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Ing Intoxicating llquorn and othei Intoxicants are prohibited to be man.lfactnred or made in the said Northweat Tarrltcrlea except by special yer. mliaion of the OoTemor-io-Ooanoll, or U> be Importel or to be brought Into the aame froin any por Ion of Canada or elsewhere, or to be aold, exihanfed, traded or bartered except by apecl.\i permission la writing of the Llentanai t-Qoyemor of the said tarritorlea. ' ' This law remnined unchanged until 1880, when tha oonac adatlon took place, the only change tden b>iag that a return of Uquora aold nzdtr permiasioa of the Lieateuant. OaTerno' waa to be made each ;ear to Par- liament. It will be seen, therefore, that ao far from the KMorm party being the autho. i of the Northwest proklhltory law, it was In- troducnl by a Liberal-GonaarratlTe minister ; that ao for aa the "peraslk" ayatem la oon- oerned ll waa Incorporated by Mr. Mackenale Into hia conaolldalloo of 187S exactly as It remains to-day, and there Is no record that at that time nnr any time since, any member of the EAfnrm party In PnrlUment made any BOTa towards chaofiof U>» law la this nipaot. taimauoi lmuutiu a«n KTi. Let oa now looa for a moment at tamper- ance legislation from laTi np to the preaeut day ajd with apeolal reference to what the Belbrm {; irty, while In p4)wer, with an OTar- whalmlng mi^Jority, did for prohlblUoa. In 1874, a committee, alullar to that which had been appointed in 18'3| wu named, of which Mr. Boaa waa -'"''iim On tka Vlh Mar thai oommltlaa lepactat la IkTor of appointing a ooamlaslon to azaalna Into and report upon the working of prohibi- tory laws In Canada, the United Hiataa and •iMwheia. Mr. Soaa gave hia reasoua for liToiHug the ooiamiaaton rather than altempt- Irg to paaa a prohiMtonr law, aa folluwa :— (8|r oertala onrreapnndeDoe btuweeu the Qov- antnaat aod llout^uant-goveruors of the pro- vincea, together with any decisions of courts bearing on the matter, and asketl that the whole quaatton should be rclcred by the governor ia oouucll to tha Hupreme court Mr, Blake, aa minister of Justioe, ratutad to anbmlt the question to the Hiiprnme Jourt, aaying that snob queations ahuuld cumn in- dlolally hefo.e the Superior court. Tlila ended tha matter fur that sataloo, tha houa prorognluK on April II. Tha aaitl'jii of K71 caaia, aad had nearl| p itiiJ, aad Umn ■0 naNrainoB nusmi toanNoiaaa on the pait of the Oovemment, or of Hr. Biiaa, wheii, on April 4, Dr. Bchulta moved, " That in tpie opinion of this house a prohibi- tory llquoi law ia the only effectual remedy, for tha j avlla of iotemporance and that it la tha duty of the Qorernment to submit auoh a m«aaureattheearii«at moment pracUcablo." Mr. Boaa had been aaked to mova tha raaolotton, and bad alao been aaked to aacoad In, bat dacUnad doing either, aay- ing ha did not think it would be In the intarsata of temperance at the prefetat Juua:iira. To Dr. Bchulta' a motion Ur. Boaa move, in amendment "That thia houae, while not receding from any previous deelara- tlon as to the imporjince of a prohibitory Uqoor law, deema it inexpedient at present to axpreaa any opinion m to tha action to be taken by the Oovernmeut In dealing with this queatlon." Mr. Mackenale held that public opinion waa not ripe for the passage ot the law, aad that a serious difficulty was pte- aented with reference to the revenue. Mr. Boas' ameudment was carried by 104 to 69, •ho Liberal members ia a body voting against Dr. Schulifi'amotion. In 1877 preasure waa brought U) bear upon Mr. Hwkenale' a Oov- emment td pasa a prohibitory law. He com- promiaed fey promlaing a local option meaa- nre. When tha Dominion alliance met at tha opening ot tha aeaalon ci 1878 tha proiilsed measure was not ready. The whole power of the alllanca was, how- ever, brought to bear in a way -.•iiich, aa it wu bhiteii, would seriously affect tha party at tha coming elections. Tlaldlng to the prastora Mr. Mackenale had THi etMiOi. maMUMia act drafted. It waa introdocad and paaaed, tha only serloiis opposition to It coming from Mr. Anglln (Iteform). who was at that time Speaker of the Hoase, and who left thr chair and delivered a violent speech avainst the proposed ienislatlon. Whatever credit may be attached to Mr. Mackenale and ?j .. party for that act must be eatimated in tha light of preceding fkoU. This act was defintlvein that it provided no machinery for Its enforce- ment, and lucked op all funds derived from Ita enforcdkttont in the hands of the Becelver 'Hneral. It was an act which limply rele- gated tha power of prohibiting to oountlea and cUlea, and waa free from all the knotty difficultiea surrounding the paaaaga of aa ab- solute prohibitory law. The next Important tempaiaaoa legialatioa waa tlia Qienaral Licensing act Inttodnoad in 1883, tha porpoaa of which waa to replace provincial Uoenaa law>, wnloh ware sappcaed to ha aikra atras of the local LegiaUtorea, by a Dominion Uce,iiBa Uw which waa auppoaed within tha povier of the Federal '.legislature. Thia aMttfiptiim waa based upon a decision of the ttirf ooaaoil in the case ot Bnsaell vs. the QaMb, iiMa which decialon the doducLou seemed pMB Vbt* the lioenrlng power did not belong to load legisUtares. It Is true that later a daoisloa or the Privy council In the caaa of Hodge va, tha Queen put the matter In a diffecant and most contradictory light Thcaa two daclalons with their luconsiateociea were not reconciled by tl'e ?ri>ry ouuucil in their later decision on the constitutionality of the Dominion License ai^t Indeed it waa admitted that they could out be reconciled. To the Dominion License ect of 1883 the Reform party objected solely on the groimd of provincial rights. They co-operated with the Llberal-Oonservatlvea In making tke act as perfect aa possible. The act In Itself waa tar In advance of the prevloua proviucUI legislation and waa admitted to be one of the strongest license acta aver adopted by any great country. It struck off at one blow abaot one-flAh of the licensed houres In Oanada. ' It Inatitnted atrong machinery for Ita proper enforcement, inter- fered with no righta gaaiantaad nndet fha Oanada Tempaiauca act, but aeut even ttrther in tha line of local option and dalef itlon of power to the people by Bsaklog It poaalbla for any parish or muclclpallty leaa tliaa a county or city to veto the lasning of licensee by direct vote, and gava to any community leaa than a municipality the power by petltioD to rid it- aelf of any or all obnoxiooa Uoanaaa. Ttaaia waa added tO thU act a special olaota jlTliig machinery foe the aniocoaaaat ol tta Ckaada TempaiatMM aot, wherever thia had boaa or should ba adoptad, and thia auchinary waa of an effaotiva and noo-partlaan ohaiactar, conalsting of tka Judge of the county court, the mayor or wardeo rasponalble (o the peo- ple, and oDa appointee on behalf of the Oov. mii-aent Thia board had the absolnia right of appointing Ita Inapaatora and abaolnta oontrol df ail Snai and faea raanltlng fhun theaet TBia aaoaiNiif ii u aiaua vKUfToaav to that ptovldad by the Ontario Ouvernment, which la partiaan througliuut, the Oovern,- mf!ut having tha appitiutmeut : flist, of ita o<>mmlsaiouera aod, aecond, of the Inspei^tora anil aub-luspeotora, who ihsll act under those oumndsilpuera. In 1884 a prohibition reso- lutiun prepared by the Pnmliiifm allikme waa introduced into^rllamei?t by Mr. Fuater, which roaid aa loliuwa : " That this bouse ia of tha opiulon that tha right and moat effectual legialatlve remedy (or the avlla of lo- tamp«aoha ta to ba found in tha anactaaaai aad aaAMoaaifnt of a taw pro- UWUiW tka iMtiiitaHu^ ■■■■tintara and sale of latnatftlng Unttm fef karvM* P*'- To whiok was added In tka anandaunt of Mr. WhUot " That thia house ia prepared ao aoon ao public opinion will efhotnaily aoatain atria- geut meaaurea to promote aaoh loglaUUon aa far aa the aame ia within tha oompotenoy of the FarlUmeut of Oanada." This amendment was agreeu to by the Iwders of the temperance party on both ildea of the houae, and the reaolutlon aa amended, passed by a majority of 1 32 to 40. This largo vote ahowa the poaltlon of the late ParlUn-ant- on the queatlon of prohibition, and although Mr. Blaite waa not preaent In tho houM to caat hia vote (though in tha city at the time). It will be found on reading his late address on the auestlon ot prohibition, that the resolotl^.a coincides ex- actly with bis opinion aa therein exp^eaaed. It affirms, aa Mr. Blake affirms, a belief la the efficiency of prohibition, and it declarea, aa Mr. Blake declanj, that prohibition should be embodied in law ao aoon as public opinion wHl eff^ottially sustain it. Mr. Bobertson, of Bhelburne, moved aa an amendment to the rnsolutl'^n, " That thia house Is of opinion that the public sentiment of the people of Canada calls for Immediate legislation to that end." Thia received hot a amall vote, the gen- eral opinion of ParlUmeot being that tho aentiment of the people of Can- ada waa not aufflclenily atrong or at least had not given sufficiently strong expreaalon to warrant the houae In passing immediate prohibition. In 1388 the Do- minion Oovemment passed a bill for the dls- l..^ ot finf« In certain oases. The fines levlrd under the Canada TemperAnce act came under the provision of this act, and by oider-ln-coanoil they have been placed at ^a dlapceal of the municipal authorltlea of countlsa, citlea and incorporated villagee, to be used for the purposes of the act Some reference has been made as to TKa ACTiov or OBBTAiH TaMTaauioa aaa In Parliament with regard to a motion made by Mr. Blake on the 12th May, 1888. It ia claimed that they voted against a motion which, If carried, would have had tho effect of amending tha Canada Temperance act The fiscta of the caae are theae : The Oovemment had decided to place a British Culumbhi bill on the list ol Oovemment orders. The Minister ol Justice mor~d that the bill be ao placed. To this Mr Blake uioved aa an amendment that the Oanada Temperance Act Amendment bill be added to thia, Tha^ la, Mr. Blake, aa leadei of the Opposition, moved to amend a Oov- emment motion, which, of course, must be opposed by the Government, as no govern- ment would allow Its order of buslueea to bo iuterfered with, or one of its motlona to be auperseded or amended by the Oppoai- tlou. AgatnhC Mr. Blake's notion aeveial well Itnown temiperance men and sup- porters o< the Government voted. The motion was simply a catch motion, Ur, Jamleaoo had the Canadian Temperance Act amend- ment bill In his charge. It had been placed in his cbaiia by tho Dominion alliance. He waa In the ■ mse that day and aitting not fai from Mr. Biake'for aome time before the tatter's motlun was made. Mr. Blake, with- out consulting with Ur. Jamieaon, took tha bill out of faiia hands, and moved It as an amendment to a Goverament order, well knowing that the Government would be obliged to vote it down, aod his friends en- deavor to make capital lo hia favor, and agaloat -ha Liberal-Cooeervatlvee In oonaaquence. If Mr. Blake had really wished to advance the bill, he could have moved at any time that it abunld take pre- cedence, and he would then have had a vote et tlrely outside of pt.rty Uoea and sntlrely In tb ' Intereats of tha bill. ThU he did not choose to do. It has been urged against the Lib- eral-Conservative Oovemment that they have refused to amend tha Canada Temper- ance act It ta uue that they have not, aa a Ouverument meaaure, propooed to amend the act. They have left that to the ParUamunt itaelf, and have alwaya been divided upon the vota when It came op. It will bo well, koweve-, lo axamlne aa to waai la raorooM) laamMoin rasa, aa io whathot tkoy wan of paramount im- portanoi, aod oaaaotlal to tha proper working of tho act Take, for instance, the bill Intro- duced last year. Section 1 provldea that In any ooufi^ wbato there Is more than one reglatry of doada uffloo^ it ahall be aufflclant M depoalt tho noUoo that the petition U oo view in ei&er one ot them. Sectiona 2, 3 and 4 interpret the word "oounty," and dadne the electoral distclcta In Btltlak Ooloabla, aad tho provlaloual elec- toral dtalrioti of Ontario. Saotloa • pcovUeo tkat druggists nuy sell,: on medical oartlflcataa, lets than one pint at a time. I Sections 8 and 7 make unimportant amend' meota with reference to penaltleo. Sectiona 8 and 9 eliminate clerical erroia iD( the 108, 109, and 1 19 aealiona uf the act. Section 19 provldao loro Hhednle of forma. Bectlou 11 provldea thataixmally, recov- ered under tha act, rhall be in part paid to the prosecutor or complainant It will be noticed, ftom a carefol examln-, atlon uf the abuva, that tha amondmeota ooa4 aidared naoeaaary and embodied la the bill praaablad laat year are all of a trivial charac- lor, ond tha lack of them doea uut, lo any oppractahla extent, hinder the eufoicemmt of the act whrra adopted h> tha older pro- 1