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General Agent)
part of the presiding officer at the poll
* = Rae salt: He:
a ts
}eanuot be the meansof depriving the
lt would be allow the
qualitied elector cf bis vote,
unreasonable and unjust to
blunders of partizar presiding officers to defeat a man’s vote; and the law d ‘ I i lo sO.
deci aration
A iit hi} of ‘ herit! on day is even more sin ple than that of a presiding officer at the polling. The power of tne sheritf is simply to add up the votes given for each candidate and to declare the elected.
one having the highest pumber
The law oa this is too clear for argument It is, shor Vv. as f | We: Che sherifl s |
keep the poll bouks unopened until declar- ation, day and “then he shall openly
break tbe seals thereof and cast up the } votesas they appear on the poll books, adding those on the special returns”; and ‘he shall « penly break the seals of the
Charlottetown |
[HB DAILY EXAMINER.
AUGUST 6, (897.
mpt with which thecurfew 0! ‘
SOCIAL MATTERS.
tion and the easy-going indifterence with | which itis locke
a iafgee growth are noticatie features of j B*4+ &
se Lildyre of)
dupoaly our the S0¢ ial life of this CILV 4 Lhe be 1 sour cs every evening, punctually,as the last stroke of the town clock clangs the hour Of nine. and
But the groups of half-grown boys
virls, jabbering nonsense, continue to move |
our sidewalks as if nothing
bad
occurred and as if it were notat all necess-
} lone aBiong
ary tobe under the protection of their
parent’s roofs before eleven o’clock at night, and the parents or guardians make no sign, and the policemen go quietly on their regular beat. It is needless to say that the bad habit of being out late at night is not conducive to the good Labit of early which is essential to the
ris ng, prosperity of the community at large as the individuals this bad conduc.ve to modest behavior or purity of On the contrary we know that those who are in the habit of walking the streets at night are, as a
well as to the snecess of
who compose it. Nor is habit
thought, word and act.
rule, bold in their manners, prurient in their thoughts, and not over scrupulous in their actions. Perhaps thev do not “love darkness better than light,—because their deeds are evil ;” but there is ground for the suspicion that their inclinations are in the direction of that which is evil. It is greatly to be regretted that the parents and guardians of the present age are not stri¢t- er than they are in respect to the conduct of the thoughtless and inexperienced ckild-
i committed to their and it is
re care; greatly to be regretted that, a curfew law having been enacted, no one—except the man who rings the bell—takes the slightest notice of it.
Another matter affecting the social re- putation of the town is thatof the craze tor bicycle riding. The proper use of the bieycle by boy or girl, man or needs no une to commend it.
woman, It com- mends itself as a means of exhilerating ex- ercise. But the craze for bicycle riding seems to have so turned the heads of many persons that a new idea of manly propriety and womanly modesty seems to have been adopted. We shall say nothing upon this point, except to suggest that the circuit of bicycle riding for girls and women un. attended by reeponsible chaperons ought to be strictly limited to the town and its im- mediate vicinity. The freedom of riding fast and far into the country is liable to impart to young people a gipay like want of respect for these conventionalities which should be respected because they are the protection of the good name of society. SHERIFF M’DONALD’S ACTION, Tue action of High Sheriff McDonald in taking upon himself authority to decide upon the validity of the special] votes transmitted to him in the regular way, besides being at variance with the ruling of the other sheriffs in the other counties, appears to be unwarranted by the statute and to be in direct opposition to not only the letter but the spirit of the law. The election law provides that every person qualified to vote on a property qualification shall be entitled to vote “ by polling all his votes ” at one polling district by deliv- ering there a schedule of his qua\ifi cation The
presiding officer at the polling district is
which shall be signed and sworn to,
required to swear every elector to such schedule, and sna]! sign his name to the jurat thereof, and then the poll clerk is “to enter the name of such elector in the poll book, together with the caasdidate’s name for whom such vote may be given.” thisthat the
act of voting is complete when the
Now, it is quite clear from poll] clerk has entered in the poll book the name of the elector and the candidate for whom he has voted. If, at that time, the presiding officer omitted to yet the elector’s signature to the echedul the fault lies, not with the elector, but with the presiding
officer, who should tg Known his duty and performed it, ahd\ ceen that the
schedule was signed before him as the law requires, The neglect of this duty on the
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packets of special votes,” and “he sha
t
then proceed to add such special votes t
The sheriff’s duty on
Lhe po ) books.” leclaration day is, then, simply to add up
j } ; ’ t ; the votes, In no piace in the statute
any power or authority given him todecide
on the validity of those ,otes which have
already been polled before the pres! hog
otlicers and entered iu the poil box ks. }
and ip no sen2e judicial.
by them
The assumption by Sheriti MeDonald of the power to reject votes on declaration day was, unwarranted by the election law and utter y
1}
The
proper tribunal, viz., the Eiection
Court, where the validity of all votes can be tested in a proper manner, and the sheriff should not have anticipated or usurped the power of ihat Court.
It was hoped tbat the lesson taught Mr Wiiliam McGill, another “Liberal” Sheriff who in the year 1870,s0 far forgot or mis- understood his duties that for some alleged defect
books which
he threw outa number of poll
“happened” to contain a majority of Conservative votes and returt.- ed the Liberal Candidates as elected, would be warning to all future Sheriffs not to undertake duties that the law did not im- pose on them. It appears, however, that
some people need another lesson. It would be interesting for Sheritf McDonald to point out the exact section of the Act which he reject the special votes cast for the
servative candidate Mr. McKinnon.
under undertook to Con- If he denbt he
cannot, it would be a pradent act for him
cannot find it, as we have no
t» coreu t some indepeident «Oursel and
there 1s a large penalty imposed for not counting special votes which have been re-
the action of the Sheriff will be tested. he has not vet returned the writ of electio: it would be as well for him to hold it if so advised, still add the specials give:
him elected.
a.
not be undertaken
that famous
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You will find it bluod, and a valuable anti- rheumatic. Ask your dealer for “Sovereign” brand. Refin— ed and bottled by
cooling to the
Simson Bros. & Co. Manufacturers
His duties are purely ministerial, |
therefore, |
Legislature has provided uw |
od:ain advice on his past action as well as his future conduct for we observe that
for the Conservative candidate, and return
By wood or lake, in the monnt ains or by the seaside; should without in- cluding in your kit a bottle of
Sovereign
—one that requires explanation. It apvears
that some months ago convictions were
THE SCOTT ACT DEAL. | ee.
| A correspondent of Tuk Examiner has
called attention to an important matter
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‘ . : cs . | obtained against violators of the Seott Act. |
These violators having left the city
and gone into exile, the police were unable to execute the warrants of commmitment.
Just previous, however, to the Local
Eleetion the warrants were called in and
taken out of the hands of the police.
Iinm diate lv thereafter the exiles returned >the Citv aad became active workees in } he Provincial Kleetion as well as at the '
Seott Act E'ection on the following day. |
lc is now charged that these “culprits are , ' } } . t ]
till at large aud cay and night dealing ont
oth info"tuna 2 vic ims the poison u
One correspondent but voices the
rqniry that many are making as to who
!
ig vel che deal ny which tbe warrants ! again-t these convicts were withdrawn ,and }
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hev'allowed to return tothe city to take part
inthe election, and afterwards remain Sco:
free, Th = matter must be answered by
‘ oe ve he authorities {1 has been said that the
1} Seott Act has been used for politica)
i} purposes, and the dea! by whieh these > >
convicts returaed to Charlottetown, antl
{by which the Act was detéated is’ very
back
Ww rich - he
Strong evidence of something in the
ground. Thisis a matter
| Guardian may fairly take up and endeavor
to get at the bottom of, and in doing =. |
| it wiil have the assistance of Tne Examis-
ER, and tue Guardian might also ask ‘Tne
Patriot to join hand«. There appears to
| be an idea about that, because a petition
| for the repeal of the Act has been adopted n Charlottetown the Act nas to be in torce. But this is not so; for un- til an Order in Council is passed by the G vernor General the law continues. In apy event, we understand that the repeal will not invalidate convictions had while it was in torce. Therefore there is no reason why the cowritments already issued should not be sevucaed to the policemen in
orler that they may be executed.
justice be done though the heavens fall.” en
CANADIAN WHEELMEN COMING.
— es
The Sc. Joba Telegraph publishes the followivg :—
( ‘Mr. Payson Davidson is endeavoring to make arrangements with elubs in the ; maritime provirces controlling . cycling
tracks io the more important cities for a | tour through New Brunswick, N. S., and P. E. I. of the leading amateur and pro- fessional Canadian wheelmen. The prin- - cipal rulers composing the string which | he says would come here should the mod-
erate inducements he asks for be offered,
turned, and it is possible that the legality of | are Angus McLeod, the holder of the hat C wadias
mile record of 151; Harley David-on, who won the Canadian cham-
|
?; pionship at Chatham tbis summer for the | anid |
one mile and the half milk; Geo Tucker , | and Williamy Boake, the famous tandem | paciog team; T B McCarthy, who finished second to Davidson inthe championship events by a few inches; Ralph Axton, amateur mile champion of the Dominion, John Davidson, bolder of the American and Canadian honr record of 27 miles; Frank Moore, amateur half mile rider, and several more or less distinguished lights. The cities in which he to have Moncton, Fredericton, Amherst, Truro, Windsor, Halifax, Charlottetown, and St. Join. The date of races here, if they are obtained here, will be on the 18th. Whether the club here will agree to the | proposition is a question, but, if they do, interest in eyeling in this community will he greatly increased and the sport will un- doubtedly be benefited by a visit of such talent. Local amateurs will have a good opportunity of trving their mettle against Cavadian riders.”
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proposes i Paces are |
A strong effort ie being made to bave these wheelmen come to Charlottetown for the big Labor Day meet on the new track,
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A verv pretty cover envelopes the Mid-
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