si a I cap tio san THE DAILY EXAMINER, CHARLOTTETOWN MARCH 30 1898. = ae EXAMINER THE DAILY MARCE 30, 1898. THE EXAMINER AND PROHIBITION. the intimated the Guardian defends f ( i | { | | ; i” apes | action of the Goverment in respe ct to a Prohibition Plebiscite by attacking HE cing ations its Bxawixver and asking questions about record on the temperance question and its Ae, zeal, etc. In reply, we have simply to gay that, whatever the fauits and short- comings of Tue Examixer may be, its was never + wy» chief editor and representative genttoa “jambouree™ at The Clu ” vy ; asaist in a high-toned revel over The Club’s ee ae Aas : + to “best in stock.” The Patriot goes one better than The Guardian and, besides wanting to krow spat Tas Examiner is going to do at out it, expresses doubt about Tue Examiner's r ised statement thatthe government prom an unconditional plebiscite. It is well re- membered that previo 14 tO the election, the Leader of the government upon several eccasions, referred to the Probibition question; but it is not remembered , that he ever gave expression to one word, iadi- cating that the probibtion plebisc’te would be accor )panied by a vote prot ised as to the willingness of ‘he people to bear additional taxation. The announcement of this latter came as a eurpriee, after the election, to every temperance man in the land. Besides, the Libers] party, as the Patriot admits, passed the following reso-~ Jation at its notable convention, held in the city of Ottawa, in 18): “That whereas public attention is at present much directed to the considera- tion of the admittedly great evils of in- temperance, it is desirable that the mind of the people shouid be ciearly ascertained ov the question of Prohibition by means of a Dominion plebiscite.” There is not one word in this resolution about “New Taxation” or any other inci dent of prohibition—not the faintest inti- mation that the Plebiscite would be taken upon any other question than that of the simple one, “Are you “for” (or “agaivst”) prohibition?’ Let the organs of the government argue and explain,and “squirm round” as they cnly can, the fact re- maine that the government is morally guilty of a breach of faith with the tem- perance men of this country. The Premier is reported as having said, a few days ago, that “every incident to the iseue must go in” to the plebiscite vote. In this saying the Premier ie, how- ever false to his former promise, perfectly consistent with the new position that he hastaken. If the question of ‘‘new taxa~ tion” 1a to go in, so also may the question vf compensation to liquor wanufactures and dealers, so also may the question of the limitation of prohibition, and other questions which wiil ceriainly come up in the course of a discussion of prohibition, and which will have to be grappled with if a majority of the people decide and vote in favor of probibition. These questions must and will, of course, con* adered by. the intelligent voter when making up his mind whether to vote for or against prohibition. e that Mr. McLellan is so certain of election : ; >that Mr. Hackett will be constrained to district with his travelling bay; and to THE VOTER’S PROTECTION. as Jcpcixc by the reports we hear, the Liberals imagine that the poll in West Prince on the 13:h of Aprilis to be fora buy (!) election. Those who are striving to keep Mr. Hackett out of the seat he won at the general election by electing Mr. B. D. think the electors of West Prince can be bought like McLellan, seem to that co many sheep. They have the money, Mr. Hack»tt onght to have the seat, they boast and though the people think that back out and allow the champion Liberal - To into | their estimates $15,400 to be expended in | West Prince next year; to this end the of the West to go in by acclamation. this end the Government have put Government has sent Dr. Delaney into the this end Mr. Yeo is exerting his iniluenc: among the electors. Ifthe question were one of purchase and sale, the Government would have some reason to auticipate success. But it is nota question of purs chase and sale. It is a question whether or bot the electors would rather elect Mr. Hackett thao Mr. B. D. McLellan; itisa ion whether the &pprove the falsehood and deceit of the Govern- ment party in respect to their pre-election } ) pieages ; question electors it 18 @ qvestion whether or not the electors approve of such corrupt and scandalous deals as those which the Gov- ernment has attempted to consummate in respect to the Drummond railway and the little tramway on the way to Klondike; it is a question whether the electors of West Prince approve of adding continuully to the annual expenditures, the permanent debt and the heavy taxation of the coun. try. Theseare the pointsupon which the electors of West Prince are in duty bound to express an opinion,—and we fee] sure that they will do so in spite of the scarcely concealed attempts of the Gov- ernment their votes by One sure protection the poorest—have, viz., the ballot. With the ballot in the bands no ove need know for whom he may vote. Whether the X’s are placed opposite Mr. Hackett’s name or Mr. McLellan’s, the the electors may be sure that neither Mr. Yeo nor Dr. De- laney nor any other man will know any- thing avout the matter. Therefore they need fear nothing when they put their ballot into the box for the man of their choive,—the man who was deprived of his seat by reason of a mere “ trivial ” aod “unimportant” offence —all the principal charges made against him having been disproved or withdrawn—the man whom they know will fill the seat credit- ably aod who ought to have it restored to him—Mr. Hackett. of the voter is the ballot. party to buy wholesale and retail. the electors—even elector’s The protection i a> +E ESTEEMED EXCHANGES. Mail and Empire: The Senate, by earn - ing the displeasure of the Government, will earn the gratitude of the people. Mail and Empire: For clean govern ment, the people of Canada must look to the Senate. St. John Sun: mia On the wole the do- ion estimates show no signs of economy but there ie one exceptional item, interests On savings bank deposits is cut down Bat there is no necessity whatever for in- volving them all in the proposed plebiscite vote, mixing the matter up, and ecaring al! the weak kueed and doubtful electors, as the Government now propose; and the fact that the Government intend to do 0, shows that they intend to shirk and get ri of the promised prohibition, if it is possible to do | rv. As tothe coarse Tae Examiner will pursue in respect to Prohibition, The Patriot, at least, ought not to need infor- mation. THe EXAMINER has for many years been upon record as favorable toa fair and rea~ sonable measure of prohibition,—a measure which will make the manufacture, ea'e and ase of alcoholic liquors illegal for beverage porposes, and will yet place alcholic stimulants within easy reach, at a rea. yonable price,of the sick and infirm andold wr those who desire ii for mecbanica) and sacramenta! purposes. To the trialof such a measure as that, Tas Examiner stands fomimitted and for such a measure ax that we shall strive. Bu: we shall at the same sime, as in respect to the Scott, Act permit a free expression Of opinion and a fair Jlis- evssion of the whole question—and no; merely one side of it—when the time for discussion shall come. mere — Hackett was “ acguirrep ” “one” “trivial” and “uoimportant ” charye. Put bim back into his seat again. The | governmentwill be no worse off than they | were after the general election; and the House of Comn.ons will have gained an able and experienced member who wi! do the country good service. another half per cent. to two and a half. panics —Shendy, captured by the Ezyptians,is a dec.ved town of Nubia on the Kast baak of the Nile, ninety miles north north-east of the junction of its two great armies at Khartoum. Near it the finest seana js abundant. The town has been ruined by war aud mal-administration. When the British and Egyptians get fal] possesion of the country round about it will probably flourish again. Saeaee anne Carter's for Wall Paper | ae = | extended for th > — NOTES AND COMMENTS. tn en ete nent -—The official intimation that Great Briiain has net severed from her policy of maintaining an open door in China ia what we expected. —One of the strange and deep-seated delusions of th.s world has been, and ap- parently still is, that war promotes pros~ perity and increases wealth. History has tanght difere tly and reasons shows the contrary. As well might a community be rendered prosperous by a geveral coufla- gration War produces notiivg; ita only mission io destroy, and is even where wages rise, the cost of living advances out of proportion, A few become the cost of the many. Jieal 3 could be rice but at There is no way : . . ” olber wise, It is common today tohearsuch expressions asthat a tn ee + er ee sar would be a good thing, that business would be better, and the Jike, hut there could be no greater delusion so far as the velfare of the great be dy of the people is } ecouceraed. It war produced wealth, this wonlibe arich ol ] world indeed by this iimeé, Lire have been wars cnc es past ik uave made al] men ye ilhonaires, if war could bave done it. —The cerdial feelings expressed botb in the United Stste< and in England in favor of an Anglo-American falliance are gratifying. Mr. Bryce, the hi declares his belicfin the existence ofa de-p and strong sympathy as we!] as an essential sence of unity between the two peopies. Ao English diplomatiet is report- ed as saying: “It is not any stretch of imagination to tay that®such a union bas been lonyed for by the be-t men in Great Britain for many years, not only because of the gonuine wish tor clorer bonds of friendship, but because it is a known fact that all the etatesmeu of Kurope realize that a clove alliance between America and great Britain wou'd afford proof that the reiga of law and individwal liberty is to be benefit of mankind.” The sneaker declares it to be the noblest object to which the statesmen of both couniries cau devote their energies, “What we do wish,” be continues, “and what wise men on both sides must earnestly desire, is that each nation shall feelthatit has in the other a friend and a brother on whose sympathy it caa rely intime of need.” —Few Westerners are aware of the im- mense educatioval work now carried on in China. The feeling is gaining ground aniong the Chinese that Western knowledye is essential to the progress of China, and this is Jeading to a demand for Western education. The result is that the various collegea and schools established by the missionarie bave applications for admission far beyond their capacity to recsive the applicants. Some of the most ‘in- teresting educational movements are amoug the natives themselves, Leading Government officials have instituted a col- lege at Shanghai in which Western sci-~ ences are to be taught. They have ee- cured the services ofan American mis- sionary a3 President’ and have given him fall power as to the erection of buildings, the establishment of course of study, and the employment of instructors. One hun» dred and fifty pupils are enrolled already, and they are entirely under the instruction of Christian teachers, This is but one example out of not a few that might be cited, mos. —The farmers in the eastern townships of Quebec, in despair at the prospect he- fure them, are forwarding petitions to Sir Wiifrid Laurier, in which after showing that the agricultural industry is far from progrescring, they declare: “That instead of, as we fond!y hoped would be the case, the debt heing reduced, or at lea-t kept ac a standstill, under your administration, it has risen from 326 million dollars to 340 million ; “That, having regard to their own solvency and the future of their children, your petitioners regard it as imperatively necessary that there be no more Joans; That,if it be urged that putting angend to borrowing would stop the development of Canada, we would remind you that no in- terests can be of more importance to the welfare of the damiuion than those of its farmers, and that a suspension of »ubsides to railwars and the extension of public works would be less injurious to the general weal than the continued decay of the farm- ing industry ; Therefore, we pray that no further addi- tions be made to the debt of the dominion, and that mouev needed for extraordinary expenditure be found by reducing the pubs lic ertablishment to a standard in keeping with the means of its |. boring classes, of which the farmers form the most im- portant part. WITH MORE TO FGLLOW 1898 Massey Harris, 1898 Gendron. 1898 Rambler. 1898 Reliance. 1898 deal Bicycles. $30 to $85. Also a few good ofall but cheap. Repair shop in connection, “stearns’” baking process, Mark Wright & Co., Ltd HOME MAKERS, rices from second hand wheels for sale Re-enameling by tke | Storian, | PRYPEDPEYL RESET EPPRERHDROYRPTPIEINT RT? other price—almost as many as all others put together, and the range runs from $2 to $15. ‘= The $3 ones are — 1 hI black «- made of blue and black <irnvPnannenOIINNPOR HTN Ralaproof Mackintoshe <i af] > i asebaiddd i q - TETTETTT ETAT TF HTT BeAARALAAAACAA LAAbdAd s- Where we get a new = kind of weather every i . z few hours, a Mackin- tosh is indispensible. We sella surprising number of them, gel- ling choise kinds from $150 to 2.00 at less prices—sell more $9 Mackintoshes than any (1 ri serge, plaid lined, vel- vet collar, one cape or two capes a you pre- fer, Noty onl fine, brt hapely, stylish cut and porfectly woterproof. The $2 Mackintoshes ~ | | PPAF EPPPP RTD rrr VER TTT are neat, checked and striped material, single Cape. Men’s from $4.50, youths from $3.00, Pan & WMA dada he... lamond Jubilee Qn Tuesday Rvening, April 12th, 1898, 7 f MeMLddbedbhsdiddddbddhadsedsdebehbcddceedndsdbsdddadda dbodbd des dddcg PPPPPTTPRHDYADH TT TTTNN HNN T TTT? IME HTT TTT Ve ’ IN KINDERGARTEN HALL, Surgeon-Major Warburton, of the 82nd Battalion, will deliver a Jecture on the Queen’s Jubilee, including the various functions at London, Windsor, Aldershot, Spithead, etc, As Surgeon~Major War- burton was one of the staff accompanying Premier Laurier. he hsd_ exceptional chance of seeing all the eveuts connected wita the Jubilee. Parts of the Jubilee procession will be shown py the aid of stereoptican slides, Surgeon Mejor Warburton has kindly consented to deliver this lecture in sid of the funds of the Artillery Orderly Room. Doors open at 7.30 o’clock. Lecture at 8 p. m. Admission 25c, Tickets for sale at Dodd’s, Rankin’s and A. W. Reddin’s Drug Stores. LIEUT.-COL. J. A. LONGWORTH, LIEUT. A. G. PEAKE, LIEUT. A. A. BARTLETT, Fitters, Yes Good Fitters are those new shoes we are _af- ter opening. Dongola Shoes for ladies, fro n Si.00 UP Our $1.85 Dongola Blu- cher Shoe has ne superior as regards fit and wear. If you want comfort wear those shoes. R. K. JOST Stamper’s Corner. TO LET.—That comfortabie and plessantly s tasted house on upper Queen St., being the southern half of the residence of the late Chief Justice Palmer, new in cceu tion of Commander Cheyne. Hot and cold water in Sami>, rent moderate, possession given Ist May uext. Apply to HH, WAaMES PALMER, 66 Ch’town, WANTED—A cook, no washing, Appl Mrs John A. Longworth, . Pen WANTED—A competent girl for eneraj house Work App!y 10 Mrs Arthar Neworey, 75 SECOND WEEE ——OF THE GREAT —__ Sample Shoe Sala Lust week they tcok like wildfire, fyl] | ] ’ on them sold- You should take ad vantace of this : Le tunity to buy first-class goods pT WHOLESALE PRICES “Pore WE CANNOT FIT EVERYONE As they are made in medium sues only, That jg reason we bought them so cheap, and the them so cheap. TOO MANY OF ONE SIZE Women’s Samples are all size, 4 and 4}, reason wa sei] o> j Men’s samples are all size 7 and 8. a Boys’ samples are ail size 4. Pe Small Boys’ samples are all 12 and 13. is Girl’s samples are all size 78. su Child’s samples are all size 6, 7, 9 and 10, - The goods are nicely made in fashionable shay - colors, of selected stock, a All Marked Low With 20 Per Cent. Extra Discounts - This Week S$ oiidlaiiga i th tr e tt fr e THE SHOEISTS ee Le A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF Finished Monuments} and Headstores to be cleared out quick, at greatly reduced prices. Agents will tell you they can sell as cheap as you can buy from the manufactu rer. a _ Buy from us direct, and we will convince you that this is told to effect a sale and make something out-of you. We employ no agents, as we prefer to make all sales right in our shop, where customers can see what they are buying. a >a po a o> a p> a> Cairns & NicFad Kent Street, Ch town — a Hats, Hats and meme) semi Hard Hats, Soft Hats, Good Hats, Latest Styles and Colors. No manufacturer has a monopoly of making the bert hats. Our hats give satisfactim. We think we give as gooe 4 for the price, as isto be ad. This season we are prepared to do better than ever for our customers. i Don’t buy your spring hats or cap3, till you have ors = our styles and prices, - D. A. BRUCE High Class Tailoring.