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THE ISSUE BEFORE THE ELECTORS- 
 
 Wk have in unolher urticlo discussed liie 
 issue before the electors. It is, Wliellier 
 tliis c. miry aJMill bo ruled during the next 
 five years by the Ituform pur»y under the 
 leadership of Air. Maclienzio, or by the Tory 
 party ••iider the leadership of Sir John A. 
 I\Iacdunald? Both parties hi.vo had a fair 
 trial in administering our national affairs. 
 Both parties nave left a record behind them, 
 and it in for the people to judge them there- 
 by. It is after all but a queallon of cgm- 
 parison, and we do not think that any hon- 
 est or unprejudiceu man can Btudy Avliai 
 ]iefurmers and Torie.s haye done and remain 
 for one moment in suspense as to the man 
 for whom to jnark his ballot. No man and 
 no party ever had a better opportunity to 
 make themselves famous than Sir John iilay- 
 donuld and the Tory parly when they un- 
 dertook to rule this Dominion iu 18(37. lli>w 
 tliey left it at the find of less than seven 
 years is a matter of history. They brought 
 disgrace upon themselves and upon the 
 country, and what they have done iu the 
 past we have good reason to believe that 
 they would '•epeat iu the future. The crimes 
 under whicli they sank are still unrepeuled 
 pf, and the oppoituniiiea for gouaaiiuiug 
 like crimes are too templing for men of 
 their frail morality to resist. The national 
 policy is simply n cry raised to draw the 
 minds of ihe people away from those crimes. 
 They would never adopt it if they did get 
 back to olllce, and, if they did adoot it, it 
 would be like the return of the unclean 
 Bpiiil; the latter state of the country would 
 be worse than the first. It could only bcu- 
 etit the farmer in a season of famine or 
 blight, when the country produced less 
 grain and breadstuffs than was required for 
 home consumption; and what farmer would 
 want to make wealth at ihg cqst. of his 
 neighbors, friends and fellpw couutrvmen? 
 Indeed, as has not unfrequenlly happened, 
 he might want to buy food for Ins own 
 Jiousehold; and then ]iow xyould he reli&h 
 the payment of two pricea? To iIih cupitnligt 
 wl\» has his money iu manufactures it might 
 be a temporary benelit; but it could only be 
 temporary; for the protection would induce 
 others to put money in the same industry 
 and soon the business would l)e oveidone. 
 'J'o the artisan and the woikingman it would 
 In; si ill lt).-s a benefit, becaiHo the mere re- 
 
 TllE RECORD OF TWO tlOVERNMENTS, 
 
 TORYISM AND RlChVliM m CANADA. 
 1867 TO 1873, AND 1873 TO 1378. 
 
 The great (piestion now before the peo' 
 pie u( Caiuula, and which must be settled 
 by their votes next Tuesday, is, Wluil pajly 
 shall manage the public affairs of llie Do- 
 minion during the ne.xt tiv^ years? S(}m(,' 
 government there must be, and though none 
 is perfect— though there may l^u acts of the 
 present Ministers which tl)cir .own friends 
 d ) not fully api»rove— yet no ()ne is ju.slili- 
 od in volingagainst them unless he believes 
 that on the whole a cliaiige would be bene- 
 ficial. It is not a positive question, but a 
 question of comparison. It i^ not whether 
 a mure perfect government is po.ssible, but 
 whether a Ijutter is probable; and every fail- 
 minded elector must admit thai even if the 
 present government were worse Uiaii its en- 
 emies lliuik il to he, ii ought to exi.'^t until 
 il can be succeeded Ijy a belter. If Mr. 
 .Maeken/ie and the Liberal parly are lieleal- 
 e.l iKJXl Tuesday, wo know who, in the na- 
 tural order of events, will succeed them: 
 The government of the country will pass 
 inio the hands of Sir John, ^V. Maedonald 
 and the Tory parly. Will it «h a ukt- 
 TKU? That is the great questic^p^.. and fortu- 
 nately for the people tho two parties possusb 
 a record, ihe study of whichjyjwjjl make the 
 answer easy. The Conaeriirj^tijf^J^ under the 
 premiiiship of Sir John A, kftcdonald, go- 
 verned the country from lut July, 1«G7, to 
 5th November, 187il; the Reformers, under 
 the premiership of Mr. Alexander Slacken- 
 zio, have governed il from 5lh November, 
 la?lj, 10 Ihu present lime. , Now for their 
 respective records, as these liave been pre- 
 served to us in ullicial booljij and papers. 
 
 Section I 
 
 latter is a 
 
 ell) for ^'.M 
 
 hatid.s until 
 
 the t'iilcf 
 
 done to be 
 
 •lough bill 
 
 !*iU,(H)() \\\i 
 
 l>eilin(|ii 
 
 mile.s for .$ 
 
 JJiltJU.OtJO til 
 
 came .suppi 
 
 claim came 
 
 Su|)ieui(; ( 
 
 Petition of 
 
 ken/.ie; am 
 
 waived pe 
 
 judgment v 
 
 for ij;l27,0U 
 
 Mr, Moff 
 
 of land lak 
 
 was a small 
 
 lots vali'cd 
 
 at $7(1U. (.: 
 
 without an; 
 
 cord, .Mr. A 
 
 called 'dam 
 
 into Ihe bar 
 
 Peter Alil 
 
 ment, ovvne 
 
 idated whai 
 
 a victorious 
 
 ciflc Scandii 
 
 Mill Augus 
 
 short uud ej 
 
 waa paid $1 
 
 11.000. 
 
 The steali 
 
 and J(j|iii H 
 
 tioned to be 
 
 The Inter 
 
 THE RULE OF THE TOllY FARTY. 
 As already staled, the rule , of Ihe Tory 
 parly began 1st Jidy, 1867., the first day'of 
 Confederation. Alany chungop took place 
 in tile penoiuui of the Cubjuet, l)ut all un- 
 der tljo one leader, and th«, polioy of thq 
 party oonlinueil unchangod, tq the close. 
 The Iiefui in element in it, which made up 
 the coalition that ai)pealed,:lo the country 
 on tho no-party cry, was ;aoon rooted out 
 and the liovernmenl byciune e.s.seiiiially 
 Toiy. . One of ihe beguiled Jieforiiiurs was 
 Air. William ,Macd;)Ugall, aud in one of his 
 liiol public uileranccs after taking olllce in 
 the Dominion Cabinet undgr Sir John Ala'c- 
 donalii ho unwillingly unf(/ided his leailer's 
 plan whereby to eonlrol the country. 
 
 THE INTEilCOLONIAL RAILWAY 
 was to he conshiicunl as one of ihu condi- 
 
 of nianageu 
 struct il. 
 Pacilie Hail' 
 over an exlr 
 of 125,0^5 a 
 zie there is 8 
 couliui Is, — 
 pie security 
 arc allow (1. 
 
 NOllT 
 
 Tiie Norll 
 from the 11 
 sterling, the 
 p.u'l of all 1 
 without coil; 
 we:, I, appo 
 Uoveinor.wl 
 the count ly 
 was met on 
 dered oil. 1 
 and deniiiiuli 
 of uil'aiis. ' 
 of I, 
 
 Mir. Ill lliu ln;gUiIiJO 
 
 Culonmnb wat> 
 
 I wi.'.,l, aliDoiiilL'i 
 
& 
 
 
 EHNMENTS, 
 
 m CANADA. 
 3 TO 137S 
 
 jufoic lilt) peo- 
 mist l)u HclUi'd 
 
 ia, Wliiii piijiy 
 lira of Uio Do- 
 J yt'HisY Sfjiny 
 lul lliotigli none 
 r l^ii ucU of lliu 
 ir .own fiicnils 
 ) ()no is jiiMlili- 
 Icss lie believes 
 vuukl be bene- 
 question, but u 
 
 i§ not wliellier 
 is possible, but 
 
 Jind every fail- 
 1ml even if the 
 il'se lliaii i(s en- 
 
 to exist unlil 
 )etter. If Mr. 
 mly are liel'eal- 
 I'ho, in (lie na- 
 
 succeed them: 
 11 try will pass 
 , ^V. Maedonald 
 
 IT «H A UKT- 
 
 ti9p,.and form- 
 P4jrties posstisb 
 yjjj^jjl make lUe 
 i>f93. under the 
 i([ftcdonald, go- 
 July, 18G7, to 
 fornieis, under 
 mder iSIacken- 
 lb ISoveniber, 
 ^fow for their 
 avo been pre- 
 iiid papers. 
 
 JT PARTY. 
 
 of I lie Tory 
 e first day of 
 op ti»ok place 
 It, but all uu- 
 . policy of tbq 
 
 tQ the close, 
 bieb made up 
 ) the country 
 on rooted out 
 ne cs.seiitially 
 
 iefiii iiiiMK wub 
 ill one of bis 
 killer oUlce in 
 ^ir John Mac- 
 ed ins leader's 
 uintry. 
 
 tAILWAY 
 
 :>( Ibe coiuli- 
 
 Heciioii IG was lut to King & Ooui^b (ilie 
 latter is a near relative of I'eter Aliicli- 
 ell) for *-Jt)i;,UUl}. it was taken olT tligir 
 hands uhhnisbed four years afterwards, and 
 the t'iiiuf lui,4iiieer esliniated the work 
 done to be worth !{;l".i4,U00. But King & 
 Uuugb bribed the district engineer, and got 
 !*4U,(H)() more. 
 
 IJeiliiuiuet A. Co. look a contract of 45 
 niile.s for iUlU,;j<Jl). After gelling overpaid 
 JJilliU.OUO the threw up ilu.y contract and be- 
 came .suppliants for eompensalion. Their 
 claim came before Justice Ta.scbeieau of the 
 Supieme (Joint last November, under the 
 Pelitioii of Right Act passed by Mr. Mac- 
 kenzie; and the (Jiown having mercifully 
 waived penalties juuountinir to $216,000, 
 judgment was given ayaiuat the contractors 
 lor If 1:37,000. 
 
 Mr, Moirat, a Tory M. P., bad l).;^ acres 
 of land lakeii for right of way, on which 
 was a small building. The ollicial arbitrators 
 lots valued the land at $;50 and the building 
 at $700. On the eve of the 1«72 elections, 
 wiihuut aiiyihiiig further being made of re- 
 coivl, .Mr. Moffat was paid $2,000 for his so- 
 called 'damages,' and was given the house 
 into the bargain. 
 
 Peter Mitchell, a member of the Govern- 
 menl, owned two acres of land and a dilap- 
 idated wharf at Newcastle. Peter assumed 
 a victorious air of independence as the Pa- 
 eiflc Scandal revelations came out, and orj 
 14tU Augu&t, 1873, the day following the 
 short and exciting session of Pa'liament, he 
 was paid $10,000 for property hardly worth 
 11.000. 
 
 The stealings of Frazjr, Reynolds & Co. 
 and Jolm Haw* »& Co. need only be men- 
 tioned to be comlemned. 
 
 The Inleicolonial Railway, under this sort 
 of management, cost $48,000 a mile to con- 
 struct it. Mr. Mackenzie is building the 
 Pacihe Railway, with as good a roail-bjd, 
 over an extremely dillicullcountiy, at a cost 
 of $25,035 a mile. Hut under LIr. Macken- 
 zie there is a very diirerent system of letting 
 coutimts,~the bulk sum is' discarded, am- 
 ple security is loquired, and no btealiugs 
 arc allow (I. 
 
 NOUTH-IVEST BLUNDERZNQ. 
 
 The North-west Territory was purchared 
 from the Hudson's Day Co. for £a0(),0(H) 
 sterling, the Company res'jrving a twenlieth 
 part of all the lands. The Government, 
 wilhoiit consulling the people of iheNorLli- 
 we:,i, appiMnted \Villiam Macdou-jall as 
 Governor, who set out to take po; session of 
 the couniiy with a Cabinet leady made. Ho 
 was met on the bordeis and promptly or- 
 dered oil. The people a.sseited their rights, 
 and demaiidiil a share in the administration 
 of ulfaii.s. The Gov(;riiment at Ottawa, by 
 
 a jlOJlfM' of ljl;|.>ll'| 1) 
 
 sidy on a bH.si.s of 00,000 population; and to 
 build the Pacitic Railway, 2,700 Miiles in 
 length, through a sea of mountains and an 
 unexplored wilderness, wilhin a period of 
 ten years. These terms were infinitely more 
 favorable than the Columbians asked fur,or 
 expected to receive. They would be per 
 fecily content with a coach road over iho 
 country to Fort Garry, and a railway to bo 
 built in initial sections as soon as our cir- 
 cumslauces would allow. But, as will bu 
 seen farther on. Sir John was looking for 
 means wherewith to keep ilm Government 
 in his own hands for another term often 
 years, lie wanted that road to serve the 
 same purposes as the Intercolonial, and 
 therefore he hesitated at nothing. All' legis- 
 lative authority in regard to U was usurped, 
 and handed over to 'ihe Governor in Coun- 
 cil.' 
 
 THE PACIFIC SCANDAL BOILED DOWN. 
 
 Jn thesradon of 1873 Hon. L. S.Huntini:, 
 ton formally charged the Goveinuient niih 
 selling the Pacific Railway charter to «ir 
 Hugh Allan for money wherewith to e<.n 
 trol the elections of 1872, and demamk-d a 
 committee of the House to inveitigate the 
 charge. 
 
 The committee was at first refu.sed, and a 
 few days later Sir John boldly di dared his 
 readiness to justify the course of tho Gov- 
 ernment, and by God's help he believed 
 he could do so satiafactor'lv 'I 
 know that the charge is a foul calumnv. 
 Ihe Government deny it in Mo.' Neither 
 by 'thought, deed, word or action" had they 
 done anything of which they could bo 
 ashamed. 
 
 It is unnecessary to detail the cffovls 
 made to defeat an eiupiiry, or the circum- 
 stances which led up to the appointment of 
 a. Royal Commis.>jion. iSuHlce it to say that 
 the court was of the accused man's own 
 choosing, and the evidence of himself and 
 his friends proved— 
 
 (1.) That two parties were rivals for the 
 charter; one, tiomposed of Sir Hugh Allan 
 and bis American friends, and the other, of 
 Senator Alacpherson and some friends in 
 Ontario. 
 
 (2.) That Sir HukIi Allan and his friends 
 decided on a bonus of *:JO,OiJO,000 and 50,- 
 000,000 acres of land as the minimum they 
 would be willing to receive, which two 
 months later was the actual subsidy fixed 
 by ilio (inverhiiicHi; and that while the 
 c;iarter was passing through llio House Sir 
 ihigli was in fretiuent communication with 
 the Government, 
 
 (3.) That the Govenimont sought to amal- 
 gamate the two companies with Ihe balance 
 of power secured to Sir Hugh Allan, and 
 
 . 1... . C'!.. T 1 1 at 
 
 that Sir John .\. .Macdoiuiid 
 
 "ti 2iJlh Juh 
 
 rmi'Tb wat> 
 
 I Wi;.,l. aliDoililed Williiiiii Aiiicilnnu- ,11 
 
 by the (ii.veriniU'Hl ; and that while the 
 
John A. Macdomild do tlic shitKj thing over 
 utriiiii if liu got ilio opporluiiity? or to 're- 
 CHUp' Sir Hiij;h Alhiii the |;jr)G..')0()mlvuiu;L'(l 
 ill ilio elections of 187^, should ihu people 
 iiuaiii hriiiir iii>n back to jiowcr by llicir 
 votes cast ne\l 'riiesdiiyV 
 
 '1\) (jiiolc wli/il the Pull Mull Chuette said 
 at llie time: Ii' \vii,i, hk tiik duty ok tiiic 
 iioNio.sr I'li^ii,!'; UI-' Tiiic Dominion t^ takb 
 
 (MtK TIIA'r NOMC OV TlUi I'lCIISONS WHO 
 WKUK CONCICKNICll IN Till; I'UOCKICUINUS OK 
 WHICH Sill til^OIUlK E. C'AUTlliU WASTIIB 
 AOKNT SHALL liVKU AUAIN OUTAIN I'OWIiU 
 
 IN Canada. 
 
 'I'lie cyea of Europe und America are still 
 upon us. Will we prove faithful to our 
 great trust? 
 
 VARIOUS OTHER SCANDALS. 
 
 Since the overlhrosv of the Tory Govern- 
 nuMii in lb73 »i variety of scundiUslmvfc been 
 Ijrouglil to light. Among these are — 
 
 (1 ) The levying of blackmail on the 
 Noiiherii [{ail way Company to the extent 
 of !i;27.U0U,— $2,50U of which went to the 
 Sir John lestiinonial, if2,0u0 to the Mail 
 newspaper, $1,000 to the Conservative elec- 
 tion fund of lb7'~. $5, 4-10 to the expenses of 
 Jlon. John li. Kobinsou's election in Algo- 
 i!i!i, !i;4,l(i() to .Mr. Cuinbeiiand'a expenses in 
 Aigonia and Card^vell, and !f;3,7r)0 to help 
 tlirouiih fiivorable logishuiou in 1873— all of 
 wiiich sliunld have been paid into the Do- 
 minion ii( asuiy, and which 3Ir. Macken 
 zie's (}(>veniinenl has since coinix'lled the 
 Company to loluiid; 
 
 (•J.) Till) pun'hase of Kiel's banishment 
 from .Manitoba at a cost of 14,000 public 
 funds iliuinu; the Dominion elections of 
 1872. wliile Sir John went through the 
 country branding him as a red-handed mur- 
 derer and wishing to God he could catcli 
 liim. "1 sent him (Archbishop Taohe, Sir 
 'Joint swears) H draft for a thousand dollars 
 'to be used in procuring lliel'a wiliulrawal.' 
 
 (o) Tln! payment of !f2,500 to Sir John's 
 'iiniiccunioMs' friend, J. G. ]\Ioylan, for 
 'priming' which was never got, keeping the 
 entries out of the books for four years, and 
 then charging the money for work said to 
 liave been done eleven or twelve years be- 
 fore, and which if done it all should have 
 been charged to the account of ihe old 
 Provinces; 
 
 (4.) The retaining of $32,171) of Secret 
 Service funds by Sir Joai two years after 
 (pruiing oHice, 'to be used for his own party 
 purposes in opposition', and the actual pay- 
 nuMil of i|;0,000 of it to the treasurer of his 
 own election fund in the city of Kingston; 
 
 And (Ii) the exaction of $545 fees from tlie 
 l)oor tenants on Ordnance Lands, in viola- 
 tion of law and profossional decency, — which 
 amouni Sir John himself pocketed while in 
 receipt of ins regular salary as ]\Iinislcr of 
 Justice. 
 
 THE PU3LIC EXPENDITURE. 
 
 The public expenditure of the Tory Gov- 
 ern men t bc:ia.ii witli !|l;!,48(),09'.2 a ycai', and 
 
 the' tlnancial year beginning lat July, 1H73, 
 wee idaced al tlie credit of Sir John il ic- 
 donald's Govm ninciil on 2;{id May, and 
 were made up ot tin! following sums; 
 
 (1) Tli>' uri;-,'iiial fstiniatcs, $:,'0,lMl,)H:i. 
 
 Vi) Tlie Lst, ~iiil unit lint sii|iiilt'n>eiitury estimates, 
 t S-Ti.tild. 
 
 (.i) Increased salaries of MiiiiHteru, &\:., (uliai). 31) 
 J:)lKt,,V),-). 
 
 (I) H<'ailjusttiii'ia<jf ili-lit and. subsidies (chap. 30 
 and U) 5J.SI!),:JI0, 
 
 (tn Aanii.s.si()ii i.f 1'. I''.. Islaiul (chap, 40) $118,000. 
 
 ((i) M'.uiui'd piilieo t'orce (ciiup! 35) J^uo.OOO. 
 
 (7) Uulaiices carried fijr\vaid,|lH0,i8:J. 
 
 This makes a total of $ia.O8."5,0O!i voted 
 for the services of the y«ar, or $308,093 
 more than was spent. i ■ 
 
 'IMiese were the engagements of Sir John 
 A. Macdonald's Government, contracted in 
 their last year of ollicu, andv nearly all of 
 them are continuous from year to year. 
 'I'hey added nearly four niilllQns to the year- 
 ly expenditure; and yet it ij» pretended by 
 the Tory parly that because Mr. iMackeiizie 
 entered ollice tluiing their laat financial year, 
 and hon()iiit)ly i)aid the debts Ihcy (the 
 Tories) contracted, therefore he is respon- 
 sible for the increase in that year's expendi- 
 tund 
 
 Hut this was not all. ^The Mai;donald 
 (iovernment had entered into engagements 
 for the further increase of thy national del)L 
 by Ihe sum of $1)1), 00;),000,— $43,800,000 for 
 for canals, $44,500,000 for the Intercolonial 
 l^lcilic, Nova Scotia and jNew IJrunswick 
 and Prince Etlward Island Kaihvays, ifl- 
 oOO.OOO for St. Lasvreiice improveinunis, and 
 $5,500,000 for minor works, etc. ;aiid, in ad- 
 dition, there were $;]5, 000,000 of Public 
 Debentures jiust inaluriiig — for none of 
 which objects had Sir Johu's .b'iii'ince Min- 
 ister made any provision. 
 
 To have met all these engagements alonce 
 would have ailded nearly j^^pti.OUU to th- 
 yearly expenditure. 
 
 WHAT HAS BEEN PONE. 
 
 As just pointed out, tliQ Tory Govern- 
 ment's engngemenls, then cpfiipleted, would 
 have swelled the yearly expenditure by $5,- 
 000,000, or a total of $28,500,0()0. To meet 
 this they had provided for the year 1873-4 a 
 revenue of only $21;740,000, which for that 
 year would have left a deficit of nearly two 
 millions, and for future years an additional 
 sum to be provided of sevQi^uinilliona and a 
 half. ..r, ■■ 
 
 ]\Ir. Mackenzie's Qovernqjcnt resolved to 
 meet all unavoidable engagtjments by in- 
 creasing the tariff from 15 Ip 1732 per cent, 
 and i)y adopting a policy of strict economy. 
 
 All public works the carryingon of which 
 was not imperative were postponed uutil 
 the return of better times, In this way an 
 expenditure of about $45,000,000 was de- 
 ferreil. The new works undertaken subse- 
 quent to Isl January, 1874, Ija^ve only cost 
 $80,000. Dlher works imdcr contract be- 
 fore that datt!, and for which, votes had been 
 taken by tlie Macdonald Government in 
 1873, have cost up to 30tli June, 18?7, the 
 
 ^uia of !^:2l..'n;i.lJ20. or witluu half 
 
 lliun 
 
 In 1873 Kl« 
 $S5 per lo 
 iimt): In 181 
 
 Sir John p 
 Mr, Slacken; 
 
 Sir John | 
 MaeUun/.io i: 
 
 Sir John |J 
 peiises $1,2 
 $51,35. 
 
 Sir John | 
 50; iMr. iSlal 
 and Mr, .Mac 
 
 Sir John |: 
 
 cab hire, tra 
 
 Mr, lilake in 
 
 SOM 
 
 The steel 
 harbor contr 
 and the Nee 
 scandals aga 
 of these the 
 ask for an ei 
 liamenl, Ihui 
 and a^ain. 
 
 The steel i 
 (.'hiuf Eugii 
 ported that I 
 purchased fi 
 ceiving tend 
 in Europe ai 
 ty of the P 
 tract was lai 
 inoiis in tlie 
 
 The Gode 
 let by leiiiU 
 lilt; lowest c 
 
 Tlic Kam 
 been investi 
 Senate, led o 
 Macpherson 
 a quantity o 
 A. Macdona 
 whicli he so 
 Trunk Uail\ 
 he suspected 
 the purcliasc 
 "t he did he 
 The inveslig 
 of the termi 
 of the pro] 
 hotel — was 
 without a pt 
 either. 
 
 THE 
 We have i 
 two parties, 
 salient point 
 scnled. It i 
 cliose bet wi' 
 outset, it is 
 what a man 
 is our best ji 
 will do in ll 
 b^' turning ( 
 leagues and 
 and his friei 
 
 iccfipl (jf ius regular salary as Minislei of 
 
 *S0.OUU. Other works under contract be- 
 
'f 
 
 U July, 1873, 
 
 ir .Idlin il ic- 
 
 il Miiy, iiiul 
 
 sums: 
 
 )H:i. 
 
 itiiry f atlmutes, 
 
 , >&u., (chap. 31) 
 
 tsidit'S (chap. ^ 
 
 fvp. 4(1) $118,000. 
 ) J«'iM),000. 
 
 IS."), 00!) voted 
 , or *3G8,0U3 
 
 8 of Sir John 
 ;otitructu(l in 
 nearly all of 
 ('cjir lo year, 
 fls lo llic year- 
 pretended by 
 r. iMuckeiizib 
 Inanciiil year, 
 td llii-'y (the 
 le is respoii- 
 yiir's expendi- 
 
 le ]\Iiii;doiialil 
 
 eiigiigfiiuMils 
 
 iiatioiiul (h;l)t 
 
 l;j,.Sl)0,Ot)0 for 
 
 Iiilcrculuiiial 
 
 iv Hruiiswick 
 
 111) Iw ays, i^'l,- 
 
 (Vciiii.uts, and 
 
 c. ; and, in ud- 
 
 JO of I'ublic 
 
 for none of 
 
 Finmcu Min- 
 
 miMila (il once 
 
 (JUU.OUU to til' 
 
 rory Govern - 
 iplcted, would 
 dituro by $5,- 
 PO. To meet 
 year 1873-4 a 
 /hich for that 
 if nearly two 
 an additional 
 nillions and a 
 
 nt resolved to 
 menls by in- 
 IT^o per cent, 
 rict economy, 
 gon of -which 
 itponed until 
 n this way an 
 OOO was de- 
 jrtaken subse- 
 ve only cost 
 sr contract he- 
 roics had been 
 )Vernment in 
 iC, 18?7, the 
 hi 
 
 In 1873 Kluil rails cost ili.j (Jovernmenl 
 $8i'j per ton (Including Jolin IIuws' slcal- 
 iimf): In IdTJ 5 iliey cc^L only $51 a ton. 
 
 Sir John pidd tor ordinary bar iron %\.'<i\ : 
 Jlr. Mackenzie is buying it for %\ 80. 
 
 Sir .lolin paid for oak lumber ^.'iS.'iO; Mr. 
 MacUen/.ivj is payinii- 4;;J0.r)0. 
 
 Sir Jiilin paiil in 187;! for Iravellin/^ ex 
 penses ;ill,^18: J\Ii. lilake in 1877 paid only 
 $51.35. 
 
 Sir John paid in 187."{ for cab hire $l,0;i8.- 
 50; iMr. iilakt) in 1877 paid only *l-».80, 
 and Air. Macken/.ie in two yuais only $35. 
 
 Sir John paid in 1873 for tclesianhing, 
 cab hire, travelling fvul ])ostiiK« $7,118.87: 
 Mr. Hlake in 1877 i)aid only $521.93. 
 SOME SMALL SCANDALS. 
 
 The Bteel mils purchase, tlii» Goderich 
 harbor contract, the Kaminiatiqia terminus 
 and the Neebing holelliave been charged as 
 scandals against the Government. On two 
 of these ilie Opposilion have never dared to 
 ask for aiiiMHiuiiy by a commillee of Par- 
 liament, though it was ollered them again 
 and a^aiii. 
 
 'l"hc sleel rails were purchased when the 
 Chief Engineer of the Pacilic Railway re- 
 piirleil ihal he wanted iIkmu. They were 
 purchased from the lowe.it bidder afler re- 
 ceiving lenders from the principal makei's 
 in Europe and America, and under authori- 
 ty of the Pacitic Railway Act. The Cvin- 
 tract was laid before the House of (Jomnions 
 uniiis in the usual way and duly ratified. 
 
 The Goderich harbor contract was also 
 let by lender, wilhoul any favoritism, and 
 llie lowest competent tenderer got it. 
 
 Tlui Kaministii|Uia terminus matter has 
 been investigated by a committee of the 
 Senate, led on by Senator Macpherson. JMr, 
 Macpherson himself on one oceasionjbonulit 
 a quantity of Ordnance I^nds from John 
 A. Macdonald for which he paid $l,288,and 
 wliich he sold the next day lo the Gruncf 
 Trunk Railway Go. lor $00,000. Frob:-.bly 
 he suspected trickery of the same kind in 
 the purchase of the Kaministiquia terminus. 
 !; he did he has been wofully disappointed. 
 The investigation proved that the location 
 of the termiu'.'s was fixed, and the valuation 
 of the property — including the Neebing 
 hotel — was made in the regular way, and 
 without a particle of scandal attaching to 
 either. 
 
 ilf 
 
 lliuii 
 
 THE RESPECTIVE RECORDS. 
 We have now sketched the records of the 
 two parties. All has not been said, but the 
 salient points of clia'"acler have been pic 
 sealed. It now remains for the electors to 
 choso biil ween the two. As .stated at Ibu 
 onlset, il is a qudstion of comparison, and 
 what a man or a party has done in the past 
 is our best guide in determining what they 
 will do in the future. \\'hat can be gained 
 b^' turning out Mr. iMackenzie and his col- 
 leagues and pulling Sir John A, JIacdonald 
 and his friends in their places? Will they 
 
 INSTRUCTION FOR VOTERS. 
 
 The voter is to vole for one candidate on- 
 ly. The V(>ler 13 to be 'introduced singly, 
 and, with the pencil provided in the com- 
 partment, place a cross on any part of the 
 ballot paper wilhin the diviaion containing 
 the name of the candidate for whom he in- 
 tends to vote, thus; X 
 
 BALLOT I'APEK. 
 
 Election for Iho Electural District of E. Elgin, 1818. 
 
 1. THOMAS ARKELL, 
 Town of St. Thomas, 
 County of Elgin, 
 Merchant. 
 
 il. COLIN MACDOUGALL, 
 Town of Kt. ThomaB, 
 Comity of Elgin, 
 Barmtei'-at- liaw. 
 
 BALLOT PAPElt. 
 
 Election for the Electoral D.atrict of W. Elgln,1878. 
 
 L GEORGE ELLIC)TT CASEY, 
 Township of Southwold, 
 County of Elgin, 
 Funnel'. 
 
 X 
 
 II. MALCOLM (». MUNRO, 
 Village of Waiilsville, 
 County of Mulillcscx, 
 Merchant. 
 
 
 If the voter sliould dvjsire to vote for Co- 
 lin jMacdougall or George Elliott Casey ho 
 is lo place a cross, thus, X. in the division 
 (!onlaining the name, as seen by reference 
 to the above design of ballot paper. 
 
 The voter will then fold the ballot, so as 
 to show a portion of the back only, with the 
 number and the initials of the deputy return- 
 ing oiHcer. 
 
 lie will then deliver it to the deputy re- 
 turning olHcer, who will place it in the bal- 
 lot oox. The voter will then forthwith quit 
 lh3 polling station. 
 
 If a voter inadvertently spoils a ballot pa- 
 per he can return it to the proper ofticer, 
 who, on being satisfied of the fact, will give 
 him another. 
 
 If the voter voles for more candidates 
 than he is entitled to vole for, or places any 
 mark pn the b.illot paper by which he can 
 afterwards be identitied, his vote will be 
 void, and will not be counted. 
 
 If the voter takes a ballot paper out of 
 the polling station, or fraudulently puts any 
 other paper into the ballot box than the bal- 
 lot paper given him by the deputy returning 
 otHcer, he will be subject to be punished by 
 flne of $500, or by imprisonment for a term 
 not exceeding six mpuths, with or without 
 hard labor. 
 
 LOOK ON THIS PICTURE, AND ON 
 THIS. 
 
 REFORM 
 PLATFORM. 
 BuiTibii Connection 
 
 FouEiuN Trade. 
 
 CONSERVATIVE 
 PLATFORM. 
 
 II OSTILR T A RlPIf 
 
 Against Britain. 
 
 Ruin op Maritime 
 Interests. 
 
 )rks under contract be- 
 
 lli ilri In I III', fill nil*. Whiit I'.'iil 1 
 
 >i> iTllllll'l 
 
 I I BuiTlsil CONNIXTIUNJII o a T I. LK T A R 1 F F 
 
•wli» has \\\a luaaey in umuufaclures it miglil, 
 bo u lumpomry btiiiedt; but it could only be 
 leinponny, for the protectiou would induce 
 others to put money in llic same induslry 
 iind hoou the Ijusinesa would bo overdone, 
 'J'o the arlisuu mid the woikingman it would 
 be Htill loss a be ne/it, because the mere re- 
 port ihiit good wages weic being paid in 
 Caiuulu would bring huudicdsof competing 
 artisans and workiugincu I'l • . the work 
 hliops and the over crowded cities of Great 
 JJrilain and the Continent. There is no 
 form of protection for hiltor, and at the best 
 the system could only add to the cost of liv- 
 ing without providing one counterbalancing 
 benefit. To professional men it could bring 
 nolliing but evil, and to the whole counliy 
 it would inevitaijly bring commercial dis- 
 turbance and linaneial distross. We believe 
 that these are the opinions of the great ma- 
 jority of men in this portion of the Domiii- 
 on, and therefore we look forward with con- 
 (iilence to the support of Sir. Mackenzie's 
 Uoverument. 
 
 The East Hiding of Elgin hns been faith- 
 fully served by Mr. ^ilacdougall during the 
 past four years. He has approved himself 
 a man of abi! y, firmness and decision 
 Every interest of his constituents has been 
 faithfully guarded. His service to the town 
 and county in the matter of Canada 8oulh- 
 eni legislation alone entitles him to the sup- 
 port of all classes. The action of Mr. Ar- 
 keil in th-j same matter shows him to be ut- 
 terly unworthy of confidence, and on that 
 ground alone the electors should not hesi- 
 tate to reject Jiim. lie has neither firmness 
 nor ability. 
 
 TiiK coiistilu ;ucy of West EUrn is not 
 going to reject one who has grov\ a up with 
 llie county and whose interests are wholly 
 ideiuilied with it, for any mere advcnlurer 
 from a neighboring coiinly. Mr. Casey has 
 been a credit to the Riding, and hi9 brother 
 farmers have good caus( to be proud of liim. 
 They will rally to his sui)port next Tuesday 
 and send Mr. Muuro buck to interest him- 
 self again in the local politics of J\Iiddlesex. 
 He can't be trusted in Elgin. 
 
 Aktkji speaking a whole month in favor of 
 a duty on barley as one way of helping 
 the Canadian farmer, .Mr. Arkell, at the 
 iiorainalion on Tuesday, threw away the re- 
 Hult of all his labor by candidly confeasiug 
 that the duty wouldn't be of any earthly 
 beueflt. Just like Mr. ArkcllJ 
 
 lulniiMt'ih WHS 
 ilr. Williiim .Miicdjugall, aM<l ill one of his 
 lirol public uileraiici'S after taking ollicc in 
 the Dominion Cabinet under kjir John Jla'c- 
 donald he unwittingly unfolded his leader's 
 l)laM wluicby to control the country. 
 
 THE INTEilCOLONIAL RAILWAY 
 was to bo constructed as on<} of the condi- 
 tiwns ot Union, and it was e«itimaled to cost 
 $:iO.UUU,UUO. .Mr. MacdouguU saiii the Gov- 
 ernmenl would have that railroad in their 
 hands, with one of several I'pules to bo cho- 
 sen, and h(! declared that .:'J!llr. (Sir Jidin) 
 'Macdonald and his colleagues are not so as- 
 'lule as ihey u^ed to be— lihoy must have 
 'lost a good dull of their corrupt tendency 
 '—if they arc; not al)le tocohU'"' the govern 
 'meul of llie new Dominipi) for the next 
 'ten yeai.s. Tiial :Sir .I()lm,.JIactlonald and 
 his colleagues <lid try to tur^j the constiuc- 
 tion <;f the roud to this acqc^unl, subsequent 
 events have al>undantly yeiiifiod. 
 
 Mr. .Muckeuicic, at the earliest moment, 
 souuiit to make the choice of r)Ule subjcel 
 Ui llie assent of l'arliamen,t, ibul his motion 
 was voted down. 
 
 ■ ( t ■ 
 
 The offers made to build, the road by the 
 shortest route to !St, Johi^ ,for |l;i,OLH),UUO 
 were rejected; the Colonial , Secretary was 
 'trepanned' into writing aq olHcial despatch 
 expressing preference fur the north .'ihoie 
 route; aiul at the bidding of Sir George 
 Cartier and Peter Milchell— ua recorded by 
 Wm. iMicduugall, v;ho' was a member of 
 the Cabinet— 'Sir John A. Macdonald and 
 ■air. Campbell surrendered the inlere.sls of 
 'Ontario to (Quebec and Mr. Mitchell, and 
 'threw eight millions of dollursinto the sea.' 
 
 The route chosen was longer than the one 
 advocated by [Mr. Tilley, Mr. I\Iacdougall, 
 and the Uefoiin Oppo.siliou led by ilr. Mac- 
 kenzie, by 138 miles. It l(iy throujih an all 
 but uninhabited country— many portions of 
 it unfit for settlement— and it threw a great 
 portion of the trade of the Maritime Prov- 
 inces permaneully into the hands of Ameri- 
 can railway companies. 
 
 The construction of thcToad was placed 
 in the hands of political friends of the Gov- 
 ernment, one of whom (Aquila VVal.sli, of 
 Norfolk) was a member of Parliament in re- 
 ceipt of $4,U0() a year; thfc advice of the 
 chief engineer as to the b«!st method of let- 
 ting contracts was rejected, and the con- 
 tracts were let to political friends in lump 
 sums without requiring any Bccurit)', which 
 resulted in overpayments amounting to 
 hundreds of thousands of dollars. 
 
 Haycock >k, Co. took section 5 for a lump 
 sum of ^•Mil.^li; they were paid 174,211) 
 and then failed. The origii)al plans were 
 reduced by about ;|^y(),U()U. ami then the 
 same aectiun was le let to A. ^IcDonnell cV. 
 Co. for if5y3,000. • I 
 
 wc.,1, ajip 
 Govei nor.v 
 the counliy 
 was met on 
 dercil oil'. 
 and demam 
 of allaiis. 
 a i)olicy of 
 counliy ti 
 loyalists \ 
 the iusurg 
 clieied in 
 tabli.shed a 
 laleil terms 
 the l)omini< 
 to the coun 
 and V(jhMt( 
 years subsei 
 thousanils cj 
 ijilo.vl r piii. 
 salaiy and i 
 never lilled. 
 
 THE BETT 
 
 The linuii 
 by the Impi 
 it could onl 
 the British 
 the I'arliam 
 vince of IN 
 Icrms,' and 
 were luKstile 
 with his u 
 cal;;h them, 
 liiju he expr 
 ter terms, at 
 posed to ii 
 to the exicii 
 conditional i 
 the Cabinet 
 Nova Scotia 
 s!tiou, while 
 sideration to 
 changes in 
 Bliluliurial w 
 approval of 
 and pointed 
 preeLMlciil ] 
 for change 
 Hut llieii- res 
 conslilutiou 
 the Nova Sc( 
 The only LiL 
 amendment ( 
 llement to bt 
 
 THE UNION 
 
 Always on 
 lion, the Com 
 British Colui 
 already, in ■ 
 given iMi>'iito 
 House of Co! 
 give British 
 
 white scltlors 
 
 I 
 
Ki'lniiMt'ih Wrtb 
 (1 ill unu of liiij 
 liking ulUcu in 
 ii'iv John Jla'c- 
 dull lii» luiultii'i 
 ioiiiilry. 
 
 RAILWAY 
 
 of liio coiidi- 
 liinaltnl lu cost 
 U siiiil liiu Gov- 
 ili'Oiui ill their 
 )ulca to bo clio- 
 ilr. (Sir Ji>hii) 
 )S are iiol bo ud- 
 oy iiiiisl have 
 rupt tiimleiicy 
 ^rol Liie govern 
 
 for the next 
 lucdoiuihl mid 
 
 the eoiialiue- 
 ml, yubiaeqiieiil 
 iod. 
 "hesl iiHJUieiit, 
 
 rjulc suhjeel 
 hul iiid uioUon 
 
 le rodd by the 
 or |l:i,OW),()UO 
 Seeietuiy was 
 Heiul despatch 
 e iiorlli shore 
 of Sir CJeorge 
 18 leeorded by 
 a iiieiuber of 
 lucdonuid uud 
 10 iiilere.sls of 
 
 Mitcheil, ami 
 •8 into the sea.' 
 jr tiiui) the one 
 r. Alaedougall, 
 d by ilr. Mac- 
 throu»h an all 
 ny porlioiis of 
 
 threw a great 
 aritime Prov- 
 nds of Arneri- 
 
 d was placed 
 Is of the Gov- 
 ila VVaLsh. of 
 liaineiit in re- 
 ulvice of the 
 lethod of let- 
 and the con- 
 nds in lump 
 curity, wJiich 
 luouiUing to 
 ars. 
 
 5 for a lump 
 paid !f74,21«J 
 I plans were 
 mil then the 
 UcDonnell ,k. 
 
 we.,1, ai.poinled Willinin Maedow<^;ill as 
 Uoveinor.who act out to take po; session of 
 the counliy with a Cabinet leady made, lie 
 was met, on Hn; bordtiis and promptly or- 
 deretl oil. The people asset ted their rights, 
 and demanded u share in the administration 
 of allaiis. The Government at Ottawa, by 
 a polK.y of masterly inactivity allowed the 
 coiinlry to ihift into insurrcclion; the 
 loyalists were left at the mercy of 
 the insurgents, and some were but- 
 chered in cold blood; the rebels cs- 
 tabli.shed a provisional government, and dic- 
 tate;! terms to .Sir John at Ottawa. It cost 
 the Dominion ;j>l,o(;a,lK)0 to send a force in- 
 to the eounlry to establish law and order, 
 and V(.hM(eers were kept there for sevend 
 years subsequent at a cost of hundreds of 
 llioiisand.-i ut dollars, — to nay nothiitg of the 
 iJilo.'Ji; paid to William Mi'cdougall as the 
 salary and e.vpeiise^ of Hn oillce which he 
 never lilled. 
 
 THE BETTER TERMS TO NOVA SCOTIA. 
 
 The linancial basis of the Union is fixed 
 by the Imperial Act of Confederation, and 
 it could only be changed constitutionally by 
 the British Parliament, upon an address of 
 the Parliament of Canada. But the Pro- 
 vince of Nova Scotia demanded 'better 
 leriiis,' and as a majority of its members 
 were lnkNlile to the Government, Sir John, 
 with lii.-s u.sual cunning, spread a jiet to 
 eal;;li them. Ju the first year of Confedera- 
 tiiju he e.vpressed himself favorable Lo bet- 
 ter terms, and in the second session he pro- 
 posed lo increase the Nova Scotia subsidy 
 to the e.\ienl of ^i.UUO.OUO. This was made 
 conditional upon the acceptance of a ceatin 
 the Cabinet by Mr. IIowo, the leader of the 
 Nova Seoiia menibera. The Reform Opj-o- 
 s:tion, while willing Lo give their best con- 
 sideration to any proposal toprc^ure needed 
 changes in the basis of Union in a con- 
 slituliorial way, strongly expressed their dis- 
 approval of the Government's proposition, 
 and pointed out that it would establish a 
 piecLMlciit for eiKlie.'Ss future demands 
 fur change in the linancial arrangement. 
 15ut their resolutions were voted down, the 
 constitution was violated. and Sir Johu drew 
 the Nova Scotia members into h's owa net. 
 The only Liberal proposition camed waaan 
 amendmenl of .Mr. Hhike declaring this set- 
 tlement to be final. 
 
 THE UNION WITH BRITISH COLUMBIA. 
 
 Always on the look out lo fortiiy his posi- 
 tion, the Cont-ei valive leader sonsjhl lo bring 
 Hrilish Columbia into the Union. He had 
 already, in violation of the constitution, 
 given Mp'iitoba four rei»iesentalives in tiie 
 llouae of CoiHinuns. lie now proiioscd to 
 give Hrilish Columbia six for its 10.000 
 wiiite seltlcis; to compute the auuuul sub- 
 
 iiy the «ii.veriiiiHni ; and that while the 
 charter was pas<iiig through the House Sir 
 Hugh was ill freciuent communication with 
 the Government. 
 
 (3.) That the (Jovenimont sought to amal- 
 gamate the two comijiwiies with the balunco 
 of power secured K; Sir Hugh Allan, and 
 that Sir John A. Alacdoiiald on liOth July, 
 IH- -, authorised Sir George Cartier to give 
 this a.ssiiraiice to Sir Hugh,— 'the whole 
 ' matter to be kept iiuiet till after the elcf;- 
 ' tious.' 
 
 (4.) That on IJOih July Sir George nnule a 
 written demand on air II ugii for funds to 
 a-ssist ill the pendiiig flections, undertaking 
 that 'any aiiiuiuit which you, or your Com- 
 ' paiiy, shall advance for that uurpuse shall 
 ' be recouped lo you,' 
 
 (f),) That u|)oii these terms Sir Hugh ad- 
 vanced to Sir George $S5,000, to Sir Johu 
 *4o,000, and to Mr, Langevin iu2,()00; and 
 that before getting the contract signed Sir 
 Hugh disbursed ^S.lO.nOO in gold. 
 
 Hi.) That Sir Hugh placed such value up- 
 on Ihe memorandum under which this mon- 
 ey was paid that he refused to deliver the 
 original into the hands of Iha lloyal Com- 
 mission, but filed a certitied copy instead,— 
 no doubt looking for waul to a' "time when 
 his claim lo be 'recouped' might be en- 
 forced. 
 
 (7.) That Sir John A. Macdonald on 31st 
 January, 187a, settled an agreement where- 
 by Sir Hugh Allan and his associates got 
 possession of the charier, with a full know- 
 ledge of all the schemes and plans of Sir 
 Hugh in his possession— copies of the whole 
 Allan-McMu)lcn correHjiondence and other 
 documents having been put in his hands on 
 the 23rd of the same month. 
 
 (8.) That Sir Hugh Allan did not contri- 
 bute to the Government election funds out 
 of any political sympathy, but solely to get 
 the charter; for he testified before the Hoyal 
 Commission that he was 'no politician,' and 
 that he 'had never voted at a parliamentary 
 ' election in his life except once.' 
 
 (9.) That Sir .lolin .V. Macdonald has nev- 
 er repented of this crime, of which at one 
 time he called God to witness that he waa 
 innocent; but, as at Simcoc, Uxbridge and 
 other places, he protests that 'the great mis- 
 chief was the money was sent to him' and 
 paid Dut- by him, instead of by the United 
 Empire Club, the Liberal-Conservative As- 
 sociation, or other like modern agency. 
 
 To .k'; Uie charter and get money for the 
 purpose '..f briuing the electors is still, in 
 Sir John Macdonald's opinion, a proper en- 
 ough thing to do; only the money should 
 be sent to and be paid out by, a political 
 club instead of a political ohieftuin. 
 
 And holding these views of the Pacific 
 Scandal, after all the world has condemned 
 it, would any one bo surprised lo aco Sir 
 
ifcfipt ol iii.s ii'^fulur salaiy us iMiiuslcr of 
 Justice. 
 
 THE PU3LIC EXPENDITURE. 
 Tlio public cxpcMidiUire of the Tory Gov- 
 triiuiiiul begun with !tiy,48l],U93 a year, uiid 
 
 it I iitiiil with |ii3,31(i,31Gu year. The period 
 i»r iiilhiiioii which begun wilh 1871 was tuis- 
 l.iki'ii iiy the (Jovernuicnt for hciilthy and 
 siiljftiiiiiliiil iiro^pcrily, und lliougli gravely 
 warned l»v Sir Alexander Hall. Air. Oart- 
 wrii/iil. Mr. iMaclien/.ic and others, llioy 
 rushed the country lieadiong into engage- 
 ini:nls which delied even a i)eriod of inlla- 
 lion to UK'cl. 
 
 In the last financial year the expenditure 
 was increased by over four millions of dol- 
 lars— si.\ millions more llniu for tlie previous 
 year, and ten millions more than for the 
 llrsl year of Confederation. 
 
 The net milional debt was increased in 
 llie aeveu years by ♦32,590,324, and new 
 oi)iigationa and engagements for caiiak, 
 railways, »&c., were entered into— for which 
 uo provision was made— lliat if carried out 
 in their entirely would swell the debt by 
 if'JIi, 000,000 more, or say a charge on the 
 public revenue of nearly five millions a 
 
 year. 
 
 WHAT THEY FAILED TO DO. 
 
 And liaving done all these things, they 
 left tindone many things which the interests 
 of tiie Dominion really demanded. 
 
 Tiiey failed to carry an Election Law. 
 
 They failed to carry a Supreme Court 
 Act. 
 
 They opposed election trials by the Courts. 
 
 They opposed simultaneous elections. 
 
 They voted down vole by ballot. 
 
 They gerrymandered the constituencies. 
 Anu thebk a he 1''act8 of iustouy. 
 
 THE HULK OF THE REFORM PARTY. 
 The Reform party entered oflice at an in- 
 opjiortune time for themselves, but at a for 
 tuiiate lime for the country. The depres- 
 sion in trade had just set in wilh our Ameri- 
 c.iii neighbors, and the linaiicial engage- 
 ments yf the Tory Goverun nt were just 
 beginning to bear fruit. Had the downfall 
 of yir John A.Macdonald been deferred Iwo 
 or three years the results of their policy 
 would have fully matured, the resources of 
 the country would have been enormously 
 taxed to meet the oliligations to which the 
 'I'ory Government had commitled it, and 
 llie responsibility for the increase in yearly 
 expendilure would unhesilaliagly be tixeil 
 where il properly belongs. 
 
 THE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE AGAIN. 
 
 ]\Ir. Aliickenzle and hi.s colleagues were 
 sworn into oflico on 7lh November, lb73. 
 The moneys voted by I'arliamenl forde.'ray- 
 iu^j the expenses of the public service for 
 
 .■fSU.ouo. ()tlu;r works under contract be- 
 fore tiiat date, and for whicit votes liad been 
 taken by the Macdonald Government in 
 1«73, have cost \\\i to 30lh June, 1S77, the 
 sum of $2(, 31)1, 920, or withia half a million 
 of the entire increase of the national deijt 
 under Ah. Alacken/.ie's Administration. 
 
 The increase of yearly expendilure im 
 posed by this addition to tU^ national debt 
 is: for interest on borrowed nipnty, fl.OT*,- 
 791, and for additional payment to public 
 di'bt sinking fund, ^'.814, IM. To these sums 
 adil 1155,0:36 for extincliim of Indian titlt:s 
 in the North-west; $10(1,500 for e.\i)ense8 of 
 the biipreme Court and t'ourt of Appeal; 
 !|;lll,085 f(M' inspection of '■ Weights and 
 Pleasures; |3iy,041 for inqrease in jjostal 
 service; and about $300,000 for the salaries 
 of new othcers appointed inj^hm dying days 
 of Sir John's administrutioni,. >Hiid the in- 
 crease of the salaiies of old.ffcjeuiU and we 
 Lave a total of nearly $:;^ .SOU.UUO uuuvuid' 
 ably added to the expenditure. 
 
 But by a system of wis^ economy the 
 Government have met all engagements hon- 
 orably, and at the end of three years the to- 
 tal increase has been only $202,975. 
 
 Under the head of Ordinary Expendilure, 
 which is the most easily controllable, they 
 have cut down expenses by $1,488,998. Sir 
 John increased expenses under this head at 
 an average of $782,290 a year: Mr. Rlackeu- 
 zio has decreased them at.aa average of 
 $490,332 a year. 
 
 The rate of interest paid on the public 
 debt when the Reformers took olhce was 
 $5.37 on the $100: it is now, only $4.04, and 
 the total saving of interest thus ellected on 
 our public debt is $051,700 a year. 
 LEGISLATIVE REFORMS 
 
 Mr. Alackenzie's Governmeut have given 
 us a general elections law, a law for the 
 trial of controverted elections by the Courts, 
 vole by ballot, a Supreme Court, laws which 
 give the working man the same rights as his 
 employer, which repress betting and pool- 
 selling, which m:die it criminal to carry re- 
 volvers and other lethal wet^pons, besides 
 legislation on a variety of other subjects 
 closely all'ecting the physical and moral 
 well-being of the community — not forget- 
 ting the Scott Temperance Act, which puis 
 prohibition of the liquor truUiCjin the hands 
 of tlie people. „^,^,,,„ 
 
 SPECIMEN ECON(^{^. 
 
 In 1873 4 the Tory (lovernnieitt paid for 
 the management of public wqrks $2,249,213: 
 In 1870-7, wilh 572 miles more of railway to 
 operate, the Reform Government paid only 
 $2,353,081. ,M 
 
 In 1873-4 it cost $3,200 ppr mile to run the 
 public railways in tiie Lower Provinces; iu 
 1876-7 il cost only $2,075 per mile. 
 
 will do in 
 h^ uiriiinjj 
 leagues an 
 and Ids fri 
 form a l>el 
 of .seven yi 
 TH 
 
 The Tur 
 ground ihii 
 nali(jiial pi 
 anyihing, 
 woulil ado 
 Ihey WH)uli 
 that by lej^ 
 be is(daled 
 
 We bav 
 severe c';n; 
 was scarce 
 erninent fi 
 under tiie i 
 burduiis ol 
 to buy in I 
 the dearest 
 seen to-da} 
 ness, the e 
 worKingiui 
 trade and 
 dent condi 
 
 Burden I 
 cap them i 
 increase th 
 the best ill 
 present coi 
 bors, whos 
 late. 
 
 The fan) 
 men and tl 
 lievewill d 
 right iu th( 
 A less IS. A I 
 re elected 1 
 
 To work 
 that end ii 
 Ret\)rmer. 
 
 As il is 1 
 voters to I 
 Alaeilougul 
 all requirei 
 Comiuillee 
 
 When Si 
 departmen 
 per 1,000 f 
 John's liiiK 
 lion; it no\ 
 forms of pi 
 ent parlies 
 $10; the sii 
 AVhal won( 
 and Arkell 
 Sir John t( 
 
 I 
 
Jer coiitiact he- 
 . votes liail bt'L'ii 
 Jovuniuient in 
 nil}, 1877, Ihu 
 Q half a iiiilliun 
 iialioi'.al (IcIjL 
 iiiittUatiuii. 
 
 ICpululllUI'U ill! 
 
 iQ nalional debi 
 mpiifay, !J!l,07:i,- 
 .^ui lu pulilii: 
 
 To llicsu Huins 
 >f luitiaii titlt:M 
 for fxpc'iist's of 
 rt of Appeal; 
 '.' ■ Weiylil.s and 
 ir^uHe in poutal 
 
 fov llie salaries 
 lUm dying days 
 ^. I uiiil llie ill- 
 {uemU and we 
 
 [),m uuuvuid- 
 
 ti. 
 
 egonoiuy ihu 
 gagemenls hon- 
 Bo years Ibc to- 
 02,y75. 
 
 y Expenditure, 
 trollable, Ihey 
 ^1,488.998. Sir 
 dcr this head at 
 r: Mr. Rlackeu- 
 la average of 
 
 d on tlic public 
 ok ollioe was 
 only )j;4.t»4, and 
 bus ellected ou 
 year. 
 
 ORMS 
 
 •jut have given 
 , law for the 
 i by the Courts, 
 urt, liiws which 
 me rights as his 
 ing and pool- 
 nal to carry re- 
 lupous, besides 
 : other subjects 
 ;al and moral 
 ty— nut forget- 
 ct, which puts 
 tlCjiu the hands 
 
 ,110111 
 
 [iieiit paid for 
 ir.k9)Ji-2,-J49,213: 
 e of railway to 
 nent paid only 
 
 inlle to run the 
 Provinces; lu 
 mile. 
 
 will do in tlic luluie. What can be gamed 
 by turning out Mr. .Mackenzie and his col- 
 leagues and putting Sir John A, iMacdonald 
 and Ills friends in their i)l icesV Will they 
 form a better UovernnienlV Their record 
 of seven years say.s Nt). 
 
 THE DUTY OF TilE HOUil, 
 
 Tlic Tuiy parly ask for support on the 
 ground that they would give tlio country a 
 luilional poiu;y. Tiiis nu'an-> — if it means 
 anything, which is very duubilol— that Ibiiy 
 would adopt a policy of more taxation; that 
 they wt)uld itestroy foreign eonun»;rce; and 
 that by legislative restrictions Canada would 
 be isolated from all the rest of ibu world. 
 
 We have i)assed through a jieiiod of 
 severe c'-inmerciul depression, when money 
 was scarce and credit unpaired. The (iov- 
 ernuient fell that the true policy to pursue 
 under tiie circumslHtiees was to lighte'i the 
 burdens of the people, and leuvu them free 
 to buy In the cbeapuat marketa and sell in 
 the dearest. The wisdou» of this policy la 
 seen today in the gradual revival of busi- 
 ness, the employment and wages given to 
 wori^.ingmen and urlisans, the activity of 
 trade and manufactures, and the iudepen 
 dent condiliou of the faruuLg community. 
 
 Burden the people with taxation, handi 
 cap them in the race of life, and you utonce 
 increase the dirticulty of our circumstances — 
 the best illustration of which we find ui the 
 present condition of our American neigh- 
 bors, whose example we arc invited to imi- 
 tate. 
 
 The farmers, the mechanics, the working- 
 men and the trades people of Elgin we be- 
 lieve will dowhtAthey honestly believe to be 
 right iu the best interests of the country, and 
 illfessrs. I\lacdougall and Casey will be 
 re elected by large majorities. 
 
 To work courageously and hopefully to 
 that eiul is Ihe duly of the hour for every 
 Ueformer. 
 
 As ii is illegal to hire teams for conveying 
 voters to the polls, the friends of Messrs. 
 Macdougall and Casey arc expected to place 
 all required vehicles at the disposal of their 
 Commitlees for Tuesday. 
 
 When Sir John was lu oUlce the public 
 deparlments were paying for white oak ^(jU 
 per 1,01)0 feel; it uow costs 4>'9. In Sir 
 John's lime they paid |4.ill for ordinary bar 
 iron; it uow costs |1.80. For some blank 
 forms of printed matter ihey paid to differ- 
 ent parlies in Sir John's time $5, ^7, $8 and 
 $10; the same forms are now got for i^i.lS. 
 What wonder, then, that men like Wallace 
 and Arkell are anxious about the rytuni of 
 Sir John to ollicc! ' 
 
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