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Anotlier thing which overcomes my hesitation is this: My friend Mr. Ross, in the course of his able speech, touched the weakness of our parliamentary life, of our political .fe, - of our political character —want of faith in Canada. (Hear, hear.) That is a subject of which I have so often thought, by which I have been so much pained, that, lale as the .hour is, I will venture to occupy your attention for a few moments. Another thing: as I sat here and listened to the graphic account given by my friend, the guest of the evening, of that exodus of more than eleven years ago, from Winnipeg to where we are now, my mind was stirred with thoughts which it may not be un useful to express. As I listened I thought that hardly any occasion could be more gratifying to me or to any westera man with soul and imagination than the present. None coiild be more inspiring, (hear, hear from Mr. Whyte,) none more congenial to a Conservative, especially a Conservative member of Parliament who had fought under the banner of Sir John Macdonald, to pull down a Government which was honey-combed, rotten with that distrust of the great West of which my friend Mr. Ross spoke; and I may add if you will 11)9440 permit me, none more m accordance «itli the ideaa of one who has nnver failed to advocate th<' ndvdii'ai/e, the justice, nay the iiece88ity,if tlie country is t'l progress, of haviuu; ill the Gnvcrmiient y^ung and vigorous blo'id. (Cliecs ) For what, are we ii9»isiiii>{ at 'I VV'liatdo w.- see? A youn^ O.iiKiian atati'Hman whu eleven years a^o came to tliis c(juii:ry, h pioneer —like you, like myself a y^^ar lar«r — jusi. HS the Hrst breath of the civilized woild bri ki- on tlm uniained wil i«rues9, b.tn- queied ill this line Opeirt hlouse, in ihis risiiifi young city, wheiein wherever you turn yiu hear the hum of advancitiir iife and See evidence of 'improvenu nis yoiii^ forwaid, and on w hat (ii;cai h few ycais ago the buifilu was grazing, (cheers) and tliis in a hall SMcred to tin se avts which mark the maich of culiuie, arts which rjetine, eiev tte and stamp 'lie civilized man. (cheers.) No scene couid be more congenial to i;,e as a Conserva- tive p'lliticiau who hid taken the shilliiig under Sir John Macdonahi, 'hat, j^reat man who believed in the NiTth-West and uoognized it as the hope of Candida; who fouglit by his side and under his bmner and never sheathed sword uiiui the great victory of 1878; for if that Government which we pulhd down had continued in power instead of having on this spot as you sometimes have operatic music, t!in only music that would havo bi^en jiossible would be the weary canticle of the bull- frog or the idyllic lowings" of the buffal" for his mate, (lauifhter and cheers ) N"r wi^uld there bo a great agricultural com muuity to give my honorable fiiend the right to sit in an assembly already secoi.d only to that aUi^utt maternal Pailiament, which rises over the muddy Thames in venerable but untarnished splend'ur and progressive historic renown, (cheers.) I am not therefore surprised to see at this vast dinner men from every part of Mani toba and the centre of the North- West. Brandon may well rejoice, the Hrst city in Manitoba to give the country a Cabinet Minister, and indeed at this moment she itiay be imagined aa a kind if festive capital, at her board the various western points and centres and interests, glad to see a genuine aettier who had fairly and bravely tluown in his lot with the coun- try made Mieister. They come as it were to rejoice with you from many a haunt of enterprise, small in some cases, but big >vith hope, scattered between the Siskai- chewaii and the Sour is; between thj Red lliver and the Bow; fr.mi the low lying Hats of that rubric stream to tlioso rocky hills whicfi spurniea the plain hide their sublime lieads in 'he clou Is. (Ciieers.) Sir, as a member of Parliament, wli'i has sat in Parliaim nt with him since 1887. 1 hail my fnend ' Ton. Daly ' as Minister of the Inter (jr. (cheers.) As a North- West member I hail him in that p isiticii, believing that heiiceforih no str^ ngthlesa hand will be laid to the adniiiiistraiiou of the affairs of tliis great western land and that fruitful methods will tear away whatever lets and hiiidera western pro- gress; that esfiecially we shall see an immigration poicy which will solve the pr ble 11 (if bringing the millions from far congested latuls — from Icland to the Danube; from the Scotch Isles, from Sc'tlanJ, front Irel*ind, from England, fiom Germany, from Senndinavia, m fine from wherever suitable immigiants are to be had, t ■ where above all other countries they have the best chance of making for themselves hap|)y and prosjierous homes, (cheers.) We will look to him for a large ex[iaii8ive policy. We shall not expect, great results in a year or two years, but in due time we will hold him to his bond and expect the success which is certain to follow wise schemes vigor- ously carried out. (Hear, hear.) As citizens of Retina, my friends who are here with me— Mr. D L. Scott, one of theleaditi^ lawyers of the Territories; Mr. J. A. MacCaul. the President of our ConaervaMve Association; Mr. Dixie Watson, the embodiment of all that is most charming in social manhood — we come from the Capital of the North-West Territories to honor our new minister; to express our conlidence in him; and, if the conceit may be pardoned, you can fancy -V' ^1 m'^ V? / N i"! R'-wina standiiig up on her fertilo plain, to t'luch yUasHS with this yoiinii city, born umler some well-omened star, this crown of |)ride of the iiiiineasurahle wheat HeMH, niixt'd farms, ranches, mill which, with slivv but picturesque and fertilizing power the Assiniboinetiuws, " Where by muto margins voiceless waters creep." ajiving you here in one r.f its fairest curves, for salubrity and beauty and all that can m-iko up the tnpoi/raphy of civic and domestic attractiveness, a sue which may with cnntident justifiable pride challenge succt'ssful or at least over-t'-pp- inj; rivalry. (L lud chetrs.) I have heaid smie ohj ctiims to my hon(»raVile friend and the charyo in one cise in undouhtidiy true. I know him well and I am ab^ut to give him away. He has been ciiarged with being a stitt" ConSHrvativo pHnizm. This is true. How could yu expect, other thin that a Conservative politician cfmiing fnnii " the SVheat City " should prove Vo. 1 hard? (Great lauuhter and chejre/ Then his youth has b^en brought aiiainst him. 13ut if I had to find fault with him on the score of aye it Wdula be on thf ground that he is too old. (I.iujh'nr.) This is no joke I mean to say that here in Cmada we havegK sily, ^riiivously errnd by the exclusion of the energy, the h..pe, th" dash, the conti'lence, the inspiiaiion of youth and youthful minds from ou>' counsels of GrMvernment. Talk of youth ! Why bffore the age of the Minister of the InteriornuMi have conquered nations; have wisely ruled great empirts; have 8uccii;ded in eveiy walk if hie. He is past an aae at which in all turn a and all coimtries men have been held eligible f'>r the highi st and ni' st sacred trusts. W, take ur Parliamentary institutions fr"m Engliii d and what dt> they do there 'i Mr. Gladstone was a Lird of the Tieasuiy at. 26. He has proved himself a very great man; but he was then unproved. At 34 he was president aoity ami greatnt'Ss at that aye. C inning having »p< nt his youth i-i liberal studies and written his jmx m " The Slavery of (Jrc ce '' — toiik olHoa at 20 —and a*^ .'37 WHS Minister of Foieign Affairs Loid Slit'l bourne was at the head of the 1> lard of Trade at 20. Sir Robert W, Ipole entered 'ifhi'n ai 2!) hikI be<'aniH Secretaiy ;it wi;at 32. Si ' ey Htiturt wis oiily 25 when he entered Sir Ribeit Pt-ela Hr.it administration; a' 31 he w;is U'Cret- aiy if Adini.-atiy, at 35 Secretary nt War. Fox WHS only 33 when h'' became Secet- HTY of Sate. Sir Ge-rije Tievely^m win n iMily 3') years ■ f Hm- heCMum a L' rd nf the .Vdmi-a.ly. Thus • ut of eiyht cases that "Ci.'ur tu me f^ur held ofhce at 2-") or uiidej', and all htld the highest < rtices before forty; in fact seven before 3^, and 8 'iiifthitm like half held the liighest ortices at about 25. Such a thina would l'>e sc u'ed in our democratic C' in t'y to our.->hame. My h morable friend Mr. Daly spf)ke of that flag which has braved the battle and the tin-' z- for a thousand y' ars Yis sir, that flighas been cairi- eci ii^ ttiuinph ii'to every sea. There is ha'dly a couti'ty on the globe where under its fluiteiintr inspiration heroes have in>t f uuht and fallen and seen the fl>ir!g foe and raised the British trophy in the mi'l.>,t of the pr strate brave whose ns^hi. hand was stili f^i every nu re. But what carried that flag in t.iuinph round the tjlobe ] VVasitthe aged hand and rho iig.'d head ? Nay, it was because the yoiii'g daring heart of England had free play, (otieers ) I don't want to get rid of a"e I want to see the wis lorn of age and the vigour of youth though in truth the younir are ofter> wiser than the old, their thinkiiig being undashed by tile doubr and overcaution of advancing ye.irs. I want to see the counsel of veneraV)!e nn n married to the hopeful vigour of the young, (cheers) Therefore 1 honor Sir John -Abbott or Sir John I # Thompson or both or the whole Govern- ment for breaking away from the tradi- tion of (giving portfolios to men \)ng passed their prmie, so that we have had candidates for Cabinets who mi^ht as appropriately have been candidates for outiins. (lau^h'er. ) I mean to say there has been too much timidity in all govern- ments, though the peasim'sm of the Liberal party, rises so vast tl.ac it mi>;ht cast gloom and chill over even heroic spirits The Gut party never believed in the North-West. But why 8hi>ulu their unbelief be allowed to discount the faith of that great Cunservaiive party nhich ifi instinct with national aims '^ Every word Mr. Ross has said t>> you of the ignorance of this country, want of faith in this country especially among the Opposition is true; and uur friends are too much afraid <u the beacon fires of progress which illuminate the future and ligtit up this western aky and go right on. (Cheers ) But Ifu'get 1 am speaking for the Parliament of Canada. I am an advocate. You know I was trained as a lawyer. But I seem to have forgotten the tradi- tions of any profession. Well I have late ly not been much with lawyers. As 1 grow older I grow better and I choose my company, (laughter.) Well then speak ing for the Parliament of Canada I thank you on its behalf — and I can assure you it would be hard for you to do anything more pleasing to that Parliament than to banquet one of its most popular members. That Parliament has th<4 grandest opportunities of almost any Parliament of which history olfera a record. I »m not sure that we always rise to the height of the great argument of C.M'ada's possibilities. There is some- timea a want of breadth one would fain not see. Many of us seem to have no higher idea of our great opportunities and responsibilities than to pass from year to year like shadows into those legislative halls, ond sit there like phantoms of m^n, and like phantoms pass traceless away. To a few are given ooporiuniiies of being something more than shadows and my honorablu friend — about whom indeed as I look at him at this moment there is nothing shadrwy or phantasmal — (laugh- ter)— has now entered the ranks of thene and I hope and beliete he will yet belong to that still smaller and selectur band, who rising above the smug enjoyment of what is called a title and a stipend too iarga by hundreds per cent, if they are unworthy; too Hinall by equal ratios if tliuy are worttiy and fir, leave behind them dueds which will constrain the histuriifn in distant years to pause, rub the dust of time from their forgotten graves, and say, here was a man, « ho in his day did that for Canada which untitle* him to honorable mention on that scroll on wliich notions inscribe the names of their benefactors. (Cheerd.) Still no doubt much good work is done by all though the pulsint; song of the lark of broader mornings may strike the tympanums of but a few. ( *ui pfople themselves are somewhat wanting. Canadians themselves are not conscious of Canada's greatness and Canada's future; but how can we — we who know the west, who stand here, who know what has been done in the last ten years, and who know also what might have been done, fail to realize that the portals of time have been thrown open to aamit a new memljer into the family of nations'? And depend on this in this great western land — in this great British colony we are destined to evolve a better type of man a belter kind of nation and that even a deeper a: