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At such a junc- ture it is in the highest degree incumbent upon you as free and independent electors to ponder carefully all those various con- siderations which ought to influence you in coming to a conscien- ctious and intelligent conclusion as to how you should use your voice and votes. First and foremost the principles which ought to guide you to a right decision are those which affect the Pro- vince as a whole, because it is the Government of the Hon. Oliver Mowat that is upon trial, and according as you support or oppose the Reform nominees you approve or condemn that Gov- ernment. The next aspect of affairs which ought to influence you is the past administration ; with respect to the District in which jrour more immediate interests lie, and judging by the record, to consider what may fairly be expected of the Govern- ment in the future. POSITION OF PARTIES. It is not necessary here to go into any elaborate explanation of the reasons why, upon Provincial grounds, you should support the Mowat Administration, as you, in common with the rest of the people of the Province, had the benefit of seeing these lully discussed in the public prints during the late general elections. That the Mowat Government has satisfactorily administered the affairs of the Province is shown in an unmistakable manner by the fact that after a term of fourieen years in office it has been reinstated now with a larger majority of supporters than in the last Parliament. Still further proof of its efficiency is afiorded by no less unwilling witnesses than its opponents themselves, who during the recent elections found so little cause for attack that they rested their case almost solely upon a false sectarian cry. Happily for the future peace and good relationship of all sections of the community, the people of Ontario had the good sense to recognize in this wicked course a mere dodge to secure political support, and having condemned it in so signal a manner it is not necessary to refer to it now, beyond doing so thus brief- ly to show how barren was the field for attack against the Gov- ernment, You, the electors of Algoma, are not less capable of discerning between the merits of the parties, and are h(^ likely therefore to return members to oppose a Government which is so strong in the confidence of the people, that without Algoma it enjoys a majority of twenty-four in the House. FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION. Nor when the record is reviewed is it surprising that the K t 11 T ^'''?®°'® ^^'^^ *^« *ff*^^« of the Province have been well and wisely managed, look briefly at the financial record, in this respect the administration has been characterized bv honesty, economy, and yet by judicious and even liberal expen- It is well known that Ministers take no credit to them- selves for honesty, because this is onlv as it should be • but in finT^lT.l^ plunder and corruption it is surely gratifying «4f5(S)onftS l""- ^^i^h^tP"' 'r^^°' ^ ^« heard, tfat of thi «46,000.000 which they hav3 handled since taking office in 1871 a single dollar has been spent dishonestly. f T, Af A lu^^""^- ^^ ^^^"^ P*^^ ^ economy is shown by the fact s?m\r;i6!6r^339.7V"^^" °^ '"' ^"^°^*^"^ *^ ^ ^-- As showing that the expenditures have been judicious, during the three years ending 188t) the Opposition has only taken excep? tion to amounts aggregating in that time $29,050 out of appropri- ations amounting to 18.966,085. In other words the Opposition has only objecte^^to three mills in the dollar of the proposed ex- penditures and even in these cases the objections could easily be shown to have been purely factions. That the expenditures have been liberal in the interest of the people IS shown by the fact, that since taking office the Govern- ment has spent the large sum of $35,000,000 in objects more or less directly for their Benefit. Education has been aided to the I? fvSn nnf 'T'?'^ ' Agriculture and Arts to the amount of near?^ »^,000 000, and m various other ways money has been liberally expended, the people thereby enjoying advantages which they otherwise would not possess. "^ _ The results of these expenditures have been to develop and improve the country and to elevate and ameUorate the condition of the people. In these benefits the District of Algoma has largely shared, and reflecting men are not apt to forget such circumstances ; neither are they likely to hesitate in trusting their interests m the future lo those who have looked after them so well m the past. EXPENDITURES IN ALGOMA. That the District has been generously dealt with will be seen by the following statement of expenditures in the two divisions of Algoma as they are at present constituted from Confederation to the end of 1886 : — Sumy. HfSrS^lf: ^^o»*We.t Colonization Road. aSJ'XS t ^2,931 34 Railway Aid.. 209,085 38 106,009 23 Public Work, and BuUdinffi m'^' w ^^^^^ 28 Agriculture "" °«' JJ'JJ? ^ 81.668 90 Education IK S2 Adminutration of Ju.tiw • i Jr'SiS H 1^.206 74 Relief to di.tre..ed ST». ^^f'SJ? II ^^}'^ »» Election expenses. . . . i'?*? ^6 i,ooo 00 Boundary expense.. ^'^" ^^ 1.644 77 _LiH'::i: ^^'^^^ '^ ''°*^ 1551,726 71 m^mu 661,726 71 Total for the whole Di.trict fl^^^;;^ old dodJeTcEw fW !^ ^^^^^^'"ent should resort to the qui«d ia The P"bltr,^lT Apply Srir^eVZ "'""H^."- last nine or ten veara if hn^ K^^!. * *°«^aa lands. During the large sum of neSyVeooOO^on t^^^^^^^ Vf P^-"^^ *^« Roads alone vet if fh« ^J«„ ^ ^^*""' "P"" Colonization had preS/the e verv n-.« °PP°"'°^ °* *^« Government div sions of the Disfrirf 3 f "^'^"^ *o 181,046,994 m the two Algoma's share of the cosi o? OivilV'^*""'"* .^°^^ '^^^ ^°«J"d« which if added would hZfi^' ^°!«"^°»e°* and Legislation, During thrsamrperioni ' r?"°* "P *^ ^ S''^** ^^^^ °»ore bonusfs, du^and P'd tl^ttT t^ -nlT.t 7l/"^^ out deducting any of the PTn7m,nt^ to ^nly $846,732, with- PARLIAMENTARY REPRESENTATION tw?""''/;^"''™"''''?™ "■* treatment meted out bv the Oonservi ^ZX'a^I Ti!" "f D°""»»n representation They ale" mJde oTtfcrnaraf Ot^a ^^ '" T^'^"'" "" »' "'^"^^ regard f"ht|hro7the "^S^.^^t^ii^^'^ disapprobation by every elector whi properly valarfhe nrivt sph^ :? t^tr.i^e EfrirhUr«t£f s government yet in connection with this matter of rpresenta^on iom'' ""'m? 7 r?">'°g.°f rT -Pr-entati^eaThe Reform thXhr"^ ""'?'*■■' °>'P°^'='^ *" «"« Govemment^hird beeau» &d™„;:nt iTo'Si'xttir '^'-''''^^'"-^ «">^ Clousr^^" " '^'"''"' -°'^- -<*^" ^»«"* '■"' --befo^ TITLES TO LANDS. If there is one matter more than another about which in al conscience the Conservative party ought to keep qufej jfirtha of the "(lispntod Ujrritory.'" Slhime in cntisenuvricc of the culp- able eou(l\ict of the Duiiiinion Government alone hIiouM suttii.e to make them avoid this of all suhjfetH. Yet with strani^i! fool- hardines.s they are seeldni^ to make a result of that dispute the biunin<^ (luestion, so far as West Altroioa is coacerned, in this election. That result is the withholding of titles to lands in the territory. You all know that if the award of the Arbitrators, given in 1878, had been confirmed by the Di^minion, as it should have been, the Government of Ontario v/ould have hecn in a position and stood reiidy to grant titles to lands in the territory immedi- ately after the award was made. But the ])ominion Govern- ment ill violation of the universal pi-actico among nations, rejiudiated that award, and thus prevented titles from being granted. Then after the award had been substantially reaffirmed by the highest court in the realm, the Provincial authorities were once more ready and anxious to grant patents to such as were entitled to them, and to thus remove the great hardship caused by the suspense and uncertainty under which the settlers were kept; but again the Ottawa Gijvermnent stepped in to prevent this being done, by setting up the unwarrantable plea that the ti:id)er, minerals and lands belonged to the Dominion by rea.son of a title from the Indians. Throughout this whole dispute the Ottawa Government hap been perfectly well aware that it had not the faintest shadow »f a title to the territory. It has known that all the expensive and useless litigation which it has caused could have but one issue finally, and that in favor of the Province; and knowing this, do you as fair-minded, reasoning men believe that if the Conserva- tive party had been so considerate of your interests as they now profess to be when they are seeking to gain a present political advantage, they would hetve pursued the vindictive course ;^,:y have in this matter, which course, and which coui-se alone, has prevented the Government of Ontario from issuing patents long ago ? Certainly they would not, and it is simply adding insult to injury, after having done all they could to prevent these titles from being granted, to appeal to you for support against the Mowat Administration which has been doing its utmost to secure sucii a settlement of the dispute as would enable this Province to grant titles to the lands within its own boundaries. So long as there wa.s any hope that the Dominion authorities would abandon their unwarrantable proceedings, and while the case was still before the courts, the Mowat Government was loath to adopt the extreme course of issuing titles in the " dis- putod territory;" but realizing now that Sir John Macdonald is determined to prolong the dispute by carrying the case, in the face of adverse decisions, from one court to another, the Provin- cial Oovemment has decided that at all hazards it will come to the relief of aottlere now, and take upon itself the responsibility of issuing these patents forthwith. The following letter from the Hon. T. B. Pardee, Commissioner of Crown lands, to Mr. James Conmee, M.P.P., will explain this decision more fully : — Toronto, May 14, 1887. Dbar Sir,— I have not overlooked or forgotten your repeated and urgent requests that the Government of Ontario would at once take such acti as it might deem advisable and necessary to put an end to the unoerUmty which prevails regarding titles to lands in the District of Rainy River, which, M you state, is causing great dissatisfaction and injury to settlers and others, and also is seriously retarding the material progress of the country. In connection with this imporUnt question, which for a long time haa been a subject of serious and anxious consideration, I desire now to say that the Government of Ontario, having had, and having now, the utmost confi. denco in the justice of its claim or title to the lands in the territory, has hitherto delayed action, hoping wiser counsels would prevail at Ottawa, and that the Government of Canada would consider the interests of the people to be paramount to all other considerations and would abandon its un- warrantable pretensions, which have so seriously delayed the settlement and development [of the District, But as there appears now little reason for hope that they will do this, and as the interest of the country has seri- ously suffered in the past, and will continue to suffer for some time yet if the case is to be carried to the Privy Council, as threatened by the Dominion Government, the Government of Ontario has decided that it would be justi- fied in taking immediate action, and thus, as far as possible, relieving the settlers and others having claims in the district from further suspense and anxiety. I have therefore to say thpt the Government Has determined to take imme- diate steps to investigate all the disputed and other claims to lands in that region, and to issue patents without further delay. Yours truly, T. B. PARDEE. James Conmee, Esq., M.P.P., Port Arthur, Ont, But it is alleged that if the granting of patents to lands is now the proper course to pursue it ought to have been taken long ago. The obvious reply is that the issuing of patents to lands, the ownership of which is still disputed by the Dominion Govern- ment, is, as has been pointed out, an extreme measure which ought to be regarded as a last resort. So long as there was any hope that the Dominion . Government would recognize in good faith the finding of the Privy Council in the boundary case it was deemed best to exhaust all ordinary means of secur- ing an amicable settlement of the question of title to the lands. When the Ontario Court of Appeal recently and unanimously decided in the case of the St. Cath>irine-s Milling Com.r>anv that the title of this Province was good it was hoped" that Uie Domi- nion Qoyemment would then retire from its untenable and unpatriotic position. On the contrary the case was carried to the Supreme Court at Ottawa, and it has been intimated that if the Ontario judgment in couflrmed there the appeal will be car- ried to the Privy Council. It is in view of this persistence on the part of the Dominion Government in the effort to defraud Ontario out of her property, that the Mowat Government has re- solved to do what it can to settle the question of title, relying on the absolute certainty of the claim of Ontario to the land being ultimately declared good. COLONIZATION ROADS. Another ground upon which the Government is attacked is that of its management of Colonization Roads. These attacks have been repeated and bitter, notwithstanding that the Opposi- tion has been utterly unable to prove a single charge of corruption or mismanagement. It is not therefore with the view of improv- ing the management of colonization roads, but with the object of courting a little cheap popularity, that the Conservative party have proposed placing this bn.nch of the service under the con- trol of Municipal Councils. A motion to effect this change was made during the recent session ot the Legislature by Mr. Marter, the member for Muskoka, The disadvantages which would result from such a change are patent to every person who knows anything about the sub- ject. For this reason it is not necessary to enlarge upon the objections. However, it may be pointed out that under the present system there are no local interests to serve, and the money is expended where it is most required. Another thing is that by purchasing supplies in large quantities in the wholesale markets at contract prices the Government is able to buy cheaply and there is just so much more money to be devoted to the works and to be paid out in wages to those settlers and others employed upon them than there would be if the Municipal Councils had charge of the roads and had to pay higher prices for supplies, as they would have to do in consequence of buying in smaller quantities. In view of the evident advantages of the present system the position taken by Mr. Conmee, as expressed in the following amendment to Mr. Marter's motion, will at once have the un- qualified approval of all right thinking men :— ..3^II*i'"ii**M!r*'''*'.*"*'"^^f ^* **"^ " ^"* " '" *•>« motion, be struck out and the follow ini In- jerted in lieu therpof :- "TUs House, while ooncurrinic in the Resolution, approves of the poMor o( the Uovemment in expendinfir yearly a limited sum ol money in building Colonization Roads in *^f "«*'»'"l,?"*ly'nS