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. 'ras ooa¢__r_>_.a1~z, cs

llabor of handling and stowing away so the iranking prlvilede

in nnnnin nnnnnn

nmcreover, asthe Commons Post Offlceis iown from olden times, It ought to *

f ' 0 T lmited in space the greater part oi th¢ iaig"qated,asit has long been in other!! “ _` ' `

Oanada is in itsnature an

WEDNmDAY~ OCT' 28' 1903' vast quantity appears to have been pile: English-speaking countries. It is used

THE FRANKING PRIVILEGE.

As is well known, during the time Par~

liament is in session all mail matter ad- dressed to any member of either the Senate or House of Commons is carried to

him free, and all mail matter sent out by him and franked with his initials is also

carried free. This privilege has been at times very much abused. There was time when some members used the mails

and the franking privilege to convey their soiled linen or other clothing to their homes. Just now there was a con'roversy

over the alleged abuse of the franking privilege in the sending forth from Ottawa of Conservative campaign liter- ature. We have already referred to the

question in a general way,and in that con- nection remaiked that we did not know which of the two political parties had been the greater sinner, but that both had precisely equal rights in the pre- mises.

Since we last re!erred\to the matter

some additional fasts have come to light. It is alleged that the Montreal Star some short time _ago asked of the Montreal Post 0iiioaf,&l)_mail saeksfoe its ass. This was a large order, bat the sacks were not together and delivered to the Star. These sacks were hl.ed with cam- paign literature, (understood to be mainly a reprint ofllss B|ldQ'a»ald lr. Blah’n` speeches) and addressed tc George Taylor. M. P. the Conservative whip in the House

of Commons. This was a vast quantity of'

mall matter, to be sanied free from Hon- treal ia0_ttswa. Three' thousand seeks

packed,-fall and to a

member f V“es-y fortunately the other two’

ouvside in the lobby, blocking up a

large portion lt.

It was at this stage that the Speaker in.

teriered and ordered the removal of Mr.

Taylors mall to another part ol the bulld- ing. This was denounced as an outrage, but it seems to have been simply an act of necessity. In the meantime The Star wanted more mailbags in Montreal to handle its regular editions, and the Mont-

real post oillce could not supply them. The Star was compelled to buy bags for its own use, and there was an urgent call to have the thousands of bags at Ottawa

empteci and released. A larae committee room was assigned as a place for the cam- paign literature, and there night and day the work of addressing the sheets to elec- tors all over the Dominion has gone oo. A stall' of clerks armed with rubber

stamps bearing the initials of Conservative members do the work of addressing and

“franking”. And the Post Ofllce De|_|art~=

ment found is necessary to out on Special mailca-rs to carry the stuil' away from

Ottawa. _ 1

The point is that all the labor of trans-

portation, handling and distributing this almost incredible amount of campaign literature has to be done at the public expenseintheinteres: of one Y political party. Is it not an abuse of the hanging

vilege Y 0|! course, the other girty

icould do the same, and in that casafthe

abuse would-_bs doubled -and both llllll’-OS “uid bs equally guilty.._ Be.. it observed that the (ranking privil08¢ W” °b°u9h°d in

ment of penny postage. In like man‘__n_er

the practically »~Il\,l,‘¥“‘*=¢“ .f"°"'°* " msgs tdrihsriv enjoyed ,br

,hundred and odd members did not receive

v' wja

“ef” with

somuch on the same day, otherwise the big Parliament building would have been nlledlrom basement to attic. The mere

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more largely for partisan purposes than for the legitimate business of the country, and the legitimate public revenue of the

post office is tllched away in tens of thousands of dollars yearly.

The Patriot is quite satisfied that of the

256 millions voted or pledged during the recent session this Island gets its full share.

The Patriot says: “Last session nearly

$2,000,000 were voted for Prince Edward Island, almost $20 per head of our popula- tion." This is entirely untrue. We chal- lunge The Patriot to give the items amounting to one million of this sum voted as it states. The facts are easily accessible. When may we look for an ausweri

\Ve print in another column the letter

oi Robert Stewart, J. P. of Southport denying that he signed the petition for commutation of Carver‘s sentence. Mr. Stewart is a relative of the late Alexand

er Stewart, and lives on_ the (arm adjoin-

ing that of the murdered man. , His letter speaks for iiself. The question arises, Who forged Mr. Ste'wsrt’s name to the petition! The Guardian hears that there are others whose names have been pub- lished as signers of the petition who deny that they eversigned lt. It is moreover alleged that some names aillxrd to the petition are names of persons not known to exist. It would be interesting to know

petition were either bsgus names or were placed there without authority of the per- sons named. In " Mr. Stewarifs case a

great outrage was committed for which

af;

PRI

how many of the names afllxed to the'

. f - - n ~ softtelt hatsol everystyiish__color,_ Kerit made shoes, Ames Holden make. un* Sun" has nl. enqbady

r t I T gd' _ J _ 28d

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_ _ __ __ _ _ ff ‘ ' ,.is. Blrot:.dw‘;`ye“d»nd'_EyerybeI;;éfs_`?us|t°'

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'~ -wo: "Presidents nf. Ssnisusi or<_le_-'ofotreetssd

- - - f J 1 ' '. il f‘m".“"°‘ '_'i\=\_\ ¢\\.°?,Li\°e`!"i`J<1i\n°i1 ‘i=i`11<i11_ ;f"d“€‘P°¢t§d wide ‘ f ~ .` '» ' ` "“'=°==f1='ii» felsfe' °°\=°i°i°- mln el _ _ You mxght as well get 1t now, then youll have Pam, tw, men,” w Y, pm ‘sm “gm m‘w_ md Wm

't h u ant it When ever body’s in a hurry nlnssc home innie wessnos¢s»s=<iefinize price

sea

UNDERWEAR

Fleece lined special per suit

Special value all wool heavy

ribbed underwear per gar- ment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .

Heavy' all wool unshriukable

underwear per garm ent- . .

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New hats right hard _arg

1 W S” yo W ’ Y and isbnrms news

-tl1a.t’s not a. good time to buy. "1" °"°“‘* b° °°“f“°°‘°'f'._ 33° if- ,_ V _ - _ -. 1 "ff Unshrihkable Underwear .guaranteed V

Here are a few hints of the new thmgsz' ‘_ 1 tissfw lI°°tine_b9tye_gn‘»»_i:»srk¢_t-dere- ,,,,,,,,,,;,,|,,k~ ,,, ,,,,,,.,,,;,.,,,_.»;,,,,~,_ $159

*'55 9”*3‘?“"s ‘1 'f ' *4~'1‘?‘ »ssnntat Wsfksacoou. r .-fascist-~ _ ' ' * ~ r ~- _. __

¥ ,’ .~l

$10 Suits

._ ISIGYZE N ca h* ' ° "d "'| `P;i" 7,13.

_ _ _,<?»¢9°f1=1»¢ 'sms ro- i...§, nn. 35.3.2’ I3 "°.§..°.al“1..§2.. .i lots and Cass1meres that are e’ , P_fh°§:h°f'i§1h;p;f;ar°f;tCl;'§" dem-es of artistic 'merit,.nsstsris1 nine

4 _ -f==°° ’ ri' 'vi

made so well that they wouldij 1;? nnsw;=_._s §s_;-;_'._. s_;_._,'.,__;_.,,d _;,,____,_,,,__._~_ mxsmioto _:i__e_:____s»n__~_nn=;_;r_____1>f>___;:: ' ° ° 5 _ we G. ' em\1`_ .-_en sexi. _ f _ __ - _' ’ “_g;i¢-u

easlly Pass _f°f Suits “Sung morris' Blsraannf Hsnrsx. Miss rn- T"°°M " C° Ltd

twice the mone . 5; h is ' 'rf t 'd, fro' Ge '1`h°"='°-i“°* °°° °1*°° i” *'°""**° "“Y

y 5 ' qu ur as yi" bl: gmegg nm W T22; hats, thatfs here where you getthe best

whereshe as e st yi g it _ bw, m“¢»,,,,.,_* The mm” Whit, an hats_on earth.-Prowse Bros._The Only among the leading musicians of Halifax, Ssyhsh H°"t’°"‘ ' md 3i

This is a strong line with l_si:d'Hi§SfB1¢k¢’° l>l1¢°°m,°1i\'1P°Wfi\‘l_e=\r our twsed _contains nothing 'but the

us always. Single and;

Double ef.-need styles mae‘l

and tailored excellently. New

- fabrics and latest cut.

Here’s where we .show the

best Suits on earth for the",

I S ° money. Every late style and'

ul S the best of tailoring goes into

_ Suits at this price. Cheviots, _

' Scotches, Cassimeres, etc.

The above are only hints at our new lines of-

Suits for Fall and Winter wear.

We would like to see you, Sir, when you are l

Suit hungry.

BELTQDVERCOA IS

Are “THE” coat just now. They are made

loose back and slightly caught in with a belt, most- ly in plaids, very stylish, cost you only $12.00.

Hundreds of new overcoats in our stock for fall

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If you are of a quiet disposition and want to buy

comfortably, come a little ahead of time-come now-

The Only Real_Clothiers in Charlottetown. ' f

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this city. I I A

limber and muscles in trim. _

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Farmers and

Horsemen

Wno would wish to save money later on, should feed their stock some of the ~

ISLAND CONl)ITION

' POWDER

now. Improved condition now means they will keep greatly improved and vice versa.

The Island Condition

Powder gives new, rich,pure blood, a glossy coat and a healthful appearance.

We can show you fifty

testimonials in its favor and the great results attending its use. c Price 25c a pound.

1- Made and sold by

I n.w.n¢nnin.Pnm.B.

The Square Druggist. ~

f Sunnyside. '

vinces. __

f Sales exceed that of nm

other' in the Lower ..Pro- ;'0&_u$__Royal Batik of

léadior soprano S°l°iSi=_w Well known ilrhsir onthe sneepu -bank. No sweeoings

no old: cutup clothing but, wool oil’ the sheep’sbackand P. E. Islagd sheep at

_-Bicyclisis and all athletics depend on gmt, Fume” ue page _ymf jar, T;-you

Bms'ru:v's Linment to keep their joints Twwin en;-y time, sad sf. -

;We have pdrchasedua lot of beef cattle

Merit made shoes, Ames Holden make. [hat we" V m,°p._f“°d 4°? skipmwt (bn

Ask for ,he,n_.. orders cancelled). _ In order to clear them

out quickly we will sells beef at~ lower

prices than before heard .ofl’. Also sellintr

lpork, lamb, vegetables, etc. Corned- beef

only 5c per 1b.- S. and C. Jenkins. 26 d 3i

“Psy for all you get, but get all you pay

for," you will get all otthat iff you buy Reid’s Tryon Tweeds. 7 d if .

New Goods are arriving daily at

Carter’s Bookstore. The newest in due stationery, the newest boots as issued, the newest in fancy 30058, . £0.78, 8*lm¢S» chinaware &c,» &c. Goods .personally selected, and that you cannot get- any other store. Special attention to. mall orders. ' 275 1W

I Your name nice-

ly engraved on a 50

_ ‘_ or 10 cent coin for

- ~- 25 centsat W. W.

W¢11n»;#s.l=6awtf

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2 \ ~/Ji, -

.. The Charlottetown _ Light and Power Company Limited, hereby notify consumers .oi ,_El¢¢i1'i_¢i¢1 021 meters and flat rates, thatf_`all_§T ar- rears due on Oct _ lst must be paid before the Erst day of November next to entitle them to discounts

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..75c I l

Chil¢_lress’s- Sleeper? 1, 2":sasas1__3*;,|ss~i¢9 Q59 Q0;

' One lotofLadies’ andtlhildrens woolgioves st..'...........‘,.__._..§ ..¥. e,

' One basket full ofS_hetlandandAndulusian yarn“at........ ..n...... ....,

3opxecesof fl_annelette.... . . . . . .`...,...._...., Ladies’ wrappersfspecial . . . . . “,"’,.

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j sinners:

Are you looking for somethin good lor _Xmev vh1°i1i= ervfswefl biderrb' _'We clan# give 15# _i_he_veryfbe’sii

are looking_!or_- :which not and will be ` more T valued _al

fl'i_¢l\dS BUY 0919' 8l,fF’¢5°d. T photograph. ` We ask you 'to borne and give us plenty' of'time_‘ to then Don't leave lt until the last fewweeke then o'ome_ in __s' _hurry-_‘-some early and avoid the rush 'at Gauvin, _Geiitrel Sc Go.,

Sunnyside. ' Oct. 13, d&w°t!.

_ ` . _

__ SOME _SAYINGS _ _ _

' 'ABE TRUE S§Y`iNG_S, _ '_'

_ sosrlcioius.

Are good clothes. It’e a true

that Houston Tweeds are mood tweeds.

The .largest assortment ou_P E

the sale, agents. _ __ _ _ _ The Humphrey Clothing Store n ~ Opera House Building.

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Masculine riiaiiiiliiy

is dependent in a great measure on 'the quality of dress. Thqe are other essentials. but perfect fitting

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garments cannot be dispensed with.

US' 101111 McLeod 8: Co.,‘ if you SPECS! atffycur bet, for ~ clothing Su¢11_'=$'v¢_si=k¢`iS '=;=b°v¢ re1>r°-fh.anc win _wionnna on ' " » .-

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Mears Lanrns' '

UNDEIUVEAR

Heavy nbbed * special’ my

garment ..... , ,_

Fleece lmed “special ps;

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-i¢»t,|lQ1€“lilll» a reeo hi?

i i 'rife is fain T' ‘ ~-"’

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_ 2°” ft an »-mi* JZ: ::°...‘w.'°..

in she premises, aa'

Photographers' Guardiiri 'Odeo Building, ‘ mm, ,,_,,,,_ ,

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, ‘YO LET

T013?-K houseon Gerald St.,

or nafurnlshed with good orchard tion- Anpiy sr uns other

T3-BE 2 f-House on corner

ton Streets, also house on Grafton

A ---1*’ I _ ,

i ..._ ',__ 4 Pwul an mmm

T »;”‘ T. . . . _ Im.°‘|U\¢ Possession Apply fo R.

! T0 LET;-Bonne os King street.

*ir containing nine rooms in

' \~,1\_l, -99|! 1° TINI. IleQnaid, Lower

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Moore a lebeodk and Mark will please leave at this omce

HELP WANTED-UU'

WANTED-PAITHFUL PERSON

ON retail trede and agents 'for house, local territory straight salary 'Belly and expense money ion! experkico nnnecesafy

ent, bnainet successful Ecol ed envelope Superintendent

Boson lldg__<>hieszo

goyvwaated to learn horse shi eil!

Henderson, Euston Street

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