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 two: great speeches 
 
 HON. THOS. V\4HITE 
 
 • On the Ai/iged Half- Breed Grievances. 
 
 HON. GEO. E.. FOSTER 
 
 On the National Policy, the Debt, and the Kiel Issue. : 
 
 DELIVERfED IN TH^ CITY I^ALL, ' LONDON, ONT. 
 ^ SATURDAY, 1>E0. 18, 1886. 
 
 HON. THOMAS WHITE. 
 
 I ottn ufan yon I »m gUd to «ae so krg* an mdioiM mtharad in London thb 
 
 for Ahe pnrpoM ol hat«ning.to the duouuion of pabUo qaMtions. Sir John 
 
 [onald, and •ome of hit ooU«agaes, among whom I haro had the good fortune 
 
 'numbered, have recently been holdins meetin^e In different parte of tbie ftreat 
 
 loe, and I oan aaanre yoo, epeaking with some knowledge of political gatheriuge, 
 
 ' been engaged for many yean in politioal diaowwiuiM aud in meeting large 
 
 of pe<mle thronghoot the country, I have neVer seta In the hiatory of tbb 
 
 /Dominion, so far ae my penonal reoolieotinn servea me, a period at whioh the honored 
 Chieftain of the lilberalConMrvatiTe Mrty haa met with eaoh warm, hearty, generona 
 and enthoilaetio greetinge (oheen). Let me eay that the«« greeting* have apparently 
 oome, not only from his politioal friendi, who, aa yon might readily nnderstand, have 
 been meet enthuiastio and nomeroua In all their gatheringe, bat la all of them we 
 have had Urge nnmben of hie political opponents, who have listened to what has 
 been said with cespectfnl attention, and have been pleased to testify by personal 
 observation thei^ reipect for the Premier of this great Daminton (oheera). I propose, 
 ib-nigbt to deal with the subject whioh at this moment is uppermost in the miDOs of 
 the people; but before I do so,' yon will pardon me for a digression. I desire to make 
 a reference personal to myself, whioh I think is due to you, due°t<i my friends 
 thronghout the country, and due to my.positicm as a pijHlio man. I notiqed that in 
 last night's London Advertiser there aj^eara an epistle In double- leaded type, 
 addresMd to the Roman Catholic electors of this city, oallins; their attention to the 
 
 ' fact that I am the person, aa the writer states, who insultml the Roman Catholics of 
 Haldtmand bV hdding up on a now become memorable pjoasion, a picture of the 
 
 • deceased Lonis R^pwith a rope around his neck and immortelles on his hreaiit, and 
 Vmonnoed him as S| latest saint of the Roman Catholic Cjtinrch. Kow, if I had 
 made that statemOi^ and been guilty of that insult, I ahduld have felt that not only 
 }Ut Protestants, who^ although they dO not agree with, yet 
 respect the faith of Roman Catholics in this oonntry, would have been justified in 
 irefasihg me a hearing upon any piattorm in the Province of Ontario (nhi era)., . Wha^, 
 however, were the facts T I spoke four timea in the oouuty if Hali^Kiiidv.' 7 
 disonssed general public qnestions, and referred to the Riel matter aa oaly. wn incident 
 cf the discussion; tieoause I declared there, as I declare here, that thb Gavernment 
 of Canada is quite "^prepwred to appeal to the people upon their reooid in relation to - 
 ihdr pabUc policy and administration of affahn withont the slightest reference to 
 
 'ttuat great event in the Ndrth-weat, If oar poHtical opMnents will anly be pleaaed 
 Id aJlow the laiae to remain npcm those grounds (cheersji^ Just bciore I went on 
 ^e ria tfor m gt the last m ee ting which I at te nd e d in Oaynga, a fr ie ud of mine had.«> " 
 MOHT«d a Oopy of a portrait of whioh I bad heard before, but whJ<H J had never ^ 
 aHea, of Loais Kiel wfth a mpt aroond his neok, immortellea on his bc^^* and ap 
 iBiBi^tioai beneath i ii d i<«Mn g tMh«w»a a patriot aad a umut^, whp kii4 aiejl j[(r . 
 
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hb oountry. I YM heard that Prcuch OaiUMlUn* had htmn Indnocd br aom* of the 
 Roag«a to place that picture in their hoaaea, alongtidr the pioturee of holy men of 
 their dhnrch, wlfio«« llvee to them were incentivee to K<H)d living. Holding up that 
 
 Koture, I den<»uooed thoee who, In the Province of Quebec, could be guilty ofeaorileM 
 th« manner I have deecrlbed, ^ That apeeoh wai delivered on TueMiay night, the 
 U«t night of the month. On the following day the nomination was held at the aamo 
 place. Cayuga. Not one aingle reference waa made at that nomination to ttiia matter, 
 although there were preaent many of the aam« audloniM who ha<r l>e«n there the 
 night before. On Thuraday. the day following, the llamllt«)n Tvm>*, which yon 
 know ia not friendly to the ( Jovemment~ln fact It ia almott aa unfriendly aa V>« 
 paper in thia oiiyt ander the direotorahip of Hon. David Milla (laughter) -thla paper 
 oa Thuraday referred to my miaaion in Haldimand, and If you have read it vou will 
 aee how little I waa open to the charge, even in the opinion of thia paper, of having 
 in any way whatever Inanlted the Roman (ktholioa. Here waa what the Time* aatd, 
 two daya after that »pceoh waa delivered, and with apeolal reference to the 
 nomination:— (Mr. White here read from the Tim*'/* an article in which it was aUted 
 that he had been withdrawn from Haldimand beoanae hia utteranoea were too wo 
 Catholie. and oonflioted with the high ground taken by Mr. Clarke Wallace and Mr. 
 DfeltotfMcOarlky.) Here two daya after that apeeoh waa delivered, I fouiid myaelf 
 attacked for being pro Catholic Inatead of anti-Cathollo, and had been withdrawn 
 bocauae my Proteatant principle* w^re not aufBoiently high to auit the Mail 
 programme (oheera). Now, what happened ? It waa not for a week after that the 
 Globe started thia atory about me holding up thla portrait and oalllng It the lateat 
 Catholic aaint, becauae they thought they might do the moet Injury, not to m« 
 peraonally, but to the LiMral-ConaervatlTe party with which I waa identiflad 
 (applaoaa). Some time after thia, a friend of mine aent me a copy of the Montreal 
 WUnesB of the 9th of Angnat, and pointad out that the atatement which I had* made 
 at Haldimand in oondemnation of the tMe of thia picture in Quebec, had alao been 
 made in a aermon by the pariah prieat of Notre Dame Church in Montrealr (Mr. 
 White read the eztraot, ymch announced that in hia aermon, the prieat aaid he had 
 heard of the hanging of theaa piotnree of Riel alongaide the picture* of holy men of 
 the oboroh. Thli praotloe he oimdemned in the atrongeat langoago. ) So yon will 
 ■ea4bat ihia expreadon which I nied on, the platform denonnoing the aaorilege of 
 thoee who would place thla picture in juxtapoution to the ptotnree of holy men of 
 the CathoHo Church, had actually been made in a Roman Catholic Church, and the 
 praotloe I Merred to condemned by the Rev. Cure, who Waa preaching in that 
 church IchMra). In continuing, Mr. White ahowed how the familiar method of 
 getting np lUi affidavit on^the matter had been adopted by hia opponenta. and how 
 Grit joilrn^had relidonaly e^olnded the ezpIanatioDa whloh had by hlmaelf and 
 othen/neen made. Healaoaaid:— I ahonld deeply regret if it oOnld be charged 
 an^bat me th^t I had inanlted any man becauae of hia religiona perauaaioii. I have 
 Mraior thitwrfive yeara engaged bi my own humble way diaouaaing public queationa 
 in m» Prbvinc^. I have (KLcTreaaed audienoef of Frenoh-Canadiana In Quebec, and 
 lae I have itood ahonlder to ahonlder witii thoae people, I waa aconaed of being 
 a rotten Proteauwt by thoie who are now anxiona to oatoh that vote. I may aay 
 th^ ia politioa Ihave no aympathy with thoae who mix np religidna qneationa, for the 
 aimple reaaon that in thia young oountry there la work enough for na all to do, to make, 
 by united effort, M thia oountry, what we all deaire It to become (oheera). I deaire 
 now to refer to the apeeoh which waa reoently delivered in thia oity by the French 
 leader of the Llb<riaa party, Mr. Laurier. Thoae of you who had an opportnni^ 
 of hearing him canVteatify to hia great eloquence and to hia peraonal preaenoe, with 
 whiob bo worthily topreaaea any audience he addreaaea^ I have not a word to aay 
 aoainat hia peraonality. farther than to aay he haa made a great miatake in relation 
 to^iavartioalarqacNSitlon; but I deaire to point oat aome liiotB which he omitted— 
 'jf'oourMe^* accidentally (laughter)— in relation to thia queatlon Of the North- weet 
 TebelUob: You all uuderatand that the attacking party haa a great advantage. All 
 he had to do waa to recite %aaaagea from petltiona, and to aaanme that theaa 
 setitiona had been neglected. Then, by giving play to that eloclaence of Whioh h« 
 u BO great a maater, he hbped to make hia audienoea believe that theae people had 
 aerioua Brievsaioea. I projooae, and I think I ahall not be unanooeaaful, to make a 
 aimple, plajp -ti i^oinAnt n* th* ftfcflta coniiected with the halfbreeda of the North- 
 
 of theSaaki 
 the half-br« 
 obtalnel p< 
 Canadiaua i 
 whenth^Oi 
 the Indiin \ 
 Archibald, I 
 meration of 
 be protectee 
 waa aet 
 enumerati<i 
 diflbrent i 
 190acree( 
 when. Sir • 
 Mackenzie 
 have gone o 
 fell through 
 employed b 
 he had flnia 
 half-bn«d. 
 other place 
 Tenritoriea, 
 impoaaible ( 
 moved off I 
 who waa th 
 accept a ooi 
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 aoatteredl^ 
 granta then 
 maat truat 
 woold not I 
 To 
 [Ilia waa a 
 ought to ha 
 not do that 
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 opponenta i 
 day after di 
 vary thing. 
 
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 intereats they 
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 yeara, 
 time for on 
 Ryan write 
 extended?" 
 oonalderatii 
 that it wai 
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 toinveatigi 
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 tenaion of t 
 toinveatigi 
 the bill. It 
 attempt to 
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 man Ryan 
 paid for 
 oooneof 
 auohaa 
 tiona, 
 
 weat and the aotion of the Government Ik relation thereto, and when I have done, 
 I think I o^ ieava you to judge how far tUleae people had even a palliation for the 
 offence wWiA they^committed in rebelling againatthe Crown, and how far any Privy 
 •O0Hncl)lor, awom to protect the Crown, ooald|iay that if he had been on the banka 
 
 Ive 
 
 been tijcen 
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■om* of the 
 holy man of 
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 f ofnorllam 
 if nlg^t, \h» 
 mt the Mma 
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 1, which yon 
 leiidly aa V>* 
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 ditvoQwUI 
 ir. of hatvlng 
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 !ound myaelf 
 
 I withdrawn 
 It the Mail 
 tut that the 
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 , not to m« 
 ta identifled 
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 i aaid he had 
 
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 holy men of 
 iroh, and the 
 tiing In that 
 iT method of 
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 ' himaelf and 
 1 beoharged 
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 >lio qaeationa 
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 laed of being 
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 ra). I deaire 
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 opportoni^ 
 eaenoe, with 
 i word to aay 
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 lie omitted— 
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 antage. All 
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 of whioh he 
 le people had 
 il, to make a 
 
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 of the Baakalohewaa, he wooU have taken op hii gan and fonght aide by aide with 
 the haU-braeda (oheera and hiaaea). The half-breed tront>le oegan aoon after we 
 oblalnef poaaeaaion of the Territory. They were the daaoendanta ef French- 
 Oanadiana who had gone up there in oonneouon with the trading oompaniaa, and 
 when thMloTammant took over the ooantry they fonnd it neOeeaary to extlnguiah 
 the Indiin title in theae half-breeda by giving them certain oonoeadona. Oovemor 
 'ArohlbaUl, the Oovemor of Manitoba at the tlme^ waa inatmoted to make an enfl> 
 meration of the half-breeda, aa a preparation to decide how their intereata ahonld 
 be protected, and their welfare looked after. At thla time 1.400.000 aorea of land, 
 waa aet aaide for the parpoee, and when Oovomor Archibald had flniahed the 
 enameratiqn, the (lovf mment decided to give each man 140 aorea. Subaeqaently a 
 diflbrent mWthod of dealing with the famlliee waa adopted, and they were to have 
 100 aorea each iqatead of 140. The Oovemment waa engaged in aettling thL| matter 
 when, Sir .Tohn Maodonald being defeated, hia Oovemment went out and Mr. 
 Mackenzie oame in. It waa the oounden duty of Mr. Maokende'a Oovemment to 
 have gone on and aettled the matter. They djkl not do ao, and the preparatioaa made 
 fell throngh. Inatead of neglecting it altogether, Mr. M. Ryan, of Montreal, waa 
 employed by\tfao(}ovemment of Mr. Mackenzie to make the enumeration. When 
 he nad flniaheld that, it wm anppoaed that 229 aorea of land wonld be given to each 
 half-breed. Bat In the meantime, the .half -breeda of St, Laarent, Qu'Appelle, and 
 other placea, l^d moved oif their raMrvationa, and became loattered through the 
 Tarritoriea, and thia faol greativ embarraaaed the qaeation. and made it almost 
 bnpoaalble to foUow oni the divlalon agreed on. Afterward! the half-breeda who had 
 moved off aakadttoJiave their land aUotmenta too. On June 14, 1876, Mr. Mills, 
 who waa th^Mfniater of the Interior, wrote to Mr. Ryan, aaklng him if he wonld 
 accept a oommTaalon to aettle theae claims. Mr. Ryan received no other ii^tmotions. 
 On tne«3rd of Mibvh foUpwing he wrote to the Minister that the half-breeda were 
 Boatllered|41 qvet |he North- weat, and nnleaa he went after them and aettled their 
 granta there%onla be great difBioolty in the matter. He apprehended that U he 
 most traat to the poinoldenoe of meeting with thoae who had olainia, the mnlt 
 wooid not. be aatisfaotory, nor would tbe work of distribution be finished for many 
 years. To this letter no answer was sent for some time, and I anbmit that If Mr. 
 Mills was as anxiousAto have the olaima aettied aa he now pretends to have been, hi 
 ought to have Instraoiked Mr. Rvan to make the teip and settle the claims. He " 
 not do that Hero is Mr. Mills' direction to Mr. Ryan in answer to that letter, uid 
 to appreciate its full s^mlflcanoe you must rtomember that hels one of the moat bitter 
 opponents we have, ano^^in his newspapor and on the stump attacks the Oovemment 
 day after day, in aeaaoii and ont of aeaaon, for onr indifference and neglect of this 
 very thing. Here are hi* words to Mr. Ryan :— / 
 
 "It ia not nnoti—rr to look up tha proofa to tho half-braada* oUimt. Iff they oare forthalr 
 intereata they will themwlvea on^me forward and eatabllib their claimn— D.M." (Laufhter.) 
 
 That was how "D. I4." regarded .their claims. Nothing more was done for 
 two years, when Mr. Ryan wrote to the Minister recommencUng an extension of 
 time for one year to give thwe people a chance to present their proofs. Again, Mr. 
 Ryan writes :— " The half brMos are pressing me lor an answer. Will the time be 
 exiendiad ?" To this Mr. Mills answers with a statement that V'tho matter ta under 
 oonsldoration, and Mr. Due will probably be anthorlzed to extend the time, and 
 that It was their purpose to apnoint his Dominion Land Agent to investigate the 
 olalins." That was how Mr. Ml|]s acted. Five years after he appoints a gentleman 
 to investigate theae claims, he refuses him the means to do so, and two years later 
 ^e tells liun In reply to an urgent commnnioation that he has the matter of the ex- 
 tension of tlmc^nnder oonslderatlott, and Is about to appoint a Dominion Land Agent 
 to investigate. Well, Mr. Ryan Went to Qu'Appelle on lihls business and sent In 
 the bill. It was for honest work don^, yet Mr. Mills was so Indignant that he should 
 attempt to hnnt np^tke men and the jvoofs that he refused to pay tha bill of f75, 
 and it was pald/OTthe Ccmservative Govemment on their retnm to power, and the 
 man Ryan was a bitter opponent of Sir John ' M aod o nald ; bat he deserved to be 
 paid for Uinionest work. W« have ^ records In th^ Department to show the 
 oonrseofue Oovemment,' oxoept such scraps of memoranda on the baoks of letters 
 snob as yl»u are familiar idth ; and a report prepared by Col. Dennis nnder instrao- 
 tions, wlftoh may be takon probably to_lndlo4te pret^ clearly the mind of tjte 
 
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 node 
 
 Aooording to the rq^rt of Col. Dennis, the mode proposed for a settlement 
 AoAy to the half-breeds the liuids on which they had located— unless It bad 
 been takoi by settiers or for speculative purposes In full settlement of their olaims. 
 This policy onr Oovemment oarried out (cheers). Not a single person has vfuc been 
 
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 ation for the 
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dbpoMMMd Of a d»gU td^ to which ho WM righUal V. •«»•«*» »o "•T «W" »'y "J 
 SUorToMtlon of thU (lovornmont. And. mom t>.»n thai tha (>oTernm«nt h^ 
 ^Jr la the«. OM.. .toppod io -nquir. wh.th.r the «d w Uk.n '"'nr"";*";* 
 urpo«. or not (cheer.) Sb, If. wo may jadfo of the »lew. of the VtluUf r Mr. 
 
 Vll*i bv"thii •otioii of'hU agent, our (Jovernnient hu cwtM out the eanie poHoy, 
 
 Jrir Hon. n»v*^d MlIU Intended to do (laughter). You will remember that Mr. 
 Lalrt/r toUl you that petition after 4>etltlon waa -nt In from the half breed. 
 «mpblnln« of th.ir grievance., and th^ our Oovemment »«««» \*'"'r'l„"i!l thi 
 SZ. Not. let n,e potat out a lew fact.. The«, potltlon. began to ««•"" •» *« {^o 
 Oov.rnment iuat befoVe Hir John went out of power. Th. diet waa in 1 H7.>. Matting 
 forth the oUliSI of th. half-breed, for comp.nMktion for tho """iP^-hn'f t of tho 
 SLtlt"r, Then in 1878 IUt. Father brandln •«»»«'•» r^"**! P"''""?* 
 Slk%g an exten.iv. ..rie. of demand, on behalf of the half breed.. TU wa. li 
 lOTfi" The .ttbieot. referred to In It were Imrortant only on ihl. PO""**. »»'*t»t»y 
 weVe the Mme m were confined In many other P?t»*»«°". »»** ''•''J"'""!' . .^?,'^! 
 M-l the fact. ' Kvery thinu Father (Irandln aaktd wa. refu.ed by Hon. David MUI. 
 to ai elaborate paper! exceV 1.300 for the bulldog of «hjK.U . ||«-V%T!1^ 
 &The Governi^it while Hir John wa. the head of It (loud oheoi.). Thwi. thar. 
 Wk. the petition of Gabriel Domont. of whom Mr. Lanrier .poh* m much to the 
 Lople oi Ix)ndon. and Jto whom he ..tolled M eloquently *he P*trioti.m Md oyidjr 
 5tH. Dumotot-the man who tried to wt up a prov Uional form o' t**^".' ™«°*» 
 with hlmi^^l a. leader, in the Northweat. (The ragulation. pw-H by the «*fonn 
 Government were then referred to ) Tho petition, from the half breeo. Mktd that 
 ?hS; riSTu to tho land, .hould daf from the time of their "ttlement: that the 
 ' mice .hould be confirmed not at what i^ wa. at the time of entrv, but wliat it wa* 
 whei they firet went on the land a. iKluatter., and that all ImprpTenjent. made 
 b3OTeth?aurvey .hould be allowed for. 'Thi.wa.in 1881. Dumont". petition c«ne 
 KoirOovernment in 188.3. What are the fact.? Bveryone of the- conce..iona 
 Sked ?or bad been already gr.nt«i by the Opvernment before Dumont. petition 
 w^ received (loud cheeri.). The tir.t waa on the 27th of November, 1881, and the 
 I^on" on tile 14th of Juie. 1882. and the l«t in October. 1882. 80. you .^. that 
 the la.t thioB they had aaked for had been allowed to them before Domont. petition 
 e^^e lu 1 a»k what you can think of men who will My the Government denied 
 2uh«; pcoplTi r^que.ti wSn the record, under their hand, if they had ohown 
 to Iwi. woufd have .Wn that the Government granted •"'•rythlng that wa.*.kedT 
 fch«r..7 Then I oLe to the .urVey of land wUh Mr Laurier dealt with. He 
 • laid the Government per«i.tently refuwd theee w/ople their .urvey. They dW 
 "othlng of tho kind (cheer.). The policy of &e M«ken.ie Government w« 
 foUowedby Sir John A. Macdonald in thU reep^t. In the Act of Pwliament 
 reUtiuR to the North-w.Bt Torritorie.. there wai a oUu.e permitting a different 
 kind o? -urvey where the people de.ired; Jthat ,f the .urveyor went into an 
 un.urveyod portion of the territory, where people were already upon the l«nd. the 
 .nrvev. could be made on the river lot plan, if it wa. no deaired. If, however, they 
 wont into ; part of the country where tLre wa. no settlement, they ^^^ ^.^^^^ 
 fa aonorda..ce with the general plan, on the rectangular principle. Ypu will agree 
 witrmrtbHtthat wa« a lair way to proceed (cheer.). There wa., however one 
 iSttoX pan^h. aud *he petition, had relation to that. It wa. St. Loui.de 
 Cigevin, in which the people, having Mttled after ^^^^V' 'f^^^^^ 
 aJvommcnt should wnd up .urveyor. to re .urvey the land. The»«J«?P;«5»J 
 been iu the country before the survey, but not in this particular parish. Thw parljh 
 ?on the south bank of the 8a.katchewan| while they were principally on the north 
 bank When the .urvey wa. made there were but two .ettler^^Mose. Bromner 
 and one Bouchet-and neither aaked for the .urvey on the river lot prineiple. That 
 i^Sie record a. it i. In theSurveyor General', offi. e. The .urveyor; therefore, went 
 on the reclauKular principle, abd afterward, thew people came mItom the river and 
 SSm'ndeStha't a re^.urviy .hould be made. The Gov«nm«nt dW i^fujo to do th« 
 they refu.e it now, and they will refu.e Jt (applauw). For *"" "y" ^.Tn» 
 woJld not be right nor .ouid public policy to lay down the ^o^W? *J»*P«?PJ« 
 Tmrng Into the country, and not liking the irtanner rf .urvey. could 4^ a 1^^^^*^ 
 *^.". ■ * . — -^_ii„i.i- * _ * t . ,l^ Ji ..t K»jl h m an thar a wr e vjou. to rorveVilh e T . 
 
 XlVronly appU^blVto th^ ^ ^ h o ^had b ee n ther e pr e vtou. to^iit i rvevMh^. 
 he«r) If ?he*alf breed who wa. not bom on the wiloould do it. anybody of 
 whYto wttler. oould do ft a. well. , They oould »y on going \*h«re, G ve n. » 
 Sff^t form of .urvey or we wiU takfe np our muaket. and make It hot for you. 
 ^JSit^tUni of toat ktod would be to*rtnder aU government and leguUtion. 
 
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 «iLv«fM (ahaari) Although tha ( lovarnmaot ^afaead to do th*t, thay made ft 
 . WUteLw whioh th««. rJipl. .K,«l.l get th.ir Tana on the river lot prlno p e »ft«r 
 all Here lor IntUnoe. i. the l.tt«r of the Surveyor (i.neral. b«arlnj< .Ut« 4th 
 irlhrtiarv 1884 which waa long before KM went into tha oouiitry »n.| the r^Ulllon 
 Kra:. .ho^irg how tha wlShea of theM pjople ooul.l be m... ^T'lat Utter waa 
 oonflrmeii by an oTder in Council. I will read tha ingKeetiooe In that latter : 
 
 •• Th. wl«hrt ol ill* -%%\mtn oouW ••^ty »»• met, without Inoony.nUne. or prajaiile* to the 
 
 I JA JLui-«ir»tow ..h i.-lMlr. Iv.r lot*. th,n h. .hmiM hav* pow.r to Mt^ot Ih.l avtry 
 
 width I^d rh.^f!l «t:nd iwo mil., to tho .l.pih «l two.-otlon.. In which cm, th«lr r..,..v.t .houM 
 
 •^^'Vlot oft*«Tay oh.ln. wld. by on. mU. d-p weutd be d,«rib*l In th. pat.nt a. o.«ppo«d of 
 
 -^^\?TTrdTcZTnZi. bv t-omll.1 d..p won'd h. dMorib.d M th. w«t.rn. >^t.m. 
 northarn or ^mlhern h»|v.« of eight q.urt«rqu%rt«r "•ot'""* _ „ >• 
 
 "Thoar.e.o..uld.Mllyl>.foundbyr«f.r«noetothU..mo.. v a » 1 4k 
 
 Thia lettc .! Mr. Devllle'a wae a.-,knowle<lge(l In one from the S'^^w/y «J •«• 
 Der*rtnn«..t. on the 'iOch of March, 1HH4. .tatlng the approval of thj- M.nUt«r of the 
 mnu^^Monu and informing Mr. Deville that tho In.peotor of Dominion Lands 
 i^Cei hid been Inetruo^d in accordance with th«.i. The following letter alao 
 throws light upon that point : ., t^Mo^X nranch. Otlawa. Mth "Nov, . 1888. 
 
 " Hi. -In r.Dly tO TOur l.tt.r ol th. «ard ln.t., In which you Mk th. name, of '»'•»**•" '","»• 
 
 "TUv. tha honor to b.. rir, your ob«».nt -rvant. .. ^^^^ i„.pJ5ior 5? 8« J.y. 
 
 » J. N. H*LL. E«i., Eteoretary D.p.'t ol th. Intorior." ^ x. n- u 
 
 They not only adopted that course, you see. but thev wtuallv ••"* ^iT-Oaok, 
 land aaent at Prince Albert, to instruct tlio people how^they could get their patents 
 Ki?wayraadX> to Induce them to make their enCrle. af t.r thw p an (uheera). 
 Mr Duck got Father Andre and Mr. Maullet to go with »^','» *? '"^"-P^J »'^! 
 matter to the half breeda ; wd yet. In spite of allji|. >hey '•'^"•««1,*« "'^,'^« *^"' 
 SI. because there w^e emissaries among tj^vho were »"»««■ ,*°."?»^'; 
 SonbS (ohMrs.) That-4a.the whole question of tM^ver lot •urveys. Outsl<le of 
 SS?i«rShT8t.fflrd?LangeHntfeerewaB no dispute unsettled in connection 
 
 S^3.%?Sal|.bJ.5ni the North-we.t I give yon J''~« /•«»:, j"°'r/h.*"onW 
 aUtement made by Mr. Laurii^r in regard to surveys cheers ) Then came the only 
 Xr quitTon abJurwhlchUhere wa? any difficulty and that was the qu^fj"" «' 
 Otner q^J^J^"^ * that Mr. Laurler here, I kn..w he .lid in Toronto, referred to the 
 Stitionsol HiXw^he Archbishop of St. Boniface, the Bishop of St. Rupert's 
 E id Jhe ProtiLit BUh<.p of sLkatcbewan and •t'ted that th« Oov«rnmotJ 
 MTsistentlT refused to regard those petitions. What are the facts? They asked 
 KrtheSub^Slmfght^treateAi. tho half-breed, of Manitoba: bSt'^hough 
 thev differed aa to the beat method, every one of theee authorities advised that 
 2S.houW n"^ gJveVto the half-breid. (Mr. White read the letter of ^e 
 SoEShop. in which his Grace recommended the survey ol a large traqt of iwd 
 faT the hStf.K^eds, to be untaxable and inalienable for three R«««"««"^) ^e 
 ^„1H nnthowiiver have teken that plan without Interfering with other reoom- 
 ridiS^ -^r'ThrBUhoJ of sLkatchewan ••»? .*V\i VS ^LTT^rrf 
 Siitobahad not been such as to justify a repetition of it In the North west Terrl- 
 torlM" Sneaking of scrip, he said it would end in di««trouB failure. He recgm- 
 Sed Sff tTe^GlvTmSmt ahould give the half breed. -sisUjooe in getting «jd 
 aattlinir on their lande. The Government have always done that (oheera.) The 
 Chopof St Rupertl Land and the North-weat Gounoil said it would be unadvisable 
 to iS'^irt iTdTS negotiable scrip. . So you sje every one of th««. im- 
 
 S^tn^uthoritie..* against whom Mr. Laurier .''f-^d h»^« yj'lattor Tto 
 iC^ment acted, differed Mto,thb\;^^^ The 
 
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 waneSor his opinidn, and reoogniatog ahw that no man knows the half-breed. 
 ,KIK?<J?hiVlSadUeV feeling towar«fi them; yet, having regard for the future 
 
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 (i«v«loi>m«nt of th« noonlry. »h«y o«wUI hardly fimlil lh«l f***fVMi of ttt* dM h* 
 m«DUon«i ahnulil ba Mt sMrt anil r«m*ln unlftubU or iii/%li«n«t»i« f(ir ^hra* 
 g«n«r»U<>na. It would not h»v« atooil th« U»«t for Uin if««™ (oh««r»|. Thl« pl«a 
 pcovidtol that uoUm th«r« wm oontinuoua MtUani«iil for Mir«« ya»ra, th«< half br«od 
 •hoahl loM hia land. Thai nunti wm uunmomMUy. Thay had th« rlgh* U. |to la 
 and hroak up tha land, llv« at laaat all montha tn tha yaar for thraa y^ara, and 
 havlntf fuUuLl that condition, thay oould gat Ihalr paUnta: Thb ra«iuaat |iteowl 
 tham Ip a woraa |MMitlon than tha'onllnary whIU aattUr («ha«r»). That haa b«an 
 tha oouraa tha <;ovflmni«nt haa purauad. hut thaa« (MMipla praaaati for tha half braad 
 BoHp, and In thia oonlllot of aiiKKn'^ion •«»'• ailvloa. oomlng fr<»m Important authorl 
 Uaa In tha North- weat, tha oauaa of tha <;<)varnniant waa ona of dfllloulty, bol tha 
 Ooramniant datarinlnad, navarthalaaa, to comply with tha rtMjuaat of tha half brftda 
 and giva tham tha aorlu. It la aald thay did not do thIa until tha aoho of K«aJ|*t 
 Ihick lAka rcaohad (ha Danartmantal buildings at Ottewa. I hava hara tha 
 Ordarln ('Ounoll paaaad on tha iNth of January, 1H80, two full montha bafora tha 
 raballion broka out, authorising tha iaaua of thia aorip. and at the haad of tha 
 Commiaalon annt up was your raapaotad oitiiana (ohaan). What do you think of 
 man who, in tha faoa of that faot, inaiai thai Iha Oovammant did not mora until 
 after tha flght at Duck I^akaJ (Ohaan.) I hava mada a good many ohallangaa al 
 a grant many plaoaa, that anyona aboold pinoa bli fingar <m tha nama of a half braad 
 who had baen daprivad of a foot of Und through tha aotion or inaolion of Iha 
 OoTcmmant (great ohaering). That ohallanga ramalned unanswarad anill Mr. 
 Lnnrlar apoka in the great Mnrkal llnll in Montreal tha olhar dny, and rapanlad 
 hia apaaoh in Ontario. What waa tha anawer he gave ? In the flrat place, ha aaid 
 thia Oovemmeni have kepi baok papers. " I'hia (Sovemmetat have rafased to gtva 
 na papers whioh'i^ald enable as to meet this ohallenge. Allhongh they have dona 
 that, I hare disooYered two oaaea whioh I may dU?' Ona waa a oaaa mentioned 
 Inn latter of Father Andra'a, In which it waa aaid by ft^r. Laarier that ona Mr. 
 KaUy had jumped his claim and pal op a frame hooae upon it, and the other waa the 
 ease of Moaes Salter, in the parbh of 8l. Ixrain da Ungevln. In tha iattar oMa tha 
 Moased being a half-iwaed. Kven if theae oases were as Mr. Laarier stated them 
 thay would be of tha moat ordinary character. Claim^ are being jumped all tha 
 time. To jump the claim of a settler if he happens to be ofT hia land b a moat 
 common oooarrenoa in tha North-west. If theae oaaea were as stated thev woold 
 not be oaaea of a man being pot off hia land throngh either the aotloo or inaotion 
 of the Government. Bat what Is the faolT I doubt not that noat of yon hava 
 (•ad Id the Frei- PreM the letter of Mr. Kelly, who oorlooslf enough happenOd to 
 be In the town of Samia (applaase). In that letter he gives the full particulars of 
 tha dispute with Father Andra, whioh waa a matter entirely bet«rean Father Andra 
 and the half breed, Fathmr Andre wanted to put the half-breed off, and the half- 
 braed unwilling to oontinue a qaarral with- tha priest, sold out his claim to Mr. 
 Kelly. Mr. Kelly wna pressed to leave, and his brother, who' had settled on 
 Hudson's Ray land, and In oonnestlon .with whioh the Oovemment had oonflrmed 
 him, advised him to have no qoarrel with the good priest, and so he sold out for 
 |1(X). He took that flOO. and that waa the end <^ It (cheers). I reoelved to-day, 
 however, from my own Department the record of thia oMt. This case of Kelly's 
 wtf not given bi ithe letter of Father Andre's aa a complaint against tha 
 Oovemment. It was a letter addng for the appointment of a land agent at Prinoa 
 Albert, and this case was given aa iUnstrating the evils which might arise from tha 
 abaenbe of that agent. "That letter of Father Andre's waa dated the 7th of June, 
 and In the month of August following the land agent waa appointed (cheers). That 
 was the way Father Andre's letter Wlb answered (renewed cheers). That was the 
 way tha Oovemment turned nn indlfferenfrear to therepreaentotlona of thisaa people. 
 Oiie other case was that of Salter's. I find that Salter did make an entry for laiuL 
 for a qaarter section in the parish of St. Louis de Langevin ; but ther« Is no reoora 
 that uy half-breed was .ever in poaiesslon. It Is found that shortly after making 
 entry, for what reason doea not appear, he asked himself for the cancellation of the 
 entry. The entry was oanoelled, the land reverted to the Grown, and that was the 
 end of tdie case (cheen). That is the case with whioh Mr. Laurier tried to harrow 
 up your feelings, and by the citation of which ha undertook to prove that he, Privy 
 CJOunoOlor of toe Crown, would have been jusUfled Ih shonldering his miij^et on the 
 
 banks of the Saskatohewan and tumod It againit the enemy (tremendous cheering). 
 But Mr. Laurier In Toronto, and I suppose here, dted another case which ha add 
 
 Soved the wrong whioh had been done by the Oovemment in dealing with petitloflB. 
 a r«fei(red tiT&e cmo of Father Ledno and Mr. Maloney to Ottewa, and that 
 
2?« iriTlhlllhU WM uul In wrlllMK. wmI Ih.y w«b» Horn-. ijitO** »h« B«W» 
 
 mM Ih. < Jov.rn...«nl I will not umUrUk* to r.wl U •! Ungth, *•"» *"'f,^'"lj 
 
 Kbir I Jtto and Mr. M.lon.y. H.. <;ov-ri.m«.a wM m.Ung » •"^•Jj" 
 ' ISS^tordUUlol. ana h^l •mploya • numUr of -urv-yor. to Jo u. «;^»;jj^ 
 
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 J2> Mr. I). M*l«n«y to ()tuw» wllh » iH.tll.<.n. oont*l.ung »h. '«"<>• ^«"'*»'r^ 
 T.H Thai . riv., .«.*.» I.. aUowd lo lh.«», *Uh U>. two mlU. M«l». M l« Prtnc AlNtt. 
 
 °" *!:rZyts.d i*.i;:i"p.';;Jl::: li^Wiitsu .« •dv.m* d ~r.,y -.o-k b* ptofcud •» u.,., 
 ''•'SLrThS'iL^srxri:Lt'ro:M„u.,Far.i.«,.^^ . , 
 
 Tth "Buy •*«4 for »h« abolition of timber du«». »„„ „, 14. vlmnltv 
 
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 A ^tl^ WM muii from th« D«i»ftiii«nl on th» I2lh April. 1883. ftplylng to 
 
 MV(ML d«auuidit>f tlM, {Mtition, «■ foUowi j — 
 
 SlE'J^w::? ^ a-i'-^rr.i.- rra- pun. o. th. Survy, 
 
 '^"^"TwIiiS^'XUpl. of W. A«b.rt. RdrtoIlM wl^<*l 8Mh.toh.wart to b.». tMr 
 bokull SlUJaWilVrr CiJ.«l tt«. f Wht of pr.^«pUan giv.a lo ttem. wm promtaod. 
 
 JS ^Jl±iCtt;'r.Sr'oa l«#l. -t'— ol .nmy •» *« pro«l«d -»«« Wly I. 
 
 •^';irtS:"qSJ!Zor^l".l'pffi2rn'Sffi T^rHtoH.. tn P..lUm.n». .1 w« ...d. would 
 
 •r£'^:r,ri«*?3^r.rr.t>iuh ««»»•'>•. hoidii,rt-t th.y w.r. mifinwrM,. 
 
 »» "^^^'^ S2l"£WMXri«\WJ *o«.d b. .ppolnt.d . 
 
 Sth. U WM promlMa y**** ""■;■?■"• '.i^"- -ithin tha Durvlaw of tb. Lieutenant a.ii.r»i-m. 
 
 oJSi ^:r;^".:i""t£fa "tt'^s ^^Jivi*!:; ^i:sr^ c..- u, tbat p...gr.ph oi 
 
 *^ wITu w^ .tetod kh.* Ui. QoT.rnm.ot would oonilder th. .|UM«on ol th. oUlm. ol tb. h.M- 
 'br.wl.oi thoNortb-wMtTwrltoflM loMrip. . ci 
 
 The fiov«rmnent re(u«»d to •boliih the timber daw Ip % »n*f"«* of *^» J^^ 
 floantnr- It wm. not their p,iUoy to •boli.h them. The rfop Utlone •^owtdjkj 
 !2Sl?to JLlon the (lovernibent land and get out what tfmber he Quired lor 
 £&« "teiSig i fuel? tJader certain llmlU, but the«i lUxl^ limit. W-" m«i. 
 ilSrSS; Ilhf ilntod to|o on th« Orowa Und. and out timber to wOl. he mart 
 ni'. mJ^it S^yTmSe Oovoinmoat promUed to gr«t -very requeet of the 
 StiuKTxc.pt tha/and^e one relating to the highwar, .^""J.:" "J^;;^*'?^ 
 Sroidnoe to deal with, and reprewntotion in Parliament, which «hey rewrved for 
 GSir co^deration. -WheS the deputation. Father Leduo and Mr. Moloney, go* 
 h^ tSriewned that the Government had not .ent up initruotion. in re|^'<» »» > 
 Sr5>i!2dorj«mlSd. and 0.. July 30th Father Leduo .ent • J'tt.' to toe 
 Si2LlS.dr.U.tt.ntlontothede^J^ 
 
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 flrai»tionbv thy. 8unr.vor-a.iwna. I mb alio to remind y<>^ ,*^*X\^«*^l^^^A^ZZ^^LSkSi 
 pMed Md »pprov«d. t6fl oth«r ttrpt In ttwfmoi to the ol.lm- ol Mttlcn al ^"X'?''hJwlt«V»hik 
 SiVJinVd 9t Albert oinnot be pKooe.led wtth ,•» '• »^« '"»«^»»" °';''^J1'"^S wlti. « '«S* 
 noutine«iw«ry <lAe ahould b« loet. and the re<|ulred wtlon hM M fur been iwen w«n m mooB 
 
 '^Kv,%he'rno"tob...lr.,o«rob«l^^^ . "^^'llJ^ttB^U^] 
 
 "Tb« Rbv. H. Lmwo, O. M. I., 8t.A"bert, 8Mk»tchew*n." 
 
 So, yon lee. no far from any Indiflference being manifeited In the m»tter, the 
 wrveyir'. notes were already fn Ottawa when the complaint arrived there, jo 
 promptly had the work been done, and the only thing remaining to be done wae to 
 anbmlt th.m to the SorveyorGenTal for hi. approval to put the •nrvey into tffeot. 
 It wa. important that a man wellaa,nalnt*d with the dutrie^and the people .hoaM 
 be appointed ae regirtrar. and the man elected to hll that office wa. Mr. B«»"*««»0| 
 a Frl-fT h gentlemin ponee-king th^ee r.'quirf ment«, and Mr. Goyerean wai appointed 
 land agent, and no'theae thint* a«ked for w«re granted promptly So well »»M<>fled 
 were the pewle, that wh^n the rebellion broke out, the young men of St Albert, 
 inetead of feeling th^ilr wrong., a* Mr. Laurier My*, theB« young half brcedi of St. 
 Albert enlisted under Captain George, rtf Mont-enl^Ad took up arme. not a. rebeli 
 attHinxt the Crown: bat ajjaitiBt their brothers and against Lome Riel, ae loyal 
 ro) i«otB (immeni.e cheering). So the poor people, about whose wronus Mr. Laurier 
 U trying U> excite your eympathieB— tl.efe very people wtre more loyal than i-aurier, 
 and fought on the -ide of the Crown, putting a«ide their ties of kindred and acting 
 according' to the light they had of the (Jovernmenfs intentions. Their course WM 
 a lesson which I would td God he and his followers would take to heart («l»e««)- 
 For they, wi»h their greater opportunities of learning the facts about the rebellion, 
 htfve less to justify them than had any one of the poor half-breeds, who, as has been 
 admitted by themieWea, took up arms without cause. The claim for sonp wa* the 
 Mly on«^oti settled in full when Louis Riel went into the country, and it was cot a 
 quMtiob aff^ctingthe half-breeds who rel,elled,asover 92 per cent, had already received 
 
 ft N"W, if I wanted to prove to you that the Government settled all these mattera 
 -witisfactorily, and that the people were fully informed of it. I. can do so from their 
 own authorities 1 can give you the testimony taken in the tnal at Kegina. I will 
 rive you the evidence of Father Andre on the matter^: ♦,„. ^f ♦•.. 
 
 • "h-yf II vou dUte, It, since the srrWsl of the priponer In the country, up to the time Of the 
 tebolllon. the Government have msde »n favorsble snswer to »»«««••""•'• •"^"'"'^•"U^'ji^ 
 bnldB? A-Yes IknoWthey h»\e sccceded to oertoln drniuds in regard to thOM who did not 
 tet^'lp In MsStoW A tole«r» n w- sent on the 4th of March Isst, grant nn the .srip. 
 ^ * 0_Before thJt time? A.-Yes, regarding thb alteration of survey of lots along the river, 
 there wm w msw« froSthe Oov.niii.ent sajing they would grant it, and that was an important 
 
 ^ossldon^^ question, then, remained to be settled ? A.-The question of paten to-tbat has also 
 been .etiled in a certain way. bec»UMi Mr Duck was eent^'and 1 went wHh him a- Interpreter. 
 "^"•S -What other que^n remained ? A -Only the question of wood timber " 
 
 So, you will see that, according to the sworn testimony of Father Andre, when 
 the rebellion broke put there was just the wood timber question remaining, which 
 the Government declined th*n, as it do. s now, to settle in any way. VV nen I was 
 in the North-west, I was met by a deputation of the pepple of Prince Albert lart 
 vear Their one complaint was in nineteen petitions, which were not gn. vanoea 
 by any means. So plainly did I explain the matter to them thit Mr. Millar, who 
 bad always been regarded as one of the greatest opponents of the Governments 
 policy, and one of the strongest Liberals there, got np at a dinner, which waa 
 tenderod to me by the people of Prince Albert in the evening, and said he was fully 
 ■atisiied with the iostice of the Government (loud cheers). So» I say, Mr. i^atim 
 baa not much of a leg to rest upon when he stands np and endeavors to inol^to the 
 people to support the cause of rebellion (renewed cheers). Tm« man Riel, who ha. 
 teen held up m a martyred patriot, who by the gradual diffusion of edoci^lon 
 ^mong the Liberals-no, I sho^d say among the Clear Grits, for that is their nkme 
 ll«nBhter)-thiB mpm, who has been elevated aa a hero and martyr in this oountrV— 
 tbialUel, I ask, what kind of a man was he T Let ae show yon from the testim<^ny 
 of Father Andre what kind of a hero he was : 
 
 «• O -1 believe, in the month of December 1874, you had an Interview with Riel and Nolln with 
 Mgart w awrtoln sum «l money wbloh the prisoner cisbned from the Federal Goveinmentt A.- 
 ■ot with Nolln ; NoUn was not pnsrnt at the hiterview. 
 
 ':§:-Wi!l?WeU^'whI*ttrJuon.r^^ A.-Ih«ltwo 
 
 IntervieWH with the prisoner on that subject. ■ „..^, rL«^„-,„„t <iMn't h* t ■ A -J 
 
 •'Q.-The prisoner claimed a certain todetonlty '«>« *b« Feder^ (H>veniment, 4ldn the I A.- 
 Whon the Prisoner made his oWm. 1 was there with another K-nt'^inM^M^he asked from the 
 StTr-mortnTJ^W* thought that was exorbitant, and the prisoner said. "Walt a Uttle, I wUl 
 take at once 186.000 sssb." 
 
•bout £w«nty ••>*«»\'«*|J. ^^"\o Mk T*u to me yoof lnnu«not with the F«d«f»l <»<>'«"'"""'**• 
 
 " Q -That mv hto »re»t oo«ip»tlon t A.-Yej. ^ SlTmlSl im. the WiM-biwd queitlon 1 A.- 
 .-3.-^Ultiiottru«lh*t toe priMnjf told yw that bo hlm^^ 4^,»,^ 
 
 He dld'not M^y eo In •»P"-,»«"S:i,*~l£: .ffiK?wM nSdSto htatiiat eren If the Qove.nm.nt 
 ;rt:dt fc/ocS^rhe'liS^h Auffi^^^^ toe — . «<» "• •-• '" .n«.er t , th.t. 
 
 f' -r,-Wn*S?-^Kr*5.rd"io^he would •.en^^o.^t •,'- ^21 i^cS'S^. y^uP- 
 Mid, ' u«e"n the Jnfluenoe you omi, yon may not ge^aU th»t. out get mi you-u. « p 
 
 wtwllleee." ... • "i^iJukd He wanted the Governmentto buy 
 
 « of PMlUment, ttJd that for $5,0Da he 
 llel, there werewry few who could bfelieye 
 
 Now, that was the motive Mr. LooU ] 
 him off. When Sir John, in the floui 
 could settle the qaeation and get rid of 
 
 the truth of the .tatement. *»lo°8^ »j»9y„?°^?, ""' Jwlillaa Tm^ who could be eb 
 of Sir John'- words. ^ B«t*hey did/not M eve th«^ ^ 
 
 great a misoreant that for the sake^f «°*"°'"f .J J*^5J Slhe miseries of war. 
 Se liv« of h» ;«"°^?rw*17orM?^La& th.^^^^^ ™S. that member of the 
 
 stood eide by side. .^ „, , 
 A voice— They said Riel 
 Mr. White— Well, U he. 
 
 I a lonatic, thought , . 
 
 ,^ras he suffered for his lunacy (enthusiastic cheers). 
 
 WhaTa^e W-. to say. 1^/- j^CX'^oJ^lf^Ei- h2?.wf.: »d Z^^ 
 ride of this toble, one of Wr.SffoXTSfe t^^^ of iere oommi.. 
 
 they were so serious, so teirible »* "^ ^'^^Vla^.m^'hi. own life to further 
 «riion for ^^^1-^';^:,^'^^ Sr^d^Srhe'iSlJ; who .ay. Riel was • 
 their cause ; and the 8f>"Vj u -- iw,i„ ..nt to »n asvlum. and that the Government 
 mere lunatic, that he fcld ^^'^'•^♦^liJhYere"; the platform. You pay. 
 should not have hwij^ him. XJ» had "^^. ~'P_^?"„/,4„gh»fcer and cheer.) -the 
 your money and yo/take. y^'^L''^^; J^ntSd by Mr L^ier ; or the drivelling 
 patriotic, self sacn/oing »5»??'' " "P'ffJ^J Ss doini! w r^Fe^nted by Mr. 
 
 «bverDment wan gfoing to B»nt the tigmm oi »uo •»• 
 
 *"''.^S'lDld you Aow th. w«»«r to Wen A -I diowed the reiJy I w«iv«l next Sunday. 
 
 "SZTha™ In the month of? A -Februanr. 
 
 "Q -In the beripBlng of the month ? A.-xejL year, that the Englinh had 
 
 bee:Jjir^^tfcm7t:pSia^^^^^ •"'^'""'• 
 
 Uln toebegln^lngof M^h^^hereame^^^ 
 
 .-Were you pw^nt when ttat meeti^J^ orgwueu » ^^^„ took adwintane of 
 J on(anl««l by «.. I^i^-^^^^^^^ people of the anawer 
 
 S,\"^^mMi5*SfvX£th.'5«Uthey h«l«ntio?^ ^ ^ . . T ehould 
 
 , That was the attitude pfl..ul. Kiel J dp pottM^^^ 
 detain you much longer. I have gij«n /«" ? P^°\SST^?ermuent being guilty of 
 unvarnished record, .howing t?^*ilS.1?aiL^hi whtohT«y way would have 
 wron^, and »> f ar « theje SaM-breed. having ^h*^^ ^ ^^ ^^^ 
 
 juetieed that rebeUion^ 7^"!?f!S!LValf br^!7ch!e«) Go into the Muskok» 
 world wereever better tn»ted than th«»lu^^ ^ . ^^^ 
 
 diatrict and a.k the wttler how J'*!**" J*' ™JSl toll yo^ W. troubles are 
 
 ■ij^toSsi . 
 
10 
 
 ThMe people were not dbturbed ; they were taken o»re of. The profeealon and 
 prlvilegea of their religion were gnwranteed to them. T,heir civil righia were 
 guaruiteed them. Everything th»t they dedred they got (oheera). Their grievance* 
 were imaginary. On the Saakatohewan there were grievanoea whioh did not exirt 
 in fact, and there were grievanoea whioh had been meaanred by the f90, at which, 
 M a rale, they aold their acrip. And atill we have Mr. Laorier going through thia 
 country becanae of thia prooeaa of ednoation whioh I reforred to a moment ago, and 
 in Ontario, where a year ago he would hardly have expected to get a reapeotfnl 
 hearing, endeavoring to excite the feelings of the people, iMcanae, as they aay, the 
 Government did not properly treat the lialf -breeda. And Mr. Laarior, of all places 
 in the country, comes on a platform in the city of London, w^ere (me of your yonng 
 and loyal sons lost hia Itfe in defence of his country. Conaoions tliat he was carrying 
 his life in his hand, he makbs his will and goei out in the asrvioe of his Queen: And 
 vet Mr. Laurier comes here to harrow up the feelings of his friends by aaying if ha 
 had been on the banks of the Saskatchewan he would have shot him down. G^d 
 help the man who could make anoh a oold-blooded statement on a platform Inr 
 London ! Now, ladies and gentlamen, yon are, af cer all, the masters in thia matter. 
 We publio. men may stand on a platform and state our case to yon, present our viewa 
 and give yon the evidence, but, after all, under our civil svstem, you are masters of 
 the position. Your speaking is the effective speaking. I leave yon with the record 
 I liava stated to-night to do yonr duty whan your time to speak arrives (tremendooa 
 and continued cheering. ) 
 
 HON. GEORGE FOSTER. 
 
 Dondof 
 
 applaose. H» 
 
 Whan Mr. Fester oaine fomrard he received a hearty rov 
 nidi- 
 Mr. Chairman. lAdiea and Oantlemen,— The only thing I have to be sorry for 
 is that as a resnlt of my long and deviooa wanderings I liave oaoght a oold. wliioh 
 may make it difficult for yon to hear me. However, with yonr Und oo-operation, 
 I will do my beat, and hope to snooeed in that partioalar if in nothing more. I 
 felt very much at home m the sleigh in wliioh we ware brought to this hall, 
 espeoially when I saw the yonng men who came to meet as, attd I felt even more at 
 hmne when I came Into the hall and heard the hearty oheera with whioh Tyon 
 reoeived na. It proved for one thing that tha yonng men have good Inngs, which 
 is a very easential thing for good fighters to have. I will take yonr fighting^ 
 qnidities on trust, having heard yonr Inngs. There is a wonderful bond of -Freo' 
 masonry uniting the man who fight under the same politioal banner, and as there 
 are only the two great political partiea in Canada, so the visitor from one end of 
 this great Dominion feels at home when he meets his fellow Gonservativea at the 
 otiiar, and I hope if any of yon should wander down onr way, that the) reoep^on 
 yon would meet with would have a similar effaot on yon. It is not my intention to 
 touch on the subject so admirably jn r sse n ted by my friend Mr. White. Hehaa 
 placed the subject before yon in affair and impMrtial manner, not tiving ta 
 extenuate any of the d<dngB of his own department^ nor displaying aught of malioa 
 in his statements regwrding the other siae, but pladng hia case in yonr handa 
 honestly and fully, aa the jury which having heard tha statement of Mr. Lanrier 
 and Mr. Blaka the other aight, are to deoide whether thia or the other is ^ the troo 
 atatement. and which aida you will sustain. As we go from town to town and oity 
 to city on this tour the Government is everywhere reoeived with the same ontbnrat 
 of the approval of the people, taad thia magnificent reception tonight is but » 
 nmple of the others we have reoeived all over the Lower Provinoea westward. I 
 believe from what I have sem that the electorate of the Dominion of Canada ia- 
 stirred to-day as it never has been stirred since the oonfedecatiim of the Provinces. I 
 believe there is more interest taken in the great qnestiona now befoca the people^ 
 more intelligent discussion on those questions, and more calm oonsideration of the 
 statements made by the two parties, than there ha« ever been. I think tUa is a 
 happy augury for the good government of the oonntry, and for the people coming to 
 a good deotsion on the questions l)ofore them. When a bnsv people uka 
 the Ganadiana are willing to s^ve over their baainess and the olaims it has on thair 
 time, and to oomo and hear the questions of the day diaonsaed, it looks as if they 
 intended to h«ve f idl information before making np their judgment. Tha individnu 
 judgment of the people will be deposited in the ballet bozea, and their oolleotlv» 
 judgment will be the verdict which deddea whioh party is to rule this oountry for 
 the next five yaara. We Ctmaervativea do not fsar the iMue under auohoirenm- 
 
iannoil U over and the imoke »'*''• j**2*,,°'*?f^ terth hoWlnir in one hand the 
 decUring that the Wr form of ^';l\;^^^* ^flS^^^irTon the brow of 
 maple \^, and in the other the orowtt of y«»2iiSe wRl approve of the olaimi, 
 the LiberalConMrvatlve narty (o,»»*«^h.;Vi£S.CoMerv^^ which for 
 
 poUoy. name, method. an<f prinoipta. of «»• J'J*™1£!!'2too^^ Now, there 
 
 £n?week.»he member, of t^e Goyemm«t have ^Sd^JJ^^jJf BUke.tand. 
 b a fair field for di.o«.ion^ «d ^^^^^ KpS^t. tX ; he'dlve. b«,k 
 before you he poM. a. a Liberal ; ne oaii. aii n» ^vv^ t ik-ralbm meant .onio- 
 SKa; ma.tvwoord. of bygone day. ':,»'~>"i5J^iS„ w^^^ the 
 
 Sing ; he pick, up the '-Uf _«»;«* ^^"^^J*. "J'rbS;vI wPat he .ay.. He 
 palerrfoklv form of rampant QritU"»v XXm^ he toS. of proud aohievement., 
 Srateeof tbedeedeof *^« «"»*'»*J*.""5'SlS'of dX5p1«. that .tand a. firm 
 Sflght. fought "? J*****"^" J? 'JSiM^Sni yJu^r^rt^^ .emblanoe which 
 today a. the rook, cheer.) ; yet he ^^^If **°'2"^y?»J"|i.ni of fifty ywtf* fp> 
 h. flaU. before you h« .omething of tj? 8»?d 'J^ J^^'J^g-™ J\Si,7 iJok n^b 
 (cheer.). It ha. not (loud «aie.of " no j- J^»**",„y J'h; /perhapJ you are no» 
 hl.faco«nd«y pwhap. y^-^Y'JSf fUuSKi^toSyon haviSJmmV^^^ «d 
 M calm and have not M Mwne a .oul ('»'»?°**^J^°°'i^^ ,t the i|.uM. When he 
 SrtTaie not goins to •ocet* any »b»m •"bholeth. Ixwk at tw pi ^ ^ ^ 
 
 SSi you the.5 thW. -J y'i'ii^^I'SSulKi yoi Snnot v^S or him. "book 
 Ube4l,butif hedoe.n<rt«pWB^JP»J^^^ WhatI* 
 
 in their pre-.. Look at their fint, •f!^>^^\^^l!^^ I .av it to their .hame- 
 
 fatteir'pre-.^ M''**^'S:S^.SSrfr5"i»7H^^ 
 
 ^^y^^^^irii^^sLt^^".-^^^ 
 
 jSLto'TelropponenUt ffri" • " '\;'|??;5^\e/JX.^;vir5fa. F^^^ 
 
 alnue i. not aignment (oheen). , 
 
 Avoloo-Whatabouttoe^Jfa^7 . j^ „„ _,^ the two paper, dde by 
 
 Mr. Forter-Ye., I will ^•»P*^«JS»t ,-^ iSeU in the m«.t oourteou» 
 
 trom Mr. Blake down, they aU wejt. *»J" ^ jo jno a •nllo: That robrndy 
 devdopment of ^^yJ^J^S^, ifi'JIuLSiSltw whole-le robbery «i 
 they grant upon certain term., but Mr^ltte "«^^ „,„i^ ^ho work, for » 
 SSiJtion, ^ .eekr to ^^.JZ^^l^i^^^^Oiiy^^rA. Mr. 
 robddy andget.it, rita^in ^•'^•S^^^WwUch Mr. Blake ha. retafled 
 Forter then went »"*othj "^J "^ JJj SSdiSSi how M^Blake had defended 
 everywhere. The fact, were ij'Sr^- You^m &.d there wa. nothinjj itatya- 
 to the plan of ilwder. Mr. FortBr-lW . r ou .iimde^ ^d nothing else 
 
 niMlike •bout hi. deiiUng irtth that c«J. 
 
 rtikCT a angle question a. to PoH^ll tJ^h iJeSJiKwSt^ or did he 
 
 S5hetalkalSmteTerythfagel^a«.dMttoucJ^th^ ^^ ^^^ 
 
 go rtraight to hi. own poUoy and »»y «*'*'^y°,,VISrS wne thing aU over this 
 Kdhefliirk it ? (Ori- of " no, no.'^ ^^^J^^Sn S?do S?«ipporter. of 
 country, and - heU|d«»^5 ^J £:Su"y of toloSv^eit. Thra>ry in 
 
 ttr;r^u^tir^thr^^^^^ 
 
 
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 «wo of Mr. BUk«"s ipMohM. Ooe wm giv«i in OrflU* and w»oth«r In {j'®"*®' 
 Oo« in » (M off place and the other In the njetropolu of Ontwio. T»ke th«m M 
 wrniplee-remd and digeet them thoroughly, and lee whether Mr. Blake In hto 
 wandering, through the country throw, no du.t In the eve. of *»»••'•<{«",..{• 
 Orillla we took up the GoTernment policy In detail, and defended it. Mr. BU»e 
 wa. there after we were, and we expected that he wonld take up the qnf««»°'*5J 
 we dJicutwKl, aod turn them ln.lde out. Take the (Jtofte report and read It. What 
 did Mr. BUke doT Why. la the tir.t part of hi. .peeoh he took np the qnntloaoi 
 Sir John Macdonald'. .icknew. He wondered whether Sir John wa. a. .ick a. he 
 Mid he wa.. or whether he wm only "foxtag," and after balancng the pro. and 
 eotu tot a time, he came to the Mplent oonolu.Ton that he wa. " foxln« (•»»«»>*•')• 
 The next i* public" queetlon di.cu.Md by Mr. Blake In thl. .peech— and thto 
 ImperUnt queation take, ip one and a half column, of the Oiofte report-wa. whether 
 MrVBlake -honld be likened to Haman or Mordecai ! After holding the audience 
 breathle.. on thw momentou« que«tlon, he concluded that the .hoe. and raiment 
 of Mord..oai would fit him best, and bo announced to the beaming jatufaction of 
 WmiM-lf and the great delijjht o/ hi. follower, (laughter). After that he tcok up hia 
 Orange .p^eoh, and hi. remark, on that .peeoh fill three and a-h»lf coluinuii in the 
 Olob^. He dlHou«i^<i how many people heard it, who «id "Hear, hear, and when 
 they »id it (laughter). That', the question of to-day. According to Mr. Bl^a 
 thoM little aide iasuea. hke the Canadian Pacific Railway, the National Policy, the de- 
 velopment of the country.are nottobetalkedof inthe .ame breath (laughter ) The 
 next topic in thl. apeeoh, which fill, nine oolnnm. of the Globe i^M, was wh«ti»«f 
 the Globe waa aa indcLendent journal or not. He went carefully ifit»-*ta pilnclplea 
 imd policy, and announced a. the reanlt of hi* reMarch that no more worthy .indepei^ 
 dent; honeat. acoul»te, courteciU. and Uberal ! newapaper exuted than the p/o6e. and 
 that the Afati wa. not a candle to an electric light in oomparlron. Then in hi. con- 
 olndinu aentenoas he pi oaoonced the Tory Qovi^rnment ai no ood, and hoped the peo 
 plewouldturnitoutand put him ih their place. Ofargnmentt-) proveoarwiokednei., 
 Mr. Blake had not one word. If you don't believe me, wrapa up 10 cent, and hvj 
 M Globe. Yet Mr. BUke tell. u. the ConwrVat-v i. are trying to throw dirt In tha 
 evea oi the elector., and to keep him torn dikonaaing the public queation. on tiielr 
 merita, and preventing hi. keen intellect from wtting the l»cU '»i"y ^^'o" "•"J: 
 In T .ronto Mr. Blake delivered anotheif .peech, and yon woul|l think that there, if 
 anywhere— in the oapiul of thi. Province— Mr. Blake would confine hUdiacuMton 
 to the public queationa of the day, and make a .peech that might be of .trength to 
 hi. party What did he do ? He looked up t^e Bill paued by Sir John Macdonald 
 in 1872 to legalize trade, uniona, and aaked if he did not amend It. or if it ahonld not 
 be amended in some place where it wa. not. In the next place he .poke of free 
 trade aod protection. He u.ed the argument that there wa. np chance of onj 
 returning to a duty for.Tevenue policy, becauw the country wanted revenue, and\ 
 would hava to maintain a protective tariff to meet the inoreaaed eipenditurea. / Did 
 you ever hear auch nonaenae ? For a man to my that a protective tariff la a bettor 
 meana of raiaing money than a non-protective tariff, la .beer rot. The revenue from 
 dntieain England, where not one .ingle branch of trade or manufacture, ia protected, 
 i. S12 per head, and the revenue from the .ame wurce in Canada, where there u a 
 prot ction policy, ia only $7 per head. Mr., Blake did not €^pre« hia honert 
 aentimanta in thi. matter. He ia a free trader in hia heart .till, and i. wturatod 
 with the principle down to the role of hi. boot., dnd .o are Mr. Charlton, Mr. MiUa, 
 Mr. PAtteraon. and all the other prominent men In the Reform party in OntMrio. 
 But Mr. Blake haa read the writing of 1878 and 1882, and he mob the Mme hand in 
 1888, and he know, that the people of thU country don't want to go back to the 
 begxarly daya of free trade, but in.tead of acknowledging the will and voice of the 
 •overeigo people and tolling them-Be itao If yott wiU have it, ao he tell, them— We 
 oan't go back to free trade, beoaoae we want a revenue and murt have it. Mr. 
 Blake went on to dIaouM another matter of Mme importance— the quMtion of the 
 maiiufaotnrera-and to day Mr. Blake ha. a rather wholewime dread of the qputnulao- 
 tucing induatrie. of the country which he hu «> long ai^ m> mercileaaly ridiculed. 
 The artiaana and the farmer. Me that they are in a measure bonnd up with toe 
 phieperity of our manuf*oturlii« induatrie., m that tho^men, their work and the 
 pKMluoe of the farmer mayi>e kept In Canada (cheera). What doe. Mr. Blake aay ? 
 ^' Oh, you- manufacturer, don't need to fear, beoanae we bave to raiw a high revenne, 
 imd that will be .uffioient protection to yoiu. " Will it ? Inhere om be the highaab 
 / protection with a low of revenue. Take the duty off article, that can be mimnfao- 
 lured here, and yon get the reaWt in the flooding of our marketa with good, in a 
 
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 T!2't pay may heed^to thaw men, who t^ *o JJJf ^^j, ^h, n,»nuf»otar«ri. Who 
 
 MTMekingtortUBMtagonUm! I«yJ*«Y,tSr and oipft*!.* Now. \»Aifm »ad 
 
 \SptSen. w to the N*tlon»l PoW^V-^f. "J^^* O fi007.mer. who live within 
 
 ilSlK radlui. Th.y wIm • qu«tlty ofgrjto '""^i^i^/th.y ^„t to ..U at 
 
 Jo«£' m„k.t but th^ •^.J'^fr'.^d^KSSi w«t ;; boy. fh. fnn,r. -y, 
 
 !.<.«« The uliMUi* with their wive* »uu •■"" l_^ (>£f j,, uiii we oan 
 
 ^Teh7ve\S7:d.o..to«^^^ 
 
 <Mfe ^lonff well together." The utuani wy, ' . |j ,^0^, „, ^ly 
 
 Kiwefrnutofwork "^^^ • °V"°^?„one%rn w^^ 
 ' Wby which we can getworktndwmwi^^^^^ ^o the artUan. go to 
 
 ^'Zy onr good.. "^ we -hj^l •"jjet 'J^^^^^^^ who are wUltog to help 
 
 the oaplUlUt and lay, "Here "« JJf* °!!_ u",T. And the capltiOirt "pM«». * ?«•» 
 
 ••Whatbecome. of thegrandoldmaxln^ to b^ Thede«e«t 
 
 dXeit «Set. t • " I*V ffi* sSif bn? o^loCtTlt t So long a. th|jy 
 SSet U over there (tfie U°M^tet»), ^^^^J^ ^S, we moat put our energle. 
 nrevent you from-gettlng In and F?*?P.* "*°j^v- employmeDt to our own people 
 K^^opeSlon het?J^«iWour ownfj^^J^ J^^;^^^^ ,^her. •"d .^ke of 
 (cheen). So we will proeper. But Mr. »{"• J'"' Your lot ia miaerable In this 
 S^"Jklngman«ndtotheworklngm.n.^e»y^^^^ JVnd when they look 
 
 !SuJS;iti.moreth«iinl.erable.U»»lm^^ 
 
 M 5ith keen aetonlahment m ^^J'^fJ^ly^ry worklngmW. laroUy* and put. - 
 S« out of you by totonrlble pollg t^ftjm J22^^^^ 
 
 Tbx the .trong b«x at Ottowa. . ^f "Jjt hfa objeSt wa. to "^k VJf" '^•"J 
 flmilv nav one-fifth of that .urn (cftew.) , d«» "» ^-,±gA *« account of himself and 
 Sd"4^to»tod In the hope *baUt wo^d^ .^t tad a P^^-^^-r^.^^ 
 jiainat the party in power. H«J"*°* ^.^luS^ » Graduated Income Tax," and the 
 Sobottle. out of M. pocket; "^^^'^'jJf^^iS jurtThen they got 
 other " Succe«ion^ax." He J^J^™' Sk wy medicine from either of thew 
 
 jr^id: "X»«'!r»*^1ramat?e?^^S^^~^''i»l G'^«t^«°*u ft^^t 
 bottle. ; I cannot do it ; ***? »^*"'2 Cnting the medicine in their faoe., he 
 After haying made them miwrable, ■"*^."'™7rf haven't thVpower to oflfer you 
 Suto it baS?toto hi. trou«r. pocket "^ -»y -^ ^boutlu he«id to the workingmen^ 
 ffimedicine" (l»»R»»*""fl**TiroTden K to d^^ to other, a. they would be 
 ^pt to adNiae them to foUow the ^X \wL?taSe« up and ably expound, to the 
 S3y Th«M«» example, of how Mr. MAe^^^ Now I wi.h to 
 
 neople hi. poUcy with reference to *f?.f ^J^°r.' ^i which he say. : - The normal 
 KS to you from another addret. of Mr. B»S^« ■» ^ laid they had ground, for 
 Sfcti^n^of an Opporition «- "^'J^.'^^ JJuow ^Thta iT^lrom^ taun\ from Mr. 
 aiuent and more excellent method, to .^Yr pVi* and other. »y it is not. I don't 
 gSe Aw Wb PoUoy- f^Te^off X" m^ht^^g^ Mt.. ^ When M«nent 
 Sire whether it i. or not. It geta off JJ^^ J^^Ve on their way to Ottawa. 
 ^ about .itting two year. ■«?. ""^ *?* ^Shi. broad, riouch hat,-wending hi. 
 SJycameoutwithapiiJtu^of^^^^ H^SnTlSy w'-idewUavery .Um »tcheL^^ 
 t«av on K)lemn march to the capital. "*"f "*» ^J niake'. face, and from the mouth 
 r/iS^ti wa. a Uttle «[f^i'«^8;j^^iH;£rMr SSe, going to Otuwa! 
 of tfie Uttle feUow I. P«f»^?J°!^ J.'^^^if Mr. BhAe forgot hi. policy, then, he 
 vou forgot your poUoy," (gr.»t l»»gf tor »• *» £iway. taunted about it. At hMt he 
 Cnot?ememberedtogetitever«ncj. H^^ 
 
 made up hi. mind to apeak out, «^^ J*°£^ VthTmain duty of the Oppoaition 
 S^ato. he took up that qu^tion with re»pe«t Jj^^SionJnManing hi. own- ( 
 bS^ttcaL If & had «dd the main dugr of «*" "gJJ^'^tlctan Ualway. do-, 
 
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 HMD, yoa have a pnfeot right to look Into Mr. BUka'i ta6» In thii groat oooatry of 
 flTO miUioiM of pooplo, with It* groat fataro boforo it, and daniiaBd of tho man who 
 aaks yoa to ohango from tho prooont policv to t(i|l yon what ho propoMi to do In tho 
 fatnro (ohoon). Mr. BUko may talk of tho poHdy of tho Opnocltion boing orltioal 
 until ho ia blhid, bat ho oan never make tho people beliero that it ia oommon eonae 
 to otop off a oolid plank into.Tacanqr (oheora). Wo need to play when children a 
 groat many games, and one I remember ran eomething thns':— 
 
 " Omd your tpoatb, and that you'n eyM 
 
 Am I'll giveyou tomeUilDK to nukka you wiw." / 
 
 tMr. Blake etande before yon, and when yon 'have got all rettdy, he aays "Open 
 lyonr month and ahnt yonr eyea, and probably I'll give von •(Mnething to make yon 
 wieo." Bat what it u he doean't teU yon (langhtor and ohoera). Here is another 
 tid-bitfrom Mr. BUke, b hia nMooh at Ghealey :t-"To toll yon that by Aolof 
 Parliament we oan make yon rioh ia what I oannot do. 1 do not believe it oan bo 
 done." There ii a ttetement t Whoeirer Mked Mr. Blake to eay tliat he beUoved 
 that by mere Aot of Parliament wo oonld make a man rioh ? Take* the pooreat man 
 yon have in London ; put him in this hall ; introdnoe a Bill in Parliament 
 saying that So-and-so ihiul beoome rioh. We oarrv it through the Senate and the 
 Governor-General signs it« Does the poor roan c^ly beoome wealthv ? Did anyone 
 over say that? No I Bat what Mir. BUke is oombatting is that by oertain 
 arrangementa of tho public tariff the country oannot be helped to m|ike itself rioh, 
 and he puts it in that way in order to make yon believe his argument is weU 
 founded. That would be unstotesman-liko. But you will agree with m^tliat it is 
 a fundamental tmtii in' politics that it is possible for the Government, by wise 
 enaotmenta, to make it poaaibie for tho oountary to beoome wealthy, ^d to help tho 
 people to take advantngo of their naturtd possessions, and to make thtomselvea rioh. 
 TUie, for ekample, 'ttio older provinoee after Confederation. For a tioneiwa almost 
 stood still, and the young men, as they grew np, went to the United Snitoo. By 
 and by we oame to know that we had a North-west. jThe pundiase of that oopntry 
 was agreed on, with some opposition from our opponents, and it became a 
 of the Canadian peopls. -At this time we got It not a single blado of wheat 
 grown there, and nothing of value oame out of it, becmse we had no means 
 of communication with U, and it was unknown and undeveloped. To that great 
 naoessity, and to bring under tribute ita millions of acres of frnitfal soil, tho 
 Ouadiui Pacific Bidlway was built, and it had a great deal to do with the devolonnent 
 of the country. Last year millions of Imshels of wheat went out firom that lately 
 barren wilderness, and it is filling ti]^ and will fill up, until not many yoiuni will pass 
 before it will have many Provinoss as progressive, M wealthy and as prosperous •■ 
 Ontario is to-diy. Mr. Blake said he did not beliove we ooiiid make anything of 
 it, and has ever since tiie Mquisition dl the territory followed our policy conoofning 
 it with the most malignant, base and untiring enmity. If it had not been for the N. P. 
 not a sfangle dolhr's worth of oil would now M produced at Petrolea. PennsylvanJa's 
 oil' wells would swamp onr«. Now we havo 8,000 people Uviiw in comfortable 
 oironmstanoes and maintained directly or indirectly by that one indnstary. Go with 
 mo to St. Stephens, a little town in the eastern part m tliis DonUnion, uid tho same 
 atate of things ezisto in the cotton industry. One million and a-half of dollars b 
 invested thei», And $80,000 wages paid mentUy. There are now streeto in that 
 town oooni^ with the homes of workfaig people employed in the cotton mill, 
 and the manager told me that he ooi]^ not go on for one month if it were not for 
 protection; also that they were workuw now on the smallest margin of profit he hmA 
 over worked on, but orders were so bnsk he could not fill thean all, and they were 
 miiJdng money. Note this, cottons are cheaper now than aver before, and there are 
 those good oitisens kept in Cuiada. The manager of this mill is from the United 
 ^tetes, and he Imows if the N. P. was done away with the mills of Maaiaohusetta 
 and Maine, where he has worked, would shut the Canadian mill up. Mr. Blake 
 says protection won't help us, but in the days wlwn he was in 'power a littlo of 
 this remedy would hawe done a lot of good, and kept at home ^ousands of good, 
 honest workors who were driven to the United States. Then Sta- John was in 
 Opposition. Did he come bef(nre you and say that the duty of the Opposition was 
 mainly oritioal, and that they were noli forced to have a polioy ? Na He formulated 
 apolioy that has proTod an immense benefit to the conntey (loud cheers). He heard 
 the wails of the wwkingmen, he heeded their appeals for relief, he founded the 
 National Polic^ (oheers), he put it in ezeciition, and from that has been given as 
 
 mniions more of money than we had In 1878. To-dy men are employed { they got 
 
 full wages. ' All indoatries are lii aotive operation. I hare not passe a tiuroogh one 
 
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 I toll yoa you M,n m^e »• |^P*\"'m'f^i^(55o 000 wmndi w«r« nfliMd h«r« i 
 Then. M «u •^t ««» "J™<A. SiSSi Sto N^wrT^JKlto th. om6 r In 1888 
 
 •^^*'^'o;sii;r!s;o**^u^^^^ •»-» 190.000.000 pound. 
 
 •om* «00.000,000 !»«»«« iS'SwohWr?fln«d in Omum1« (ohaer.). YoU oM oo 
 
 down to No^ ^^^'Tf: "«„ !!ir ol nw lu'nr stMid on •▼•ry dde mmiting wflning. 
 National PoUoy.- ^VtTf^JKSton to^Smed in Cwiad^ •ftjrdlng » market for 
 •"•* •'•'^1 JS2S ''ind^i^XtoymlSTubor.^S people Jet their .ug»r 
 our '"'""'^^""a " . S^T^rX own workinmnen get work. But " you owit 
 ohesper ^ Prioe *h«i ever, w»t our^wn J^ K^ ^ ^ ^^^ y^. ^„ ^^ 
 
 mijLe people rich by ^±°l.l"S^* „)^^» benohei And «lmiilrter the I»we 
 Ck)Temment muet f ° »»" *^k^it*fi SrStaJirwd to Uy out the foundation. 
 <oheer.). I* ^ *»»*»'J1°?.S fSuiSmi^^lJSg forth good rerolto^ Thi. Govenunent 
 Vteong .nd wide. «. th.t *h«'»^^J^y^^«h2MiEto their hud., ud undertook 
 , did w ("'"^•*,?i!!rL*^^oM2 the m«Srt entorpriM in the biatory of th« 
 
 ''"'i**' TiXJitU If wSmJo not open through • line to !>««»«•*• it in every 
 ^•i""?-,!!^! of^t. eiSiittiemeJr Wh«S wm Mr. Bkke then? He w- 
 pMrt»nd>rnJt of itoM^yi2«J?»«JJ^ 3^ ^ Government oarried it 
 
 Sown MBong you flghjM ffiTfoSm) &» I886^five yeu. before the time 
 throuA to Ae wooejitaTi^ now •luorMlv. budneM, 
 
 promSed-th.lMt.pike '^.^^If ;,^Ttff%iir ,nd drawing through the 
 
 ^'^•.^'••JSfiJ ^h to^dTv ewT one feeU proud m . Ctamiian, m line which 
 That i. a «»^it«n«^^rtSS.-in the ™ of the world (loud ohMr..) I 
 
 eve, our ««»»5,5J"" !^|JSSK Sm I don't often «t you, and w I mu.t 
 ,owIamweMT^yonrpatlwDu» ««n* g^ ^^ ^j^ ^^^ 
 
 ■ET^ *** ^"7 "-7if ^l?^'and Jh£ w. «* it-whUe we .hould not be either a 
 '^^•^'^^'^^Jll^ZS^i^^^ot it. Then the queetion of the pubtto 
 "•^^ <* ' fP!l!iS!S!r7^^SOTnt i toe «ltlol«n which fi put upon it Mr. 
 i?*^^Sl?affl?Si^t;^SSiB? WhShe WM tolking ui at'^li-ley he 
 Blake talk. afc«mt It, flmMw-^^ hundred and twenty miUion doUvr.. ud 
 ^^tth^i^debtwa^nowt^^ ^ 
 
 would tooob. *^i™»^jTtL^eh^^ fimay. Take the pottu- 
 
 ^owntoCWtMdthereheMldt^MpswMj^ forty thouwad ftenilT... 
 
 Ution. dividrlt ^1^^'^J.^ZiMiSl^^ wind, that aU up 
 
 Multiply thai by 300 and Jijf^SirMvfaL ''Sr; ta i mortgage for that amount 
 ^^«M»dth««w».ltrtttofKn« «UMKrMme,and you're 
 
 mi your farm, ^ou don t know It . «JJJ^ ^^^ ^ rtatoment of the facta 
 themanwho'.jiottopaylt. «?rf ap^P«*'^"""*^_/^v- j-w* — «,-«— t. n« 
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 ao-andw tl^ hK H?. iurt tumbliii over the rteep of bankruptcy. I My, I 
 ^«I?.*wWrift5r nlwSiwioKebtahMheT. Howmany ffood i»«t««. 
 don't think yf»" "'Vj^^-Tli iSdudble to mooOT ? Put that down and I wiU 
 ^-^^'^^ja^d^STdtiT^rfSSy'S"^^ LetMbeMAeuMtwith 
 getatthe wdjM«JillJ>«^^ thi. iUuirtratlon Mr. Fortw 
 
 •bowed that «»• "'^^SS^SJt^ win -iJmed fi^ th? Province., and for tlie 
 
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 rever wm the mwnew, wm«i w-- .««, J»« only burden rjirtiiigmou 
 
 ^- . TS^'iTlSTfl badTbewi but $1.59 p« head of the population: awT in 
 
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 mtbm «■* wwrd wHh i«f«rMiM to tb« quaitloo wloh b apMrmortla all nlnds •* 
 thUmoiMn^-tk* Bbl matUr. WhiA doM «h« OloU my ? For Amjn htlon th* 
 
 tlM O0T««»«n» If li« wi» •©» wwwWd, Md y«l fai DmiDlMr. 1886, It Mki If RM 
 WM DOl*oiM*yr, Mid U til* hiJf bw«l r«lMb did ne^ J»mrr» orMllt for th^ 
 mModi. LMriwr (mill klia » bwo MMl • Mtrlol. Mid Mm-oUt oomparM htm to 
 Christ «o th« oi«H 4ml <»»• hlB • mMtyr Vi th« omm of Ubwty, •n«i Mr. Bl*h(j 
 Unka hMMb irttk thM* mm and oomM hm» taA mil* thmn his d«MMt friendi, Mid 
 ▼oaohM for thoir loyalty. H»v« ChimIIhm mall M lowT An all th* grmV nMnm 
 on th« pmM of hirtory. from thorn who wnwf th* ohMtw of Ubwiy from Kiii| 
 Joha. tbfi. lamltod ^ thk oompMiIoMhIp T Aro lh« aAm of the JUMtelone dmd 
 toho iamltod by h»TlBg thnut In Mnoogi* thmn tho ooffin of this toMuurassor 
 of th* most Mlsma laws. Hs Is a mordmr. Mid I aMi^pn>v« J» *""» Jf*' PJH^Af 
 own woids. (Th« spmksr thm rowl tho Nsolatlon of Mr. Bkks'soilvliir $6,000 
 for Rlors oMtnn, tUwoids bsginnliig th* rsmlatlon bslng-" tho cokl-blood«l 
 mmito^.") What do tha frlaads of thorn whom hearts w«ro sxposMl to th* 
 robsls'hollststhlak of this? RM wm a rotaU mordanr wh« »>• <»««^ pw 
 Boom's dmth. bat he wm a whoUsak murdsror whsn ha Inoltsd th* iDdlaas to 
 nmlt. H* smt word to Poondmaksr to rls*. pluadfr, barn and dtotroy, and 
 Poondmaksr smt word back that h* had don* so. and th* bodies of th* mardorod 
 nisslonari** aiid womm ky oold and stiU la dsath on th* jprairlss. Have w* fidlm 
 ao low that w* most barrow among th* mard«r*n and tralton to And oar horoaa t 
 Th* half br**ds and Indians had no grisvaoess; th*y w*n as Are* as the air wbm 
 Ihoy raised th* nbsUlon whloh was pat down by the loyal, sens of OaiMa. and y*t 
 Ladrlar come* hero and d*fmda thla orim*. and whm goad*d to It In Windsor th* 
 Olh*r dayjh* rop*«k*d th*atat*inmt he had made beforo. that If he had bem on th* 
 w.^v. of the Saakatohewan he woald have takm op amosket against these oar loyal 
 Moa and brothan. And if I had been a volante«r . and at the oommand of my 
 oooatry. followed by th* fervmt nrayers and tender wishes of the people. I woald 
 hare pat a baUet in that nbel's heart-(Iond cheers)— and thanked God for letting 
 m* do It— (immense appIaaaeHthanked Ood that then was one less robel to pollute 
 this fair earth <rf oars. (At this point the applaase was something Immetue. the - 
 vaat aadlmoe rising to their feet and oheering for several minntes In tki most 
 mthosiastlo manner). That is jaft my smtimmt (nnewed oheers}. I have felt 
 aahamed ever since It came ap that a matter of mvh a oharaoter aa the Rlel caa* 
 sh<mld have bem dragged Into poUtlos. I lay It to the charge of Edward Blak^ 
 U whm he came baokfrom Earop* and' spoke to the people hero In Londoli, he had 
 takm the groand that Kiel was rightfully hanged, that he had bem tried, found 
 gnUty anrt executed, and if he had affirmed the principle of one law for all, we 
 would have had nme of iSkla miserable business to-day (loud cheers). We have It 
 because the leader of the liberal party In London Brst, afterwards m Ottawar- 
 throughasecrotarTOogemmt with Laurler— and again in the House, held out his 
 hand to the frimda of the rebelUon. and but for that we vfould have none of this. 
 Mr. Blake talks of our politioal moralitvj. I hurl it back in his face, and ask him 
 what of his political morality ? Is it right to trifle with the great principle of •• one 
 law for all ? ' There aro repealers in Nova Scotia, and every one of theie who 
 desires to deatroy the Union is a Grit and a follower of Mr. Blake's. In New 
 Brnnawiok there aro annexationists, who seek allegiance with another nation. If 
 Mr. BUke had said that he did not aympathiise with such men and could not sup- 
 
 Krt thoee who mtertiOned such views, he might be respected. But he came with a 
 miog ember in one hand and a knife in the other to destroy our glorioua Con- 
 federation. Young men, I ask you to look at the two flags that float so proudly 
 above you- one bearing the inscription. " One law for all," " Confederation must be 
 preserved," while oversfaidowiug everything else beneath its shelter, waving 
 mndly in undimmed gloi^, floatathe proud flag of imperial Britain, the federation 
 of which w(9 form a pwrt and with which we hop* *ver to remain a happy, proa- 
 porous andoontmted people. Mr. Foster remmed his seat amidst th* most hearty 
 1^ long sastaii&d applause from the large gatiiering which had remained lapt in 
 afanoet breathless attmtion daring the delivery of the eloqumt Mid lo^oal addresSr 
 
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