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• :FIFTH PARLIAMENT --SECOND SE8SIQN,
C. P. as. BcioIuttotis.
• Orrewa, Feb. 5.—In the House of • Com -
=MP to -day, atter preliminary buaiuees,
tihe•Clerk read the: order fora committee of
the whole to consider the Canada Paoifio
Railway resolutions..
Sir Charles Tupper on rising to present
the resolutions wan received with oheere by
bit triende. He said that if the Comedian!
Paoifio Railway Company made the .same
progress in the future they had in the past
there was every roman to hope the line
would- be open from ocean to ,ocean in the.
fall of 1886, and he was able ta say that if
tit♦ present rate of progress were continued
the line would be completed. in the fall of
next year, and in foil operation in the
.l•pring..of 1886. That; .portion which ..the
Government. undertook. to oomplete would
be finished in time to enable the line to be
worked throughout. Most. satisfactory re-
sults had attended the work on the line
from. Port Moody to Kamloops, now being
oeastruoted by the Government. Out of the
contract sum of niue ' millions, seven mil-
lions had been already expended, and he was
glad to be, able to assure the.House that the
work would be completed by September
next, and that•itwould not exceed the eeti-
neate made. The. C.P.R. Company was
ander contract to build the line from Cal-
lander to Port Arthur, 650 milee, and from
Selkirk to Bamloope, 1,250 miles—=a total
1,900• miles, Cf this total, 1,131 miles
were now completed and trains were,
running on it. Besides this, 239
!mise of branohea had been bunt
by the company and 9,000 men were
. engaged in the work ' of conatruotion.
In order to secure the guarantee of the
* aty-flve minima' of stook issued. the oom-
pany had to put in the 'boards of the Gov,
ernment over 68,000,000, The acceptauoe•
of this money souoely transcended the
borrowing powers of the. Government, and
in eo far as it had transcended its powers
the Government were ready to appeal, and
would appeal with confidence to the support
of the House. The oowpauy besidesthis
lett in, the hands of the Government the
end grant bonds still unissued, .They
further commuted in favor of the Govern-
ment the postal subsidies, estimated at
63,000.000, and the lomat of 'Government
- transport, wheoh,in'acpineotion with Indiau
-affairs and Mounted Polhoe transport;
would represent a very "considerable.
amount. Abundant security bad been
taken independent of .the poetalsubsidy.
No change was proposed by the C. P. R. in
regard to their oontraot. Putting the Most
moderate estimate on the value of the lands
the C. P. R. felt themselves able to oom=
plate the oontraot without the alteration
of a single letter;, but the question
that ' was 'submitted- to the Government
was whether that step : should be --taken;
-not to enable the oompany to complete
their contract within the : epecil.ied, time;
• but to'anticipate,that .time by five years.
Under, these circumstances the Government
ooueented to the guarantee arrangement.
That •arrangemenv signally failed.. The
war against the transcontinental railways
and the efforts tolear •C. P R stooks were
• carried on with .inoreasing animosity, apd
not •only' failure but disaster followed.,
Under thee() °ircum itanoes the Govern-
wont submitted the resoolutione now laid
upon the table. He thought that after the
statement he would make the House: would
. be derelict in its duty if it rejected ; the
resolutions. The House was asked:to sup..
port these re@oiutions, not for the advent-
age of the Canadian Fraifio, .but that the
oountrymight have the.beneflt of the:oom-
pletion of the great work in two years..__ In_
the first place -the oompa�uy Basked to poet -
pone the payment of $7„380,912• of ` the
secured guarantee, and lett. the Govern. -
mint amplo.eeourity for this proposition`
Then it.was proposed to advance teethe oom-
pany 1622,500,000, to be paid .on the lab of •
May, 1891. It was proposed ale°: to alter the.
manner in which the subsidy should bepaid.
in regard to the advance of . $22;500,000, it
was to be borne in mind that it wae only
to be paid mile fora -mile as, the ..Work pro.
seeded. To seonre re -payment• of this ad
sande, the Government had the seourity
. afforded by the charge • upon the property,
with the proviso that in default payment
of interest or principal, for twelve nionthe.
the whole property of the..00wpany should
be forfeited to the Government; and. they
bad the provision' that: no further charge
should be created upon the property of the
sempany save for the sole; purpose of repay-
- ing this advance, and they had. the thirty-
-- Ave -millions of stook deposited with the
Government. Another propOset was the
release of the million dollars• security de='
posited by the oompanyas evidenoeof their
irons fides in the work, whioh bad obviously°
now : become .,unnecessary. Sir • Charles
Tupper then proceeded to deal with the
character of the expenditure. In the first
place, there oould be no •doubt of :the ex-
penditure of$23,000,000 on the main
line, from Callander to • the crest of .the
Rocky Mountains. As to the expenditure,
• of•over three millions on the, breeches, he
thought he could appeal to the House that,
int
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a as weilas of the
company. no money could be inure wisely
,spent.. This expenditure • for supplies and.
for rolling stook was obviously, ; necessary.
The amount forleke steamers would rosult
in seouiiug a . through .Canadian line: next
summer. The interest on the land 'grant
bonds, the dividend an stook; and, the sum
pat up, with 'the. Government under the
guarantee were incidental- to the, financial
life of the oompany. Than .as. to the sum
spent in seourin .the line to Montreal, he
thought ell would agree that in••order-to
give. the. oompany standing before the world.
it wan neceseary.that the line !should not.
atop at an unknown potnt,;like Callander,
but at a place -like Montreal, for when:that
point was reached it might fairly besaid
that there Was a line completed from sea to
sea. In purchasing the, Charter of the
Atlantio & Northwest ,Railway Company
.the Canadian Pacifier eeoured authority to
perform important works, among them
he one now being completed • round the
Mountain at Montreal to connect with, the
Grand Trunk.. The purchase ot. the South-
eastern was for the purpose of planing the
eompany in a position to draw traffic to the.
Atlantio- seaboard at New York, Boston,
Portland, St. John, St. Andrew's or Halifax..
The people in the Maritime Provinces were,
et course, looking • anxiously to have the
terminus of this greet railway at their
ports, whether by the International line'er
some other. giving the shortest route to the
motet. Supple° the oompany felt it neoes-
aary to seek ,a torminue at Boston, New
York or Portland, he (Sir Charier) believed
they would fail in their duty to their great
enterprise and to .Canada did they not seek
to draw tre o through these porta to theirs,
a Canadian line. For bis oven part he re-
gretted that the oompany had not gone to
the great Hummer ocean port of Canada,.
Quebec: He believed they would yet find
it absolutely nooeesary in their own biter -
eat to seek a line to that point. He believed
the oompany' would not met until tint only
had theY'got a through route to Qaebe°, but
they must Beaux° the ohorteet One to,
Hiilifax, St. A,udrew's, St. ,Totem, and ulti-
mately Louisburg. $e drew attention
to theproperty proposed to be
OPvi ksv SR xntt taus
given by the Canadian Pacific Railway
Company. This property covered the
whole line now ,built by the company, the
three magnifloent steamers owned by the
company, end the unsold ,land. The total
mileage of the road would be 8,89$ miler,
the total charge on the line between Mon,
Areal and Callender was ;5,833,388, and the
total land grant, earned and unearned, was
$21,246,600, Tina land was subject to a
lien of $5,000,000 for the, operation of the
road, and in order to remove en orroneoue.
impression he might eay that there wee no
proposition to release this .seourity for the
due operation of the road for ten. years.
He then went on to show the value of the
land grant ae a security in the handa etthe
Government. He ;would estimate that the -
road had met the country $103,000,000,
which hesaid woe the favorite oalaulation
of the hon. gentlemen opposite. He then
made-arstatement-showingthe' position
which the country would stand in ones the
Railway Company ehould make• default
and the railway be. thrown ..on the eonutry'o.
hands. He estimated that the country would
'have to pay. only $97,100,320, and would be
recouped out of the lands to the extent of
$42,493,200. Hon. gentlemen opposite had
said that the road could not be built from
Callander to Port Moody for lose. than.
$120,000,000.' He thou went into•further
calculations, the result of which he claimed
_wee that the country would only have to
pay for the railway 339,433,348. There
Was of course. no syndicate new. The
company was formed, and they bed to deal
with the shareholders. Kut he could not
forget.these men who had had the enter.
prise to imperil their capital in .this great
undertaking, and he, could not but feel that
Canada owed them muoh. .btill they had
no claim upon Canada. They had received
a magnificent subsidy to do a pertain work.
The claims of this proposal to the. support
of the House must rest upon' the broad
basis of the good of_Canada alone.
The Speaker left the chair for Masse.
Atter recess the Speaker took the chair
sharp at 8 o'clock.
Sir' Charles Tupper; rosttnwing, said Una-
Government
hiaGovernment baa followed the' policy of its
predecessors in refusing to ailoty lines to
compete . with the -Canadian Paoifio ,Rain
way. This Government felt it ueoessary to
give all the protection to this company'
which was claimed when the Government
was to. grapple with the enterprise itself.
He proceeded : However, I may say that
it ie the eobolueion arrived at by the
Canadian ' Pacific Railway Company itself
.in regard to the ability of their oWu.lrne to
take . oare of rteelf, and by iia; inherent
power to maintain ' its position, ',notwith
etanding any competition to wbiob i't natty'
be•eubjeotod, that, 'although we have no
powerunder the charter to ' control• any
portion of the Northwest, we are in a posi-
tion now to' review and, reconiiider the
policy of the late as well as of. the present-
Govurnmentas to'proteotii g for any long.
.period , the . Canadian . Pacific .Railway
against eompetitton. I am glad ,to
be able to state to the House that
such is the confidence "of' the Canadian
Pacific Railway Company ;ia-the . power of
the road to "_protect itself that, ,when.
the line is ooustrnoted.north of Lake
,Superior; the Government feel it will be
incumbent upon them to •reconsider the
position they have hitherto : felt it incum-
bent to take of refusing to consent to the
construotion.of lines within the Province of'
Manitoba to oonneot-with the railway-.ays,
- tem..of.the_otber. siile._;..1can-giveno-better
Om to the House and the .eiountry of.
'the advanoedposition •we oonsiderthe great
. enterprise to -have attained. He considered
the.House would be traitorous to its. duty
if it neglected this simple nieane,of aiding
this great national work. He hed.-no double
whatever that the House would give he
assent totue reeolti'tione; and thatwe would.
not look back 'having -once pot our hand to
the plough. When the people saw that=
•without paying a single. dollar more --they
Muhl hasten the completion .of the line by
five years*, they , would demand • that the'
Housegive its assent to these proposition;.
He oonoluded by,moving the resolutions. '
Mr. Bloke, on rising to reply, oomplained
that the Government had pressed the Miro-
'harembefore.the:members of the, House
were -in poseeeasion Of full information,'and.
before they, had time to consider mush.
statements .ail had been,'brought down.
Three• years ago it had • been .urged:as a
reason why—the Paoifio Railway oontraot
'should be adopted that the'full_lim t:,01 the*;
country's lialtlity would • beknown; and.
that the people would breathe freely. That
element of finality would pie louger!be
evoked now that the company, which, was
said; to. be eo strong, the strongestthe
'world ever 'saw, was now coming; to, the
Govorn'mont.to ask for 'some money to en
able them to fulfil their ',contract. After
thee . years' • experiema the•Gover>iment.
had found that it was in the interests of
the country, ocr in the interests of the
companyoh, no 1—=that the . company
e -
!Mould draw their pay in proportion to the'.
work performed instead• of upon • • the
mileage. This decision was arrived. at
yours too late. "'The Opposition had
,preened for this provision when the oon-
traot waa first submitted. Now the oern-
Tany,have got to heavy work they: want a
change, and . they. : want . the Pro-
portionate ' principleapplied, now,
'Or •they would have • no ...money
to parry on the 'heavy 'work, •It was the
duty of the House to watch where the die.
proportionate subsidies paid.ou the prairie
• section had gone. • How dict -it Happen 'that
so much' had already .been expended upon
the work? , The: prairie motion waa.said.
to have cost ,$16,000 per mile, but no esti-
mate had been submitttd•to show that•that
•seotion•ahould cost eo muoh. The Railway
Minister's °etiwateeof:the costof the btanoh
lines did not bear out hie statement reepeet
,ing the outlay Upon' the main line.; The
oompany had refused to give the ihfornia.
tion desired. They defied the law, and, in
their defiance they were upheld by Par-
liament m t a nd the Government. Weare told
that the Pacifier Company had . been con-
tracting. with its own members for • con•
strut ion purposes. *This operation, was
stopped when the *supplies stopped, and
when they had no money to' go farther.
Such• au arrangement as that entered into
between the Canada Paoifio Company tom
the Conetruotion Company was expressly
forbidden by the Coneolidated.Railw'ay Aot.
The Minister of Railways hod not toothed
upon the question of seleetion of route,
:but from 'the information submitted it
appeared. that no road could be, built .via
Kicking Horse Pass that would. be within
the terms of the Canadian Paoifio contract.
The grades were reported so great that'.an
Aot of Parliament would be required to
ivake such changes in the oontraotas would
enable the road tq be oonstruoted- through'
.that para. 'Parliament bad also a right to
information se to what the oompany had •
actuallyreotived from the. sales of their
stock. Itseemed that really this stook had
been emitted by the oompany at 64 or
thereabouts. The fifty million§ of stock
bad been galled a hundred millions, and
when the stook fell to 55 some organo . of
publio opinion said that the ;necessity of
the Government's coming to the aid' of
company was clearly apparent. T
poor people who bad obtained stook a
were drawing dividends of 5 per oent, u
the full nominal value, or about 11
oent._upon their original investmen
the country was to go into partnere ip
this railway company we she • d k
bow they conducted their Mud ore
Minittar of -R*ilways was • xong
stating that the policy of 4 • e' prev
Government formed,•o -preoedent for
disallowance of local railway charters.
wan now stated that, as soon: as* the oo
pony became strong enough, so soon as t
had. the entire control of the whole a
try within their grip, the monopoly wo
be.raieed. Why? Because the comp
telt that in a few years they would be
powerful that it would matter very li
what powers were given. to' the peopl
the Northwest. Three years ago we
told, when protesting that the comp
were to receive far more than the
would oast, that it must be remembe
that the company would have to run
road for years at a loss. Then they
paid iildvancefor- the <.unprofitable - r
ping of the road, and now it was said t
the enterprise was to prove profitable ; t
the company had received double pay,
in ,the form of excessive subvention,
secondly, by means of exorbitant rates p
by the people of the Northwest.
showed. that inbuying up euoh roads as
Laurentian a, t Euataohe branches
company ha expended its substance u
lesaly, and now when Parham
was asked . too grant about thi
millions . more, these transacts
should be explained. ' Iiitormat
should also be given respecting the re
tions of the Pacific Railway Company
the Credit Vales, Ontario & QM
Toronto, Grey & Bruce, and other Uut
railways. Would „any, sane man beli
'that the aoifio Company were endea
ing to prvide a•winter terminus on Ca
dint soil, when.. they are buying up t
Southeastern Railway's. property for -do
purposes. at Portland ? Wean the. guar
tee agreements was disolosed, the coon
•was asked to admire the skill of
Finance Minister who bad induced t
Canadian Pacific Railway to loan out
their bounty $24,000,000: to pay the on
:try's debts. It was said to be an admi
ble arrangement,. and now, when the tab
were completely turned,,whon the °Dopa
were to be given $22,50.0,000, the country w
again asked toadmire the wisdom. and sag
city of the Finance Minister. The guarant 'was entered into in detian
of law. It was proposed to give up the sec
•rity deposited by the• company' toaeoure t
fulfilment of their contract, and to sever
the order of . thtnge by providing• that t
Government. obeli guarantee interest 'up
the company's stook. :The new eetimet
of tie Government gave , the _con of t
entire railway at eighty: five minions, lute
tee estimate of April last, was ninety-ni
millions. 'This was a discrepancy th
•required• explanation..11 ' the oontraot
line was, as stated by Sir Charles, to ti
only sixty-six millions, the, • company we
_to.receive,from the publio fifty-eight mi
lions..in;oash in addition to-their•twenty
five sores of land, eelimated at two della
an sore. - In face of these fonts, the bone'
cion wasirresietible that the diMiaultias •
the 'oompany were net due to expenditure
upon the main line: .He .could ..not scoop
without -explanations those `"altered esti-
mates. Bythe new arrangement the pub.
lio.would have to provide all rho moray :t
complete the, road. The. $ret thing th
•oompany should have considered was thei
ability- to fulfil their obligations to th
publio. • They-- should . have provided.. for
their mein oontraot before launching out
into. other enterprises.•• They • did not
make” such provision; They went into
outside works.: • They cannot fulfil' then'.
obligµtione, and -they. come for .help M.
Parliament. � If last year's estimates of cost
of road are cermet,. more 'money would* • be
required., Tho.newly-proposed loan• would
not be sufficient to, complete the line,' ana.
to.nigbt's proceedings gave a pretty correct
indication as to where that money was to,
come from. Severer hundred thousand
dollars' et" money given to the Canada
Paaifi° Company with whfob to:build their.
Main line had been expended in sustaining
the•atockof the Northwest Land'Compeny.
This was a highly improper application of
the company's resources: ,This money had
been•used•for the purposes of deception in
• endeavoring ' to make it. ''appear :that
the ,stook of ' the Land • 'Company
was worth 'more ,thein • its , real 'value.'
He quote he statement of Mr. Van Horne
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way Company did not .know.: what, the
Rooky Mountain section was going to cost,
arid that his company •had•not time to
make estimates. . (" The. Canada Pacific
:Railway Qompany bad a big job on•hand,'
and they were going to put it through. If
they had not money enough they could get
more."). . That was "preoisely how a: corn.
parry; would .talk .who felt *hat money was
no'object.; that the Government of Canada'
were bound.to see them'. through: It was
the duty of the "Government �t obtain
,better and •fuller •information• `before.
entering into obligations of this mag.
nitude. The Government had advanced
many. millions to . the Grand '..Trunk
Railway Company, and nothing was now
heard `•'of the money. • Other' companies-
had' made default, and bad 'not 'lost their
railw
ass. Supposing this oompany made
default two -years hence, what would be;,
said? . The Government• would be asked,
Are you going to foreolose this mortgage
and deprive :these poor shareholders of
their. railway,-- their palacee, and their.
lnauriee or •various Linda ? That .wiis...the_
appeal that would be made, 'and that was
thelappeal that•would,be-lietened to. What.
was now wanted to develop the' Northwest
was not the rapid, oonetruotion of the main
line, but extended railway oommunicatlon..
The early frosts in• the Northwest had done,
something to depreciate the value of the',
Northwest, but while that occurrence
was to be forever regretted,- it' was
idea to be.deplored that the , time
of the . Government and Parliament had
done tar n}oro,than nature to dieaoiirage
immigration into that country. • The beet
possible testiwohy as M. the oapabili.ies of
the country. was that of the men who went
there to, make their _homes, and when we
found these men , gathering'in council and
protesting, against the burdens impor.ed.
hpon them by the Government, ,something
was radically wrong. No taneible reason
had been advanced for Mob extraordinary
haste in constructing this railway, Although
the company were' to be advanced thirty
Millions with whioh'to complete their road
by the end of 1885, it was ,not proposed to
bind the oompany to eompleto their line
by that time. The country could not
be ,induced to believe that the sole reason
far advancing thirty millions to the oom-
pany was to enable them to complete thole
'road within two years. le bis 'opinion.
the Minister, bed made out no oare, 11 th
oompany wanted euoh great favors they
ehould be prepared to give up something,
Let them give up their odious monopoly.
It would be better for the company if the.
full •details regarding their position should
be made known. Further inquiry was
neoesaary before even those who were'
friendly to the proposal should be asked to
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vote away Mich, vast sume of money.
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A last (Tuesday)'
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day the passage
presented to Parli
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morality will be intr
The crowd in the s
of Parliament was a
excitement was manif
of Commons resumed
reading of the Queen's
and galleries were o
laugh sat under the Pe..
cheering greeted Mr. Gla
erotica of a Franchise Bill
Kingdom, to be .introduc
possible. Mr. Barry (Lib;
gave notioe.ltiiat be would
amending the Land Aot.
votive) intends to move t
be represented in Perlia
responsible government.
The galleries of,the Haus-
crowded during the delivery
The Marquis of Tweeddale
Address in reply. Baron Ven
the Address, and said' be trusts.
in Egypt' would beattended
results. It wan founded on•a lilt
of peace, retrenchment and raft
Mariana of Salisbury arose
received with cheers. He did no.
amendment, but expressed surer
optimistic views of the mover and
bf the Address in the.faee of the
near;• received to -day. He aritioi;i
'Speech for containing no allusiona.
wrongs suffered in Madagascar. Th
graph respecting Egypt was pr
iutended to create the impreseion ti.
Government' did not hold• itself resp°
for the .disaster in Egypt. The At
was then adoptedafter a brief:debate
In the Hoge° of Commong, Mr. Ai
R. D .Elliott moved theAddross in rep
the Speech. Mr. Samuel 'Smith, men
for Liverpool, 'seconded the motion.
Robt. Bourke moved an amendment to
Addreee. It was rejected: The result w
unexpected.. After the ,division the deba
Was, adjourned.. This collapae'of the debut
has placed the Conservatives in painfully
ridicfilous ;position.. Under the -usual ar-
rangement between tke Government and
Opposition whips, -the speakers were to
aoutinue successive debate until Friday,
when the division was to take place.
The Speaker allowed the Conservatives' a
long time to marebal their forces.: and the
whips scoured the lobbies of the, House, brit
could collect only twenty members. The
incident is unprecedented in the history of
Parliament. The Coneervat•ivesacouse the
r Government oftriekery. Members of the
e.,•OabiueGi—however, ,state priva el 'heir
was .. no=. intention : to .close the debate. In
tbe, politioal°lube and the lobby the .Con-
servative collapse is attributed to imbe
oility of leadership, and the absenceof an
efficient whip. The 'Liberals, while Pro-
testing there :woe . no trick, are.00ugratu-
lating themselves on the..' result. In the
House of .Commons to -day a bill was introit
duced aboliahingthe' law.of•primogeniture.
Op Thursday Henry Chaplin, member
for Linoolnshire, will introdnoe in. the
House--of••Commons a measure providing
:for the exclusion of foreign cattle:
OUR VI!FIZEf asLUIEStl.
What the Militia Force Coots -LAI toStren k
Wand "peteeto; .as* !einem* by Genera!
Luard.
An Ottawa•' oorrespondent telegraphs :
According to the ;report of the Minister:'of..
Billitia for.1883;the total amount expended
upon the; adtive force last.: year ware -4799,-
688 r•is pensions, 329,880'; ealarfem of mili-
tary'.branoh and district ,staff; $23,462;;
brigade majors; $1a 912; clothing,.ammmni.
tion, etc., $124,540; care of arms,: 551,953;
camp and drill instruction, $256,207; Royal
Military College, $53;678; contingencies,
'$41;3773 Royal School 'of . Gunnery, "A"
and "B" Battomies, $134,883 drill sheds
and rifle ranges, $9,990; drill:instruotion,in
,00llegee;.$4,637; paid to widows of militia:
men and militiamen of the war of 1812,.
$5.430; gratuities to veterans, $19,579;
other peneioae, 34:875 The total number
of pensioners is 887. The revenue -:from
militia eouroes during. the year was'$16;=
'081. " The active militia ooneists at present
of '37,000 chaeta and men. In his' report
to' the Minister,. General Luard . speaks •
highly ofthe force, buturges inoreased<,pa
-tor-officerssaid ffien. De co recommends
notion than three more permanent mill.
tary schools. •: One at London for No. 1
dietriot, one at Brookville for Noe. 3 and '4
districts, and one at Truro, Nova. Scotia,
for that Province and •Prince Edward
Island. Thatnot leas than l6days in camp
each year for rural militiamen should be
-the-rule=and--that theform should.be armed
with the very best• rifle. • The powder re=
quired for next year's operations has been
purchased from the Hamilton' Powder
Company. It was tested with very good
results.
!.hot bead lot Uhlcket& titealing.
' A Detroit telegram says : The dead body,.
of John Balkwill, aged 85, was found',. in a
woodshed, at, Sptrgw,ehe, near Detroit, on
Monday with charges of shot in both lege.
Victor Bushey Wits arrested: on suspicion of,
having killed the man, and subsequently
confessed to having shot him twioe on sus•
picton that he was engaged in stealing
°bickene. Balkwill was formerly,-a...bar--.
tender in theQueepaeHotel, and has rola.
tivea in Belleville, Qat. He was 85 stare
of age and unmarried. • ,. • •
*he {Vhitje Llephnnt humbug+ of
A London oablegram'eays: The white re
elephant controversy has been settledby a
letter !rota the Siamese Minister, whom
Mr. Bermes agent invoked as an author- , • th
ity, alleging•that he bad seen .along and Wa
pronounoedhitn a genuine sacred white
elephant. The Minister's.:published letter Wa
says that. he never saw Toung, and never •es
pronounced him genuine, and`deolares that to
the existence of sacred elephants, white or
black,-is_unknown-in:Siam--•- _ _� w
lai
Jam'
Agricultt.
paid the.wh
expended. by t
provementa on t
• Mr. A. M. Ross sat
had not. yet repaid the,,.,
-eu nounection=withdhebtu
atepa:would be taken at the first meeting.
of 'the aesooiatron'with the view to a' settle- r
meat• ,
Mr. White moved for a return o#' all' cor-
respondence, reports, endpapers connected" ft
with. the dismiss' . of John - MoEwan from 'ti
' the ease of Sheriff of the County of •Eeiiex,-.:a
and of the appointment in his 'place snit. a
stead of John C. !Ile!. He narrated the In
oiroumetanoes of the escape of Greenwood ft
and Harding from Sandwich jail,:whioh•ho E
alleged was the reason for the dismissal of .or
Mr.• MoEwan.
Mr. Mowat said the hon.' member, rug- .b
gests,thatthe Government ,did not. desire b
the recapture of the ;soaped prisoners., and ri
this just• howl the absurdity of the whole.
of the position assumed by the hon.. mem: -i
ber.. Heriuggested also that the Govern- `f`
mentdid not offer reward enough, but the `tl
;could say�the Offer was one oorresponding t
tothatoffered-on all *previous occasions. b
since `Confederation. , The ex -sheriff is it
war . 1 .
y -o d-msn; and -tor -a longetme he •had a
°cased' to "attend to�'tl"l'e'dtities of the office d
and had lost all track of- the. rules to `which a
he was•bound touonform. 'As an evidence ` io
of the laxity he ,•stated. that 'there was. a et
book kept for' • the purpose of reoording
visits shade by the sheriff, and • there was -
'no entry. from the 29th ` Nov., 1880,: to 5th
Nov.;1883. The foregoing foots Mr, M•.
oontendod justified the action whin. bad
'.been taken; and the report of, the ln:,.eotor
oonoluded with the following sen :nee
"•I am satisfied that the propar_oond -of= -:tb
:the important duties•of'the office req.'re Se
;,,that there should be no avoidable delay in to
the appointment of a proper person in. hie sic
plane." C
Mr. Creighton moved for papers relating tel
to butetendin g acoou to
g n between :Ontario, hi
Quebec and,tha.Dominlon. _ ...: Ali
Mr. A. M. Rose.stated that he "had made ..
it one of bie first duties upon entering his.a
officesap
rovi
notal
Treas
urer to
try ,and gi
'comet° a settlement with the Dominion C
and the Province of Quebec.. Delays'hed. dt
relented; but these delays were una ioid- de
able, He ,was perfectly' willing that•the Cq
.able,
asked for should be, laid at
before the. House.
Mr. Mowat brought down a 'message i
roux the Lieutenant -Governor transmitting Oat
e
estimates.of oartaio Bums required for the in.l
ervioe of the Province until the estimates for
or 1884 are finally passed,and recommends deo)
them to tire Legislative Asseni`bly : Civil toe
Govornment, $35,000;• legislation, $80,000; .
911
mtoigration, $5,000; education,' $100,000; date
dhidnistration of justice, $40,000 ;• public was
natitutions' maintenance. $50,00'0; Crown of 1
aide' expenditure, $60 000 ; miecellaneoue, and
10,000 ,0 0 , agriculture; $2,500: Total, $282,• man
00,
Mr. blots* moved the following as the
otnmittee to select the Standing Com•.
itteeit-;---Ferri"
axteie Ferris ' -
iheon (Huron), Hardy,: Louder, Meredith,
erriok, Morita,, Ross (Huron), Awrey and
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ighton. harried.-
Mr. A. M. Roes moved that the *mee•age
•the Governor a000mpanying estimates be
ferred to Committee „of Supply,'
The House went into Committee of'
Stljiply and concurred in the estimates, and
ey were retorted .to the; Committee of.
ye and Weans. •
The House went 'into Committee' of
ye and Means, which 'considered the
timates, reported to the Souse, andasked
ave to sit tomorrow, •
Mr. Meredith asked wben the estimates
ould he laid on the table?
Mr, A. M. Ross --Possibly they will be
d on the table next week.
Mr. Meredith gave notioe that he would.
ask a question to get the usual information
about the changer which had taken place
in the Government. ,
The House then adjourned.
NOTXOne OF MOTION. '
Mr. Gibson (Hamilton) --On Friday next
The President of the Society of Public
Analyste in England recently bought 300'
samples of milk in London, and found 208
of thein either skimmed or watered •
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A meohanio in a Johnstown' Pa,, iron -
foundry was recently killed by the oontaot
of a steel hook:wiialt he held in his band
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