LEVEE.

IS HONOUR THE LIEUTENANT. Hi GOVERNOR will hold a LEVEE at Government House, on THURSDAY, the First day of January next, at One o'clock. Each Gentleman paying his respects to His Honour is requested to be provided with a ecard, to be handed to the waiting. Entrance by the eastern door. Morning Dress.

Aide-de-Camp in

TAS. D. IRVING,

Lieut.-Col. and A. D. U.

F. P. CARVELL, Lieut. and A. D. C.

Government Houge, \

"7 ? "7 27th December, 1890. / dec27

THE DAILY EXAMINER.

DECEMBER 2%, 188d.

The Stanley and the Mails. Cerrarnty we have had stormy weather. But, in respect to the carriage of the matis

3 of this Province, there has been, im ada!

} P } T° LP) : 3 7 tion to the stormy weather, meanness on

the part of the Government and careless

ness or incapacity, or both, oa the part of

some of the Government cfiiciais. We

regret to write it: this is the fact. Lu »

proof of the statement we adduce the fel- lowing facts :—

1. The English mail for this Province— the Christmas mail—arrived in Pictou on Monday last (eight days ago) shortly after the Stanley left that port. The A telegram would have held the

day wasa hoe one.

. ‘ . . oo } Stanley in Pictou until the arrival of this

t important mail. The telegram was not

sent. The captain of the Stanley did not wait, —probably he never thought of wait- ing. The rext day was stormy. Then the

The mails were

Though anvther

Stanley became disabled. C spes.

ordered t> the English mail has in the meantime crossed Atlantic, that English mail,- -which arrived Pictou Monday

ought to have been here eight days ago—is

the at on last and not here yet.

2. That English mail, with other mails, was sent to Cape Tormentine. By the time it reached there, the Stanley had been re- paired. The Government declined to keep up the two services even for aday, As soon as the Stanley was ready for sea, the mails —a hundred and fifty bags or more—were ordered back to Pictou. If they had been left at the Cape to be brought over by the couriers, they might have been here several days ago—they would certainly have arriv-

d on or before last Bat some csuse—ca relesaness, probably—has operated to prevent their prompt connection with the Pictou trains ; and though the Staaley in the meantime, these They may be here

evening.

has crossed twice mails are not here yet. for several days to come.

We all like economy. The successful efforts of the Government to pile up a sur- plus are appreciated and admired by every- one. But Governmental economy is, we submit, carried a little too far when it operates to stop the mails, to derange busi- ness, to disappoint and annoy the people of a Province.

We have boasted about the Stanley. Certainly she is a fine steamer. But the people of P. E. Island would this year be better off and better satisfied without her. She has proved a delusion and a snare to the dealers who made large pur- chases of produce for shipment in the ex- pectation that she would carry it away ; and she brought the taails as speedily as they would have been brought had dependence been placed solely upon the men of the capes.

We sincerely hope, in the interests of the Government, as well as in the interests of the Province, that a radical change of pol- icy will be adopted in respect to the man- agement of the Stanley and the transport of the maiis. Discretionary power to make and carry out arrangements to meet special and abnurmal conditions should be delegated 1o an official resident here ; and the public money should not be held with so tight a fist as to cause again a stoppage of the mails in transit.

has not

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Netes and Comments.

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—We acknowledge with thanks the re- ceipt of a treatise on ‘Strong Drink—lIts Use and Abuse,” by F. W. L. Moore, Bar- rister-at-Law. It shall have THe Examin- ER's careful consideration.

~The Empire: Treason by one of their own leaders at Napierville, railway con- struction in South Victoria, are the excuses made by the Opposition for their crushing defeat in these constituencies. They may as well own the truth, that their destruc- tive policy cannot win Conservatives to their banner, or even retain their old friends.

—Another voice has been added to the chorus. The emphatic statements of the Rev. Fred. E. J. Lioyd and the Guardian have been supported and accentuated by the Rev. Father McElmeel, President of the League of the Cross, one of the most z2alous and practical of the temperance workers of this city. Intemperance has been rifeand the number of liquor saloons has increased under the Scott Act. Father McElmeel goes a little further than either Mr. Lioyd or the Guardian and declares that to the increase of the sin of drunkeness there has been added an_in- crease of the sins of immorality and _per- jury. Asthere have been no guarantees that the Act will be better enforced in the

| The Scott Act Must Go. REV. FP 4. M ELMERBL DISCOURSES ON THE ScoTrT ACT IN SI DUNSTAN'S CATHEDRAL,

| AND ADVISES THE CONGREGATION TO VOTE | AGAINST IT.

Ar High Mass in St. Donstan’s Cathed- val yesterday, Rev. P. A. McElmeel briefly addressed the congregation in reference to ‘their duty at the approaching Scott Act lelection. After some opening remarks as ito the importance of the question and the | position of the clergy in the inatter, the lrev. gentleman proceeded to deal with the | Act and the effect it has had upen the com- limunity, For the past nine years, said he, we have had the law known as the Scott | Act in force here, and all know that it has done no good, but, on the contrary, has been the cause of much evil. It is a well- l/known fact that since this Act became liaw t number of places where intext

I obtained has greatly in- and that not a few of these places are brothels as well—a fact of which ample evidence has litely been given in our courts. Besides, he went on young me aud hire rooms where drunken carousals are indulged in from morning until night—on Sundays as well as other days—and the prevalence of the crime uf perjury in Sevtt Act cases 1s

i he

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cants can be

Cc reased ;

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i deph rable. I ] v clergy, Ww house duty lealls them to every family in their con- vregation, have excellent oppor- tunities for ascertaining the extent to which vice and immorality has inereased in this city since the Scott Act became law, and, as a result of this

knowledge and after mature consideration, he had arrived at the conclusion that in the interests of temperance and morality the Act shuuld be repealed and a_ better and more workable law take its place. This is uot my opinion alone, said the rev.

gentleman, but the opinion of all the Catholic clergy of the city, The Scott, Act, he went on to remark, is net in itself a bad law; but, in this city at least, is not workable. This has been amply demonstrated in the past and no one ean be found who will under- take to tell us that it would be better en-

forced in the future. As for the statement that the legislature will not pass a license law inthe event of the Scott Act being repealed, and that therefore the issue im the approaching election would be between the Scott Act and Free Rum, he thought there was nothing init. He was not a politician himself, and would not pre- sume to dictate to politicians, but at the same time his opinien was that no body of men, legislature, would dare re- fuse to pass a license law = if the Scott Act were :epealed. He could not bring himself to believe for a moment that any number of men elected by the peop'e to make laws for the government of the people, would think of ignoring the wishes of a majority of the people as expressed at the polls, if by their votes they decided to have # high license law in preference to the Scott Act. As forthe imaginary issue ‘Scott Act vs. Free Rum,” he thought one was as bad as the other—in short, that the Scott Act and Free Rum were synonymous! But the issue was not as between the scott Actand Free Rum; but between the Scott Act and a license law. Charlottetown has had nine years ex- perience of the Scott Act, and as that Act has been the cause of more harm than good to the community, he thought it was high time it were repealed and a better law passed to take its place. In view of these facts, the rev. gentleman said in conclusion that he considered it was the bounden duty of every Catholic, of every lover of good order and morality, to vote against the Scott Act at the election to be held on the 8th of January next.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

Scott Act or High License ?

no

Sir,—There remains but one point on my first letter to which I would call.your attention, viz, ** You seem to prefer a high license system to our present mode of restricting the traftic. You have no doubt watched closely the operations of that sys- tem, and are pleased with it, else you would not ask the community to adopt it.” { had thought that whatever might be your answer to the former part of my let- ter, this would certainly meet with favor. But you stand in the unmovable position of advocating a system, and at the same time not giving the public so much as one sen- tence to show the superiority of that which you advocate over the system now in oper- tion. I had supposed that you had some knowledge of the working of high license, and that you were prepared to back up your position. 1am now forced to change my mind, or to assume that you withhold the information from the people; and, as | do not care to accept the latter, I fall back upon the former. You will, therefore, permit me to deal with the question through your columns.

That my position may be understood, and that you may find no difficulty in dis- cussing the matter aud ascertaining the truthfulness of my statements, | will try to be as explicit as possible. Outside of what may be called Scott Act men, there is a class who hold that the Scott Act is useless in the matter of restricting the ecnsump tion of liquor, that they want prohibition, that the country is not yet ready for that measure, and until it is we should have high license. I have no reason to suppose that these men are not honest. They want prohibition, and I suppose would take the steps leading to that end, and refuse any measure which would prevent it.

There is another class who insist that the traflic should be regulated and restrict- ed, and that high license is the only remedy for the evil.

The whole people ~Scott Act, Prohibi- tionist or High License—are of the one mind that the trafile should be restricted.

I now propose to show that high license , does not reduce the consumption of liquor, and that it does bar the way to prohibition |My proof might consist of figures, but the | public seem to think figures can be twisted, therefore just now I will avoid them.

The source of information might be from either the temperance side or the liquo trade. Such is the state of matters just | now that should I draw them from a tem- | perance source they might be ruled out o ,ecurt. J will therefore confine myself ‘o |the liquor trade, and they shall answir | whether high license restricts the traffic o /paves the wayto prvhibition. You ar aware thit b gi liceuse-is about the same

future than it has been in the past and as ag: as our Sets Act, and that the earlies:

Father McElmee! sees no insuperable ob-

to vote against the Scott Act,

\Srate to adopt it was the State of Ne

stacle to the passage of a license law, he bracka. counselled the members of his congregation |

Ana empt was made to adopt the high license system in the State and City of

, a

“THE DAILY E

MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1890.

New York. tion of New York sent the working of the system wherever in iperation. They asked five questions, the nature of them you can judge from the answers. The president of the Willow Springs Distilling Co., Omaha, replied to them. He says:

1. High licence has not hurt our business, but, on the contrary, has been a great benefit to it. |

2. I believe that high license acts as a bar against prohibition.

3. Ido not think that high liceuse lessens the quantity of liquor used.

4. As tothe trade repealing high license, if the question were left to it, [ do not think that it would do se, If it were put to a vote of the liquor dealers and saloon men whether | it should be high license, or no license, or low license, they would almost unanimously vote | for high license.

5. 1 believe that high license is one of the ' grandest laws for the liquor traffic there “4

}

(The italics are mine. )

I have a copy of his letter before me sent to the trade, and I have no doubt a} letter addressed to Peter E Ler, Esq, Willow Springs Distiliing Company. Omaha, Neb., will determine its veracity. Chat I may not fill your columns with e€x- iracts, I will pass to another State, and to another branch of the trade. In the State of Ulinois there is the much praised Harper Law. And Messrs. Dick Brothers Brewing Company, Quincy, Lllinvis, answered the circular as follows :—

1. High license has not hurt our business,

2 We coincide with the Cincintati Volk - blatt that a license as mentioned above will bar out prohibition.

SENSATION

GREAT

3. We do not believe that the dealers in Ls our State would be in favor of the repeal of | our present license law, 5 4. Our experience is that a moderate high BAZ AAR COMPAN license, if not incumbered with prohibitory provisions, will not lessen the consumption of Rake (The italics are mine.) : | et Ga

emendous Spread of Xmas Goods, selected

from tue Best Makers ia the World! Ct ——— ee

E CAN SUPPLY YOU with Cups and Saucers, Rose Jars, Biscuit Boxes, Cheese

Dishes, Butter Dishes, Albums. imported direct from Germany ; Vases, Toilet

Sets. Inkstands, from Bohemia; Tumblers, Wine Glasses, Purses, Toys, from France : Leather Goods, Books and Cards from Great Britain ; Plush Goods, Mirrors, a and good Toys from the United States ; and ast, but not least, Presbyterian an Methodist Hywn Books, School Books and Stationery from *" this Canada of Ours. JUST OPENED—A Magnificent Steck of New Goods. BARGAINS this

Now sir, you want to restrict tho sale’ Wt. ‘ * and vuiaaaiaiis of liquor, and others want | Whai a Tr to advance prohibition. I do not hear any man in Charlottetown speaking in favor of low license. The licenses in the places mentioned areas high as $1000. You cannot inthe teeth of the above declare that the system you indirectly plead for lessens the consumption of liquor, 1 have only selected the above out of many letters at my hand, all of which are at your dis- posal if you wish to print them, and for brevity have given the answer without the

| week and next. explavations. I feel it to be my duty L . k { (since you would not furnish the facts,) to argest SiO? e | luy them before the people, so that if they . ' wish to vote the Scott Act out and vote in| i.owest Prices , a high license, they may kuow, that the} ‘ d ’ high license is considered by the liquor Pp qx trade to be ‘one of the grandest Jaws for rettiest 00 s ° the liquor traftic that there is,” that it does : . . not ** lessen the quantity of liquor used”; See our 15 cent Cup and Saucer. Get a pair of the quetint Se a and that it is 4 ‘bar to prehibition.” We only 15 cents per pair. Now, come right along to the BAZAAR ST - * will all know what that means. The records of Presents for your friends, and you may rest assured that what you have bough the Police courts in the towns and cities of please both you'and the persons to whom you give it. these states tell a sad tule. It pleases tho | A N W trade, butit hurts men, makes mere BAZAAK COMP " drunkards and increases misery and ruin. Charlottetown, December 19, 1*90. Our city may not be in the best position’ —— ——S to-day, but what would be our jonditten if we were under a law of which the liquor 5 trade could say in Charlottetown as its leading * ™ f N WwW Y representatives say in the Usaiied States, Presents or EG ear Se **That it is one of the grandest laws for the liquor trathc that there is.” ‘That it does i -(0)—-—— not Jessen the quantity of liquors used.” °) ‘*That it is a bar to prohibition.” I ask you, ii : ; . and through you, the readers of Tut Examiner Instead of our usual Gift, we offer this year an who desire to restrict the liquor traffi-, as additional 5 PER CENT. DISCOUNT, besides the well as those who are striving tor prohibition, . o to read these answers, and ar if any of regular discount, to all Cash purchasers who met tion this paper. The largest assortment to select from of Jewelry, Fancy Goods and Watches we have ever shown.

them vote to bring in a system which will be a delight to the liquor sellers they do it with their eyes open.

I have now dealt with all the points eub- mitted. I have endeavoured to write candidly and fairly. I have made no statement with- out submitting my proof and there remains nothing more for me to do but wait the issue of the cighth, when I hope, that even though our present systemis not,perfect, it will not be exchanged for a system under which the liquor traffic grows to the satisfaction of all, the dealers.

En. Ww. TAYLOR,

dec3—2aw and wky CAMERON BLOCK.

r

Jas. CARRUTHERS.

Dec, 29th, 1899.

A Queer Plea,

—(0)

Sir,—I have noticed one peculiar feature of the argumentation of writers in the rum- selling interest is to quote all the utterances of the Guardian, etc., even the most ex- travagant astrue! They even go beyond and bring to light some things that even the argus-eyed Guardian did not notice. These writers take it all upon themselves and their patty. They sold the liquor of which poor ——— died ; they furnished the Bevan den with its facilities for wischief. This was the role of ‘* Taxpayer” in Satur- day’s Examiner. To honest men all that appears like Satan rebuking sin. It is the height of hypocrisy for *‘ Taxpayer” aud his followers to pass themselves cff as moralists after the work has deen done. But let *‘ Taxpayer” goon. The public would like to hear more of the misdeeds of his party. Perhaps he will be rewarded yet for doing for the Scott Act as much as Mr. Carruthers.

Chairs, Tablas, Lounges, Sofas, Sideboards. Cheffioniers, Bookcases, Picture Framing, ete.

Looking Glasses and Mblirrors, Parlor Sets, very good, cheaper than ever offered. Chamber Sets! Chamber Sets!

Kiyverything in Household Furni- ore \ture. Call and inspect. Cheapest! Srr,—I notice an article in your local items

* + . re , r — ee concerning the Scott Act in King’s County, iz}

in which it is stated that three summonses ~*~ ob NE WSON,

were served and sixty-four persons have been subpenaed as witnesses on Monday last. SOUTH SIBE OF QUEEKN SQUARE, Charlottetown, Dee 26 1890, OPPOSITE THE POST OFFICE.

ANOTHER TAXPAYER, ee

A Correction.

FT TAT ae Lg fe be Now Sir, I may state that the above report is false, and is calculated to create a wrong impression, and teida to belittle this place. I am happy to inform you that Ch-istmas has passed without any person to be seen under the influence of liquor. This place has not for many years enjoyed such peace and quietness, and the best of good feeling prevails,

Furred b)-iga ab Auction,

FIRST-CLASS DOUBLE DRIVING SLEIGH, cashbioned and furred com plete, will be off-ved for sale at Beusirsto’s Auction Mart, to-morrow, Tuesday, and will be on view there at 10a.m. The owner is leaving for England and wishes to sell it. dec29—li

Y. M. C. A.

Annual Meeting.

RESIDENT. Montague, Dec. 26, 1890.

In the Charlottetawn Hospital, on the 27th

(PHE GEN uN : sik’ Manat hana. ceed pases HE GENERAL ANNUAL MEETING

of the Members of the Young Men's Christian Association will be Leld in the Hall of the Association, Queen “Square, Char- | lottetown,

4 From Boston to Souris. Monday, 291 December, S. S. COHLA

for the purpose of receiving the Report for ILL receive Freight at Boston on

the past year, electing an Executive Com- mittee for the ensving year, and ths transac-

\ SATURDAY, 27th inst., sai‘ing for

Souris direct, ice ard weather permittiog.

Lords Wharf Property.

e!EALED TENDERS will be received at = the office of the subscribers up to the \5'h of January, 1891, from persons willing »lease the above Wharf, Scales and Seale Office. Lease to be for the term of 5 years.

_ Particulars can be obtained on applica- tion to

a er D

tion of other important business,

PETERS & PETERS, CHARLES PALMER,

Attorneys for Trustees, D. FARQUHARSON & SON, as viet oe dec29—dy 2i wky tl dte Ch’town, Dec, 24, 1890—dy | dec20—ay —_— Sesnitoes.

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{BY AUCTION,

_———

Potatoes, etc.,

For the Benefit of all Conceraed,

——i —

a BE SOLD BY AUCTION, on WED. NESDAY, 3ist inst., at 12 o'cock, noon, at Peake’s No. 1 Wharf: —

700 Barrels \ 350 Bags f POTATOES,

1 Crate CABBAGE, 1 Barrel OYSTERS, b.ing part cargo of the Barque * Claribel,”

R. BEAIRSTO, dec29 Auctioneer,

ICE! ICE!

HE Subscriber is prepared to supply good Spring Water Ice from this date, to per- suns making application immediately.

EDWARD KELLY, Southport.

NEW YEARS |

The Balance of Holiday Goods

——AT 1THE——

DIAMOND <>BOOKSTORE

——WILL BE SOLD——

At Cost.

SELECT YOUR

NEW YEAR'S GIFTS

AT ONCE.

dec?9—3i eod

THEO, L. CHAPPELLE, Diamond Bookstore and Bazar. Charlottetown, Dec. 26, 1890—3i

STRONG DRINK,

lis Use and Abuse, By F. W. L. Moore, Earrister-at-Law.

For Sale by HASZARP & MOORE, oksellers.

The Liquor Question in a Nutshell.

Price 15 cents, post paid. dec27—10i

All Fale] b

wile

WATSON'S DRUG STORE

——WILL BE SOLD-——

At Cost

—UNTIL——

NEW YEAR'S DAY.

dec27—dy tl jan 2

PLE, ISLAND RAILWAY

New Year’s Excursion.

ee

XCURSION RETURN TICKETS will

be issued at one first class fare to and from all Stations on this Railway, on WED- NESDAY, December 3lst, inst., and on NEW YEAR'S DAY, good to return up to and on January Sth, 18$!.

J. UNSWORTH, Superintendent.

Railway Office, \ Ch’town, Dec. 24, 1890. j

Just Issued ! CHAPPELLE'S

Prince Edward Island

ALMANA(,

FOR 1891,

The Last and the Best, 15 CENTS EACH.

Wholesale and Retail at the DIAMOND BOOKSTORE, THEO. L. CHAPPELLE.

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