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Lorsque le document est trop grand pour dtre reproduit en un seul clichd, il est filmd 6 partir de Tangle supdrieur gauche, de gauche d droite, et de haut en bas, en prenant le nombre d'images n6cessaire. Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mithode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 -,^-r OUEBHC ■-■.., ' ■ li ELECTIONS - 1%. 1 A RECORD 1 OK 1 FIVE i YEARS CONSEinATlVE MUM. i MdM KR.Xl . UIK lllvKAI.Ii I'nU.ISIIlNi; (•()., 1 ^~.}i!U'. ■iif^-'UttHl-. % QUEBEC ELECTIONS iS97- A RECORD — OF FIVE YEARS OF CONSERVATIVE RULE. Montreal : THE HERALD PUBLISHING CO., 1897. •' 'I 7 f niii fS 5<^S CONSERVATIVE ADMIHISTRATIOH IN QUEBEC. What Powers tlie Quel)ee Government Possesses. il It ia to be Icmented that a great many people do not take as much interest as they ought to i o iu the Provincial Govern- ment at Quebec. Its doings and proceed- ingH are less known than \hf -icLs of Governments in far distant lands. Laws whioh bear on our everyday hfe are passed and, beyond a fleeting notice m the press, nothing is known of them; yet they t>ear on the constitutional lights of tl.e people. It is this apathy of the many that is, in the main, responsible for the various and eun- dry things M'hich have occurred .it the Provincial Capital that to-day are having a most serious effect on the present and future well-being of the Province. If there bad not have been such absolute indifi'er- ence on the part of the electors the deeds of shame, which it is the duty of this pam- phlet to relate, could never have taken place. One reason, too often given, for this in- difference as to what is going on at Quebec, is the utterly fallacious idea that the Pro- vincial Government has no powers to speak of, and it does not very much matter what it does. )n short, that it is a sort of play- ing at government. As the Constitution stands at present this is about as far from the truth as it is possible to be. In order that the people may see the magnitude of the i9.sup« to he jilaced befoi-e them during the coming elections, the fol- lowing list of the powers of the Provincial Government is commended to the ca' ful fittention of every man who is inspired with that love of home and country which ia the prime need of a progressive people. Under the British North America Act of 1867, sec. 92, this is what the Govern raent of the Province can do: It may exclusively make laws in relation to matters coming within the classes of subjects next hereinafter enumerated: _ 1. Amend the Constitution of the Prov- ince, except as regards the office of Lieu tenant-Governor. 2. Direct taxation within the Provincs m order to the raising of a revenue for rrovmcial purposes. 2a-*^% ^^^^^^^% of ™oney on the sols credit of the Pronnce. 4. The establishment and tenure of Pro- vincial ofhces and the appointment and payment of Provincial ofhcers. 5. The in-iMajifniierit and sale of the Public Lands beioiigiiitc to the Province and of the wood and limijer thereon. (i. The establishment, maintenance and management of public and reformatory prisons in and for tjje Province. 7. Also the same for hospitals, asylums, charities and the like, other than marine hospitals. 8. Municipal institutions in the Province. 9. Shop, .saloon, tavrm, auctioneer and other licenses in order to rai,se revenue for Provincial, local or municipal v>urpo8ei3. 10. Local works and undertakings, not including steamers, railways, etc., con- necting the Province with other Provinces, or ik;oing to foreign countries. 11. The incorporation of companies with Provincial objects. 12. The solemnization of marriage in th« Province. 13. Property and .civil rights in the Prov- ince. 14. The administration of justice in the Province, including the constitution, main- tenance and organization of Provincial courts, both of civil and criminal jurisdic- tion, and including procedure in civil mat- tcrs in those courts. l."). The imposition of punishment by flno, penalty or imprisonment for enforcing any law of the Province. 16 Generally all matters of a merely local or private nature in the Province. in addition to the above, the Government can make laws ifi regard to agriculture in the Province, and immigration into ths TTFTp"'irhT^^nA^?^fe« oomplefce control of VINCE ^ '^^' ^^<^- The mos't casual perusal of the foregoing list will show that the Provincial (Jovern- I?,?,"o ? 1°L'"?'y complete control of our purses, but that our civil rights are in its keeping, with what result the following pages will show. If these things and the education of our children are not worthy of the serious attention of men, what -is? n,,P«;'^^«^''^' T^^ ^o ^^^^ a trust is the question of the day; it is not one to be {^ liizhtly regaided by the oltctord m wIioho ha.i..ls the iiilL lies. THE iLl<;(;(HllJ OF THIi I'RKSKNT (iUVElLNMKN T IS HON ESI lA' PllESENTLV IN THE FOL- LOWJNG I'AOES, CULLED FROM OF- yiCLAL DOCUMENTS. AFTER KEAD- INO THIS STORY LET EACH VOTER SAY WHETUKU Tllh: I'KESEM' COV- KRNMK.ST IS WORTHY TO HE EN- TRUSTED WITH SO II Rill ANJ) SO OXiaiOUS A TRUST. The Present Govenunent. The (Jovemment oamu to power on March 8, 1892. Since then it han had a che»8in(i claims tlio Mer- cier t iovci'nment in 1891 IjoituwciI 20,- WI0,000 francs, that is !!i3,8t)0,(i00. It iB clear then that there remained $tl,140,- (KJO of the authoiised $10,0UU,O(JO. This loan of SjiS.StjOjOUO was rem wed for two years by Mr. Hall In I89.S and paid oif by II long peiiod loan by Mr. Taiilon. ThisTaiilon loan was for .'«r),3M2,i)7(J which was effected at llie "rate of 77 cents on the dollar. Thene men of talent it is evident paid off .Mereier'e h)an of .|;!,800,- 00i» by means of a loan of ifo.iWJ.Wi or in other words added to the fnnded debt 'd the Province the nice htPle snm of ONE MILLION FOUR HUNDKED M^D JSl'AKNTY-TWO THOUSAND NINE HINDKKD AND SEVENTY SIX DOL- LARS. This loan— a« will be seen later on — ia payable In sixty years and bears interest at the rate of three per eent. It is in- tei-esting to note in this connection that the mterest on tlie Mercier loan at 4 per cent. wa« $144,000.00 whilst that on the Taillon loan tit 3 per cent, is $159/J89.00 or on annual increases of ii!lo,589.00. In 60 vears tliis will come to $935,340.00 so e.1 other MILLION DOLLARS will be BOteezed ont of the Province by the folly of this madcap scheme. Besides this reckless piece of folly the same Taillon Government in Mauli 1.S94 tloaied a loan m LngUnd for £l!(HI,(HXt rated m a general way. Those of our friends who wish to know the financial history of our Province in detail will find it in an imiportant speech of Mr. Sh^hyn, Provincial Treasurer in the Mercier AdminstratioTi, dehvered last Session in reply to that of Mr. Atwater 4 the i)rpsou't Trcamiror. This most iin- tion. This panipliltt ran lie obtained at porLiin;. (liH<'i)urse ii>ntain8 a full iiccDUiit th>> (1(>ii1imI Coiiimittcc Hooni>, ..Montrt»l t-pourri known as the Gov- No. 7 of * ermneiit. Here is what lia-s bwn (h)ne M u d g e t( with an increast'd revenue as .shown b\ f jxvch oi '_'() the aiiieinlniont propos d b\ the Hon. Mr. May. IS92. $22 442 324 iliirehaii'l on the 4th January, 1897. (See I'roin wlvich ' » - ^ Journalr, pago 348.) ,„„^t l)^. ,1^ "From the 17th December, 181)1, the ducted the i Conj5->li(lated Debt of this J'rovinee lia.« in huIj sb d i es ereiwcd in the fidlowin;.; proportions; declared lap.sed by 17th Doc, 1891, llidKot SpBCch of 20th \irt. can' .'5$2.018 7BB May. 18',i2. Table H $26,2tW.873 ,,, , \> -'i^-.y io,to» 30th June. IS'i'i Budset Speech of 31st .li^u u-lVrTh .Ui,.,lS',i::.l'aKeW 25,175,320 vo,!l,l l t .TOth.luna. lSi«, lUi.itret .Speech of 5th lanno,! i.n*^ ' bw. , im, Pajro hi 25.104,26« tfc Act 54 30th .lune. Ism. liudjrst Speech, of 21st Viief ^ nnr, ' l)ec.,l«t>4, Putfeie 28.196,574 88 sw'fi an i 30th . I line, 1H95, liiuk'et Speech of 2()th a' ,;Htlm?,f ' ' Nov..l895,l'asrelH 29,34,5,4^12 tl,,. suW 30th .Tune. IS'.KS, HudKBt Speecli of '."th niicT.i' loa- Dec, J89G. l>a«e 24 31,211,282 ]<;i,S>n 56 i . ' "Which indicates an increase in the ., n ,*i "-la ''\^„ ' " Consolidated Debt from Deceml>er, ISttl. ,•• m ■> f^; • ", to .mh -Time, 1896, of $6,001,409 ^yli^^' lil *; "To which must be addtxi the TYrf*a..it Min ' '■ ' amount of the bonds issued istw-^ are eince .SOth June last for the loan rcsMrMiaii!],. =;i7 no ^ of Mav, 1896, not included in it>-ponsil,le. ol7,142 the above statement 1,070,667 ^^^d the sp<^ t ci;v« expcn- , ditiire car- "Making the present total in- ri«d to the r crease of the Consolidated equal liabilities of , to $7,072,076 189091 for , Since the 17th Decembc^r, 1891. n o n - p er- ' I o r m e d lOlAL DLBr. coniing Ui ' r A comparison of the liabilities over the tV^' ll 1 t ' assets on the 30th June, 1890, and on the ,*>pcech of 30tli June, 1891. sliows the following in- the 20 Mav, crease: 1892 . . ". 523,971 ' — 3,0.19,882 Exeeas of lia- ' 19,382,442 bihties over , a.s,sets on 30 June, 1896, Real increase for 1896 over 1891 . .$2,773,904 •-■;* *^ ■ « How the Receipts Have Been Inoreased. « of Whilst the d'fbt has inoreaHpd undpr the prewMit (jovomini'iit. it niUHt h»' reriiomlxT- ed tliat tile receipts liavt; iti'r«\8(Ml which acwMitu.'ites thi> ^rona niisrnanat,'ein(,'nt the Torios, and nhi>\vs their uitcr lack busitiesH (inalifications. Tiip followijig table will .show how the reciciptH havo been augineiiiietl \ oar by v.'ar and also alford a ff>iui>aris(Mi with the previous Ad Tniriistrntion: (S«> Table C at the end of Mr. Atwa- tcr's Budget Speech or the Public Ac- counts at the end of each vear. ) Ordinarj- receipts of 18!)'2-93. . . .*4,r{84,fi54 1890-91 .. .. :],4o7,144 Incronst i'>r 1892-93 over 1890-91. 9'27,rilO Ordinary ret -ipts of 1893-94 .... 4.258.728 ■ .. .V57,H4 1890-91 Increase for 1893-94 over 18f)0-91. 801,584 OrdinaiT receipts of 1893-94.. .. 4,2.58.728 1890-91 .. 3,4:17,144 Increase for 1894-95 over 18W 91. 764,543 Ordirvarv re.'cipta of 1895-90 .. . 4,.327.910 1890-91 .. 3,457,144 Increase for 1895-96 over iS90-91. 87n,"atj KKCAPITI'LATION. Excesrt of receipts for 1892-93 over those of 1890-91 $927,510 K.xcess of p oeipt» for 1893-94 over those of iHiiOOl 801.584 Excess of receipts lor 1894-95 over those of 189(191 764,543 Kxcess of i-eceipta for 1895 96 over those of 189l)-91 870,760 Total increaw of receipts for four .years «:!,.'!r)4.403 Average increase [>er annum .... 841,100 Net financial rtv^ult of the de HoucluT- villcTaiflon Klvnn hlunderincs: THREE MILLIONS TllKEE HrXDRED THOU- SAND JXJLLARS, wniiiB out of the people by unjust and abhorrent taxation, yet W'th all this extra monev to ulav with the I'rovince is TWO MILLIONS SE\'EN HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAllS more in debt than it was at the out,.sf?t. Would any busines'S man allow such a ^ t of iiine.oaiipi>o|i.s to plunge his affairs ,nto bankniptcy aad ruin? Ortaiuly not. Why, then, should the Provini*? Hen' ttie Tories Economize. Th« Governmeiiit was returned t^ nower on the strengtih of the most sdeinn prom- ises made by the high-mind d men who are its blood and ainew. Witli uplifted hand.s and eyes, they proclaimeil in unc- tuous toncfi their horror of extravagance and all other worldly and i^inful ways. IIow have th«y redeenn^ their T'fomises of economy? The folliowing tables ^vill prove t;hat they have not only not l>een economical but that they augmenttd very considerably the ordinan- expenses aTid that tlipy nave soent m^re in their scan- dals and general follies than the "extrava- gant" Mercior. (See Table D at the end of Mr. At- water's Budget Speech, or the Publ'c Ac- counts, for each year, deducfc'ng the ex- traordinary expenditure for pid>lic works in each.) ,,, ■ . ... ^ „^, ;V- H. ;»'■.! ' ORDINARY EXPENSES. Under the Present Government. 1893 1894 1895 1896 ,.$3.9.52.3,18.75 . 3,876.990.83 . 4,043,228.43 . . 4,041,221.66 Total ordinarj' expenditure. .15,913,699.67 Average per annjum .... .... 3,978,424.91 Under the Mercier Government. 1888 .. .. $3„365,0,32.3« .^^'O 3..543 818.64 1890 3.881,672.95 1891 4,095.,520.4'^ Totall ordinaiT expenditure. .14,885,844.40 Average per annum 3,721,461.10 Total ex)ien.s>es under the ]>resent GovenimJr'nt $15,913,699.67 Total expenses under the Mercier Government . . . . 14,885,844.40 fnerrease under the present Government $1,027,855.27 TOTAL EXPENDITURE. The fono^ving gives the total expendi- tures, less railway subsidies under the Meraier Goven^inent aiil the present one. Under ^lercier. 1888— Ordinary and speaial expenses , $4,(X)2.800.12 1SS9 — Ordinary ajid sijecial exjienses .3,944.257.04 1890— Ordinary and epecial expenses .. 4,700,256.46 lS9]-Oi-dinai-y and special expenses 4,915,775.59 Total expenditure ., .,.,''. -.$17,5«.'!,0S9.21 ■ -.i*v»*lk;'iiiHfe)'j^4*«?^^wiw,;.Aw'»i^v.^ - 6 Under Tories. bonds resulting from the operations of our 1893— Ordinary and special predeceesors, so that matte™ stand as fol- expenses 14,190.522.85 lows: 1894— Ordinary and special Amount paid on oibligatriona exjMsnses 4,267,946.07 arising irom the acts of the ISDSf-OixliTiary and special Ross-Taillon Government . . $1,023,261.17 exper.- ^ 4,195,727.44 Settlement of Jesuits' estate 1896— Ordinary and special question — voted unanimous- expenses 4,099,707.00 ly 400,POO,.00 To(tal expenditure $16,753,903.36 $1 423 264 17 Total expenditure under Mer- Tlnerefore crediting ^heee items, the bal- der $17,563,089.21 ance in favor of the Mercier rule is. $614,. lotal expenditure under To- 078.. '52. ries 16.753,903.36 ]vJot only has the present Government in- • creased the expenditure aa compared with Lxoeas under Mesrcier 809,185.85 the former Administration, but the in- But from the expejiditui* under Mercier creaae has been going on ever since it must be deducted the ajnount paid on came into power. How the Expenses are Running Up. Ordinary Expenses. The average of the ordinary expenaea 1893 $3,952,258.75 under Mercier was $3,721,461.10 per an- 1894 3,876,990.83 num, whilst under the present Government 1895 4,043,228.43 it is $4,054,763.24, from which it is evident 1896 4,041,221.66 that the economic Tories are costing the 1897 — Acconling to the Trea- coimtrv . ent $1,027,855.27 more than tht- Mercier Administration; if the amount of its extraordinary- expensee, $S40,20.'5.69 l>e added, tlie two sums come to $1,868,058.96 The Mercier (riwernment. un- der the hefid of special ex- penses disbui-sed 1,653,960.64 The Mereior Government spent lfcs« by 214,078.32 From this it is evident that the present Government has spent more undier the head of ordinar>' expenses and less in ex- traordinary expends, that is to «av, the Mercier Administration spent $1,6.5.3,060.64 in extraonTlnarv expenses ai?ainst $840,203.- 69, making an excess of $813,776.65, and th^ rifO'-init Trovemment h>8 si)eTit in coii' trollable expenses $1,027,855.27 more than the Mercier (Jovernment. The folloAving list will show the nature of the' works done under the Mereier re- gime and also the value of the same: Jesuits' Estates $400,000.00 Iron bridges in the municipali- ties 251,460.42 Court House, Montreal, (exten- sion) 239,422.a3 N ighit Schools .')9,7.37..55 McGill Normal School 63,305.00 Jacques Oartier School 80,000.()0 (^wlifiontion of the laws .. .. 114,009.00 Coloniztion roads 50,000.00 Ballasting roads 6,315.23 f^eeds for sowing .W.OOO.OO New prison at Montreal . . . , 27,263.44 Sundry court, houses and pris ons 67.622.47 Bxpdsition ground at Mont- real 5.3.721.90 Art School, Onelwo . . . . . . 5,5.32.00 Mnivpi'sity of Toronto (grant) . 10,000.00 ^ Lunatic Asylum, Montreal . . - 17,821.29 Repairing 'school, Fr. Arnold. 999.38 CommiBBion ro Beet root ciil- „ ,^ ^a ture 6,206.00 Qivebec railway bridge ^'^'^^nn Spenoerwood 15,231.00 Damages caused by storm July 8th, J890... •_ 9.880.00 $1,531,959.20 So far a.s the present Guvernment is con- cerned it has comparatively done no 8 works; nevertheles-s, it baa made oppor- tunities to augment the debt by useless expenses and unhappy financial tranaao- tions which have served to enrich the bankers and their friends without any benefits roaulting therefrom for the good (it the I'rovi/iie It under the pretext of f , uni , ,ii (i'veiniiicni hs not under- vident system of political financing.caused the Province to lose a sum equal to that •pent by the Mercier rej^ime under the head of special eixpenditures. ¥. Deficits. The Government Iwvs l>een unable to bal- ance its budget of ordinary expense?, even with a surplus of r.-cseipts, without leaving recourse to the product of tli> new taxes to a considerable extent. The Govern- ment itself admits the following deficits upon its ordinar>' oi>erations as can be seen from the followiina:: Statement A, page 34, of Mr. Atwater's Budget Speech, delivered on December 9th, 1896: I'lvme'its. Hpc"ii)t-^ Defio'ts. 1892-93. $4, 402,106.21 $4,467,278.31 $ 24,828.00 1893-94. 4,550,629.50 4,320,427.22 230,202.28 1894-95. 4,5%.6:«.3l 4,343,071.65 162,661.66 1895-96. 4s41.';,268.52 4,359,.')94.91 .')5.673.61 The defiei.s Avould l)e very much lar- ger if the amounts arising from the new sources of revenue cieatc^i by the taxes of 1892— ail d included in the receipts — were subtracted. These amounts aie as fol- lows: 1892-93 $49.3,.'591.75 189.3-94 .'518.406.11 1894-95 487,.398.45 1895-96 444,856.02 These figures will show what the deficits of tbu Administration of "honest men" would have been if it had not had these taxes to draw on which its predecessors did Ufot have, and without the increased receipts which wa have indicated. The apparent deficit in 1894-95 is $162,- 661.66, but it, is really no less than one ^and dollars more; ''• eminent, in order to reduce its deficit, bar- ing added the sum of $100,000 arifling from the salei of the Chateau de Raraeaay in Montreal. If the amounts i>aid as railway subsi- dies, each year, are added to the deficits nsults are arrived at :— 1893. Total expenses under the pre- sent Government $5,.342,561.30 Total receipts; less temporary loans .. .. 4,441,770.48 Deficit between total i*eueipt8 and total expenses , . , 900,790.82 1894. Total expenses ';4.'"i..';lV),056 19 Totitl recwpta 4,2e0,5.^3.61 Deficit .. 189.'5. ,. 1,265,522.58 Total expenses $.5.361,1.'53.23 TofAl receipts 4.843,971.65 Deficit 1,017,181.58 1896. Total expenses . . $4,665,445.11 Total re< eipts 4,359,994.91 Deficit 305,861.20 Mr. Sliehyn's speech will show the de- tails of the aibove items. Taxes. The prime object of the present Govern- ment appears to be to traduce the Mercier Administration, and instead of cleaning its owii doorstep to point out what it calls the wickedness of everybody else except the enrps of self-styled "honest men.' The electors nmst beware of the Govern- ment's red herring which is being dragged across the track. So soon as the (lovern- ment sat down in the seats of the mighty in 1892, it began to exert all its power to make the people forget its own sins, its Royal (Commissions and other peccadilloes. Samples of the financial condition of the Province were taken from the darkest days and held up as the way the Liberals did things. Evidently from the very outset the Tories made up theii minds to "make a good thing" out of their term of office and 90 proceeded to pile the most outra- geous and odious taxes upon the people in order "to raise the wind," asserting that it was necessary on account of the debts of their predecessors. The old saw "qui s'excuse, s'accuse" finds a a brilliant illus- tration in the present Government of Quebec. This thin strategy was the (Jovemment's plan trt get mimey and lay the weight of the odium on Liberal nhoulders. Ihe very first session of the Tory Legis- lature saw the passing of a series of taxes of the most detestable kind. n !■ I I • ■¥ *< I A tax of IJ per cent, was imposed on every change of property; a tax which popnlar indignation has compelled the Government to reduce to 1 per cent. Enormoua duties have been imposed on successiona. Licenses have been forced upon manufac- tui-es and commerce, taxing the store- keepers both great and small in town and country, in a most unjust manner. Direct taxes have been laid upon certain persons compelling lawyers, doctors, Mir- veyors, notaries and all professional men to contribute to the Public Treasury. Mercier abolished the tax which com- pelled each municipality to pay a share- of the expense incurred for the care of the insane; the Tories have reimposed it, thus shifting the burden from their shoulders and putting it on the already overtaxed people. Another Tory law makes the municipali- ties pay a portion of the outlay for the maintenance and transportation of those sentenced to reformatories. Moreover the municipalities arp forced to bear three-quarters of the expense for the maintenance and transportation of those sent to the Industrial schools. As can readily be seen these taxes have yielded an enormoua revenue for the "honest men" to play with. The details of the various taxes cannot be given for 1892-9-3. Ifae table gives the amounts en bloc: 1892-93. Taxes on certain pereons $15,667.61 Licenses on manufactures and commerce 145.608.87 Succession duties 40,313.59 Total $201,590.10 The details of the various taxes, per county, are given in the following tables : TAXES ON TKANSFEKS OF PROPERTY. Argenteuil Arthabaska Bagota Beauhamois Beauce Bellechasse Berthier Bonaventure No. 1.. .. . .. Bonaventure No. 2 Brome Chambly Chanijilain Charlevoix & Saguenay No. 1. Charlevoix & Saguenay No. 2. Chateauguay Coaticook Chicoutimi Compton Dorchester Drummond Gaspe.. Huntingdon Iberville Joliette Kamourafika Ijaprairie L'Assomption Laval Levis L'Islet Ijotbiniere Lake St. John No. 1 Lake St. John No. 2 Magdalen Islands Mnskinonge Megantic Mis6i«»quoi Mortcalm.. Motitmagny Montmorency . . . . ...... . - Montreal West. Montreal Ea«t, Montreal, Hochelaga and Jacques Cartier Napierville '92-93 $1,373 20 3.480 40 3,608 20 2.651 00 3,117 50 350 20 1.675 00 200 00 70 00 2.058 80 2,789 50 341 70 506 00 2.175 00 2 100 00 1.051 OC 1,619 80 1.106 10 5,364 50 312 20 2,071 10 1.270 00 2.377 70 1,662 00 1.350 40 1,644 00 773 00 1,119 80 910 00 1.137 00 345 40 '4^ 10 30 00 2,544 00 2,668 50 3,037 90 1.150 no 915 00 657 15 165,984 60 1,300 00 '93-94 $1,824 30 2,514 50 3,180 10 1,651 00 2,965 00 1,863 50 2,265 00 100 00 320 20 2,551 30 2,936 'i6 196 20 662 00 1,840 60 1,300 00 985 00 1,347 20 1,555 20 1,989 00 856 00 1,.383 00 1,551 00 2,100 00 1,715 40 924 00 1,827 00 1,129 30 796 20 1.020 00 1,76,1 00 243 10 339 60 25 00 2,300 00 2,215 40 3,316 70 1,726 .30 731 40 514 60 136,862 60 1,050 00 '94-95 $1,059 50 2,279 00 3,694 00 1,962 00 1.885 00 777 90 1,550 50 315 00 80 00 1,818 50 678 40 2,242 10 526 00 285 80 1,592 60 1,400 00 765 00 1,623 00 949 50 1,373 00 419 70 1,342 50 1,470 00 2,050 00 1,355 40 8.36 00 1,611 00 1„386 06 703 20 7.50 80 1.236 00 275 90 420 60 124 30 1,700 00 1,922 flO ' 2.078 90 840 60 707 10 679 20 84,432 30 632 00 '95-96 $1,316 80 1,325 00 3,092 00 2,126 f)0 2,511 1)0 4 09 60 1,6.55 00 110 60 710 (HJ 1,671 20 191 20 1,531 .30 355 40 580 00 1,631 00 1,400 00 1,007 00 1,895 10 1.066 40 1,357 00 276 70 1,186 30 950 00 1,800 00 921 30 1,140 00 2,561 70 1,5.33 30 1,694 60 626 00 752 00 257 .50 '•^14 00 35 00 1.800 on 1,."W4 10 2,261 00 9flS 50 562 30 443 50 88.177 70 730 00 ■f i'f \ w i »im m imm%0$ m »H0mti$¥* 't k*» m mmf'. *m i^»^ t mm m pmm m ■ um ipi .H i ii i 7T3El^'!^Zr^5^^^^i.'- !Sg5SSE!ST 10 Nicolet 2,832 10 Island of Orleans 155 00 Ottawa 5.463 00 Pcntiao 1,505 00 Portneuf 1,633 00 Quebec 15.818 20 Kichelieu 2,450 00 Richmond 3,300 00 Rimouski No. 1 67150 Rimouflki No. 2 1,300 20 Rouville 452 70 SiiKuenav 112 50 Shefford 3.060 00 Sherbrooke 2,100 00 Sonlanges 435 00 Stanstead 1.337 00 St. Annes des Monts 5 00 St. Hyacinthe 3,100 00 St. Johns 884 70 Three Rivera 2.163 00 Temiecouata 1,777 10 Terrebonne 3.29100 Two Mountains 2.123 30 Vaudreuil 1,979 00 Vercherea 476 00 Wolfe 1.131 00 Yamaska 3,054 60 2,837 70 190 00 3,970 50 1^100 1,677 00 7,085 80 2,360 00 2,430 00 654 20 1,088 10 3,934 00 2,300 00 *i,728'66 100 00 3,400 00 *2J422'66 2,299 50 2,795 19 2,379 00 840 00 293 00 1.033 30 3,510 00 2,315 60 242 00 4,448 00 1,000 00 1,599 80 7,664 00 1,535 00 3,381 00 688 50 1,236 00 1,735 30 '2,976*66 1,800 00 739 20 1,075 00 40 00 4,040 00 1,440 70 1,670 00 1,670 10 2,445 20 2,057 00 1,075 00 1,798 00 1,399 80 1,984 50 1,999 90 90 00 5,443 00 770 00 1,173 00 5,425 00 1,690 00 1,947 00 524 60 806 30 1,084 30 1.222 60 3,000 00 1,800 00 863 00 1,115 00 40 00 3,050 50 1,678 90 2,295 00 1,367 50 2,032 00 1,398 30 1,616 00 1,947 00 754 50 2,553 30 $292,001 05 $248,860 50 |185,870 70 $184,254 50 MANUFACTURING AND TRADING LICENSES. '92-93 Arthabaska $ 2,114 63 Beauce 857 37 Beauhamois 2,473 87 Bedford 2,674 92 Bonaventure 417 45 Charlevoix 330 00 Chicontirai 415 00 Gaspe 284 88 Hull 560 72 Iberville 1,942 95 Joliette 1,066 25 Kariiouraska 593 95 Lake St. John 410 00 Magdalen Islands 101 00 Montmagny 1,159 30 Montreal 97,092 92 Matane 427 09 Ottawa ,,[ 1,645 95 Pontiac 840 00 Quebec 11,427 65 Richelieu 2,024 90 Rimouski 6.30 00 Saguenay " " 127 00 St. Francis ' ' ' ' 6,362 47 St. Hyacinthe 2,826 00 Temiseouata 579 00 Terrebonne .!!!!!! 2,060 00 Three Rivers ....', 5,203 70 $145,608 87 '94-95 $ 2,430 43 661 22 2,280 30 1,533 10 626 75 265 20 697 03 504 00 1,405 79 1,573 30 1,354 36 371 24 487 19 208 00 820 20 73,925 78 463 00 1,417 20 1,005 00 9,378 50 1,391 59 571 65 150 00 7,024 33 4,019 77 554 14 2,278 23 4,528 67 $121,932 96 '95-96 I 1,940 29 666 04 1,798 50 1,558 68 346 90 213 21 309 84 274 82 1,75830 1,257 69 386 00 368 50 90 00 642 01 42,788 50 225 00 1,520 17 600 00 8,101 30 1,137 00 249 00 ' '4,918 84 2,785 00 450 00 1.737 78 3,605 17 $79,728 52 immm 11 DIRECT TAXES ON CERTAIN PERSONS. Arthabaska Beauce Beauharnois Bedford Bonaventure Charlevoix Chicoutimi Gaspe Hull Iber\'ille Joliette Kamouraska Lake St. John . . . Magdalen Islands Montmagny Montreal Matane Ottawa Pontiac Quebec Richelieu Rimouski Saguenay St. Francis St. Hyaointhe . . . , Temiscouata . . . Terrebonne Three Rivera '92-93 $ 250 60 152 00 255 00 276 00 14 50 50 16 66 00 21 00 71 63 261 37 275 14 50 00 27 00 6 00 184 50 2,837 39 21 00 137 00 ;J0 00 1,371 00 343 25 70 00 3 00 615 00 ,342 00 171 00 234 00 399 00 '94 Deducted from civil list of salaries under $ 8,534 54 55-56 Vic, Cap, 15., sec. xvi. a 7,133 10 $ 15,667 64 SUCCESSION DUTIES. '92-93 Arthabaska . Beauce Beauharnois Bedford Bonaventure. Charlevoix . . Chicoutimi . . Gaspe 159 68 984 .35 20 84 "22 14' 25 05 Hull Iberville 1,692 41 Joliette 83 58 Kamouraska 259 50 Lake St. John Magdalen Islands Montmagny 375 81 Montreal 26,148 89 Matane Ottawa 1,661 57 Pontiac Quebec 5,006 83 Richelieu .502 35 Rimouski Saguenay St. Francis .305 50 St. Hvacinthe 2,2.38 00 Temiscouata 214 83 Terrebonne : 284 17 Three Rivers 328 14 ■95 243 00 126 05 203 18 203 00 29 75 48 63 100 SO 110 37 198 10 294 48 40 00 36 00 6 00 164 00 J,374 94 18 00 232 30 55 00 642 97 222 92 51 35 609 00 449 92 112 52 252 00 459 50 $ 8,307 15 8,752 14 $ 17,059 29 '94-95 3,473 36 92 48 558 66 354 .37 ""21 25' 209 52 6.36 .55 539 61 20 00 689 89 107,393 39 '95-96 $ 203 82 139 50 221 50 299 47 14 75 21 00 '12 UO 9 00 2.56 55 268 67 39 94 44 84 " " '33 00 96 87 3,490 98 181 53 51 00 35 00 563 29 183 11 79 35 ' " 567 06 390 00 65 75 195 00 417 00 $ 7,940 01 9,567 61 fl7,507 62 '95-96 3,496 77 304 12 153 32 2,582 26 887 71 45 95 211 12 11 41 940 24 1,604 96 377 82 876 .35 108.879 54 321 85 $40,313 59 1,0(54 01 173 75 32,647 69 1,318 38 f62 02 36,480 07 .591 44 8,8.32 u3 2,7.3^41 12s 94 965 65 672 74 2,472 34 1.215 26 11 98 793 08 945 74 $162,5,35 50 $163,365 .33 12 Statement of amounts collected by tlie collectors of Provincial Revenue under the Act relalint? to Manufacturing and Tradii;;; Licenses, Direct Taxes upon cerlaLn persons and DutieH on Successions, durinit the fiscal year cnduig 30tili June,, 1894. ManiifaeturiiiK & Tnidiug Licenses. Arthabaska 1,967 98 Heauce 908 00 Bcauharnois 1,819 50 lleuford 1,909 04 bonaventure 039 40 Clmrlevoix '246 28 Cliicoutimi 44:5 41 Gaspe CeiUre 159 00 Gaape East 30125 Ga^pe West 87 00 H ill 407 70 Tbci-ville l.aol 25 Joliette , i, 185 27 Kaniouraska 430 90 Lake St. John 353 00 Mugdalen Islands 192 50 Woiitmagiiy 980 00 Montical 59,93159 Matane . 345 00 Ottawa 1,3.39 30 Pontiac 1,150 Quebec 13,117 Richelieu 2,402 ■Riniouski 527 Sagnenay 199 31 St . Francis 5,782 35 St. Hyacinthe 2,764 40 Toiniscouata „.. - 870 00 Tcirebomic 1.994 31 Three Rivers 2,.363 10 Dlroct Taxos on Duties ou ccriain persons. 183 72 132 60 213 00 240 00 30 00 32 25 73 08 20 88 15 57 70 25 76 97 107 05 300 90 52 24 41 50 145 00 2,175 40 29 82 87 00 10 00 965 07 333 05 ()■ 00 487 35 334 52 90 00 267 00 268 20 succes- sions 955 76 152 70 2,202 83 1,526 96 173 41 4 97 235 08 979 35 576 36 79 00 907 40 91,380 86 495 66 196 89 43,761 12 515 93 21 43 1,948 50 1,579 54 479 00 401 85 1,198 83 Total $1(!6,428 45 !i(6,846 59 $149,823 46 R1']CAPTTULATI0N The taxes laid in 1892 then have brought the followinR amounts to the Public Treasury : 1892-1893 $ 493,591 75 ' 1893-1894 518,406 11 1894-1895 487.398 45 1895-1896 444,856 02 • Total $1,944,252 33 »0 HJV What o,re the Taxes For ? i,.' The Tories went abont the country pro- claiming;, with voices tremulous with riphtjH)us intlijtnation and everj' outward and visible sign of profound Banctity, that whatever they were I'ompelled to do was all due to a. violent desire to pay off the debt of their nred;c*ssors. ilAVI' 'IHF.Y PAID OFF THOSE DEBTS? MOS T EAI- PTTAIMCALLLY, NO. We know that tlie Consotidated Debt since the 17th, December, 1891 has in- creased by SEVEN" Am.LIONS, SEVENTY TWO THOUSAND AND Sr:\'EN'rY six dollars. The taxes did not do mucli in that direction th.at is i|uite evident. Moreover, we know that a comparison of the liabilities over the aissets sliowH bovond diaoute that from June .'Iflth, 1891 to June 30, 1896, there has betni an increise ni $2,"73.,.i0l.')'l. from which it is clear that the Government did not do as it pretended to do. To pay 13 off debts by increasing them in a Tory dccti'ine which business men have not yet fathomed. i\layliap the leading lights of our unique Education Department migh tasaist the bewildered in die iti'.Muct to grasp tlie profundity of that scheme of aritlimetic which declares that two taken fiom two leaves four. The tiixes have not been used to pay the country's debt, whosoever else's they may have liquidatc'vl. 'I'lie truth l* the whole of the money wrung out oi tue toilers of the Province ha« been wasted on the numbei'less scandals and extra- vi'-iiances which have diagraced that regime which now appeals once more to the peo- ple with protcsi.itions as earnest and as lulse as the llnscrnpnloll:^ t'olldwcrs ut :i tiiiitor can make them. How the Tories Pay Oft' a Debt. This table will sihow how the debt has issued in bonds; an increase been increased between Dec. 17, 1891 and „oi- ,■ • •• •• 240,461.00 Ji:ne mil, 1896, and also where tne ^^?S^,4^1 b^the' 1^5 Jon" money received from the new taxes has loi .');5,332,976, an increase go'ie- of ,. 1,226,515.00 Deficit between the re- Diflerence he- ceipta and ordinary cX- twce;i the pensea from Dec. 17, j»91 bonds issued and dune .'^0, 1892 $ 96,722.67 for the loan Deficit between the receipts of 1894.. ..$2,290,000.00 and ordinary expenses And the pro- from June 30, 1892, ro June duet received.. 2,742,076.23 30, 1896.. .. 669,970.57 177,923.77 Tjjipsed subsidic«, revived • by a law in 1894 509,850.49 $4,167,647.19 Extraordinarv expenses; from Deduct the amount re- June 30, 1893, till June 30, ceived from the new taxes 1895 840.20169 from 1893 lo 1896 $1,944,252.3-3 Augmentation of the debt by rencAval of the loan of 1891 $2,223,394.86 for $3,860,000 bv anoiher The taxes have not been suHici.;nt to loan in 1893, $4,:06,1ijI oein^' meet the deficits. Were the Taxes Necessary ? They most certainlv are not. the extravagances of the Tories, all that From 188S to 1891 under the Mercier re- need be done is to set the total amount of gime the total ordinary expenses amounted ordinary expenses from 1893-90 alongside to $14,885,844.40, or an average annual ex- of the ordinaiy receipts, les-s the new taxes, penditure of $3,721,1111.10. These fiaure^ ;ire when the following resuli is arrived at: official aiui can be verified in the Pubnc Total ordinary exi)en8es from Accounts. rSee also '.he table in the lUidget 1893 to 1896 $15,913,699.67 speech of 1892.) From 1803 to 180'i the total Total ordinary receipts from for the same expenses amounted to $15,- 1893 to 1896, not inchidin'^ 913,699.00 or $3,976,242.91 per annum which the new tax 15,243 729 10 is a. higher average than that of tiie T>J'e- vious Administration. DifTeience between receipts and If the Government,whiGii oromised above expen.ses S 0t)9,070 f,7 all things to be economic and to retrench In order to balance accounts a sum of at every opjiortunity, had contented itself $669,970.57 or an average of $167,492.64 ia with the expenditure of the previous re- all that is required. T^'e Tories have rais- glme the Province would not have been in ed over $.500,000 T>er annum from 1893 to the debt-laden position it is to-day. 1896 to do. this. Another .^r ?imen of Tory The receipts of the present Government mathematics the little difTerences to go to from .1893 to 1896 — not counting the new the wise calculators who pore over the best taxes— amounting to $15,243,729.10 or $3,- way to make the people believe that $2,000- 810.932.25 per annum. 000 must be raised to pay $000,000 a la It is perfectly p'ain that with an aver- Paris loan, age income of $3,810,932.27. it would be' If a proof were needed of the absurd way easy to do what the previous Administra- in which the Crovernment acta and of the tion did with less i.e., $3,721,461.10 and to manner in which it shows the dishonesty have a surplus of $89,471.17 per annum. of its own contentions, it can be found To show that the new taxes were not here. Taxes were laid to pay off debts, necessary— for the most part— even with yet we find that with a rising df>bt and a 14 conHiderable increase of onliio'l ibl-^ ex- presses the Govenuncnt last year, removed the t^ixea. The direct taxes upon certain persons and those upon mnnufactux'eH and com- merce produce.l 'in-m $519,227.10 The duties on the transfer of real estate for the same period amounted to 908,987.35 These taxes were repealed last Session. Mow the (-Joveiiiment pretends that they are nut as neiessary us they Av<>re in 1891. Was thei'e ever a more feeble, not to say dishonest, excuse advanced l>y any body oi presumably reasonable men? To-day tnere is at least $200,000 more interest to pay than in 1891; then thev assert that they will give li«0,000 to Education; add to this $60 to $80,000 for extra interest due to the new railway policy and on the top of that $14,- 000 a voar extra for the Long Point Asy- lum. These are a few of the new expenses which did not exist Avhen the taxes were laid. It the taxe.s are not needed with an increased expenditure then they were not needed when they were laid: Out of its own mouth the Government is convicted of insincerity. My its own showing its explanations are false and un- reliable. These Taxes Were Unjust. Granting the Government's pretended reason for the imposition of th<«e taxes; supposing tliey were uecess<»ry and that thtsy had been used to imy the debt.s of the Mercier Government still they were unjust and hateful. If the Government had paid off part of the Public Debt with the product of the taxes during t he four .\ ears that they have been in exi.stenee. that would not make itjs policy amy other than bad and un- reasoning. If the Public Debt has been aug- mented — by the Libm-als — it must be b*>me in . mind that the reason therefore is patent to the ej'es of all men ; the works undertaken and completed with the money are not fleeting, they will be Oj use not only to the generation passing away, but evan more to that as yet un- born. Bridges, railways and court houses can be seen and are of use to the people in their every day life; these results are not of that sort, which piles up the debt of the Province and all we knew about it is that the money is in the pockets of some friend of the Government, in a Paris bank and so forth. If, then, the taxes weie to pay off the money spent in useful works which the "honest men" feel that th"v mu-st at once attend to and so relieve their tender con- Boiences of that load which they always feel when tbe money wa* spent by some- one else, why not have st)read the repay- ment over a term of years iinl so lessened the burden placed on the taxpayer? Why not have capitalized the amount by a loan which could have b?eu paid in 50 or 60 years? Granting the Government's contention that the taxes were to pay off the debts of the Government's predecessors, it was an act of gross injustice to throw the whole burden upon one class of men amd worse still to attempt to pav all off in a few years. THE TORY Mt^RT BE UN- JUST EVEN WHEN HE PRETENDS TO BE HONEST. Now They're Abolished. The high welkin will ring during the present elections with the triumpliant cries of the Tories, proclaiming how they Jhave taken off so much tax. The oily ora- tor will show how tender the Government is to weary and down-trodden, the fierce defender will demonstrate with \vild he- roics the splendid deeds of the Govern- ment, in taking off the oppressive taxes— carefulliy keeping out of sight who it was that imposed them. Even this crumb of comfiort must be taken from the belated crowd. Wlien Tory press and Tory speiJc- ers oome round with this specious cry, let them be a«ked: Have you abolii^ed the SucccBsion* du- ties? Have you removed the tax whiah im- poses on the municipalities the expense of the maintenance and care of those con- demned to prisons and reformatories? Have you abolished the tax impo«in suon as they »>t into (Kiwer foithwith hiid taxus of tlic nio.-tt odious and unjust kind, aro ju8t the sort oi' men to .sui)i)n!HS them for a littU' time in order to liavn an election cry and if leturiied to power to follow their old dodge, of eatinjj; thoir own words and re- impoH">K the tiixes in an even worBC form than they did last time. Their promises are not worth AViustiun our time over; the Statutes ot 1802 show that wlulHt the words of promise were yet warm on their lips the Tories broke 'very ;dedK.' i inrie ami forgot every undertaking which they had solt'innly promised to redot'm, and they 11 do it again if they liave the cnanc\ Nov,- the (h'bt is luiavier and conseijuently the new Uxes will he heavier; this time not to nay anybody's debts but their own. TH^\^ MrST NOT HAVE THE CHAxVOE TO BETRAY US AGAIN. The Flyim Govenim.'nt, which has cut oft some $2U0,000 of revenue by abolishing the lax on property transfers, is t'm sain. fJovernment which has, by its legislation of la.st session, caused an a.iiatmentation of expenses totting -tp to over .^-00.000 per annum. , This incroase, add(>fl to the increases of lSeen honest and sincere when ho pno- posed the abolition of a source of revenue, he would have, at the same time, pi-opoaetl a reduction of the orrlinar>' and extra'.r- dinary expenses. He did nothing of the sort and as def\cita ave inevitable on the fiscal vea.rs 1896-97 and 1897-98, one thing the electors may be sure of, Mr. Flynn will at once proceed to scheme for some way of adding at least !f500,(K)0 per annum to tlie I'rovince's annual revenue. We have Mr. Flynn's record liefore us ;ind there is no reason why tho leopard should ohaiige hw himHs. Ei/Et T'OUS MAY HEST ASSURED THAT IF HE (iOES MACK TO I'OWEU THAT A NEW K.MX'M OF TAXES WILL APl'EAR AT ONOE. This is no mere eunniw;, Kt it be remem- bered, that this very Tory party by the iiKuith of the tlien I'reinier, in a speech delivtTwl at Motitre^ii in 1892 before the h.st elections, said: "WE HAVE J5EEN ADNISED TO ACCUSTOM THE I'EO- I'LE TO A DIRECr IWX, lU T WE REPLIED THAT WE WOULD NOT IM- POSE ANY BURDENS UPON THE TAXPAYEJIS OF THE PROVINCE," HOW HAS THAT PROMISE 15EEN KEPT? All clie Ministers from the ver>- outset declared an.-thing was to be conducted in the most careful and economic Avav. All needless expense was to bo avoidicd; no new taxes Avere to be imposed and no ne^v loans floated. The earnestness of the Tories in pro- claiming their own irrefragable honesty #> *> \ ♦ 17 waa of the motit pronounced kind. Tor- rents of words and flowlB of eloquence bil- lowed throuKh the countiea. The thun- der of the. teinpeftt-tOHsed waves resouud- ed far and near, fiiiinK the live air vvitii the story of the deeds that were to h» done by the heaven ;«eiit powers who were to purify and sanctify th.e land. The following paKes will show from the official documentn how those proniisca have be^n kept. From such lives as those ." tlie beatified Cliarlebois, Beemicr, Henry O'SullJivan, Ouimet, I>a Bruyere and Ohapais, and from the rec- ord of such pure and patriotic tiansac- tiow) as the Ranic of Ontario, the Vallier" contract, the Beauport'Landry schcnjp and the Montreal Court House joo the her."*- ter cited excerpts will prove to be eletr tors wiiat manner of men tbe present Oovomment is mndo up of. It is for Uie elector-*, after reading these accounts of the manner in which the (Jov ernment stewards have acted when hand- ling the people's money, to say whether or no they are to be allowed to iJto on fooling the voters with promises and dr«vin« the Province into that inevitable bankrupt- cy which must be the result of a prolonjjc- ed reicn of such men as thoH':* who have vvaste Mr. Ijesage the following letter: Montreal, Feb., 19, 1892. Simeon Ijcsage, Eafj.. Assistant Oommissioner of Public Works. l^»»ebec: Dear Sir,— After having carefully ex- ftniinffl the account of !Mr. Berge", I be- lieve that it would be but just to pay him a certain amount of the amount due to him ore the works, for I am convinced that after this payment there will remain a suf- ficient margin to guarantee the Gover- ment against any loss. I am therefore of opinion that out of the appropriations voted a sum of twenty- five thousand dollars— $25,000 — ought to be paid to him at once. Faithfully yours, (Signed), G. A. NANTEL, Commissioner of Public Works. Was this a part of the famous Moral Obligation scheme? Mr. Nantel has no confidence in the contractor aa shown by his earnest desire to have "the most am- ple information" before he will allow any money to be paid. O, righteous Mr. NaJn- tel. We did not think you capable of such a marvellous volte-faoe- To suddenly find out how trustworthy a man the contractor was, ris^ht in the midst of the fight and to show the sin- cerity of his conversion by an iranvediate payment of cash is certainly a very won- derful tramsaction and one which ought to be remembered by thev oters whereever Mr. Nantel appears. Mr. Lesage evidently understood Mr, Nantel a reason for becoming so very pressing for, the next day, he telegraphed: "Letter received, I sign certificate for twenty-five thousand dollars on account of the contract." It Who can explain Mr. Nantel's sudden exploeion of affection for Mr. Berger? Woo comprehend the complete under- standing between Mr. Nantel and his as- sistant? No one but the man who never loses sight of the fact that the elections took place less than a fortnight later. Therein ues the key to the puzzle. Let the Hon. Minister explain to the people how it was that he wafl in such urgent haste to pay that $25,000 when the vei-y man to whom he paid it has still pending a claim for $100,000. Possibly the next few weeks will see some more such letters; some more sudden outbursts of affection for men who have claims against the Government. To face the rising indignation of an outraged peo- ple Messi-s. riynn, Nantel & Co., will need all their emergency friends to help them in the hour of dire distresss. See Opnositioii protest moved by Mr. Cii-ard, (Rouville), and seconded by Mr. Gkdu. Journals. Vol. XXVI. , page 224. June 7th, 1892. Mr. Stephens' question on November 16th, 1893. Vol. XXVIIl., page 118. Kverj'body knows how extravagant the Mercier Government was — according to the Flynn'tes — this deal wiU show how the economical and honest Mr. Nantel did bnainesfl. Here are the wagps paid— per day — on the Court House: Masons, $3.60; brick- layers, $4.80; laborers. $1.80; plasterers, $.S.()0; carpenters (rough), $2.70; foremen, $4.2C; single team.i, *2-70; plumbers, gas and steamfitters, $3.60; helpers, $2.40 per day. Mr. Nantol spent ?!702.000.00; the extra- vagant Mercier, $317,000. Under Mercier the architf'ct got 2% per cent, commission; under the honest men he got 5 per cent. Tlve Public Worsk Department with all its architects and engineers costs the coim- try some $29,000 per annum, and yot it could not out of the whole galaxy of talent find anybodv to do the work at the Mont- real Court Honse but had to get the fa- mous Raza, whose name figures in the ac- counts every year for thousands — to over- look affairs, and so ma.ke an excuse for a disgraceful bill against the Province. On the nth January. 1895, Mr. Oaron moved, seconded by Mr. Pinault, that: "This Hoiuse is prenared to vote the Supplies to Her Maiestv, but finds by the documents mibmitted to it that the sum of $192,080.23, was naid for repairs to the Montreal Court House before the 21 st December, 1891: "That, according to the valuations of the architectB, an additionnl sum of $255,- 000 would have been sufficient to com- plete the n»ce*t<>ary improvements to the ■aid Court House: "That the present Government imme- (Intely on coming into power deemed ad- visable, lor reasons unknown to this House, to change the airchitects and re- place those wlio had made the plans and superintended the carrying out of the con- tract by Mr. liaza who had until then nothing to do with these works and to whom it has paid the sum of $24,220.72, for professional services between the Ist July, 1892 ,and the month of September, 1894; "That, by the said public documents it appears that on Ist September, 1892, the (Government gave to a new firm composed o Messrs. Cliarles Berger, Emmanuel St. Louis and Louis Cousineau, the completion • of the works mentioned in the contract originally signed by Charles Berger alone. "That, moreover, the Government con- fided to the said Berger, St. Louis and Cousineau the execution of certain extra work, not included in the said contract, for considerable amoimts, without calling for tenders ; "That the said Berger, St. Louis and Cousineau were to be paid, and, in fact, have been paid 20 per cent, over and above the wages of the workmen employed by them, and 20 per cent, over and above the value of the materials supplied, as appears by a letter of Mr. Berger, dated the Ist September, 1892 ; "That a sum of over $468,260.90 has so been expended for extra work between the 21st December and the 24th September. 1894 : "That the said Berger, St. Louis and Cousineau have thus made a net and ap- parent profit of at least ^3,652.18 on the said extra work over and above the profits realized on the work mentioned in the orig- inal contract ; "That it further appears by the docu- ments before the House (Report of the Commissioner of Public Works, page 149J that a sum of nearly one miUion dollars has been spent solely on repairs to ths Montreal Court House ; "That it appears from the reports of the competent officers and from Ministerial declarations that considerable sums will still be required to complete the repairs and furnishing of the said Court House ; "That is does not appear by the docu- ments that the Government has consented to lay before the House, that any vouchers for such payments have been given to the Government by the said Berger. St. Louta and Cousineau; "Consequently this House regrets that the repairs to the Montreal Court House should have been executed with unjustih- able extravagance without anv considera- tion for the resources of the Province nor for public interest ; "That it further regrets that the Govern- ment should have had extra work done without a contract and without tenders for considerable amounts on conditienc whicb 19 constitute an cnoouTaRement to dishonesty in the rarrvmg out of undertakings ; "That this Ilo'ise further regrets tlia* before nayint! such considerable amounta the (^oveninient did not take the most -r- Snarv precautions to ascertain what amounts were hiwfully due. The following voted for the aiT.end.nent: -Bernatchez, Caron. l^^^V.^,' , J^'7v": fiirird (Rouvile), Girouard, Gladu, Uos fel rLaliherte, j'.ussier. Ma-ehand. Monn P.rt'nt, Vinault. Stephens lessier tloU neut , T.-ssier (Kinv.usk,), Turgeon. in all 13 who voted for hont>sty and economy. The following voted against the 1 ro- vince's money being taken care « -^ ^ "^ favor of such men as St. Louis netting a Clary, Magnan, Marion, ^/a t"\^'f '- p^.^jV tPl Normand. Pan/eau. I'elletier, 1 ctit, E o«x Savaria, Spencer, Telher, Tetrc.iu ui S 36 "h nest men" who were returned n v!..,W tn i-estore the financial condition ot th' Pro"vinJ^e l,y the strictest econoiny (See Journals, Vol. XXIX.. page 341.) THE VALLIERE MORAL OBLIGATION TVie nresent Government is so fond ot posing asTnexain.le ot ^oodness.^in ..o.^ J^af on^e S^U^'l^^"-- "n^'otiporS of seerng-in^ a practical way-a sample of fas morals, '/h ValUere contract will cfford an admirable example. On the 16th of Febr^^y',!??!' *^"„^X Pierre Garneau wrote a letter to Mr. PhTlippe^ Valliere of Quebec tehlng him that the Government required a certain inSunt of furniture for the Court House at Montreal and that he ^vas Huthonsed bv his colleagues to inform Mr. Valliere that he, together with Mr. Walker, were to provide the said furniture. Upon receipt of this letter Mr. Valliere manufactured a certain amount of turni- tTre amounting to about $72,000 for which he received $60,000 on account. Ihis is the celebrated amount which the oppo- nents of the Mercier Government used on their stumping expeditions in the elections ot 189?. . , When de Boucherville came into power he completely and entirely repudiated any responsibility on the part of the Crown towards Mr. Valliere. This is clear trom the words of the Commisisoner ot Publio Works- page 16, "Under the de Boucher- ville Administration the Government con- ■idered that the alleged contract was illegal and contrary to the interests of the Pro- vinc.fi" Siich was the state of affairs in 1891. On Aprd, 27th 1894, this very same Governnifut iiotitied Mr. \'alliere that, although it did not consider itsi-lf as in anyway l)ouiid to iiim yet it was quite ready to tiiter uit') a new ocjntract with him for the supply of furniture. Mr. Valliere replied that lie ^vas ready to enter into a new coutraet and on June 6tli 1894 the tioveniment iiuide a contract by which it: not only gave Mr. Valliero that which tlie de iioiicherville Govern- ment asserted to be "illegal and con- trary to the interests of the I'rovince" but it furtherniore gave him the making' ot the furniture in the Court Houses in llulf and liryscni at the sam'.' prices and us- ing the very san.e lists as had been used by the Mercier Government on the (itli of Feb- ruary 1891. ()ne tiling however h \d changed, Mr. -lames ^\■ulker, of Montreal whose name had appeared in the letter of M. (Tarncaq as joint manufacturer had disappeared. To recompense Mr. \alliere for all the bother, wliich for some reason the Gov- ernment discovered just at this time he had undergone, M. Taillon hit upon a re- markable idea worthy of a holy and pure administration. The de Boucherville (Jov- ernment had declared that the contract was illegal. M. Taillon, after three years, thought, found out that he was under a MOHAL OBLIGATION to Mr. Valliere. This weighed so heavily on M. Taillon's awakened conscience that he not only gave Mr. \'aUiere the job to make the furni- ture for the Montreal Court Iloune. but also for tlifse ot Hull N was the choice of arbitrators for the valuati(m of the unpriced items of furniture, the mos! 'important being the famous Mr. Ra/a, who for reasons unkno\vH to the House was ai)pointcd by the present Government to replace the former architects, and wlio drew the nice little sum of $24,220.72 for TH professional services between 1st July, 18U2, and the month of September, 1894. Au architect appointed to value furniture : Was there ever such an example of im- pudent favoritimn as to appoint a man to do what he was incapable of doing in or- der to hide unjustifiable extravagance anil abameless waste ? An action worthy ot the Government containing that Flynn who dared to number himself as a crusadei when he began his career as a traitor. The same MORAL OBLIGATION mov- ed the Government to give the work to the new firm of lierger, Emmanuel bt. "Louis and Cousineau. What more need be said than to point out the name of the celebrated Emmanuel St. Louis, the gen- tleman of Curran Bridge fame, in which undertaking he carried oui to the full the noble game he began at the Court House. It is well known that the firm obtainc;! 20 per cent, over and above the wages tney paid their workmen, and 20 per cent, over and above the price they paid for the ma- terials. All this appears from a letter ot Mr. Berger, dated September 24th, IWi- This same firm, also made a net profit of at least $93,652.18 on the extra work and over and above the first profits on the work. Where does the moral come in Ii6r6 ? Another fact is not sufficiently known to the electors. The repairs— remember, ra- imirs— of the new Court House of Mont- real have cost over 1,000,000 dollars. Ihe end is not yet. There are' lots of chances for more lioodle so long as the Govern- inent of the Province remains in the hands of tlie present incapables. The wliole matter was brought betoro the House by Mr. Caron, but voted down by the usual servile Ministerialists, men sent to guard the interests of the pe<)])lc and who thus carried out their MORAIj OBLIGATION to their constituents. Sei Journalsi, \o\. XXX., page 2(;0, wheie there is an uinondrnent moved by Mr. Caron and seconded by Mr. Gillies detail- ing; the whole cost and concluding witti these wonis : "That the cost of delivering the waid furniture was paid by the Gov eminent, and amounts to : $1,684.75 for those articles delivered in Montreal; $819.26 for those articles delivered in Hull; $605.65 for those articles delivered in Bryson. "That for storing the furniture for four years and transporting the same into three different buildings the sum of eigiit hun- dred dollars was j)aid by the (ioverniuent, although the contract was passed only on Cth June, 1894. '"This House is, therefore, of opinion that the quantity of furniture required by the Govtrnment and the prices paid are exorbitant and out of proportion to the revenues of th.' Province and it deems it its duty to register an energetic protest against this extravagant expenditure v,rhich constitutes unjustifiable wastefulness and a flagiiint violation of the promises made by the Government." Tlie following voted for economy and care of tha Province's funds: Bernatchez, Biss(m, Caron., Dechene, Gilliea, Gladu, Girouard, Go.'selin, Guenn, Laliberte, Le- mieux. Lu.ssier, Marohand, Morin, Parent, Pinault, Stephens, Tessier (Portneuf), Tea- Bier (RimovL-ki), Turgeon. Total— 20. The following voted for extravagance and reckle.-8 waste: Allard, Augc, Bak^r, Btaubien, Beauduamp, Cartier, Chateau- vert, Casgrain, Cholette. Chicoyne, Desjar- dins, Doyon, England, Flynn, Grirard (I^ike St. Jiolin), Greni r, Hackett, Lacouture, McDonald, McCiary, Magnan, Mar- ion, Morris, Martineau, Nantel, Nor- inand, Parizeau, Pelletier, Petit, Poirier, Rioux, Savaria, Simpsoq, Spencer, Taillon, Tellier, Tetreau, Ville- neuve- In all 38 men who ought to be borne in mind if they dare to present themselves at the polls aiul justlv reward- ed by the voters for their treachery to the best interests of the people and a total disregard of the promisea made when they were returned. On the 8th January, 1897. Mr. Cooke moved the following important amend- ment: ^ "That this House is pi-epared to vote the Supplies to Her Majesty, but regrets to state: "That on the 4th January instant, Mr. Cooke put the following question: " 'What is the total amount paid to Mr. Philippe Valliere, of Quebec, in virtue of the contract of the 6th June, 1894, for supplying furniture to the Court Houses of Montreal, Hull and Pontiac up to the 3l8t December last ?' "That to this question the Government fave the following answer through Hon. Ir. Flynn: '$37,038.76.' "That in Sessional Paper No. 67 of last session, a return to an order of the Legis- lative Assembly dated 6tli November, 1895. "A statement of the amounts paid to Mr. Philippe Valliere, of Quebec, cabinet- maker, under the contract entered into between him and the Hon. Mr. Taillon, Acting Commissioner of Public Works, on the 17th of June, 1894, from the said date, for supplying the furniture of the Court HdiiHcs of Montreal, Hull and Pontiac. "Also for the payment of the judges' benches and all other furniture, the price of A\ln<'h was not specified in the lists an- nexed to the said contract, the following apiiears: " 'Arbitrators' award of 9th March. 1895 $55,680.89 Arbitrators' award 6ah June, 1895 18.405.45 -* Total amount awarded.. ..?74,0S6.34 mam ♦w M'V->> A-.^>H«' 'itadkl'^U. ■ .»s^rtw«t«4-*ii***- 24 "That further in Sessional Paper No. 55 of this session, a return to an order of thp LegisJative Assembly, dated 14th JJecem- ber, 1896, for a copy of all accounts pro- duced by Mr. P. Valliere, of Quebec, cabi- net-maker, in connection with hia contract for the Court Houses of Montreal, Hull and Pontiac, since the 6th November, 1895, and for which no price had been fix id in the lists annexev' to the contract of the 6th June, 1894. The following appears: ■• •Seltlemont. — Arbitrators' award No. 3 of 19th March ,1896. iViontreai: Amount awardeU.— Award of 19th March, 1896. .$19,752.42 Proportion of insurance, etc.. .. 2,225.S() .i;21,978.'22 Hull 794..50 BryHon 179.70 $22,952.42 Ouobcr, 22n(l Julv, 1896. (Signed), W. (J, PETRY, Accountant. •'That the total amount so paid Tmder the contract of the 6th -Uine, 1894, to Mr. Pliilippe Valliere, is ?97,0S8.76. "That, therefore, the reply given by the Government i=eeins conforniable neither to the facts nor to the documents laid before the llou.so. "That this House cannot avoid regret- ting that the Government Has not tliought proper to give a satisfactory and correct answer to the questioi} put to it and that the answer given in of a nature to lead the House and the country into error." This straitforward attempt to get the "honest, men"' to spea' the truth waa voted down by the usual «..owd. Scandals are only too plentiful in our Province, but for unblushing effrontery and barefaced prevarication this bids well to take "honors" Mr. Flynn — the "honor- able" Mr. l^lj'nn— the "crusjider" stands up in his jilace, and as the representativt of saintly and superlatively honest col- leagues asserts that Mr. VaUiere has been paid $37,038.76, when in reality he had been paid $97,038.76. So low has the pre- sent Government fallen, after its experi- ence in wrong-doing, that it even cannot speak the truth but is obliged to stand before the coxmtry convicted of mean and sliameless lying. Theses are the men who are going about asking to Ije returned to power iii;f>n such a record as that. A man going to a store looking for em- ployment Avith such testimonials as the l*'lynn (jrovemment ha« would be shown the door anad advised to~beware of the police. The Chiirlcbois iVffair. Amongst the plentiful crop of scandals grown under those able scandal-tarmera the Tory clique, that known as the Char lebois is not likely to be forgotten m a hurry. The story begins with M. ('harlebois as Berting that he had certain claims against the Government for tlie low stone fence around the Parliamentary Buildings at Quebec. These claims arose from a dif ference in the interjirctation of the Offi- cial letter of 1893, ' two years after the coming into power of the present regime. M. CharU'bois did not press his claims during the llrst two years ot the present Government. At the outset the (jlovem- men refused to recognise the claims. On April 19th. 1894 M. Oharleboia having ex- hausted all ordinary methods of persua- sion, by Petition of Right laid Ins oases be- fore the Quebec courts, claiming $52,681.80. The (rovernment contested the case pleading that it owed M. tliarlebois no- thing, but that on the contra i-j' M. Char- lebois had already been paid S52,.'540.9.'5 more than was really due to him. It will thus be seen that there is a difference of more than ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS between the contention of M. Charlebois and that of the Government. In the Annual Report for the year end- ing June, 30,1894 the Oommisgioner of Pub- lic Works remarks on page 33 that; "tha difference l>etween M. Charlebois' conten- tion and that of the Government arose from the nianenr of interpreting the agree- ments which took place at the beginning of April, 1893." From this it is evident that the trouble is not the outcome of any action of he Mercier Government as it had ceased to exist some two years previously. The present Government is completely and entirelj responaibU for the affair «hieh we are considering. Tf the defence set up bv the Government can be believed, Mr. Charlebois had been overjjaid some 852,000; this defence, if the Rci)oi-t is accepted as truthful, was based upon a return funiished by the Depart- ment of Public Works. The ^finister's report upon page 33 r^afls: '"The allegation in the- defence that *». Grovernmont oAves nothing and that Mr. Charkl)oi8 ha.s receive*! $52,540.95, over and above his due is ba^ed on an aiCdunt furnished bv the officials of the Department of Public Works." On the 4th of Juno. 1894, Mr. Charleboia addressed the following letter to the Hon. Ui, Tadlon, interim CommiB.aymcnt of $40,000." On the 13th of June in the same year Mr. Oharlel^ois appears to have put him- seh' right with the authorities for the (rovoriiment entered into a contract with him by which he was forgiven the claim of $')2,.'340.05 advanced against him, and also given $40,000', making in all $92,- 000, to which he had no earthly right, if the defence )iut ur) by the (rovernment in oppoefition to T>(r. Charlebois' first con- tention was an honest, straightforward tiansactinn and not a hollow mockery and sham. Tlieie is no escape from the dilemma; onlv one deduction is poaflble. Either the defence to ISIr. Charlebom contention on April 19th, 1894, was hum liuR' antl deceit, anorth $3-2.(K)0 less than th" one man who will help the (Government to keep its place iiiul power ! l.< this a CiovernmeTit worthy of the riupjiort of an honest man or ot a patriot? How Crown Lands are Mismanaged. A very considerable pnrt of our income coming from the ("rown Lands it is of vi- tal importance that this Department is managed in the niont economic way and that the very lie-t is made of everything. How arc things done? A very little consideration will show that the saTne reckless waste, tlie sam" u'ter lack of business capucity, the s-ame stulfing of offices with fii nds charade' izes this De- partment as it does eyery other one under the pre-ent Oovernmont. Look at the thing from a business stand- point. In the autumn of 1892. the neigh- boring Province of Ontario sold Cy^'^ square miles of timebr-limits for TWO MTT^fdOX THFM'IR HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN THOl'SAND DOLLAPS: at the very some time this Prov'nee ""Id 1,!)3S square miles for FORTY-THREE 'I'HOIT- SAND DOLLARS. This was wo startling that we give the authorities for these statements so that any voter can verify them for himself. See official statement produced before the TTonse. of timber limits sold on the loth December, 1892, S Rvonal document. I20.n8, 189.'?. Whnt does this menu? Simnlv this: that if Quebec had sold her lands in th«> Bame way that Ontario did we should h»vo pot $7,000,000 We did get . . . • $32,218 i From which it is clear as the noon dav sun we lost $6,967,782 Here is a specimen of Tory business In ono tran«jicMfMi we Io«t over SIX MILLION. NINis HTTNDRED AND SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. The Pro- vince of Ontario has a Lib- eral Govei nment of level-headed business men; the Province of Quebec has a Tory mob of incapab es who never shine except when a nice little sciindai is to be en- gineei'ed with lots of crumbs for the hangers-on at the rich men's tiilile. La-t var Ontaiio hid a sur])lus of over TWO HUNDRED THOirSAND DOL- liARS, whilst our poor Province is loaded down with a debt of over THIRTY MIL- LION DOLLARS; a debt that is increas- ing ('ally. What wondei' when by one transaction we lose over $fi,0fHJ,000. Enough to pay off the iniquitous Paris loan and give a good round sum to the neglected elementary schools of the country districts. All lo.st by one blundering attempt at business by the Tories. The public do not seem to be the fact that the (Jovernmcnt do the Crown Lands to l bee. He must have done it, because he drew his two salaries all the time, and everynody knows that the saintly galaxy at (iiiebtc wou 1 never allow a man to draw a cent that he did not work for. This gyiniiastic feat of H. O'Sullivan is com- mended to the attention of the voters of the Province. In the days when it is hard enoiigh to earn one salary, the way to make two would be of great interest to the toilers of our people. The Commissioner of Public Lands prom- ised to exercise the greatest economy; th.e above shows his idea of what economy means and explains why the Province is in the financial strait it is to-day. There can be no stronger proof of the need we have of a change than the re- t'orts of the Quebec Crown Lands Depart- ment. See Journals XXIX., jiages 120 and 203. On December 24th, 1896, in reply to a quei'tion by Mr. Turgeon, the Government stated that "Mr Henry O'Sullivan was paid the sum of $4,780 as inspector of sur- veys since the first of July, 1896, for ac- counts due before that date and since." It is evident that this gentleman still continues his well paid for gymnastic per- formances. (See JoHrnal XXXI., page 288.) On November 7th, 189.'i, according to an answer given by the Hon. Mr. Flynn to Mr. Dechene, it ai)pears that the honorable gentleman attends to Gaspe well. Mr. Flynn said that "no extra salary or ren»u; neration had been fixed for the present. ■" The Public Account* for 189.'i, page 2f)9. show that he got $877.45 as an extra, whilst in \Sm, page 231, he got $564.60. That's the way the money goes. The Bank of Ontario's Little Deal. All the world knows that it was the P.ank of Ontiii-io ■vvhich began the agitation against tlie Merrier Government. We will see the conduct of tliis pure- minded and righteous institution as le- vealed by its own methods of dealing This bank claimed the sum of !f2S,000 which had been paid over by Jlr. Mcl''ar- lane, the contractor of the IBaie des Clia- Icurs Railway. The Mercier Government h;id i)aid all the subsidy to which the contractor was entitled, and consequently refused to pay the Bank. Hence the Avrath of the ManU of Ontario and of its advocate. Mr. Flar wick. Hence also the Senati'V unconstitu- tional enquiry into the affairs of the Pro vince. When the present Government came into power the Bank realized that at last it had the "right sort of men" to deal with — true-blooded Tories — whereupon it de manded the payment of the capital su'n of $28,000, and the interest accruing there- on, making, in all, .$36,000. The Government, strong in its Parlia- mentary ma.iority, made up of "the right sort of men," asked the House to vote the sum of $36,000 to indemnify — or, rather, to recompense the Bank of Ontario. I.,et it be borne in mind that the G.iv- eminent had paid all the subsidies earnfed by the Bale des Chaleurs Railway, and that, therefore, the $36,000 had been paid already; in short, this sum was paid twice over. The very Government which did this is the same as the one which refuses to pay the legitimate debts contracted by its pre- decessors, or those which are due and ow- ing to people who are not of the same p<.litical stripe as Their Lordships at Que- bec. 27 Furthermore, it must not be forgottt'ii that thiy same Bank of Ontario had drawn from thi> Federal Government more than ^14,(KH) to pay that wliicli was due to the •workmen and employes of the company. This iiigli-iniiided and virtuous Institution drew the money, but did not pay either the wages or the sahuies which were due. The (iovernment was fully aware of the fact, and instead of coming to the aid of the thousands of workmen and employes of the company it has recompensed the bank which helped it into power. Ijet the electors remember one thing about this scandal. The Senate's enquiry was undertaken with the sole object of en- deavoring to offset the etfect of the en- quiry being made by the House of Com- mons into the McCreevy-Connolly and other scandals with which the Feder.ii Government was mixed up. It mattered but little to the Senate that the Provin- cial rights were being infringed. The Tory clique at Ottawa and the Tory direct- ors of the Bank of Ontario had to be pro- tected, go to the wall Avlio might. Let the workingmen of the I'rnvinje bear in mind what the present Govern- ment dinae for tlio^^e Bervnces he fully believes to be of the greatefit value to the cnuntiy. For many and sundry' reasons well known to Flynn & Co.. the Gov-^rnment could not satisfy his wishes by giving him a portfolio. When they were in this un- happy fix there came a hapny insi^iiration. the outcome of which was Vict. 5(5, cap. 13. This manoeuvre allowed the 'govern- nif-nt to nominate M. Chapais, Speaker of the Legislative Council, keep him in the Ministry and give him the much-to-be-de- sired end— DOLLAPS. No longer need the poor man toil and slave and give of his gigantesque abilities for "mere honor;" nov/ he had THREE THOTTSAND DOL- 1'AFR, besides his sessional indemnity. This was the practical result of Vict. 56, cap 13, to ^r. Thomas Chapais. But that was not all the shuttle. The consent of M. La Bruyere, President of the Council, waa ti» be obtaineti. He could not be put out in the cold. That would never do. Naturally, Mr. La Bruyere could not move unless he got moix; salary — and a per- manent i)osition. What was to b.' done? Another happy inspiration. The long- suffering Department of Public Instruc- tion — happy hunting ground for "back- numbei-9 ' — ga\ e a title to Mr. Li» Bruvere and THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS per annum to the obliging gen- tleman So the education of tlie Province passed into the hands of a man who successfully keeps Quebec at the bottom of th<' li.«t of Provinces, so far as his Department is concerned. Still the shuffle was not complete. There was a Superintendent of Public Instimo- tion; the Hon. Geleon Ouimet. Every- one knew he would not move without a "consideration." Another block; another happy inspira- tion. Mr. Ouimet was superannuated; he waa reputed incapable of doing his work. Yet l>e it known unto all men that though he was not capab'e of being Superintendent still the Government in its wisdom deemed it good to make him a L«>gislative Coun- cillor. Of c(mrse Mr. Ouimet had to b?- recom- pensed for all his trouble and for his gra- cious condescensiuns in according to the exigencies of thes ituation. He got a pen- sion of TWO THOUSAND THREE HUN- DBED DOLLARS. Then he wa« given EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS per annum as T./egi!dative Coun- cillor. Nor is that all the Council of 28 Public Irifitruction voted him a further a »um of TWO niOUSANl) DOU^ARS Hi< a mnall recompenHe for his vaiuiible Hervioes— for which he had al- ready l)€eii well najd and in tlie exercise of which he waa . brilliant failure. In coimet'tion with the Department of I'ublifi InBtruotion there i» a pension fund; into this fund Mr. Ouimet paid only Bome i!(2,400. Out of that fund he draws, till dwith. TWO THOl'SAND SIX HUXDHKl) DOLLARS, annually. This surprising piece of arithmetic is r-orn- mended to the attention of the tearhers of the Province and especial' v to those who receive the princely incomes ranKing from $40 upwanls paid in some of the fchools of tiie Province. Here is the charming sequence to which tit* electors' attention i» called. La Bruycrt! IxHsomes the Hon. the Superinten- tlent of Public Instruction, and is recom- pcnHcd. Ho is all riaht. Mr. Ouimet iroes to the Tjojzislative ("ouncil -and is recompensed. He is eon- tent. And Mr. Thomas Chapais no longer toiled and moiled for nothing; a (jrate ful Province aihled to his $800 the anug little extra of $3,(100 and the fir.^t act of th" slnifflo was complete. HavinK tasted of the sweets of a Rood fiilaiy. and no doubt nrond of the succes? of 1 lie fornicr deal, Mr. Cliapais was not satisfied with thi> state of afFairs and so there was another shuffle- This t'>ok plare last Session when a new* portfolio waa created in r)riler to give Mr. Ohapaif an opportunitv of showinj? the world what he can do ani^ markedly what he cannot do. This portfolio, that nf Oolonizat'on and Mines, invented fo'- Mr. Channis. enables FOITR him to draw DOLLARS i>er annum, what he had before, is by no means all. a Department with dcnntv. seuKers, which will cost the other LARS THOUSAND in-itead of Rut that now he has clerks, mes- Provinee an- FOUR THOl^SAND DOT-- per annum at least, but then it will also aHow Mr. Chapais to be a full-fle'lptwl Minister, at last, and to have some nice little bit.^^of patronaire with which to reward' his faith- ful ones. Afr. Chapais eoidd now no lonRcr, with disrnitv to himself, occupy the oosition of President of the Legislative Council, es- pecially as a law had bpen nossed to the effect that if a Minister h^ld the position he ooiild -not draw the sdarv', to wit. $.1,- 000 in addition to the $4,000 as ATinister. To frovi>m for "mere honor" was out of the question as we liave se^n above, more- over, thei'e was an excelleiit chnnee to reward nnotlu'r of the faithful with THREE THOUR.AND DOL- LARS per annum; thus . it was that Mv. Lame was made Snenker of the Les'islnt've rouncil and thf last act of the comedy became an accomplished faet. Anocner burden upon the tax-payers added by a Government that solemnly promisetl not to add to the already out- rageous burdeng that press upQU the peo- ple. We have one tomtjensation, the whole string of honorable gentlemen h«ve been provia«.d for. That is much to be thankful for, for theor histories do not show that if left to their own devices, they would have l)een able to do »o of their own unaided cndeavoiu. Another scandal to add to the long list vlmh deliles the I'arliamentary recoid of the Province. Tins shnfHe was the theme of an amend- ment moved by Mr. Dcchene and second- ed by Mr. Turgeon on J3ec. 20th, 1805 (see .lournals of the House, vol. XXX. T>a«e 307.) The Ouimet-La Biuvere i)art ^oat the Province an annual increase of fl.300 over and above the ^2,000 voted by .he Catholie Committee of Public Instruction. The reason advanced by the Hon. tiedeon Ouimet for his wishing to retire is "that the work is a little heavy lor him.' T his is for the public eye from the lettei; t.) the Provincial Secretary, dated March 2Clh. 18!).'). The honorable gentleman's health appears to have undergone a mar- vellous change since he became a paid Oiember of the August Chaml)ei- of Orna- iniiital Nobodies. That he found the 'vork of the Education Department 'a lit- tle heavy upon him' nobody doubts. The proof of his absolute incapacity to do any- thing is stam])ed up^n the neglected schools of the Province and perpptuated for generations to come in the disgraceful illiteracy of the unfortunates who attended tlum. The work was too heavy for you, Hon- orable Sir, just as it is for the honorable gentleman who succeeded you in the shufHe ! The Hon. Mr. Chapais who caused all the trouble in order to be properly recom- pensed is a well-known political gentleman. He comes of a good wtock. and is in an adinirable position to get all the necessary advice as to the proper management of the many and sundry little matters which his exalted position brings to his notice. He is the son-in-l'w of the notorious 8ii' Hector Tjangevin, who. in combine with those ether honorable gentlemen, Thomas McGi-eevy, M. and N. Connolly rebeved the Treasurj' of a superabundant $000,000. and who eventually became too advanced in such deals even for such v^eterans in financing tortuous and amingementa pe- culiar, a,s his Torv colleaitues at Ottawa. In the calm shades of retirenwmt the FHon. Thomas has had the benefit of the tnature advice of Sir Hector. The above shows what an admirable pupil he has been. He has bee^ thoroughly coached in the benefits of a department; the result of < * i which will be seen in the Public Accounts if the iiit>ple ot yueliic allow the puinl of yi'- lleitor Lmmcviu lo run atLiiia loi- a little while. lliis (ii)inioii 18 tounaed uijou tlve action of the Hon. Tiioiniis iJhapiiiH himself, no then- iH ri.> ({eltiug behind inruers or blam- ing ilcad nR'u for what wiw done. lliMi- in a letter penntd by the aloresnid "ho'ior- able" geutlenian which Hjicaka fur itscll: St. Denis, Fobiuary IjUi, 1887 Hon. Mr. McGreevy, Quebec. Dear Sir,— Please send mo by exprfss the rest of the money allotted to Kamour- abka, that is $1,500. i have already re- ceived for our legitimate expenBCS a total of $1,500, for which 1 have given you re- ceipts. 1 wdl acknowledge receipt by re- turn of mail. Address the packet thus, Monsieur Charles Dionne, Riviere Quelle. If you can seud it to me in a box well «:(>r(k'd so much the better. ^^'e are watched on all sides. 1 cannot go to (Que- bec, therefore ask you to send the money by e.xpresH. I ask you above all to b*! Bpeedy. Things are going .-plondidly here. One more effort and all will be well. Charles Dionne, to ^vhom 1 aak you to Bend th« mouey, is a sure man. He is my couam. My presence here is essential. Yours truly, THOMAvS CUAPAIS. This is the letter of one ot^ the le.idinR "honest men." Note the "well c.n-ded box " Honest men do not seek to Uo thmKs in the dark. They do not care v!h!. wal!?hes them. Note al.^ the cousin wiio is "a 9un: man." „. The whole Is .satumted with shufibntt aud double dealino. Ut tl,e """■ -^l^- Little-Hox- Well-Corded l>e a.sked to cx^ plain this delicious epist e when he stAnds Sn to c^-n* alK>ut the virtue of the Hon. iPhomals Chapais and the honor ot hia (Hdleagues in similar honorable transac- tions. It is interesting to notion Jk'i>.iitiiu;nt but il v>a» a new tliiiiK to leatii thai a mau who wrote such a lelteras (Tiaipais did to Milrieevy wa.s "iierfeetly 4. \V hen Mr. i'lynn, im the 21st December, IS'Jt), mo\f,l ihat bill No. 11: "'An Act to reorgiitiizo Uir lleparliiieiils" \n- i«'ail a third time, the lion. Mr. Marchand moved ui aiiifiidiuent: "That Ihiw bill institutes a new dei>art^ meni ot the civil service, entailiUK a. eon- Hiderable incri;ise in the annual expenjtea ot that serviOi', instead of coiuribuling to tlie policy of economy piomised liy tho Ciovernment during the luHt eliH.'toral (le- riod and by means ot which itobt;un(>d the support (d a majority of tht' electors. ' T'liaL this House is prepared to sup- port any reorganization ot the varii)us de- partments, which, without injuriously al tectinc! tile etKciency ot the civil service, will roduee the expen.seB l);it that it i^»- fuses to adopt th<» legislaii n submitted. I>eeause it would give ris ■ lo consKh'rablK* additional expense without producing further results than giviuir oieui)ati<>n to ■Ministers who, according to the dtnilarw- tioiia of the Honorable Prime Minister be- fore ttds Hous', have no oi>i'<>rtiinity of utilizing their administratve talents." Lost by the u^al party vote. Ibit ik must be remembered that the Province now has the benefit of Mr. ChaTKiis beinR able to have the opportunity of using "hi» administrative taleaits." This will he ot great value if he doe.s. as he did ii» Ka- niouraska. On the 26th January, ISnS. the Hon. Mr. .Maichanrl moved,, seconded by Mr. Te«- sier (Portneuf): "Tliat considering tho poverty of the Province economy was ab* eolutiAly neces,sary and amongst other things, recommended ' The decreasing the number of Ministers to the lowest number, consistent with the proper working of th» Covernment.' " It will thus be fieein that the Liberals have consistently voted in the first and last Rt^asion for economy, whilst the Toriea have as persistently voted for extrava- ganoe. Tbi; Beauport Asylum Scandal. \mongst the many scandals of which tho Flvnn Government has been the prolific mother, none will be better remembered than the famous Beauport ori«. No other Government will dispute its parentage. The Beauport affair is the creation of the present Government entire- ly; no one else had anything to do with that marvellous piece of chicanery. It is well known that the Tory pro- prietors of the Beauport Asylum were in- timately connected with the plotting that preceded the fall of the Mercier Adminis- tration. They wanted to sell their pro- perty w^ell — so soon as the Tories got into power at Quebec the deal was proceeded SI with, ilic upshot beiug bliat the property was imieiMl Hold in a way moat ButiHlao- toiv to tlie ventlort*. '^lie contract made with M. Landry— the inopnetor- for the keep and care of the insane in Heauport Asylum cxpii-ud on April, aath, 181i;{. The OppoHitiou, in the IHU'.i S'HNKMi, asked the (tovt-rnincnt to Hubniit to the lloUHe ouch propositions us might he before them on this 7natter be- fore HinninK them in order that i.'vei^one miKht know what was being done. The (Jovi'rnment with its usual slavish following rejected this just and constitu- tional demand by the ordinary partisan majority. ■ n the 1894 Session the (Joveminenl la'd before the House a contract signed by the parties before a notary. This ton- tract was to be ratilied at any priei» in ot- her words they, having fiillv (xmimitted the I'rovince coidly informed the House that the (contract must be eonlimied or an action for heav.\' danwK'ii-t would lie againat the (Jovernment for breach of contract. They got the Province into a bole, and then insisted on the Province carrying out their deal in order to jirotect itself against the pcssible result of their misdeeds. Let us see what this contract was which was to be signed, cost what it might. The Nuns bought the Asylum from the proprietors; tfie (Jovernment standing as fiecuritv for them. The price the Nuns paid being $425,000— $327,000 for immovables and $98,(K)0 for movables. The 1?98,000 for the movables were to be paid at once. The proprietors had certain mortgafceji upon the immovables, and they insisted upon having $90,000 in eash. ' This the Nuns borrowed from the Standard Life Assurance Company at 4 per cent., repay- able in thirtv vears. and not before. With the $90,(X)0 "the Uims paid off the mortgages of the former proprietors, th3 Government becoming security to the Standard Company for the $90',000. Be- sides this the Government guaranteed the payment of $18,600 per annum for sixty years to the proprietors to pay off the price of sale. Now, let us find out what the Govern - ment got as the result of all this guaran- teeing and so forth. First, it has a recourse upon the mov- ables of the Asylum for the gurantee given to the Standard Company to the extent of $90,000. Secondly, it ha« the Asylum itself for the $327,000, which it has undertaken to pay in sixty annuities of $18,600. * These annuities the Government ha^ ar- Now we come to the important point t ranged to retain from the sums which it will have to pay the Nuns for the care of the insane, each year, at the rate of $100 per head— there being some 1,000 to LslK) insane. The contract for liie care ot ilic insane, Willi me .Mills, it> oiii> i.ji 1 i:.*N i j.^vU.>, but tlie Liovuiumeiit is letponsibie to tlio MaiiUaid J^ile t-oiiipuiiy inr llie icpay- nieiit of yj in iilJiili Vi:..vK.i uud 10 tUe piu'jlietors ot Ueuuport ..\syium lor fcJiXTi VLAKtt. Ten years before the Asylum was vulu- etl Liy i.iie piopnetois and oiiieis ai !|S;iiO,- UtM), .Me.isiH. J^audiy iUiU C4i»,0'JU uh ihu pruu ol a onc-MixtU sliarc. -VI thai lime lUere were several ycais ot the contract uu- e.\i)ired, and naiuially ilie projieny was ol more vaiiie Llieii tiiaii jL was ten years later, lu HpUc oi all il.is, the Uoveiiimcut agree to li.\ tlie i>iice ol sale ut )^4i;il,uuO, or !fijj,t)00 more tliaii tlie piopnetors them- selves had valued the piopeny al, thus uasliiig that amouut oi money at the very tune that they were oliligcd to go a-borrowing in order to meet tlieir cur- rent ex|)euses. This is the sort ol men who seek for the suifrages o: the electors in order that they may continue to liauiUo the Province's money for the beneht of "self and fi'iends. ' Air. Peters, tlie (iovernment arbitrator, valued the whole at !t!;ilO,t)00, and offered to build a new asylum for that arn«)uut. The -Nuns in their letter of (.)ctober 31, lSi)2, refused to give more than ^"i-'O.UOd, and oifered, in case this proposa i re- jected, to build a new asylum at ' »'X- pense and under Government in ii. Why, then, -were they compelled ive $425,00« r It may be said "that the Nuns n.ive bought and the Government have nothing to lose thereby." At the outset, the Government, as no- ticed before, made a contract with the Nuns for TEN years; clause II. of that contract of sale reads thus : "At the ex-^ piration of the presimt contract, if it is not renewed by the consent of the par- lies, or if by the consent of the parties the contract is terminated before the ex- piry of the ten years the Government to become the proprietor of all mentioned in the preceding clause under the conditions therein mentioned." The preceding "!ar c says: "10. The Qovernment of the Province of Quebec may, at any time during tlie present con- tract, become proprietor of the Beauport Asylum and its dependencies, on condition of paying for the acquittal of the said Nuns and in their stead and place pay each and all of the said quarterly payments which are mentioned in the contract be- tween the proprietors of the Asylum and the Nuns." In virtue of this agreement the Govern- ment may at the expiration of this con- tract with the Nuns, or even before, be- come proprietor of the Asylum, and be compelled to pay $425,000, although the 32 proprietors, ten j'ears before, when both the movables and the immovables v.ero much more valuable, only asked $270,000 and even the arbitrator, Air. Peters, tixed I|sll0,000 as a fair price. Messrs. Landry and Co. saw very «jearly that if the Government, by virtue of clau.se 11. became proprietor tliey would net a clear $155,000 if their own valuation was accepted as a base, or of $114,000 if that of Mr. Peters was taken. Beyond all this a clause was put intft the contract by which the (Jovernment en- gages to reimburse the Nuns for all i.he improvements which they may make by the order or by the authority of the Medi* cal Superintendent. The Nuns have already spent $44,000 for repairs which were necessitated by the bad state of the Asylum, and which they forced the (iovernment to pay. In the Supplementary Budget for the year 1893 the sum of $19,395 was voted and lent to the Nuns, without JNTKREST FOR FIVK YEAKS, 3 per cent, to be charged when the five years have expired. The Nuns contend that they are not obliged to rep'>y this sum, They have re- fused to givt une (irvernment any acknow- ledgment whatever or to give any prom- ise of rei>nyment. After the Nuns had de- clared their position and refused to recog- nize any liability to the Government, that very same Government in the Supplement- ary Budget for the year closing June 30th, 189S, asked for and succeeded in getting voted the sum of $25,000 on the same terms. The Government, less than two monthg after the passing of this disastrous con- tract, had already disbursed $44,000 on which they will receive no interest for five Vears in any event : $44,000 which the Nuns will not acknowledge as a loan, but which they claim as duo to them for repairs made by the order of the Medical Superin- tendent and in virtue of the clause above cited. $44,000 which cannot be recovered ex- cept by taking process against the Nuns, a course whieli would in all probability never be followed, a.s it is well known that in this countrj' itis always both difficult and 'langerous for a Government to drag members of Religious Orderh before the Courts. Here is the outline of this atrocious scandal— a banner scandal even in 'he his tory of a Government which has shown it- self a past-master in that line of business. A man ig given anywhere from $114,000 to $r}5,000 more for a property than it ir valued at by his own valuators, and that atter it has depreciated; which property is not ht tor tlie purposes for which it was I 'Ought . It is notorious that Beaupoil; Asyium is utterly unhtted for a place of residence for the insane; who ought to have the very Ijest of buildings with up-to- date hitings. The very fact of the Nuns at once spending $44,000 amply proves this. Can anyone dream for a moment that the Nuns have any intention of becoming the proprietors undei such conditions 't They have a profitable contract lor ten yeai's. and the Government is paying the main expenses. As soon as it becomes bur- densome the Nuns will without doubt throw their ol)ligationB upon the shoulders of the Government, which will then as- sume its real and intended position of ac- tual purchaser. We are face to face with two facts which every elector in the Province ought to ponder over and demand an explanation of from the supporters of the Flynn Gov- ern laent, who are each and all responsible for the crying shame that rears its head at Beauport and stands as a perpetual re- buke to our miscalled inilers. (1) Why was Landry presented with this large amount of the people's money? Only one reply seems feasible ; he is a particu- lar friend of the renowned Pelletier. Sure- ly that ought to count for something. It generally does. He is a good Tory, is M. Ijandry, and that certainly counts as cash under the present regime. (2) In order to properly acknowledge all these benefits the Flynn wigwam waates money, buys a building which is unfit for the purpose for which it wafl purchased ; enters into an agreement with the Nuns which by their Act of Incorporation they cannot enter into thereby paving the way for all manner of difficulty and trouble ,ajid not content with all this they bind their successors for SIXTY YEARS by their recklesf. deeds and all this to "oblige a friend.", Shall this conglomeration of barefaced spendthrifts continue to hold high festi val and orgy in the Legislative Chambers, declining in their pride to even condescend to answer the people's representatives when they nsk for an account of the money wning out of the hard-worked-for earnings oi' the masses, now bring flung by hand- fuls to the Government jackals? The Way che Liberals Fought to Save the Province From the Beauport Scandal. The following amendments taken from the Journals of the Ijegislntive Assem- bly at Quebec will show how ■trong and determined an effort was made by the Libeitii Par- ty to save the Province from the recklesrf waste of money which the Government was d»etermined to give to its friends 33 facts ought Li'Ddry et ul., They will also show, be- yoiiU uispute how cue Goveriuueut and ita slaves, would listen to iiotiimg, and neither the arguments ot the fcjwters of Charity nor the ap- peals of the iii-epresentatives ol the people mattered one jot. jMessrs. Landry et ul., were to have their reward and they got it at the expense ot the over- buidened taxpayers who tor the next Six- ty years will bear the burden of the mi- quitous Beauport Asylum iSoaadal ; whilst the proprietors will meantime draw their $18,(KK) per annum eome what may. On Feb. loth. 1893, Mr. Teesier (.i'ovi- neuf) moved, seconded by Air. iJernat- ehez, iliat "the contract pa«sed m 1883 between the (jroverumeut of the I'rovince of Quebec and the proprietoxs ot tho Leauport Asylum for the care and main- tenance of lunatics will expire on the HUth April, 1893 ; that the Government has paid more than ^1,000,000.00 in execution ot tho said contract ; "That the Government has paid an- nuiilly during the laot ten. yeara t)ie sura of $132 per head lor the care and uiaan- ttnauce of each patient contined in the Heaviport Asylum; "That the Government only payii now and only paid in 1883, at the time of the passing of the said contract, $100 per head per annum to the Nuns for each patient confined in the Asylum of St. Jean de Dieu, and ^^ per annum to thi Muns for each patient couhue in the Asylum at Bt. Ferdinand d'Halil>.i. "'J'Jiat it appears by the documents laid before this House during the pre- sent Session, that the Sisters of (Jharity of the city of Quebec, have for a lengtii of time, been negotiating with the Gov- ernment and with the proprietors of the Beauport Asylum respecting the care, maintenance ana treatment of lunjitica on the expiratioB c* th*? 'viotract now In force ; "That the Sistei-s of Uliirity have offer- ed the Government, to uiidertAke tlie care and iiinintcnance of all the lunatics now confine' I . t Betiuport, for a sum ot !i<10 ) for efX h iiaiient, per annum which would rcpj-es;"' ' ;!n annual saving of SS'i.O^lO.O ) t) the I'ovince, of wliich one half would bii to tlio benefit of the municip>al rorpora- t oim and of the ^elative.■^ intei"e«tecl ; "That on the 3()th of October. 18S2. v};e sn.id Si»tc!-8 of Charity offered to bu.'.a 'v new asylum with all modern niprnve ments ; "That the «iid Sisters of Charity nave declared themaclvea ready to accept tSs condition that the treatnipnt of patien'ts should be under the simciintendence of tho Govemment and of Government phy- sifianft ami tiat the board and clothing of the patients should be in nccordanca with the Rcheiliile annexed to ihe contract ■with the manfigers of the AB>lum at Ver- dun and to 'tave to the 0>»vpinMent th^ control of the admission and of the tern- pcrury and permanent discharge ot ti.e putients ; "That the acceptance of these otfer* would place the l-'rovince m a posiiiox. Lo make a much more favorable contract thiiii Uie one now m existence ootu irum a huniamtanau and irom an economical point ot view ; "i'iiat It its urgent that steps be at onco taken lo make new arrangements ; that lilt fiouoral>le I'lovinciuJ awieiavy ttf d" claied It in the Olhcial (Jorrespfindence iii stating that it wod necessary that cverv thing Lh! settled beiore the present Session and that the Government would not meet tilt- House without having arrived at a solution of thiM important question ; "That this House trusts that ttie Gov- cninient .will consult it during the pre- sent Session, will lay before it the con- tract which it IS the intention of tbe Government lo conclude in the name ol tile Province to go into effect on the hrw 01 iMay next, and will obtain the authori- zation of this House to make the .said arrangements beiore asking it to vote the special credit set down for this pur- pc»tse in the Estimates for the year iStia- 94." This wa*s voted down by 41 Tories again&t 21 Liberals. It will be seen that trom the very outset tlie Libei-als protested most earnesi- ly against useless expenditure and fiat the Government had trom the first mad? up such small modicum of mmd as it possessed, that the deal which Mercier had refused to be a party to should be put through and the Landry set given the reward which they hungered for, and which they have now got at tbe expense of the people of the Province o'' Que- bec. (See. Journal. Vol. XXVIL page 222.) On Dec. 14th. 1893, M-. Tesaier (Port- lieuf) moved an amendment, seconded by Hon. Mr. Shehyn, that "it be reaolvod that wltrens it appears by the documents sub- mitted to this House, that the Govern- mtnt arbitrator, Mr. Peters has estimate-l the value of tlie whole property of the Asylum, niovuhles nnd immovables, at !k;U(),(KX) and that the same property was estimated in 18S4 by the proprietors them- selves only lit $270,000 when the contract had still ei+tht yeans to run and assui'ed them considerable profits during that period. "This House \vhile liappy to see that Institution confided to the care and man ap( nient of the Sisters of Charity, olwerveg with surprise, thnt tiie pnce of $125,000 for which the Government hiis bei'omc Warranty toward/* the former proprietors of tilt fieauport Anyqluin is. actrordinft to the informntion supplied by the docu- tnent*ifi. laid hef re the House, consider- nhly alxive the renl value of the said 34 establishment and that, under the cir- taking as a basis the rate of interest indi- ciimstances, and in view of such estimates, cated by the Honorable Provincial Seora- botli on the pait of the proprietors and tary. of the Government arbitrator, this traiis- "That the Government has thus become action is contrary to the public inter- a party to a trarsaction Avhich by means {»t." of exaggerated calculations, illegally grants Mr. Gladu moved and Mr. Tocsier (Ki- to the vendors of the Beauport Asylum, at mouski) seconded in amendment that ; the expense of the Sisters of Charity anu "it be further resolved tliat the Govern- under the guarantee of the Government nient was not authorised to give a war- ^n annual sura of |4,146.27 during 60 years, rnuty for the price of sale of the said "That, on the other hand, the real value Atylum ; and that consequently, by giving of (50 annuities of $18,600 calculated at the such waiTanty to the vendors in the con- rate of 4 per cent represent a total sum tract it lias exceeded its powers." of $420,814.47 instead of $327,000.00 which is The House divided with the result that the balance of price stipulated in the said the Liberal amendment waa lost by 21 to contract of sale. 44. "That, consequently, the Government has illegally stipulated and (guarteateed th* (Journals Vol. XXVIII. p. 276.) payment to the vendors of the said asylum On Dec. 15th 2dr. Dechene moved an a sum of $93,814.47 in excess of the amendment, seconded by Mr. Turgeon apparent purchase price as stipulated in that : "it l>e resolved that this House the said contract. regrets that the Government has become "That by adding to this sum of $420,814.- warraiity for the price of the Beauport 47 the further sum of $98,000, which was Asylum for the aum of $425,000, when the paid in acquittal of the Vendors to their Sisters of Charity, by their letter ot creditors and which formed part of the 31st Oct., 1892, offered to build and furnish gaid price of sale, such price of sale a suitable asylum at their own expense amounts in reality to $518,814.47, instead and in due time without requinng anv of $425,000 as mentioned in the contract, disbursements by the Government, and, m "That in this transaction, entirely direct- the mean time, lodge all the Inudne pa- ed and controlled by the Government, tienta then in the Be«iuport Asylum m the said Government has, by means of ex- the bmldings ait their disposal, until their aggerated calculations, induced the Sisters said buildings were ready." , , ^ . of Charity to pay for the said Beauport The House having divided the Liberal Asylum a sum of $93,814.47 over Amendment wjis lost bv 17 to 40. v ^ and above the apparent price agreed to (Journals. \ol. XXVIII. p. 287.) between the parties and stipulated in the __ . , said contract and has thus procured to the Here m a startlmg proof of the Govern- Vendors, under the guarantee of the Pro- ment's corruption. The Sisteis ottered vince, an unlawful gratiiication for the "to build and furnish a suitable acylum" iame amount Jf:i^^.""A.d^XM??i^T^^^^^'^. ^^}^^ "That the GovernmenE has thus directed IHL GOVLRNMLNT. They refused to controlled ^nd executed a tmnsaotion do this because then they could not carrv which is unjust towards the Sisters ot through tJieir infamous arrangement with Charity, ruinous to the Province, and the Landry coterie. Ihe forty 'L-nes which is not revealed in its true character who voted againat are the same men who in the Resolutions submitted to this promised to add no new burdens to the House." /^'■''Tv^- 10*1. T^- u ,ono .u TT (Journals. Vol. XXvIIL p 304.) »*^" TiT^'* i?®*!5 December, 1893 the Hon. >rhis most important amendment moyed Mr. Marchand moved seconded by Mr. by the Liberal leader ought to be known Tessier of Portneu£ that "It be resolved to every voter in the Province «iat by the contract of sale mentioned The Government not satisfied with giv m the said resolutions It was stipulated ing $155,000 more than the proprietors that the balance of $327,000 remaimng due themselves had valued the property a" to them, would be payable m 60 years further defraud the Province bVinakinB ^f°M«*JlSi ^"^ of May last. ,n 60 annuities the yearly annuity $4,126.27 more K°! of $18,600, comprising interest and mnking ought to be. The result of this being "nn. t J- i* r- ...-^ 'hat in the sixty years the Province win h. ^^^ according to information obtained pay ,n hard cash, no less than TWO by this House the rate of interest upon HUNDRED AND FORTY EIGHT which were based the calculations deter- TOOUSAND DOLLARS more than it has mining the amount of said annuities ot »nv right to do ^^ "'*" " °*' *^M'v^™".tP '^*If- heen fixed snd the proprietoM valued the Asylum at settled between the parties at 4 per cent. |270,00oV ^syium ac That the pr6per amjuities for the pay- The Province has to pay- ment at 4 per cent m flO years, of a capi- flO annuities of $18 600 i iiAnm tal^^of $327,000 is not |lg.600 but 114,453.73. 8t«idard Life S'Zn.::; ^'^Jo'oS That consequently, the said annuitiei Given to Nuns for renairs Zl«M exceed by $4,146.27 the amoont at which ^ **'^'"' they should have been properly established Total "iSwioOO , 36 Here is the plain result of Tory corrup- tion. The Province pays ONE MILLION TWO HUNUUKD AND FIFTY THOU- SANJ3 DOLLARS tor the Beauport Asy- lum property which the owners themselves valued at $270.(M)0. The Province loses NINE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLJ^ARS by this one Hcandn!. The Hame (jiovern- ment which in i89C gave $370,(K10 tor tho Education of ihe Province gave three times as much to one Tory clique. The general public are in a way awaro that $425,()0() was given for a tumble down building not worth much more than halt, but it is not realised what lies behind, or the extent of "unlawful gratidcation" skil- fully hidden by the figure-jugglers at Qu9 bee. On December 19th. 1893 Mr. G. W. Ste- phens seconded by the Hon. Mr. Mar- C'liand, moved in amendment that "it bH resolved, that, whereas under the offer, of the Grey Nuns to the Government un- der (i(it Ust, Oct., 1892. "The '. v^erend h'otors made the follow- ing itropo.-.vt vo Uie Government: "Wc, ui iir:* afered them $270,000. baa- ing our oflei > • «ale made of one-sixth of the property .y Mr. Ernest Landry to Messrs. Landry and Larue, two of the pre- sent owners. This otter was refused in a letter whioh was very long, but con* tained no mactical suggestion in our opin- ion and did not tell us what price the pro- prietors wanted to get. ' "Subsequently, m order to come to an understanding and as we were shown that, smce the sale l)y Mr. lOrnest Landry, cer- tain improvemonts had been made to th* property, we offered i)!325.()()0. ' "We would prefer to lease the proper- ty instead of buying it. We would then pay tor rent, insurance and repairs, a total aggregate amount of Twelve thou- sand dollars while our contract lasted. Jn such a case we would give as much aa ^7r),(HiO for the purchase of all the movaules acconling to a list made out by experts this summer, deducting what has been expended nnd adding what has been atldcd. ' "1. Wc would undertake to take over, ottenvanls, the Asylum, its contents and dependencies at i\ price to be determined and settled betwi-en the (5overnment and ourselves so as to do justice to the propvie tors. "2. If the proprietors refuse the price, as determined, we would undertake to build an asylum on (he plan of Longue I onite Asylum with all modern improve- ments to the sati.sfaction of the (Jovem- ment, and this, within a few months. This problem has liecn solved at Longue Pointe eince the last (ire and we have data and infonnation which enable us to guarante* that the project is easy of execution. 'We have visited grounds, which w«i can easily obtain, and which would be very suitable for the purpose. "Even if tli»; (Government should coma to an immediate decision we would hava ready for the month of May, next, com fortable buildings which would be tinisbed before the following cold season. "But if it be absolutely necessary to build, we are prepared to do what haa been done at Longue Pointe, and such a new asylum with all new furniture would cost much leas than the amount which the pronrietors of the present Asylum seem to wish to get for theirs. "In any case, if the Government had any fear as to the possibility of our build- ing a new asylum in time, we would at all events be ready to receive the insane, even now at a month's notice. Several of our country houses can be made available in a few days, amongst others our hospital •/ of St. Joseph de la Deliverance, at Levis, which alone would be sufficient and which fulfils all the required conditions aa to isolation and otherwise. "That under the circumstances this House regrets that the Government has not made direct arrangement with the Reverend Sisters— to the entire exclusion of the purchase of the old Beauport Asy- lum property— thereby securing modern buildings with all modem sanitary im- provements necessary to the comfort and welfare of the future patients, and plac- ing at the disposal of the Sisters the best facilities for promoting the cure of the patients entrusted to their care. The whole at less cost than under the present proposed arrangement." The House divided ith the following re- sult, 22 for and 39 against. (Journals. Vol. XXVIII. p. 308.) The whole question is here exposed in a terse and clear manner and shows the Government's barefaced and gratuitous waste of money. On December 20th, 1893, Mr. Bernatchez movwl and Mr. G. W. Stephens seconded nn 1 ]^""7"« i'''",^-'""^?"'^"^^ "That it be rnsolyt-d, rliat by binding itself to pav the unpaid annuities of $18,600 per »u'nnim when the eontraot for the care of the in- sane wi 1 end either by mutual consent dunng the ten y^rs <«f l li<» contract (.r at the expiration (ien^f, the Government i.ns imprudently assumed a great respon- sibility iua.smuch a.s the words 'unpaid' will then comprise not only the install- rents which shall become due in future. I lilt a so those which would be due and rwyable .at th«» time of the cancelling of tlu'^ contract. ' u. This w.ifl lost by 21 to 44. Mr Turgcon then m >v,-d, seconded bv Mr. Dechene: "Tliat it he resolve*!, that t IP l.(ientenant-Governoi^in Council has. in hedt>ed ofpuich,n8e of Mii Bcnuport .\sv- iiim. gunranteed the pnvnunt of *h(« pur- chflw price to three vendo-s to wit:PhilJpne l.andry, George Antoine lia Rue and Dame 37 Delphine Lavigne, widow of the late Dr. Roy, when these Uiree "eiiJor.s v. ero not the real ownera of the whole inimovablea. "Tluit, in effect, it appears by the said contract that the sail tMulippe Jjandry U owner of only one undivided fourtb. Dr. l>!i]{,ue of an undividetl twelfth', in^kine in all five undivided twelfths, of the sa-.d property. The oth?r sevea.l'uWdivided twelfths belonging to the minora childi?^ of Dr. LaRue, ajid partly to the heirs of Dr. Roy, the said widov,- of IDr. Roy be* ing only usufniotuary of cne-haJf of the share left by her hu.slmnd. "That the guarantee of the Govemitient given under such circumstances exiKJses the purchasers and the Government to eviction suits, to considerable trouble and expense and constitutes a culpable neKlect wnd seriously compromises public inter- ests." Rejected by 21 to 44. Mr. Parent moved an amemlment, sec- rnded by Mr. Morin "That it be resolved, that this House sees with regret that the Government has passed the contract sub- mittctl, and has put it into executiom without previously submittinj? the project to tlie Legislature, that such a system is (in imprudent one and is of a nature to diminiBh the IcRitimate control which this Flouse should have in all such matters." The division resulted as follows: YEAS. Rcmatchez, Risson. Cixike, Dechene. Gil- lies, Girard (Rouville'), Girouard, Gladu, Goaselin, Laliberte. Lussier, M Reauport Asyhnn. passed between tlie Gnvcrnm'^nt of this Prnvinc" and the Sisterss of Charitv. before Af+re. riiarlebois. notarv. on the Ttti dnv of April l-nst nSO.3). and submitted to this House, it, is, amongst other things, etinulntM ns follows: "10. The Government of the Provine" of_Ouel>ec m.tv, nt anv i\m^' durinor the existence of the preoent contract, beeomo the owner oif the bnild'ntrs known undT the name of Reaunort Asvlum and it« dec pendencies, undertaking, to pny, on '.-.ehalf of the said Soeuis de la (jharite and in their lien and Btcad^.tfttn and every one of the said unpai'd' quarterly payments laentioned in the contract passed this day between the fo;nner proprietors of Reau- port Asylum and the Soeurs de h Chajite by the deed before V. W. I.a Rue, N. P. ' "11. .At the expiration of thd preseiit comtraot, if by consent of the parties, is be r-fenewea on any basis whatsoever, or liy tX)Ti.sent of the parties, the contract should end before the expiration of its natural tenn the (lovernment shall be- come tlie owner of everything mentioned in the precedmg clause, on the conditions therein mentioned.' '"That such stipuli!.'')ns :ire a furinal violation of section 9 of the Act .56, Vic- toria, chapter 9, which reads a-s follows: ' "The an-angemenis lU'.'ion/cd by this act shall not at any time be interpreted as a tacit or implied undertaking to pur- cl..a.4e the Heauport Asylum and its de- pendencies.' " Lost by a division of 16 to !iO. > Journals vol. XXVIir., page 320). On December 21st, 1893, Mr. Fitzpatrick moved, and the Hon. Mr. Marchand sec- onded an amendment that "It be rwolved, That, Whereas, the said bill has for effect to sanction a contract by which the Gov- prnmmt pledges the credit of the Prov- ince for the sum of $1S.(W0 pii annum lur- ing sixty years, and further guarantees the legal capacity of the Sisters of Charity to contract; "Whereas, Tti order to pronounce upon the advis'ibiiity of a contract of this na- ture, it would be necessarv- for the Legis- lature, at the time of the deKate on the resolutions, to thoroucchlv understand all- the conespondence and documents of whatsoever nature respecting the matter: "Whereas, The House b;is ordered the production of all the said documents: "Whereas, Tn ansAver to the said Order of the House, the Government has laid upon the table of the Tloiise a '^orii's of dr.f'iiments which contain but a port.ii'Jn of those which the Government has made use of during the discussion of the said matter; "^^^^ereas, Tlie House has been imper-/ fwtlv informed on the matter; "Whereas, In resuming the debate |>n the question, the Honorable th^' Provin- cial Secretary read before the House docti- ments which had not bef»u produee ,Ani-\nrv to know that Mr. Vinoelette, ex-supcrmtendent of the Eeauport Asv- lum, earned an honest penny in the ^~)e- partmenlJ of Public Instruction. There has been a lurking doubt in the oiinds of many n.s to the mental equilibrium of the Fducational authorities; the irovern- n\ent's own action shows that it not onlv looks after all its friends and all their rela- tions, hangers-on etc., but that it even in- dulges in a little grinv humour at its nvn exwnse once in a while. (See. Journdls. Vol, XXVIII. page. 147.) The Longue Point Arrangement. Not Si'tisfied with their scandalous Re.iu- port a'^ the Government added mother t an=- • I of a similar class at the very end of a moribund session. Fearful ift, instead of .coming tarwji ''ke , . !i at the l>eginning of ihe Session mul (h lOij-ising so important a mat- ter as the care of the unfoitunate insane tbey tT-y to sneak their deal through like a jiarcei of craven coward^i. Doubtless the fear of Beauport was before their eyes and with the hope that the people had pretty well furt^otteu their st.ar scandal we lind the Cabinet adding ai.other trifle to our debt onlv Ff)ITIl HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLL.AKS a mete baijitelle to the men «ho gaily add millions to the ever-gro-wing deficit. The contract made with the Sisters ex- pired in the month of June, 1895; in tho Session of that year the Oppot^ition a.sk- ed what the Government intendea to do. Nothing was done till the 4th Januaiy, 1897, when in its dving moments the Gov. ernment rushed the measure through which is before us. A reference to the resolutions present- ed by Mr. Ha' kett on January 4th, 1897, (Ben Journal. 1897, p?.k<-. 338) will show that the Government guarantees the pay- ment of a loan of $500,000.00 made by the Sisters and also guarantees the payment of 4 per cent interest. It also engages to pay in addition as follows: 1. An additional sum of $14 per annum for each patient, provided for in the con- tract above the $100.00 the Sisters already receive for each. These sums are to bo paid for the eight yars tfoUowing th 1st July, 1898. 2. A sum of twelve dollara per annum for each of such patients during the eight years following the eight years above men- tioned. 3. A sum of ten doirars per annum for each of such patients for the whole of tho unexpired term of their contract of twen- ty-five years, counting from the end of th« sixteen years above mentioned. The tiiird clause of the aei states that the number of patients is never to be less than one thousand per year. If the num- ber is less the Government must pay the same as if there were a thousand. If these sinus are calculated out; viz. l.(MK) patients at $14 (extra) for 8 vears $112,000.00 1,000 patients at $12 for eight vears 96.000.00 1,000 patients at $10 for nine years. (remainder of the twenty-five years 90,000.00 It is clear that the total amount is .., $298.000 00 This $208,000.00 is a gift pure and sim- ple in addition to the risk undertaken in guaranteeing the $500,000.00 loan and intercKl. Still further by virtue of clause 6 it is provided that if in the opinion of the Gov- ernment doctors it is expedient with a view to the cure of any patient that a more expensive diet etc., be used the same is to be paid by the Province. No one begrudges the outlay for the care of the unfortunati's, but in this case a burden is placed on the Province under conditions 30 that cannot but arouse suspicions. After waiting for two years an important measure is brought down on January 4th, rusiied tlirough on Januar; Jith; all before tlie public knows anything about what is going on. The (.Jovornment daretl not face another Beanport pcandal. On the fit h January, 1897, the Oijjwsition through Mr. Tessier (I'ortneuf) voi'Hnl their cU«gust with the outia:;eous uclion of the I'lynn tyrants. (See .lournai^. page 3P6.) "That this House, while s.).tisfiec] to -on- fide to the Sister.-* of i'rovidence thi> < are and maintenance of the insane of the West- ern part of the Provinoe. ob.«erve8 that the contract for the ct\ie and maintenance of llie innane at the Lonijue Tointe Asvinm expired on the month of June, 1895 nd it Kgrets that the Government iiislt'ad of sulmiitting the jjroiocts for the teuewaJ of the eontnu't at the session which i.oiv meMi'e(l in November 1895 and even at the btginning of tlie previous session, sliould, at so late a date, during the last days of the last session of a Parliament which will soon expire propose to hastily con- elude new agrt'ement.H which will impose additional obligations on the Province to the aruoant of ov>*v Four hundred thousand dollars." This lea.sonable request was rejocted by 36 to 20. The Paris Loan. Messrs Flynn — he who began his Minis- terial career by being traitor--^-, Co., try to make the dead Mercier a scape goat upon which to lay the blame of nil thsir sins and misdeeds. Kvery scandal that is brought to light — dntgged out of the Nf inisteria) solitudes -is at onoe laid at Mercier's door. It's a poor craven wlio tries to throw dead men's dust in living men's eyes in order to cover uo deeds of treachery and acts of ghaine. The Flynn collection of atronierl consciences at least cannot blame Mer- cier for their unblushing array of lirolcen promises; nay face to face with their own promise not to make new loans and the brill ian fiasco known as tlie Piiris Loan, they surely have enough work to do wash- ing tln'ir own dirty liands to l:eep them from the cowardly trick ("i whe;i lie M-as siKidenlv taken ill anda^ a conse- ouence M. Taillon acted as Provincial Treasurer r>ro tern. AVheii Air. Hall recovered AT. Taill )n shewed him a letter Avhieh he bad written to tile authorities of the Credit Lvonnaia find of the Rnnmie d» Paris et des Pa>'B Ras. In this letter he had made certain projiositions regarding the negotiations for a long time loan. Mr. Hall objeoted to the terms of thi.9 letter and insisted upon M. Taillon mo- difying them before sending the letter. M. 'Paillon promised to do so and after- wards, in reply to Mr. Hall asserted that he had done as be had arranged with Mr. Hall. LATFR ON AIR. HALL WAS AS;- TONISHED TO HLAR THAT MR. TAILLON HAD PWEIVED HIAL AND THAT HK HAP. SENT THE FRENOH HANKERS THE UNMODIFIED LlvF- TER. Air. Plall protested against such con- duct and resigneil; his resignation was held over and did not actually become and ac- complished fact till some months later. Af. Taillon, acting as Trcasu;- -r, tlum made the loan to which Air. Hall was so opposed, proving his ••ntire incapacity to be entrusted with financial matters as we will show. He then coni>eived a notion waicli lie afterwards dignified with the name of a jiartial conversion of tiie debt vlTic. by the aid of a law which he caused to lie jiassed he achieved the foUowintr astonishing nieee of financing: HE TOW ERTKO A DEBT OF $4,2.=)0,00() INTO A DRRT OF 85,230,- 000 PAY,A.BLE IN SIXTY YKARS. Nor was that all, he sold more than 5.1, 000 debentures Avithont ever snlnnit- ting them after to the public and »o giv- ing the Province the benefit of the very best terms that ccuild })e obtaiiied. This was of a piece with liia conduct to Air. Hall: he did not want the whole world to know the ins and outs of the little deal; that would have spoinled the whole thing. Besides where would the gentlemen who so kindly arranged tlii-^ little affair j'or the good of their countn- have gfit a due & tittiiis "consideration." THEN, AS IF DFTEKMINKO TO SHEW THE PEOPLE OF QrEI'.EO HOW LirrLE TITEA' fTIIK (JOV KKN- MENT) CARED FOR THEIR (^PINION & HOW SMALL THKIP IXTKRESTS V i-Pl'. WMFX. OPPOSKD TO THEIR OWN IMMEDLVIE (JAIN, THEY H.VD 40 THE UNHEAKD OF IMPERTINENCE TO BLAST THE PROVINCES GOui) HAME & CREDIT BY SELLING i^HX) OF yiJEBEC MONEY FOR $77. The whole transaction looks like the deed of a man who is most anxious to get rid of goods at any price for the simple reason that he knows he came by thi-rn unjustly and wants to get as much as he can out of them, but above all things as u th»» '>nL- rageous way we have desrcibed. The C.P.R. owes the Province $7,000,000 which it has the riglit to reuay iifl*>r siv taken part of this $7,000,000 and paid off the debt that fell due on July 31si. 189.5, instead of phmging the Prnvmce still further into debt '; No such course wan taken. The C P. R. was nsked to th consider its decision, and to witluhaw its notice, saving that the $7.000.0(M) wa.s about to be repaid. That 'nethid "f dnind busi nesa lacked the "oiiportunitien" which th« Tallinn method alTorded. There's the rca Bon in n nutshell. The Tories cannot even ple,>d that they were consistent, for ^he verv «amc ATini«- ter, Hon. J. S, Hall who in 1887 falsely ac- cused Mr. Shehyn. the then Treasurer.^ for having not asTsied for tenders f()r .i 'oan he had in contemplation, now came bcfor-" the House, and had the teniirity to state that it was not in the interests of thj pubhc to ask tenders for a lo8u of this de- scription. Th."! result of this astounding position being that the French bankers got our de- bentures at 23 per cent, discount, and that without their spending one cent. In less than THREE MONTHS, before the delegate who had gone to Europe to conclude this loan for the Government ^ad returned to Quebec, these fortunate French bankers had placed our debentures upon the exchanges ot London and Paris', where they were sold at 85A each; in plain Eng- lish we got $77 for the very same things which three months later fetched $8oJ, thus clearing more than FIVE HTJNDREJJ THOLSAND DOLLARS. Why in the name of common sense should the French bankers have pocketted this handsome sum when our own Pro vince is in need of every ceiit that can be got ? Roads need repairing; bridgea are urgently wanted; schools are badly built, and teachftrs disgracefully paid, vet the 'lory Government make a present of over HALF A MILLION DOLLARS to the wealthy financiers over the water. We have been held up as a set of peoplo on thp same plane as the bankrupt repub- lics of South America, whose names are avoided like the plague on the European Bourses. At the very tin.e of the Taillon (rrovel, Mr. Hall received excellent offers from European bankers, offers worthy of the oldest Province in Canada. But what of that ? The opportunity was to be iised, and the jackals would not be baulked of their prey. Not from one side of the House, but from both sides honest men raised their voices in angry proteut against this dis- graceful transaction, but all in vain. TVie united effort of the Liberal and Tory wa« of no avail. Taillon concluded that scan- rial which Mill lie as a burden on the Pro- vince for the better part of a century, and which has already fallen on his own shoul- ders when he dared to offer himself as a candidate in the Federal elections of June 23. 189(5. Every business man likes a fair and nbove-bi.ard transaction. See what Taillon did. He sent M. Barbeau to complete the loan arrangements, and when he returned he would not allow him to answer the questions put to him regarding the mission and its results by the Public Acocunts Committee. Messrs. Taillon. Flynn and Co would not allow the people who have to pay the millions, nor the people's representatives, to know what had been done in the name of the Province. Business men of all clnjsses have de- nonuced the loan as an outrage, and the bankers Avho, by their very profession, are IPIP 42 prejudicial to the rrcdit and well-being of the Province. The Ciovornment are not without ndmir- ovH. Tt is to be hoped they will duly ad- vertise the fact aa they stump tlio Pro- vince proclaiiniiiK tiieir virtues and noblo deetls done for the ^ood of our I'rovinee. One great upholder was !M. Bousquet, cashier of the bankrupt Banque du Peupie. The testimony of such a man, one who has made so striking a success of the unfortu- nate bank, ought to i.:nrry great weight, Mr. Flynn must take heed, and not forget to duly and truly proclaim this man's tes- timony; it must bn congenial, for their fin- ancing ai)pears to he very much oi" a muchness. IJelow are the lists of the M.P.P.'b who took part in the loan division. The "Yeas" are those who voted for more debt and the gift of over half a million to the bankers. YEAS. AUard, Baker, Beaubien, Beaucharap, Bedard, Carbray, Cartier, Chateauvert, (-"holette, Chicuyne, Descarries, Desjardin.s, Doyon, J)aplessis, Girard .ToKeph, Uren- ier. Lacouture. McDonald, McClary, Magiian, ^Tarion, "Martineau, Nantel, Nor- manii, Paiineton, Parizeau, Pelletier, Petit Pdirier, Uioux, Savaria, St. Marie. 'J'aillon, Tellier, 'letreau, Villeneuve — 36. NAYS. Bernntchez, Bourbonnais, Bisson, Caron, Cooke, OillieB, Girard Ali.ed, Girouard. Gladu. Gosselin, Ifall, Kennedy, King. Laliberte, Lussicr, Matchand, ^Morin. Par- ent. Pineavilt, Steijhena, Tessier Auguste. Te.s.sier Jules, Turgeon— 2.3. PAIKS. Yeas— SimpHon, Greig, Morris. Flynn. Hackctt. Nays — England, Spencer, Dechene, Shehyn, Fitzpatrick, Quebec, the oldest Province in the Do- minion, through its talented Treasurer, sold $100 of its money for $77, whilst h«r youngest sister, British Columbia, got $!W for a similar loan at the same time. Is this sort of thing to continue ? Taillon's patriotic deal has cost the Pro- vince at the very least $960,000. The Hon. Mr. IlaU's Opinion of the Loan. "The greait initial objection to sell- ing a si.xtyyair 3 per cent, bond at 77 is the enormous unwarrante the date of such notice, it would pay T^' it the sum of $7,()00,OiiO. representing th" balance still due and jjayable on the pur chase price of the two section*) of the t/ue l)ec, -Montreal. Ottawa and Oocidejital. "That, at that date the Government (i this Province had enter<.'d into ne^otiaiioii. with Lc Credit Lyonnais and I.a TJant^uc de Paris et des Pays Baa for the renewal of a Joan to the amount of $4,106,461 nego- tiated with them in the preA'ious yeai', and this was to mature on the 15th July 1895. "That, contrarj- to the soundest notions of pohtical economy, the Govcriuncnt, in- stead of iiiking advantuge oi this opjior- tunity to pay off this debt, and reduce it'* liabilities by so much, preferred to renew the said loan, by adding to the liabilities of the Province, by an exaggerated dis- count allowed to the aforesaid institutions. an amount of $1,'226,645. "That the said Canadi.'il, xlicn next; "That the Government having no 'ougci any immediate oi)portuniiy of inve-iing this considerable sum. proposed to the taia company to postpone the rep wincnt there of in consideration of a reduction in the rate of interest, and that me matttr was finally settled by an arrangement made be- tween thorn on the Ttii Fet)ruaiy last that such repayment would be off'" ted as U lows :— $3,500,000.00 to be repaid on the 1st March, 1904, and $3,500,000.00 on tlie Irt March, 1906, and that tlie rate of interest would, from the 6th August last be reduc- ed from its original rate of five i)»r cent, to that of four and one-lwenticih per cent, per annum. "That by such reduction of interesl ihe Government has occaHione,r}32,l)76, and instead of pledging the credit of the Province b; contracting new loans as it has done, should, by nteans of tlie reimbursement of- fered to it by the said Canadian Pai;ific Railway Company, have relieved iLself from that debt so renewed and from the other engagements wliich have necessitated sub- sequent loans." The division resulted as follows : — Veas, 16; nays, 26. The above amendment of the Hon. Mr. .\larcliand shows tliat the brilliant hnanc- ing of those '"honest luen" who promised and go about the country declarmg that they liave icept their word— that we wero tu have no more loans anil tnat rigid econ- umy was to lestort tht financial equilib- rium of the I'lovmce, has had this result amoug.st others ; the Paris loan has cost Liio 1 roviuce about OJSF MILLION IJOL,- LAltCs, and this wfien tlie C. P. K. was ready to pay the $7,000,000.00 they owed. Ihe Government refused tu tafie its own money, increased the debt by a mif- lion, and, as if folly and mad recklessness tiad not gone lar enough the interest is luwere;D IJULLAKS. The incapatdes -or unmitigated s<;amps- vvlio achieved all fins are the "honest men " who are niakuig the Province ring with tfieir piecrust promises and tearful declarations ot their own virtue and probity. 44 Spencer Wood. The liieutcnant-dovernor of the Pro- vince is appointed by the Ffder.i] ilovrTn- Pient. N.B. — The preaent occupant was appointed hy the Tories. The position carries with it the coniforl able income of $10,000, together M-itli a fine residence. Besides this, the expciiMe of heatinn, JiffhtinK and a few dtlicr etceteras are paid for by tlie Province. The etceteras are not as well known lo the electors as they ouptht to be. We will take a look at the matter; it is interest ing reeding to say the least. The property belongs to the Federal Government. All we have to do is to pay for the honor bestowotl upon us -nothintj more. Still that is something when we realize that Spencei-wood has cost the Province over TWO HUXDRKT^ \ND FIFTY THOUS.AND DOLLARS during the last twenty-five years Viesides ilie TEX THOT'SAXD nOLLARS annual salary of tiie Lieutenant-Oovemor. This is the account, year by year, of the extra sums Spencer Wood has cost the Province. 1867-68 $ 0.00 1868-69 $ 0.00 1863-70 672.88 1870—71 3.184.30 1871—72 2,428.88 1872-73 fi,4p2.30 187.3—74 28,894.50 1874-75 8,476.75 1875—76 7,8.13.00 1876—77 7.7.5,3.11 1877—78 8,721.74 1878—79 7,249.74 1879 1880 1881 1882- 1883- 1884- 1885- 1886- 1887-- 1888- 1889- 1890- 1891- 1892 1893- 1894- 1895- -80 12,.311.89 -81 13,245.87 82 23,824.74 -83 2.3,780.24 -84 l.=),59(i.()0 -85 .... 10.1>'9.07 -86 a,10f<.9e -87 6,737..32 88. 89. 90. 91. 92. 93. 94. -95. -96. 7,758.67 6,114.22 9,010.92 8,204,35 8,208.37 8,851.31 13,919.66 9,416.00 '',919.16 Total §275.318.95 How are these enormous sums made up"' .\ verj' little careful rei '-ng will .shew that; it i,s simply a long \ of foolish ex- travagance. Consider hat the Pro- vince provides one is hnuck with astou- inshment than any man with $10,000 per year, and all the reat of the benefita known and unknown, dares to produce a further account such as the one from which an extract is given. The probable reason why the people Avho have to pay tor all this reckless waste take it soi cool- ly is, that not one in a hundred knows anything about what is going on. The ao^ counts appear in an official form which never reaches the people and simply lies dust covered on some shelf in the majority of the cases of those who do get the pre- cious tomes. 45 , Taking the detailed account from June 30 till NoVvWbcr, 1., 1S83, tbi« nullify guea. isyj. To whom paid. For what. July 4... .11. Borland & Co .Coal July 4. ...J. U. Murtineau Kepairs July 4.... Major A. C. Sheppurd .Travelling expenses July 4....riuiTe Nadeau .^urtagt* of ashen July 4....Le Hon I'aateaur Miittress repairs July 4....Lii 13on I'asteur VVaHhinn July 4....Vandry & Matte 'lunibing July 4 O. Gignac & iJ'ils juniher July 4 Oliver Gignac Pfpairs July 4 Cote & Faguy ^Linen July 4 M. Evans Garden seeds ,... July 4..,. Turcotte, Provost «S: Co ^Dusters July 4 Henry Morgan & Co Cretonne July 12.... C. B. Lanctot JLamp -... July 12. . ..Gorham Mfg. Co fsilvei-plate .luly 13 Compagnie Chinic lardware July 13 A. S. Ptuiifer & Co Carpet cleaning July 13 Mrs. Lemieux & Co Toilet paper July 24 A. R. Pruneau & Co Coal July 25 P. Pageau & Co ..Furniture repairs July 26 Pierre Fradet Transportation July 26 Georges Gingras. Upholstery July 27 Auguste Hondeau Repairs of fence July 28 Chinic Company Hardware July 29 Hon. Commisisoner Pay lists July 29 L. Morency & Bros Gilding Aug. 2 Mad. J. B. L'Heureux.. .. .Washing Aug. 2 Glover, Pry & Co Carp)et Aug. 2 Bon Pasteur ..».., Curtains, repairs Aug. 2 Chateauvert & Cantin ....... Chi'idelier repairs Aug. 3 — J. K. Hamel & 'o ..;^ Carpet is how the 9 Aug. .A. K. Pruneau o^ Co. Drain. Aug. 7 Major Sheppard Auditing accounts. . . . Aug. 8 Henry Morgan & Co Cretonne Aug. 24 Louis Savard Repa ,ng scales Aug. 31 Thomas Norris . Glassware Aug. 31.... Glover, Fry & Co Sundries Aug. 31.... J. E. Martineau Halyrd for flag staff Sept. 5....E. T. Nesbit .Lumber.'.;.,. Sept. 5. ... Chinic Company , . Hardware .'.'. . Sept. 9.... Hon. Commissioner Pay lists. .' .! Sept. 11 P. Pageau & Co Furniture repairs Sept. 12 P. E. Bourassa Ins, weights.. Sept. 13.... F. J. Moore & Co Stationery ' Sept. 13.... Turcotte, Provost & Co Oil .■.■.... . Sept. 13.... Mad. J. B. L'Heureux Washing .' . . . Sept. 13.... Vandry & Matte Plumbing .,',.. Sept. 15 Hon. Commissioner ...Pay lists ...j Sept. 15.... J. Hamel Co Oilcloth '.'.;, Sept. 15.... S. J. Shaw & Co Hardware .■.'. Sept. 28. ..Leon Laine .Firewood.. ' Sept. 28.... Pierre Fradet Transportation Sept. 29 Ernest Gagnon Transportation Sept. 29 D. S. Rickaby Furniture repairs Oct. 7 Hon. Commisisoner Pay lists Oct. 19 Geo. Seifert Lamp shades and dinner goQg. Oct. 19.... J. Hamel & Co Curtains. Amuuut. 59.73 227.03 15.00 6..33 10.(11 159.03 209.35 246,89 3.00 6.1.10 22.. 90 37.43 2.00 62..50 85.67 122.40 5.80 780.69 496.84 7.80 366.35 50.00 26.44 461.55 348.55 9.20 473.27 202.72 127.00 233.15 233.35 100.00 3.20 5.25 161.45 108.20 5.00 20.00 5.30 295.25 144.68 8.00 27.34 27.88 19.86 93.77 143.40 186.74 139.08 199.50 5.00 17.15 40.50 165.80 18.23 48.35 Total 4 * '7.181-03 Department of Public Works Bureau of Accounts, Quebec, Nov. 28, 18 E. FRASEK. As8-Compt., 46 lamp and $6.33 that the bed may be made comfortable whereon to rest his weary self. It's a sight for the gods. — -■:»■*—•— Fancy a poor man with only $10,000 a year and a house being obliged to come and ask for motrey to pay for the dusters to rub his glasses and chairs; for $2 for his •^ The accounts for the year ending June 30., 1895 contain a few items of interest to the taxpayers. .1 100.00 548.49 9.00 20.00 41.00 154.39 87.40 61.98 6.00 3.40 382.35 18.25 18.00 199.92 264.00 76.20 4.50 8.00 126.12 9.00 134.53 81.03 5.50 597.80 18.71 S.OG 36.10 36.00 15.00 2.50 56.00 18.36 4.26 17.20 5.00 6.00 6.70 2.50 6.00 47.18 4.00 7.65 168.Q0 3.00 46.00 1.40 14.00 3.00 e.oo 6.00 6.00 W. T. Lannen Extra services Ferd. Trudel Carriages C. E. Rouleau Books Tancrede Rinfret Typewriting Alex Clement | Travelling expenses C E Halliwell Stationery C E Halliwell Illustrated papers T. U. Moore & Co Stationery Quebec Post Office Rent of drawer Granger & Bros Paper for typewriter Major Sheppard Travelling expenses G. A. Lafrance Bindmg Joseph Dussault Printing Maria Harrington Scrubbing woman Charles Cote Extra messenger W. T. Lannen Travelling expenses J. A. Brook & Co Typewriter supplies John Lowell & Co Directory Bishop Engraving Co Stationery L'Elpcteur . Subscription C.P.R. Telegraph Co.. V. '.'.'". .V." '.'."".. !!!!Te}egrama G.N.W: Telegraph Co Telegrams L. H. Tache Directory Major Sheppard Office expenses John E. Walsh Stationery Alex. Clement Office expenses Bell Telephone Co Office expenses John J. Foote Sub. to Morning Chronicle.. Boulanger & Marcotte ^ .Directory P W. Terrill Books T. Lemieux ^ ' ^Binding " "■ " * "■ al C. 0. Beaucherain & Fils Judicial reports.... .. Elliott Fraser Judicial reports Le ^%aro . ! ^Subscription Le Journal des Debats Subscription Uj^^t^l'-v,: Subscription The Daily Star Subscription J. Corcoran Mucilage BLS^n^L-P'"*'"'^ ."."..^Advertisiiig" receptions Edward Delpit ...... .Travelling expenses. . . r ^"""'er le Canada ^Advertising receptions Lriroche & Co ^ Sundry drLs.... . ■ * t • • r.^roci]e&Oo ^ Sundry drugs. ..T Edward Delpit As private secretary .. a CTiaperon Stationery \. Lieut. Panet Office expenses R. CToutier ^ Typewriting «* I'resse Subscription S?^^*f--JV ^ Subscription Whiteford & Theoret ^ Subscription La Mmerve Subscript ion. Total. f 3,499.38 47 Nor is thia all it costs the Province to support its ornameatsd figurehead, ii^very poivible item tl)a.t can be ctiarged ia charg- ed. The following are almost impossible ot belief ; but as they are in the oitLeial records of the Immaculate Government it may reasonably be assumed that they are correct. I'age 188 of the Public Accounts for year ending June 30. 1895. contains these tit bits ; being buried amidst Miscellaueoas feti-vices tliey do not strike the casual reader as oein"' connected with Spencer Wood. A skilful method of smuKglmg m a few extras. To pay expenses re Keception etc., at Spencer Wood of Colonial Delegates in July, 1894 $230.46 Does a gentleman holding a high position a.sl: the country to pay him for entertain- ing the guests which he entertains by virtue of the position he holds ? Is this a usual way or doing things ? The next item is ; Government'b- share of tiie expense incurred in the Receptions etc., to the Admirals and ofiiceiH of the English and French fleets, and in conne:- tion with the visit of His Kxcellency the Governor-General, during flie ai.mmcr of 1894 HaOlOO. We hanre not got to the end yet. His Honor, who is a Federal employe, believ- ed it to be his duty to attend the funeral of the late Sir. John Thompson ;it Hali- fax. Well and good, but he charges the Province which he did not represent, $65.61 for going. This is of a piece with the trick of the Tories at Ottawa who laid a floral tribute at the grave of their old Gollee^ue and then charged the country wifth it ; and worse than all, had to be sued for the accomit. This sort of thing seems to run in the family. It would also appear to be c yond thmg to be a favored employe at Spencer Wond foar we read that Cha.-las Delase had S75.0O for "indemnity alloAveJ him for cancella- tion of his engagement as gardener a* Spencer Wood. Another, % young French- men, secretary of His Honor wrote a book entitled "Oonstitution et Govern- ment du Canada"; 800 cop'os were bought for which the Province paid $200. ]t must have been the wliole edition for no one seems to have beard of the production. What good has it done to the Province ? Is it not time to protest 7 A protent has been mad*. On November 2W,h 1806 Mr. Deehene, after enumerating the enormous sums of nonuv *hi\t have been spent as extras over Siwncer Wood- M 18 given above — amoved the following re- solution : "This House is of opinion that in view of the ftnancial condition of the Province, it is necessary to cease in»:iirring expenses for repairs, maintenance a »d improvement nt Spencer Wood and to hnnd over the possession of the sa-no to the owner at the exnirsition of the present incumbent's term of ofBee. "That thie Hjune relies upon the en- Ijhtened patriotism and dlsinleri'stedneBS of the persons appointed tj tiie honorable and highly i-emuueidicd posmpa of Jjiju- tenant-Governor tJ aiuit, jt 'm realizing th:s gi'eat economy." The said motion in amendment being put to the vote wna negatived on the follow iiig division : YEAS. iiernatchez, Bisson, Bourbonnaie, Ca- ron, Cooke, Uechene, Fitzpatrick, Girard (Kouville), Girouard, Gladu, Gosselin, Laliberte, Lemieux. Alar- chaiid, Morla Parent i'inault, 3hii- hyn, St. Alarie, Spencer, Tessier, (Port- iieut), Tessier (lliuiouski), I'urgcon, 23. NAYS. Allard, Jiaker, Beaubien, Beauchump, Carbray, Curtier, Caagram, Uhateuuvert, Cliolette, Chicoyne, Doyon, Duplessis, Flynu, Girard, (Lake St. John), Greig, Grenier, Ha«!kett, McDonald, McUlary, Magnon, Maa-icn, Martioeau, Nantel, Pan- the Prov ice continuing to bear the un- necessary burden. The men who were to run on economic lines. Let the electora bear this fact in mind when they are (.•anvassed for their "vote and interest." Considering the poverty of the Province and the large income paid to the Lieuten- ant-Governor the following items are abom- inable scandais ; ecu^h and all are paid by the Government out of the Public Funds; H. Heyman and Fils of Paris, %15QM tor a pair of silver candle branches ; L. Mor ency and Frere, $384.55 for mirrors ; Boyer Callot, Paris, $456.08 for silverware, candel- abra etc.,; Alfred Hache &, Co.. Pane, 8374.16 for two china dinner set« and $130.00 paid to A. W. Colley as freight and customs on the same ; making a to- tal of $504.16 for these precious dinner sets. These are from the accounts of 1894. In the 1895 accounts we find that Mr. Chapleau bought some' photogravures in London for which he charged the people $77.71. Can the Lieutenant-Governor not afford to pay for his own pictures out of $10,000.00 per annum ? A complete set of L'lllustration" for u«e in leisure hours it is supposed — cost us $112.58 whilst sperm candles — ^to read aforesaid vmh, cost $182.- 67. We might have expected more light from Spencer Wood from the oil and candle bills. Still this did not satisfy, even the private articles are dragged forth into the light of the garish day ; toilet articles $17.85. Common decency might have m>\de His Honor pay that out of the $10,000.00. In 1896 candles and oil came to over $270.00 : siver dishes $100.00 ; and high wines $12.00. Amongst the rest it will be seen that every cent is put down that can be squeezcil ;n, e.g., "Fairy Lights" $1.00, washing $1.22, repairing a desk $1.50 and tuning a piano $4.00. The accounts of Spencer Wood are in- tcrentinff reading for the working men of Quebec. '««OHBSl.iW 48 Colonization. r^.^-» s^ Whilst the Government has by no meins kept its promises of economy so far as its rich & powerful friends are concerned as can be seen by the numberless scau' dais which bestrew its path; there is no doubt it has been economical in its deal- ings with the poor & friendless pioneers. There is an enormous amount of talk about peopling the vacant places in the Province but a close examination will show that the only result is a Department with a brand new Minister & all the necessary iroup of friends U) htlp him to do noth- ing; a host ot men busy surveying new lands when we already have some 7,000,000 acres surveyed with no one on them; & the usual amount of officers with high- Bcunding names all busily engaged in draw- ing salai'ies. When it comes to the practical part of helping the men who are hewing out new homes from the wildemftw we have one of tlie most economical governments the world has ever seen. The following table will shew what the Mercier Government did for the colon- ists & what the Tones, brimming over with the milk of human kindness, have done in the same lint. Year ending June. 30. 1888. Colonisation $78,500.00 Sea road in Gasue 1,000.00 " " Saguenay 3,000.00 $82,500.00 Year ending June, 30. 1889 Colonisation $126,000.00 Bridae in Gaspe 610.00 Matapediac 5,600.00 $132,210.00 Year ending June, 30. 1890 Colonisation roads $100,000.00 Sundry, Supplementary Budget., 39,950.00 $139,950.00 Year ending June, 30. 1891 Colonisation roads $100,000.00 Sundry 2.3,000.00 — $12;^ 000.00 Year ending June, 30. 1892 Colonisation roads $100,000.00 Sundry 50.000.00 $150,000.00 Then came the "honest men" the des- cendants of the holy men of old— although they did not know it then— & then cam» the regime of economy— for poor men. Here are the Colonisation Budgets since: Year ending June, 30, 1893 Colonisation roads $75,000.00 Sundry & Supplementary Budget 6,000.00 $81,000.00 Year ending June, 30. 1894 Colonisation roads $75,000 JJO Sundry 4,000.00 $79,000.00 Year ending Jime, 30. Colonisation roads $75,000.00 Sundry 10.400.00 $86,400.00 Year ending June. 30. 1896 Colonisation roads $75,000.00 Sundry 41.000.00 $116.0aO.CO Year finishing June, 30. 1897. Colonisation roads $75,000.00 Sundry 6,000.00 bupplementary l>udget 25,000.00 $106,000.00 Average per year under the LIBS. $123,500 '' " " " Tories .. 88,400.00 This shows what the poor colonists gained by a change of government. Thou- sands and hundreds of thousands coud be stiuandered upon Landry, Charlebois, Val- liere, Paris bankers etc.. but the man up m the backwood far from everybody must wait for his roads and bridges until the Government can find the money. K Ik: ■**aOBHl<.iW 50 Liberal and Tory The subjoined tables show the dittereuca between the work of the two parties, tak- ing the year ending June 30, 1891, as the last one which was entirely due to the Liberals, and that ending on June 30, 1896, in like manner for the Government: i;UliOWJLZATlUJS KUAUB UJ^JiiJNiiU AND COMPLETED. 1890-91. Miles. Arpenta. Winter roads 97 9 For wheeled vehicles.. .. ..293 18 Fascined 38 21 Repaired 397 12 Total 825 05 1895-96. Winter roads 145 9 For wheeled vehicles 179 27 Fascined 33 4 Repaired 318 7 Tota 676 19 Difference Vjetween the two years to the advantage of the Liberals 153 02 The real difference is still greater as the Hen. Mr. Beaubien has counted under the bead of Colonization roads many that have no right there. The winter roads in 1895-96 are unusually large; 49 milefj must be deducted, which were opened in the county of Pontiac for the lumber men and for which they contributed $3,000,000. These are not colonization roads and must be taken off. Another sixty miles must be deducted as roads which the Hon. Minister made Avith the Dubhc fimds and which serve no other Works Compared. purpose in Loranger, Canton, Ottawa Gotuity, than to enhance the said Min> ister's lands on the borders of Lake Nomin- ingue and so enable him to re-sell them at high prices. These roads have no business in the table which justly standa as follows: Miles. Arpeuts. Ur.der the Liberals 827 05 Ur-der the Tories 856 00 True difference in favor of the J.,iberals, tor one year 260 05 Taking the four years we get the follow- ing results: Miles. Liberal, 1888 to 1892 2,957 Tory, 1892-1896 2,592 Difference in favor of the Liberals. 10.205 Diiference in favor of the Liberals. 365 So far as bridges constructed in connec- tion with Colonization Roads, are concern- ed the following tables will show how much the "TAXERS' have done for th« colcnists: Feet. Liberal, 1882-1892, four years 57,082 Tory, 1892-1896, four years 46,877 Or in other words the Liberals con- structed 25 per cent, more than the men who taxed the people. The electors must not forget to deduc* the 109 miles of roads which the Ministe? tries to get credit for and which as shown above were partly for the lumbermen and the rest for the PERSONAL BENEFIT OF THE MINISTER. How the Colonization Even the little that is given towards the development of the country is not fair'y distributed. Wherever there is money to be distributed by the Government there must be somebody cajoled or coerced. So far as can be seen the sight of money has an utterly demoralising effect upon our saintly rulers. The end to be gained — keeping in power — peeps out in every transaction. The money so grudgingly voted is used in but too many cases to assist political favorites and to attempt to buy the votes of the colonists. It is wonderful too how many colonisa- tion roads seem to be needed in old net- tlementa. For example in the Report of Money iH Distributed. the Commissioner of Agriculture for 1894 we read as folloAVs: Levis. Road in front of the village des Couture in the parish of N.D de la Victoire go.oo Levis, Road leading from St. Etienne to St. Lambert 58.70 J-evis. •' " " St. David to St. Henry 60.00 Levis. Lallemand Road in St. Jo- seph de Levis go.OO Levis. Road in St. Lambert 59.25 LeVis. Road leading from Chaudiere Junction Station 175.00 'i $472.95 It requires a considerable stretch of the iniaginaition to make these roads "Coloni- zation" roads. Not content with this contemptible manner of doing business they accentuate their partizanship by giving the money, uot in accordance -with the needs of each place, but according to the political stripe of the Eepresentatives. THE MINISTERS HAVE SIMPLY USED THE COLONIZATION MONEY AS A MEANS TO CORRUPT THE ELECTORATE. This unpleasant truth was forced upon their attention by the following resolu- tion proposed in the House by Mr. Ber- natcbez and seconded by the Hon. Mr- Marchand, on December 28th, 1893, which is as follows: "This House is ready to vote the Supplies to Her Majesty, but ob- serves with regret, in the distribution of the Legislative grant for colonization the Government haa acted more in tlie inter- est of the party in power than for the real advantage of colonization, which is established by the fact that tihis grant amounting to $75,000.00, was distributed as follows : MINISTERIAL COUNTIES. 1. ArgenteuU $ 1,500.00 2. Bagot. 400.00 3. Beauce 2,800.00 4. Berthier 1,350.00 5. Brome 400.00 6. Champlain 2,000.00 7. OUicoutimi and Saguenay 5,650.00 8. Compton 2,500.00 9. Dorchester 3,500.00 10. Drummond 500.00 11. Gaepe 4,000.00 12. Joliette 1,600.00 13. Kamouraska 1,500.00 14. Levis 475.00 15. Megantic 700.00 16. Montcalm • • . 2,800.00 17. Montmorency 1,00000 18. Nicolet 1,500.00 19. Ottawa 5,800.00 20. lAke St. John 7,900.00 21. Richmond 1.000.00 22. St. Maurice lOO.CO 23. Sheffoi-d 1,000.00 24. Sherbrooke 300.00 25. Stanstead 800.00 26. Teiniscouta 2,700.00 27. Ten-ebonne 2,300.00 28. Vaudreuil 300.00 29. Wolfe 2,700.00 Visits and explorations 6,305.80 SI OPPOSITION COUNTI^:S. 1. Artliabaska .300.00 2. Bellechase ,500.00 3. Bonaventure 900.00 4. Charlevoix 1,27000 5. L'Islet .300.00 6. .Lotbiniere 200.00 7. Maskinonge 400.00 8. Matane 1,500.00 9. Portneuf 500.00 10. Quebec 300.00 11. Pontiao 1,700.00 12. Rimouski 400.00 13. Montmagiiy 400.00 Total ."....$75,000.00 '"That it appears that out of this sum of $75,000 a sum ot $66,400 was expended in twentjy-nine counties represented in this House by members who are in favor of the present Government and who liave supported its new policy on taxation, and $8,600.00 in thirteen niral counties repre- sented by members opposed to the Gov- ernment of the day and wlio have deemed it their duty to condemn its disastrous policy. "That this unequal and unjust distribu- tion of colonization moneys has the effect of unduly influencing the electors by de- priving them in certain cases of the law- ful share to which they are entitled. "That this distribution has been made exc'usively from a political point of view and has diverted the money from its legitimate and patriotic destination to make it serve for party purposes and elec- toral c»rruption. "That this conduct indicates that the Government is devoid of the most ele- mentary notions of justice, equity and respect for public opinion. "That the action of the Oomraissioner of Agriculture and Colonization io recom- mending so arbitrary a decision to the Exe- cutive is an uhqualined act of partii^nsbip whch tends to punish the electors who have freely exercised their franchise and shows that the honorable Minister in- spired more by party apirii? than by the desire to do justice to those entitled to it, is unable to administer with impirtiality tho important department of which he has charge and has shown himself to lie un- worthy the confidence of this House." The motion was lost of course by tho votes of the gentlemen who benettfted by tile cash dLstribution. See .loiirnale. Vol. XXVIII page 386-88. In 1895 the Torv counfics got $':9,400.00 and tlie Liberal $6,33(<.00 ; the ♦'oimer av- eraging $2,393.00 per county a.nd the later $.576.00. In 1896 the Tory counties got $79,800.00 and the Liberal $21,000.00. 5% In answer to a question put by Mr. Magnan on June 6th. 1802 the Hon. Mr. Beaubien said that : "The (ioverniuent will see, that the moneys devoted to col- onization, are distributed with justice everywhere." (See Journals. Vol. XXVI page 222) The Government's idua of jus- tice is made evident by the way tbey distributed the money. Untrustwortby as usval. Another example of justice can t)e seen in last year's returns. Ottawa County, fo? example, r^eived $27,93(J.76. This large sum was mainly spent in four townships where large areas tti land are otvued by Buah good Tories as Sir Alex Lacoete, Hon. Mr. Beaubl n. Mr. de Bellefeuille and 80 forth. Although municipalities are or- ganized in that Uistrict yet the Govern- ment goes and taken the' Public money to make the roads for these men. First they get the pick of the lands for a mere song and then the money made hy the working men of the Province is taken to make the roads for these gentry. What about the poor settlei-s fighting for life ill Pontiac ? They get S^9,926.63 in 1895 they got the maguilicfnt sum of $1,610.11 whilst Ottawa had $8,172.85. Bona.- venture must needs be contented with $406.75 and $6,060.15 whilst the old County of Dorchester gets 13,197.68 and $3,489.65 in the two years ; the reason is clear Dorchester is represented by the re- nowned Pelletier and so is taken care of with an eye to the election. In 1895 Rimouski did not get one cent whilst in 1896 it received $S99.59 so tnu*h for the oounty that needs all the help it can get ; turning to Terrebonne al- though it has railways running through it, netted $1,889,37 and* $3,461.7a. How ts this ? The first county is represented by a Liberal and Terrebonne by the Hon. Mr. Nantel the man of Court House fame. The lands of that Hon. gent must be at- tended to. Thia is in the way the Ooloni- zation money is justly distributed. The mamier in which the Pro. Tincial authorities worked to help the Tories at Ottawa is plainly to be seen by the following letter whioh was made the theme of a queotion by Mr. Gonelin in the Quebec Bouse on Dec. 12tk 1896, (See Journals. XXXI. page 181.) It will be seen that the letter was written \d of "Encourane' in their hard struggles. They, the toilers, ments for Agriculture * ; tliete "^'-ll he no- ought to have the benefit, and not the ticed later. The <,iio»tion for the elector political hangers-on who use the name ul who lives in the iN)uni,ry is : Considering agriculture for the purpose of hiding the the enormous sumfi spent o;) farmers' ciub^, sums of money which they draw, and for has the result beea such ns to jostiiy the which they do nothiTag. outlay ? u M Agriculture Tji turning ovir lhi» Public Accouuts, the above inuocent-looking title appears. However innocent it look* it covers up a bost of scandalous extravagances. Here are a few. (See page 137, 1895) : Printing the Hon. Commissioner's epeecii $200.00 Plans of barna and stables 288.73 The CommiasioMer of Agricolture's expenses to Chateauguay and Terrebonne , 25.00 I'he Commissioner of Agriculture's journey to Ottawa 40.00 'J'he Commissionei- of Agriculture's atteuduig li'armers' Clubs in Arthabaska, etc 75.00 Dr. Grignon, visiting the Experi- mental Farm at Ottawa 15.00 J. C Chapais, travelling expenses attending the meeting of the Foresters' Association at Brook- lyn, C.b.A 99.68 A. M. F. d'Eschambault, postage stamps 300.00 E. A. Bernard, Hon. Thomas Cha- pau*' bfotlitir-irvlaw, for lii* "Manual d'Agiiculture 1,350.00 I*]. A. Hernard, author's rights,. .. 138.00 It is a favorite fiction of the Tories that the tJoumal oi Agriculture costs the Pi-o- vince nothing. The Public Accounts show that tliis is a barefaced and unwarrantable perversion ot tht truth. On page 137 we Imd E. Senecal & Son publishing the Journal of Agriculture in English and French, for six months $6,905.00 And again in the same year on page 129, under the heading of Agricultural Societies, E. Sene- cal & Son, for publishing the Journal of Agriculture in Eng- lish and French, for 6 months. 6,436.80 Total for one year $13,341.80 In 1896 the Journal cost lis: E. Senecal & Son, printing from July, 1895, to March, 1896.. ..$11,540.00 For April, May and June 3,947.57 Total .. .. , $15,487.57 in General. It must be remembered that Messni; Senecal & Son, the proprietors of La Minerve, have only the printing of ill* .Journal, the editing costs a large sum over luid above tliat which the Seneoals draw. The appended aie some of the items for ttie year 1895-96: A. 11. J. Fust, editor of Englis'a Journal $800.00 A. K. J. Fust, articles written for Journal (curious to pay an edi- tor for writing in his own paper) 04.22 J. D. Leclair, articles for Journal. 5.00 J. C. Chapais, articles for Journal. 100.00 P. Macfarlane, articles for Jour- nal 40.00 Gabriel Hei\ry, article* for Jour- nal 5.00 Elie Bourbeau, articles for Jour- nal 5.00 M. (Jiagne, articles for Jour- nal 10.00 A. G. Gilbert, articles for Journal. 40.00 George Moore, articles for Jour- nal 50.00 EmJJe Castel, articles for JouroaSl. 80.00 Auzais Turenne, articles for Jour- nal 5.00 Rev. Ladies of the Ursulines, Ro- berval 10.00 The following are amongst thn things wh c 1. are said to be for the advance ot agriculture: G. A. Gigault, gratuity $100.00 S. J Andres, services and ex- •«nseB re incubators at Oka.... 316.00 Gra*« towards the salting and smolcing of meat 200.00 It is to be borne in mind that this very school received the same year a Grovem- nient grant of $4,500,000. So much for the way the Government spends money in order to advance th« agriculture of the Province. Apparently the chief "fanning" done is through Messrs. Senecal et al. 27 Dair}' Products. If it wero possible for any man to believe Juno 30, 1890. fcho Government organs and oratorn one Cheese and butter £;ictories «5.000.(K) would be led to tbink that previous to the ]jairy Association 1,000.00 coming )f the "honest men" into powir ■ that such a thing as a cheeae or butter June 30, 1891. factory was as rtire as a Tory Minister who Ohwse and butter factories,. ..$5,000.00 kept his pre-election promises. IJairy A»xx-iiutiou 1,0nfi(l, i>.30,000.00, enonnoun from forest nres in 1895 .... 3,a0().00 ^i i 1 ^i i i r iricrent,OuU.()U ,. r , , 1. . paraded for the benefit of the public. A. Total $106,198.00 \er>- little research will show the usual; No one can doubt that these bridges "^^^^ ^«r friends, or in other words ex- were a distinct necessity in a countrv ^"^^ ^^^ ^ivLng mone>' to the trusty one,, like Quebec, n ct the present Government Huite irrespective of qualification mental •vhich can afford to contract tlie Paris "^ otherwise. Loan, make Oharlebois a present of The Accounts reveal a roll of lecturers $90,000.00 and indulge a Lieutenant-CJov- who get all their expenses and $5.00 for ernov's expensive fancies in the way of each lecture, or a nice little salary. . The china and ailvcrwiiro must iieeils cut lists suffice to show what a burden is plac- down tiie money which enables the pio- ed on the shoulders nf th ""bapp} tax- neers to get to the market with their payers, in oi '<'c at the fanner may produce and earn an honest living for hear a fir n of theori^'s talk to themselves and their families. If this him about ilcssings of a 'ry Gov- is fully realized in the back-country Mt. ernment ai how niuch better wheat Flj-nn and his friend- will not get the grows and mil chi us under the rule chance to repeat this policy of lavishness of the "honest men" wlio spend his money for the rich and miserliness for the poor. for him iSQi-yj. O. E. Dallalrc, lecturer. Ex- penses ? 8.O0 Georges Moore, lecturer, expen- gen 190.00 K. KpuBseau, lecturer, expen- Res 25.00 J. A. Caron, lecturer, expenses. 20.00 ,T. B. D, Schmooth, lecturer, ex- penses 142.48 Rev. J. A. Moreau, lecturer, ex- penses 20.00 K. A. Bernard, lecturer, expen- ses 109.05 0. fl. Dallaire, lecturer, expen- ses 201. .'?n O. E. Dallaire, salary to May, 3«), 1892 120.00 Total $899.72 nf)2-.V». O. E. Dallaire, 12 months' sal- ary as lecturer 11,000.00 0. K .Dallaire, travelling expen- ses 466. J4 G. Moore, lecturer 165.25 E. A. Bernard, lecturer 199.50 J. B. D. Schmooth 17.21 A. P. Fortin, lecturer 72.93 J. J. A. Marsan, lecturer 17.20 M. X. M. Dequoy, travelling ex- penses to Convention at St. Hubert 27.50 H. Nagant, travelling expenses re Convention, St. Therese.. 20.00 Hon. L. Beaubien, travelling ex penses to Convention 125. OC Sundry travelling expenses to Conference at Quebec 775.65 Total 9 2,775.65 1893-94. O. E. Dallaire .. $750.00 Dr. Coulombe 980.15 G. Moore 742.71 Dr. Grignooti 664.25 Saul Cote 335.30 M. G. Blain 294.59 Pacifique Nantel 281.25 A. K Bernard , 246.25 J. J. A. Marsan 83.80 0. E. Dallaire, salary 1,000 00 Dr. Grignon, salary .. .. -. .. .. 800.00 B. Lippens 38.00 G. Buchanan JW 75 J. B, Gupy 25.20 Rev. F. P. Cote 15.00 D. 0. Bourbeau 10. oo •T. B. D. Schmooth 6.75 Sundries 595.00 16,895.90 1894-96 J. B. A. Riclmrd. lectuier .... $40.10 A. N. Ni'iisoii. lecturer IS.-Ttl Dr. Grignon, letturer .. 137.85 Dr. Coulombe, lecturer 08.60 0. E. Dallaire, lecturer 50.00 G. Moore, le. Gigueres, lectures 30.00 J. D. Guay, lectures 28.75 J. J. A. Marsan, leetureu 25.25 J. A. L;ilondf, lectures 15.00 Rev. Dom Antoine, lecturen . . 10.00 Bishop of St. H>-acinthe, for ag- ricultural missionaries . •• .. 93.00 Dr. Grignon, salarj- as Agricul- 'tunJ Lecturer 1,200.00 0. E. Dallaire, salary as Agricul- tural Lecturer 1,000.00 l6rff7().67 1895-96. O. E. Dallaire, salao' as lecturer. $1,000.00 " " travelling expenses.. 450.00 Dr. W. Grignon, salary as lec- turer 1,200.00 Dr. W Grignon, travelling ex- penses 816.66 Geo. Moore, aervices and ex- peiwes 705.08 Dr. J. C. Coulombe, do, 1,015.00 J. B. A. Richard, do 371.00 J. P. Nai.tel, do 317.99 Rev. L. O. Tremblay, do 240.00 L. J. A. Marsan, do 1,121.99 Dr. J. E. Tremblay, do 134.29 P. Macfarlane, do 12.00 J. C. Chapais, do 45.00 C. Thibault, do. 8.00 J. A. Chartrand, do 13.00 8. J. Andres, do 5.00 Geo. Buchanan, do 41.00 Hon. L. Beaubien, do 33.00 J. R. A. Bourgdctult, stenograph- ing a lecture .. .. 6.00 Archbishopric of Montreal, lec- tures by agricultural missiona- ries 375.00 20 lectures in the Monument Na- tional 100.00 Total $578Tr07 The totals for the several years of the Tory rule are as follows; 1891-92 $899.72 1892-93 2,775.65 1893-94 6.895.90 1894 95 6,670.67 1895-96 5,811.07 Total ?23,053.01 60 It is unnecessary to point out what good might Imve been done with these wasted thousands; permanent good, imsteod of the fleeting words of theoretical wind- bags, xhe country folk needed help and they have got the ordinary Tory help- oceans of talk. Bounty for Butter Exportation The Tory papers have made a great fuss about this butter bounty. What it really amounts to can be seen from Sessional Paper, No. 49, under date of December 4th, 1896, which shows that the amount paid from June 30th, 1895, to December 1st. 1896, was $1,165.09, the details be- ing: Croil & McCuIlough $S83.69 A. A. Ajer & Co 398.68 Prcfontaine & Bro 118.72 Cote, Boivin & Co 250.00 A. A. Fraser 14.00 $1,165.09 It docs not appear from this thfit this new poJicy of the Government has pro- duced much enthusiasm; it certainly has had disastrous effects in some quarters. The chief cheoae and butter nu»rcha.ntis of Montreiil luive protented against tin* silly policy. The following letter received by a Liberal member trom a business man in Montreal will show the objections to the notion of His K.'tcellenc.v of the Haras National. "Dear Sir; — As I know that you have always taken a profound interest in the dairy work of thiw I'rovinee, I write to dniw your at- tention to the way in whidi tint' Ixwinty, accorded by the Government for the en couragement of butter making, is distri- buted. "In the first place, I consider that the bonus paid by the Government instead of developing the rade has rather been pre- judicial to it when we consider that the creameries in general have not participat- ed in tiie distribution which has been made to certain persona and that the persoBB so favored, have, by this menna. been able to lower the price of otL^r factories not so favored. "Thus, for example, suppose A buys but- ter from creamei-y B, which receive* the Government bonus, and pays, say, 18 cents a pound, with the understanding that A and B divide the bonus between them, and then goes to C, who does not receive the Government bonus, and says that he can buy butter from B for 18 cents and that he will not pay more; lie thus com- IH-ls C to lowier his price. So the oroam- ories which receive nothing from the Gov- ernment have not only to suffer from the lack of bonus, but also by the lower ing (>f the price by half a cent per pound or nil "In this way the bounty is not only a loss to the I'rovinee, but also ti> the maker." This pricks another of the glittering -ioayi buhhlea which the (roveiinneiit blows \ov the amusement of its faithful children. Agricultunil Schools. In 1888 these schools cost ae follows: Agricultural Schools — two Fi-encli and one English 2.400. 00 School of Agriculture — for nupiU' work 1,000.00 College of AgiJ 'lUturj- Richr mond 1.030.00 In 1891 they oo«t; Agncultur.il Schools For pupils' work ... $4,400.00 . .$2,400.00 . 1.500.00 $.1,900.00 I'nder the "honeHt men" the amounts are as follows: Julv 30. 1893 $10,000.00 Juni- .W, 1804 16.000.00 •lune 30. IHm 15.000.00 June 30, 1896 , 21,000.00 This shows that the average is $1j..'t00.00 per annum or some $12,000 more than un- der tho previous reginn'. That this is ■\v«*>loni8a- tion for the year 1895, the following ap- peara: "1 have had three pupils all winter and four since spring; the house being full, not a bed to spare •'(Signed), JOHN; LEMOINE." That although the SKiid farm has not t'ulhlled the conditions of the contract between it and the Government, neverthe- leisB, upon the 19th March. 1894. the Goveniment paid the following sums, as appears by a return to an address of the legislative AHst'nibK. dated the 30th November, 1896. (Sessional Paper. No. 46.) A statement of sums paid to the trustees or manager of the Compton Model Farm for putting and maintaining the said farm in operation, from its foundation to the 25th November inst., 1896, including costs of construction, improvements, and the unnual grant: For its maintenance the Compton School received : I>uring the year 1894-95 $4,000.00 During the year 1805-96 3,375.00 During the year 1806-97 1.126.00 As special grants for repairs of build- ings the school has received: During the year 1894 $5,000.00 During the year 1895 96 3.190,08 During the year 1896-97 5,000.00 During the year 1896-97 500.00 Total $22,190.08 Statement of sums paid during the aame period by way of contingencies for costs of inspection of the said institution, tra- velling exi^enses for its organization or ivorganization, of)8ts of leeislaition, con- tracts, registration thereof and names of persons to whom such amounts have been paid during the same period. Gabriel Henry, travelling expenses. .$ 9 20 Hon. L. Beaubion, travelling ex- penses anid tibose of the trustees TO the Cotnpton School 62 00 G. A. Gigault, two triiie to Oomp ton School 35 69 82 L. Simoneau, printing and trans- lation of bill re Compton, farm.. 20^ S. Sylvestre, travelling expenses.. 4 00 Gate and WeUs, advocates 12 60 E. B. Worthington, notary for contract, etc 55 40 Sundry printing "Pianuier"' and "Official Gazette 14 6» $213 62 A statement of the sums promised to the said farm and conditionally due, over and above the ordinary grants and the purposes for which suob promisee, if any have been made. Answer. For building a creamery, with ice ibouses and cold storage $2,675. That the Govenunent haa further pro- mised the same persons the sum of $2,* 67;'>.00 towards the construction of a creamery with ice house and oold storage on the sam'^ farm. That these sums have been expended contrary to the promises made by tlie Go\'emment at t^e last general elections, to existing contracts and constitute a squandering which i» contrary to the teal interest of agriculture in itbis Pio- vince. The said motion in amendment put to the vote, was negatived on the following division : Yeas. — BisBon^ , Bourbonnais, Caron, Cooke, Decheue, Gillies, Girard (Rouvilie), Girouard, Gladu, Gosselin, Guerin, Lem- ieux, liussier, Marchand, Parent^ Pinault, Stephens, Tessier (Portneuf), Tessier (Rl- niouski), amd Turgeoo. 20. Nays. — Allard, Baker, Beaubien, Beau- champ, IWard. Bouffard, Cartier, Cha- tepuvt, Qhnlette, Ohicoyne, Desjerdim, Doyon, Duplcssis, England, Girard (Lake St. .ToJin), Greig, Grenier, Hackett, La» couture, McOary, McDonald, Magnan, Mf rion, Afartineau, Namt-el, Normand, Pannebon. Parizeau, Pelletier, Pet t, Poir* ier, Rioux, Savnria. Simpson, Spencer and Tctreau. 36. No Pupils. Our Agricultural Schools cost us some TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS per annum; with such an outlay ther» ought to be some practical result yet the Minister of Agriculture has admitted that although these sobools have been in ez- jftence for thirty years they have never been a success. In spite of this our eco- n-^mic Goveminent has started another one at which bids fair to do as the on* at Richmond did; swallow up thousands, (Id no practical good and then close ita doors. If there were any need to prove how little enthusiasm the subject stirs amongst the general public the fact that it is mcessary to have a campaign to find the pupils, would amply convinte the most stubborn. Yet this is literally a fact, as the following will diow. m^ phhiii t Seseional Paper Xo. 73; laid on the table of the House ket Session. (1) How much has betn ex- ptiided in the propaganda for tho reeniitiiig of piipild for the Agricultural schools from June 30, 1895 to June 30, 1896 ? Answer.— TheThe Archbishop of Mont- real has received. $175.00 to secure the sei vices of Rev. Canon Racicot and later of Rev. P. Lacasse. Dr. (Irignon whilst giving lectures on agriculture gives special attfciition to the enrolling of pupils, he draws his salary of $100.00 per month and haH aJso drawn an extra $816.88 for travel- linj5 expenses. (2) liow much has been spent for the same purposes from June 30, 1896 to the 1st December metant and to whom have the various sums been ])aid ? An.swer. — The " Arohbishop of Mont- refil has received the sum of $]a").00 for the services of the Ktv. P. La«afiBe ajid Dr. Grignon ex- pended $35.00 for travelling expenses which has been refunded by the Department. Dr. Grignon continues to draw his month- ly salary and in addition' the sum of $153.05 for travelling expenses. (3) How many pupils have been re- cruiter! ? Answar. -The Departmen^t does n!ot poss€'H8 exact information on this sub- ject, but by comparing the number of p;?pila in the various schools oa June 30, 64 ISW with the present number it is easy to determine the results of the cam- pa-ign condi. ted by Rev. M. Racicot, Rev. P. Lacasse and Dr. Gngnon: Number of pupils on June 30, 1895 . . 48 Number of pupils at present 79 (4) How many have been enrolled in each school? Answer.— The Department is not m a position to give any information. (5).— How long have these pupils stayed in each school? Answer.— bamu reply. To increase the number of schools Avhen the pupils are missing seems a bit strange to ordinary moirtali*; but then it is the Cioyernnient we are dealing with. The Compton School on June 30, 1896, had only three pupils; the School of Farm Domestic Economy at Roberval, in spite of its high-sounding name, hadn't any. From St'Hsioiial Paper 43, last session, it appears that in spite of the labors of the scholar hunters the number of pupils — even temporaiily— on November, 26 was only 86. If the sum it costs the Province to keep these schools be divided by the number of pupils after this castly campaign iv will be found that each pupil co-^t.- TWO PUN- DRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS pev an- num and that without counting the ex- penses of the recruiting sergeants. Is the game worth the candle? What do we get in Return for all the Money Spent on the Agricultural Schools? Answer as seen everywhere. NOTH- ING. It is startling, but unfortunately too true, thait the f<>w who have had the "benefit" of the training, when they have put it into practice, have l>eon very quick- ly brought to the verge of ruin. The words of a man who has. been the head of the Agricultural School at St. Anne de la Pocatiere for the last ten years ought to carry some weight on this point. Here they are extracted from the report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for 1895, page 1: To the Hon. Minister of Agriculture and Colonization, Quebec; Sir,— We have the honor to submit our ttport on the work done at the Agricul- tural School of St. Anne de la Pocatiere, Both theoretical and practical, for the fiscal year mding the 30th June, 180S. We observe with regret that the general progress in so important an art (the cul- tivation of the soil) responds but slowly to the energetic impetus which it receive* from the three sources above mentioned, (i'rcss, leotures and speedal agricultural schools.) Notwithstanding the special instruction* given to all the rui-al population of this Province, notwithstanding even the spirit of proselytism which animates the greater number of our farmers' clubs and agricul- tural societies, the immense majority of our farmers still remain attached to the errors and faults of the old system of farming. If we travel through thj coun- try parts and observe carefully, it is aa much as we can do to find some twenty out of the grand total of farmers who effectively cultivate in a really improving manner, and thia even in parishes which it is easy the cam- iicot, llev. 1893 .. 48 79 ;nrolled in not in a m. pils staj'ed [lools Avhen bit strange , it is the e 30, 18!)6, ol of Fami il, in spite adn't any. session, it bora of the upils — even was only ice to keep number of ifijn il will WO i^im- IS pei. an- ig the ex- eants. Is lit on * the general •t (the cul- but slowly it receive* mentioned, agricultural inBtructioni Aon of this 1 the spirit the greater •ind agricul- majority of bed to the system of thi coun- ly, it is as ►me twenty rmcrs who r improving Ishes which 65 Plight be cited as models of progressive are but a synonym for amateur farming, ideas. Still more, «ven amongst the Thus an unsurmountable obstacle is raised farmers who were the first to enter upon against these improvements for many the system of improvement and many have years. had but slight success, notwithstanding In order to make the practice of im- the sacrifices which they have made, and proved cultivation more general, it is the activity with which they have carried necessary to employ two means of action; out their farm work, their deficits have first, to prove to the farmers, by figures, incretised from year to yeu*-, and, after that departure from routine is not '; the a longer or shorter time, they iiave had to principal cause of the decline in our fann- face almost utter ruin. ing; secondly, to place imder thfur eyes These but too frequent disasters cannot examples of improved cultivation which but ha\-^ evil effects upon the advance- are actually remunerative. If failure in a ment of agricultural pi-ogress. As a rule system of progressive cultivation oauses the farmer only keeps to the same routine, improved cultivation to be despised, so lyeoause lie is afraid. To imluce him to ehould success cause it to be sought after change his system of cultivation it is ne- and adopted. ceH8ar>' to give him a better one, and to It is impossible to clearly demon.strata give him irrefutable proofs that the latter that the system of farming by routine is w ill pi-oiiuce better results tlwin tliat which ruinous, unless it be contixjlhid by means he hwH hitherto followed, and which we of well kept accounts. In that way the wish him to abandon. To do this it is progressive farmer would only give his necessary to have und'eniable facts, to entire confidence to the system of im- show real increase in the revenues of the proved cultivation offered him if the regu- farm, and in the well-being of farmers lar system of book-keeping proved to him who are known to practice progressive that that system really gave the good re- cultivation, suits promised. Failures in the practice of agricultural Thus, in the case of backward cultiva- improvementa have the 'immediate effect tion, as in that of improved cultivation, of stopping all progress even amongst the the farmer should enlighten himself by a least refractory farmers. Most frequently system of regular book-kiioping. Without they do not seek to find out the causea of jt, there can be but guess work, followed their want of success, the fact is accepted, ^y ^^^ disastrous results, and the conclusion dra^vIl that ajj protp-«.- " TREMBLAY, Priest, sivt- cultivation is ruinous. To the greater "• " ' ' number, the words "inftproved cultivation" Director. Some of the Eesiilts of the Improved Culture. The subjoined will show the state of the Financial srtatement of creamery for Agricultural School at li'Assomption twelve months ending April 30th, 1805: which is subaidi2!ed by the Province to the tune of ?4,500 per annum: Total receipts !P781.7J Keceipts of the farm for the Expenses 1,002.62 twelve months ending June • 30th, 1896 $2.S42.63 DEFICIT «'-'20.89 Expenses for the same period.... 3,551.13 , i ^,u * . When the schools cannot make both "RFICIT .. .... ... .. 708..W ^^^j^ j,^^ jt j3 ^^^. surprising that the (See report! of the Commissioner of Agriculture for 1895, pages 41-43.) pupils they turn out oannot. Mr. Boaubien'fs Valuable Discourse. The foUownng amendment movefi In tlip That on the 4th October last (1896) Ho,H.> on January, 7th, iH97 by Mr. De- Honoinble Mr. Tk-aubu-n. ron.mi«H,oner chciie will show the taxpaver where the of Agriculture, at a political meeting ai money goes to and why the TAXKPS ceas;. Nicolet. delivered before the electors, to not from taxing nor the HONEST MEX whom he was rendering an account of from struggling for power. his mandate a speech calculatod to pro- That this House is preiwred to vote mote the interests of his candidature Bt the Supplies but regrets to state: the next general elections. I That without the authority of the IIouuc the Government has caused 2,000 copies of that speech to be printed at the expense of the Provinc ■. That, moreover, it appears by the Votes and Proceedings of the House (page, 192^ that the Government replied to the ques- tion of a member as toUowa: Question. — Has the Government bought or does it propose to buy for distribution or other purposes of publicity, a certain number of copies of the speech of Hon- orable L. Beaubien, delivered at Nicolet on the 4th, October last? If so, how many copies and what price did the (Jovernment pay or does it pro- pose to pay? Answer by the Hon. Mr. Beaubien. — The Government proposes to buy a certain number over and above the quantity re- ceiveil from Mr. Ayotte. The number and cost are not as yet estnblished. That the following aippeara by the Votes and Proceedings for the Mouse (Page 354). Question. — Has the Government received any copies of the speech delivered by the Hon. Louis Beaubien, at Nicolet, on the 4th October, 1896, apart from the 2,000 copies received from Messrs. Ayotte and Co? If so, how many and when? Answer by Hon. Mr. Beiaubien. — Up to now the Gazette Printing Co., of Mont- real, was to have sent to the Department 10,000 copies of that speech in English. The quantity has not yet been checked. Up to now the firm of E. Senecal &, Son was to have sent 23,000 copies in French of the same speech. The quantity has not ye^ been checked. That it thus appears that the Govern- latixt lias caused its ek'ction literature to be printed and distributed at the expense of the Province. That such conduct is contrary to the interests of the Provnice and constitutes a scandal which the Housi? reproves and condeanns. A reference to the Journals will show on piigt^ 191, 290, 254, 377 and 40C mil shoM' that the information had to be drag- ged out of the Government. It wanted to keep the whole transaction as auuii as possible. It also appears that not satis- fied with charging the Province lor 37,(»C0 of Mr. Beaubien's lucubrations at Nicolet the Government has also printed and dis- tributed 3,000 of the same gentlemen's vapidities delivi;ved before the unfortu- nates present at the opening of the Dairy School at St. Hyicinthe on the 11th Marcti 1893. THE GOVRRl^IENT HAS TAKEN THE MONEY OF THE PROVINCE TC PAY FOR CAIvIPAIGN LITERATUKK. IT HAS ALSO INTRODTk.ED' JIM-; MOST DANGHfiOUS PRACTICE O!' GIVING MONEY WITHOUT THE CON- SENT OF L'^IS HOUSE THEREBY I'N- FRINGING UPON iHB CONSTITU- TIONAL RIGHi'S OP TH13 PEOPttK AND INTROIIU' ING THE THIN ^.^D OF TYRANT- JOVERNME.: T The Farmers' False Friend 8. In spite of the Hon. Mr. Beaubien's ex- cessive zeal for Agriculture as exemplified in his self-sacrificing efforts at horse-rear, ing behind the Montreal Mountain and his having his campaign literature printed and paid for by the Province; in spite of all this conclusive evidence one feels inclined to doubt the sincerity of the "honest men" when face to face with the following resolutions which Mr. "Perche- ron" Beaubien and his Government friends voted down. On December 27th, 1893, Mr. Bematchez proposed that the House" deems it its duty to declare that it hopes that the Government, for the purpose of protect- ing farmers and settlers as much as pos- sible against the numerous losses to which they are exposed, will cause to be adopt- ed within the shortest possible delay, a law creating a privilege on the property of all insolvemrt. traders in favor of all farmers and settlers and all proprietors or patrons of btutter, clxjeese or other agri- cuEure industries, for all agricultural produce furnished or sold to the aaid tra- ders within the year and day preceding nuch insolvency." Lost by a vote of 33 Tories including Flynn and Beaubien, against 16 Liberals. (See Journals, Vol: XXVIII., page 367.) On December 2nd. 1895, Mr. Bematchez moved, seconded by Mr. O. W. Stephens that: "This House is of opinion that, as a remedy for the evils from which agricul- ture suffers in this Province, it is urgently necessary to seek for the surest and most til expeditious means of obtaining new cand remunerative markets for our agricultural produce." This would appear to be a fit Bubjtci for the enthusiafelic Mr. Boaubicn to dis- cuss: but no, the flections were not at hand and those men who are the friends of Hk' taniiers — and everylx>dy et«e who has anytiniig to give — voted it down. Tht' fol- lowing being the men who would not help the struggling farmers: AUard. Auge, Hea\d»ien, Beauchain]), Cartier .Cholette, C'lucoyne, DesjardinS, Doyon.DupIesfiis, Flynii, Greig, Hackett, King, McDonald, M((;ia:r\, Aliignan, Marion, Martineau, Nantel, Pannetoii, I'arizeau, I'elietier, i'e- tit, Poirier, Rioux, ^te. Marie, Spencer. Taillon, 'J'et.ceau, \,dleneuve. 31 traitors to the country folk. The Liberal phalanx a,s usual stood vo its guns in a sturdy attempt to get the farmers some sort of justice. The Legislative Council. This gilded Chamber which affords a re- posing place for a crowd of Ornamental Nobodies, chiefly useful to the Govern- ment as a haveu for ouch men as have places that the Cabinet require for friends and who can only be got rid of by giving them a jjosition with a "handle" and— money; this useless hf>spital for pea^ioners costs the Provmce from $35,000.00 t» $40,- OOO.OO j>er ajiinuiii. Millidoutires may liave epxensive and redundant luxuries but a CJoveniraent on the verge of Imnkruptcy cannot. A great many Conservatives ao not be- lieve in the coutinuance of this fossil chamber but when the question of its aboli- tion is brought forward in the House they swallow all their objectionai and meekly follow their leader. Of course there is no kno^ving wlien the exigencies of the situation and the demands of a friend may compel the Covcrnmeut to request Bome one to vacate a position and it Ls com- forting to think of a reward in the shape of an "Honorable" and a salary and above all no wicked, thinking electors to face ever and anon. The motion of Mr. Cooke, seconded by Dr. Gucrin, on the 13th November, 1895 may be taken n a sample of the resfjiu- tions: "That in uie opinion of this House the necessity for an Upper Chamber or Legislative Council no longer exists and in consequence the same should be abolish- ed. "Lost by 35 to 20. Tory Attempt at Making Capital out of Bankrupt Railroads An old book .says that there were cruaed- the Government at the request of the se- ers and crusaders; and that the second questrator to pay out of the ejimings of class maiy justly have the object for en- the road, the expenses occasioned by the rollimg under the banner divided in the «vorking and running of the road, for the following pix>portions: beeping of the road and rolling stock Hope of gain S.OO in an efficient state of repair and for the Ambition and fame 3.00 renewal of such of the rolling stock as Latly love 1.50 may become inefficien,t or disabled. If True object of Crusade 0.50 the earnings are insufficient then the Gov- •— — — emment can advance the money as a loan, Total 10.00 the same to be a privileired claim against The Hon. Prnmier, as he is by hi« own tlwJ railway, the Governniient having the confession a crusader, must be a descend- Httht to retain the amount out of any *nt of No. 2 crusaders, that is, if we are subsidy that may become due to the com- to judge by actions, Avhich are commonly pany owning or controlling the road. (Sen said to speak louder than words. Tnurnals, 1896, page 293.) An example of his actions is to be found It is easy to see that this legislation in Gaspesia, whore, in order to furbish up can be mude the source of enonnous ex- his dulled popularity, he named a «cque»- pense to the Province; especially when trator of the ChaUnir Bay Railway, there are soi many oompanies in the by tliis means hoping to get control of the most desperaU? financial position. TJn- road and so to obtain capital for his bank- der this law the Government can name rupt reputation to trade on. the sequestrator, oany on the line, etcj Not satisfied with this, he, last destion, at the Province's expense; the ec, a bridge at Montreal and Longueuil, reconstruction of the G.T.R. bridge at Montreal, a bridge aji Bout de rile, Montreal, Great Eastern Kailway, and railway in Yeixheres County. Doubtless as the tinw; rolls on every county, nay, everv village, will have its promises. Promises which stand as much chance of l>eing fulfilled as the onlinary Tory promise ever has. The Revision of the Code of Civil Procedure. Jjassv is supiiosed to be for the punish- ment of the evil-do^^r, and the protection of those Avho do well. The Government al (^uelx'c 1ms shown us tliatAve Imvc all been wrong; one of the first things the I-aw is intended for is to enable the leg- islators to provide for the necessities of "worthy" relations: if it fails t>o do so then it must be recti fiee done. He mad« liLs uncle, P. B. Casgrain, Clerk of the Court of Revision, a pla of Civil Procedure. Hon. ,J E. I..aKue, Cummisioner, indemnity $7,538.35 lion. C. P. Davidson, indemnity from September 24, 1892, to June -M), 1896, at |2,000 i>er year 7,538.35 English secretary 3,769.18 Fi-enoh Secretary, 3,769.18 To meet the expenses of the Commission .. 8,803 72 T. Chase Casgrain, one month's lalary 297.57 ^J,298.34 The law, as this will nhow, in the Province of Quebec, at lesist, admirably carries out its new functions, i.e., to provide money for the "honewt mon's" peta. Interprovincisil Arbitration. When the different Province* were form- ed into one Oonf ederation certain accounts belonging to the old Province of Canada were lett in auerpense. It was decided to settle by arbitration what amountg were to be paid by the Dominion Government and what were to be charged to the Pro- vinces of Ontario and Quebec; certain of the as.Mfts of the old Provinces to be di- vided in like manner. In this matter nothing of importance was done until the day when Mr. Angers launched his celebrated coup d'etat. Then in the hands of the hands of the self-styled "honest men" the arbitration became a means whereby to gorge all political friends. past, present. and future. First the arbitrator for the Province was changed, then the advocates and in place uf men who had made a study of the case, men were nominated who had no earthly • laini to any kriowledj^e of the subject. They were political partisans pure and simple, working body. This learned body commenced its labors in 1892 and has continued them up-to-date. During this period judges, advocates and arbitrators have drawn large sums out of the Public Treasury a« a reward for their trouble — but the Province has got notJiing. So far as the Province is concerned it has spent immense sums, it has lost an im- portant case before the Privy Council and it. hof not drawn ONE CRXT OF THR MONEY OWTNfl TO TT. Such is the re- suit of the labors of this useful and hard< The Coat of the Interprovincial Arbitration. 1893-i>'i-95-96. - D. Girouard, Q.C., professional services to Sept. 26, 1885 |14,094.00 Hon. J. S. Hall, Provin- cial Treasurer, travel- ling expenses $611.00 Honorariums ito Dec. 9, 1896 12,186.28 - 12,706.28 H. T. Machin, Assistant Provin- cial Treasurer, tra»elUng ex- penses and $1,000 per year bonus 5,221.28 Judge Casault, arbitrator for the Province of Quebec, expenses for the year 1893 600.00 L. A. Audette, secretary of the Hoard of Arbitration, to meet expenses of tlie Board 9,677.60 Hon. .T. G. Robinfion, expenses to Ottawa to give widence, 1893. 22.30 Judge Wurtele, expenses to Ot- tawa to give evidence, 1893.. .. 11.25 War^vick A Stms, reports 105.24 Gazette Printing Co., printing.. 846.50 O. B. Kemp, services at Toronto. 603.80 Morton, Phillipa &. Co., printing and bindiog 157.40 John Hyde, senricM^aa account- ant 7,797.20 Joseph Trndelle* copying docu- ments 7.50 A. C. Swindlehunit, reporteir. . .. 17.18 Nelson R. Butcher, services ren- dered 157.80 B. H. O'Regan, typewriting. . . 84.00 DawBon & Co., stationery for 18P3 l.'J.OO E. W. Bush, typewriting 15.40 70 J. W. & E. 0. Hopkins, ardii- tects lO.OO (iemmill &. May, advocates. . . . 20.00 riunipas, BischofiE &, Co., advo- cates, expenses before Privy Council 937.» Dominion Express 4.50^ 8in< e the .30th June, 1896, a sum of $5,889.40 ha« been paid, from which $3,598.41 carried to Hon. J. S. Hail's account must be de- ducted, leaving to add to total. 2,290.9» $S5,339.0» How the Money was Spent. A very cursory glance at the Public Ac- counts will show that the large amounts of money above referred to have been spieint not only tin reckless extravagance but also dispensed aa gifts to the darlings of the "honest men." Mr. Hall for example threw up his port- folio at the time of the notorious tiasoo known as the Paris Joan, yet curious to say he has received, up to December 9, 1896, the sum of $12,796.28. It paid him better to be out of the Cabinet. The cause of his return to the fold is thus made apparent. ' Now we are faoa to face with an ex- iuuple of how the Constitution is man- gled and twisted by tht*e mpn who are the supposed guardians of our rights. Mr. Hall is a member of the House and as such has no right to receive money from the Government. But all that is nothing with the "honeet men" they simply passed a law and Mr. Hall could plead for his Gov- ernment — and what is very much more to the ^ point — could draw over $12,000. This outrage is a direct attack upon Par- liamentary liberty. The effect is appar- ent; the same Mr. Hall who went about the Province like a roaring lion denouncing the Taillon loan now sits as meek as a lamb. He is another example of Tory con. version and no doubt will be able to assist at other "convfersiona." Everyone knows the history of Mr. An- gers and < his dirastrous defeat last June. But the old hand was not going to be left in the cold, Ottawa, it was true, had no place where he could exercise his talentu, but Quebec still was in the hands of men who were thoroughly competent to appre- ciate* Mr \ngre9' position and hie neculiar talent«. \i6 wa« at once made the Gov- ernment's advocate and charged to repre* sent it before the Privy Council in a pend- ing case connected with interprovincial ar- bitration. \Vhen the law was passed to enable Mr. Hall, although a member to draw Gov- ernment pay, the pretext was that in or- der to plead in the arbitration matters, it wa« an> absolute nedeeaity that the advocate should have long experience and possess special knowledge of the various een a godsend to the Tory liiwyei-s aiul the caiididaUis that tin* peopUi have rejected. What a Iiappy hunting ground for them all. Hve Hon. J. S. Hall not only got a big Hhare of tlve plunder but, evidently feel- ing grateful for the way in which he hatl l»e«'n ariTinged with, helped, his aeconntant fri*>ml. .John Hyde, to the tune of $7,797.20. This man's appalling talents cost the Pro- vinc-e $200 a day. How Tory Lawyers have Gobbled up the Public Money. One is oft?n asked what has this u :i hungry « c txd of ' ory lawver*. Some Liberal lawyers will be found, when they aire it must be borne in mind that it is only when they have beaten the GoN'emment lawyers that such is the case. These are the a few of the Tit Bits the Tory lawyers have swallowed. In 1893 Gustave Stuart drew $1,264.38; A. W. At- w^ater, who was not as yet a Minister, $1,120.88; W. W. C. Languedoc. in one case in 1894 McKay vs. the Queen got $1,458.60, and lost the case into ♦he bar- gain. 1895 was a year of magnificent effort, D. Girouard, now a judge of the Supreme Court, pocketted $6,180.00 at one haul, for his services in connection with the In- ter-provincial Arbitration. This was a splendid effort but he was beaten hollow by D. Macmaster who, in 1896, grabbed TEN THOUSAND, uNE HUNDRED AND NINETY EIGHT D<3LLARS. TWO cents (Note that honest two cents.) J. L. Archambault evidently is not so valuable a man he only drew $4,600.00 poor man! The lists will show how cv :ful a search the Government has made to find out faithful followers for they contain pretty well all the Tory lawyers, great and small, throughout the Province. Money hu been scattered by handfuls to the faithful; On the one siide there is the hard-working people fighting foi a livelihood, on the other a crowd of open-mouthed bangers* on waiting to receive the cash wrung out of the toilers by a system of vile tax- ation. Electors read and see how you have been pillaged to feed th« hungry throng and see that the polls give your answer to thedr gra«puig greed. The sovereign an- swer of an outraged and indignant people, ( Whft. tlw To|y Lawyem netted out of tlie Taxei in 1802. Ana Gordon 9 343.00 L. G. Iklley 140.00 J. L. Arcluiinbault 2,976.00 \V. {). l^nguetloo 280.00 \V. B. Nantel 40.00 a. Maurault 20.00 A. S. Garneau 40.00 P. V. Tache 145.78 L. N. Denoncourt 20.00 G. A. Oornellier and J. Martel 331.50 G. Amyot 80.00 A. Rivard 30.00 R. P. Valle 200.no F. X. Dro^in 200.00 G. A. Comellier 200.00 F. X. Drouin 46.18 I-. Dionne 130.00 J. L. Archambault & M. J. P. Quinn 333.25 Christopher Robinson, written opinion and expenses re H. Merrier 250.00 Same gentleman, for sum paid by bim to O. B. Osier, Q.C., on same question 150.00 J. N. PouHot, services at en- quete 500.00 Total ^ 6.474.51 1803. For sorvices rendered as law- yers for the Crown f 12,216.38 J. I. Lavery, re Lepine and Gendreau 100.19 %1. Dunbar— The Queen vs. Met- cier 50().0it fx. Stuart, same case 1,284.38 W. C. Langruedoo, same case ... 500.00 C A. Gornelliei>-Queen vs. Soul- ieres 125.75 F. X. Drouin, ne Hon. T. C. Casgrair, es-qu^l vs. Pacaud . . 144.45 C. Lane. Petition of Right re Armstrong 25.00 J. L. Archambault, Petition of Right, re Amwtrong 25.00 M. J. F. Quinn, Petition of Riglxt, re Armstrong • • 25.00 A. W. Atwater, re lottedee . . 1,120.08 A. Con«tantineau— Queen vs. Lambert 100.00 J. R. Fleming, Habeas Corpus.. 6.00 W. Whitei, Habeas Oarpus .. 35.54 J. Dunbar, and W. C. lianguedoc Queen va Mmrrisselite . . . . 80.00 L. Taechereau. Action to recov- er 1100,000 from Pacaud .. .. 50.00 7S A. Fontaine McKay vs. tlie Queeri 230.00 E. Ijortie. \Valerou.s vs. Queen. 207.88 .1. S. Ptrrault. Qutnvi vs. llou chard 73I..T0 .1. Dunbar, ,DeniM vs. Olavenu.. 25.00 C Robinson. Honomrium.. .. 150.00 J !.. Arciiambftult .iuenae8 .30.00 .T. L. Archainbtiult Tjotterien. . 385.00 M.,1.F. Quiiun, Qutieivvw. \mi1ioU son 275.00 W. C. IjiinKuetloc, Change ot of venue Queen vs. Bouehaixl, accused of having obstructed a Custom Officer 121.75 C. A. Parisault, servioea . . . , 200.00 Macma«tcr & McGibbon, services 40.00 E. Lortie, sei-vice» .5.00 D. Girouard, Q.C. Petition of Right, Merger vs. Queen . . .TOO. 00 P. Leclaire. Petition of Right, Beiyer vs. Quet^n 600.00 Archambault &, Cbnuvin. Arbi- tnution 81.40 A. Fontaine, re J. Howlet . . . 41.00 H. M. Mulvena, re Wynn . . . . .33.50 J. A. Dionne, re Neilson 85.00 J. A. Dionne 4- Bouffard, Bor- land & Nadeau ..* 139.00 J. E. Bedard. Sturton vs. Lea sard 202..33 J. M. McDougall. Thompson vs. Hordman 150.00 E. Lortier re Nadeau 150.00 A. Dumais. Queen vs. Deaaul- niers 15.00 Humel and Tdlier, re Langlois. . 602.02 Hamel and Tellier, re Thompson vs. Berube 153.56 F. X. Oullettc. Infraction of fikh Uw 27.50 W. P. Sharp, re Crepeau 100.00 O. Stuart. Enquete 1.276.20 F. J. BisaUlom. Q.C 004.02 [. N". Belleau. Balance ........ 578.20 74 D. Girouard, Q.C. Proviiuual ArbiiratioQ SOO.OO I). Uirouaxd, Q.C. Servioes to June 26, 1892........ 3,280.00 Martel and Duoharme. OomeUier V*. C.P.R 176.80 R. P. Vallee. Balance Rolwrtc* v«. Queen 101.02 K. P. VaUee. McOonald v*. tbe Queen 316.00 Total $30,133.10 18M. For services rendered tus lawyem to the Crown. To June 30th, 1894 $10,345.81 Caron, Pentland and Stuart 500.00 F. E. Villeneuve 75.00 VV. White. UabeaA Coiput .. .. 45.G0 J. Dunbar. Motriaaette'a extradi- tion 349.53 J. P. (i^arreau. Queen va. De»- cLatelB 75.00 F. JL>. Allen, Moisaette's extradi- tion 483.'0 A. J. Uender. Ohoquette vs. Queer. 529.05 L. Taacbereivu. Queca va. Biior ueeu 40.00 V X. DroDin. H«ioford Railway vw Queen in api>eal 513.63 P. B. r.MBnan, re St. Martin.... 20.00 J. L. Atchuubault. Queen w. Trirttier ,. . 45.00 M J. K. Quinn. Queen v**. Hcoper 78.81 [i. >Stii)Toid. Bacon va. Queen 200.00 E Cienau, Queen vo. Goodfel- lov/ 86.00 E. Lortii?. Queen vs. WateroiM Co., in apptMil 340.UU J L. Ai'chan>li«Mk and M. J. F. Quinn. Qiieei.':) Bendi 200.00 Ituiiteed Sl Tjaue 12.00 A. J. Bender. Hi».l)eas Corpus.. 20.C0 A. J. Kernder. l^amonide va. Ijavergne 236.00 (J. P. Davidaon. Bank J—Caitier vfi. Queen 268.09 K. BouiTard. 8i. Martin va. Q"«*n 176.00 F. X. Droiuin. Queen vi. Pa- caud 200.00 J. L. AmhambantU. Queen vs. Mi-lutoMh. Tn appeal 100.00 I. N. TfeUeiau. Choquette vs. Lavergne 423.76 L. N. Dcmoncoiu't. Queea Fa. Hooper 80.00 P. V. Taohe. Coroner's In- quest '46.50 J. L. Archambault and M. J. F. Quinn, Mcintosh va. Queen.. 394.25 J. S. Perrault. Queen tb. Bou- clard 310.00 I. X. Belleau. Waterous Oo. va. Queen in appeal 126.00 J. Dunbar and W. C. Languedoc. Habeas Corpua 20.00 C. Darveau. Bank J — Cartier va. Queen 100.00 J. Dunbar. Habeas Corpua and extradition 1,001.00 J. L. Archambault anr^ .M. J. F. Quinn. Habeas Cotpus 128.00 J. B. Robitaine. Brunat vs. / Queen , 5000 V V. Tache. Queen va. Coo- nors 26.00 Q. Lamothe. E^quete re reform priaone 366.00 H. A. Turooi(i>«. Baoon va. Queen 66.00 D. Girouard, Q.C. Bergen va. Queen 1,190.00 P. Leclaire. Beirger va. Queen.. 900.00 J. L. CeditML Berger ra Queen 43.60 W. C. Languedoc. McKay va. Queen 1.468.68 A. Pontane. McKay va. Queen, advocates of the defendren — 1,529.61 I. N. Belleau. Queen vs. La- brador Go. Balance 2,167.90 r B. Cangrain. Balance of ac- count 28.47 Caron, Pentktnd and Stuart. Petition of right 500.00 h. Alain. Duhamel vx. Simard.. 68.20 C. Angers ftW L< rtie and Beaubien. City of Quelu-c va. Alford 10115 L M. McDougaU. Services r« Herdman -.... 126.00 G. S. Rioux. Enquete 30.00 G. S. Rioux. MicfaBtkJ ve. Du- val 30.00 Dionne and Rouffard. Services.. 54.50 l>ionine and Bouffard. Services. . 21.28 (!. ThibeauH. Robidoux vs. Auger 79.50 H. A. Tucotte. Att.-Oen. vs. Charleboia 177.48 Beloourt, McOacken, Henderson. Queen vs. Tliout 11.08 Lrrtie and Beaabien. Jesuits' Estatee 896..1T L. O. Beliey, Sturton *. Leasard. 766.68 Ives, Brown & French. Defend- ant's expowes. Bean vs. Wood- w«rd 186.50 D. Girouard', -Q-C ; ProvineiaJ ar- bitration up to Jan.,U», 1394.. 3,114.00 K. P. Vallee. RobsTge va. Quaen in laippeal 269.50 L. Staiford. Robetge va. Queen in appeal 80.00 .T E. Faribault Hon. T. C. Ca» grain va. A. C. Wurtele .. .. 88.80 TotaJ 132,345.13 Public Acoountfl, PaKea; 110,125, 136. 105, 204, 207, 2fi9, 242. 247. 250. 267, and 275. 1895. For aervicea rendered aa lawyers to tlie Crown, for the yearend- inc June 30, 1895 $13,890.00 C. A. Comwllier. Prelimiiiary en- quete, re Hooper 2UO.0O F. X. Drouiik, Hereford Railway vii. Que€»i, in appeal 277.50 N. L. DeJionconrt. re Hooper .. 20.00 C. B. Langtoia. King vk. Qu<>en. 396.35 . Ayleii, Att-Oen. vs Lionel.. 288.55 K. lx>i-tie. Queen vs. Wateroua. 20.00 L. F. Burrougha. Queen vs. Audy 31.00 h. ¥. Burrougha. Queen va. Carrier 39.76 Uunbar &, I^anguedoc. Queen va. Bouchard 35.00 Laii^ruedoo. Queen in sundry caaea 100.00 A. II. Siniard. Queen vs. Cimon. 183.ai AruhBinbault & Quinu. Sundry. 25.98 II. 1). McGibbon, Newmarket CkimniiMuon . . . . 566.60 J. K. Mliott. Enquete 100.00 ■Well It & Bcmier. A. P. Oir- on, district maf^iatrate 500.00 .1. Iv. ArclMuubault, Newmarket Ooimmistiion ., 240.00 J. L. Arehaniltault. Queen V9. Miih»»u 200.00 •I. Ij. Archambault. Queen va. Emniujiuel St. Louis 100.00 M. J. F. Quinn. Queen va. Em- manuel St LouiH 100.00 J. E. Prinoe, re Pii-kert 50.00 L. Taauhereau. Queen va. Oil- lt»*rt 160.00 L. F. Burrougha. Forfeited bails 1,061.40 J B. Robitaille. Canada Note va. Queen 11.99 A. Marcotte. Canada Note Cr». va. Queen 6.30 75 A. Germain. Bartiu vs. Hon. Tux- cotto 226.55 McGibhun tk, Davidson. GamL- liug 131.00 W. White. Investigutiog Comp con Village scandal 20.00 L. Taacnerenu. Aubin va. PHante. 40.00 H. A. Turcotte. Queen vs. South Shore Turn|)ike 486.35 P. V. Tache, Queen va. Connora 72.30 H. W. Mulvena. Enquete un body of Hebert . . .". 30.00 K. Bouflfard. Queen va. St. Mar- tin 25.00 L. (;. Helley. Habeas Corpus.... 20.60 MacniaaUr & Mcljennaii. Du- fiesne va. ^Iathew« 300.50 H. A. Turcotte. Bjicoh vs. Queen. 200.00 C. I'hilynult. Queen vs. l.«blani'. 20.00 J. K. Fleroini?. Queen vs. .lohn- 8on 20.00 C. A. Cornellier. Queen va. Ca- miile liJindn- 222.05 C l>ar\tyiu. Laver es qual ^•». Queen 100.0 L. F.Burrou(?lw. Queen vs. Bour chard 148.30 E.L. Pia'^t. Queen va. South Shore Conimifwitm 60.00 K. Boiilfanl. Martin va. Queen. 149.66 McCiibbon & Diividaon. E!nquele of the Montreal Street RaiJwny buildiiigH fall ."586.34 C. Daneau. liank J.-Oartier va. Queen 220.00 .). L. Archambault & M. J. F. Quinn. triminal cases in wip- pcal 195.00 W. C. Langu«loc. enquete at Fr*- serville. 159.15 W. Hud A. H. Cook, re Wateroua Co 150.00 H. A. Turcotte, Baoon v,». Queen 297 00 Caron, Pentland and Stuart, bal- ance, Cimon vs. Queen 2.06.1.®' Caron. Pentland and Stuart, bal- ance, Charlevoix vs. Queen — .182.40, 0. Girouard, Q C, Berger va. (^ueeii, balance, 210.()0 J. A. Boiiin, re sale Chateau R\nibar, (jueen vs. Coleman.. 26.00 J, Ihinbar and W. (-. Ijiinguedoc, inquest re accident Craig's Road 180.00 J. .\. Dionne. report re prison.. 20.00 G. Stuart, Queen vs. Pacaud... 630.00 Archnmlxiult and Quinn, prelim- inary enquete re l^-mers' mur- der flOO.oO Archambnult and Quinn, re -Vzaric (Jauthier SO.fK) H. A. Turcotte, Queen vs. South Shore, in appenl 340.00 V. X. Drouin, petition of right, Whelaii vs. Queen 200.00 F. X. Drouin, Queen vs. Pacaud.. 600.00 J. R. Fleming, Queen vs. Robil- lard 70.ai D. Macmaster, Joliette murder. . 371. .14 McGibbon, Davidson and Uogle, gaming hoases . 779.59 L. O. Belley, Queen vs. Dallaire.. 20.00 J. Dunbar and W. C. Languedoc. Queen vs. Clairmont 66.00 Oarveau, Queen vs. Laverjr 831.14 P. Tjeclair, Berger vs. Queen 200.0(» A. W. Atwater, Queen vs. Pacaud 1,400.00 A. W. Atwater, Queen vs. Boyd and Summerville 508.4.'? J. M. Tellier, Queen vs. Croisetiers 117.00 H. W. Mulvena, Quten vs. Chris- tie et al 40.00 A. Ferguson, Dionne vs. Queen.. 25.00 C. Pnnet Angers, enquete at Montmagny 105.55 M.. I. F. Quinn, Queen vs Berger. 433.15 H. W. Mulvena, Belanger and Rioux 20.00 F. .J. Bisaillon, Holgate vs. Queen 820.00 Hon. G. Baker, coroner's inquest at Ifedford 210.50 J. L. Archambault, Queen vs. Iloyle 80.00 E. Bouffani, Queen vs. St. Martin 145.20 A. J. Bonder, services 15.00 Biaaillon, Brosscau and Lajoie, services 386.90 lion. O. Baker, Queen vs. Blnn- chet mM .1. B. Robitaille, Brunet vs. Queen W.iJO (See Page 282, Public Accounts Hi^ii] LICENSES. J. A. Dionne, expenses McKensie vs. Bernier 602.88 CROWN LANDS. A. L. SinutleiT, Beau vs. Wood- ward 738.11 E. Bouffard, Queen vs. Murphy.. 50.00 T. Lefebvre vs. P. C. DeBlisle. . . . 25.00 JESUIT ESTATE8. L. 0. lieaubien, profesflional aer- vices re the collection of arrears of rent ... 648.00 SOME DETAIIiS. Of course some of the altove are lair charges, but uro given to nhow how the "honest men" diMtribute the patronage which comes into their fi ;ger8. Members of both parties pay taxes; members of only one party draw any benefit. On the other hand, many of the chargee are a disgrace. The foUowir will show the electors that we do not protest with- out reason. 77 ' MACM ASTER AND M'LENNAN. This ic what these two gentlemen drew for one case — that of Shortib ; — Ff>r fees, for all services other tban tlioup in connection with tbe conunifwion to h'^lpid. .. ?7.500.0U DwbursementH other than those in ronnectit>ti with the coininis- sion to Irelaiiil 802.9') Fees and n'tainers in connection with I he coniniisrtion to Ireland 2,5r)0 («) Dihbur»enicnfs in connection with the fonimisHion t. Ireland... 845.00 Total *ll,098.in! Off l.SOO.tX) Approved tn the iiin<.unt of. . . .?Ui,198.02 This piece of «K;anda!<»u« wpiauderinK ot tne people's monej; hesides Iwing a sample ot unprincipled tavi)riti»Hi, was made the subject ot a mcttiun in thi^ House. Need leHH to my, (he docile lanihs wlitch folhiw the Oovcrnnient'« heil wether voted ii down and de4(».t39 Amount approved 2,251.33 A. ROBERTSON. Amount charged $1,111.74 Off 282.50 Amount approved 840.24 Thi.H amount was paid from November 2l8t, 1895, to June 18, 1895. OMER llEAUBIEN. On the 18th October, ISa^i, Mr. Ileaubien received oniers to collect certain arreaiti from the tenant* of the Jesuits' Estates. This geiitlfman at once seized hie i)en and dii»he power and that he waa oiif of theii- "particulura." Collecting tuxes up to June 1, 1S96 $370.00 Servirea befoix' the Royal Com- uuHsiun, 30 days at $50 per day. 750.00 ExiH'iujes of three journeya to Montrwal.. 101.85 RFrAINER 500.00 $1,351.85 Quebec, March 20, 1893. Mr. Helleau alao repreeenit^xi the Attor- n«y-(}eneral in the Meivier action. He alMO made a speeech and for this clief d'oeuvre he waa paiil $500. Mr. Welleau's maater{>iece w«b (the Min- gan business. His bill lor this come to $34,- 151.90; amonga'v the items we lind the fol- lowing gems: Joume>' to f»ndon, 50 working «lay8 at $60 $2,800.00 Expnises of journey, 68 (lays at $10 per day 680.00 Prpjianrm the cose 1,000.00 Mr. B^^Ueau drew FOUR THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND FIPrYONl- DOLLARS AND NINCTY CENTS, and then did not plend the cause before the I'riv'y Council; for tliat puri>oee the valua- 78 ble services of Laflamme, Bompas, BischofF et al. had to be retamtxl and for these the Province paid as follows: 1892— R. Lafiamme re Mingan.. .$2,000.00 1893— Bonipas, BisebofI et al re Mingan 2,903.11 1894— R. Lt\flamme re Mingan.. 1.562.34 $6,465.45 The mtm who pleaded the cause were paid $6,465.45; Mr. Belleau wa^ paid $4,- 151.90 — for wlittt. Being a friend of the ' ■ iKMiest-men-taxers ?" yequewtration of the Chaleur Bay Rail- way. As noted above th« "craaader" needs must do something to brighten up his sul- lied coat-of-am»; dinted by nvany a haa^ rap givi 11 by tihe Opposition; be imagined to get the polishing paste by sequestrating the Chaleur Btaiy Railway, thus obtaining control of the "neediul." Mr. Flynn was only i:omini8Bioner ot Crown Lands, but the "honest men" were Hoon convinced UJid Mr. Naniel — of Monti- real Court House fame — the then Conunis- sionui* of Public Works tiemanded the sequestration. After ail this pother the question, as to whether the Uovemnumt ciin name a se- questrator, has been going the rounds ot the Provincial courts aad even, now n be- fore the Supreme Court. One thing, howiever. is settled, and that is that the Go\'enuiieiit lias been once more able to help itN friends. I 'aid to Mr. BisaiUlnn^ Advooate.$2,510.00 J'aid to Caron, Pentland & StuaH 2,461.00 Sundries 1,000.00 $6,031.00 The workmen and employes who have not been jjaid may whistle for their money wivilst tlie lawyers draw thousands. The Covemment tliat «lid the some trick in tlie case of the Bunk of Ontario «b the same old cliarlaban. The end ot this little scandal is not yet; tlve Supreme Cowrt expenHes are y«t to- be paid. After reading the above tablra it does not iieeil much thijiking to surmise liow they will l>e divided. Uui]- 80 The Conversion of the Debt. In order to understand thij latebt Tory attempt at fiiiancuig, the be«t thing to do JB to give the resolutions piesenled on November 25th, 1896, b> the Hon. A. \\ . Atwnter, Provincial Treasurer. It used to be said that he who understood a railway time-table was a wise man, we know that be -who can make, out Quebec Government book-keeping i» a genius, but the super- Itttive degree was wanting until we had this specimen of an ;imateur financial pres- tidigitateiir, which will rack the brains ot Solomon, Solon and Justinian to make anything of; that is anything in the r«- inotest degn-e practical , vt appropriatevl as a sank- ^g fund for the re deinption of the loans of 1876 and 1878. %nd a poi tion of the ' re fiscal agents or Iruslees in (*una«itution may be made by the sale of the one class of bonds or debejiturefi or Province of Quebec in«cril>ed stock, and tlie pur- clwflf of those for which it is desired fo sulwfituto them. Resolved. 4. That in case of any con- 81 vcrni(>n ol the wliole or any portion of Hit. Piibln: Debt, eUecttd undfi- the pio- vihioiiH oi the Ait to bo Iwtied on thfise ifHolutioiifS an iinnual sinking fund shull hv provided for the ledenipiion of the in- tnased debt caused l)y the convi.Tsion rtutliiHi/.ed by the jiroviauH reKolution, vrlirli Hinking fuii the amount of the df liontures of eneh of thew; loans, whn^h liiity hereafter l>e converts or purcliaawl under the third of tht^ne resolutions, but t'-o iwniumt no release*! »hall he ai)proiiri- ated as a sinking fund foi the new debt created by the conversion. UesolveiT. fi That an> sum«» of money which shall l>e receivc^l by thi'* l*r«)vin iwiy as the rcRull o; the 8a.id anbiiralion shall hi ajipropiiatoil to\\ard» the redemp- tion of the Public Debt cremted by the coiiv rsidii aiit.lc»i'/ed Ity the third of these reiiohitioiiM, or may he Ubed, under llic aiulioiiity nl the Lieut nanit, Oovcinor- in ( ouncil, in puu'liiisimg hondu or de- bentures of the Piininie of Quebec. llem)lved. 7. That the liieiitenant (jov- iruor Ill-Council ni.iy, from tunc to lane, aiitliori/e t.iu- uivcslnienl .it llu- minis ao received as tiie result, of the iiaid arbitra- tion, as well a.s the part of llu; piice of the I^ucIh-c, Montreal, OiUiwa. and Occi- deiilaJ Kailway, or of the «iil>siily jjranled by tlw Dominion Oovcniment under thft Act 47 \ ii-t(U-ia, cha|>l»'-i- M, reica.-icd from the HinkinK fund ot ll.t; loms of 18/4, 1870, and IS78, l/y tii<- convorHion of auv ot the Iwmds vv dil>eiiture-* of ;ho»ie hxiuu, and «ueh invtslment sliall fonu (Mi-rt of the HinkiuK fund for the redemption of the converted di-bt, Kesolved. 8, Tlmt no (iebentures, lK>nda or m.sciilH'd sUnk o.f thin Province shall be retleeniidti.' l>efore the time mentioiKHi in the biflid.^ or delx'uiure*!, ov Ijefore the time fi.ted for the payment ot 8Uoh inscrilnnl MiK-k, except with the consent of the holders of .-jU-'h bonds. del>etiture* or iiiMcnIted stock. Tlie Chicago Exiiil.'iton. Wheji the present (lovcrnment came ft) poweT there was a crowd of worthies who deemwl no reward good enough for their exalted l.iletits, save a idace that gave a tatle and a salary. I'ufortuuately, all c .uld not be made ( abmet Ministers, as they ih' perved, so they were made, as far as pos s-ibie. Ministers without portfolhrn, i.e., men with a title but no pay. This, as all the world knows, is pabulum but ttle suited to Conscrvaoive jttomiuhs; no n lasos where the genthincn were so ob- strei)erous as to take no "honest man" pro- mise*, something had to be done to pro- vide the cash. This had to he aecomplinh- ed in such a maniiei ,w not to oiieuly vio- late the law. The method by which thu was done proves the exceeding cleverness of the Consen'atives, when means have to be ar- ranged whereby eanh is t() be obtaine . Quebec sent horses, Kngiish, Norman, Pcr( heron; in short, the animi'ls wliieli haxe made the lion. Mr. Heaubien's great »UceeBH, the i^arua NuUonul, famed the worhl over. It also sent Ayrshire cows and so forth, such, nf course, being truly representative of t^uela-e. So patriolic a display nnist. be guarded with the very grreateflt of care; no one'less (hau an "hon- orable" could be trusted. Thus was the difficulty solved, and tho poor men got salarieB, us will be »eeB 82 from the following extracts from the T'ublic Accounts for 1893 iuid 1894 :— 1893. Hon. J. Mcintosh, comnn'ssioner, for expenses $15,910.00 Hon. A. C. P. Landry, interim commiuwioner, whilst the Hon. J. Mcintosh was sick, for his expenses 6.000.00 S. C. Stevenson, secretary, for his expenses 1.150.00 Dominion E(lucatJiona(l Associa- tion, for its expenses 500.00 H. S. Foster, exliihition of milk products 400.00 Arthur Tremblay, travelling ex- peuses *0.00 »24.000,00 1894. Hon. J. Mcintosh., expenses. . . .$ 7,829.00 Hon. L. Beaubien, Ctimmissioner of Agriculture and Colonization, expenses of journey 175.00 Abbe Bruchesi, expenses in con- nection with the educational ex- hibit 450.00 Rev. Brother Charcst, historical notes on the Deaf and Dumb In Btitution ISO.'^'^ Major Shiei*^*!,!^!, A.D.C, tiuvel- ling expenses of His Honor the Lieutenant-Governor and suite to the exhibition 784.00 The Gazette for pi-inting 107.V1 $9,905.7 1 This shows that the Chicago Exhibition was made the occasion for taking $33,- 995.71 out of the public treasurj-, and put- ting it into the pockets of the camp fol- lowers of the crusadera, and that at a time when the Pixivdnce was obliged to go about borrowing money to meet its legi- timate debts. Note, Jar. Elector, that the honourable the figurehead at iSpencerwood, who has a house, $10,000 per year, and sun- dry other thousands for toilet paper, pho- tographs, etc., drew over $780 for liis little jaunt. Some of the items of the account will show how the hangere-on plunder the Pro- vince, arfd how well the "honest men" provide for their friends and relations. 1803. February 22— Auzian Turenne, travelling expensct; . . . .$ 217.00 February 2R— J. Mcintosh, on ac- count of salary l.OOtV.W April — Hon. L. Beaabicn's iiavel- hng expenses 1 • .00 July 11— Auzias Turenne, horses . 200.00 August 3— Insurance on horses . . l,230.iio Aug. 3 — Auzias Turenne, horses . 350.00 Aug. 4 — Auzias Tux-enne, horses . 500.tice with- drawn, th«< Government consented to a reduction in the interest from five per cent, to four and one-twentieth per c«it., thereby causing a tAt«] Iobs of $000,000 on the interest up to the date of maturity. That by not making use of thin amount of $7,000,000 for the re«.lemption of our loans, the (Jovernment expones itself to receive a new notice from tbei C. P. R. Co. That in order to avoid possible loss on so large an inve«tmcut tlie Government may be compelled to consent to a further n^duction of interest which will occasion considerable loss to the IVeaaury. njis House ,is, therefore, of opinion that the sums of $7,000,000, $600,000 and $2,304,000 should be dervwted to the redemp- tion of the loans maturing in 1004. 1900 and 11W8. to tl>e payment of which they have been affected by law and consciiuent- ly that it is inopportune to convert these three loans. The said amendment being put to th» vote aws negatived on the foUowng divi- sion: VEAS — Bomatchez, Biason.Caron, Cooke, Dechene, Girard (Rouville), Gladu, Guerin, Lalibertf, TiUssier, Marchand, Morin. Pin- anlt, Shehj'n, Stephenn, Tessier (Portneuf), messier (Rimouski). — 18. NAYS — Allard, AtAvater, Auge, Baker, Fieauchamp, Bedard, Bouffard, Carbray, Cartier, Chateauvert, Cholette, f'hicoyne, Desjardins, Doyon, England, THynn, Girard fLake St. John), Greig, .Gienier, Hackett, Tjacoutui^. iTcClary, Magnan, Marion, Martineau, Nantel, Normand, Panneton, Parizeau, Pelletier, Petit. Rioux, Savaria, Ste. Marie, Simpson, Spencer and Te- treau.— 37. NO FIXED PLAN. The Government has asked the House to autJhorize it to convert a debt of over thirty-two millions and yet, when pressed as to the way tliis was to be done, could (rive no rerply. Even at t/he meeting at Windsor Hall, Montreal, March 31, when the "honest men" were to take the whole world into their oonfidipnce andi were brim- mmg over with promises as to all the won- tiers they fire going to do for the Province, till' Hon. Mr. Atwater could not tell how it was going to be done. '"' . only thing he told the i>cople was, that in the darl^ and sinca the prorogation, he had con- v»>rtod $3,000,000. How, and what it had ciMrt, these are not matters which the tax- j)Myer8 who have to find the money for Mr. At water's amateur financing, were allowed to know. Mr. Parent, a man who knows by ex- perience something about conversions, last seBsion moved the following amendment, when Mr. Atwater brought down his won- drous resolutions : "That without opposing llila idea of a conversion of the public debt under regu- lar and judicious conditions, this House, before authorizing a transaction of such importance, which determines the financial position of our Province definitely and without recourse, requires that the Gov- ernment do give it more precise informa- tion as to its mode of operation and the basis on which it relies for obtaining the beneficial result it anticipates." . The Government being in the dark it- self OS to it« plans, ordeixnl the lambs to vote the amendment d«)wn, which was done by the usual mob of automata. It is worthy of notice that Mr. Parent has converted the debt of .(Quebec, of which city is mayor. But like an honest man he insisted upon hanng ten- ders. These tenders weiv carefully ex- amined by the mayor, aldermen and the City Treasurer; all men versed in fyiance. When the matter was thoroughly gone, into, then the conversion was completed, not before. Thwe men wished to do the right thing to their city and their fellow- men. The Gowmment will consult no one; a blind following votes as it wants, and on the ai-my marches headlon. to destruetifMi. The worst of it being that we, and not the flynnians, hf.ve to bear the punish- ment NO COMPETITION. .\s will l»e seien by the resobitions, tho GovcmrK'nt \uw taken gooil care, so co ar- range nuitters, that it is not obliged to iihk foi' tendet-H for the new scheme. Tlie result of a similar deal in the case of the infamous PariJi loan is yet freih iu the minds of the i)eople. That was an elegant «i>ecimen, of the (rovemment'!* fonversion ideai. There were no tenders iu that qase and the .»,^_«l-...,«,...»^ .^.>»,y.,, ^^ , , .J ,^^ j^. l,yl,^p ^, j, ,l ^^ IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) V] <^ //A c: /a /T^A /A //a o 7 1.0 «^||IIM ill I.I III12 1^ i4£ 12.2 2.0 1.8 © 1.25 1.4 1.6 ^ 6" ► Photographic Sciences Corporation -L V ^\P 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 14580 (716) 872-4503 s 6^ ■l 4 86 upshot wivs thla)t the Province lost a larj;'-! sum on tlie sale of the debentures and in addition luid $1,226,515 addetl to the debt at one stroke. In impassioiied tones, !NTr. I'lynn called the heavens to look at his clean Imnds — in tliis Windsor Hall— iuid the electors^ to judge him, and his, by tlie p;i(^t; we will take him at his word. As the Paris loan inoreaat'd the debt by over a million and a quarter, it is evident tliat to convert tlie whole debt of over Thirty-two millions will eo.«r. tlic Province $8,000,000 to SIO,- 000,000. in incrta-serl debt, eUf., That'-s a plain deduction from Mr. Flytm's pa.st. The Ivibeiials tried to avoid a repetition of the Pari.s scjindal. Mr. Turceon moved the said resolutions be not lead a second time but that they be again referred to the Committeie of the Whole wirh instruc- tion to amend the first resolution in such a manner as to provide that the said conversion bo effected by the Government only after having offered it to public com- petition by calling for tenders to that effect by public notice. (fyee Journal, p 102.) Of course, this an\endmt>nt was rejected. Messrs. Stephens (p. 101), Girard, (p. 103), atid Kematchez (p. 10.1), all moved umendmi'nts to prevent tlie consummation of tliie Government's iniquity, but were voted down by the *" honest men" ■\\ho W'anted to do their work in the dark. WHAT THIS SCANDAL WILL COST THE PROVINCE. As Avill 1x3 noticed In the first resolution the (ioveniuient has the right to name ONE OK MORE FISCAL AGKXTS OR TUL'STEES IN CANADA, ENGLAND, TRANCE, or elsewhere. These gentlemen «ii'e to have no fixed Balary; they are to attend to the various little matters connerted with payinj^ off of $3:3.000,00(», and fixing a new loan. Tlie recompense for the s«ime lieing in the hands of a generous Government, who ttill make all arrangements as to .iiropor- tionate division. Mr. Flynn wants us to loMk at his past: we will. Oil page 6(5 of the Public Accounts for 1S06 we find: 11. Wiilsoni-Smithi. For premium above jKir on £313,568 stg., plac- eer 30th, 1890, will show the poli(y of the Opposition on this subject; "That Hon. Mr. Taillon, tiien Prime Minister and Trea.surer of the Province in his Budget Speech of the '26th .Novem- ber, 1893. at page 30, declart'd in un- equivocal terms the policy of the Govern- ment and of the Conservative party in the following words: " 'What more is necessary to havo equilibrium in the fiminces? " 'In the first place, we must not uii- de'take extraordinary public works whoae cost cannot be paid out of the oi"diiiary revenue, witliout urgent nwessity. " 'We must not grant now subsidiea for raih\Tvy enterpri.s<». " 'W^e must not revive subsidies which are defunct, and we must refuse, as tar aa the public interest will iiermit, be it well understood, to transfer subsidies already voted, from one enterprise to another. " 'The policy of which the Government finds it.self compelled to follow does not only mean that we must not increase the fiublic debt, and reduce it each time the occasion presents itself, but it also means that it will he necefigary to practise the most rigid economy.' "That the resolutions now submitted uutliorize the Liieutenant-Governor in- Council to grant new sul>8idies to rail- ways as well as to revive the lapsed sub- sidies «nd to put into execution transfer of subsidies from one railway to anotlier", "That these resolutions constitute a de- viation from the policy above set forth; "That tliey entail the expenditure of large sums and the incren.sing of the pub- lic debt and tliat by this change in its railway policy, the (Tovernment grants aid to certain lines of small importance, to the detriment of other litipis whoae utili- ty is Mollknown, and which are destined to have tlw effect of f>nening up impor- tant regions at present deprived of alt railway communication." 87 CONVERSION OF THK LAND SUBSI- DIES, One of the mof.t wondorful achievements of a government, already famed for its weird eono^oLions. is the set of resfilutions which authorize it to pay at once, and without conditions, 17J cents for each acre of hind cnvnted to the Comuaniea as subsidies Under preceding Administratioua, subsi- dies wei-e KramUvI. in lanxi. to cerkun rail- ways. SubseciuentHy, thrse crnnpani«is were allowed to ctmvert their subfsidics *^m^ into money — the lands being valuefl at 70 cents per acre. By the conversion the companies were entitleii to .35 cents in ca«h as soon us tlie sulvsidv was earned. avd the balance (35 cents) -was to be paid when the laiids were sold and paid for. Last Session the viuestion was raised of laying the .35 cents. As we owed tlie companies nothing until the lands wero sold and paid for, we had no interest to pay amd. no actual, and demandable debt. On an average, taking good years with bad, Ave draw som.> forty thousand Hollaxa from the sales of Public Lands. The Goveniment'.s new law authorizes it to p'ay the R.ailways, at once, 17J cents for the last ,35 cents and to issue deben- tures bearing 4 per cent, interest, to (lay the sum needed. Tlianks to this polic'v \\>- sliall have to jwy $60,000 to $80,000 an- nually .as interest which heretofore w* have not done. The amount of subsidies to bo paid amounts to $3,295,700.95. (Sw Atwater's Budget Speech, p. 28.) "The aggregate amount tif these land grants which have not lapserl is, to-day 9,251,468 acres, in respect nf which the companies* have declaivii tlieir ojition of conversion into money, and 105,000 which are possible of ('(inviTHion. Of these, 4.;589,460 acres were srranted pri<>r to 1887, and 4.5T4,008 between 1887 and 1892," tlint is to say, under the Mereler reffinie. Ml". Flynn has denietl the figures of his o\^^l Treasurer, but. they are time all the same. This law, passed in order to raise elec- tion funds, by means of a division with the brol'.er who made the deal, will have the ePect of bunlening the Province with an additional intere.st charge. Besides which there will be another load put on tJie debt whicih ought never tct have been a ^lebt. as we hay, ^ve pay che interest and the un- inrlunate coloiiL>*ts, as usual, suffer. The Uppo.-on verted, to 3.2.38.013 95 And on what reinaias as pos- sible to be converted 57.750 00 Total $.3,29.5,7tJ3 93 That in virtue of section 3 of the Act A'lrtoria, cap., 76, the railway compunlea not having e.verci.sed the optimi required by the Act, and an Order in Couni-i! hav- ing been passed under section T aforesaid, all lands intended for a compinv and the conversion whereof was authorized reverted to the Crown domain as fully aiul as efTecjtually as if no land subsidy ba- were Tories. Last Session, f as can be seen on page 400 of the Journal) this debasing of jus- tice was made the subjewn, declining ■.■• bring the men to book who are ci>n- victed of gross malfeasance. The follovvini? elp's representatives are treated by the hauKhtv gentlemen who over-ride the law of the land. In the case of Joseph Guay, of Charle- voix, Mr. Morin, M.P.P., "was told that h© had been fined, but only $24.80, the re- mainder being "under advisement," which 92 is another of the Government's Httle phrases under which is hid a multitude of ains. The lion. Mr. Beaubien — of Haraa Na- tional fame— has a conatituent by name Joseph Levy Janelle; of couise he <'ould not be a ba' laws for the benefit of the peo- ple. One law, at k*a.st, which they passed will never l>e mentioned. Shuffled through tlie House, at oi slack time, like all deeds of dai'Uticss it will be kept quiet. It will be for tlie voters to corner the men who have been in the House, or those wlin wish to go there, and to demnnd un ex- planation. Uust Se.s.>^inn n little Act was introduced by Mr Alknl and supporletl hy tho vir- tuous Pellet ier. A ca.sual reader of the Journals would see nochin<4 m the title to show what a nefavious dee 1 has been done. Th<» Act is entitled: An Act res)ie(tmg municipal and civic coriiintion. T.tt us see h',\v the "honest men" deal with thi.-j 8ul)jeet. In the Revised Statutes the l>enalty for com-.iplion was loss of all civil rights. Xo limit was fix-ed, and the convicted one m,ight l>e depi-ived for the term of his natural life. By .58 N'ictoria, chapter 42, deprivation for five years was made the jjenalty, in addition "to a 'Ine of $500. The last Tory bill annuls the the Revis- ed Statute», Article 4647, and dedii res that any perbon convicted either in the past. or in the future, shall only suffer tlie for- feiture provided for l)y sections 1 and 2 of 58 Victoria, chapter 42. The Act then iirooeeds: "In the oaso in which, however, the defendant has witis- fied or shall sati#ify the condenmation pro- vided by the «iid articles 4645 and km. tlie time of tht? forfeiture provided ff)r by 8(K'tie. duce 1. as well for the i>a«t lais for the fu- ture, fr.mi FH'E YEARS TO EIGHTEEN ^MONTHS, to be reckoned from the dat<* of the judgment rendered in the first in stfince." It will be seen that the Government has reduced the penalty for eorruption from Five yeiirs to eighteen months, and that it is made most cliear that this not only ajiplies to the future but to the jKUst. What in adl this alxvut? To find this out it is neceesjiry to go back a little. C)n June 27, 1895, judgment wa« given in the Superior Court for the District of Ottawa, by which Edmond S. Aubry. at one time Mayor of Hull, was con- demned under the Revisfd Statutes, Arti- cle 4645, to [)ay a penalty of $9,18, wheref)f $655..'^8 was i)aid to the Crown, and $.327.60 to the plaintiif Ludger Genest, a rate- payer, who Imd taken action in the mat- ter. , In rendering judgment, the Judge avid that tlie guilt of the alx>ve-named Aubry ^\-as clearly e.stnblii^hed, and his general geniality and turpitude while dis-charging the important duties which devolved up- on him as Mayor of the City Hull. He further adil"d' the .scathing words: "And olesrdy mtablishes Chat tlie charge of M-hich he stands convicted was only one out of the many acts of corruption of v bid) he has l>een guilty." The charges made against this said Au- bry included: 1. Receiving a bribe of $1,000 in connec- tion with thie .settlement of a claim arisiing out of the building of the C/Ourt Housv and jail at Hull. 2. Receiving a bribe of $3,000 to seourc his vote and influence in getting a by-liaw % 93 ■ of the cliarges license, Lauren- hia way total of license ds on a denietl tlirtHi»^li coiiferriuj; cei-tain electric ral- ^vay privileges and clc-tric liglitinj; privi- leges and other fnnicliises in Hull. 3. Keceiving a l^nbe of $.")00 in connec- tion with tho Iniilding of a liridgc from Hull to tlie village -)f Gatinoui Pciint. i.ere is a man convicted by the Tonrts of the CoHntr>' of th(> most unbln- Government of "honest men." Out. *)f this conglorueratioii la iirodueed this out.ranecaiis scandai wliu-h ouuiil to bo poisted on every hou^e in the Province. 'I'he change of the law of cornijjtion in p.issed so tliat Aubrv', who was deprived of all civic rights for fiv," years in dune, IHd.i, maj be able to once more take bia pl.ice .iinidxt in.s Tory friends. IIk. ejgh- teicn nioiith.s fixed by t.be law weiw ui> at the time the act waw passed .M'HllY ('A\ r.E MAYOPv, :\r.F'.P. or "•.hat lie likes. Thi.n is the way m which Hic law and justice is delKiuched by the 'I uricts. The present Government makes it its whole businciss to point out the alleged erc^ravagances of the Liberal regime. The i'adac:^' of its position is self-evident. JM the present office- holders iirove and show what they have done. With a general scream, about the wieke4lne-*i of the Lib- erals, the Tory orator imagines ho has done all that is nec-es.-iary. ^^ore is reegin with, one of the cliief mein- bers> of the Taillon-Flynn Cabient is a man who ha.s done »11 that lies in his little power to stir up rac« fc'uds, am wa.« the man of all others avIk) su))|)orted AlercicT HO long as he got his sluire of ihe pick- ings. What has the HON. L. P. PELLETIKH done? For four years he was one of the nioviny spirits »f the IVIercier regiime, and was a most devoted adherent of the Parti Nati«in!al. Wha.tever Messrs. FJlyiin & Co. have to say about the Lu»t Govern- ment's wickedness thiiit gentleman ai)prov- ed of all the expenses and voted for all the railway wschemes, etc., he was one of them and cwen crusader Flynn with all his experienoe of tiie double shuffle, can- not clear Pelletier; he is jointly res|ion- Hible with Mercier and wb.m the present Government accepted him they knew his record and gave approval to the very things which now now they pretend to regard with holy horror. To enumerate the various squanderings which have been achieve*! under these able spendthriftft is beyond most nven; a few samples will do. Mure Squfmderiugs. TIu 'lovernment is not only ♦■xtrava- gnnt, but it, is i cnvard, and. worst of all, a^ liar. These things strand out in. the Public Acivjuiits. Init they are not seen by the csusual reader; even the replies Civun by the Government, are wilfully Mi.«louding and disgracefulilv unlnie. (See •l.'uriial. mm. p. 394.) A question is fisketl m the House as to the .salary of ^••ome employe, an answer is given wliich !.■* a pure dec-eption; the salary, it is true, is what IS tmt down as salary but a care- tul l(K)lv through the Accounts will reveal the fact thi'it the verv .siame man is di-a.w- ing 3, 4, 5 or other "s(miethiiigs." This IS the way th.> "hfmest men" blind the CTlip pages given refer to the Accounts.') l>copIp. Public Dr. W Grignon. Eight months' salary ;us lecturer on Airriculture, from Xov. 1st, 1894, to 30th June, 18%. (p. 76) $800.00 Lectures on Agriculture', (p. 120). l.?7.85 Grant to Butter factory (St. Ad- ele. Terrebonne, fp. 147) .. .. 10(1,00 Eor lectures delivere' paid to this man is S1.200, wheretis in rtality it is a good $1,000 more. f* 94 C. m. Gauviii, Suporinteudent of Surveys. Amongst the almost nmnb«rleeB example* 12 months' saJaiy to June 30th. o£ ■waste, I'avoritL-^m, injustice and Hcan 18!)5 (p. 74) H.iJOO.OO dal which disgrace the pages of the Pub- Teaching Architecture in Quebec lie Accounts aind the Journals of tlio Art School, (p. 123) 177.00 Legishilive Aawimbly Llie following few Spec.'ial allowance, (p. 19S) .... '200.00 .specimens will amply suffice to show the vSectioiuil m0.00 and put Dr. Dionne, tome Iv editor of Author's lights 135.00 Oi« Courrier du Canada, in his place at §2,400.00 per annum, thus adding another $3,545.00 $1.6110.00 per annum to the expense. G. A. Gigault. They paid L. D. Vezina «99.30 for a Salary aa Aa.9istant Coramisaioner. ■ '^'^f^}'- (fuWic Accounts. Phrp 179, 1894.) /p '75\ $0 02200 ^Ir. Belanger made a chair for Mr. Travelling 'expen,^."(p."l30) V. '.". "'V.S^) J^^;, '^ ^ruere President of the Legis- Gratuity fp 1.30) •'OO 00 "'^'^'^ Council — at that lime — for which Travelling expenses. "(pV 1.38)'.". V. ''20I70 t.he Govemment paid $300.00. '< " (p f^2Q) 4 04 receipts of 'the Jesuits bjir f «• r' I47J-) l^\^ <"ates amounted to $12,147.73, the collection ■______! of which cost $2,a57.4G, or 20 per cent. ^o 498 87 The receipts of tM Seigniory of Lauzon ""' came to $2,790.86 to collect which cost From the above it is clear that the Gov- V877.37 or some 31 per cent. Would ero !ent is in the habit of paying all sorts any landlord in hia senses pay for rent- of sums ius gratuities t« employes who are collection at this rate ? Another charm- paid by the Province to do certain work. ing example occurs under the head of These are not authorized by Parliament Shore Sales in which case the receipts but are simply given as the Minister amount to $724.73 and Xiie exnenses to wishes. H«^e ia an extra and useless ex- $756.97. pense; acts of favoritism and entirely op- They paid $1,500 for lookinj after electrio posed t.o the spirit of the Constitution. belle, etc. Twentv-Tliree Constables to Guard One Man. On the 22nd of March on© Philippe The first proceeding Avas a striking one, Lftcours was brought before the Ooiirt of TWENTY-THREE Constables were sworn Queen's Bench at Rimouski to answer to '"■ Twenty-three constables to take care , , , „ J 1 . 1 .,, of one unfortunate man. This mnKular a charge of mortaUy wouBding his brother. promptness and vigilam.^ is so striking The Attorney -General tM,me to represent and so deserving of record thait we give the majesty and dignity of the law. the names of the twenty-three men who «o nobly came forward at llieir country's '4 (^u»;bec i.s a poet- liligant. It alwayn cf.ll. Uete tliey are : wviiia to lo.-e and so luia U> pay the lilagorkiue Caijihi' (.'otc, chief Gonstablo. ^^"^"i- -^''ter a wiieful ovi-rhaiiliuK uf th« llenaenie Martin, Superior Couit Ualiif. I'ul'Hu AccouuU Mie following appears to Joseiih J'inean, SlierifE's setiretaiy. '"' "-I"' -^uni paid by tlio preHeriL Govern- CharleK Lt'pagf, Avhaif watchman. "'"^"'' t'<>i' la^w «i»iCo its advent to power. .^dela^(l St. Laurent, (iro oliief. ^''> >l"ul't tliere are many more items <•! Vorluuat Martin, law student. '^^l''' I' t'u' pul>lic knows noMiin.'. The Valmont ^lartin, turnkey. nianner m which these we have tound are Charles Couture, seciKtary of the Con- ^f-ai.terod indicates a dosiii! to nm,ke it aa scrvative candidate. «l;fiiculv. a.s po.^ible to got al |tk'> tiue Francois Ix-'vassenr 'i^""K Jean Gentil. tobacconi*.t. P':"^"' "' the exttuvawame of the preterul- Damase lianvUle. wheelwright. '"i economists. They have kept an ;;rmy J. C. Gauvreau. detecUve. "^ lawyers in their employ for * he .ttrae , . 1, , , . rea-son that the Department or Agrujuiture rwenty-three m all and the Attorney- j^ overburdened with a .staff of useless General at the head of all to took after )^,.,ui.er.s, (>tc., and the Department of one man ^, . „ ^. , ^ ,. Crown Lauds filled with a ho8t or bush- Why all this ? Simply as a Tory rally ,..„ge,.,, five guards, surveyors and .^o on. and a means to arrauKe httla matters .ihe.se men are for the mo.st i^art nothing before the elections, . ^^^^ ^or lees than the paid janissaries $262,950.02 FOR LAW. «^ V" ^^"^''''■"'""rt, inten.le,! to do poli- tical work ai time ot need, such aa the For some reason or other the Province present elections. How ilie Government Sells the Crown Lands. An advertisement appearetl in the Offi- case before us 30 fftiys are given to' examine cial Gazette of March 27th, offering for 2,500 miles, and that at a^time when it is sale at public auction on tlie 28th of April not possible to do so. Such a proceeding about 2,500 square miles of timber limits at a time when the elections are pending, at an upset prida of $225 per square mile, ig ' a barefaced attempt to get the wbicre- only one limit of 32 square miles being withal to fight from the favored ones who fixed at $22.^, the bidance at $100 and will thus be able to "help" the Govern- under. These limits lire virgin foreet land ment in their .difitros? and to help them- in the rear of the River Ottawa and near- selves at the same time. hj 330 miks from the city of Ottawa. Tlie neighboring Province of Ontario As is Avell-known, 'it) is impossible, at got .$17,500 a mile for !its limits rece.itly. this season of the year, to examine the Such is the difference between Liberjil rule lands; no one can, therefore, bid for the and the crassly infamous way the Tories lands 'who has not in some Way or other do things here, had notice three months a^o that the sale was to take place. The sale then is prac- The following extracts from The Mont' ticUy confined to gentlemen in the "inner real Herald of April 8th will serve to fur Tun" of things who will be able to buy for ther emphasize this new scandal, «nd to a mere song our lands which are our last show how iniquitous it is :— available asset. The more the propo.sed timber limit sale It is usual to give lumibermen 60 jdays which the Flynn Government has adver- to examine 200 miles of such limits; in the tised for the 28th day of April, is examin- fie id and disc usHod, tlio woikc it lookn. VVlmt arc the facts ? It in (lillkuil to Unrnt iinylluiig about the xale. Mi-. Flynn is head of the CJ •vcrnnuiU, and ex-Coininis- [iioiii.'i- of (.'iDW Laiii'-H, l>ut he say* \a did not know uutil jd'ttT thi- adverlisiMut.iit appci'.rcd in tlie OUicinl Uazutte that n. was iuloiidtd. Mr. Nimtrl is away and hi.- olti- rials know iiothin«. Tho Jlemld'n C^R-bec corri'spoudt'v.l .ailed u' the Doiiartnit.-nt and Hixw AfsiHtarit Coiniiiissiontn- Taciie. Mr Tiic'lic handed liim a copy »f tlio oHkiiil notice of sale and that was all the informat^oi* lit- bad to nive. Mr. Nantel Ik L»ilJ('<'l«-Hl in (Quebec on the 18th inst mdy. Meanwh'le Mr. Taclir nM'nsos to say anyrhing about this i*hIo. except that everything is being done very reg^darly. The uukU; of procedure laid down in the leviftfd statutes for 1883 reads as fol- low-* : — "The salen made in conformity with the preceding article, presided over by m ofticoi of the Crown Lands Department, ot any oihcv party acting on tha commission er's in^nuetion. «hall take place in the manner, and o». ttie spot prescribed by the notice given in the OlTicial Gazette, and in the papers indic.ited to that cfT't t by an Oidtr in-Coiineil, and ►'hall b(» puli- linhed at least J.wo montlm previ:)UH lo the date of th*" wile." In lSO."i tliis I'liuisc \\.>« anicnded ;.o as to letiuce tlie lenglfi of notice. Tliu aniendment was on motion of Mr. yanicJ and the lav/ noM readc that 30 days' ao« tiee for any timber liniita wale, and L' days for sales e acc.ount, ed, or that Mr. Flynn was absent from Council when the order passed. Certainly it ia clear, anyway it is look- ed at, that this disposal of the public do- main, this sale of the assets of the Pro- vince, has been decided upon in great haste. The following letter to The Herald from an official in the Ontario Crown Lands Dcpartraeat shows thut the amplest time and the most pos.sible advertising is given to the sales which that department hold. Our correspontlent writes : — "As to our timber sales, they have al- ways been advertised extensively in the press — the timber paper.s of (^anada and the L^nited States, the papers of our nort ti- ern districts and the leading papers of On- tario. This has been done for from six week.s to three monthsi before a sale, ac- cording to the magnitude of the sale and its importance. These advertisements gas'e only the outline of information, and re- ferred the reader to the department for further infoi-mation, which was in the shape of a circular . . . giving full information regarding the location, mile- age .terms of sivle, etc. As a further means of making known the sale, we send these circulars to all the timber licensees. As a result of the advertising np a wbohr. the attendances have 'teen lirge, and the sales increasingly sucoesstul We (I Ihnt effect tiall btf pub- l)revi;>u(4 lo iciuieil M as (jtico. Tlio Air. raiiiol 30 days' ao< and lii daya uus shall bfi lale for tiio the Oifi'jial .11 cnnuiJiiiin jniUi); isHiie ;ion : "Wljiit rit as to the lotioe giving other int'or- "I havo not can't apeaU :'c a sale un- >n, lei\({tli of city, is look- ud. Among lal it is con* vigor, as a Herald from ,'rown Lands amplest time ising is ^iven rtment hold. hey have al- vely in the Canada and of our north- papers of On- for fron> six •e a sale, ac- tlie siile and isements gave ;ion, and ve- partmcnt for was in the giving full ication, mile- urther means re send these censees. As a wbotn. the and the sales ... Wie have liail oci-asional wiles by tenJcr ol most invariably had tViree montht' notice Binall lots of burnt timber, but these \ven> of wains in the past. snmll matter, although they wore snlvfr- One incrfhant nlated tlial the limits U>i- Used in the papers to a limilwl exttvit. " t-ale were larger tlian Mr. Stephens men- Representative members ot the trade, tioned, there being 1,0392 miles in "Block when Been on the matter, did not hesitate A" alone, while on the Saguenay, St. to say that the action f the GovernmenL John, Gaspe, and elsewhere there Mere was unprecedented ; that 60 days was a about 2,000 jniles, making the aggregate ridiculous notice, and that they have al- ."'-,^^0 miles. Torv TiLxation, The last battle waa fought by the Tories (Government has had a deficit each year upon the distinct plede^ of no new taxe^i. and has added over $7,000,000 to the debt. VVe have seen that they have broken that pledge, but that is not all, they have not MOW THE TORIES SAVE THE PRO- only imposed new taxes, but they have . VINCE. worked all the old taxes in a way that ,,„ ,„ . ^ ,, ,, „ has increased even that source of revenue „ '.h': Tories were to save the Irovmce. thus affording mora money to be wasted ' J"' i« evidently a very sweet task to some in scandals and .Tctravaganc*. "^ Vf "'' "^ '''" '''^'J ^^'°'^\ Of course they lonld not be expected to do it for nothing; INCREASES IN TAXATION FROM the expectation has been fully carried out. 1893 TO 1896 (4 YEARS). Mr. Al. J. Demers, of L'Evenement. in Liquor licenses $762,546.03 ^S92-93 got $15,189.45; in 1893-94. $10,014.47. Unilding and jury fund 80.156.22 Hud the next yeai- only $9,168.31, Judicial fees 25,595.90 ^ir- J- E. Memor, of Le Quotidieu, re- Jndicial stamps 55.233.28 reived $10,053.35 the first year, and then Registration 86,476.36 dropped off to $2,684.49 the next y^r, after which his patriotism leviving, he got Total increase of OLD TAXES. $1,010,007.70 $3 541.10. Mr. Brosscau, the printer of the pious NEW TAXATION (SAME PERIOD). ^Ir. Chapais' Courrier du Canada, got over On transfers of property $908,987.35 $300 per month, or $3,858.97 for the first On successions 516,037.88 year; $4,237.26 ^for 1893-94; $3,529.68 in Trading and manufacturing li- 1894-9.5, and $3,078.45 in 1895-96. or $14.- eenses 453,698 80 8.31.:'.6 in all. Taxes on municipalities for in- As might be cxpi^cted 'Messrs. E. Sene- same 1.02,8.32.90 cal i'^. fils, <.t the* Minerve, head the list. Direct) taxes on certain per- They started out with $6,564.36, which was sons 65,528.30 followed hy $11,699.20; the next year they Municipalities for care of pri- got $17,377.24, and in 1395-96, $18,899.82, sons 27.800.00 making in all tlie respectable total of Municipalities for reformato- $j4..540.62. Ties 20.421.97 Besides the above Messrs. E. Senecal & fils also print the Journal of Agiiculture, Total NEW TAXES $2,095,307.29 for which the Government ktndlv pays the Total OLD TAXES 1.101.007.79 printing and editorial K>xi)enBeH, and also ■ forces the circulation upon the Farmers' Total EXTRA TAXATION for Club, four years $3,105,315.08 This is a siieeimen of how these gentle- Even with this enormous increase the men "save tlie Province" and economise. DebtH and Expenses from 1876 to ISSTj To lipar the Toiy orator"! one would m/id affairs drriug the first twenty-years think that it was the Mcrcier (lovoinment of Cun federation and also how the debt which created the dobt and aupmentod our \\ir: contracted, expenses. The Joly-Marehaiul Govcinnierit wa>s The following tiablee will! show to our reoponsible for 18 months out of the whole voung friends, who are new to the politi- period; it diminished the controllable ex- ral world, since 1886, how t'.ie Tories man pauses by $240,000, commencing by reduo- lonths' noticf! ,li<' limits fcif Icphcns meii- les in "BlocK 'ftguenay, St. » there Avere lie aggrcRiite jit each year I to the debt. ; Tllli: PRO- be Province." task to some I course thcv t for nothing; y carri«d out. Iveneraent. in 94. .'SIO.014.47. J.31. IJuotidieu, re- ar, and then B next y«ar, nving, he got of the pious ada, got over for the first $3,529.68 in f>-96. or $14.- isrs. E. Sene- iwid iho Hst. JO, which was ?xt year thev »6, $18,809.82, hk" total of E. Senecal 4; ' Agiiculture, ndly pays the 80S, and also the Farmers' these gentle- id oconomipo. twenty-years how the debt Mnnierit wa.s of the whole itrollable ex- ng by reduc- ing the saJariee of its Memhers, of ilip Members of Parliament and of the Legis- lative Councillors, AND IT DID NOT AUGMENT THE PROVINCE'S RES SPONSIUILITIES. GROWTH OF THE EXPENSFi^. Venrs. Ordinary receipts. 1867-68 1868-69 1869-70 18/0 71 1871-72 1872-73 1873-74 1874-75 1875-76 1876-77 1877-78 1878-79 1879,90 188J-81 188182 18-/2 8,} 1883-84 1884-85 1885-86 1886-87 $1,380,843.83 1,654,509.88 1,633,992.66 1,6J2,0;2.33 1,698,33 J. 90 1,795,749.10 1,9j.3,6j3.35 2,U36,868.31 2,329,8)7.75 2,397,382.55 2,018,481.63 2,201,215.08 2,342,112.32 3,191.778.99 3,4 19,6 '0.94 27 5,. 07. 21 2,82.{,5i5.:;0 2,926,147.95 2,949.562.15 2.965,566.62 Onlitiary exiji-ntses. 1,181,931.81 1,319,8.«).0() 1,581,251.16 1,. '575,544. 92 1,595,652.92 1,707,.3J5..56 1,908,283.. 34 2,0(i(>.778.96 2,283,024.75 2,47 1, .5.53. 21 2,577.170.77 2,715,.')49..39 2,«30,022.80 3,566,612.07 3,628,229.16 3,096,943.27 3 121,619.91 2.9,30.733.86 3.03J,607.25 3,288,797.78 Total .. ..$46,156,989.75 Deficit $2,325,513.03 $48,482,502.78 $46,156,989.75 rilE LOANS MADE FROM 1867 to 1887. The first loan was made in 1874 under th '. Ouimet Administration. Ouimet Government. 1874 Loan $3,893,a33,34 De Bouohei-villo Government. 187() ..lx>aii 4,185,.333.33 1878. - Thi.s li)au was miide iin- dev the .loly Govennnciit, but it was to pay off di'bts contiafte Bou- cherville (ioverniiicnt, sn< h as Uie coiiHtruction uf the Xorlli Shore Railway, etc... 3.000,000.00 1S80. 1882. 11,078.666.67 Cliaplmu Government. .. ..Loiin 4,275,853.34 .. ..Lojui 2.433.3;«.33 17,787,853.34 Mou.s8uau Government. 1883 ... .Loan 1,066,500.00 FloaLiug debt . Total $18,8,54,3.'i3.34 .. 3,788.434.00 , .$22,642,787.34 Accibsutioiis Against the Hon. Mr. Marcluuid, The Tories, after a vigorous searcli throughout the career of Mr. Marchand, have found that, during the whole twen- ty-nine yt>ar8 of his public life, the only things they can get to talk about are the Gowan affair ana the expenses ot the Legislative Assembly during t'l;' time he was Speaker. The utter unfairness of the latter charge shows how liard put the Tories are when they have to trump up an affair 01 that kind. A very little cousidei'ation vill show this. As is well known, the greater part of ' he fjegislative expenses are beyond the Speaker's control. The printing expenses in connection with the House are divided into three parts : 1. The proceedinats of the Session, prop- erly speaking. 2. Departmental Reporti. 3. Bepliea to questions. The Speaker has absolutely no control over these; tliey being ordered W the House. When Mr. Maieliaud entered upon his duties as Spt-aker, he found that of the ^20,000 appropriated for ])niiting during the current year, onl> $3,600 was at his diapo.sal; the rest having been spent under the previous administration, i.e., the ''"ory one. He had to j^'-ovidc for the j)rinting of the Session of 18h( , which was prolong- «l froin January 27 to May 8. These ox- IHiiises includeil the Oifiers of the Day, the D^itiirtment Reports, Replies to Or- ders, etc., which had to be paid for out of the vote for the following year, 1887-88. This cretlit also being, in like manni!i-, diminished, a new bwrden fell upon the 1888-80 vote, and thus the matter went on, passing deficits to the following year. Mr. Marchand determined to put an end to this system of annual arranging, from which, thanks to a system in vogue for many years, his predecessor had suf* ' ■ • ';:^i;^;j^ -;*-■"•■'"■••:■ ■ '' • loo fered as well a» himself. The bottom ot in excess, that M'as spent annually while the trouble was the increase of the print- Mr. Marchand was Speaker. This is the ing expenses without a corresponding in- terrible extravagance which some Tory crease of the vote for the same. organs and speakers wish to make capital There was only one way to do this, ana out of in a mad search for something to that was to ask the tiouse to grant a say against the Liberals. Buflicient sum to clear oil the arrears. Even this must be seen by every mv This sum of $60,000, which was voted, partial man to be an unjust charge, when J32,000 of which was to pay oft' arrears, we consider the exceptional expenses caus- is what the Tories are trying to make ed under the Mercier regime ./by the de- capital out of. mands of the, then, Opposition, for all . , . manner of voluminous and expensive pap- It w evident then : , . era in reply to questions and the wages 1. That Mr. JSlarchand, during hia teriii ^^ numerous officials whic. are now re- of office, had to provide for a dehcit ot ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^ Provincial Police, and ii(3'2,000 left by his predecessors, and toi ^j^^, amounts expended now paid by the which he was not m auy way responsible. Department of Justice. ■_'. That lie was compelled to augmeuL it [^ somewhat wonderful to find stnng- the expenses in order to pu:. an cud to ,;nt ideas of economy suddenly developed the ever-recurring deiicits which, it was Jq ^he ranks of the very men who wasted in the public interest to stop. millions on such scandals as the Beauport 3 Tlic .xi.eu'^es for Drintiiig in ecu- Asylum, the Montreal Court House, the nection with the House are entirely be- I'ari.s loan, the Valliere & Charlebois cou- nd the * iiavo the hardihood to a«seit that the following '«"res a the annual ex ^^^^ '^^^^ ^^ Marchand sacrificed $17,000 penses of the House from 18S7 lo ]b% . ^.^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ Commissioner of 1887-88 f 133,2-12 Crown Lands in the Joly Government. 1888-89 115,572 All that it is necessary to do in order tp 1889-t)0 125,057 prove the dishonest motive of such an 1890-01 136, ?33 attack, is to quote a few passagfis from 1891-92 123,558 that part of the Report which received 1892-03 114,937 the unanimous support of the Com- 1893-04 120,303 rniltee. 1894-95 119,918 Page 231 : — These clainis are summed up 1895-96 119,318 . iu the following amounts of money : -^ — 'TT Igt. $8,800 principal of a coa.'vf.tutcd Adding together the sums expended ,,p„t_ created by letters patent. June 24th, from 1887 to 1891. on account of the Lc- ^g23 gislative Assembly exptmses, less the ex- Ond. $868.06 the amount of the seigneur- penses of printing, which we have shown ^^^ commutation. are not under the control of the Siieakcr. .,y^ $5,8(i8.1() being the balance of th^ we find a total of $511,304, whilst the m-ieara of rent due nn the said principal same expenses for the years 1892 to ISiHJ gnj„s fof ^j^g ]ast 23 years mak- come to $474,476, being a difference ot ;„(, a total of $15,527.82. $36,828, or an average of |9,207 per year it ig apparent on the very face of th« 101 ' sejgneur- Rtport upon our oppojients rely to value till' .s;iiil chiiiii at $17,0JU that, e\en if it li.id been collectable, it did iiol amount ti) more llian $15,527.82. » To bejijin with here is a reduction ot ^LilOO. JJut this is not all, a.s we shall see. Page 2o2 : — ''Of these amounts tiie first two l)eing the capital of the coiisiituted tents, not being exij^ible, it wae pro\ed that, if the security was good, they would bave fuli value less the di(-couiit of about ;ne-third: and furlhiT, upom the last Minount of !i<.'i,S':56. 16, the Government had first hypothecary claim for only five years i e., »2,4.5o. That nothing had been paid on these ri'nis since the year 1863, except a pay- ment made on the 30lh Oit., 1871, and that bonii.' .'^0 acres subject to ))a,\mcnt of Ihc iSiiiil demand had bceii i neeroughr, in all probability, more than $5,0iH), if jiid'ci:il iictioti had been taken for payment at the time- The committee were tmanimous on the foregoing. In short after examining all the eviuenco and exhibits, the Committee are ot unani- mous opinion: 1. That the Ministers of the Joly ^Minis try are not LTuilty of any di.'jhonesty in the whole affair. 2 That the two tirsi items {$9,Sr78), could I'Ot be collected l>eiiig the ciipital of coii- «titutci1 rents not riy fjovornment, t" presenc tlieir pr o:ity of claim liN th(> rirtistering of the claim-^ (IS requirtH.1 by law in such u case. 4. That at the time of the tiunsaction tri(!.-.e claims would only have brought $.5,- t'tHJ if recovered by law; preci.sely the same amount that the Hon. Mr. .Marchand, y ommi.s.sioner of Crown Lands, drew V i! hout legal proecedinijs. Jx>t us add that legal proceedings became imminent and inevitable on acci>unt of a s.nziu'e ob- t;iiiied by other creditoi-s who ciuld iiut the execution in at once. (bee the evidence of ^liville Dechene notary, advocate, p. 81.. "i .'). That nothing having been rollccted on the rent since 1803 (lU years) this claim bec.ime an unproductive item; a dead .isset. 0. 'I'hat this claim accnrding to the theory liut nntli in the report and adopted unani- mously by the members of the committtv* of enquiry, in place of amountmii: to $17,- >MI0 as our adve'.«aries f.il.sely and mali- cioiKsly pretend would only have, been able 1(1 produce the following amounts if the security has b'cn gnod. 1. The capital of the two ((instituted rents, reduced one-third, ffl,44!. 2. The arreai-8 of rent not received on ■u'count (u' the fault in registration, ^2,- J5i). Total. .■i!S,800. 1'hiH is the real and full value according t) the uuaiiimius ropoit of liie ( om- mittw of I'.nqiiiiy. of this claim guara-itred fo,' die ]mr'L. only, "the jzreale t part_' i-iys the committee and which by the judi rial sale that the pending seizure rendcied inevitable in the near future would nut ha-e iiroduced more than $3.1t')0. L't us remember that thif^ opinion was corrobinat- ed by the depositions swor.i. of .M-ssis, Dc'luTio. r.ertnuid, I'aikc, Mciiic, Uig- vail, and several other 'Minipetei.t wilnt-s o« of the highest resp' ct:ib 1 ty. The claim lu (pieslion in its most favor il.lo aspect was the doubtiul debt of $S,- HOO I'piii whi(h nothing had been colled - ed for 10 years cx'-ept a small amount, menaced liy immttliate liquidation by ',\av of a seizure, and which promise 1 !■> remain iinpriductive for long years ,in .;;se tl c judicial sale was put off indefinite Cndcr the ciiciimstam e-; the lion. Mr. Mi.rchand a-cieiptcd $5,000 cash down. What Inwiness man would not have donp til" sami' ? It in true In fhec lemnrliB that some iif the committer expresscil t.be opinion. •'I'luit 1 ttcr arrangements ci'uld have 102 ii been made in the iutorest oB tha Pro- vince if in place of arranging the busi- ness as it has been done, the Government had waited for the collection of the debt until times were more prosperous and so thp property of increased value. " ' But the (Jomniittee in making bliis only reserve completely lost sight of the impor- tant fact established by the deposition of Mr. Dechene that this waiting tor a voiy problematic result was rendered im- possible by the judicial sale by whioh thf» property was menaced on the part of the hypothecary creditors. This transaction took place 18 years aso. Ask then our adversaries if the pro- perty in question has increased in value since. Everybody at Quebec knows that the Gowan Faim is worth less to-day, if poa- eible, tlian in 1879, and the Govern- ment would have certaiidy not have re- ceived more interest rince than it did before this transaeti;)n. In 1890 a Tory candidate had the impu- dence to attack the honor of the Opposi- tion Leader. He was at onee taken before the Tribunals and here is the judgment given by the Superior Court and con- firmed by the Court f)f TlevieTV. Cajiada. SUPERIOR COUlir. Prcvince of Quebec. District of Ibervillt*. Monday the third day of I'ebruiiify, 189.'?. The Honorable Charlps Gill. Judge, No. n4. Felix Gnbnci "Nfarrhmd. teq.. Notary of the town of St. John in f'e dist'ict of Iberville. Plaintiff. VS. Jacque-s S. Molleur, manufiietnre'' of the samf^ place. Def'Midmt. The Court havine henrd the te-^tlm^nv and plcadinps of the advo' ates rnsiigel in l)he case decided : Whereas the piaintilf claimed of the the defendant f"25,000 damaces on nccount of libel oiled hereafter; the defendant j)lc;uling justification; \^nierca8 the litigants were opposins' candidates at the Provincial elections held in March last, in the county oF St. Johns. Considering that the defendant has pub- lished at St. John's an address to the ♦'lectors, in two lang nges, Avhich was scattered throughout the county and widely read by a large number of peraoni; the English version being as follows: THE FIRST BOODLING. Sir. Marchand is the first to have dared to commit an act which to-day would be termed boodling, in selling to the benefit of Mr. Jolys brother-in-law for ?5,000, the claima of the Government of the Pro- vince of Quebec had on the Gowan Farm and ' the Bickell bridge, amounting to $17,- 000, thus making a present to the brother of the then Prime Minister of $12,000. This was the first' boodling committed in Quebec, as was proved by the Committee of Enquiry. The defendant thus exhumed an old political incident which had been dsiposed of by a Parliamentary Committee, the members of which had unanimously acquitted the plaintiff from all dishonesty in the transaction regarding the fann at N'otre Dame des Anges. Considering that the defendant knew tha committee's report, that he knew that the plaintiff was in no way guilty of malversa- tion in this 'affair, that he himself had supported the candidature of the plaintif? in one if not two elections held since, that he in calling the action of the plain> tiff boodling, and giving the name of boodler to the plaintiff he knew that ho accused him falsely of dishonesty in his administration of public aaffirs whilst Minister of Crown Tjandn. Considering that in publishing the said nrtmphlet the defendant had the malicious intention rf iiijurinf the plaintiff in mak- ing the clectort? believe that he was n "boodler." and us a consequence that he K':is t'Tiiltv (.f malversation, of theft in the viMse d(t'n<"1 above, — the sense that th» d'-fondaTir v '^hed to prive to the ptmphlet in liis (i<'f'r(( not beinc that ii'Ulerstood in Ku.'h ,1 w> the defendnnt has done him, he shall liave a verdict the amount of which will not l)p I'isnropoHioTKite HH copiparef' with tbc insult launched at him and of the po- sition of the man who has inflicted it. the d'efcndant l>e!ng a rich man who has made his fortune l>y his work, who has twice 104 been a candidate in the elections, sup- I)orted l/y a large number of the electors, and enjoying consequently the confidence of a considerable number of his fellow citizens. In awarding the plaintiff such damages as he has a right to under the circum- stances, and taking into consideration the more, the odium which the public attach to the word " boodler," and without losing sight of the necessity of protecting our public men from accuaations of dis- honesty when they do not merit it. Thie defendant is condemned to pay the plaintiff as damages and as a reparation for publishing the said pamphlet, 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 distraits by Messrs, Dandurand & Brodeur, advo- cates for the plaintiff. The Entourage of Mr. Flvnn. The Tory orators having very quickly (liscoveree t,raceo- tism for so pure a gentlcmaai. This is what the Flynai family costs the Province; they evidently nm the Beaubiens very liaid. Drawn by the Flynn family from the Province since Dec. 17th., 1891 : Edmund James Flynn $^2,338 :?3 Edmund Flynn, uncle 2.21)2 70 VV. A. E. Flynn, nephew 795 (>1 J. E. Flynn, nephew .. 42 CO Aug. Cote, father-in law 19,.373 43 Jules Cote, brother-in-law .... 4,2 U 97 Dr. Charles Cote, brother-in-law. . 2i)0 00 Eugene Hamel. brother-in-law. 3,(j73 8^) Total for the family .$52,319 5i At the same rate of increiise tlie Flynn family will cost us. at least, $20,f)00 prr year, if they are allowed to get hack to power. The above list does not include all the Fljmnians, there is another brother-in-law bushranginK in Gaspe, for which he drow $472.86 in 1896, besides other little sums connected with sales. It is not only his family that the "hon- orable" Mr. Flynn assists; he has bosom friends, such as Mr. Henry O'Sullivan, to whom we have already referred. He enjoys the modest salarj' of $1,050 per annum as a Provincial employe. Mr. Flynn, in liis anxiety to give his friend some extras at the public expense, man- aged to achieve this, extracted from the Public Accounts : H. O'SuUivan's extras for 18292. .$14,863.07 " " 1892-93. 7,264.;"5 1893-94. ll,i;51.45 1894 95. 1,303.00 ' " 1895-96. 7,2.34.96 H. O'SuUivan's extras since 1st July, 1896, to Dec, 1896 4,780.00 n tt It Tot4il extra.s for four years. . ..$46,577.03 Total siilarv . . 4,200.00 Total payments to H. O'Sullivan for four yoai-s $.10,777,03 Cr. Bignell, land surveyor.. 15.40^.0.") Pierre Cosselin land surveyor .. 9,350.49 Total for three friends $75,5.31.57 Tt will be seen that the extras are seven times the amount of the salan': that is the way the Government blind the public, and arc able to say a man's salary is so- and-so when it is really five or six times ai9 much , 105 As it would not do to neglect the news- papir.s, frieud-s to procl, but tluMe has been a most la m'lilablc retrojtression. In Napii rvil'e, for in>t;in('e, th>' (^ensu« r( veals the heari- rending fact t.hat over 5.") per (Ciit. of ti i> people over 20 are wra[-ped in ii;nor- aiiM , whilst in 1871 the pi'neiita>rc was ()iil\ lo.l per cent. The Edu(ation Ijc- liartinent caniiil !)<• iunorant of \\\i' fact, that in twenty \oars this cnunty ha. gone bacU 3fi.8 per eent. In one place 9~t.l per cent, of the people are Fren(h-Canadian>^. and yet in spite of this we reail in the ii!s|.eclor's report that: "The str.dy of I'lenrh, although very important, is (er- ' lily one whicli leaves the most 1o bo desired." The little ouch are even ne- «leet .■;b|p to solve the most simple ^U!as. They ciiiinot even distinguish helwceii division a d multiplication;" and a^'ain, "they do not know the name of the river that flows thtfughout their own parish," or even the (■( urty they live in. This is simply ap- palling. The rw^t om Perce we hear: "These schools are closed too frc- 106 Qi.ently." From Charlevoix comes the re- port that the school floors are not washed eveu oDce in two months. In Lauzon it i'< stated that the average salary barely exceeds $80 per annum, and that there ari two and three text books in use in the same school for the same subjects." In Cliarlevoix the average saLiry of icuchers, with diplomaH, is $69, .uid io Bagot the average, without diplomas, is $47— Forty seven dollars — per annum. The report from St. Faraille says that: "It is well known that th- schools are attended by but a handful of tihildren." The need of this protest will be eeen by th following, taken haphazard from the last report of the Education Department: Porcent- Percent- Not Ac- aKo on atreot'At- count- ISooks. teniliince. ed for. Hochelaga. . . . ...81. 65. 29. Lake St. John. ..67. 47. 33. Onspe ...66. 45. 34. Ottawa ....64. 40. 26. Terrebonne. . . ...80. 64. 20. This shows that, in Terrebonne, for in- stance, 80 per cent, of the children OF SCFOOL AGE— 5 to 16, as fixed by the Quebec report--iare on school books some- where. Tins, as any pnictidal educiition- alist knows, is nothing to go by; so we turn to the average attendance, and find it to be 64 per cent.; so that in this county, according to the Government re- turns, only 64 per cent, of the children are in retailar attendance, whilst there is a remainder of 20 per cent, unaccounted for, the upshot of the whole being that there is, at the very least, about .S6 per cent, of the children of school age who do not go anj-where. According to the cenpus of 1891 this county stands 491 h on the list of Quebec counties, there bemg a percentage of 59.1 of ADULT persons able to read and write. It will thus be ceeu that the Quebec Government amply bears out the census returns in the reports of the Inspectors. The cities of Montreal and Qjebec weit not selected, for the simple reason that the report of the Superintendent of Pub- lic Instruction for last year has manifestly an error when it states that Montreal shows an average attcTidancs of 1,692 pu- pils, whilst Quebec city is stated to have 7,970 children of sohool age, and 12.158 on the books. Another Government mys- tery which defies the ordinary man. Quebec County has an average of 82 per cent, on the books, and an average at- tendance of 29 per cent., which shows that 71 per cent, of the children are drifting stiniowhcre. The illiteracy of tliis coinitry as might be expected, is over 30 per cent. The lust report shows that in MasUin- onge Uiothing can be worse than the low, bodly-lighted and unhealthy school noma there, whilst the numi)er of incompetent teachers is very large, and that the c.hil- childrcn are taught, like so many parrots, by mere rote, without a word of ex- planation. In Nicclet out of 191 schools, 47 are bad. From Stanfold comes the complaint that the teacher ha\'e not ius much salary as a conk. Hull says that there are teachers who say they have for- gotten their diplomas, Avhich is not true; yet nothing is done. The Inspector in Richmond strikes the nail on the head when he says that "two weak points in our system of education are : First, the lack of trained teachers, and secondly, the slight connection between the D.paitment of Public Instruction and the common schools of the country. Of late a good deal lias l)ecn hoard of the first, but the second is one which IS far too little thought of by the jjeople. Practically, the School Coramis.-^ioners can s.iap their fingers at the Department if they are so inclined. Tlie Insjicctor may order so and so, but if the Commissioneia do not Hke to carry out his orders, what power has the Department ? It can at- temjit to apjlear severe and threaten, but it is well known that that is all it can do. The long list of complaints that stud the re|>ort as to bad buildings, ill-^infcunned teachers, miserable Halarie-*, and illitrate School Convmissioners^ who pretend to manage schools when they cannot read the report or sign the necessary documents; tiicse are only too true, but there are other matters that are not so coinmoniy known. The very first is that the Depai-tnient. even if it had the will to reform the in-esent hopelessly inefficient school meth- od lias not the poM'er to do so. It has no leverage. The evil is a root one and does anyone, who has any practical knowledge of the Elementary system in vogne in the Province, pretend that Mr. Flynn's vaunt eel S.50,000 will remedy this ? To assert any such thing would be to descend to mere baby talk or to indulge in .such nonsense as we hear ialkcxl by the profcasional "stumprr"when he strays off into educa- 110 .1 tionnl Hubjects. of which hiB very speech hHcvvs that he is siihUmsiy ignorant. Tn tl)C majority of caacM the education of the yoiiiiR in uondui'te examination for it covers sucn ground as maUt's the diploma valuable, it is a mere snare and a delusion. We require teachers who are men and women of method ;who have been taught the best manner to teach, in addition to knowledge of the matter to be taught. This connotes such u method of granting diplomas as will make the diploma a sign of some decent amount of pi!da;:o<^ie iicquiremenis. The amount of teachers without diplomas in the Pro vinee is terribly high; the Department, however i.s too much inclined to over- value tJie worth of the increase in the num- ber of those who have got diplomas, such as they are, instciiid of concerning itself with a searching investigation into the manner in which diplomas are granted. The Report for last year sets our, with some show of pride, to inform the public that "we received 14,654 letters and sent out .l.tfi'i circuliirs, and forms of reports and 17,072 letters." "No doubt this is note- worthy but the Superintendent must re- member tliat, besides his honorable self, there are seventeen other officials in the office 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 say, five or ten years ago. It is well-known that letters, are received, from those who are in charge of the yoxmg, by various pereons that show an amount of ignorance of both French and English, that is almost beyond belief. Has this improved of late ? Perhaps the )iext report will be under better manage- ment — a more practical document. The appbcation of part of the cele- brated $50,000 to bonuse* to teachers can only have a very limited result. The amount to he expended in this way is to be $14,000, and as there are 5,003VHiuoattonal establishments in the Province, even if the Superior schools are eliminated, the grant to each must needs be verv anuill or in other words useless. Had some scheme of thoroughly ii-vesti- gating our method with a view of uprooting the bad, encouraging the good and i^dding 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 th.it it lousl say something on this important subject. Until it as easy for the child of the poorest M it is for the child of the richest to obtain a sound and prarticHJ education, thinking men wi'l never b" 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 prin- ciple in our education. It will be remem- bered that Mr. Weller said that so far a« Sam was concerned "I took a good deal o pains -with his eddication, sir; let bim run In the street-s when he was wery young, and shift for his self." We have too much of that kind of education in our midst. Under a tnoroughljr earnest and practical Department 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. Fljmn's proposal in a manner that left no manner of doubt as to the raison d'etre ot 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 half million acres ?— that is the reserve at 30 rents, would only produce $450,000 which at 4 per cent, would give $18,000 per an- num and not $60,000. Th^ 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." Ee has fur- he cele- hera can The 'ay is to uoational even if ted. the ■mall or '3*1 111 ther ,in the wime epeeclj, declared his belief that our elemoiitary educatiou larku "method" and that the quegtion of pre- paration and better salary ought to receive prompt attention. The whole speech, as a practical nltenipt in the right direction is one which ought to 1h! petUHcd by every teacher and voter in the I'rovince. Tlio following words at Mr. Marchand show how deeply he rt es our needs and we know, by experience, that what Mr. Marchand says he will do. Ills words arc no election proniiHen. "The imperative duty laid upon us, ;is legislators, then is to provide etFectually for the ruiHing of the standard of our ele- mentary education, in furnishing the ncces- Bi'ry resources and rendering it, accessible to all, even those of small means. That is to say that the legislative appropriation*! for the common schools ought to be in- crt"ased as far as our financial condition will permit, and that on the other hand the net'essary expenses imposed upon fami- lies for the instructaon of theif children ought to l<» L'.luced to the lowest i)08j.:ble figure. "In order to forward the la^t obji-ct il. appears urgent that, under the direction oi the Council of Public Instruction, a seriesi of CLASS BOOKS, AS UNIFORM AS I'OSSIHT.E may be adopted and furnirhc-d to the Hcholai-s in all the school districts, so that in going from one school to an- other they may not be obliged by frequent changes, especialjy in greet industrial centres, to go to the heavy expense of pro- viding afresh." 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 l)y no means willingly. It is crude and "looks us it did abruptly utart out of the ground wilhout«?xpcctation or preparation," a. nide unprofitable mass. If nioiity haa to be given then the suin is m^dcquiite .niisHTably so, and as there ticein to be millions to throw away, to stirt ccononuHing in the stunted aiifl gasping I'llementary Education of llio i'rovince denotes neither jiatriotism, nor nt^iunch determination to refonn a [lalpable wrong that IS being done to the youth — the future of the land. Alongside of Mr. Flynn's election t^lk kl, U.S wet the concluding words of Mr. Marchand's speech. "IF, IN THE NEAK FITUHE, IT FALLS TO OUR LOT TO I'RESIDE OVl':i< TiIB AFI-'AIRS OF TIJF I'UOVI\C!K WE INTEND TO Dt- V'OTE SPECIAL ATTENTION TO TIIK Di:\'EIX)F^MENT OF ELEMENTAKT KDL'CATION." These are the words of a man •who, for honor Jtnd integrity, Ht-ands as a model piil)ii<' man in our midst; the education ot our children, the shajiing t>f the young, .so thill the future may le pv.rer and nobler than the present, can fitly be left to the guidance of such a le;idcr who is hinxself an example of what we hope the l)etternient of our cducat v nal method will, lindi.T Divine help, prodi.'c. The following table gives the percentage ot adult illiteracy in the various Prov- inct.« in the Dominion, according to the cennus of 1891: Per cut. 1. Ontiirio 8 68 2. Manitoba 11.24 :;. Prince EdAvard Island 16.67 4. Nova Scotia 17.23 5. New Brunswick 19.24 tl British Columbia 26.06 7. Oue't>ec 31.93 Tories Refuse Information. Nothing during the last five years has teen so marked as the earnest endeav- ors of the Grovemment to keep all its doings in the dark. The Liberals have continually asked for returns, to explain some one or other of the scandals connect- ed with the Administration. As may ba supposed, a great many of the awkward ones were voted down. Others were pass- ed, and the Govemnuemt never presented the returns; that ia, it promised, and broke its promise. Some returns were presented in writing; of those absolutely printed only fifty more than was necessary foi the House were printed. The reason of this is clear; tbte elections were at hard, men wish to see the Government ansAver to some important question, e.g., how O'Sullivan piles up his thousands and what he does in return; of cour*i no cop- ies are to be got. The supply is ex- hausted, fcind thus the returns cannot be got— at least by a Liberal. It is no use the Government saying this is due to economy; thousands of Beaubien's li Bpeechee can be printed, and thousands is very small. The cost of Pelletier'g powred into the tills of the Blue print- body-guwd at Bimouaki would have pretty ers for work done without contract; well aettled the matter. It is but one moreover, anyone knows that the matter more example of the Government's de- once set up, the mere outlay for the paper termination to bhnd tihe voters. Tory Civil Service Economies. Salaries for civil government ter, appointed aa additi;onal Provincial in 1895-96 (See Public Ac- Kegistrar, at $1,800. counts, page 5) $204,901.00 In all, an incre-se of $3,300 in a week. Pensions (See Public Accoimts, Not bad, even for the Flynn Govtegmment. page 13) 41,012.00 Total: sS^;^!^ HOW THE FLYNN ETONOMIES ARE Salaries for civil govemniPnt ^ . ^, , , '. ..,.,. in 1890-91 (See Public Ac . 0°« "^ ^^ "^^ shameless tricks that counts, page 5) $202,480.00 ^as ever been played upon electors, ha* I'ensions (See Public Accounts, b««" perpetrated by the juggle by which 15) 28 669 00 * pseudo economy has been decked up, ' ' for thla benefit of Tory speakers to pro- Total $231,149.00 claim to the people, as a sample of how the honest men have saved money. From which it is clear that, even be- Flaming placards, etc., on the Tory fore the end of the last Session, that the platform, inform the audience that. Government had increased the annual ex- amidst a host of other noble deeds, Mr, penditure for salaries' and pensions by Flynn has saved $110,000 in the adminis- $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 laAvyers, for lost cases, are Arthur Dionne, formerly secretary to read. But no such saving haa been madle. the Hon. L. P. Pelletier, has boen ap- The whole thing is a trick, and a very pointed assistant law clerk at an annual dishonorable of Pelletier's I have pretty is but one nment's de- (rs. I Provincial ) in a week. Grovteomment. MIES ARE tricks that ilectors, ha« e, by which decked up, :ers to pro- iple of how [ money. the Tory ence that, deeds, Mr. he adminis- m attempt they know sums paid ; cases, are been madie. and a very iries have lonth has ear. That las been cut atories and h must be •al Govem- of Magis* lomies are [r. Flynn's the mort- ! Magdalen ' the land- >^t included Jiation of f the Gtov- Premier'B of Ottawa This will 68— and at of refuge m U3 i An act to re-organize the departmentt!— v'hich will increase the annual expendi- ture by about $10,000. A game superintendent geuieral at $1,S00 per annum. Thia provides for Mr. Jon- cas, an old and tried worker for the party. A game inspector general al a sular)- of $1,500. Thi.s places ■Sir. Perry Taylor in a comfortable bei+h. The famous Homestead Act — which pro- vides that the 200 acres to the original grantee shall never, during the life of the •M'iginal grantee, of his Avidow and of his. her or their children and d(!Scuebe(^ ,)uue llth, ISP-'i. Ghambly, June bill), 189(3. Tiiese cuimties re-iuamed, uitiioiit represi ntativps, for the rest ot the Session. The Liberals protested ug;un.st th!^ 'tii'.grant infringement of thfl jirinciple of rewponsibit' government" and "culpable violation of tho spirit of our (lon^titution." Of course voted down by ihf- Torif^. The foJlowing extraorelinary statement appears on page 328 of the Votes anxl Fro* e Dube, of the parish of St. Sylvestre? .?. Is the Government ijiformed that Dr. Dube was arr("sted and brought to Quebec when he pleadt-d guilty after th* inquest? 4. 11ns the sentence been enforced? 5 If not, why ? Answer b\' the Honorable Mr. Pelletier: --Dr. Dubo'pleadpd guiltv, but THE SEN- tence has not yet been pro- noiingt:d. Qiieslion:^ to Put to Mr. Flynn, Let Mr. llynn and his foUo-vAiers give plain atraiglitfonvard explanations of tho folloAving; His tieachery toward Mr. Joly: Hi« method of figuring the Taillon loan; His abandonment of principle in connec tion Avith the railway subsidies; His irKreaac: of the Provincial debt from $19,:iS2,0n0 in 1891. to $22,l.-)(;,000 iij 1890; His lack of economy in the administer- ing of the civil service .resulting in an In crease of $14,774 in salaries ahmi;; His imposition of dierect taxes, bearing lieav'Iy on the people; riis constant sucwa-sion of deficits, not- svithstandir.g the ineiva.sed revenue thuB •(eeurtJ His conversion of land subsiditw into «!ash, at. a large immediate cost to the pub be in interest on the det)t tliu.<>» createil; His remarkable syr-i^^m of book keeping, by which eleven months' expenpeft ara vear in tlio Public Accounts; How he expects a $50,000 grant to better the school system. m 114 Hon. Mr. Mfc^rchand. Under this honored name, the Liberals of the Province of Quebec march on, full of confidence ae to the result of the com- ijig fray. The friend and compeer of men of unsullied fame, he stands before the electors, and not a soul dare to broath one word against bis probitv and absolute honesty of purpose. Friend and foe are at one on this. Whatever he promises we know he will earn' out to the very utter- most; his remarks are not the reckless undertakings of the platform orator, at election times, to be forgotten so soon as the fight is over. What he says are tha 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 speeches no empty t^romise* of impossible bridges or opportunity-offer- ing roads will be found the theme of press or people. What he knows he can do that he promises, if for the common good. No better example of the high esteem Mr Marchand enjoys can be found than in the followine extrx-t from the MontreriJ Witness of March lOlh. }^?7: The Liberals of the l^r.ovince of Qi;e- bee are fortunate in tlioir Ira.-ler. Thf"*? is not another man =n i rcvincinl polit'c* in Quebec who is w .ynor>.ny 1 nmvw and highly esteemtd p-s i'-i'x C,\hr\(}\ >in« chand. <^f St. Tohnw. Iboni ,•.; ,„, uth'?" Provincial politician, who is so highly re- gnnled by Freitch and En'^lish-spoiUing people alike. He aione perhaps among the French leaders of oith^r .>-ide, com mands the complete (.onndonre of the English-speaking pe,)n)», nnd there io very good and sol'l eroiin 1 for the f;cn eral esteem in wo'cn he ■.« Ii'^Il. f-ii,eriod a Hucooseion of corrupt and incapable gov ornments haive debauched political life in Quebec, have mi>if{(ovemed tb«; people. have plunged the Province over heaii and eare in debt, have squandered and wasted it« resources; he has not been a member of any of them and hw not tent any of them his aid. On the con trary, he has been sbeadily_in Opposition with tha exception of the period of tbtt Mercier Administration, when be was Speaker of the Assembly, and as such was 'ts servant and served the wbo?« body to the entire satisfaction of both sides of the House. One Admir-iatra- tion he wa« a loyal member of. that d the Hon. Sir Henri Joly de Lotbiniere, the only Government the Province has ha In 1886. on the 5t:h June when he had got a portfolio, wo find the very same man moving resolu tions which bad the effect of adding $4, 357,250 to the debt of the Province. 4. Next he is found a-ssisting in that scandalous 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. Wliat did it matter he was obliged to keep on the ri^ht side of j\lr. (Iiaplt': HI 111 (ir lit to keep his place. What else could an honest man do ? 5. The notorious act of the generous Mr. Flynn in making a present of $30,000 to Me&srs. Forget & Co. 6. Then in spite of the law he remitted $3,000 which Mr. Damelon had to pay the Province. 7. There weto some claims for exti'as re Govei'nmeiit 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 i)ickings. What about our '"honorable" gentleman ':' Read the follovvnng letter : Quebec, Dee. 6th. 1896. Mr. Ford : * Sir, — Will vou if you please give to Mr. Dionne THAT WHICH YOU OUGHT TO GrVHi: TO MYSELF. It is impossible for mie to leave the office. Yours, etc., LOUIS LAMONTAGNE. At that time Mr. Lamontagne was in the employ of Mr. Cote, Mr. Flynn's fath- er-in-law. Verbum sap. The Flynn Betraval. As this episode was before the days of many yf the electors of to-day, and as Mr. J''!vna has busied himself with giving ex ai... tions of it sui generis it is well that *ruth should be known. - n -he electiona of 1878 Mr. Flynn was re- ' as a supp(»rter of the Joly Gov- ernment. At tUe outset Mr. Joly had a majority of one — afterwards increased to four— which enabled him to carry on the Country's work from June 19 till August 28 of that year. Then it wa« that the Legislative Council took the outrageous, and utterly unconstitutional, position of ■ 117 1 - r refusing to pass the Supply Bill. This non reaponsible body told the Government that it— elected by the people — did not possess the confidence of the people. The House then axljourned tdl October 8. H was in the interim that the plot w;^ organized. The Upper House ,in spite of its open partisanship, could do nothing more without a majority in, the Lower House. This could only be biouj^lit about by the treachery of some of the members of the Qovemme.nt The man was found and Mr. Flynn, who evidently tlioiight he s-iw a royaJ roafl to power, and that power of a kind that wculd give returns which were impossible under the purely Joly-Marchand regime, Mr. Flynn the "Honorable" Mr. Flynn then made his bow to the electors under circumstances which will blacken his name so long as the Province has a his- tory. The following is the celebrated motion Mr. Flynn and his fellow traitors voted against : On the 28th October, 1879, the Hon. Mr. Joly moved, seconded by the Hon. Mr. Langelier, that It be resolved "That, on the 27th of August last, the Supply Bill for the fi^^eal year ending on the 30th of June, 1880, was read the third time, and passed by this House. That, on the 28th of August last, the Legislative Council, as appears by the votes and pitx»eding8 of the said Council, the rejwrt of which is printed and pul)- lished under its authority, voted an aa- dress to His Honor the Lieutenant-Gov- ernor, in which the Council declared that it believed it to be its duty to delay the passage of the Supply Bill, until His Honor should be pleased to select new constitutional advisers whose conduct could justify the Council in entrusting fo them the management of the public moneys. That the Legislative Council in delay- ing the passage of the Supply Bill, as it has done, imtil His Honor should be pleased to seek new eonatitutionail ad- visers, has encroached upon the rights and prerogatives of the elective branch of the Legislature and has usurped an an- thority which does not belong to it, That, in order to give greater effect to its protest and to practically affirm its rights, the House confirms the vote of Supply which it has already passed and undertakes to indemnify the Goventment for all the expenditure which it may in- cur from and out of the supplies granted by it to Her Majesty on the 28tb of Au- gust last." On October 29 the vote wiis taken; then Mr. Flynn and four others, to wit: Cheau- veau, who became Judge of Sessions at Quebec; Racicot, who got a Commissioner- snip of Loan Fund; Paquet, the Quebec shrievalty; and Portiu, a fishery inspector- ship, voted against the Government, and tlie deed of treachery was complete; the majority of four becoming a minority of six. The Upper House at once passe*! the Supplies, the well-known Mr. Chap- leau forming a ministry, iuid Mr. Flynn becoming at onoe, CommisaLoner of Crown fjands, and thus obtaining his reward for being a traitor. The Joly-Maichand Government, in or- der to reduce expenses, cut down their own salaries. What -has Mr. Flynn done in this direction? He betrayed the men who began economies by self-sacrifice, and joined the men who formed a government that the very worst phases of the Mercier regime cannot hold a candle to. The names of Chapleau and Senecal are in- famous for the way in which, at that time, the resources of the Province were despoil- ed; Mr. Flynn, as Minister of Crown Lands, was up to the neck in the rings that pillaged the Public Treasurj'. No amount of word-torturing, no amount of impassioned talk about going t^ Gaspe and asking his constituents what he was to do —as Mr. Flynn falsely asserted he had dono. in his Windsor Hall apology — no mnount of dramatic verbosity about re- cording a vote against a dead Govern- ment — another Windsor Hall counterfeit —will ever persuade the people of Quel>ec that Mr. Flynn did anything else than act Bs* a traitor; a traitor that got a re ward. Detestable, above all things, is the man who deceives a friend Such a man la the Hon. Mr. Plynn, who now comes be- fore us ; answering no charges as to his seamdals, contenting hi.iself with bold assertions on such platforms --.— ^j«Uw: i J ' INDEX. .J* ^ fage. Abolition of Taxes •• 14 Accumitiooa against Hon. Mr. Mar ohand '^ Agents, Financial in connection with oonveraioin 86 Agriculture, B«tter premiums .... 60 EbcpenMs . . 36, .17 Farmers' Club« o4 Qrants 57 Journal of, 06 Politics in • • oS Schoola of, 80. 32. ft4 Sums voted under two regimea 57 Rewards of merit . . .57 Angera, Hon. Mr. . 70 Arbitration, Inteprovincial 69 Asylum, Beauport 30 LoDgue Pointe . . . . . . . 38 Aubry, of Hull, whitewaahed 92 Augmentation, Debt .. 4 Expenses 6 Revenue 5 Baie de Chaleur Affair 78, 89 Beaubien, Hon. L. Speech 6.5 Beauport Scaaidal SO Liberals struggle to avert. ... 32 Bridges, Iron 58 British North America Act I Butter, Bonus 60 Canadian Pacific Railway, Reduction of Interest 43 Certain persons, taxes on, 11 Chapais-Ijai Bruere-Chapais wandal . 27 Chapaie, T., 28 Chapleau. Gov. A., Expenses 47 Charlebois scandal 24 Chicago Exhibition, expense to Pro- vince 81 fJivil Service, Tories' Economy in . . . . 112 Clubs, Farraers 54 Code of Civil Procedure, Expense of. 68 Colonization, "^ads 48 Money .W Works EO Colonifits 53 Compton Farms 151 Constables. 23 for one nun 94 Contract, Valliere . . 19 Conversion, of debt 80 Of railway sabRidi»A .... 87 Court House, Furniture at Montreal, etc 20 Counties, how taxed 9-13 Crown Lands, how mismanaged .. .. 26 How sold 96 Iaw of Sa]« Chanced . . 96 PaKc Dairy Products 57 Deficits, of 1892-96 8 Departments, reorganization -'1 Debt, Conversion of SO. 8.'? How increased by Tories ... 4 Augmentation • .. 4,13 How made up S3 Diplomas. Teachers 110 Direct Taxes on Certain Pef.-»>n^.. .. 11 Distribution of Colonization Money... 50 Duties, Succession 11 Kconomies of Oovernment . . IC Education, in Quebec ,etc 1 Elementary 107 Retrogression in ...... '07 Hon. Mr. Marchand on, . . 110 Superintendent of 27,110 Governments, powers . . . 1 Department, powers 108 Expenses, Growth f)8 For Agriculture 56, 58 Under Mercier .3, G Under Mr. Marcliaid as Speaker 100 For Spencenvood 44 1892-96 . • . . . . 5. 6 Economies, promises 2 Exhibition at Cliiioago ^1 Farmers' Club TA Financial Situation 2 Farm at Compton . . • • 01 Furniture, at Court House 20 Flynn, Hon. E. J., Cost to Province . !05 Friends i05 Treachery 117 His reoTkrd 110 New Title 105 Economies, ho'iv made up 112 Entoura^ro 104 Questions For . . . IT? Government, powers 1 promises 2 Gowan Farm 100 Girouard, D., wb» 1867-87 "y Longue Pointo Asylum S8 Mnrehand, Hon. Mr. accusations against 99 Expenses under as Speaker 100 Gowan affair UKt On Education iiO His record 114 His iwlicy i06 Mfcrclcr, Montreal Star editorial 89 Montreal Court House 1 / Ouda and Ends Il2 Ouimet-LaBruere-Chapais scandal. . .. 'j-i O'Sullivan, H., what he gets 105 Paris Loan i*9 Pellctier, Hon. L. P !«, 101 Persons taxed 9 Policy of Hon. Mr. Marcliand lOti Projrivunmc of Messrs. Taiilon, Flvtui and Co., in 1892 2 Promises in 1892 2 Railways, bankrapt 6V Conversion of land subsiilies. . Si New Policy hO Receipts, increase of f» Reorganization of Departments 21 Reports of School Inspectors. 108 Revision of Civil Code (^8 Robertson, Hon. IVlr., Prophecy 53 Scr.ndals, Arbitration (i!) Bank of Ontario 'M Beaubien's speech 6.'!, 02 Beaudin and Foster 7V Paf*. Beauport 30 Charlebois 24 Colonization moneys 50 Conversion of Loan 83 Court Houses, Montieal, etc 17 Crown Lands ilS Land Surveyors 10,5 Licensi* Law .90 Longue Pointe 138 Macmaster and McLennan.. V7 Ouimet-La-Bruerc-Chapais .. 27 Paris Loan Ji9 Railway Subsidies 87 Scandals, reduced C.P.R. interest 43 Rimoiiski constables. 94 Sheriff's sales 88 Sundiy 93 Spencenvood . . • 44 Valiiere 19 Whited Sepulclire f"2 Wood Sales tb Seventy-seven for IGO 40 Schools, Elementary 107 Stnr, Montreal, editorial on Mercier . 89 Subsidies, Conversion of land 87 Succession, duties on U Squanderings 1)3 Taxes, how imposed 8 Tory 98 Who pays? j) Not necessary 12,13 What for ?.." 12 Unjust 13 AVhy abolished 14 Will be re-imposed J4 Timber limits, sales 95 Trannfers of property, taxes on 9 Whiled Sepulchre..'* 92 Wilson-Smith, R., Mayor of IVlontreal. 86 Witnras, Montreal, on Hon. Mr. Alar- chand ,. 114 Paflt. .. 30 .. 24 .. 50 .. 83 al. 17 . 105 . do . ri . fi . 31) . 87 . 43 . 94 . 88 .. 93 .. 44 . . 10 .. f'2 .. £5 .. 40 .. 107 . 89 .. 87 .. 11 .. «3 8 .. 98 12, 13 .. 12 .. 13 .. 14 ... 14 . . .95 .... 92 -eal. i<6 Vlai- , ... 114 \ ^■-*i^ ,iitf i i W> >' * £ .»>>■-