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House for sale -E Butt 5
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Farm for sale -Albert Turner....... 5
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Room wanted -New Era 8
Business announcement -Jackson Bros 8
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FRIDAY, AUG. 26, 1898
Our Ottawa letter is unavoidably
crowded out this week.
The Toronto World suggests that if
the railways would put on sleeping
cars costing only $5,000 instead of $20,-
030, and reduce the rate for a berth
from $2 to $1 or less, the number who
would use these ears would he more
than doubled. And the World is
tight. The rate is too high.
When the Legislature is in session
' the mace (an imposing looking but
u3eless metal staff) is placed upon a
ttble in the centre of the assembly
hall. If the House goes into Commit:
tee of the whole, a very dignified look-
ing gent walks in, lifts the mace off
the table and places it on the floor, re-
•-'ler•ints it when the Committee rises.
Sometimes this performance goes on
'fur a couple of Louie, and it locks
supremely ridiculous to see a man
every millet eor• two lift this thing off
the table and hack again. It serves no
useful purpose by so doing; it's merely
a matter of r'ornr. It would no doubt
destroy a time honored cu- tom to
...transit such a piece of absurdity, but.
• it cannot he clone too quickly.
' The Hamilton Times, referring to the
death of ex•Sheriff Gibbons, publishes
the following incident, written by a
gentleman who was a resident of the
Riding at the time it oceutred:-
"In 1867 Mr M. C. Cameron and Mr
Robert Gibbons fought a memorable
, battle for Liberali m in South Huron,
defeating Mr Das id Hood Ritchie and
Mr Isaa •. • .. Conservat,ives.
Sever, scented,out a technical flaw
ia'the naturalization of several hund-
red Germans in the Townships of Hay
and Stephen, who had been voting for
m my years, and succeeded in unseat-
ing Mr Gibbons after the first session.
The trick Was not unlike that attempt-
ed by Mr Whitney's followers now,
but although it temporarily succeeded,
it proved a death-blow•toConservatism
iri South Huron, the party never suc-
eetding in getting a member, notwith-
standing numerous gerrymanders, till
the elect ion -now in"dispute-of Eilber
last year."
General Conference.
An event of much interest to the
litettiodist Church in Canada will be
the. meeting of the General Conference
in Toronto on Thursday of next week.
This body meets once in four years,
and chiefly for legislative purposes.
It is a delegated body, consisting of 286
members. an equal number of ministers
and laymen, representing the eleven
annual conferences into which the
Church is divided. The territory thus
represented is the whole of the Domin-
ion of Canada, Newfoundland, and the
mission Conference in Japan.
A great variety of subjects relating to
discipline; and general church polity,
Will be presented for legislative action.
The conservative element of the Con-
fereoce will most Carefully guard the
time-honored andconstit ut ional usages
and principles of the church; at the
` same time the element of progressive-
llees will not he slow to keep in line of
harmony with the age of advancement
in which we live. Under the direction
Of its wise, able, firm and genial pre -
Aiding officer, Bev. Dr. Carman, Gene-
;;;;iyeSttip"ei'intendent of the chinch, the
<,,bileiness may be expected to be con-
ducted with thoroughness, promptness
and despatch.
It is expected that the session will
last about three weeks. In the list of
the nineteen ministerial delegates from
the London Conference, we observe the
races of.W. Rigsby, Blyth; B.Clement,
Clinton; Jasper Wilson, Goderich, and
A. L. Russell, Seaforth, all from the
':t'oderich District. The laymen from
this District, are W. M. Gray, late of
Seaforth, and Marshall Braithwaite, of
1.4Ondesboro. Our readers will he kept,
of'ted as to the doings of Conference.
The typhoid epidemic at Belfast is
towing rapidly. Six hundred cases
.rive been reported in thteeweeks, and
taery hospital is filled to overflowing,
1n the blook bound by Second and Third
streets and avenues B and C, New York,
there are 8,358 residents, whose average
usual income is $4. In the block hound
jt 'itth and Sixth avenues and 53 ar•d 54
ItftreOti there are 514 residents, whoao eom-
wealth is about $400,000,000. Rei e
3t tt striking example of te extremes of
wo:11th wnd poverty.
R Good Defence.
't In thea discussion on the "Constable
Vote" in 1 he [louse, last Thursday, Mr
Whitney made some unpleasant allus•
ions to Mr Geriow's sitting on his own
case. Hou. G. W. Ross replied to Mr
Whitney's speech, and this is what
the repor'1 says concerning his defence
of Mr Garrow:-
"Mr Rose referred to Mr Whitney's
attack upon the member for West
Huron, which was not a very gracious
attack, and was not, according to par-
liamentary practice, showing due cour-
tesy to members of the House. Mr
Whitney said Mr Garrow was sitting
as judge in his own case. Quite the
cont rary was the case. The hon. mem-
ber for West Huron, like any other
hon. member whose seat may he affect-
ed, was going t.o the courts of the land
-going by the direct vote of this
House to the courts of the land.
What did Mr Garrow say ? lie said
he was supporting a bill; which was
going to send the case to the Court of
Appeal, which would say whether the
constables had the right to vote or
not. He wag putting his case before
the highest court of the land, the court
where men staked all their property,
and every interest they had under the
constitution He was not judge in his
own case, and was saying: -"I am in
the hands of the court; I am in the
hands of the highest court, that deal-
ing with election cases. If the Court
of Appeal says i have no right to the
constable vote, I bow to its decision,
but I ant prepared to say to my oppon-
ent, "I will g -i with you to the court
of the common electorate of the coup-
! r y, where the tt ial was held in the
first instance. I will go where I de-
retted you on the first of March -true,
it was by a small majority -and I
shall defeat you again whenever the
bye -election is held. If the result
should be against me, and I should em
down,' as many a good man has, and
as my hon. friend went down in the
long ago, I shall accept the decision of
the electorate of this country, the sov-
ereign voice of the people, the people
who make Parliament, and make the
courts through Parliament, and have
to determine which party shall control
the destinies of this country.' " That
is the manly ground which my hon.
friend has taken, and instead of ques-
tioning his right, my hon. friend
,bouts have the manliness to say that
the member for West Huron is taking
the only cont se open to an hon. mem-
ber of this House, that of placing him-
self in the courts of the land, and ac-
cepting the verdict of those courts as
to his right, to sit in this House."
The Extra Session.
(Special Correspondence.)
Hon. A. S Hardy, on submitting the
Constable Franchise Bill, went into an
exhaustive explanation of the whole
matter, bringing - out the principal
points connected with the attempted
disfranchisement of the 3,000 con-
stables, The Government's content ion
is that there is a clear, sharp distinc-
t ion between the qualification of a vo-
ter who was employed and paid out of
public money, and those paid by the
candidate out of private funds, as the
foriner was not an agent or employee
of either candidate, but was a public
official acting for both parties. This
is unduuhtedty a strong point and well
taken.' If the contention of the Oppo-
sition is correct, then the constables
are not the only voters disfranchised,
as there are others who received pay-
ment for their services in connection
with the election, who are siinilarly
barred from voting, for instance ow-
ners of polling places, and all others
who furnish supplies for election pur-
poses.
Mr Hardy announced that a clause
had been added to the hill designed to
permit such election trials as were not.
affected by the constable vote to he
proceeded with. This clause was add-
ed in deference to the claim of the Op-
position that many of the election
trials were being unnecessarily delay-
ed. He then proceeded with his argu-
ment, showing that the act of the
Sandfield-Macdonald Government dis-
franchised the returning officers, the
deputy returning officers, and the
poll clerks, and that the absence of
any reference to constables was evi-
dence that they were not liable to dis-
franchisement under the act. Again,
when the section disqualifying return-
ing officers, deputy returning officers
and poll clerks was amended, making
their votes legal, there was no mention
made of constables, simply because
they bad never been disqualified under
the act. Had there been any question
as to the right of constables to vote,
they would have been included with
the other officials. Mr Hardy went on
to show that there would only be three
or four seats which would be affected
by the constable vote, not eight, as
claimed by Mr Whitney.
Hon. Mr Ross followed, with an able
and convincing r esume of the question,
and showed the hollowness of Mr
Whitney's denunciation of ex post
facto legislation, as be had himself ad-
vocated such legislation.
Mr German said that he considered
the speech made by Mr Ross as con-
clusive, but would have preferred a bill
legalizing the constable vote, past, pre-
sent and future.
Mr Garrow dealt with the legal
points of the measure before the House,
and asserted that an illegal voter be-
fore the court could be forced to say
who he had' voted for. Mr Whitney
and Col. Matheson denied this, but Mr
Garrow quoted a decision in the case,
and convinced the House of the cor-
rectness of his statement.
[The House closed on Wednesday
evening.]
His View of the West
Lieut. Governor Cameron, writing
to Town Clerk, from Regina, under
date of Aug. 5th, says: -"The way to
live here is by farming. I drove out
12 miles into the country yesterday;
wha` I saw in the way�of farming
would astound an old Huronite; acres
of potatoes, 50 to 100 acres of oats and
50 to 200 acres of wheat. all looking
splendid; barring accidents the wheat
will he 25 bushels to the acre; I never
saw anything to equal it. Most far-
mers own 320 to 650 acres, some mote,
cultivate 200 to 300 acres, the balance
pasture, with 20 to 100 head of cattle.
It would open a Hrn'onite's eyes, with
his limited 100 acres, to see a western
farm; all presperous. The last few
years has made the farmers here cap-
italists."
At Warkworth George Yule was upset
ont of a boat, with three companions. Yule
was the only one who could swim, and
atter saving the othere lie was so exhaust.
ed that he sank and was drowned.
THE CLINTON NEW ERA
Men Of the Day.
Mr J. T. Carrow, Q. C., whose
speeches on the constitutional ques-
tions before the Legislature have been
among, the best delivered there, and
have, indeed, been admirable, has been
a member of the House since the gen-
eral electron of 1890. He was born at
Chippewa, in the County of Welland.
March 11, 1843. He was educated in
the common schools of Waterloo and
Huron Counties and in the Godet ich
High School. He was Reeve of Gode-
rich for seven years, and has filled the
office of Warden of Huron. -Globe.
The Doherty Factory ByuLaw.
Before the Doherty loan by-law,pass-
ed here in March last, could be legal, it
was necessary that it should be ratified
by the Legislature, and in the Local
House, on- Friday, Mr Garrow intro-
duced, seconded by Mr Patullo, Wood-
stock, a bill confirming the by-law. Mr
Garrow explained that the bill could
not be introduced without the unani-
mous consent of the House, and gave
reasons for his urgency, It was a mat-
ter of vital importance, and if not dealt
with at the present session, would have
to stand over several months, which
delay would seriously handicap the
Doherty Company, as the buildings
had already been erected, the plant
and machinery was also in its place,
and six months' delay in selling the de-
bentures world be a very seriou8 mat-
ter for the firm, which was probably
the largest organ company in Canada,
and an industry which closely affected
the welfare of Clinton.
The house unanimously agreed to the
the introduction of the bill, and its se-
cond reading was set down for Tues-
day, in the meantime being referred to
a special committee.
When it was learned that the bill
would likely go through at this session,
some of the ratepayers here who were
not satisfied with the nature of the
agreement entered into between the
council and the firm, took steps to lay
their views before this committee.
On Tuesday morning the bill came
hefore the Special Committee, in the
Parliament buildings, which committee
consisted of Mr Garrow, Chairman,
Messrs Caldwell, Eilber, Carecallen,
Miscampbell and Davis, the latter not
being present.
Mr W. J. Paisley was present, and
in a few words addressed the commit-
tee on behalf of the signator ies to a pe•
tition asking Mr Doherty to furnish
further€ecurity. Mr Brydone, harris-
ter, presented the case for the petition-
ers, stating that I hose whom he repre-
sented had no objection whatever to
the loan on general principles, but were
desirous of obtaining better security
than they considered was given.
Mr Scott, banister, briefly narrated
the circumstances of the snhmission of
the by-law, the vole thereon, the sub-
sequent proceedings of the council, and
the agreement entered into between
the town and the firm.
The members of the committee, after
asking a few questions, stated that they
thought the town had no occasion for
any uneasiness; in their opinion the
agreernent was a gond and binding one;
on the strength of it the factory was
built and running, and even if the fac-
toryshould, unfortunately, be burned
down again, the town need not lose its
investment, and the Committee unani-
mously passed aresolution recommend-
ing the passage of the bill through the
House.
Mayor Holmes and Mr Dober ty, who
were present, were not called upon to
say one word in relation to the matter,
nor did they speak, thodgh some of ;.he
city papers state that they did.
The bill had its second reading on
'Tuesday, and finally passed the House
on Wednesday. '
Clinton Collegiate.
The results of the University and
Departmental Examinations for 1898
show that the Clinton Institute has
been highly successful in its prepara-
tion of students, Considering the num-
ber in attendance and the number
writing, it is doubtful if any school in
the Province bas a better showing.
Students who ate inclined to go to the
larger city. schools will, if they care-
fully compare resulte, probably be per-
suaded that they can do just as well
or better nearer home, and be at much
less expense. At the University
Scholarship Examinations Clinton has
succeeded in taking a Scholarship for
three years in succession. Few, if any,
of the town schools, and only two or
three of the city schools have equalled
this record. •,.,
The Collegiate re -opens in a few days,
(Sept. est,) with the following excellent
staff: -J. Houston, M. A., Principal,
specialist in English, French, German;
W. E. Rand, B. A., specialist in Math-
ematics; J. W. Treleaven, B. .A., spec-
ialist in Classics; E. M. McLean, spec-
ialist in Science; Miss Edith Parlee,
Commercial Specialist.
Methodist District Sleeting.
The Financial District Meeting of the
Wingham District was held in the Metho-
dist church, Wingham, on Tuesday last.
Rev A. Cunningham presided. The seve-
ral circuits were represented as followe:-
Wingham, Rev Dr. Pascoe; Lnoknow, Rev
J. Learoyd; Brussels, Rev S. J. Allis;
Teeswater, Rev 8. W. Muxworthy; Ethel,
Rev J. G. Yelland and J. Cober; Fordwich,
Rev R. J. Hosking; Gorrie, Rev R. J. Gar-
butt and Wm. Dane; Wroxeter, Rev J. B.
Kennedy; Blnevale, Rev D. Rogers and J.
Leech; Ashfield Rev E. Olivant. Salem,
Rev N. S. Burwash; Bethel, Rev W. M.
Pomeroy; Ripley, Rev F. Swann; Bervie,
Rev Geo. Baker; Tiverton, Rev A.I.Brown;
Whitechurch, J. Taylor; Belgrave, Rev F.
J. Oaten.
The one Mission within the bounds of
the District, Tiverton, was recommended
to be given a grant of $400, by the Mission-
ary Board.
Local arrangements will be made, in
most cases, for holding the annual Mission-
ary and Educational meetings,
A resolution was passed advising the peo-
ple on the Ethel circuit to make arrange.
ments, if possible, by which it may not be
necessary to ask theOonference for a young
man next year, or to so adjust the work
that a second ordained man may be regnir• 1
The meeting pledged co-operation in the
present Plebiscite campaign. An hour or
more was 000npied in discussing the spirit -
nal interests of the churches and suggest-
ing plans for special work during the year.
The General Superannuation Board sub•
milted the following assessments in aid of
the fund:-Wingbam $54, Kincardine $61,
Lnoknow $51, Brueeels $47, Teeswater $44,
Ethel $47, Fordwioh $42, Gerrie $44,
Wroxeter $80, Blnevale $40, Asbfleld $39,
Salem $30, Bethel $29, Ripley $49, Bervie
$56, Tiverton $20, Wbiteohnroh $36, Bel -
grave $84, The next meeting will be held
at Brussels in May, 1899.
Coming and Going.
VISITORS TO AND mom CLINTON AND VARIOUS
OTHER PERSONAL NOTES.
We shall be glad to have oontributions to
this column from any of our readers. If
you have visitors or purpose going away
yourself, drop iu and tell us, or send us a
note to that effect.
Mrs Gagen and Mrs Burton are visiting
in Detroit.
Walter Shannon has taken a situation
in Toronto.
Mrs S. Davis is visiting ber daughters in
Woodstock.
Miss Etta MoNair, of Grey, ie visiting
friends here.
Misses Aggie and Clara Chidley have re-
turned home.
Mrs J. J. Allen, of Toronto, is visiting
friends here.
Mies Bell, of Londeeboro, is visiting at
James Fair's, jr.
Miss K. Dodds, of Blyth, is the guest of
Mrs. A. J. Holloway.
Mrs G. F. Briokenden and family return-
ed to London on Saturday.
Miss Maizie Carling has returned home
from a visit to friends in Grey.
Miss Olive Wilson, of London, is the
guest of Mies Charlotte Everett.
Miss Allie Pratt leaves this week on a
visit to relatives in St. Thomas.
J. H. Crompton, of Atlanta, Ga., it visit-
ing his sister, fire. T. C. B- s
Miss Amelia Fitzsimons is visiting
friends in Thorndale and London.
Mrs Vanatter and Miss Skelton, Goder-
ich, were visitors to town last week.
Mise Maggie Macfarlane, of Victoria, B.
C., is the guest of ,Ars. Horace Foster.
Miss Hessian, Deaconess of St. Peter's
oburob, Toronto, is visiting relatives here.
Mrs A. Twitchell and sister, Mise Jar-
dine, are visiting their brother in Pine
River,
Goldie Pike left on Saturday for Toronto
where he has taken a situation in a piano
factory.
Mr. William Brownlee and eon, of Pitts-
burg, Penn,, are visiting their aunt, Mrs,
John Irving.
Miss Carrie Johns, of Tuckersmith, has
been visiting her oousin, Miss Stanbury,
London road,
Miss MacDonald, of Seaforth, and Miss
Cavan, of Detroit, spent Sunday with Miss
Dolly Fair.
Mies Tena MoCuaig has reenrned to
town after spending six weeks with frienes
in Harrieton.
Miss Maud Dunoan and Miss Lottie
Wheatley, of Clinton, are visiting at A.
McNair's, Grey.
Mies T. Akam, who has been spending a
month with Goderioh friends, returned to
town on Monday. •
Mrs Fessant and her daughter, Minnie,
of Wingham, were this week the guests of
Mrs J. A. King.
D M. Lindsay, of the Huron road, God-
erich township, took in the excursion to
Manitoba last week.
Mrs Moffatt and her granddaughters,
Misses Rena and Emma Pickett, are visit-
ing relatives in Varna.
Mrs Borden, Hamilton, who has been
visiting her sister, Mrs Alcock, returned to
her home on Saturday.
Mies Grace Boles has been visiting at
Exeter, but has gone to Toronto to attend
the millinery openings.
Mrs Harry Mason, cf Detroit, who has
been visiting relatives here for a month,
returned home on Saturday..
Mies Jean Gibson, of Goderioh, who has
been the guest of Mrs Lack Kennedy for a
week, has gone to Wroxeter.
James Trenrier, Principal of Smtthville
High School, was this week visiting his
old friends in this vicinity.
Mrs D. Macpherson attended the funeral
of a friend near flensall, a young man
named Sherry, on Thursday.
Miss Penfound, of Wingham, spent the
latter part of last week at the residence of
her sister, Mrs. James Aitken.
Mise Sadie Carson, of Caledonia, who
has been visiting with Reeve Kennedy and
family, has returned to her home.
Miss Clara Scott has returned to Toron-
to; as one of the leading singers of Ratten-
bury St. choir she will be missed.
Mrs Dr. MacDonald, of Seaforth, and
Mrs Fairley, of Carberry, Man., were the
guests of Miss Josie Fait on Monday.
Miss Tillie McDonald, daughter of Con-.•
ductor McDonald, of Stratford, is spending
a week with her aunt, Mrs C. McConnell.
George M. Kitty and family, after spend-
ing a few days among friends here, return-
ed to their home in London on Saturday.
The wife of Rev, Mark Rumball, of 1Nor
den, who has been visiting here for some
time, started on her return to Manitoba,
yesterday.
Mrs Westoby, of Blyth, Miss Cox, of
Goderich, Mr Cox and Mr Armstrong, of
Tilosnburg, were the guests of the Mieeee
Stevens, Base Line, this week.
John Howson, son of Jas. Howson, who
has been a resident of the west for about 12
years; is home on a visit; at present he is
engaged in business in Grenfell.
W. R. Millar, of Toronto, formerly of
Goderioh, and Thos. Hogarth, also of To-
ronto, passed through town on Saturday,
on a wheeling tour to Goderich.
Mrs Harry Routledge, who has been vis-
iting at Wingbam for two weeks, has re-
turned to town. Icer brother, '.Phos Ginn,
of Detroit, is now visiting her.
Mr Gregory, (brother of Mrs Geo. Oakes)
who has been one of the plebiscite organ-
izers for West Huron, left this week for
Regina, where he enters a law office.
T. Tipling, grpoer, Goderioh, formerly of
Clinton, was called to Cleveland last Satur-
day by the death of his brother-in-law, W.
Henderson who hase
b enm
e o ed
1 inone
of the large stores of that pity, yMr Hen-
derson was a former resident and business
man of Wingham.
Mr. and Mrs. George Irving, of Chicago,
Ill., and Miss Belle Fleming, of Hannibal,
Mo., who were visiting at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. John Irving, left last Friday to
make a tour of Niagara, Toronto, Belle-
ville, Kingston, Thousand Islands and
other pointe, and leave in a few days on
their return to the West.
Dr. Johneton, of Sarnia, who has been
chosen as the Liberal candidate for West
Lambton, is a cousin of Judge Fred John-
ston, of Algoma, formerly of Huron; 11r.
Johnston's wife was a daughter of Mrs
Brown, who at one time resided on the
Huron Road, near Goderioh. The dootor's
nomination means his election, for there's
a substantial Liberal majority in that rid-
ing.
Robert Coats, youngest son of Robert
Coats, merchant, left here yesterday for
Toronto, where he expecte to reside. He
will enter the journalistic ranks, if there is
a suitable opening; if not, be will turn hie
attention to other pursuits. He is an ex-
pert shorthander, is well versed in publio
matters; a University graduate, and, being
a young man of sterling character, we ex-
pect to hear of him climbing the ladder of
popularity and fame in the Queen City.
Correspondence
We aro not responsible for anything what
aver that appears under this heading.
The Question of Prohibition
To the Editor of flee New •L'ra.
DEAR SIR: -Mr Marquis no longer finds
it amusing for me to consider anti-prohi
bitioniste as anti - temperanoe people.
While I was content to make the bare
statement he raised no serious objeoticns
and thought it "almost amusing," but
when I make the statement and prove it he
grows wrathful and calla it a "mean and
contemptible act." I am not personally
acquainted with Mr Marquis, I know him
only as the opponent of prohibition and
consequently an advocate of the perpetua-
tion of the liquor traffio; and as suoh did I
deal with him in my last letter, and as
suoh wiM I deal with him now. It seems
to me a vast number of people have sud•
denly developed into life among the advo-
cates of temperance. A few weeks ago,
when the brewers and distillers met in
London, for the purpose of formulating
plans for opposing prohibition; Mr Haver -
son, their eolioitor, assured the Mayor of
that pity that they were all good temper-
anoe men. Not very long ago a whisky
seller told me he was a total abstainer and
a temperanoe man. That he was a total
abstainer I did not dispute, nor did I won-
der at it, knowinb as he did the element of
death contained in the oup which he dis-
pensed by measure and for pay to unsus-
pecting customers. On the contrary I ac-
cepted the statement as I now unhesitat-
ingly accept the statement of Mr Marquis
that he is a total abstainer, at the same
titre I am compelled to reject the state-
ment that they are temperance men, be-
cause temperance men will strive to pro-
mote universal temperanoeiby assisting to
banish from our land the cause of intem-
peranoe, and not do as Mr Marquis is
about to do -vote against prohibition and
for the existence of this curse through all
future generations,
In my previous letter I said "If Mr Mar-
quis is a temperance man and is as enthus-
iastic in his desire for the promotion of
temperance as in his opposition to prohibi-
tion, how comes it that his voice and pen
have not been used in opposing the drink-
ing customs of society to the same extent
as against prohibition?" In attempting to
disprove the above Mr Marquis proves it
beyond controversy. He tells us that for
two years in the quiet of a rural Sunday
School class he used his "voice and influ-
ence in favor of temperanoe and in denun-
ciation of the liquor traffic," but when it
rame to prohibition nothing lose than the
press was sufficient to herald throughout
the length of the land his denunciation of
it.• Whence the cVsparity in the amount
of enthusiasm manifested on the different
occasions? In his first letter we find him
considerably agitated over the revenue
question, and it could hardly be supposed
that a man who woald opfose prohibition
because he thought the revenue wonld suf-
fer would be very enthusiastic in the pro-
motion of total abstinence which would
bring aboutothe same result. Beware of
these temperance anti - prohibitionists.
Many of them would rather see half the
people of Canada fall into the pit of drunk-
enness than that an almost an infinites-
imal portion of their wealth should be
placed under contribution.
Mr Marqu;s is either decidedly ignorant
of the subject under consideration or wil-
fully misleading when he says this is not
to be the first trial of a prohibitory law.
The Dunoan Bill, Scott Act and Local Op-
tion were not prohibitory laws, but were
the result of a compromise effected by the
government between the ultra -prohibition-
ists and the anti -prohibitionists, who, by
the way, did nothing to have them enforc-
ed. On the contrary many prohibitionists
who made an effort to have. them enforced
met with violence at the hands of
members of the party with which Mr Mar-
quis is identified, (for the time being at
least) and he now has the audacity to
taunt because the Taws were partial fail.
urea. He is also in error when he says
"we do not agree as to the best methods of
controlling the liquor traffic," because I
do not believe in trying to control it, The
Duncan Bill tried to control it and so did
the Scott Act, and Mr Marquis says they
were failures; and now we have the Crooks
Act and still drunkenness and rioting
continue. The traffic can nomore be con-
troled in the nation than the liquor can
be controlled in the 'individual, and the on-
ly thing in my opinion that will banish in-
temperance from the land is the complete
destruction of the business.
In conclusion let me Bay a word about
the revenue. It is stated that if a prohibi-
tory law is enacted the revenge will suffer
the extent of about seven millions of dol-
lars, which will have to be made up in
some other way. Now let us see how this
will be made up. The people of Canada
spend annually forty millions of dollars in
intoxicating liquors. With the destruction
of the liquor traffic this forty -millions of
dollars will circulate un other channels.
Suppose that only twenty millions of dol-
lars are spent on dutiable goods and duty
collected on a 25% basis we have five mil-
lions of dollars of the revenue at once in
addition to the saving of five millions now
taken annually from the revenue to take
care of the paupers and criminate created
by the traffic, which will leave a balance of
three millions of dollars in favor of the
revenue. fours truly. C. M. Bezzo.
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