Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 21, 1878, Winnipeg, Manitoba Business announcement. With a View of better accommodating a Large number of Tho patrons of the free a kiss we have opened a Branch office Ana room under charge of our amount of property for which they Are individually assessed. The system proposed practically gives to him who pays the Piper the right to choose the tune and it appears to he the Only certain safeguard against counting room under charge or our to be the Only certain Saie Guiv a Macgregor in the building immediately North extravagant reckless waste of municipal of Tho Post office. Kenny Luxton. Of Winni Nec free press office july glh.1877 Pash wheat 1 a. W. Ogilvie co. Monday Jan. 21, 1878. Finances of which the people of Winnipeg have had a very conspicuous instance immediately under their observation. To appreciate the very worst results of giving to those who have no personal interest in the pay ment the right of electing the bodies who Levy rates and expend their proceeds it is Only necessary to turn to the disgraceful in the mail of the 9fch inst. Appears a of local mis government presented by letter dated Battleford dec 12th and signed a forger cities in which the George Scott late of Missouri. the of is Universal suffrage Manifest purpose of the letter in question is the Chicago in reference to this sub to impress upon the people of Canada that delivers itself of the following vigorous the Dominion Public works in the North remarks West territories under the superintend suffrage practically unlimited Ance of Hugh Sutherland Are inefficiently As if is is the Bane of this country Especial and dishonestly conducted. Several of the by Are paying for no. I clean wheat City drug store. Trott Melville members Ontario College Mckenney s Block main Street. Toilet soaps. Lubin a Sarge s Glycerine Honey Brown Windsor pumice Oatmeal carbolic Silver Barber s favorite. Genuine Yankee tar. W. Palmer Clarke Bro. Bargains in dry goods furs arid clothing our Nuion possible before com special inducements to purchasers. Crey Cottons from 7c. Upwards. White Wincey 7c. I0c and we believe we might by a Little enquiry disprove them All. However that is entirely unnecessary for when we say that the said George Scott late of Missouri ont was residing in Winnipeg at and Long before the time the letter is dated Battleford we have sufficiently indicated the reliability without saying of the writer that even if and that the letter j14m tho8 Hastings buyer at o a Sale sound mixed cordwood had been honest in this respect the Signa Tare would have entirely destroyed its value where the ostensible author is known. Inn speech from the throne at the open in of the Ontario legislature contained the following paragraph on the Boundary question there hns been another unix. Petted delay in procuring a settlement of the boundaries Between Ontario and the adjoining territories of the Dominion the absence from America of the distinguished gentleman selected is to lord arbitrator having made a settlement during the year impossible. Tho delay has been made use of to collect further facts and Docu ments from the Public archives in London and Paris As Well As from the records in Possession of the Hudson s Bay company and from various Public libraries in Europe and America. The result of these and other investigations has been embodied in an important supplement to the papers already printed for the use of the arbitrators. Copies will be Laid before you. The three arbitrators Are believed to be now ready to enter on the arbitration As soon As May suit the arrangements of the two afterwards. Or. Macdou Gall Simcoe wished to know if information would be placed in the hands of Hon. Mem Bers before they were called upon to Consi Der the speech and or. Mowat replied that it would be quite impossible. The report promised by the Ontario government on this question has since been Laid before the legislature. It contains principally the substance of the report prepared for the province by Hon. D. Mills in 1872, and afterwards enlarged and revised by the author for the purposes of the arbitration Between Canada and Ontario. It sums up As follows the limits of the province of Ontario then Are the International Boun Clary upon the southwestward to the Kocky mountains the Kocky mountains from the International Boundary southward to the most northwesterly sources of the Saskatchewan eastward until it intersects the Boundary line mid Way Between Luke Winnipeg and port Nelson at the Mouth o the Nelson liver and upon the North was the line drawn Midway Between the Post hold by England and France just before Canada was ceded to great Britain. That also just arrived from Lake Winnipeg prime and fresh White pish be general government Levy no axes but in the cities the reckless irresponsible mercenary class a we been the willing tools of thieves and every Large municipality is groaning under it heavy Load of bonded debt for which none of them have much to show m the Way of Public improvements. The system which in practice provides that the vote of every bum Mer communist pauper thug mercenary and a convicted thief or scoundrel shall be a Complete offset to that of the respectable citizen who has a fixed interest in the com who has to contribute willing or unwilling to the discharged the levies for municipal purposes is a vicious Impou-1 tic system which has Well nigh involved american cities in irretrievable bankruptcy. It is now very generally Felic in Ontario that something must be done to Check the growing extravagance of Urban corporations and the plat suggested by or. Bethune seems Well calculated to meet the situation. Like everything new it May have to Encomb or the hostility of suspicion and prejudiced persons but we would Fain Hope that a principle which is based on Justice and com co in sense will be permitted to Triumph i Chadwick co., even during the present Ontario session while we feel confident that before very Long it will be appreciated to such an extent As still ensure its very general adoption in Ca perfumes. Lubins atkinsons fivers Buono Eimm Cla Princess Lavender Florida water Cologne no. 4, special bargains in fur sets Clouds mufflers blankets dress goods Etc. A Good heavy pair of White blankets for overcoats and pea jackets at very Low rates. J7-21 w. Pal i be Clarke it it was recently stated by our Ottawa co respondent that or. Bethune to reintroduce in Tho Ontario legislature h Bill to establish a system of graduated Suff rage for municipal purposes. The measure came up during the last session but Public opinion was evidently unprepared just then to adopt All of a sudden such a fundament Al the promoter according to the wishes of his friends withdrew his Bill in order to allow time for maturer consideration. The main principle of the innovation which it is sought to establish is that in municipal matters the basis of the franchise shall be the amount of property upon which the elector is liable to taxation that is to say that a Man who holds a Large amount of property shall have a larger number of votes for municipal councillors than Tho Man who owns but a single lot. In All municipalities it is real property which is made the basis of the necessary taxation for Public improve ments and such general requirements As lighting Polico and Protection from fire and it is therefore Only just that in proportion to the amount of property he posses ses a citizen should have a say in the Selec Tion of those who Are to Levy the taxes and expend them. Municipal councils have no Power of criminal or civil legislation except within certain narrow limits very clearly de fined in their respective Charters and there is consequently no necessity of the non property Holder having representation upon them us his rights Are sufficiently guarded by the general statutes. As regards the basis of suffrage for the Dominion parliament or provincial Legislatures policy and Justice alike demand that a far wider scope should be Given and it seems Only right to give to every Man of full age a share in the control of legislation provided he can meet the requirements of such simple conditions As Are needed to guarantee his Bona fide citizenship. Or. Bethune s Bill proposes to do away with the anomaly which the municipal system of Ontario now presents a Man who has a lot Worth but the Power of neutralizing by his vote the elective Power of the owner of property Worth the method by which it is suggested to reach this end is to accept his Bill which enacts that freeholders shall have from one to seven votes each according to the to neb will take 1 lace in the on tuesday evening 29th Jan in Aid of the Battery funds. In the interval an assault of arms Market Street opposite City Hall to be known As the Winnipeg horse shoeing shop this new establishment will to conducted by Mcnabb Johnston who have had Large experience. Or. A. T. Mcnabb has been in the employ of or. T. Lusted for Tho past three years and is Well known As a Workman. Or. W. P. Johnston is lately from Ontario where he enjoy Elf a Good reputation As a Mechanic. The Winnipeg horse shoeing shop will turn out work second to no other establishment in the North West. Book bindery. Old and nev7 books bound or repaired. We cannot afford to sell at Cost but we sell our goods at a living profit which think will be cheaper than those who say they Sci at Cost. Clothing a specially cheaper than Ever. Valuers Pearson a m m Aib j and Crand military display. Full particulars and a Complete programme will shortly be announced. Admission 50 cents. Reserved seats 75 cents May be obtained at messes. Donaldson s. God save the Queen. J18-20 maps charts a. A general jobbing attended to. Mounted in any style repairing executed with Patch. Neatness and Dos All orders promptly attended to. We Only charge living prices. Caa9b portfolio i and pocket made to order. D27m a 1 years o had cheap for Cash. J15-21 Matt Abb Joh Saoit. An Indian Pony six Good working order. Can be appl5ohn Mckenney at Lecappelain go a store. We. Code Binder one door North of Snyder Anderaon. Co wholesale and retail grocer has a very Large and Complete Stock of general groceries wines and liquors flour pork and Bacon Ham breakfast bacon., first class table butter Green apples canned fruits the Market Price paid foe wheat and Oats. A number of Elver farms and too Quarter sections for Sale. City and town Lois in Winnipeg and Selkirk. 1ewsp4pers ;