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Y EXAMINER

MARCH 28, 1898,

‘HE GOVERNMENT AND THE PLESISCITE.

ACtPT istic O¢

i 00 many probibitionists and notably of The

Panty before principle iscbar

dent “Prohibition” have evident-

ly determined to gloss over and excuse the

journais ‘Government’s scandalous breach of faith with the How mild and j b After all, the matter may not be so bad. HThe determination of the Government to link Probibition with “New ‘Taxation’

temperance men of Canada.

insinuating ‘they are}

ijonght to be satisfactory to Prohibitionists. “Every body knows that the juestion OF ¢

Pi revenue must be faced.” “It way be an

Sadvantage rather than a disadvantage.

1) Such are the soothing strains of our Gov-

while the fact ie that the

'Government promised a Plebiscite upon ' Prohibition” without sny reserve or con- é r -

i dition whatever! Whether it will be an

4 advantage or a disadvantage in the Plebis- ® cite vote to have the quest‘on of Prohibi-

i tion linked with the question of “New is beside the main point. Doubiless the liquor dealers yalue of what they asked for and bave obtained. But the promise of the Govern ment the exigencies of

<n0W the

conditional the or incident of Prohibition. It not intimated, when the promise wa® made, that the Government would try to throw their responsibility for the raising of Sufficient revenue upon the shoulders of prohibitioniste, or ask electors to author-— ize them to place a heavy duty upon tea and coffee or else impose direct taxation If, as The Patriot and The Guardian argued, the amount of additional revenue to be raised under prohibition will be trifi- ing—if “the shortage in the revenue which prohibition might cause would be small—the duty of the Goverament to raise auflicient revenue would be so mach the easier and their violation of their prom- ise, by hampering the Prohibition Plebi- acate with the question of new taxation, 80 much the leas excusable. This argument of The Patriot and The Guardian jeads to the conclusion that the Government have broken their promise to the prohibitionists Without sufficient cause.

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NOTES AND COMMENTS.

was not upon

revenue any

was

—By the way—hae grit rule made yon rich ?

—The Government’s record—a record of broken promises.

—Itis thought impossible that Glad- stone’s death can be long delayed,

—A Dominion Parliament elected on the varying bases of a number of difierent Provincial franchises cannot be cons)steat with itself.

—The total value of United States exports of iron and steel manufacte res in creased from $28,800,930 in 189%, to $57,497,872 in 1897.

—We ought by this time to be embar- rassed by the riches of the good grit time ! But who except Mesers. Tarte, Mane, Mc- Kenzie, and such as they, can Say that Liberal Government bas made them rich?

—The exigencies of the situation in West Prince seem to demand that the appointment of Mr. John Yeo, M. P., to the vacant senatorial chair shall be post- poned. Is the appointment to depend upon the result of the West Prince election? Is that the bargain ?

—The Huntington Journal is not a tory! newspaper. It is an old time liberal journal, and as such has no rooin in its posom for the Tartes and Manns and Mac- Kenzies. Nor does it approve ot Speaker Edgar’s action ament Mr. Bruneaa’s letter of resignation. I: says: Seeing the letter was not his private prcperty, but that of the state, what right had the speaker to give it up or Mv. Bruneau to take posses» gion of it? A court of law would probab- ly order Mr. Bruneau to restore the letter. The house would be well rid of Mr. Bruneau and all like him whothink obs taiding offices for friends the sum and sub stance of political duty. The scrimmage for patronage interferes with the govera- ment of the country and is a prime source ef corruption.

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NEWFOUNDLAND IN LINE.

Mr. Morine, the Treasurer of Newfounl- Jand, has declared in his recently delivered budget that the Colonial Government strongly favours a system of inter-British preferential trade, and will move io that direction without delay.

But what Newfoundland wants is not a “British preferential system” like oure, which gives favours to foreign nations without reciprocial return and withholds concessions to British colonies.

it desiress genuine Brisish preference without the element of absurdity in it.

Newfoundland is right.

Our system i8 so ridiculous that tue Government must retreat from it.

Mr. Fielding had better prepare a back..

down in his budget speech.

Let him deliver the speech on St.

s.day, declare that a British policy ia what he always wanted, andithen appiv tor @ Queen's Birthday knighthood. —Ma'!

asd Espira.

Patriot and The Guardian. These indepen- |

The St. Paul and St. Louis Will be

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Added to the Fleet of Cruisers-

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Wasnincton, March 26.—Th2 three vessels at present under the command of Commodore Schley are all switt cruisers, and among the others which probably will be added to his command are the St. Paul and the St. Louis, of the American line, which were built eo that they could be turned into efficient fighting machines at a few Officers have been picked out to command these ships, Com- mander W H Emery and Commander William B Brownson, at present in Europe on aspecial mission for the government, being the officers who are expected to command the Louis.

lays’ noi.ice,

St. Paul and St

Two battleships are on their way augment the fighting strength of the fly- ing squadron. They are the Texas ani the Massachusetts,

They are Jess speedy than the cruiacrs, which paturally would do the se while battleships would be brant of the hot work of battle.

A special to the New York Herald from Washington says: “ By direction of Pre- sident McKinley Secretary Long spent something more than a million dollars on Thursday in the purchase of twelve speedy yachtsand sea going tugs, which will be at once converted iuto torpedo boat des- troyers and picket boats.

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— Hackett was “ acevirrep ” of all but “one ” “trivial” and unimportant charge. Put Lim back into his seat again. The government will be no worse off than they afier and

the House of Commons wil! have gained

were the general election ;

av able and experienced member who will

do the country good servic ee ee ESTEEMED EXCHANGES. Moncton Times: The present manage- ment of the I. C.R. is killing what traftic there was and it has failed to develop any new business.

Montreal Gazette: Mr. Mills, as Minis- ter of Juscice, opposing a real enquiry into the Drummond County arrangement, was not living up to bis reputation. He should not be personally afraid of anything that might be disclosed, and as for his ministerial associates, if any of them have done wrong it is better that the wrong should be exposed than that good and bad should alike sutf-r from the effect of Mr. Tarte’s utterances of last session. Mr. Tarte then said that it was the Premier sent him down to Montreal to get money to buy La Patrie.

The wilitary contingent which the Government intend sending into the Yukon country to assist the Mounted Police in maintaining law and order, has been selected and will Jeave Ottawa for the Yukon about the middle of April. The contingent will consist of 340 Infantry, taken from the permanent forces at St. Johns, London, Toronto, and Fredericton; fifteen Dragoons taken from Toronto aud

| of the Hovse in 1¢94 contended for

THE FRANCHISE BILL, | x

SIR CHARLES TUPPER OPPOSES | RETURN TO PROVINCIAL Lists. | Outline of his Argument.

Upon the motiou for the second reading of ilic Franchise Bill the House of Commons a fea days ago Hon. Mr. Fitz-

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k explained that the bill proposes to to return to tor Federal! purposes, The ad not been satisfactory, even io the partv that brought in the measure, for in 1894 he said the Congerva- Government had introduced a_ bill repeal the jaw and return to provincial | In (896 another bill was intro- a private member a t was since 188o He Fran |

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pr h. as : chive ACI, in revisions, had cost tbe public treasury $1,154,000 and vbe ex- penses 10 individual citizens had been fuily halfa million more. It was admitted

1} yi , by all that the expeuse was such a burden that it alone condemned the Jaw. Nor was we uuiformity in the law desirable.

Let the | law be Jeft to the people of the Proviaces For Instance, one Provinee decided in favor |

of manhood suffrage, but it would be un-

lair to fasten that upoo the pecple of the; S

Province of Quebec, where coaditions did nol justity it and the people did not de- sire it.

Sir Charles Tupper spoke briefly in re. ply. The Solicitor-Geueral had misappre- hended the of Sir John Thompson when he stated that the leader & Trev turn to provincial lists. It had been ad- mitied that the law of 1885 was too ex- pensive in its operation and for that reason there kad not been yearly revisious, but in 1894, there had been no desire to return to the law as it existed prior to 1835. ‘lo be sure at Confederation the Dominion bad adopted the provincial franchise, because none other existed, and a Parliament had to be chosen before a Federal Jaw could be enacted. But after due cossideration Par- liament had provided a franchise for Fed. eral purposes and under its owa control. It would be absurd to depend upon the provincial lists; for example, Nova Scotia had passed a law for the puipose ot dis- franchising certain persons iu a Federal election and then never used that list for proviacial purposes, as the’ province re- pealed the law before the provincial elections came ou. The law might be modified as to save the great expense of revision and yet retain to the Federal Par liament the control of its own franchise. Under the bill it was presumed that the Federal authorities would avail themselves of the municipal and provincial lists with- oul compensation. Was that the claim of the Solicitor-General ?

Mr. Fitzpatrick said yer,

Sir Charlies said they might use those lists as a basis without surrendering con- trol of the franchise. He showed what might Sappen by adopting provincial fran- coises. Lhe Jaw in Manitoba waa so

views

Winnipeg; and forty-five Artillery from Quebec and Kingston. The officers will be: Major Evans, R. C. D., in command: Captein Gardner, R. C.D., Quartermasters; Captains Buretall, Thazker and Ogilvie, R. C. A. Surgeono-Major Foster, 87th Battalion, medica] otticer; Mejor Talbot, 9th, Voltigeurs, paymaster. The whole force, though taken from Infantry, Cavalry and Artillery, will be regarded as Infantry while in service,

Sir Isaac Holden, the self-made multi- millionaire, who died recently in England at the age of 90, was a sickly boy, and had to give up a place at 15 because of weak- ness avd ill-health. He attributed his vigorous old age to reguiarity and tem- perance in Jiving. He was always strictly temperate in both eating and drinking. After 1892 he made it a ruleto take ten hours’ sleep cut of the twenty-four. Ou one occasion, in 1893, he said: “I take for my breakfast at present one baked apple, One orange, twenty grapes, ands biscuit made from banana flour. My mid- day meal consists of about three ounces of beef er mutton, with sow and again a half- cupfal of sour. If I take a little fish, | take to much less of meat. For supper | practically repeat my breakfast menu. After the syetem bas been built up, and the period of manhood has been reached. all starch foods should be banished from | the hum ao uiet.”

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framed that fictitious names were p.aved On the lists and the most palpable frands perpetrated. Tbhie was not only possible under the law of that province, but it had actually happened in the last provincial election. Well, if that Jaw were the Fed- eral franchise law for Manitoba, similar frauds couid, and would be, committed at a Federal election. It would be a hu- miliation to Parliament to know that some of its members beld seats uader such a}

system.

The costs of the forming of the Fe jeral lists could be redueed without the sur- rendering of Federal control. In 1894 Sir John Thompson had propose! that the provincral lists be used as a basis upon which Federal officers should base the Federal! lists; but Federal control was retained in the full extent.

The Solicitor-General had objected to uniformity, but was w.lling to accept the prcevincial franchises when, as a matter of fact, they weze n:arly uniform.

In British Columbia, in the Territoties, Manitoba, Ontario, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island, there was practical aniformity, as the Franchise was really manhood euflrase. There were only two exceptions to thet ut iformity— Nova Scotia with a low qualification, and Quebec with

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a lower one ctill. Let them adopt a general qual ficat‘on with Federal contro'. They had the example before them of the British Parliament, which retained control of the franchise upon which its members were elecied.

The matter had been go fully discussed at the last session that little remained.

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1598 Massey Harris, 1898 Gendron. 1898 Rambler.

1898 Reliance. 1898 Ideal Bicycles. Prices from

$30 to $85. che

“Stearns” baking process,

Also a few good

LINE

WITH MORE TO FOLLOW

ap. Repair shop in connection.

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second hand wheels fur sale

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ROYAL CHARITY. |

THE QUEEN AND THE WOUNDED.

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Queen Victoria has just given addition« al and striking proc? of her love for the common soldier who has been wounded in her service. Her latest act has caused a mild sensation and is the reigning topic not Only ir army and navy circles, but at the clubs and drawingerooms. Her new- est demonstration has aroused the most widespread ethusiasm. Her majesty allowed several desperately wounded men the proud and uncommon benor of touch~ ing their sovereiga’s band. She visited the Royal Victoria Hospital, in the wards of which lay the mutilated heroes of the In - dian campaign. It is popular with the people here to speak of the characteristics of their sovereign, and itis unquestionably true that the littke womanly acts of the Queen that have endeared her to the bearts of ber subjects are nut performed for the sake of the effect they produce on the minds of the people, but are the genuine outcome of humaue and kindly impulses tbat are distinctly a part of the Queen’s nature. These so'diers were the first to arrive home from the Indian frontier, where, in subduing the Mohmand tribea- men, the brave fellows met foemen in no sense to be despised.

Her majesty was accompauied by ber roy al highness the Princess Henry of Batten- berg,and her Grand Ducal Highness Prine cess Louis of Battenberg. It was noticeable that both the Queen and her daughter were in unrelieved black. Her Majesty ap} cored in excellent health,

The Queen spared no pains to make herself acquainted with every man’s case. Naturally, ion a hospital where one ebeerfu! word is the counterpart of its neighbor,and the arrangements are identical, the scene was many times repeated. Her Majesty was wheeled into each ward in turn, first

in the surgical division, and- then, descending by the elevator, the medical division, Not every soldier

was in bed, and those that were up, wear- iag @ hospital undress of bine material, stood at “attention” as the sovereign passed, frequently, however, pausing to inquire of the men their aatecedents and the circumstances under which they had been invalided home. Sometimes the information her maj-sty desired was sup- plied by the medical officer, but every man was only too eager to reply to the sympa- thetic questioning, so gently pursued in the presence of the brilliantly-uuiformed staff, and the nursing sisters, picturesquely attired in gray gowns, white aprons, cam- bric caps, aud sho~t scarlet capes. Every man seemed to be struck with the gentle~ ness and sweetness of their sovereign as she saw them ove after the other, and conversed with them so readily.

Fitters, Yes Good Fitters

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$1.00 UP

Oar $1,85 Dongola Blu- cher Shoe has nc superior as

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Rosebud and Walsh Creeks Promise to Equal the Great Klondike Streams.

Vaxscouver, March 26.—Among the passengers on the last steamer afier a record breaking passage from Skaguay, was Mr. H. C. Petitt, of Snohomish, Wash., who is just out from tne Klondike mining district, he having left Dawson on February 8th. Petitt brings confirma tory news ofthe big strike recently re- ported at Rosebud Creek, where he linger- ed for twoweeks on his way ont, and tellsof another as rich, mach nearer the coast, The latest discovery of the yellow metal was made on february 28th last, at Walsh Creek, which is named after a brother of Major Walsh, the Yukon administrator, who was one of the first men to arrive on the creek after the discovery. Walsh creek is about six miles above Big Salmon river, joining the Lewis river just below Cassiar Bar. The discovery was made by a party of Wis- coosin men On their way tothe Klondike, but finding color there, they abandoned the Journey to the interior and decided to re-

main. They got from 50 to 75 cents to the pao from the surface gravel, aud as they got deeeper down it seemed to get richer. When Pettit left they bad burned down seven feet and

expected to reach bed rock shortly. As can beexpected,a stampede to the new gold bearing creck soon followed the an- nouncement of wwe news, and now there are nearly 200 men located there, burning and delving the frozen earth in search for gold.

Ai Rosebud creek, Petitt saye, enongh men are encamped to make a good sized town,and more are going in daily, for Rosebud is proving a very rich creek, and is loukei upon by many as a rival of the Klondike creeks. Petitt came out from the interior with Ben Atwater, who — United States mail from Circle

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Tue Yuxon Traits.—A late Vancouver, B. C., despatch says : Latest reports from Wrangel are that many people are return.

ing from Dyea and Skagway to vo up Stikine river to the gold fields, At Wrangel all Canadiaa outfits are bonded through

without delay or expense. It ie expected the Stickine wiliopen early next year, probably about 25th April. The reports of widespead sicknese at Wrangel are utterly unfounded, the health of the town being good. The block «t Sheep Camp, on the Dyea trial, still continues, The transfer cabje is not im operation as adver- tised in the east and no work has been done towards its completion for some time. A conservative estimate is that two thirds of the gold seekers now there will be unable to getin. The Skagway route is becoming worse with the setting in of warm weather and is almost impassable. There are 2,700 dead horses on the trail avd when uncovered by the snow wil! emit a horrible stench.

The United States Court of investigation declares that The Maine was blown up from the outside ; the Spanish officers say that the explosion was inside the ship. The case seems to be one for arbitratio., by impartial experts.

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Tae Spectat Train from the Capes reached Charlottetown ebout one o’clock this afterneon.

I. 0. 0. F.—Regular Lawrence Lodge, No 8 o'clock. Degree work.

Be sure you are right, then go shead. Be sure you get Hood’s Sarsaparilla, aad not some cheap and worthless substitute.

meeting of St. » tonight, at 8

——g Lospos, March 26 — L'cwde regerde the 71 thar tens Am beige aerse ated se wow lhl aA etucas per cculy uu wat ri-ls,

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Living, 4 have not sued you for a smile; Dying, I do not ask you for a tear; For that might other hapless hearts beguile, And this to death's self make rou all te dear.

And some will crave a look, and somea torch, And some a word, albeit 'twere but repnff, But none of these for »ne--each were too much, Too much in faith, and yet not half enough,

So will I pass the threshold of your door As proud and poor, dead, as in Jife I passed, Your scorn can do no less, your love no more, From both or either ] am safe at last.

—Pall Mall Gazette,

Orricers Farewe..—Capt. Mel stere and Capt. Anderson of the Salvation bid farewell at the barracks last evening, The former goes to Fairville and the latter to St. John. Both officers are very larand have many friends both in and oat of the army. Capt. Melntyre is the champion War Cry Boomer of Canada, Capt. Anderson is one of our success‘a! Islanders and is a daughter cf Cap. Joues Anderson of this city,

The visivle supply of grain in the Unite ed States and Canada, east of the the Rocky mountains, March 2ist, is as fel- fows:- Wheat 31,417,v00 bushela, de crease 993,000 bushels; corn 43,338,000 bushelt; increase 756,000 bushel; oat 12,317,000 bushels; decrease 549,00) bushels.

A Halifax despate’s reports that the strange phenomenon is presented of rich Nova Scotia farmers buyiag large quant- ties of On'a-io oats for consumption by theirown stock. The price of all kinds of feed is high, coas'darably higher than at this time lax year. This being theca it is. 4 pity to see good Nova Scstis mouty going out of the country for oss 1% instance.

Switzerland has recently been troubled by large immigration of Itatiaas of poorer classes, aad has set the ex au enlightened policy. Instead of stoking a big poll-tax on them as we do on the Chinese, and as ove of our M. P.’s pre poses to do on the Japs, or instead of pat ing alien labor laws like the United States, the Swiss idea seems to be to make the strangers into intelligent citizens, The largest Swiss canton, tnat of Zarich, bs established compulsory evening for [talian workmen who settie ‘nthe ¢si- ton,

New York, March 26.—R. G. Dua & Co’s weekly review of trade says: A waits ing State of things always hit ders busines to some ‘extent. With more $34,000,000 of gold received or on it since this movement begao, with 6” bank resurves and treasury reserves | 4nd redemption of notes in al! ways third smalier than is Febraary ap date, with no stringency in any — market and sterling exchange weak, the volurse of business a: clearing bow ou side New York larger than m 1692 y 69 per cent. this month and with fa nearly 20 per cent. smaller than wr and 52 per cent. emalier than in the} month of 1892, there is not rach br ground for panic, even if earnest should fail 10 keep peace with honos.

Ladies buying black dens goods will at aselect range of newest goods sleet dress wear at our stwre. Price =3% the lowest.—W, A. Weeks & Co. *

Gente—Buy your shirts, collere cuffs at the People’s Store. Best qos

and lowest price that mecns Weeks 0

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