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THE DAILY EXAMINER. HALDIMAND,

HALDIMAND has again returned Dr. Mon

tague. His majority is small; but the

victory is a splendid one. Mr. Laurier and his lieutenants in the Upper Provinces ictive part in the contest ; Dr.

When we

all took an

Montague ‘‘ went it alone.”

eflect that Haldimand never returned a

Conservative before this year, we must

election of the Doctor under

circumstances a8 4 grand

regard the such victory for the Liberal-Conservative Party—a certain

proof that the popularity of the Govern-

ment ef Sir John Macdonald is increasing ss the years roll on

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Local Prohibition.

Prohibition is W e are

Tue idea of Provincial making some way in Nova Scotia. decidedly in favor of Prohibition when and where it can be enforced; but recent obser- vations in the North-west have convinced the writerthat unless Prohibition be backed up and enforced by public opinion, it is Whether or not

be enforced in this Pro-

much worse than useless. Prohibition could vince is, however, a question well worthy of consideration. If we had a law prohibit- ing the manufacture, importation and sale of liquors, and if that law were supplemented by revenue officers to prevent smuggling, could it be enforced in this Province? Cer- tainly, the success of the Scott Act is not assuring. But, then, one of the weaknesses of the Scott Act is that it permits the im- portation of liquors in both large and small quantities; and it has not sufficient strength either in itself.cr from public opinion to keep men from selling, and drinking, and getting drunk on the liquors which are im- Prohibition law, with

the liquor great

imported. A the revenue officers to keep out, would undoubtedly have a advantage over the Seott Act. Even with this advantage it would be no good unless backed up in a practical way by public opinion. Could public opinion be depended upon to do this? In Charlottetown it could

not; throughout the country it could. Temperance men in town talk loud and do nothing; temperance men in the country say less but do something; and we may rea- sonably conclude that the work of the lat_ than—eounteract the

ter would more

verbosity of the former. On the whole, we are disposed to regard the idea of Provincial Prohibition with favor. But would (or could) Parliament make speciallaws tv affect one or two Provinces in respect to the importation of liquors ¢

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“Mr. Plizgerald’s Doings.”

Tut Patriot tacitly denounees the tactics of the Guardian respecting Mr. R. R. Fitz- gerald ; and says that it regards a libellous letter which appeared in the Guardian of Saturday as *‘ one. of those injurious at- tacks on the Stipendiary Magistrate which are not only untrue but are calculated to injure the cause which the writer seeks to promote.”

There can be no doubt that the cause of temperance (per se) is good and strong+ good enough and strong enough to be dis- cussed on its own merits; and it argues when sup-

porters of the Scott Act are constrained to

something wrong somewhere

make their campaign one of slander and libel, in which strong and faithful temper- ance men who see that the Scott Act is not doing true temperance work are subjected to the most annoying taunts and inuendoes, und officers of the law, striving to do their duty are made the objects of false charges and bitter invectives.

We cordially agree with what the Patriot says in defence of Mr. Fitzgerald :

**Mr. Fitagerald fills a position of great difficulty when presiding at the hearing of charges for violation of the Canada Temper- ance Act, and we have no hesitation in saying that he has discharged the duties of that position well. He, no doubt, has made _mis- takes ; most men do at times. So far as we can remember, there is no court inthe Do- minion, from the Supreme Court of Canada down to the pettiest small debt court, which hag not had its decisions occasionally reversed by a higher tribunal; yet they are not made the subject of denunciation in the outrageous way in which Mr. Fitzgerald has been de- nounced. We have known Mr. Fitzgerald to be attaeked, and bitterly attacked, by indis- creet supporters of the Scott Act for not hav- ing convicted persons charged with offences against the Scott Act, when no magistrate who valued his oath of office and understood the laws by which he should be governed, could do otherwise than Mr. Fitzgerald did.”

Every word of this istrue Mr. Fitz- gerald is painstaking and careful in the in- vestigation of Seott Act cases, to a degree. That he has inistakes, goes without saying; nor has Tae ExaMINeR hesitated to point his mistakes out. But we believe that the public have perfect con-

made some

idence in his ability and impartiality as a very great plea- sure in bearing testimony to the fact.

magistrate, and we have

Che Northwestern Chroniele, one of the _ ; ey ; leading Catholic journals of the United States, in its last issue, published A . . anne "eC ; n_cloquent appeal, over a column in

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length, to the Catkolie women of Minnesota to torm themselves into temperance unions Che movement is approved ‘by Bishbp ‘Lrve

Jend anil the Jeadmy clergy of the State.

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A Sure Sign. Tue intolerante exhibited’ by some sup- of the Seott Act and their remarks about the unchristian conduct of those who them on the

port rs may choose to differ witli the Act being a failure, 1s one position taken

We maintain

grounds of of the surest signs that the by Tue Examiner is sound. that as a suppressor of the rum traftic the Scott Act’has been tried and found want- ing. _With a law making the

yendor responsible for all damage

license done by

those te whom he sells, and

make of him a detective to ferret out and toxicants for sale, the cause of temperance will be much better served than by con-

present swearing and Why «do not the people who talk so glibly «bout the | benefits uf the Act see to

Do they lend it their céuntenance,and go to |

shiftlessness. its enforcement

. . } the places where they know rum is sold, |

} } j ‘ do the

and inferm the authorities, and towards bringing the offenders | justice? Oh, no; they staud and make attacks on the characters of those | officials who seek to get at the trath| through the mass of lying, perjury and deceit by which they are surrounded. In proof of this, we have only got to point at malicious attacks on

part

on. wane side

the unealied-for and our Stipendiary Magistrate, who is doing his best to have all proven violators of the Act fully punished. There is a great difference between being accused and being proven guilty; but the wise-acre who covetg Mr. FitzGerald’s job does not know this. Let us say, once for all, we believe in a prohibitory law that will prohibit ;nota law that allows liquor to be imported into the Province, as the Scott Act does. _ Oo Ot or

Temperance Sermons.

We have lately had several very good temperance sermons; and more are prom- ised, it should be. Than

drunkenness, there is

This is as

no vice demand-

ing more constant attention from

from press. But while the

time to time denounced

pulpit and press has from violations of the law,

the results of the operation of the Scott

commented upon

Act, and inveighed against the evil of the increasing drunkenness, the pulpit has been Now, on. the eve of a Scott

Act election, the pulpits begin to speak.

People are reminded that intemperance. is asin, and told that it is their duty to up-

hold the law. Had such preaching issued from each of our pulpits once a month dur- ing the past three or four year's, it is not at

all likely that ‘so many temperance men,, disgusted with the results 6f the Scott Act,

and despairing of ever having it enforced in Charlottetown, would now be glad to see the Scott Act repéaled, and a law which would be better enforced take its place.

We sincerely hope that as a result of the sermons aud the prayers, the clergymen, at

least, may have their eyes opened to discern the essential difference between ‘Temper

ance and Scott Act, and that they will not cease to preach temperance as soon as the votes are in,

almost silent.

Two Daring Robberies. Some time between Saturday night and this morning burglars entered the meat market of Blake Bros. at the West end of the. Market House, and took about $12 in smal] change from the locked drawer of the desk in the private office. They also took a number of valuable papers from the desk drawers to the outsile market, where, after culling them over, they left them. An entrance was effected through the refrigera- tor window on the South side of the build- ing, thence over a wall through an aperture about nine inches in height, into tlie office. For some time past several petty robberies have also been committed at their premises on King Street, the thieves coutenting themselves with stealing sheep pelts. The robbery at the meat market js said to have been committed while the Salvation Army were on the Square yesterday. :

About three o’clock on Sunday morning one of the panes of glass in the window of the Boot and Shoe Store of Michael Mc- Quaid, on Lower Queen Street, was broken and three pairs of boots which were on stands in the window captured. The watchman on the block below heard the noise just in time to see the thief disappear around the Union House corner with his booty, but toovlate to effect a capture.

All the robbeties are suppose to have been conimittea by the one gang, and ag their names are known tothe police their cap ure is, no doubt, but a question of time.

—~- —a Se me Supreme Court. Monpay, Noy. 14,

The Court met to-day for the purpose of hearing two applications under the Scott Act. The three judges were on the bench.

Re James Doyle, a prisoner in Queen’s Couaty Jail.—The prisoner was committed to jail by two justices of the peace for a breach of the Scott Act, and on Wednes- day last Mr, Peters obtained an order for a writ of habeas corpus to discharge him. To-day he was brought. before. the Court, and after argument the Court refused to discharge Doyle and he was remanded to jail. Mr. Davies, Q. C., appeared for the convicting magistrates.

In Re Elizabeth Noonan.—This was an application made by Mr. Wright, of Sum- merside, to set aside a conviction made by the Stipendiavy Magistrate of Summerside, against Mrs. Noonan fog a breach of the Scott Act. Mr. Wright objected to ali the Magistrate's proceedings, especially on the ground that the summons had not deen personally seryed .on defendant. Mr. Hodgson. on behalf of James Caldwell, the Summerside Inspector, opposed Mr.

dismissed with costs. Mr. heard in reply, at some length. The Court dismissed the application with costs. * .

which wil! inform on those who illegally’ have in

}opponents, but are nevertheless working

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tinuing an «Act which has never been j y¢}), rhey have every confidence in the

properly enforced, and which, under | intelligence of the electorate. They know conditions, invites lying, false | that our citizens are’ sufficiently. discrimi-

‘! ment or appealing tothe “passions of the

|have no doubt but on the 24th. good sober

Wright's application, and asked that it be! Wright > was |

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TOWN TOPICS.

What is being Talked About on the Strects and Elsewhere. | ; }

The Scott Act campargu goes bravely on. | As election day. approaches the interest | increaves. The friends. of the. Act are) making a big push. They are determined | to sustain: their pet fad, and with object in view are importing people from the other provinces to.tell the intelligent slectors of this city how the Act has worked here during the past six years! Just what these importations know about the success

or failure of the Act remains to be seen. o%

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| The many citizens who having become iclisgusted with the working of the Act are going to vote in favor of a change for the

better, are not sé demonstrative as their

nating to judge for themselves inthe “mat- tor of the success or nen-suecess of the Act,

are not indulging in-any , silly. senti- multitude. This is as it should be. I cominon sense will prevail, and as a result that temperance abortion the Scott Act will be defeated.

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The wet, drizzly weather,we have lately been treated to has not improved the tem- per or added ‘anything to the comfort of those of us afflicted with that dire com- plaint, rheumatism. Rheumatism is an old foe, a foe wealldread. It usually strikes in about: February, and sticks like LePage’s glue until June, when it gradually saws off. It then goes on a vacation until somewhere in the leafy inonth of September, when the fall term Commences. This térm lasts till about New Year, when the annual ‘‘calls” and ‘‘bills” are seasonable, These two combined sort of lays it over a about a month, when it returns to the fray like af giant refreshed with new wine.

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Rheumatism is no respecter of persons Old and young, grave and gay, rich and pyor, all are at its beck and call. And the longer it works the more vigorous it be- comes. It does not limit its labors to eight hours a day, but will hold »vut for the twenty-four, with Sundays and holidays thrown in, and never talks of striking for higher wages. Many rheumatism specitics are in the market, all of which are warrant- ed sure cures. Nothing is, however, so un- certain as these sure cures. One does not know when he has them. However, it does not take one long to find out when he has the rheumatism.

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Charlottetown, for its area and popula- tion, is one of the most gossipy places on the face of the earth. . Each one knows all about the other's business. Indeed, some know more about other people’s business than they do about their. own. This charactefisti¢ appears to have been handed down from past generations, and is one of the several things that the march of pto- gress, and Civilization. has not been suecesatul’ in stamping’ out. Some ofour young men.are much giver to this unmanily pastime, but to the’young women must be awarded the palm. , °

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The women are almost always chock full of small taik. They consider it their’ duty to communicate what they know in - strict confidence to some friend. This friend rehearses the story, slightly embellished, to some of her: friends, and so it passes from one to another. The story, as a general thing, loses none of its interest by frequent telling, as it isalways dished up in a new form, and finally all traces of the original are swept away. Truly, the average woman is becoming a most dangerous rival of the newspaper as a disseminator of news.

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While passing along Prince Street, to- wards Grafton, yesterday afternoon, my attention was attracted in an easterly direc- tion by the noise of profanity, mingled with Salvation Army songs, On looking in the direction of the noise I was much pained to observe a young lad about sixteen years of age reeling along the street in a beastly state of intoxication, and indulging in pro- fane. and obscene language. “Fhere were quite a number of»people, among whom were many very young boys and girls, look- ing at the sad sight and drinking in thefoul language of the young tough. — This young laa, | am given to understand, . is but one ef the many of like years who have grown up drunkards ander the protecting wing of that great temperance measure, the Scott Act !

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Manager Weber is with us onee more. He has, ‘in my opinion, the best company he has ever brought here, yet he does not draw as he did in former years. Why this is so ] cannot. understand. His prices are fair and his repertoire is-made up largely of standard plays— plays which. in_ former years ‘‘drew like a plaster.”. He is, so. far as I can learn, a square man, a man who pays as he gues every time. “This is, | of course, nothing- more than he should do and for which he deserves no particular commendation ; but his cénduct inthis respect is in striking contrast to that of some other mmagers who.lhave used our people to further their owu ends and theu left them in the lurch. There is nothing mean about Webber, and he certajnly deserves better patronage than he is receiving. r

Percy. -_— i> - >. ia — Local Notices.

A veRY superior lot of Rubbers at Goff Bros.

G. H. Haszaxp is now opening his Christ- mas and New Year Cards i season of 1887- 1838. Designs are finer than ever,

nov]!2—3i

Cueap dress goods at J. B. Macdonald’s.

octl3 tf Lapires’ and gents’ walking boots, latest style at Gorr Bros. oct. 6 tf

Boors ! Beots! Boots ! ~The largest stock in the city, One hundred and four cases boots amd seventy cases rubbers now open and more to follow. You can get the best quality, the largest variety and the lowest pricés iz tqwn at the Dominion Boot and Shoe Store.—J. _B. Macdonald, Proprietor. oct]3 dy wy tf

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Bank op MonTREAL:—The statement of the Bank of Montreal for the six months ending Oct. 3ist, submitted to the Directors, shows

this |4

The Court stands adjourned until: Wed-

nesday, fur ths purpose of deliverimy j:idg- OMB ee Seg Hee SS

a decrease in the net earnings of about $100,- | 3.000, compared With tire? corntatpoutini? werivtl | ia 1336 *

- MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14. 1887. .

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A “ Merehant'’s” Views.

Sin,—I am an interested on-looker of the campaign now going on between those who support the Scott Act and those who are opposed to it. I belong tothe latter class. have no interest in the sale of spirituous liquors at all ; it does not interfere with me in the least. As a merchant ! import what I require for private use, including some that I send round as presents, or in case of sickness ; and I may therefore claim to have no pecuniary interest in the matter.

1 concede all that the most extreme Scott Act men say as to the liquor traffic. I have been drinking more or less for the last fifty years on sea and land, and | ought to know something about it. Itis a curse. But mind you, sir, when the system has been accustomed to the use of it it is hard to give itup. It amuses me to hear inveterate smokers or tobacco chewers ‘‘ spouting ” at meetings against those who take a glass of beer or grog. Lreally don’t know which habit is the most offensive. But as far as crime is concerned, no doubt the use of intoxicants is sv. Curious, is it not, sir, that one man makes a ‘‘ stove pipe” of his threat, and isdown upon another who in- dulges in a glass of beer or some hot brandy and water.

You are a cold water man, I believe, but nevertheless you are constrained to say, as a public journalist, that the Scott Act has proved a failure. I yive you credit for the stand you have taken. You are a Liberal- Conservative and | am a ‘‘ grim Grit,” and a follower of Blake’s ; but as I consider the Scott Act not a political question, but one in which we should throw politics aside, I am with you on the stand you have taken. | opposed the re-enaction of the Scott Act prior to the last election, and wrote several letters ‘pointing out that on commercial principles the Act must prove a failure in this Maritime Province of ours.

Now, let us look at the question from a commercial point of view. The laws that govern commerce say ‘* That wherever there is a demand, and money to be made, a sup- ply will flow in no matter what “ State”

Clarlotteown Boot & Shoe Faetur

BETTHR THAN EVER

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Old Lasts Thrown Away; New Lasts Received.

The Long-Looked for Boot at Last,

Great Comfort. Great Wear. ns Best Value.

Gor F BROS.

Ch’town, Nov. 14, 1887—eod & wky

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GEORGE E. FULLS,

Where You Can Exchange Your Money for What Yeu Want at the Very Lowest Prices,

restriction may be. This has been abun- dantly proved by the sometimes bloody | conflicts between smugglers and the coast- | guard service in the Mother Country in | bygoneé times.

The folly of the Scott Act is this: The Government allo«s the country to be flood- ed with liquor on payment of the duty, and the Canada Temperance Act says it shall not be sold in small quantities ander severe | tines and penalties. This soit of Legisla- tion encourages the importation of liquor on the one hand, for the sake of the duties, and with the other says it shall not be con- sumed |

The working of the Scott Act has just’ been what was to be expected, a logical | sequence of ‘‘cause and effect.” It has’ proved a miserable failure. The trade, or tratlic, or whatever you choose: to call it, | has been driven from the respectable tavern or boarding house, where you could get re- freshment for man and horse—as the old, sign-boards used to indicate—to the secret! saloon and the cellar, where the worst kinds of intoxicants are sold. It has, in | my. opinion, aggravated the disease.

The local statistics of the importation of spirituous liquors do not afford any index as to the quantity of spirits used. I will give youa proof. Last week I imported a quantity of flour and other goods from

Montreal. Among these goods was a cask of old rye whiskey. I did not: require to go to the Custom House

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at all to make an entry, the goods were delivered to me on payment of the freight here. The excise duty had been paid in } Montreal. It is the same with. brandy, ! wine, beer, &c., from any other part of the Dominion here. The duty is paid atd Halifax, St. John or Montreal. The importer takes it away and does what he likes with it.

The clergy here, as usual, take the lead in favor of the Scott Act. We give thém credit for good intentions, but as one of the laity I should say :—‘* You had _ better con- fine your dogmatisin to the . pulpit, and not quote misleading statistics in matters you do not understand, and we must beg of you not to abuse us, as the editor of the Patriot does over anonymous signatures, for oppos- | ing the Scott Act. It is possible that our opposition to the Scott Act may be as sincere a8 yours is in favor of it. The only difference. is that we lovk at it practically, and you look at it sentimentally and theoretically.”

Since writing the foregoing I have been at St. Paul's. The new rector—who isa man of thought an@tulture—yavé uaa very good sermon on ‘the temperance question, and narpated some terrible experiences that

Ame ubder his ,crsetink observation of the évils.of ‘the -liquor traffie. I could haye supplemented them from mine. He was of opinion that “moral suasion was not sufficient and was in favor of the retention of the Scott Act. But, to my mind, he did not strike at the root of the evil. It would have been more to the point, [ thought, if he had struck at the Government for continuing the traftie— because practically it is they who do it by legalizing a system that puts millions of dollars into the Treasury. It is for the people to sweep the system away if they choose.

[ shall have to ask you for space for another letter.

Your obedient seryant, MERCHANT.

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Ch’town, 14th Nov., 1887. CHARLOTTETOWN. 7?

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