2 . (*) ory : Che Daily Examiner. 2” oo J Charlottetown, August 2I, 1877

DISFRANCHISED?

Mvucu surprise and indignation are felt by a large number of voters at finding themselves threatened with disfranchise- ment; and if they really have been deo prived of their right of suffrage by the design or ignorant legislation of the last House of Assembly, they have good reason to be indignant. ‘The people of this colony treat the registrationsofsvoters law with too much indiflerence, and it will be found, when too late, that whatever the merits or demerits of the law are, a great number of persons will be deprived of the right of voting by their neglect to register their names.

The question of disfranchisement, hows ever, is a more serious consideration, We all remember the indignation of the people of this Island at the attempt made by the Grit Party of the lHlouse of Commons to disqualify alarge body of our young men from voting. If the truth is told concern- ing the interpretation of the Registration Law,as laid down by the County Court Judges, or some of them, our present local Government have very cleverly accom- plished, underhandedly, what Governor Laird and his followers failed to accomplish openiy.

The qestion now raised comes up some. what as follows. It will be remembered that certain male persons 2] years of age and being British subjects were allowed to yote, if qualitied by being liable to per-

form Statute Labor, if they showed they had actually performed or com- muted their Statute Labour’ within

twelve months previously to the test of the writ of election. As is known, last winter our House of Assembly repealed the S:atute Labour Acts. Now, an intending voter, aged 21 years, British subject, &c., comes up to register and a dialogue some- whatas follows takes place between him and the Sounty Court Judge :-—

Jcpeer— What is your name?

Ans.—Johr: Brown.

Jupee—Do you wish to register ?

Brown— Yea, Sir,

June —What’s your qualification ?

Barown—Statute Labor.

Jopek— Have you performed or commut- ed your Statute Labor within the last 12 months ?

Brown—No, Sir, | was not asked this year to perform Statute Labour; but I was ready to perform it, your Honor, if call ed on. .

Jupee,—I cannot register your vote, Mr. Brown. The Act constituting your quali- fication as a Statute Laborer has been re- pealed, and | cannot treat that Statute as law any longer. Besides, to vote under that qualification, you must have actually performed your Statute Labor, or com. routed it, or shown you were exempt by holding oftice, This you have not done or shown you have done; and, therefore, as the law is, 1 cannot register your name as a voter,

Voices, —That’s a vote lost to Pope.

We understand some oof the present members of the diegislature who are re. sponsible for this muddle, volunteered to enlighten the Court on what they meant by the Act of last session, and to elucidate from their personal knowledge, as legis- jators, what the law as it stands really means, It may, perhaps, surprise some persons, as it certainly did the legislators in question, to hear that the Judges re- fused to be enlightened from the fountain head of legislation !

The question involved ia a very serio} one; and if a large body of the people of this colony is really and in fact disfran- chised by the ignorance of some, and the duplicity of others of our legislators, both branches of the Legislature have shown themselves, as A Bopy, wholly incapable and unworthy to be entrusted with the power of legislating concerning the rights and liberties of their constituents. This matter should be sifted to the very bottom; and no pains should be spared to preserve to a large and intelligent body of our electors their right of voting. The question is one of a legal nature. But, until we see it authoritatively decided, we shall hold and insist that our young men are still entitled to vote, and are not, and cannot be, disfranchised by the ignorance or scheming of politicians, It will be, to us,a matter of surprise if anything less than a positive Act of of Parliament is to deprive a man of his right of voting.

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OwinG to the negligence of the Commit- tee sppointed last session to regnlate the Legishitivé Librery, the public is anable to

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“ a me enn MR. POPE ON RECIPROCIT ¥.

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Tur Patriot is as well pleased to iéarn that Mr. Pope’s ideas of Free Trade, and the way of obtaining Reciprocal Free

the great Adam Smith, as the Grit leaders were to hear Daniel Davies declare in Par-~ liament that Mr. McKenzie had promised ‘it would be the policy of the Liberal Party to give Prince Edward Island a seat in the Dominion Cabinet."’ Its pleasure is admirably illustrated by its tactics in dis- cussing the subject, It has studiously kept in the dark the fact that while Mr. Pope said ‘‘ it might be advisable to tax United States’ products,’’ he carefully guarded against committing himself to any other than a temporary measure to force the Congress of the United States to give us what we all want—‘‘ Reciprocal Free Trade.’’ In fact, it has avoided altogether the gist of the argument, and it unfairly treats Mr. Pope as though he were a through- going Protectionist who, hypocrit- ically, calls himself a Free Trader. This is aspecies of fraud which we hardly ex- pected in one who piously denounced, as guilty of a species of forgery, a fellow edi- tor guilty of a like offence.

some of Adam Smith’s remarks upon the point. We admit that we did not quote the whole chapter. But we challenge the Patriot to show thst our quotation :

‘The case in which it may sometimes be a matter of deliberation how far it is proper to continue the free importation of certain foreign goods, is, when some foreign nation restrains by high duties or prohibis tions the importation of some of our manu. factures into their country. Revenge in this case naturally dictates retaliation, and we should impose the light duties and pro- hibitions upon the importation of some or all of their manufactures into ours,” does not apply to our quotation :

** There may be good policy in retaliations of this kind, when there is a probability that they will procure the repeal of the high duties or prohibitions complained of. The recovery of a great foreign market will generally more than compensate the transitory inconveniency of paying dearer during a short time for some sorts of goods.”

We certainly suppressed the following paragraph, which immediately precedes the last of the above quotations : --

‘‘In 1697 the English prohibited the im- portation of bone lace, the manufacture of Flanders. The Government of that coun-~ try, ab that time under the Dominion of Spaiv, prohibited in return the importa- tion Of English woolens. In 1700 the pro. hibition of importing bone lace into Eng- land was taken off upon condition that the importation of the English woolens into Flanders should be put upon the same footing as before.

So that Adam Smith not only sustains the position taken by Mr. Pope, but he adduces a case in point. If the Putriot cou'd show that, by suppressing partof the text, we misrepresented the meaning of the great author of the ‘‘Wealth of Na- tions” —then there would be some sense in its nonsensical attack upon the Examiner. But this it cannot do. It quotation ress pecting Colbert is one of its “‘cuttle fish’’ tactics, From the mention Adam Smith makes of this statesman, it appears that he

‘‘ Very high duties upon a great nums ber of foreign manufactures. Upom his refusal to moderate them in favor of the Duteb, they (1671) prohibited the impor. tation of the wines, brandies and manufac- tures of France,” '

The Patriot ** suppresses”’ this passage ; and thus conceals the true character of Colbert; and, therefore, the true objection Adam Smith had to his policy. Yet the /atriol is, par excellence, the hon-~ est journal. Verily, a worthy represen- tative of the Oreanizep Hyvrocrisy—in a tight place.

The Patriot is struck almost senseless with alarm because Mr. Pope expressed the opinion that it might be well to re~ move the duty imposed by the McKenzie- Cauchon Combination upon tea, tobacco, etc., and puta snall tax uponcoal. The Patriot's leader has, however, not such a dread of taxation. In fact, he appears to think that in times of depression, when prices are low,taxes are rather a good thing. He raised the tariff from 15 to 174 per cent. «le placed a tax upon tea, tobacco and other articles admitted duty free while the country flourished under the guiding hand of Sir Jobn Me. Donald, Yet he could say, during his re- cent speech in Charlottetown : —

“The taxation of the country has been inereased but a mere trifle; for while the tariff has been raised t:vo and a half per ceut., the value of imported goods bas been so much reduced that very little more duty has been paid onthe same articles than there was under the old tariff.”

If the Premier's excuse is a valid one the imposition of a tax upon coal will not be productive of such dreadful results as the Patriot supposes, for its value is so much reduced that the proposed duty will add little to its cost to the taxpayers.

obtain boc ks anless by application to some member of the Government,

{a duty upon coal by any such

We would not, justify the imposition of

Trade, exactly correspond with those of

The Patriot charges us with suppressing ;

was a “prohibitionist ;” for by his “ tariff {of 1667” he imposed —

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| sophistry as the Premier of the Dominion

who supply the markets of Ontario and Quebec were inet, for a time, bya duty

such as that b) which Canadian coal is shut out ofthe Uned States, it might make vueui opp cv.cte the benefits of Recipro~ city. It might make them willing to ad- mit free the coal of Nova Scotia into Port- land, Boston and New York, on condition that their coal was admitted free,—as now, into Kingston, Toronto and Montreal. It might be the means of supplying with remunerative work the hundreds of miner: who are at this moment in Nova Scotia out of work and on the brink of starvation. [t might make remunerative the millions of capital invested in our coal mines which now yield nothing, but loss. In short, it might, in less than six months, be the means of bringing about Reciproca) Free pavaite in coal. If this result were obtained it would, to use the words of Adam Smith, ‘compensate the transitory inconven, iency of paying dearer during a short time’ for that article.

CITY COUNCIL,

A meeting of the City Council was held last evening. Present: The Mayor, His Honor the Recorder; Councillors Peake, Harris, Crabbe, Heartz, Smith, Hooper, Byrne and Morris.

CounciLLon HkaARTZ recomménded that the appointment of police be deferred till inspection in the presence of the Mayor, the Stipendiary Magistrate and the Police Commitiee,.

Councitton Harris asked a legal meeting.

The Recorder explained that it was legal under the circumstances of the last ads journed meeting.

Councittor Harris wished to know from lis Worship if he had any one selected for the office of City Clerk,

Tue Mayor . aid he was not authorized to select a Clerk at last meeting. If he was, he would do so by advertizing. He said he was in conyersation with Mr. Owen Cons nolly a few days ago, who suggested to him & person named Sampson Ferguson, late of his employ, His Worship stated that he telegraphed to Mr. Ferguson, who was somewhere about St. Andrew's; but got no answer as yet.

Mr.” Harris expressed a favorable opins ion of the gentleman named,

Counci-Lor Heartz stated he was well acquainted with Mr. Ferguson, and that he knew him to be a very efficient man,

Councittor Byrne said the Council should not go into the business of ap~ pointing a new Clerk before disposing of the old one, and was of opinion the Coun- cil should superannuate Mr. McGowan,as he had been a very old and efficient servant.

Councittor Pg:ke said he would like to see a full meeting of the Council before any appointments were made.

Councittor Crapee said there was a quorum, and if the Council was adjourned till to-morrrow night the same number might be absent.

if this was

liis Worship recommended the letting of sidewalks by tender,as he thought it would effect a great saving, and referred to the Market Hall as being no source of revenue at all, He thought it should be used for the purposes for which it was erected, viz., the selling of such things as butter, eggs, ete., and that the venders of meat be permitted to sell meat, etc., inside the Market House. He also intimated the impropriety of allowing the Janitor to occupy the top part of the Bell Tower; nor should any parties be allowed to reside in the Market cellar.

Moved by Councillor Harris seconded by Councillor Crabbe that the City Clerk be authorized to call for tenders from pers sons willing to contract for laying plank sidewalks—tenders to state the price per squre yard, the city finding the material — Carried.

Tue Mayor wished for information re garding the fence at Mr. Brown’s property on Huston street.

CounciLLon Smita said there was an agreement made with Mr. Brown on the matter, and when Mr. Brown would ful.| fil his part of the agreement the fence would be speedily putup ‘Thesame mat- ter had been hitherto before the Council,

Us Worsmp intimated that an applica. tion had came from J. B. McDonald to havea sidewalk laid before his new store. He wished to know if the city.had author. ity to place the sidewalk at that place,

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(has, in this inst wee, promulgated. If, how- ever, the United States’ coal merchants

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That the petition of the citizens pre- sented this evening on the subject of King Square be granted, and that the street on the south side of the Square be sixty feet,

His Worship referred 'to the propriety of passing the sanitary by-law immedi- ately.

The Recorder thought that it would be advisable, under present circumstances, to drop the draft of the present byelaw on the table and begin de novo, for which purpose a special meeting would be needed,

CouNciLLoR Heariz directed the atten« tion of the Council to the unclean state of several tenement houses in the city and said the law needed to be quickly en- forced, -

Moved by Councillor Harris, and sec- onded by Councillor Heartz, that a special meeting of the Council be held on Tuesday next for the introduction of a sanitary byelaw and other business,

Councillor Byrne then presented the following tavern licenses, which were re- newed: H. B. Smith, Patrick Kelly Richard ‘Thorn and Stephen Carroll,

A matter relating to the license of

Donald Mclsaac was discussed for some time, : His Worship directed the attention of the Vouncil to the fact that an account of about $40 for labor on the Park was paid by the Clerk and no record was kept of it. He wanted information on this as well as other subjects.

After some remarks with regard to this, the Finance Committee agreed to attend and certify all the weekly accounts on Friday morning.

Council then adjourned till half past six o'clock this evening.

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INDECENT AND IMMORAL LITERATURE. —lt is is an unpleasant duty to be compelled to censure any One, much more one of the ‘- fair sex.’’ Stern duty, however, de. mands that we should warn the public against a young lady who is nowin this country selling communistic pamphlets and circulating free, prurient and inde- cent literature. The pamphlets are sold for 15 cents each, and as the titles are caps tivating, many decent people make pur. chases without looking into their contents, As soon as a pamphlet is bought, a paper name 7he World is placed into the hands of the purchaser. This paper, as well as pamphlets, is filled with spiritualism, in- fidelity, free,loveism, disgusting indecency and the devil, generally. Now, we re quire none of this teaching on the Island. Let Free loveism be confined to where it originated—the United States. We beg to direct the attention of the Mayor ana Stipendiary Magistrate to this matter at once. The young lady who pedidles this filthy trash should be arrested immediately and made to pay the penalty of ber crime. She is probably boarding at some of our hotels round town, and her c:pture would not be a difficult task. It would be well to teach her that when she visits a 1espect - able people, she cannot be permitted to distribute her immoral and miserably writ~ ten literature with imp unity Argus,

The feminine alluded to in the above paragraph was arrested by the City Marsha!

; Moved by Councillor Hooper, seconded

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MOONLIGHT EXCURSION

HERE will be a Moonticgur on

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Thursday Evening, 23rd inst,

Steamer ‘ Southport” wil Wharf at 8 o'clock, sharp. oo Ferey Refreshments will be supp the boat, and suitable gaged for the occasion, Aug. 21—

MEETING

LIBERAL-CON SER VATIVE

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ied on board mMasic has beep en-

MEETING of the LIBERAL.CONS A VATIVE CITIZENS of Onbciatinken : will be held—under the auspices of the ‘*Provincial Committee of the Liberal-Co : servalives Of Prince Edward Island °_ %

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In the Athenaeum,

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WEDNESDAY EVENING NEY?

or the Turpose of Securing ‘he Lnsertion of the Names of

ALL LIGERAL-CONSERVATIVES

Upon the Voters’ Lists !

A FULL MEETING IS EXPECTED. BY ORDER, Simon W. Crabbe,

SECRETARY. Ch’town, Aug. 20—

: GOLD PLATED

Brooches, Karrings, Lockets, Neckletts, Watch Chains, Scarf Pins, Sleeve Studs, Shirt & Collar Stads, Nick>l-plated Alhexts. A large assortment of the above Goods at W. W. WELLNERs. Ch’town, Aug. 22—pat din eod

J. F, WicKay,

(Norrnu QUEEN SQUARE)

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Has just received a varicd assortment of Amer.can and Geneva

Matches, Givid and Silver;

hades’ & Gents? Watch Chains,

God and Silver; Gold Flaled Rings,

Gold Lockels, Prooches,

Larrings, Studs, Swdver Lhimbles, ele. — ALSO— Watches, Clocks, and Jewelry skiltully repaired, —Satisfaction guaranteed, and all

last evening. Her name is J Tilton. The Marshal searched't she had engaged in a certain lou found a large trunk full to the bri far worse books than thase above des She gave her gold watch as bathito !

; RP . aan trial be fore the Magistrate this moa g

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VALUE OF TIME IN P. FE. ISLAND,|

(From Harper's Monthly.)

“Of the people, so far as personal observa- tion goes, | can speak favorably. Among them are many descendants of loyalists o! our Revolution, who are generally more United States than others. The feeling towards our country is appa-

desire for reciprocity treaty was very strong. But underneath is. | am convinced, an un- der-current strongly English, notwithstand- ing that the people aré really more like Yankees than Englishmen in their habits and langnage. Their is just difference en- ough between their ships, their houses, their Vehic‘e3 or agricultural tools, their papers and their colloquial diction, for a careful ob- server 4o nole that he is not in the United States; but often the difference is nearly im- perceptible. Ttisin their value of time that I discovered the greatest dissimilarity, The pheise “ Time is money” is certainly not true on Prince Edward Island, however true itmay be with us. No oneis on hand when he should be; everything is done with a leisure that would imply longevity rivaling that of Methuselah. Punctuality in the hours of meals at the hotels is a thing not

dreamed of, resulting in great waste of lime and cold food. Nor did { see any evidence anywhere or in the character of any one that indicate | that the world has any meaning on Prince Edward Island, This takivg life easy is a ‘very delightful thing under some circums'ances, but it wiil not do in this age and in the Western world, in the wholesale manner in which itis practiced on that beau-

CounciLtor Harris said it was. the prac- tice of the Council to perform the labor if the party wishing to have the platform furs | nished the plank and nails,

} _ Clerk read a petition of the citizens living | near King Square, asking the Council that |

instead of an oval fence, two panels be |

& plausible ‘placed at the end of the square diagonally lists.

\iful Island, for those who desire to rise in the world, And herein seems to be partly the reasons why the British Provinces of North America have not progressed as rapid-

ly as their neighbors south of the Great Lake fe

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BOARDERS WANTED.

1 6 Permanent Boarders can be com- ‘forlably aecommodated in a prevate family; male boarders preferred. Apply

124 Kent Sincet, ne arly opposite J. Sel- ers Grocery.

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To the Civic Electors of Ghar- lottetown.,

Ey Ayine attended a meeting in the Athe- neum oa Friday eveniog last, for the pur- pose of nominating caadidates forthe Liceusing Board, it was agreed that the three persoa’ Te- ceiving the highest number of ballots should be the choice. Messrs. Dawson, Cundal! aad Blake received the nomination. The next highest on the list was the Hon. H. J. Callbeck. Since then Mr. Blake has declined to run. Lo Monday morning's Hzaminer, Mr. Joseph Kuight offers his services to the public without getting the couseat of the meeting that nominated the cag- didates, although he received but very few bal: lots on Friday night. Since Mr. Knight haa thought proper not to be bouad by the decision of the meeting, it opens the way for-others, and f, therefore, offer myself as a candidate for

suftrages of the people. If elected, 1 shall eu- deavor to discharge my daty fearlessly and im- partially. In our City we have taverns, or night colleges, where the young are taught to dripk, swear and gamble; and, if elected, | shall do my utmost to have them closed, The morals of the community must be sacredly guarded aod the majesty of the law faithfully vindicated.

JAMES CURTIS. Ch’town, Aug. 21st, 1977.

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YELLOW CITIZENS :—Yon will soon be called upon to elect a Licensiug Board in accordance with the late Act of Parlia ment. Being solicited, I consented t0 nomination, and my name has been before you for some weeks. Gentlemen, many of you have already promised me your sup- port, and should you place me in so respou- sible a position, be assured I shall do my duty firmly, yet with moderation and evel- handed justice to all.

JOSEPH KNIGHT. Ch'town, Aug. 20—

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