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PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, JUNE 13, 190(;_ _ _
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OBA S PROHlBlTl0N.
Macdonald Explains His Liquor Bill to The legislation-Reason for Preparation.
I have now taken tive boxes of Chases l\er\e Food. find it ha-3
more good than I ever believed ie could do Words tail to ex
my gratitude for the wonderful brought about by this troet
Chase s Nerve Food ‘S>8l¢. gp, _ _ Mfvovs men. W°m¢1* on business and-'votissireai
in “"7 _
fc:-lilliollg eélrfiasllgllioxlndlt lilllllzlllgalerg, of wholesale licenses because the practical _ Edmanson, Bates & Co. Toronto ieifect of doing away with this would be
\Ianitoba Legislature, favor of prohibition, that if successful
\i0nd_,y 1;. .ming June 11 1900 we would at once enact a prohibitory law, i. \[i-[),.im1d dm oged about 40 going as far as the powers of the province to his hqugr 5111 starting Qui, I would allow, and having done that he
m statement that it would be would apply to the parliament of Canada .med The Pmhibition Ad; H for power to enact absolute prohibition,
' ai to sm I feel to the fu11 e which we cannot at present do. The mo-
an n5p0n\11.11ifv th it reggg upon i ment that plank went in the platform,
ad the Rove,-nm@n+ and we as a party went before the country
wine; be den ied that -.ve msc mst, asking for support on the plank, coupled mm the 01.1 t-.911 known moo,-11,8-S with others, my course was clear, to carry
“ii iniichmg our bfi;-1., on ai Sea. whi out honestly the pledge made to the peo- iiiiimgh expw,-ed to a greace- 01-less ex ple. Nothing can more lower a public , by sevei-iii states at the south of man and a party than to have it supposed
been explored by one of o by the people that speciflc,dellnito pledges
The newspapers tell us are like piecrust, made to be broken. The
utter part of last week, the vast majority ofthe people should have of Prince Edward si Island confidence in their public men. Conse-
;. bill which as far as we can quently whin that plankwaa placed inthe
lmost on the same lines, but platform and we went to the people, my at onte it e cannot shelter course was clear, no matter whether the
under the act, cannot contend votes we got on the strength of that plank
it foyms a precedent to relieve us to were few or many.
extent Of 1`@°P°h‘lh‘h°Y That WGS How ir was PREPARED.
bi-ought about by the action of my
ment in g‘\ing notice of the bill _ _ _ _
552: non discussing I received 3 wie mitted I found myself in this difficulty.
from the piime niinister miiiiiii, me It was known that I was not a prohibi-
sendhim atopy of the hill but it “as tionist on principle, and I knew that thai printed Subsequently he 1;e1e naturally enough the great majority of
me that it \\ ns of pressing necess the temperancc _people would not place
that he ghouid Lum, “ hat the bil that confidence in my action which they
Itlien wired him iery fully giving would in that of a man who they knew
mi Non, _,mi bent him the was heart and soul with them. Hence I iw ab i,m,¢e,1 _uthougii it thought it better, instead of attempting to
e that the legislature of Prince Dffpafe alh“' h1YSelf> to Cohhde ltiito ll
Island hate c irried through a gehilemiih in €\'_€l`Y Way Qllllhhed '30 raw
of this iiatiire it has iieier been tested W “Pi ahh Ohe 'h Whom the lelllpelallce
gd we cannot claiiii their example as a People had C0Hfid€IiC€. Consequently I pwedent We are not seeking to shirk asked Mr- J- A' M' Alklllsf one of Hel my responsibility although I feel it so Majestys Counsel,learned in the law, to henly that I would not h.i\e thought for Prepare the bm- Hifi D0Sitl0h hh the hm' qieinomcnt of assuming it if I had not 1`9h1°"eS5ud0\1l~"l3_f’~S to his i‘:bili_l5Y-_ F01' thought we had at our back an over- Y9_3l'S_DaSl5 he- hemg 3' prohlbmléhliil 0; vhelming magority of the province DI`1DCl_Dl€~ ahd 0f 3' "ery adl ance _ ln ’ The bill would be not only useless lu.. had §l\`9T1m01`e thah usual attent’_l0_ll to
,-¢1y mitghievgiw unietc 1; 11-,-1 the the law on the sub_1ect, and toidecisipinsi.
of the great ma_1oritv, it would -'\U1€l`1CfU1i English and C_3~hhd1ah»“_
iwiwconfutign it greg gonfguniledigofrge bearuponit. Theinstructionsihieireceivei ii-,dem wh1,1;9y the wore; q0n(11t10n of from me were to prepare a. bil in exac mnii-simaginable I arn aware that the fulfilment of the pledge to the people,
weight of responsibility which rests upon g0iD€ ifai-1' 85 We could in the directioii meis unusually’ hea"Y I new er posed to Of l>1‘0h1b1lS1011. Any intelligent man Wi :sea prohibitionist in principle I never S€€_thal" Mr- -'mkms has carrle_ll ou; 1,¢11¢vqithgta.t0t,al abstainer is oneithig his instructions to the letter. His tas hettarthan the man who uses liquor in WRS D0 ¢l1SY0l1°- If if' had hee” t° Change moderation, or that those engaged in the the 1iC@DS¢ System *#0 either that ‘ff tratlicwrreviolating the commands of the Sweden °*' that °f S°“th Camlllla’ ll’ Cream- would have been easy enough. Had he
lxasoss ARI-2 POLITICAL been asked to P1`€D81`¢ an 3-ht °f “ml
In preparing the measure to be sub-
rohibition the work would haw `D¢€D
D 1
moral, it is the duty of the 1 sim easien But we had in prepare an
no mallell what lls pollllcal act which while going as far as we could,
Uogive effect to the wishes of houid et keep wiminiimits of the law,
S Y
pizople by legislation The and not run the risk of being set o
Manitoba. have good cause to aside by the courts of the reaim as be_ against the present government b d ur Wersi The task ' re,
ing ‘3_Y0D 0 D0
Cznada, and the late government of quired unusual Skiii and unusuai Study;
roviiice, w hen on two occasions the an ansu er that could not be undeill llolll Ol these Mr' Alkms has lllvell' .l’
_ - eneral, went in-
as attorney g
the inaJ0rit_Y being simply over lio iiie miiiier very carefully with
llllll lllllllly llllllllll lo lllll hiin.l `\Ve considered the act clause by
of affairs in Manitoba. respectingi _i I Came to the conciusioii
Iclziuse, an
llloll llllllolll lllll qllllllllllll’ llllll llllo lll that it was a fulfilment of our promise and
causes which led to the present mea
me heme nroiifriit ne-fore the legislature i iiiiiiiiiig io this Hoiisei “_-C have now Come
f
ll l ll 0 Oiclllllollll llle llllll | before the House, asking for endorsation
were shed to giie tieir op nion :is to _ a_,_iniz tiiat it be made
of the measure sa
court that ought to be pursued: first iiiwi In is pmiier that _Should explain
nw and .ifteris zirds by .he 1 iirieiiv some of the provisions of the acti
f lglslilllllellgh tlllllly llllllll llfllll YVe hlad to be guided in the main by the o i . _ . -
pro i ion~ a is a ques ion _ fth _ _ decision of the _Judicial committee 0 e
wh ‘i tntrc fan he no poss biii*J . _iii That judgment finds that
~ ,, privy count
dispute Some few inomhs ago repro i iiie iiroiiiiiiiiii ieiiisiiiiiure has power to do
o
fthe Conservative party niet in .
.. _. -~ ' d lt ether.
iii Winnipt f to form aplatforni all “ll ll llll llle lelall lllll ll ll Og
whit i time pnity \\ is to go befoie me
iiifl .ish their support in the ‘ ‘
“lllcll le lllllllllell lo lllpplll ml is anythiuglcss than a dozen bottles or
'lll O llelelllllllll lab” Tlllll clllll elllloll live gallons. I ani sure no lawyer Well con- iit to place in the platform a plank in tend that the provincial iegisiature Can.
.iviiga measure we felt justified in sub-
PET AIL SELLING.
not deal with the retail trade; and even if we had gone no farther than that it
would have deen a great move in the di-
zy rection of prohibition and a. great help to
H d h the temperance workers in this country.
llorvous and Run llovlll, Vlllllld that, it would have been a distinct step
wrh Ilorvousnoso-A Torrlblo in advance in the way of temperance.
h“_A Remarkabie mi" iWe, however, being bound by our pledge,
No man will deny that one great induce-
ment to inteinperance is the treating system. Had the bill gone no farther than
had to go asfar as the law would allow.
Chas H J°"°°' P‘e’°°l°ll' Que" Mr. Aikins iieid,iiiii11 agreed with iiiin, -- For yeas I have be=n 8
sufferer with mY heart and 1 would take shaking spells and
dizzy, swimming feeling would come
in :sight after msbt I Would close my eyes, and mY head ache as though it would burst. t 1 ri:-io to keep to my bed. and
my doctor attended me from
until spring, his medicine did not
that the expression on the part of the judges led to the conclusion they felt as a. court that we had a. right to prohibit the wholesale trade in the province, so far as it is confined within the four corners of the province. We have no powerto pre- vent the manufacture of intoxicating liquor; no power t0 Pfeveht his i¥DP0l’t' ation, and no power to prevent wholesale trade in the province for consumption he- yond the bounds of the province. I believe still that we have power to control and absolutely pro- hibit saic in the province for consump- tion within the boundaries ofthe province. It was at 0BB"f)IfH8f.h&'i`°it'W0ilId be bett to allow the wholesale to
ii1mf,1iqupr would be bought the boundaries, for examble, in Bat Portage
i_Y 4-= -A-4 gr Moosomin. But our itempenancei
friends held if 'that were done, it would
I ti not be considered bythe people thai; we
a ,orare redeeming pledge; bu‘t6f.h"lit .we
were simply introducing a _ license system,
f'o'1it‘iecit;. of four or more who ' Of 3~h0f=he1` kihda .'I'lul°hl‘lht'§“l§-h“t°£` the sipiend tht. day in pow nal, will beivery first impfjrtangei the people should "i~iI.‘.ifi§ ié‘i`.§’.'.'i"$§..i“}`éi.‘ili.§‘.-‘?i‘”i»§lbeiieve the govs11=mes_v;we==°f__-issins w
but fl 25 “Ch iiC°aCh if' h mee* carry out their pledge to the very letter;
d t nee on ms _ .
-solllllibiirlsv ilblt cell cti-er special and hence _an alteration iwas made and
ca-i be made at an tim6W\ the bi11br9ugh1; ' in its present
l llllpmpmgoi- In its present form although we go toler-
'fl stty. . ‘ I
NEAR THE DANGER LINE.
I believe we keep inside of it, unless
there is something in thc contention rais- ed after the bill was printed, that we can- not control the H. B. Co. That is for the <=0\lrts to decide. Under the deed of sur- render, and under the Imperial Act based on that, the H. B.T_Co. have rights which it is not competent for the legislature or for the Parliament of Canada to alter; but that is 9-Question which the courts will have to decide. Barring that, although we have lived UD to the very letter of the terms and have gone very near the limit of our power, I believe we havekepr. with- in that limit and the act is one that can be enforced and cannot be upset by any “P11231 to the courts of our land. An- other dlfhculty we had to meet was asmall one. In denning where liquor could not he S013. we might possibly omit some place, some association of men in the shape of a club, that the courts might find was not covered by the terms of the act. We consequently concluded that the heht ‘WY to get over the dimculty was to define in express terms what a
the sale or giving away of liquor in any thing but
_ A PRIVATE HOUSE. '
was to be illegal. Following that course gets rid of most of the difhculties pointed out. There can be little doubt in the mind of a judge what the legislature means when it spoke of a private house according to the terms of the act, and the giving of liquor, outside of all private house, whether as a gift, or accompani- ment to n. purchase, is utterly and abso- lately illegal. In adopting that rou-tel believe we took the line most in the pub- lic interest. It is of the very first import- ance that the statutes passed by the leg- islature should be as clear and concise as possible, so that they cannot be well misunderstood. Should any question arise about them, the difficulty in inter- preting them should be as slight as possi- ble. That has been the line followed by the government. As the act has not been prepared by myself, I may say I believe there have been few acts dealing with such a. complicated subject, wh ich stated more clearly, definitely and concisely what the law is. I feel sure that the members have studied the act between lastFriday and this evening. All under- stand its contents. and the different en- actments, so it is not necessary for me to go into particulars at any greater length, to take it up clause hy clause and deal with the various sections.
THE LOOPHOLE.
I omitted to say that we found it nec-
essary to make some provision for the sale of liquor for medicine; sacramental, scientific and manufacturing purposes. This is done through wholesale and retail druggists,wlio must be members of the Pharmaceutical Society,and dulyqu alifled The wholesale men are allowed to sell to the retail dealers and manufacturers, who require the liquor for manufacturing pur- poses. ~ '
In submitting the bill to the House I do
so with an honest desire to see the best bill that can be devised on this very intri- _ cate, difficult subject placed on the stat- < ute books. I do so in the hope that we will have the assistance of every hcn. member who is in favor of the principle of the bill, in making the measure as per- fect as possible. The Government cannot consent to any amendment which will alter the principle of the bill; but as far as details of the provisions to carry out the law are concerned, we shall be only too glad to receive assistance from every gentleman on either side of the House, and any suggestion will be considered fairly if it commends itself to their good sense, amatter on which the parties are divided. I would be a. traitor to the teniperance cause if I made any attempt to introduce party politics, or to make out of this any party capital. I wish members to consider the bill coolly,calmly and dispassionately and if they agree with the principle I expect them to vote for the second reading.
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MANAGER _ I EVERETI
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Of the St. John Exhibition
Explains-.
ISLANDERS WELCOMED
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To Exhibit--Conflict of Dates With Halifax---St John Not Blamable.
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DEAR SIR,-_-I notice in an extract from
your paper of recent date that referring to your coming Provincial Exhibition at Charlotgetown, you among other things say, “it has became a necessity, not only because of the fact that our stock owners, and field producers, eager to compete with all corners were thronging from year to year to the Nova Scotia and New Bruns- wick Fairs, and were carrying off many prizes,but because they would this year have been shut out from the Halifax and St. John competitions, if the Island longer refused to give an Exhibition at home." I can most emphatically say to the people of Prince Edward Island that so far as the St. John Exhibition is, ori ever has been concerned, we have always gladly welcomedthemto our Exhibition, without any reservation, stipulation, or objection whatever. We have always been glad to see your stock owners, and held producers, and glad to see them compet- ing freely and fully' with' our own people, and can congratulate them on carrying on’ many of the highest awards. More than this, we have neverhad a single pro- test from any farmer or other New Bruns- wick exhibitor against allowing Prince _ Edward Island people to compete.
While we are glad to see that you
are to have an Exhibition this fall, and our people are glad to note that it is to be Inter-provincial, giving them a chance to compete with their Island friends at Charlottetown, it has never been put forward as _a quid pro quo for al- lowing them to compete at the New Brunswick Exhibition. We have always triedto treat our exhibitorsfrom PrineeEd- ward Island, i nd every one else who came tb us, in the same way as we treated our own people, and if this year thepeople of Prince Edward Island feel that we have earned their friend- ship by our course in the past, we shall be very glad indeed to have them show their practical appreciation-» by ex- hibiting at,/and attending our exhibition, in considerable numbers. f
The members of the St. J ohu Exhibition
Association, both individually and as an Association regret very much indeed that exhibitors will ~ be unable to at- tend at both Halifax and St. John this year. YVhen the Hali- fax Exhibition Commission at its meeting on the 23rd Nov. last, decided to abandon the dates at which they had formerly held Exhibitions, and to open on the 12th of September this year, they were iii posses- sion ofthe information that the-St. John Association at a meeting on Nov. 14th decided to open its Exhibition, on the 10th Sept. Accordingly when it became time to begin the active work of prepar- a.tion,the St. John Exhibition, Association backed by the members of the Stock
Breeder`s Association used their utmost en-
deavour to try and arrange with the Halifax ExhibitionCommission to avoid aconfiict of dates, and so give live stock, and other exhibitors a chance to attend both shows. The proposition was made. to the Halifax Commission that if they would change their date of opening from the 12th to the 14th, St. John would change from the 10th to the 5th, land thus give a clear space be~_ tween them; or failing this,»it was agreed by St. John that if Halifax would open on the lst, or 3rd of the month, St. John would follow. Both of these offers were refused, and we can only point out to the people of 'Prince Edward Islandthat had the Hali- fax Commission been willing to meet-in the spirit of fairness, the request of the live stock men, and the St. John Association there need have been -no such clash of dates as we unfortunately have.
I have to ask your pardon Mr. Editor for
so trespassing on your space, but I feel that in simple justice to our Exhibition Association and to the people of New Brunswick that this question of Exhibi- tion manageineiit should be placed in__its true light before your readers. `
Yoursrespectfully,
' Mana|zer‘8: Secy
Solicitors for the Bank of British North
America. Sydney. ‘ ‘ f - ”
Reference--P _ E. Island; McLeod Max-son &
MeQuari-ie. Snmmerside. ‘ i Money to Lone, Real estate bought and sold.
the largest assortment. 250 50c 75c. I
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A nice Suit of our Balbriggan oi. :lil lllollll ofrlqn
sinooinsiuisi wool at $2.00 anal - A white shirt' sith' bosom
All sorta of Underwear. _worth your dollar. ' f
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2 oz Hats in hard or soft felt. ibreoni blow .around your, ,hcld..$ We
_ _have otsof them at 250 75c, 1.25
Tha Pearl is the most worn th' l __ ' ' l ~ ,_ 3.; yi ar ooo, $1.00. 2.00, 3 oo. ll “ml $200 lllg 'llll°'°'_‘°° ll' °°”ll°'l'
Ge; the latest style. j, - ,_ ' l 7 .
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1 _ , These Washing' Pique Tie~, at _3
ci-ash Cap or Hat is the coolest ia quarter, 2 for a_ quarter; 1 for a _
thing in Headgear. Here you’ll find quarter,. They’re right. _ '
. ' ' Where is the equal.
Summerv and Cocl. _ -’ , t "
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Our Luster Coats innll the proper our futher '_'-ight Giovu “.6 _
styles. ii New every one. $1.35, 1..75,s_m`de for to 'nik' 2'00’ i°"75' in summer, pouible._3l._00,_i1._25,1
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This is the inducement we are offering for your patronage. Why such big reductions ‘L You may ask. _ We will toll you frankly.
We bought more colored -ghlftg, in stiff b080m8» N8g'
legee silk fronts merfs working shirts than is 1°- quired for our ordinary trade- In addition to the large purchase made
in early spring 2 (53535 shirt; were shipped to us that had been cancelled: Rather than take them back manufacturers 5g|d them
to us at a big reduction- I
We believe we have now the largest stack of any retail _ house in the city. To dispose of this stock we oder such |ibg|ja| dfggggntg, _ i
Flannf-llette Shirts 17% '35» 35 Wd UP"lfdl' Black Sateen Shirts l I ' 450. 55i 55. l Our Hercules unlaundried White Shirts are the bestin the market;--48c
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