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Was the Speaker af the House of Assembly, Mr. Beer, who, of he properly appreciated his position, world not be found mixing him- self in party politics; The Local Premer, Mr. Davies; the Minister of Public Works, My. Stewart; Mr. John Robertson and others. On the School Question I voted for these gentlemen, and did my ut- most to _ have them returned ; but to-day 1 find _ that these men are acting like political demagogues and be- traying the trust which myself and other Liberal-Conservatives have placed in them. To-morrow morning I would use my influ- ence to have them driven from office, not only for what they have done to-day, but also “a cause of their incompetency. They unjustly taxed the country. They have ——— every wish of the electors. They burdened the Island with a huge Lunatic Asylum far too large and costly for this Colony ; and —_ altogether mismanaged the affairs of the country. Never has such an incompetent set of men ruled as those whom I have mentioned. The Minister of Pubiiec Works was in this meeting to-night and I care not if he is here now. I repeat what I have said, they are totally unfit to represent us.

In returning to Dominion politics, I may say that an attempt has been made to de- prive many of the electors of their votes by refusing to place their names Upon the vot- ers’ lists. This is a similar attempt to the one made by Mr. Sinclair and others to de- prive the young men of their franchise. I was asked, while at Ottawa, when we were fighting the battle of the franchise voters i the Senate, why I, a Tory, should interest myself in a matter which would be supposed only to interest Liberals. I replied, we have enjoyed on the Island for twenty-tive years the privilege which we are fighting for now, and it is a right which no government should take from ue. It was said that only members of the House of Commons should interest themselves concerning their own electors, and if Messrs. Sinclair, Yeo, Perry, McIntyre and others did not vote in favor of retaining the franchise, why should mem- bers of the Senate do so? Then again, gentlemen, there is the matter of a Cabinet Minister. We should have one if it was only Mr. Sinclair. He is superior in intel ligence to Mr. Coflin, of Nova Scotia, and surely the Island should not be deprived of her right to have a Minister.

ES nn THE CAMPAIGN.

Queen’s County—The Liberai-Con- servative Candidates.

§ Hon. J. C. Porr, } Hon. F. Dr Sr. Croix Brecken, }

Prince County—The_Liberal-Con- servative Candidates. § Cornetius Howart, Esq. ( ? Epwarp Hackett, Ese. §

King’s County—The Candidates. § Austin C. McDonatp, Esq. / ) Dr. Morrart. j

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Tue Dairy EXAMINER,

The Local Government.

Ir is reported about town that, at the meeting of Council last evening, Mr. De- Blois laid upon the table his resignation, but was afterwards induced to withdraw it. If there be any truth in the rumor, and Mr. DeBlois has withdrawn his resignation, we} think his action will not be endorsed even by some of his warmest supporters. By again patching up the Local Government he supports the Local Premier in his per- version of the power—given him by the Liberal-Conservatives of Charlottetown. Mr. DeBlois can lose nothing by coming out from among the Grits ; and he now has an opportnnity of making himself popular with his constituents and with the people

who detest the acts of the Government. ————~ © <ip>- eee soe

The Souris Meeting.

DRUMMING UP THE FORCES.

GREATLY OVERMATCHED in speaking abil- ity and in sound argument—as the Grit eandidates for King’s certainly are by Messrs. McDonald and Muttart—it is not surprising that the news that Pope and Brecken would address the electors at Souris, on Friday, completely staggered them. It is said that, as soon as they re- covered themselves, scouts were sent in all directions to drum up their forces. The reasonable, moderate men of their party were, of course, not notified, because they might be swayed from their allegiance. Only the heroes of the tap-room plot— and some kindred spirits—the rough scruff of the locality—are reported to have been charged to be on hand, At any rate, on hand they were; and it is said that there was deliberately concocted a scheme to prevent Brecken from speaking. On the other hand, a large number of highly re- spectable farmers—anxious to hear the great questions of the day fsirly and intel- ligently discussed—and curious, perhaps, to hear the strangers from Queen’s—congre- gated in the town.

THE MEETING ORGANIZED.

At three o'clock, Dr. McIntyre and his

followers moved up to-wards Bay VuE

Horer—the enterprising proprietor of which had kindly placed its balcony at the

disposal of the speakers. Messrs. Mc- Donald and Muttart and their frieuds were

already on the ground. The

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of a Chairman was left—as it should be—in the handsof theelectors. Mr. John Stewart, of Red Point, was chosen. DR. MACINTYRE

then came forward and recited his little “speech,” which was simply an elaboration of the ridiculous proposition that “Sir John wishes the poor man to become poorer and the rich man to become richer ;” therefore “Sir John is going to raise the taxes of the poor in order to put money into the pockets of the rich.” These are McIntyre’s words. We quote them verbatim in order that cur readers may not think our reporter mistaken.

MR. A. €. MACDONALD might well ask whether or not Dr. McIntyre meant to insult the intelligence of the electors. The idea that Sir John Mac- donald is so suicidally unpatriotic as to wish to see the poor man made poorer and the rich man made richer ; and the idea that he is such a fool as to appeal to the country with such a policy, are both too absurd to require correction or comment. Mr. Me- Donald proceeded to deal, in an able speech, with the tariff question, He showed how unfair the existing tariff, with its 2} per cent. increase under McKenzie, with its levy of five cents a pound upon tea and other necessary articles which came in free under the government of Sir John Mac- donald, with its 350 per cent. on rum and 20 per cent. on the choicest wines of the rich with its 214 per cent. on common tobacco, and its 80 per cent upon the Havana cigars used by the luxurious dandy, bears very unfairly upon the poor man and upon the farming classes of the Dominion. He showed that Sir John meant to do nothing more than read- just the tariff, so that this unfairness may be equalized, and that the duties may be levied in such a way as to stimulate trade— ‘“now so sadly depressed”—and as to make it the interest of the United States to reciprocate trade with us on free or equal terms. He treated the statements that a duty would be levied upon flour, coal, salt, ete., in a common sense business like way— clearly that the _tax- nothing, whatever, to fear at the hands of the Liberal Conservatives. He alluded to the 54 mil- lions secured for our fisheries through the primary instrumentality of Sir John Mc- Donald. He said that he hoped the Mari- time Provinces would have expended in them the whole or the greater part of the amount on works of permanent and neces- sary utility, and that a portion would go towards building an extension of the Rail- way to the East Point and to Murray Har- bor for the convenience of farmers who are now a long distance from any = mar- ket. Then he alluded to Cartwright’s last loan, by the negotiation of which he said, the country had lost some $400,000, not to speak of the large amounts placed in the way of Grit banks in which it was de- posited when obtained. He directed atten- tion to the peFiciTs which marked the Min- isterial career of Mr. Cartwright; and showed that with greatly decreased receipts they had made greatly increased expenditures in the Customs and other Departments of the Government. Mr. McDonald’s speech was listened to with great attention.

Dr. McIntyre

again came to the front; and, supposing himself backed up by a majority, endeavor. ed, in defiance of the most ordinary prin- ciples of fairplay, to speak a second time. The electors quickly showed him that he could not play the autocrat (a la Davies) with impunity; and he was forced to give way to

showing payers have

Mr McFaypen, who obtained a good hearing, and from his false standpoint of high taxation, on the part of Liberal-Conservatives, spoke well.

Dr. Morrarr

then followed with a speech replete with facts and with plain, practical com- mon-sense bearing upon those facts. He quoted what Cartwright told the capitalists of England respecting the Administration of affairs in Canada, under Sir John Mc- Donald, as follows :—

‘The revenue has shown a continuous sur- plus during each year since Confederation, in 1867, although it has in the interval been charged with much heavy expenditure of an exceptional kind, such as the outlay connected with the several Fenian attacks on the coun- try, the »:quisition and organization of new territory, sud providing an adequate defensive force for the Dominion. * * * The eight years since Confederation, therefore, exhibit an aggregate surplus of two millions four hun- dred and forty-three thousand one hundred and eleven pounds (equal to eleven millions eight hundred and eighty-nine thousand eight hundred and eight dollars, and not including the sinking fund), which has been paréially ap- plied in the redemption of debts and saci expended in new works. The annual payment for sinking fund is included in the current ex- penditure, and forms in the aggregate a fur- ther sum of seven hundred thousand pounds (or three millions four hundred and six thou- sand six hundred and sixty-eight dollars) since Confederation.”

‘*The whole of the debt has been incurred for legitimate objects of public utility. ;

The indirect advantage from these

publie works has already been found in the

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Tamapkable;rapidity with which the commer oo and material prosperity of the Dominion have been enveloped; while a substantial increase 1 the direct returns may fairly be expected from the improvements now in progress and to fol low the steady progress of population and

trade.”’ And then he went on to expose the Or-

ganized Hypocrisy now going about and

ment squandered the people’s money by wholesale. He went fully into the tariff question—showing that MecKenzie’s policy favors the United States, and that, there- fore, McKenzie favors Protection of the United States as against Canada. He criticised the present tariff—citing articles which may be classed under the following

heads :— . Rates of duty paid by, Rates of duty paid by the poor man, the vich man. RATE. RATE.

Petroleum, 40 per cent. |Silks, 174 per ct. Tobacco, 214 do j|Satins, 174 do

Sugar, 55 do |Velvets, 174 clo Rice, 40 do |Jewelry, 174 do Black Tea, 30. do | Millinery, 174 do Molasses, 35 do {Fr. Brandy,80 do Rum, 350 do |Crushed

Sugar, 40 do Port Wine, 20 do Sh’ry Wine,20 = do Cigars, 40 do

TO BL CONTINUED. stn ies

The National Policy.

(from the Moncton Times. )

Tue persistent and varied efforts know- ingly, wilfully and maliciously made by the Government press to misrepresent the policy of the Opposition, and thereby to excite the prejudices of the people against it, demand constant vigilance on the part of the Oppos.* tion speakers and writers, who desire that important questions at issue in this election shall be fairly understood and intelligently voted on. We therefore think it well to re- produce the oft-quoted resolution moved in Parliament by Sir John A. McDonald, and which is regarded as the basis of the Op- position policy. It reads as follows :—

‘That this House is of opinion that the welfare of Canada requires the adoption of a National Policy, which, by a judicious re- adjustment of the tariff, will benefit and foster the agricultural, the miming, the man- ufacturing and other interests of the Do- minion; that such a policy will retain in Canada thousands of our fellow-ccuntrymen, now obliged to expatriate themselves in search of the employment denied them at home; will restore prosperity to our strug- gling industries, now so sadly depressed; will prevent Canada from being made a sac- rifice market, will encourage and develop an active inter-Provincial trade ; and moving (as it ought to do) in the direction of a re- ciprocity of tariffs with our neighbors, so

this country, eventually, a receiprocity of trade.”

Now, having in view some of the misrep- resentations of the Government speakers and writers, we ask our readers to note :

1. That an increase of tariff is not pro- posed, but such a ‘‘ judicious re-adjustment as will foster the industrial interests of

without an increase; that in fact the inter- ests spoken of may best be benefitted and protected in many cases by a lower tariff, as onraw materials not produced in Canada, 2. That it is not proposed to adopt the tariff of the United States, or any other country, but to make one of our own, suit- ed tothe wants of the Dominion. This disposes of the misrepresentations of Min- ister Burpee and the Telegraph respecting the tax on ship builders’ materials. The resolution simply affirms that ve should ‘‘ move in the direction of a reci- procity of tariffs,” so far as may be found necessary; and the meaning must be clear to every unprejudiced mind. Sir John A. Macdonald recently explained that the ob- ject was to consider carefully what each languishing industry required and to supply it. If it is found, for instance, that Ameri- can furniture makers or American farmers are making a sacrifice market of Canada to the injury of our own furniture makers and farmers, then it would be proper to so read- just our tariffas to protect our people in their right to their own market. A much lower rate of duty might in many cases be deemed sufficient.

necessarily touch articles, even though products of Canada, the industry in which would not be stimulated thereby. The article of fiour, for instance, being an export and the price regulated by a foreign market, would not be affected by a duty and the resolution, therefore, does not re- quire that a tax be imposed.

5. That due regard for our industrial interests will demand the lowest possible rate of duty on the necessaries of life and such a re-distribution of taxation as will make the rich contribute according to their ability to the revenues of the country. That they do not do so under the present tariff must be obvious to every one who has given the slightest attention to the subject.

6. Generally, the National Policy, as

telling the people that Sir John’s Govern: 4

far as the varied interests of Canada may | proceed from thence to Liverpool about the demand, will greatly tend to procure for] 25th Ocrozgr,

Leaving Liverpool for Charlottetown

Carrying freight at through rates from London

berton and Shediac. CAIRN & Sons, 69 Cornhill; in Glasgow, to

Canada.” It will be evident to every reader} Jamms KEtso, 134 St. Vincent street ; in Liv- that such a readjustment is quite possible | erpool, to Prrcarrn Broruers, Brockley Build-

to Noonan & DAvIEs; or here, to

4. That the re-adjustment would not ae will be received at the Office of

fully explained by Biv John A, Macdonald and Hon. S. L. Tilley, proposes to take cognizance of the condition of the country in relation to its industries, its trade and commerce, and to adopt such remedial measures as may in any case be found nee- essary. The Opposition repudiate the Grit idea that the Government and Leyislature are powerless to benefit the country and must allow matters to drift until some mys- terious change shall take place. The Op- position believe that if in power they could bring about the change desired, and this opinion the common sense of the people will appreciate and approve.

—> + me +e o- ene Tue Osborne trial has, after thirty days, terminated in the disagreement of the jury —ten of whom were for conviction and two for acquittal. John Osborne has been ad- mitted to bail; Annie Parker has been de- tained in prison, and the court has ad- journed till November.

In the single scull race at Niagara yester- day Hosmer came in first, Morris second and Wallace Ross third. Ross has been unwell for the past few days.

Tue sale of Pictures, in the store of the late Daniel Brenan, will be continued this evening, at half past seven o’clock.

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS,

1878. _ 1878.

AUTUMN AND FALL TRIPS,

The First-Class Iron Screw Steamship

“Prince Hdward,”

1364 tons Register, classed 100 AJ, which is the highest class at Lloyd’s,

Robert Fraser, Commander,

Will be on the berth at Liverpool to receive cargo about the 20th AUGUST, next, |

Sailing From Liverpool for Charlottetown not later than the Sth September.

Returning, will be on the berth at Glasgow, to receive cargo, about the 20th OcroBer, and

ABOUT THE FIRST NOVEMBER,

and Glasgow, deliverable at Charlottetown, Pictou, Georgetown, Summerside, Souris, Al-

For freight, apply in London, to Joun Prr-

ings, 51 South John street; in Pictou, N. 8.,

PEAKE Bres. & Co.,

MANAGERS. Ch’town, Aug. 24, 1878.—tf 3taw

Daniel W. Job & Co,,

——FORMERLY—

PERKINS & JOB, COMMISSION

AN

SHIP BROKERS,

91 State Street, - August 23, 1878—3m

MRS. M. HARRINGTON,

GENERAL NURSE,

CORNER CUMBERLAND AND EUSTON STS., AT C. F. HARRIS’.

Charlottetown, Aug. 23, 1878—2i*

TENDERS FOR COAL!

Boston.

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the City School Board, until MONDAY, the 2nd day of September, next, at 12 o’clock, noon, for supplying the City Schools with Old Albion Mines Seach Coal aud Acadia Mines Nut Coal. Tenders to state the rate per ton foreach kind of coal, de-

livered at the several schools. Further particulars will be given at the Office of the Board, on application. By order,

ISAAC OXENHAM,

Secretary City School Board. Aug. 22nd, 1878—d pat till 2nd

To Blacksmiths, Lime-purners, &e.

COAL! COAL!

RDERS for ALBION MINES’ (Pictou) SMALL COAL can be obtained from the Subscriber until further notice. G. W. DeBLOIS,

Aug. 21—pat 2i

, — — ' — a NEW ADVERTISEMENTS:

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AMERICAN WALTHAM WATCHES.

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LOT of those celebrated Watch A 25, 3and 4 oz. Solid Silver cea

and Hunting Cases received to-day.

WwW. W. W ‘ Ch’town, Aug. 22, 1878—4i a ees

PIC-NIC!

HE ANNUAL FESTIVAL of th Paul’s Church Sunday Se ne St. postponed till (lay School will be

Thursday next, 29th inst,,

Shaw’s Wharf, West River,

Steamer leaves Ferry W

Tickets for adults, 25 on ws belonging to the Sabbath School, half price

Adults to bring their own refreshments or procure them on thie ground.

s@ If weather unfavorable, will take place

next fine day. W. LOCHHE , Aug. 20— ——

Montreal and Acadian ‘aay

S. S. LINE.

ES. S. “‘ VALETTA,” Capt. Anderson, leaves Montreal on or aean the 22nd inst., for this Port, sailing from here, after discharging cargo, for Sydney, C. B., and St. John’s, N. F., carrying freight and at moderate rates. For freight or passage apply to

OWEN CONNOLLY & CO.,,

en Ch’town, Aug. 20, 1878—till 24 ——

“BUDA,”

—BETTER THAN—

“HASATLI.” 100 BBLS. this new brand Flour, which LV is iar ahead of any other manufac- tured in the Dominion for pastry or family

purposes, CARVELL BROS.

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Aug. 21—pat 2i

- - FLOUR.

2(() BBLS. SUPERIOR, 300 bbls. CHOICE EXTRA,

500 “* SPRING EXTRA, CARVELL BROS.

Aug, 21—pat 2i

MOLASSES.

35 PUNS. BARBADOES, 10 tierces . 10 bbls. - 55 puns, extra nice TRINIDAD.

CARVELL BROS.

Aug. 21---pat 2i

SUGAR.

1 HHDS. PORTO RICO, 10 hhds. BARBADOES, 25 bbls. White GRANULATED, 15 ** CUT-LOAF, CARVELL BROS.

Aug. 21—pat 2i

KHROSENE.

CARVELL BROS,

MERCHANTS 5() CASKS 120° test—best in the Market

Aug. 21—pat 2i

Sole Leather. 1,000 SIDES No. 1 and No. 2.

CARVELL BROS,

LEAL.

3 4 PACKAGES, in Chests, Half-Chests and Boxes ; and

mee to arrive shortly—ALL CARVELL BROS.

Aug. 21—pat 2i

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APPLES.

100 BBLS. to arrive on Saturday. CARVELL BROS,

Aug. 21—pat 2i

PLAISTER PARIS |

$2.50 Per Barrel—Cash. CARVELL BROS. Ch’town, July 26— pat 3w2aw

E WEEKLY EXAMINER. — Per- _ sons having relatives or friends abroad, and desiring to keep them informed concerning P. E. Island, cannot do soin a better or cheap- er way than by subscribing to THE Wsex.e EXAMINER. Sent, id, to any address

Sole Agent for P. E. Island. }

shadowed in the above resolution-and more

35 Water Street, Ch’town, July 31, ’78. dy p tf

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