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Tae pioolo «t Danaldaon't Kroanda on tbe piotnretqae •here* of Bfidford BmId on Wednetdciy wm k Rrtnd tnoaeu — oolwlth at«ad nff tbit) i>he bsmou la late forpicaloin^ All the lead triT libetai-ooaaerrKtivea of the 01*7 and ocuniy and a Rreat many likd ea weie prealdon. M. P., John Mo* DjuK»ld, MP.. Barolar Waba'Ar, M.P.P., T. B. Riilth. M.P.P.. WlUlBBi Otiey. M.P. P.. WillUm Oaroeroo M.P P. O. H. C)»h»n, M.P.P. AlfX. G'snt. M.P.P. Dr. McKay, fx M.P P . Oolin OnUholiu. ex M. P,P . Dav d fi. H-ain, ex M.P P , Dr. Ma- Itennan. dley TownrHend, Benjamin S arrut, J. F. McLtao, Alfred Patnkm, M. P., Adami Mo- DonKall, V7. D. Sottierland, Maruf Wolfe, of Linen burr, J. B. Rn< dolpb. F. G P«rlr'. Jobe ft. bwlra, J. A. Chlpooan, John Whl"-. F. J. Tr-«nalne, Wiley Smith. P»»r ok O'Mol'tn, J. Z Pay- B«nt J. 0. Mai'O , Aid. hfow. Ad Boater, Aid. Moaber, Ain. Dennis, Ad. S>nford, Aid. Uratletn Aii*. Aaama, Aid. Power. Aid. Hamilton, .Tonaihan Paraona, MoO, Grant. John Paab, ex M. P. P. B. Sweneitup. W. A. Back, W. D* OaoioroD, Ji*hn DoaJ, J. W' Allison, Dr. W M. OaniRron, flaoator McKay, J men P. Morrow, .T P. Onx, H. M. RrooVtt^ld, W. N Silver. K. G, K-n- »T, J 0. P. F' i!>e, John Baih^rinn**, S, D. T.icke^ Si-iiibi-n Tobin. Ex -I 5i Canada along Uie road to proeperity will help her Htill, and that policy has been that al- though we were wiliiDg to have fair trade with the people of the United States, we were not willing that they ahould wave th i Amerinan flfig, put on ns American taxea and ke Amoricana and CanadUns at the same time. (Cheers.) We were determined to foster the indoBtries of otur own people in order that our workiugmon might get work at home. You have read threadbare criticisms on that policy, but everybody knows that that policy has prospered and has found work for thousands of workmen in every province of Canada. (Applause.) But the policy which the Mucdonfild government inaugurated was also a policy of extension of the public works throughout the country from this end of the country away to the Pacific coast. A friend of miue made hnmoroualy tho statement recently that atlaf«o«loa aa in tbta provlDaa if Nova Soocla. (Applame.) Lst me a k you what it if that uur oppDOeaia have to aay to tbi«, and why tb<>y ate nnwillinar to ackoowledKe the policy cf Sir .luon A. Maodon»ld aa the true policy tur the country. Oar oppioenta throw In your facet ihitt old weather-beaten ■•>ory ab)ut the vaot maiketN cf tbe Untied Statea, and that tireaome, threadbare poraae about vbn n ttoral marketa ror )be cean- try bfllOK in the Uulted State*. What la tha uae r>f taikloiT abi u natnral maikeia being lo •h«i United Stttna if thiy ure ao oiotied to ua ky protpotlve duties M.at we caono'< tell our o:odnct« there. (Hsar, Qem.) What la the uae of diaonaatoK a* to wbbiber our natural laarket is bf re or there ? Tni ONLT W ABKRT WK WAST It ^ha market where we oao anil aometbing and we do not oars wbotbor that ia a natural market or oot. (Appianae.) Our oipjneats have frtqaently tanniid me for aaylDK ff*» mro that the n«tural market for oar eoal waa in the Uait«dS<*tea. Sj l« waa. Bui on tha atatuie book a ttatniory Invitation with respect to reoiproolty In natural pro- duots. You may obalenars your opponeoti aiao with this aaaertlon that when tbe Americana profesaed aa reffardi one or two ar'.oles to be willing to aooept tbat statutory cffw tbay never manifested a genuine wdlinffnAts to accept It ent.rely and In go'^ck them tff and what did they do \p the Uilied State ? In the only ttates acoeattble tu onr nnrwrymen, by aoas nf the atate Irgialatnae they made lia mud mtaoorfora U>«a«dian to aeh a shrub la tutMe tiaita belnff dis- oataed In l3Sg Bir Qbarins Tapper mads a broad t if ^r to the Ualted Status aakloat tbem to settle thIa qaeatioo upon the baaia of reoiprooity between tbe two countrlnr. We are taunted hv the opposittoo prsN wh > olatm that th^t cfle' waa one of unceatrlored reotorooty. I almlt ti*t 1* WiS «o wide tbat any reoiprooity eonld be diton*»ed ucder It. e thnr reclprooliy in namral prodnooa or uareairtctpd reolpn city or even commercial naton. Nom have recently obaerveo a reaoluiion iniradooed into the senate rf the UnlieJ Statea ftvormg ni^Rotlationa fjr rf o prooal tradr, and alao theanawer uf out tiuvernneot which 04me frooi tne 6rat minUter of tbe crown, a^d ah oh was that whenever the United S latea pasaed any reaolnilon of that kind, PTopoilrn: np-ffot atlona for reo proo«I tr«de relatiooa wo were reaoy to meer »bem. Ua- fortnuate y fir the a/gumentof tboteebarR- loK ui with oeloif unf«vopable to reoip'ocUy, the teaolnblon ln«rudaoed into tbe United Htatea sanafe c-old not even te advanced aa far aa a vole In the senate, ao u iter'v hostile waa tbat bo-ly to It. (AppUune.) Under tbete oirc mitancei I atk you aa aen«ibie Mova Soutiani, what kind of honor or honesty la pxhibiwd by those who ate o^^rg* Ina u I as opponents of reoiprooity. Tney a»k you what we bave done to brirg i« abun'-. Let me aik yon In reply wb«t have ibey done to prevpoi Ir. I state here that our oppouenti bave doue mote to prevent it '^an the whole proteotio«ia Oaha and ii fioding day tbe Increare with tha P which are B ate*, will make and tvUi Oaoada mm keta of the IBR ovfr tbf that ourooB cf the Un mo»» 'tvonr in 1865. I( bad oeen _ have had th Indepfndeni By the tel the policy o Johu A Mc oomlntr led iba", and mi ludependeui able to aay t few exo«p unfortunate! ly in thfa THB DB8TIN1 TO BK 00^ 01 and I bellevi prro ty, llbe) log to ralae I anxloua a^ w wlib tbe Un to (acnfioM t to obtain tha mined, rven on waving it derermioeid i n tcadiaua ai Y >u may re/ try paoea it« can make a f reata and In i thecon^prvat enter into ne to a conaiti leadinic nrg* what doy.>u baa bern in 1 yeara has rrc so far aa recti remnvvd fro I the absolute p«si a reaolui haa put an ei or tvho la not aide ot the Hi other p*tty wiilicg to menta wh to make. prers., hot up t^>• cry tbi A. Macdona Rr-mpmt>er, g merit> in hue rpoiprocity In liberal c )aa willing to arret Ksment >nd tbat ibo not wllllig done ten i oauae than a meot o.7ald i reciprocity b« made tbe U have only to I wnile looser permission ti olt z ins and atrl|i!?a aa Btaine. Tha eauatty. (Oi /A ■ / J NIC AT HALIFAX. y, OCTOBER Ijit, 1890. ty loTitoHoD nataral pro- ar opponroli »« when tbe di one or two lb»l itotatory » Reoaloo y ADd Id good J 1 they pro- Qu the da^ wunld do the took tbe doty Bikleii merket re Mk Toa lo la." Wei, we they do Iv tbe i»ea eooetfttble nf the ■tale m )«nor lor » tbMe •«•««•. itiktatory c il«c •idMfd ftum tM. Lvt me r paiMB cf tbU ar opponeoti io oar Mga« letemenl ihM « boiDff dii- 'apper meda « I MikloK ttiem x)D tbe belli •o ooaDirlnr. too preti «h ) ODtettriored Wis DO Wldd louteed ncder 1 prodnofa or I ooaanr<"rolBl tt the ( Sit of ODtetor cwd elm li iTM. ry, who »ld ■o no neffotUa r, Ym beve ioKfodaoed tetei f*vof iDg tr»dp, end laeat urbiob i&e nrowD, the rjolted of tb»t kiod. prootl >r'«de vhem. Uii' tboM obarcr- reolp'oollf, tbe Uoittd edraoosd •* ter*? hostile ue.) Uoder •H lentioie 3f honor or 10 ere o^^tg- oUy. Tney to brtcg i« ly w hi4t h*Te i« here thel to prevent it body In the They be*e their n«w4< mi tbttt ibli )t Ita pro« mottffaaed. priot'odly 30. •(••^ thet (he UolMd eoaexetion. i iritb yoar tM HI D0I8 cell? (kp' be people of ttooi mo\«. I am glad lo be able to «ay that the pre*a of the country with few Ho«pl n toadiaua and Americana both. ( Appian»p.) Y >u may reiy apjn it that wiieoevec a cjon* try paoai it«elf in lach a poilllon thai we oaa mikn a fair treaty with it in yonr inis reata and in thein ereita ( f the whole ocuntey theooo'prvative patty wiil beqalte wl ling to enter into n>;gotiBtiona lo hricg iba? treaty to a coninmmailoD. If yoa ooninti the leading organ* of pu^lc optuion in Oulario what aoy^tu fiacT Tue Toronto M»il wh ch baa bepn la hoatility to u« f jr the laat ionr yeara has rpceady declared that the game, ao far ai teclprcoity la oancfltncd, la eo'ilreiy remnvcd from pract'cal P'^lUiod, and that tbe ab^olntp refaiai of the United Siatai to pfB« a reaoiutioD in favonr of ntgitlationi ban pot an end to any dl*cniainn aa to who ia or who 1* not in favour of rec p:ooity oo thia •ide ot the line — and that it !• no^ for ttte other pAity to f^e bargain to aay that it ia wiilicg lo make the trade arrange- menta which C«n .da ii w ll>cg to make. Another Motion of the 'preie., however, la eager to kwp Qp t^xoty that the govarnmeni of Sir Joho A. Macdonaid ia oppoaed *o reoiprooiy. Bt^mrmber, irent emeo, that th^t cry baa no mer!t> iniiael', and that the »flv-,ria to obtain reciprocity in ibe pan have come from the libaral c iniervaMve pnrtT. that we ate willing to make a f»alte, >nd tnatiboiewho tell yon thai «e are not willltg to have reolproeity they have done ten time* more irjary to the caute than nay form ot ■gltlt^')nnr argu- meoi o.inld aeoomplib; pal (ff the daycf reciprocity h>»ween tbe two eoontriaa, and made tbe United Saatee believe that they have only to keep aa out In the cold a little woile looKer in order to make aa bes for permiaaion to beome bumble American citzina and waive tlie fttra and atrl{i!!i aa fo loarera of Jamsa Q. Blaine. That day hae not eome *n tbin oanauy. (Oriea of no, no— cheeia). Aad oar ooponentM and th«y have been ab e to take bat ona from na— and that one, aa yon know, they nnly aeoutad by a very narrow majority. The conatitaeaey of Haldlmand, which waa formerly regardad aa a itrong- hold of the Uberale, baa been w'>n by at from the eacmy. Tbe province of Q lebec looked briffhtloc tha Hb*rala acootdlnH to their con> tentlon. but now UONTMOBXMCT HAA 8H0WH HOW THB WIKB 18 RLOWINO, and our friends, the liberals, are now lying low. Bat they will have to come before the people to propound a policy. One reason for the great strength of the ooiuier- vative party in thia cojntiy is not merely the fact of the preservation of the national policy but the guarding well tbe Affairs of the people and the interests of labor and the encouragement of the home market. I wish to give thanks to our genial friend, the Hon. Mr. Jones, for having opened the eyes of liberals and conservatives as to what ti-eat- nient we might expect from the liberal rule — national policy or no national policy. I'rom 1876 to 1877 the house of commons rang with charges from that gcutleman stronger than he can utter now sgainst the present occnpauts of the treasury benches, l^rom 1876 to 1877 He told you enourfx to put yon on your guard agin#t the machina- tions of the liberal party until they mended their ways. He told you that they had been guilty of a breach of faith towards Nova Scotia. He charged the Mackeniie administration with having swept away a valuable statistical Hystem that this pro- vince enjoyed until the liberals came into power. He charged them with a breach of faith in connection with the Canada Pacific railway. He impeached his own party and the government for the terms of the Union and for undertaking to build and complete the Canada Pacific railway. He also charged them with having DRIVEN FBOM THE MARITIHE PR0T1NCE8 a trade worth three or four millions of dollars a year, which, according to his etatemcnt, was driven to Nevr York and Boston — m,\k- ing these two cities, as ho said, the capitals of out West India trade. I say that the people of this province have not forgotten these charges. Following hot upon them, Hon . Mr. Jones was elevated to the position of minister ot militia, and took his seat alongside of Mr. Mackenzie on the treejury benches. The charges were not afterwards re- S Bated, but that appointment did not con- one the treatment which the liberal party had been guilty of. I allude to these inci- dents in order to show the electors that ttiey must keep their weather eye open in observ- ing the methods of the liberal party. Be- yond the tortuous conduct of our opponents, the real reason for the success of the conser- vative party is to be found in the fidelity with which that party has maintained the national policy. [Applnuae.] We are ready to ao a fair trade with any nation in the world, but at the same time we recollect what Mr. Mackenxie's'government forgot — to their cost, — the necessity of always nfe- guardiug the home market. (Applan»e.) W» remember well the time whito l>oth poll- leader. He has bronght as to this point of independanoe . iplendldly and when we eon • aider bii efforts it woaldbe a pooreompliment to these efforts to say when ho li gone from as— a day wliioh will be longed delayed, I hope— that we are not able to carry on th« good work and profit by the leMoni he has tangtat ns. Now, sir, let me deal with another queitiun. I am not so foolish as to deny that the ntteranoei of the leaders of tbe opposition carry great weight in this county and that their atatementi are care- fully oonaidered. 1 am willing to admit that that party has oonsidorable strength and that since 1807 it contains a nomber of men who honestly differ from eur i arty in regard to the manner in which the destiny of this oonntry should be worked out, but I cannot help saying that the leaders of that party have been so desperately driven that THKT HAVB FOBOOTTR.V HKtB MAMHOOD AVD rOBOOTTKN THIIB SBN8K Or HONOB, and the Interests of the cooatvy, and have endeavored to fill yonr minds with despair by language which ha* eneonraged all tb« evil disposed minas In the neigbbortog ocaatiy to approve of the policy of olapptag 00 the preaanre in ordc; to bring ns to • point when th^y can dictate to as. Lst ma call yonr attention to eome of the ntteranoea tt the leaders of the liberal party. Mr. Lanrler is ao estimable man In hli way, bnl be IS a man who has not yet aa a loader woo hia politic .1 einra. Take that geailemafi'^ atatemeot io 1888 at 0*kv I e, when he said, itaodiDg lo hia oooitliatiooal poiltloa •• leader uf tbe oppotltion, — that since 1867 down to that date the people of Oaoada bnu not advanwd one tingle iota'— not one »ioglfl 1 I). Tbn«e were hta rxaot words. I((iDdI wish lo Gjd be had only meaot inch au ap- plotolcn) he had applied tbat atatrmsntto the career of fie liberal parly, It woo d be mors rppropriate and oorreo\ (Applaose aodlaoghter.) Bot lo maklnir tbat siale- ment he was referring lo the great Interests of the oouotrr. I lay that the statement waa without touoJaiton In fact, and aiooe I kaow him to be ao ab e mao I cannot bat believe that be knew tbat kbat •«a>eineot was with* oni foandatlon. Sir R obard Giriwrgbi, another leader of tbe uppo«l>loo, had the h^idvbood to aay In parliament, and his r«« markt cm lieionod io Uanscrd, — ihal, for 35 yeata In tbn blitory of tbl« country there bad been no depresaion equal to tbe deprea- •ton uf 1883 ii there « mao, womao or child >o Nova d«oti% that believes one word of Buoh a stalenxsn ? (Urtes of 'No,' 'No,' and a volo»— 'We beluve It to be a tie.' Ltughier.) But these are stalemeota by wbiob tbe leaders of the liberal parky are endeavoring to whip you io* to a position which yon won d not otherwise assume. Sir K*chard Oarlwrlght, aprlvf eonnoillor and a a worn iafcJ«atof Her Kia]eaiy, la endeavoring alio to aie another argument eren mote degrading than tbs one I have referred to. Tb> t other argnment is tbat you have tob* veryoanfa; lo your relations with the U ailed Siatesi yen mnil remember thai Great Bdtalo would not pal forth any great effort to preie've thii eoantry as an tnlegrai part of the Bdltsb Empire and that you have to yield, and had belter yield graoefallv, if yoQ desire to maiotaia an Independent position CO »hls contineBi. Aa time presses I will not give yoo facta and figur** by which I ennid eoniate hia itatemeota. Ereo if yoo iske THB BTATISTIOS AS BXOAHDS FOBCIOM TRADE, whieh I do not regard m t|ie best test, we mm / tbftt whUe New Eafrlnnd woald g»tn th»t maoh tbs price u( Amet(o»n ooal DOW ated in tbM uftikel would drop vt- oopilbly, Bod tbetr iron Irkde iMiab tibea in oompnaitloo wllb fonis would be mlniuifttec; Mnd inteliiKttnt bntioetit mcD will till you ihkl our 00*1 would not bod tti WftT to tbe Amerloen mMket. Tbe ooiki won d do ob<»»p«*r, bni tbe o''<«*. tb»t would torn oon luaaed would be tbe ooi*' narried In Amftl- Okn bottoooa Mod over Uoltpd d »<'*■ tiktl* wayt wllb low fre Rbi r»tj«, M' McK'DsIs. wbuwktiefitm friend of the IJolon •« the outiifii, pceaioifd tbe txorcord a»ry oonJi ion of kSttra tbfct you Me witnnn d« t<)-(>»y . He aMd, whon people were prtpheayicfc •!• >orUof evil »bou« ounfcderAtiton tb»B ibnre were alwRyt tbet ton of people in tbe oonntty, »nr) tbet the wortt of It wm ib«t THrsK pROPHrra or kvil did thkib bust TO BBI^Q THAT KVIL ABOUT, He did not refer to tbe Uber*! party wbiob WM tb<;n broken up, but how vppllwble ere bit wordt to the liberal p»rty to>dey. Yon find tbki party to-day otrryli k uat tbe policy referred to by Mr. Mitclteosie »nd aoloer tbeir bett to briDRr about every evil and ditorder to our trade and oommerce. Booie llberair, bowever, eay tbat an oppoal> tiion tbon'd hitve no polov and tbat tbe liberal party once quently bave no policy to>d»y. OibeiH aay tbat they bave a well defioed policy "■ud oaminf^ up *'0 tbe foootaio bead, Maacra. Liuriur and C«rtwr)o[bt, ad- n)UtbiB— tbat la tbe talk about unreatrloted reoiproo ty ia nietety a cry. It teems to be more like a whine. ( AppUaae and laa^btar. ) Tbey alwaya seem tu have a friend tn tbt- uiber aide of tba line «ho I* juat about to tnakn an c£fer aa free and as liberal aa po*ia tbe hiKO *eaa (langbtei ) — :f it were not for snob annoying: tbinra aa tnete the Amenoan* would Rive us reciproolty. Bat a(^*r tbe firat declaration from 8'z B obard Otrtivrg^t wbat hap- paned ? A reta'tatoiy btit waa introduci^d into the Ametloac oocgrets and we were threatened with all aur's of p»ins and penalties and the moment Mr. eveland was defeated this very same oent eman jamped ^ tbe front and safd "'Jlaine Is tbe uian." (LtuRhter). "Blainn was cur man all the time." (ttenewed i.^uRbtei). Mr. Hitt la a tepublicAU, but his resolution in favor of reolprooity did not carry. Sir John A. MaodoDt. d— Hilt was a mist. L^URbtf-t). don, Mr. Topper— Now, Mr. Hltt and Mr, Butter worth were roIur to CDndHOt tbe repubtloan pariy up to tbe Rtand liberal level, but theli teaolutloo* were not carried in oon^i^reBs. Then Mr. Bill McKney,— a« ho la aometim'iis vnlRariy called, (laughter^ osme to the front and aRain tbera la WBSriKO AMD ONABHING OF TKETH IN THl UBKBAL BANKS. Sir John Tbompsua has referred you to one »tai«meDO of Mr. Blaine and accord I ur to "our friends the enemy,*' Mr. Batne h>a In bla coat pocket or somewhere else another atatement wb oh be doea not wish to be made public until the general p'eotions in Canada eomecff. (LsoRbter ) Wbat i« tbeuteof ■'2kl(tR to Blnlae or Oie"*! nd. Ynu fhouid pay yb**> OBiJttey and t»ki> yonr obanee ct- great measures for promoting and strength- ening Canadian anion and develop'nent, which form so ooDSpleuous a feature of yonr forty-ilz years of suoceiaful statesmanship, the province of Nova Sootia has not been backward in giving yun a loyal support. Hince the anion of tbe provinces, twenty t hree years ago, not only has Nova Sootia given you her most illustrious sods for colleaguea, inolndlng Howe, Tupper, Arohi- biild, MoLelan, and the honored representar- tives from Nova Sootia iu your ministry, Yho are preHcnt here to-day; but at every general election gave one, tbat of '74, it has returned at least a two-thirds majority of it»i representatives to support the party of which you are tbe veteran leader. That record of steadfast fidelity to the enlightened and progressive policy of tbe liberal-oonser.. viitJvo party— which bos been surpassed by few, if nny.- of the other provinces- it is, as you have xecn in the results of the by-ele - tions in this province sinoe 1887— our deter- mination to steadily and fully maintain. During the past four years we have watched with gieat interest the progress of negoti- ations looking to the adjustment of the Atlantic and Behring Sea fishery disputes with tbe United States, and the placing of our trade relations with that country upon a more satisfactory basis. Thongh the six months of free fishing given to the United States upon the abrogation of the Washington treaty, and the sabsoqaent offer and exten- sion of the term of the privileges granted under the modus vivendi had a tendency to place our fishermen in ubeqnal competition with iiur republican neighbours, yet, tbe hardships involved in these concessions, which were charged by our political oppcn- onts tb be aa unjustifiable sacrifice of our interests, were cheerfully borne by our peo- ple in ord'«r that you and your colleagues might be able to show to the world tbat Canada was disposed to place no obstacles whatever in the way of reaching a satisfac- tory settlement. Nor have we failed to notice that during the negotiations which ore now pending in reference to tbe loss and outrage suffered by our people in tbe Behring Sea, the policy of our ministry, while involv- ing no great gaorifice of Canadian interests, has always been oharaoteriied by carefulness and moderation. • he trend of events hoi also shown that our republiuni. neighbcrs are not disposed to re-enter into reciprocal trade relations with Canada, but tbat on the contrary the polioy of the dominant political party is to impose higher d .ties upon many pnKluots of this country which find a more or less profitable market in tbe United States. We recognize that your government are, and have bean, favorably disposed toward securing such increased commercial interchange with the United States as is consistent with the pre- g«rvat,ion of the political, fiscal and indnst* rial independence of Cauada, and that to attain that end you have done all you could do with due respect to the honor and inter- eats of this country. We are persuaded that your firm, yet conoiliatery polioy, will at all times receive tbe hearty approval of tbe vast majority of the Canadian people. Under your wise and vigorous administra- tion of the government of this country, our railway system has been greatly extended and improved, our light and coast service enormously increased, our fisheries fostered and protected, our mining industry ««"■ not drawn witli chalk but with char- ;i-/5''/y f, men full of ▲Bs FROUD or ar, hear, ) and B mj colleagues able colleagues lined the policy position of the lition, not with- ;8 to injure it or slieved from the t length. And, lot enable me to iiin))ly with the elight at your ve to relieve my 1 have a strong 'hristian feeling I must relieve t party all over you looked at you seen how ossibility of an r ago when they were going to tats on some challenged the ey said, "go to sent the people; polls and re- the electors." [vday I (Great "Yon have uo it would be un- liamout; (laugh- would be coui- he constitution, lold, if he took ." (Laughter.) heir minds. I hat we are not lisfied with our weakness of our ing one of them :ing his brother are quite will- ' on until this it their will,tke ts. (Applause isfied also from r address to me, 2 of the elector- , that the record ral-conserrative altered by the iTova Scotia in I am almost libility that the St until 1892 SLISB DEsrAIA :bhip. not be good for isition is a very nt. I try to I had it all my any check, or ler side of the I was oocaasiou* r. (Laughter.) )na 1 have been liod enough to hat time I have totioos — oppoei* my faults, if I ;cauBo I was uot My portrait was ic gnt papers it but with char- i built so maay railways in that provioca that a map of New Bmi swick looks like a gridiron. (Lfta^hter.) And w« are doing the same in Nova Scotia. We are develop- ing every part o{ Canada and we will oon- tioae to develop it. (Applause ) It la very flasy for a dozen gentlemen to bt> sworn in as cabinet mlnlstera, and to draw their salaries, and call a session once a year, and not improve the oonutry at all, and then to txolalm: •'WK ABE VERY ECONOMICAL," while at tba sama time the ooun- try is being pinched and ruined by Buob economy. We, on the cootrary, are not af/aid of che future of the country, and are not afraid of going iuto the matkets of che world and securing money at a mod- erate rate to improvo our country. Wa pay three and one half per cent, interest, while in many cases we get twenty per cent in return in the development of the country (Hear, hear.) We had a mio- istsr In Ontario once, who was almost a namesake of mine,— John Sanfield Mo- r jnald. fle was tirst prime minister oi Uatano after coafederation. Ufl was ex- ceedingly economical in the policy of his government. He hoarded up the annual revenue as if Id were a sin to spend i^, I said to him once: ''If yon do not spend your revenue the opposition will," (threat lau^hrer) My prfdiotion came true. Mr. McKeczie and Mr. l^lake were both in the local legislature then, and they went aronnd the house aud said to <'he members, "there is no use in i^oinfi to Mo- Donald; join us and turn thsae fellows out, and w« will sratter broadcast the money that John Sanileld h'jia been acco- muUting.' And accordingly they turned McDonald out. He was bnaten i>y his own money. (Laughter.) I have since told on more than one occasion, to more than one audience, that I will take good oare that THE OPPOSITION WILL NOT PLAY THAT GAME ON MK. Gentlemen, you who know what our country is and what are the wants of the country, are able to appreciate what we have done. Sir John Thompson has re- ferred in eloquent strains to our magni- tioent railway system. We have improved every province in the Dominion in that respeoc. Look also at our canal system. We have the most wonderful inland navi- gation in the whole world. There la nothing In any nation equal to It. That has been carried on and will be maintained uoder (he extravaf^nt government of Sir John A. Macdonald. (Applause ) We banded over the government to Mr. Mao- keozie in 1873. He aoverned the country tor five years, and during his administra- tion his government passed some laws which were good enougb in their way. They passed a law, for Instance, to prevent bribery at elections, and to punish thiel^es a little more severely than before; and they alto passed laws to protect the work- ingmen. 'i hese were all good laws. Bat I Mk any man, woman or child in this assembly to s'and up and point out one single measure adopted by that govern- ment which advanced the prosperity of this country one slnarie Inch I pause for a reply. These gentlemen drew their salaries and governed the country, but thti oountry practically lost five years' IMiiriMHiiiHi liberal-conservative, and iSir Wm, How- lard, %n old reformer, who, like many other old reform<>rs. gave me his suppor'; thry wont to Wa»hington and failed. In 1871 when the Wasbiogton treaty was nesuii- ated, I was one of the commlssiuners that negotiated that treaty. We urgvd upon the United States government, and upon the president of the United States that we should not confine onrsielves to Sf.ttlln} tho dispute about the Alabama seizarts, and about the fishery qu'tstion, but should make it the ocoaalon of a conaideration of a large treaty of oommerco. Tney told us that they oou'd not do ir. The oonimis- sionera, the chi«f of whom was General Grant's prime minister, Mr. Fish, was one of the government himself. He was sec- retary of statr; bat he and they said to us 'we have no inacructioDs and there Is no use of approaching the government of the United States, because they will not agree to any treaty of reciprocity.' Again 8ir Ghaa Tupper in 1888 had the same (xperi- ence. He went to Washington having lull power and instruotions to deal with the United States, ana aek them to nego- tiate for a reciprocity tnaty. His offai lo them was wide in its terms, so that there was no kind of reoiprocity treaty that might not be included in the discucsion between the commissioners i' they had agreed. Ot course oar commissioners would have seen that the Induatrits of Canada would receive fair play and that our manufactories would not have been crushed before they attained maturity. There are of coarsp, besides the agricul- tural products of the oountry, and the pro- ducte of the sea, many other ar'ioUs of trade that might have been contidered and reciprocity in them agreed upon with- out in any way injuring the iodnatriea which we had fostered wicn so much care. But It was of no use to attempt to enter into any negotiations haviug tbe effect of reciprocal development of trade, as my h.-.D. colleagues have lold you. The fact is that THE UNITED STATES COVET CANADA. They desire to have it. Formerly they expressed rathera contemptuous opinion o this northern oountry— a regiou of snow and ice. But now when they see that by the aid of the C. F R , and the various sttamahip lines, that) we are ompsting in trade with them, and that Canada is stretohing its arms south, west and east, they covet Canada. They are further- more told by enemies in onr own oountry, by Canadians, "Hold oat, do not grant Canada any privilege, keep the screws upon Canada, and the Canadians are so sordid that they will sell their allegiance, their country even if you will but bold out for a few years more." "If tbe tory government will not do it, give us a little help, send us a little of your money, send US Mr. Wiman -a man born in Canada and who has invested all hfs money and a good deal of his credit In the United States, — send Mr. Wiman here, and he will do ua more good than if an American citizen were sent." Mr. Wiman, I may explain is a Canadian by birth and he tells yon that he intends remaining a Canadian, and will not btcome a United Stat'^a citizen, because he would not in that case have so much inflaence In Canada in getting the Cana- dians to sacrifice thoir interests and sell themselves to the United States (Huar, hear). But gentlemen, I have no fear that m»du from Uniud States barley, and the brewers could only attain the porfection of larger beer by getting (ifst-ulaas Canadian barley. Well, their oungress put a duty on that srtiule with the hope of keeping it out of the United States matket, and giviog a chance to their inferior grain. When we h^'ard this the prusent government said,— 'Very well; if we canuot find a market for six- rowed barley in the United States we will find a maraet for tworowed btrley in England. An Englishman is as fond of his beer as a German; and as Kogliah lought up. Tbe farmers have had a good year for the experimeor, and I am hapoy to say that the esperiment has been sucoessful, and that the two-rowed barley has harvested well. We have ihas secured an unlimited market in Eoglaod for all tbe barley wo oan raise by our farmers merely cbaogiog the variaty sown. (Applause). WE DID HOT CRT because the United Slates imposed a duty upon that particular article, but we opened a sucoessful market in Eagland. The truth of the matter is that the United Statos practically say to us: 'If yon waul * reciprocity with us or trade with us there 'is only one of two things you can do,— "either annex yourselves to us or sever "yourselves from Great Britaic; start "out lor yoursslvee, or jjln us and we will "deal with yon, hut as loog as yuu are a "portion of the B idsh empire we will not "deal with you.* Weil, as to annexation there is not one man hers in favor of it; and I am sure tbe ladies are not in favor of it. The only annexation they want la a union with a fine handsome fellovt with plenty of money, (laughter) and as for bising independent— how long would we remain independent? Texas became an Independent republic,- "the r*^ public. But very soon United Mtates citizens and manipulated tne 'the lone star republic' lowed up by another republic, (Hear, hear.) Q■ha^ would be our fate. Accord- ing to the old saying it would be a case of tbe lion and the lamb lying down together, but with the lamb inside the lion. (Prolonged laughter. ) No such fate threatens us, however, if we are true to ourselves and trae to our country, and true to onr children, and oar ooildren'a children. We must continue to remain aa we are, happy in living under a magnifi* cent climate, happy ia the posset.«ion of a fertile soli and a law abiding population, and happy In being an Intogral portion of the greates'' and grandest empirfa known ro history. (Lond applause,) And I am saiistied that as year after year goes on. tbe wisdom reat Britain and working out onr destiny in connection with that great country will be presaed npoa ns more and more, (Cheers.) Lone Star" afterwards went in polls and was swal- ^mmm m All>>ou, Pr. W *♦<" 0*e»erPD, Heofttor MeK«y, J noM P. Morrow, J P. Oix, B. M. BfooWtt«ld. W. N HlWer. K. O, K-n- BT, J 0. P. F' !!>», John Baib'TUDi*, B. D. Talker. Sb-iphi-n Tobin. Bx -M.P.. Willmim liftw^on. Rob'^rl 8'0»od, \. B. Miiohflll. J. B Wiboa. B. G(»y, N M. Potter. Byron We»MD, F. Ff»«er, J, W. U«okm»e, Donald K9i>b. G-xhra Mo LtlUn, J. K. MaonI*. W. H. 8id. i'. Mo L»r«n, «r. A KInjt, 8. 8. FotrwN WMdeo Bbfttford, Dr. Olver. M oh»nl WiUtb, tbe lokdtDtr olnrftymen, mai r hoi*i of raprMeotft- tlve nteo froca the olty SDd ooaoltf wbo tat ton 'jom<'roaa to meoilon jobD F. S«»ln. ez MP. pretldod sod »p- propcUtely takroduoqd (be tooakMi. Str John Thompson. Sir John Tbompbom, on coming forward, ■nraa accorded a most enthnsiaatio reception by the Tant assemblage. He aaid : Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, — I am glad to be among yc , this afteraccn for the pnipoae of helping to give a good Nova fiootiaii welcome to the chieftain of the liberal-conserTatire party, who haj^ come to pay a visit and to speak to you upon the great questions of the day. I am sore that yon are all glad to receive him. I am sure that even his i)olitical opponents are glad to receive him in the city of Halifax, for I notice that the principal organ of onr oppo- nents in this province complaiiis that it is a long time since he has beeu here, and that he does not come half often encngh. (Ap- plause and laughter.) W^e say with heart and voice that we are glad to have him here to addrcHSi as on political questions or to visit us as on pnst^ocoasions, even for social purpoties. I am aware that you are anxious to hear him and my other hon. colleague, and I shall therefore make my remarks agreeably short. Let me say that in wel- coming Sir John Macdonald to TSoyti Scotia, we are welcoming the man who is at tbe head of the affairs of the greatest colony in the British Empire — (Applause) — and that that colony, tlionk Providence, has reaobed to-day a wonderful degree of prosperity. I n no previun.s year has there been so much that Ganadiuus should be proud and thankful for as in the present year. Looking at the state of affairs throughout our country, con- trasted with tbe ocnditian of affairs in the aeighboriog republic, considering the msg- nifia^ut harvest now being gathered from the prairies of the Northwest, tbe abundant harvest in Ontario and the fair harvest and return for lab. > in our other provinces, as oompared with the eonditioik of affairs in the neighboring country and in the old country, where want goes abroad iu the land, there is every reason for Canadians to feel prond and thankful for the prosperity which has come to them. (Applause.) In sending us these good things, nOVIDENCB II AH EKLFBD TH08K WHO IISLPBO TDSliBILVBfl. Twelve years ago, whan Sir John Hao* dsnaid took the tvtns of power in his hands, and placed before the people a new industrial policy, things were not in the happy condition of to>day. The markets of tbe United States had been closed against OS more firmly even than they are now threatened to be, and a Chinese wall of pro- taction Ihen slint us out from trade with that oountry. Did you read the statement in whioh Mr. Blaine summed up the policy of the United States iu regard to Canadat Mr. Blaine said : 'We never meant that the Canadians should wave the British flag and pay British taxeji, and have at thn same time an American mar- ket; wo never meant that they should be Osuadians and Americans as well.' I oUim, sir, that the policy which has helped matkel ur ""nol. (Applaaie. ) Ojr oipjDoata have trtquenily taauxd vao for say log year* »no Ibal the n«tural market for oar ooai wai tn the Ualted 8 !•!«■. Sj t> was. But when the Amer"<»n« elct^d dowa en at and cald lo u : Yon sball not »liI aookhor ton of coal In out ooantry if » hlpo tar ff oan prev«a« yoa dciog co, wn coated to havs a nmrkHi ifaeie at ai). Toeo tbe poltoy of tbe Mho- donaid tcoveromenl provided that tbetr c )al fthoold bn plaoed on nearly iqial terma in thifl oouQtry aod tbe retui* oi tbepolioyof 8lr John Maodooald baa been that ton borne Snaiket of a Urite part of Uanada has been sro ired tor onr ooal, and that the oatpat of ooal in this onuDtry bat reached fi((nrea whioh nobody twelve years aitn would b>ve deemtd poMibe. (Applante) I bare been asked lo lay wbetber I go b*ok 00 tbe itatiement that the natural matkat. for our ooal U In tbe Uoli>-d 8t»»e*, and wbef'er It would not be a tieoi fit to onr peop'e to take cfi thn dotiea on ooal on botb aides of the line. Lit aj rppon- dOW anawer thit QU^.iiiiioo, — «»be)her tb«y are pnpired to aarreoder and repeal the oial dotier, whether the Americans repeal tbe coal dot es or not? Id tbe dtionMiona npon til a qaeatlon in other parta of C^iva Sootia. Tbe groat d^velopa mens of agrioalture In the Uaietd States baa oheapened produoe there ao that we may never expeoa to aeain com- pete with them noder aimiUr om- dltiona to tboae ex aiins in 1865. Tbe (treat dovelopmeot of railroads and mintug in the United Stateo b«.a ao obespRned ooal in tbe New EiRland States tib»t ihty avow thems^'Ivei that it wonld be booeleaa (or Nova ^cotia to expec*> to com- pote Initbe Naw EuKland states f ^r a ooal matket. And yet people in dwelling npon tbe vaai matketa in that oountry point to a condition of affaire wbioh existed in 1865, and wbio4 they conld no more ffet back now tban tbey ooal<^ ordrr » dead man to rlae ku'l open bta ot tflo. Lit me tell you frankly and In a tew word* what cu( policy U. Cat>n((ed so the oondlttona ot trade are ba- tween tbe Uoited Sbsttea and Cituada it it aimttted tha* there are atlil prodnots which we oan profitably exobaoKe wicb th«« country with anytDlog ilka a fair trade. We a tand ready to-day, aa our par'y bac atood ready since tbe day It took otfio?, to eater Into rec proolty arraoKements tor fair trade bfltween tbe two oounirlev. (^pplaaie.) All that we aak is that ihsy fhali not stipulate aa they have done in balf a drzm kite flylog reaoln«ton«— by which p^raseldo notlbolnde tbe Saermsn reaolntione — that tbey shall Bft-t tne better of tbe bargain bff ore tbey start to m»l(e the bargain. (Obeera and laughter. Woen aov opDonenta ssk you wbetber we are opposed to reciprocity yon can ask tbem to pnt their fioger npon every treaty that in any way aavonred ot reoip' roctty tnd atate whether suoh treatiea did not come from (hegovernmenta of Sir John A. Mtodonald, and wben they tarn up tbe r>o>rda t cy will find that it waa tbroush ibiinstromentaliiy of tbe liberal Cinaerv»' tlve party that ail auch negotUHons and treaties were adop:ed. (Applsuia,) With a view of FCTTINO ON BKCOBD A BTANDUtO INVITATION t was the Mnedonald govsrBaent that put NUT BOT? la that ibe way to make a barcali ? (Ap- plante and lauKbter ) And yet tbe people of thltonitty have beaid of reaolattont rooted, by oor opponants wbiob declared tbat tbis oonntry oanaol live witboat reolprootty with the United Statet, and mnat bava it or die. We credit our uppjn^nts with beintr perfeet- ly willing to make a fair reciprnolty treaty with tbe Untied Statet; but tbey are not sincere wben tbey deny onr willlngoeta to make fair redprooal terms witb that coontry. Wa o«a po rt to statutes that have been passed— to offers that have been made — every ciue of wbiob emanated from tbe M«odonald governjoent. The difiarenoe between the policy of the liberal oooaeivatlve party and tbat rf tbetr opponents ooo*i4ta in tbl«, tbat we do not believe the atory that Ctoada mnat hive reciprocity or die. We are nrt willing to wait ii idleueas nnlil rec procity shall oome by tbe graoa ut another onuntrv. We believe In a pollay of ) X endiog public works tbrooRbout tbe lenKtb ood orsadta of tbe land, and wben tbe American matkets are closed to u», aa thev aro ibreateoMd to be, we believe tn seeking f ue ira markets In other parts of tb e wo Id. (Api^laune ) Wben any of you ate •sked whether that po.icv Isa tonnd one or not yon have only to into tn tbe wordp «th oh HIrKobard OMt^rirlaht uttered InPrlcO) Blwari Iilaod in 1878 I quote from memory lu'istantially what be tben said 'THKBB OAN BS KG ORKATBR B&BRIKR TO OUB KKFOKTS TO GET BKCIl'HOOITY than by ODntlnnslty telling tbe United States that we cannot get along without it.' S r R chard Oartwrlgha alto added 'Canada can g )i along without It for when one door Is olosbd agatoatas we wll open another and we will carry the war into Africa.' I am almost afraid, Mr. Obalrman, to quote tbe exaot words about oarrylnit tbe war into Africa aa I miRbt be acenaed of j DKolam. Now, tbat ia «hat Sir lilchaid Oartwrlgbt said In 1878 and toe liberal ooD«ervatlve party approve tt tbat position and are not wllllnv *>o yield up tbe destinies of Canada to tbe United Stiktea if the people of tbat country are not wIlliDg to trade with ni without . tba'. Tne words of 3 r R obaro Oartwrlgbt, ottered in 1878, are trne to-day, aid tbey represent the policy of tbe liberal ooDservttlve Roverament ever since that yea', T^e on y d ffionlty tn the matter is that Sir Rohard Oartwrtffht forgot hia own ie>8)n and baa been te»Qblotr bis own fol< lowera acmethinK rt ff^rent ever ainoe. (Applaut()> We have made arransements to put upon tbe Pacific ocean aa tine a flsea of atcamers aa travrraea any ocean, and we are pressioK forward arrangements to start from this port as fine a fi'et of steamers as sailt from any port of the world In order to increase tbe factlltms for rx- parting our produoe to Oresi Britain and to find a market there for a trn^t paat of th« produces which may be exolnded from the United States under tbe new tariff. We bave eatablUbed fir more tban 18 months past lines cf aieamers from tbe port of Hiltfax— one to Cuba and another to Jamaola— by which potatoes, bay, fish and lumber are being carried to thote countries to an extent t-normously to exoeas of what thry were before these tines of steamers had been eatabllsbed. No dcnbl yuo will be told by our opponents that these steamers only take tbe business from sailing craft. I looked at tbe official retarns to day and I found tba« the number of saliinR craft going to tbe West ladtea is just as large to-day as It was five years tgo, and that IN BXGABD TO TBB 1BADI TO CCBA alone the steamers In a siegls year took products eqaal to tbe exports which eould be taken bp 8) sohoonori, and tbeae products were finding a market in that oountry tn place of «Qro(9aota which formerly went there from New Toik. (Apolmte.) Tbat mast bave been what Sir Richard Oartwrlgbt meant In 1878 about carrying the war into Africa. We bave not oarried the war into Afrioi, bat we have oarried It into oit7. rns and atrl)."* aa B)nine. That eonauy. (Oii tbat day fcur p"nple trll onr Brlilsh lalatlve indep tagecus 030. ra be made. P Hon The H in. M received with I oba'rmar. la( highly gratifie tu'priaed at tl thkt you bave gulshed chlelti af V hon. collea rtf»rfd to an papers va In ■ tbrooRboal 9 laod, ftad iloHPd to a», believe (n }»tlB o( lb 6 of yoa see ind onn or *ordi>«h oh 1 In P/tcci aote fioiD oen aeld urn TO OUB ITT ibe United vlthooi it.' ed 'OaomIa I one door ta kDotbrr M>d io».' I Km qnoke tbe I WM into «on«ed of <*h»t Sir 878 ftnd toe iva of Ibat eld up tbfl 1 Stiktee if MS not hooo , tba^. 3»riwr!gbt. )-day, md tbe liberal •inoe tb»t matter if ot bit own own foU viit atnoe. ranaemenls ine a fleet 111) And we lit to alark fi 'el nf tbe world n for ex- Eirilain and Itreat paat ilnded from new tarts. e tban 18 from tbe od another R, hay, ijah i to Ibote iyto exoena e llnea of No donbl nenta tbat B builneaa tbe offiotal ibe number It ladlea la yeara tjjo, OCUBA Dflrla year lorta wbloh and theae el In tbat Dh formerly (Apolinte,) Mr RtohMd tarry tnff the oarried the ried It into oltz^na und waive tbe cttra and •trti.nt •« f') lowera of Jamea G. B'nini*. TSat day h»a not eome tagecua ooara^ralal arrac icemen t that Ojuld be made. PrnlnoKed ichenrinK). Hon Charles H. lapper. The II m. Mr. Tapper in advarotng wa« reoeived with heMiy oheera. He aald : Mr oba'imap, lidtea, and (rentlemfo,— I feel highly ftraxfied, bat not In the leaaa decree ^urpriaed at the royal and hetrly welcome thkt yoa have g vsn to-day to onr diatin* gdlabed ohtetta o, Sir Jnhn A. Maodonald, Mt hon. oolleaKU'*! Sir John Toompaon, baa rtf»r(d to an alluilon ot one of your newa- paprra n tbU provlcoe to the taoi that onr (tiatio((at»Hnd leader rnre y Tiaita Nova Sooiia. Yoa all koow aa well aa I do the roanon why it haa not been ttPOwaMy for the Hltif>% leader oi thn conaervattve parly to oome friqientiv amoDK yoa and to expound hi* pii loy. Yuo have bad the beat evidenoe ot the tnoeeaa ot that poliey, and you have al> wa|t rnoofCD'sed when toe proper time oame for rxpteaalng yoar opinion the merita of •apporitntt (Uf great chlefiatn, who while perbapt a thouaaod mtiea away from tbia kpot waa able aad preaoient enooKb to an- derctaod yiar In^ereata and to leglalate to your advaniaKe far more tborouKhly than aome ao-oalled fdendiwhoare livintr amougat voQ and oourt ng yoar votea. ( ipplanae.) Yoa have in tbe pol oy of Sir Joan A. Mao- Donald in regwd to tbta ptovinoe an evidenoe otintereat m yoor welfue more valuable tban worda. Tbe Drofefotlon of iron and ooal, and the proteetlon of f>ll y lur great lotereaia la wbal yon valof ;¥nd wbun tbe old obleftain dosa oome among yoa you are ready to abov yoar appteolation cf bta attUade toward i yoo, and yoa have abown that apprpolatlon by tbe Ktand reoeptMth (loli- tical parties stood on a common platform re- garding reoiprooal relations with the United •States, and took the indeiiendeut position that W« WBRS NOT m SUCH A STATE OF DBO- KAOATIOM as to sne at the doors of any people for terms of trade. But the liberals at tho same time forgot to hold onr tariff in such a posi- tion as would prevent our conntry from being a slaughter market for foreign goods. (Applause.) In 1878 you reminded them sharply nbout their forgetfnlneas on that point, but since that year they have again retrograded, and have placed the people of this country on their guard, and made the people unwilling to trust them again- Wo nave every reason in this country to be {^ratified at the i)rogres8 that has been made since 1867, — a steadier progress no country can show. (Hear, hear.) Just conlra«t the ditforence of our position to-day from our jxisition previous to the abrogation of the old treaty. The provinces of British North America were then in a state almost of panic, and the people who had yearned for the American market were fearing for the result of the abrogation ot the treaty, and unable to predict what the conaeqaences of <.be abrogation would be. It was then that onr chieftain oame forward and presented a policy by which you oould work out your national future indopendent of the interests of any ooantry in the world, and AS A KBT-8TONK TO THAT ABOH interprovinoial trade was inonloated. What waa the result? To day no matter how mnoh we regret ihat our American friendu have raised the bar higher, there is no aign of despair in this country, and though our profita mat not be so mnoh and though for a time we may be nlnched, everyone haa confidence tbat we can do in the future aa in tbe paat and as our feara were unfounded in 1865, so any feara exiatimz to-day are based upon no better grounds. We will not confine the war to Africa but will pay more attontion to a home market. We will look to Australia and to themothorcountry, to the West Indies and to China and Japan, in regard to whioh places we intend to have a quick connection. After all the opposition that waa made against the construction of the great publio worlcs in tbia country, fancy our position to day If there were no Paoiflo railway. (Hear, hear,) or if the Intercolonial and its branohea had not been constructed. (Applause) Well, indeed, might the prophesies of Mr. Hatch and other United States offleials have been fulfilled in such a caao. In 1895 some people in the United Statea anxious that the atars and stripes shonid float over the whole continent, and thinking that we were depen dant apon them, pnt in official reports that the proper course was to squesso ua and that the day would soon oome when we would sue at their doors and ask for admission to the anion. They even passed legislation giving speoifio terms upon whioh we could enter the union. Other officials pointed out that Canada bad no seaboard or conneotion with the west, but by the magnificent pulicy of the Macdonald government all these things have turned cut a huge and absurd dsiusion. To day by the nluok and energy of the people our ooantry has been ablo to mako itself independent and yoa have now won a position which will enable yoa to handle your own trade. Your means of transportation have so increased and the business interests of tho country have so developed that even if deburad from the markets of our neighbor, we will have something to do in our own country and amidst our own people. There are many yonng men here to day who no doubt will have a longer life than our veteran ir ySHHRB rat STATISTI09 AS BIOAROS rOBBlON TBADK, which I do not regard m l|ie beat test, w BtiMid In Ibis posltioa that tbe Inde of Oanada is ab-ml $40 per head while Ibe trade cf the Ualtea Stales Is bat $25 per head. Bat taking what I regard m a far b^tt«)r teat, the staiisdos m to inveatmente >n tbe taviog'a btnka, the oJMling trad*, tbe traSio over onr radwaya, the develop- ment of the railways and mtlea«r, tbe bank cireolal'on, tbe capital of b\nka and tbe bank diseoanis, the progress has been amazing aince 18(.'7. I oou d read to yoa by tbe hour stat»'mcaM ont of the mouthn of lib«rala made in 1487 IH88. 1889, and 18U0, aOmlatiog tb»t extraordinary prcgreas. (Applanae). Oae extract I will Rive ya and that ir from a paper mat we all read with a Kreat deal of pleasure and aometimea wilh amusement. It ia a direct answer to •be atatements of tbe two liberal leadera to wbom 1 have jaat relenrad. Tbe Mornios Ohronlcle on Toaoksgivlag Day ia the year 1889 made ibis statomenh "Woaresnre thatthwehas never been a "yetr when tbe nplrltot gratitude ahould be "deeper and more forveat, for lb has tioen "tasentlally a >ear of blessings. The harvests "have been abundant and a I linos o( "loduitry. •KMcuUnral, miuinit, shipping. ' lumba. Inn have brought us Sstlsfaotory re* "suits. 'Ibe oouctry Is unlvorsally prosper- •OUB.' And this Is Ibe yoM Ihat had been lbs most disastrous yoar "in the history of Ibo coantry since 1E67.' (App)aaie.) Let ui take Ibe development of our ooal trade m a te«t. Sir John Tonmpson haa alluded to that qussh'on. but if ymr palience will beu with me. I will say a few wotda apon 1», aa It ia a so^jeot wb eb la very near to my boKl. I. mav t»ll yon that I look apon the development of the noal trafle, wbtMber in kbta ooantry or tbe United Statea or Great Britain a< the great teas of national develop* menl. No coantry can ever be Indepecdenl of Okimmeroial aaaauita from without, or political agitators from arllhln, an* less ii bM an extr*o«dloary and Illimitable deposit of ooal and tbat deposit of c >a) , be it Kreat or small, will never amonnt to any thinar unless it la fostered and developed as it has been In this oaantry ainoe 1878, by the preaen* government. I! you run your minda back aome yeara you will obnerve the policy Ihat onr neltrnhonta adopted. Ooal waa aelllnff at about $9.50 per ton In 1865 In Boaton, and the total prodncdoa in the United Siiatea amonated toaboat aix mllUons •of tons. In that year. On tbe abrogation of tbe reciprocity treatv the United Slates dapped uu ^ da^y of $1.25 a ton. What was Ibe rrsali? The price of ooal drop- ped to $8.50 about In 1866. That coantry wblch produced with free trade io anal 6,000,000 of tons In 1878 produced 50 000.000 nf tons, and in 1888. with ootkl sell- trxr at $3 50 iu Boaton prodnoed about 80,000,000 of tona. Juat aa tbelr proapetity advanced their coal trade advanced THE UOBT IN THIS FBOVINCB WB BAVB aRATiFn»a fact sIdos we have gone Into onr own maikel that the market which was denied us in tba United Statea is being given to aa in our own country. Oar progreaa in that reapeot has iieen moat gratifying in onr ova nnlry, m it wm with the Untied Stales. Wbea we impoaed the duty of sixty oents, the orioe of ooal in tbe Montreal market was $3.50 p*r ten. We have fuunU a better mMket in Oanada than we had In the United States. Acd yet there mo geotlemen who will led yon tbat we shoald stop and Instead of Increasing: that trade we shoald throw off tbe daty aod enter into ocmpetlllon witb the 80 or 00 mtlliona of tons prodnoed in ths UaUed State?, with onr total production of 3,000,000 tons and competing against thelc taollliles fur transportation and Ibe cheap rales of their vessels of soOlsll draf),— thai wo should attempt with coal at that low ficare to court sommeroial war with onr vessels of deep draft and with heavy frelgbaa against ua. Djes any one suopoae tha>. oat aoal would he aaed in New England If ad* miHad Crec ? Baslness men have oarafutly looked into :'m '>aei^on and will toll yoa D^^^loeli nMtdiueot wb otiJSiraoei doi with to bn mftde publio naMI Ibn Koner*! ^'eoiloni in 0»nM)» oomeefl. (LkaKhtnr ) Wli»l t* ibts u>e o( '"sklrg tr liifttno 0/ 0;<»»»1 n't. Ynn Khooid P»7 ycixr oBiwey Md t»kt not obtam oi ■itbor Sit JobD A. MMdJO'. d or Lftorier ut OMiwriKbl. I ou«bi 'o itoie tD»l we bftve loois frt«ad« in o Jii(rir«*ii* whoM n»mei bkve never b«co i ui- lUbed in Oenkd*. I >%f tbtt )di»«)m1 of Rlvlrff oredil to Mr. Hit) or Mr. Botmr* wortb we ■*)oaM beteow ottr frlendiblp apon "Mr. OulDieo, Mr. Ve»ihHTBtone end Mr. Kelly M they were the opiy repnb'to end ■miled ■» b*ppy emllH and i»ld: 'Mr. CKkir- men— I nued uot erpQe eny farther. (A.p« pUuieend lencrh^er.) Tb»t Ik tbe jaititice* tlon for the McKtnley bill. If oar ifteodi* to the eoath of at bevn the ftmbitlon to tklta ui bodi y under their fltft, inrely THK TKNDBNCT Of TBI ABQCMKNTB Of THB OPPOSITION ■ to help tbe Amerioftn eeDeoUlly when tbe leedece of the opposition deolare tbet the position of G*n«dft ie dependent on tbe aotion of the United Bi»i«r; kod that we cannot live wltDoat tbeir trede. Ueneral Batler onoe tald that tbe Oanadiane were blubbering for want of reotprocity — «nd, be added, I woald not give them reoiprnol y If if they blabbered tbemselvea blind. (Lmgb" ter ) We do not Intend to 'blnbber' or to cry lor reciprocity, we will work out the dee- itny of oar oonntry on tbe lines &lluded to by my dl'tingaiahed oolieeKURi and if we nan only eacceed In the faiare ae la the past, I make thu prophecy that a new party will be formed In tbie country— a party eo different from the preeeno liberal party that you will have to look veiy orefully nver tbe Hat to are if there b a liberal in it. (AnplauAuand laughter ) Mr. Obairman, Ladiea and GentUm<>n — I thank yoo very heartily for the k no atten- tion you have given my addrea — many oarta of wbioh I wan ob iged to harry over or oondenM in order that your patience would be rt warded by hearing Sir Jobn Macdonald before the evening had set in, Hon, Mr. Tappet reanmed hla aeat amid hearty cheering. Addresfi to the Ohieftalxu Mr. Btaiia ta>d Ibe following addreaa to tbe cbleftein To TUB Right noFOEABLi! Sib John A. M«e. DoMALOf .C.B., IMme Miniater of Can ada» &e., &o., &o. Sin,— The liberal Conaenrative Aasociation of Halifax, on behalf of your namerona ruraonal and politioal friends in Nova Scotia, have taken advantage of thia oooaaion to ten- der yon a cordial oeloome to thia province. Your long and aucceaaful loaderahip of the liberal oonaervative party of Canada, and the namerons and bene&oial reforms that by and with that party, you have effected in tbe government of thi* country, have made your name a familistr and honored one thronghont this aoctiun of tbe Dominion. This, however, ia the flv't opportunity that haa prasented itself to representativob of all aectiona of the province of demouatratiug In your preaenoe the admiration and affeetion entertained for you by an over-whelming mtjority of the people cf Nova Scotia. We recall with pride tbe fact that in the And we are pleaaed to know that further moaaures onlenlated to be of great and per- maneiit advantage to thIa eity and the pro- TinoA av^ at the present time engaging the atrrntior- t /anr goremntan* The asten- aion of tbe C V. R and O. T. K to thia porti the promotion of a line of awlft iteamera between Canada and the mother country} tbe estHbliahment of closer commercial relationa witb tbe liritish Waat Indies, are all meaaurea to the early Mcompliabment of which we look forward witb much pleaanre. Now that tbe great work of Canadian ezten- ilon weatward baa been ao aneoeaafully com- pleted, we tmat that the Britiah Amerioan provinoea to tbe eaat and aoath of ua, who have not yet joliod the Canadian eonfeder- ation, may be induced to eaat in their lot witb us, and that on yoa may darolve th* honoi of completing what yoo haie ao well begun, the consolidation of Brttlah po««r on tbiB continent by the ereotlon of ■ common- wealth that ahall be • not •nworthy repreaen tatlve in Ameiiea of th* gnat empire to which we belong. In oonoluaion we beg to etprera anew ear oonfldence In thepclloy of yonr adminlali»- tion, which, unlike the varying, illusory and importcJ policy of onr politioal oppnnente, ia tounded on the patriotiam and self reliance of our people, anil tenda to the upbuilding of Canadian induatry, the development of in- terprovincial trade, and the regulation of our commerce with other countries ao aa to insure the greateat profit to the Canadian people. Wishing you 'ong life and bappine.ns, Wo lemain, your obedient servants, John F. Stairs, President, F. J Tbimauib, Secretary. Sir John Maodonald. Sm John A. MaobonaU) on rising was acRorded a most enthosiaBti ) reception. He said, Mr. chairman, ladies and gentlemen: I cannot hope to make my feeble voice ex- tend 80 as to be heard by thia vast assembly. I most, however, extend to you my deejHist and most hearty thanks for the cordial welcome you have given me. The life of a politicau, espef^ially of an official, ix not a very pleasant one. His path is not strewn with roses; and in Canada where statesmen are, aa I Ijelieve, tolerably honest it is not a source of wealth or domestic comfort. But there are consolations also in connection with the life of a p^litioan. In the first place there is the sense of having performed your duty to your country; and in the second place there is a pleasure in receiving such a hearty welcome aa I have received to- day, when, at the approaching end of my career, in my 76th year and in the 46th year of my parliamentary experience, and about the 25th year of my official position, I can come beforo a body of men, most of whom are personal stnuagers, and receive thia most cordial greeting. (Applause). I do not desire to frighten my youthfnl colleagues, whom you have listened to with ISO much pleasure and instruction, by jwint- iug out to them the thorny path liefore them, bnt I hold out to them as recompense for all their labours the fact that if they perform their duties in the fatore as they have done in the past, and if their official life will blossom into full fruition, they will receive from their fellow countrymen testi- monials like the one which has just been made as a record for all their toils, troubles , and discomforts. I am told that a reproach has been cast npon me by one of your newspapers, that I have not visited Fova Scotia or Halifax, often enough. The speeches that you have heard to day should be arufficient answer to that reproach. If I cannot come myself as often as 1 would like to do, in consequence of the multitude of my duties, and tbe extent of area which I have to govern; or as our friends of the opposition would say to miagoveru (laaghter) my answer is that I have been lepresented u ■ — ■! r tlon. (l>anghter.) Aa to my faults, if I don't know them it ia not because I was not told them. (Applause.) My portrait was (lrawi\ frequently, and in the gnt papers it was not drawn with clialk but with char- coal. (Laughter.) Sometimes iLjcibJ I dinly charge nw 3 debt of the also with oor- ftt debt. And 'idenoe of cor- Iwaya all over .ve bought up [hter.) Well, kve proved to ire anxious to svery part of i be bribery I Applause and I lor exantpjr, few yeara'ag-Q. Qur opponentp Cape Breton, rhich our op- b. We havfl ment which advauoed the prosperity of this country one Mnwle inch I pause for a reply. These gentlemen drew their ■alaries and goverufd tho country, but the country practically lost five yeais' jrrowth m th« net result o( chair 'administration. (Laughter.) Con- federation coramenoed, as yon know, on the 1st of Julv 1867; and with the excep* tion of those five yeais I have referred to, Canada by the independent voice of itn people has been goveruod by the coDserva- tive party. Five yeais experience of grit government waa quite enough for the peo- ot this ooantry (laughter). Oar opponents were weighed in thn balance and found wanting, and in 187M the people said— 'We have tried you and you have failed, and we will go back to the old effete but common sense government of Sir John A. Mitclonald (applause and laugh tei). My hon. colleagues have spoken to yon upon THK QtTBSTlOri Of RECIPROCITY, The great fe!»r of the opposition is that the government of Canada shonld really take up chat quettiou in its entirety. They are afraid that we will get credit for do. jg I so, and they say that the United States statesmen are so disgusted with the arro- gance of the 'tory' administration in Canada that they will not make a reason- able tariir that would be beneficial to Canada until the 'torics are out and the grits are in. (laughter). You know that the reciprocity treaty which was negotiated in 1854 waa confined to natural products of the land and sea. It was not made any wider for two reasons; first, because, although England very magnanimously told us to make a treaty to auit ourselves in regard to our natural produota with the United States, she in- timated that she could not allow us to make a treaty with regard to manufac- tures that would discriminate against her; and in the next place the government of tbe United States utterly repudiated any idea of having reciprocity in manufactured artiolfs. So that of necessity the treaty of 1854 was confined to tbe produota of the land and sea. Who carried that measure of reciprocity through the parliaoieot of Canada? Tlie government of which I waa a member. (Applause.) Wben it was terminated by the United States in 1866, it waa no fault of ours. It was done from the caprice of the congress of the United States. If they haa looked at statistical returns they would have seen that the trade estab- lished by that treaty was of great advant- age at that time to both Canada and the United States; bun they were irritated because it was supposed that England bad sympathised with the Southern States during their disastrous civil war, and to punish Canada as part of the British em- pire, thinking that they were punishing England also, they terminated the treaty. But, gentlemen, WR DID NOT WniNE OR 'BLUBBER," but we said' 'if one door is shut we will open another;' and we did open another. (Applause.) We went at it like men, and much to the relief of the people, tspecially the farming classes who naturally were somewhat frightened at tirst, the popn- lation of Canada found that they were more frightened than hurt. Since then this country has progressed as if that treaty had never been made or ended. But the onijservative government did not rest upon tbeir oars. They pressed, as far as self respect would allow them, upon the government and legislature of the United States our desire to enter into new negotiations for the establishment of re- oiprooal trade between the two oountriea. It was declined. We sent to Washington two ministen, Sir Alex. GAlt, an old not become a United States oitizon, because he would not iu that jase have so much infiaence In Canada in getting the Cana- dians Co sacrifice th^ir Interests and sell themselves to the United States (Hear, bear). But gentlemen, I have no fear that tbe electors of Canada wiil e\i.e pressed upon us more and more. (Cheers.) LOOK WHAT OBRAT IIRITAI!* IS D0I50 rou us now I It ii of no consequence to tb« mother country whether Behriog Sea U closed or not, or whether seals there are captured by Russiacs Yankees, or Cana- diana,and vet the imperial government nn< d er the leadership of Lord Salisbury is insiat- ing upon tho rights of Canada in that sea. (Cheers). Whatvonld we do if soparatnd from the empire? A powerless five mil- lions agaiiiiiir sixty-tive millions 1 We would be humiliated at every turn until finally ab orbed. Tho lamb would be in the stomach of the lion within a very short time after our severance from the empire. Look at the city of Halifax, the Gibralter of America, garrisoned by imperial troops. AVbat if we took a course inimical to Great Britain or adopted independAnoe ? If we were foolish enough to enter into an arrangement for anrestricter' reciprocity, opening the doors for the United State* manufactories and other United State* producu, and (hutting the doors to British mauafaotures and its pro- ducts, what would Britain say? Halifax would be of no more Ine to her than Heligoland was. Britain would withdraw her fleet and troops, and Halifax would BufTer. [Hear, hear.) I am sure the young ladies of Halifax would sufi'er a great deal. [Laughter.] But no such unhappy fate threatens Halifax or the fair sex. The fleets will come m nsual with their blue jackets and their afternoon dances [laugh- ter] and the red coats will perambulate yonr streets as of yore. [Laughter.] Mr. chair- man, in all seriousness, if the electore of Canada are as true to their couutry iu the future as they have been in the past, there need be no fear of the destiny of Canada. WB APPEAL ESPECIALLY TO THK YOUTH OF THia COUHTRT who expect to lire and die in Canada, and to become heads of families and rich men in this country, to baud down to their children the heritage they received from their ances- tors. Let them consider what hope they would have if they varied for a moment, or were preventing their entrance into the United tempted to be seduced from the path which States, the energy of our people will be , ,u„ „.;„«„ ^r .„.„i, ..r xr.... .. .. . peopl directed more earnestly than ever to the findbg of other markets both within tbe dominion and beyond it. When the United States first imposed a duty on your coal I remember well the great dread that was expressed in this province. There was serious apprehension that^e coal interests would be destroyed. What are tbe facts? Mr. Tnpper has shown you that instead of that interest being destroyed it has greatly fiouriahed and the annual output greatly increased. Your uoal, under the protection of the national policy, crept up to Qaebec, then to Montreal, and then to Ontario; and with more energy, capital and experience, tbe Nova Scotia coal owners will be able ere long to snpply Ontario with coal, a province that formerly waa obliged to get all its coal from the United States. I will give yon AN INSTANCE OF WHAT E5EBOY OAH ACCOM- PLISH. As yon know tbe United States farmers cannot raise the fine clear barley which they prize so much tor their lager beer. The Germans in the United States are desirous that chat boar shonld be a little paler and a little sweeter, than oould be the majority of people of Nova Scotia have pursued with so much success. It is indeed a great credit to the people of Nov.i Scotia that they have attained that success. Nova Scotia is a small province in comparison to Ontario and Quebec. Yet look at the men Nova Scotia haa sent to represent her in the parliament of Canadal Whether tbe re- formers or the conservatives were in power. Nova Scotia will always have more than its quota of representatives in the government of this couutry, because it sends the right men. (Applause). Continue to do so and you will get your reward, as yoa are now receiving your reward in hav- ing two such distinguished represen- tatives in the government aa have addressed you to-day. (Prolonged cheering). In response to loud calls, brief addresses were given by T. E, Kenny, M. P., and Prof. Weldon, M. P., who voiced the senti- ments of the large gathering in expressing the heartiness with which they welcomed the chieftain to this province, the eonfi^ence and affection of whose people he -nubt ever retain. Tbe proeeedingc were brought to a close by rousing cheers for the Queen, for Sir John Macdonald, Sir John Thompson, Hou. G. H. Tupper and IMLessrs. Kenny and Staini. I O