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i ' fairly. We have always contended—and He believed that the new Act would re-| be to the advantage of the people to have Grey & White Cottons, wandet by nada iaiae Gemaeatiie be for. Fs: w contend—that the salaries of Dominion commend itself tea large majority of the| the roads in good order, and they would not Mails for ocean iin di sem it ae : . people. He looked upon the provision| consider two days too much to spend on for places on and served from those routes . officials here should be just as high as they) Giving fixed salaries to the Supervisors as}them. There would be an inducement for C LOTH S will be closed daily at 2 o’clock, p. m. : are on the mainland. They were not so] one of the best features of the new measure. ' the people to perform Statute Labor. There Post Office open from 8, a.m. : till 8, p. m. under the Grits. But from the reductions|The roads were not ena | or at _ - difficulty ee in collecting A. A. MACDONALD ; ; : : _lunder the present system. @ Govern-| the tax, especially frem young men. > ; i whieh ate being sade in the sane ve ment had ite alia with inconsistency ;} If the revenue aid admit “Of it being a Post Office Charlottetown, a inces, and from the fact that justice is, at')4+ he contended that the Government had/done, the best way to keep the roads in —AND— May 6th, ‘1879. last, being done our County Court Judges, | right to bend to the wishes of the people. ' repair would be to let them out in sections ; . , we are inclined to think that tho policy of ee a _~ sora —. — want _ a — = practicable rs ee i | M . : to enforce the new Law; but it wou eas|He thought the measure now before the , aerate <> iia oe easy to enforce that Act as any other. Be | House a as good a law as could be put 0 ASSEB, 0 ASEB, > generous and just ; and that all our officials, | 5.3 resuming his seat, Mr. Campbell ad-|in force, and he felt justified in supporting eo e from the Chief Justice down, will be placed | ministered a castigation to the hon. mem-| it. UST RECEIVED, 110 Puncheons Choice Bs in a position of equality with their com-| ber for West River— Mr. Farquharson. The House went into Committee on the oF New Crop MOLASSES. Will be sold Hon. Mr. Conroy said that one of the! Bill, Mr. A. J. McDonald in the Chair. Cheap for cash or approved credit.

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ltus. It seems likely that there will bo a | contest - and this, \"e think, under the sad circumstances, is to be regretted.

We

under existing circumstances.

Mr. Spaw believed that the new Act reat satisfaction to the country in general. The Bill passed by the late Government might be applicable — to wealthier or more advanced countries, but it was not suitable to this Province, under

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EX “PRINCE EDWARD,”

1 00 BUSHELS Scotch Fife Wheat —yave the very best satisfaction last year.

FLOUR AND CORNMEAL, Wholesale and Retail.

. | : of the north side of It was utterly ok Six Months, $2 50 ‘learn that the people of the no1 | our present circumstances. Three Months, 1 25 ‘the district would much rather there should | impossible for poor people to get money ~ aa 50 BBLS. APPLES — 00 ; 2 ibe no contest ; and are quite willing that | pay shel reed aK and & yond ey ae a ee ete mre ne ee ’ *“ i | t - oe e Tl 7 ‘ i ; ; — lany respectable man the electors of the boon foe re Srebent. the Supervisors 2 B. BALDERSTON.

sr Advertising at most moderate rates. isouth side may select should be elected by oonid expend the money granted for the No. 11 Queen street, May 8—3w

Contracts may be made for monthty, ae ‘acclaraation. Would it not be well, then, | roads as they thought Pra th or was ‘ : EES Ie terly, or half-yearly advertisements, on appl) +) i). }oading men of the seuth side were, no check upon them, anc the roa on Gt q ti ( Gt

ae if tho lea ling 1 3 a and select one} open for jobbery in a small way. The Pain aviga On 0, eamers ee aie <1 a eineiialitil to put their heads together anil select one | open vould be better satisfied with the ra

os | a WY. ROE len § f wi all the other candidates peep i believed that —

Manager. | Cie Gapt7™ Bee Vee Co. new system, and under it he believe a a _ Fr | will withdraw | We think so. the roads would he Semeronst. ae 5 WM, ra = 18°79. i As to the man : Popular feeling seems to} = Mr. DeBtors had come to the conclusion , 7 AS THE DAILY EX AMIN ER. be running inf sympathy with the son of | that the Road Act now in force was a se sini? Rineaext keith Gh A A dns — tative; and too extreme, and the old Statute Labor Ac = SE, Laneainaek dak team MAY 8, 1879. the late lamented representative ; >! was too loose. He was glad to find the cess of Wales” will leave as under :— : = I certainly, it seems but natural and proper; Goyernment adopting an intermediate ine. diitiaih: : The “Werald” on Railway Re-| that tle son should succeed the father if he | course— taking what was good in both Acts. : has the ability so to do. From the little | The present law gave the Commissioner of { wh From Charlottetown to Pictou, every MON-

adjustment.

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Tue Jerald agrees with the Exawiver in condemning the recent readjustment of the railway staff, which gives satisfaction to neither the friends nor foes of the Govern- ment ; but it goes further than the Ex- AMINER can go when it condemns the eco- nomical policy of the Government. With a vivid remembrance of the strong vitupera- tion and brilliant sarcasm with which the editor of the I[erald only lately assailed the *‘ Grit Castle of Indolence” —viz., the Rei!- way Offico—and the extravagance which possessed it, we read with some surprise 1¢ censure of the present Government for abolishing several unnecessary offices, reduc ing some salaries, and saving some $10,000 ayear. In fact it is astonishing that one so shrewd, clever, and uniformly consistent as the editor of the Herald should have al- lowed himself to be drawn into so un- eyuivocal a position. A few days ago he was attacking Grit extravagance to the top of his bent. Now he is, with equal vigor, condemning Liberal-Conservative economy.

He says the $10,000 which the Govern- ment have saved is lost to the Province. Bat what right has he te regard the matter from a Provincial or sectional stand point ? He has been lamenting the extravagance and recklessness which resulted in millions of deficits, and brought the Dominionto the verge of bankruptcy. But it would now ssem that he regards such extravagance and recklessness as a positive good ; for is not the Province benefitted by it? Now we think no Province has a right to be benefit- ed by unnecessary expenditures on the part of the General Government ; and we of this Province, have no right to complain when unnecessary expenditures are curtailed, and the burden of the country at large is lightened. We, however, agree with the Herald that this Province ought not to be treated un-

peers of the larger Provinces. As to the expenditures on the railway, they will, in all likelihood,be as large as ever—the differ- ence being that the money will be expended in the improvement of the read and not upon unnecessary officials. Our people have not failed to note that $30,000 more were voted the railway last session than ever heretofore, so that it is almest certain that the expenditure on the road will be at least equal to what it has been; and that, from a Provincial standpoint, we shall not be in a worse posi-

we know of Mr. Lucius 0. Kelly, we judge that he is a young man of talent ; and his knowledge of general politics and the parti- cular requirements of the district is indis- putable.

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Result of the “ Dashaway Policy.’

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Mr. Riewarps, with a laudable desire to get at the truth, asked the Government to produce a statement of Receipts and Ex- penditures of the first quarter of the cur- rent year—the last in which Messrs. Davies and Stewart held office. The official re- ply may gratify Mr. Richards appetite for truth; but it displays the ‘* economy an care” of the men whom he delights to honor in anything but a favorable light. The reply is, in effect, that, of a half year’s revenue of $95,862.18, no less than $82,- 960.52 were expended by them in three months, leaving only $12,901.67 to defray the expenses of the following three months. Had the people allowed this Government to continue in power, where should the Province be in a very short time ?

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PROVINGIAL LEGISLATURE,

HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY.

Tusgspay, May 6. Evening Session. Hon. Mr. CampBet considered the ques- tion before the House avery important one. In an agricultural country like this, it was of the utmost importance te have roads made under the very best system that the resources of the country could afford to have carried out. Those entrusted with the management of the roads should be prac- tical men. The scarcity of money rendered it necessary that a measure should be enacted that would meet the requirements of the country. The people demanded that they should have the option of either work- ing or paying, and it was the duty of the Government to give the privilege asked for.

arguments used by the Opposition against the new Bill was, that they were retracing their steps; but, for his part, he would be very happy if they could retrace their steps, and do away with all the legislation of the last six years. The roads were in a very bad state in his district, and if they were not better attended to in the future than they were in the past two years, they would soon become mere paths. ‘The Treasury cannot afford the same amount of money to be laid out on the roads now; but it could when the present law was passed, and it was the general wish of the whole community to

Public Works too much power. He would support the now measure on the score of economy. The scarcity of money rendered it necessary to give the people the option of working. The new law would meet the wants of tlie country districts. He thought it would meet the views of the hon. mem- ber for West River, for whatever money

be expended within it.

Hon. Mr. Lerurcey said that the late Government thought that the present Act was a good measure at the time it was passed ; but there are many Acts passed into law that do not come up to the expec- tations of their promoters or the require- ments of the people. This was the case with the present Road Act. The Bill now before the House was an improvement upon the old Statute Labor Law. They were trying to frame a measure that would be in keeping with the wants of the country. The people were dissatisfied with the meac- ures passed two years ago, and the Road Act was one of them. Money was more plentiful then than it was to-day. Men would now find it easier to work two days on the roads than to find work that would enable them to get money to pay their road tax. Under the supervisors, the labor was not now being done as it should. The poorer localities did not get their share of the road grant that they deserved. I[t was the duty of the House, then, to make the new law as workable as possible.

Hon. Mr. Ferauson replied at soine length to the objections urged by the Op- position against the passage of the Bill

Mr. Gavin said that in no part of the Dominion are the roads so hard to keep in repair as they are here, and in no other Province do the people require goed reads so much. In some parts of the country it was impossible to get all the produce hauled to market in the fall, and shippers had to hold a great part of it all winter. The present law may be geod in theory, but it has not given satisfaction to the country. The roads were not in as good state of repair as formerly, and there could not be money enough placed at the disposal of the Supervisors to keep them in a proper state. The Statute Labor system was abused in the past, but this was owing more to the way in which the law was carried out than to the Act itself. It would

After some time spent in Committee, the Chairman reported progress and asked leave to sit again.

House adjourned.

Wepnespay, May 6.

House in Committee of the Whole, re- sumed the consideration of the ‘‘ Roads ond Bridges Act.” After some time spent, the Speaker took the chair.

Mr. Benttgy asked whether the state- ment in the Report of the late Commission- er of Public Works, under the head of ** Contracts accepted and entered into during 1878,” were a full and true state-

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Our Stock for this Season surpasses

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VALUE, STYLE and VARIETY !

And, notwithstanting the increased

duties, we can (with a few

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teturning to Summerside EVERY NOON, on arrival of morning train from St. John.

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TEA AND SALE.

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E Ladies of Zion Church intend holding a Tea and Sale of Fancy and Useful Articles, inthe Basement of their Church, on

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hia : fall back on the old Statute Labor System. ; ment ?

ie . tion than we were before. : Under thet now in force, the roads inone}| Hon. D. Fercvuson—Not a full state- WEDNESDAY, i4TH INST.,

ib There is another point upon which we] part of the country were built up at the ex-| ment. On the 7th November last a private IN AID OF THEIR BUILDING FUND

1 cannot agree ‘with the Herald, viz.: it8; pense of another. Ri poor _ wanted to} contract was made between the Govern- The Sale will t o'clock >

te hasty condemnation of Messrs. Pope and|bave the option of either working or pay-} ment and John McIntosh and Rebert De- ee et ee ae ae en ee ae

iY B aaa We tees that Mr. Br m e ag ing, and he believed that under the law|war, the contractors for Faleonwood ah tal ats oo be on the table at 6 o'clock. ‘

fs ; - Drecken, SAT. | now before the House, the country would | Asylum, for the erection of a boiler house ‘ x en 10 cents ; Tea, 25 cents—Chil.

te Hackett, Mr. Muttart and Mr. McDonald| have better roads than now. _ for the institution, amounting to $ 1,300. vr as A. STRONACH

~ ably represented ihe active pastisanship of| Here followed some cross-firing between} My. Ricnarps asked the Government to eer ses President.

" Grit officials in this Island on the floor of| Mr. McMillan and members on the Govy-} lay upon the table a comparative statement May 6, 1879— : {

sf slit, lk Meanie: > ie bilan tinal ae ary - the House tag aie - the| of recepts from public lands and ordinary

; : : . =e")! purchase of the carpet for the Legislative f for 18 d 1878. | rk publicly and privately, they did thcir best ae : erat | aes eee eee We have marked

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to have the partisan Grits ouste i in a body. And who is there that knows M.. Pope but feels that he did his best also?

The Government seem to have two ends in view: (1) to preserve the permanency of the Civil Sevice ; (2) to economise. To se- cure these great and patriotic ends they have resisted the strongest appeals and re- presentations of their party. Their motto ~—** country first and party after-- has been no empty one ; and while we regret the bungling way in which the readjustment

‘Council—matters altogether irrelevant to the question before the House.

Mr. McKay thought that nearly all the members would agree that some reform was required in the road service. The old Statute Labor was a farce; but, under the present system the roads were getting worse, and the people were getting more and more dissatisfied. The money paid in by some districts was carried away and ex- pended in others. Large amounts were laid out in some Districts where there was not the same amount of mileage of roads to keep in repair that there was in other lo-

Hen. Mr. Scxirvan replied by laying on the table copies of the Public Accounts for 1877 and 1878.

Mr. Rrewarps asked for a statement of ; receipts and expenditure for the first quar- | ter of 1878.

Hon. Mr. Su itvan, in reply, submitted | a statement showing the receipts (including | half-yearly subsidy in advance) from Ist | January to 3lst March to be $95,862.19 | Expeuditure for quarter ending

3lst March, . $82,960.52.

Mr. Farqcvmarson asked the Government | to bring down all papers referring to the!

Goods very low ror

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CHAIR FACTORY.

em SUBSCRIBER wishes to give notice to the inhabitants of the Island generally that he is manufacturing at Messrs. MeKinnos

'& Fraser’s Spring Park Carriage F

CHAIRS superior to any imported from Can- ada or the United States, made of the best material—hard wood bottom, Rocking Chaira, in Arm and Nurse; Children’s Tableand Small Chairs. 7

Also, Cane Seats renewed. *

Repairing, Repainting and all kinds of Tarn ing done to order.

has been accomplished by the officials con- | calities. Fishery Award. : PRICE LIST

cerned in it, and the disappointment and} Mr. Camrxon believed that the new mea-| Hon. Mr. Svizivan replied that he was | Common Single Back Chai h

loss of many active Liberal Conservatives, | sure would meet the wishes of all parties.| astonished at the question. The Govern- Single Secun Haak — reg Cae om we cannot but admire the firmness| Every dollar paid in as commutation money| ment had promised in the Speech from the ! Double Back a "Be and independence with which the|will produce more work than the same/ Throne, to bring down the papers, and they | g Fancy Extra do., de... ae

Government have adhered to the wise course they marked out.

amount under the present law, because

there was no expense attending its coilec-

would do so at the proper time. House adjourned.

; THOMAS GREEN.

Ch'town, May 8, 1879.

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