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Lorsque le document est trop grand pour dtre reproduit en un seul clich6, il est film6 d partir de Tangle sup^rieur gauche, de gauche d droite, et de haut en bas, en prenant le nombre d'images ndcessaire. Les diagrammer: .ftt« for many years, lus predecessor Itai •Jal- ■ P 2 fered as well as himself. The bottom ok the trouble was the increase of the print- vng expenses without a corresponding in- crease of the vote for the same. There was only one way to do this, and that was to ask the House to grant a sufficient sum to clear oflE the arrears. This sum of $60,000, which was voted, ■532,000 of which was to pay off arrears, is what the Tories are trying to make capital out of. It is evident then : 1. That Mr. Marchand, during his term of office, had to provide for a deficit of $32,000 left by his predecessors, and for which he was not in a«iy way responsible. 2. That he was compelled to augment the expenses in order to put an end to the ever-recurring deficits which, it was in the public interest to stop. 3. The expense) for printing in con- nection with the House are entirely be- yond the Speaker's control, seeing that they are ordered by the House or by the law, and that hti has nothing to do but see that they are: I'urnished when requir- ed, whatever the cost may be, tiff boodling, and giving the name sC boodier to thk- plaintiff he knew that hs accused him falsely of dishonesty in his administration of public aaffirs whilsft Minister of Crown Lands. Considering that in publishing the sail pamphlet the defendant had the malicioas intention cf injuring the plaintiff in mak- ing the electors believe that he was » "boodier." and as a consequence that In was puilty of malversatioB, of theft ."n th* sense drfned aliove, — ^the sense that tbs defendant v.j.>ihfed to give to the pamphlsk in his deffrce not being that understood, in mK> !i way, by anyone. Cons'' ring that the plaintiff is a pub- lic man oi absolute integrity and that his reputation for honesty has been proverbial during a long political career, in the courss of which he has been a member of ths Executive Council of the Province of Que* bee and Speaker of the Legislative Asscts- bly, and that he has the right to apply t« the justice of hia country in order to ob- tain redress for the great wrong whicb the defendant has dome him, he shall have a verdict the amount of which wil not be disproportionate as compared witb the insult launched at him an^ of the po- sition of the man who has inflicted it, the defendant being a rich man who has mads his fortune by his work, who has twiesi ^n a caadidate in the electiois, Bup> ported by a large number of the elector*, and emjoying consequently the confidence ti a considerable number of bis fellow- •itizena. In awarding the plaintiff such damages as he has 'n righit to undier the circum< ■lances, and taking into consideration the More, the odium which the public attach W the word " boodler," and without Wiling sig^t of the necessity of protecting our public men from accuaatioai «f duh honesty when they do not merit it. TUe defendant is condemned to pay tha plaintiff as damages and aa a raparaiioa for publishing the said pampfaJei, the sum of $500 and all costs of the case taxed as a case of the first-class in the Supreme Court, after final judgment and 4iata«ita by Messrs. Dandurand &, Brodeur, adra* cates for the plaintiff. The Jlntourage of Mr. Flynn. The Tory orators having very quickly iiscovered that violent diatribes against Hae dead Mercier would be of little avail in the way of covering up the miadeeda of the past five years, liiave inaugurateil aii- •ther policy, arwl that is to try and catch votes by a kind of praise of Meroier of thps sort, "Ah, poor Mercier, he was a great man and a clever man, it was his entourage that ruined him." This is a wonderful change, hovrever, it does not helj) the Tories one scrap. If such surroundings ruined a "great" man like Mercier, what must have been the •esult with a little man like Mr. Flynn? Little man, he is, for all the ideas he is going about proclaiming just now are re- hashes of Mercier's ideas. If Mercier's entourage was bad, Flynn's must be ditto, as he has embraced the whole of the best known of them. The Hon. Mr. Beauhien wa* o follower of M^r- «er, and induoed his leader to pajss a grant of $6,000 a year to the Haras Na- tional. The conditions under whicb this was given were binding but so soon aa the "honest men" got into power, the con- ations counted for n'»tbin«, and as is well- known, the Haras National became a no- tarious scandal. The Hon. Louis P. Pelktier was one of Mr. Marcier's most ardent supporters; mider that regime Pelletier'a brothers, •ousins and uncles were placed in the Coivemment service at good aalsriee; he was a moving spirit in the Crowi .'/ands Department, and hiu cunniing hand can be trace i in the Langlais affair of which the Tories try to make so mucli. Pelletier's fiery and furious attempts to raise a racial and reHgious pfrejuddces last Juraei are- fresh on the mind of meet. Mejwrs. Pel- letrier and Beaubien are both draughts from the entourage that killed "poor Me^ cier." Senator Landry waa another drawn from tfcie Mune source. It is this gentlienum who could not get Mercier to waste th« Pra- viuce's money on Beauport, and who got Hynn et al. to give $426,000 for what heui been valued at $270,000. It waa the same Landry who charged the Pivvince $6,00§ lor expenses during the short illnew al lion. John Mcintosh, the Commiisaionor at the Chicago Exhibition, the said Mcla- tosh meanwhile drawing a handsome sal- ai-y, Velliere, also had a contract under Mereier, but Mr. Flynm loved him so much that he allowed him to charge $2,809 for a bench in the Circuit Court, and the same for another in the Practice Court, in short, to run up a nice little bill ai $97,000. Under Mercier he would liav« been paid market prices, under Flynn ha got "IHynn Government" rates. Charlebois is another of the wicked ones; as a mark of high esteem Mr. Flyna gave him $40,000 aoid abandoned a cladm of $62,000, the Province was said to have against him. The Tories used to say Contractor Wha- Ian was a terrible person, now he is tho Fidus Achates of Mr. Pljmn Besides the above specimens, Mr. Flynn has Emmanuel St. Louis, of Curran Bridge fame, and Beemer and Armstrong, of railway celebrity. The crown -of all be- ing the Hon. Thomas Chapais, one of the hcrcas of the McGreevy-Langevin-Coai- noUy epoch, If it waa the entouraj^e that killed "poor Meroier," what shall bt said of tli« same entourage! with worse elements added which at the present make-up the en- tourage of Mr. Flynn, a man who boa never been accused of either the wilf- powier or the ability of Honore Mereier. THE CLAN FLYNN. Mr. Flynm defies the whole warld, )'■ gereral, and the Province of Quebee, iii particular, to show thet fate haada an not spotless in thd^ pttrity. We await ' his reply to the follb^^jic from the Publio Accouuta whuilh appears to denote a re* markable failing in th« direction, of nepo- titan for bo pure a gentlematn. Thia is w Prov- ince. From all appearances the maxim of the Smew statesman, "Most of our chil- dwn are bom to poverty, but v, , take care that they shaJl not grow up in ig- norance," ia one sadly needed by our own educationa] authorities. As is well known, last year the cam- paign, carried on by the press of the Province, raised such an upstir that Mr, PljTin put "education" on one of his bannerets at the meeting in the Club on St. James Street, Montreal, and afterwards made it a plank in his platform. Much is said by him of the fact that $50,0(X) per year is to be given annually to aid the elementary edi cation of the Province, when, however, we hear the Hon. Mr. Hackett taking credit for economizing, basing hifi daim on the fact that the present Government has reduced the expenditure on night schools from $60,000 to $10,000, we are m- elined to feel very doubtful, to say the least, of the good intent of the Govem- xnent on this all-important subject. Even granting it the intent, wihat is the state of affairs in the Province that this $50,000 is going to remedy ? Let us see. There can be no surer test of the value of the educational method in a country tlan the result of it on the masses. In Quebec, according to the census of 1891, there were only 68 out of every 100 adult perscns in the Province that could read and write. In the neighboring Province of Ontario there were over 01, whilst just over the lime, in the State of Ver- mont, the average i« 93, The people of Quebec are not a whit behind their neigh- bors in any way. The fault is not in the people, but in the method. This is a qxieetion which must be faced. It is no use talking about new countries, anu so fwth. FAngland, the mother land of the majority of the people of Ontario, is only 1.18 per cent, ah^ul of the daughter, whilst France, the mother land of the majority of the good people of Quebec, is no less than 24.66 in advance of her ohildregi. In the city of Montreal there are sem* 21,789 illiterate persons, whilst in the County of Quebec nearly one-fifth of thooe ovc twenty are in the same unhappy plight. Again it will not do to talk ab< ut the youth of the country. In the colony of Victoria, in Australia, our j«- nioi by well night 200 years, the per- cei tage of adult illiteracy is only 2.70 per crnl. Nor is this the worst. There are plaeea ii) the Province where not only has there been no advance made in the last twenty years, but there has been a most la- mentable retrogression. In Napierville, for instance, the census reveals the hearu rending fact that over 6.'» i)er cent, of the people over 20 are wrapped in ignor- ance, whilst in 1871 the percentage was only 15.1 per cent. The Education De- partment cannot be ignorant of the fact that in twenty years this county has gone back 39.8 per cent. In one place 95.7 per cent, of the people are French-CanadiaiM, and yet in spite of this we read in the inspector's report that: "The study of French, although very important, ia cer- irirly one which leaves the most to bo desired." The little ones are even ne- glected in their mother tongue. What more need be said? The reports of the Inspectors simply tefm with examples of what can only he traced to neglect of the worst kind. For exomple: In Nicolet we find childrea "■V* ho have already gone through the arith> n't. tic several times, but who are not yet able to solve the most simple sums. They cannot even distinguish between division a\d multiplication;" and tigain, "they do not know the name of the river that flows thicughout their own parish," or even th» crurty they live in. This is simply ap- palling. The root of most of the miacihief is found in the report, which »«ya "if we would have good schools, we must first of all commence by granting diplomas only to those able to teach READING, WRIT- TNG AND THE ELEMENTS OP GRAM- MAR AND ARITHMETIC." Another Inspector saya: "It is impoa- Bible to impress order on the minds of children who, when .in the most plaatSe state, have constantly before them an ob- ject lesson in disorder, \inkempt, uncared for school premises." Prom Perce w» hear: "These schools are doeed too fxfr ^Kntly." From Charlevoix oomea the re- p«rt that the school fiuoi-a are not watthed •reii once in two nionths. In LAUson \k ii stated that the average aaliary barely MU-eeda $80 per annum, and that there mci two and three text books in use ixt (4(> same school for £he same subjects." In Charlevoix the average salary of t««chera, with diplomas, is ifff), and in Bagot the average, without diplomas, is f47~Forty seven dollars— per annum. The report from St, FanuUe says that: "It is well known that the sc^hools are attended by but a handful of cihildren." The need of this protest will be eemt'wh«re. Tlve illiteracy of t.liis country as might be expected, ia over 30 per cent, Tlie laMt report ahowa that in Maakln- onge notuing can be worse than the low, badly-lighted and unhealthy school rooma there, whilst the number of incompetent teachers is very large, and that the chil- children are taught, like so m:tn.v parrots, by mere rote, without a word of ex- planation. In Ni.olet out of 191 schools, 47 are bad. From Stanfold comes the complaint that the teacher have not »ia much salary aa a cook. Hull saya that Miere are teachers who say they have for- t.otten their diplomaa, which is not true; jet nothing is done. The Inspector in Richmond strikes the nail on the head wh.m he saya that "two weak points in our system of education are : First, the lack of trained teaohqrs, and aceondly, the alight connection between the Dei>artment of Public Instruction and the common schools of the country. Of late a gjod deal has been heard of the first, but the eecond ia one whiA is far too Uttle thought of by the peoole. Practically, the School Commissioners ban s.iap their fingers ai the Department i£ they are so inclined. The Inspector may order so and so, but if the Commiasionera do not like to carry out his ordere, what power has the Department ? It can at- tempt to appear severe and threaten, but it is well known that that ia all it can do. The long list of complaints that atud the repwrt as to bad buildings, ill-in formed teachers, miserable salaries, and illiterate School Commissioners, who pretend to manag', schools when they cannot read the report or sign the neceeae^ry documents; tiiese are only too true, but there are other matters that are noit so commonlf known. The very first is that the Department, even if it had the will to reform the present hopeleaaly ineflicient school met.h- od has not the power to do so. It has no leverage. The evil is a root one and doea anyone, who has any practical knowledge of the Elementary system in vogue in the Province, pretend that Mr. Flynn's vaunt- ed $.'50,000 will remedy this ? To assert any such thing would ^ , to descend to mere baby talk or to indulge in such nonsense as we hear talked by the proforaional "Hturaper"when he atraya off into educa- 10 tional subjects, of which his very speech shows that he is sublimely ignorant. In the majo:'ity of cases the education of the young is conducted in a mere happy-go- lucky atyle. A young girl is put in charge »f a class, the members of which may be as old and in some cases older than she is; she knows only such things as she has learnt under a like system, and the natural consequences are, the room is a bear garden and the teaching done worth nothing. Much has been said of diplo las. The mere fact of a diploma is not worth much. Many a learned man, with degrees in ga- lore, is no use as a teacher. The point is : How ia the diploma granted? Without the examination for it covers such ground as makes the diploma valuable, it is a mere ■Dare and a delusion. We require teachers who are men and women of method ;who have been taught the be»t manner to teach, in addition to knowledge of the natter to be taught. This connotes such a method of grpi ciag diplomas as will make the diploma a sign of somf decent amoimt •f pedagogic acquirements. The amount of teachers without diplomas in the Pro- vince is terribly high; the Department, however, is too much inclined to over- value the worth of the increase in the num- ber of those who have got diplomas, such as they are, instead of concerning itself v.'ith a searching investigation into the manner in which diplomas are granted. The Keport for last year sets our, with •ome show of pride, to inform the pub!'" that "we received 14,654 letters and sent •ut 5,462 circulars, and forms of reports and 17,972 letters." "No doubt this is note- worthy but the Superintendent must re- member that, besides his honorable se'f, there are seventeen other officials in the •fficc and that amongst them they drew ♦20,983.32 for 1895-96. It would have been much more to the point, as showing the real, practical work that is being done by the Department, if some selections of the writing and orthography of the letters received had been given together with selec- tions of those received soy, five or ten years •go. It is well-known that letters, are received, from those who are in charge of the young, by various peraons that show an amount of ignorance of both French and English, that is almost beyond belief. Has this improved of late ? Perha^ ., the next report will be under better manage- ment—a more practical document. The application of part of the cele- brated $50,000 to bonuses to teachers can only have a very limited result. The amount to be expended in this way is to be $14,000, and aa there are 5,00aSeduoatioiial establishments in the Province, even if the Superior schools are eliminated, the grant to each must needs be verv small er in other words useless. Had .some scheme of thoroughly investi- gating our method Avith a view of uprooting the bad, encouraging the good and adding to the best, been proposed, one might have had some confidence in Mr. Flynn's idea; as it is, it looks like nothing more than a mere dodge to give a text to be preached from at election times; the Government fully realizing that it must say somethiag on this important subject. Until it as easy for the child of the poorest as it is for the child of the richest to obtain a sound and practical education, thinking men will never be satis- fied. It is not so now, even the modicum that is provided, is to a very large extent fenced in by such conditions as no self respecting poor man ought to be called upon to undergo. There is too much of the Weller pri»- ciple in our education. It will be remem- bered that Mr. Weller said that so far as Sam was concerned "I took a good deal • pains with his eddication, sir; let him nm j'n the streets when he was wery youag , and sliift for his self." We have too much of that kind of education in our midst. Under a thoroughly earnec^ and practical '^2paiLment it would not be possible. The Hon. Mr. Marchand, in his speech on Elementary Education delivered in the House last Session, showed the folly of Mr. Flynn's proposal m a manner that left no manner of doubt as t" the raison d'etre et the whole thing. Mr. Marchand pointed out the fact that the sale of the lands al- located for school purposes was not only a lengthy and complicated process, but that the proceeds of the lands when sold — how long will it take to sell one and a hait million acres f — ^that is the reserve at 30 cents, would only pi-oduce $450,000 which at 4 per cent, would give $18,000 per an- num and not $60,000. The) more this scheme is looked into, the more incompre- hensible it is. Mr. Marchand has declared that "we have moral and religious teaching in our schools and we will keep it." He has I'-r* 11 ther ,in the same epeech, declared hw belief that our elementary education lacks "method" and that the question of pre- paration and better salary ought to receive prompt attention. The whole speech, as a practical attempt in the right direction is one which ought to be perused by every teacher and voter in the Province. The following words of Mr. Marchand show how deeply he realizes our needs and we know, by experience, that what Mr. Marchand says he will do. His words are no election promises. "The imperative duty laid upon us, as legislators, then is to provide effectually for the raising of the standard of our ele- mentary education, in furnishing the neces- sary resources and rendering it accessible to all, even those of small means. That is to say that the legislative appropriations for the common schools ought to be in- f^reased as far as our financial condition «rill permit, and that on the other hand the necessary expenses imposed upon fami- lies for the instructdon of their children ought to be reduced to the lowest possible figure. "In order to forward the last object it appears urgent that, under the direction of the Council of Public Instruction, a series of CLASS BOOKS, AS UNIFORM AS POSSIBLE may be adopted and furnished to the scholars in all the school districts, so that in going from one school to an- other they may not be obliged by frequent changes, especialjly ()in great industrial centres, to go to the heavy expense of pro- viding afrerfi." So far as Mr. Flynn's plan is concerned it; much too disingenuous for our liking, it has all the appearance of a thing done perforce and by no means willingly. It is crude and "looks as it did abruptly start out of the ground withoiit)ezpeot«,tu>n or preparation," a rude unprofitable mam. If money has to be given then the sum is inadequate ,nii8erably so, and as there seem to be millions to throw away, to start economising in the stunted and gasping Elementary Eduloation of the Province denotes neither patriotism, nor ataunch determination to reform a palpable wrong tii%t is being done to the youth— the future of the land. Alongside of Mr. Flynn's election talk let us set the concluding words of Mr. Marchand's speech. "IF, IN THE NEAK FUTURE, IT FALLS TO OUR LOT TO PRESIDE OVER THE AFFAIRS' O* THE PROVINCE WE INTEND T9 DE- VOTE SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE DEA7^IX)PMENT OF ELEMENTART EDUCATION." These are the words of a man twho, for honor and integrity, stands as a model public man in our midst; the education ot our children, the shaping of the young, so that the future may be purer anJ nobler than the present, can fitly be left to the guidance of such a leader who is himself an example of what we hope the betterment of our educational method will, under Divine help, produce. The following table gives the percentage of adult illiteracy in the various Pror- inces in the Dominion, aocording to tka census of 1891: Per cent. 1. Ontario 868 2. Manitoba 11 14 3. Prince Edward Island 18.87 A Nova Scotia 17.23 5. New Brunswick 19.24 6. British Columbia 20.06 7. Quebec 31.96 Tories Refuse Information. Nothing during the laat fire years has been se marked as the earnest endeav- ors ci the Government to keep all its doings in the diark. The Liberals have continually asked for returns, to explain some one or other of the scandals connect- ed with the Administration. As may ba euppoaed, a great many of the awkward oDea were voted ddwn. Others were pass- ed, and the GoveiWilesit never presented tfcte -y;uiiui; that in, it promiaed, and broke its promise. Some retuma wer« presented in writing; ol thocto absolutely printed only fifty more than was necessary foi the House were printed. The reaaon of this is clear; thia dectiona were at hand, men wish to see the Government answer to some important question, e.g.» how O'SnIIivan piles up his thousands and what he does in return; of courrie no cop- ies are to be got. The supply is ex- hausted, hnd tbua the retuma cannot be got— at leoat by a Liberal. It ia no use the Government 8a3ring this is due to economy; thousands of Bcaubien'a ■iBPill T7 12 •peeches can bo printed, and thousand* is very small. The cost of Pelletiei'* povred into the tills of the Blue print- body-guard at Rimouski would have preMjr era iov work I'dcne without contract; nell aetttled the matter. It is but oam moreover, anyone knows that the matter more example of the Government's dt* once set up, the mere outlay for the paper termination to bUnd the voters. Tory Civil Service Economies. Salaries for civil government ter, appointed as additional Provincial in 1895-96 (See Public Ac- Registrar, at $1,800. counts, pag;e 5) $204,901.00 In all, an increase of $3,300 in a week. Pensions (See Public Accoimts, Not bad, even for the Flynn GoviemmeBl. page 13) 41,012.00 rpot^ $245,913.00 HOW THE FLYNN ECONOMIES ARl Salaries for civil government _ , ^, ^ , ' ^ . , ,, , in 1890-91 (See Public Ac . C>ne of the most shameless tricks that counts, page 5) $i.02,480.00 h^s ever been played upon electors, ha. Pensions (See Public Accounts, l>«^ perpetrated by the juggle, by whick Daae 15) 28 669 00 * pseudo economy has been decked up, * for the benefit of Tory speakers to pr»- I^Qlgl $231149.00 cl*i™ ^ *^** people, as a sample of how ' ' the "honest men" have saved money. From which it is clear that, even be- Flaming plaicardB, etc., on the Toty fere the end of the last Session, that the platform, inform the audience thai. Government had increased the annual ex- amidst a host of other noble deeds, Mr. penditure for salariea and pensions by Flynn has saved $110,000 in the adminib- $14,764. tration of justice. This is an attempt This has since been increased by the to ward off the blow, which they know following, a week's work in March. How will fall, when the enormous sums paid much it has got to now, we know not. to the Tory lawyers, for lost cases, are Arthur Dionne, formerly secretary to read. But no such saving has been made, the Hon. L. P. Pelletier, has been ap- The whole thing is a trick, and a very pointed assistant law clerk at an annual dishonorable one. increase of $1,200. Only eleven months' salaries have Napolon Pelletier, brother of the afore- been paid. The twelfth month has said honorable gentleman, annual increase been held over till the new year. That of $200. "saves" $45,326. Then $38,845 has been cut Clement Deschampa, Provincial Secre- off from the grants to Reformatories and tary's Department, annual increase of Houses of Industry. To which must be $200. added the fact that the Federal Govem- A. H. Verret, Provincial Auditor, in- ment has rbolished the Court of Magis- creaded from $2,400 to $3,000. trates. Thus the Flynn economies are Phileas Laberge, ex-Assistant Postmas- made up. The " Honest Men's " Odds and Ends. Subsidy per mile to Railways under The following are some of Mr. Flynn's present Government $8,950 legal babies : Subsidy per mile to Railwaye under An act to pay onethird of the mort- Mercier Government 4,945 gages of the land-owners of the Magdalen Islands. Why all the rest of the land- Increase per mils under Tories — $4,005 owners in the Province were not includeil is a mystery. The only explanation sf Acres. this munificence on the part of the fiov- Iq 1890-91, there were taken up for emment is that it is in the Premier's settlement of the Crown Lands . .206«289 constituency. In 1895-96, theife were taken up for The division of the County of Ottawa settlement of the Crown Lands ..196,251 into two negistration divisions. This will add $2,000 a year to our expenses— and at Decrease under the Flynn Gk>y- the same time afford a harbor of ref«ge emment 10,038 to some political frie. \ V 1 13 'lynn's An act to re-organize the departmentB — which wUl increase the annual expendi- ture by about $10,000. A game superintendent genieral at $1,800 per annum. This provided for Mr. Jon- cas. an old and tried worker for the f>arty. A game inspector general at a salary of $1,500. This places Mr. Parry Taylor in a comfortable berth. The famous Homestead Act — which pro- rides that the 200 acres to the original grantee shall never, during the life of the •riginal grantee, of his widow and of hia. her or their children and descendants in the direct line, he seized and sold for anv debt whatsoever. A law to deprive the sheriff and pro- thonotaries of the right to appoint their deputies, thiereby increasing the political patronage and increasing the risk to the fcead officers, who, not having control of the appointment, are yet responsible for •he mistakes or frauds of incompetent •r dishonest officials. An act to amend the law respecting dentists to enable our dentists to employ American assistants to the exclusion of Canadians bom, bred and educated. An act to attach a portion of Berthief t* Joliette, in order to augment the prac- tice of a Government supporter, and the ietaching of Vercheres from the District •f Montreal and annexing it to fiichelieu. Mr. Fl3mn voted against the Joly Ad- Ministration, he asserts, because it waa "dead." It had a majority of four, at least, and had a nmndate from the elec- tors. The Government he joined had no •nch mandate, and, at the time, was ac- tually in a minority in the House. < The Speaker was notified of the vacan- cies in the following districts on the dates named: Jacques Cartier, December 20th, 1895. Hochelaga, February 20th, 1896. Quebec, June 11th, 1895. Ohambly, June 13th, 1896. These coimties remained, without representatives, for the rest of the Session. The Liberals protested against this 'flagrant infringement of the principle of responsible government" and "culpable violation of the spirit of our Constitution." Of course voted down by the Tories. The following extraordinary statement appears on page 328 of the Votes and Pro* ceedings for last Session. On December 31st, 1896. Mr. Laliberte asked: — 1. Is the Government aware that, on "t about the 10th September last, the Coro- ner of the district of C^ ^abec, held an in- quest at St. Sylvestre, County of Lotbin- iere, into the death by poisoning of Ed- inond Payeur, son of Mr. Thomas Payeur? 2. Is the Government aware rhat the jury rendered a verdict of manslaughter against Dr. Philippe Dube, of the parish of St. Sylvestre? 3. Is the Grovemment iaiformed that Dr. Dube waa arrested and brought to Quebec, when he pleadtid guilty after th» inquest? 4. Ha3 the sentence been enforced? 5. If not, why ? Answer by the Honorable Mr. Pelletier; —Dr. Dube pleaded guilty, but THE SEN- TENCE HAS NOT YET BEEN PRO NOUNCED. Quesiions to Put to Mr. Flynn. Let Mr. Flynn and his followers give plain straightforward explanations of the followmg: His treachery toward Mr. ttoly; His method of figuring the Taillon loan; His abandonment of principle in conneo- tton with the railway subsidies; His increase of the Provincial debt from $19,382,000 in 1891. to $22,156,000 in 1896; His lack of economy in t^ dminister- ing of the civil service ,resuli--.g in an In Crease of $14,774 in salaries alone; His imposition of dierect taxes, bearing heavily on the people; His constant succession of deficits, not- withstanding the increased revenue thus secured; Hii conversion of land subsidies into cash, at a large immediate cost to the pub Uc in interest on the debt thuA» created: His remarkable system of bfjok-keepin^, by which eleven months' expenses are vear in the Public Accounts; How he expects a $50,000 grant to better the school system. 14 Hon. Mr, Marchand. bave plunged the Province over head and ean, in debt, have squaaidered and wasted its recjurces; he has not l,een a member of any of them and ha^ not ent any of them his aid. On the con- tr^ry he has been steadily in Opposition "•'th the exception of the period of the Mercer Administration, when he Under this honored name, the Liberals of the Province of Quebec march on, full of confidence as to the result of the com- ing fray. The friend and compeer of men of unsullied fame, he stands before the elcctoi-s, and not a soul dare to broath one word against his nrobity and ab°olute honesty of purpose. Friend and foe are at one on this. Whatever he promises we know he will carrj' out to the very utter- wiercier most; his remarks are not the reckless Speaker of the Aoa^ ui ""^ "" ^^^ undertakings of the platfvnn orator, at ^^^8 ifa «« ^ assembly, and as such election times, to be forgotten so soon as . sen^ant and served the Avho'e the fight is over. "What he says are tha ^^ *" the entire satisfaction of both calm and stately utterances of a thought- '"'^"~ '" ' ful and steadfast man. His record can be read of all men, and in the fierce light that beats upon his life no taint of ought that is vile can be found. After his apeeches no empty promises of impossible bridges or opportunity-offer- ing roads will be found the theme of press or people. What he knows he can do that be promises, if for the common good. No better example of the high esteem Mr. Marchand enjoys can be found than in the following extract from the Monlre.i; Witnesa of March lOth. 1S07: The Liberals of the Province of Que was •des of the House. One Admiuistra- •on he was a loyal member of. that of he Hon. «ir Henri Joly de Lotbiniere. he only Government the Province has had which made a sincere and honest at- tompt to govern efficiently, economically and justly. For its virtues by IT WAS BETRAYED the present leader of the Gov- ernment, Mr. Flynn. Mho entered on his career of office as the price of his be- bee are fortunate in thoir leader. Thee rayaJ of a just and pure leader. Per- is not another man in rrovincial politics '^P^ nothing emphasizes better the dif- in Quebec who is so w3cn'.'.riny hnown and highly esteemfid aa iie'ix Gabriel !Mai' chand. of St. Johns. There is no other Pi-ovincial politician, who is so highly re- garded by French and English-spetiUing people alike. He aione perhaps among the French leaders of either tide, com- mands the complete con'idi^nce of tha Einglish-speaking pejpl"?, and there is very good and sobd ground for the gen- eral esteem in which ho I9 held. S'iuce Confederation he h<»'=i been continuously in public life in this IVorinoe, and n! though he has served the people in mora than one high office during tliat time. he has ever been fouai EQUAL TO THE TRUST. ferenoe between the two leaders who are now asking the confidence of the people of -^..^bec than the fa^ race «id o^igHous questliona hi »11 «^ents b»ve debauched r>oUtical lif, lost the oou^^ T^^^ ^Zt m Quebec, have mu^ovemed tho , >, .peak volumes for ths broad Ube^- 15 |)position period of the govern- le confi- ins who lacclama- as their wiie at J between Iple, but llish and itionB of ,never fact liberal- mindednesa and immovable stability of character of Mr. Marchand. He is of an extremely modest and retiring disposition, given rather to keeping in the background than to pushing himself forward. While fdmrply fcriScising jand firmily oppoeing what he believes to be wnwise and injur- ious in legislation and administration, he is not one who seeks to attract applause er support by making doubtful charges against opponents or dealing in political cries or scandals. His speeches are sound arguments based upon solid facts, and nsc'derate, even reserved, in expression, and f«r that reason manifestly have weight with all intelligent and sincere men. He ia Buch a leader as the whole Province needs at the PRtiSENT CRITICAL TIME, when efforts are being made to a^tate religioui and race prejudices in this Province. This is the man that ought to be at the head oi the affairs of the Province. Plung- ed in debt as we are to-day; the man wLo with Mr. Joly practised that economy, which began with himself setting the exam- ple, is what we need. Let the elector! read this record and the one that fol- lows and say whether there is a shadow of doubt as to which is the man who will carry out promises, rule economically, and be an honor to the old Province of Que- bec. "Hon." E. J. Flynn. On the other hand, there is Mr. Flynn, who besides what has been recorded in this pamphlet can also produce the following claims upon the electors. 1. By his betrayal of the Joly-Marchand Government upset the only pure Govern- ment the Province has known and thus be- gan and is responsible for the long series •f scandals and extravagances which have fisgraced the Province since. 2. In 1892 he voted to ijmpose taxes upon the people and also to authorize the l«an of $3,000,000.00 to pay off the extra- vagances of the Chapleau Government. 3. In 1883 when he was left out of the Ifousseau Government he protested most energetically against any subsidies being granted to the railways. In 1886, on the ffth June when he had got a portfolio, we find the very same man moving resoluj ftions which had the effect of adding $4,- 357,250 to the debt of the Province. 4. Next he is found aseisting in that Mandalous sale of the North Shore Rail- way for $7,600,000; a work which had cost $13,000,000. A clear loss of $5,400,000. What did it matter he was obliged to keep •n the right side of Mr. Chapleau in order to keep his place. What else could an honest man do ? 6. The notorious act of the generous Mr. Flynn in making a present of $30,000 t» Messrs. Forget & Co. 6. Then in spite of the law he remitted $3,000 which Mr. Damelon had to pay the Province. 7. There were some claims for extras re, Government contracts in the hands ot Messrs. Whelan and Ford and Mr. Charle- bois averaging $50,000 each. Several of the Ministers got their part of the pickings. What about our "honorable" gentleman ? Read the following letter : Quebec, Dec. 6th, 1896. . Mr. Ford : Sir,— Will you if you please give to Mr. Dionne THAT WHICH YOU OUGHT TO GIVE TO MYSELF. It la impoeeible for miei to leave tha office. Yours, etc., LOUIS LAMONTAGNE. At that time Mr. Lamontagne w tarned as a supporter of the Joly Got- ernment. At the outset Mr. Joly had • majority of one— afterwards increaaed t« four — ^which enabled him to carry on tiie Country's work from June 19 till August 28 of that year. Then it waa that tha Legislative Council took the ontngeoiM^ and utterly unconatitutioiial, poaitioin