The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-16

ernor and is the chief military officer and
chief magistrate. Even the gold commits
sioner must step out of Office if the major
bids him do SO. The enly official in tho
district whom he cannot remove of his
own will is the judge appointed by the
government in Ottawa. In the absence of
the judge the major will hold court in his
stead. AS liz enant governor the major
will have an advisory board, just as the
executive of other districts, but the board
has no power further than to make sug-
gestions.
1t was the major who. with some 800
or 400 Of his troopers, rounded up Sitting
Bull and his 5000 braves who had fed
ever into Canada after the Custer ,massa-
Gre on the Little Big Horn and forced him
to surrender. He has made the mining
camps of the Northwest Territories the
most orderly in the world, for miners
know that he understands them, that he
is just and that he wastes no time with
offenders, but gives them their deserts at
once.
One mining camp just over the bound
ary, with a population of some 5000, has
had only one of Major Walsh's men in IL
for the past two years, yet there has been
admirable order. The worst offense was o
| drunken negro beating a notorious colored
woman. Within the week he had begun
to serve cut a sentence Of six years, hard
labor. That sort of justice is impressive,
and every one in the northwest knows
thereby that the major means what he
says.
Major Walsh is a tall, handsome man,
with iron gray hair, mustache and a tuft
Of hair on his chin that emphasizes the
| souareness of his jaw. He stands 5 feet
| 10 inches and weighs 100 pounds. He can
take care of three ordinary miners handily
If it comes to a personal encounter. The
major understands his business and real
ICES that the work he Hoes must be done
by a competent man. The Earl OF Aber-
deem, the governor general, knows this
also; therefore the major organizes and
commands. His pay is 30, 400 q year, with
quarters, r~ations, fuel and service found.
The mounted police force is modelled
| after the Irish ~constabulary. In the eye
of the law it is purely a civil body. The
officers are magistrates, and the p~rivetes
are constables. 1t is organized like a cav
airy regiment, and the officers hold army
rank.
The headquarters are In Ottawa, where
| the commissioner, or lieutenant colonel,
| the head of the body, resides. Next to him
comes the assistant commissioner, or ma
jor, in this case Major Walsh, who, after
three years as major, will have the ran
OF lieutenant colonel. Then coIne ten SUI
perintendents, who rank as captains, and
IS inspectors, who rank as lieutenants.
The government of the Northwest Ter
ritoriss has defined a new subdivision of
the territories since the discovery OF gold
in SO great quantities along the Yukon.
It is known as the Yukon district. Ordi-
narily q district corresponds to what IN
the United States would be a territory,
with an assembly elected by the people by
open voting.
All mon 81 years of age who haye been
In the district 10 months and are not
aliens or u-nenfranchised Indians have q
vote. Tho lieutenant governor is appoint
ed by the governor general. He has for a
council the heads of the various depart
ments of the district, such as the gold
commissioner, the registrar, the customs
chief, the chief of department of agricul-
ture, forestry. etc., together with three
territorial judges chosen by the assembly,
but who have no vote.
Each district is represented in parlia-
ment By two members In the assembly IN
Ottawa, which is again represented IN
both houses Of the Canadian parliament BY
two men 10 the senate and four in the as
seinbly, who have privileges equal to
members from the provinces. Tho lieu
tenant governor has power to remove all
officials but the judges and can also dis