3 TO REPRESENT Qneen’s County in the Commons: JAS. C. POPE The Issue: : OR WILL WE NOT TAMELY . ty SMT TO BE UNJUSTLY DEPRIV- ED OF REPRESENTATION IN THE CABINET ? aren «) WE OR DOFWE NOT APPROVE " rue ACTION OF THR DOMINION GONERNMENT IN REMOVING MR. LAIRD. AND NOT EVEN OFFER- ING HIS VACANT SEAT TO A RE- PRESENTATIVE OF THIS PRO- VINCE ? Now that, by our assistance, they have attained to office and authority, they think they | can afford to treat us as though we were | children or slaves—break their pledges to | us as they please—and, impudently, ask our continued support. The Toronto Globe actually sneers at us. Our population is only “ one fortieth can we expect represeatation in a Cabinet | of thirteen members ’’—~as though our | numerical weakness acted as a bar to the | fulfillment of pledges which have been made tous. Our “wealth and intellig- ence” is pot worth taking account of. | We are to be treated to the policy of force. The Mackenzie Government have, evi- | dently, decided that the Maritime Pro- vinees must unite under one Local Gov- ernment. Their organ the Globe is vigor- ously advocating ‘‘ Maritime Union.”’ That organ is edited by the Dictator to the Party—the Hon. George Brown— one THIS IS THE SQUARE ISSUE NOW BE- FORE THE PEOPLE OF QUEENS COUNTY. S Ohe Examiner. Charlottetown, Nov. 10, 1876, [!THR FIAT OF THE TORONTO ” GLOBE. Tne editor of the Toronto Globe was felicitiously called by Goldwin Smith, the “power behind the throne.” Practically, he dictates the policy and the acts of the MackenziesCauchon Government. His fiat has gone forth The Globe has spoken. Prince Edward Island is not en- titled to representation in the Cabinet ot Canada. She ought not to expect re- of those gentlemen who * expended their strength (vide Big Push Letter)” in putting down bribery and corruption “with Jots of money.” The Dictator « we must have a union of the Mari- says 2m apd forthwith his Gov- time Provinces ;”’ ernment proceeds to put on the Prince Edward Island is—despite the pro- mise of the Mackenzie Party —deprived of Representation in the Cabinet, and her insulted and wronged people are con- temptuously told to seek refuge “in a union with the Maritime Provinces. To men who, in politics, are not governed by the rules of morality and honor, this policy, doubtless, has its charms 28 well as its advantages. Carried out, Ontario — the Great Ontario—is at least temporarily mollified ; and Prince Edward Island is forced a step towards a union which she dees not care to enter; but which : the Globe and the Government have decided must be consummated. screws. presentation in the Cabinet of Canada. She is better without representation in the Cabinet of Canada. She will never, while the Mackenzie-Cauchon Govern- ment remains in power, obtain representa- tion in the Cabinet of Canadas. If her people foolishly imagine that they are ag- grieved ; if they,too, possess the “ sensitive- ness of small communities ;” if they are so A ambitious as to wish to cbtain greater in- ‘ fluence in the Cabinet Councils of the Dominion then they now possess, let them join the Provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick and consummate a “ Maritime Union.” This is the sub- stance of an article which appeared in the Toronto Globe—the great organ of the Mackenzie-Canchon Gevernment—on the 6th inst. The Toronto Globe takes high ground. Mr. Mackenzie could never have promised the representatives of Prince Edward Island that their Province should be re- presented in the Cabinet so long as he remained in power—or if he did, he was laughing at and fooling them— because the Governor General~and he alone— has the power to nominate the Ministers of the Crown. The Governor General, says the Globe, is the sole judge of the fitness of his Ministers. If Sir John A. Macdonald be really guilty of the crimes laid to his charge by Mr. L. H, Davies and Mr. W. D. Stewart, he is not fit to be a responsible adviser of the representa» tive of the Crown. Even though the electors of Canada should be base enough to honor with their suffrages a man who has been proven—as Messrs. Davies and Stewart declare Sir John has been proven —zguilty of wholesale bribery and corrup- tion, that man can never have power to foist Protection upon the country; be- cause the Governor General is the sole judge of the fitness of his Ministers ; and, it is not likely that he will select a guilty criminal to be Premier of the Dominion. If Messrs. Stewart and Davies wish the ‘* Protection dodge” to succeed, they must cease blackening the character of ' Sir John A. Macdonald ; they must cease declaring that Sir John must of necessity be Premier {should Mackenzie lose the Government. This is the clear inference we draw from the true statement of the Globe. But although the statement of the Globe is correct it bears with special force only upon the selection of a Premier. When a Government resigns, the Crown reads fora leading politician—who has not been proven guilty of criminal acts—and re- quests him to form an Administration. If he succeed, the names of the members of the new Government are submitted to the Crown—and the Crown or its representa- tive approves or disapproves as he may judge respecting the fitness or unfitness of those selected for his approval. And if there be a vacancy in the Cabinet, the Premier submits the name of a member of the Senate or House ef Commons to the Governor for his approval or disap- proval. It matters not to the Governor- General—whether the proposed Minister comes from Ontario or Manitoba, from (Quebec or Prince Edward Island—if he be satisfied that the Premier’s nominee is a man honorable enough to be a Cabinet Minister, and capable enough of perform~ ing the duties appertaining to the vacant office he forthwith makes the appointment. So that the Grit party might—without in- terference with the prerogatives of the Crown--—promise the representatives of Prince Edward Island that their Pros vince should be represented in the Do- minvion Cabinet so long as they remain in power. And Premier Mackenzie might, without infringing the rights of the Gov- eruor-General, just as easily fulfill his party’s promise by submitting to Earl Dafferin the name of Senator Haythorne, or Daniel Davies, or Peter Sinclair,—all capable and honorable men—to fill the seat left vacant by Mr. Laird, as he sub- mitted the name of that politieal dreamer —Mr. Mills of Bothwell. Would Mr. Mackenzie dare to offer Mr. Geoffrion’s vacant seat in the Cabinet to the repre. sentative of any other Province than that Quebec? Would he dare to subs stitute one of the Cabinet representa— tives of Ontario for a representation of thisIsland? He dare not. Either of those Provinces would resent such an insult by forcing all its representatives to unite in opposing the Government which offered it. And the Government would fall. It is because we are numerically weak,—beeause, though we may make, we cannot break the Government of the Dos ainion—that we have been cajoaled and Fi Pins ns in sie Our duty, under the circumstances, is clear, We must resent the insult and wrong to which we have been subjected. We must oppose this policy of force by every means in our power. Our represen- tatives should act in opposition to the Government, a8 one man. Queen’s County should elect Mr. Pope by a unanimous vote. The Toronto Globe taunts us with “ wasted strength.’” We must show that our strength is not altogether gone We must send our strongest man to Ottawa. Our only, our last, chance to assert our right to REPRESENTATION IN THE CABINET OF THE DOMINION, is the coming election. At a general elec- tion other issues will be up. We must act promptly. ——___ — --- AN AUDACIOUS DENIAL. We did not imagine that even the Patriot would have had the effrontery to deny that the Government, if permitted, would have raised the tariff last session. It is notorious that the Government had their tariff prepared and ready to lay be- fore Parliament ; and that the Maritime Province members—headed by A. G. Jones, of Halifax—combined, and threat- ened to withdraw their support if the ob- noxious tariff were not suppressed. Con- sequently, the Government suppressed it, and returned to their former tariff—which, by the way, is two and a half per cent. higher than the tariff under Sir John A: Macdonald. Our readers will remember— it was about the time Mr, Owen Connolly paid some $30,000 into the Customs iu one day, and that all our merchants were straining themselves to the utmost to get their goods out of bond before the higher duties were levied. We have no donbt that Mr. Mackenzie was “ worried half to death” by the Protectionists. The charge we make is, that though profes— sing Free Trade principles, he weakly yielded to the demands of Workman—the man he helped to elect—and others among his Protectionist followers. Where he yielded once, he may yield again; and Jones and his ‘contingent’? may not again be on hand to protect our interests. This is what we should like the farmers of Prince Edward Island to remember. The Patriot editor evidently sees that the “ Protection dodge ” is a failure. Heis, in consequence, violent and reckless. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. By a dispatch received to-day, it is reported that Tilden has 184 electoral votes, sure; that Hayes has 163 electoral votes, sure ; and that there are 22 electo ral votes doubtful. The result wiil not be positively known for a day or two. It is probable, however,that Tilden is elected He wants only one vote. The accession of the Democrats will be, a good thing for Canada and our Island. The Democrats are Free Traders. With the Democrats in power in the States and the Liberal Conservatives in power in Canada, we will very soon have Reciprocal Free Trade. Workman, Devilin. and other Protectionist, will then be without a leg to stand upon. THE CAMPAIGN. Ar the meeting in New Glasgow, Mr. Pope had adecided majority; at St. Ann’s, the people are unanimous for Pope; at Clifton, Welsh will probably have a small majority, Rustico will throw a solid vote for Pope. At the Springton meeting there was a large majority in favor of Pope. The warmth of Mr. Pope’s recep- tion by the people of the country Distriets exceeded his most sanguine expeetations In Charlottetowa Mr. Pope's support increases daily. INFORMATION FOR THE FARMER. ‘*The ExaMINER says that Protection of our manufacturers means ‘robbery of our farmers.” Very littie more than a month ago Sir John A. Macdonald deciared at Simcoe that he is in favor of protecting our manufacturers. According to the Examin- ER's own admission then, Sir John goes in for robbing the farmer. The Examiner is to come out three times a week to give this robber of the farmer another follower. The man who enlists under a rotten leader is—what?” We Tuts ig from the Weekly Patriot. have a short reply for our contemporary. The EXAMINER supports Mr. Pope be. cause he is a “ Free Trader” ; because he will oppose the “rotten” combination which protects the Grit oil refiners of Ons tario by the imposition of fifteen cents per gallon on kerosene, which has raised the tariff on everything imported, and which would have protected, hed it been allowed by the Maritime Provinces’ members, the various manufacturing interests of the Do. minion. The man who while shouting “Free Trade,’’ enlists under and supports a “ rotten’ Protectionist Government, is —what? For our part we follow no leader in a policy of Protection ; and we are assured that Mr. Pope wil) never sanction Protection under Mackeuzie or Macdona}d. that of the whole Dominion ; and how | How Grits ‘‘ Blovate the Standard.” | would have lost their votes. excuse made by the McKenzie party for wrongs the ols ws by ce HON P, BRRCKEN'S SPERCH Mackenzie party when they were out of | : power, is unserupulously broken. IN MARKET ee ee of this Island shoul: uev.r Mackenzie's Unconstitutional | School Policy. HALL. : election law now in force in the Th SIN <r opponents have expended could now scarcely find q ma who had a word to say about It was wel! ort of thing had been put ast wo. Une | in Onna | the Pacific | that that » to by the Dominion. Railway Seandal. 0 THE YOUNG MEN ‘t that had | ” t not been for the efforys of two or three | members in the Senate, among the most | conspicuous of whom was Senator Haviland, | all our young men who were not property | holders would have been disfranchised! In | ull probability, more than one-half of them What was the loing this? It was, that no provision had | . co ‘ -~ , ( i PROTECTIONIST DODGE. been made in this Province for the regis-~ tration not mend matters, for there was no regis. | tration for electors for the Legislative Coun- FOILED ATTEMPT TO DEPRIVE OUR JOUMG MEN OF THE FRANCHISE. | cil, either. contemptible Act was done fora particular | purpose, ‘he excuse was nonsensical, and | i | Opposition Wanted. | | | | Hon. Mr. Bagcken, having been called | upon to speak on the matter before the | meeting, explained the position which he | now occupied, and the course which he purseed in the late contest for the | local election. In that contest he had been | defeated, and as he had then made his pos litical bed, he was now manly enough to lie upon it. He had been offered the nomin- ation to run with Mr. L. H. Davies, asa candidate for election, on a certain plat- form, but refused it, and was now prepared to take the consequences. fle had attended meetings during the} present campaign, with Mr. Pope, at Vernon River Bridge and Pownal, and heard the old anti-railway story repeated by Mr. Welsh. It was said by Mr. Welsh’s friends that it was not safe tosend Mr: Pope to Ottawa, because if it were not for the constitutional check, he would introduce the Denominational School System in all the Provinces of the Do- minion. Put that assertion beside THE POLICY OF THE MACKENZIE PARTY, This was the ‘very thing which the new Governor of the North-West, himself, had tried to do, when he, as a member of the Government petitioned Her Majesty to use her influence with New Brunswick to change her Non-sectarian School System, and io adopt the denominational one. Who used his influence in fastening the Denominational System upon the North- West?- Did not the late representative for | Queen’s County doso? Yet nothing was said by his friends against the course which he pursued! Why then bring such a charge against Mr. Pope? Where were the friends of Secuiar Schools when the six | representatives of this Island, in the House | of Commons, went further than ever Mr. Pope and himself had gone, in favor of Des | nominational Sehools, and | | IRRETRIEVABLY FASTENED THEM UPON THE | NORTH~WEST. | } Mr. Pope and himself were pointed at by their political opponents as unsound on the school question, and not to be trusted; but those who made the charge did all in their power to support the Mackenzie govern- ment, which did so much to establish Sep~ erate schools! Mr. Laird on the first ops portunity took a Goyernorship. Against | this he had nothing to say. But he could | not forget that Mr. Laird had NEVER CALLED A PUBLIC MEETING or consulted his constituents on any mat- ter from the time ie was elected till he re- ceived the present appointment. Without saying @ word to them, he quietly accepted the Governorship, and went to the North. West. He who fastened the Sectarian System of Education upon the vast North- West, out of which several Provinces would yet be formed, did so, without being found fault with, by his late friends and support- ers. Where was the consistency of the lat. ter now in attacking Mr. Pope? Were they not GUILTY OF THE GROSSXST INCONSISTENCY ? As the people had now settled tiie School Question, why should not Mr. Pope be sent to the Dominion House of Commons? O, said they, he (Mr. P.) was a supporter of Sir John A: McDonald! Yet no person would deny that no man had done more for the Dominion than the latter. In fact, he [Sir John ] had been almost the father and maker of Canada. And he was neither greedy nor selfish. Ever since 1852, he had a hand in almost every administra- tion in the Government of Uanada, and was recognized as one of the ablest politicians in the country. As a recognition of his services, he received the title of Right Honorable from her Majesty the Queen, and a seat in the Privy Council of England. His scheme for the construction of the Pacific Railway was wellsdevised, and cals culated to encourage emigration to people the great North West. But he (Mr. B.) did not approve of all that had been done by Sir John. He should never have taken so large a sum of money from Sir Hugh Allan to carry the elections. in doing so, Sir John was wrong. But the people them- selves had always encouraged the expendi, ture of large sums of money at elections ; and the blame lay partly upon themselves. The Reformers professed to be AWFULLY INDIGNANT. that corruption should have been allowed to exist at all ; and whenthey assumed the reins of power, lifted their hands and thanked Heaven that they were honest. In fact, they almost burst with indignation against Sir John and his Government. After denouncing that gentleman in the most violent manner, they declared that although he had been an old and able public servant, and although the Statutes of Canada teemed with his labours, to the wall he must go. Ihey then declared it necessary to go to the polls, in order to have a purer and more independent House of Commons. They did so, and said that they had thereby raised THE STANDARD OF PURITY. But when judicial inquiry was made into the returns, NO FEWER THAN FORTY of them were found to have procured a majority by bribery and corruption. In this way, they proved themselves more corrupt than the man whom they had con- demned. Suppose a Judge who condemns a manu to be confined in a felon’s cell fora dark crime, to go the very nex? day and commit that crime himself, Which would you say was the worse of the two, the Judge or the condemned felon? You would certainly answer that the Judge was the greater criminal of the two. So with the Mackenzie Party, which had condemned Sir John A. McDonald ; they proved thems selves worse than he whom they had des nounced. No less than forty of them had lost their seats through corrupt practices. ‘These were the men who had been Sir John’s most violent accusers. One of the ablest of them had been condemned by the Courts to occupy a position on a par with that of the negroes in the Southern States, previous to the late civil war, by being disfranchised, and prevented from holding any public oilice, whatever, for eight years. “Give me an opportunity ” said Sir John “and I will prove that for every dollar ex | THE MACKENZIE PARTY HAD DEPRIVED THIS | DOMINION. | support, the only stipulation asked for, was |a seat in the Cabinet. But he (Mr. B.) was | afraid that it was only a temporary arrange- | |ment, We might now whistle to get back | | our seatin the Cabinet, as long as the Mc- | | the of voters. Well, their action did | He (Mr. B.) believed that that | ¢ without foundation, Then, again, PROVINCE OF THE SEAT WHICH IT HAD RIGHT- FULLY HELD IN THE PRIVY COUNCIL OF THE When our six representatives in the House of Commons promised Mr. McKenzie their Kenzie Party ruled in Canadat The Grit Party in this Island excused this act of Mr. McKenzie, by declaring that the latter was | worked so bard, that he had to fill the vas | cant seat at once! There was no ground, whatever, to hope that Mr. Welsh would ever occupy a seat in the Cabinet. Where were Hon, Senator Haythorne, Hon, D. Davies, and Mr. P. Sinclair? Were they not fit men to occupy the seat vacated by Mr. Laird? The latter got his price by being appointed to the Governorship of the North-West, and the people of this Island might whistle jigs to a mile-stone, to get back the seat in the Cabinet, as long as the | present party were in power. There was now no man at the elbow of the Premier to see that our interest was properly looked after. We were now under the necessity of applying to the Ministers of Nova Scotia end New Brunswick, to have our wants at- tended 8:0. And what did they care about us? Mr. Pope declared in his card, that he would insist upon this [sland having a re- presentation in the Cabinet, and its full | rights. The seat vacated by Mr. Laird had | been filled by appointing to it Mr, Mills of Bothwell, a thorough Ontario Statesman, who opposed the granting of Better Terms to Nova Scotia, and who was of opinion that MALITIME PROVINCES HAD GOT ENOUGH. He (Mr. B.) considered it a downright mis- fortune to this Island to have her repre~ sentation in the House of Commons | ALL ONE SIDE OF POIATICS. There should be a good, strong, indepen- | dant opposition. Experience taught that | when members and supporters of a gov- ernment were all on one side, they were | apt to consider the interests of (their party first, and those of their country afterwards. WE WANT A GOOD, SOUND, TRUE OPPO- SITION IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, among our representatives, Our present | six members in that House, were as much bound together, by interest, tgsupport Mc- Kenzie, as any party ever was in our Local | House to support their leader. In order that our interoets suould not be neglected, as in the matter of the Winter Boat, a stirs ring and powerful opposition was required on the floor of the House of Commons. Could a more independent man—one who could neither be bought nor. silenced—be elected to represent us in the House of Commons than the Hon. J. ©. Pope? He} thought not. O08! eaid the Grits, the the self-styled Reformers, *‘ we are a hap- py and united family, don’t disturb us, leave us alone.”’ For the best interest of the country, it was now necessary to send an independent and determined man to re» present us in the House of Commons at Ottawa. We wanta man who is not afraid to tell the government when they do wrong. Look through the Debates of the House of Commons, and ask what part our six representatives have taken in them? Their speeches were few and far between. It could easily be seen that it was a great mistake to have our six representatives all on one side, as there was no one to stir them up to duty and to diligence. Sir. John McDonald is now fast rising in popular favor. The majority on the Gov. ernment side is now only about forty mem, bers. THE GRITS HAVE LOST NEARLY ALL THE SEATS WHICM HAVE LATELY BEEN VACATED. The people have found out that the party that were loud in their cry of corruption and Gishonesty, were corrupt and dis- honest themselves. Let not our people, therefore, be carried away by the cry of corruption against Sir John A. McDonald. The latter is now one of the most popular men in the Dominion of Canada. Mr. Pope’s predilections were in favor of Sir Jobn and his party, but he would not pledge himself to give that gentleman his ungualified support if elected to repres sent the people of Queen’s County in the number of arguments travagance involve Provinces of New Brunswic with wuch force would save and conduce to the more vigorous manage» ee GOVERNMENT, an brings forward a show the ex- EXPENSIVE The Ministerial org to d in the present system | overnment in the | k, Nova Scotia, 1 nd Prince Edward Island. It is argued that a Maritime union | | r systems of Local G an enormous annual outlay, ment of local affairs. But when we argue for 4 contemporary | Ch'town, Nov. 6, 1876.—3i North-West Union and oppose the mon- | strous policy of establishing = Local Commission echant Auct’r, &c., Courts and their double paraphernalia in @ “ region almost void and empty, the champ-| Bedford Row & Sackville Sreet, ’ and | ion of Maritime Union cries *‘ treason “ traitor’? and ** Tory” “ imbecility.” The | 800,000 in round numbers and extravegent to continue the existence ernments, &c. wise | Governments in the North-West with @) population, white and red, of 50,000? The Globe says it is, The Mail says it isn’t; what do the people say ? Keewatin also is governed, is composed as follows : following : , 000 people. Maritime Provinces have a population of | Consignments of Propuce solicited, and If it be absurd | Cash advanced, or Goods forwarded as de | sired. i Cash. of three separate and distinct Local Gov | and prudent to establish two Local The Government of Manitoba, by which Private Secretary, President of the Council, Provincial Treasurer, Provincial Secretary, Minister of Agriculture, Minister without Portifolio, Clerk of Counoil, The speaker and twenty-five members of tne Assembly, Clerk of Assembly. The NorthsWest Territories, whither Mr. Laird is gone, are to be governed by the Lieut-Governor, Five Members of Council, Vhree Stipendiary Magistrates, Jlerk of Councill, Sheriff, Rogistrar, Five Clerks of Districts, Gaolers, Peace Officers, etc, Our contention is that it is monstrous for the Dominion to be called upon to sup, port «for the Federal Treasury will bear the cost of the Keewatin and North»west Gov» ernments directly a3 indirectly it pays for the Government of Manitoba) two Courts, two Lieut-Governors, and a two-fold array of subordinates for the government of 50- It is more monstrous, we say, than the triple system of Local Govern- ment whick the @/obe denounces in the Maritime Provinces where there are 800. 000 people; but Mr. Browa say it isn’t-— Toronto Mail. CONTEMPORARY OPIATON. NON Rr re ere From the Presbyterian. 4. The Palriot tries hard to get up a cry about Free Trade, and the taxes Protection , for such a population, is it | BROAD’S AXES, BOXES, ut, CARVELL BROS. AGENCY - FOR P, E. ISLAND PRODUCE, HORATIO B. SELLON. HIALIFAX, N.S. All kinds of produce puvchased fo , To the Electors of Queen’s Co a. YENTLEMEN :—You will soon be called upon to elect a Representative to Aj} the vacant seat in the Dominion House of Commons, caused by the acceptance by your jale member, the Hon. David Laird of the Governorship of Keewatin. And having been requested by many influentiagj Electors, from various parts of the County to oifer myself as a candidate, I have con- sented to do so, and now beg to solicit your suffrages. When Mr. Laird and his associates agreed to support Mr. Mackenzie, it was on the distinct understanding that Prince Edward island should have a seat in the Cabinet. That seat has been given to Outario, and this Province is now deprived of it. In this our people have been most up- fairly treatea. If returned I will endeay- our to re-establish that legitimate influence in the Councils oi the Dominion, to which this Province, from the number, wealth and intelligence of its people is unquestionably entitied, and I will not support any Ad ministration which wiil refuse to Prince Orders for Goods froin Halifax promptly | attended to. Reference in Halifax: JOHN 8S. McLEAN, Esq., President Bank Nova Scotia. Refer@nce in Charlottetown: W. R. WATSON, Ese., High Sheriff, Qaeen’s County. Oct, city papers Im TAILORING DEPARTMENT. a RS FALL & WINTER CLOTHING. 1876. Beavers, Pilots, Presidents, Naps, FOR Overcoats & Jackets, English, Scotch and Canadian dw EZEDS. Blue and Black Does, Broads and Worsteds ! We will be at all times happy to show our Cloths and Styles. = GOOD FITS ! Shirts, Cardigan Jackets, Ties. &t. BEER & SONS. Oct. 16, 1876.—éw P, E. island Railway. SPECIAL RUNNING. ARRANGEMENT, N and after MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, a Special Steamboat Mail Train will run as follows :— GOING. WEST. GOING EAST. fa. M. | PM. Charlottetowa dp 6.00 Summerside (dp. 6.46 ee ; as will impose, so as 10 Make tho insulted | Rovally, Junction “¢-47 Rensingwoa |" 7¢ Electors forget how their petition was treat- County Line 7.46 Hunter River ; 8.25 ed by McKenzie, and to ] ublish lies about Kensington 8.17/Royalty J’nct.! 9.17 taxation es he did to scare people respecting | Sammerside ar-8.50 Ch’town iar. 9.35 Coifederation. But ‘the Question is not up, i till a General Election takes place. Numbers 3 and 4 Trains will resume ran- The St. John, N. B. Freeman, a strong a ee =e = a " : McKenzie paper, im bis issue of the 26th W. McKECHNIE, Superintendent. 1lt., Says i— Ch'town, Nov. 6, 1876.—Island pap. [Sins “Until the Protectionists have a majority . 66 Se ee or pearly a majority in the country aud in . Daabideeaial t matte rs iittie wt ether any Prince Edward island one or two members of the Cabizet ars Pro- tectionists or Free Traders.” The Montreal Wilness of Sept. 23, 1875, a McKenzie paper, showing that Free Trade and Protection are not such Party questions as would prevent Mckenzie doing all he could for Workman, a Protectionist, says :— The candidates for Montreal West are to be Mr. Thomas. White,.jr, Conservative, and Mr. Thomas Workman,” Minislerial. A good deai cf amysement is being had at the fact that a party with wom Free-Trade views predominate, and a newspaper of pro- nounced Free~Trade principles, should lake up as their candidate a gentleman who, although possibly a Free-Trader in principle AS ALMOST EVERY BODY SEEMS TO BE, is at al! events DEVOFED TO PRO- TECTION IN PRACTICE. But the careful wording with which it is necessary for Free- Traders to commend the financial policy of their protectionist representative ts none the | less amusing. The city has before it two respectable and able candidates, both well known and popular, both in favor of Pro- tection, and, so far as we know, differing but slightly on other questions. STEAMERS. ew Fall Arrangement. Lawrence” aud ‘Princess of Wales’ will ran as follows: Nova ™cotia. Leave CHARLOTTETOWN for PICTOU every Monpay. WepNEsDay, THURS DAY & SatuRDay mornings at 5 o'clock The above proves that the Pairiol’s cry is | dishonest, gol up fora purpose. If McKen- | zie dij all he could for Workman when the | two candidates were Protectionists, surely bis when both candidates if Workman could be a are Protectionist and | still be a Grit, sure'y Pope can be a Free Trader and still be in Opposilion, ®. A great cry is raised about corruption; but to show that this is another “honest” dodge of the Patriol to turn people's atten- tion olf from the consideration of his pet North West Separate Schoel, and Cauchon | Rider, and rejected and insulied petition matter, listen to the Pairiot’s highest autho. rity—the Montreal Witness—which tie Pa- triol admits is *‘a McKenzie paper, sound, orihodox, intelligent, well-informed, and un- corrupted by Government pap’’:— * They have been taken up by leading newspapers of the country of aj] shades, and an independeat opinion is gathering strength that between the “Big Push” and the «Pa- cific” seandais there is morally little or no diflerence. We shall demand investigation and retribution as firmly in the one case ag we bave done in tbe other.’* “Tt is commoaly stid that when a Refor- iner is soaring most Ieftily in his pride of in- tegrity if is only necessary to say ““Cauchon” to him and he droops like @ pigeon under Dominion House of Commons. Mr. Pope is | a gentleman of whom the people of this | Island will never have reason to be asham. | ed. He would, therefore, ask for him, [Mr. Pope,] the united and wiling support of the people of Queen’s County, . ee <P Gee Ssoorine Maton.— A Shooting Match took placa on the 4th inst., at the Kensing- tan Rifle Range, between seven men of No. 3 Company of this city, viz: Messrs. E. McGregor, W. Davison, V. Longworth, J. Melntyre, M. Allen, D. Harper and N, Harper, and a selected team from some of the other Co’s, composed of Messrs. J. Rodd, W. Rodd, A, Horn, D. MeMillan, | H. Hooper, I, Henderson and G. Henders | son, ir, E, McDougall was chosen Ums | pire and‘ Stakeholder. The. ranges were | 203, 300; 400 and 509 yards* five shots at | each range. No. 3 team were again yicto- | rious, haying made a total score of 437 | points to 419 by their opponents, This is the third match won by No, 3 team this summer, The day was very unfavorable for good shooting, the wind blowing rather strong and in squalls, E, McGregor made the highest score for No. 3, and H. Hooper the highest score for the selected team, 74 and 70, respectively. DBDoeieci 3 On the J7th ult., in the 73rd year of her age, and deeply regretted by numerous rela- tivesBand friends, Mary, the beloved wife of the iate Mr. John McDonald, Bornish, and the respected mother of the Rey. Dugaid McDonald, Tignish. Of typhoid fever, at Beloit, Iowa, on Sept, 26th, dames, the beloved son of Mr. Thomas Clark, of Cascumpec Village. At Lot f, on the [4th ult., Alfred Ever- ett, aged | year and 7 months, son ef Ann and Charles Dalton. At Malpeque, Oct. 17, of inflammation of | the lungs, John Beairsto, in the 43rd vear of his age, deservedly and much regretted by both friends and acquaintances, ? At the residence of John Clay, Summer. | side, on the 31st October, after a short i. | ness, Elizadeth Gribble, wife of the pended by me in carrying elections, my , & lon. Alexander Anderson, in the 79h year of her age. Her end was peace, | and the party it represents, is biackened alj chloroform, or ike the Seripturai fig tree | here are honest, and reliable men leftin | the Ministry; but the Ministry as a whole, over with its own blacking-brush, «nd mor- ally speaking it has ils character to recover, This being the state of things with the Reform party, etc.” It was asserted last season by ill-natured dowagers that several young ladies becam engaged to their friends without any idea of marriage. If this was really a true count, it shows that season belles can be wise in their generation. They see the numerous party here need not cry “Protectionist” | ( Free-Traders., | $1.00 each. connecting there at 10 a. m. with train for Haliax. Fare to Halifax, $4.10. Picnic Parties of twenty and upwards can obtain Return Tickets at Chariottetown Office to Pictou and back same day, for Returning to Charlottetown, Leave PICTOU every Tverspay, WEDNES- DAY, Fripay & SatTurpay, about 1 p. m., on arrival of morning train from Halifax. GCaupe ireton. Leave PICTOU for HAWKESBURY every morning train from Halifax, connecting both Ways with Stage and Steamer ‘* Neptune” to and from Sydney and Bras d’Or Lake. Returning to PICTOU same NIGHTS con- necting with 10 a.m. train TuRspay & Fripay for Halifax. Summerside & Shediac. Leaves SUMMERSIDE for POINT Dv- CHENE every morning (Sunday ex- cepted) about 9a. m. or immediately on arrival of 6 a. m. train from Char- lottetown, connecting at Point DuChene with day train for St. John. Returning to SUMMERSIDE same days, leaving POINT DUCHENE soon after arriyal of morning train from St. John. The direct trips between Shediac and Char- fottetown,and Charlottetown and Shed- jac on Sunday evening, will be dis- continyed, instead of which Steamesr will leave Summerside for Charlotte- town, and Charlottetown for Summer- side, Saturday evenings. AGents:—Almon & McIntosh, Halifax; Noonan & Davies, Pictou; A. Grant & Co., Hawkesbury; Hanford Bros , advantages enjoyed by their engaged ac- quaintances,and think that they may as weil | ut in their thumbs and pul} out p s for | } e 2b8 and pul) out plams for | themselves, leaving the dry crust of matri- | mony to olbers, Several unpleasant revelas | lions were mace last year which tend to | prove that many women would, if they were such privileges stould try to obtain them by a kind of fraud upon society. ‘In America and even in Canada, girls are not driven to this expedient. There they can take a man on trial, They can go with him to theatres and parties, just as in this country the ser. vant maids can do with their young men while they are openly keepiag company.— Salurday Review. : PASSENGERS. Steamer Carroll from Boston, Nov. 8th.~— Mr. Enman, Mrs, Enman, Miss Hayden Miss M, J. Minchin, Mrs, Catherine Fogarty, Mrs C, Hughes, Miss M. J. Keefe, Miss Jes. sit McDonall, Miss McDonald, Mr. David Millis, Mr. M, Pogarty. ee Carroll to Boston, Nov. 9th.— zatherine Flinn, Catherine McLeod. N i McCabe, A. McLean, A. D. McLean, cnete Bruce, Maggie Kelly, Miss McLean, Hannah Cody, HOTEL ARRIVALS. RANKIN HOUSR. Noy. 8th.—R. Brown, Kingston; David Millar, St. John. N. B.; John H. Thornten do. ; Foster Ricard and wife, Pitsburg, Pa , Nov. Sth Ht. M. Hamilton, St. John. N. “4 ’, Booth, Moutreal: Sa Holttes, > &, Morrison, Nov. 10th.—A. W, Campbell, Montreal). ee tet ‘UBSCRIBE for THE EXAMINE One Dollar and Forty Cents a re o§ to $2 Portland, Maine, St. John. i F. W. HALES, Secretary. Ch'town, P. E. f., Oct. 19, 1876. Fire Risks at Adequate Rates ! 7 : nea — allowed turn marriage ilseif into a mere diss ae Ss ; : . Deposit wi ims agreement, The exemption from disagrees posts with Papinjes Gongenpent, able duties, the compagtive freedom from 850,000, social restraints, enjoyed by a girl who is | —:Q:—- engaged are certainly to be envied. Itisnoj; Experienced ageuts throughout the Dominion. wonder that those who are not admitted to —:0:— ! JAS. DesBRISAY, Agent for P. EE N ST., CH’TOWN. sepl1'76 New England Felt Roofing Co.’s PITCH AND FELT ! The only Reliable Roofing, 500 ROLLS Beehive Brand FELT, 00 Bole. PITCH, 00 Rolls TARRED Pp, 50 Rolls DRY PAPERS” We are selling these Goods Very Cheap. DODD & ROGERS. Ch’town, July 17, 1876. $19 A DAY at home, Agents wanted Outfit and terms free, TRUE & CO Augusta, Mame, Mayl’76 ly per day at home. Samples worth $1 free, Stinson & Co., May1'76 ly —eateianmeenicnitatiocandt att LAIN JOB AND BOOK p PRINTING done at the KXAMINER Orrice, On aad afier Houday, the 23id inst. the Sirs, ‘St Monpay & THurspay, on arrival of Edward Island a voice in the Councils of the Country. You will hear much about Free Trade versus Protection. I am a Free Trader on the broad principle, and will render my best assistauce in endeavouring to estab. lish reciprocal Free Trade with the United States, wuich would do much to promote ihe best interests of this agricultura) country. Our Island Railway has not been pro- ductive of that general benefit to us which 1 intended it should be. This in my opi- nion, is entirely owing to its present man agement. I wonld endeavour so to lessen its necessary expenditute and reduce the Taritf as would make it of more extended advantage to all] classes. I claim for this Province a fair partiepa- tion in the expenditure of the public means for the opening up of more extended com- munication with such portions of the colony as are now destitute of the necessary facili- ties for the transit of its productions, and for such other objects of public~ improve. ment as will conduce to the furtherance of its best interests. With reference to matters of General Policy, my best endeayors shail at all times be directed to the development of the vast resources ef our Great Dominion, I have the honor to be, Your Obda't. Serv’t, JAMES C. POPE. October 30, 1876, To the Electors of Queen’s Co. \ ENTLEMEN :—The appointment of tha Hon. David Laird as the Lieutenant Governor of the North-West Territories having caused a vacancy in the Dominion House of Commons, which you will shortly be called upon to fill, | have been solicited by a great number of electors from diflerent parts of the County, to offer myself as a candidate, and I take this early opportunity of informing you of my determination to do so, and of soliciting your support. ‘The general policy ofthe McKenzie Ad- ministration, basea, as I believe it to be, upon principles of honesty and justice, meets with my cordial approval. I recog- nise in that policy a determination to goy- ern this great Dominion on sound political and constitutional principles —~ a course which necessarily avoids the demoralizing effects which invariably follow from col- lusion between Governments and wealthy contractors or speculators. I am a free trader, and I am glad to know that free trade is a plank of the McKenzie platform. To us in these Maritime Pro- vinces the scheme cf Protection cautiously advanced by Sir John A. MacDona!d dur ing the last session of the House of Com mons, and nOw so earnestly advocated by him in his public speeches, is merely a scheme to take a certain amount of money from the pockets of the farmers and other consumers, and hand it over to the manu. facturers. It is unjust in the extreme, and will bear with peculiar hardship upon the people of this Island. Sir John A. Mac. Donald calls this Protective Policy of his q ** live issue,” and urges his friends to rally round him in support ofit. We free traders ofthese Maritime Provinces must also re- cognize the importance of this living ques- tion, and be prepared to meet it. Onur merchants and traders find it hard enough to pay the present high tariffrates. If our present revenue tariff is raised into a Pro- tective one, it will mean simply so much extra taxation placed upon our farmers, not to carry on the Government of the country or develop its resources, hut to enrich a smal) but influential body of manu- facturers. ‘This live issue affects, and will affect, every man’s pocket on this Island. it will not be squarely met by those who desire to support Sir John A. McDonald's policy. A protective tariff, they know ik like separate schools—unpopular in this phrases as * national pelicy,” much as the separate schoo] question was attempted to be hid beneath the pregnant poticy of ‘* payment forresults.” I ask you to be on your guard on this question. The course adopted by Mr. McKenzie on the Pacific Railway question seems to me to be just and statesmanlike. The engage- ment to build that road was entered into by his opponents while in office, and as I understand—terribly as it may stain our resources—cannot be honorably repudiated. By extending the time for its completion, and having the road careful/y and cecura- ely surveyed before any pari of il is let lo contract, we may hope to feel the burdens very much less, and have the assurance that we are getling the best that can be got for the outlay. While, however, I agree with the general policy of the government on these great questions Iam not satisfied to give that government an unqualified support. I shall contend most strenuously and do all in my power to obtain for our Island that which I believe to be its rights, viz.: a represen- tation in the Cabinet. I believe this will be more easily and surely attained by 4 firm and dignified stand being taken by our representatives than by a childish declara- tion that we will unconditionally oppose any government that will not concede the demand, Iam also strongly opposed to any inter- ference by the Dominion Government or House of Commons with the question of Education; and while in justice I feel com- pelled to remember that the famoys Section XI of the North-West Act was Hot iutto- duced into the Bill by the Government, was an amendment carried unanimously in the House of Commons, still I cannot, a8 one, absolve the Goyernment from blame, [shall oppose, if elosted by you, any such interference or legislation in the future, and shall insist that the Constita tion of our country which which gives the local legislature exclusive right to legislate upon the important question of education be preserved intact in spiri{ as well as i letter, _ Tshall do all in my power to obtain out just rights in the distribution of govert ment patronage and public moneys, shall specialy urge upon the governmett the great importance of carrying on it 4 liberai spirit, the improvement of our bat hors by dredging and breakwaters ; bat! will not insult the intelligence of this larg® County by promising to obtain from the Generali Government grants in aid of ! objects only, and with which both you # I know the General Government hav nothing to do. - Iam, gentlemen, Your obedient seryaut, WILLIAM WELSH. Charlottetown, Oct. 30, 1876. MEETINGS. M2. POPE will meet the electors . Queen's Co. at the following places MON} AY, 6th November; Rustico Bask at6 p. am. ; _ TUESDAY, 7th November; ‘New & gow Hall at 2p. m. SAME EVENING; House at 6 p. m. Se BREDA, Sth November; all at 2 p, m.: : g THURSDAY, 9h November; gspringto” Schoo! House at 2 p. m. ) FRIDAY, 10th November; Crap - St, Ann's School clifioe at 2p. m. SAME EVENING; Kelly's Cross * > | ba gGATURDAY, 11th November; Bove” School House at 2p.m. =, 54 SAME EVENING; Bryay’s Cr" * m. a creek MONDAY, 13th November; ly at 4p, m. t TUESDAY, 14th November Mov? Stewart at 6 p. m gaw Mill THURSDAY, 16th November; je Bridge at 2 p. m. aa SATURDAY, 18th November j Sm Corner, Fort Augustus at? P-™ 15 pile MONDAY, 20th Sorpry et House, St. Peter’s Road at 2 P+ Ch'town, Nov. 6, 1876 oud Island, and it will be gilded over with such - “os of O*Sh TW & eee ae... Ves cre Suy no: isn = &