ligious (male and female) in charge of Catholic schools. The whole discourse must be read to be appreciated. It is. the most effectual broadside so far fixed into the ranks of the so-called anti-poverty | bri- gade. Speaking of the vile language used by Dr. McGlynn towards the Pope, the Propaganda and the Ecclesiastical authority generally, Bishop McQuaid says that such Vituperation comes with good grace indeed from a ‘** jaw-Smith,” who without scruple or remorse ‘* accepted for years the gratui- tous clothing and education of the Propa- ganda.’ The Doctor's star is waning. Even among the ignoraat the doctrine of the French philosopher Proudhun—la propriete c’est le vol—will not charm long.
* Senator Senecal has been a couple of weeks dead and buried, and his senatorial] chair already filled by another ; but French Canadian enterprise will mourn his loss for many years. He was born a hemme d affaires, and, like Gould, came to the iront by sheer force of natural ability. The railroad and steamboat lines he was instrumental in providing for the people of the province of Quebee will secure for him a first place in the ranks of his country’s benefactors. Although fabulous sums of money passed through his hands, Senecal was no money worshipper, and died a comparatively poor man. As well as being able to manipulate wily politicians, he exercised a wonderful influence over the working classes of his acquaintance, all of whom remember him with the deepest regret. * + *
Poor Ireland is passing again through stormy times. The events of the past few weeks would have set the whole country in a blaze a few years ago. Irishmen, full of hope for the future, and prizing the friend- ship of their English, Scotch and Welsh allies, can afford to bide their time now. A persecution based upon present princi- ples cannot stand long, and must afford a dishonorable grave to all who have been in- strumental in bringing it about. The im- prisonment of the people’s representatives ; the gagging of the national press; the butchering of men struggling within their rights, by a brutal, fereign constabulary at the beck and instance of blundering and heartless politicians, can only hasten the emancipation of long-suffering, unhappy {reland. Balfour and his uncle, Salisbury, are playing for high stakes, bat they are playing against fate. As Mr. Gladstone said the other day, in hismemorable speech, the ‘Send is near at hand.” Everything iovks bright for the future. Mgr. Persico, the Papal Envoy, whose mission to Ireland we were told by the Times and the enemies of Ireland in general, was to correct the political interference of the clergy, ha gone back to Rome an out and out Home Ruier ;
and like the English who went over to Ire- tand with Strompbow and settfed there, he
Late additions to this particular branch oi |
has become ‘* More Irish than the Irish themselves.” Hiberniores ipsis Hibernicis. Again we heard Edward Blake the other day declaring on Irish soil that the treatment of the Irish by the English Government, as seen by his own eyes, was ‘a shame and a humiliation,” invoking ‘the curse of God upon the heartless land- lords,” and advising the people ‘‘to com- bine against them.” Were he a native born Irishman he would have shared Wm. O’Brien’s cell before night, But the strug- gle is by the Government against the majority of the electors of Great Britain and Ireland and the whole civilized world, and must, therefore, soon have an end.
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recentiy published in Paris, entitled ‘‘La France Juive,” is making quite a sensation. The work places the Jews at the bottom of all France’s misfor- tunes and predicts a sorry future for that country, if she does not shake off their yoke. The author, a man of considerable standing and authority, adduces proofs the most conclusive, for his statements. He gives names, facts and figures on every page and triumphantly asserts that the wily race have everthing in their own hands. This book has run through many editions already, and has given occasion for ; much comment.
\ work
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F. j After all it doesn’t look as if Ferdinand jand Buigaria_ were frightened out of their wits by the first growl of the Russian bear. Ditticult of settlement are these internation- al squabbles. The Powers are quite decided that Ferdinand has not carried out the whole ceremonial in assuming the sceptre of Bulgarian authority in the manner he did; but then who is to move first in vindication of Berlin treaty etiquette. Russia, after raising all the cry, expects Turkey todo the work. Turkey, vut of deference to her big bullying neighbor, and by way of compliment to Bismarck, politely places the matter in his hands, and leayes all fyture advances to the discretion of the great chancellor, who, not generally caught napping, declines the high honor of a t.lt with the audacious Orleanist. And thus the matter stands. The inevit- able war of a few weeks ago gone off in smoke, and Ferdinand must not go after
all! So it looks as if the Berlin Treaty would have tu be content with a vindica- tion on paper; even such important
people. King Ferdinand,taking advantag
vf this guasi deadlock, is making hay while the sun shines ; organizing the court and army and convening the national assembly. What is better still, he is winning the hearts of his people, as the events of every day prove, and thus enshrined, he is not likely to be easily gotten rid of. When the Powers decide which nation must cross the frontier to establish a treaty prince on the throne of Bulgaria, they will have to come backed by something more than a writ of ejectment.
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When will there be alull in Seott Act polemics? So many would-be-champions have entered the lists of late that one tires of the subject. True, their productions have not excited the least interest outside the narrow limits of the zealots. The truth of it is, the question is already settled ; the people only await election day to give ex- pression to their well-formed convictions. Writers on either side might well spare us further infliction. .Charlottetonians are not carried hither and thither by every wind of doctrine on the temperance ques- tion, at least. They have had a trial of the Act, and know whether it has worked well or ill, Periodical activity or high-pressure preaching will scarcely prevail. Neither will the effusions of those who consider the drinking of a glass of liquor a crime, and every man who is against the Act a votary of lawlessness and intemperance, carry any weight in the contest. These are the most intemperate of men ; but there is not much argument in the average Scott Act advo- cate. Horace was pretty observant of human nature and what he did not scruple to atlirm, speaking of poets and poetry, we may adopt to the apologists of the Scott Act :—-
Nec durare diu Vivere Carmini *possunt
Quae Scribuntur Aquae potoribus, OBSERVER.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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Question of the Day. Siz,—Your calin, dispassionate justitica tion of the course pursued by ‘THE EXAMINER in regard to the Seott Act will be read with satisfaction by all right thinking men. Asa temperance advocate,
cause sufficient for your course of action might be found ip the _hu- miliating experience of the _ paat seven years. As a temperance
measure the Scott Act, to say the least, has not been a success. Under it the sale and consumption of liquor has increased. More men than formerly are engaged in the business. The time of our police and. Magistrate is fully occupied. Perjury, wilful and corrupt, is engendered by the prosecution ; and with a Jaw on our statute books which cannot be enfurced, to use the words of an eminent writer, , the first seeds of anarchy are sown’, :
It is useless to legislate against the sale of liquor until the people are educated to a proper degree. The Church societies referred to by you furnish the only proper medium for such education. It is to the rising and not to the present generation we must look for reform—and the fruits of present temperance labour. Habits of temperance formed in youth are generally adhered to, while a change of habits and customs in men of middle age is extremely rare. Let, then, our clergymen and voters, instead of making the subject an occasion of oratorical display, go earnestly to work when the most good can be done.
There is sonrething in human natare that loathingly turns from the Judas like acts of an informer. To these acts may be attributed, much of the perjury, witnessed in Seott. Act prosecutions, and much of thé
formulas are amenable to the voice of the | ments have been imported into the contest.
“Weighed in the Balance!’ Kc.
Smm,—That the Scott Act is a failure and cannot be enforced ought to be apparent to every thinking man in this city.
We have had the Stipendiary try his best, |
assisted by the police; the Temperance Alliance, with the assistance of one of the ablest lawyers of the Island; the Govern- ment Inspectors—and, lastly, the City Prosecutor, and what is the result / More rum, more scandal, more perjury, more Sunday drinking, more contempt of law, and more taxes. The Scott Act has not prevented any one man from drinking when 'he desired to do so. Seven years of free rum—what Act is repealed? The fining or imprison- iment of a few has not lessened the traffic. Financially the city1s minus twenty-eight thousand dollars; and the tradesmen and working men have been taxed to make up the deficiency. Horses, cows, dogs, furni- ture, and a two dollar poll tax, has been imposed on every poor old working man if he has to labor till he is one hundred years old, and al] this merely to please a few mis- guided theorists; for the Scott Act does not rohibit and never can, It does not pro- hibit the rich from importing their wine and brandy, nor hypocrites from getting a twenty-five cent certificate, nor the regular drinker from imbibing in one hour after dark all he would have drank in a day, nor the fast boy from making glad come with his few pence. It is all the same risk, and boys’ money is as good as men’s; and ’tis human nature to seek that which is denied. It does not hinder the dissipated from get- ting all he wants, for his memory fails before the court of inquisition. Where, then, is the Temperauce principle in the Scott Act? It is but an ignus fatwus, lead- ing Temperance men astray. The Act has been weighed in the balance and found wanting; and it now behooves the sober, thinking peuple to turn their attention to some other measure, more conducive to sobriety and order. Worse than the Scott Act we cannot have. TRUTH. A Question of Worry.
Sir,—The battle goes bravely on ; both parties are hard at work and we may ex- pect a gradual rise in the temperature as the 24th approaches. Already a great many unreasonable and ridiculous argu-
Jne is that Mr. Henderson is: very injudi- cious in bringing cases into court. I ‘have made it my business to ascertain the facts. and I find it is only one of the many artful dodges of the enemy. Mr. Henderson is not working On annonymous information. In about every case brought by him the sale of liquor has been proven, but these bogus leases, mean evasions and false swearing are allowed to weigh in too many cases.
The Hon. George E. Foster, who was the guest of the Rev. G. W. Hodgson dur- ing the campaign three years ago, told the electors of this city—and with # great deal of truth—that the success of the Scott Act was only a question of ‘‘ worry ;” and from what I know of the people of Charlutte- town, the iemperance men can stand jyst as much worry as their neighbors. Friends of temperance stand firm !
A VoTeER.
nearer neem A Contradiction.
Srr,—In Rev. Mr. Shenton’s letter pub- lished in Saturday’s issue he says :—
** To a man those engaged in illicit liquor selling are working against and will vote for the repeal of the Scott Act.”
kL would ask the rev. gentleman to inform himself a little in the case and he will find that he is very much mistaken.
Yours, PATIENCE.
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Ch’town, Nov. 7.
APPLES.
BY Auction, TUESDAY, Nor. 8th, at 11 o'clock, at Rooms,—
One Carload, 145 Barrels No. 1 Apples, in Grav- ensteins, Baldwins, Pippins, Spitz, Spy. &e.
A. EMcNEILL, Sead Auctioneer.
Nov. 7, i887.
CHARLOTTETOWN
Waler Works,
me ee
SEALED TENDERS,
ADDRESSED to the undersigned, and endorsed
“Proposals for Construction of Water Works,” “Proposals for Water Pipes,” &c.. as pe case may be, will be received at this ofties until noon dn —
Tuesday, the 29th Nov.,
instant, as follows :—
(a) For what amount the work will be con- structed, to be owned by the City, the offers to be made in accordance with conditions as to secar- ity and otherwise contuined in torms of Proposal and the Specifications and Pians to be seen at the Office of the Water Commissioners for the City of Charlottetown. Prince Edward Island, or at the oftice of their Engineer, M. M, Tidd, Esq. 10 Tremont Street. Boston, Mass., after the 7th instant, for the cast iron pipes and pipe laying; and afier the I4th ins'ant for the balan.e of the spec. fications and pians, which will include Res- ervoi's, Gates and Hyranis, excepting those for the pumping station, which will be ready on the 25th instant. Builders may offer for the whole work, or forthe separate paris indicated in the forms of Proposal, but those offering for the whole work will be required to fill up and sign each of the said forms; or
(b) For what annual subsidy a private company will supply the satd City for fire purposes and for watering the streets with eightv frost-proof hydrants, having a preseure suflicient to throw water toa height of at least sixty feet in every part of the City, and the annual rate for each additional hydrant which the said City may from time to time require; as also the maximum annus] rate per -faucet at which the company will oupply water to c tizens for private use, each tender to expressly stipulate that the water will be taken fro:) the sources, and the whole work be done accor ling to the specifications and plans referred to in paragraph (a); or (c) For what amount the work wiil be con- structed to be ownea by the City; or for what annual subsidy a private company will supply the said city fur fire purposes and private use as mentioned in paragraph (b), the bidder to name djs source.of water supply, and accompany his tender with plans and spec: fications.
hard feeling with which the Act is regarded even by temperance men, Many men of ability and standing have been compromised and unwillingly occupy an unenviable position.
Apart from this the Act interfores too:
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much with the liberty which every British subject loves so well,— and too much money has already been squandered on a measure to which more than half pf the | peopte are Uppuved,- = : ‘
Each tender under paragraphs (b) and (c) must ve accompanied by an accepted bank cheque, payable to the order of the W ater Commissioners for the City of Charlottetown for the sum of Five Thousand Dollais. This cheque wiil be torfeited if the party decline the contract, or fail to com- plete the work contracied for, and wii] be returned in cas» of non-acceptance of tender.
The Watcr Commissioners;do not bind them- seives to accept the lowest or any tender.
DAVID LAIRD,
; es io ‘ hairman, Commisaioyers’ Office, Charlottetown,
New Carpets tat
more have we to fear if the
JAMES PATON & CO, at JAMES
New Dress Goods PATON & CO,
New Velveteens at JAMES PATON & CO. | New Cloths at JAMES PATON & CO, |New Furs at JAMES PATON & CO, New Overcoats at JAMES PATON & CO,
JAMES JAMES
New Wool Goods at New Hats and Bonnets at
PATON & CO PATON
& New Mitts and Gioves at JAMES PATON & 60, New Underclothing at JAMES PATON & Go. New Collars, Braces, &., at JAMES PATON & CO.
JAMES PATON & ©0,,
Charlottetown and Summerside,
Ch’town, Nov. 2, 1887.—dy & wky
LL eS
es URS!
ASTRACHAN SACQUES —Special lines of unsurpassed value, Latest Styles in Fur Delmanettes, Capes, Promen- aides, Collars, muffs and Muff Bags, Cuffs and Trimmings, Black Fur Capes (very cheap), Men’s Astrachan, Bear, Racoon and Bison COATS, at Lowest Prices.
All Goods are of very best make, and are priced low to secure quick sales at BEER BROs.
CARPETS!
\ } E are now showing our New Stock of Carpets, in Wilton, Brussels, Tapestry, Scotea,
Manilla, &e. Customers will find them unsurpassed for quality, designs and lowness of price. expected, a large stock of New Rugs—all sizes and qualities.
Daily
:O: Bio: BROS,
Ch’town, Oct. 19. 1887.
eden ye ° = = = ——_
City Hardware Store |
—_-Or--COC—e—
Fall and Winter Stocks of Ei’nglish. American and
Canadian
ral Hardware, Carriage Goals
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PAINTERS’ SUPPLIES
are about completed—Wiolesale & Retail,
NORTON & FENAELL.
Nov. 3, 1887.—2aw & wky
HOUALLY IMPORTANT.
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All-wool Tweed (no shoddy) 50 cents’a yard.
Men’s All-~ool Linders and Drawers, €0 cents.
All-woo Top Shirts, 75 cents; Silk, Wool an | Cashmere Mufflers, 35 ceats, up.
Dent's Lined Kid Gloves, $1.00.
Men's Tweed Overcoats, $4.25.
Ladies’ French Kid 4-Clasp Gloves, 20 cents; Corsets, 40 cents,
Heavy Carriage Blankets, Gentlemen's Furnishings, Trunks, Valises aud Swell Wares at correspondingly low prices.
] Sell for Cash, aud NEVER-SHALL BE UN DERSOLD,
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Chartuttetown, Oct,.82, 1BB7—e0tl Awky ti ~~ eee
PRYON WOOLEN MILLS DEPOT, Cameron Block