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both hands for its banishment. The liquor nterest would have defeated me in my ilections if they could. Their whole force was opposed to me. A great many said tll° law was not properly inforced. Particu- larly on the Sabbath day drunkenness he! been something fearful, since '9 h"'° had free rum. '1'he Scott Act works well in ‘he country districts. Under the Scott Act the rising generation was lrtollgllt up with more regard for temperance. A large number of people are .0pP09°d t° license, on the 8"°““d lb“ it nukes I rest evil ill al. .

2 To Mr, C:-ke.—The Scott Act did not effect any other business but the liquor business.

I am opposed to licence law. I prefer the Scott Act. I can't say how the P'°" ent law is going to work. If the machin- ery ‘gm proper-Q worked the AC9 would be the but liquor law we could have. The Scott Act was not working

" very well when repealed; it did not Work

a—-—-:''*’'’‘-

_]‘hat Commission-

Un Friday morning. ll! lll°_ _S“Pl'°m° com-t Room, the Royal Prohibition Com‘ mission unveiled itself to the cyst! Of cim-lottetown. But the light of its luminaries 3000 Pd“ ‘5 u'°_ Pmgmss of fog suction went on; at sventide the Com- mission reminded us vet’! “‘“°h °f ti” comic wanes one often sees of the setting sun, with one eye winking and the other hid in the western main. Perhaps we should say that the whole business was like the trial of Christian and Faithful at Vanity Fair.

In the month of June 1891, the appoint- ment of the Commission was decided up- on. The temperance people lwl 5°00 clamoring for Prohibition. Dissatisﬁed with the Scott Act, which had only been amepted as a temporary compromise. the temperance people felt that the time was ripe for a prohibitory law, and as a result Mr. Jamieson introduced his well known resolution in the Commons. To Minister Fogtgt, the quondam prohibition lecturer, all eyes were turned to see the course he would pursue. The honorable gentleman was prepared for the hour. An amendment was introduced by him and carried, ordering the appointment of the commission to enquire into the evi'.3 of the liquor traffic and the consequences involved in its suppression. mtll lillii act of parliament the temperance people were greatly dissatisﬁed. They felt that the question had been shirked and side- tracked for political purposes. and that a Commission was to be appointed to obtain imformation that was already in the pomession of the parliament and peo-

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When the matter was settled however there was nothing to do but to make the but of it, and the Dominion Temperance Alliance determined to see that their side of the case was duly presented.

Tar case which they have to present, however, must be very diﬂerent from what they expected. The whole business of the Commimion seems to be to find out the eﬁect of the Scott Act,andtotake whatever “opinions " may be oﬂered on the great question for the consideration of which they were appointed. With the Scott Act, good as we believe it in many respects to be, the people are dimstisﬁed. It was for that reason they asked for Pro- hibition and here we have the commission appointed. it was. supposed, to deal with “the evils of the liquor traffic and the consequences involved in its suppression,” spending their time in ﬁnding out how successful or unsuccessful has been a law which every body admits is insuﬁicient for the suppremien of the liquor traﬂic. When the commiﬁon was appointed this journal expressed the opinion that it was a delusion and a snare. We have more reason now to think so than ever. A cer- tain number of witnesses will testify on one side, and a certain number will be called to give directly opposite evidence for the other. Then the coin misaioners will sum up : they will be unable to determine be- tween such contradictory evidence, or they will ﬁnd the people unprepared for Prohibition. The football will be kicked back to Parliament, and Parliament will toss it about for a while, and then roll it under the table, and the question will be ‘hbout as far advanced in 1893 as it was t_:n_years ago. .,

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As for the personnel of the Commission, the following from the Fredericton Re-

porter appears to us to be only too near the truth:—

“It is quite evident that the prohibition question will not receive that fair and un- p_re3 udilced trial that its friends sire. t is very t s_

.of 1‘ "l'h'_e'l!ve '

nations asked, and manner of ilg t sin aresuch asto bring uttot best. effect the advantages of a system, or what may appear to advantages, and to show a failure in rohibition or a local option law. W ' professing to be dgsircus of getting at facts, there were three of the commissioners that sat in lfredericton who were putting the ques- tions into the mouths of witnesses in such a way as to make their evidence appear as opposed to prohibition or to show up the _SeottActinitsvsryworstand ' . mg light if such could possibly be aﬁ , _Ind only one to combat that inﬂueace. It is quite evident to a spectator by the tem- P°1' Shown by the commissioners at the nature of the evidence, that they have had ‘'0 d“"‘l° yenrdmg Sympathiss, and that “W '“J°1'Il! have become special . ers and counsel for their respective ' sas.”

s°"‘°'h°l’_° the next decade “'9 P001910 will realize that the politic-ans have played with thsmlcag enough, ",4 like the matter into their own hands.

1-1-T 0lsarIIavanaO‘gan_

since the prosecutor was dismissoid. To Judge McDonald—I was not coiﬁilted, neither was the council in l‘l'¢3Il’¢l

to the liquor regulation I“ Act.

in my cellar before the Scott Act was en-

law. I would rather have free trade than license. '

To Mr. Gigsult—-I pronounce myself in favor of the Scott Act. It would have been better for the citizens hid they supported it better.

trade to be mmoral and a great evil.

Srtrsxnuitr Macisrasrz Fimgerald sworu—I am stipendiary magistrate for

been Magistrate since 1875. gave the following as the convictions in his court for the years mentioned :—

Cises he ird. Drunkeness.

1876.....»..l290 676 1877 . . . . . . . . 1297 737 1878 . . . . . . . . 749 357- 544 331 429 256 472 197 - 404 218 526 481 690 592 516 598 483 510 IN! . . . . . . . . 466 The Scott Act came into force in 1880. Previous to my appointment theicriminal business was not properly looked after. Thelicsnsslsw wasinforce I had 19 policemen in 1878. The crime was very large. The railroad was build-

then than there is now.

The total amount of {i we under the Scott Act were 812.643. The copvictions numbered 364-243 lst oﬁencesg 65 2nd and 51 3rd. There were 123 actual im- prisonments, 46 for 1 month and 77 for 2 months. The average conviction for drunkenness per month for the 9 years of Scott Act rule was 22. The average from February 91 to 30 June, 92 was 22 11-18. The average from 30.-.h June to 31st July was 17.

The drunkenness coming b.-fore me is largely among some 25 or 30 roughs, who are arrested time after time; the drunk-'

mostly wharf rats; some of them have families. Today we have a law that regu- lates the sale of liquor in decency. It pro- hibits drunkeuneas at a late hour of the night and on Sunday. I found the Scott Act a workable law. When the Act came nto force there was a temperance alliance iand a few prosecutors were appointed in cmnection with the alliance. This inter- fered with the private businem of some ‘persons and the office was transferred to the chief of police.

To Mr. Clarke— I don’t know how 4 many places were licensed I could hard- ly say the Scott Act was an educative law in many ways. A law upon the sta- tute book, continually violated,can hardly be called educative. For men who wish to see the liquor traﬁc prohibited the Act would prove an education. With a total prohibition law you go to the root and stop all traffic. The Scott Act for- bids the sale of liquor but permits its im- portation. I would prefer prohibition. To Mr. McLeod—The chief difficulty of the working of the Scott Act was due to the apathy of the people. The court sustained the Act practically. I do not think the police made it a pohit to arrest more people'fm_i_drunk-

‘Its ‘n-3‘~iné-goiyiucii because of dissipated parents," There are 10 to 15‘ professional" ‘criminals come before me, ages ranging from 16 to 30. llliat "liquor sellers were imprisoned by me. I think is ‘gen- eral ‘prohibition law would be more easily enforced than the Scott act. It is veiy diﬂicult to prevent the sale of liquor when it is allowed to be imported. There is certainly a smaller amountof to day than in 1875. I largely ngniiianio the crime of, drunkenness _’to 1875, to the. of the police court". *

out, and the younger are not lak-

ing their places. “There ‘were a

i never bought wins in violation of council chanced this otﬁoo to the then the Scott Act. I happened to have wins Gil‘! Mlﬂlllllo "9""! the 51'“ 3 °3P‘l’l° r

forced. A prohibitory law would a fair

To Dr. McLeod—I believe the "liquor °"°‘ in P'ln°° '95 5'‘ Klnﬂlﬁ ‘lll°° ml

the city of Charlottetown and justice of

A h I :1 I business; in Prince County liquor selling the! for the ' 01° “din; ‘kw hasgreatly increased under the Canada

ing in 1873. There was more shipping

ennem among mechanics or professional 1 pa men is very small. Those roughs are "

ms-fin r ?‘;q‘n.d°r - , __ _ , ,&q=ii;oocriI_ca oiV§raanoé.'~==i.iieiac ",,i,i.‘n_i_;j In mg the evidence and tfii_'c"3'=abfe""_t3}d‘i-ﬂ“,"i%,iic'y‘I_sr.‘ . g'ely iirgoiy to tank, yéutlifsl orimin; r

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no inducement for a person to sell in a concealed room now. The years 73. 79;

nose to proceeding years. The police force was not reduced on account of the Scott

Titre was illicit sale of liquor under the [issues law. The licensed persons as- sisted in bringing the illicit sellers to jus- tice. There were eome years when the Scott Act was not so well enforced as in others. I found an ordinary police force not suﬂiciently trainedfor educated to en- force such a law as the Scott Act Their paymasters being opposed to the act would have some eﬂect upon“ the enforce- ment. To Mr. Gigault—In some sections the law is enforced, mi in others it isntt. Religious training has a very large effect in creating temperance sentiment. The pri_sst's admonition; has morefedect than my conviction. Rev. Mr. Brewer also has done great good. To Mr. Clarke-—Every law is more easily enforced by the police force where the public are in sympathy with the law. There was a special oﬂicer some years ago appointed to enforce the law, but the

man, the other an idiot.

Judge Hodgscn—-sworn: To Judge HeDonald——I have been Master of the Rolls about 18 months. Previous to that I practiced law since 1881. I acted as liquor counsel in Que: n's County and in Prince. County as temper- ance advocats. -I have had several liquor

elevation tothe Bench. The Scott Act has increased the drunkenness,has increas- ed perjury. In Queen's County,the liquor selling is looked upon as a disreputable

Temperance act. In a portion of King's County the liquor business has increased, in other sections it is not so.

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Act has greatly increased drinking in bed rooms and other places. Now a person

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an-a. Ausassda paisley For many years an esteemed communicant of

Trinity Episcopal church. Newburgh, N. Y.,

always sa ‘- Thank You” to Hood's sar- saparilin. e surrcredicr earsircm Reasons: and scrolvalu sores on er face, head and ears. making her deaf nearly a year, and affect ing her sigh To the surprise of her friends

Hood’s Sarsaparilla

Has effected a cure and she can now hear and see as weilas ever. For full particulars of her ca so send to C. I. Boon & C0-. L0W0ll. M383-

Hoog-3 P;L1_s are hand wide. and are per- fect in condition, proportion and -.= ppcarance.

THE GUARDIAN, o = ‘

80. and 81, show a decrease in drunken- ‘Ii 1

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and Nasal Balm (special wholesale prices.)

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Physician’s Prescriptions and private Rs-

cipes carefully prepared by the proprietor with chemicals imported direct from “Squire,’

Bros, and other leading manufacturers. Hoarraiin Car-ru Mrnrcmr a sp ccialty Agent for Parks .-‘Davis 6' Co. at their prices:

We import largely and sell wholesale or retail on the reasonable terms.

REQUEST mi, nenieinent or counts due _ furnished July tel 1898.

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