Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 19, 1878, Winnipeg, Manitoba A 19, 1878. Urrih re daily free press up Manitoba Kenny Luxton. Subscription Twenty five delivery in parts of the Eico pies rates. Re Pylon Twenty five cents per in All parts of the City. Sin .0, 11iu column one Ratos by column advertisements is to regular commercial a Rolft Tang to by Laws gushed from i waned partnership m Anyu unt of a Tran month ent9 Der line solid nonpareil insertions i t inserted for less than j. M. Macgregor business manager. L.d.s., surgeon dentist. Graduate of Tho Royal College of dental surgeons Ontario. All operations performed in a skilful manner Macdonald Winnipeg. Money to loan on 1st mortgage Security. Ruling and account Book Mami l Civ w pc tuts. H. J Clarke q.c., isto. Stobart Eden co our goods being am new and seasonable we do not sell at Cost but at a very moderate profit. City and provincial news. Stobart Eden co. Higgins Young barrister attorney solicitor and notary Public. Office four doors from the court House Maik Street Winnipeg. Itten. Office one Joor Softli merchants meetings barrister attorney solicitor Etc. Office Over or. Schultz s office main Street . Tohn d pare opposite City real estate agent and scrip bought and sold. Alg i l. Benson l.d.s., Teeth extracted positively without pain by the of nitrous oxide Gas. Artificial Teeth inserted from one to an ensure sett on the Vul Canite rubber or any other base now in use for dental plates. Mum the preservation of the natural Teeth with Gold and other reliable materials will m operative dentistry be made the regulation and preservation of children b will receive my careful attention. All work warranted. Store Samos Over or. Chapman s hardware store North of Post office main Street Winnipeg. M28m__________________________________ Selkirk National hotel. Mcdonald Mclean proprietor Selkirk Manitoba. This House has been Rutlt cd proved and is now As comfortable As outside of Winnipeg. First class Bairn Ami St titles in travelling Public will i id every both for Man and beast. Wynn speggers will i incl this Ven Lent and will remind them of a a Good Smilk can to had at the National ceo. Mcdonald. 1 Money to lend on of Al Rel mortgages on new roved City or farm Cash f0r wheat Cash for Cash for wheat Cash for wheat Cash for wheat Cash for wheat Cash for wheat ca9h for wheat Cash for wheat Cash for wheat highest Cash Price for no. 1 wheat Mclenachen Malloch fur Caps in s. S. Seal Otter persian Lamb Etc. Very latest styles. Fur gauntlets gloves Buck gauntlets Gloth cloves mitts Etc. White kidds ladies White slippers evening Flowers Etc. Tailoring a specially. Cutter or. A m. Enright late of Montreal and new York Mclyn Aghen Malloch. No parliament to Day. A Dies non at the police courts. There Are nine patients in the Hospital the contractor for the new fire Hall completed the Job yesterday. Hugh Sutherland will Start on a trip to fort Frances in a Day or two. A Norton and John Stephenson of contract 15. Are at the c. P. Hotel. Be Metis announces Hon. Or. Dubuc As an Independent candidate for Provo Cher. It is not improbable that evening sittings of Tho legislature will commence on Mon Day. The Standard enters on its fourth year to Day. It has resumed the open four Page form. Lipsett Armour have leased the Exten Sive Sale stables recently erected by Moisee Glenn near the Market. To Morrow evening Rev. Or. Fortin will preach a special Sermon on Winnipeg and its in Lolly Trinity. Rev. C. Mearing of Rockwood will preach at Grace Church to Morrow morning and in Zion Church in the evening. The modern pleasure Danco will be the subject of Rev. Or. German s discourse at Grace Church to Morrow evening. An ice boat is being constructed in this City for skimming Ovar Lake Winnipeg and it is expected to take a turn Down Tho River Early next week. Arrived last night or. George m. Mow Bray of Nitro Glycerine Fame from North Adams mass., and p. Arnold Montreal. Grace. The Rev. Or. Mcdonald will preach a funeral Sermon improving on the death of the into mrs. Mclellan at the Baptist Church of which she was a member to mor Row evening at at Johnston Rocan co s is exhibited a Young fat Bear connected with which there is a Little tale. The animal was shot Tolje other Day in Springfield by or. Jas. Jolly and when dressed weighed about 250 ibs., its fur being of an extra Fine Quality. Of i the tale Why it s on the Bear of course. The funeral of the late Louis waiters of the c. P. 11. Engineering staff took place this morning at St. Boniface and was attended by All the c. P. R. Officials in the City at the time As Well As by a number of citizens. The pall bearers were messes. Spencer Gouin Jarvis Lindsay Howard and Jacob Smith. At the Cathedral High mass was celebrated Rev. Father Dugast officiating. A number of indians to Day delighted crowds of Winnipeg Gors by going through All Tho fantastic contortions of the great dance for grub to the beating of Tho Tom Tom and vocal accompaniment. It was a great Day for Ireland i the immediate Occa Sion of the demonstration was to Confer upon one of our fellow townsmen or. Ebon est or Mccoll the title of 0-Ghe-Mah, or chief. To have forgotten the Indian appellation Given to him but the translation is the Bald headed Man 1 it is a saute Auble name and they Mccoll him that if they like. The first through special to contract 15, c. P. E., by rail and Carriage has been run. On thursday 10th. Or. Armstrong of the engineering staff accompanied by mrs. Armstrong left Winnipeg by cars and were met at the end of the track laying on the main line by with a Carriage to convey the party to Kalmar which was reached on sunday evening. This was the first special conveyance Ever sent out on the line and Tho first Carriage Ever seen that distance out on Tho works. The trip was a very rough one but was made with out the slightest mishap. The carnival at the skating rink last evening was very largely attended and considering it was the first of the season was a Success. Excellent music was discoursed by the band and to its Sweet strains the Motley collection of masque radars glided on the Glary. There were ladies fair old men and children sailors negroes and negro wenches clowns big indians athletes highlanders irishmen John chinaman pack of cards Joseph s coat artillerymen hard times and a Host of other characters some of which proved a fund of amusement to the Looker on and caused considerable laughter. There were comparatively very few ladies in costume As was to be expected but for the next masquerade to to held in about two weeks a number have already promised their assistance while the Young men it is con Fidentia asserted will turn out in increased numbers and grander costumes. An interesting lecture was delivered in St. Paul s Church school by the Rev. J. W. Bell lecturer for the grand Lodge of Ontario United Temperance Friday even ing subject being is alcohol a food or Medicine the Jecture was listened to throughout with rapt attention by a Good audience. That alcohol is neither food nor Medicine was made Clear and conclusive by reference to High medical authorities in great Britain and to Many experiments and tests. Such a lecture repeated in every school House or Public Hall in the province while affording a Rich intellectual treat could not fail to be productive of much Good in removing the ignorance and prejudice which abounds in regard to the real and actual properties of alcohol. It is therefore to be hoped that or. Bell will go the rounds and give other communities the Benefit of his knowledge of what alcohol is and what it is not which he has the faculty of imparting so happily and clearly. A col Lection was taken up at the close in Aid of the lecture fund. A Hearty vote of thanks was tendered or. Boll. After the Public meeting Steps were taken to renew the meetings of St. Paul s Lodge which had been discontinued for some Friday Jan. 18th. The House met at 3 . After routine the following Bills were read a third time and passed an act to Amend the Manitoba jurors act an act further to Amend an act respect ing registers of marriages baptisms and vital statistics an act respecting service of process and garnishment an not respecting infants and their estates an act to authorize the consolidation of the general statutes of Manitoba. My. Royal moved Tho re committal of Tho Bill to incorporate Tho pharmaceutical association of Manitoba and to add to it a proviso to Tho effect that any person having a diploma is a druggist in other provinces should be permitted to Register in the association hero and to practice on producing necessary documents proving his qualification and that it should a lawful for such person to pass an examination As to his qualification should Tho association Sec fit. The House went into committee of the whole or. Nolin in the chair. Tho proviso mentioned was made clause 10 and adopted. Tho co manitto Rose and reported Tho Hill As amended the third Reading being appointed for monday. The y act. Or. Rising to move the second Reading of Tho Bill to Amend Tho Manitoba election act 1875, said he fully apprehended that the government were liable to be charged with making a retrograde move ment inasmuch As n main feature of Tho measure was tha repeal of those clauses which provided that voting in the provincial elections should be by ballot. In communities where there were Large manufactories it was within the Power of an employer to control a Largo number of votes unless the Protection of secrecy was Given to the exer Cise of Tho franchise but in this new coun try such a safeguard was not necessary while the people have expressed i Strong preference for the More Manly system of open voting. Three years ago to himself had expressed a Strong opinion in favor of adopting a system which was then very generally coming into Vogue in Tho other provinces. Sinco then they had had the Opportunity of testing the working of Tho ballot in a contested election where it had been put to a prac tical test. It was a remarkable act that every one of the four candidates in St. Paul s had received such promises from Tho electors that to had Felt quite sure of being elected by a substantial majority. Notwithstanding All he himself or. Norquay had said formerly in support of Tho ballot he was now disposed to return to Tho More Manly system of open voting. There were no doubt plenty of safeguards against bribery and corruption irrespective Alto Gether of Tho ballot. Perhaps the present in respect to controverted elections erred on the Side of boing almost too stringent. Tho other provinces might find Tho ballot suit their circumstances very Well but Here where the older residents were new to experience of institutions not All the electors were educated up to the degree of political Intelli gence required to enable them to compre Hend the advantages claimed for the working of this system. Referring again to the experience of Tho St. Paul s election he remarked that More voters claimed to ulivo voted for certain candidates than the number of votes Tho official return showed that they had received. Some electors had also lost their votes through malting some mistake in putting their Mark on the coun Trefoil. Or. Corn Sii could not allow this Bill to pass a second Reading without making some remarks. The speech of Tho lion member who had just sat Down showed that he Felt that opposition was to to anticipated to cer Tain clauses. It had taken three weeks to pass the measure it was now proposed to repeal without any trial or Only that ail Ord de by an isolated Case. The government had however taken the precaution to Intro Duce other provisions in this measure be sides the clauses for the repeal of the ballot system of voting. If it had Only contained this latter feature to should have Felt bound to move six months hoist at this stage but there were other provisions in the Bill with the principle of which he agreed. He thought it would have been More judicious to have postponed the introduction of a measure for the repeal of the ballot until the system had been subjected to the Tost of a general election. The Hon. Minister of Public works had said that the people were very ignorant. Iio or. Cornish was not particularly acquainted with the characteristics of Tho people of the constituency which sent the lion gentleman Here but or Norquay Rose to object to expressions being attributed to him that he had not used. He had not said that the people were too ignorant but that they were not sufficiently acquainted with Tho working of Tho machinery of representative institutions and his remarks had not been in reference to his own constituency at All but to the Parish of St. Paul s. Or. Cornish remarked that Tho govern mental All events had not suffered by the extent of intelligence shown in that constituency. He believed the people of this country were sufficiently intelligent to understand How to vote and Independent to say How they had voted under the ballot. That system had become Universal else where in Ontario so satisfactory had ils working been found that it was now pro posed to apply it in the elections of school trustees. The fact that after an election voters had claimed to have voted differently from what they had done was an argument for continuing the Uso of the ballot for it showed that they had voted independently of influences brought to Bear on them. He was not surprised to find a Mem Ber of the government declaring that Tho provisions of the election Law were almost too stringent because to had no doubt that what they Felt in View of an approach ing general election. Or. Sutherland considered that a fail trial had not yet been Given to Tho ballot in this province. Because All the candidates in the St. Paul s election Wero disappointed that they did not get All Tho votes they had expected showed conclusively that the electors in that contest were Freo and vote so according to their consciences Only three ballots were rejected by Tho returning officer and in one Case it was because an elector 3aad drawn a face on his ballot instead of Inak Jii a Cross which showed that to did not want to vote. To thought the ballot was a safeguard against corruption and made an allusion to the Kildonan he believed that a Man who was bad enough to accept a bribe was bad enough to deceive his tempter and it was not Likely Candi dates would spend Money in bribery when they had no Opportunity of ascertaining whether they got Tho votes they paid for. Though Tho government had comparatively but Little Money to spend they Wero Abio to exercise considerable influence Over their he claimed that employee from Tho country had told him that Day that he dared not vote independently. Or. snid the government had to protect itself. Tho Public at Large Wero in Lavor of Tho method of voting by ballot. The attorney general had in 1875 brought in a Bill to establish voting by ballot und now a member of Tho govern Mon to which he belongs brings in .1 Bill for its abolition. The ballot not Only afforded Protection to the voter but to the candidate As it left electors free from intimidation to vote for a candidate whom Lioy could not otherwise support. To was personally in favor of colors being printed on Tho ballot .13 then any Man who was not Blind could Compro Hend the system. My. Nor july snid one of the greatest British privileges wus that of being Able to speak out one s mind. Jio had known in stances in the St. Paul s election where an elector had promised each Ono of the Candi dates to vote for him. The ballot might secure Tho secrecy of a vote and its Independence but sacrifice Honor and manliness lie again denied that to had cast Tho slightest reflection upon Tho intelligence of Tho people to had the Honor to represent in tha Alouso. To had said that Tho country had so recently hair experience of the working of representative institutions that it was too soon to jump to a new system of voting. Now Liilo enjoy ing the right of open voting for the Provin Cial legislature the people would Hugo Tho Opportunity of getting accustomed to Tho ballot system As employed for the elections pc Tho House of commons. Luxton said As to had been in favor of ballot voting As an abstract principle to was much pleased when the government Camp Down in j87.3 with a measure to establish that system. However since then to Hill been approached by the representatives of constituencies where lived the older settlers who had shown him that that class not being Long acquainted with the working of representative government them selves unequal to Tho acceptance of the new system of voting and to Felt inclined to respect those views. So far Ris Tho class he represented were concerned to might say he believed they i Cut quite to Tho acceptance of the ballot. At the same time lie did not think Tho circumstances of this country wore such that intimidation could to made to Hugo any appreciable effect upon an election. To Felt therefore that if the representatives of nearly All the constituencies took Tho View already expressed it would be really unjust not. To return to Tho system of open voting for Tho present. It was True Tho ballot Olleros some Protection against bribery and corruption but he thought there checks enough provided by the election Law As to have it which Aro sufficient to meet any ease that May arise. Tor any member to hold his seat under the present stringent Law he must to elected by a pure and Nupur Chaleil vote. He was in the abstract in favor of thu ballot and he regretted that according to the representations of those who to know Thuro were so Many of tha electors to whom it was not adapted that it Sec Marl to to Neces sary to return to Tho open voting for oven a time. Maj. spoke in French in support of to Bill. Or. Cowan made some remarks which in eluded of join reflections upon the reporting for the frisk press. Me was understood to say he Dick not expect that every thing should be reported that a member said to objected to Tho of a few re Marks in a member s speech and the twisting them in a manner to misrepresent his views. My. Ii Tain was understood to say that to had been fighting All his life for an open vote but to had not objected to the adoption of Tho ballot for we must move with the times. He would not oppose the change now proposed by Tho government As Thoy represented that after the trial that had been had the Puoplo wore not sati fit d. Lie must admit however that such legislation Vas not 11 great sign of Progress. Tho change seemed to him 10 be premature without affording a sufficient trial of the new system which would have icon afforded by the test of a general election. Of re Gards the Check it afforded to corruption to did not think it was calculated put a Complete Stop to it. Tho Jinn had not yet come thai in wrist possible to put Down corruption altogether but it was it least n duty to do All that wan possible o that end. In. Marti a having spoken a second time my. A fax said that he had sit the time of the Law passing thought the adoption of the ballot was premature for this country. In should support the clauses for its repeal. Or. Black declared that he had a decked for the system of open voting. Or. Davis remarked that the Ohler dents of what Usall to be red Olivcr sello Merit had not had a very Long experience of representative institutions and they should be afforded an Opportunity of increasing their knowledge Stop by and it was right to accede to the desire of this class for a return to the system of open voting. Instances had occurred in the St. Paul s election of in lectors losing their to Psalto Gether through marking their ballots in Trio wrong place. It was Tho duty of Tho House to pass Only Sulci Laws us the people wore willing to accept. Jle did not think the new settlers would suffer All from a re turn to the set Tein of open voting in Accord Ance with the with of other constituencies. Or. Kozai entered into the philosophy of the question and spoke no sumo Loni Kii. He said that the harlot Law had been in a great measure in consequence of the furore in favor of Tho system noticeable in Tho older provinces. Plern though it looked premature left disposed to give the ballot a trial Tjit the country might Oro if it was adapted to its requirements. Jie did not to speak disparaging v of the people of this country but it Ivas no use to put the clothes of a full grown Man Oil a boy continued on newspaper ;