Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 8, 1891, Winnipeg, Manitoba V Manitoba daily free press. Winnipeg ask Al 8. I i l i i Manitoba free press. Morning an0 evening editions published every Day except sunday it Sis clock a. M., and four clock p. M., respectively at Winnipeg by Tho Manitoba free press co. W. P. Luxton managing director and editor in chief. Elitier edition by Ronal one tears to Sli . Strictly Cash in Advance. Daily morning Freo Zelir ered in inn Peg name terme. Evening free press and Sun delivered in to a nine 20centh por week 75 corns per Momti 5. A Wii strictly in Advance. Advertise cd rates per nonpareil line 12 Unes Evone Inch in depth for advertisements appearing in both Ordinary advertising ten cents per line each insertion. Anvelt Tising inserted for a definite period time to be can red Lor at Tho following rate one week. 30cents per Ino two weeks. One Fri u three Ujj six months. One year. Advertisements occupying. 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Liberty Ion Equality in civil in Kelt wednesday april 8. 1891. Another ignominious Back Down. Early in the session a minister introduced a Bill to Gap the provincial auditor for what purpose no one could imagine unless to rive the members the government unchecked control the moneys voted their respective departments and to facilitate the adoption the new system Book keeping with which ministers Are now experimenting. There evidently something to conceal to to concealed As it is impossible to account for the extraordinary step proposed any other hypothesis. This at least was charged against them and the answer to it was a surrender As the Bill waa withdrawn. If that was not admission guilt then the people would be glad to have a True explanation it. This Bill to Amend out ext Otence the proper control Over expenditures which has been exercised by the auditor and for the sole purpose which that officer is appointed was a bold attempt at isome outrage which could not be defended and when the suspicious nature it was exposed ministers became frightened and withdrew the Bill. A few Days exacting in her claims but because Ahe Hopes to make them the lever by which to increase her influence in Egypt and to correspondingly Lessen the info Gienca great Britain. In is said and probably with truth that she would sell those rights to the United states for an old song if it were a matter in dispute with that country. Turning to the weat Newfoundland finds herself hampered by Canada in an important arrangement. A treaty reciprocity with the United states was All but completed the terms it were agreed upon and it Only needed the approbation the Imperial authorities to Maike the Way Clear for a final and binding settlement. But at this Point Canada interposes with the objection that Newfoundland should not be permitted to discriminate against her in dealing Vith the United states and also insists that in treaties that kind the whole. British North Ameri can situation should be taken into account. If the United states would make a treaty let it include Canada As Well a Newfoundland and let it be made the Means nettling All disputes whatever kind that May exist and which from time to time disturb the other Wise Friendly relations subsisting Between the libel Case. Debate the motion re my. Luxton s petition. The opposition urge the appoint ment a committee investigation but the government vote if Down. Or. Young presented yesterday afternoon a petition from Atkinson and others Deloraine and from w. C. Burns and praying for the incorporation the Southern Manitoba poultry association. Or. Dickson presented the 4th report the committee standing orders recommend ing that the time for receiving private Bills to extended to monday the 13th april . Mickle the second report the committee Law amendments recommending the Bill respecting the town certain amendments and . Morton the tint report the committee private Bills respecting the Manitoba electric and gaslight co., and the Winnipeg Grain and produce Exchange with certain amendments. These reports wore received. The petition James French and others was received motion . Martin . Martin said a similar petition had been presented last year and some Mem. Beis appeared to think it aimed at him. He related the circumstances a business trans action in which . French bad obtained a Transfer mortgage certain property and bought the property the title to which was not Complete. Afterwards . French had sued and got judgment and he had tried to hold both the judgment and the land which he could not do. The Bill to Amend Chap. 10 62 and act respecting real property and Amend rent a thereto Hon. Or. Martin was read the first time. Great Britain and the Republic. The More important these Are the Atlantic fisheries and the Behring sea affair bub there Are a number others and if there a to be a treaty at All it ought to include n the whole them. Great Britain accepted Canada s View it and now the negotiations Between . Elaine and the Island commissioner Are off. Newfoundland is naturally irritated and As a tit Lor a Tat it is understood that will make impossible claims in the expected forthcoming negotiations Between Canada and the United states. Failing a treaty her own account and purely in the interests the Island irrespective entirely circumstances exclusively Canadian she will interpose obstacles to pre vent a treaty with Canada. There would seem to be Little doubt at Nast that the delay a opening negotiations was to be attributed to difficulties raised by Newfoundland and which bad to be adjusted before any Progress could be made. With these , first one aide and then the other it in not to be won dered at that the people Newfoundland Are in an ill temper and disposed to be resentful. We Are afraid canadians under similar circumstances would not be so patient. A Effort is being made by the roman Catho Lic authorities Montreal to have the new St. Tei a completed by May which will be the 250th anniversary mass in that City. Of the Law late there was never any friction but at present the teachers were rest Leas every one connected with the depart ment education was dissatisfied the Normal school was in an unsatisfactory Condi Tion after years spent in establishing it everywhere lion gentlemen were found violating the Law themselves and they could not carry it into effect and the result was most disastrous to the cause such was . Roblin s summing up the educational Situ a Tion in the debate the school Bill lost monday. Ibia not a pleasing picture to Coo template but who will Bay knowing any thing these matters that in is overdrawn exaggerated distorted the pity it is that it a too True and it is the direct Conse Quence the insane policy the government to drag the school affairs Tho province into the Arena politics. Current chronology. April s Tii cruel Ronan emperor. Ii Sii Uii Bauml Lviv list Iii died. Lor Ilo ule Ilici filed he i no Jil the Hick nil Cut account ilk in spurt oct 1820-Duel Bulteau Henry club and Jour. Randolph. At Albuquerque the then retreated from Miaco. Mount s Hill n. C Munt Leui Sabinc Cross Iju. Foil Oral flu Hanks badly Defeated. Usu Denuir Between army Potomac and coif is Clover Hill negotiations for sir run tier Koiner . Pel sons killed at Rochester k. Y., by wait falling in gone Seu Riipi. In the North Central states at Norwall o., and Chariot Alle Glinn rattle Creek Anil Kalur a Kazoo. Mich. Ule Triu storm in North West can Ohio gnat floods in Ohio and Mississippi v Rivers Moose jaw. Moose jaw aril is fast. Seeding will commence in a few Days. There will be considerable building done Here this season. Or. James brass in Start work his Brickyard As soon As the v. Eather will permit. Tho Bazaar held last Friday nightly the ladies Guild St. John. Tha Baptist Char us was Well attended. There will be a free social in the Presby Terian Church to night. The electric has been in use Here for four Days. Prices Grain Are very High just owing to the great demand for Geed. Now the Ingersoll chronicle Maya Bogun bilk Are floating about and they Are a Good Immi tation the genuine. The Bill is the b series and is made payable at Montreal while tie Gumine in payable at Toronto. I. Martin in the absence . Fisher moved seconded by . Jerome for an address asking for a statement All fees paid to the provincial under the provisions the act chapter 36 53 Victoria. The motion was carried. On motion . Seconded by . O Malley . Fitu a was Given leave absence the mover stating that his absence for some twelve Days was necessitated by sick Ness. On motion . Martin seconded by . Marion a return was ordered showing a copy All correspondence with the Dominion government any person per sons having reference to swamp lands also return snowing the amount these lands sold and to whom and what conditions. Or. Marion inquired is h the intention the government to pay bad certain Money received by them for permits t Thuy certain provincial gov i Ament lands which it was afterwards four. J that therr was no Hay 1 Eon. Or. Martin d that the government had not arrived at any conclusion with regard to paying Back any sums Money. They found it a difficult subject to Deal with having no Means knowing who took the Hay anything about it but representations had been made and the government had the matter under consideration. Or. Martin Morris moved the following motion whereas the second Day april 1891, the Hon. Member for Morris did present a petition rom William Fisher Lux ton and whereas the said petition was received by this House and read at the table the game data and whereas the allegations in said petition Are so serious n nature As to amount to a charge malfeasance against a member this House in his duties As an officer the Crown and whereas should the said William Fisher Lux ton not be Able to prove the truth the made by him in big petition he would be guilty a libel a member Thia House in his capacity As such and would therefore be amenable to punishment by this House. And whereas should the allegations the said William Fisher Luxton be True the Hon. Member against whom such allegations Are made has rendered himself liable not Only to the censure this House but to impeachment thereby. And whereas the said William Fisher Lux ton presumably knowing Tho pains and penalties to which he rendered himself liable should he libel a member Thia House did in his petition make the said allegations and then did this House Pray 1 to consider the petition. 2 to enquire into the same by ordering a select committee your honorable House. 3 that the Petitioner be heard before the same by counsel. 4 that his Honor the lieutenant governor be presented with an Humble address setting Forth the injustice done to your Petitioner by the use the Crown loonies and her majesty s prerogative by her attorney Gen eral for the province in prosecuting your Petitioner. 5 that Hiu Honor he further graded to order an inquiry a to the Relief which should be Given to your Petitioner. 6 that such other Relief a your honorable House see fit May be Given your Petitioner. 7 and whereas by receiving and Reading said petition the House has Boen pleased to Grant the first prayer therein contained. Be it therefore resolved. That honorable Messieurs Mcmillan and Mclean and messes Mickle Gillies Morton Malley Crawford Roblin and the mover be a select committee Thia House to enquire into the allegations contained in the said position and to report their finding thereon and to recommend to this House what action should be taken in the Prum sep with Powers to Send for persons Aud papers and with All Powers to examine wit Wesseh a May be in this House by virtue Rule 113 thereof and further be it resolved that this allegations contained in the petition constituting a grave charge against the honorable the attorney general a be allowed to appear before such select committee by counsel otherwise As he May desire. The mover said that if the attorney Gen eral had taken a Case he would have been obliged to pay his own Coats want ground he had pursued the course he Tad was some thine for him to explain. He was glad the attorney general had withdrawn from the House while the question was being discussed. He estimated than the Case had Cost the Public Money some having been paid to the lawyers alone besides the expense the jury men and All the employers for ten Days. There was no precedent for the country being called to pay this. It might be acid that where a private citizen enters a criminal action Aga Nafi another the country ban to pay the expense but this was not such a Case it had been proven the suit waa frivolous and the verdict 9 out 12 jury men showed that the charges were True. If the House was willing that lie attorney general should Uso the Public moneys to pay his own exp thee Tho prayer Luxton should be granted and he should be reimbursed his expenses it was not right to Mako fish one and flesh another. The House should see that the party who had buffered through frivolous prosecution should be reimbursed to hoped the government would take this View. The opposition had been making insinuations Thia was not a insinuation in waa a grave charge. In it was there was no course for the attorney general but to leave his seat and to leave the Yousra forever. If the accusation brought by . Luxton were not True he . Martin would be willing co have . Luxton brought before the bar the House and punished. The motion won seconded by . La i Modi Ere. Or. Thomson Emerson said charges had been made by the Petitioner and Challenge issued in connection with them to Tako certain Steps these Steps had been taken and the jury the subject bad the members Tho House and the country bad no Dou it had their opinions formed the mat ters that had been the subject these charge a. To himself personally it was one the matters in connection with Public life and with Good government the License which the pub Jim have and which newspapers have criticizing the actions pubic men. Tha Contention had been made that the courts were open to them and certainly that was Tho source Relief to which any Public Mau against whom serious charges had been made could apply. He waa nod a lawyer but the reason Tor this application the Petitioner for redress from persecution As it waa called by re Aoa the attorney general being one the parties criminal libel suit waa that the Public Money a had been cd by him whereas the defendant had Ito defend with his own Money. It seemed Clear that no different Rule should apply to him who happened to be attorney general from what applied to any other member the Community who Wai forced to take proceeding against a Public journal for libel. He could not see what redress the House could give. The fact that the jury disagreed seemed to be assumed a a reason Tor saying there were no grounds for proceedings against the publisher the libellous statements. He thought it bad been held by the Best lawyers before the trial came that no easier Case was Ever Given into the hands n lawyer to win than that against the publisher these libellous statements. He had read the evidence very carefully because it affected every member supporting the government. It was put in the motion that the charge amounted to malfeasance if it amounted to anything it was a serious charge against the government. Was it proper and according to Law to use Public Money in prosecuting criminal action 1 he had always understood that it wits. In a criminal action it was the Queen against whoever was the one charged. There was no argument Given Why in the Case the attorney general be ing the prosecutor Bim Solf personally Why the Case should be reversed. He thought there was More ground when a Man in a Public position was charged Why the Public moneys should be employed to prosecute the one guilty libel. He did not think the House was in a position to give any redress. The Case had come up like any Ordinary criminal trial. No justification was attempted for the charges in connection with the n. P. r. Bargain. The fact that the jury Bod disagreed could not be taken As evidence that there was any ground for the charges. To moved in amendment seconded by . Dickson that All the words after in the first line the motion be struck out and the following words inserted in lieu there a petition to this House from Ono William Fisher Luxton has been received praying for certain Relief and whereas in toe opinion Thia House her majesty n government have in respect the prosecution the Naid Petitioner been guilty Ito impropriety nor ban the said Petitioner suffered hardships which Calls for Relief at the instance motion this House and where As no justification ban been shown for the libels and defamatory statements in question the trial referred to in said petition be it therefore resolved that the said petition Dis closes no ground Relief and Calls for no action the part this House. Or. Martin Morrie said he admitted Frankf by that he had expected the course the government was now pursuing that gentlemen the government benches would not attempt to defend their course but put an outstanding member to do to. He had fully expected the Seconder the motion would be the Man because he had admitted that in future he was not going to be a candidate and so he did not care what course be pursued. Or. Martin was glad the Mem Ber for Emerson had Given him an Opportunity to go More fully into the question. The Hon. Gentleman had said it was a very easy Case this was a reflection the jury the capacity to Well and Wilson. The Best Talent in Winnipeg had been employed. If it bad not been the Case the attorney general would the grown have paid two lawyers in any other Case if nine out twelve jurors bad been Tesins conviction the government would have re fused to pay the expense. It was a most absurd remark that the Petitioner had not suffered loss. Certainly the charge was one against the government if the attorney general any minister were found guilty it was the whole Cabinet that was convicted. The costs had been paid by order in Council the provincial treasurer had put it in the Public accounts and Tho Premier had never protested the four ministers were therefore As guilty As the attorney general the attack was a frivolous Ane and there won another remedy. The attorney general could have chosen to go before the civil courts but course if he had done so he would have been obliged to pay the whole expense. He . Martin was going to say look at the but he knew the word was at the Assumption the gentleman who claims that the govern ment is innocent after nine jury men had pronounced them guilty corruption. He proceeded to review a number the facts the trial pointing out that the attorney general had not denied oath though he had the Opportunity doing so the state ments col. Scoble which he had since denied in the House also referring to the attacks that bad been made the judge and the nine he spoke sarcastically the member for Emerson s knowledge Law and advised him to give up his present occupation and join the Legal profession. Hon. Or. Greenway said he did t think it Worth while to answer a great Many the vile remarks the Hon. Member had made. He reminded the member that he bad supported in caucus the n. P. Contract with the terrible 8500 a mile clause. As to the Challenge Naid to have been made time and again the attorney general had Token action against the free press some time before Tuia Case had come into court but it had been thrown out upon a technicality and the free press had turned around and made a Public apology. The mover Tho motion knew the petition could not be entertained by the House if it mean what be said it meant. If . Luxton Aake to be reimbursed the petition Coule not be entertained. If the question were submitted to a committee the committee could not recommend an expenditure Public Money. Tho Hon. Member complained Tea . Luxton had suffered injustice because i had been compelled to pay his own costs in the suit that injustice had been Brough upon him from the fact that the attorney general bad done As he had a perfect right and the government had a perfect right to do did it put . Luxton in a Oiso position because the Money came out the Public Treasury 1 would he have had less costs to pay if the attorn by general had chosen pay out his own pocket it a been suggested that the attorney Genera would not have had two layers but he surely would have had the Best tale it to Coul get. The attorney g Oral had been represented As having met the lion member in Montreal in december 1838, and having Sau the 8500 a mile clause was to provide an election fund. Presumably the Hon. Member Hod forgotten that the elections had taken place in the previous july. Or. Martin does it Hon. Not know Rohac there was an election in provencher1 Hon. Or. Was Peculiar that the attorney general and Rya Elf in july went to now York and in a 5th Avenue hotel undertook to provide an election fund for a successor to Hon. Joseph Martin any one who said there was any intention getting u single Dollar for improper purposes states an absolute false Hook with our a Shadow foundation. The attorney general has been falsely maligned there is a Point beyond which for Bearance ceases to to a virtue have Titi greatest sympathy with a Man Walic attempts vile charges. When per sons make thew charges they should be pre rated for the it is perfectly that to should invite a gentleman to publish libellous articles and Whaen he a done so indemnify him for All the costs. Or. Wood said the question wan one very narrow Compass. Notwithstanding the disagreement the jury sufficient evidence had been Given to warrant the House in taking into consideration whether reasonable re docs should not be Given. Certain startling develop ments had Bee a give to the province a the trial certain statements had been mad which though denied the hustings the press and the floor Tho House wore Givon the solemn oaths witnesses and Iowa deplorable that the Premier should go out his Way to say that such a witness bad i Jurei himself. If the charges the Petitioner were altogether false it was the duty the to have the government take Steps to Call him before the bar the House to re Seiv Ceu fiure but if they could be Rel Utec it wins for the House to consider whether Acme redress should be Given. No charge Lia been made misappropriating Public moneys but it had been posted out that if the terms the fir at cent i act had been enfried oat then it would Bave been possible and very probable that certain Enma Money would have been appropriated for wrong purposes Buo before it waa possible the common Cense the province and the government supporters compelled the government to so change the terms the contract As to make it impossible for the government to receive any sums Money. It seemed to him that nine out twelve jurors having Como to Tea conclusion that there waa no libel it followed met Thooe Aice believed to charges the fit a Call for Pearline brings the Best washing compound in the world and the original others Are imitations. It costs no More than common soap. It docs More than soap s work and half your own be sides. Anything that needs cleaning can be washed with scouring rubbing and scrubbing and with absolute safety. 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