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VOL. XXIII

_A WEEKLY JOURNAL OF POLITICS, LITE

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‘“* This is true Liberty, wheo Freeborn Men, having to edwise the Public, may speak free.’’---Euripides

CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 187i,

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Important Speeches en the ailway Question, ete.

Hon. FP. Sixcrain.--I suppose those branches whieb are intended to conneet with the main trunk line are merely to be put forward io order to catch a few more votes te assist in carrying the measure. Fh d ference between the ;eso'u'ion submitted by his honor the Leader of the Government and the amendment sabmitted by the hon, Le der of the Opnogitic » 8, that it is the intention of the former that the country

shou'd go oa with the work at oace while |

the latter aeks for de’ay in order to consul! the people and obtaiu their consent before proceeding with the marter The former resolution is so non-con mite’ that the hon Leader of the Government coud withdraw it at ang time without injury to the Govern- ment. bat his honor was not so nop ¢ maita in his remarks upon it. for he stated the Government had re -eived several offer- to constract the road, and that seme of them w re lower than the oller whicn had been so mach talked of. The House shou'ld be very cautious befare cOvsenting to the e- giruction of a railway, for by undertsk ng

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solution, but after being questioned and erose-questioned he bed not the candor to

Say What bis motives were in doing so, or

whether he intended to ask for a money vote or not, The hon. member for Beltast was quite alarmed lest the hon, member for Souris should wot ger justice in reference to the matter, but could not at the same time ascertain from bim what bis real motives were, The bun. member for Belfast was very anxious to wake the country believe there was 00 sense Of justice whatever in the rinks of the government; and, of course,

Souris did not intend to ask for a grant o'

the public money for any purpose; but the

whole »ffair was a political dodye of that ‘

hon member got up for a po.ltical purpose, Where is the analogy be'ween the action of be bon, member for S-uris and that of the There is Leader of the Government placed a notice on the Order bat he would introduce a {31/1 for the

hon, Leader of the Governmeat ? The ben

one whatever,

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that they were therefore not fir to be trust- ed’ with the pub! e affairs of the country.’ it was intimated by « side whisper to bis honor the Speaker that the hon, member for |

wick, and our soil far more productive, we have good reason to conclude that a railway through this Island would at the very least return as much as that road, and as the first cost would be so much less, it wou'd pay so much the better, The hon, member for Belfast declared that if the ost eminent Kngineers of Eng and and Canada stated that a narrow gsuve railway could be built at a gos’ of £1,000 per mile, he would nor believe them. Upon what grounds, or for

what reasons do we take the opinions of

wen? Beouuse they have closely and fora long time siudied any particular question If a man’s prop: rty is in danger, ke goes to w lawyer instead of to a parson Why ? Because the-iormer bas to do with his tem-

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railroad, they will be obliged to add to the ber alone cost £1,500, and had it act been the debt incarred in purchasing it at present, were obligatory the Bill did not oontempiate

present taxation at least four per cent.

Hon. Arronyey Generat.—The hon, |

member has told us that if the contract is! to be corfined to the sum of £5 000 per mile, the contractors might break down, and the Goxernment won'd kave to pay the addi- itional eost which would be required to finish ithe work His cure for this 18 to make a, jsurvey locate the line and let it by public jteoder, What additional security would that give? What security will the Govern- | ment require? [t is the contract entered ‘into with responesibie parties and the sureties for the fuifi ment of it; it will therefore. be tne duty of he Government to see that they get good and subs an'ial seeurity. Suppo-ing

poral waters, and the latter bas to do with | the construct’on of the railway were put off

his sptri:ual matters,

Bur the hon. memer | for twelve mouths, and the hoo, member ob-

te ls us we should not take the opinion Of @ | tained the time he asks for to cram the peo-

pr fessional man who bas s.udied railway watters; he will pot helieve any eng neer in refergace to the c st of a barrow gauge relway, however eminent he maybe, Like Thcmas of old be says, let me see the th og or | eannor believe it. knows no mure about building railroads toan i do, aud L know pree ous little ab at

construe lon Of a railway, and the matter

was also mentioned in the trovernon’s Speech at the opening of The hoo. member for Souris did what he will not a- ‘ewpt 10 dO «gain, and although calied upon to siate his oj ct lo moving bis resolusiou (her ft savolved « mouey Yo'e or not refused to do so; but the hon. Leader aot the Govcroment bas tabled a reso'ghen stating that his objeot ts to consider the expedieucy otherwise of constructing a railroud

it they might sink the whole revenue of rhe colony quite easily, No person having a jarge amogpt of capita’ would attearpt to commence euch a work without knowing ‘be length of the roud, the difficulties of the country through which & woud pass, and he exact cost (the latter eculd be ascer- tained by public tender with good security for ‘the “performance of tha contrac!) A ravlroad from: -Tignish (o Souris woud re- quire tobe. £45 miles in engit and reckoning the eost inclading right of way at £5,200 per mile, the annual interest woud, in r‘und numbers, amount to £5,000. We ulready pry £9000 anvusily-as inrerest opon our public dent, and the total interest: wor id amount to £61 000, The interest on the debt of Canada amoun's to tn nety cents per head cf ber pooulation, bat ours wou!'d amount to a trifle over two dollars per bead of our population. ‘ths ques‘ion should be considered whether it wou d-be better for us to bear that heavy barjen and have a rail- way like the other provinees, or do without the railway. Would i: be better to proeced with the undertsking, .nd plunge into debt with this faot before oureyes or continu &) wake the steady progress which we have made in the past withou2 railroad? ia not a solitary peti'i:a before the House asking fora railway. but thore is a very numeroualy stgned petitinn against tts con- straction. Tha! is ibe position in wish House is at presen’ p sed The poveri- mnt are endeavouring by every mcans in their power to get ‘he conscot ¢! t!e Hou-e io pempeed with the povstauction OF the rasl- way. without 66's It ry the prop’e to ascer-

the session,

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There is a vast difference between the two Now | am oot an engineer, the few fize:es l submit:ed were ia reference to the Suediae and 3'. Johu Railroad, and went to shew its cost sad earnings, 1 believe that a Tailway throwzh this lsiand woud at least eurn as much as that fine, The Shediac aud St Jobn Railroad, 108 miles in length, ‘ealized last year t e sum of $188 5V8, and a ratiway io this dsigud. 1270 wes wm length, would, with «qual troffie, yie-d $204,097 per year. Persons experienced w railway matrers state that the workivg expenees of the arrow gxug: would be 4) per cent of the earnings of the road, white that of the broad gauge was 76 per cent. That would give us £20,140 above the working expenses which taken from the interest, viz; £39,- G00 leaves byt a trifle to be paid from ihe l want to tie down the bon

Cuses,

a here puvlic chesf,

8 to the cost, when we Gowb the gauntlet and etate that railroad shail

t cost more than £5, 00 or £5,500 per thile, where is in their irguing that .t will cost 410 060 per mile? Dee whole burden of the s;eccn of the hon, jmewser for Bellas! isy that the latter sum

throw

the the ne

the common sen-e

tain whether they are w ling that it sheu'd b will be the cost, : Li the railread will cos undertaken or not. Tiehon Atty, Gener- more than 4&3 500 per mile, the House a) eptake wery joudly in his praise of the | 850uld give It vo iurther consideration, tpat country, ard jn sb wong its superiority over | 13 the ouly way to settle the matter. I do

got believe in cramming any measure down { hoo, mewbe:s of the cppo-i-

giver bas a right to

the other colonies; but it is only a short time gince we heard him speak of cur iosigoificanc

of the greatness of the Dominion, Of its stal-

ne throats

tion. for every hon. m

wact sons, & Times have changed, and | 99te 4s he th nks proper at aii times W ben | it is we who ere 208 great end prosperous the mesgure comes duwn it wWiil stipulate

+23 ” ig 2 A-st ehail he : ; hore eh: when eompared with acy port of Caveda wuat the ovst stall be, and there phall b

members of the oppos:tion to one pr: position

When we find men oceupying aigb positions | Gxed sum waich shali not be exceeded

changing with the win, we cannot but feel |Buter Buy elrcum.!.nocs, Lt bas been , i sat =a tt iwa learce nick)

that they do not ca ry a8 mush weight a (#t#'ed that many will derive large picking»

It is po wander |vut of the undertaking, Well, | believe |

they otherwise would. duat the bea, Leader complains of the ywant government when ‘hey wish to undertake a work of «uch magni‘ude as the eoustrac- fion of a railway, anc attempt to force ut upon the people without consulting them on the matrer,and withon! giving them ime 'o consider their position and what they would have to bear in conser uenco of it. Jf the railway is to be bailt. it will involve us ip 2 tagation beaver then that of Canada, and there wih be noting lefy.us but to ener the Doa‘nion on avy terms oo which they will aseept us. Englgod is taxed four dol- lara per head for ber debt, Caneda one d | lar; aod this Colony, ‘f the rai way is pro- eceted with, will be taxed over two dollar per head. for the deb: which will be increased. Will this House give th: Government liberty to rush into the buildiag of a railway at £5,000 per. mile, whie we are told they bave had offers to build it for much ‘es: than thatspa? It weson'y by a side wind that the country reeeived euy intitaation 0 the intentions of the Government before the

of the Government of confidence in the

comméncenest of the ession, and 4 cou)d pot. bevexpee'ed hat Wh 8 litre notice ‘be peop'e had tims to express their opipions in reference to the matter The Government thigk they can hood wink the people and the members of this hon, House who are op- posed to the pre-ent undertaking of so vas) and exten-ive a work; but they will, Sud themselves mistaken; for the people are be- zoning to be thorough y awakeued upon It. Whether we should buud a railway or not at the present time, .whgo it is undertaken. it should be done io the @ost straightforward manner, and by the conuseat of the majority of the people at the polis. L will nevgr vote id give any gcveroment the power to pro- ceed with the work 1!) this is done ane the road surveyed by # competent cagineer, and put up to public t:nder.

Hon. Arrorsgy Geverat.-—I have great respect for the opinion» of the boo, mersber for New London..by:.[ unverstand that during my absence be made some remarks misrepresenting what | had stated last ses- zion. I never ran down the wealth of this litsde co'ony : I never stated that Providence» had not blessed us wit!. @ fertile soil, or that our men had not atrong heerts apd willing hands to develop the rvsources and forward the interests of this country. I vever rao

dows or spoke dispuragingly of this my.

home and my native country. 1 om pledged Dot to avitate direetly or indirectly ie favor of Confederation, aud that pledge L have kept and will keep secred, The bon tmem- ber for Belfast: tried (0 draw & coMparison between the ornduet_¢. the hon. mewber or Souris (Mr. McLean, ) io refefenee to the resolution intvoduced by that boo member on the Edugatice question, and that of the hoo, Leader of the Gu veroment ia reference

no railway bas ever Leen constree'ed withou! jekings for some parties. J have besn siz novthe at the Executive Board, and have july bad such pickings as the siature allows we; but | know what parties under the jate | adaniuistration bave derived pickings, Ifa

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raiirvad is to advanee the interesis aud pro:- |e : pene | quite sufficient to meet the working expanses | 40¢ nothing more, aud the interest upon the money expended | tender with the minority, bu they wust rot | Now, | try to bring in resolutions with a sort of!

‘seum of | | contend that the Colony will require 24 jae wind to break the rules of this House

perity of the cougtry, altbough ihere shuuld be a few pickings fur our merchapig and lo bezs we should not oppose i. I heard jap bon, member talk about the ' creation, 'navvies were. workioy wen leave taetr homes, and bom

wil ence in the mother country, aed con-| ¥ ‘ | for che one per cent add d to our dates t We ot occupy much time in offering them The

bothing 1 | hon, member for Beitast (Hou B. Davies) Un ess there is some more « fee'ive | knows there is just 18 much manlinesa in the pan for raising money by taxation carried | (j overnment supporters as in the hon, mem- | Out the revenue w Il not increase in propOr- | here of the opposition, and that if the Gov- If those navvies Who are eo! on to the addirion made to the tax. The | ernment proved recreant to their principles stigmatiz-d by the liberals are 80 obj etion- | public expentiure last year was about | seit supporters would resign just as guickly of the poltical infuetce they ! 413 000 more than the revenue ; and. there- ay he himself or any member of the oppori- | jet | fore, money must be raised in some way OF tion would if the latter were in a similar lather to meet the iuereased annual require- | position

|gregate together und come out to America ‘tu vuild rajiroads, they are tikely to be less strict im their morais; but L aim surprised o bear any bon. mewber designate those stout-hearted. men the ‘* scum vl

| honest, | greation,’””

(able ou aeconn! would possess through their tumbers,

| there be a cisu-e pur im the Bul that they

1g shail vor be ened to vore while engaged | ' la year there was a much larger outlay

‘wu the copsirucion of # raiiroad, ‘Tiivae

}mvn will wor be im the, pay of the Gove:n-|

meut, but in that of the gontractors; aad, cuerefure, would not 1: faence the elections io favor of the guvernmen;: as they would owe hem nothings . What do we kav shou ‘those navvies whatthey may be, or wacther they will be Eaglish, Seo:ch, lrish or of other vations, If the edntract is entered ,inco, the contreetors wiil receive no more than the awonit of their cou:rect, and |

cannot, therelove, see what mouves they |

would lave in mduving their employees to ‘vote for the Government. ‘other evening L heard the hon. member for Khustico, when speakiog with reference 10 ‘the Tenant League questivn, charge the con- iservatives with bringing the trcops bere for ‘the purpose of disterbi+g the order of the couutry, ‘tive vow it ithe railroad undertaking. ‘eetly well thet Goth of those statements are uiteriy false, but whea 1 remember ibe close affuity existing be: ween the hon, meu- ber for Rustico and tho hon, member for Bellast, L was vot surprsed to bear the Government charged wiih wanting to bring la large wumber of bavves luto the Colouy for the ,urpose of our-r.ding the law

fuenced them in carrying ou

| ibroughc ut ‘[s and, aud crammed duwo the throats of | men dt ‘pu pose of making

the presen G ‘Those lion

them believe that t

miewbers of ito be trusted,

‘Government wighes to sip

Lt was only the}

and he dec.ared ‘bat @ similar mo- |

He knows per-

ie! wus only one of those precious sia‘ements 82t ‘we bear circulated by those boa members t the length aud breadth of tuis)

n ‘ner meetings for the | MY widkine : he | thai power the road will cost the fu!l amount

be very least no Governaicnt are not at (Re ver} members wil! that the Government bad £ 0 GOQ mm the}

‘tell the people that the hon. Leader of the | Sevings k this country in | Money Is req reater burdens | Warrants

them, Id» not preend to be any great au bority on the matter, but this railway tke the T. nant League question has been Made a po ‘tical stalking horse by the hon, for Belfast and the bon, member for Rus'tco ‘ihe farmer stated that I s:id it we got the railway eerablished the Gov ernment would be in power for life. We wou d indeed he a little generous to give the opposition another Opportumity of getiiag tbe {reine of pager, in order to show their supe- rior ability to carry onthe Government if as he hes stated, be thinks the Government are bound to ruin the colony by the con- struction of a rai'road, to make his argument good he must prove the government have iormed some corrupt ring to make something jout of it. Lf this were the cage, at the end of their term of four years, they wouild be sent into the cool shades of the oppositicn, and the hon members on the gther eide would have a grand opportunity to get into power, Tbe bon, member ba> twitted the members on this side of the House with being tories; but when I look around at the gentiemen forming the Government [ do not

member

know that in the whole history of thia Le-|

land the country has ever had a faier re- presentation of its interests in it thau at the present time. L see some of cur most weal by and enterprising merchants emonz the members of tha gove:nment and 1 Rnow that they wou'd pot remain in the govern- ment twenty-four hours if there was a ring formed to fili their pockets at the public ex- pense, The truth of the matter is, that the government of this Island ead its supporters | are eattiled to the respect and confidence of |a'l honest men, and in order to show olcarly that there is not the least foundation for the charges made against them, there are some of thea who do not support the construction of a railway beeanse they believe a majority of their cons'ituen's are op; osed to it at pre- sent. The policy of the Government bas been a s raightforward ove, there has been no scheming or snything resembling

among them, and thereiarg they bave as fair | la c'aim upon the people ef this Colony as|

¥Eop their getractors who take the part of men | behind the curtains, known as prompters

tor the purpose of answering ‘hem.

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upon the construction of a railroad.

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without undertaking a railroad, Iu reture |years ago we have received reality,

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ments of she Colony. We may be told that then usua! ip erecting the pew Post Office | Burtuing, &e.; but | find the purchase o! | the stock Farm, the borldisg of anew Asy-

I say that tbe state of the | inapees of tha Colony requires that £15.- '000 should be raised by additional taxes ‘order to prevent tbe Colony from ruaving | deeply in debt, and to plice it in a good pogition without undertaking the constrae- | tion of a railroad The bon, Attorney |General has informed us that if a provisu

‘will be made io the Beil that the cost of the ‘railway shall not exceed £5000 per ale, ‘and that the Bill will remain a dead letter ‘if it is found that the road caaact be bull ‘for that eum; bat L believe that if this House give the Government hierty to build it, whe'her it will cost more or wot, It must bie ehead. There is not a Bill which hus ‘been passed this session but may be amended | vext session; and, theretore, the best guar- “autee we can have that the railroad will be | buiit at the lowegt price is, for the Govern- ‘ment to put it up to public tender and take ‘tie vowest they can get, but they have bo intention of doing this.

ee wou d you have by letting it at public ender than by private contract ¢

~ Hon. P. Sincratn.—The very fact thet ‘he Government ask for power to let it for £5,000 looks su picious; if they receive

The hou. member stated

> Bank, but be must remember that uired to cash the Goverument

lam, and the purchase of a Steam Dredge | will cause a large additional expendivure this year also

Hon M>-. Howian —What better guar-|

Toe hon, member |

upag the question before the commitiee, and they chooge to bring forward, as has been | i do not, therefore, desire to go ito them | iusinuated. The majority of the Houce is| The | ic reality the Goveroment while the House mewbers of the Government tell vs that 24 | '9 in session, but during the recess the Ex-| | per cent upon our imports, together with | scutive is ibe Government, The Govern- | ‘the returns which will be made, will be! ment has the honest support of its supporters |

” which, he ‘said, the failroad| per cent upon its imports in addition to the | I dare say when those bard | present du'y to meet itg requirements, and | keep it in a sovad condinon financially | Phere are two or three matiers which re-

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p'e with every thing he can say against the Governmen' to make them dissatisfied with the undertakiny, the country woud be no further aheod than before, for after all the rod wonld have to be let-by con'ract, and |the fu & meat cf it would be def-rred a year iater, be kon, m moer accused the Gov-

‘late Board of Works, yet that hon, member

lit would bave cost £200 or £300 more. tion which will reap the full benefit of it.

Parties were sent away to the other Pro- ; " ost Utiice so be pa he voces for jumber vith unlimited powers to P ye pee ie Oy the nent

‘ ' ” generation; the money spent.on euch works do just as they pleased, and without @ wri- can scarcely be called a debt, for. we shall ten document of any kind, so that it cost have the full value of the money expended; nearly doable as mach as it others‘se would, ell we should be required to pay for them is There was no management whatever in cbe the interest of the money, All our surplus

money should be spent upon ovr roads and (Comes 10 here and throws out insinuations | Mae lnateceedecetnaetaeie es _ubout pickings to members of the present + Lorted, and leave obtained to sit again, \(Gsouernment, The ho qewber fur New) Hon. Mr. Peary presented a petition from dondon speaks abou the det of Kaglend and Prince County respecting Jail Limite. Reo Canada, where the raiiwaya are generally | ceived, read, and laid on the table. Mr

low: ed by “ompanies; but if we go in d bt Richards obteined jeave of absence till Tues-

in this Colony we shali have some hing to | Pay went. . ; show for it we rbuil have » ratiway through | ieee adjourned till ten o’clock to-morrow.

} I. Q. tertile 5 . iil 3 t a for tle country which wiil io a short time Georgetown Ferry. afer the rozd te finished eost the e-untry | > ‘robirg even the amount raived by an ad-| House went inty committee of the whole ditietint tat 6FG3 tr’ oint tu tho abese a to take into consideration @ petition praying pe a 8 4 The for a Bul to amend the Act to procure @ er lay ‘ ste ) time may not have to be exacte Phe hoo. | steamboat {gr the Georgetowa Fersy, Mr. | Gember ade insinuations avout the honesty Richards in the Chair of the members of ‘he Governmentin cxrry- Mr. Munro, after referring to the steps ing such an ur Gertaking; butd can tell bim which had been taken to obtain a boat, aud te

| they sre well known in thig community abu the sumerously sipned petition which had cannot be scon-ed of one wor of dishonesty been {urwarded u. the spbj-ct, said that the

The debt incurred im building of the new|

/erpment of running the coun:ry tn debt, but

| for the exertions of the present Government but would leave it for the succeeding genera- | interfering.

_ Hon. Mr. Srycrare bad no doubt but that Lawyers’ a ieee msttere better jthen laymendid. He beliewed government | securities were then about the best going, ‘and as the explanat‘ons of the Hon Attoruey General were satisfactory he thought the-e

wae no good reason for t le | Aftera 6 farther seein Heeb. Davies, Mr. Keilly and others, the Bill was

_report-d agreed to without any amendments and ordered to be engro sed.

Union Bank Bill | was referred to committee of the whole house, _ A.C, MeDunald ip the Chair, and reported | agreed to without any amendment and ordes- ed to be engrossed.

| House went iuto committee on the

Physiciaas and Surgeons Bill. | Mr. Munro in the chair. | Dr. Ropertson said toe object of the Bill | was to grant tw eome extent that protection ‘o the g@edical provession which wag enjoyed | by them in the other provinces. It was weil | known that persone having no right to tice, made it a rule to come to this Island, aud, while ignorant of a knowledge of either Medicine or Surgery, bad tie gssuranse to advertise themselves as graduates in both,

| does he forg t that he advocared the loan of

ed the Lewder of the la'e Government when that bon. gy ntl)man who had so much in- fluence, tried :o neyoti#'e a loan in Kug'and, to be spent in pubbe improvements? «1s the hon, member gatiefied wich the presea! state of our publie roads? if be has £ will give bim oy support if he will bring it for- ward and endeayor to cacry it owt. supported the late Goveromeut in sending their Leader ('lon, M+ Hensley) 0 London to get a loan for the purpose of miuking better roads and bridges throughout the Is- land; itis therefore, surprising that he ac- cuses the present Goverument for eudesyor- ing #0 remedy the very same evil, Government wil issue Debentures which the country will be pledged to redeem the latter will offer the test of security and the people will invest freely in them; the in-| terest of the money will, therefore, to a large ex ent, be spent in the Colony as well as the priveipal, Does the bon, member mean to say tbat our present, meens of communica- tion are sufficient for the requirements of the country for all time to come, or thet it can | be improved at a moderate expe’ se to suit even our present circumstances? If so it weuld be well for him to poizt ovt how i: can be done,

Hon. D. Davirs.—I showed on a former | occasion that the Government acted on cer. | tain fixed principles, and that a- long 23 they | ‘stand true te those princip'es they shall re-,

ceive my support. .Mr MoLeau was asked | when be intreduced bis reso'ytion in refer 'eace to Education, nL cr be intended to} 'move for a Cenominationg! grants or pot; | and if be had sard * 1 do not irtend to go so”? bis resolution wou'd have passed. bar | be would not give any sutisfactory avswer 3] aud, therefore, it was implied thet be inteud- | ed toask for those grants—at Icast that Was | the inference to be drawa from his action jon the matter, When-he would not soswer | ‘he was out of order. The question now, brougat forwerd by tho hon, Leader of the | Government is in regular course, and it is, | | therefore, not fair to charge the Government | supporters with beng the pliant tools of the

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Hon. P. Sincrem —The remarks of his | Government, for they will not support the | honor tte Attorney General did not bear | Governmesé in anything aod. everything!

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I am ‘nclined to be!

us did the hon, mewber ter Souris. Hon. Leapzr oF Tae GoyeRRNMENT —~—

aire a few remarka from me, tut | sba!

. . | His denounging the nayytes as)

the scuat of the earth is unworthy of apy | hon member of this House, and cannot be too strongly condemned, for every man Fho| comes here heips to develop the resourees | ef the eountry ; this remark will apply par-| ticularly to laboring mon - Pnersgarlons| have been throwa out bY Some hon members |

/u¢ the opp sition that ben, members on the |

Government side of the House are uot to be | trusted, and that they are actuated by cor- rupt motives; but I can tell those bon gen- tlemen on the other side that there is just as much stratghtforwardness aad truthfuluess | on this side of the House as there is among | them, and if [ were not included among! them, | would say thore was a little more. Many have been the representations and in- sinuations made ggainst myself about deriy- ing pickings from the cantyact for building | the Barracks, but they are uttcrly faise, L telegraphed over to New Branswick at the request of the coutrac'or and got a supply | of building materials fur him, and received | a check for it just as from any other busi ness man, and that was all L had to do with the matter. If bon. momberg of the opposi- tion wish to make the most of that transac- ‘ion they are at liberty to do so, provided the truth be told in reference to it. Lare-

forwardness of those hon, members who compose the Government, all the guarantee this House can have is the position those hon, members occapy ip society and in the business operations of the coumiry. The members of this side of the House have just as much toterest at stake in the country. and | la mavaging their affairs poper:y and pro-| Girably as the hon members of the oppost-| tion ever ean have, and we are just 8s truth- | tul aud perhaps mors etraightf rward. As

aud should no: be taken tor any for pickings 1 do not begrudge the shop-

| rue advisabiiry of removing the Asylum, | license for the ferry, he would not oppose at.

a ‘ Aet of last eeasiun granted a monopoly of in oi r -Dusine~ ‘ratio: d sis BNy OF {herr DUsINe-8 ope rartous, BNE S18) oon yours to any Company which would

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ie very large sménnt of money and support- | 18 the best guarao ce the country can have i p'sce au boat on that ferry, and @ grant of

for their political honesty. Those base in- sinuations are unworthy of wen, and those who make them only injure themseives by so doing. Keterence has teen made to the inerease of the public debt during the past yeor, but it should be remembered we bave

somethiag to show for it; an estate in Lot! He| One was purchasec frow the proprietor, and would not object to extend the term i ta | the new Pos: Office cost £5 006. ‘expends money and receives ty)l valpe lor | 40K 19 piace a Ooat On that ferry under

it, be has merely to pay the interest for it he has lost nothirg.

Colony bas increased £5000 or £10 000

| per year in actual improvements, the pros- | As ihe) Petity of the courtry ig increased ane the/| if the term was extended, hoped the commit-| payuent of the interest is scarcely felt at all. | teo would accede to the request. & pe

The same rule will apply to the purchase | of the Moge! Farm. The hon. member for | New London was a member of the committee | appointed to value it and also to consider

and reported in favor of the purcbase of the | o.@ acd the removal of tbe other. farm is purchased the Colony will have full value for the money and will be no poorer | than before, As that property will iocreae | in value it will not be necessary to take all | the money for the purchase of it out of the | ‘Lreasury inone year, Theameodmout sub-| mitied by bis honor the Lead sz of the Op- | position was drawa vp by @ certain young | ‘egal gentleman who was employed by the| opposition for that purpose the latter taking | it for granted that e railway was tc $e oon |

isteucted forthwith, brought in @ resulution |

acco: dingly, and it, iurned. out to be more strongly ia favor of the consiurction of a reilrgad than the resolution submitted by myself, for it authorizes the Government to have a survey of the road made immediately, If the amendment could be pas-ed by the House the Government would be justified in bringing in a Bill for the construction of a railroad from one end of the Island to the | other, When the members on this side of | the licuse stated that the cost should not| exceed £5 OVO per mile, the members of the or position deciare that it would cost £10- 900 per mile, and they now wish to author-

Ifa man | years.

If that | was granted annuaily for such a service, and |

imposed upon the public, and, he feared, did touch 7 to Many persons who employed £29.) per atnum for five years The peti- them. Tne intentign of the Bill, sheretore, tiovere had asked for an excention of the a4 to give power to the Ideas, Governor in ‘term of heevse trom seven to ten yeare, Covncil to sppoint a Buard of Exuminere be- “They did not. however, ask for any mure| fore whom ail persone purposing practising | money then uad beep provided ] et season ; | Medicine should be examined, if necess.ry. ‘but a8 @ boat suituble tor the work srould Gentlemen belonging to the profession whe cost at least $2. VOO, and would not be used g'asuated in Great Rritwe or Ireland, or up in seven years, he hoped the committee Other countries ia Burop 5 or in the erties of

B.stor, New York, or Philadelphia, in ths ly as no party seemed will United States, would mereiy be called upon the to produce their Diplomas and their He names, while a few persons cf charactor weil

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conditions proposed, for a shorter term.

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if the debt of the ‘elt confident that euch a boat woud be a Known to the profession, if they came fore

“vreat advantage and accommedstion to the Ward and onderwent an examination, would | public, and as he understood there wasagea- Obtain @ Lyense to practive, which would lean prepared to place oue upou that ferry , prece them in @ mue bett-r position than

they were then in, As the law then was, if rson died ender their hand they were

Mr. H war thought if the extension of liable to be indicted for murder; but, acti time asked for, meant, also, that the £200 a/ under @ License from suck a Board, they year was to be continued that many years could only be prosecuted for mal- ,. longer, he wopid oppose it; bat ae it refer-| Persons practising contrary to the Act, would red only to the extension of the term of be habie to a fre of £10 for the first ofenga,

/and £20 for the second.

Mr. Hooper saw po necessity for such @ Dill. Why, if @ man set @ limb for his contracts given by the Government, which neghbor he would be liable to a fine, It extended Gover so many years, care should be would entirely deprive the country of the

Mr. Pzrry thought where so much money |

‘taken intraming such Bills. ‘The contractors | services of skillful men and women, whose

should te bound to serve the counéry {aith- | services could not well be dispensed with,and fully otherwise they might hinder rather) to whom the people in many parts of the then fegilitete the couveniance of the tray-l-| country wore under many obligations. ling public, Hon. D. Daviss said tt coulé not be denied After a few remarks from some hon. mem-_ but that in Summerside and other parte of the bers Mr. Munro submitted the following reso- | Country, there were persons who came there lution, which was reported egreed to; and, by advertisements and otherwise, fre- -* Resolved, the: itis the opinion of the quentiy imposea upon the credulity of the Commitee that the scyen years be extended | people. Many of those who spent coneider- to ten yeare as usked dor in the petition for| able money in obtaining s knowledge of the the Georgetown Steam ferry-boat, and thet | professiop, and having ' themeelvee the firat Oi the Act 33nd. Vie. Cap. 7/| 1m the country, did not wish 4o have theig be amended in Besurdauce therewith,” business broken ia - unpringipied liowse resumed. Resolution reported ac- | He did not think the Bill would apply tosuch cases as was alluded to by the hoa. asember for St. Peters, (Mr. Hooper), the

cordingly.

Hon. Mr. Howar obtained leave to pre- sent petition from Patrick Hogan and) Mr. A. C. McDoyaup enquired others from Tignish against the construction Bill only contemplated allowing

of a Railroad. irom three of the Oplleges in the United

Hon. Mr. How.ay congratulated the bon, | States to practice in this Island? There were

| Medical Colieges in some of the Western

'Staies. Why exclude graduates from theneet