, 1898-02-02
R 0 G E E D | N G S
COLONIAL COUNCIL
FOR ST. CROIX.
Continued from No. 81

District tBlaeL rood said, that as His Ex-
cellency has Just stated that 40 reply had
been received rs yet FRI N the Home Govern
ment in reply to The Councils PIoIo'"I IN
resolution adopted last meeting, and A. HIS
Excelleucy has stated Tint The lime had not
permitted such ali answer to be here, he
would beg to propose that tie discussions be
postponed 2 months longer and until we hear
from the Home Government.
The Governor would beg the Council not
to vote for another p9gtl onement OF the
Draft; lie did SO not because he Was not
willing 10 give all the time required to the
matter; but even if it was possible 1t was not
certain tina we would have The DECISION
f the Home Government before that time
IN The other hand the present proposal with
Sub.amendmeuts Was but a small part OF the
daft. which might 90 by itself and not be
tttaiued until the other pant Of the Daft
comes on; the measures Of this Draft as now
amended would be an omeilotatlon, and he
would say accept it now as it Is; If it be Wish
ed we might at the same time or later Oh
continue ;he DISCUSSION on q Draft specially
on the Elk else question; but the cd odage
saws: one bird in he hand is better han two
iii the bush.
Ord Member for FredoIikstcd's Country
District (BlochuoOd) would beg to make
some few remarks on Tie matter; IN the
first place it seemed to him that the
gleat aim and object Of the OH glnol Dfo1t Is
lost sight Of BY the Majority and he Govern
meut. That Iumshops should increase III busl'
ness. lie could certainly not object to; and
really The original Draft did tend to hning
about a very great and l'sl1hg increase OF
Tie business of those shops; they would there.
by have had he whole trade IN th'll hands;
but tile gland feature i'll dong So, ii at name
ly rum would hive become 20 enhanced III
mica that the consumption Of 1t would NOT
Ie CarIied on 10 the destructive tAieht IN
which it is going now has been put aside; me
object aimed at was primarily anG PllncIpal-
L. TO epress the drinking pIopensliles OF the
labourin G population, and make Of them bet.
ter men, better women, better LuSUahdS ana
wives, better fathers and mothers, better cl'l'
zenf. and Ii 81, but not least, better IaO"urerS
and to redeem them from the present sunken
and almost USELESS condition IN winch cheap
rum lIos served TO bring them down night
straight; il was the aim and purpolt OF the
proposal to rid Tie prisons, tie hospitals and
Inc poor institutions fIom the heavy and
steadily increasing bmthens and oYerladen
bill IF expel ses. which they lave DOW by
and through the rumshops. Now, do we see
pnv Of these objects and aims being met by
What the Majority and the Government now
pcpose,-or do we see those objects entirely
ignored by tie proposal as roW romeo loI
YOU? Now, ii was the aim ana puil oft to
relieve the towns md public instructors, to
relieve the villages Of estates IN general OF
the idle, lazy, longing scores Of iotters-be
It eyed to lie excused when using these terms
now infesting the towns, the public loads
and tIoroughfaIes and on estates. who DO
nothing but committing depredalionS and
causing disturbances just because they can get
cheap rum and require but a few cents to get
as much as will help them to reYel III the ell.
ioymont Of ium. Now, do the proposals OF
ihs Majority, and the Government muoduce
ANYTHING affording any real tangible ohtr OF
AN organization that would lead to these OBJ
iects being Obtained, or viii those proposals
lead to rum beng as cheap as now, and VIII
we with an organisation of that kind not
have equally as many if not mole rumshops
on estates, thus fostering and increasing ~
stead of REFRESHING the bane OF when
we all complain ? Next again, lho oD'
iect aimed at WAS to restlict the Tree
and frequent use of the knife, TO remove the
evident and undeniable causes that leau TO
the excessive number of cases OF man
slaughter murder and bodily injuries wnich
characterIze this community so markedly
evils which decidedly and Enthusiastically are
traced buck to cheap rum and its abuses
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