, 1898-02-02

posal; but if Government aud the Majority
can net accede to it, and if Government
have alleady a scheme Of their own which
long ago has been elabol ated, Why lot just
as we'll come with it now under one and make
a useful law; Why dissect a matter when
should be a solid basis aud make a few sec
tions, Which to all appearances will not
stand when The new OF gapization omes? Here
now, if it be so, that Government has its own
excise Dlaft, and if hal is to furtheled, by
which an entire and essential change IN tbs
whole business viii be carried out, Why then
now pass a law providing that III two years
Time the tax shall be altered on rumshops
and all the cafes he discarded; if it BE- 50,
that a general new system OF excise IS TO be
carried out, what use Of the future alteration OF
taxes on those shops? What we want to do,
and what we must do, Is TO do away now
with :he sale, legally q illegally Of run
broadcast, 10 make the obtaining Of rum
more difficult and mole beyond the reach OF
those classes who fnG such an attraction III
lum that they spend thUIT all; II HE measures
now proposed be carlit2, it might be that
something for II time at least might manifest
itself as a sort Of Improvement in the towns,
but not in the country at any rate, and it We
90 in for an ameIIOration of tie lumShoP
trade, Why, il is manifest that under the
system Of IN excise in any shape, that trade
will be vastly mOle benefited than 1t would
be under these suh-omendnCnts, although the
Iumshopkeepers CertniHly Will be the parties
benefited al the expense Of tile cafes and the
public; md surely, The excise mutt be a vast
g greater soulC CO of public revenue than tbs
uncertain future increase Of the tax; he
had already shown how $4,000 might be
cot in, or even SIS, 900, and in a way that
would lie q blessing and not q curse TO the
community. Now, he wan ed 1t clearly uu-
derstood, that lie had not one particle VI per-
konol or private interest III lie matter he
aimed at the good of he community and the
Improvement in moral and social worth Of u
population who have not always been as
they are now, and who we ought not, tOr
humanity's sake at least to allow TO 90 down.
We had heard loud and continuous COM
plants Of the sad state OF things and the
pressing demand for a change; he had taken
it as u reality, and, though reluctantly, had
come in with this proposal; but here We see
that hose who raised the cry and who should
be The ones to assist him in the work, are
lust the very ones to cIy down and oppose
cyeIy particle Of 3 system which they had
advocated before lie brought IL IN; he could
not understand why it is So; he could not
understand why His Excellency tie Cover
nor while he advocates an Excise ana
sees and admits the utility and odylsab!eness
OF all excise, sun opposes ~ htnA eONS ooi'U
the chance which he has now to carry onC
even the plan which His Excellency's
Government had worked out; lie could not
see Why these half pOlliatlyes, productive
of no genuine good but opening the doors
to greater evils OF to protIacted evils, should
be urged as they are. He was sure that the
Home Government could not and would not
hesitate to act, if the matter were properly
submitted. The opportunity Of having q
safe and sound revenue Of - to 81 thousand
dollars. without any harm or trouble, Is one
that should not be made light Of. Now,
looking narrowly into these suO-omendments
what difference on earth does 1t make III
reference to the extent and action OF the law,
whether the package for the rum is styled a
cask-which is the correct term for anything
with 80 or less gallous-or q puncheon;
what importance is that item to call for a
sub-amendment ? Aud SO on, III more re-
spects than one. He did not speak for the
sake of mere opposition, but he wanted to
impress on all, within the hearing OF has
voice, that not one particle Of the object
aimed at aud expressed in the Councils Re-
solution last meeting will be gained by the
proposals of the Majority ami the Govern
ment; the proposal introduced by the Draft has
been extolled by Clergymen, by medical men
aud hy men at large having the good OF the