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THE HON MR. FRASERS SPEECH 
 
 ON 
 
 ORA^JN^aEISM 
 
 I3^q-TR03^xJCTOI^-2- remark: s. 
 
 At the solicitation of many friends, and with the firm conviction that the widest 
 possible circulation of the admirable speech of the Hon. C. F. FRASER, on Orange 
 Incorporation, would be of very great benefat, not alone to Catholics, whose franchises 
 the Orange body makes a special point of trying to curtail, but also to the whole Reform 
 party throughout Ontario, I have prepared for publication, in convenient pamphlet 
 form, the very full special report of that speech whick recently appeared in The Tkibunb. 
 There never was a time when the Catholics more required to be put upon their guard 
 against the insidious operations of their sworn enemies and their mistaken friends. Mis- 
 taken is a mild word ; but it covers the whole ground, whether those Catholics who are 
 now trying to form an "Orange and Green" alliance are acting in good faith for the 
 general interest, or merely to promote their own personal schemes. In either case the 
 consequences to the great body of the Catholic population of Ontario would be the same 
 —the re-establishment in this Dominion of Orange Ascendency, were the Opposition 
 Party to be restored to power by the " deflection " of the Catholic vote in their favour. 
 With the Orange faction in office, or in supreme Influence over those who hold the 
 reins of power, no one who reads Mr. Fraser's speech can fail to comprehend that any 
 expectation of fair play for a Catholic would be altogether unreasonable. The mass of 
 evidence which he has collected ; the unquestionably Orange character of the sources 
 from which he has drawn it ; and above all, its essentially modem origin and special 
 applicability to existing cirGumsta7ices, prove with a certainty that defies contradiction 
 that the Catholics who would return to, or remain in, alliance with the Orange Party, 
 are acting the part of traitors to their own best interests, however pure their intentions 
 may be. 
 
 But Catholics are not alone interested in this Orange question. Mr. Fraser proves, 
 by cnpiiiHs quotations, that the Liberals (■* Grits ") no matter what may be their creed, 
 are equally under the bann of the Orange order. He proves that no man may have a 
 political conscience of his own ; that he must obey the behesta of the Grand Lodge.ior 
 
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 fact, the Orange Order l.Tn^Zt^Zj T^'v' '"' '^'=*"^"^ "^^ *« ^'^ ' '^-'' i" 
 
 of any creed or country P epl I 1 ;""'"''''"'"' ^' ^""^ *^^ ''''''"'' "^ 0"*--. 
 Order has designed foTt^ HV; it t ' ' Th "" >' ''"^"' ^"''"" "^"'^'^ *^^ ^^^"^^ 
 their political status, as it is the dn y o C. Jli ' "• 'r "'^ "' '''''"''' '" "'^'^"«« °^ 
 as freemen in this free country to exerft. \n vindication of their equal rights 
 
 and constitutional way to c ee'l^" t 1 " " v ""°'^* "' '''''' '"«"^"'=^ ^» ^ -''-'y 
 the pretence of proteJti g the P o tant' "T '"", "' *'"^ "'^^'"^^«' ^'-' -^- 
 Liberty, would consign tL gov—t f H '" indicating Civil and Religious 
 
 actions would be control ed Z nZu "T'"' '" *^° ^'"^^^ ''^ ^ ''^^al, whose 
 
 Bible to read Mr. Pr. r' speii a^ r^T *'l '^'■'*"' ^°'^S^-" ^^ ^ '^-'^1^ Po- 
 thia point. The extract ouoted fr ^^^^ , ''" *'''* *'^^^^ ^'^"''^ ^^ '^"^ mistake upon 
 
 bv no ,neans less ^1^ i::^f^Z't''' ^"' ^'^ '''' '-''''''''''' '"' 
 the ("Grit ") Reform party is aho ,f .T ff ! . ™"^^ P""'"' P''''^^ ^'^'^t ^^^ Canada 
 
 Liberal party throughout tJi« Jl TT. .^'^"PP'^' themselves! It is time for the 
 
 . Orange o^aLatL^'s ehT^^^^^^^ ^ ^'t '''' ''^ ''' '^^ *^^* *^« 
 
 of Tory rule ; and (2) the complete IcllTon o^^^^^^^^ 7 = ^'^'''^ »P'^«^'^-« 
 
 honour or emolument. l^atholics from public positions, either of 
 
 form^L-ttrOrTg:^^^^^^ -e "rare birds "-some Re- 
 
 ceased to operate. Thl i^ a fic't wh ch tV ''"'"^'•^^ ^'^^ '« "««- -^^-^ '^a^ no«, 
 excused for not bein. aWe to atre! t "^""T P"'"" "' *'' ^^^*=*°^**« ^^^^ -«" be 
 remember the politkaf and narlT '''*''""* explanation. The "elders," who 
 
 tholics, almost wSoteCfon^^^^^^^^ *« ^'^^l, know well that t'he Ca- 
 
 make the rule nearly absolve herewith h Tf ^^ ''" ''"^ conspicuousj as to 
 Aggression" agitation in Enlkndrea!!^ the Reform Party ; that the absurd " Papal 
 therewith came up "re ^^1^ Tst f% ''^ V^''* ^'^ ' ^"^ that concurrently 
 further on this point than t^sl fhlT^h '"f ^'''''°^" ' ^"^ "«* -'^'^ *« dwell 
 
 Reform party. o„ this question w^« ." 'T' "'"'P'^'' '^ "^"^ °' '"^^ ^^iefs of the 
 men ; and that the common s;nrr.r 1 ''"""'^"'' '''' ^'^''^ ^PP^-^^l «f O^^nge- 
 the cause of leading ranTRXrer'^nirth^o"^" " r^'^"^'"^"" *° ^^"^"'^^^ ^- 
 years, and at the present time thTwr i 'T ^°'^=''' ''^''"'' "^ «"bsequent 
 
 tempt. It is but just ce to add hat tie P T' *'"''' "'^'^ '^•'"^"'"^'y ^'^ •^o'^" 
 
 to meet the political xtencies of 1 nfe "Jh": T^ ''""' ^'''' *^^* ^"-«-> 
 came into poxver in ISr^ H, f J ' "^ *''** '* ^'^^ ""^y ""^'^ *^' Reformers 
 
 many RefZe ^ ITL^^:2^Z^\ T' '' ""'f'^"* ''''' "'^'^- ^^^ «-" 
 theii- cause-in uplo Idi^.Tl 1 , Government of the day, and so far damaged 
 
 „.n .n , '" "P'lolclmg a wrong principle— that the " moderate narhv " nf +1,.+ *° 
 was still enabled to claim a ronsi-,lB....Ki i r ,. "'"""'^'«e party of that time 
 
 Rill •• +1, . \ ! *=""«'dei-able share of credit for the passa-^e of th^ " «5n^f. 
 
 «ill, the enactment of which thpv l,..,i ..o=i„t w iJ<wa,i^e or the bcott 
 
 diency, but really to keep the Cat h ^"'''' ^" "''^ P^*^*^ "^ ^""^^'^'^^ ^^P^' 
 
 at the general e ct Is ^t "- l^'/'^r""' ^* *''^"- h^^^' -d to use it, both Jys, 
 
 e <=!<« elections. It was the Reform Government of iafi2 -mfl t,^*- li, n 
 vative party, which put an end to this game. ' °* *^^ ^°°'«'- 
 
 And from the day the Reform Government of im"' -,=,-,.1 " « . - , 
 
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er, are endowed 
 3 men ; that, in 
 ■, and select the 
 erals of Ontario, 
 hich the Orange 
 8, in defence of 
 eir equal rights 
 3e in an orderly 
 rs, who, under 
 1 and Relif^ious 
 a cabal, whose 
 t is hardly pos- 
 f mistake upon 
 isponsible, but 
 that in Canada 
 as well deserv- 
 time for the 
 e fact that the 
 the upholding 
 tions, either of 
 
 8 " — some Re- 
 ^hich have novo 
 e may well be 
 'elders," who 
 1 that the Ca- 
 )icuousj| as to 
 surd " Papal 
 i concurrently 
 wish to dwell 
 chiefs of the 
 al of Orange- 
 kholicity vraa 
 n subsequent 
 lely and con- 
 fiat question, 
 le Reformers 
 
 Even then, 
 far damaged 
 of that time 
 
 the " Scott 
 olitical expe- 
 t, both ways, 
 i the Conser- 
 
 School Act, 
 , remarkable 
 
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 sTri-S' r"t ""^""V" V"*;'"^ "^'T'T ""' «"PP'--"t-« its defects. It is unneces- 
 ary to refer to particulars hero; but the si.nple fact may be stated, that whereas the 
 
 late Government left, in the then Catholic Province of Manitoba, th School Law 11 the 
 
 sh^an,whm.s of local legislation the present Reform Govenunent, in eminent I.' 
 aith w th the people, have established, throughout the whole of the North West the 
 
 hke rigl.ts for Separate Schools as those which exist in Ontario. Would a Govern nent 
 
 to the elFort of upsettmg the Separate Schools, even in Ontario ! As to the Local Gov- 
 ernment, smce the present Administration came into power, the Catholics of Ontario 
 are aware of the ent.re fairness with which they have been treated, both with respect to 
 educatmn and pubhc institutions. H.u., tlu: harrier, wh^hfor a tin^e, and for iLnUr- 
 tst of certain pohUcmns, toas set up behveen the Catholic and th^ Protestant Reformer has 
 been ta.cen away; and it was taken awav by the action of the Rekokm Party. 
 rt 18 by thehghtof these facts that both Catholics and Protestants should read the 
 Hon. C. F Erasers speech. It requires a brief flash of the light of the history of the 
 domgs in former days to make it thoroughly comprehensible, and to enable the reader to 
 take in all the meaning which it embraces. 
 
 Had the Hon. Minister of Public Works gone back to by-gone days, and raked up 
 he saymgs of Lord Gosford, or other equally disinterested witnesses, agdnst the Orange 
 faction. It might have been said that all these things have been listened to before • had 
 he gone back even to last summer, and quoted the scathing letters of the Hon. Sir Fran- 
 Z^lt'' 'f^l^'^^'\^^^' ^^^' -n excellent case. But his speech would have 
 lacked the novelty, the freshness, and the applicability to present times and circum- 
 stances, which his truly modern and essentially Orange quotations give it. From their 
 own mouths he has condemned them. The testimony which he has brought forward is 
 unimpeachable from the Orange standpoint ; it is therefore all the more worthy of cre- 
 dence from independent outsiders ; and it proves beyond cavil that the Orange Order is 
 apolitical organization which holds the profession of the Catholic religion a sufficient 
 cause for political ostracism, and the upholding of Reform principles, a just ground for 
 barring the confidence of the electorate. It is not merely against the " Romish Hier- 
 archy, and Roman Catholics individually, tliough that apparently, and in fact is its 
 primary mission ; but it is against all " Grits," or Reformers, who will not subscribe to 
 he Orange doctrine of excluding "Romanists" from every public position whether 
 Municipal, Provincial, or National. 
 
 Protestant Li^l)erals have therefore an interest almost equal to that of the whole 
 body of the Ca holies m preventing this Society from exercising supreme influence in 
 the politics of the country. No doubt they would put the Catholic down first • but ' 
 wouUltheynot "go for" the Reformer next ? One has only to read the extracts given 
 by Mr. Fraser, and to take mto account other evidence lying plentifully around to be 
 convinced that tliis conclusion is amply justified, and, therefore, it follows that the two 
 •smoking farebi-ands"-the "Grits" and the " Papists "-are bound by the highest 
 law of nature, that of self-defence, to make common cause against the common enemy. 
 The peculiar circumstances which attended the general election of 1872 intensified 
 aa they were by the result of the next general election, in 1874, drove the Tory leaders 
 to the n9C3S3ity of reoruitiug their sh:ifcr,ored raak. by exfcraaaaus moans, and to fall 
 back upon their Oran re followers with an appearance of confidence they had not for 
 many years, openly shown before. Hence it was that the " Chieftain " could make 'fun 
 
clubs-otherwise Young Brftonsheno ^ ""^ "'.« I-*— «« extended to young „L's 
 Montreal were turn d t ac ounVt >.? "? "^"'^ ^''^ ^^''"^^ disturbances in 
 
 while a fair face wast ng co s 1 . ,Vnr? ,?"'' f '""^ ^"'^ """"^^""^ <^"*-«. 
 facts are pretty well k 2n ^.t a st nn "1 ? "'^ ''"■''"" '"^'*''^'*^ ■*"'-• ^hese 
 public asl their prop rTjri'randTr^^^^^^^ " T" '""« ""'^ to deceive the 
 
 throw their lot in with the Ori h ^ ? ' *'' ^''"° '"'^''''^^ ^^ ««"»^ P^^ties to 
 
 fore, tho brilliant ^1 wh^ch Z Hot ^1^^^ I'f T ^-^^^ '"°«* «^"^«^- 'r^- 
 rective,a„d cannot be too wi le y circuk d J ^ "'^' '' " ^ 
 completely off the political sham w^nh«ff? '■'^^y^^^^^t tune. It take, the mask 
 to Catholics. It shows Unt the O f'f '^'f''' """^ ^^^^^^^^^ *« ^^^e .quality 
 
 party, in its effo t to r gt^ power hTom^M ^ T'''" ''°'^*^"^ *^« Conservative 
 
 characteristics of politica UscTdency an^i^^^^^^ ' , ''"'''' ^^''^ """'*'^'"^ '*« ^-'-* 
 thought that they'had capred the o~l^ ^'^ ^°--^^*^^^ '^^^^" 
 
 Orangemen have captured those wh^ iS ndeJ toZl ^^« V. ?" '"'"^"'•^-^^^ 
 of this, we have but to look to the fact thlT 1 . m T^ "'"^ "'""' •' ^" P'-«°f 
 pullers, and the ofheers of J^^^It^'^'^;^ tZi^:^. M ^ ^^^^ ^^^ 
 m order to please the rank an,! fil« + <= • ^"- ^^errick tound it absolutely necessary, 
 poration Bil . Tha such action In J i '" f " """''r" '' "^^^^^""ng tho Orange Incor! 
 
 for the tro'ible he toTto show the .L^rirn ?r°"^'"^'^ ''"^'* *" *^^"^ ^- 
 
 Merrick was the figure-head Dol! « n ^°""^""«^ ^^ *h« movement of which Mr. 
 
 Opposition, tl.: trincorptat^^i^B^^^^^^^^^^^ *^f %r '''''''' ^^ *^« 
 
 facts set forth by Mr Fra/er anT emL I f-^ ?. ''^ ^ Then let him read the 
 
 placed upon the'journ; f of' the House atd" wf °'^. "'"' '^ ^^^^ ^'-'^^ "^^ 
 
 party si.. .,,, .^ ^ -mt^ lll^^:^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^ - 
 
 Ther!rrtr:Xn%ry^Xri:;^-T- f^^---— "eylrlsh. 
 Irish Catholics under their feer-whenlv ] T ««"*'"^«"*-^hen they had the 
 
 for their own interests, tTat^ey n^t ha'J^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^'l i^'?f ^"T"^^"*' 
 they not, as they have been called befnrp I , , ^"* now-a-days are 
 
 chains I Do they not, in Ireland onlse the mn7 ^""'^Z' ''u'ix*''^ *° ^'^P I"«hmen in 
 force they can command ? And{ov^vU^^^^T^'''''^^'''' Home Rule " with every 
 alliance with a par ywhLeplSuirsL^^ «««k a poliS 
 
 should Liberals attempt to cSewi^nh P^'-'^^'y ^^'^^I'^red against them ? Or, why 
 anypublicposition?^^ ""'"'"' *^"^'^ ''^'^ ^''''^ decreed their exclusion from 
 
 cnce! t^oitS^' ^eS^f l^sSSf ijV'j^ frt ^^ ----- of refer- 
 was delivered in the House. '"'''*''"'''^''>'' '^ "ot altogether verbatim, as the speech 
 
 TRIBUNE OFFICE, May 15, 1878. 
 
ORANGE INCORPORATION. 
 
 Leqisslativk Ahskmbly, Feb. 25, 1878. 
 [Mr. Mkhrick asked for leave to introduce 
 a Hill intituled " An Act tn Ineori.orato the 
 Ixjyal ()raii(,'e Association „f Eastern and \V«s- 
 tern Ontario, and that rules 51, 53, 56 57 
 and 58 be siispentled for that purimse."] ' ' 
 Hon Mr. Fijahrk said )ic hoped the House 
 would bear with him for a few moments be- 
 tore the motion was disposed of. It would 
 be in the recollection of those members who 
 held seats in the last Parliament that, with 
 the exception of the first time on which this 
 Urango Incorporation Bill was introduced, he 
 (Mr. Fraser) had not at any subsequent ses- 
 sion, save one, and then only for a few 
 minutes, addressed the House on this subject. 
 HIS silence had not been for want of provo- 
 cation, but because he had resisted it. It 
 would have suited the political pu rposes and 
 objects of gentlemen opposite if they could 
 either have beguiled or entrapped him (Mr. 
 J-raser) into warmth of speech or indignant 
 ""vS^",, *"® °"'y occasion on which he 
 did address the House on this subject at 
 any length, which was in the first session, 
 in which he occupied a seat in the 
 Chamber, and before he had joined the 
 Government, he had been charged with having 
 made a violent and intolerant speech, and 
 the promoters of this measure had made use of 
 thi3 amongst the Orange body and their follow- 
 ers, with the object of arousing political bitter- 
 ness and opposition. It mightsuitthe purposeof 
 the promoters of this Bill were he now to make 
 what might be termed a warm speech ; but it 
 was no part of his plan to do so. He quite 
 understood and thoroughly comprehended the 
 tactics and the strategy of those who had 
 this measure in charge ; and so understanding 
 It, and with the purpose and design to 
 countercheck their movements, he would not 
 say anything to-night which in any shape 
 could bo misconstrued, or which might serve 
 as a ground work for an appeal to intolerance 
 and bigotry in any shape. The responsi- 
 bility and onus of his position he realized, 
 and his remarks would be shaped so as to 
 avoid the introduction of anything which in 
 any sense could be tortured into a subject of 
 provocation either to the Orange organization 
 or It!., sympathizers. (Hear, hear.) It was true 
 that surrounding the subject matter of this 
 proposed measure, there were many 
 things calculated to arouse indignation 
 and feeling and perhaps bitter expressions on 
 his part ; but he conceived it to be no)i,,y as 
 well aa duty to suppress all such for the mo- 
 ment. He was acting on the defensive, not 
 on the aggressive, and looking to that, he did 
 not require to do more than to use such weap- 
 
 ons as for the present would defeat the at. 
 tack being made. 
 
 Protestants Testify against Orangeism. 
 
 He would follow, as far as might be, 
 
 the course which he took in the second 
 
 ession of the second Parliament of Te 
 
 uir"av •, ^." r'!"' ''« «''''' *'•"" he care 
 fuly avoided doing anything more than 
 introducing and citing again.st the Orange 
 body, and its demand for special incorporation 
 
 such unimpeachable and unobjectionable a : 
 thorities as Canning and Castlereagh, Lord 
 Melbourne and Sir Robert Peel, Palmerston 
 and Lord John Russell, and others of the 
 eminent names-all Protestant-of the Mother 
 Country, who had pronounced themselves in 
 strong and emphatic terms upon the d.nger 
 and demerits of such an organization as that 
 '^*"e Orangemen, and of the troubles and 
 difficulties that had arisen and were certain to 
 continue from .ts existence. Ho (Mr. Fraser) 
 did not intend to repeat these arguments or 
 
 dffew*'H°''-v.-"'' ^"'■P"^^ ^^ ^"ti'-ely 
 different. His object was, amongst other 
 things, to ask attention to some features, to 
 
 .w^i .• ''•*"''f"'"^**°'=^« surrounding the 
 introduction in the present session of the Bill 
 
 rnn/ '^??''"««"«'- a»d Which its promoter had 
 
 ;Hea.rhi.r • ""'"' '^''"'''^ *°- 
 
 Why the Bill was introduced. 
 
 Long before this session commenced a lit- 
 
 tie bird had been piping a note-whether 
 
 f warning or not. ,t were hard to say- 
 
 OnL R , *'^ ^'^' '' ' ^^«" t«»ing that no 
 Orange Bill would e or. the carpet this year. 
 .Scarce a street corner m Toronto on which 
 one might not have heard this. (Hear, hear.) 
 It had been the common talk that this Bill 
 was not to be introduced this Session. He 
 supposed the wire-pullers fancied that this 
 organization was so fully under their control, 
 that they could afford to defer their pet mea- 
 Hure unti the Local elections were nearer at ' 
 hand, and until the general election for the 
 House of Oommons was over. The fact was 
 that the political leaders of gentlemen op- 
 posite, deemed it wise to keep this measure, 
 possible out of sight for the present, and 
 their hrst determination was to act according- 
 ly. But m carrying out their plans they found 
 themselves '"twixt the devil and the deep 
 sea. If they ventured to put this Bill for- 
 ward with as much earnestness as they affect- 
 ed to „sc].-vst session, their fear was that they 
 might prejudice the Catholic vote against 
 them. An idea had b en springing up among 
 hon. members that a section of the Catholic 
 body might be gained over to their support, and 
 
6 
 
 the party inaimfierH nccordingly used their J)e8t 
 tHortH ti. kft-i) the Orange Bill in ftheynnto ao 
 fia toftlhiy any iiritation that might have hen 
 provoked. They were afraid to i)arado thia 
 Orange ([HeBtum too much, ieHt it should im- 
 pair their ehances with the "Catholic vote" 
 and tiiey were eijiially afraid to give unil)ra«o 
 to the Orange sjurit they had called up. Hut 
 the party managers saw, after the aaseinWini.' 
 of Un; Ilouse.thaahey were aa he (Mr. Frasor) 
 had saul, ' 
 
 BETWEEN TJIE DEVIL AND THE DEEP .SE.l 
 
 —the (leap sea of the general election, and ths 
 devil of the spirit of the party they had raiae.l 
 'Z *"?,'■■ P«''S'8tent advocacy of thia measure 
 Ihe difficulty with the general election was 
 the probahility that if they attracted too 
 much attention to this bill, they might divert 
 the votes of a section of the people of 
 this Province, which they expected to receive 
 Ihe best way, therefore, to carry out the ob- 
 ject whioh presented itself to the minds of 
 those gentlemen, was to purposely and delibera- 
 tely set at naught all the rules of the House 
 and if they had searched for the best possible 
 excuse to prevent the introduction of the bill 
 for this session, they could not have found a 
 better expedient than the one they had adopt- 
 ed. Their purpose was, when they found 
 themselves forced on by the " devil" behind 
 them, to make every delay, and to beasirregular 
 as It was possible to be. They were hoping 
 that some one of these irregularities would 
 choke oft discussion, and so keep this Orauee 
 question in obscurity till the general election 
 was over, and at the same time by an aiTecta- 
 tion of work and seeming eagerness they hoi)ed 
 to satisfy the expectations of the Oraugbmen. 
 
 Rules of the House purposely set aside. 
 
 There was not a rule of the House re- 
 lilting to private bills that the hon. gentlemen 
 who were proiuoting this bill had followed. For 
 tiiatneglect there was not the shadow of an ex- 
 cuse, except to these gentlemen themselves 
 hecause it was a part of their plan of operation. 
 I his bill wiifl not a new one. The present was 
 the sixth session in which it had been intro- 
 duced They knew well what notice was re- 
 quired, when the petition ought to be present- 
 ed, when the bill should be brought before the 
 Private Bills Committee, when it ought to be 
 posted and when it ought to be printed. They 
 knew also tiie last day for reporting upon such 
 a bill by the Private Bills Committee, and also 
 the last day for itn first reading. And yet 
 with a strange, if it were not an intentional 
 deliberation, there was not a solitary one of 
 these rules which they had followed. They 
 had deKnitoly and distinctly disobeyed every 
 one ot them. The Kentlemau who m.ado this 
 motion had apparently taken extreme and ex- 
 traordinay precaution to violate every nile re- 
 
 gulating the introduction of Private Bills, and 
 
 a lowed he eoiihi notseiiouMy h;ive inten.led 
 
 ;.'.!t, "r ;""*".'" «'"'"!'• •'••"•'•y Were he M 
 l'..i8er t<. raiaea point of „rder air.iinat tiie 
 .resent motmn, it would be the hou.tlen d. ty 
 et Air Speaker to rule it out of order as bein^ 
 quite irregular; but ho ,li,l not inten.Uo r ise 
 the Jjueation of order. That wouM be toXu 
 oft discussion and would bo precinely v hat the 
 pnunoterao the Orange llill uJt detS 
 
 M mill bo both discussu.!, ami a vote uj>on 
 this question (Hear, hear.) and for a lew 
 nH.nie,.ta he would confine himself t, examTne 
 b .fly the irregularity of the procee.Ihig,? 
 Ihe bill which the hon. gent eman X 
 Merrick intro luced last session was a hill (^ 
 lucorporate by the one measure the C rmd 
 Lo.Ues both of Ontario West and East andac 
 cordmgly they gave the proper notice the 
 Ontano Gazette j^nd he' believed, if, ther 
 local papers They had been giving sinX 
 notices /or five sessions, and they ti.ereforo 
 knew exactly what to do. It was not poss ble 
 
 uM: ''Zt'ir'^ **" intentional Trr'o 
 niistake. But what course (id thev Duraiie 
 this session ? His hon. friend askeYleave to 
 Omn'^"'"^'' ^"•"*'' ^"''orporate the Lova° 
 
 S,?tario" bT*'f'l,"^ «*^'«^" «"'» «'e«ter«» 
 Ontario —both of these lodges-in a sinffia 
 measure, aa was proposed last sesshm. £ 
 wl f.t was the published notice ? The on"v 
 
 hTmrifThe*S/r." ''^ '^ gentleman calling 
 nimselt the Grand Secretary of the Grand 
 
 Lodge of Ontario West who ,;iblished anoTce 
 
 tL n } r /""^ *'"^ incorporation of 
 
 TlL?r'* {"■'^^'' °f 0"*^"» VVest," only 
 1 here was not in any manner, or in any naner 
 published any notice with regard to ^the^Inl 
 
 iiMt ; in fact it was never mentioned for the 
 purposea of the present session in any way 
 
 o that even If the notice which waa^uS 
 It h.wl been intended to publish had reached 
 
 he Ontario Gazette, and if other circmstoncS 
 
 ed, the hon. gentleman had put this pn.posed 
 Bill m such a shape that evin then It would 
 not have been regular, for thia was not a B 11 
 
 West only But even this notice was not in- 
 serted m the Ontario Gazette. 
 
 .. ^, -■—-■"' uu,^cKr. Althoutjh such 
 
 a notice reached the publishers of the GazMe 
 It was in,me.liately returned to the gentreman 
 who .ent It ami who subscribed himself™ 
 Gourlay, Grand Secretary of the Graiid 
 Lodge, of Ontario West," a':kii.g hi u to send 
 as was cusomary under all circuinslanci 
 \Mth egard to advertisements sent the On- 
 tario Gazette, the money necessary to se.>nr« 
 
 called rr?"i ^^' 'T •"" '^"""'^ *'''-^*tl"« «o- 
 cilled Grand Secretary sent the notice ; but 
 
 on the other hand, it was not denied b^ this 
 
ivnto r.ills, (ind 
 iiiitioiis wlii:;h 
 
 liiivu intfiidud 
 
 Wo 10 hi! (Mr. 
 
 Ipr uir.iiiist the 
 
 ; Ixmnilmi duty 
 
 order as hoing 
 intend to raiae 
 iiuld 1)0 to shut 
 finely .hat tho 
 
 most (luHirod. 
 ler that there 
 1 a Vote upon 
 nd for a few 
 •ilf to examine 
 ■ proceodincs. 
 ntieinan, Mr. 
 I was a bill to 
 e the (irand 
 1 East, and ac- 
 
 notice in the 
 ved, in other 
 giving similar 
 liey therefore 
 IS not possible 
 onal error or 
 
 they pursue 
 isked leave to 
 te the Loyal 
 
 and western 
 —in a single 
 ession. But 
 i? The only 
 eman calling 
 the Grand 
 shed a notice 
 ioration of 
 ^Vest," only, 
 in any paper, 
 1 to the In- 
 3 of Ontario 
 oaed for the 
 
 in any way, 
 
 was alle!<ed 
 had reached 
 ircumstances 
 
 been insert- 
 his jjroposed 
 en it would 
 as not a Bill 
 of Ontario 
 
 was not in- 
 th()Uf»h such 
 
 the Gazette, 
 e geiitleniau 
 liniself "R. 
 tlio Grand 
 liiii to send, 
 ouinslancea, 
 ient the On- 
 y to Keyiire 
 liat this 80- 
 lotice ; but, 
 lied by this 
 
 lame Grand Secretary that tho notice was re- 
 turned to him from the publiBhin^,' otlice of 
 the (iti .lie, reqnenting liim to r ;nil tiio usual 
 fee if lie wished it inserted. They were 
 bound to asflunir, thorefore, ajraiust these 
 Grand Oflicers promoting the Kill outside of 
 tho House, that they knew the notice was not 
 being inserted in tho Ontario (.'(izett.i' (cheers), 
 and that they did not intend tliat it should be 
 inserted ; otherwise, on receiving tho notice 
 returneil to them, they would have sent it 
 back with the money, and had it inserted. 
 He had shown, however, that even if tho 
 zjotict sent by the officers h id been inserted, 
 it would not have covered tho Bill, which was 
 an entirely diflerent one from that referred to 
 m the notice. The promoters of the Bill had 
 also neglected to comply with the rule requir- 
 mtf the notice to be inserted six weeks in a 
 local paper, because in tho only paper in 
 which the notice referred to appeared, the 
 Oranijt Sentinel, it was inserted only four 
 weeks, being two weeks less than the rules of 
 the House required. There was another fea- 
 ture of this case. The promoters of the Bill 
 might say, " We did send a notice, so far as 
 It went, to the Ontario Oazette. True, it does 
 not cover this Bill, but it would cover a Bill 
 for the Incorporation of the Grand Lodge of 
 Ontario West." If that were the fact, then 
 there was another rule of this House which 
 required that within two weeks after the in- 
 sertion of a notice in the Ontario Gazette, a 
 copy of the proposed Bill, with 8100, the 
 usual fee, sh(?uld be sent to the Clerk of the 
 House. Hon. gentlemen could not get away 
 from thct fact. It was abundantly certain, 
 then, that the promoters knew that their 
 notice was not being published in the Gazette, 
 or else they would have forwarded the Bill 
 and the money to the Clerk. They knew that 
 no notice was being given, they did not in- 
 tend it should be given, and for that reason 
 they sent neither Bill nor fee. 
 
 Mr. Merrick— The $100 was placed in the 
 hands of the Clerk of the House. 
 
 Mr. Frasek— W^hen ? 
 
 Mr. Merrick— It has been here since last 
 year — it has not been withdrawn. 
 
 Mr. Fkaser— The hou. gentleman must 
 know that that fee, if remaining, went into 
 the Consolidated Revenue Fund. The Clerk of 
 the House would have no autliority over that 
 fee, and was not bound to keep the mcney in 
 his hands. 
 
 Mr. Cameron— It should be refunded by 
 an order of the House. 
 
 was, however, that no notice was given, and, 
 what was of more consequence, it was not in- 
 tiniled to bo given. The various circum- 
 stances surrounding tho whole n;attor wouhl 
 Jiistity tho House in believing that it wa.s do- 
 hberately ami iMirposdy not inserted ; and if 
 It ever had been the intention of hoii. gentle- 
 Mien to prnc. , ,| on tho notice which aiq.eared 
 111 the Oran,,^ Sentinel, two days after tho 
 Mouse met, they aban.loned it, for they then 
 took tho notice out of that )>aper. They de- 
 torimned to destroy all excuse for their no- 
 tues being hold regular. The next stei. no- 
 cissary f,>r the introduction of a piivato bill 
 It proj.er notice had been publi..lie<l, was to 
 bring It before the Standing Committee ; but 
 what was the report of the Standing Orders 
 tomniittue which was presented to tlie House ? 
 
 Mr. Fraser said that clearly, at any rate, 
 the rule h.ad not. !>oen oomtjlied with, fur, 
 apart from the fee, a copy of the Bill should 
 have been sent. Both of these steps were 
 required by the rules of the House. The fact 
 
 The promotera of the BiU desired it to 
 be thrown out. 
 
 Where there was no ignorance on tho part of 
 mombors of the House as to what the rules of 
 tho House were, it was prooer to assume that 
 lion, gentlemen would use due diliironce, if in 
 earnest, to have their measure carried throuirh 
 all Its stages. But these lion, gentlemen 
 went before the Standing Orders Committee 
 ami made a mere verbal statennut- nothing 
 more— that a notice had been given, and did 
 not even produce to the Committee so m-jch 
 as a copy of the :3cal paper, in which it w*i 
 alleged the notice had been advertized. Step 
 by ste]), therefore, they had set every rule oi 
 tins House at defiance, always hoping that 
 objection would be taken to tne irregularity 
 Wherever they could place an obstacle in 
 their own way, tlioy did so. Wlien they 
 merely went to the Standing Orders Commit- 
 tue with the bald statement that a notice had 
 Irnen inserted in the Oran.je Sentinel, and 
 then asked the Committee to report to the 
 House on tho Bill, it surely could not have 
 been honestly expected th|it the Committee 
 would have recommended a suspension of the 
 rules. 
 
 Mr. Merrick— I wjul.l ask what the hon 
 gentleman is trying to e3tal>lish. We admit 
 that the proceedings wore irregular 
 
 Mr. Fraser said that if the hon. '•mtle- 
 man admitted that he had intentional'ly vio- 
 lated all the rules of the House, ])erliaps it 
 would not be necessary for him (Mr. Fraser) 
 to proceed any farther with his argument. 
 But he proposed pointing out what other 
 nima had been violated. Tho Staiding 
 Orders Committee reported the facts as they 
 appe,irell before them. If the hon. gentleman 
 had earnestly wished tho reference to bo sent 
 back to the .SUndiiig Orders C " initteo, he 
 would, immediately and without auy delay 
 have placed a notice to that erloet ou the 
 paper. But he allowed several days to pass 
 
8 
 
 before he did so : ,t was on the 25th January 
 tm A «^r'?'i*^u '•^P^'-ted, but it was not 
 till the 8th of February that any notice of 
 this motion appealed on the paper at all, and 
 then the notice was not for the following Men- 
 day (the private day, when there would have 
 been an opportunity to make it), but for the 
 following Tuesday, a Government day, when, 
 .i, 1 . ; G<-''>tJ«nan well knew, the notice 
 could not be reached. [Mr. MERRicK-Hear 
 u X ■'j" ^'*'"' gentleman says "Hear 
 hear ! as if gratifiecT at how completely the 
 merit and worth of this scheme to delay this 
 motion ,s recognized. He (Mr. Fraser) had 
 pointed out that if there was a step in te 
 wrong direction to be taken, the hon. gentle- 
 man had taken it ; and perhaps he (Mr Mcr- 
 
 dirteh '''"' .'!«''''"• ^"* ""'y- however, 
 did the hon. gentleman put his notice on the 
 paper for a Government day, but he' allowed 
 several days on which he could have made 
 his motion, to go by He had two opportun ! 
 ties during that week to have his motion up, 
 and the sense of the House taken as to 
 
 the PrTv.![ "?,*,f '^^'" «''°»l'l be sent before 
 the Private Bills Committee, but he delayed 
 
 Private Bills Committee could regularly re- 
 port upon any Bill was passed by In fact 
 
 LentlTr r*/^'' *'?^ °^J'^*'* ^hi^h the hon! 
 gentleman had in view, one could well have 
 charged that the rules of the House had been 
 
 tow ^h "■ ^''i ^^^'"'-^ ^' '"^ttors stood 
 fi? L-.,!" '^°,"^'* ^^ "° possibility of having 
 the Bill brought before the Private Bills Co,„° 
 mittee, even if the hon. gentleman's motion 
 
 tTa? >,?/"''';■ ^^' ^'°''- K^^tleman knew 
 tliat his motion was not sufficient for that 
 
 f?nnTi'^''f'l""■K '*'" *° make another mo: 
 tion, and then he would further require to 
 have his Bill printed and distributed^ to the 
 cTnSr^ •"^*"'' '\'''' ^"'^ before it could be 
 cZtZ 'V^ !VP" ^y *be Private Bills 
 Committee, it must be posted in the lobby for 
 A tT; , ^"* before that could be done lo 
 and behold ! the House would have riseii-l-jt 
 hnn have been prorogued, and what the 
 hon gentleman s political leaders at Ottawa 
 most desired would have been accom* 
 
 & "V.'*'"^ Bill would have been ousted 
 M-ithout diHcussion. 
 
 Mr. O'DoNooHUE-Does the Private Bills 
 Committee sit until now ' 
 
 Mr Fraseh said thal^ >vas a query ; but 
 even If they could sit, tlu-ir rcgullr h„'e "r 
 
 we^."ec'l'.^''r' ^T '^^"""^ '"^'"^ '"<'ti^- 
 wee carr ed, au.jther irregular motion would 
 
 have to be nia.le „u the top of it. In ins 
 
 hif *''^^';'-«)«'"'Pl/'^ity. it occurred to him 
 
 thit. the h..,n. 5i-i,f.h.r„an (Mr. Merrick) was 
 
 lHea"r'' hi"'; "'T »•'-?. -tirely too 'mu 
 (Hear, hear), and was asking it in the prayer 
 
 ful hope of himself and his fripnda +»,.* •* 
 
 would not be granted. (Laughter) * ** 
 
 Mr. Merrick said he had oflFered t^ »,w, 
 
 ssr ""-' "■"■• >«.Xsr„ 
 
 Mr FRASER-The Committee did not h„ 
 state m he report, and the hon. gentleman 
 had heard the report read and adopted and 
 c^ d not take any objection to it ^He (Mr 
 Merrick) produced himself in propria^er.fna 
 before the Committee, and the hon.gen^tleman 
 himself was the only notice of the B ilfwh ch the 
 Committeehadseen. (Hear, hear, andlaughter ) 
 
 Political Engineering. 
 
 All this, however, went to piovc what he (Mr 
 Fraser had starred out with ; viz that wh^; 
 was said before the House met was' true JlJat 
 for po itical purposes, and political purposes 
 only, in view of the next genera eSn 
 hon gentlemen had thought^ it well o £ 
 in the background this particular B 1 Had 
 not the hon. gentleman himself stated tolhe 
 House during the debate on the address-^n 
 the second day of the session-that the int^ 
 
 ion IT f'''''''^'' ?'" '" the presents:": 
 sion had been abandoned by the Grand 
 Lodges, because they had been disappointed 
 hai^-nr^rT'i^ ''^ '"'"^ Petitions which they 
 had ntended to present from constituents of 
 
 thri'fhe i'"''rr"PP°'""^ *^^ Government- 
 that these petitions not being circulated in 
 time to present to the House,*^it wJ^ not hU 
 purpose to introduce the Bill ?' In view of ^1 
 the circumstances, he (Mr. Fraser) fe tl^e was 
 quite justified in saying that the hon genTi:! 
 man was between the devil and the defp sea. 
 and being forced onward, he was driven to 
 «^f f"®.,,^'? appearance of attemptiZ to 
 satisfy the bretUren of the subordinate lodges • 
 but meanwhile he (Mr. Merrick) took care to 
 
 nt /.I.J""''^ ^'''^ frequent 'and persist^ 
 ent delays a.nd an entire disregard of the 
 niles regulating the procedure of%he House 
 He (Mr. xraser) wondered what the hon 
 gentleman would be able to say, in answer fo; 
 
 (Heart;S*° t''^ brethren ^n'theTo'Jges' 
 (Hear, hear. Leaving this question of ir- 
 regularities, he (Mr. Fraser) hoped the House 
 would bear with him a little further When 
 he addressed the last Parliament of Ontario 
 
 ror.Si^r;r'>^^'-^«<^*'^^-'g-i^- 
 
 OATH-BOrND POUTICO-KELIGIOUS OROANIZA- 
 TION, 
 
 (Hear hear ) citing the statements of Sir 
 
 w^« 1 '1 "i"'^ ''^^'''' ^b°«e authority 
 was beyond dispute, in support of the 
 standi,«iut from wliich he t!,<n/ ventured to 
 a< dress the ilouse. He did not pu ^oJe to 
 adduce the same authority to-night His 
 challenge and his assertion'' on that occasion 
 
9 
 
 friends that it 
 ;hter. ) 
 
 oflFered to pro- 
 Standing Orders 
 
 tee did not so 
 lion, gentleman 
 d adopted, and 
 to it. He (Mr. 
 propria, perjona 
 hon, gentleman 
 le Bill which the 
 ■.and laughter.) 
 
 ring. 
 
 e what he (Mr. 
 viz., that what 
 was true— that 
 itical purposes 
 neral election, 
 t well to keep 
 lar Bill. Had 
 f stated to the 
 le address — on 
 ;hat the inten- 
 »e present ses- 
 / the Grand 
 I disappointed 
 18 which they 
 onstituents of 
 rovernment — 
 
 circulated in 
 t was not his 
 In view of all 
 r) felt he was 
 i hon. gentle- 
 the deep sea, 
 as driven to 
 tempting to 
 inate lodges ; 
 
 took care to 
 and persist- 
 gard of the 
 
 the House. 
 it the hon. 
 u answer for 
 
 the lodges, 
 isrion of ir- 
 d the House 
 er. When 
 
 of Ontario 
 is organiza- 
 
 OROANIZA- 
 
 3nts of Sir 
 > authority 
 )rt of the 
 'ciitui-ud to 
 
 purpose to 
 ight. His 
 at occasion 
 
 were met by an indignant and flat denial— it 
 was claimed that the organization was simply 
 religious, and in no sense political. A short 
 time after this debate, some gentlemen— some 
 representative gentlemen— some great, Grand 
 and Worshipful officers belonging to this or- 
 ganization on tliis side of the water were sent 
 across the Atlantic as delegates to the 
 Orangemen of tlie old country. Some one— 
 hedid not know whom-had sent him some papers 
 containmg reports of meetings and demonstra- 
 tions attended by these delegates, and these 
 papers togetlier with some other documents 
 which he (Mr. Fraser) had in his possession, 
 furnished him with particular proofs of what 
 the political tendency and operations of this 
 organization were. 
 
 Mr. Merrick— What are the papers ? 
 
 Mr. FRA.SER said he would give his honour- 
 able friend enough of the papers by and by. 
 They would show that this organization was a 
 secret political society, and that it supported 
 thepohtical party, and the political party only, 
 of hon. gentlemen opposite. He was aware 
 that, here and there, there was a stray Eeform- 
 er to be found in some of the subordinate 
 lodges scattered throughout the country ; but 
 that the great mass of the Orange body in this 
 Province was to be found 
 
 participate in certain demonstration goinir on 
 there. 
 
 The Orange Body the same here as in 
 Ireland and Great Britain. 
 
 When discussing the matter, in 1872, he 
 (Mr. Fraser) had declared that the Orange 
 body m this country was in all respects, both 
 politically and otherwise, identical with that 
 on the other side of the Atlantic. He could 
 then only support hia assertion by the general 
 facts which at that time were at liis disposal. 
 He could produce no specific testimony, and 
 therefore his general statement was met with 
 ii general denial, and the House was at 
 liberty to accept one statement or the other as 
 it thought lit. However, he was now in a 
 position to prove conclusively, out of the 
 mouths of those who belon- • , to this organiza- 
 tion, that the charge whi .e made then— 
 that this was an oath-bound secret politico-re- 
 ligious organization,— was true. He intended 
 to prove what this organization was by the 
 statements of its own members, and to follow 
 it up by quoting resolutions passed at their 
 meetings, public and private, to show that tho 
 various lodges were, in addition to their bitter 
 antagonism to Roman Catholics and their re- 
 ligion, nothing more nor less than 
 
 HOPPORTING THE CONHEKYATIVE, OR TORY. *^^■^'KET CON.SERVATIVE, OR TORY, ASSOCIATIONS. 
 
 PARTY, 
 
 he was certain he would conclusively show 
 before he sat down. The first fact to 
 which he would draw the attention of the 
 House was that when the official lists of the 
 Grand Lodges were examined, the rarest 
 bird to be found among the officers of the 
 Grand Lodges was a Reformer (Hear, hear, and 
 laughter.) Those who pulled the wires, who 
 watched the political forces of these organiza- 
 tions, who drew the strings during an election, 
 anu who engineered the wheeling into line of 
 the entire Orange body, were all zealous, and 
 more than zealous, supporters of hon. gentle- 
 men opposite and their leaders at Ottawa. He 
 need scarcely point to the fact that the present 
 leader of the Opposition at Ottawa, boasted 
 m the campaign of 1872 that he was then a 
 member of the Orange body (Hear, hoar.) 
 
 Mr. Merrick asked 'on what authority he 
 stated that the officers were Conservatives ? 
 
 Mr Fraskr asked if the hon. genlteman 
 would dare to deny— -he challenged the hon 
 gentleman to deny— that it was the rarest tiling 
 to lind many of tlie,so Grand Lodges, one who 
 would call himself a Reformer, (iiear, hear 
 and cheers.) If the Tory-OraiiL'enien' fomui 
 Buoh a niembor they always took the 
 quickest steps possible to put liim out. (Hear 
 hear and cheers.) The del-gates to whom he 
 had referred went across the Atlantic to 
 
 If he did this he would prove all he 
 had pledged himself to establish. His 
 hrst quotation would be a resolution pass- 
 ed at what was called the celebration 
 of the (ilasgow district, said to have been 
 the greatest demonstration that ever took 
 place in connection with Orangeism in Scot- 
 land, and at which the Canadian Orange dele- 
 gates were present. It would be found re- 
 ported in the Glasgow Herald of the 10th July, 
 187.3. It was a regular twelfth of July cele- 
 bration, and deputations from the English and 
 Irish lodges were among the number. The 
 Grand Master for Scotland was in the chair, 
 and in a speech said to have been received 
 with clieers, announced Ihat "ho was with 
 tiiem as an Orangeman, as a Protestant, and 
 as a Conservative too," and then after bidding 
 the Canadian brethren welcome, and referring 
 to tiie presence of the English and Irisli depu- 
 ties—especially Mr. Johnston of Ballykilbeg 
 —ho called on a Rev. Dr. Potter, who, having 
 opened the proceedings with prayer, moved a 
 resolution in those terms : — 
 
 "That wo ro.joicc hi the ))rosenco, on Huh anni- 
 vorsary, of leading (Janudian Oruiiffenien, and 
 weloonic them cordTnlly, feeling that tlioy are one 
 with us in a great relii-iouH-politico organizution. ' 
 (Hear, \wr.v.} Why, he {Mr. Fraser) had 
 not put the case so strong as 
 Dr. Potter did in this resolution, 
 which was said to have been carried unani- 
 mously. He (Mr. Fraser) in the motion which 
 
he had asked the last Parliament of Ontario 
 
 to assen o. ter.ned this Orange organisation 
 , I'"''t'","'-rf'l'g'ous " one, wliilst Dr. Potter 
 a Most Wor.hii,ful Great On.nd offiofr and 
 iuthnntv " "'"'* ^"r^hipful and undoubte, 
 authnnty I|nmonnced ,t to bo " religio-politi- 
 cai Dr I otter followed the making of his 
 motion with a speeel. in whid, he denonnce 
 
 ^rtv th^P ?'«■■ "^'^ ^"'«"«h Liberal 
 onlu 1 . °''* ^""- ^''■- ^hidstone, and 
 michded by saying that "ho gave their 
 Canadian brethren a fraternal ..reetine and 
 
 te' h ''f '''?r°;"'^ «? ^"^'^'^ toCirc^iiHrJ 
 with the i.rmid feeling tiiat tliere M-as a unity 
 of sentiment, a nnity of love, a unity of de^ 
 terniiuation. and a unity of power and of 
 organization all over the world." 
 
 They all vote the one way. 
 
 this Twelfth of July demonstration, and one of 
 these wa^ ma.le by Dr. pronyetek;h, a Crna- 
 duu delegate, and tolerably well known 
 throughout th s Province af a promS 
 Orangeman and grand officer of the body la 
 the newspaper from which he (Mr. Frasei-) 
 quoted, Dr. Oronyetekah is said to have use 
 these words :— 
 
 vei^ clearly before he resmned his sea ! 
 (Hear, hear.) For the present he was 
 keeping ,u view simply the proof of tlds 
 one point-that the Orange orgLnization here 
 and across the sea were identical. This G as! 
 gow demonstration, the speeches made tlie 
 
 r "of ir"''' """"^ '''' ripresentativS dit 
 acter of the men present, would of themselves 
 be ample testimony, but he l,ad more, if more 
 
 JnrT , '''''"'^ '^"^ ""''■ '^ ""* the chief and 
 ^reiuost newspaper organ of Caua.lianOrange- 
 S« '^"".'""Y ^v.th hon. gentlemen op- 
 posite would bo the m(,re rea.iily admitted 
 when It was remembered that tife Patrolt 
 the weekly reprint of the Toronto Leader, on 
 
 hi thU l" "''^'^"'v"^,*'''' Conservative party 
 in this Province. In fact tiie Palriol was the 
 
 addl? Oran«e subjects and Orange literature 
 artded. Hear, hear.) In an issue of the 
 I'atnot, <lated shortly after .July, 1873 and 
 referring .specially to the old country demm 
 Btrations and gatherings in honour ofihe 
 Canadian delegates, he (Mr. Fraser) found 
 these two sentences :— ' 
 
 thif".'''",.il'"''"''"'P' "' .t'^'' very nature of tliinKS 
 t wt u olo.se union shou il oxi.st betwoc i Tnt 
 
 (Hear, hoar.) What some of these principles 
 
 10 
 
 and some of these objects were, he proceeded 
 to show by quoting from an article contained 
 "tiS .:"■"","' i5th October. 1873. This 
 arti(-ie, he said, was lieaded -'Increase of 
 ( rangeism in Ayrshire," and professed to give 
 an account of the installation in September' 
 S.i L "«\i-">g'-' I'ya Bro. William Mc^ 
 Ooimick, D. M. -whatever D. M. meant 
 (^reatlaughter. ) After the work of instaEn 
 had been hnished, this Bro. McCormick D M " 
 im ceeded to address the members of th; lodge] 
 and wouml up a speech, that no doubt was 
 greeted with -Kentish fire," by saying _ 
 
 so h il H-'f- Creighton, and Stuart K ox • men 
 
 Rrn*'^J'/'^^"P''''? ^Villiam," referred to by 
 Bro. McLormick. was, Mr. Fraser said, tlie 
 vte -t'"' ^'-S^^^^^one, and after B^o! 
 omefTrH. fPf''^*"^ the transaction of 
 ome further lodge business, this new lodge 
 was closed, the brethren sat down to dinner 
 and the drinking of toasts became the 3 
 of the day, or rather of the night. (Laughter. ) 
 One of the toasts given was '' The Conserva- 
 tive cause throughout Great Britain and Ire- 
 )and, drunk with a "three times three 
 bv ""Phrp '■• "Tl'Y^ ^*« succeeded, not 
 pL, " A T' *'"? ^y " '^^''^ Conservative 
 i-ress. A Liberal or Reform newspaner 
 could have no countenance from the brethren 
 assembled. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) Keep 
 jug still to his e.xtracts from the Patriot L 
 (Mr Eraser) said that in its issue of the 24th 
 .September. 1873, was an article descriptive of 
 the opening of an Orange hall near Belfast 
 and at which a Pev. Jlr. Henderson ii the 
 coarse of what was styled "one of his hu- 
 inorous, pathetic, and thriiliug speeches" 
 defended " the religious element o1 the OrZe 
 ^^ institutiou as well as its political, and rt 
 
 "pX" m •'"''" V'^'i^"*'^ of the Radi- 
 cals. Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Fraser) 
 would add but one more from amongst the 
 many he had o what he might be allowed to 
 call across-tho-water" authorities. From 
 the Glasyow Newii, of 4th November, 1873 
 he quoted a paragraph from tiie report of aii 
 Orange so.ree, held by the members of 
 Stewart Blacker Lodge. No. 115, at which a 
 R.ght Worshipful Master, Bro. Robert John 
 ston, in f-t tew ai)pn.pnate remarks "—so the 
 
 " n','1' *^ A^~''r""""^*"' *''« brethren in 
 legai.l to their .luty as Orangem.m at the 
 forthcoming elections. " With those proofs 
 
11 
 
 were, he proceeded 
 n article contained 
 tober, ]873. This 
 dod "Increase of 
 d professed to give 
 iion in September, 
 Bro. William Mc- 
 ir D. M. meant, 
 vork of installation 
 VlcCormick, D.M., 
 mbers of the lodge, 
 hat no doubt was 
 " by saying ; — 
 
 ; enrolled as voters 
 tion they would be 
 Johnston, Verner, 
 sluart Knox; men 
 have been weighed 
 en found wunting. 
 ry where the 'peo- 
 ited ; that since lafit 
 Kht seats had been 
 iberals, which iravo 
 y-two (56?) votes on 
 liant blow given to 
 
 1 which the present 
 cess to the Oonscr- 
 
 referred to by 
 Fraser said, tlie 
 e, and after Bro. 
 he transaction of 
 this new lodge 
 down to dinner, 
 ecame the order 
 ght. (Laughter.) 
 "The Conserva- 
 Britain and Ire- 
 36 times three, 
 succeeded, not 
 ]he Conservative 
 orm newspaper 
 )m the brethren 
 anghter.) Keep- 
 the Patriot, he 
 isue of the 24th 
 le descriptive of 
 II near Belfast, 
 Jnderson, in the 
 one of his hu- 
 ling speeches " 
 it of the Orange 
 ^litical, and re- 
 : of the Radi- 
 
 2 (Mr. Fraser) 
 n amongst the 
 !; be allowed to 
 lorities. From 
 vember, 1873, 
 iie report of an 
 
 members of 
 15, at which a 
 li'obert John- 
 iiurks " — so the 
 10 brethren in 
 mgenKiu at the 
 ;h those proofs 
 
 
 the House could not, ho (Mr. Fraser) believed, 
 have any doubt Imt that the Orange body of 
 Great Britain anct Ireland was, in all its poli- 
 tical features, a secret Tory organization, nor 
 could the House refuse to believe that what 
 politically the Orange body was there it was 
 here ; it was the same and nothing different in 
 this land. (Hear, hear.) But that there 
 should be no possibility of question on this 
 score hu purposed to adduce stronger and 
 more cogent testimony from the columns of 
 Orange and Tory organs here and from the 
 mouths of Canadian Orangemen — Oransjemen 
 whose political faith and whose prouunent 
 standing amongst the brethren would Jiake it 
 impossible for even gentlemen opposite to 
 dispute. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) 
 
 "Grit Orangemen." 
 
 In April, of 1871, a branch of the 
 Orange body, known as the " Royal B'ack 
 Knights of Malta," held a demonstration 
 at the Mechanics' Hall, in the city of 
 Hamilton. The chair was occupied by a 
 Mr. James Wilson, a County Master of 
 the Order, and he introduced as the lec- 
 turer of the evening, a Rev. Dr. Hutchin- 
 son, of Toronto. The lecture is reported in 
 the Hamilton Spectator— a. good Tory organ, 
 by the way— and the conclusion of the Rev. 
 lecturer's address v-as in these words : — 
 
 Orangemen never commenced a riot, btit when 
 attacked always returned home, with flying 
 colours to the notes of the "Protestant Hoys," and 
 • , ?V'"?^ f''? I^Jown." None but croppies have a 
 right to feel that music grating to their cars. We 
 must be, united, the lecturer said, to etfoct any 
 good. We want no Grits, no traitors in our ranks 
 to divide us. If united wc shall (■onquer, but if 
 we allow our enemies to divide us thoy will laugh 
 us to scorn and render us powerless, (irit traitors 
 are making a strong effort to come in among the 
 Orangemen, especially in Toronto. We hope to 
 BOO thoir power abated, their wrath assuagod, and 
 their devices confounded." 
 
 (Hear, hear, and laughter.) He (Mr. 
 Fraser) said that a fitting addendum to this 
 lecture was a leading article headed "Orit 
 Orangemen " and given by the Orange Patriot 
 to Its Orange readers on tlie 7th May, 1873. 
 These were the Patriot's views on "Grit 
 Orangemen." 
 
 r,4 trX ''"'"'•'' '^^'^' '" Ontario, the very expression 
 of Orit Ovangoman, to every man in the least de- 
 gree ac(|uaiiited with the Order, would be the 
 subject of great amusement. It was thou known 
 What every true Orangoiiiiin now knows, that 
 Kadjcals could not be Orangemen, and no Grit 
 with any kind of a clear conscience would for one 
 inomunt think of taking the Orange obligation. 
 Hut times have changed so far, at least, as Toron- 
 to is concerned. A met'ting can hardly be con- 
 vened in Tiji-onto, of Orangornon, but Satanic 
 .Uritsaro stationed in dillcrcnt parts of the hall 
 inii,ud;;iu:y wearing our (.oiou.a, and wutohing 
 with an eagle B eye every niombor iircsent, and 
 catchingevery word that may drop from tho lips of 
 the brethren, to convoy thom to the onomies of 
 our Order. I'hoy are known at every meeting 
 from the noise and disorder they create in their 
 
 endeavours to get brolher arrayed against bro- 
 ther. Toronto has always been <lislinguishcd for 
 il-; loyalty, and we hope our brethren- the old 
 sliindards will unite as one man in this city, 
 for the purj)osc of driving the intruders out of tho 
 Order. W'l- hope snon to sim' a spci-ial rule 
 adopted by the hnitliren making it a serious 
 ott'cucc for a brother to introduce the name of a 
 lliulical as an applicant for admission into the 
 fraternity. Wc are glad to sec that :■ •■oral of 
 the; city lodges are taking steps in the right 
 direc.tion in order to leave the (Jrits, like their 
 old frionit ,Iudas, in their own places, and outside 
 th" portals of any society which calls itself loyal. 
 Brethren, remember the enemy is at the door; 
 lake notice and govern yourselves accordingly. 
 " ■ < • * • 'j'}^Q sneaking Grits 
 can readily be known by thoir clamour and wo 
 may add by their gross ignorance. Wc cnly wL"h 
 the Tylers were directed to lead thcin. or rathoi 
 forward them to where they could be treated ac- 
 cording to* their merits. To call them brothers 
 wc never shall. Wo regard them as intruding' 
 enemies with whom no true Orangeman can ever 
 b(> at peace, so long as one of them is incsent at 
 our ineetingH to spy out our liberties and report to 
 our enemies. We have long made it a matter of 
 conscience not to converse with them as Orange- 
 men, and we are happy to say to our readers that 
 at least nine out of every ten Orangemen in 
 Toronto are with us. In tho meeting referred to 
 Licut.-Col. O. U. Gowan, and U. S. Birch, Barris- 
 ter-at-law, made clociucnt and telling speeches in 
 defence of our Loyal Institution against both 
 Iladical Jesuits and Grit plotters." 
 
 (Cheers and laughter. ) Still quoting from the 
 Patriot, and from its i.ssue of the '21st May, 
 "■'"'^ ho raised uproarious laughter in the 
 
 1«73, 
 
 H(nise by his reading of the following piece of 
 doggrel verse :— - 
 
 • RADICAL INTRUDERS IN AN ORANGH 
 LODGE. 
 
 Hy t he blood of your fathers, the mart vrs of old ; 
 l!y tho honour and courage that never" were sold ; 
 By the throne that you love and tho faith you 
 
 revere : 
 Watch, Orangemen ! watch ! the vile truitors ai-a 
 
 near. 
 
 Hy the dread recollection of horrors long past; 
 l!y the Radical who sti 1 is true to his cast ; 
 Hy the Hope's low Grit allies, who plot to betray : 
 Watch, Orangemen ! watch ! drive tho traitora 
 away. 
 
 By all that kind Heaven or earth can afford ; 
 Hy religion and love, and by torture abhorr'd; 
 By base superstition, and jiricstcraft and crime: 
 \\ atch, Orangemen I watch I 'tis the crisis of 
 time. 
 
 Hy wife, home and children; bv friends and by 
 
 kin ; 
 By the one sacred triumph, of which Briton* 
 
 sing: 
 Hy Conservative principles, keep the Radicals 
 
 down : 
 Watch, Orangemen ! watch ! and defend Church 
 
 and Crown." 
 
 (Lnud and Continued laughter.) The House, 
 he thought, could scarcely stand liiiy mora 
 rhyme, and so he wou'.' abandon his intention 
 to read another ch ;> ■-. seleoti(m, whoso final 
 refrain was, "I'k.c liod, we'll wear the 
 
12 
 
 ' Two Smoking Firebrands." 
 
 £e So^f?"* T^"'' ^'' indebtedness to 
 
 A»/Y873,ThVuhrrrirn;o;4'? '^' '"«»"• of 
 
 "hole, ttre not on y tVn Uo, Vto nnr'^ii' "'."'*/• «« " 
 in Kciioral, but to o ii- nun i. " '^T'** '^"'Pire 
 particular. • • ' """ ''^f^I'*' I>oniinioii in 
 lomcnibor that nn (liniiiron,„„ • ^^'-'^ every one 
 to no society or Vodv f mA n. f. ''''°"' f" Melons 
 IlerMiUesty at., our „ . '" '. "'"'' .'enemies to 
 in reality 1 he O r „m' r.f.?; "."'' ^institution, and 
 to ^hcG^if "ml ViX, f/u "i^'"'';f "'0/-e oppose! 
 Popery. The rebellion „f/4 -Si''?," '" I'^'ili™! 
 of the rebels in 18(8 i„ , ,vim',i*' "'« /e.^ar'iint? 
 when oia- people i,i;,,i'fir"^ *'"-",' *'"'ir '"sses 
 
 the 8"l>P.-i>^sin'^ o'f a f 'L Itmi^onrn"'" '" P""'^'' = 
 as loyal, or tendiiiR to ov,,/fv .? ''^J' Warded 
 hatred and persecution oHhi^n" <^"""da; their 
 and their recent iSts °5,K?'l'^i',""«?«' Institution. 
 
 v^e rebcLs % hlljl'L^J^ct ^'^lil'e^'^-^^^Jf/l- ?.^ 
 brethren everywhere should J! '" ^y?" ^'"'t "'»• 
 and pvcrn themse! es ?co?dh Sv • ^n^T, "''"^« 
 of the two sinokiiio- f!,.ni^ i^'-^.i ""'* beware 
 theirallie8.tho Papists" '"'"'''"■'''*' «"•« and 
 
 LodlVof''i<;s«'r,,''ViJ:;;,^,^?^^'-^r'^«^'«'-^^ 
 
 men of Ontario to iis."^„ii i""^, .*"'otlier Orange- 
 secure the return of tf.o ?> L!°^'""'-"^'« means to 
 nowseekin»f JocUon for Mwf'"n''*'';''.™"'^''late8 
 
 ■nont, and d'^'fea,i,V«"\'b^'^Jrll'L"p"u"b& •^""- 
 
 lodues and 1.V H ■ ''^''^y "^ **'«'''• secret 
 iicfof r .1^ "'^ wire-pulling and contriv- 
 
 How Orangemen regard Oatlolta as 
 allies. 
 
 resolved :-- ^ °' '* '''''^ unanimou.sly 
 
 KSi,&;£i::<'«^5.S:="ffi.;;;ti";ff: 
 
 This resolution would be found in the T,, 
 ronto Mail of 2<)th January 1874 and 5ie 
 
 , pr:s,r 1"'^ -^^ ;"? eve;ii„;„Vu:!,< y 
 
 prect ing. A fecnoial election for tiio House 
 
 tholic, the noniinoo ot the J?clV,rn, or as the 
 
 V^nT,cr'\'H' *" call theni, tl, G 
 party. (Cheers.) In the earlier part of this 
 
 tlnttt .w'""^ 5°'"*^'^ "»* t» the House 
 
 ^^!:^o;jSie^r:^e°L?r;c*i^^^ 
 •' "^.fiiitSr??"^- r ^^^^ 
 
 " for a candWa i * ,*"^- Orangeman voting 
 
 " indire?tW "^i'", '' *''*''«'• ^''''ectly or 
 
 inaiiectly connected with the Catliolie 
 
 ovour ot Mr. O Donohoe, or himself /Mr 
 i raser), or any other Romnn Cathol^ ( Hear' 
 andU a'^sor^ T T^ -'"-"of the fe 
 spying :-'"'* "^ P°«t8cnpt, was a paragraph 
 
 his colours with I^anists i„H .nP°/'"r bas dirtied 
 niitted to find hi« w„^ '„? " "''^'-'« should be per- 
 men," '"^ '"^^ '"'" "n assemblage of loyal 
 
 he S onP^n ;i T""") ^'':1 ""t 'Joubt but that 
 allv finHf? *'•'' r^'^ '"'■'*" " ^^ho occasion. 
 
 malretrTnttet^'^^^'^^ 
 
 A Good Grit must be a bad Orange- 
 man. 
 
 As 
 
 one 
 
 He 
 
 had 
 
 tor. 
 
 a last newspaper quotation, he had 
 clipped from the Owen Sound Times 
 
 htard of that paper before. (Laugh- 
 could . 'JO"; 'nembor from North Grey 
 nZf' Tf i'^""''*' ^"""h for its accuraov 
 aiu truthfulness. (Renewed laughter.) Welf 
 111 the Owen Sound Times of December 1875 
 
 ited'r"H"'"''* '■""\.'' half-column or s oS: 
 voted to the proceedipiT« of H... T)....p,,-u , 
 
 meeting of Loyal Onuigc^ L.j ;"j^„. ^^^'''^ 
 Oi. Washington, who a.ldressed this lodgl 
 ineetnig. is there reported to have said :- 
 He thought the principles of the Onier were 
 
]d as a direction to 
 ithin its jurisdio- 
 this same District 
 >U8ly adopted an- 
 'ins : — 
 
 Jyal Oranffe District 
 mr brother Orange- 
 Qgitiiiuito iiienna to 
 prvative randidatea 
 ; Dominion I'arlia- 
 Kepublicans." 
 
 >nt to the House 
 [ouse of Commons 
 n that n)on*h of 
 ise mifrht see the 
 i tlie (juestion of 
 body was a politi- 
 3 year, but in the 
 t/rio( announced 
 uld so amend the 
 rangeman voting 
 ither directly or 
 h _ the Catholic 
 i-" No doubt, 
 the proposed 
 to be a cheer- 
 and effectual 
 any Orangeman 
 g his franchise in 
 or himself (Mr. 
 Catholic. (Hear, 
 in of the Patriot 
 fas a paragraph 
 
 ry general regret 
 3 permitted to sit 
 n who has dirtied 
 el8 sliould be per- 
 semblugc of loyal 
 
 leasure of kno-v. 
 reference made 
 t doubt but that 
 " who occasion- 
 )rder, bnt who, 
 'ory candidates, 
 xa in the lodges 
 
 bad Orange- 
 
 ktiou, he had 
 Sound 'rimes, 
 in the House 
 fore. (Laugh- 
 1 North Grey 
 its accuracy 
 ighter.) Well, 
 ecembor, 1875, 
 luuin or so de- 
 
 th<' Ih^rembcir 
 
 i No. 203. A 
 ied this lodge 
 ve said : — 
 lie Onier were 
 
 \:i 
 
 Oonservauivo, and that the great majority of his 
 brethren wore Conservative to the baclc bono 
 He opined they did not dilly-dally with the Ho 
 man Catholics as the Urits have donf. lie con- 
 
 i — - "— ■•"•■^" "o -iiu viiii/n iittve uont'. iie con- 
 tended that, looking at the society as a political 
 ,'J?l''-fn'^'u"'' """j t%y ^^ere an independent body 
 of men. He contended that no Grit could be a 
 
 true and consistent Orangeman. Their "Master 
 
 «Hl„'f°i' K**""" "^ IH "'"" "f'C" 8"<'' n''n enter- 
 ed into the society for no other purpose than to 
 learn their secrets and swamp the Conservative 
 ±;in"K «y?>'o wing Grits into the society t ley 
 ♦^^^'fl*"" K.«tting men who would desert and be- 
 tray them in the hour of need. He honed this 
 Lodge would sec the necessity of exclucling su "h 
 r^H^iT^^Kl^^'t-, «e did not consider that a 
 hLi*J?^ 'i'*^ faithfully keep up his obligation. They 
 had no legitimate business in an Orange Lodge 
 In times of election they could not f reefy discifls 
 the position, as those men would inevitobly be- 
 &We." ^ "^ '^"'1 ■•«n'i«'- their plans almost 
 (Cheers.) He (Mr. Fraser) could not believe 
 that after such varied proof, gathered from so 
 many sources, but all of them Orange and 
 therefore not to be impeached by gentlemen 
 opposite, any one could be found to dispute the 
 assertion that the Orange association in Can- 
 ada was a secret political engine, controlled 
 and directed by the Conservative leaders 
 (Hear, hear.) Ho did not doubt but that the 
 ion. gentleman who made the motion then 
 before the House was abundantly satisiied 
 with tha nature of the papers which he (Mr 
 iTaser) had in the earlier part of his remarks 
 
 i promised to furnish for the observation and 
 consideration of gentlemen opposite. (Laugh- 
 ter. ) He intended, however, to close up every 
 avenue. He held in his hand the printed 
 'b^PuI* f,.*'*^ fiftp-entli annual session of the 
 Kight Worshipful Grand Orange Lodge of 
 Western Ontario, held in the Temperance 
 Hall, loronto, on the 17th and I8th days of 
 February, 1874 That date, as hon. 
 gentlemen would well recollect was of 
 the month immediately succeeding the gen- 
 eral election for the House of Commoul,to 
 which he had already referVed. This report 
 was the official report, printed by Bro. Wm 
 DeVere Hunt, printer to the Grand Lodge" 
 Amongst other things, this little volume or 
 rather pamphlet, contained the annual ad- 
 dress of their Grand Master, to this (Jrand 
 Lodge. Ihe Grand Master at that time was 
 the predecessor in this House of the present 
 member for South Siincoe— the late D'Arcy 
 
 " Ti*""ii- w' «*'*'1''^ 8'^^° '"^ '•'« '•eport is 
 The Right ^VorshIpful, the Grand .Master, 
 Brother and Companion, Sir D'Arcy Bjulton " 
 It was almost a waste of time to say to hon 
 gentlemen, that Mr. Boulton was notiiing 
 politically if he were not an "out-and-out" 
 <.onservati.e. He was what might very 
 fairly be called an " in season and out of sea- 
 son supporter of gentlemen opposite and 
 tboir raders at Ottawa, Well, wiiat did the 
 Grand Master, Mr, Boulton, say to the Grand 
 Lodge in his annual address ? Almost his 
 tirst words were an explanation of what might 
 
 unless properly accounted for, have been con- 
 SKlered by the brethren a negligence on the 
 part of their Grand Master. He had left some 
 business unattended to, and his excuse in his 
 own words was this : 
 
 froin Vmn.*;'"?"^ •TP'i*.,""i,^'* continued absence 
 1 i?h nf i k' ^™"' '"^ *^"' "f December last, to the 
 
 ournJu hT7f,"''^'"''', "^^'^^ "'c battles of 
 oi'tiHirty, has left u number of letters on Orange 
 business unanswered." ""v/iaiigt 
 
 He (xMr Fraser) wished the House to bear 
 in mind, that a general election was then in 
 full swing— that the Grand Master was taking 
 an active part in it— that his party, or, using 
 his own words to the Grand Lodge, " our 
 party, was theConservative party, the party of 
 lion, gentlemen opposite, and then the House 
 ana the people of this country would fully 
 wmprehend how completely political and how 
 thoroughly Tory must have been this Grand 
 Lodge, before its Grand Master would have 
 ventured upon such a remark. (Cheers.) But 
 tlie Grand Master did not content himself 
 with this simple allusion. He knew his men 
 —he knew the body which he had before him' 
 and so he went on. 
 
 f,'.'„'!ri'?'*'.""}'''",'"^ ''''''«' to know that your 
 Grand Master has been honoured with a seat iii 
 the Logi-slntunby (ImtgDod old Orange cCntv 
 houth biuapc, wl.i.h for half a century has "tood 
 true as steel to the Conservative principles of our 
 order but 1 have to repeat wliat I said in my ad 
 d CSS last year that there have been Orangemen 
 al over the Province, and noUibly in East To- 
 ro ito, who have so far forgotten their dutv to 
 this Loyal and Protestant Hocfety as to aUy thenV^ 
 selves v^ith the Orit-Kepublican Party in the ?e- 
 cent c ectioiis, and in the latter case with a Ro- 
 man Catholic, who. if not a Fenian hiniself is at 
 any rate the.brotherof one who invadid our soil 
 t ^, '"V';'i«.''«'l oir brethren at Ridgeway Thte 
 state of things calls loudly for the active inte^ 
 ference of the Orange boaly. If we ever hoM to 
 ossess the influence in the country our numbere 
 justly entiUe us to, it can only be by unio among 
 ourselves, and I trust to see the day when the 
 Grand Lodge will appreciate this fac^t and make 
 It an offence punisfiable by expulsion for ani 
 member, from the Grand Master down to retSt 
 or oppose the policy of the Orange body in Pal^ 
 liamentary elections." ' 
 
 (Cheers.) He hoped that gentlemen oppo- 
 site were becoming more and more satisfied 
 with the proors. They were, as he had pro- 
 mised, getting spicier. 
 
 Political Ostracism of Catholics 
 
 On page 20 of this Grand Lodge report was 
 contained a resolution, moved by a Bro Ben- 
 nett, and seconded by a Bro. Hoey, by which 
 the Grand Lodge 
 
 " Rcsolvcd„~That our humble petition be ore 
 sontcd to the Grand Lodge of British AincrTca, 
 J.ayiiig that the Constitution of our Association 
 he so amended as to prevent members of our As- 
 sociation voting at any Municipal or Parliamen- 
 Uiiy election foi-jvny T!,-.r=r,r, or ijci-soiw bclongiiiK' 
 to or in syinpathy with the Roman CatEoIic 
 League, and m the event of their so voting, that 
 they be expelled from our Order." 
 
 Not political, indeed ! say hon. gentltmen 
 
14 
 
 opposite. Wliy, this Grand Lodge was not 
 cvL'ii willitii,' to uHcw i\ Roiiiiin Catholic to bo 
 elected a municipal councillor. (Hear, hear.) 
 And if proof of this were wanted it could he 
 had in iinotlicr resolution, piissed at the same 
 Grand Lodge nioetinf,' and imblished on page 
 37 of the same report. It was moved hy^a 
 Bro. Fleming, and seconded by a Bro. (Jow, 
 and reads : 
 
 "That iniismuch a.s it is reported that bretliren 
 or tlie Ix>}al OniuKe Institution at the recent Var- 
 iiimentary election voted for ii Fcniun syinpa- 
 Ihizor, in uroferciico to a sound Protestant, l)e it 
 resolved that the IJistriet Lodge of Toronto he 
 dirccU^d to invostigat<; tlie matter, and deal witli 
 thepirendinc: brethren as mnv he conceived con- 
 aiicive to the best interests of our Institution." 
 
 The sound Protestant was Mr. Knierson 
 Coatsworth,— his opponent was Mr. O'Dono- 
 hoe, .and the real ofTence of the ofTendnig 
 bretliren— there were not a dozen of them all 
 told— was that they had voted against a Pro- 
 testimt Tory in favour of a Catholic Reformer. 
 (Cheers. ) 
 
 The Orange Order holds the Political 
 Conscience of its Members. 
 
 But amongst the notices of motion, at page 
 20 of this report, was one by a Brother 
 Dr. Johnston, that he would at the next 
 session of the Grand Lodge move that the 
 (irand Ixsdge of British America be petitioned 
 to approve of the following resolutions :— 
 
 ,t.lV^'\\r°P. the, eve of a Parliamentary election, 
 tne U. W. G. Lodge, if m session, or the R. W 
 O. Master, as per rules Nos. 22 and 78 of Constitu- 
 tion, shall indicate the policy in each Piovince of 
 Canada, in behalf of the Loyal Orange Associa- 
 
 " That it shall be the duty of each County Mas- 
 ter, in each and every County in wh ch any Par- 
 IwmenUiry election is to be held, to call a moetinif 
 of his County Orange Lodge, at the earliest- prac- 
 tical period previous to such election, to deride in 
 case of contest, which candidate is entitled to 
 and which, if any, shall receive the support of the 
 Association. 
 
 "That after the decision of such County Lodge 
 Bfinll have been arrived at. any Hrother violating 
 such decision shall be expelled, or otherwise dealt 
 with, as hia private, district, and County Lodge 
 shall determine. 
 
 smallest shade or particular. (Loud cheers.) 
 
 Mr Mkkrick— But the Grand L6dge of 
 British America took no action. 
 
 Hon. Mr. Fraser— The hon. gentleman is 
 much too fust again. (Cheers.) The Grand 
 Lo. ge of Ontario West petitioned the Grand 
 Lodge of British America in the M'ords of 
 Bro. Johnson's resolutions, and the petition 
 was referred to a Committee, called a Commit- 
 tee on Constitution and I^ws. The report of 
 this Committee was, on the motion of Bro. O. 
 R. (lowan, adopted without dissent, and in 
 this report is contained this paragraph 
 printed at page 40 of the Report of the Ses- 
 sion of the Grand Lodge of British America 
 held at Sarnia on the first and second days of 
 June, 1875. 
 
 Mr. Merrick— I was present at that 
 session. 
 
 Hon. Mr. Fraser— Then the hon. gen- 
 tleman ought to have remembered what took 
 place. The paragraph in the report, and 
 which received the assent of this Grand Lodce 
 was this : ^ 
 
 "In the matter of notice of Uro. M. E. Holder 
 fSn™ nf n"J°"-°'n,'r'''' R'K'»* Worshipful Grand 
 ^niT,l^ ♦'^"^.l"' ^^^h y°"'" Conimittee recom- 
 mend that on the eve of any parliamentary elec- 
 tion the County Master shall call a meeting of the 
 CountvLod^o to consider the Orange policy in- 
 ilJl^'^f .1"*^ mdicat«, in case of contest, which if 
 any o( the candidates, is entitled to the support of 
 the Association. 
 
 Mr. Merrick— That was only a notice of 
 motion, 
 
 Hon. Mr. Fra.ser— The hon. gentleman 
 must not rush to hasty conclusions. The 
 notice of motion had it - seqml in the next 
 session of the same Grand Lodge, and at 
 page 38 of the rep<u't of this session, held at 
 Cliiitou on the 16tli and 17th days of Feb., 
 1875, it would be found that Bro. Johnson 
 moved, and Bro. James Wilson seconded, and 
 the Grand Lodge assented, unanimously, to the 
 resolutions of which Bro. Johnson had given 
 notice, and without changing them in the 
 
 (Cheers.) The Orange policy involved 
 would, in every such case, be the Tory policy 
 —or, if gentlemen opposite, liked it better 
 the Conservative policy, and the County 
 Lodge would indicate or point out the Tory 
 candidate, and the brethren would have to 
 vote " their man" accordingly (hear, hear ) 
 or "walk the plank." (Laughter.) The 
 political policy of the Orange Association was 
 again the subject of discussion and considera- 
 tion at the meeting of the Grand Lodge of 
 Ontario West, held in the City of Hamilton 
 on the fifteenth and sixteenth of February 
 1870, and again this controlling and central 
 body— the Grand Lodge— passed resolutions, 
 and adopted apolitical platform. (Hear, hear.) 
 
 One Grand Political Phalanx to oppose 
 the Romish Hierarchy. 
 
 The motives that were prompting the promp- 
 ters behind the scenes would be better under- 
 stood if the House, looking hack to that 
 period, would recollect that the Tory leaders 
 were then desjiairing of being able to keep 
 any section of the Roman Catholics with them, 
 and this platform was formulated to catch 
 support from some other quarter. The 
 Roman Catholics goue, the Tory party had to 
 be recruited from other fields, and the Orange 
 proclamation was made in the resolutions 
 
lar. 
 
 (Loud cheers.) 
 L6clge of 
 
 e Grand 
 ction. 
 
 hon, gentleman is 
 'heers.) The Oiand 
 etitioned the Grand 
 !a in the M'ords of 
 s, and the petition 
 ee, called a Comniit- 
 nws. The report of 
 e motion of Bro. O. 
 3ut dissent, and in 
 1 this paragraph, 
 Report of the Ses- 
 nf British America, 
 and second days of 
 
 present at that 
 
 len the hon. gen- 
 3mbered what took 
 I the report, and 
 f this Grand Lodge 
 
 ; Bro. M. E. Holder, 
 t Worshipful Grand 
 Committee recom- 
 parliamentary elec- 
 ^all a niectinK of the 
 le Orange policy in- 
 of contest, which if 
 led to the support of 
 
 policy involved 
 be the Tory policy 
 i, liked it better, 
 and the County 
 oint out the Tory 
 a would have to 
 agly (hear, hear,) 
 (Laughter.) The 
 :e Association was 
 :on and considera- 
 
 Grand Lodge of 
 lity of Hamilton, 
 nth of February 
 lling and central 
 ipsed resolutions, 
 irm. (Hear, hear.) 
 
 ilanz to oppose 
 •archy. 
 
 pting the promp- 
 
 be better under- 
 
 ii; back to that 
 
 tlie Tory leaders 
 
 ig able to keep 
 
 liolics with them, 
 
 Ullated to natch 
 
 quarter. The 
 
 jvy party had to 
 
 , and the Orange 
 
 the resolutions 
 
 
 adopted at the Hamilton meeting and by which 
 the Grand Lnd^e 
 
 ''7?Mo/m/,- That, in the opinion of the Risht 
 Worslupful Gninrt Loilf,'p. the tiiiie has iirrivcil 
 when the Jniiigennjn of (Janiida, witiioiit refer- 
 ence to iiolUics or piilitioal parties, uiuat luiito in 
 onofc'raii(li)onti(!iilphiilan\ in onlcr to stop tlic 
 encroachiiionts of the lloniish lliji-arrliy ui)on 
 thebody politic ot the country, and that tlic fol- 
 lowing platform be adopted :- 
 
 "UnsworviuK and untiring allcKiancc to the 
 Mother Country and British councctioii. 
 
 "2. Nojfnmtsof money from the public purse 
 for sectarian purposes. » « "<■ 
 
 oation^oiMriV'^'^'*''' ^'^^''°"'*' ^"'' ^^^^ scciUar edu- 
 
 h^'iv'"''^''?''"" '"r nil: taxation of all property 
 held by religious bodies upon its fair assessment 
 
 1 A '",'■" .opening of all public institutions in the 
 land, religious or otherwise, to public inspection 
 by Govcrniiiont officials. 
 
 '•«. That it shall be the duty of the County Mas- 
 f«n„Viror^'^™"*^^f'°""*y' '""'c event of a 
 pT»w^„^w'i;''°."' °\ °","^'" election taking place 
 ei^er for the Local or Dominion Parliaments to 
 siibmit the platform to tlie «uididat<i or candi^ 
 nnw^ ascertain if they will support then" or 
 not, and then to call a County meetiAg before the 
 day of poUiuK, and if neither of the candidates 
 ^ tv'n/'i'hn'f. "^ «ii>i platform, then it shall be the 
 date." < ounty Lodge to bring out a oindt 
 
 (Hear, hear. ) These resolutions were of course 
 contained in the Grand Lodge report, but 
 they could also be found published, in exlenso, 
 in the Mail of 18th February, 1876. He (Mr 
 traser) drew the special attention of the 
 House to the animus of this Orange platform 
 ,"L?:,'*^ P'a»ks— the second, third, fourth 
 Txu ^'TT^,*^'"® '''"'""^*^ wi*'' special hostility 
 to the Catholics of this Province. The Grand 
 Lodge, no doubt, believed if no grant of 
 money were permitted for what it termed 
 
 sectarian purposes," that the Catholic min- 
 ority would be the greatest sufferers. As a 
 turtherand a greater injury, this "Oran-e- 
 pohtical phalanx" was to demand the abolitmn 
 ot Catholic separate schools, and to add insult 
 to injury. Catholic convents and the iiouses of 
 Oatholic Religions Orders, were to bo placed 
 under the control and be 8ubje.,;tatall tiim^s to 
 the intrusion and visitation of some otfioial 
 
 Smelling (Jommittee." The last para -raph 
 of this precious platform meant just t1iis- 
 that whenever an election came on the Countv 
 
 Mastersliouhlcallthedilfercntlo(Wstn<;ethei- 
 assure them that the platf..rni had a sufficient 
 approbation from the Toiy caudi.lafe, and 
 that to him must be given the Orange sur)port 
 ot the Comity. In other words, they would 
 be sure to stand by a Conservative candidate 
 If he was in the field. (Cheers. ) 
 
 ray, snsi.endod from Lodge No. 404, for 
 the otleucu of voting for John O'Dnnohoo 
 in the E:iRt Toronto election of 1874 • and 
 in the same report, on page 4,'5. the name of 
 Namuel larker, expelled from Lodge 140 for 
 the same reason. Here were two members 
 txpullcd f()rexeI•clairl^' their independent ri^dit 
 to the franchise. Did that mean liberty'^ of 
 action in these Lod-es ? He (Mr. Fiaser) ap- 
 prehended that there were very few in these 
 Lodges who were allowed to know what liberty 
 of action meant. (Hear, hear.) On pasje 57 
 of the report of the (iraiul Orange Lodae of 
 British America, apjieared Murray's name 
 again, and on page 40, that of Samud Parker, 
 tlie expulsion of both of whom bad been rati- 
 bed by this Grand Lodge. Ho had heard it 
 asserted in the House that altliouah subor- 
 dinate Lodges thus expelled members for 
 voting, they were always reinstated by the 
 t.raiul Lodge ; but here were two expulsions 
 sustained not only by the Grand Lodge 
 of Ontario, but by a higher Lod^e-the 
 rrand I»dge of British North America. He 
 (Mr. !< laser) knew of the cases of two or 
 tliree who had voted for himself, and who 
 were expelled and never reinstated. (Hear 
 hear.) The hour was so Lite that he would 
 not further trespass upon the attention of 
 hon. gentlemen. He had adduced sufficient 
 to make it clear, as he had not been able to 
 do in the session of 1872, that what he then 
 stated was accurate, and within the facts— 
 viz., that this institution was in the largest 
 
 06IIS6 
 
 FREEDOM OF OPINION ON POLITICAL SUBJECT 
 
 was not even tolerated in the subordinate 
 
 °W for on page 4.3 of the report for 
 
 1875 of the Ontario West Orange I^djje 
 
 would be found the name of Daniel Mur- 
 
 A SECRET POLITICAL A.SSOCIATION. 
 
 Looking, then, to how largely, if not 
 entirely, political exigencies would actuate 
 the Grand Lodges— looking to the way 
 this measure was introduced to the House 
 thw- session, and keepiug in mind the 
 various delays that had occurred-or, to 
 put it more correctly, had been allowed 
 to occur~he was justilie.l in saying that 
 the wire-pullers, the political " hed.'ers " 
 amongst the leiiders of gentlemen op.u.sito, 
 
 hadpiiortotheoponingoftheHousedetermincd 
 to keep this Bill in the background till after the 
 general elections, hoping that thereby they 
 mighu alla,y some of the feeling of irritation 
 winch liad arisen against them among the Ca- 
 tholics of this Province. They counte.l upon 
 the cer aiiity of the Orange vote, and they 
 liopcd that a httle maiueuvring would secure 
 some help from the opposite (Hiarter. No 
 other reason could be suggested for the extra- 
 onlinary course whicli h:ul been pursued. 
 Ihe hon. gentleman who was promoting the 
 Bill found himseit impaled on tho horua of 
 his own excuse, made in the opening days of 
 the se-sion, and now he had not the slif.litest 
 ground for either excuse or argument. In 
 order that there might be placed on record 
 the many irregularities and delays in regard 
 
1« 
 
 to this particular measure, and in order that 
 the House might be justified in den^„« this 
 
 cases and when asked as a privilege an.l a 
 courtesy, ,s sometimes granted he ^ropo ed 
 
 "tha?"h" ^''^^"'•'l^ in the motion »fter 
 that be struck out, and instead thereof the 
 folJowmg be substituted. " No notice of thn 
 intentmn to appjy to this House or an Act 5o 
 incorporate the Orange Association of Ettern 
 
 i^ thT oT ^"*r" ^'^' beenpublished,e.ther 
 in the Ontario Gazette or any other paper- 
 that the on y notice which in any manne; 
 coukl be sajd to have reference to such an"n- 
 
 pubb«hpi'P-''''*'°" •' °"^ ^"''g^d to have been 
 published u, a newspaper called the Oranae 
 i>entmet, and is in these words :- "'^«"fi'« 
 
 "NOTICE. 
 
 "I hereby give notice that au application 
 will be made at the next Session of the 1 cS 
 
 itS; '^'',^'A''»''\'^ Ontario, to incSr- 
 ate the Loyal Orange Association for Ontario 
 West, and the subordmate Lodges now or 
 which may hereafter be, under the jur^^dio- 
 tion of the aforesaid Grand Lodge. ^ 
 "(Signed,) fl.GOURLAY, 
 
 "Grand Secretary, Ontario West." 
 
 J^t ^^'a l^^* Jnentioned notice, as publish- 
 ed in said Orange /Sentinel, bears no date 
 whatever, and its lirst insertion in said news 
 paper was on the 13th of December last paT? 
 Being at least two insertions less than requL: 
 ed by the rules of this House. That said' no 
 tice only refers to an intended applicaS Z 
 Tn/ Sn '"""'•Po'ate the Grand Orange 
 Lodge of Ontario West. That no notice of 
 any intended application for an Act o? ncor 
 poration has m any manner been given J; 
 published by. or on behalf of, said oUnd 
 Orange Lodge of Ontario East ; that the 
 irregulanty in, and the want of such proper 
 nonces respecting the bill mentioned Ke 
 
 of thl h'°'""'' Tt ^••""S'^t t° the attent on 
 
 dav of ?h"p f ''"'^ l^' "•"'"^^'^" "'^ *ho second 
 day of the present session ; that thereupon 
 the mover ot said original motion the now 
 LT"*frf \^' ^'"' «°"ght to beTntSdu ed 
 and intituled "An Act to Incorporate the 
 Loyal Orange Association of Eastern and 
 Western Ontario." from his place in tl"s 
 House informed this House in effect that the 
 said Grand Lodges were not intending to ask 
 for an Act of incorporation at this present 
 session, because that by oversight certahJ 
 petitions in favour of said incorp-fr^tion Ind 
 which were to have been circulated foi s g1 a- 
 
 this Ho?,- /I '■'''''^'"''« ^"' presentation t^ 
 ward"?hes!?H ' present session ; that after? 
 warns the said proposed Act of lucorDbratinn 
 
 ndttee'oT'thii'^r **''' '^*r'^'"« oTltsTn^. 
 mittee of this House, and the regularity of 
 the necessary notice therefor inquir^ed into by 
 Wll dST;"'*'-,^"* *^« ^romlters of said 
 noticl nr it ^^"'•"«%t'> ^ai^l Committee any 
 notice, or the iiroof of any notice having bean 
 given or published either in the OmZsent? 
 nel, or otherwise, of the intention to aSv 
 
 STderCommift'''^ ''"'' '""^ -'^ sLnSfij 
 on sTth nf r ^ '°, '•«P°'-'e^l t" this House 
 f<r fl,^ ?V*''?"*':y ^'*^t past; that the time 
 for the introduction of private bills at this 
 ■session exp red on 29th January last paS 
 being the 2l8t day of this session that^if 
 said promoters had desired to proce;.d reL' 
 
 u e^s'o?fhi!,"H "" ^"^ \^' suspe'^asion of t^e 
 ,w1 A 5°"'*' '""^ to permit tlie intro- 
 
 tr^hiv .'""^ ^"i "'^'''"g «f «aid bill, ought 
 to hav^ been made not later than said 29th 
 day of January; that instead thereonoS 
 u nH ..P^i^rT^ °"«'"^' '"°tion was not given 
 the3,*r<?.v 'h"* ^'^'■"'^'•y »»«*«»t (being 
 t leefWf h^ f ..*'"' 'T'""^' """^ then only to 
 tne ettect that the said motion would be madp 
 upon tlie 12th day of February slant bS 
 said motion was not then mac^- that ' if a 
 private bill were introduced and ;ead a first 
 time to-day, being the forty-eighth day of the 
 session the rules of this Houi require that 
 
 Priva^: mrs\^H\^ ^'^"•'/"g Com?nittee on 
 PnnI, 1 x' h"t before such Committee could 
 
 trZf f T^' •"",'* ""^t be printed and dis 
 tnbuted to members, and five days' clear 
 
 safd"comn'^H*""f °^ ^'-^idering the'same by 
 
 thatlir^^if^' ^'f P°'*''' "P '° the lobby; 
 
 that the last day for reporting upon private 
 
 bills by the said Commitie ex^ire^ up^n tl e 
 
 In M7on v^'f'^fy instant, ^and, thiefore^ 
 
 tZ div .a/ '"^'■''^"^ed and read a first tim^ 
 
 this day cannot now regularly be considered 
 
 or reported upon by sa^ cJimittee to tlS 
 
 House ; that none of the rules of this House 
 
 relating to private bills have been complied 
 
 with by said promoters, and. therefore it an 
 
 pears to this House that the delay in makZ 
 
 san original motion, and the non-compliance 
 
 with the ru ea of this House in respect to sa'd 
 
 proposed bill are inexcusable." 
 
 [A motion for the adjournment of the debate 
 was then carried and the promoters of the 
 bill weie excused from having openly to con- 
 fess that they had nothing to^a^y in'^rejly to 
 bv the fa!.f%^''/'r' ""^ exhaustive speech, 
 .Lm J , •*'"**, *he question was not again 
 sesst?]'^"""^ "'^ ^^^ ^^'"^"""g days of^he 
 
 h 
 
, and consequently 
 )r presentation to 
 ssion ; that after- 
 
 of Incorpbration 
 iing Orders Com- 
 the regularity of 
 
 inquired into by 
 romoters of said 
 
 I Committee any 
 )tice having been 
 the Orange Senti- 
 tention to apply 
 3 said Standing 
 •d to this House 
 t ; thut the time 
 ate bills at this 
 luary last past, 
 session ; that if 
 o proceed regu- 
 spension of the 
 erniit the intro- 
 said bill, ought 
 than said 29th 
 
 . tliereof notice 
 
 II was not given 
 instant (being 
 
 nd then only to 
 would be made 
 ry instant, but 
 kde ; that if a 
 id read a first 
 ;hth day of the 
 le require that 
 Committee on 
 inimittee could 
 'iated and dis- 
 e days' clear 
 g the same by 
 in the lobby ; 
 upon private 
 ired upon the 
 nd, therefore, 
 d a first time 
 36 considered 
 littee to this 
 'f this House 
 Ben complied 
 Jrefore it ap- 
 ay in making 
 n-compliance 
 espect to said 
 
 of the debate 
 lotors of the 
 jeuly to con- 
 y in reply to 
 stive speech, 
 lis not again 
 days of the