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THE SEWERAGE BILL.

Tur City Councillors seem disposed to withdraw this bill, or notto put it in force, because it has been passed in a form

somewhat different from the draft prepared by them. Any such action on their part would not be business-like, and it would result in the indefinite postponement of @ work which, when they were elected, they professed to regard as of pressing im- portance.

City Councillors must know that their power in regard to civic matters is nct absolute. In strict accordaace with British principles of government, @ check has been placed upon them at certain points, and that check is the Provincial Legislature. The Previacial Legislature is not a mere machine to give the force of law to acts of the Citv Council. It isa deliberative body, with power to alter and amend any draft bill submitted to it in accordance with the opinion of a majority of ite mem~ bers ; and it may be taken for granted that the majority ofthe Legislature will not stultify iteelf by going back upon a deci- sion deliberately arrived at after full dis cussion.

Bearing these facts in mind, let us briefly review the history of the sewerage question. After many years ot agitation, the matter was brought to an jesue at the last civicelection. By means of Dr. McLeod’s addresses and papers and as a result of discussions in the press and elsewhere, the importance and neceesity of sewerage for Charlottetown was at that time, pretty generally admitted. But the fear of extravagance and coriuption in connection with its construction deterred many people from coming to the sticking peint of declaring their intention to vote for it. This {ear was worked upon by

opponent of the measure, who pointed to the Park road-way the construction of which, under the management of the City Council, had cost far more than was apti-~ cipated. At this jancture, Taz Examiver suggested that the sewerage work might be placed in the hands of the water Com- missioners. This suggestion gave instant stiength to the canvases for sewerage. The water works had been constructed and managed economically and honestly. Everyone admitted this fact; and the Jeading promoters of sewerage stated pri~ vately and publicly when talking to the electors that the construction and manage- ment of the work would be leftto the water commissioners. Uponthis under- standing, the vote was taken and the victory for sewerage won.

It is true that nothing was said about the personel ofthe commissioners. The poiut was not thought of. But yeither was it ever suggested that the present commis sioners should be legislated out of office:

These commissioners have been elected

by the unaniinotis voice Of the electors; all over the City. The Hon. David Laird has been at the head of the Commission from,the beginning— élected by acclamation term after term. No one doubts the ability of the commissioners to perferm the addi- tional duties. No one doubts their honesty; and it isadmitted that they have since their last election, done nothing to forfeit the confidence of electors.

But it is held by some persons—not all perfectly disinterested—that simply be- cause the care of sewerage is to be added to their duties, the present commissioners, in whom all express confidence, must be turned out of office and the civic electors must again exert the right of election. We are not of thcse who depreciate this right of the citizens. It is s valuable right to be jealously maintained. But we contend that there is practically no more need to exert this right in respect to the present sewerage and water Commissioners than there would betoelect a new President aod Directors of Tae Examiner Publish- ing Company if it were decided to add book-binding to the business of that Com- pany. However, this may be the Legis- Jature in its wiedow has decided that there shall not be a epecial election of the Commissioners, because the care of sewerage bas been added to the duties of the Board, and they are not likeiy to re~ verse w decision deliberately formed in opposition to the suggestion of the Council aod in the face of a sharp discussion.

But the Leader of the Government has promised to hold this bill over until a meeting of the citizens shall have been held. Why was not the public ‘meeting held before the bill as submitted to the Legislature? That would have been the right thing to do. Exception te ceriain points in the bill as drafted by the Couns cil was taken by both Tae Examrver and The Patriot. The Editor of The Patriot naturally did not like the idea of being

THE DAILY EXAMINER, CHARLOTTETOWN, MAY 6, 1898

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“ We are quite willing to bow loyally to the wishes of the citizens if, at at a public meeting, they clearly approve of the method proposed in the Bill to supersede the present Water Commissioners.”

Here was w direct challenge to the Council to hold a public meetivg of the citizens. Why was it not taken up? Why was the meeting not held and the bil! submitted to the citizens at the right time’ This is s question which the counseillors may, perchance, answer when the meeting is held and [when they ask the citizens to request the Legislature to stultify itself by ~ reversing its decision. In the meantime the electors may be ex cused if they draw their own conclusions from the fact tbat it wae not until after the Legislature had run counter to the wishes of some of the} City*Councillors that the City Councillors condescended to ask their opinion or advice abouc the matter.

We refuse to believe that a majority of the Councillors or any considerable nuss- ber of citizene will, upon reflection, imperil the bill and postpone the introduction of sewerage simply because the Hon. David Laird fand his associate commissioners — who have carried on the water works totle satiefaction of all—have been entrusted by the Legislature with the additional duty of superintending sewerage.

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—Our Legislative reports have been cut down and crowded out on avcount of war news. The question of P E Island’s claims upon Canada was up last evening. Able speeches were made by Hon. Mr. Gordon and Mr. Shaw, a summary of which will appear later. As to business — nothing of public importance, worth speaking about has, so far this session, been done by the Legislature,

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DIED.

At Upper Great George Street, on the 5th inst., John R. con of Caristopher ard Eliza Turner, aged 6 years and 6 monthe,

(Fuaeral 2.30 Sunday 7th, to People’s Cemetery.

At San! Francisco, Cal., on April 15th, 1898, at the residence of his mo he’. Montrose, Hamilton Doherty. Decease: was the eldest son ofthe ljate Ma colm Doherty, of Seal River, Lor, 50, P. E. J,

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UNCLE SAM'S DOMAIN.

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The idea that Uncle Sam is at present a landless old fellow has generally tak- en possession of the people throughout the country. This, however, is a great mistake. He still has land enough to give each one of his 73,000,009 children a nice little homestead cf eight acres each and still bave a ranch of over 16,- 000,000 acres left. In other words, your dear old uncle still owns something over 600,000,000 acres, distributed as follows throughout tke various states and territories:

Alabama, 532,839 acres; Arizona, 64,400,211 acres; Arkansas, 8,922,042 acres; California, 43,841,044 acres; Colorado, 4,037,204 acres; Florida, 1,797,662 acres; Idaho, 45,962,855 acres; Kansas, 1,046,589 acres; Louis- jana, 845,020 acres; Michigan, 522,451 acres; Minnesota, 6,240,049 acres; Mis- sissippi, 41,441,220 acres; Missousi, 497,764 acres; Montana, 71,432,917 acres; Nebraska, 10,669,253 acres; Ne- vada, 61,578,586 acres; New Mexico, 56,983,047 acres; North Dakota, 21,- 885,293 acres; Oklahoma, 8,105,258 acres; Oregon, 35,892,318 acres; South Dakota, 13,250,718 acres; Utah, 44,- 207,270 acres; Washington, 17,955,536 acres; Wisconsin, 454,107 acres; Wy- oming, 49,341,588 acres; Alaska, 369,- 629,600 acres.

About one-half this vast amount of land lies, it will be seen, in Alaska, and it is very certain that this will never be available for homestead purposes, but for mining purposes its value in cold coin may prove to be even greater than though it were arable. The larger part of the balance lies in fertile and pro- ductive states and is all subject to home- stead laws.

Thosgs who wart homes should avail thems4fes of the more liberal than homestead laws of the United States. This is the place for the surplus labor. —St. Louis Star.

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Holland is an abbreviation of Hollow- land. It is a low, flat country on the North sea and is composed mostly of deposits from the Rhine and other rivers and of sand thrown up by the sea. Some parts of it are even lower than the sea itself, and to keep the water out strong walls called dikes, made of great stones, timber, turf and clay, have been built along the shores. The land was former- ly very soft and swampy, but it has been filled up or drawn out by hundreds of pumps, which are worked either hy windmills or steam engines. The wa- ter is pumped into canals, which take the place of streets, and the people go about on them in summer in little boats drawn by horses or by dogs, and in winter they travel merrily over the ice on skates, which men, women and chil- dren use with ease and grace.

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