Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 20, 1876, Winnipeg, Manitoba Cooler fort Osborne arc i Olio is seriously ill has to i re of the doing. Of the Legisla senator Sutherland a the present season has once since the year 1824 carnival at the Victoria part of Tho need to take place this Indel mutely postponed. Made of the boys Well the people s properly cleaned. The British tem of the prayer meetings churches on wednes Squaw on the streets yester to show that Selling liquor to in m not altogether ceased. Some one is preparing himself for a heavy lh-7a temporary residence in the gaol 2 to be he will get them. Oru following alterations of the skating rink have been to Lei swathe mining from 10 to so in the afternoon 2.30 to 5.30 and at i in the evening the Bell will to signal for children under fifteen of age to leave the ice. Exchange has the following John Robb Fin old resident of Marlboro who has been sojourning in Winnipeg Manitoba fir the last four years has returned to ins old Home where he will remain until Spring. He speak in High terms of the Prairie pro Vince Rod though he was in Good Circum stances in Ontario says to much prefers and John is about right. Wojik animals seem to have More sense than some men do. A couple of horses Luu a re left standing on Tho Street to Day in the cold uncovered started Oft on a brisk Trot Anil wore Only stopped in their career by a passer by. If their owner had t suffice Tiit gumption to Blanket them they Evi d Lily knew enough that Active motion Ifould keep the blood in circulation. And is they very sensibly put practice. Their ideas into police is Only slowly re living it this establishment. Tho crop of slants which promised Well last fall is so for a Complete failure burglars rowdies etc., receipts nil though there May be an rep movement before the opening of navigation. A scat City of which is prevailed for some time Are getting More plentiful and May shortly Overstock Market. Chief Murray co., however a prepared to take All on the Street. They Konrod Throe or four this morning which proved a profitable speculation for the firm by which the chief is employed. At Joseph Roy is delivered a Esturo in tha schoolhouse Kildonan East last Friday evening under Ali auspices of the Kildonan literary so to Ety. There was a very Large attendance room being Well filled or. John ii. Fel the president of the society presided w subject taken by the Hon. Gentleman the brith was ably Han Iha Ivl impirt3d considerable historical information. At the Conlu of thanks was tendered the Lee who made in appropriate reply speak in in highest terms of the advantages 01 literary societies and expressing the wish "3e? them organized in other parts of the a number of recitations were by different members of the and elicited loud applause. My named Robert Llo Gerson a the City yesterday morning from Anois who has had a pretty hard on the Road. H6 left fort Francis on december last and being Ungro Snow shoes his Progress was greatly he was nearly three weeks Mak Fin acc seventy live to hungry Hall. He was lost we Toko of the Woods and travelled not knowing whore he g. A ulat last became so much exam he Lay Down and fell asleep. C awoke he Felt a Peculiar Sensa and began rubbing and when they broke off in his shortly afterwards very Ore my Ellis Way to Aucamp it hungry Hall whence lie0was brought legislature. Wednesday Jan. 19. The speaker took the chair at 3 p. M. Several notices were Given. Of motion of the lion. Or. Davis the speech from the throne was taken into consideration. Or. A juy moved that an address be presented to his excellency the Lieut. Govern or thanking him for the gracious speech and assuring him that the measures fore shadowed should receive our Earnest consideration. He said in moving the address to took pleasure in saying to Felt Happy to be called together though under less auspicious circumstances than when we last assembled. We had again been visited with the Scourge of the locusts which had brought suffering in our midst. But we Learnt much pleasure that when the aspect of affairs was very gloomy great fears existed in the minds of our people Chat the eggs of the destroyers would be again de posited threatening us with a renewal next summer of the disaster that his Hon or the lieutenant governor issued a proclamation on the advice of his ministers setting apart a Day for Public humiliation and prayer to almighty god to Avert the re turn of so deplorable a visitation and we rejoiced to hear that the whole Community with one Accord observed tie with All due solemnity and Christian earnestness this Appeal was made in the right direction for let Providence be pleased to keep away those formidable armies of locusts and to Folt confident that our Hardy intrepid and not yet discouraged Farmers would soon de Clare an advantageous Battle to the Rich and Fertile soil of our Young province that would end into a grand Victory ensuring the per manent Prosperity of this country. Too much credit could not be Given to our ministers for the prompt and effective Steps they took to ascertain the extent of the Dis Aster and to determine what measures should be taken to mitigate it. They deserved out most sincere thanks for the. Relief secured by their endeavours. Sixty thousand dollars had been secured by Way of loan and used in the Purchase of Grain and provisions now under the control of a Central commit tee for distribution. He hoped it would prove satisfactory and keep every one from starving to death. This Relief that would have been amply sufficient to enable our people to get through the period of hard ship had the Grain and provisions been shipped before the closing of navigation might however prove to be rather Light. We had reason to rejoice at hearing that our people Are not yet discouraged lie trusted that an abundant Harvest would be the re sult of our Strong Faith. To should feel much pleased with the Success the last efforts of our government met with on the question of better it afforded him the greatest pleasure to hear that the accounts Between the Dominion of Canada and the. Province were at last settled and finally adjusted. A measure to harmonize the expenditures with the revenues and to carry out some understanding to that effect arrived at with the privy Council for the increase of the annual Grant from the do minion a measure for the transaction of the Public business by Means of a single Cham Ber Only was promised. To this highly important measure we should pledge our Seri Ous consideration with All Gravity in the Light of the information which would Belaid before us and having in View the actual necessities of the province. Bills to regulate the practice of the courts remodelling the jury Laws providing for the administration of Small estates enabling police magistrates to be appointed in certain portions of the province amending the agricultural act and constituting the department of Public works seemed of too great importance to escape our most careful consideration and very Best attention. The Bill to be Laid before the House to pro vide a free Mode of registration for the mortgages to be granted by the recipients from the Dominion Relief fund would com Mand our careful attention also. The equalization of the representation of the people by a proper distribution of the electors in the various constituencies having regard to the population of the province was of the highest importance and any thing submitted on this most important subject should and he had no doubt would receive a most just and impartial attention. Another import promised in one to re municipal elections in v it mum m Tant measure press disorder at this province concerning fires of cities or towns in this province should also receive consideration and support. He was pleased to hear that the Public accounts and the estimates of the Public expenditures shall be Laid before the House at an Early Day. In entering upon the duties which the system of responsible government conferred upon this province he was full of Confidence and Hope that we would Deal with the questions submitted to us in a spirit of True patriotism and that we would be actuated by an honest desire to legislate for the advantage of the people and there by contribute to the Progress and Prosperity of our country. A t. said he Roso to second this to it was not his intention to make a Ern ment. Some measures which he under stood the government to Promise Jast ses Sion for this session he observed were omitted in the speech. He would give the government All the assistance possible for the abolition of the legislative Council. If the. Bill regarding jurors would extend the sittings of the court of Queen s Bench to Marquette he would be satisfied. The amendments to the agricultural act he would leave for the cd president and presi Dent of the provincial anti cultural society to discuss. He did not exactly comprehend tie claims relating to the organization of the department of Public works. He hoped it contemplated the letting of Public works by tender As the method hitherto pursue i of letting contract to private Par ties without asking for tenders has been very unsatisfactory. Many works Are pointed out a Liili Cost the country too much Money. He was glad tie government would introduce a Bill to provide for the free negotiation of Tho mortgages to to Given for Relief by Tho settlers. Redistribution of the electoral divisions was a Subjoc t upon which no two members would agree lie was pleased to see the government proposed to Deal with it. Tie Bill introduced by a Pri vate member last session did not satisfy him in its details. This a matter of very importance and one of great difficulty one of very great difficulty and he hoped it would be satisfactorily dealt with. He thought the ballot would be an effectual preventive of disturbances at municipal elections. This session May be a Short one but he believed a great Many Good measures would passed. Mil. had nothing to say about the first part of the address lie was sorry some parties in the province had opposed the late delegation for better terms.1 the province needed better terms but to would not accept Tho sum mentioned with the conditions attached. The Dominion government by offering to increase our sub Sidy to acknowledge that we Are in pitied to an increase. The speaker then re lated the circumstances which attended tills country entering confederation. The country was not in As Good a position now As before it entered confederation. He was not satisfied with the amount of increase nor the conditions attached. He thought the matter ought to be brought before Tho people and a bold stand taken on the ques Tion. The speaker alluded to the disparity Between our subsidy and that of British Columbia and Prince Edward Island. Bri Tish Columbia received per annul and had its Public lands p. K. Island received and having no Crown lands received in lieu thereof. The action of the Dominion government in this matter shows that they Are ashamed of tie manner in which they have treated us. If he had a dog that he wanted to be rid of to would not half starve him but would kill him the Dominion government Are starving Manitoba by slow degrees. Last session he supported the abolition of the legislative Council but since then he had changed his mind. It is claimed that it is to be done As a matter of Economy but it has been re marked that Economy has sometimes been made to stink. He thought it had been made to stink in this instance. He would go As far As anyone for Economy but there was a better and Safe 1 Means than the abolition of the legislative Council. He opposed the abolition of the legislative Council to cause it would interfere with the Constitution. Certain pledges had been made in that Constitution which had not been car ried out in regard to halt Breeds and others. Not one foot of that land was yet in their Possession. The half Breed lands were not yet Safe. Tho Dominion had broken Faith with British Columbia in respect to the Pacific railway and if we broke into our Constitution in this respect at their bidding there was no knowing where it would end As there had been a great outcry against those land Grants. The estimates show the Cost of the legislative Council to be a Bill was introduced in and carried through the upper House to sit there free and he had no doubt they were willing to sit there free yet but we would not them to do so. It was one of the government s pledges at the last election to reduce members indemnity to were this done it would reduce the expenditure which would be a much safer Way As he believed the up per House should remain for some time. At the time of the organization of the pro Vince there wore two and French. There is now a Canad an. Each of these has some Peculiar ideas of their own. In regard to a re distribution of the electoral divisions he was glad to see that the matter was to to taken up. Lie was sorry that the principle of the Bill introduced by a private member last session lation was of a character to make this ses Sion an Era in the history of the province. The motion was then adopted and the address was ordered to be engrossed. Lox Mil Davis then moved that a com Mittee be appointed to wait upon his Honor and ascertain what time he would be pre pared to receive tie House. Hox Mit How Auu suggested that the prac Tice of the other provinces be adopted Here which was to have the address presented by the mover and Seconder and the members of the executive Council. He thought that a much better Way because the House Al ways lost a Day by the method they had pursued hitherto. 1 Ion or Davis accepted the suggestion and tie motion was carried in accordance with it. On motion of lion or Royal Hon messes Davis Royal Howard Torquay and Nolin were appointed a committee to prepare lists of standing committees for the ses Sion. The following Bills were then introduced and read a first time Viox in Bill to diminish the expenses of tie legislature of Manitoba. Second Reading on thursday. Also a Bill for securing order during municipal elections in this province. Second Reading on Friday. Icon or Bill respecting a new system of jurors in Manitoba. Second read ing on thursday. Also a Bill to diminish costs of probate in the administration of Small estates. Second Reading on thursday. The House then adjourned until thurs Lay at 3 . B a tils at the legislative Council honorable member so enthusiastically upon the plea that having parlor sign of 1-Htor t engine. M Brown City clerk received a morning from the Silsby manner enclosing invoice of the Fyt Hec if be recently purchased r rom that firm. Tho engine was i polls the company s works at Sene Hanff on tuesday Lith in vhf Ari Val Here May be expected a. A top shipping was caused Ich the Hose closed if other kind of a ordered the engine clout Nave been Here Ere this. The v new apparatus is u fee at i heavier than the old one of. I size and far More is Price of the engine is i but Silsby co. Have y thrown off the sum of deducted five per cent the on the whole Ord outfit is Hose less adding for Box of to this to Moorhead to Winnipeg total Cost of the entire a re l0 Imp to Ion. Mover would lengthy speech As he thought the Uva exhausted the subject but he he thoroughly approved of the policy Ore Ilia Lowed and would do All he could to assist in carrying it out. The motion was carried without dissent. My. Lemay moved seconded by or. Gunn that this Resolution be referred to a commit tee consisting of Hon. Messes. Royal and the mover and Seconder to prepare the address. Carried. The committee then retired to prepare the address. Returned and reported an address which As usual was an Echo of the speech. On motion of lion. Or. Davis the address was read a first time and on motion for second Reading or. Cowan said to supposed this was the proper time for members to express then views on the matters to be brought before the House. The part of the speech refer ing to the Grasshopper visitation was very Good and he thought on the whole it was a Good religious speech and if the govern ment was As religious As the speech the measures would undoubtedly be satisfactory. Although the speech did not prom ise so Many measures As last year there were a Good Many of importance. A great Many were then Many some said too Many. The statute Book of last session was nearly As Large As those of the four preceding sessions together. The measures promised this year Are fewer but if Good we would be satisfied. It is not the duty of private members to bring in Mea sures for the government of the country that duty properly devolve upon the gov had been Defeated and he would Load All the assistance he could in this matter. He thought the ballot would be an improvement in municipal voting. The municipal act required amendment in order to facilitate organization of municipalities. Or. Brown did not find fault with what was in the speech but rather because of certain things that were Nob in it. He believed there were various measures that should have been mentioned in the speech that were not the province had been divided into counties but he thought there should to a re arrangement of the counties. One county occupies nearly half of the pro Vince while another was Only a few Miles in extent. The House should legislate Only for the whole province and not for any particular class nor for two classes As Are More classes in the province. The pro Vince should be re arranged into counties without regard to class then the Pelaso that would be Strong enough would be represented. It was All very Well to say that private members should bring in Bills but he held it to be the duty of the government to introduce measures of this kind. I will give the government my support in All the Mea sures foreshadowed in the speech. He had not the same fear of making a change in the Constitution that some of the members had. The Constitution was based upon a Bill of rights prepared by a very few of the pre sent people of the country. Let the Constitution be amended at once not Only by the abolition of the legislative Council but by the abolition of the French language in the legislature and courts. A greater saving would be effect by this than by the abolition of the legislative Council. He also wished the schools placed on a better basis. Or. Luxton said the speech very appropriately referred to the dire calamity which had fallen upon the country in the grass Hopper visitation. At the time the plague was upon us the government took Active Steps to ascertain the extent of damage sustained by the country and estimated that the amount of would tide the pro Vince Over the difficulty. This was based upon the Low rates of freight then prevail ing. Application was made to the Domin Ion government for Aid to that extent which was granted. But though the government made some purchases in Minnesota they did not expedite matters and the opposition Steamboat line went Down the monopoly line gave preference to More profitable freight a great Deal of it had now to be teamed in making the Cost of freighting alone perhaps Twenty per cent More than the Purchase Price. It was to be feared therefore that the amount would not meet the requirements and he believed it would be proper to ask for further assistance to the extent of say As there was considerable Grain in the province but no Money to Purchase it audit was very desirable that All the land ready for crop should be sown next season. Tie local government deserved credit for the Steps they had taken in this matter lie was sup prised and sorry that any person interested in this province should have opposed the better terms delegation. Throe attempts had been made to this end and Tho pre sent government Are to be congratulated that their Effort was the first to meet with any Success. It would have Boon Moro. Satisfactory had the increase of our subsidy been greater. There was a great disparity Between our subsidy and that of some of Tho other provinces which was inexplicable to him. This appeared to be a settlement till 1881 but he did not Lake this As an absolutely final settlement. Both the govern ment and Tho country were to be congratulated on the Success that had attended their Effort in this respect notwithstanding Tho unpatriotic and basely selfish opposition which they received from certain persons of this province from whom they had a right to expect better things. Regarding the pro posed abolition of the legislative he was surprised at the expressions of the member for was if he the speaker could to surprised at anything on the part of the member for Kildonan. Last session the member for Kildonan had in his place in this Fouse declaimed against the legislative Council in Strong terms and declared that it must be abolished As it was perfectly useless for the members of the As Sembly to spend their time preparing important measures to be quashed by the yet we now find the resisting what he then advocated. Lie did so it was tampering with the Constitution. He affected to fear that if it were tampered with in this respect the Dominion government might tamper with it again in regard to the land reserves. The land Reserve question Laid near the heart of Many people in this province and it was not a bad piece of generalship on the Mem Ber s part to attempt to create a prejudice and an apprehension in this Way. He the speaker did not see Why All these Grants should have been made but they had been and that was a sum cent reason Why the arrangement should be car Rich out. The Manitoba act stipulated that acres should be set apart for the half Breeds of the country. This and been done and was now past revocation so there was nothing to apprehend on that score. None would be More Active in urging upon Tho Dominion government to take the final Steps on All those land Grant questions. The member for Kildonan could Movo for reducing the members indemnity if he did so he the speaker would Promise him a Sec on Dor. In the government bringing Down legislation for the free registration of the mortgages to be Given for Relief by the destitute settlers we had another proof of the governments solicitude for their welfare. The government proposed bringing before House the matter of redistribution of the electoral divisions. Last session he brought in n Bill upon this matter. That was intended to to temporary meet any oxi gency that might arise. He presumed How the first measure in this matter i that passed the House now would be Tho one under which the next general election would be held and As there was now every Prospect that this parliament would run its natural course it is desirable that the Bill should be As nearly perfect As circumstances would permit and considerable time might be required to accomplish this. It would not do to crowd anything of this kind through was nothing to be gained by so doing. Exception had been taken to a recognition of clause.1-. In the present state of affairs at least elements and to be regarded. The interests of the old settlers and the new arc not Tho main the old Are clustered along the , and the others Are scattered All Over the country. These must have their own representatives. As things Are now the new settlers have not their share of representation. In framing a redistribution Bill regard must be had to extent of both territory and population. For Iii Lance the member for Westbourne represented forty two townships while the member for Kildonan represented territory scarcely equal to one again the provincial treasurer represented nearly a thousand voters the member for Rockwood Over six Hundred and so on while Thor were representatives of the old settlers in the having leis than one Hundred voters each. These considerations rendered this matter one of great importance and a difficult one to Deal with satisfactorily. He hoped How Ever that by careful management and consideration substantial Justice might be done to All elements interests and classes. Late experience had shown the necessity of legis lation to repress disorder at municipal elections lie believed the ballot would be an everything1 and clean. Geo. L. Firestine. Public Olieo is hereby Given that the visions of tie by big for inc Prev lion of fires in Tbs City will be strictly enforced from this to Lite. Householders Are earnestly requested to take extra precautions in regard to stovepipes fishes etc., As the City Isnow without sufficient ire Protection. W. X. Kennedy Mnyo. Mayor so Floe 27th dec., 187.5. Kad this. Lust what you want t1ik from april Gill to october flt i Complete and bound for Sale apply at this of face. Improvement but to maintained that the closing of saloons and bar rooms would do More to prevent Rowdy ism than Finy other one thing. The member for aves Bourne regretted that the speech had not foreshadowed a re arrangement of the counties. The counties had been re arranged three or four times already and were still unsatisfactory j and in View of an Early enlargement of the province that matter might Well be left in abeyance for the present. The Mem Ber for Westbourne had suggested the abolition of the use of the French language. _ he the speaker was strongly in favor of the movement but could not ask the govern ment to bring Down such a measure in the present Constitution of the House As it would be most assuredly asking them to commit suicide for if the vote of the House were polled without regard to sustaining or defeating the government it would be found that those in favor of Tho abolition would be largely in the minority. He Felt As strongly As it was possible for any one to feel upon this Point but believed it Neces sary to leave it alone just now. Lie believed that the importance of the legislation of this session fully made up for any seeming Limi tation of tie Quantity. The proposed legis taxes j notice is hereby Given to nil those ratepayers whose taxes for the year 1875 the still unpaid that Tho Laws in regard to their collection will be strictly enforced from this Date. Ollice hours 10 . To . G. F. 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