The Exeter Times, 1878-9-5, Page 6.1
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THE TIME S
StePTEMOOR 5 , 1878
+ �t x!tt?l.' h:z s.
THURSDAY, S'EP'1'E11131 R. 5, 1878.
Is This Reform?
REC;:I°►B Cr TIP- 1v ACKENZIE OOV-
ERN 'E1 T.
A CARE% 1t CP RECKLESSNESS, EK-
.%.rt.i..�f.'as4.' da).i+A++•,aSYrr.l�W"A"
•G. ' .: °I`:L'm.
0R1,I1iS, according to the same au,
tnorily, were rank: aud. r:melled to
Heaven.
lleformers, into have followed D1ac-
keu,:ie in (denouncing Coalitions, what
thi-tk you qf his shanleflll abandonment
of t:.:' cardinal principle c>/" the party.?
Facts about our Finances.
Mr. Mackenzie, when iu opposition,
way strong; on economy, and never
wearied of declaring. how the country
tees lit•init ruined by the wastettil extra-
v:arauoe of Sir John Mttedoualil. Sicca'
iae get into power he hot forgotten al'
,1, •at 4't't'nonly. LOOK A`1' THE
FI0 S -
Tit. at,t3a1 expenditure out of C' usoli
isle, that he was trespassing on the A Quxrteillof a Million Squandered, A Gift of $250.000
land reserved for the railway, but 0li- The Pacifio Railway Act, section 12, On the 19th of May, 1874, Mr. Mac -
ver told him to keep on 1 (page 118.)
This swindle agaiuet the country, thus
deliberately planned, was well carried
out. When the valuators came to it,
they tools whatever accounts Oliver, Dav-
idson et, Co. liked to hand in, without
taking any step tot/only them, (page 6)
and $5,639 wits allowed for the rookery
while iu en unfiuitihed state 1 The
laud on which the building stood was
o impd for twice.
AND THE MEMBERS OF THE
Cl OV ERNMENT IIELPE1) TUE
Si11:t1)1.Li, T11E01:0111
\i !lift was the reaseol > Because ilii.
,I.lvt;n nen menu WAY FOR Rol' . ADAM
l'i'ed 1 sial f„r the yttilr t•1ltilU.. iii),1A 1,`i:0Otis IN 'jUTli oxa't,l'U, and heal to be
.1nn',1873, the hitt of Sir John ?like r.arardell.
al,)nlltlel it.lntu'i tratlt,n, oils $19,174, The X2 ini tiquia Job.
►1e he ti:et year for \1111' Mr. ..tme• 1 ,111C1tetlwit? l::lviug lE`Ci:letl the ter.
Th., -, eP ‘1'.1*. . . ' 1?
iIvver 1' ., i -,. • le e'11tnt't4y re'-p"na:isle, online
l�to.s :.,., ll; . ti t:i« l ,.tx,i.tatt- it•`H d): kiln:'. l'e75. be ran up tiro expt'ndi.ura
ltt't I'111 t t., :._' ,71::,(111, au.l the inset year.
1+• 't•t t .a•w i . ,i et \e:/Vi •^uta„ t,)D: 't, i. gr,1n .. 1.'.t 1. :,g; tl idri"'.'ta-t d
,. t t r:.1 t, 1'' �,,.,•'r;Al .°.,^.lot. Fla
hit rat \'t I
1pta8. 1 L:L+e eae•tt•tt/r"
evite le •, : •?c. 1 t'i• t , i,t•.,n„tt.i tag Nat.
t, t:, 9 .> 11-4` -.i..rt.a tt):al it-
t,n,lbi ._.; 4 !a'.4' 11, +af=11!'tTi d. to 1:I
ird1. - S.. "'• t.t«r-'ts .'f I,ahldllt••11 1:•
lreltea,::
et.e • :tr.,• at .1 tilt* ev ut 11.,
•1t , a 1
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• t t.; +>- i wt.,,tn•..4: 5 ,:,-:,'a4 v4,1 1.. e,,
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is t ev, D'y • 1. et e• read the 1 1:I list ei
wee:.t,,•1+,•t Coi.IC -f -rut party. lt'41Utti•r '
'lr, ttl. C. CA:Herrin, whet tete., 1ttt:
provides that works in connection with
the railway "shall be let ont by con-
tracts offered to public conopetition."
but in defiance of this, D'tr,. D?acskelizie
on I'iay 11, 1875, sent Hugh Suther-
laud, the defeated caudzdate of East
Simcoe, up to commence the Fort
Francis Lock as part of rho Pacific
Railway without contract, without esti-
mates, tritlwut a proper plan, without u
report of a Pacific Railway engineer
recommending it, but in the, face of « re-
port from .ilr. Mur'tinrer in which he dis-
t tartly condemned it, saying, "1 think
the lake feel/Pies at the Shebandtawan
end, even improved, would hardly jus.
tits the expeuee of rutting in locks!"
In the fall of 1870. a6 soar and a hall o .d enough to 1:1y 00 other feeders to
After the wont has been Folio on, G, he Iutere•slouial ! (1?ubtu' Works Rep.
F. Datil:tiro°, another 111g1ote r. id ee!tlt 1876, p. 61.1 1f iron mile are pool en-
minus t' t'), and fruln l,is tenor,: of Doc- 20. ou�,t1 to lay on now lilies, til tv ought
f the ititeibe 1taiiway oil the '
Rote.. it a,,pears th;tt although the to be go.eleet.ot1gh to repair n rued to
K i" linietignies befit up roams. 1V ileon taC.i deep, '
inti l.tltl 111 18 70. to S•a,ile the lands. tt' 11n`lr, * cotlwtrncteld 7 feet de'e ? beet\en away l
+ta),.1 ' :ter J. :l'ttw:11, lit flit\i )then 1,P1+)1S gills i1vE1'PWt"- Otto' the e'eetore oe the 17th
x rt24 1o8. 172. :::ti INCREASE OF f `)' tatit'll, tall,da.g 1 t ,std P I t u t) feet, 2t and b,\t -o t only 1
-- . I f ll
Devitt -
's kenziemauaged to get a resolution pas-
sed authorizing him to make a. gift of
the Truro aud Pictou branch of the Ia-
tercolouial to any Compt'Lty that would
extend the line into Cape Breton; but
the Premier had those notorious steel
Agile to nae up, and after deciding to
give this branch away he took up the
tron rails and relaid it with steel, (Pub-
lic Works Ilep. 1877. p. 107,) thus lay'
ing out in 111e neighborhood of a quar-
ter of a million, to be given as a gift to
t private Coutpaeiy, in addition to what
seas originally contemplated 1 While
Mr. ll.'r ;e a vi is thus relaying �wit)1
:feel a branch which is to be given
twaty, the olid iron rails are cnu icdt�red
't' ill 6 e 7 e e , e t Ito: etty what they think of this styli- of
a partner is 11.e algin U Oliver,tf r,,ett ! In the e*t•ring t- batwing l' 1 !
f 1te77, Smile,• b twing hairy their roxerty
ltlOI: 3^t .) (+^• : )don t1 (•+t., the 111111111'•111 tlwlltrt t++ tla,i
.,'a+l',..) ,t.,?n 1 a ♦.Z, ,• 11111 got orders to reduce depth to !:t r,,
orapOrty to bt1 ta., 11, 114 thri legal net -
he fz l erla>l Harter Jc yr
I?: pint' every toy a. ,%•til n tt1 1114' Ce1t1 The
, y 1 riot, 11111 he %10 already ab fait lower,
int a':t,'C `•, ire 'i t••• (ene.1 mete Nigro', he Beeler state (Evidence, ref int hail t0 11Dake It u: ! (1:41111+11C' , In the btu:lt11,ing of Jaimtry, 3'474,
quill lits :tlaclu•tlri attained to power. !. 151,1 that he ilii not know' at that 11, :x,v".) `111 etil'1ke 1' of the P rat o Mr i aeltee tie received tenderii for tho
time thee Brown was a partner, but t . lieu`-' t Tho t�ail•atl,: d Filia (110 91i„istt'r c:laitl e+rtt- 1tlllii itrlkl►l+' can be limo -tined when I 1''lCil Herten. wol'.i3, 1'no 101;C•st
face c)f the feet t''llt pia t ender was that of ,1o1111 to Tilton, of
;,;aLulattt' lite eoull'ry 011 a huge sur• •1 int alletnud t lilt 1 e t roi,ore,d to carr\
lana, Look at the List of 1\ ittitert• et, $182.680, lint mite ith.
+ telegraph C1111t1't7Ct a\I'll tl''Ill \\.IPtt t:1 ni:lt„ that ho offered ample seeutiti',
tris tender wane lettered, end tho coo -
tract nits gis en tt, lis M•'ore S: co., of
Vp alkertou at 2.1'2,S4t). thna abi'Hlllte-
ly throwing 'terry t `:!1),911) 1 t:it't;te.
1
!WS is ill thea . '• t • •
,.
tlotte to that time he had entered init' il'Eigtllt t0 11t►Ultullit by a eh •rt 1+ia'Cr4 til
t t t , .
t1111 names of partners 111'e set ont t.+•
fall, and llackeuzie's value as Minitel
f .t'ablic Works is ;tuned to it bt'1o\\
ilrown'e 1101110 as a partner in the frank !
itosa. Paper 52, 1878) Oue of the
p,►rtnere of this lucky firm by EP1r.'14
nlyettrlOot moans gets early turnout).
tiara of what bottle ere wino -d, and got.,
round buying up lt'ts. Evi•lenco of
'11'.1.1 <ltttd Stodgily.) .1•*' ret"lt of
!his violation its ; 5.
that 1.630, or %)vet
300 per neve is given for about 109
-owes et land i11 a c�llnptrarivee wilder
..lyse 1 (Sells. Pap. 57, 18713•) Aithenlrl'
Murdoch, au engineer, lord reetuntne
d farther down the river as more ctrl-
venionit, lord a sight could have beei
lit there for about $75 per acre. (Olvi
deuce p. 51.) half -acre lots bought
• C1i1'LVSES.
Stine ............... ..t ,.4.201,8139
1 - aft '111 0.10
1o70. ... .........1,1(i0.716
1871 ,'1,71) 171)
167') 3,125,8 45
1873 1,638.822
eve, .•, ,d f •t t t i t v • f to,lnu+t
ail say titan t1?ultnller bay, thee
111•t,tl.°11 these °water stt'etellea" over:)..it' portages, (\where it would bate, h.10 handled 1.:ice at each.) aud 1110t,mothershort railway 01 !Selkirk ; and
hat 1� r tnces L'eli. onlyorrhrewre:t one ref
1,e•4eF''' a ye41 Silently after the Lech Cuttliltellt•e+d. the 'Premier Chartgt'tt
'!lit li n• ••f iai1 .. to run :lb eta )titer's,.
4r tt bonfire./ miles n^,rth of Fort freta,
.ve. \Odel1 rtiob is the milli.►t1 "tl lt:
•he water stretehe't pr„etic.t11v impute•iblo 1 {Seo et1'ecce of Capt. Dick nut'
,thtare.) The lock will cost at least a
porter of a million. anti is an tlt4
Rainy Rivet, the l,.arttlarrt between i 'ono
'lit and the States, if ilF#preve'tieat-
,u'e heeded, Ametic'ans shoaled tdo thai+
.hake, brit our "practical Prt•nli*r'•'
)
�aper 73, 1'177.) In 1'eotuary, 1877,tree yearn 1(111 cavae da, \►114.1 the mat -
or heel been di•,t',1.ttt1•tl 1'1 the Howe,
a 1 lir. 1'Age, lou t'tliri:ll of the 1)�1'0tt.
tt,iit tlta'it'..'0 (toil thee ;t .ii himself { .If 1) Total snrlsinees...b 10,18t1.201 1 1
(tout, write% a letter to ex{ Bili why
l'edtou diel not „tot the e.lutr•ect, •end
:tit r0tlat+t,0 there 1.1010(1 are. that
•'some trouble wit" taken to agt't-rtain
\shetller he nae a person aetlu<lintea
i
bench work, but no inforr0sttio11
t:ottld be 1btatned tb:.ilt him ;"
oleo
that "tile other surety offered was
lIt'lltV 1'Ultt1U, it farmer of Et-ala"t:la."
,rad they were afraid that '•)1r. 'Polios,
groin 1111+ Government two Or threew1ants Canada. to clean out the aver for might also be a farmer !" while this
l he A'rt•rieruia l
owe Mr. "Tilton gut the conttlaet far
fears bttf•lre for $4 each, are pati f r „e,rsteto.'�V1lat dt, the e100to,`t; mink of 11t•;Ef rd harbor wark'i, and according
leg,
•tt ', 11 and �i`-1. Wa Lot .'lel. tr, . �ell• r to Mr. Mackeazie't own re part 1'*t31Di-
i+tk, lib'tCVPa, \wits b•n1. hI from the 411iltitfulll'111; our lullllNy on t}1i=s etupell- , repo% %
Ions fully ? metorily 1 erfortnetd' tint a ork ! (Public
i;+,v(tn111r11t at $1 per acre in 156:1: Works 11'p. 11475, p. M.1 As to Mr.
M ore, thel a appears to have leen no
nitehios whether he was acquainted
with Huelt wt)1•k, i10 statements to that
.'.. t r1..' . t ', that
'
t 1L11. .a uta► Ie
effect,. all- 110 11 t S I
, lI
might be a fa.r111r'1 -he had at a Kett -
ons election dose ted his petty alai 3110-
purtetd 111141{', 1.11.,'IOW itttratdtluett 1:fill.
aa'+tlly friend 1loore,•' (Saari. 1'ap 75.)
which was apparently sufficient 1
In Opposition and m Power.
When int. the cold shades of oppnsi-
tion, Messrs. Mackenzie and Blake
toted to insist on the Reuse setting fall
tlarticalars of \%hexa money was to be
expended before votieg it. In the
Ontario house in 18119, Mr. Blake trod
his followers moved 111) amendment to
the Rein for drainage, Clot it be refer -
ed back or the purpose of speeifving
eertaiu localities and improvements to
shish, or sine of which, the sum
woul•1 be applied, so as not to leave so
large a stun of niouey to be expended
at the mere will of the Executive,
without a vote appropriating the same,
is far as possible, to 11,trticular works,
(Journals, page 145.) lin 1878, Mr.
Jlackeuzie %eked $110,000 for dredg-
ing, without statin•' where it was to be
expended. Mr. Stephenson moved to
b Ave particular works apecnfied, COPY-
ING WORD FOR WORD the re ulu-
tiou aroved by Mr. Blake in Ontario,
feet of pier, the contractors only built 563 bet Mr. Maekeuzio two 1'1r. Blake, tial
,fee, yet they were paid the full amount'gf their followers, voted down tile motion.
their contract (;78,208,) and $8,648 fur This is only oue out of the instances
e:utros !
This is the way in which friends
of the Government are compelled to
lnlfil their eoutr> cte 1
il. ILA*
a ,1+,i;:v fultdileti
eilie`•il r, I C
toet 1'rt1Urtee 2
ta.biuet OZZOCS.,
T41< ,r t, !t.• a.t j i% 3. 1807. raid :
-11%4, „ , ar to 1r:.0,1 1 an
e 1 aeon iae*,t kala aft:'-i0at"tt ;:°'r"k :.l eon t
t,. + ''lie .'t- r, -10t. l: %:.,011+1 have tee,
"t , to it a ••a,lrt,1is%'.a3r,a1144tie=
*Mae, ha' . 141e to 4, t,•qt 1a+ ,ti-•. s•, i, dart al'
10,.4..,,. Whet, th
1 1tilts .11•.4 14% rt, e) t t.i,.tl• t +a..i •. i, it 1 -
ti tr . :i, t •l tit to;';'ei14t 1tt:rtt:t•Dz for ;}.w 11,
1,44:4; .14 .it t ►t,:at ,%.
DI +el.e, tie boldly re-t'ehned the.'
110211tlutzt•ta ill the II.tn-t, lett WitOli he
got int.. power. all100Iltl'al thirteen Cab -
lint 'filo t -s, and au atdtlLti,,l,)il Minister
't' ' 1 ,.t t•t•.,'•iall h.
• , ► And tit
t tt
ht
w ,1t{, f
L tl
tried to imitate, Japers by to 11i11 (Mar.
18, •7.14) to 'appoint two Dltltieters to
pre eiuu over the same Department 1
No Coalition.
Every elector in the 1) lnlitlinll will
remember how bitterly Maekouzi.1 and
lei' party opposed Coalitions, 4.1)0811
\wit11 Coalitions!" was the watchword
at every el. ctiou, was pracheilued frogs
every 110 811 0 415 and re•echa•ed turough
the peke,+, till Reformer, were led to be-
lieve that to fount la CoialitIOD was nue
Of the grotto t outrages that cot11a1 b'•
perpetrated span the people. Bare is
what the ltefortn Convention whisk,
hurt in Turouto on 27th June, 1807,
sal+1 —
"Ct.alitinus of opposing political parties for
"ordi.taty adluinisuativtt purposes invariably
"re•sult in tho abandonment of principle by one
• or baro parties to the compact, the 1owtring
"of pubic morali'y. lavish public expenditure,
••11u,1 wit., spread corruption, ' ' and
"that no zuweruu)eut tela bu satisfactory to the
••pc/ui,In= of t-t.ptr Canada which is formevl,utd
`•mniatauted by a Coalition of publ c men hold.
••iug111•p•)Piite liulitict.lineiplet." (Globe, Jane
28, (1867.)
DE,FI1`aS.---1.°loli AT TRU.
Oue of thea very Bret public
=vets of Mr. Maeki mi.,. On aaltatielillg tt•
power was the imposition of an midi
banal talxati.'u of THREE MILLION
DOLfaA1tS upon the people, yet, it
sotto of this, Ise find 001 an two years
,Ir. Cartwright thud Mr. Mackenzie
!tinned the eurplueses into deficits.
Look at the Liet---
1876..................::1,1;0(1, 7tt,i
1677. 1.460t027
Whoa Mr. Mackenzie got into power
he furluetl 0 Coalition with R. J. Cart-
wright, who was condemued by the
Globe as a •%mixer and muddler," who
had boon deuouuced by the name paper Electovs look a the contrast,
the last general election for i
haviug "voted to reward foul murder and say which style of managing
in the Northwest," for voting for the your finances you prefer.
long route for the Interoolonial, frues
tratiug economy by votiug down Idol- Collecting Revenue.
ton'ts motion to reorganize the oivil 1 Here is another specimeu of the very
service, voting "to deliver the Treasury peculiar system of economy which Mr.
into 1110 hauds of the most unscrupulous MIackenzie's Government practices :—
of men," by o1leuslug6 6laokeuzu'n for- For the year ending 30th June, 1873,
tification motion, voting down Blake's $18,038,856 of Cu•tonls 1 eveuue wa.,
motion for independenoe of Perliatneut'• collected by Sir John Macdonald, at an
voting fur violating the constitution iu expenditure of $576,765, (pub. ao. p.9)
respect of Nova Scotia subsidy, with a but in 1877 it coat under 31r. Macken-
loug list of other votes ; and who still zie $721,604 to collet)% $1,556,767,
describes himself as a Conservative ! (pub. acs. p. 11) or $153,839 MORE
He also took into his Cabiuot R. W. 20 COLLECT $477,C89 LESS!!
Scott, who was oue of the most pro- The Neebing uwindle.
uc.uncea Tories iu the old Parliameut
of Canada, tvho in the Outerin Legisla- Every elector ought to read the ex -
Imre voted steadily against Blahs aud posure of this notoricns tswiudle given
M.Kellar till they formed aCoalition in evidence before the Senate Commit -
WW1 hien, and who yet tient ibex Liul- tee. It is there sworn that Davidson
calf as a Conservative ! (Par. Comp. (of Oliver, Davidson, & Co.) knew in
p. 105.) lu additiou to these he took Jauuary or February, 1875, that the
iu liurpee, Coffin, Ross and Smith, two town plot of Fort 'William was selected
of whom voted with Sir John Macdon- as the terrninue for the Pacific Railway,
old and against Mr. Mackenzie on every (p, 120) while rows, another partner,
vote, iu connection wittl "Huntingdon's knew in the winter of 1875. (p. 17.)
Pacific Railway charges, and tho other But this firm had a saw -mill there, and
two on every vote .wheu;they`were pros- in July, 1875, SIX MONTHS A11'TEB
ent I (Journals 1878, pp.116, 289, 290, 'THEY KNEW IT WAS WANTED
368; 869.) Not content with these, ou FOR THE RAILWAY, they conceived
7th December, 1875, apparently, lost to the brilliant idea of puttiu.g 'a lot of
all venae of shame, he took the notori their culls and common lumber (evi-
ons C'.uchon into his Ministry—a mag deuce, page 12) into' the shape of an
whom the Globe aud the entire Reform hotel, aud selling it to the Goveiu-
, party at one time denounced as the meat at an enormous price. The
most utterly profligate,. corrupt and builder was notified by a railway en - who has Bold your bonds in a similar
abandoned Than iu Cauatla, and whose giueer and by a cumber of other peo= fashion
Total defioltt ......$3,800,812
This 0peelts volumes..
CAP1TAT.. ACCOUNT.
woe ttnrub0..etl from the owner 111 18713
by Oliver, Davidson & Oe., fur $350,1
Idd iti un to a bia:ll they laid baala ire.
rat getting the
attain
t. , •inn Government, a t.
% , f, l
t 1 ,tie,. K
continual 8 it .
tocllunl ,
In.addition
Sir John Macdonald spent on catpital 101 less than $ 4 per acre. (Sae recorll
Account, that is, on buildings %aud' Crown Lamle 01iit;4*) But the valnn.
*tiler public works whicu go to Make tors allowed theca „\5,04.7 for ubuut 10
up the a41w.•ts or capital of the country, teres of this wild fartu lot 1 (Sess. Pap,
luore each year thiol he iucretesed the 57, 1877.) Although the llailwaay Aet,
public debt. Look at the figurtls Land •1nb-scctieu 18 of Section 9, .makes urn
contrast. them
EXCESS OP CAPITAL ACCO'U'NT OVER Ex-
PEND/T1: ;ay
113117.8 ; 5.15,714
18iit-9•.............. 111,881
18119-70 ... 1,820,681
1870.1 4,173.621
1871.0 8,417,995
1872 3 2,202,929
Total ...............$12,072,778
This watt paid out of the ordinary
revenue. But when Mr. Mackenzie
acceded to power this was changed.
He increased t110 public debt each year
euore than Ile expended on cap. acct.
Look at the figures :—
EXCESS OP EXPENDITURE OVER CAPITAL
aC.,0UNT.
1874.5 .... $ 760,228
1875.6 ... ... 1,389,017
1876-7 ............ 1,057,440
Total
$3,206,698
The In^onish Harbor Joh i
In lard
,7. ail�i
, Sir John:4i
natilon1'e�go�
tt'•nnleut let a contract far Ingoni-tl,
Harbor tworlts to F. W. MOK.'I'zie for
the stem of $98,208.0t). 1111874, lifter•.
��, . ':1 t3 to
1 1 rat 4 no. !1t
tt { l2tt' (r 4krt n to 1
I
Ctrl lei
power, the contract wa•t transferred by
the original contractor to John Reis (:t
relative of the Minister of Mi;itia,) a,i•d
James \eBay. (:i,•e.s. Pap. 07, 1877.)
vieit'n that the increased \Nile given to ?'rain that time the dealings 1.a coolies
the rest of the property by railway shall tion u illi this contract appear to hal of
be taken into account, the valuators a most ordinary nature. Although by
cnusulted Brown, one of the owners, the contract tine antic was to be cow-
aud under Iiia advice click nut apply the eleted by 31st December, 187.4, no at.
Act 1 (Evidence of Wilson, to 18.) tempt was made to get it done at that
F Is'ltetvlx should read the evidence and it wall not fiei'tlled 011 sued
and see if n more 1.arefaee•L swindle ever 3f 1870, or beginning of 18771 In Sep-
tember, 1870, Mr. lions res.igued hie
was perpetr'ate'd in the Dominion. C,athtraet to run as Grit candidate ill
Wt'nld you got like to sell your land Viotaria, N. `8., but 11r. 1laekeu;ae kept
at $50E) per acro, as these meu,fdid to itis r•e'signation ill enspense till he was de-
tlle Government ? feuted, and then permitted Mina to resu,ne
Satet•ilciug our Bonds. contiart : Although the contract humid
In the fall of 1876, Mr. Cartwright the coutractor to melte good at his own
went to England to negotiate a loan of expense any damage "by storms 01
$12,166,660, (22,500,000 stg,) when from any cause whatever, during the
he got there he found Canadian 4 uer pl ogress of tete work ;" when a portio..
cents quoted at 94e to 951, (London of the pier was carried a,wayby a storks,
/hers, Oct. 31,) but instead of asking litsteed of compelling the contractors•
offers to see how much he eau get for to repair it accordiug to their contr.lct,
them, a day or two after he deliberately Mlr. Mackenzie allowed them to abau-
site down aud writes an advertise- don that part, aud eht.rten Ole pier!
meat offering our bonds for 91, three The final result teas, that 'instead of 100
or four per cent. blow what they are
quoted in the market 1 Sess. Pap. 89,
1877.) But that is not all, he only
a ks the money for the bonds in instal-
ments -5 per cent. on application, 15
p r seat, un alio tintnt, 2J per cent on
dist January, 1877, 20 per ceut. on
270 March, 20 per cent. on 25th May,
and 11 per cent. on 25th July,—but
pays interest on the whole nmouut from
1st November, 1876 ; that is nays in-
terest for money Ile has not got, aud
actually allows the six mouths' interest
up to 1st May, to be deducted from the
iustalment to be paid ou 25111 May !
Sess. Pap. 89, 1877.) Was ever such
a .ranaaction heard of before ? When
the Loudon rnoney lenders found a Fi-
nance Minister from Cauatla so crazy
as to saorifice bot:ds iu this style, is it
to be wondered there was a rush for
them ? It is difficult to estimate the ex -
1 act loss to the Dominion by title trans-
action, but tatting say only 2 per cent.
thrown away by offering too 1ow,$243,-
333 ; interest paid for money before
It was received, about $176,'20O; or a
total of above $419,500 lost to the Do-
minion through Mr. 'Cartwright'sfully !
B`a'' Farmers, if any of you Bent a
servant to town with wheat,; and in
stead ofgoing to market to 'get the
highest offer he could, he voluntarily
offered it at 91 cents, when it was
quoted in the papers at 94 to 95 omits,
and took his pay in instalments rang-
ing over eight or nine months, would
you not dismiss him ius:tantly ?.. ':What
will you do with the Finance Minister
too uumarous to mention where the
Government have thaw]) their utter
disregard for every principle they ad-
vocated whorl iu Opposition. Do tho
people approve of it ?
Lending Rails to Foster.
Mackenzie having' greed to subsidize
the Canada Central Railway to the ex -
tont of $12,000 per mile, his friend ex -
Senator la'oster had the contract, and
delivered sotne iron rails in September
aud October, 1875, for which, without
any iufornotttou as to their quality,
(App. No. 2, p. 16, Journals 1877,) he
was allowed $48 per ton, and $68,000
paid on them. Mr. Reyuolds testifies
that he bought steel rails a few mouths
after.at $37.71 ! (p. 31). Mr. Mussen,
REFORMERS OF CANADA,
BxmEnlsan,yotl are not personally con-
cerned 10 or responsible for this shame-
ful record of extravagance aud corrup-
tion. You, the rack and file of the
party, bad nothing to do with this
wauton violation of principle and law.
You have been deceived by those who
to l you, and iu whom you placed your
trust. They have abaudoned Reform,
and made the name a syuonme for cor-
Oie engineer whofait some of these irou ruptiou and incapacity, a byword for
rails, testifies : °t1 consider the vial- sllatne and reproach, and as Reformers
ity poor," "1 don't think I have ever who value your good name, you owe it
eeeu worse rails." (p. 28.) In June,
1876, Mr. Mackenzie loaned F filter 1C0
tons of these rails, but in April, 1877,
an engineer was sent up to see what
was taken, and it was discovered that
11e had been allowed to carry off 2271
tuns ! (p.27). Although the rails were
to have beeu returned in three months,
nine months afterwards the rails were
gone, and neither Mackenzie nor his
Deputy knew whether the bonds they
had taken in security were worth any-.
thing ! (np. 19, 24).
This .is how the business of
the country is being managed, in
the interest of the Premier's
friends 1
to your honor, you owe it to the coun-
try, whose prosperity is your prosperi-
11y, and tvl'ose rniu is your ruin, to
displace the men whohave shown
themselves utterly corrupt, and unable
to conduct the affairs of the country.
The Dominion looks to you to baud
fast to those glorious principles of Re-
form, embodying 'economy and purity,
which you 11169e 80 nobly sustained in.
many a well -contested field. Make
one rnoro etruggle for your principles
on the 17th of September.
VOTE for Mr. -Porter, the candidate
who will go in for Protection to farm-
ers, and for cutting down, the expenses
of the Government in every branch.
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