R Aes sone 3 i . “> * a tn ARINC Ay eM bie Mt I OIE il is a den CEs ea oe }. :, 4, i THE DAILY EXAMINER —— A AUGUST 18, t882, THE PROHIBITION PLEBISCITE Frox the prohibition »point of view, it ie certainly tc be regretted thatthe Gov. eroment baa given evidence of a desire that the plebiscite «hall cometo naught. The © denly-antagonistic or damnimg-with-faint praise attitude of the Government press ie @ straw that sows which way blows. Then we hawe the statement of ihe Minister of Agriculture —tkevery man ened introduced the bill to the House of Com. mons—that he hopes to see the wind the country make someth og outof winemaking from The Premier, too, hand home-made grapes. has shown th: declaration that if plebiscite should be against prohibition the Government in bis the mmerity in the that would settle matter,—but if in favor, the Government will take the matter into consideration. (rdinariby the result of a plebiscite of the people,-is received as a mandate ab-. lutely binding ihe Govern~ ment. [t has been eo regarded by the Government of Frances; it has been so regarded by the government of our Cana- dian cities. “uly by car Liberal Provins cial Goverament and our Libere! Domini- voice.of a majority a plebs on Governmen’ is the of people, expreseed by cite vote, regarded asa thing to be treated with contempt and to be laughed at as a means of fooling the temperarce people, catching votes for political purposes, and se\ting rid, for the time be- ing, of the prob ‘bitionists’ importunity. Mr- | Peters held a; ebiccite on prouibition and tne treated with lofty scorn, Mr. Greenway. also, heid a plebiscite, and it, too, came to nothing. Sir Wilfrid vole war Laarier is about to hold # plebiscite, and be declares ‘that people should vote for prohibition the if a majority of the Government will begin to think the matter. That is tosay, the deliberately expressed opinios of the mass of thé people goesfor nothing more than @ mere intimation that the people’s rulers cught to take the matter jowoconsiderat.on. The Wilfrid Laurier, in this regard, should cause the bloo! of @ sovereign people sensiiive concerning their rights as free- men, to boil in their veins. The Czar of Russia himeelf could not have taken a more autocratic position. We have neyer heard, from the lips of a public man, a stronger exprevsion of contempt for the insolence of Sir peoples wishes, Uader the rule laid down by Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the temperance men are, it will readily be seen, placed an immense disad- vantage. Iudecd the hope uf the prohibi- tion:sts lies ony in polling such a large pro portion of the electors yotes, and evincing such a determiced spirit, that the Goyern~ ment must see (hat they dare not refusé Lo comply with |\he demand for prohib:tion. It is, therefore, DiAs!PZ tO Note that op- ponents of the liquor traffic, everywhere , through the are organizing for the purpose of over~ whelming majority in the coming plebis- ountry, ovtaining an cite. Inthis province, we feel sure, such a majority will be polled; and we sincerely THE DAILY EXAMINER, CHARLOTTETOWN, AUGUST 18, 1896 successful in breaking down the Newer’ trafic and eradicating the evil of drunken~ ness throughout the land, then indeed-a’ victory wil! have been won which all good! men, and the angels im Heaven, will re joice at. We hope, therefore. that prohibition will be tried, and that such a vote will be! rolled up, such an expression of the people's will and powersziven, that an an- willing Government will be compelled to taleeraction to that end. -—-- 2 <D o> NOTES AND “2MMENTS. —dAn Uitawa deapatch to the Star re- ports that Mr Joseph Pope, Assistant Secs tary of the Quebec Conference with Mr. Bourassa, as has been stated in the Con- servative press, but will be in attendance at Quebec durimg the sittings of the com-~ missioners to assist thém particularly in reyard to the Atlawtic :fisheries question upon which he has prepared an elaborate brief. LL TS ESTEEMED EXSHANGES. Toreoto Globe: Canadians will be all more or less pleased 4o learn that the Dominion has the bulge on the rest of the eartli—speakipg scientifically, that is. This isthe way the Loodon Daily Graphic pats ite—“It is generally assumed that our earth is round—more or less. Bat Professor Preston, of the United States Coast aad Geodetic Survey, asks us to abandon this idea, acd think of the world as shaped like a four~sided humming top, with eaok of its sides triangular. Its pointed end is directed due south, and it is on this, ne doubt, that it goes spinning down the ringing grooves ofchance. This is somewhat startling, bnt certaialy not less so than Professor Pueston’s Other discovery regarding the earth. A cneasurement of great arcs upon the surfece.of our planet proves to his satisfaction that the North American continent bulges out from the more level parts of the world. One is glad to hear that it isnot only the United States that have this proad distinction of bulging. On the contrary, the bulge apparently includes British A merica—a fair proportion of our empire. The bulge, in fact, is Yankee but an Anglo-Saxon bulge” 2o0t a —_—_ CUBA AND PORTO RICO. Wasuineton, D.C., Aug. 17—The re-« eoustruction of affairs in Cuba, Porto Rico. aod throughout the Spanish West Indies, is receiving earnest consideration in official quarters, and at the White House. On Meeday, General Fitzhugh Lee spent some time with the President, going over the condition of Cuban aftairs. While no an- noungement was made, the impression pre vailed that General Lee would be one of the Caban military commissioners to be named within a few days. Acting Secretary Allen, of the navy, also saw the President, concerning Cuban affaire. It ie probable that an American naval vessel will go to Hayana harbor before long, and at .east two naval vessels will be ordercd to Havana, when the mili- tary commission assembles there to deter~ mine upon the details of Spanish evacue~ tion. ilar —— Emperor William’s Tour. Loxpon Aug 15—A despatch to the pres from Berlin says that probably 200 clergy- men, representative of European Prc- testant churches, will accompany Emperor William on his coming trip to Jerusalem. — BORN hope that the people of Canada at large | will unite to teach their Government that | what they will-—-that they shall have. This question of prohibition is one upon which the people may well unite for such @ purpose. The liquor evil is admittedly the most terrible evi! in only argument urged against prohibiticn | is that it will not pat down this evil. Con. the land. The vince Principal Grant, convince the most extreme antixprobibitionist in the country, that prohibition will result in the abolition of drunkenness and its miserable fruits, | and his opposition will at once be with- Well, there is no better or fairer upon the prohibition drawn. way to conviction questioa than experiment. We may talk for- | ever about prohibition, and the matter will | still be in dispute. Only by the test of | actual experience sha!] be know whether or | Then why Hot | give prohibition a trial—a fair trial? We have given “free rum” a trig! and the rex suit has been—failure. We have tried at not it is a good measure, regulation law without beneficial results. have each been tried in various parts of Canada, and been Low license and high license the results have not entirely Partial prohibition, the has been _ tried satisfacory. Seott Act, also and the ligwor evil still exists, But prohibition, throughout the length and breadth of the land, bas not been tried. No country that we know of has yet made | the test of prohibition all around ite borders and everywhere over iis area. If it be so tried in Canada, and it should fail —after sufficient time for the trial has expired—the voice of the people wil! call for its repeal, an: for a reversion to license or some other form of regulation to mini- mise the liquor evil. But if it should be H ome Makers.-.... On August 17th, to the wifeof A. E. Mc~ Eachen,a son. MARRIED. At the residence of the bride’s father, Aug. 17th, by tre Rev. A. D. McDonald, assisted by the Rev. Geo. Miller, Ewen Cameron, of Charlottetown, to Lena Isabel McDonald, of New Glasgow. DIED. In this city, on the 12th inst, Alice Ruth, infant daughier of John and Sarah Ann Mclatyre, in the 12th day of her age. — FINE NEW LINE Of Furniture Coverings just opened. Just what is wanted for re-upholster- ing that chair, suite of yours, upholstered furniture. Mark Wright & Co, Lid: i} on a short trip to Sherbrooke, Que. retary of State, will not act as joint secre-' PERSONAL wieit. Hon Sevator Ferguson left thie morning ing’s train for asmort trip on the main- ‘land, Rev C W Corey left thie morning for | Amoneret, N 8, toettend the Baptiet Con- ‘ference. Mr. J. J. ‘Chappell left by this more- hI Mrs T A McLee returned home yester- day afternoon, from Pictou by the eteawert Princess. i Mr John Carroll, of New York, who has been here -wisiting his relatwwee ket this mcrniog. Mise M. McDonelid,who has heen visiting Mrs. B.C. Prowee, left yesterday for her home in Bosten, It is understood that Whitelaw Reid wil: , -encceed Col Hae as Ambassador at the ‘Court of St Jamee, Mr Wm Warren,.of Bedeque, who bas: { been away on holiday trip to Great Britaia came home lastnight. Bermuda, who have been the guests of Mre | Malcolm MecLeed, at Newlande, left on return for home this morning. _—— } The marriage of Miss Rene Pearman, caugbter of W. M.®. Pearman, to Lieut. Laing, R.N. R., iate of H. M.S. Intrepid, | took place at St. Mark’s Church at Halifax | yesterday. ; Mr. J. J. Hornby, the popular repres- entative of the firm of Roberts, Simpson, & Co., Halifax, and ‘London, England, who las been for some time oa the Island, wi'l leave for Halifax on Saturday. Two of Charlottetown’s well known teachers will be mirsing from their ac- customed places next month—Miss Tillie Wyatt, who resigned afew days ago, and Miss Lena Macdonald, whose reason for resigning will be found described else- where in today’s issue. Atihe Davies Hotels & E Harrington and wife, Hartford; LH Elliott, Pictou, W R Nelson, Nelsonville, Charles Heath; New fork City; Willis Heath, do; Geo Warts z, do; M W Woodhead do; Mr Currie, Windsor, N_ §&; Samuel Prowee, Murray Harbor, Edmond K Halls, Cincinatti, Ohio; # DScott, Mon~ treal: HG Simmons, de; Edm C Fruite, do; W R Dalby, Torou:o; Mrs F B Porter, Boston. At the Queen: Mr and Mrs Arthur Guild, Moncton; Miss McEachern, de; L W Fowler, Bedeque ; Ernest M Archibald, Halifax; Rev Dr McKay, Tryon ; Miss Laura Hanington, Tigoish; Alphonse Thur, de; Miss Maggie J Lewis, Gratton, HD; Eva F Lewis, do; Miss Christina McLeod, Moutague; Margaret McLeod, Montague ; George Forbes, Vernon River __My Store for Bargains in Shirt Waists. More Citizens.—Three families from Montreal, comprising eighteen persone in all, arrived from Newfoundland on Wed- nesday in the schooner Brillant, to settle in Charlottetown. eo Use in place | of Cream of Tartar and Soda. _nt ms R i 4 Absolutely Pure More convenient, Makes the food lighter and more healthful. 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At all dry gootis stores, $1. to $30. permair. mae 02631 | b~*®* 40086 “SOD ore oS Boots Just received Spring Deots in above sizes. ox Calf Laced Boots 2. a Ys, YD, | Hee and B Dongola Patent tip Button Boots. f;ood comfortatle Boots, for girls wearing those sizes 4 I R. K. JOST, Stamper’s Corner oR oD © 4° *A 2 02 O23. OR SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIC. EO > O O<> OD GDS OS 9990S 0 OD 62H ODE pS OS O23 02 OD 8069S 9 OOO 954498402 Tae annual Picnic of the Baptist Hazel. brook S8.*. will be he'd on the beautiful grounds of Mr. Boswell Jenkins, Monnt Albion, on Wednesday, Afternoon Fug 24th. Tea will be provided for all those who do not bring baskets. Tickets l5c. Refreshments aod Ice Cream will be served and ewings and al! kinds of amuse- ments wil] be provided. Ail are cordially invited to attend. RY ORDER OF COM. i93 w lid li. Rothesay Church School, Rothesay College for Boys will re-open Monday, Sept. 5th. STAIF, 1888-9.—Principal, Rev. O. W. Howard, B. A., Honor Graduate and Gov- ernor-General’s Medalist Toronto Univer- sits: Honor Gradnate Huron College Lon- don. Mathematice.—I. E. Moore, Erq., B. A., Honor Gradvate University ot Toronto, School of Science, Toronto. ' Class‘cs.— P. J. Robinson. Eeq., B. A., Honor Graduate, Toronto University. Modern Language—W. A. McClean Esq , M. A., Graduate Toronto University; Ontario Normal College; London Military College. Correspondents should be addressed to Rev. O. W. Howard, Rothesay. “Kinghurst” will re-open on Wednesday Sept. 14th, 1898. Mies H. J. Machin, formerly Lany Principal of “Edgehill ’ will have charge of the school and will have a thoroughly com petant staff of assistants. Correspondence should be addressed to Miss Machin, Rothesay N. B. OME 192 dy 12i. Nae NAPS For Tc - Night. Boy's Low Shoes at 90c Aleat 20 pairs, sizes 12 to 4, re duced from $1.15 and 1.35 Girl's Buttoned and Laced Boots at $1.00, former price 1.35 Girls’ and Children’s Buttoned ne Oots and low shoes at 80c ormer price $1.10. W. H, Stewart & CO, Shoes to Please othe Family New ‘stock just opened - suitable for early fall trade in Mens Boys Youths and Womans p :bbel balls, whole foxed fair stiched, this lot of 300 pairs wa; purchased before the advanes in leather footwear, all stylish all good ALL LOW IN PRICE An opportunity to get just what you want at just what you to pay price—all our usual lines at lowest prices. New rabber footwear in all the leading styles. Weeks & Warren | _—— The Primus The best oil stove ever invented, consumes one quart of common kerosene in 6 hours, 4 27 2 2 Generates oil ‘nto¥ gas Price #* 4, Refrigerators Ice Cream Freezers 20 p ¢ discount ROGERS einen August Cheap Selling This month we are letting go at ridiculous low prices. 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