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For am uunt in anothur case. Now 151: me point out t4 you a few facts on 12h“! matter. In the fist place there are only two classes of printing that was taken outside of the bargained contracts. The one. was emigration pamphlets and the other reports of the geological survey. Them were excluded from the contract. In reference to thsse emigration pamphlets no emigration pamphlet has ever under either Government been printed by the parliamentary printers. Tney have always been printed outside. The print- ing ha: bean done in The Gazette office ht about :33 per cent. less than the prices which were paid Messrs. Ranch VViison. Thef ctn which I am going to give you were ostahliahed by the Qwen's printer before the Committee of Public Accounts in the [louse of Commons, 56,000 copies of a pamphlet on Bfltish Columbia. cost $1,346. At the price which Mackenzie paid they Wnuld have cost $1,500. A SAYING OF 50 PER CENT. Now these are facts as establmhed by the Queen": Printer. 50,006 oi another pam- phlet, “ What Farmers any,” giving state- ments of farmers of exnerienoe in the North-West cost $1,499. Under the prime Marke zle was giving it would cost $3,653. By the policy of giving the work (mteide the price; were reduced a'hout 50 per cent. from prices Mr. Mae- lrenzic- was giving. Gent omen, there are matters of very much more importance for us to consider. We are today in the presence of one of the most important election contests that hue occurred in this Dominion of Canada. We Are here face to face with the elector! to receive from the people of finned: their verdict on to the policy of the Government of Canade during the last eight years. The Govern- ment have thought proper to bring on the elections because, a: you know. the Franchise Act ado ted the year before lent has 301313;er increased the electorate the: I do not think it an exaggeration to say that 20 per cent. is the incrme in the numberof electors of this country, and Ma. 20 pm tent. menus in ecmyesed cer- BLAKE HAS CHANGED HIS OPINIONS, but of course it has not been coincident with his desire to catch their votes an the coming general election. Then Mr. Innee goes on to deal withmatters far more personal. He says that I am one of the propriet'rs of The Montreal Ga- lette. He says The Montreal Gazette re- ceived a large amount of printing. He says that Mr. Somerville, of North Brant, muted that The Gazette office in con- nectinn with certain printing received in one case four times what should have been paid, and four or nve times the pro- “Wego further and maintain that Mix Blake holds in this matter am moze defensive position than 31:. Whitm doecJor Mr. Whiw‘l conversion from a Free Trauer to & Protnczionist was dgnlfloantly (ac-incident with the necelssi.)Y his party were under of adopting some cry for the puipose o! gettinv into olilce. Mr. Blake’s views, on tho wnbmry, are simply a. dm elepinunt in the meat natural lineof his Views of {our years ago when hoappruied tot e people. All the chmwe he admiw in that the increasing burdens of ti! country have m‘de it; lets pumible thm it waa then tod anydxing in the way of lessening t-ht burdens of taxation." Now here is a. statement, mind you, in this article that Mr. Bake has departed from the views he has held for me lass four years, and curiously enough it is not coincident with the necessity of getting votes! It is all a mietakel We are not 3t this mumuun in the presence of a genâ€" eral elation! We are not: appealing to you for your votes at all! Ibis of no consequence to B ake whether the manu facturers, fu‘mers and business men at this particular time participate in his viawsl (Chem-s.) It was a. matter of great consequence in ’74 and ’75, one or two years After the general elecmona. (Renewed cheers.) Tnere were three ears to elapse before the new elections. t was then of no great consequence, but now on the eve of Lhe election [‘7 is a, very important mentor, and he appeals M ‘:e to the manufacturers. We have, note- fore, from Mr. Innea a statement that A SURPLUS IN THE TREASURY- Busiuess in this country was in an exâ€" ceedingly proaperous cundimon, and, as every one known, tnere was no demand, no generak demand for Protection. And in the speech which has heeu so frequamly queued, I abated that l was a Pro-.ccmou hit to this extent, that I believed n: was best for the Government to adopt wise fiscal rqulatfions to promote the industrus of ma country, but the conditions then existing dld nut require a. high tartif. Now here is an exumct trom an eaiboriul in to- day’s M...mury :â€" ’A 15 PER CENT. TARIFF. I read passages from the report of the Dominion Board of Trade to the House. But the remarkable thing is that any re- sponsible man has ventured to refer to that as a fortification for an argument. In 1873 the Americans were in a. state of de pression. In the city of Montreal where I then resided, and I think the statement can be made also of Toronho, a large part of the trade was in furnishing goods to American tourism who came to this side across the border. They could buy goods cheaper than they could on their bwn side of the line. That was the condition of things as every one knows. that exiuted in the U. S. in ’73. And when the time came ior the resumption of specie payment and a restoration or a good condition of business and industries in U. 5., prices greath went down. And from the oondi tions which prevailed before the changes came, when people could go to the Staces and buy many classes of good! at a. Very much lower price than they could buy them manufactured in this country. It was the change in the condition of things which necessitated a change of policy. It was in 1873 that; we were dis- cussing these quasnions in the Dominion Board of Trade. At; than time there wn... “I have had an introduction to you today by my good old journalistic and political opponent, Mr. James Innes. He has done me a kindness and you a favor by printing in the columns of The Mercury this evening the announcement the: I was about to addreu you on this occasion, and I propose, although the matter is not of great importance, and in- volves no great consequences, yet I pro. pone for a few moments, even at the coat of delay of matters of for greater import- ance, to refer incidentally to one or two points which my good friend, Mr. ‘Innes, has presented {or your acceptance and an an introduction of me to you. Mr. lnnen states that once I was a. Free Trader. Well that in news to me. (Laughter) It we: While Albert Smith was m Parliament, on one occasion after a speck by Sir Richard Cartwriulit, I said Iwould deal with the member-n of the erd of 'l‘rarleon the question of Follow‘ng is the speech of Hon. Thou. White, delivered at Guelph on Wednes- day evening. Mr. White, who was re- ceived with a great ovation, said 2â€"- A Imam» “alignment of 3mm. Luck “Policy‘s-Tho Canada Pacific mm- WIy-‘l‘ho Question of Taxation-The Debtuoflor Topic» EON. THOS. WHITE IN REPLY TO THE GRIT LEADER. THE NATIONAL POLICY. “No more stupid act of folly was ever com- mitted than in inalsting on initiati z the Protective policy of the United States. There was never I country less suited for that experiment “ban this Dominion of Canada." Now there is his statement that the duties offlour and u heat are notto bu aiml- ished, they are to be red uced simply. The duty on co Ll is not to be abolished, it is simply to be reduced. and that therefore people interesmd in this mutter, as is Mr. 'loldie, for instance. need have no fear. We are all much obliehed to Mr. Blake for his opinion. (Laughte .) But wmat do we fir d ? Why, it was only about a. month or 6 weeks ago that Mr. Blake sent Mr. Anglin to Halifax where he was to lay before ihe people, merchants and business men of too Provmce of NoVa. Scot-Ia, his policy. He stated that he sp- fjfired upon the platform on behalf of the oral party of the Dominion, to place their views befors the people and to re- move the misroprearntatiwn which had been made in connection with his pillcy which had probably mis’ed msny. That was Anglin's statement oi the reasons for his presence in Now. Scoua. You will find Aan in advocating one thing in Nova Sco it and Blake alivocating the opposi'e in Ontario. Aug'ln stating thut the National Policy was cutting us off fuom the rest of due world, and Blake in Un- tario an.) ing that when his many iomes in power it will be simply impossibln to get rid of the increascd taxation. We find that op‘ninns hsve heon very pronounc‘ d on this Natl-anal P liny. Mr. Chulton says that when the N lutionsl Policy was inrroduoed manufacturing interests did not require Protection. Mr. Paterson, of Brant, said :â€" “Istund here to-ni ht and mm: their Trifl and denounv'e their arm and fight against them and their Tarifi." But we find now that these views are conmderably modified. There has been a great hue and cry about the taxation. ugw, this quunion of taxation, which has Imay say, then, that my personal opinion is that we should at. all risks dispense with the odious and henvytax on corn flour, upon which certain oi the poorer classes in the East, who can- not. afford Wheat flour, an» ac unliy colizrd to FAY a. heavier tux than their richer neighbors pziy on their superior foad. But as to V)» hmt and Wheat Ilnurl think that the char god conditiuns oius rathertoarednv'inn of duties, “nth a tea just- nmnt of the (iibgropnnion beuveen the tax on wheat and that on flour, than to a. natal abolition; and so of mm]. Therefore is was, that; being un- able to promise an) thing which I did not see my way to perform, 1 isp"1{e of “ lightnning," of “ reducing,” ranhcr than of abolishing this (LLSS of taxation. (Cheat-s.) I am not blind to the fact that in many oasis the conditions of trade and munufnctm'e, the investments of cap-ta], the catablishmemoi‘ indiisti‘ies,the great and M en over- rulingr question of transportation rates.aud other circu \I mnces present impnrinnt, cmnpl'catcd, and dizilcnlb mohlems, wh.ch must be grappled with before changes are made. That speech is a. remurkahle me for this reason, that he; acknowledges that he fiwls himself (are *3) modify his views.‘ Mr. Goldie has read 3 on an exnraot from hub Hpeech. I will read it: again : Mhaivvrn. iil which rpeech he says-that L0 possible danger can 1': salt to the different. industries by his advent yoroifiue. A LARGE}?- EXPEl-IEYCE TH.\N HE H\D, and he would b5 hemmed the: my in such a was as to flurry out: the principles 0f the policy originally a, «mud to preteen and, assist the lnduutrins emu cm murce of the country, and we have shown during 1211-.» last. eight. years our pnwet to carry out these prinniples. We think. thercfmu, we cm cl aim that we are enmled to the contm ued :upport of those who are ima- ested in the Welfare of the c nntry. fiNow recently we have had, as The Mercury stutod this evening. a. somewhat clmnged tone f: om our fri: nd the leader of the Opposniun, who has made a. speech at :mse uf mriving m: a n: 501ml)”; sulu: nu of the quwci us p'osenbcd by them. He maid he rad abunied bmka, stud-d u a theory of pol-iicnl cvouomy, and thou; hr. he kmaw more \hcm Hwy a d. That '2. s the policy of [the Li‘w-zml parny fur ‘rvze five years they were m otfic: -. When tha Conservative party ww a mtn'nei we find lhnt Su‘ Lawn-941 Tllh y Wear, to the Int-unmet arms anv‘buflnefis m u ‘n (mlsm 7113,; he might: l; titer Hm’lua an! how to Neal wi. h them: questions. Ho dui u“ whit for than: to some 1.0 ill-4:1 he «mug ‘0 thun. and hereocwazud this, rhaiz wh. ‘u there might be a me thongs in which he might consider hanbmif beam-r vermi, yea he felt t: :0 ware other thirga can xr.»:.ted with the business of the peuple in whicn they had 1 The Act of 1879 was the emxmdiment of the pledge: nmue to the peuple before the general elect-14m by the Conservatxve par y. Now what has been our course smce that tame? What has been the distinctive difference between the two parties. From ’73 110 ’78 me Lilwrazs were in power and Sir Richard Curl;- wright had control (.f the iinuncns. You. know that during that: time many of the bean supporters of the Gave nmemz. thou wno had tlr wilt that all there Was of r-ond could be summed up in the word vam‘mer, and all there Was of ad in (x- ).tence coulrl be aumm-d up in tue Wmd Cmmervative, that than mm who had worked :wzainsr. ulna Cn-‘eflrval‘ive party, went to Ounnva. Lo lav bx‘f01'13 me Govern- ment sous schema for the lu‘ri‘eutlvn of ulll' intlu crics as d in renaul to the countvy‘s commercial primil'iou. The an- swer was not; merely a. negative. it am an almost imulfiinq nvq'wive. I have hard of mass 2!.lxev‘e Sir Richard Gunsming did not even ml: the deyutmlmw who cam-a mto Ms room to kid: down that he ;-?ehn talk over muttars with them, for the mar- ne‘er mnnmm’rs or me POPULATION, young men to whom the future of Cnneda is of the most vital importsnce. The Government felt that these young men who had been given the Franchise should be given an curly opportunity to oust their votes. Many hove thoughtwe did not pursue a wise course in bringing on the elections so soon. but we were anxi- ous that the people of Genetic should heve'the opportunity of saying whether they approved of the policy which had been adopted by the Conservetive party. There are those who as that it is a mere matter of tactics, bringing on the elections at this time. They said you have an- other 6 or 8 months in office. Why do you not let the disturbing elements which rcveiled in the late elections quiet do’wn efere you appeal again to the electors ? But we think this, we think the people of Canada, as an independent people, as a. thinking people, and an observ- ing people, will be able to re- cognize thnt the issues which are presented in a Dominion election are completely dilferent to those presented in 9. Provincial election. We have thought that we should at the very earliest poseible time’ allow the new electors to express their opinion on this subject. We have placed the fate of Cwm‘la in the hands of the electorate to determine on the 22nd of this month what their views are in regard to it. What are these questions in sup- port of which we appeal to you for your support 2 1n the first place we appeal to you for your confidence in the Govern- ment of Sir John A. Macdoneld and the ruhlic policy which has been in vogue during the last eight years. When in 1878 the country gave its verdict in favor of anal-ted Prmection to our native indns tries, there Were not wanting those who believed that; was a mere catch cry. There were these even who voted with us who feared that sfvzer ell perhaps when the time came the Government wou‘rl fall back and not give ti at sytem of Protec- tion. But the Conservative Goveinment has cmried out the Sir Richard Cartwright said :â€" hinly not of the worst, but in many to- spects of the PBOMI§ES MADE TO THE COUNTRY. DESTROY THE PUBLIC CONFIDENCE in order to make it impoe ible for the Cwmpany to float their: bonds. 'And they came bsck in 1884 and stated : “We are met with opposition. we cannot float our bondl; we ask you to come to our aid; loan to us $20,000,000;|we will give to you evorythiuur we have as security for repay- ment by 1891." I can remember well what was said in Parliament. The faces of the Opposition beamed as I had never seen them beam before. (Laughter) Now they bid the Government where they wanted them. (Laughton) Here were their prophesies realized already. The Company would come to 11! year after ear demanding more money. Neverthe- eu. the Government felt this. that the MIDI'TC'NON IN THE Pmor: or COT'J‘ONS -l' no less than ‘25 per cent., fihau is to sm . can buy Ihose gums to day 25 pm . 151-39 thun we could in 1878, when u: ulypurlcd mum from the malls of Giw =~l main. And we now hnd that the prh '2 cottons has g are down. I do not win my mks nny adv-hinge, from the men for [hm the price is lower than it was in 1878 Lin: whrn you come to loilk at the prior 4‘ cornms for ihe twn pervods. We fin- .J-n I‘xiCU has (lei-s-«nwtl, w'hilc‘he Wak‘ 1.1“ c hum increased 15 ' pgfiT'cent. J .hink you Wlll come to the conclusion irnnvemsn, ’ that: the remit in ' (in: 0 the fact. that they are lining manufa.‘ nred in this cuum'my. In one of {h Maxi 11116 provnces there was a mL wecteu by an American firm, who fol uerly had sent in iheir cuttnu goods from l mill on the Anmrn:- ids. In thaw mill in one of the M. ti e provinces: 'thywhree difl’vrent c at. l of comm =oods were being sent cut to Ontarii. $11121 \Vest, and even to Briti-h Colum 1a. This is an ins amce of the value in he N,P. ((Jhsursr Unner these circum- :Lflllcvs, I s‘ k you is not this Consorvntiw Government m» thy of your support. I 1le you 130 taks a. luck at Manizoba of to- iay, as compared with Manitoba eight years ago, as real 2 -d as ynu can realize from your own uxhservaiion of things ruund about you, I ask you whether you had not better put into power those men who have secured so many advantages for the country. Ge-n lemsn, Iask you t:- give your support to than policy, which as permeated the whnl»> proceedng cl .he Goxerument from 1878, firm to that present \imc. Do you want an illustrn you of thaw :â€"â€"Ts.ke the C. P. R. (Cheers. Tnat railway when we came inio oflicr. was simply bei. i: carried on by Mr. Mac «cnzie in patches and shreds. We had Indertsken, when in ofiice, to build the 'iilwsy within ten years to connecr British Columbia. with the other provinces. -)ur opponents declared that it was xMrvssrBLic T0 ACCOMPLISH THE TASK. Mr. Mackenzie, whuse judxmcnt ought. h be of great Value, because he is a practicu man declare“: that: tho whole resources 01 he British Empire could not complete ii 0y that date. During the five years ( "irl‘iii power there was an expondirure 0 $2,000,900 without anything to approxr cute in the way of construction. W5 wind that when the Conservative Govern went were returned they entered inuo an arrangement; with a campany to have the .0nd complstsd in 1586. or live years be- fore the time first agreed upon. If. is owing to the great efforts of the Premier of Canada that this gigantic Work has been accumplished in so short a time. it was a policy of boldness that; the Govern- ment adopted. It: was a policy in which (he Government recognized the fact that, this country was very much like 8. yo ng man starting out in business, When a vast mount of energy is needed. The great North-West must he opened up, and whatever might be the cost to Canada, the tumor of the country was pledged for the construction of the road, and honor was of more importance than a. mere question 0‘ cost. Yet, gentlemen, what has been the course of the Opposition. They have i-pposed us in ever thing connected with it. We havc had the most hither oppos:- Vion from Mr. Blake and his friendx. The whole number of speeches. elivered by Mr. Blake forms a record of statements wherein he atc mprs to show that the road never could be a financial success, never could he a commercial success. Mr. Blake licteinpted to show that the Germans would go to the United States and that the Irishman would not be contended Under the British flag. The Opposition did all. they could to The Globe pretends to tell me that it il very much better not to ban such refineries as those a: Montreal, Halifax and Monotion, that it is not much better for the whch pe-plo of Canata that these industrie should be in exmueuce, giving employ mum; to so many men. Mr. Blake pro poses, when he gets the opportunity, ‘ n I hope and bel-uve the peuple of Cunatlu Will not give him that oppux‘tunity (a; plause). to modify 1he duties on em ron goods. Th 1: happens to be a article With whlch wo‘ can deal with!“3 much difficulty, hecmxae we get thz datn.‘ thy: absolum data, which enables us tx figure clos:ly. In rogxrd to 00th good- mxe thing Vie have to cqnaider is the c )5 Hi raw clutnn imported mm the; countr and the cow (If labor put mo 1 the gunsi u‘d tlwn the ("st of mauufactuiing tr .eods. Iii 1878 the or lnal'y price i - :eetings, whicu were said. to he a stain- » d aszcie in connection with cotton 4: :nds, was 1“»§a'ents a yard. The actu- nifi'erin m the ixrice of cotton goods tnei ‘dMl now is llim. than here is a been no much hike». about, ll nothing but :u bugehoo, by which people are sought r so alarmed. Take the question of eupr, for inflame. ‘ tint ie one A! the articles which Mr. Blah. refers to especially, and he tell: on that he proposes to take the duty ofl” augu- in order that the people may get anger at a. lower price and wil" not be obliged to ny the [urge prlree tn manufacturers an refiners of this country. ‘ Whtt are the feat: in regard to that! 1878 weimportedinto Cincde 93 and a - half million p’ou‘ndl of refined auger. We aid as duty upon that 2} millions of (101 re or very. nearly .2} cents per pounf‘ duty. This ehOuld be particularly remem- ‘ bored, for this reason, that we find in The Globe and other papen such catch state-x mentru ‘22 pound: anger in England for $1 fifteen or sixteen pounds sugar in‘Cenada for one dollar ! And they leave upon the minds of the people the im: prenien that the difference is ceueed by the NP. Why on a. matter of fact, an I have shown, in 1878 you had to pay fifty per cent. of the price of sugar in the old country no duty clone, and on have charges of importation as well. 3 have built up great refiner-lee in connection with our general prosperity, and large in duatriec carried on at Montreal, Monoton and Holifax. employing a large force 0" men and contributing to the general pros Eerity of the country. And what hit eon the result to the consumer? Why ii has been this! : The price of sugar ir- Englendfithe lent quotation I got wee in th- month of November, is $4.08 per hundreal pounds. If new you take the Cartwrigh. tarifi", Add the duty under ’the Cartwrigh: tariff, and also add freight charges f0) bringing it over, you will then haw the .ice of sugar under the Cartwright tari in Canada, which would be about 536.78 per hundred. It could be purchased here at about $6.10, a. diiference of one half cent per pound IN FAVOR OF THE CONSUMER. This is ti 8 actual result as established by figures which cannot be gaineaid. A large amount of money In invested in this pro- cess of refining and that money permeates all the country and gives employment to the people. Did Mr. Blake speak as to rflson- ing human beings when he committed that monstrous act of deceit in his great London speech, an act that for ever separates him from the company of honorable and tru:hful men? Did Mr. Blake look upon Canadians as reasoning human beings when he sneaked to Ottawa to hate his Don-j don speech revised by Musketeer Laurier, and there concocted the most detestable piece of poli tical villainy that has yet be; fouled the pages of Canadian history? Does Mr. Blake expect reasoning human beings to have faith in his gymnastic handling of the National Policy? Are reasoning human beings expected to follow his advocacy of Kansas wier lands “ Mr. Blake speaks to the people as if they were reasoning human beings, as if they were Britillh and loved fair play, as if the were Christians and demanded moral elevation in their pol tics.” Under the above caption ‘The Montreal Witness, that staunch exâ€" ponent of Gritism and eater of its own words on the Riel question, comes to the rescue of Mr. Blake and The Globe in this their hour of trial. Says The Witness, and approvingly quotes The Globe :â€" Do your worst; we shall regret i Iveply. But we can trade amungst 01H $8lV68 over our own feruinory, an. we or not say by your have to any of you." ( lpplouse and cheers.) Now, geothunen, there is anmhvr point I u m: to rater "o and that"; the stuiemeut made by th Oppnsi ion that this « .P.R. haul enormoam \y increased the public debt. Tim people go about am: rig the 81 mars tellh; in every com itaemry in gamma "h: . There is amdmnrstmtion of affirm-m and that the debt. i« anormorw They tho 1: bring down a comparis n m are how much tux there is on a town in townahip, then no two famzlv and rim”) 0 lho ndividual. They tell \he 1160,] home things u- 121! some actually believe as they go to \heir work in t u mornii g with a despairing luck on their faces, thu mmehody wiil 1): around for that ixidi iâ€" r uul indebteén-rsq be ore evening (Loud urglvter.) Now, thy mt debs 1' About 2'2l millihvs, I think if: is anon ‘ha‘t. B mke Lays so anyway. {Laugh- t1" ) 1 am willing to assume that as the wt debt. This is a. debt of cnnsiderabl hlZB. Hut; 107- millions of this was 13h: oh i: or 1h! vam' es “stimuli by the Dominion in ’67. This leaves 113 million: a increase. of this 103 millions have men devoteni to th conmruumon 6f rail~ ways. Many for purchase in North- West one and a mslf millions, Sir Richard Cartwright’s deficits amounting to 254 500,- "00, and his glasses anni lnaim Obtuimd, $4.300J 00. This makm a. vital of $21),- ~UO,(KU. Now the increase per annumr uring the Grit: period Wu $8 000;UOD. During Comervative period inure-mu?” annum, $4,800,000. Now, gentlemen,_ I ask you in conchwou to give your sup- port to Mr. Goldie, the Conservaiiva N. P. canuidate, in this campaign. Ii; is not a question of who that one man is better than another man, But it is for you to decide whether you will support; the policy of the: Conserva- tive Guvernmenc 1- hich has clone :0 much to materially advance the pronperity of this country, which has been built up by that. policy. Let no stone be unturned between now and the 22nd. and if you do that I venhure to may )ou will no:- ouly see your candidate at the he (I of the polls. but you will see reinstated that; Govern- ment which has so materially advanced the interests of this Dominion of Canada.” (Tremendous applause and cheers.) “HE SPEAKS AS TO IIIEN.” AGAIN THEIR FACES BEAM“), and the genial face of J amen Innos beamed more brightly than everâ€"(laughter)â€"-end broad as it is in its natural atatcit became broader etill. (Renewed laughter.) The grand anticipation was realized. Well, uentlemen, we granted the demand, and W'th was the result? The road has been completed five years before the time and we have received back from-the Company $20,000,000 in cash. “’0 have the ori- ginal contract fulfilled, and we have al- ready developed a trade communication that even the warmest friends of the ‘en aerprise did not deem it poedble to realize so quickly. We know what; the results have been of this scheme. We know how trade has been entered into withAcountriEI of which we had hitherto no particular 'mowledge whatever ; but apart from hose advantages there is another feature worthy of especial notice. You harm seen. I dare say, what the people in the United States are doing, practically giving the President the power to declare absolute «on intercourse in commercial matters be~ ween Canade and the United States except we give up our fisheries, which they appear to' think bel mg to them They tend, therefore in this position- l‘hey say give in those fisherire, allow us to have control of those fisherie which you nomess. If you do not do this We will out (if all communict- fink], all commercial communicefic Jietween Canada and the United k it . Now had we not the C. P. R. whut won nave been lhe result? Haul Mr. Blzske‘u timid poli y been carried out and had thil' policyof non into-course been enforced here would have lean nix months‘in the > ear when we Wound he ‘cum'plmély out. if from communication with on1 North-West, because we could only each it by connections with American ‘ads, and we Would find ourvclves cm Hi" the summer season. Had we harl o page thmugh the Sable Ste Marie 0|)!le controlled by the Anhrimm Go-crumu 7, 1nd through Which. thorofn ro, on ith principle of non-ine'courae we could 1 my can. So that v e F) d to-r'ay as th‘ :usult of thin Cormma Ive Governmcn micv, as a l‘rsulfi of the b()ld« (tn which clwractei'szs that policy, w: find that no uréin a. pom-ion no far a‘ ommunicntion with our own coinmry x )l'Cel‘Llcd. tomy to the United Smite . the sum of money soaked for, still they felt above all that having commenced it, they would use every effort to} have the work completed, .as it was 'Qf’fl’eli ;pens§- quence to ‘the count”, And, _.‘ the” granted 830000300 the next years An- other demand from the‘Compauy. They came and said you were kind enough to loan us 20 millions, but you toak‘ev'ery- thing we had as security. You hald mort- gages on everything we possess, and we cannot negotiate loans. Change the char- ecter of your security. Let us iumo bonds to the extent of MEMO-£00 Va" fgke $20,000,000 of thi as security for our in- nebtedneps, put the other 10 Rumours upon lands in the North-West, and loan as {115.000.0043 more. That was joy to the Opposition. stoppage of that enterprise weuid he“ been prejudicial to the interest: of Canada, and therefore, nluhough it wen a serious thing to do, thou h the Gown:- mont reelize the possible giiure oven with VA speech attacking Mr. Dewdney was made by Mr. Jackson at Qu Appelle, but the printed sheet the Grits are circulating is not a true re- port. If» is a. garbled version pre- pared by the notorious M. 0. Game- ron, of Huron, who is proven to have falsified the Indian reports in order to substantiate a lying accusation against the Government. 9 The origin of Jackson’s speech should, perhaps, be given before the: reply to it is furnished. Mr. J acksoni is a North-West speculator. During; the boom everybody was trying tol grab the public lands so as to hold them and put up the price on the poor settlers. Squatters were into the N orth-West from all over and settled on lots in the hope that they would turn out to be valuable town sites. Sir Richard Cartwright went up and took every acre he could secure. 1M. 0. Csmeron, the Grit M.P., (went up end tool: up lends. He could not put them all in his own name ; so he actually put several of his lots in the names of his wife and of his children. Mr. Geo. Casey went up and grabbed all he could. Well, some of these grabbers could not get the choice lots they wanted, and because Grov- emer Dewdnoy prevented them from making huge fortunes at the uranium. of the noonle...of Oamdml The Grits are circulating among the electors a fly sheet giving what purports to_ be a report of a speech by Jackson, of Qu’Appelle, in January, 1886, attacking Lieut. vaemor Dewdney, of the North West. The accusation made in this speech is that Mr. Dewdney starved the Indians and thus caused them to rise,- and an attempt is made to lend weight to the charge by the state- ment that it is advanced by 8. Con- servative of twentyfive years’ stand- 111g. Well met are these three, The Witness, The Globe, and Blake. They mingle appropriately. Like herds with like. But in the name of decency, and in the name of san- ity, let us have no more of reason, of British fair play, of Christianity, or of moral elevation in connection with the name of Hon. Edward Blake. “ As if they were Christians and dvmanelei moral elevatign in their politics." It is said that pnti‘ioriam i»: the last refuge of a scoundrvl. With equal force it, may he affirmed that an appeal to Chriszianity is the invariable resort of a rancal. The suiveihng \Viivnvss bums natur.,~.llyto sacred ll'liugi for a._comp'\r'i-~.on when it wishes to deceive. The Globe-ma. veritable Sewer of all thai is bad in politicsâ€"clothes ire hypocrisy to hide its moril shame from ihe world, in the garmenta of the Christian Church. But in the. light of day, knowing his record as the people of Canada. know it, can Edward Blake and the Chris tian religion lJB mentioned in the 8 ,me breath without blasphemy? “ As if they were British and loved fair play." (When, in the history of Edward Blake’s life, has he ever shown British fair play“! Was it 'when he sprang a mine on his for- mer political leader, Hon. John Sandfield Maedonald, and drove him to his , death? Was it when he eulked in 1872 at the time when his party sorely needed his ser- vicesl Was it'when he deserted his friends in 1878 and fled to England afraid to face the elector ate whose trust he had betrayed? Was it when in the Maritime Pro- vinces he meanly refused to allow Sirflh‘arles Tupper to appear at his meetings, and like the coward he is showed only his back to the Cumber- land war horse? Was it when he privately, underhandedly, deceitfully and dishon orably intrigued to procure the downfall, and did procure the downfall of the leader who was too honest for his plans and thereby broke the great heart of Hon. Alex" ender Mackenzie? Was it when he crawled on his belly in the dust to the feet of the men in Quebec, whom for years before he had denounced with all the bitterness and acrimony his bad heart could suggest? Was it when in these latter days he tacitly endorses The Globe outrage on Sir John Macdonaldâ€"an outrage so ab- horrent to every princip‘e of right, and truth, and justice, and honor that the whole country looks upon it and its authors with supreme loathing? to the detriment of our own North West? \Vill reasoning human R'- ings say that his personal howl? came out int-act from the “fn’fld Moore”- jcb,‘ lithe; ‘f Speék .NOWV, Episode"); this f‘Médfbrd' harbdui‘ 5’ scandal, the‘ Quebec Rielite alliance, the home of other dark acts that hav‘b'dmgged his honor in, the ditch! A LYING FLYSHEET. But if an outbreak was expected, and if it was caused by the starving of the Indians, what becomes of the story that the whole thing arose cub of the maltreatment of the Half. breeds? Both stories cannot be true; and as a. matter of fact they are abominable Grit inventions. So fatal Mr. Jackson is concerned, his speech was made upon hearsay, and his formants were Grits every time. k. I No more direct contradiction of Mr. Jackson could be possible. But. Governor Dewdney has also dealt with the matter. When Mr. J ack- son made this some speech in the North-West Council, Mr. Dewdncy produced papers to prove that the Indians said to have died of starva- tion, had really died of diseases they had contracted before Canada had anything to do with them, and that there were on tlth reserves of these Indians, at the time they were said to have been starved: 231 sacks of flour; 6,999 pounds of bacon 3 160 pounds of beef, and so on. Mr. Dewdney’l statement was so satisfactory, that the Council passed a resolution of confidence in him. It is said that Mr. Dewdney knew the Indians were going to rise, because they were starved. He could not have known it. The priest: did not know it. The martyred prielts of Fort Pitt, whom the Grits now say were properly murdered by the Indians, did not ex- pect an outbreak; Delaney, the Ro- man Catholic agent whom M. 0. Cameron reviles now that he is dead, saying he was a brute, did not know it. HON. WILLIAM M'AcnoUGAu; Minna in the Newman! Policy; Hon. Edward Blake in not quite sure whether he believes in it or not; Sir Riohsrd CAN:- wright is perfectly certain thlt he deal [not believe in it. And yet the Qtih “Us “PM “Halal-huh: tbs-1W cem- gm Fortunately the reply to 3‘11 5 ti- rade is easy. Mr. Jackson opens with the statement that the Indians on the File Hill reserveâ€"~he does not talk about any other Indianaâ€"- through Mr. Dewdney’s wilfulnesn or neglect were starving ; that as e consequence. they were in a bad con- *‘dition physically; that they were dying in great numbers; that one Indian lost seven children in two months because they could not gr-t the necessaries of life; that the man walked to Qu’Appelle in absolute rags to seek relief, and that one of his aquaws was so poor that she were nothing but an old tea chest. wrapper as a blanket, and that; the man him self was frozen below the knees. Immediately that this statement war made, the Government at Ottawa despatched Dr. Edwards to the File Hills Indians to get at the truth. Dr. Edwards’ report is dated Feb- “uaryi 16, 1886. The Grass do not include this in their fly sheet. Cerv tainly not. Their fly sheet is a 1 e .heet. It is not; intended to give the nth. But hem is Dr. Edwards’ report :â€" “ My visit was such Hm I cannot in too nttong language declare tho statements 1M"er made at Fort Qu‘A pelle, relating to these Indians, to be mu. iciously false.” “ Paul'de; and shot Sean given out. and in newly every house visit“! there was evidence that in addition to the b10301) and flour there was a phntiful supply of rabbits. “ The truth is one child had lately died and had been buried, and according to In nan custzvm the mother had given away :er clothcns‘andwlad in the worst possible "arme- t: in company with tree father and n additional nquaw, had gone to For: igu’Appolle, and than the story of hair destitutinn had ori inuted. There was no proof that the In inns had. baen frozen. :xfficiontly diatributed,’§3h I3§£§§ie§fi saw :nly glans of plenpy qmd eontentment. “The statement that the Indians of Mt reserve ware starving is absolutely Was. I fougd thB -ra_tians_ rogulurly am; “ I. never bsfore saw them (the Indian) ,3 a better phymcal common. Out (2! wer four hundred Indium I only found uuv: n cases of aicknus. I found the mtemenu se pnsitively made by Mr, Jack- ,11 at Fort Qu’Appelie, that seven chi! 'ren in one famin in the File Hill reserve ad died in tw0 months, of which «tate- 'cnt he then said he had aha-mute proof, 1 posse-as, ih’éqmiiity of most of his revo Minus a slight amount of truth with a man amount of error. like» Mews hated him ever since. Mn Imkwe who made this speech, is we Qt} the gentlemen who do no! Ilika @Qfl‘é’rnor Dewdney now. He KNEW; We grand lend >f61f‘him'self ‘ but it we: on an Indian reserve. Governor Dewdney is the Indian Commissioner; He had to protec‘: the rights of the Indians, so it fell to his lot to interfere with Mr. J ack son’s speculation. Mr. J mkson afterwards wanted the Government to pay him for the lows of his ex:â€" pected profits, but the Governmen‘ refused to pend the public money that way; so Mr. Jackson threut‘ ened that he would make it warm for Mr. Dewdney and the Government. A few thousand dollers of public money it will be seen would have saved the Government from Mr Jackson’s at- tack; but the Government refused to go through the public cheat on its own behalf, so Mr. Jackson turned Grit and made the speech in ques- tion. How WELL tho Grit puty love thy Cntholioa has long been a. joyful thcma with Grit spelken and Grit newspapum. Hero is how they love them in the way of candidates in the Mrfimo Provinoear Liberal Conservnfi’" ‘ Grit. Costigan, Flynn, Thompson, Slut"; Kenny. A Burns, _A_d|_mn, ‘; IMMEDIATELY rouowmo an editorial admission the: it he: been for yeul guilty of “ dastardly conduct," The Globe find! one more sample of the some article. In order to get a fling at hotel-keeperl, up“: whom it looks as natural enemies, mho editor writes a letter to himself Ind than prooeeda to comment upon it. The trick in an old one, but is so clumsily done in this instenoe on to deceive nobody. Nn fool in the trade Would write ouch letter 3 no truthful gentleman would. 0:: meat upon it in such terms. All i some, the letter wu written by s fool c. criticized by I stronger to the ambit. The Dominion for the Grits-49 they can get it. Judging them by their deeds Grit political ethics amount to about as follows :â€"- The man against the communitf. The community against the pm Vince. The province again“: the Domini ion. Let the people think calmly and diapaasionuv about these facts the next time they hear a Grit orator howling about “ deficits." 5th. That the total net surmqu under 14} years since confederation have been $21,341,550, and the Grit deficit in five years, $5,491,315; leaving a net surplus in spite of Grit mismanagement and the North West rebellion of $15,850,235. w 4th. That while the Grits had so unusual and abnormal demand onfithe revenue during their term of ofico the Conservatives had to meet an extraordinary expenditure connected with the North-Wont rebellion of about $8,000,000, which “30y he»; paid out of revenue entirely 3rd. That in the Conservatim period from 1879 to 31st December 1886, seven and a half years. there were surpluses for 41} yearsmggregat» ing $19,915,326, and deficits during 3 years, aggregating $9,648,839, leaving a not surplus of 310,266,487, or an average of $1,368,865 per annum. I” , "7’" " rw--<<mmx 2nd. That in the Grit period from 1874 to 1879, there was s surplus onevyear and deficit: four yearn, the net; deficit being $5,491,315, or an average of $1,098,263 per annum. ' Now, from this very plain and simple statement the following facts are apparent :-â€" 1st. That in the Conservative period from 1867 to 1874 there wan‘ a surplus every year aggregath $11,075,063, or an average of $: 582,152 per annum. $237,119,091 $226,852,604 Surplul for 7; year- .. . . .. . . 10,286,487. Deficit in five yes". . . .‘ 1880 $23,807, 7 1881 29035. 8 1882 33,383.455 ‘883 35,794,650 ISS4 31.861,962 1885 3279100! 1836 33,311,429 1‘0 31 Dec.’86 17,027,898 Total. .$128,6‘8 265 $117,571,202 Surle in seven years .. . . . 311,075,063 1875 824 548,715 _$23.713,071 i876 2‘2 587.687 24.488372 1877 22,059,274 23,519.53 1878 22 375,012 23.503,l 1379 22,517,382 1 24,456,382 All the “truly good" Grit oratnrs, including the pious endJongwinded -'McMu-llen; are porticulizrly glib just how on (the subject of deficits, and hold up their hands and elevate thpir voices in holy horror of the terrible Tory Government at Ottawa because it had a. “deficit” of nearly six mil- lion! of dollars for the last fiscal year, which was wholly caused by the North-West rebellion. This fashion of taking an isolated ‘year and hold- ing it up as a sample of all the years is a characteristic Grit trick and does not catch many intelligent, thoughtful people who afo accustomed to ex- amine the whole of a. question and not a. part of it. Let us take the Public Accounts from Confederation to the 315i; December, 1886, and see how the rcirenue and expenditure on account of consolidated fund stands for the two Conservative periods from lat July, 1867, to 30th June, 1874, and from lst July, 1879, to 3lst December, 1886, and for tho Grit period from Int July, 1874, to 30th J une, 1879. Here are the figures :â€"- I Year ending 30th J une. Rovonuo Ex:~ene11tura. 1868 613 687.928 813,486,093 1869 14.379‘175 14,038,084 1870 151512226 14,345,510 1871 19 335,561 15,623 082 1872 20,714,814 17,589 469 1873 20,813,469 19.174.648 1874. 24,205.092 23,316,316 3mg; ABO UT DEFICITS. GRIT ETHICS. $114,187.970 $119,679,285 5,491,315» 524,350,334 25,502,554 27,067,104 28,730,117 31.107.706 35,037,060 39,176,973 15,330,415