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eC DaiLty EXAMINER,
Hon. Mr. Campion's Estimates.
Mr. CAMPION s nized in the Legislative Council. of speaking is good o* many Hon, members of
ind the subje prudently and well. or four years the has passed
abilities are already recog-
His style
much better than that long experience ets he discussed are handlea For the past three Legislative Counci] almost unnoticed by the press.
Therefore, Mr. Campion’s opimons have
not received the at pression been expre
xttention or made the im- they would have made had they ssed in the House of Assembly.
His speech showing that, by a prudent ad- ininistration of local affairs, the necessity to
levy averted many years When it in exrtenso we deavor to give it a place Meanwhile, we publish the stract of the figures Mr. C 2) support of his argument:
appears
ESTIMATED REVEN!
Subsidy from Dominion Covern- ment. és tenes Public Lands Keceipts.
Due from Dominon Government for Railway damages paid by Local Government... ... Arrears due from last yea tax. ts aa ol ae «s Arrears land Assessment dee: .. Net proceeds of poll tax for present
’s pe ll
ee, 2 Phi s ts. +s feweee Balance to credit of Province on ist December, I877....---- +: Fees and receipts from various offi ces on basis of last year......--. tefund of amount paid last year by
a direct tax upon the people may be was very convincing.
shall en-
in the EXAMINEP, following ab- ampion submitted
» rok 1878
..$159,764 00
65,000 00
30,425 00
5,000 00 3,200 00
18,439 00 35,246 00
23,149 81
Local Government for estates. .. 8,709 OO Actual revenue which we would es receive. er. $348. 932 Sl
Estimate Government expenditure for 1878, $326,768 94; less, 31,500 00 “ss
. 325,268 94
Actual balance to credit of Pro-
vince on 3lst December, 1878. ... $23,663 37
iieveNvuE FoR 1879 made us as follows :— Subsidy from Dominion Government. .¥160.000 Balance to the credit of the Colony on
31st Dec., 1878.......-
Poll Tax. .
23,668
Receipts from Land Office, say.....-. 60,000
fteceipts from various Offices, say...
36,000 20,000
$293,268
This sum iz quite equal to our ordinary ¢Xx-
wmaliture for 1879. e 1880.
In 1880 our expenditure should be
consider-
ably less, in consequence of the decrease of
the Land Office and
work in
Registry
Office, and as a consequence thereof, fewer afficials would be needed in these Departments.
1881.
in 185), aoeene to the terms of Confedera- tion, we will probably receive from the Do- minion Government about $14,000 a year in
addition to our present revenue.
\
3UMS NOT TO BE AGAIN EXPENDED.
For valuations, expenses and pur- chase of lands there is only $3,000 asked for, whereas $40,303.25 were expended last year....-..-.+-.
John W. Scott, for assisting Auditor
Frederick W. Hughes, Engrossing CE icant bee i ad eahe abe « aa
John A. McLeod, loss of Schooner..
George P. Tanton, for Photographs.
D. H. McKinnon, for Silk Gown...
L. H. Davies, expenses to St. John.
Horse Hire for Hon. Alex. Mc DED i's nencite do. +0 «putes pote
Sending G. L. Dogherty to Wimble- OR ink ae nated beens aceite
Cost of Artesian Well at High Bank
Volunteer Band...........--+.----
Fence between Government. House and Park Grounds..............
County Superintendent of Roads and Bridges for King’s County...
County Superintendent of Roads and Bridges for Queen’s County...
County Superintendant of Roads and Bridges for Prince County. ..
Shutters for Prince County Jail... .
Wm. Shanks, for work in Office of Provincial Secretary........-...
Commissioner of Public Works.....
Commission on Victoria Bridge... ..
Almanacs Supplied..............+ Melntosh & Co., for Parliamentary Companions....... id 4 > ce
$43,627 25
For Asylum over last year $20,000 06 Other public works, say 10,000 00
eoersede ee ee 04
pesos -Od7,903 29
90 00
300 00 800 00 145 00 65 00 72 00
30 00 i100 00 335 00 1900 00 636 00 591 00 sv0 00
420 00 860 00
800 00 337 00 100 UO 35 00
67 00
30,000 00
Dison Gham "7 d6 . « «002
RETRENCUMENTS, Which the people of this Province demand, but which the Govern. ment positively refuse to make on the ground that it would ne- cessitate a remodelling of the Civil Service Act : Attorney General’s salary should be reduced from $1,600 to $1,200 Prov. Secretary, $1,600 to $1,200 This officer should also be required to correct the anditing of the public accounts with his office ; thus saving $1,200 to the people of this Province............. is Commissioner of Public Lands’ sal- ary should be reduced to what it formally was, viz : $1,000; thus saving $600 ..........5..5240+ Land Otlice— } Draughtsman less in Land NTI So iene sine kneel 1 Clerk less, as work would be considerably less this year. . Registry Office— 1 Clerk less in Registry Oilice,
as the work will yearly de- crease—the lan adopted for
register: eeds in Ontario should Sp ineugursted here.,
: saat $15,627 00
2400 00 400 00
i,200 00
600 00
650 00 600 00
pate tn er ee ae"
Prothonotary’s salary should be reduced to $1,060, from j £1,320, as it now stands Engineer of Pub. Works Dep't Services of the Engineer in con nection with Pablic Works Department should be dis pensed with, at a saving to
290 OO
the Province of.. 1.750 00 Inspectors of Schools- For three Counties could be
very well dispensed with,
their report not a criterion
to judge either the efliciency
of the teacher or scholars. .. House of Assembly.
Could get along very well with four waiters and messengers, instead of employing six, as they do now, and thus save 192
Private See’y to the Governor
The people of this Province have no right to pay the sal ary of the Private Secretary of His Honor the Lieutenant Governor .
Public Printing-
Letting Public Printing by Tender; the only proper and honest way. It will prevent Governments from gagging and subsidizing a power which should he free.
Assessment Act-
Repealing Assessment Act will save the country in NN icin twins. 6 Win
Registration ot Voters’ and Ballot Act-
Repealing Registration Voters’ and Ballot Act, which is quite unnecessary
2,000 00
rt
—_—
825 00
ee
3.000 Of
1,168 97
1,000 00
813,195 97
Add to this the actual excess of revenue over expenditure. . Actual excess of rev. which should be to the credit of the Prov- ———---—-
ince on 3ist Dec.. 1878 .... $36,859 84
ee 1 CT TTT A AIO
23,663 87
Abolition of Council—
Abolition of this Hon. House will save annually. But I admit this saving could not he effected this year. This amount, added to retrenchments already re ferred to, viz.
$6,000 00
13,195 00 Total saving which might be ori be Vin data 8 ck $19,195 09
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Grit Slanders. Grirs have reported that Sir John-Me- Donald committed suicide ; and it is not surprising that they persist in reporting that he gets drunk—-even though he only goes down to Tor&nto to attend to his pri- vate business. These reports have taken such a hold upon the ordinary Grit mind that many of them think Sir John is drunk allthe time. During the present session a genuine thick-headed Grit entered the Re- porters’ gallery. After listening a short time to a grave debate upon a point of law, one of the speakers seemed to have driven an idea into his head, and he enquired the speakers’ name. ‘Sir John McDonald,” was the reply. ‘‘ Sir John McDonald !” echoed he. ‘Then, after listening a few mo- ments TIonger to one of the dryest and soberest speeches Sir John is capable of making, he turned a glance of deep mys- terious meaning upon his informant and whispered feelingly—‘‘ Say, is he drunk ?” The slanders of the Grit press respecting the riotous proceedings resulting from a twenty-seven hours session and a pot-house in the basement of the building, were re- cently discussed in the House of Commons.
Prothonotary’s Office— }
Close of the Session.
Tau close of the session was remarkable. A short time previous to the hour of pro- rogation, Mr. Calhoun submitted a resolu- tion in which the Government were recom mended to establish a Registry Office a‘ Summerside. After some discussion, an adjournment of the debate was moved. To this motion Mr. Campbell moved the fol- lowing resolution in amendment :°
Resolved, That it is unnecessary to increase the expenditure by granting a Registry Office in Prince County ; but that it be resolved, as the opinion of this House, that the limited re- sources of this Province require a system of retrenchment by abolishing the Legislative Council, and a reduction of expenditure in ali the various departments of the Civil Service. That such a policy is necessary, to ward off heavy and burdensome taxation, and to secure the prosperity of the country. And further resolved, as the opinion of this House, that the Government should take immediate action to have these reforms carried out, or otherwise appeal to the peoplé at the polls.
He was dilating upon the Tax Act and upon the necessity for retrenchment, when ‘A Message from the Legislative Council ” was announced in the stentorian tones of the Sergeant-at-Arms. But Mr. Campbell neither stopped nor stayed. The messenger waited ; and the Sergeant stood amazed. Denunciation and bitter invective con. tinued to pour in angry torrents from Mr. Campbell’s lips. He had been slighted, in- sulted, and hampered by the Government. His efforts to move in the direction of re- trenchment had been systematically over- come by the cunning of the Leader of the House. At the last moment he obtained an opportunity to present the grievances of the people. And, though the Speaker pleaded and the Leader frowned, and the Sergeant-at-Arms stood with rod in hand knocking impatiently on the floor and re-| peating with increasing force the talismanic words, ‘‘A MrssAGE FROM THE Lecistative Councin,’ Mr. Campbell spoke on. Finally the Messenger was ad. mitted. Still Mr. Campbell spoke on. And while the Messenger was delivering his Message, Mr. Campbell called out :—
ever
Abolish Legislative Council... . $ 8,000; Save in Publie Printing....... 3,000 Reduce Colonial Secretary....% 400 Assistant Colonial Secretary.. 400 Dispense with third Assistant. 600-—-- 1,400 Reduce head Registry Office.. 200 Reduce Assistant ‘ “ 160 Dismiss Indexing Clerk. ...... 600 Dismiss one other Clerk...... 500-- 1,400 Reduce Principal of Land Office 200 Discharge Second Asst. ‘ 800 Discharge two Clerks, 500 each 1,000- 2,000 Commissioner Public Works.. 400 Secretary of Public Works.... 400 Discharge Engineer.......... 1,500— 2,300 Reduce Attorney General. .... 400 Abolish Registration and Bal-
mete Sige ee 2,000 Abolish Third Professor Prince
Wales, Oem oo. . 5. sney ie 1,000 Superintendent of Education. . 500 Secretary Board of " 300 Head Teacher Normal School.. 200 Save in Collecting Taxes....., 2,500 Reduce Ten Members in the
Laney TOUO. 4566505 1 8' 0% 2,000 Reduce the pay of Twenty
po | ee 2,000 Reduce Speaker’s Salary...... 300 Reduce Sergeant-at-Arms..... 2008 Reduce Administration of Jus-
7 2 aaa Seen 3,000 Reduce Four Members of Ex-
ecutive Council........7... S00
$33,000
The messenger withdrew ; and still Mr.
Mr. Gibbs (South Ontario) called attention to articles in the Toronto Globe, Montreal ! Herald, London Advertiser and Hamilton Times, charging certain members with drunkenness in the House. The Globe’s article was, he said, false, slanderous and libellous. He appealed to gentlemen oppo-} site to condemn it. He pointed out that the Opposition, in order to maintain their rights, had been forced to prolong the de- bate and had manifested the greatest for- bearance under provocation given by the other side. Sir John, to his personal know- ledge, was perfectly sober, and the Globe's | statement was a baseless calumny. Mr. Kirkpatrick said he thought it disgraceful that such a calumny should be published. He consulted with Sir John every hour in the night till he (Sir John) went to bed, and could state most emphati- cally that he was perfectly sober all night. Mr. Langevin confirmed this, saying that Sir John retired only after securing a pledge from him to remain in the House during his absence, and slept till sent for to hear the Government offer overtures for a com- promise. Mr. Gibbs, North Ontario, said the statement about Sir John was an in- famous falsehood, to his personal knowl- edge. Mr. Currier said he breakfasted with Sir John and Mr. McKenzie, and saw no sign of intoxication on him.
We allude to these shameless slanders on the personal character of the greatest of Canadian statesmen-only to disabuse the ‘minds of persons who do not know Sir John | McDonald of the idea conveyed by menda- | cious journals that Sir John is little better than a drunkard. The fact that he enjoys the respect and friendship of men of the | highest character and attainments, and is even good enough to sit down to breakfast— ‘afte ran ‘‘all night’s sitting’”—with the i“uneo guid McKenzie,” proves that he is ‘neither personally nor politically the bad ‘man Grit journals represent him to be. — ——
Kaster Market.
THERE is an exceedingly fine display of meats at the market to-day. Stalls are overstocked, and we dare say one-half will be disposed of. In the stalls of Messrs. Blake Bros. and Mr. Robert Brydges is to be seen some excellent beef. The dead weight of the cattle butchered by Messrs. Blake Bros. for the market is as follows :— | Cow fed by Blake Bros., 1,473 Ibs. ; ox fed by Mr. J. Mutch, 1402 lbs. ; ox fed by Mr. G. Sinclair, 1150 Ibs. ; ox (No. 2.) fed -b Mr, G, Sinclair, 1015 Ibs. ; ox fed by J, ©.
500 00 | Pope, 850 Ibs.
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Campbell spoke on ; and it not been for the respect in which Mr. Campbell holds the Lieutenant Governor, he would have spoken for hours. But finally Mr. Campbell stopped. His resolution was summarily thrown out—or rather was not received at all—and Mr. Calhoun’s motion, recom- mending a Registry Office at Summerside, passed on a hasty di vision.
We re-publish His Honor’s speech at the close of the session to correct a mistake made in the haste of going to press on Thursday evening. The ‘‘copy” was not furnished by any officiai. The error oec- curred cither in over-hasty transcription or composition. We regre this error the more because the Putriot and New Erayhave, we | observe, copied our report :--
SPEECH : Mr. President ned Honorable Cenil wen ot the Levislative Council: Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the Ass mebly: it isa matter of congratulation that your close and constant attention to public business enables me, at this early day, to relieve you from further attendance on your Legislative duties. Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the
‘
House of
House a Assembly .
[ have to thank you for the provision you have made for the public service of the present year. You may rely upon an economical and judicious application of the supplies you have voted.
Mr. President and Honorable Gentlemen of the Legislative Council:
Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the House of Aseembly : ;
ihe amendments made by you to the <As-
sessinent and Registration of Voters’ Acts
will, | trust, ensure their more efficient work-
ing,
The consolidation and amendment of the County Courts’ Act will, 1 have every confi- dence, promote the eiliciency of these tribunals and advance the interests of suitors and the public generally. :
in now taking leave of you, I earnestly hope )that your labors will, under Divine Providence, tenc. to advance the prosperity of the Province.
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