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Les diegrammes suivants illustrent la mAthode. 1 2 3 32X 1 2 3 4 5 6 ^1^^ A ROUSING MEETING. -()- The Victoria Theatre Crowded to the Doors. -()- HON. MR. DAVIE Explains His Views to the Electors in a Clear, Convinc- ing Speech that Carries Conviction to His Auditors—The Attorney-General Warmly Received. c) It was a tlioiouglily representative and enthusiastic iiudienee tiiat tilled The Victoria last niyiit to listen to tiie com- mon sense explaiiiition of liis platform laid before them by Hon. 'i'lieoiloie 1 )avie. During the evening the electors showed clearly by their hearty and fre- (juent applause that they were thor- oughly in accind witli the reinarUs niade by their tried and proven representa- tive, who lias again offered himself as a candidate for their suffrages. The cluiir was taken shortly after S o'clock by Hon. .1. S. Helnicken M. 1)., while occupying seats on the stage were to be seen Hon. J. H. Turner, Hon. V. K. I'ooley, Hon. .John Robson, Simeon Duck M. P.P., Lieutenant-Colonel IVior M. P., Messrs. M. W. 'J'. Drake, Wm. Lorrimer, K. Mallendaine, ex -Alderman liraden, .-Xlderman Kelly, .J. W. Carey, Ciiarles Hayward, Alex McDonahl, Wil- lis Bond, T. .1. IJiirnes and others. The'chairman in opening the meeting expressed surjirise tliat any ()i)positi(ni shouM be offerad to the re- election of Mr. Tiieodore Davie. (Hear! Hear!) Kveryone ooidd not but be aMare that in Mr. Davie Victoria had a member devoted heart and soul to tiio city's interest.^, and the interests of tlie pro- vince. Kvei-yone also knew that Mr. Theodoio Davie, as Attorjiey (ieiieral and a member of the provinoial cabinet wiiiild ])osst>ss twenty times as nmch in- fluence, and be able to do twenty times as nnieli for the city and tlu; country as he would otlierwise. One of the great- est (nu;sti(ihs now bcfoie tin; electors Mas that of the Canatlian Western Rail- way. Some people imagined, ami were attempting to lead the |)ublic to lielievt?, that tills (|iiestion was already settled. It was not. It wonM not l)e until the railway itself was in actual f>p(^ration. The election of Mr. Theodore Davie and / his appointment as Attorney -(lieuenil •lid not concern the city ef(ue leaving the platform. In his address in oflering himself as a candidate for re-election, he had au- nimnced that his primary object in ac- cepting a jKirtfolio in the provincial government was the construction of another transcontinental railroad, which penetrating the northern part of British (olumbia, and opening up the impor- tant district of Cariboo, will traverse Vancouver Island, making Victoria or Kscpiimalt its terminus. He entered the cal)inet on the understanding that the early construction of such a road should bo made a matter of govern- ment policy. For this he had been uccusecl by his opponents of raking up an issue when none arose. The gentle- man who had announced himself as his (Hon. Mr. Davie's) opponent in the campaign, and the Times newspaper, from which his opinions seemed to be taken, had stated tliat the ('anailian Western Railway was already a matter of fact, ))y legislation. How the rail- way could be a matter of fact until it had been constructed, was inconceivable to any intelligent person. The scheme might exist upon paper for years, but 2 never become a fact. Only the prelimi- nary steps had been taken toward tlie construction of the road, and unless they were promptly followed up, the road would not be built. If the construction of the road was urged and supiH)rted by the Government; by the representatives of the people in the Legislative Assem- bly, and by the people themselves, the Canadian Western Railway would Ije- come an accomplished fact in less time than was taken to construct the C. P. R. (Cheers.) His opponents in this campaign liad not chosen 'to discuss the merits of the stand he (Hon. Mr. Davie) had taken, preferring to indulge in their usual stock-in-trade, endeavoring to bring across other issues, and producing as their chief arguments abuse and vilifica- tion of himself, whom they were pleased to term a "vindictive partizan." If, in calling him a "vindictive partizan," they meant that having taken a stand on any point which he believed to be in the interests of the city and province he would stick to it, they were right. (Hear! Hear!) They were perfectly at liberty to call him whatever names they pleased. It was contended by his oppo- nents that all that was now to be done in regard to the construction of the Canadian Western railroad, was to allow the project to lie dormant. The railway company had secured an act of incorporation, and, the opposition said, all that was now to be done was to wait for them to commence operations. This, said Hon. Mr. Davie, is not my policy ; and it is not yours ! This is what they said the other evening in the Times: "The public, until this announcement was made, was not aware that the inter- ests of the Canadian Western ro(iuired a champion for it in the cabinet. Tno pub- lic acceptinK the Krant made to that com- pany last winter In pfood faith, has reRaixl- ed the issue as set tied. During the clos- ingr hours of the House last session, the Canadian Western Railway land grant came up as an issue : but Mr. I)i> vie and others, notwithstivnding the protest of the Vancouver Board of Trade, passed favor- able Judgment on it, and from an issue it was translated into a law of the province. The question therefore is no longer an is- sue. ♦ * « ». They regard the Canadian Western Central railway issue settled. * * * * It raises an issue, whore there is none, or if th's view does not meet the re- quirements of the case, what else does it argue than that an act of parliament stands for no more with the government than a puff of wind. * • * * Now naught remains but for the parties of the second part to carry out the bargain, and until they fall to do this, the government's good or 111 will is of no consequence." In other words, continued Hon. Mr. Davie, our opponents say that we are to sit still for the next two years (for that is the time the company have to begin operations) and do absolutely nothing. Tiiat ia not the policy of any one here — it is not mine; it is not yours. [Ap- plause. ] I am not going to pretend that the (^anadian Western Railway should receive anytliing like the amount ot as- sistance given to the C. P. R. They will, however, expect more aid than they have yet received, or nuuo than this government would be justified in giving. The time for subsidizing a road IS heavily as the C. P. R. was sub- sidized has gone by. The C. P. R. re- ceived .52ri,000,(KX) in money, 2r),00(),(X)0 acres of land, and British Colum- bia and Lake .Superior sections thrown in. The government had also to afford the constructors of the road every facility for forwarding material during its building, and had to sell to thecompany any material required atcost. The C.P.R. Co. also received rights of way and water frontages whenever nav- igable water was reaclied; imd last, but not least, they received the promise that no opposition railway would be construc- ted for twenty years and they were free of taxation in the Northwest Territories forever. It was upon tiiese terms that theC.P. R. company entered upon their bargain to build the road. The same terms would not now be given to another transcontinental road; but he (Mr. Da- vie) merely referred to their case to show what had to be considered by a government in settling a railway (jues- tion. These <;uestions would not be taken up and disposed of unless the mat- ter became one of government policy. (Ayjplause.) Turning to the chairman, Hon. Mr. Davie continued: "You, Mr. Chair- man, some time ago, contributed valua- ble data as to a railway on Vancouver Island, to which the public are in- debted for much useful information. You showed that, irrespective of the E. & N. Railway grant, there was on this Island upwards of 1 ,000,000 acres of ar- able laiul lying dormant, ready to be- come productive and waiting for the plough. In addition to this immense tract of agricultural land, you proved that there was 4,000,000 acres more ready for use for mining, lumbering, stock raising and other purposes. You showed, also, Mr. Chairman, in a series of instructive letters, that 1,000 addi- tional farmers cidtivating twenty acres each would produce .f60(),(KX) annually : that taking the year 188r> alone, $500,- 000 had been paid for provisions uon sumed here, and .?I(K),(KK) customs du- ties, all of which and far more the country could have produ'ied ; money whicli had been sent away to foreigners; the produce of our coal, lumber and Hsli which should havebeenkeptat home and expended in reproductive enterprises. You showed that nn miles of railway 8 to 1)0 oonstructed to Fort Rupert, in cost would not exceed iji.'>,(K)(),(KH). You eatiniivted that by guaianteeing the in- t«rest on this sum of money, or perhaps part of it, entailing an outlay of from #r)(),(KK» to *1(M>,()()0 per annum, the mud could l)e made an accomplisiied fact without increasing tlie taxation of tlie country, as by constrii ;tion of the new road the country would be opened luul increased revenue result upon the accre- tion to the population, to say nothing of the money obtained from land sales. In speaking and writing in favor of tiie Fort Rupert road you showed that every agriculturist is worth to it §r)(M) a year. Tile Canadian Western Railway pro- ject first took practical shape at the last session of the Legislature, wiien it was shown that such a railway as wiis projMised by our chairman need not stop on V'ancouver Island, but should go on to the muiidand. This being done, not only would the Cariboo and Chilcotin regions be opened up, but also the Peac«; river district, unsurpassed as an agricultural country. Tiie new road, p;ich as lias been proposeoring Territory of Alaska. All tiie great ad- vantages to be derived from the construction of a new trans- continental road had been point- ed out. To show what my views views have been and are on the sub- ject, and tiiat I am not, as falsely alleged by my opponents, taking up this subject as an election cry, I will read an extract from the report of a speech which I had the honor to de- liver during the last session of the leg- islature. I am reading from the Col- onist report .")tii April last. 'J'lic ex- tract is as follows: Mr. Theodore Uavie was warmly in favor of this measure. He would be un- true to the interests of those who sent him to the House it he favored the submission of this question to the people, which would mean its postponement for a year at least. Tls said that wo are parting with 12,00(),- 000 acres of lanP|4*2i^44'''*'' -^'^*'''"'' '^"^ other partes k. ^ofA^MicmiT^r Island, and besides all this would extend towards the Poaco river country, which Is described as "a vast ex- tent of country unsuriiassod In fertility, and notwlthslaiidliiK its high latitude, having a dry ami .salubrious cninale." Tho conditions of the extreme northern parts of I'anada are most favorable to wheat raising, although the popular Impression is that it Is a sterile and Inhospitable wasto— shnply a section of the north pole. The conviction of tho civilized world- born, as Krastus Wlman has said, of ignor- ance— is that this northern land is Impene- trable Ico and snow. They forget the de- velopment of America's purchase (Alaska), many degrees further nr>rth than tho aver- age of Canada, and a country so full of promise that no money payment would be accepted by the States in purchase of it. In tho limitless iilalns hundreds of miles to tho north of the populated portion of tJsnada, Isa wheat growing country, far larger than the entire whoHt growing por- tion of the United i^tatos. A country which Is capable of growing 30 bushels to the acre. Whercati the most favorable port ion of tho United St-iles produces at best only from l.'> to 20 bushels per acre. Mr. Davlo then read at conslderp'"' 9 length from an article by Mr. VVlinan in support of his statements, and wherein it whs said that the greatest success In wheat growing was In the States to the extreme north, and that in Us extreme northern latitude the Dominion possesses a greater wheat pro- ducir.jr area than does tho entire United SI alc)'; that the soil of this wheat iirca is richer, will last longer and will prolucoa lilghor average of better wheat, thi ,n can be produce d anywhere else on tho contin- ent. If not In tho world, and that moreover, wheat Is known to have been grown in tho vicinity of numerous Hudson's Bay Company sl^i.ions for twenty consecutive years, without fertilization, and annually producing crops averaging thirty bushels to tho acre. That hesidos growing wheat other cereals were raised and cucumbers and melons cultivated. It was also shown that climate is much more the result of altitude than it is of latitude, and that while tho mean elevation of Eu- rope was 67'. foot, and of North America generally 78* feet, it was a slgnlflcant cir- c'lmstance th.;t the Canadian portion of North America has an altitude of only 300 feet. It was fur'biir shown that nature has provided in tl.e thousands of square miles of wheat areas in the northern part of Canada a well spring of moisture In the frost time, in the earth far down below the surface, which being thawed out during the summer months, Is full of force. Be- sides this, there is tho still further advan- tago in these extremely northern regions, of days In sun mer which have an average of two hours more sunshine than in the southern dist r'cts, so that from these and other causes conditions unite to make tho far north the most productive anl the most valuable >.>f all tho cereal-growing lands on tho continent. Mr. Davlo pre- dicted a bright fiiture for Can^ua conse- (|uent on the promotion of tho schemo now before the House nd that the province was to be congi ulated upon being tho flrst to contributv inythingpractica) in aid of a transcontinc tal railway by the north. He wassatisrtod Liiatthe majority of tho members present would live to see tho road an accomplished fact and in running order. The reading of the extract was followed by a long and very loud outburst of hearty applause. Now, gentlemen, that will show you that the stand which I take upon this i:^t)^46 d k ((iicHtinii i8 not n now one l>y iiny means, hut tlie stiiuil I )iiiv(! taken all alon^. (Applause). If you ilnMtst; to iL'iv.v to the Nortli American Ki-view for .liinuiiry ISHlt, you will find proof for all I have sivid, there. I'roof is al.so to he fouutl in many other place.s. The matter has heeu brought l)eft>re the Senate of ('an- ada years ago, when every effort was made to ohtain the most full and le- liable information. No fewer than l*J.") witnesses were examined with legard to the immense advantages possesseil hy this e' .intry. I need not show tlu^ gain to Victoria should she he made tiie ter- minus of a railway through so great a country. You can scj that the ter- minus of such a road is hound to V)e one of the greatest cities on the North Anuuican continent, in either the United States or Camnla. (Applause,'. 1 am not saying that if you return me this will he ut 1 (h) say that I will do all I can to hiiiig this about. (Applause). And you have the assurance that this will he ; maltci fif government policy. (Aiijilaiisc). This platform surely is fai' hettei- than that of my opponent, who argues that this road is already an accomplished fact, because the. Act of Parliament incoi'|)or- ating the company has been passed iind a land subsidy given. The ()|)positi>jn say we can do nothing until we ascer- tain what the Canadian Western Com- pany are going to do; in othei' words, to go to sleep for a couple of years. We have been toi 1 that the country has al- ready subsidized l'_',(MM»,(HM» acres of land, and no more can be done. In the TTouse I stilted that this was so, but we had received in return l'J,(MM),(HK( other acres of land. The land is given in alternate sections. I should more accurately have said that tlu; province was receiving 12,(HM),(HK) acres. The land is there, it is true, l)ut it could never be got at without a road. So, I say that instead of giving the land away we are acijuiring 12,0(M),(MM) acres. (Applause. ) They say that this is already an ac- cepted issue, and wants no advocate! It has no enemy! They say that anyone who comes forward now as the advocate of such a scheme is a charlatan or an unprincipled trickster! We will see which is the charlatan and trickster, — the one who has advocated and worked for the proposed road h>ng ago, or the newspaper which says it is "an accom- jjlished fact." Y'ou will .say f)n Wed- nesday week who you consider the char- latan and unprincipled trickster. (Heai! Hear!) They say legislation has accomplished all that has to \n\ done, and there is nothing more to trouble aljout. Those who lead, or attempt to IcimI, the public to believe that there i^ no op|)osition, are the very oin^n who wish to see the jjroject destroyed. As faithful servants of the public it is their duty to show where the op|(osition lies, and to warn the Mublic of ap|)roaching danger, but in trying to dtdude people to believe the railway is "an acconi- jtlished hiet," they are crying "peace, when there is no peace," knowing that if a determined stand is not taken, we may even yet lose the I'oad which ap- pears to be at our very doors. They say thei'e is no opposition. Let \ih look at the facts. First of all when the matter came up for discussion in the ' House, a iietition was presented by the Hoard of r.ade of the City of N'ancou- i ver, strenuously op|)osing the construc- tion of the new road. Then oidy the day i)cfore yesterday the Vancouver i Xews- Advertiser assails me, in less I abusive language than the Times— -not because the roail is "an accomplished fact" and "needs no chfimpion," but j l)ecause I have advocated its construc- tion at all. They think apparently that it w ill ruin their city. It will do no- tliing of the kind. It will biing a large popidation into the comitry, and prolit their region as well as the bidance of the cotnitry, and tin' jieople of Vancouver will reap the lienelits as widl as anyone else (A])plause). The United States has four transcontinental roads and all are witnesses, .should be accepted in jU'cference to Mr. Davis" statement. .Mr. Higgins thought it probable that Mr. H. I''. Davis, not having met with the success in his iiuntiiig and trapping that he had hojied for and desired, was determined to give the country a l)ad name. I am inclined to take a diti'erent view of the matter, and think that Mr. Davis does not want his territory in- vaded, tinding it a very profitable one. He does not want his hunting and trap- ping grounds distiiibeop- posed me at the present time. I am assailed by the opposition, and tho government is accused uy Dr. Milne of putting a clause into the public school act which taxes the cities, providing that the cities shall pay a certain amount of the expense of their schools, and one- third of their teachers' salar- ies. The Doctor , had he writ- ten his ciird himself, and not at,the dictation of the Times newspaper, would not have written this. He has accepted the advice of those who care nothing for him, but whose only wish is to favor their own political ends, by (iolitically killing me, and have not the memory or intelligence to know how to do it. If the municipality is called upon, as Dr. Milne says, to pay the cost of operating the schools, they would have to pay all, not merely a third of the teachers' salaries, as these are in- cluded in the cost of operating the schools. There is nothing in the Act calling upon the municipalities to pay for operating the schools. All that the cities arc called upon to pay was one-third of the sala- aries. In Victoria the salaries amount to $17,340, of which one-third was $n,780. This was not a large sum. It was asserted that this clause in the school act was a blow at public educa- tion. It was not. It was originated with the desire, and had the enect of 8u\ing the high schools. There were seven representatives of the cities, Vic- toria, Nanaimo, and Now Westminster in tlie House, all the other twenty W iiienihvrs reproaenting country (listricttt. Tlioro were higli hcIiooU in tlie cities only, and tho ciiildron fruni tho coun- try cannot attend tlie liigli Hchoola except lit large expense. So the reprcaontatives of tho country tlis- tncts were not to be hluined when they complained against ])aying the same i)rico for piorer educational faciliticH. t was then propf>8ed by tlie sciiool trustees, in order to meet the objections of the country members, not to levy this one-third, but to levy a special tax. The old school tax was S3 a liead. This was far in excess of what was demanded f>f the city. In- stead of going so far as the trustees wished, the < iovernment asked for less than the trustees proposed. On February 22nd, 1888. the school trustees presented a report to the O-jv- erninent by which it would be seen that this special tax idea originated. The following is one section of that report : "o. Your committee also suggostod to tho Hon. tho Minister of Kducation, the advisubility of placing tho Appropriations for city achoolH to tho credit of tho respect- ive school boards in t^iwns and citics.and to so amend the School Act ns to enable thom to supplement the amount by levying a school tax on tho municipality. Our sug- gestion was warmly endorsed by Mr. Rob son, Rnd ho rec|"estcd that this board should formulate their ideas in such a way OS to enable him to understnnd fully the object arrived at. and p.*omised that it should have his most careful attention." The droll part, the DeCosmos part, has yet to be told. One of the very trus- tees who concurred in this report, and made this suggestion to thediovernmeiit was himself — Uk. Milne. (Roars of applause). If Dr. Milne had depended on his own good sense, and not allowed himself to be dictated by The Times, he would not have been thus made ridi- culous. Dr. Milne oflFered objection to several unimportant items in this report, but not the sligiitest to this section. Referring to an editorial in The Times of August 7th, entitled " The Duty of the Hour," Hon. Mr. Davie, after read- ing it, proceeded to comment upon its contents. Said he, I happen to have these Acta before me. That Divisional Courts Act was introduced by me, and shown to other members of the profes- sion, many of whom approved it. If The Times will give me upon afhdavit the name of the writer of that article, for I believe he was a legal gentleman, I will point out to him the same man who advised with me upon the bill and who pronounced it "just the thing that wns wanted." (Cheers.) The other acts they referred to are still on the statute books; they are law at the present time, and not by any means a failure. It was jierfectly true that a Divisional Courts Act, such 08 they refer to, was intro- duced in tho House, and 8up|K>rted by mo. It was not, however, introduced by me; l>ut by Mr. liole, an opposition menil)er. Hut let me be fair. He did so at my re(|ue8t, and I supported it; it was though nominally brought in by Mr. liole. Politicians should be consistent, and they should have good memmles, but the trouble with the opposition is, they are not consistent, tuni tiieir mem- ories are wretched. [Applause] The tendency of legislation in HciuK>l mat- ters, so far from tending to make them subservient to {Kilitics, has been to re- lieve the government of resp«>nsibility and place the control of schools in the hands of the trustees. Tho appoint- nutnt and dismissal of teachers and everything in regard U) the schools is now in the hands of the trustees, and all tiio government has to do is to foot the bills. This is very dift'erent from the old order of things. Since this government has taken power the \ote for education- al purposes has risen year by year. Ten years ago it was $47,000, now the year's estimate was .ill44,(KK). (Applause.) Take this grant and compare it with the sums expended upim education by the other provinces. Tne average in British Columbia for 18H, dH was $17.70 i)er capita; in Que- bec for the same year it was .f().94 ; in Ontario, .$(t.42 ; in New Bruns- wick, $r).82; in Nova Scotia, $7.82; in Prince Edward Island, $6.56; In Bhit- isii Columbia, $17.84. What complaint have Dr. Milne and the Opposition to make in regard to the carrying on of the schools? They are being well con- ductetl and a liberal education is ot.ered everyone. (Applause.) In the Times to-night is un item head- ed "Davie's Dishonesty," saying that I had stated that if eavon to \u\i\n nii to ()|I5(!«' for II few niiiiitlis inoif iiml until tuiiHil out liy a voti-of 1(1 to M. 'I'liin HUM not i'onHi4|i(in()riil)lc! in Mr. lU'iivon iit that tiini-; lu-itiicr coulil Miinilur conduct liy Mr. Kolmon in II like oinorm'iicy lie dvunied out of pliic*!. There is no danj{t'r, however, of the intelligence of tliiH cominunity dcfoiit- ing nu*. 1 inci'oly <|uottMl the illuhtni- tion to show tiiiit my defeat would uiniply leiiN'c Mr. KoIihou to get an attorney general elm-wheiu, which he could easily ' do, and run hi.s government without me. laniHoriy that Dr. Mihu! isuway.but ])rol)alily some j)rofc.sHional call has occa- sioned luH al«Kenc(!. I will read the coi- respondenee that has [lassed hctwecn U' VICTOIM.V, H. «'.,.\UK. I'l. ISWt. I)K.\U DocTou. You will have olisfsrved that I liavo ailverlJHed u puhllc mcclinK to bo held at tiio 'I'liealre on Monday e\ en- iiiK nt^xt . Ah it in hut tiiirtliat ,\()U Hlinuld have the «ainc opporluidly as myscH'of (!\|i|iiitdiit; your views, I shall he most haiiiiy to accord you the opportuidty of (Ui- in^r HO al the inediu^' which I have (villed, and I will nuai'anlce ymi a fair and Konerous hearinif so far as my frieixls find suiuiorl ers are conccriunl. Of course, this heiiiKmy mei'tiii^' | should be cuiitled to speak llrsi, hut I may men- tiunthat I have also ciipieed the 'riu^atrc for the niKht before the (flection, on whicli occasion, if you accept my otTer, and would prefer it, 1 will accord you llrst licaiiuK. 'rilKODOIt"'. I>A\ IK. O. L. Milne, AV/.. M. D. To which received the following answer: VicTOKiA, Auk. I'J. 1*^!'. Thvo. Ihivic. Kni/. Dear S'ir. I have pic sure in m ■ ceptinii your invitation for this cveiiiiiK. and exte!id toyou a cordial invitation to atl(!nd my ineclinK in The Victoria lo-mo!- row cveniiiK. As rc^ciirds the mceiimf for th(f cveiiini? of th(! 'Jllh, I have enj^aKcd a hall for that evening. Without >i mntiid arrangement can he made a.s to 'imc, 1 cannot very well give up the hall for that evening. I icmaji, yours truly. (J. I.. Mii.Ni:. As Dr. Milne has not aj)pcared to- night, I do not think that I neeil.atend his meeting to-morrow, where I know that I should simply receive scurrility and ahuse from the ()p])osition. As Hon. Mr. Davie retired, the audi- torium rang with long and (■nthusiastic ai)plause. In response to a loud and general call from the audience, *he 11 m. Mr. Roli- son stepped forward and addressed the meeting, amid enthusiastic applause. He said that, owing to the lateness of the hour and the able and telling speech- es already delivered. In; felt that it would not become him to occupy their attention at any length. In coiiseijnence of the lamented death of the late pre- niioi' he had been calletl upon to form a cabinet, and in doing so ho had ofTored the |Hirtfolio of attorney-general to one of N'ictoria's representatives, Mr. Da- vie. Ml! had felt it to be a duty mul a pleasure to do this, as Mr. Davie was the only available nuunber (Ml the gov- ernment siile; beirause he stood in tiie front rank of his profession and because lu! (Mr. Kobson) had the advantage of exjterience as to Mr. Davie's worth in the cabintit ; for it should be renuunbered th.it when his brother (tin; late Attorney-(ieneral) was absent from the proviiu;e on •iccount of illiu-ss, he (.Mr. Theo. Davie) consented to enter the Cabinet, and, without fee or reward, five his professional services as fn '• m1 fully as if he had been in rcHcipt ot salary. (Loud applau e. ) Had he done wrong in thus ofl'ering a seat in the Cabinet to one of Victoria's representatives at a juiictur(! in her his- tory when it was so important she should be represented there? It would, indeed, be passing strange if, under th(!se circumstances, N'ictoiia should cast away .so very obvious and great an advantage I What would be the result id" rejecting one of her twn re|)resenta lives because he had accepted a position of greater )»ower to work for her inter- ests'; Ncjected by Victoria, Mr. Davie would have no dilticulty in tinding a country scat, and ^'ictoria would have in his )ilace a representative on the tloor of the Housi?, who, allied with a sickly and hopeless op])osition of seven, would be utterly ])owerless to jiromote her interests. He felt ipiite sure Vic- toria would do iu)thing so foolish and suicidal. [Loud ap)>lausc. ] He re- ferred to Dr. Milne's address, which was almost entirely couHned to school matters, and the inaccuracies and in- consistencies of which had just been so ably exposed by Mr. Davie. To him it was inconceivable that an educated gentleman like Dr. Milne, who had himself been a nunnber of tlw trustee board, should have a])pended his name to such erroneous and mislead- ing statements - statements which ))laced him in a most humiliating position before the |)ublic. (A))plan8e. ) He repeated that he had too much faith in the good sense of \'ictoria to think for one moment that there was the slightest possibility of rejecting Mr. Davie, »!;d thus throwiiig away the great adv,nitage of another seat in the cabiiu't ; but he appealed to the elect- ors to return him by sneh a thumuing majority as would strengthen his li.inds and encourage his heart in working for their interests. (Loud and i)rolonge(l apj)lrtuse). Three rousing cheers were given for the (candidate, and for the worthy chair- man, and tlie meeting dispersed.