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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1893-11-9, Page 4AlFIE exvde brocate Sa NDIalaS & DYER., Props. ` ROBSDAY, NOv mbe Tag SEAFQRT .f EXPOS,UTOR. Our Our s,tteuCiali has been called to an art t.ia;leof last week in the Seaforth Ex Raefacte which takes exceptions to a re- mark we lately made "concealing' Pao- hibition:" We have to thank our con irel-e for the compliment paid as for our "courage and honesty" in quoting approyingly the sentiment publicly (expressed by the Canacliau Premier op the expediency of a plebiscite, and as to its being un -British. It is but fair that we should return the compliment, by saying that our editorial has called :Roth from the Expositor a very lively and spicy reply,—whose only fault was that It "savors to much of the demo- erutic spirit that predominates in the neighboring republic." But to come ;at once to the point,—does the Exposi- tor mean to argue that the great "un washed," or the religious cranks, or those who have made temperance a ',hobby" in Canada, are more capable of judging or giving an intelligent wad 'unbiased opinion on the subject of prohibition that the Bishops and clergy, professional men, medical ex- perts and other men of high culture and undoubted integrity who have de- fiberately expressed their opinion on that subject? We presume that our contemporary has read carefully the evidence lately given by experts,police- men, License Inspectors, clergymen and others of high standing in the community, before the Royal Commis efon,, and should it happen that their opinion, given under oath, and as the result of mature ob- servation and study, are to be overrid- den by a vote of the plebisei;e,—and that such a vote would be followed by prohibitory legislation, forbidding the manufacture, importation, and sale for any purposeor under any circumstan- ces whatever,—then we say. the less parliament has to do with plebiscites the better will it be for the morals, the peace, and the welfare of this country But it is evident that the aim of the .Expositor was political, not moral. Any one with half an eye can read this be- tween the lines. Our cotemporary has an axe to grind, ar.d a party to . serve at all hazards; whereas our sole object referring to prohibition was in the in- terests of truth, in order to divest the subject of all extraneous influences and of all political or religious bias. When Che matter is more ripe for action, and a.ntore trust -worthy conclusion can be reached, we shall have occasion to give our readers the benefit of the pros and cons that may be urged on this most ilrportant social question. Meantime, vre will ask our cotempoary to suspend Isis judgment; and when he wishes in- formation on 'the gerrymander," or "the whitewashing of boodiers," or find ling places for "defeated parliamentary candidates.' and warn out political hacks, all he has to do is to knock at the door of Sir Oliver Mowat who will give him all the "Christain evidences" ai such doings by the party!' THE POWER TO PROHIBIT. Much doubt rests upon the powers of the general government and the pro_ vincial governments to regulate and control the sale of intoxicating liquours The British North America act gives the Dominion parliament exclusiye mower to make laws in relation to trade and commerce. It gives the provincial legislatures exclusive power tGmake laws in relation to property. rind civil rights, and in relation to shop, saloon, tayeru, auctioneer and other iicenses, in order to the raising of aa.revenue for provincial, local and municipal purposes. Legal decisions have to some extent defined the pow- ers which parliament and the legisla trues respectively may exercise, but there is yet a good deal of doubt in the Minds of well informed men on the subject. Last year Sir Oliver Mowat refused to approve the Marter Bill; and. called upon his supporters to oppose it, en the ground that he had doubts 'whether the legislature had power to prohibit the retail trade in intoxicat- ing liquors. This refusal Was some- what strange, seeing that Sir Oliver has: always insisted on his exclusive right to Permit the litltior trade; and St is difficult to understand how a. right too permit can exist without a right to ppohibit. Still,• the question remains in doubt, If eau be aettlod by having laws pass- ed either by the Dominion parliament n- some One of the provinces, and then Raving their legalityht fou b ,g out 1:14 tale^ t,l rts, That woliiit be both an expensive and an unsatisfactory way of settling disputed questions. It wa 1 e expen ve 1, ea e . oil unsettle, trade and cause great lose to private persons; and it would be is t un- r satisfaeCol'y, because it more than probable that only part of the question ib doubt would be settled by the liti- gation which would grow out of such legislation. Some mouths ago Sir Oli ver Mowat submitted certain questic s to the Ontario court of appeal;\bearing upon this subject. As these do not cover the whole ground, the Dominion govermneut has decided to submit other questions to the supreme court of Canada. When these questions are passed upon there will be less doubt in the minds of men as to the powers of the legislative bodies to deal with pro, hibition. THE OUTLOOK IA' THE U. S. The commercial outlook in the Unit- ed States is anything butencouraging. Tariff revision is one of the questions of the hour; but as the Democratic party are divided on that subject, it 0is hard to say what the presidential mes sage to Congress may be, 01 hoiv far it may meet the wishes of the people, One cause of the present stringency in trade is owing to many of the factories curtailing their expenses, and others haying shut down altogether, This state of things is caused by the uucer tainty arising from a possible change of policy by the Cleveland administra- tion. That they will go in for free trade simpliciter, is by no means prob able or likely. Such a step would trip- pie most of the leading' industries of the nation, and add seriously to the present commercial stringency. The repeal of the Silver Bill has afforded some measure of relief in commercial circles, but until the policy of Cleve- land's Cabinet regarding the tariff is known, matters will not be materially improved, Meantime, Canada is suf- fering to some extent from the hordes of "unemployed" coming north to seek for food and shelter; and. in cases not a few, we are exposed to burglary and other species of crime. But the one lesson taught us in the Dominion is for our people not to precipitate rashly any change in the present fiscal policy of the government, but ;to await pa. tiently the result of inquiries now go. ing on in regard to a revision or modi fication of the tariff, in the full hope that the Cabinet at Ottawa—who are practical men—will be sustained by parliament in every reasonable attempt to legislate in the interests of the whole body of the people. News of the Week in Brief. Fi11DA.Y November 3rd. The Imperial Parliament was opened yesterday. Winnipeg had the first snowfall of the season yesterday. Phil D. Armour has given $50,000 to the Armour Institute. A Children's Aid Society was organ- ized in Peterboro' yesterday. The Cunarder Campania has cut the eastern record to five days, 9 hours.and 30 minutes. The House Bill for a revenue cutter for servics on the lake has passed the United States Senate. California's vintage will be about 18,000,000 gallons this year, 2,000,000 gallons more than last year. It is proposed to hold a winter carni- val in Quebec City. A meeting to further the project was held last night. The Fall Assizes for Haldiwand county opened 'yesterday. There were no criminal cases and but one civil case. Wm. Irvin, an employee of the C. P. R. Company was run over by a yard engine at Ottawa yesterday and in- stantly killed. Lucy Dinning, a girl of 19, died last night from the effects of an abortion alleged to have practised on her by "Doc." Andrews, The extensive barns of Mr. John Jackson, the well-known sheep breeder at Abingdon, Ont, were burned on Wednesday night. Sir Oliver Mowat was yesterday for- mally invested or-mallyinvested with the badge of hon- orary membership in the Independent Order of Foresters. The Bolingbroke Club,, of London, has offered a purse of 41,000 for a fight between Jack Dempsey and Dick Burke to be contested iu its rings. Mr. John Charlton,` M. P.. delivered an address on political question to a large audience at Waterford last even- ing. Mr. C. Carpenter, M. P. P., also spoke Dr. McKinnon,• of Alyinson, has been chosen by the Liberals to contest East Lampton for the seat In the Ontario Legislature vacated by the . death of Mr, Hugh McKenzie. The Government has decided to int pose a fine of ig23,700 on Boyde Byrie & Campbell, of Montreal who recently smuggled goods on which $7,900 duty should have been paid. Word comes from Alton that Thomas Harkness, aged 47, lately of Manitoba, was found dead on the' town line be. tween Caledon and Erin. He had eat his throat and taken laudanum, The steamship City of Alexandria- of the Nero York & Cuba Mail 'Company has been burned near Idayanna, Anon. 35 of those Ott board lost their lives LWiec that number being t(:scued. $litalTIIrit1,A.1K November 4th, ll' 'resident Cleveland has set apart November 30 as Thanksgiving day. During the six mouths of the World's Fair 7,987,497 lattices of mail matter were despatched from Jaeksoll Pars and 7,121,916 pieces were received., It is announced that the West Vir- ginia window glass works will resume in full on Monday, The works have been idle for over a year and will em- ploy about 400 men. The Cunard Lucania has again smashed the ocean record, making the voyage from Queenstown to New York. in 5 days 12 hours and 54 minutes, or 29 minutes better than theCampania's time. At Kennedy, Ala,, yesterday, Henry Weir and wife locked their house, leay- ing, four children inside, and started for the field to work. The house caught fire and three of the children were burned to death. The "crauk" craze has reached In- dianapolis. Governor Matthews has been threatened, and yesterday Adolph Olscowasky was arrested as he was about to start for Washington to mur- der President Cleveland.; The slaughter of cattle in Kansas City for 10 months ending October 31 amounted to more than three-quarters of a million head. Exceeding the kill- ing for the corresponding period of 1892. by almost one-fourth of a million The Brilliant Iron and Steel Com pany, of Brilliant, Ohio, has signed the sheet iron scale of the amalgamated association and notified its employes to report for work at once. The mill em- pluyes about 600 men and has been idle for -over four months, itioN DAY November orb,. "Jim" Day, the notorious Kentucky moonshiner, has been caught. He has been wanted for 15 years. By an explosion of dynamite on board a vessel at Santander, Spain, 165 persons were killed and 190 injured Near Lynchburg, Tenn., three ne- groes suspected of barn-buruino have been hanged by a mob of colored men. The election in Winnipeg for the 'seat vacated by Mr. Hugh John Mac- donald has been set for the 22nd inst. Canadian residents of San Francisco have formed an association to see Can- ada properly represented at the Mid- winter Fair. A five-year-old son of F. Cheeseboro of London was run oyer and killed by a Hamilton & Dundas Railway "dum- my" in Hamilton on Saturday after- noon. The Orangemen of Montreal attend- ed church in full regalia yesterday. This was the first occasion of the kind since the trouble when Hackett was killed. Last Thursday an old lady named Pfeffer, starting from her home at Carl- sruhe, Ont., to visit friends, lost her way in the bush and was found Satur day evening dead. No inquest. At Johnston's Mills, four miles from Ottawa, on Saturday morning,'a, ° Mrs. Kane, while trying to drive a herd of pigs from the C. P. R track, was struck by a train and instantly killed. Seven masked train robbers held up a train near Newport Ark., on Friday nicht. They robbed the express safe rifled the passengers' effedts and killed Conductor McNally, who offered resist- ance. Joseph Morrow of Metcalf township, had an Indian hired man and a jar of liquor. The Indian found the liquor, Mr. Morrow says and got drunk, Some- one informed Magistrate Noble, of Strathroy, who find Morrow $50 and costs -$83.95 in alt. Morrow took two months in jail rather than pay up. TUESDAY November 7th. A snowstorm prevailed in the middle counties of England yesterday. The Selkirk House at Donald, B. C., has been destroyed by fire. West Huron Liberals met yesterday and organized for Provincial purposes, Postmaster Meacham, of Belleville • is 86 years old and has been 46 years in office. There are 34 doctors practising in Kington which hasa population of about 20,000. The coal Grade between the provinces this year shows the large increase of 100,000 tons. The Illinois. Steel. Company, at Joliet, will start up on November 20 with 2,300 men. A brakesman, fireman and four tramps were killed by a collision at Reno. Nevada, yesterday. Tho leak in the Welland Canal near Thorold was repaired and locking re sumed on Tuesday evening. , Subscriptions have been started in Ottawa for Mr. Ellis of the St. John Globe now in. Fredericton jail. Quebec is likely to have a carnival this winter. Mr. Van Horn's personal subscription for this object is $250. Prendergast, the murderer of Mayor Harrison, of Chicago, is to be tried November 27,.aud the defence will be insanity, The Beatty Lille of steamers will make their last trip for Sarnia in Con nection with the Great Northern Rail- way on Nov`. 20, The total number of pupils enrolled 8in51the public school of the United States for 1891 92 was 13,244,103, the average daily attendance being 8,552,- . The Loan Committee of the New York clearing' house retired the last of its certificates yesterday. MIL'BEEF, 5 IRON AND WINE restores strength and vitality, and ti'tukes rich red; blood. Mt;, Stones Gillies, of Lucan, Nolo iruFFNi� HA it fli IitA'aiIE pgW OERS ALL N DACHE. They are not miser. cued to ours eve17t- 11 thi2ep,butsil,apt; ,head- aches. Z' -y them, it wilt cost but kt cont. fyr a boas and they a."o 1ar,nl css. They are not a Cathartic. The earnings of the Toronto Street Railway during October were $72,270, the city's share being $5,781. For Oc tober last year the city's share was $5,21_9. The trial of Charles Shipman for the murder of John Fitzsimmons, near Lansdowne, 011 March 24th last, and of three alleged accessories in the crime, began at Brock yille last eveniug. The Montreal Temple Company was organized on Tuesday night at Mont- real with a capital of $50,000. The company has been organized for the purpose of building the Masonic Temple, A despatch from. Jacksonville, Bleat da, says it is an assured fact that the Mitchell -Corbett fight will take niece there, the money having been put up, and the principals having agreed to the terms. The Mitchell Recorder states that it is the almost universal feeling in South Perth that the Hon, Thomas Ballan• tyne should be nominated at the next Liberal conyention to contest that rid- iug for the House of Commous. Vessels arriving at Bay of Fundy ports to -day report a terrible storm in the Bay Monday night. The fishing fleet had a rough time. It is feared the schooners Constitution and Walter J. ('lark, each with a crew of ten, have been lost, as no tidings has been heard of them. 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