Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 20, 1878, Winnipeg, Manitoba L e 1" i he announcement with Aview of better accommodating a Large pfc trafic of the p stanch office have charge of our of thu 1 Osl office. Kenny Luxton. In up press office. July oth 1877. Lit gaily wednesday feb. 20, 1878. It in Ilot generally understood what k serious Legal As Well As moral upon every person to assist the police in the performance of their duty if called upon to give Aid. A Man Joseph Harvey was brought before the stipendiary magistrate at Al Nilton last week for refusing to help a police Constable to arrest two the Pence and notwithstanding the protest of his that there was no authority for a charge of the kind being preferred the prisoner was commit Ted for trial at the assizes. From our Ottawa correspondent. Ottawa feb. Lith 1878. The ceremonies. The last session of the fourth parliament of Canada has been opened with the usual that briefly would be the his ton of the open King proceedings unless one Woro to repeat with wearisome iteration the gushing descriptions which the newspapers have since confederation yearly dished up in recording similar events. There is no doubt on each succeeding occasion some mow Lustre Elded to what is and ought to be ii ways a Brilliant affair but the state ment always so freely by reporters that the last is vastly Niobe imposing than its predecessor must either fiction gotten up to turn make a sentence Glide More smoothly or to must Ere now have Well nigh reached the Pink of perfection. I am willing to admit however that even one of my own cynical turn of mind might have seen a Good Deal in c3nnection with the events of the 8th inst. Which had not been witnessed before in the same connection. I refer particularly to the immense turn out of the Public to Welcome on their arrival and de parture the governor general and the Ami Able counter of Dufferin Tho unusual de Mand for tickets of admission to the Galler of the Senate and the enthusiasm and affection displayed by All classes for her Mil Vic Gerent. Lord Dufferin has won which usage requires on the part of callers at Rideau Hall. The spkakebsh1p. That or. Anglin would again receive the nomination of the ministerial party for the speaker ship has Long been a foregone conclusion and considering the manner in which he uniformly discharged his duties during Tho four sessions he had held the position it was reasonable to suppose he would be re elected without opposition. He has proved himself not Only one of the Ablest men who Ever presided Over a Cana dial legislature but he has also been by far the most his decisions having been absolutely beyond the reach of criticism in every his ruling has been it would appear however that opposition was not altogether unexpected and that the Point Lively to be raised Dian monthly Ard several More obscure publications which take their tune from the same of them by the Evsy to think the talented member for South Bruce a Leader Worth the con duct of which by implication they accuse their Ideal Public Man is the sort of thing they desire the people of this country to fall Down and worship. For my own part i believe or. Blake to be one of the purest minded and patriotic men in Public would sooner die than descend to an action Savouring of personal meanness or political opinion which i know the Reform party of Ontario share unanimously and the conservative party do the same with few exceptions. There is but one cause other than that alleged by the Reform press which could at this juncture Hove justified Canada life Assurance company established 1847. The minimum system continues the most popular adopted. Plan the intending assures do Well to study its the rates being la most cases 25 to 30 per cent. Lower than those of other companies. Be a pleasing a paragraph or his Way to the hearts of the whole people of Canada to an extent which no governer general seems to have done before and he Nover appears in Public without being ten dered an ovation. It is curious to note How Ever that the of giving expression to their feelings which the people East and West universally adopt is singularly Ameri unlike what might be looked for in a population so thoroughly British. To conceivable outward evidence of respect or enthusiasm is lacking save one and that is a of demonstration distinctively British a Hearty rousing sonorous cheer. Just As in the United states so in Canada cheering seems to be a lost Art and any attempt it it that i have Ever heard has resulted either in a series of erratic screeches like the Volley firing of raw recruits or Elso a hideous yell such As one might Ima Gine rises from that place in which Beecher and Fairrar do not believe after the head Cook had Given the spit a turn. The floor of the Senate chamber and its galleries were never better patronized than time and could not be for the reason that they were so full As to be fearfully uncomfortable. The general impression that this ill be the last occasion on which lord duh Erin will open the parliament of Canada unto by at some future period when his political friends Are in Power at Home they should think fit to Send him Back again doubtless caused Many to take an additional interest in the affair. This much at least is , that the attendance was larger out Side the building As Well As inside than Ever since Ottawa became the capital and altogether the proceedings came off with Umi Mial eclat. The drawing room reception at was a sight Worth seeing. There Ucic i believe Over one thousand presentations and for one mortal hour and a Quarter lady Dufferin did nothing but make Courtesy to each lady and gentleman com posing that thousand As they passed. The first thing of course that strikes one respecting such a scene is its brilliancy indeed was dazzling. It could not hut be forced the mind of any loj Leeling Spectator however that to lady duty Erin at least the ordeal must have Boon of the most trying description. I do not know How Long at a spell any of your readers who peruse these lines May hive been called upon to make Graceful inclinations of the body at the rate of thir teen a minute or rather More. If they have any curiosity to know what the effect would to u the exercise were continued for and Lonath of time without intermission they might go through the performance and i think i am Safe in saying tint than half an hour will serve the of of them let alone an hour and a Quad u Why on Earth should fashionable peo ple be called upon to do such absurd and unpleasant things it surely is one of those secrets no fellow can find an other thing i for one Don t pretend to in Sci stand is How so Many people can scare Tho dry won t say anything had Long ago presented itself tto the government for Premier a the House fortified the of a Erskine May the. Greatest authorities on British parliamentary Law and . In Case Yoiiro. Telegrams May shown with Buffi Cien t clearness what the objections raised bar sir John a. Mac Donfild really , it May Worth while to state them briefly was than according t9 British and practice the Choice of a any other than a general Flection did not a reality become a Mem Ber of the House until he had been formally introduced to the speaker by two Mem Bers. Sir John also held that the clerk had no authority to announce the con tents of any documents in his Possession and the. House could not therefore be of the fact of or. Anglin s return by the r election of Gloucester until it was announced by the speaker. It May be seen at a glance that unimportant and even trifling As the objections were from a common sense Point of View they would if applicable to our Canadian system have virtually debarred or. Anglin from the speaker ship or at least have compelled the government to resort to the cumbrous expedient of electing a speaker who would at the proper time resign in order to make the Hon. Gentleman to whom the position had been conceded by general con sent. But As the showed the members of the British Blouse of commons have to subscribe the oath of allegiance and supremacy in the presence of the speaker while the Blouse is in session which quite evidently is the purpose for which they Are introduced whereas in Canada the practice is entirely different the members subscribing the oath before either the clerk or Deputy clerk of the Blouse of commons previous to taking their seats rendering the practice of introducing them a More formality which has been adhered to very largely on account of Tho Opportunity it affords to the Side of the House to which new members belong to have a Hittle jubilation at the expense of their opponents. The other Point sir Erskine May would appear to think of no importance and it certainly strikes one forcibly that if n now member has been re turned by a majority of his constituents has the following Nio examples for Assurance of or. Blake s withdrawal from the govern that he differed with them on borne great question of Public policy j and i believe altogether apart from the propriety of at once informing the Public re Garding such an important circumstance that he a Ono of the inst in Canada to the reason secret. I believe also As a tatter affecting the Good Faith existing by Uvee n Jim and Man and Between one journalist and another just a Between other men that the reasons assigned by Reform newspapers for or. Blake s resignation ought to to accepted without re serve. Either the government correctly in friends upon the subject and they in turn correctly informed the country As Tojay asserted or else there is an end to All Confidence n what any Man May say who has the remotest connection with Public affairs. I proposed to pay a word or two As to the Digby election and brie or two other Quea age. Yearly for life. Tons of present importance but space makes it imperative i should Reserve them for a future communication. _ w i each. 2 .27 a 81 j3 37 to 12 15 yearly for 10 years Only. Yearly for 15 years Only. 80 Nso 1470 15 80 10 90 18 10 19 20 20 10 22 00 24 70 20 00 40 24 80 20 60 2840 30 40 3200 83 70 3590 88 50 4250 10 48 90 ,18 20 19 40 20 70 22 20 23 70 25 10 2050 2820 80 10 3330 85 30 3840 yearly for 20 years Only. 90 80 18 10 19 40 20 70 21 to 23 00 24 60 30 29 10 i ass Hehs joining now will share in Tishee y ears profits at next division in 1880 a. G. Ramsay managing director. R. Hills Secretary. Edward Morrow John Garvin agent for Manitoba superintendent of agencies. Edward Benson m.d., medical advisor. Persons now residing in Manitoba who have been insured in thin company Elbow Here arc Al idly requested to give the a Jent a Call at hit of acc 3rd door South of merchants Bank. Edward Morrow. Oots and shoes. The great race of the season will take place on Tho red River opposite the City on thursday 21st inst., commencing at 2 o clock p.m., Shaip. Purse open to trotting horses mlle cats Best 3 in 5 to harness. First Hornc second third Entrance fee All in trips to to at Alex. Kittson b store Lalii Street Winnipeg on or before 6 o clock p m. On tuesday 10th inst. Pools will be sold at the grand Central on tuesday 18th and 011 wednesday 20th inst., commencing at 8 o clock each evening. About the Money to pay for is altogether irrelevant to them for that the Uhtof Are altogether indispensable and Are Nob attempted to be dispensed with on Sulci occasions. The members of the civil some whine and snivel and curse the t government because they Don t give Bonus of merchants Are going through the in. Solvent court by the score and paying next to nothing on the Dollar and there is a general outcry from every Quarter that u Only is scarce and the times Are hard. I have come to the conclusion then from i min at this reception and have seen Oue inhere that it makes no difference whether a Man s income is Iive Hundred dollars a year or five thousand pounds so As the amount of style he and his family Jig Able to put on is concerned provided onh they enough. These remarks Mav seem somewhat ungracious in this connection but Tho temptation to mention the matter was irresistible. Lord Dufferin s generosity and hospitality Are proverbial but it is beyond All doubt that they have been abused and that a great Mim ofom Ottawa people especially the aristocracy of the civil Bervice hive hopelessly involved themselves in the foolish Endeavor to keep up the appearance subscribed the oath and has otherwise qualified himself in All Legal and reasonable respects to take his seat no precedent which would prevent him from having a voice in the election of speaker or of being himself elected to t hat position provided he is the Choice of a majority of his fellow members has any right to be respected in this new country but that on the contrary a precedent of on entirely opposite charac Ter should at once to established. I can not help thinking that sir John Macdonald has somewhat injured his Well earned reputation As an authority upon constitutional questions and sensibly diminished the respect so justly and generally accorded to British precedent by insisting upon his objections and pressing the matter to a division. That sir John did not always re Gard the formality of introduction As Essen Lial Bona fide membership was clearly shown by or. Mackenzie who took occasion to re Nind him that he had never himself been introduced although like or. Anglin he had forfeited his seat and been re elected for Kingston since the general election. This was a Point which the right Hon. Gentleman had evidently overlooked himself or else he expected that it had escaped the attention of the Leader of the government. Injustice to or. Mackenzie it ought to be said that those who reckoned upon any want of keenness in his perception or the failure of his wonderful memory to Call up an important fact the right moment Are running an unnecessary risk and sir John Macdonald knows it by experience. Com ing in As the Point did at the close of the Premier s rejoinder and put in his direct and epigrammatic language fairly brought Down the House and his acuteness was rewarded by a Hearty and prolonged cheer from his supporters. Results of the division. If proof were wanting that i am justified in the estimate i formed of the result so far As sir John Macdonald is concerned of insisting upon his objections i think it could be found in the division list which upon examination will show that every in dependent in the House voted with the government. It will also be Rema Kedd that or. Malouin elected As an Independent fun Quebec Centre in place of or. Cauchon and claimed by the conservatives nol Only voted with the government Bui took his seat As of course he had to do in order to vote without a formal introduction and without having his return announced by the speaker thus affirming his unbelief in the authority of Tho Leader of the opposition on constitutional Law. The same re Mark applies to or. Haddow the new Mem Ber for Kest Gouche. Another Point established by the division was the groundless Ness the Rumo s so freely circulated that or. Blake s ill health was not the real reason for his retirement from the Cabinet but that it was the de termination of the government to re Nomi Nate or. Anglin. What the reasons of or Blake s retirement besides his ill health i reasons of any kind there were will doubt less be revealed in due time and communicated to you by Telegraph. In the mean time the division on the speaker ship proves in the most conclusive Way that that Hac nothing to do with it. I May Here be permitted to remark that some journalists who they entertain or not i take leave very High Persona admiration for or. Blake have been assign ing reasons for his action which no Rea Friend personal or otherwise would think o assigning and which if but moderately near the truth would in All probability be fatal to the great future which otherwise is undoubtedly before him. Briefly stated their suggestion is that or. Blake foreseeing the de feat of the government at the general elec Tion has determined upon quitting the sink ing Craft and thus steering Clear of p e son Al participation in the disaster. That would be the act of a Coward and a traitor and they pay a poor compliment indeed to Public Man who Avold commend him for either characteristic. I Collid scarcely Hreve imagined that or. Blake s worst enemy would have dared to make such a Sugges Tion and it Speaks but Little for the morale of the which we have a specimen in the. Pm rent events in the Cana w a War the English Fleet Are lying before constant what will be Tho result he swim leather will Advance i ice your Money you had hotter at once Call at my Purchase your boots and slices lie is shewing the largest i of chif Sisro. S s All Tho newest styles in and hoots or shoes a Iii j travelling skating or Sleigh ing. Rubbers Arctic overshoes moccasins in a Groat variety. 31i 33 a. Next dooi1 to Donaldson a bko., main Street. Look a inc windows if on of variety. Flo-20 allow a Kittson. O o n c e e t a grand concert be Given in the by tue choral Union of holy Trinity Church assisted by Heve Ial stars new to Winnipeg audiences b fill and Winter Stock. Bodd co. Have now on hand a most extensive and care fully selected Stock of fall and Winter too do comprising every variety of on tuesday evening the 26th february the c hoin.1 Union having Practised been Fly since us formation Early in the autumn la nov Able 1o Render Glees and madrigals with a considerable degree of proficiency and in n very pleas ing manner. Programme Paiit i. 1 Cornet Yolo with band accompaniment. Or. Harry Walker 0 glee. Chough and Crow. Her ii. Bishop. Choral Union. 3. Song death of or. Mannox. 1 re i Irish air. Reach mrs. Smith and Kov. O. Fortin. Al Fie Aliou i glee now tramp o or Moss and fell by i a Alrh. Union. 7. Song Tom howling or. J. H. Christie. I air ii. 8. Klut Solo ,.mr Harry Walker Kuchon miss Poi tin and Rev. 0. Fortin. Id. Song. Stars of the night from buy Ulas. Mrs. Peach. 11 of chorus by request j Chatton choral Union. 12. Hong the Maple loaf or. Mannox. If glue blow blow thou Winter wind. Ii. J. H. Stevens. Choral Union u. Night beloved. Olio plan anti. Mrs Pouch mrs. Smith or. J. S. Christie and i. Mcginn Rule Britannia. Admission 2j cents., Seata 50 cents. Tickets May be secured at Donaldson bios Oliero a plan of the Hall can tie seen. Dooish open at 7.30. Concert to commence at 8 it in Caledonia restaurant main Street is now open for the accommodation of the Public. This first class House cannot be surpassed by House in the province for style or Superior Ity in cooking. Charges moderate. Tjie proprietor in returning thanks to his hut Erous friends for past patronage Hopes by trl it attention to business to Merit a Large patronage for the figure. Fresh oysters always on hand and done up in every style. Call and see me. Florn Donald Mccaskill proprietor. Fire and Marine insurance co. Of Hamilton. And National insurance company of Robert Strang agent for Manitoba. C second hand f u e in tube to stoves. Etc., bought sold and exchanged. Paia for All kinds of second hand Furni Ture and stoves at org notre Dame St., near main St. Boots and shoes rubbers Felt overshoes snowshoes Plain and fancy moccasins. Also something entirely new and novel Viz the Manitoba foxed with Lubber sole specially got up and admirably adapted for this climate. Ladles Box toe and Cork sole boots Button and lace h.11 of the finest finality and at moderate prices. In ordering this Block the requirements of traders and country storekeepers Weie duly con folder de and they Are cordially invited to Call examine and Price our goods. No trouble to How Thorn. County orders promptly and care Tully attended to first class workmen employed and custom work a specially. Remember the Toie opposite the Telegraph office main Street Winnipeg. Dodd co Paul and Pacific and red River and Manitoba rail Road. Shortest and cheapest route to Canada and All Points East. Fulman Palace cars tunning Dally from fish or s Landing through to Chicago. at St. Paul with West wis Consin Chicago and Northwestern and Chicago Milwaukee and railroads. Buy your tickets at stage office Mcdermot St. N5tf we a Grahame agent c Anu of t1iaxks. Having finished Stock take no and it having turned out to our entire satisfaction we beg to tender our sincere thanks to those through whom thnh result Luw. Lucia obtained comprising As it does residents from the 19lh parallel up to the North pole having always h id that shoddy goods Are dear at any i ice our late experience still strengthens i hat View and to Frol thai to the fact of our Al ways Helling a article at a Low Price we May attribute our buc Cess. A in the in i he Luti ire. Villiers to Par Jirojt main a treat. Importers of dry goods having completed heir fall and Winter Slock ate prepared to offer go Wii inducements in winces dress goods blankets tweeds underclothing Etc we Imide Atiim Tion to our mix hol expected daily irom Fisher Landing Tex cases dark mourning Pilunts which will be of Rcd at extremely Low Choice Fah Minu lands foe Sale. Cash for wheat Cash for Oats at a. A b wholesale and retail Stroot is paper ;