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OSTHAOISM of ROMAN OATHOLIdi The Leipislation and Administration of Pujaiic Affairs, 1872 to 1894. SPEECH OF S!r miTEE MO WAT ^— AT- %S-. K:XJJTGhST03sr, lOtH JANUARY, 1806. Rwptc^ig canilidatnre of fton. WUliawi Harty. '^ 1 thank you for t,he kiml inaiinor fay||^h you havo received mo. I speci- ally appreciate it hs coming from a la^^Aid representative gathering of the men and women of Kingston, my naeifHKe, the home of my childhood and youth and early manhodd, the lumie «tilr of near and dear relatives and .of esteemed friends, the home formerlji and the resting f)lace now of my hon- ored tsiher and mother and of a dear brother, who have all gone to the other world befo-e me. There is much t«t attach mo to old Kingston. I lill« to'visit whatever intand around it is least changed, and therefore serves to femind me most of the d;tys of my boyhood and youth ; but 1 also rejoice greatly at the jirogross whioli Kingston has made since th(»so days. I like to contrast its condition in ray early daya, when its population was some 5,000, and its condition «ow, when its population is nearly 20.000, with imj>roved tftrpets and roads, railways connecting the city with" the whole conti- neii^ in various directions, and an electric street railway f«»r the oonvenionee of its own j»eoplo when movinjp^about at honie. And it has many other advan- tages now which it had not in my early days— gas lamps and electric lights, Meam ferries, grest school buildings, grand churcbes, noble public buildings, and many other marks of wealth, prosjierity and progress. T am glad thai amount the schools of Kingston there has recently l>een establrahud a school Af Mining and Dairying, and I nni glad that 1 had something to.d.» with making practicable the esUblishing of such a school bore for eastern Ontario. TM Legistature had provided at a still earlier date for a sohwil of Mining at Ptirt-Althttr for thw we s t, but- that schcKJji liMf»HW»rry tt*eayT^MK«t4-}W>^ |oii««ny fbrtftw It was but a yew oir lo before 1 left Kingston that M ^m IW — / ^ ,^' m r . - ;■ . ■;, . .'■■ ; .',„. y . ..'.;;;■... 1iueen'9_ College went into ope^tioii, »ud Kingston becamu a Univertitr town. Ithrfs noi»rh©W that pomtion for half » century and more ; and the University has during that time inaae more progress than Kingston has done in perhaps ivny other respect. The Uriiverilfcy has accomplished a urand work' 80 far, and I have no doubt is destined for still greater thinas Ite sons are in every part of the province ; and by the positions they occupjthey testify to the value of their alma hiater ; for they are filling most cred- itably places in Parliament, in the Lbcul Legislature, in the Church, in the Army, and in every other profession and worldly calling for which mental culture 18 necessary or important. Kingston is unsurpassed in attractions for residence, and has natural advantages which secure for it permanent progress. ^Ita progress may sometimes have been slower than some of its people and friends would desire, but its progress has always been sure, and itsfutureis promising. Ai>art froin any particular views on political subjects, it is intereatinij f<.r a native of Kingston to remember that it was from Kingston that the Oon- servatives of Canada took their leader in Canadian politics, Sir John Mac- donalU. It was from Kingston too, that Conservatives chose for many year* their leader in the Canadian Les[i8lativ^ Council and'afterwards in the Canadian Senate under Sir John Macdonald. It wa* in Kingston they found one of their best Speakers bf the Dominion House of Commomf. It was from Kingston that His Excellency the Governor-General in Counpil choBo.two of the Lieutenant-Governors of^ntario. And it is from Kingston rather than from some other pface that, as Premier of Ontario, I now want m^' Commissioner of Public W<^rk8 for the next four years. Bis Honor the Lieutenjtut-Governor l.aH ai>poineople can have for the fidelity of a representative in ,the Legislature or the Government is the uprightness of his transactions in private life I want Mr. Harty as Commissioned of Public Works because D^ti* w, ,•""'". ^'^P*^'"*"*'"® *"*^ P''"^®*^ »Wlity. The department of Fublic Works is an important one, and as it has always (like every other depar ment of the Provincial Government) been free from bobdling hereto- fore, rf.. I know that under Mr. Harty- it will continue to be free from boodhng m the future. It is not only that Mr. Harty is too honest a man and too self-respecting to be a boodler h.imself, but he is also tf Public Works ami a member of the Government of the province. c '.*^**'^*i '^'"*'^ '" '^''*' canvass which has taken place so far it has been found that the only thing which unpoars to weigh with anyone against Mr Hwty IS that he is a Roman CatliolJc. [ do not hftir t,hlt, Br Hmjfho, * •-■.■■"•, ( t) I a ii o e K n B hi hi t« hi Oi Wi • :■: SSSKk— *'?^'l*'* \".?"^°?* Protestant votefs in his favor, are «id te 5'Bt»<*'^»»8 ehe than the. iniquity of voting for a Papist ; and Dr Smvth« ■•*» W^ *•«( part in. / / *«^ tirnJ^^n'*''"^*^/?'.'': ?'"''y'* 'i*^*"8 *'®«P brought up a Roman CatlioL K^noSj; wt *^u^' ?«•» ^l;*^°K »nd workIn,( for Protestant oandidat^iS 5^?!!;i^ fi'^T^''"? Conservative. lA much that a Roman ^t£ ?«« 'JlWent o^ the city, who » personally e8t|)emed and respected amobflSt &.Tp'li;"i'"r ^' t**"**^ ^y Protestei»ff notwithstanding his Sifi Bomm Catholic ? Protestant as Kingston has always been it w»n^Z An^KltM \' ^r**^ ^**'^^"« *»«"'^ Mr. Hart^ I meitiThVX *h« TtS„ *?T "' ''^o IfPresented Kingston in the- first Parliamen/k^ the UnJVn p^ Upper and Lower Canada ; and Protestants got no harm fS .^fSV">- .^^^^/^«^*P"«'^f »'»l^»SenturyraaynotProtestanSS JLl S**?«^^* 'f ••™^.*^ give a Roman Catholic J turn ? Is any X^^^. trv6 Pwtestant m Kmgaton objecting t« this, and giving the facf orMr K?.^Ififp^ * ^r*" ^u'****"" *" ** '^•"'on for voting^gainst H? A fen%?hr'''**' v**"«^* '^i'^"' ^'^^ ^-* '« »•« -"«'»' *" argument. Many wTatf-foW i- Kingston alwaya worked and voted forihe great Con? • SL*nT/l 1- ^Vf^^'^u M»«?«»»l<* was always in alliance toS with the S^^ii^i > '.t**' Quebec, and had at one time, and perhaps had always, hnf K?^ ""^ ^^^ great majotity of the Roman Catholics of Ontario land Kn-nii*'', -"PPort of Roman <5ati^olics he would not have blm^ able t0 fc.ma^/l?7 ^"l "fJ"'' >«»? o»«i^ life. He wV, not only supported by G^rern^if' 1"A ^"' ^V^l ^V^" -^ ^*^*^ ^'^^ ««*»•" Catholics in the Oovernment, and even held o«oe under Roman Catholic premiers He sefved ;«r year, under Mr. Cartier (afterwards Sir George cST- then H\^'ui'.nrNa^r/R^ Tacherand^htrundU'suS anothfr, «ir Narcisse Belleau. So, the first premier that he himself chose IvL f&r ""f," * R«"r i^*****^""' Mr. J. Sandfield Macdonald and' ^hat ever thlt gentleman's faults may have been, any undue leaning to hiico- ttethr" "ti' **"* **'>*'""l- ^8""' *» «*"*d« i» *t th^s S!y mourning K^ fk V? *^ "i*" Catholic gentleman was practically chosen for premier by tb» Oonservatives of the Parliament of Canada, and he was one of the t^i°rrn"'''?'*™''^^*'*'^^'«^««i^ '»««'«• in view or»uch Vet. i: !taR:/*«h^Tfr*K''! '2 Kingston can honestly use the religious objection rr^tefn °'^''^*''5^?^'"'*" CathoUcs in Kingston, now cLsen t6 share if ihi?stor"'* ^* P"'^'"""' '"^^j*"^ *" *»*« ratification of theSectom .ir«itrw!^I^r ^^- Jl'"^^' I' "*. »*'«f»«to'"y to know that the numt sensitive or- exoil*ble Protestant has no fault to find with him personally He is esteemnd San rS f*^* ".^Pk'^'""' ?"? '" ^^'"•y P"Wio movement. An earnest te?J ff v'°' ^^^A^^ '"•^ ^*'*^'»'"' *° »»'• church, he has never madi fhl^ri ;.• H« J^'l^own himaelf. ,n hi. intercourse with other, and in all the relation, of life, to be a broad-minded, indeneodent man, and has a waV. i!io^f«r.'rT* '•^P*^^*"^ confidence of the I^«,te.ianU a.' Tell aY KomJJ T'OpOry ciy .hould be raised here, except as it may hi raiwd agiiin«t,jBT*iy^ ^ / ,AA^ gener. .lection,; .„a lud much t» do .i^TdmrivS M, I& V S° *„J**** ostracism of Roman Catholics is not a way W which Pm^«-^ *nt« can hope to make them Protestants. As to This aVotSL^t S" ^ lous jourmil m >' recent number had this t< say " TlSj^^i "*£ grni2Jir„Tr-» i. Inilnf *^K? *' * Protestant, I. in common with other Protestant, reaard *s mdefensible many d.^gmas of the Ronian Catholic church and m»nJTji! domgs too a, recorded in the histories which we acceptTcannot S do n5 io us"iUn? %'•'" historical fact, strange and unacco.'ntabre.2. itnly seem 4oU8, that the Roman Catholic faith has l)een held and defended bv Ti? Mt'Tenlf Sl"T'li^"""'« '^"^' ««•""' = "^y -uoh -ttlheU^ Jiiore, i^enejon, Bossuet. Newman, Mann nc and manir .»tKa«. -?u^ rrZnlS:? ^^"^^-^^"^ ^^^ ''^^ an/thin^aCUl^'^^Jp^^Tr ' rv7f'& ""'S n"""''^""« "^ ^'>'" "-^ a*„1ttnd"ltMhU I- ?^cibi.hon Can' ,.^"^ '**T'* ' ."**^ «"' ''»"»' *'»« Roln Oa holio Atonnuhop R>an lately said to his people an to arkicl*. J Uith wh.ph are common t«> Roman Catholfcs ^nd Pritest^T •• hIw nmch have we not in common? Belief in God and H?"pro vid.nl Whef m future rewards and punishments, and, above a 1- SS i^rf fcope and love in the great unitiv« powei of the \^rld^JeZ^^^ Around His standard let us oather who bve Hit,. rl? ...^ u "^f ^ ^W«nt related in the nin.h chapJIr^f St'^ruk^' Gos^f wheTtX" wt at. John ,a.dtoourLo,4, ' That there was a man who w^.Jua;<^;^dt?S/o M 19« > _. _,_ • - ___« of Knox SiTe^f Slr*;?''/^^^ '^" ^«*'"«*1 '^"<* '~P««t«d principd ing .ome two yeiB ago f Sc*^^^^^^^ in common by «ele«^- census 368.300 SSwLwiroTrr- T^^ "umbered, by the iMt ance to the proving by ^Jla^n evTof th^ nu-b "^ consider their import- thw fact home to .omo^iffCwoSldtJ^^^^^ J* 1'»y bring thfi effect would be if 358 SluLT Si ^ *^"/^««^'»f m the.r own nvind. what .ta«, ,„a to .v^ i,„„°,T^„Td?, u.I"„"^^^^^^ % BritMh hi «i!^ lu * country sctwe quite as fredly m their Protectant eonirades shed theira. It has been so m Canada as well as eJaawhere. Roman Catholics were with the Protestantu of Canada in the time of the American revolution They were wi^ then, in the war of 1812. They were with them ; ?iL ^^^^^'^ ""^ }?^^- . ^^*y '^"» *'<^»» ^^^"^ « «««'"»« the Fenian raid W«5 fn f«i'" ^ '""^ '^T" **'*' '■^^"^^ **' .'^« half-breeds in the North wejt m 1886. ITiey have been our brothers in arms. Let every Protestant treat them as brothers m peace. (Cheers.) " ^»w«. o.,?^\^^F^^ people^seem to be in a very fright iit the idea of a Roman ■Qithohc being elected to the Provincial Legislature. I should be sorry to think FrotestantisMi JO weak a thing as their notion supposes. Thetr notion 18 a mistake. -Protestantism is not so weak a thing. It is not weak P^I: ^ flf^rlTv* "^"'."K- . Asa Protestant I believe, and all vigorous Protestants should believe, that in an equal fight Protestantism can and will fi„i!l '^"T^.?" *8*'"»*. ^Z^^y hostile influence, 1>e it wh*t it may. But the ' Ho„ T » these jieople fear; would not be an equal fight, for what is the posi- tion of a Roman Catholic in the Government of Ontario ? He is one of eight member^ The Government consists of seven Protestants who have been elected, and of one Roman Catholic who is now seeking election at your P,;;?i-^.„f-"*"^ Protestant elector in Kingston so poor an opinion of i;rote«Unti8m and Protestants that he thinks seven Protectants cannot hold Jeir own against one Roman Catholic? Then take the position of Mr. Harty as a member of the House of Assembly. What could one man do in a House of ninety-four members ? I believe five Reman Catholic only wer^ returned at the last general election. When Mr. Harty and Mr. Conmee are elected, there will be but seven Rom^n Catholics in the House-seven KomanCathol^ps to eighty-seven Protestants. Is' it possible that anv Pro- ^tant supposes that rt>e Protestants of Ontario cannot afford to have seven ««man Catholics in a House of ninety-four member^? That one Roman Uathohp 18 etmal, or more than equal to thirteen Protestants ? And that for the safety of Protestantism the number of Roma a, Catholic members must be kept down to fave ? The_£»J»nt1s. think that their en'ire exclusion from placeand power and employment is the only safety for Protestantism, but It 18 hardly possible to imagine that any intelligent Protestant outside of that organization has any such absurd notion. 1 think we can stand Mr. - Marty in tha Hoi^se and in the Government. I shall not be afraid of him (ijaughter. )'* V • ' Do any in Kingston say, that while the" fact of Mr. Harty's being a Roman Catholic 18 not against him, yet that he should be opposed by Protestants because the Government of which he is now a member has been too favor- tr/Anl -.!?'*" Catholics in the matter of Patronage, or of grants to Hospitals and Charities, or m the matter of Separate School legislation ? 'This charce was been made against us, but there is not the slightest ground for it • and it IS really easy to^show this to the satisfaction of every intelligent man who wants to Icnow the truth. I can only now speak briefly on the subject.- A8 for Patronage, we had some months ago an official enquiry made of the factf; and the leport thereon has been published. Anyone might have HfTown errors m this report if errors were to be found ; but not one error has been shown. What did this report prove ? It proved that the number of Komali Catholics mi.ublic employment is leto than their proportion of the population and thAt the aggregate of their salaries also is less than the pro- portion of Roman Catholics in the populrttion. In other worts, the report shows it to he perfectly certain that Roman CathoHos havA n^ K./^^ * _. * * • V ♦ I ■.^ ■ *-•- ' ^MnJli^^ %t^^ "y* otherwise he must either be a deceiver or be Wm-" self deceived. Then as to Hospitals lind Charities. The prinoipiroii wS gjantstothese are regulated was adopted twenty ye^s^agrwim^^^^ »i „? '!?"?"'■<>"• «««"'.« both Prolertant and Ctholij^ patienJ^Sd th^; - Then come the complaints of some as to the gepaiato Soliool leiririaf ioii t' ishedin pamphlet form and in the public j oJ ywalB. S o X have ffiV^' wH^l ?T r "P»^g»« ^f the past is not recent leg slation but^s leaiXt on approved of bv the Protestant- community of all parties Nforr?nth! u.us journals of the province and none froHi ariy ^ther uuarter Nnri" Protestant church or conBrecation diaJK/vpH V, * *»"*•:*«•:• ^ J^o* o"* ' thereb,5r^^''.SLtl\teti™,?„';'i8trSetd*efa';r;f,r tew' . < *# y •y ^ ^ lY 1 ' Wncfcions to pehform /^IV rf« ™« u i*/ "' ."® Government h»« t-^n. ' Jbo time needed or proper • fnd m'"ttvi^" ^" '"t*" *•*« ^^g^'^ J*t on- of public aLr»Whaf?at^'^^^^^^ .Has legislative capacity been shown or not hv nT -" Pf^y^nc'*! legislat on*, lawa for which they tfre re«i>on«ill K ^>y Ontano ministers ? Have thp embraced pr-cticallytLwC field oT^nS^'^^^^ ^"d-^*^^« C o? ^o? has^mbraced eve^rVubject-on wh^h the W Wf "" ^"^ ^«1»l«t?<^ ••^^^'T .?^«^« ^*^« ^««» twSyX sessions of ^B V^ '*'" P^°^'»««« -^one under thepremierahip'of Mr. BlS fnJ Z ^^ *^«f«™» Legislature theJaws passed are to-be found 4„ twenTv t*f ^''®''' ""**«' "»'Pe-and otherv<,]umesin which were consolidated In? *"""?^ ;^^l"me8, and in two well - -^"T *"""*^ --'un'rof ihftteilS'.^ ' ' '^" Pt*blic Act, l^^ well-consid-ered la-ws in the interest of tfi«no^'^*'"*^J"^ important and' , pared or revised by experienced lli«Lf ^^""^^ ^" ''^re either pre- ' T\ ''^v"^« ^'^'^ STGov^ste^rortr*^''" ""p^^*" '■" ^<^«t«^o^ ^way, on the ajert fpr new iaws or ™ew e„a.. ?'"?'"''*' ^^^ ^^^^^ to be . being of the people. We have nnf'hl « r *^^"^ *" promote the well- other hand we We not beL or been ev^^^^^^^ o(nove]tie.s, and on ?h« . m^our ieftielation;. our most T^dMi^^^^^^^ approval of the whole country* an^farsw^^^^ **^ *^^' IJ^T"^^ ^ay the . wg thro«gJ,.^,he House have as^anSe be«i re.n J'!:f *?'*"''^*^ "while pass- . and proper laws. . Let me specify a ftw of thH^K-'^ «"5««q«ently as good • . with .successfully. The vast ilrTnl!^ . subjects which we have lealf . «b»?lV¥y indisp^utabl' iTLtZr^^^^^^ '"*^' '"^"^ Election aw are • .-h;ch first provUod. distinct voter^ts^.^^^^^^^^^^^ '^^d P^^^J^ in Ontario the provisions of OntarT;^ »n +i,„ u- ! ' *"" *"* immense suDerinrifw «f • St ^.f .^^-'^'I'^ *" P"b'i« Apinion w»rnre narpd T ?u*'»^^ ^^« electorate at length the Act we now W« »1 J? ^ j P '^^ ^^'^ the enlviremeht and for the elections toih^WislSve T^i^'lf ' Providing 'for MaShood Suffrage vote. O^her important iSirveaSe^^^^^^ ' . frnment for improving in var rs^wa?^ sl? passed at the instance of the Gov fying. and- cheapening^ and rendering .^n "i "^ Property„and for simpll iJSfr OtherTmpo^rtant Go?er„^^^^^^ 'V ^^'"•""tratioTof BPjfial benefit in va.'ous ways of f™rmerT^^tW»^*''!^^" P*''^^*' ^^^ the ^«^««" 'Lays of mechanics and otW wL'« ! ^'''' *^*'*' «P««'»' benefit in word I 2lai,n that the LegislLre of flf'^TT"^'"" *"^ employees. In a duced important inip^^meffii «ve/v b^^^ twenty-two yU^ ha. i„?ro v^ncal jurisdiction* has gilK valuable T«^ f.-"'' ^^'''^ ^^^^"g- *<> P^o- «ommun,ty; and has dealt SeneficSvwifh"^"^**^^^^ ^""^^ «'»»« of the clMming the credit personaUv for f i^^ 't ^ ^''^^ P"*>'ic interest. I am nof :,^^y -"«ag,u'e., an'd "r !J i"urtttr '^^!' «^ '^ ^'^-'-^ itsgislatoon. "y Z'"' ««5^rm sopporters. So muo^ fb^ ^' ,r I'hat id scord' of cuased 1 las two' ' ►m time dminis- Jse two slat on. ive the or not islation evince* slature 5— and in two Ct8 Op It and r pre- tutory to be I wel]- n the onistfr y the pass- good dealt y are itario by of Do- ment lopt- issed iom, )rate and rage one 3ov- ipli- 1 of the . t in^ n a* tro-' )ro- tho not Bed for I. ' ' r y 1 d charK/ed with either want nf no«^r Pf'S«ion I W»have never vet been h.l'f"^u;r °'.'Vl«rri.ori.l .nd^,^UlS?^l^?/TL:#''»" '>"» tt. t)alf 6\ the province was n ieooardv -in "^'"-"^Y'Sn" f f tne'^ovmce. Oha and.the right'of the province 3 at lenath-f'"'^/^^'' «^er OonfederatS^T controYersy through our ^ZT ^^^l^tS^l^''^?}'^'^'^^^''''^ '^^^ ' various matters have from time to time b?enlSL"«^*.» ^'^ *^ province in- . tained m Very case^hich has hiSL u . *^' **"** ^® ^a^e beensua- Oouncilr Otlir cWiSonal oul^^^^^^^ ^^^^'* ^*'^- M»jest>'a P^^W '^odo^bt arise in the fuS'^^lXJuh*^^^^ "T P*"'""^' »«d more ^U It ,B necessary to hive themdecS le ^av Se oti""'^ ""^J^'' ^^^^^^^l decided in favor of the.Dominion a.U ! ^ pr the other ; and some may ba no one has expressed a dTubf tKn^tario': Intl3 "' ^^ ^'•""«««- ^"^• hands in^any auch ^troversv No on«^l, JJ^teresta will not suflFer at o^ur . the j,ast\ave becrlkfer in Ehan^Jlw ^"'^^ ^^**''*" ^r,t^^x» would in either with the V^.^^^^ 1 ^.!.^PP«"^»«» = "r Vould be safer In the f u. ure either with tL Q^osidr or J^^r'*"" '' "/ ^^ ^^ be «;W ill r,tly, the Patrons ffldustry "^"^ P''''*^ ^^'^^^ ^^ «Prung matters in respect of >hich we are atta«k«H ' . „u,„.::': .. precen.._ — * """uo ui xuaustry. *. ' •— -piuiig . J Jo: T:rgl?d?lVLrtS a^d Z, r '^^ ^-^ o^ieiiy matter of that there is no^ground for such attack thit nl " *"* "^^ with 'confidence betted record, that the recoi-^of (fo^examo eWrr"'"*'"''?"^'"^*''* ^as a . at Ottawa is immensely inferior. It isS thL »« ?«"««/;^*tive Government .public meanh ; and th| pretenJed nr ,n?^f f v "^f .'*f^? ^een wasteful of th^ ^ upon is. that in Mr. S^SfieW fe^^?//,^^^^ most dW.ll tion, he saved, or left unexnon^«T k i 1^ ^^^^ ^'^ ^^^^ after ConfedeiS While under the admhSCnsthiK^^^^^^ diture, «nd m fAc^ (it is said) the whole aSlfi . "^^Z «^**^«'' «*P*«- andmore, had been used That ^s-n^l!^' ^•''^""* ^''«"' *^' "sources, pubho repnue been used, so f J asVL Ven Sr'TLt"' X'^ > ^^« 1 will tell you why more has Weu exi)end3& Iko^ ^**^ '* '^'^^ question.' year. ago. Jtf,„y ^^ have^Snce bee^ai^f"*'^ expended twenty-twcJ. objects not ii^ existence previoriv lnd «nUr« ?^'*''''" • *"^^*''*' P"Wic, made where needed for/thlr oBfecJ^ pretolt for. These grants havens a riil« Ko^*u P^"y '" ,* measure provided at the time of their belCnmde All fh' ^^^l^''''^ of bblh sides of the House contrastthe.exnenditur^^iirMr SatdfiSdSaer ^^V''^*" «"^ '>??«"«"'; ture 8'nce 'O/Che expenditure Seim^lS^^^ the expendi- been in aid of railways ($.5,959 08^!.^^.?]^,^'' """'^°« "^ dollari have until after 1871 . Morrtl mn anotLt n^* * "^i""*^ "^*« P»»d in railway aid (^,180.175) was by-way onoa„tmu,^lTKt^r^*»^^^^ expendft?^ not a dollar for thi^purpose is in ' " r— — — t. r* ->• *■ t - i >'J ^^^h^,^A j-y "€■• ^'v ^ ;, .■'•:. Id .' '■■ ■■• Arts up to 1871 was lew than 172,000; while in 18»3 thi eipdiidttufe wai conmdarably more than dpuble that amount (or $169,678). The avera^je annual expenditure of the prpvince for Educational purposes was not much over $300,000 in Mr. Sbndfield Macdonald's timei, while in 1893 thfe expendi- ture for this great object wai more than twice th^t amount ($662,620). There had been a gradual increase for agriculture and education in the inter- vening years. These and other subjects of expenditure were of public interest ; and as the money was in hand it was used by the authority of tlie people's representatives and thp approval .of the people for promoting im- \ portant objects. Our epponents often call attention to tha increased ^expenditure on our public institutions, emphasizing the fact that the Tnnnual expenditure for th^r maintenance w»8 under $200,000 until after 1871, and that it is now about $800,000. But they kee^) back the important fact that thejro are now eleven great institutions in .operation instead of the- four sniaUer ones occupied in 1871, and that ^ere are nearly five times fis ma% inmates to^%intain now as there were '-'thl8n. Some microscopical objections are made to some ef the supplies for thei^ institutions and their officers, and there are exaggerations apd misrepre/ sentations in regard to the supplies generally. But notwithstanding all that is unfairly or untruly said about them, the great fact cannot be and is not disputed that the cost to the province per inmate is greatly less than at most institutions elsewhere. I should like to take up and discus? at length every item in our expenditure to which objection is made, for every objection admits of a tri- umphant answer. I should like to show you that where there has been an increase in the expense of any department of government, there has been a still greater increase m the business of the department sometimes many times greater— Si fact which our opponents always ignore. In a word, an honest reference to alt the facts will demonstrate greater economy, considering the ' amount, of work done, than in those first four years after Confederation to which our opponents are fond of alluding. But I have exhausted both mf time and my strength. < . 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