SEPTEMBER 26. 1875.

Another Futile Trick.

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fur Hox. Tuomas W. Dopp, M. L. C., has been for some days in charge of the office of Provincial Secretary and Treasurer. Yet we have heard no word of his appeal to the people for the ratification of his ap- that the Govern-

Dopp has ne

pointment. It is said ment—knowing that My. chance of re-election —has determined to keep Mr. Dopp in office, m despite of the people until the next Legislative Council election. If it be true that they have determined to cling to position and power with 2 tenacity equal to that with which the convicted criminal clings to life; if it be true Premier has violated his to resign if the

Local promise—given at Belfast Government candidate were defeated ; if it he true that the Hon. Mr. Robertson has decided to remain a member of the Govern- has been aleliberately con- if these things

that the

ment which demned by his constituents ; be true,—and, notwithstanding the state- ment of the Patriot, we are loth to believe that Messrs. Davies and Robertson are so lost to honer aud manliness that they are true,-then we shall not be surprised if it be true that Mr. Dodd intends to hold his office till the time of the Legislative ¢ ‘ouneil elections. A Rump Governnent, enough to continue in power when they know the people detest their acts and cde- mand their resignation, is mean enoneh to

mean

do anything.

But the option does not rest with them. The Lieutenant Governor is the guardian of the Laws ; and the Lae expressly re- quires that :-

in any member of the House of Assem bly, or of the Legislative Council, hy accepting any office ov becoming a party to any contract or agreement, becomes disqualified by law, to continue to sit or vote in the same respective- ly, his election shel! thereby become void, and the seat of sach member shall be vacated, and a writ shall FORTHWITH issue for a new election, as if he were naturally dead ; but he

co . ; may be re-elected if he be eligible under the first section of this Act.”

if the Government meanly try to shirk an appeal to the people on the part of Mr. Dodd, the Governor will undoubtedly re- And the election

quire compliance with the Law. Law says there

* FORTHWITH. ©

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The Local Situation.

must be an

Tims morning’s Pafriot contains a para- graph, the moral of which is that members of the Ramp Gevernment may play all kinds of fantastic tricks before a disgusted people withont rebuke or punishment—be- cause, forsooth, they are the guardians of ‘‘Free Schools.” Here is the paragraph cerbatimn et literatum :—

‘““HUNFRY AND HOWLING.

“The Examiner is impatient. The Ex- AMINER is angry. The EXAMINer is hungry. ‘The ExaMINeRr will have to wait. The Gov- ernment does not intend to resign to suit the yurposes of the Sectarian School faction of which the ExXamIneR is the mouthpiece. The Government has received a trust from the peo- ple, and it would not be justified in giving up that trust at the bidding of the men who op-

1 its formation. The Premier will do what is both honest and constitutional if he remains where the people have placed him un. til it is proved by a hostile vote of their repre- sentatives in Parliament assembled that he no longer possesses the confidence of the country. It appears to us that he would be both un- faithful and pusillanimous if he placed the im- yortant interests confided to him by the people at the mercy of a few unscrupulous wire pull- ers, who, it is well known, are the deadly ene- mies of our free, unsectarian schools, and who are determined to destroy thenmi whenever the opportunity is afforded them of doing so. The ensign would, no doubt, be delighted to see the Government in the hands of Sullivan, Hodgson & Co. This is the object of the in-

_ triguimg that we have seen and heard so much

of of late, but the schemers will have to wait a while for the opportunity to pull down the educational system which the country has been at such pains to build.”

The imputation of motives of anger, im- patience and hunger in this precious para- eraph will find its own level, which, as Géldwin Smith remarks, cannot be higher than its source. But what are the facts! A few years ago the necessity of an im- provement of our public schools—especially those of the City and towns—-was forced upon the people. A party led by Mr. Pope contended for the ‘‘ utilization ” of existing denominational and other schools, with ‘‘ payment for results,” as the least expen- sive and the best policy to he pursued. Another party, led by Mr. L. Hf. Davies, maintained that public schools should have no connection whatever with religion as in- terpreted by religious sects, and demanded a ‘‘purely nou-sectarion system.” The issue was submitted to the arbitrament of the people ; and the question was decided in favor of» the non-sectarians. The very day after the elections Tue Examiner ac- cepted the decision of the majority ; and declared that, so far as it was concerned, the principle of non-sectarianism in public schools was established. Since then, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Conroy, Mr. E. J. Hodgson —in fact, all who took active parts with

THe Darty HXAMINER.

55 ie . ion onan mnanatinanade

have made declarations of the Mr. Hodgson, there is not

Mr. Pope same effect. As _ for it is well known — thai now in the whole Island a more enthusias- ticand generous supporter of the Public Schools as, by law established, than he. As for Mr. Conroy, he was, the other day, of- fered a seat in Mr. Davies Government—-a sufficient guarantee, one would imagine, that he is above suspicion; and, as for the Leader of the Opposition, it is well known that he has never onee, since the decision of the people was given, attempted to enforcs, in any way, the non-sectarian “principle. So certain is it that the Sectarian School Ques- nest con-

is a dead issue that four of the

scientious non-sectarians in the Province have considered themselves at perfect lib- erty to withdraw from the Davies-Stewart Administration.

Vor} A VY f2Aak

But what of the Government

have they done?) At an enormus cost they have secured the Protestant Academy, and nearly all its teachers; and St.

School and all its teachers. In

Patrick’ § defiance o the Act of Incorporation, under which citi- zens are permitted freely to tax themsel ves, they have enforced a heavy tax for the pur- pose of sustaining those schools,and keeping their sectarian property out of financial difficulty.

ious Tax Act upon the country districts

They have imposed an obnox-

and they have become so obnexious that the people only await the opportumity to hurl them from power. This they know rigit well: and at Belfast Mr. Davies said that if Mr. MontGomery

eet is would regard it as an expression of the wul

were elected he

of those who placed him in power and im- Mr. Montcomery has been elected; and the Mr. Davies has no intention of resigning !

mediately resign. Patriot reports that

We refuse to credit the statement. Goldwin Smith on Political Parties.

Ar a political meeting at Brockton, West York, on the L6th inst., Professor Goldwin Smith gave free expression to his opinion of political parties in Canada. He is thus reported in the Torgnto ‘* Globe’

Mr. Smith then came forward, and was warmly cheered. He said Mr. Dennison had called upon him the other day and asked him to say a few words to-night. ife felt some surprise that they should care to hear One who was outside of politics, and being merely a private man, he was unwil ling to come forward in public. He knew he could not do so without displeasing some of his friends; still he thought it was every one’s duty to tell the people his thoughts, and for that reason he came before them. In doing so, he pretended to be an inde- pendent man-—politician he was not; he had never been associated with any political party in this country; his only hope was that this country should be well governed. (Cheers.) He owed no allegience to any party — Sir John McDonald, the Hon. George Brown, or anybody else; he owed only allegiance to the good of our common country, especially to those who earned their bread by the sweat of their brow, and upon whom the consequences of mifgovernment pressed most cruelly. (Cheers.) That was his reason for wishing on the whole—he said on the whole, be- cause he did not wish to present the case

too strongly—that Sir John MeDonald should be restored to power. (Cheers. )

Politics here, unfortunately, were not in a very satisfactory state. He did not wish to paint anything blacker than it was, but you could not take up the papers of cither side without seeing that there were evils and dangers which must press upon the thoughts of every thoughtful man. His increasing conviction was that those evils and dangers arose in a great measure from excessive party spirit and bitter divisions. Both sides were charged with corruption, and unfortunately, with some truth. No party leader did a corrupt thing for its own sake, but in order that he might retain his power. The Pacific Scandal was_per- petually dinned in our ears, although we had heard so much about it that it might well be recognized as a thing of the past. He did not want to palliate or excuse that transaction; but what was it? <A call from Sir John A. Macdonald to Sir Hugh Allan for money to retain him in power and to prevent the Opposition from gaining it. He took no money for himself; if he be- lieved that one cent of that money went into Sir John Macdonald’s pocket he would not be here to-night. (Cheers.) He erred under the pressure of a great party strug- gle, and from the excessive party spirit that prevailed in this country. There were countries in which parties were necessary, as, for instance, France, where there was a

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been condemned in a court of justice. That. letter showed exactly the same party spiriu as the telegram sent by Sir John Me- Donald to Sir Hugh Allen. (Cheers. ) There could be no doubt that money was intended to be used tv influence an election, and that Was the same thine that Sir John McDonald got the money from. Sir “Hugh for. The Quebec crisis of the other day showed the same thing, and in connection with 1t there seemed to be an intrigue. fle did not think the Lieutenant Governor had a right to dismiss his ministers unless there was a vote against them in Parliament. The fact that the other side turned the scale did not alter the auestion. There were moments when any Governmeat was unpopular, and if at such moments a Governor took the op- portunity to trip up the Government, Con- stitutional Government would be at an end. He thought the members of the Ontario Government were taking too active a part in the present contest; the Constitution re- quired that the Local and Federal Govern- ments should remain strictly separate. Mr. Mowat, too, contrary to;what his high char- acter might lead ene to expect, had, he thought, mixed in Dominion politics in a way that he should not have done. * 5% * * He desired a Gov- ernment, if possible, altogether free from sectional influences, as well as liberal in its views; and it seemed to him that the only man we had who was likely to form a Government on a broad basis and to take a liberal and impartial view of all the inter- ests of the country and all sections of the country was Sic John McDonald. (Cheers. ) He formed the Confederation Governinent, and showed that he conld act in a_ good spirit with other men who had not always followed exactly the same line as himself. He was a man, in spite of all his faults and he did not deny them—with statesman- like ability; his mind pore statesmanlike mould than that of any other manin Canada; he was a man with whom those who differed from him in opinion could get along; he was not connected with any particular section of the country, and was therefore able to act impartially towards all; he was not connected with any particular branch of commerce, having pursued exclusively the calling of a states- man, and, therefore, on this great question of the tariff he was able to take an impar- tial view. With regard to the tariff ques- tion, he (Mr. Smith) would not attempt to go into details. The question might be looked at in two ways—one having reference to the details of the improved tariff, and the other to general principles. With regard to the former, he, who was a comparative stranger, must leave that to be decided by men conversant with the industries of the country. That our industries had a claim to consideration there conld be no doubt. There could not be free trade unless it was mufual; our markets were open to American and European producers, while their markets were closed against us. That was not free trade, that was not a na- tural state of things. The Government did not consider that the Canadian producer was entitled to any consideration; they stood upon the existing system. Sir John McDonald appeared to him to look at the matter reasonably. In his Victoria Park speech, he seemed to hold out the promise that his Government would be formed on a broad and liberal basis; he said he did not worship only Jewish exclusiveness, or wish to force his shibboleth on anybody. That was thereason he voted for Mr. Wallace. Mr. Blain had said he (Mr. Smith) had thrown off his disguise. He had never had any disguise; he was perfectly independent of parties, but on the present occasion he was obliged to choose between candidates, which he did on independent grounds, and he preferred Sir John McDonald. (Che ors. )

a or was CaStE Vita

—_—--—->——_— An Unpleasant Souvenir.

A very unpleasant discovery was made at Nimes a short time ago by the wife of a mason, who, while looking for some linen in one of her husband’s boxes, came upon a woman's skull. She at once requested her husband to inform her how he came into the possession of such a sinister object, and when he told her it was a souvenir of his first wife, she begged him to get rid of it, which, after some hesitation, he consented todo. The story got bruited abroad in the village, and on its coming to the ears of the police the mason was prosecuted for violat- ing a burial place.

The case was heard before the local tri- bunal, and from the evidence given it ap- pears that the accused, hearing that the re- mains of his first wife, who died in ’71, were to be disinterred, induced the mayor of his native place to allow the gravedigger to give him a part of the body that he might pre- serve it as a souvenir. The gravedigger brought him the skull wrapped up in a piece of cloth, and this the mason piously preserved in a box.

The tribunal, holding that the accused had not been guilty of any sacreligious act, acquitted him, and this decision has been confirmed by the Court of Appeals at

struggle between monarchy and republi- eanisin, or England, where the questions of | th» aristocracy and of an_ established chi «ch split the people into divisions. It ..emed to him that party interests in Canada ended at the time of Con-

federation. The great questions of the clergy reserves, of representation by

population, &c., had been settled, and there was no reason why party spirit should have been kept up. Sir John McDonald’s Govy- ernment that carried Confederation he thought a very good one, and might have been continued. It was impossible to see that there was any great difference between the morality of the two sides ; he did not want to palliate what Sir John McDonald did in connection with the Pacific Scandal, but if they would look at the other side they would find equally bad effects of party spirit. He did not wish to fix the blame | on anybody. He would not go into the steel rail question or Mr. Anglin’s contract, or anything of that kind; but let them

take the ** Big Push” letter, which had

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Correspondence.

g= We do not hoit ourselves responsible for the opinions or staten.enta of our correspondents,

To the Editor of the Heaminer.

Srr,—I see our Market Square is going back to the filthy state it used to be in, as in days gone by, viz., before the horses were pro- hibited to remain on the Square. Unless this law is enforced the cleaning of the Market Square by the scavengers will be a poor hin- deranee to the perfume arising on market days. Would it not be well for the Market Commit- tee to see after this ?

Yonrs, ete., CITIZEN. Ch’town, Sept. 26, 1878. ---——- ——_-- «- —mee-e 9 —-—

Miss Braddon just finished a new Christ- mas annual, ‘* built upon lines once made familiar by Dickens.”

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To arrive per schooner ‘‘ Katie,” 6 { TONS Superior LARGE COAL. () } Will be sold low while landing. WM. KOUGHAN,

Ch’town, Sept. 25--pat 3i eod

THE PUBLIC TO lu. econ HE Subscriber having moved to the build-

HL ing lately occupied by Messrs- Coombs & Worth, 51 Water Street, is prepared to fur- nish his customers and a generous public with his usual Stock and Wares kept at the Union House before the fire.

A’good Hairdresser in constant attendance.

A call respectfully solicited.

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October 2nd and $rd, 1878,

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Prize lists may be had on application to Mr, George Lewis, Market Clerk, Ch’town ; J. R. McLean, Esq., M. P. P., Souris; Hon. D. Gordon, Georgetown; Lenj. Rogers, Esq.. Alberton.

The Drill Shed will be open on Monday, Sept. 30, and Tuesday, Oct. Ist, for the re- ception of goods, with a man in charge to take care of all articles delivered there.

The Cattle Show and Exhibition will be held on Wednesday, 2nd, October. The plowing match and testing of farming imple- ments on Thursday, 3rd October.

All articles for the Exhibition must be en tered and delivered at the. Drill Shed, Sum- merside, on or before ‘Tuesday, October Ist, or up to 9 o’clock the morning of the Exhibition, at which hour, sharp, the doors will be closed| for the Judges to commence inspection. The! live stock must be entered and on the cattle grounds at 10 o’clock, a. m., on Wednesday, October 2nd, at which hour the Judges will | commence business.

No prize will be awarded for farming im. | plements until tested. All implements must ' be entered and on the trial grounds before 10 o'clock, a. m., on Thursday, October 3rd. All entries for ploughing match must be made and teams on the ground before 10 o’clock a. m., Thursday, October 3rd.

’ Exhibitors are particularly requested to take |

notice that it is absolutely necessary, and posi- tively required, that all entries be made on or before the time above specified, in order to afiord the Judges sufficient time for the dis- charge of their duties.

Arrangements will be made with the Rail- way authorities for the usual reduction in

fares.

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NHE SHOP and DWELLING on Sydney

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' FRANCIS P. McCARRON., Ch’town, Sept. 23, 1878—

Non's You Believe It,

AY HEN they tell you that the Steam Pump at the Gas House is pumping

all the wells dry. They cannot lower the Tubelar Wells put in by JONES for

Thomas Caseley,

Wm. Murphy,

Paul Lee,

I. J, Hodgson,

Archibald Holmes,

John Morris, ]

&c., &ce., &c., jor any other man, when a living vein of spring water is pierced, as has been done at the Gas House and at Quirk’s pump.

Cc. C. JONES.

Ch’town, Sept. 21—tf

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Ch’town, Sept. 20—-10i eod

- D0 DROP IN,

ND SEE SEE JONES; }ook at his

many different kinds of PUMPS~— Wood and Iron—Suction and Force. They are selling like hot cakes.

Have him bore you a WELL this dry time that cannot be pumped dry. Don’t throw away apy more money by giving it te my CHEAP opposition, as in the past, as they cannot tell where to find living water ; neither can they steal his business.

Give him a call and he will tell you all

about it. Cc. ©. JONES, Opposite Dr. Jenkins’. Ch*town, Sept. 21—tf

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