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No. S. 
 
 
 ONTARIO GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1894. 
 
 THE PROGRESSIVE TEMPERANCE RECORD OF 
 
 The MowJiT QovER/tME/tT 
 
 AH CONTRASTED WITH THAT OF 
 
 The DOMINION GOVERNMENT. 
 
 HIEREOITHIAN OPPOSITION TO PROGRESSIVE TEMPERAN4;E 
 
 LEGISLATION. 
 
 The policy of the Opposition has been particularly variable on the temperance ques- 
 tion, while every motion or bill introduced bj' the Government bearing on the subject has 
 been opposed. Here is the record in brief : 
 
 The Opposition's policy in 1876 : — During the discussion of the licensing law 
 of 1876, on the 7th February, Mr. Meredith contested the proposal of the Government 
 to reduce at once the number of licenses issued by moving that a delay of a year take 
 place before bringing the limiting provision as to the issue of licenses into force. Mr. 
 Meredith's motion (which was defeated) read : "That the Bill be not now read a third 
 time, but that it be forthwith referred to a Committee of the whole House, with instruc- 
 tions to amend the same, so far as to provide that the provisions therein contained, for 
 limiting the maximum number of tavern licenses to be granted, shall not come into force 
 until the first day of March, 1877." A further effort was made by the Opposition 
 through an amendment to leave the licensing business under the partial control of 
 municipal councils. 
 
 Its policy in 1877 : — The Opposition made another eflFort to re-relegate the 
 license matters to municipal control by giving municipal authorities the power to appoint 
 license inspectors who would have all the powers and authority of the present license 
 commissioners and inspectors. Mr. Creighton then moved an amendment to the amend- 
 ment, the effect of which may be seen by reading it in full : ' ' That the Bill be not now 
 road a third time, but be re-committed to a committee of the whole Hoi se with instructions 
 Bo to amend the Bill as to enable the council of every municipality to decide to whom 
 licenses shall be granted in their respective municipalities, having regard to tha limita- 
 tions imposed by Act 39 Vic. , Chap. 26. " 
 
 Its policy IH' 1882 : — That they are and have been in favor of the vicious ex- 
 pedient of returning to the municipalities this source of danger and trouble, however, 
 was again made manifest from the position taken at their Convention in Toronto, on 
 September 14th, 1882. At this Convention referred to, it was unanimouily reiolved to 
 
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 be " Thn opinion of this Convention, that without interfering with the laws regulatinp 
 the li<iU">i' traffic, and limiting the number of licenses that maj' be issued, the power of 
 iHSuini^ licenses, aud the fees derived therefrom, should be restored to the municipalities. " 
 In apealcing to this resolution Mr. Meredith said that " He was prepared to say that the 
 present Oppf)sir,i(m, if it took office, would be prepared to wipe away the partizan coni- 
 missiouors. (Cheers.) He was prepared to restore to the people of the Province the 
 rights they formerly exercised. (Cheers.) He was prepared to give back to the municipal 
 bodies the rights they formerly enjoyed.'' (Cheers.) — From report in Mail. 
 
 Its policy in 1883 : — This policy was further pursued in a resolution in amend- 
 inoiit to order for Committee of Supply, 24th January, 1883, moved by Mr. Meredith, 
 practically covering the preceding ground. 
 
 Its policy in 1890 : — The policy of the Opposition was again re-constructed by 
 the submission of the following resolution during the session of the Legislature of 1890 as 
 an amendment to the Hon. Mr. Gibson's measure : "That the Bill be not now read a 
 third t'.me, but be referred back to a Committee of che whole House, and so amended as 
 to provide that the license commissioners hereafter be appointed in counties by county 
 councils, and in cities and towns elected by the municipal electors of such cities and 
 towns." Mr. Meredith returned to this platform in his recent speech at London, on May 
 21st, 1894." 
 
 Its policy in 1892 : — In 1892 the Opposition unitedly supported an amendment 
 to the License Act to enable brewers to sell indiscriminately throughout the Province, 
 their trade being restricted to licensed dealers. Mr. Meredith moved in amendment. 
 seconded by Mr. Hammill, " That the Bill be not now read a third time, but be referred 
 back to a Committee of the whole House, with instructions to strike out of the fifth sec 
 
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 tion the words " to persons being holders of a license to sell under the said Act." Thc|)jetwee 
 effect of this would be to enable them to sell to everybody whether holder of a license or 
 not. 
 
 Its policy in 1893 : — In 1893 the Opposition, finding that its conduct toward tho 
 licjuor traffic had alienated from tliem the public sympathy, made a bold bid to detach 
 support from the Liberal party by the introduction of what became known as the " Marter 
 Bill." This Bill purported to abolish the retail liquor traffic. The proposal was neither 
 lion est nor practical. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council had determined that 
 there was no distinction between wholesale and retail selling. The right of the Province 
 to give municipalities the power to prohibit, otherwise than is incident to licensing, waa 
 and is still, being contested before the Supreme Courts in an appeal against the Local 
 Option Law. In view of the decision of the Judicial Committee on the one hand, and the 
 doubt and uncertainty of jurisdiction on the other, it was apparent that to pass the Bill 
 would result in the indiscriminate sale of liquor without license during a prolonged con 
 tention from court to court. The Bill was therefore defeated, and the Government took 
 inimediato steps to obtain a decision of the highest courts on all points involving pro 
 hibition of the liquor traffic. By consent of the Dominion Government the case has beer, 
 already argued before the Supreme Court of Canada, and the final decision is being 
 hastened, 
 
 On the introduction of a Bill to take a plebiscite on the question of abolishing the 
 liquor traffic the Opposition objected to the proposal and voted against it. On the third 
 reading of the Bill Mr. Meredith moved to limit the question to be placed before the 
 electors to prohibition by the Provincial Legislature. The purpose of this was to prevent 
 the result of the vote from being used to influence opinion in favor of prohibition in th 
 Dominion Parliament. 
 
 Its policy in 1894 : — Regarding Mr. Meredith's present proposal for a return tc 
 municipal control of license affairs, it must be remembered that the temperance peopl 
 have never favored that view ; not a single petition has been received from them nor 
 resolution passed to that end, so that his proposal is in opposition to what the temperanc 
 people want. 
 
 The delegation that waited on the Government from the Hotel-keepers' Association 
 on April 5th, 1894, also expressed their preference for the present system of granting licenses 
 through commissioners to the system which preceded it, and that the present system was 
 alike better, having regard to the public interest as well as to the interests of the legiti 
 mate trade. In reply to further questions on this point the delegation unanimouslj 
 expressed the opinion that it would be very harmful both to the public and the legitimate 
 trade to revert to the old system of municipal control. It was also stated that this wai 
 the unanimous opinion of tha whole convention, as well as of the delegates who wort 
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 At the Parliament Buildings, Toronto, on Tuesday, Fobruary Gth, 18i)4, a large tem- 
 f)erance deputation, represeating the Provincial convention then in session, waited on the 
 Provincial Government " to respectfully request thein to declare in favor of total prohi- 
 bition of the licjuor traffic tu the full extent of the power vested in the legislatux-e." 
 Every member of the Government in the city was jiresent. 
 
 Sir Oliver Mowat c»mcluded his reply with tho following positive atniirance :— " If 
 t\w decisi<^n of the Privy Council should be that the Pr(ivince has jurisdiction to pass a 
 )rohibitory liquor law as to sale, I will introduce such a bill in the folluwing session if h 
 im then at the head of the Government. If the decision of the Privy Council is that 
 the Province has jurisdiction to pass only a partial prohibitory liquor law, I will introduce 
 .such a prohibitory liquor law as the decision shall warrant, unless the partial jirohibitory 
 power is so limited as to be ineftective fro-n a temperance standpoint." 
 
 Rev. vy. Kettlewell, chairman of the deputation, a leader of the advanced Prohibi- 
 tionists, and Grand Councillor of the Royal Templars of Temperance of Ontario, in 
 response, said : — " 1 am sure I need not say your answer is everything to be desired." 
 
 Rev. Dr. Potts, a spokesman for the convention : — " Einiueutly satisfactory." 
 
 THE GRADUAL REDUCTION OF LliENHES. 
 
 The following table gives tho number of each kind of license issued for several years 
 between 1874 and 1893 inclusive, and also shows the gradual reduction in tlieir number 
 iuco the Crooks' Act came into force in 1876 : — 
 
 Year Taveni. 
 
 1874-5 4,798 
 
 1875-6 4,459 
 
 1879-80 3,199 
 
 18H4-5 3,253 
 
 1885-6} C 2,574 
 
 1886-7 ( Scott Act ) 1,567 
 1887-8^ period. ) 1,496 
 1888-9 1 ( 2,066 
 
 1889-90 3,073 
 
 18901 3,071 
 
 1891-2 2,990 
 
 1892-3 2,966 
 
 It will be noticed that there has been a i)ractical and gradual falling off in the number- 
 that now there are in force the smallest number in the history of the Province at any 
 iiue when local prohibition has been in force in as few municipalities. It can, therefore, 
 le fairly claimed that the Crooks' Act, and the amendment thereto, has had the effect of 
 educing the number of licenses in the Province almost one-h:ilf. The reduction in the 
 lumber of licenhos may be carried definitely, under the Crooks' Act, by municipal action, 
 ,s well as by the action of the Boards of License Commissioners. 
 
 Shop. 
 
 Wholesale. 
 
 Vessel. 
 
 Total. 
 
 1,307 
 
 62 
 
 33 
 
 6,185 
 
 1,257 
 
 78 
 
 24 
 
 5,818 
 
 757 
 
 72 
 
 22 
 
 4,020 
 
 675 
 
 28 
 
 14 
 
 3,970 
 
 525 
 
 24 
 
 9 
 
 3,132 
 
 367 
 
 28 
 
 12 
 
 1,974 
 
 325 
 
 28 
 
 13 
 
 1,862 
 
 336 
 
 26 
 
 17 
 
 2,445 
 
 445 
 
 27 
 
 15 
 
 3,560 
 
 428 
 
 24 
 
 
 3,523 
 
 403 
 
 21 
 
 
 3,414 
 
 378 
 
 25 
 
 
 3,360 
 
 A Striking Comparison. 
 
 1 5,818 liquor licenses issued by municipal councils in 1875, prior to the passage of the 
 Crooks' Act in 1876, as against 3,369 issued in 1893 under the License Law, a reduction 
 t 2,449, or 71 per cent. 1 to each 278 of population in 1875, 1 to each 633 of popula- 
 lon of 1893. 
 
 A Comparison with American States and Canadian Cities. 
 
 In order to furnish a comparison between Ontario and different States of the Ameri- 
 |iu Union as to the number of liquor dealers in the latter, it is necessary t > take the 
 !;ure3 furnished by the United States Counnissioner of Inland Revenue oi the number 
 
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 of personB to whom were issued Fecletiil ( fovernmont permits during last year. The latest 
 return gives the number issued in proportion to population in some states as follows 
 
 Illinois one to each 183 
 
 Indiana " 247 
 
 Iowa *' 281> 
 
 MiiSBachussets " 386 
 
 Montreal " 349 
 
 Michigan one to each 289 
 
 Minnesota " 301 
 
 New York " 134 
 
 Ohio " 203 
 
 Toronto " 1,208 
 
 Ontario oue to each 6'dti 
 
 The Reduction Aecordiny; to municipalities. 
 
 The position of the people of Ontario on the temperance (juestion under the Licen'Hi: 
 Act will be better appreciated by the careful perusal •( the following figures : — 
 Number of Municipalities in the Province, (including townships, villages, 
 
 towns and ci 'es) 808 
 
 *Number of Municipalities where no tavern licenses are issued 185 
 
 (Or twenty-three per cent, of the Municipalities of the Province.) 
 Number of Municipalities in which only one, and not more than two 
 
 tavern licenses are issued 228 
 
 (Or twenty-eight per cent, of the Municipalities of the Province.) 
 Number of Municipalities in which either no tavern licenses are issued, 
 
 and not more than two are issued 413 
 
 (Or fifty-one per cent, of the Municipalities of the Province.) 
 
 Number of Municipalities without a shop license 528 
 
 (Or sixty-five per cent, of the Municipalities of the Province. ) 
 
 Revenue from License. 
 
 E(iually noticeable with the falling off in the number of licenses issued under thu 
 Crooks' Act, is the increase of revenue derived therefrom. One of the provisions of that 
 Act was, that part of this revenue should go to the Province, and the remainder to tlif 
 municipalities. The following table shows the amount of revenue accruing to the Pm 
 vince and to the municipalities respectively, from 1886 to 1893, inclusive : — 
 
 Municipal Revenue. Provincial Revenue. 
 
 1886-7 . . 
 1887-8.. 
 1888-9.. 
 1889-90. 
 1890-1.. 
 1891-2. . 
 1892-3.. 
 
 153,716 59 
 156,979 89 
 190,297 79 
 297,363 46 
 294,968 26 
 289,487 41 
 289,970 74 
 
 216,455 78 
 201,542 45 
 232,511 55 
 807,271 02 
 308,200 17 
 000,004 38 
 297,644 47 
 
 The revenue obtained by the municipalities from the li(iuor traffic, under the Crook sp 
 Act, is much greater thar was obtained before the enactment of that law, and mucl 
 greater than they would have been receiving now, had it not been enacted. This is ill 
 striking contrast with Quebec, where, although the license fees are higher than if 
 Ontario, no part of them goes to the municipalities. 
 
 Increase of License Fees. 
 
 The following table shows the amount of fees as fixed by the Crooks License Ai 
 of 1876, and the amount as increased by the License Acts of 1884 and 1886, respectively : 
 
 Taverns and Shops— 1876. 1884. 1886. 
 
 Cities over 20,000 $100 00 $160 00 $250 00 
 
 Cities under 20,000 100 00 160 00 200 00 
 
 Towns 80 00 100 00 150 00 
 
 Villages 60 00 80 00 120 00 
 
 Townships 60 00 72 00 90 00 
 
 Saloons — 
 
 Cities 100 00 160 00 300 00 
 
 Towns 80 00 110 00 260 00 
 
 WfiolesaU — 
 
 Cities 160 00 225 00 250 00 
 
 Towns 150 00 226 00 260 00 
 
 Vessels — 
 Sale prohibited by legislation o f 1890. 
 
 *The Dunkin Act or Local Option by -law is in force in fifteen of the Municipalities. 
 
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 134 
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 1886. 
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 260 00 
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 R£€ENT ADVANCEIS IN TEMPERANCE LEGISLATION. 
 
 During the last six or seven sessions the Mowat Government has introduced and 
 passed iniport;int and progressive temperance measures, all tending to the restriction of the 
 liquor traffic. 
 
 In 1887 and 1888 the Government provided the necessary judicial and inspectional 
 machinery for the enforcement of the Canada Temperance Act, or the Scott Act, tlumgh 
 an Act of the Dominion and not of the Province, and also assumed a liberal sliare of 
 the expons(;s thus incurred. 
 
 It must be remembered that in no Province of the Dominion was the responsibility 
 ot' enforcing the Scott Act assumed by a Provincial Government, except in this Province, 
 and that responsibility was assumed by the Mowat Administration, notwithstanding the 
 refusal of the Dominion Parliament to provide the necessary legislation to secure its 
 observance. 
 
 The Act of 1889 made not only the seller but the purchaser of liquor from a person 
 not licensed to sell it, or any one who drinks it upon the premises when si» purchased, 
 guilty of ofience under the Uw. 
 
 In 1890 equally important advances wore made in the direction of imposing desirable 
 restrictions and safeguards. One enactment confers upon the people the powers of a 
 " local option" law in all cases of new applications. In addition to more stringent regu- 
 lations as to penalties, etc. , the Act also 
 
 (1) Prohibits the sale of intoxicating liquor on vessels navigating the lakes and rivers 
 of the Province ; 
 
 (2) Increases the age of "minors" from "sixteen" to "eighteen," thus subjecting 
 to a penalt}' those who sell liquor to persons under eighteen yoars of age ; 
 
 (3) Provides a penalty when liquor is supplied to any person under twenty-one years, 
 in respect to whom notice in writing has been given, prohibiting such licensed victualler 
 to sell or supply liquor to the party in question ; and 
 
 (4) Gives greater authority to search unlicensed premises and "dives," to seize liquor 
 and arrest persons found on said premises. 
 
 Features of the License Law. 
 
 That great good of a permr.nont character has been accomplished under the present 
 administration of the license law is plain from comparing the present state of affairs when : 
 
 (1) There is a bettor class of houses. 
 
 (2) Better nccommodlation. 
 A smaller number of licenses. 
 Fewer saloons. 
 A total separation of the grocery from 
 
 the liquor shops. 
 No vessel licenses. 
 
 (3) 
 
 (4) 
 (5) 
 
 (6) 
 
 (7) Less drinking at the bar. 
 
 (8) Prohibition of sales to minors. 
 
 (9) A general weeding out of undesirable 
 
 jjersons and premises. 
 
 (10) A prohibition of sales by druggists <)n 
 Saturday nights and Sundays without 
 a doctor's or aJusticeof the Peace's order. 
 
 With that existing prior to the assumption of the authority to deal with the licenHt- 
 sydtoni by the Mowat Administraticm. 
 
 THE ANTI-TEMPERANCE RECORD OF THE DOMINION 
 
 GOVERNMENT. 
 
 In the Government of the Dominion, Conservatives have shown unmistakable hostility 
 to the temperance cause. Professions of friendship when out cf power made to embarass 
 the Liberal Government and influence votes have been followed when in power by open 
 and striking hostility to temperance measures. 
 
 After assuming office in 1874 the Government of Mr. McKenzie passed a law mak- 
 ing prohibition of the liquor traffic in the North- West Territories most stringent. Hon. 
 Mr. Laird, a prohibitionist, was appointed Lieutenant-Governor, and the law was rigidly 
 enforced, to the great advantage of the people. After the defeat of the Liberal Govern- 
 ment and the appointmdht of Hon. Mr. Dewdney as Lieutenant-Governor, the system 
 was relaxed to a great extent, and later under Lieutenant-Governor Royal, and with the 
 consent of the Government, notwithstanding the protests of the temperance people on the 
 floor of Parliament as well as outside, permits were issued wholesale, not only for 
 individual use but for the purposes of public sale. With the consent of the Government 
 places for the sale of liquor were opened in the National Park at Banff, and breweries 
 were put in operation at various points. 
 
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 Thejreiult ha» been the complete overthrow of prohibition ami tlio estHblishinont of 
 a licente law in thu torritorieg. 
 
 When the McKt-nzie Government was in powor, Conyorvativos in tho Dominion 
 House pretended great interest in prohibition, and in 1874, 1870 and 1H77 the latter 
 moved resolutions purportin<> 'o altirm the principle of [)rohibition. 
 
 These propositiotm wore all made, not from a desire to assiat the temperance cause, 
 but simply to embarass the (Government of Hon. Mr. McKonzio in its otforts to devise 
 means to supjtort by legislation tho advance in temperance sentiment. 
 
 In 187.S Mr. McKenzie's Ciovernmont passed tho Canada Temperance Act, otherwise 
 known as the Scott Act, and made it incumbent upon otHcers of the Dominion Govern- 
 ment in the Inland Revenue Department to assist in its onf(n'comont. Tho Liberal Gov- 
 ernment was soon after defeated, and Conservatives assumed oihco, and when the Act 
 came into operation tho (jlovernment refused to instruct its othcers to eiifore the law, 
 and also refused to assist in obtaining legislation to laako it efiectivo. In the absence of 
 any assistance frojn the Dominion Government the (iovernment of Ontario had to appoint 
 special officers to carry out tho Dominion law, and had also to expend a large amount of 
 provincial funds in its enforcement. 
 
 The only legislation passed by the Connervative party at Ottawa, since it returned to 
 office in 1878, was the McCarthy Act. This was an attempt to Avrest the licensing power 
 from the Provincial Government for party purposes, and was declared illegal by the courts. 
 
 It will bo seen that there has been neither attempt nor inclination on the part of tho 
 Conservative Government of the Dominion to carry out propositions ostensibly favorable 
 to prohibition made by its leaders when in oi)po8ition. On the contrary, prohibition, 
 where it existed in the North- West Territories, has been destroyed, and efibrts to enforce 
 and amend the Canada !'om[ierance Act have been obstructed and thwarted. 
 
 REV. DR. UcKAY ON THE DUTY OF PROHIBITIONISTS. 
 
 In an interview Rev. Dr. McKay, of Woodstock, says :— " The Mowab Government 
 should receive the hearty support of prohibitionists. That Government is clearly pledged 
 to give all the prohibition that the courts will decide is within its power. No reasonable 
 man would expect more than this. You know that I am not a party man, and during the 
 last two or thioe years I have frequently criticised, on the public platform, tho temper- 
 ance policy of the Liberal party ; but after the stand Sir Olivor'a Government has now 
 taken it would, in my opinion, be a serious set back to prohibition were that Government 
 defeated. It would be many years before we could persuade another political leader to 
 take up prohibition." 
 
 *' Do you mean, then, that prohibitionists should in every case vote for the candidate 
 selected by the Reform Convention ? " 
 
 "No, sir, far from it. Such a course would not really strengthen the Mowat Govern- 
 ment in carrying out its promises, but the contrary. There are Reform candidates who, 
 whatever their public professions, are secretly courting the liquor vote, and they will 
 receive it. Such men, if elected, will not be reliable prohibitionists." 
 
 " A large majority of the Patrons are prohibitionists, but as a society they are not 
 with us, and they have refused to make prohibition a part of their policy. Should the 
 Mowat Government be defeated, I have no hope of prohibition through the Patrons. 
 When, as in North Brant, there is a Reform candidate and a Patron candidate— both 
 equally good prohibitionists— the duty of temperance men undoubtedly is to vote for the 
 Reform candidate." 
 
 '^1 What of Mr. Meredith and his party ? " 
 
 " Well, Mr. Marter has done grand work for prohibition in the Legislature, and the 
 temperance people ot Ontario owe him a debt, which perhaps they do not sufficiently 
 realize. But Mr. Marter's leader has shown no disposition to free himself or his party 
 from the liquor influence. Mr. Meredith has never declared himself in favor of prohibi- 
 tion, and some of his followers are in well-known sympathy with the traffic." 
 
 '' You were on the deputation that lately waited on Sir John Thompson, what of his 
 relation to prohibition 1 " 
 
 " Why, his relation is very distant. Sir John has evidently very little symi)athy 
 with prohibition. He has cast in his lot with liquordom. Late tariff changes have beno- 
 tited the brewers and distillers to the extent of many hundred thousand dollars." 
 
 " Why this change ?" 
 
 "Time will tell." 
 
 Copies of this pamphlet may be had from ALEXANDER SMITH, 34 Victoria St. Toronto, at $7 per 1,000. 
 
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