THE DAILY;BXAMINER CHARL®TTETOWN? JULY, 19 tgco.
yo Hours Only!’
Safurday Night FROM 7 TILLY O'CLOCK,
We will give some big bargains. Nickel Alarm Clocks 90c. Fight day oak case strike clocks $2.65. Crystal butter dish 25c. Chima sugar bew!l 5Oc.
Watches from $2 00 and up.
Che dishes (china) 7 dc.
Half dozen silver plated tea spoons | 1.00 ,
Guld plated sett rings, good quality 50
P ful opera fans 75c.
We keep al ice line of Blue War Ww Wood and seuvenir goods.
w ary & Co.
(Jueen Stree!
500 tons
im; and Egg Size
AD Klee
5, ELLIO!
Here on 20th Inst,
i}' be sold low while dis-
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hy
c! 1g. lly book your order at 0) - N | . 1, McMILLAN. ( n, July 16th, 1900. eod lw
CANADA’S
ational Exhibiti
. John, XY. B. cept: 10th, Closes Sept 19°.
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100
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ogres — s have been made to the live St, sand « buttermaking competit of cheese making provided for nts will, this year, be more than e" miner: feature, including iny wl startling novelties, . , s : ap fares and special excursions on yYS am steamers. Exhibits on se the main lines will be carried pra tic ull particulars advertised l; les ring space in the buildings groun s should Make early en ‘ r salcs and special privileges im i pplicativn should be made. ‘ lists and entry forms will be sent ‘ on C4AS. A. EVERETT, Manager & Secretary. D. AUGIILIN, F resident.
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‘THE DAILY | BXAMINER
JULY 19, 1900.
| — ——— | THE PARTY PRESS
AND PUBLIC OPINION
states that “* there are io
, THe GrARDIAN
some thirteen hundred mewspapers
Canada, and not more than a score of them
‘even @ pretence of independence in Our dis-
| roal the matter of party politics.” creet contemporary is one of those few who make “ g pretence of independence.’
The bulk of the newspapers, like the bulk
| of maukind—like all frtelligent men who |
} : | enguire,
(about public | convictions and
think matters— are apt to form
read, investigate and take sides, and openly and manfaily support one party or the other, Such meu look carefully into the condi-
tions of the country and they judge of the politicians by their actions in regard to those conditions, commending or con-
lemning, and so going to the one side or
2 olner. fhe Guardian, in the course of its.plea
a@ pretence of independence,
| Says: oth Mr. had turned their backs on the parties they were respectively elected | to support. A section of the Opposition press denounced and caricatured Mr. Pineau in most opprobrious terms, while Ipporting Mr. Wise. The French speak electors quite naturally could sderat: why it was so nach ree
WO,
As a matter of fact ' and Mr. Wise
not
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le-ert one party than the other, or whv |
> man of their race who had -hanged his politics shoald be de- nounced as a foul smelling animal while
ao English-speaking rep'esentative, who | | while the Provincial Act
| had turned over the other wav should be commended io their support.’
It will be observed that our pretender to independence treats the two cases as if they were similar! lt is uat each had turned from one party to
} r)- i
| counties,
extreme and untruthful statements — state
ments which cannot be defended and bourne out,—so much the worse for the
influence of parly press; and this fact,
>! exercise
| cities
!
:ces the cases of Wise and Pineau, snd |
| of prohibition should Pineau
;
well known ard understood, has neces-
‘sarily a restraining effect upon the con-
ductors of journals desiring the eucceas of their party.
As between the few newspapers which make “ pretence of independence” and those which,—following the example of independent, free-thinking and intelligent men, personally icterested in the Gev- eroment Of their country—are partizan, there can be po question that the latter the more wholesome over public opinion.
influence
iin ati,
PROHIBITION AND THE CLUBS.
ene
Tue Wesleyan discusses the Prohibition Act of this Province in a spirit of fair- But it needs a little more informa- tion upon at least one point.
ness. It says :
* The relation of any prohibitory legiss lation to the club vital importance, but it only affects the
and not the country. If we can prohibition well enforced all over the let us have it and let the cities grapple with their own problems. We mean to say that the general introduction not be delayed be- cause of serious lecal probiems arising in the cities.”
have
The Wesleyan bas overlooked the fact
| that the counties have bad prohibition
} '
, | now, aid are
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t | j } j
discreet |
|
true |
| places no prohibition !
theotber. But every one who is not | mentally or morally obtuse, or else too | areless toiavestigate the matter, must
see (Dat
| traffic in these clubs; ' ‘“~ . ' there is all the difference between |
| |
under the Scott Act, and have prohibition
more than likely to con-
inue to have it underthe Scott Act. The c-unties will rot consent to come + . en
under the Provincia! Prohibitory Act,
because the Dominion Act is effective and been fully tested in the courts, ig not effective and has not been tested in the Courts. So that the Provincial Act will apply, solely,
to Cherlottetown ; and, in Oharictiieen
it has
tnere are the upon which the law It vas found im possible to enforce the Scott Act in Char. the liquor
ll, from tbe
clubs,
lottetown, chiefly because of
and it wi same cause, ve found impossible to enforce the Provincial Prohibitory Act in Char- The Provincial Act
lottetowa. was
| passed with a full knowledge of this fact ;
| a
| civili
| |
| the two cases that there is between right | }and wrong. Mr. Wise, after giving his party ample time to redeem the more im- riant pledges upoa which it gained | power, withdrew ns support because they | ifailei to .o +o, and resigned the trust | receive i row his electors into their bande, | Mr. Pine was electe? 10 oppure the govera ine Opposition did nothing the weantime at all inconsistent with 1 principles of action tong advocated by its wembers; Pineau went over to ibacsuva Goveromeat, and eupparted Lg staiure the party he was elected tosoppose. The act of Mr Wise was that | of cn borest man ¥ ho hed changed his
: riw+ the
that Yet the Guardian,
actof Pineau was
t.a tor to bie electors.
Th,
scrio:s them as both alike, simply men ir ,ol ties.” - Electors in take the aupposed-to-be
e an uardian for thcir guide,
changed the i”
whe
? .¢
who" the coun'ry,
“independent
| ani do act themselves lo k carefully into political m ai.ers, have teen deceived. Io this fact we have a etriking example of the
ji effects of the teaching cf those news. | papers which make a pretence of independ ence,’ and teil but half the truth, impressing upon those who are aptio be dec zived, the worst kind of lies.
The party newspaper, on the otner hand is Open aod above board, its prejudices are _kaown ond admitted, it prevents the
whole truth from the party point of view, | it criticises the other fully ; what it
#bich makes a pretence of independence, |
and its passage, without prohibition for the clubs, in spite of the protestations of the Opposition, was a simple fraud upon the temperance body. The Wesleyan and all others ought to be impressed with t fact.
his
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—The Minister of Militia has drop; great reform providing for the distrii
the | of honorary colonelcies among meritorion
ians. This wes the best thing to di with it. The idea of making a man a colonel because he has written some ¢ ood poetry or has delivered som? stump
t epeeches is absurd. It would be just
of a, about as possible to make a man a D.D.
asa reward for winning a prize fight: If we are going to havo orders of merit let
j us be logical,
¢ —Lord Sslisbury, it is uoder-t 4,
i cot doubt that Sir Ciuuie McDonald, th
| British Minister at Pc! bas been ma
tdered. He has not yet taken aay sieps
| concering iateraationa! relations‘as recards China. Tuere is at present no inclination
to give to the Chinese Minister his pase ports. Lord Salisbury has seen or heard nothing of this fanctionary for several days,—in fact not since his lordship ~_ the request that he transmit a message Sir Claude McDonald. The Chinese miu- ister agreed, bat nothing further heard of him.
—Dr. Borden’s emergency food hae been described as entirely useless by the men of the second contingent. The stuff was thrown away by the soldiers, and every cent that was spent on it was wasted by the Government. Fortunately a eatis-
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Imperia! Limited Ocean to Oecan
IN 116 HOURS. Knights of Pythias Meeting
Detroit, Mich., August 27th to 3lst. One fare {or the round trip.
SUMMER TOURS [900
Send for book let. Shall be giad to quote rates for epecia tours on application to A. J. HEATH, D.T.A., C. P. R., St, John, N. B.
or W. C. KENNEDY, Solititing Agent C.P.R. Charlottetown.
n 6.15 pm, daily, except Sunday |
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| presents is examined and criticised before | factory substitute was procured in South it is accepted by the intelligence of the | 4t! ics, otherwise the men might have country,—so that the public are not apt to Sac! ee 7 Sere ae ie - eaca iTUIts ¢ rule,
be misled by it. If the party prese makes
Our BICYCLE LIVERY Ali new wheels
Look at our assortment of
We have all worldjLeaders,
Your Bieyeie to eur repair shop for satisfactory repairs.
MARKGWRIGHT & CO..
life of our Cities is of
w ASTED MON] EY.
Iy has beem well said that the worst feature of the expenuitures of the Govern~ ment at Ottawa is the fact, demonstrated are literally and truly wasted. It costs $1,000 a day to pay foi the blunder, and worse, of the purchase of the Drummond railway. The Washington spree by Lau- rier, Cartwright and Davies cost $34,000. The prohibition plebiscite swindle, for such it was, cost uearly $200,000. We are pay- ing $100,000 @ year as interest on the un- necessarily high subsidy for the Crow’s - Nest Weare paying $334,000 for | yhe blunder Mr. Sifton made in ordering
road.
the contractors to goon with the Yukon rai!way without Parliamentary authority. Miiliovs are being spent on the Interco- lonial. Railways are being bonussed at double the old rate all over the country. Political wharves and political harbours are being built where there is no shipping and no likelihood of any ever appearing. Public
they are not needed.
buildicgs are entered upon where Oa the St. Law $425 a day for
rence we are paying one
dredge. Elsewhere we pav $80 4 day, and Mr. Tarte’s relatives
$20 per ten heurs.
get a “* rake-off ” of We pay $100,000 for an Exhibition building at Paris that cou!d
have been built for $20,000. We pay $200,000 a+ a subsidy for a railway, and
the money passes to politicians instead of the railway builders. for an addit’on to the Iotercolonial that costthe vendors but $616,000. $4,600 for $1,000 worth
our These
We pay } of supplies for are some of the in- fluences which make the expenditures and the taxes higi.
coldiers.
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NOTES AND COMMENTS.
t® &t Lhe rOViuU ma. rs gpoveru . 3 aI s r i . hs : ; MBselOY Of KUCTS Crver &R MWe it } ic urouiae tore iO % > \ f i L British 3 AV, an if * Pe { _ ( Hpaocy re prece Ca ila r 8 be ‘ : a tie n ) oe bast ub OFFauiZzec fr bue parpos yf building @ sume h Sydney
has been.
;
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iHome Makers.
~~ ~~ or,
' COUTeeS Bi
C. B., to cost $75,000.
—In the House of ago, the Minister of that Nova Scotia, Ontario first
Commons a few days Agriculture reported British Columbia and |
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prizes at Paris for apples. The Dominion beat everyibing. New Brunswick took second prize and Prinve Edward I land third prize The Maii and Empire remarks that Our brave soldiers do not 1 whining. J 2{ men whol ack experienced th OFptal tre I ef the atilefield, they have noi a word of fault to fing with it. Becanee the British sol- dier iz u-ualiy a man of this kind, it is all the wore necessary that civilians like Ashmead Bartictt should coat nue the egitatiom to eusure the s CK ana wounded more care and comfort while oa active service. —Mid the clesh ms liable to forget that evs be heavy responeibil- vorne e by Lord Reb-ris do not pre- iude him remembering the corrow which h e feels fo r the death of bis only eon. He bas just ceclared : “Our only boy’s death
was a terrible blow to us. We know that he will be infiaitely happier in beaven than he ever could have been on earth; but Iam quite unable to often during the past three months that he could be withme. We must be merci- fully ile and protected;and I pray that the same kind Providence will watch over us tothe end of the war,”
— The late Lieutenant Bordea when he was appoinied to a lieutenancy in the Canadian Mounted Rifles was in com- maod of the King’s County Hussars as major, aud when he offered his services Wa: pursuing a course of medicine in Mec ill college. He wasa native of Cann- Inga, and a son of Hon. F. W. Borde:
minister of Militia. In 1893 he entered the King’s troop of cavalry, in 1897 re ceiving aD Bppolntment GF eecond
utenant, in which year he ‘Went to
eiecth as an Officer of the Cana lian con, tingent at the Queena gmbilee. Lhe Hali- fax Herald says that Be took two special the cav.Iry Bchoo!l and held a firet clase < ificate. He wa appointed lieutens 1#t, 1898, apna major . '39Q. Major phys iqne, y alZz?. le king officer na contingent, adian Hue- b J acy year and was my } vork. When he i | and being ond Cana- lowed by the ho enrolled hem members of sown corps, sed one of the last remarks he made in Kentville was: “I will not send thoee under me auywhere that I will not go myself.”
OMIM et
DW
itt VYeTe Th ny of
ESTEEMED EXCHANGES.
Galt Reporter: Don’t relegate Tarte to private life. Lethim stay in the Govern- ment. He will wreck it.
Sreamers Comine.—The Halifax and City of Ghent are due this evening.
in Parliament, that vast sums of money
We pay $1,439,000 |
help wishing }
ST ORGPDGTEREVEREEOOROUEEGEGecereencGhtEeaey”.
ret RINGS.
We have provided for the de-
ST. JAMES’ CHURGR Sabbath School Plegj
Will be held at Morell on
Wednesday, July 25th
On the beautiful grounds of A special train wi!) leave a: osen Cox Meang
a.m. The committee wil] Spare no in making this the picaia of the nts wil} and ice be
Games and other amuseme | provided, aleo refreshment Doo bs, 08 Bet for Visitors, Return tickets 25c. Now On Bale Moore & McLeod’s and Paton & Co’s, :
W. A. STEWART, _ Seer,
OPERA HOUSR|
To Night
SUE RGEOHADORGBEOEOUGRO/ CORE GEGCCURRES CRD.
and tat
» ; Bp°cia,
mands of fashion and display as fine an assortment of rings as was ever shown in the city. Every dainty setting and com- bination is to be found in our that
collecticn—and means no
end of style to pick from.
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POWEL
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As to price, itis simply a
question of what you wish te
for we have rings from
pay;
$1.00 to $80.00,
WW
4 Jeweller &
Cl
The Man of Wonder
U nder the
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| sADECHLUDEERUUHUESERSEOBOESOHEERNAOUERUEY:
SUNNYSIOR TEPTOTRY, |
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| Office in New Prowse Biock
| ' c Nit h ve
irst door to the right up YS 10 SUY AT PERKINS.-
| We Are
' ‘Telephone connection. DR. AYERS| £ & . BA nt With you; sometimes in the
middle; s»metimes you get the lion’s share ; sometimes not so much ; in any case, we divide with you,
If there is a soul in this city with a cent to spend for sum- mer, they should accept this | hint and come here whiie we | aie dividing prices en
management of
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we
~ Dividin rices |
SHIRT WAISTS,
WATERPROOFS. DENIM SUITS, SAILOR HATS, DRESS HATS,
L-RIMMED HATS.
25 dozen summ
Yr vests 9c
| ih tion |
oT Masiree: tS.
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ILLUSTRATE! | LECTURE SOUTH « AP FRICA
LAND OF THE BRITON AND BOEF-
cil MR, BELL.
ROBERT P.
American Lawyer and Journalist (Three years an Uitlander- ) An Uitlander’s Life amon g the Boers pictured and described. 100 ORIGINAL PICTURES 100
Opera House, Charlottetown, Monday Evening, July 23rd. Admission 25c. Reserved Seats 35¢ and 5c.
Pian at Medical Hall and Rankin’s Drugstore.
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