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THE DAILY EXAMINER.
AUGUST 7, 1897.
THE GOVERNMENT'S BLUNDER.
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THE DAILY EXAMINER, CHARLOTTETOWN, AUGUST 7, 1897
| SHERIFF M’DONALD’S ACTION.
| FEverner advices from King’s County
| show that Sheritf McDonald's actiwn W ednesday last in
on rejecting special voies
‘cast for Mr. Murdock McKinnon is simply
indefensible and if presisted in will be an outrage on the electors of the | Fourth District of Kiag’s County. It
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appears that Mr. McKinnon had a major-
ity of votes cast ip thedistrict, and that on
declaration day the High Sheriff proceeded | to count the special votes which had been properly and legally
polled.
given for Mr.
Amougst | these, were vi McKinnon, lwo of them the Sherif rejected, and then
xr Mr At
ken the Liberal candidate,a tie between him
by counting all the votes given fi
and Mr. McKinnon was reached. One of | the two rejected special votes polled for the Conservative candidate was rejected on the most flimsy ground that itis possible to The statute under
imagine, which spe-
cial votes are polled gives s form of
schedule which the law says shall be | “substantially” followed and the first paragraph of that form is as follows:
‘““ThatI (the elector) am a British sub- ject by birth (or naturalization) and that Lam the ofthe full age of twenty-oue years.”
The printer in printing the forms left out
Good sometimes results from evil ac- ; ee tions, and right often foliows close upon | ~ — “by birth nie & wrong. So it has happened that the sua peste 2 ropa ae — Bre denunciation of the German and Belgian | words applicable to himmeelf. Phe treaties—long and vainly contended for in | — - 7 the present instance did a legitimate way by the Conservatives of | nia : 9 - how he came to be Caneda—has proceeded from that which | British Subject, but simpiy left the form as
has been condemned by the highest author- ities in the British Empire as a mere blunder of the Liberals. It has been de- cided by the Crown Law Officers of Great Britain that the action of the Canadiaa Government and Parliament in giving Great Britain preference over Germany and Belgium, and all the nations enjoying the advantage of the most favored nations clause, was wrong and that the Government of Canada must refund to each of those nations the amount of the difference between the duties imposed upon British goods and upon foreign goods,— that is to say 124 percent. of the amount collected upon imported goods the products of all those nations. The Government of Canada foolishly took a leap in the dark; and it has been saved froma disastrous fallonly by the kindly intervention of Lord Salisbury, Mr. Chamberlain and their colleagues in the British Cabinet. As it is, the refund of twelve ard a half per cent. of the duties collected must have a serious effect upon the revenue. That the refund will amount to no small sum is evident from the fact that, in addition to all the goods imported trom Belgium aad Germany, it will have to be paid on ali goods imported from the following countries en. joying the advantage of the Most Favored Nation’s Clause, viz:
The Argt. Confed. Persia Austria-Hungary Portugal
Bolivia Russia
Chili Sandwich Islands Colombia Siam
Korea South African Repub Costa Rica Spain
Denmark Sweden & Norway
Dominican Republic Swiss Confederation
Liberia Tunis Madagascar Uraguay Morocco Venezuela Muscat
All the goods imported from all these countries will,votil this time next year, at least, come in at the lower rate of duties imposed upon goods imported from Great Britain. In view of the great and wide- spread interests involved, and the loss of revenue which'must result,it seems a ques- tionable, at first eight, whether Sir W ilfrid and Sir Louis had not better hurry home at once and call # special session‘of Parlia- ment forthe correction of their blunder. But this cannot be done without a breach of the good understanding with Great Britain ov the strength of which the treaties were denounced. So the risk to industry and the loss of the revenue must be bourne until next year,when 4 readjustment may be made to meet the altered circumstances of the case.
It is notable that the contention of Sir Charles Tupper, Mr. Foster, Mr. Borden and other Conservatives whe took part in the Parliamentary discussion of the tariff last session has been sustained upon every point. This tact murt redound greatly to the credit of the Conservative Party which stands, with the Crown Law Officera of Great Britain, for that which is right be- tween nation and nation as well as between man and man. As for Sir Wilfred, and Sir Louis, and Sir Richard and the other knights and gentlemen who forced the Reciprocity Clause of the tariff through Parliament,—their fame as statesmen went up like arocket and it has come down as astick. Only by “the Incky de- termination of the British Government to the treaties—a determination reached as a result of the efforts of Sir Charles Tupper and the Conservatives— have they been saved from one of the most disastrous and ridiculous situations in which a political party was ever placed.
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the printer put it, and swore that he was a British Subject, without stating by birth. The schedule in all other respects was filled out according to the act and properly delivered to the presiding officer, and the vote was duly recorded by the poll clerk as a vote for Murdock McKinaoon. The Sheriff, notwithstanding all this regularity refused to count the vote on the highly technical ground above mentioned and as a result the Conservative has not been re- turned as the duly elected member.
As Tue Examiner stated yesterday, no power is given to the Sheriff to investigate or pass upon tke legality of special votes. On the contrary, his duties on Declaration Day are plainly defined and pointed out, and consist merely in the simple and arithemetical duty of recapitulating the votes cast and of adding the special votes transmitted,to him,and;then ip returning as elected the candidate with the majority of votes. Moreover if the sheriff had the power of scrutiny, which he appears to have exer- cised, the ground upon which the vote was rejected was clearly insufficient. The schedule was “ substantially ” in the-form given by the statute, and that is all the law requires, The voter swore he was a British cubject, and the omission to add the words “by birth” is not such an omission as to render the vote not substantially in the form. Surely the sheriff must have over- looked the sections of the law which define his duty as wel! as the section relating to the special vote schedules, which only requires the form to be substantially fol- lowed, which in the present case was cer- tainly done.
We again ask Sherff McDonald to re- curn the candidate withthe highest number
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of votes as elected, him to add the rejected vote and give Mr. McKinnon, the duly elected candidate, the seat. The His duties are clearly defined,
sher ft! is but a ministeri: ] ottlcer. and the error that he has committed neglecting to add thespecial vote referred to
can be rectified by the return of Mr. Me-
Kinnon whom the people by a majority of
votes have said shall be their representa-- tive. Let ¢ffect be given to their votes. As for Mr. Aitken, we feel that he
does not want aseat in the Legislature
sure
when a majority of votes, *mall though t may be, 1s against him.
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ACT CONVICTS.
THE
SCOTT
Ir is to be hoped that a fall explanatior, and a satisfactory one at that, will be im- mediately given for the withdrawal of the warrants of Commitment against the Seott to in of
Act convicts, referred our issne
yerierday. ‘The public require this ex-
The City
Marshal, we learn, states that the warrants
planation and must have it. were called in. If that is so, then those who called them in mustexplain and justify their action.
The Scott Act is still law, and will But persons
be law for some weeke yet. notwith— standing this we see summoned before the Police Court and fined under tle Lord’s Day Act for selling liquor ov Sub- day. Why were they not tiaed under the Scott Act? There appears to be some- thing very queer about the whole matter ; for by convicting under the Lord’a Day Act the authorities seem to admit that if the sale had taken place on any other day but Sunday it would be al] right. This is simply nonsense, for no person outside the vendors and druggists can legally sell liquor in Charlottetown while the Scott Act remains in force. Did the “deal” guarantee immunity from further prosecu-
tions under the Scott Act?
THE FACT AOMITTED.
Apvices from Washington state that it is admitted by the authorities there that a careful examination of all the reliable charts and maps, made far euough back to be free from suspicion of influence from the recent heavy gold finds, has convinced the Governm ent officials that so far as the Klondike fields as defined by the latest re- ports are concerned, there can be no ques- tion that they lie east of ihe lilst meri- dian, which defines the boundary line, and so are within British territory by about 135 miles at least. As for the meridian itself, it is said that it has been soclosely located by the surveyor that here is not atany pointa aiflerence of more than 700 feet in the claimed boundary, which, of course, would not substantially affect any controversy that migbt grow out of the title. The territory in dispnte between
Canada and the United States lies south of
the Klondike.
ESTEEMED EXCHANGES.
Montreal Star: We now know the origin of the Aurora Borealis. Itis the reflec tion on the sky of that Klondike gold.
Toronto Globe: It would be a decided innovation if somebody would advise peo- ple to go to the Klondike. Everybody who kvows anything of the country advises everybody to keep away, but the stories of yellow metal in abundance have more influence than abstract advice.
St. John Sun: The opposition in par- liament contend that the preferential offer of the government conflicted with Great Britain’s treaties with Belgium and Ger- many and that it could not be operative ustil these treaties were denounced. The government, on the other hand, held that the German and Belgian treaties did not conflict with the minimum tariff pro- gramme. The action of Great Britain in denouncing these treaties fully sustains the position taken by Sir Charles Tupper, Mr. Foster and their supporters in the house,
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Place us in power, said the Jiberel | orators in the laat campaign, and we will at once secure a reciprocity treaty with the United States that will make the farmers happy and prosperous. “We can do it, because the American people like us and detest tho wicked and arrogant protectionist tories.” And in harping on reciprocity the liberal stump speakers were only reeching the talk of their leaders in parliament, Take the words of Sir Bichard Cartwright, for example, uttered from his place on the floor of the commons: “I do not hesitate to say here that as regards any advantege or immediate relief to the farmers of Canada, 1 know of but one remedy, and that is the obtaining of access on fair and reasonable terms to the markets of the United States.”
Deluded bv statements like these, many farmers voted for the liberal candidates. The liberal party triumphed at the polls, But the promised reciprocity failed to materialize. In its stead came the erection by the United States of a tariff wall bigher than ever before »gainst Canadian farm products.
When Laurier, Tarte and Blair took up the ruling of Canada,tLe American duty on sheep was 20 per cent. per head.
Wool was then free. to 12 cents per pound. are now 20 per cent,
Lumber was free. thousand.
Potatoes were 15 cents a They new pay 25 cents.
Berries were then free. They are now taxed one cent a box, and the duty on apples has been advanced from 20 per cent to 25 cents a bushel,
Lambs were 20 per cent. and are now 75 cents per head. Oats were 20 per cent. and sre now 15 cents a bushel.
Milk, formerly free, is now charged 2 cents a gallon, and the duty on butter has been raised from 4 to 6 cents a pound.
The duty on hay and lard has been doubled.
Eggs were 3 cents a dozen. pay 5 cents.
Hogs were 20 per vent. $1.50 per head’. ‘
Straw, formally 15 per cent. 18 now charged $1.50 a ton.
Fresh veal, mutton and pork was 20 per cent. and are now 2 cents a pound.
The duty on live poultry has been raised from 2 to 3 cents a@ pound and on dead poultry from 3 to 5 cents.
The farmers of the maritime provinces as they look over these figures might with profit ask themselve-, what further faith can we put in grit promises ?
It is now taxed 11 Hides, then free,
It is now taxed $2 a
bushel then.
They now
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“ij Charlottetown Amateur a Athletic Association ! Grounds
“+ LABOR DAY,
“ally «i September 6.
> List of Events. al 1. 1 mile novice “ 2. 4 mile C. W. A. Maritime Championship 3. 1 mile (boys under 16) ‘if} §=4. 1 mile (2 50 class) «fff 5. 1 mile (C. W. A. Maritime Championship ail] 6. + mile race aff 7. 3 mile (lap race) 8. 2 mile (handicap) af] 9. 5 mileC. W. A, Maritime
Championship 1 mile Tandem 220 yards flat race
12. 3 mile flat race
«| 13, 4 mile flat race 14. High jump
Handsome prizes given in all the other events.
A. E. INGS,
President, I
H. D. JOHNSON, M D li
Secretary |i»
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SEASON OF 1897,
Sails from Ch’town every Friday at noon for Halifax, calling at Summerside, Port Hood, Port Hasting, Port Hawks- bury, Arichat, Canso, Isaac Harbor, Sal- mon River, Sheet Harbor. Returning leaves Halifax every Tuesday evening at 6 o’clock, making same calls, including Souris.
Through Freight Solicited.
Rates low to Halifax.
It is vow $1.56 |
W aists.
and frill, for
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40c Hats for
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$2r45 Holland Sirt, with three rows ‘ace
$5.25, fine Navy Serge top shirt, fuil
$4.00, Black Lustre top skirt,
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Musical Direcior Toronto Conservatory of Music.
The Bell Organ & Piano Co.,L’d
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Opera House Building J.C. P. Yeo, Agent at Summerside.
Collegiate School, Windsor N. S,
Established 1788.
Rector: — Rev C. E, Willets,JM. A.; D. C, L. President of Kings Coilege.
Head Master:—Mr F. ’f. Ii1andsombody B. A. Late assistant and House Master. Sir W. Borlase’ school, Great Marlow, England.
ag school will reopen on Saturday Sept. ath,
A good general education is provided ay pupils are prepared’ for Matriculations King’s College and other Universities, d Royal Military College, Kingston, for the r lic;Examinations and for Commercial life. The school has good recreation grounds well equipped Gymnasium in charge of skilled profesional instructor,"play rooms, cot age infirmary etc. The bu ilding is heate throughout by hot water, and lighted b electric light.
Fees for the majority of extras have been
considerably reduced.
Reductions in the general fees are made
for brothers, sons of clergymen and boys
under twelve.
There are six exhibitions for sons of
clergymen, snd valuable money prizes are resented annually by the alumni of ing’s College.
Apply to W. W. CLARKE, Agent.
_ For prospectus and further informa- tion, | pply tothe Rector. 246
Bridge. The meeting will consist of a Two-forty-five-class, purse of $25,0C Three-minute class, purse of —-20.00 Green Race, purse of 15,00
D. McMILLAN,
RACES AT AVONDALE
2.38 class anda green race at Track (one of tke best tracks on Island),A vondale, Lot 49, on THU August 19, 4 vided,
m. will be held on the Saturday following:
Senne
city, hereby agree to close our 8 places of business, at 9 p m. every Bigbh excepting Saturdays, until the end of S@?
ANNOUNCEMENT OF
Cymbria Park Races
—TO BE HELD ON—
Saturday, August 44th
Over Cymbria Trotting Park, situated near Oyster Bed
To all sixty dollars will be hung out for competition over this beautiful track, where winners may be sure of their mon- ey, and all—fair play. The purses will be divided as usual into three parts; 5% 25 and 10 per cent. respectively. “Aay horse distancing the field entitled to firt money only, the remaining horses to fin- ish the race. All races to be mile heats best three in five to harness, and open t trotters only. Five horses to enter it each class, and three or more to stath Entrance fee 10 per cent. of purse. first race will be called at 1 o’clock, shatD
Refreshments and amusements of vat ous kinds will be supplied on the No liquors allowed at or near the place.
Admission to park, Gentle men 25e, Ladies free.
All communacations must, be addressed
to D. MacLEAN, Sec ‘ Cym roprietor bris Trotting Park. gio ae :
There will be arace for horses in the
RsDAY; A liberal purse will be pi”
Refreshments on the grounds. Admit
tance 20 cents; boys half price; ladies Races will begin at 1 p. m. sharp.
Entries will close August 15th st6P If the day is not favorable ther
JOSEPH FRASER, Avondale, Lot #
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Druggists’ Early Clositf
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We the undersigned druggists
GEO. E, HUGHES, A. W. REDDIN,
Wm. R. WATSON, JOHNSON & JOHNSC REDDIN BROS, .
8. W. DOOD.
The above goes into effect on s
‘*vening, Aug. 9th. } Pu