al

belonged to the | qs was & Vice « |

Walker, who

Purity and Progre

ed Major

party o1 5 tite . , it was a fa'se | natec president of the company: ir John. A. | BLUE BLOOD, rt Sir Johan. A. ery of corruption that broke up | that cney wented wo meee ines ; ldwin Smith ‘ ’ carn ant. Crow : : : : ee Macdonald's Governmet t . | fee sonatas thites! aia te-aaile -. Tahn’s conduct, 0U a to censured Sir John’s con . _ action, or rather want of action, was that + of Hon. Geo. Brown in ct ee 2 the con tuct < . . tt was | we had ne registration of votes in this } ‘Rig Push’’ matter as tion with tne Big Push Province, and that our young men could bad. When Mr Mackenzie ob r oe ae i \v the | bot record their votes. This excu e¢ amount« i over ont he dissoivea tne - Sam Sea r to the people ed to nothing. The Bill containing the i2e of Commons ane weno o vere . the time wW hen the Grt money provision for ut was th +) Mr. Cook and Major DISFRANCHISING OUR YOUNG MEN Aw right and let oY om La, ; ' 1 nded almost fabu'ous sums 1D | was passed by the House of Commons and \ I pen im ] ae Ik ELECTION | sent up to the Senste, and he, himself, was TRING rit ti I * : tter’s election was contest- the first to raise voice sgainst that when the :atrvers t : ; i t hi eat, and was pre- | iniquitous clause. He was well backed up ed in Court be tose ne © » = as tad from holding any p sblic office what- in the course he took, by Senator Hay- pasar ( we for eight years. | thorne—an act highly creditable to that vier the ro “ z j fact nd therefore, stubborn | bon. gentleman,—but he received no sups e were tacts, 4 i ‘ rt ft in danger, and all the ; port from the six representatives of this he cra is f unger, : ai : ' flicials from one end of the Ise | Island in the House of Commons. After lominion onic 8 Iror ‘ ther, ery out for fear the gods the most strenuous exertions, he succeeded | land to the otner, cry 9“ or les . | ; iown and despoil them in carrying his amendment by a m»jority of | will come Gow! ( sp . y j THE LETTER one. The Government used all their in- written by Mr. Holland, the manager of the | fluence to pass the clause but could not

Ontario Bank, by order of the Hon. John

lohn Simpson, its Pres dent, was a circular |

to a'l those who had dealings at that Bank,

ng them that McKenzie’s Government should be sustained, because, through it, t aNE surplus monies, upon which a large amount terest would be obtained. Imagine

ur Banks asking

come alongand tack up the McKenzie Governmen, because by so doing it would receive large dep xsits! Hon. Mr. Simpson was Very anxious for his customers to sup- port the Government, for if they did not,

the paper issued by nis Bank would suffer a discount, as he would receive no deposits.

ir EVER A SCREW WAS PUT UPON MEN TO

PPORT A POLITICAL PARTY, IT WAS THEN. rHE GREAT CHARGE OF CORRUPTION AGAINST SIR JOHN WAS EUT A DROP IN THE BUCKET

COMPARED WITH THAT PIECE OF BRIBERY.

lo show the manner in which the Govern- ment inflaenced that Bank, he might state that at one time the Bank contained no less than a million and a half in Government deposits, and the profits amounted to about As regards the SCHOOL QUESTION,

$50,000 per year !

TH! it should not be dragged into the present at all. Look at the action of the Liberals, after the House of Commons was dissolved by Mr. McKenzie, on the alleged pretext that it was tinged with bribery— when bribery and corruption reigned ram- pant among the Grits. Look at the elec. tions which had since taken place, during which the Liberal Conservatives had re- gained so many seats which they had for. merly lost! LOOK AT THE MANNER IN WHICH THIS PROVINCE, AFTER ALL THE SUPPORT WHICH IT HAD GIVEN THE MACKENZIE GOVERNMENT, HAD BEEN DEPRIVED OF THE SEAT RE- CENTLY HELD BY MR. LAIRD IN THE CABINET. IF THE PEOPLE OF THIS PROVINCE HAVE THE SPIRiT OF FREE

contest,

MEN, AND VALUE THEIR INDEPEND- ENCE, THEY WILL CONSIDER IT AN IYSULT AND A BREACH OF AN IM.

PLIED CONTRACT, TO BE ROBBED OF THE SEAT WHICH WE, AS A PRO- VINCE, ARE ENTICTLED TO HAVE IN THE “ABINET. You won't see much about this matter in the Patriot newspaper because it suits that journal to avoid it: If Nova Scotia and New Brunswick were each entitled to have two members in the Cabi- net, sursly this Province, containing 100,» 000 people, as free and intelligent as any on God's earth, was entitled to have one! Our people deserved to be slaves for all time to come, if they bowed down to the will of the Mackenzie Government in this matter, and tamely submitted to the treat- ment which they had received. As long as McKenzie was at the head of the Gov. ernment, he should have felt bound to place one of his supporters from this Island in that position. It appeared to him (Mr. H.) that our six members in the House of Commons had their price for supporting Mr. McKenzie. Mr. Welsh was an inti. mite personal friend of his own, but he strongly felt that

rat GEETLEMAN WAS NOT THE RIGHT MAN to send to Ottawa to fill theseat now vacant | for Queen’s County, as he had neither

| succeed,

men of their franchise. They bad, since

they went to Ottawa, become so impreg-

fle would say to our young men “ Value your righta and privileges, and no longer pin your faith to the McKenzie Govs

i

k would receive large deposits of |

its customers to |

|

| tive tariff upon the Dominion,they deliber-

|erement.” (Mr. Haviland closed his speech

| amid tremendous applause. )

the Chairman for his able conduct in the Chair, the meeting dispersed. Isaac OXENHAM,

Reporter.

r we eT

‘The Best Man! LTO REPRESENT

Queen's County in the Commons :

JAS. C. POPE

The Issue:

WILL WE OR WILL WE NOT TAMELY SUBMIT TO BE UNJUSTLY DEPRIV- ED OF REPRESENTATION IN THE CABINET ?

DO WE OR DO WE NOT APPROVE THE ACTION OF THE DOMINION GONERNMENT IN REMOVING MR. LAIRD, AND NOT EVEN OFFER- ING HIS VACANT SEAT TO A RE- PRESENTATIVE OF THIS PRO- VINCE ?

THIS IS THE SQUARE ISSUE NOW BE- FORE THE PEOPLE OF QUEENS COUNTY.

Ghe Eraminer

‘Charlottetown, Nov.8, 1876,

TO OUR PATRONS.

In order that intelligence respecting the political campaign may reach our readers promptly, we have decided to issue the EXAMINER three times a week uutil the election is over. Contributions the various Districts will be thankfally received from reliable persons throughout | the County.

THE FALSE ISSUE AND THE TRUE ISSUE.

We believe, with the Patriot, that protection of our manufacturers means robbery of our farmers. We are fully convinced that when the Mackenzie- Cartwright~Cauchon Government attempt- ed, only last session, to impose a protec~

ately attempted to rob every farmer in |

political influence nor power. During the past two Sessions of the House of Coms |

: . ij mons, all our six Representatives in that

House had been running in the same | kerosene oil purehased in this Island the groove; and some one was now wanted to| Mackenzie-Cauchon Government robs the | | purchaser of fifteen cents, in order to pro-

STIR UP THE DEAD BONES and put new life into them. The Hon.

Daniel Davies asked the other evening, rio who own oil wells and oil refining

“What could six members do among s0} Not much, certainly, unless they

of influence and ability. It was easily seen that one able man in the |

many ?”’

were men

Cabinet fiad more influence among thirteen | ®¥e the ineffable impudence to ask the

members than six would have among 204. | What did Mr. Mills, of Bothwell, know | about the wants of this Island? What did he (Mr. M.) care about us down here? Well, another seat in the Cabinet had | recently been vacated by Mr. Geoffrion, had been compelled to retire on account of ill health. But no Mr. Mc Kenzie man from this Island would be placed in that seat, as it belonged to the Province of Quebec, which had too much influence to allow it to be taken from it, He had lately read an editorial in one of the French Canadian papers stating that

FRENCH Hab NO CONFIDENCE IN MR.

who

THE CAUCHON,

and ‘that they wanted a man of higher morale to represent them in the Cabinet who would be a greater strength to the Government, and more popular among his countrymen. The MacKenzie party knew that a great battle was to be fought when the present House dies a natural death, and were endeavouring to bring their best men to the front in order to obtain as much influence as possible. Ife had received a letter that very day from an authentic source stating that the French members did not think the present Government were going to keep the reins of power when the present term expired. Mr. L. If. Davies stated the other day that if the right man were returned for Queen’s County, he would obtain a seat in the Cabinet- Mr. McKenzie knew that

THER HAND- WRITING WAS ALREADY UPON THE

WALL, and was, therefore, trying to appease

Ontario by placing one of her Representa- tives in the seat vacated by Mr. Laird, Mr. McKenzie would only have to say to Mr. Welsh, if the latter were elected to fill the vacant seat in the House of Commons, “Keep cool, William, I can’t give you a seat in the Privy Council,” and the latter would be pacified. It was the duty of every man who had faith in the prosperity of his native province, to insist upon our having a Cabinet Minister to represent us in the Privy Council of Canada, WOULD THE YOUNG MEN

of this Province vote for a supporter of McKenzie’s Government when they remem. bered that if our present six representatives in the House of Commons had had their Way, more than half of our young men would bave been disfranchised? He thought not. They had to thank the Senate of Canada that they would have a vote and a Voice in the election about to take place, Not one of the six representatives of this Island iu the House of Commons asked to record his vote against depriving our young

this Island—aye, in the whole Dominion | —of an indefinite amount of money. We |

are persuaded that for every gallon of |

tect the interests of a few Grits in Onta-

establishments. And yet the supporters of the Mac- kenzie-Cauchon Government in this Island

electors of Queen’s County to vote for Mr. Welsh because he will support a combination of Protectionists and bunglers who call themselves the ‘‘Free Trade Party ” |

Their conduct in this respect does not, however, give us the slightest surprise. It is perfectly consistent with nearly every- thing else Grits have done. They have been,for nearly three years, busily engaged in contradicting, by their practice, all their professions, Mr. Mackenzie de- nouncing ia Parliament the slightest pressure brought to bear upon a Govern- ment official, and then allowing wholesale dismissals to take place here for political reasons ; Mr. Brown denouncing in the Globe corrupt election practices, and then running into his private office to tell Mr. Simpson that they were making a “ Big Push,” and begging him “ to be one”’. Mr. Blake severe against coalitions, and now sitting with Mr. Cauchon; men who were terribly severe with those who tampered, for political purposes, with a railway charter, carefully themselves transferring the Government patronage to Mr. Simpson's Bank ; the whole party in Ontario bounding on the Orangemen against Reil, and then coquetting with him themselves ; litting up to Heaven, ip hypocritical horror against corruption, hands black with corruption—corruption in which they have hesitated not’ to drag even the first Commoner of Canada—im- ploring the electors of Queen’s County to vote for a supporter of Free Traders (?) who deliberately attempted to foist a protective tariff upon the country! Their acts have been throughout perfectly con. sistent with inconsistency.

The Patriot is now attempting to raise the ‘ free trade ’ cry in behalf of these men. The attempt must fail. Electors are now thiaking too much about the deprivation of Prince Kdward Island of representation in the Cabinet, and of the responsibility which rests upon them of expressing the sense of the Province res Specting that great wrong, to be diverted by a false ery about free trade. This was clearly shown by the meeting held in the Atheneum. The meeting was called expressly to discuss the question of “ free trade vs. protection.’”’ Yet there was

A vote of thanks having been tendered |

respecting the state of public opinion in |

or protection, Mr. Welsh just touched upon the subject ; Mr, Haviland showed the utter nonsense of making it an issue ‘in an eleetion in which both candidates | were free traders—in which not the | slichtest difference will be made in favor

of protection no matter how the election |

Even the bold aitempt of Mr. Mackenzie and his col-

turns,—and that was all.

leagues to rob ovr farmers by the imposi- tion of a protective tariff, was forgotten in the anxiety of the speakers to expose corruption and express the resentment felt by the whole Proviuce on account of

the deprivation we have suffered in re- |

MEETING IN THE ATZENAUM,

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Free Trade vs. Pro‘ection

A Still Born issue

| Despite the Lyforts of ¢he | ‘Patriotic’? Wet Nurse.

|

| |

spect to representation in the Cabinet. |

The “ free trade " cry is ill timed. The |

| people are not prepared for it. By the

discussions which will probably take

place previous to the next general elec- 'tion—when the question will very likely /be brought to a square issue—electors

will be made acquainted with the merits | of the question, and they will then be able 'to give an intelligeat vote upon it. But |

| this attempt to force it to an issue after

/two weeks’ screaming on the part of the | Patriot, is simply ridiculous.

The attention of electors will, in the coming contest, be turned to the best | means of expressing their disapprovai of ithe Mackenzie-Cauchon Government in | robbing us of representation in the Cab- linet. Theeyesof the whole Island—of | the whole Dominion—are fixed upon the | electors of Queen’s County. For Queen’s | County will declare on the 22d of No- | vember—not only for itself, but also for | Prince and King’s Counties—whether | this Province wants representation in the Cabinet or wants it not.

If the people of Queen’s County return Mr. Welsh, they, in effect, say to the Do- minion, ‘‘ Prince Edward Island does not care particularly about representation in the Cabinet; she is not anxious about her interests when Parliament is not ip session ; she has had her Laird, and she cares not again to see a son of the gem of the St. Lawrence rise so high.”” And the laudable ambition which may inspire talented Islanders to take part in the Ex- ecutive Government of the great Dominion will never again be gratified—unless, indeed, the aspirant emigrates to Ontario or some other Province.

But if Pope be returned, Prince Ed- ward Island’s emphatic protest will be entered against the grossly dishonest act of the Dominion Government in robbing her of representation in the Dominion Cabinet.

Then let our endeavor be to secure the election of PorpE—the best man—and REPRESENTATION IN THE CABINET FOR- EVER.

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KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE.

Keep it before the people,

That the Mackenziz-Caucnon Govs ernment tried to disfranchise the young men of this Island.

Keep it before the people,

That they took a seat in the Cabinet | from this Island and gave it to Ontario.

Keep it before the people,

That, giving the Hon. David Laird a Governorsbipto iaduoe him to betray bls constituency, was an act of corruption.

Keep it before the people,

That they put 25 cents duty on every pound of tobacco the poor man uses, 15 cents on every gallon of oil he burns, and 4 cents on every pound of tea he drinks. Keep it before the people,

That they put 17} per cent. on all im- ported goods,

Keep it before the people,

| That they gave a Cabinet seat to

Cauchon, whose crime is rank and smells to Heaven.

Keep it before the people,

That if they disapprove of these acts they should vote for Pope.

Keep it before the people,

That if they approve of them, the way to express their approval is to vote for Welsh.

Keep it before the people,

That we should send our ablest men to represent us in the Dominion.

Keep it before the people,

That the ablest mun we have at present

| is J. C. Pope.

Keep it before the people,

That he obtained $25,000 a year better terms for the Island.

Keep it before the people,

That Mr. Welsh did all he could to prevent him from getting better terms for the Island.

Keep it before the people,

That Pope should be elected to repre- sent us in Ottawa.

Keep it before the people,

That Mr. Welsh should be elected to stay at home—or as near as possible to his own dearly beloved Lot 49.

A COMPLIMENT.

The Marquis of Hartington, addressing a public meeting said, however much he might question the policy of some of the Government's measures relative to the Eastern question, he was not prepared to say that the objects of the Government had not been such as would generally commend themselves to the good opinion of the English people.

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HOW IT IS TO BE MANAGED.

We understand that at one of ‘his late meetings, Mr. William Welsh stated, no doubt, with authority, that lF MR. DE-~ BLOIS DARED TO VOTE FOR MR. POPE HE WOULD LOSE THE OFFICE HE NOW HOLDS in less than three days—or words to that effect. The exquisite fairness of this arrangement is admirable. Mr. L, H. Davies and Mr. W. D. Stewart, are stump= ing the County against Mr. Pope. Mr. DeBlois—an old confederate, an old rail- Way man, a staunch Liberal Conservative must speak “ with baited breath in bond- man’s key.’’ His imperious master will not allow him, under the protection of the ballet, to drop a secret vote for the man of whom he approves.

A few days ago when the Court of Assizes was held in Cayuga, the County seat of Haldimand, Ont., a case was brought up and the issue tried of a most unusual but extraordinary character. The facts of the matter may be briefly stated thus: A wo- man, 85 years of age, broug!at an action for breach of promise of marriage: against a man 86 years ofage. She was § great grand- mother, and he was a great grandfather. The old lady claimed that she ought to be allowed her winter's wood as compensation for the breach of contract. Both parties were about equally matched as to the po-

scarcely a word spoken about free trade

session of worldly goods.=“The jury awarded her $100. eee

A Subsidized Lawyer

BROW - BEATS AN YNDEPENDENT PARMER

And Orders Him Under Arrest.

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THE MEETING AFIZZLE

A Meeting of the Electors of Charlotte- town and Royalty was held in the Athe» neum on Monday eveing. On motion of Hon. ThomasW. Dodd, David Lawson, Esq., was appointed Chairman. The Hall was pretty well filled. Among those present were Senator Haviland, Daniel Davies, E=q , M. P., Hon. F. Brecken, Hon. L. H. Davies, Law agent of the McKenzie~Cauchon Government, and Ifon. W. D. Stewart. The propriety of the two latter gentlemen taking an active part in the pending con- test is questionable. Mr. DeBlois another member of Local Administration has not yet interfered in the canvass. We infer, therefore, that he, at least, does not con~ sider himself justified in meddling actively in Dominion politics; for he is not, we are quite sure, in any way timidated by the threat that if he dares even to vote for Pope, he will lose his office in less than three days. Local politics have nothing whatever to do with Dominion politics; and Mr. DeBlois feels, no doubt, that Local Government Officials should take no active part whatever in Dominion elections.

The meeting was called, with a great flourish of trumpets, by the supporters of Mr. Welsh; and it was announced that it was to be “ no party~pow word,” but a free discussion in which all ?could participate, Curiously enough, however, it was called upon an evening when the Hon. J. C. Pope—the Free Trader and advocate of Res ciprocal Free frade with the United States —could not possibly be present without breaking a previous engagement. The exquisite fairness and manliness of the leading supporters of Mr. Welsh is, in this instance, admirally illustrated.

But the meeting was called for tha purs pose of discussing Free Trade vs. Protec« tion. Yet a great part of the evening was wasted in a vain attempt to blacken the character of the Hon. J. C. Pope—an ab- sent man! But the Hon. W. D. Stewart, clearly argued the Protection scare~crow out of the canvass. For if Sir John A. Mes Donald be really the foul monster of cor- ruption that Mr. Stewart tried to prove him, he can never again, by any possibility, become Premier of Canada. Any Gover- nor-General would rather cut off his right hand than invite Sir John to form an Ad~ ministration, if he be realiy guilty of the crime laid to his charge by Mr. Stewart. Consequently Sir John may talk protecs

tion aud “* living ieoteor’’ tothe pruvouuvun~ ists of Simicoe—till he groes gray. If Mr- Stewart be right, *he can never have the power to lead a protectionist or any other governme:t; and consequently the asser- tion that Mr. Pope will, if elected, slavishly follow Sir. John McDonald, even to the imposition of a Protective Tariff upon the country has no weight.

Mr. Welsh just touched upon the ques- tion of the evening—which is not the ques: tion at issue in the present eontest—and blundered badly. He said that the fifteen cents paid into the United States Treasury upon every bushel of potatoes we send there, is not a loss to. the farmers of this Island—or words to that effect. If this statement be correct, what in the name of all that is reasonable is the advantage of a

Reciprocity Treaty. Are we to understand that Mr. Welsh is not in favour of Reci- procial Free Trade with the United States? The utter, fallacy of Mr, Welsh’s statement is almost self-evident. Putting the cost of carriage out of the question, farmers in the United States receive at least fitteen cents per bushel more for their potatoes than our farmers can obtain for their po-~ tatoes; and if we had Reciprocial Free Trade, we would be receiving about fifteen cents were for every bushel of potatoes we sell, than we now obtain,

Mr. W. D. Stewart spent much time in a yain endeavour to raise the ghostof a dead issue. Mr. Stewart also defended the action of the McKenzie~Cauchon gov~ ernment in the matter of the Eleventh Section of the North-West Act, and clumsily attempted to gloss over the un- constitutional vote of the whole McKen. zide party in favour of the Costigan Resolu- tion. But Senator Haviland set those rep- rehensible acts fairly before the people, in a manner which drew forth unbounded applause. Senator Haviland also dealt with the leading questions of Dominion politics. Heshowed that they do not and ought not to clash with Local politics ; and that the School Question should not be dragged into the present contest at all, He dwelt fully upon the great wrong which had been done our province by being deprived of representationin the Cabizet, end showed that we should prove by electing Mr. Pope—one of our ablest pub- ic men—to oppose the Dominion govern-~ ment that we resent that insult.

At the conclusion of Mr. Haviland’s speech there was a call for ‘ Ferguson’ and & simultaneous call for ‘ Davies’ (L. H.). Mr. Ferguson reached the platform first, and was about addressing the applauding electors when he was interrupted by Mr. L. H. Davies. Anuproar followed. There are we think, at least two good reasons why Mr. Davies should have ailowed Mr, Ferguson to speak,

First, it would have been courteous. Mr. Davies, as a representative of the city, might have gracefully waived his right in favor of an independent countryman who, despite the want of a collegiate education and constant practice in the Law Courts, would have been listened to with pleasure and satisfaction, But he rudely shouted, ‘Go home, Donald.’

Second, it would have been fair. There had been two speakers on the side of Mr. Welsh; there had only been one on the side of Mr.'Pope; and Mr. Pope was absent. Moreover, Mr. Ferguson—as he would have explained if allowed to speak— had been requested by Mr. Pope to repre- sent him in his absence.

But Mr. Davies—the Law agent of Mce- Kenzie and Cauchon said to the Chairman “there are three policemen in this hail and I request you to have that man (points ing to Mr. Ferguson) placed in custody “ecause he is from the country and has no

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“Telling Speech by Senator Havilaad |»

disturbing ovr meeting.” |

business here i it will be remembered is an

Mr. Ferguson, elector of Queen’s County * The meeting fizzled.

USTICO.

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PUBLIC MEETING ATR

amen? ‘ , porpk—ABOUT FOUR

GREAT TRIUMPH FOR bob Siege: : HUNDRED ELECTORS ingest ae VIFTEEN FOR WELSH AND THE MORES aS" CAUCHON GOVERNMENT WHICH SOREED

U8 OF REPRTSANTATION If THE CABINET.

Rusti A public Meeting ws held at Rustico

| Bank, on Monday evening last. vane | M. Robertson, Esq-:, occupied the Chair, acted as Secretary. The

McInnis, meeting was J. C. Pope, H. J.

aadressed by the Hon. Callbeck, Bannerman Warburton, P. R. Bowers, David McKay, M. P. P., David Mutch, Thomas Doyle, Angus Gregor, Wm. Laird, Donald Mc- Kenzie, Robert Stevenson, and by the Sec’y. Good order prevailed throughout. There was a division at the close, The suppo'ters of Pope went to the right, leaving fifteen on the left as supporters of Mr. Welsh. Six of these were boys and two were residents of Charlottetown.

AFFAIRS IN THE WEST.

The Montreal Gazelle says that affairs in the East seem unlikely to long preserve, that couleur de rose which they assumed on the signature of the armistice. Russian diplomacy is working to entirely exclude Turkey from the conference ; another diffi- culty being a proposition to deposit the res venues of the insurgent provinces in the Ottoman Bank, as a guarantee for the pay~ ment of the national debt interest. There is a rumor also, considered a> vf signil- cant import, that in the event of war being declared, Germany will protect Russian subjects in Turkish territory. Monten-~ egro, it is announced, accepts the truce on the same terms as Servia, The Duc de Cazes has again distinctly declared France’s intention of preserving a strict neutrality in the event of further complications in the

East.

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A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

The Ottawa Government will do well to procure an advance copy of Captain Naresj report to the Admiralty on the voyage of the Alert and Discovery, for it will doubtless contain information that will justify the Premier in providing another eleemosynary establishment for partisans in the Great North-west. Mr. Laird’s capital, Battles ford, or Zero Corners, as it is called by the Mounted Police, is supposed to be some~ where in lat. 60 or 70, so that there is ample room for another Court between there and lat. 90, which is the Pole. The territory can probably be purchased from the H. B. Co. or the Polar Esquimaux through Mr. Charles Mackenzie.

A few corrupt Tories may object to the scheme, but all enlightened and progres-~ sive Liberals will applaud the Govern- ment’s enterprise. There is a great country up there, and what cannot a noble ambition aaccomplish with a great country? Only a traitor corruptionist can doubt that in a very few years the mighty region between lat. 70 and 90 (capable by the way of cons taining at least 200,000,000 souls) may be made to blossom like the rose, with its Londons and Manchesters and Westminster Halls and Cobden Clubs, &c., all under the auspices of Responsible Government, di» rected by a Reform Cabinet, of course.

And apart from the vast benefits that would accrue to Canada ‘from the planns ing of the great Anglo-Saxon community

in that verv much undeveloped territory, look at the opportunity which would pre.

sent itself for rewarding sound Reformers who have wasted their strength and sub- stance in putting down bribery and cor. ruption! No man could be better quali+ fied to rule in that rarified atmosphere than M. Cauchon, and the annual cost of the Court of the Dominion would probably not exceed that of the Zero Coroners’ Court, which is $35,000. Itis a grand chance not only for a display of truly Liberal ideas with respect to the material developement of the country, but for the removal of at least a few of the office-seekers who howl in the streets of Ottawa and burden the ex- istence of the Toronto Premier. By all means let us have a North Pole coloniz~ ation policy asa change from the Pacific Scandal policy on which the country has been ‘‘ run’’ since 1873.—Toronto Mail.

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Wuere He was Born.—Ourcontemporary the Herald is responsible for the following : “ The fiction of the ‘ Birth.place of Podgers,’ writes a correspondent, has been surpassed in the real life by William Welsh, Esq., the candidate for the representation of Queen’s County. At Pownal he said:—‘ I was born in Forty-nine. J have for many years lived in Forty-nine—I intend to die in Forty- nine, and, also, when all is over, to be buried in Forty-nine. Some time ago,” continued the speaker, “I was asked to purchase a plotinthe newcemetry. I said to the kind friends who made me this en. ticing offer, ‘ No, I purchase no sepulchral rights in Clarlottetown or its Royalty. I have made up my mind to be buried in Forty-nine. And buried in Forty-nine | am determined to be.’ Yet, dear friends, make no fuss over my funeral. When [ die among you, as I have resolved,I shall die, do not gather a crowd’ to follow me to the stomb,—let four stout tars shoulder my remains—throw the Union Jack over me— dig a hole—throw me in-cover me up, and leave me. Place no expensive monument ovet my resting place. Erect a slab—a plain slab—and write on it :—‘ Here lies William Welsh, who was torn in Forty» nine, lived in Forty-nine, died in Forty- nine, and is here finally buried in Forty- nine.’ ‘This,’ said the orator in conclusion, ‘‘is the programme which I intend to carry out, if you return me to Otawta.”

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The Earl of Beaconsfield’s appearance at his debut as young Disraeli in the House of Commons is thus picturesquely described by one who was present on the occasion : ‘ He was very showily attired, being dressed in a bottle-green frock coat and a waist- coat of white of the Dick Swiveller pattern, the front of which exhibited a net work of glittering chains, large fancy-pattern trow- sers, and a black tie, above which no shirt collar was visible, completed the outward man. A countenance lividly pale set out by a pair of intensely black eyes, and a broad but not a very high forehead, over- hung with clustered ringlets of coal black hair, which combed away from the right temples, fell in bunches of well oiled, small ringlets over his left cheek.’

Tue Nova Sooria Scanpat.—It is not worth while mentioning matters as the Halifax press apears to have been doing with refers ence to the above affair. There is no earth- ly reason why the public should not know the square truth instead of being treated with vague and mysterious hints. Tha facta are that the Attorney General, Mr. Otto 8S. Weeks, has of late developed such a taste for disreputable haunts; has flaunted his licentiousness so openly and defiantly in the face of Public Opinion, that the Goy~ ernment has been at last compelled by the moral sentiment of the community to res quest Mr. Weeks’ retirement. There are bappily but few instances where a Govern. ment or a people have had to suffer so great an indignity. There are but few cases recorded where a man endowed with abilities sufficient to do credit to most any position in the gift of the people, has by his own acts, put himself out of the pale of common decency,—Sackville Post,

To ie Electors of Queen’s Co.

\ ENTLEMEN :—You will soon be called | upon to elect a Representative to fill

the vacant seat in the Dominion House of Commons, caused by the acceptance by | your late member, the Hon. David Laird, | of the Governorship of Keewatin. And having been requested by many influential Electors, from various parts of the County, to offer myself as a candidate, I have con- sented to do so, and now beg to solicit your suffrages.

When Mr. Laird and bis associates agreed to support Mr. Mackenzie, it was on the distinct understanding that Prince Edward Island should have a seatin the Cabinet. | That seat has been given to Ontario, and this Province is now deprived of it.

In this our people have been most un- fairly treatea. If returned I will endeay- our to re-establish that legitimate influence in the Councils of the Dominion, to which this Province, from the number, wealth and intelligence of its people is unquestionably entitled, and I will not support any Ad ministration which wil! refuse to Prince Edward Island a voice in the Councils of the Country.

You will hear much about Free Trade versus Protection. I am aFree Trader on tie b.oad principle, and will render my bes¢ assistance in endeavouring to estab- lish reciprocal Free Trade with the United States, which would do much to promote ihe best interests of this agricultural country.

Our Island Railway has not been pro- ductive of that general benefit to us which Lintended it should be. This in my opi- nion, is entirely owing to its present man agement. I wonld endeavour so to lessen its necessary expenditute and reduce the Tariff as would make it of more extended advantage to all classes.

I claim tor this Province a fair particpa- tion in the expenditure of the public means for the opening up of more extended com- munication with such portions of the colony as are now destitute of the necessary facili- lies for the transit of its productions, and for such other objects of public improve- ment as Will conduce to the furtherance of its best interests.

With reference to matters of General Policy, my best endeavors shall at all times be directed to the development of the vast resources of our Great Dominion.

I have the honor to be, Your Obd't. Serv’t, JAMES C. POPE. October 30, 1876.

To the Electors of Queen’s Co.

ENTLEMEN :—The appointment of tha Hon. David Laird as the Lieutenant Governor of the North-West Territories having caused a vacancy in the Dominion House of Commons, which you will shortly be called upon to fill, I have been solicited by a great number of electors from diflerent parts of the County, to offer myself as a candidate, and I take this early opportunity of informing you of my determination to do so, and of soliciting your support.

The genera] policy of the McKenzie Ad- ministration, based, as I believe it to be, upon principles of honesty and justice, meets with my cordial approval. I recog- nise in that policy a determination to gov- ern this great Dominion on sound political and constitutional principles — a course which necessarily avoids the demoralizing effects which invariably follow from col- lusion between Governments and wea)thy contractors or speculators.

I anra free trader, and I am glad to know that free trade is a plank of the McKenzie platform. ‘To us in these Maritime Pro- vinces the scheme cf Protection cautiously advanced by Sir John A. MacDonald dur ing the last session of the House of Com mons, and now so earnestly advocated by him in’ his public speeches, is merely a scheme to take a certain amount of money from the pockets of the farmers and other consumers, and hand it over to the manu- facturers, It is unjust in the extreme, and will bear with pecuiiar hardship upon the people of this Isiand. Sir John A. Mac- Donald Calls this Protective Policy of his a ** live issue,” and urges his friends to rally round him in support ofit. We free traders of these Maritime Provinces must also re- cognize the importance of this living ques- tion, and be prepared to meet it. Our merchants and traders find it hard enough to pay the present high tariffrates. If our present revenue tariff is raised into a Pro- tective one, it will mean simply so much extra taxation placed upon our farmers, not to carry ou the Government of the

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enrich a smail but influential body of mantic facturers. This dive issue affects, and will affect, every man’s pocket on this Island. It will not be squarely met by those who desire to support Sir John A. McDonald's policy. A protective tariff, they know is like separate schvools—unpopular in this Island, and it will be gilded over with such phrases as ‘* national policy,” much as the Separate school question was attempted to be hid beneath the pregnant policy of ‘* payment forresults.”’ I ask you to be on your guard on this question.

The course adopted by Mr. McKenzie on the Pacific Railway question seems to me to be just and statesmanlike. The engage- ment to build that road was entered into by his opponents while in office, and as I understand—terribly as it may stain our resources—cannot be honorably repudiated. By extending the time for ita completion, and having the road carefully and accura- lely surveyed before any part of it is let to contracl, we may hope to feel the burdens very much less, and have the assurance that we are getling the best that can be got for the outlay.