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THE DAILY EXAMINER. FEBRUARY 21, 1890. Civie Reform

. , a ‘ - , , . \N\ iportan measure of ( ViK Reform

tauet be passed by the Provincial Legisla

ture lo secure its passage by the Pr v al Legislature, must first be a tively favored by # ma rity of citizens of all ci aAases When the members of the Legis- lature know that the City wants the Bill, : I at Whil pss t OG NOT UNTeCASODRADIC, I ey w } pass it if they do not know that e City wants } his poimt should be borne in mind bythe framers ana pl ers the prop sed measure of 4 Re I lo say that the principle of representa pulation is—in a general way—-a right principle, is to say that which almust every >Ww admit to be trus In like manner, it will be admitted that the northern part of Charlottetown Is not

represented in the City Council in equal } tion to the southern part. Wards k rand Five have a voting population of about eleven hundr d, and send four mem bers to the Council ; Wards One, Two and

Three h ive a voting p p liation of about

seven hundred, and send six members to the Council. The unfairness of this distri- bution of seats can be seen, and will be aimitted, by everyone

f re, thos who desire a new dlis-

tribution, desire that which is reasonable

ana st is the new distribution required to be mad » that it will be at once fair t } ? > . } ‘ -* - n ‘ $s and erests ol the orpora- t ¥ nd gain the assent ra decided n ty he ratepayers I of electing five Councillors by at all . poate af theo aw iia } tne Wi e elec rate of the VUily must be : . . as ; } adandoned, for the simple reason that a very irae pr I rtion of tre people are ; ‘ . . +] 7 } | \ ‘ - rgntiy r wrongly wedded to the \ rd system. But there are other propositions ‘ . ; : which seem to be worthy of consideration. } ’ \ } Re on ~ 7 L. (ine ia aiviae \\ ara Five into two, mak-

‘ ; a eS Dal ing six Wards instead of five, and elect one

Councilor for each Ward instead of two

thus obtaining a Civic Board of six Coun- cillors and a Mayor, instead of ten Coun cillors and a Mayor,—in other words, a Council seven instead of a Council of t en \nother ts to change the direction oi the Wards from north tos uth, so that no ma r how far the town may extend to the nort) ird the relative proportions of

the different Wards will be pretty well preservec, and the present unfairness can- not again prevail. One or other of these

propesitions will, probably, be submitted

i to th iliZens ere iong Let both be con- glicerea and ciscusseu

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News From New Brunswick.

A PIECE OF P. E. ISLAND POLICE MEANNESS. Under the above caption the Halifax Herald publishes the following :

St. Jous, February 17.—Mrs. Weeks left for Charlottetown this morning in charge ot City Marsal Cameron and ac om panied by her brother. An iocident in connection with

Mrs. Weeks’ detention has come to light this

morning and the Island authorities are being severely condemned for their unfairne.s. Cameron did vot present his warrant of arrest until tais morning and the reason for this was that the Island authorities would not have to pay Mrs. Weeks’ hotel expenses, except the one day she was detained here by the police awaiting the arrival of the Islind constable ihis is regarded as a rather mean proceeding.” The statements made in the above des-

patch are, we are assured by Marshal Cameron, largely inaccurate. The Marshal arrived in St. John at midnight on Tues- day, and on the following morning he had his warrent for the arrest of Mrs. Weeks endorsed y Police Magistrate Ritchie. When the Marshal appeared before Mr

Ritchie to have his warrant endorsed, Mr Armstrong, Mrs. Weeks’ attorney, was present, and carefully examined the document. After the endorsation of the

warrant the Marshal took charge of his prisoner, relieving Detective Ring. When he took charge he saw that she was very ill, aad instead of rushing into ker room, pre- senting the warrant of arrest,end ‘telling the sick woman that she was his prisoner, he very properly informed her sister, Mrs. Thompson, of his mis*ion, and there is not the slightest doubt but that lady soon made Mes. Weeks acquainted with the facts of the case. ~ Later on, when Mrs. Weeks had sufficiently recovered, the officer made his missiea known, personally. He had no or- cers from the authorities to withhold pre- sentation of the warrant as long as p ysaible in order to evade payment of Mrs. Weeks’ board bill, nor was any- thing ever said to him about her bill during his stay at the Dufferin. The Marshal!paid

hie own bill—ali he was asked to pay— previous to leaving for home with his pris- oner. During the time that Marshal

Cameron had Mrs. Weeks in charge, he ‘indly and courteously as he could consistentiy do, h wWilYg due regard to

the periorimapnce Vi 18 duty.

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Apvice to Moruers.—Mrs. Winslow's Sovthing Syrup should always be used when children are cutting teeth. It re- lieves the little sufferer at ounce; it produces natura! quiet sleep by relieving the child from pain: and the little cherub awakes as ** bright as a button.” It is very pleasant to taste. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, relieves wind, regu- lates the bowels and is the best known remedy tor diarrhoea, whether arising from teething or other causes. Twenty-five cents « bottle. Besure and ask for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup, ind take no vther kind Jan 7 ’90.

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Ottawa Correspondence. THE DUAL LANGUAGE BILL AND OTHER BILLS NEWS AND GOSASLP

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I mentioned last week that the Depart ment of Agriculture has ordered from Eng land a supply of two-rowed barley for seed It is expected to arrive in Canada early in March and will be distributed in two bushel bags, sufficient for an acre, and which, it is estimated, should yield 30 bushels. Prof S sunders, of the Experi mental Farm, has recently recelv ed from Scotland a Specimen of oats, said to be the finest ever seen in Canada, and it is not im- probable that some will be imported for dis tribution

Mr. Taylor's Biil to prohibit the employ- ment of alien labor in Canada is daily at- tracting more attention, and the opposition to it is strengthening. .At first it was not seriously regarded, but now interested parties are becoming alarmed.

The Senate has not been overworked this week, and most of theirattention has been devoted to divorce cases. Senator Boulton has given notice that on March 11 he wiil move in favor of representation of Canada in the Imperial Parliament and Cabinet Senator Abbott has gone to Florida for his health, and his place as leader in the Upper House has been taken by Senator LaCoste.

A purebred specimen of the negro, re joicing in the name of Rev. C. A. Johnsen, was here this week, the bearer of assurances of loyalty from the colored population of Can ada. Brother Joh pestned is editor of the British Lion, and while here delivered a lecture on ** Sun Spots” before the Y. M. C. A.. in which he made the startling as- aertion that in 25 years the sun would be burned to a cinder and other statements of a similar nature.

The Liberals had a caucus the other day to which Mr. Welsh was not invited. They evidently suspect him, since dining with Sir John. The Commodore does not seem to mind the slight offered him.

Senator Montgomery has recovered and was in his seat all week.

Among the parties incorporated to build s railway from Buctouche to Richibucvo, connecting by ferry with a branch from Cape Wolfe to the mainline of the P. E. Island Railway are the Hon. J. O. Arsen- ault and Mr. Charles G. Hunt, of Summer- side.

At an early hour on Wednesday after- noon the galleries were packed, anticipating hat Mr. McCarthy's bill abolishing the of- ficial use of the French language in the Northwest territories would come up, but the audience were doomed to dis appoint: ment. Ic did come up, however, at the evening session when Mr. Davin tock the floor and, in an eloquent speech of an hour's length, moved—

‘*Jhat the bill be not now read the second time, but that it be resolved that it is expe dient that the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories be authorized to deal with the subject of this bill by ordinance or

enactment, after the next general election for the said Territories.”

It is only possible to give a faint idea of the debate which has been going on for the past three days and is not yet concluded. Mr. Davin must be well known, at least by reputation, to the majority of your readers. He is not much to look at, but he is prob- ably the must highly-educated man in the House, an eloquent speaker, a master of satcasin and repartee, and has the sweetest brogue that ever delighted the heart of an lrishbman. Mr. Davin represents a North- west constituency, and therefore is particu- larly interested in this measure. He in- dulged in considerable basinage at the ex- pense of Mr. McCarthy, who had confessed to absolute ignerance of some of the most important provisions relating t» the govern- ment of the Northwest Territories. Mr. Davin stigmatized Mr. McCarthy's deliver- ances upon this subject as illogical. The question was a local one and should be dealt with by the local legislature. Mr. McCarthy was too busy a man to inform himself properly, too much of a nisi prins lawyer to bs accurate, and too much of a mere lawyer to be a statesman. Mr. Mc- Carthy talked about this being a British colony—why was it a British colony? Be- cause of that very Lower Canadian French race, for we know very well that there was atime in our history, when that race had just passed over to the British flag, when temptations were held out to them to join the thirteen colonies; and if they had not been true to their new-found allegiance— it their loyalty had not been impregnable against the seductions of Franklin and others, we would have had no British col- uny here to-day. Mr. McCarthy had un- dertaken a crusade against a million and a half of people and against the Catholic Church, but Mr. Davin could assure him that no assault from outside, no matter how vreat—no catapults that have been brought against that Church from outside— had ever done it the least harm. (Mr Davin’ is an English Church man.) The way to. strengthen the Cath- olic Church was to assail it, and the way to solidify and make French Canadians united was by such speeches as he was dis- seminating through the country. Mr. Davin instanced Switzerland in whose Parliament five languages could be spoken, and three were official. Switzerland was a highly prosperous country, her commerce exceeding per capita that of any European country. She isthe oldest existing republic, and her people contented and prosperous. In Canada we had all the conditions neces- sary to produce a str ng federal people. To show how little language had tu do with preventing people becoming citizens of a country, he had travelled in Alsace-Lvrraine where the people speak German. They were now under the German flag, but yladly would they go back to France. They had feught loyally under the French ban- ner, and a more loyal part of France did not exist thao Alsace-Lorraine. Then he instanced the Bretons. In the summer of 1870 he had seen Gen. Trochu reviewing 300,000 Bretons, mobiles in the streets of Paris, and there was not one of the officers who could speak French; yet these men, when the hour of peril came, went into battle aud fought just ays gallantly and eagerly as the men who spoke French. History taught that country after country had risen, speaking diiferent languages, that they had come together, fought under different banners and lived under differeut Gevernments, and gradually became assimi- lated until the difference of language dis- appeared and sometimes a new language was «Wolved, History gwould teach Mr. MeOarthy that he could dispel those fears

, tit ent teytitdd his (oayhesttua,

(Speciat corresponde of The Kwvamine rus

passions of the people of this country, The main propositions behind Mr. Me- Carthy’s speech were groundless; his deduc- tions therefrom fallacious; the authorities he had quoted actually taught something else, and Mr. Davin hoped that there was that grandeur of seul in his honorable and learned friend, that having come to the conclusion that he had been 1n error, he would resolve to mend his ways.

Mr. Davin was followed by Col. O’Brien in support of the Bill, and by Mr. White,

with the history of the use of the French language in Canada, and while granting that a common language would be an immense advantage, he argued that the decision should be left to the people who were the most interested. The assimilation of the people was coming about. In the Province of Quebec there were more Frenchmen speaking English than ever be- fore, and the fact was that tin Frenchmen learned English to one Englishman who learned French. But make efforts to an- tagonize the French, and they will become more exclusive than ever.

Mr. Beausoleil (Opposition) followed in French, contending that the French popu- lation in the Northwest, which was in- creasing, were entitled to the same rights as the English minority in Quebec, which was decreasing. What would be said if the majority in Quebec attempted to abolish the official use of the English language. He moved in amendment :

That the official use of the French and Eng- lish languages in the Legislature and before tie tribunals of the Northwest territories was established by this Parliament in the well understood interests of the people of the said territories, in order to promote the good understanding and the harmony that should exist between the different races, and with a view, by a liberal policy, to promote the cvlonizing and settlement of those vast domains ; that nothing has since happened to excase or justify the withdrawal of the privi- leges granted only a few years ago ;

That the result of the proposed legislation would be to create uneasiness and discontent throughout the Dominion and to put in doubt the stability of our institutions, and thereby to hinder and delay for a long time the devel. opment of the immense resources of the Cana- dian Northwest.

Mr. Denisor, of Toronto (Conservative), followed in support of the bill, and then Wednesday's debate was over.

On Thursday the debate was resumed by Mr. Muloch (Liberal) against the bill, fol- lowed by Mr. Gigault on the same side. Mr. Curran then tock the floor and de- livered an eloquent and forcible speech against the bill in French, a compliment to the members of that nationality which was much appreciated. After recess, Mr. Robillard, Conservative M. P. for Ottawa, addressed the House against the bill, fol- lowed by Mr. Dawson, M. P. for Algoma, on the same side. It is a noticeable feature of this debate that, while since the opening of the session French has been almost ex- |clusively spoken by the French members, nearly all of them chose the English lan- | guage in speaking on this bill. One of the lablest and most forcible speeches of the ‘series was delivered by Sir Hector Lan- gevin. Sir Hector seldom makes a speech —he is an indefatigable worker, and finds quite enough in the management of the Public Works Department to occupy his time. But he rose to the occasion on Thursday evening, and the way he lashed Mr. MeVarthy must have been galling to thatgentleman. Sir Rector hasan excellent command of English, which he speaks in a high key, but he is, of course, not the orator that Chapleau or Laurier is. 1 am looking forward anxiously to hear them. Sir Hector charged Mr. McCarthy with taking upon himself to legislate for the Northwest without any request from the people of that territory, who had their own representa- tives in the House to speak forthem. The Bill before the House aimed at preventing a portion of the population of the North- west from using their mother tongue, which God had given them—and this was Equal Rights. What prompted Mr. Mc- Carthy to thiscourse? Simply that their blood was not his blood. Their only crime was that they were French, yet they were as loyal to the Queen as Mr. McCarthy, or his children, or his ancestors. Sir Hector recommended Mr. McCarthy to learn French and study French history he would learn that no attempts such as his had ever succeeded. The use of the French lan- guage had been objected to on the ground of expense, but the translation and publi- cation of the journals and ordinances of the Northwest cost less than $400 a year. It was not the expense, however, that was the trouble, Mr. McCarthy hated the French from the day he came into Parlia- ment and once he showed it in a caucus. He knew that he _ could never recover the good graces of that race till he apoligized for his offensive language, and this he would not dv. His object was disclosed in the pre. amble of the bill; he sought to introduce the thin edge of the wedge, and, if he suc- ceeded in that, he would go further and seek to destroy the race from the Northwest to the Atlantic. After the cession of Canada to England, the French had no right to use their language in courts of justice. This was the position Mr. McCarthy wish- ed to establish in the Northwest. But after the American revolution, England remem- bered that the French Canadians were the large majority of the peopie of Canada, that they had proved their loyalty during the Revolution, and England restored io them their rights. If we wished to be one people, if we desired to be a nation, we should do what has been done in the three kingdoms. We found a number of languages, a number of dialects in the kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, but how many languages were spoken under the shadow of the great and noble flag of England. It was the glory and the joy of the British Empire that all nationalities were welcome under that glorious flag, and that it covered and protected them all. The French Canadians asked no favors, but only the continued enjoyment of the rights they possessed by nature and as British subjects. What harm would it doin the Northwest for the French Canadians living there to be allowed to speak their own language ?

teverse the propositions, and supppose for one moment that in the North- west the French were _ largely in the majority and the English only 500 or 1,000, and that the French were to ask that the Euglish be forbidden to use their own langnaye, would the English agree to that —would it be proper treatment? No, it would be oppression. Myr. McCarthy talk-

msl esoiauitng te ge sad fois

' nation,

of Cardwell, against. it. Mr. White dealt | of the Queen and equally loyal, whether we

spoke one language or another. We did

‘same flag, the same aspirations. Why then

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- « FRIDAY,

with which he had sought to inflame the he was doing his best to divide the coun- | try, to divide the races, to put the French ‘and Catholics on one side and the Protest-

auts on the other, but he would not succeed, This was a question of race and nationality,

‘of self-preservation, and Frenchmen on

both sides of politics would band together

‘to procure their autonomy, their languyge,

aie CARPETS AND OILCLOTHS,

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their institutions—everything sacred to

German had created this confederation and they had prospered under it, and their prospects were large. We were all subjects

not want to change our relations, but to maintain British institutions, Our const!- tution was modelled after that of Great Britain. We had the same Queen, the |

should we make a large portion of our population unhappy and create dissensiors in their midst /

Hon. David Mills followed in a magnifi- cent effort against the Bill. The preamble he considered more dangerous than the Bill; though aimed at the Northwest its purpose was evidently to destroy the use of the French language. What wes to be gained by the passage of the bill? Was it going to be an advantage to arraign one race against the other? Did Mr. Me- Carthy consider the sacrifices he was asking the French Canadians to make—the sacrifice of rights they considered most sacred. Mr. McCarthy’s proposition to make all the people in this country speak Eoglish re- minded him of old man Easy in one of Captain Marryatt’s novels, who invented a machine for making men moral by a process of suction and pressure. Mr. Mills said it was absurd to attempt to compel people to speak English when French was their mother tongue. The ties of family are

stronger than those of nationality, and the}

letter stronger that the ties of state. He cited the instances of Austria, Russia and Finland, to prove that no attempt was made to denationalize the people because of their ianguage. He referred to the United Netherlands as a country where coercion had been attempted to make the people spexk one language, but it had failed. This qnestion was one fer the peo- ple of the N W. to decide. As at present constituted their legislature could not pass upon it. As the French people in the N. W. were in the minority, there was the greater reason that they should be allowed the use of the language they best under- stood. If Mr. MsCarthy wished to succeed he must not only prohibit the use of French as an official language, but he must prohibit i+. ia the schools, the pulpit and the press. Unless he was prepared to do that he must leave the laws of society to work out their own object. The efforts of Mr. McCarthy would only produce a conflict of race and religion, and if he were sincere in the policy he propounded he had taken the wrong steps to carry it to success.

On Friday the debate was resumed by Mr. Charlton in a vigorous speech in favor of the bill. He was followed by Mr. Blake, who was received with immense applause from both sides of the House, and who made the first speech he has delivered in the Commons for two years. If Sir Hector Langevin castigated Mr. McCarthy, Mr. Blake literally flayed Mr. Charlton. He ridiculed the idea of Mr. McCarthy obtain- ing what he proposed to seek~ national unity—by doing away with the French lan- guage. He quoted Mr. McCarthy's speeches to show that he aimed at the abolition of the French language in Quebec as well as iu the Northwest, and the deprivation of the French Canadians of rights secured to them under the constitu- tion. Mr. Blake pleaded for toleration and the exercise of a generous spirit by the majority, and he warned the leaders of the present Equal Rights agitation to stop and consider ere they lighted a fire which they would not be able to extinguish. Mr. Blake did not fancy either of the amend- ments before the House, and intimated his intention of offering another one for con- sideration. Upon resuming his seat Mr. Blake was loudly cheered. He was fol- lowed by Col. McNeill in support of the bill, soon after which the House adjourned. The debate will be resumed on Monday.

W.C. D.

Charlottetown Board of Trade,

HE ADJOURNED GENERAL MEET. ING cf this Corporation will be held at the Board Koom on the evening of MONDAY, the 24th inst., at 8 o’clock. , J. MACEACHERN, Secretary.

BOOKBINDER.

yy aes 4 good Job Forwarder and Finisher to take charge of a general Bindery. Good wages to the right man, Apply immediately to JOHN COOMBS, Steam Printer and Bookbinder, febl9 Queen Street, Ch’town.

CLUB . TROT,

A CLUB TROT will be held at VERNON “ RIVER BRIDGE on SATURDAY, the 22ad inst. Liberal prizes will be given in the tollowing classes, viz.:—A Three-Minute Class, Free-for-All-Class, and Three-Year-Old Class. Strangers will receive the best of fair play. All are invited to attend.

WM. G. McDONALD, febl9 Secretary,

Re Estate of Wiiliam Minto, Cardigan Bridge.

oo MINTO, of Cardigan, has made an assignment to us for the

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benefit of his creditors.

All persons indebted to the Estate of the | said Wiiliam Minto are requested to settle | their respective accounts with us or our) authorized Agent, Peter McPherson, of Car. | digan, either in cash or notes of hand payable lst Decemb-r, 1890.

Parties haying claims against the Estate are

requested to furnish the same to us duly TWEEDS at Cost, over the counter

attested.

WILLIAM STEWART, | THEO, J. CLARK,

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SPECIALTY FOR THIS WEEK

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