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,thla purpose mg.tters of organizo.ti0h are --
of essentita Importance tto our success,
and will receive your eadme9t &'ftentlon-
,either our plan
But since webave Come tog,
of caimpa;Ign must. I suppose, embrace also
some formal statement or declamtiOn Of '
prin-ciples, and conternplalted measures. I
,Wba,t; shall -it be? So f -ax as. I know, the
Liberals of Canada.! have hfthe-rto been -
,.pretty generally. Weed as Ito the prin-
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o . f - the wo�la, -- unfortu�hajtely disposed. our I
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people to try almost 4ny pollitical experl- i
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menit from which thereseemed any chance i
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of relief, and ithe policy O,f protection' (
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proved a fortunate plece of paftY tac- I
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�t, lwwover d1sastrous to the best interests I
of the country- In -the long run. Btit die I
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end appears now tobave come. Our neigh- I
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protection party, and itherels every pros- :
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of our having 4 like success at our i
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general election. But for this pur- �
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&,ze the LiberaA party must be united. , ,
ond and third ,vice-chairmeil.
We musit endeavor to retain p.reselit par- i
Premier Paters of Prince Edward Island
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and go on addingto -the number from I
was named associaite chaArman.
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This convention may be asked ,
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consider whether for ,tihis purpose -the i
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therefore th� convention should. ree-
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in iregard to any of Its planks :
the keenest attention to the speakers of
or whether -,there should be ad-
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.the chairmam for the evening, was' con-
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proposals� are, to be Avelghed from every
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standpoint. f On the one ,hand, Important,
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beneflelFA.1 � improvements axe aot to be
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claitton, the audience rose as one man
hastily rejected, and, on the other hand,
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We axe now in the river ; we want to get
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C. S. Hyman, W. D, Balfour, M.PP., Hon:
to the other bank ; we have a. fair pros-
I E. H. Bronson, Hon L. 11. Davies and
Mr. D. C. FRASER, M. P., the giant fron
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mr. J. F. LiSTIP, M.P. for West JAmbton.
cipal-matiters which, In the in,terest of the
people of ithiff great COIintrY, most need
present aitterillon. In addTtion to these,
there are other Important ques,tions which
. are exciting ithe Interest of I-arge sections
of our people, and ma,Y be brought before
us ito-day, ,Some ait least of these ques-
Uons it would be impossible -for us to
uMte upon, either uffIrmwtiVelY or nega.
tively, and they must be open questions,
or UnAVn- and success, axe impossible. The
party must be conitent- with a, pla,tfGrm ,
which meanw.htle leames such questions
out, or ithe pQ11tY cam carry nothing, nor
gelt from the elecitcyrake ,the posiltion which
Would enable -t-heni to. carry anything. I
do not say.this Is 90 with every important
question not ht,thento em braced In the
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pluftform of .the Liberal pamtY �
a-saitters which o-u,r hon)ored leaders and re-
pmsenitatives in Dominion affairs and -our
public Journafls��hsve for some years been
pressing on pigbile attention with ability
and pereeverance, ,have been so well
chosen ithat they are now being recognized
- as just and rIgK and in the country's
Initereet, not by Libemls only, but also by
many who axe not of 'the Liberal par-ty.
I hope that we -shall secure these at aill
events. Foremost of ,tibern are a, reformed
Itariff and reciprocity o,f ,trade -with our
. neighbors, if we can obtain such reciproci-
,ty On fair and honorable iterms. This,
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ernment could do. Reciprocity reatricted
to the natural produats of the two douA4--
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. khow thfut Llbera,la axe willing that the
reciprocity should not be restricted -to the
nuiturail products of ithe itwo counitries, but
shoudd Include such manufactures also
as may -be agreed upon. Liberals believe
6uoh an arrbuingemen't to be practicable.
unless Our neigh -bore should be misled lato
supposing that -the majority of Canadians
want reciprocity so badly that they WIN
omsent ito &ny iterms, and even to annex-
ation. ralrher ,than not have ft. It Is noft
correct,theit Canudianis In general are pre -
Wed -to, buy reciprocity art the price of
. Snnexation,or at ainy,other price which may
appear 1t.o it -hem to be too exacLing, or may
be otherwise distasIteful. But Liberals in
generail believe ithat a fal,r measure of
reciproeLty, noit restricted to naitural pro-
ducts, wo W -d be ain advantage, not to Can-
ada alone, but to both countries. They
believe thut It Is qui,te praotimble to con-
vince simtesmen Of Mis, .the stuteamen ot
the 'United States as well as those of
Cana,U, and ithalt manY of iLbern are al-.
ready convinced of It. Some anxious IOY-
alists feax that more 1,rAtImate,trade rela-
tions wbt.h our neighbors would 16,kid to
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oppose irecilprocl.ty, A.n opposiite�vieNv. Is
I ,taken by some Uinlited Stutes staltesmen,
and pubtle journslists, who argue tha re-
ciprocity would delay or wholly -pre ,ent
political unilon, %nd they axe foi; thait ea -
sort againsit reciplVeltY, and are end � Or -
Ing i,o prejudice their fellow- ,tilzens
ugali"t tt. On ithe oidier hand, those - an-
adlan loyalists who, like most of us here,
favol- reciprocl,ty, believe and h6pe that It
would -have nw effect either way on any
ques.tion of polltica,l union, and having
,this hope end faith we do not ,think kt
consistent wbth duty or patriotism, ,to re-
fuse acc�p�aince of such a measure if a)t-
tailbable,
"On many other subjects of prime im-
Dortamee 1to 'the comEry ,the Liberals of
i -he Do,minlan are also agT�eed. We are
it,greed as ,to ,the Iniquity of the wasteful-
ness which there has been in the man-
agement of federad affairs during the
last fifteeil years, -and which is Ilkely to
contlinue.as long as the prel6nt govern-
duent continues. We there -fore do noktwant
f that government to contrinue. .
-,WL e are agreed as ,to ,the duty a,nd
,the Importance of co,nductdng ,the bust-
nees of the federal government on bust-
ness principles, which for party objeots
the feders) government has In so many
,wayg disregarded, to the injury of the
couritbry and the demoralization alike of
members 'of paxl1lament, of conitractors for
public works. aind of Officers of the gov-
erriment. We want Ito sa,ve our country
from tiny further such injury.
" We are agreed as to -the Iniquity of
such gerrymandering- of ,the constituencies
and as-itothe iniqubties ,and Inconvenience
of auoh & franchise a -at as disgrace the
Dominion statute book. We want -to have
crespectfuil and just ,measures substituted
for these. .
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's We are agreed as to the ,necessity ,of
a fundsmenital refoirmation of ,the sena;te,
If for any reason a sertaite must be or
&hcyuld be retairied. The senate, as now
cons�tbtuited, is the Weakest point In our
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corigtitution. All Lliberads, or -nearly a3l,
want to have reform in itihe senate. 'We
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are agrreed as ito various other matters.
" If the po,,I-Icy of the Liberal party on
the subjee . ts named and oit,her subjects
has nat go -t for It the votes of members
who were elected as Co,nsorvatives, It is
qubte cerits,in thatt -tha.t policy ,has at all
events ,the actuZI �",approval of some of
ithem, and has gaint!d, &T1d is ga.1,11iing, the
favor of m Emy Conserva!tives In the con-
stlituencles. Multiottides are now in favor
of ,trade refo(jun who were, not - In its favor
until I&tely. AMany are against ehe waste
of public rridney which has been -going on
In the Dominion. Many acknowledge �thE
Indefensibility of ,the gerrymandering act;
disapprove strongly of the franchise act,
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and admit -thait the senate needi reform Ii
oome such direotlon as Is claimed by dii
Liberal party. These opinions o,f old op
porienits in the const-lituencies cannot bu
-tt,ll .at -the general election, If Llbpral
Gre but active and diligent and pruden
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(as I am au're,they Will be) In the Libera
campaign.
" In connection with )the Liberal 'pla.t
form, one -thing -which I am contain o
Is, thait we axe all alive -to the importaric
(it paxty unity, and -to the appllca.blllt�
to our case of the old ma.xim tJmt 'Unitei
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ed, (the Liberal paxty has rio,t In flfteei
Yea,ra been abile to dislodgi the-.4protecti(x
Party from IYower, no,-tv�lths.tamdlng a!
Ithelir misdeeds. That party adopted th
policy of proitecition as the principa.1 plan
in their platform for the general electlo
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mighot, perhup�, be serious for us to swap
horses wh9le on our way ; but thait is for
the convention Ito consider and determine.
11 We mll ,hope that the general election
will result lalhe formation of a Liberal
administration under the premiership Of
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Our distinguislyed chief. This adminilstra-
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tdon will have 'the opportundty ,of cry,sCh,1-
lizing Into the law and Into -the constitu-
tior. and into the executive action the re-
specitive maNters whielt, so far, Libemla
,hwve agreed upon-, -and have contended
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Hon. L. H. DAvxn, M.P., Charlot�etowu,
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for as a pairty. In doing that work first,
If for ,the present we can do no more, a
grand work'will have been done towairds
pnDmoting the prosperity of our country
ard securing Its. ifuture well-being. Fur-
ther reforms In aN directions may follow.
I ,hope, and from what I know- or-ha.ve
Imrned of -those who compose this con-
veilit4on, I not -only hope, but, I expect,
ithot In considering ,the subjects which
may be brought before you, the conven-
tion will prove ttself a model convention
of earnest and thoughtful Liberals ; ithat
many will -go home from the . convention
wl,th their ' Follitical fadth strengtthened
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and their political zeaA quickened : that
we all shall: be stronger Liberals an:l
eounder and mo -re hopeful Coinadians for
having rt here..and shiull bo'more unit -
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ed pollt�l j, -
il�cal;,y .than ever before; and ,that
_ laxt goneml election It may be
after ,the
trully saffll'by the whole -country tbait it
was at -the Libeml convenit,lon In Ottawa .
In June-, 1893, lbh�ut protection and bad gov-
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among �our people received their deatth-
blow, (Applau e.) � -
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ithe sake of .Be protection exper . iment,
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Mr. JAMES MOMULLEN, M.P, for North
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Withdrew their support frorn the best of
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.an excellent man. an able atatesman, a
,noble patriot and a pure politician, ther
universally -lamented Alexander"Mackenzie
(Appamise.) As Canadians. -lovers of Can_
ada, and desiring for It the best possible
fortune. we could noit wish for our coun-
,try to -day amything better then a gov-
enimenit of anuther fifteen years and
more like thait of Mr. Mackenzie ; or --than
w� know a government, would be If under
the prernfership of our distinguished and
L-steemed Dominion chief. witth some of
.his able coadJuitors In ith i e two ho
parliament -as b4s colleagues. Our country
greatly needs such a government. (May
As accession to office be soon, and may
its tenure of office be long." (Loud and
conitinued applause.). .
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. ,r.he remainder of ,the afternoon session
was devated to .the work of �orgainlzlng the
convention Hon W. S. FleldInL- nremler
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or the, kindness with which you ha;ve ',
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orail, thought lit so many provine of ,th6 ,
3ornitnion, from the veteg'aJn of Ontarin :
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Wward Island. (.&.Oplause.) %.%Zl It you i
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big eircumAt=ce, I would sa,y that,proud :
Ls I &m to -day of -the presence of, Sir Olt- '
rer tMoweit, premier of ,the provia�e -of On- - ,
axio ; of Mr. Fielding, ithe premier of '
.,;ova Scotia ; of Wr. Blair, it -he prem4er !
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Dr. L&NI)ERICIX, AT.P., thinks it's hot.
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of New 13rurtswick ; of iMr. Peters, the
premier of. Fvrince Edward Island, and of �
-Mr. Sif.top� of It'he Manitoba government,
if you will allow me here -to speak, I woulti
say that I � VIVIUA) still raore, from -a per-
sonal point o,f view, the presence amongst
us of my old friend, Mr. Jbly de Loitbin-
iere, under whose leaderslilp, lit was MY
good fortune a good many yea,rs! ago -to
serve mk alp0tenticesihip when I had the
honor to sit In the local assembly of the
province of Quebec, when he was leader
of- Ithe oppo*tion. (Applause.) He has
told you her , e ,to-dv,y -that be has' retired
from poll -ties, but when he h,eaxd ithe
sounds of ithe bugle, and got the s, mell of
the powder, thebad to falldnto the ranks
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like an old soldier. (Applause.) I am proud
to tell you, gentlemen, that we have to-
day representatives from all parts! mostly
of ithe'DOM-lniOn of Canadia,-frorn the pro-
vince by the Atl—aAntic, from -the vo)lley of
ithe St. Lawrence, from ithe region of the
grewt lakes, evei�- from ,the prairies of
Ma,riitoba and the Northwest, The unly
provililice which is not represented to -day
officially Is the province ot RAtIsh Co-
lUmbia., and yet JW ,some extent it is, for
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this'morning'the ohatirman of the conven-
inon received the following ,telegram :-
",`Although not represented, British Co-
lumb � la ,takes worm Interesit. in the pro-
ceedlngs�pf the Liberal convention. Sen-
timent here favors a policy of freer trade
relations wbth Greak Brlitajin and her col-
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onles, especially. Australia, and reciprocity
of itTade wdjtih�.all orther nations.' ,,(Ap-
plauee.) ,Nothing like,tillis convention has
Yet takeri plaice aince confederation, and
to find anything of the kind or approach.
,I;lg it you must g6,L back -to ,the days of
oild Canada -to the famous Libeira. I I con-
ven-tion which met in Toroinito �in 1850,
And, Cv1W. Chairman, you will allow me
the ple"ure of saying -thait this meeting
Is ,presided over by one of thei leaders
of thait co,rivenition in thait year., Sir Olt.,
ver Mowat was one of ,those who helped
on tihat Occasion (th shape the policy which
afterwa;rds prev.alled, Sir * Olive Mowat
belongs In more senses thain on1% to the
school of -that great old man �who to-
day, under the gaze of ain admieffig . and,
wondering world, ,Is struggling agains�
many odds -to rel,leve a aounitr$r from a
regime of oppression, and to give it good
g . overament of the people. (,A�pplause.j
Time seems to have made no knpression
on Gladstone, blis menta,l activity seems
to Increase wl,th yeairs. &r Oliver 3dowat,
perhaiPs more itham many others at the
convention of 1859, had ,to deull witth the
difficul-tiles ithait wera then prevalling.
Canada was suffering from seyere Ills ait
,that ,time. These ills, ho,Wev�r, were of
a constitutional nature. Foip� years an,
Imperfect consbitutional syete' had pre-'
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vailed In Canada. There was the union
of Lower and Uipp�r Canlada,,/wn English
ie, withlIVII the dis.
advanita,ges of a fedE!Pal amd4 legisio,tive
union, and wilthout any of the advantages.
You know that the principle which was
then adopted as a solution/ of the woes
which Canada was then sufFerfrig was re-
presentablon by p6pulaition, i f This principle
%as gradually extended uptill lit became
tifte� origin of confederatiloji., unit,11 it be-
ca.me the meajns whereby� the four pro-
vinces 'of Britis;th America,�N�ere united In-
to a confederation under ,the sanction
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of -the motherland, with�-the object that
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it was ,to extend all over the con,tinent.
We, the Liberals, at tf,its late da,y, are
agabn assembled in oa!dO,r, ito discuss the
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present pos-ftion. of the country. I am
glad to sa,y thalt,thouph Canada is suffer-
ing many ills a,nd woes, they do nota,rise
fiom con-%bittution-al effects. ,I am glad to
say that the constlitublon, -though not per -
feet, still Is such lbha`�-bt,should command
the respect- and love of oil Canadians.
(Applause.) I want ii� to be known- at the
very outset of our proceedings thait while
coming here from 411 pa,rts of the Do-
minion, to discuss the palftical situation
of the � country, to ' remedy, . it
possible, the Ills from which our
country Is Suff oring, we do not
come here tin any carping spirit,
w1th any r6volutiginiairy words. I say, we
come ,here wl-th our hearts full of love for
'Our Canadian epuntry-(apPlause)-witb
pride for bts past �amd -hope for its future.
(Renewed a:'ppla,u,�e.) Mr. Chairman, it I,-,
undeniable 41hat ito-day the position of
Canada, 49 not what lit ought to be. In
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eyes of alk.of u;j,t!he position is such aa
to ma,ke a good, many 'of the people of
Canada feel. anxious for the faite of the
I ,counitry, We are here to discuss -the situ.
ation of our coun'try. Whenever we meet,
ais we do u0on�th;is occasion, to discus,c
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the sktuiaition�- -of our country, we are me -i
by our Opponents with a ve"Ar singular ob.
jection. It We� �
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ItIlhe country, 4hd -if we do not represe-ml
it in rDsea.te; c6iors, we axe told at onec
by ithe Conservative party that we arf
decryin'g 'the 60untry. This Is a very
,§traPige objecti,oin. It would me,an thal
ithe party In power base ,the right -to dc
anything they�please, and the only thinig
left to the opposttion Is approbation. Th(
position of the opposlibion ui,der this ruh
would be a sla,ylsh one, and it woula nev.
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kistory will be -the el-tisest to truth where v!clnity are so Bit pid as to believe n ry tives them- ,was a Democra,dc convelition. and on that �Iw , M4^
,ou find a frbrung aind 4emlbhy public opin- (Itiobe, when lit tts ,thern -they are not imous among ;the CO' Be, 0 come occafdon they declared - 'Tha,t we.c,on, . 0031AM-
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ca to denounce every crime and outrage. prosperous, when tt�ey are? (Loud laugh I a n I for.
submit every po,ssdble condlition Of the ter.) Are they such geese as not to know forward and promise that, they wo d de I dem Republican `protection as a frald . . Vas"
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their own circunls�ances, and to rely UP- with the question and reform the tariff. I and a robbery of 'the 9"Cal ma'Jority of i�, - � . I ,-?'�l ,,lpporUd 0,
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uccesses and grandeur Of a people is that he promise extracted f rom the American people for,athe benefit Of I : I I ,
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31 inioral offe(nees %liould be denounced, them, bult what reform xpecit few.' (Cheers.) That condemnation .... -�� � ,' , II"
!hat all crime should be denblir-ced, and ter.) Sir, such arguments do not deserve who te u n try endorsed by the Arnericall people at :f -�'., S,�"Xltyw it,
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! . - WnY afnewer. There was anotiller meeting from men _11 you that ,th6 co � tits I � I I , - and ,I
hoit the ItTuth should'be. spokien upon ev hat there is no exo- first opp'oriunl-ty, following, and the Awylp-
if held elsewhere'. At 'the present time there is prosperous and It Y de, - � ,
�ry oce"lon withou,t- fear or favor. dus -, who -tell You their .system is perfect e)ared in .t,be mo.9t emphatic la,11guage tbItt . $014*11le pe<
. - . Arezty. W,
=y I one were to look Eqt the history of the Is and hardly in need of modification? Look rh,e system of protctlon over there wa, . a I at
�ouirvtry foT -the last 26 Yeaws thst main .1. ,,,, Wier,
, nU9t kidmit-and I may say h�re to bewin AROVING CO-CNIISSION at what took place a, few mon". s ago. Sir a f ra,ud and a robbery i4rotia's a,
going from place ,to pla,ce-0aughter)-to John Thompson a;t the board of trade ban- " Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, I .q
vith, ItIhat Canada has made great nd - � I ub. � �
find flaws, if flawsl ithere be, In the na quet lit Toron,j�, told a la.r-e audlence milt to your judgment ,that the serV41, ,- � I I
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ubstandal progress, but, great as that copy of *the American system �vlch Lhai I .
tional policy. A fe* weeks ago they were thaA the government would'le Prepareu - . Tou �
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orogress has been, be must admit thirt it i 0 � -
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ias not rea,ohed .the leglumate expecita- L In the clity Of St. John, N.B,, and ills ad- newt session to lop 'Orf some moulderim, been birought amongst us by the lee,b. rA L - L ho 'a" *1'
mirers gave W r. �'osteir a banquet, at bramethes. When we calhe to the session of the Conserva,tives, Is like tits prototyp, � t a, crown,
ions of the Cainadian people. - No man which a fellow-couj�itiryma,n of mine, who we were fully . prepared to isee the govern- a fraud and it robbery-(IOud app] e)- JA Vince 0%
ttn say, I do (noro care to what party he cultule, 'Mr. es ; and I call upon You one and all top , ��- _L VrQ
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ba-Ppens to be InJM$,ter of agri rhenit lop off these mouldering branch , ireV00 It It
)elongs, thal Caniada, rn&s reaffized In these Angers, made a sp�ech. Ile proved thag but we found tha,t ithe government had nounce at once and give you.? e- p Ittl,,- . L -
' 10j,
6 yea" the hop" -that we had 26 year oc . 6, .a,nd wita,t were moul- support to the propo,sRI-on at e L I fillovir-s'!
s he could be, on cusion, the equal chan-'ed their vle%A , all , 7 nt, ,that -V
is mj�r � -11 we have wiped a ay fro I
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g . If our hopes had been reslized, the Of an E ng, It 0 heit he could, be equa,l January, like tha rod never rest unt *
Nulwtlon of Canada would be at least to Mai predecessor ,Sir John Carling. He dialling branches In h In our system that fraud and robbe unde . 00 13VItIol
of Moses, beca,me flowerin r ,,,_,&ud us
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,000,000 of souls. R Is to -day about 5,000,- gave figures to his esirers, and March. (Cheers and laughter.) -They had which Canadians suffer. (Great thee1% I ii;D�� altw
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(10. If our hopes had been realized, we the exodus and p per-bty of the country, ino alterititto.n. to make. Gentlemen, You . Ing.) But, air, there Is lorneithing Inore, L I - I Wjji" 1)e I
%�Ould to -day have upon (the soil of Can- and told. the peopi assembled that the have nothing to expect from them. APa,rt W ' e prb-nounce #to -day In fator or ta" -re. . t* Of % 4
A& 1,000,000 of our fellow-Camadians Who ou ba,ve the form. and our opponents have burrow,ed ; VLP
ire now to be found in a neighboring exodus "was not qf a yeryl great ; size." from ithe logic of events, Y ho has de- the word from u-;. You know lit has been : ,Xpire. '1
�ountry. It Is -not itoo much to expect � l word of Mr. Foster hmself, w I V7, tbort
hat in a country I.Ike Canada, with so I , - I claxed ,again and again wlth!n- the last the system of ,the Conservative paxty mor# tgts betwi
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; ould con- th,%n once. wbenever tbelLr clothes becarne
I , few weeks that tariff reform W be a
nany resources of every description, that I - - i sIst In this, th&t there might delapidated, to steal the clokhes of tht.1t. ,,Ikd there
hverY child bom up -on the soil Should re- 1 .4A . . *104a the
, h2 d present 'themselves before L ;�J�rcf&
: few changes -here and there but L it ithe opponents,an
nain a citizen of Oanada. for all his JJfP. I 'e N.P. would 40 �
i Inoiple 'of protection in ,th . ih, tuter*
'Hear, beax.) When ithe rill0siters of the I pr ly means that . %I in
,rown speak of this matter ithey affect . be maintained. This s1mP . It off - A � Xserc
. the government are going to scmte 0;nworola
�o trewt lit very lightly. I submit .t,o You . the Pain't, and put on a new coat of va'r- * . I V I
... 'Mer,* is I
,.hat there is nothing of greater import- (LauglYter f I V . 'For
I nish, and call It iteriff reform. 4 1 ax�p 1. .
ince thain this very question. W,hy, Sir, I and cheers.) 'Mr. Chairman, a,gg,ln upon. I , .nd
- Is a weill-known fwt Itbait the growth of - a I .T*46 a
. L this occasion, I want it to be well UnL- I : � .Wti-Dn'
:)Opulation Is the measure In many in- 3� C. derstood ,that I I - rZ.V-0raiii
' - I &
3,tances uf the development of a people. , . -
Not only,itiha.t, but so 4mpoftanit Is It con- I I � WIL TAKE DIREOT ISSUE . � tod Cavwl
aidered, that, nott saitisfied with iche natu- here -and now with the government. (Ap- . . �. I It jb4 int,E
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ral growth of our popu4atlon, we have I . plause,) The government tell us that I . . ItIWAts I
spent thousands and millions of dollars I the principle of the N. P. they are going k - - - I , ,my lo-y<l
- 1 7- 1 t.b. intere
In the last fitteen' years In order to bring r , to maintain, ond we enswer to ithe gov- op � L
I '' rinciple of jibe N.P. �� 40% . .,
In immigrants. It 4s a mat,ter of reg,ret � ernment that the p IL 0 fptarevts
to It-hink thinit, (though we are spending I is vicious and musit be -taken o,ff-not only . 1i � 1, -,so, no,")
M0,000 or $300,000 every year In order to I � -the branches. Si you remember what � to kaowl:
bring in Immigrants, we cannot keep our r, def ea:t of Mr. ,. I *boom of
I took place pxevious to the
� . "that tim - , - eo=tryl,
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. 11 . Mackenzie. At e we had for pre ., - %01 I I
own people amongst themselves. Is it to � . . .StUlfted
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be supposed, Is It to be expected, that if L mler, as you well know, a man of Inde- I 4".4houl
those boam on the soil cannot remain at- pendent rectltude� There -never was a . I I Wb
tacbed to ithe soil that -this foreign popu- purer or a. greater man in my estimation . I I *ds6
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lation will be atta,ched to it? is it to be in Canada than Alex. Mackenzie. (Ap- � * I � Ors left
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expected thait If we cannot keep our own plause.) He would not OtOOP to pander to i � I . I L i"r;VW
people, those we bring from abroad will I wha,t he supposed to be popular preju- . I . -- . � *M W*M
remailin? There Is only one conclusion IT if W-411 dice. He thougilit ,tha,t the country muld i I 1i . I U -Pan . Ow
to be arrived s4 and it Is ,this, tha,t If a I . not -be made prosperous by high laxaltlOn- I I r comb
I I The people believed otherwise. I have no � b. -
. . I fault -to find with anybody, and no criti- I � � uttud up:
. Jos., H. LEDUC, M,�� for Nicolet, 11 the o Your Judir- . 411,W a b
� clism. to offer, but I appeal I I : . I
A in -the face -of the experlence of t4le . . .
I - I youngest membe of tits houge." . mer I di'don Of
. . V, ", last fifteen yea,T9 under the sys- --.-�— � I w0dam
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. He spoke in a city w , tell in ten years has ,tem, which was Introduced by the , - I . Vlotberia
not Increased In popu fitlorn, but has actu- Conservatilve party wu�lch was dubbed the 11 . I I � , ,.
r ---" ally lost 2,000 souls. : The population of N.P., to say If �� sygtem, Is not vicious . Size I
St. John und W k In principle, Iniquitous In Its terms and I . w�d I at
1 )06 ;% Lac nzie's regime ex- -
Y the
1. . ceeded 40,( �, i at census the popu- ences. (Applause.) .. Z wouM b
er 40,000. That sdftjr-
�, * I say t.h*t lit Is vtcdous In principle. I , - 11 I&I
. is to say, that the wh le of the natural In- want W know -and I put the question so any 1P .
crease had been 4 t away, and 2,000 JAMIR S-UTHIRLAND, M..P., Liboral w1gpi tbing kft.
- as to be, heard through -.the length and qN. North Oxford. . ash I *11"
souls more. (Sensa,U .) He 4spoke In a 1— - J$estl �& 4
breadth of this country -by virtue of what "A --I-
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I I proviince in which,the whole increase dur- principle will you tax a- man to enrich
� Ing ,the Iten years w 37 ; -that is that the-fQib decently attired. This Is ,rbg . vowm=
I 9 By vir,tue of 7 what prin- .
. I had 'his neighbor. they went to do again, and on ithis oeW "on an
.... . the whoile, of the n tural increase ciple will you tax the faTmer In order, sion I do not object to their Stftlit# L 1. I . 001
I - L .. been swept away, it gether wl,th every to give work to the workingman? On our clothes, but I do object to theirap.
I � Immigrant except 37, et Mr. Angers said wha,t principle Will YOU tax the working- pearing before the country in false colon, -
% I o, a very great size. man In order to give be -titer prices to the ut 1
- They want a reform of the taxlff onl� to �s
. - I We are told that the Lord on faTmer? We were -told In 1877 snd 1878 Teta,in the system of protection, I ub. - bouse,od
.. His angels Ito smite t e first Vora of a that by adoptdng a policy of high taxatlon ,in-ift to you that the Ideal fiscal system it �4,0 Ri
I people to punish then for ;Oheir cruelty, ,well" ,
but here not only the I rat burn are swept we would create labor, and It we created is the British system of free tr,&4#. I
--, � I beers.) IMPWIS1
1&-� I away, but ,'vhe whole ssue of the people labor, thime who bore it -he burden would (C . � 't*relft A
� I is extilngu4sbed, (Lou cheers.) Yet Mr. be recouped in some way. All these pro- 11 Sir, my loyalty, as I stated, does TI*
, Angers says ,that the I not of a mises have been found to be f&Ilaclous. ooze from the pores of my boily, but -i upon th
If ithe principle had been true that by - &W ftbe
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Hod. J. W. Loz;GLEV, attorney,general of very great GIze. The newspaper repon' high taxation we would create labor, we do wan t to go for an example to. tht
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. �� Nova Scotia. did -not s3,Y that this , aterrient -had been would see the result to-dwy, -our popu- mot -her country, and not to the Utlte& be gny�
received with any -che rs, but if -they did States, much as I respect ,the people og Is no 0,
. not they did not do im. that justice to . the other side of .the line. I say the Wit? I ,b * any
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country like Cana" which ca,n keei) and which h -e Is entitled, because it must "., � should be a policy of free'trade, such its . Who AW,
mainitain allundred millions 'of men, can;. �% they have In England, but I am solTv I tb* IntA
j have been sometihing new to them to � 13 Ithe ciercurrij3taneei of tho . tack tic
not keep a paitry population of, 5,000,0� " :
% .. to say that -
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there must be something wrong with .the ki.ow 4bait the exodO was of no great .f )� , � country cannot adnilt aft present of 0M I 00� x
policy and Wit,h ,the government. (Ap- size. What would. be the condition of policy in its enatirety. But I propose t4 V&V" 31
p',ause.) The conclusion . is irresistible. New Branawick and Dt the clity of St. . . . you that from this day ilenceforwiLril It - ,expect �
Wheat the m4nisiters of the orown deal John If the exodus hed been of a grea.1 It should ibe Ithe goal to whitch we "pire.1 . � Jects 03
,With ithils question, they simply deny the size? There 'would I ba,ve been nothing . . propose to You from this day, alt-hougft I T*02" .
left of the city ; the whole popula.flon � Z %be* 0
facts. They tell you that the.country Is would hav awe t away, I i I we can -not adopt the policy Itself, to &dolt
. e been p Under Mr. . "I, 113011 eq
prosperous and thiet there Is very little Mackenzie the city of �c t. John was swept .1:1%1 . the principle Which regulates It; Met ist . CAns4si
emig,raition. There was a few days ago a by a disastrous fire. I a,%serit in your pre- I . to say, .tfhat ithough it should be your , imy,
meeting In Ora.n,geville.,whdch is altuated . I
In the county Of sence, without fear 6f successful contra- misfortune for many years .to eomo to 1p�md �
Cardwell, and you know diotim, that ,the nat� . onal policy has done I . have too radse a revenue by custom au. Ito S&IIII
It has been rumored that the government more -to Injure the city oP St. John than . . - . ties, ,these dultles shiould be levied only a � �, consda
were co,ntempla,ting rewarding one of 1111ril, far as is necessary to carry on the bUS14
the t9A,thful, thart thhe government were thatt great fire, and, in the face of this, 1� . . i "'11, menit. (Cheers.) 1. sub. wwbo, :E
contemplating removing Mr, White, the Mr. Angers could tell them that -the ev- $ . I ness of the govern, I'll Wfth a
odus was no gi�e,.A size. Once a mission- re .. � I 1"pl. mit to you that not EL cent should be -ex- Vower.
zwresentative of Cia,rdiwell, to -another ; 1. il � tracted from the pockets of the PeGPI%
ary won -t to 'rea,efi -t �ie good news to a I tre"y
sphere of usefulness, to m6ake him the col- P I � ,; 4 ]/, ,11 es Into the treaguh I .
lectoor of custome'In Montreal ; but be. heathen city. From th firsit house wdilcri - Ii J " of the people, and not into the pocketi; � foreign
fore they came Ito, that conclusion, ,they be passed the received the conitents uf a � 4 of anybody else. (Cheers.) I submit to � bo ratl
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(bad heard that Mhaps it would.not be pot ol boiling water, Ile, did paot go fur- you that no duty should be levied for pro. , � � mtr I
saife under -the present cireurnetafices to ther. He thought rie had gone far ' %, " -- .X, -A . itection's.- sake, but levied altogkher and I'll, .
open Cardwell. Therefoore, ithey made a enough, and went ;,lyack end told his - e of 'diling the tr"�eu- laske I
descent upon ithe feAthful of Cardwell. friends wh-a,t ihad occurred. He was asked - . . only for the purpos I submit to 000ner,
One of the mil-riiaters who was taken up " Whait d4d you say?" and replied, "I � - . ury (to the limits required. _ - I � wbat:
thanked,them." "For what?" "Because," . you that every cent tha,t is levied should .. of ftel
I was IMr. Clurke Wallace, the controller he answered, ",they d4d not send tire be levied first and foremost upon tb* 1111- � and -W
of cualboms. He opened . 'his remarks by pot as well as the ter." (Laughter.) Hou. H. (3. jOLY de Lotbiniere. uries of our people. (Cheers.) 1 sub"llt fQ -
expressing his greart admiTaition for the � you. -therefore. that the system of protee, - to 60 1
bea.uty ot tille surroundings ,of Orange- Well, air, the people of St. John must la3tion would be Increased, and you were ' to be maintained by thi . !fuu W4
ville. He spoke In glowing terms of the thank Mr. Angers fol knowing that.tiv, I ition which Is . approb
exodus was not of a great size. Tire told that you would have a poPula-ti0ft government, that ,is tD sa,V, of leVyint Tam".
I appearances of prosperity -of the farm sitatemene was made at a dinner of teeming thousands In the cities of Can- tribute upon the people, not for the It- �
houses, and of ithe farms, which he saw to Mr. ada. What axe ,the results? I am going � qught�
In all directions. . I 'have no doubt that li�oster, who, as you know, Is, or was, a to give you just gitimste expenses of the government, but, . of tlyf
cold -waiter men. (Laughter.) He is still I - for a, private and.privilegied class,shOW4 baKle �
Mr. Wallace had good reason to speak *1 cold i A FFW FIGURES be condemned without qualificalloli, .
thus. Orangeville is one of those places . -water man, I believe, yet of not I I Let It be well understood that allomel
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which claims to be the garden of On- the same degree of Initensity as In f ormer which wre, in my estlimation, a most elo- (Cheers.) Canad
ituirlo and X)f Canada. 'Mr. ,.Wullace sa-ld days. (Loud laughter,) � In former days que4t arraignment of the X.F. During from this moment we have a. distInCt h- - . 9"s
I remember, In the house of commons -ire ,the 1perlod from 1871 ,to 1881 In the pro- sue wtth the party in powm Their 1691 I But
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wanted every Inain to be a,cold-wpter man vincp of 40n.tarlo there was an increase or Is protection, our ideal". Is free ' Of t1he
M; I trade. . Their Immediate object
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0 , like himself. He seems to have changed 342,0711 souls, In the f.ollowing period. oyster
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r I I the inerease'6'iof popul&- is protection ; ours a t%riff for revenuf .
,�) his view, but for that I have no remark from 1881 to 1891, � evor3m
� . 1� Is I . to make, save -th4s :Aist the statements ition fell from 342.071 to 151,553, adecrease only. (Cheers.) Upon this issue we'en- . I of %I*
- I g n b ttle from this moment f�rwstA .
1� - of Mr. Angers requi-es a good deal of of more ithan 100'per cent. In Quebec dur- age I a - Irkto 'i
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cold water ,to wesh own, and perhaps irg ,the previous period the Increase or and I ask you once more never to d4glt ., - Aengtt
. ` ' leved victory, until WO
. something else beside.u, (Laughter.) But, popula-tion was 167,551, and in the folloNr- -until we have ach 7 then I
W I air. the ills of Ca , a. to -day are not Ing period the Increase was 130,035, or a have freed this country from the IncubuS . iw�aint:
constitultdonal ; they a e altogether Uf am decrease of 37,000. In Prince Edward Is- which has been weighing ft down for Af- . .that �.
* 1! economic, nature. In my humble opinion land in ,the former period the Increase wa;;s teen long years. (Loud cheers.) Nothlilt Vbat
we should set it down Wt Once that (this. 14,000 *,, in the following period the Increase is more difficult -that is -one of the *V25 imate
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. Is an ;aisseanbly of plain and practicai was how mamy? Not even 1,000 ; not even of protection -than to wipe e -way protft� OMIC4
0 0 . men, met -together to deal with plain and 500, not even 200, but simply 199. In Nova tion, because under It Interests have been - . Iroubje
. pract4cal questions. I agree wirth every Scotia the Lnc:rea:se was 4n Ahe previous estaiblished which every man -who big st - 'but t
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.. 10 C. "a word of the ohairmain f to -day. We might period 5�,772, while -4n the following period heart the imtereats of .all classes must . ;. UDUM
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� � be -tempted, and the 4o caslori would be a it was 9,920. In New Brunswick the take Into consideration. It Is alwaYseg# , - A" V
. tempting one, to enlarge ,the political Increase was in ithe former period to Increase the tariff, because fby so Ati4 ' 04% b
horizon, to enter new fields, and perhaps 33,639, while In the second period It had Ing you Increase the private fortunes.of - IVAUDU
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direct a policy -to the fulture destdny of fallen bft tto just 37. The whole Increase certain Individuals, but whenever you de. . .
Canada. Some people -perhaps they aire was swept away. Such figures%as these cre-ase the,tariff It has always to be dome � I �
represented here-fa,vo closer union w.1,th are the istrongest possible arraignment with -careful consideration, *nd I am AU174 The.
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I en the Liberals are In PcWe
� I . the mother country (hear, hea,r) --- some of the national policy. lit is true there thlat wh se trutbi. - orl. I"
1. want Canadato take' hank with the other has'been an. In -crease In Manitoba In some will not be In(fifferent to tho - S<fte
. - I � . rations of the ea.rth(,he9ir, hear) --and respedts, brut 1210amitobe has been pecul4- Any crie in this audience, any Conserv' Overj
. there are some to-dwir who would favar arly situated. The fine prairies of the ative In tlie country, it I ask (10 You
� . the uhlon of -the two great branclies of west ha,ve,,to sonte extent, attracted Immi- crave more markets for your ;,roduce, I . V* I
\ '% I the Anglo-Saxon me wc Told I Yes., It I were to tell . we I
. e on this continent. gra-tion, but we know,by rthe figures tof the ,uld be t , � 249
: (Hear, bear.) Sir,- 11 respect all these opdn- census. w1hich hame been taken from time hira there Is on the other side Of the U0 '
� ,OC4 of the Anglo-S&16n - I "9111
irns ; but listen to rre when I Say that to time, th-.Vt not more than 60 per cent. a nation of 65,000 ter ,q
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\ we, should not indulge In speculative poll- of the immigrants,that went to Mafibtoba ,race, that 1.9 the greatest commercial race in ,
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tics. (Cheers.) This convenitdon ought to remained ,till -ere. There is no,t, I may say, the world, would you not 14ke7 to jTaAf I , r"N
be confined -to ed and unfetteredl . 11161trui
a --Ingle province throughout the Domin- -,Nith thOrn pritrammell �
I-ly- .
-,�. W 11V /6 � PLAIN, FRACTIC L QURSTIONS' don which claanors so"much and so loudly RECIPUOCITY WITH TI1V V,4.ITXD STATES, wbid
=3k 11 Itt is not when e house 1!9'on fire to be freed from the Incubus of the na- yeam ago we bad a treaty of TMPr** book
11 I tional policy. I appeal ,to the farmers Mot �
.. that we should it-hink of needed Improve- city with the United States, and Y40U "
.. - . � luty who are now before me If it Is not true ow that was the golden ,era in the hW Dow
I ments. Out first duy s to arousetheipe*- that ithe most dfficult period for the a. _ kn n and azain tits fdow
of t��hei . f r
- pie ito a sense of thedi immediate dap&er, _ mer is ,the period following the first set- tory of Canada. Agal i
P. T. GORMAN, editor Free Prep, Ott& w1a. � wish was expressed ithat we should 992111 7K.0 �
. tlement, Thds Is the period when, If the obtain ,thatt mairket If possi-bie, but It US .We,
thiout if the " Grit croakers,' as he called i - farmer Is to be favored, lie should be as- become a settled f act with both the grt&t voll-o
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them, had been ithere, they would find ' I ,%,- sisited, butt farmers of Manitoba have been parties In the United States thpit tbf% 'A V0
evidences of the erroir of -their statements : ,� forced to pay tTl,bute to the manufactur- will mt renew tale trea.-ty of IS%# 00 . V41111116
revairding the condition of the country ; lfk�i ers of -the east. 'Manitoba. would boll wYth ' � - I � *011f,
but if the 'Grit croaker' had been there I I %, Joy -the day when It would be freed from . '010JI134
he would have told Mr. Wallace -what was . the Incubus of the national policy. We . Im
� - , tional policy has been the cause of the I . 'ED i
a fact, ithat every One of t1rose fa.rms had - are torld that we,cannot say that the Ina- Co
decreased In value 30 or 35 per cent. dur- i � - - ) .11k, I
Ing the last fifteen years. He would have .W & � .exodus, because when the people leave the - Q,* I
told 'IN,lr. Wallace, yes, this Is a flne cou-n- I . . 11, i country, ,they go ,to the United States, \ � I X*A
try. The sun does noit shine upon a bet- ! !, ; whic,li has also a protective lbarlff. The ar- . yeal
,; � i , irl
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- yet upon every one of I , ,1141 I i '44r*
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-those farms they deplore the loss of a soil I., ,; i i; I the national policy is aoithlng but a iser- I
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,or daughter wiho has gone to the Unbted V 11 vile ., I im
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Sta)tes to find what his own na)tive coun- , I iillill COPY OF THE AMERICAN SYSTEM i 4e. tm
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raignment of the policy of the present . loyal paxty, left the example of the moth- I *-; "I =XLr
government, that, with the undoubted ad- ""' I I i 11 � er country and went over to ,the iother I � ---/ ... trn�
van-tages we have, these people of Orange- I �1`1 side for a policy, and they brought lit back =w -, . . De
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their own at ihome. (Applause.) The min- I . advocated that policy in. 1878. In 1879, after 1 ;
4ster of finance also sa,ld on that occa. . I � - ). ,,�, 1, they were returned to power, -they Intro- � I I . . 1.*
sion tihat ithe country w" prosperous to �.. r duced an American nostTum. and gave it i 1i � but,
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There might be, be saild, a few emigrants to be as loyal as they fi,�e, but whose loy - . cipl,
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now and then, and what think "u was � ti � on. alty Is In the heart, a.n,,d not on the lips,;: � . Tha
the cause Mr. Foster told them of these, 11 You are endangering Briti-aft connec- I --
people leaving the country? You could and the Immedlatei &tnger Is the tariff ,tion," -they said, " So much the VMrse for � . ado,
ndt possibly divine It, because what little which now oppresses :7anada. (Cheers.) British connection." They adopted the I Mr, ScRivrm, M. P., takes a little r4mlo We:
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exodus there may be out of the country is 'here Is, als you WpIl know, a univensal policy, but the result was not what they ment. I I fll�
caused, according -ito Mr. Poster, by the consensus of opintion among classes, na.y had expected. The policy did not stop the . ,ftm �
articles in The Globe newspaper. (Great among all pandes In -this country, that exodus, as they said It would. The exodus is to say, a treaty confinod t* *A f'"
laughter.) According to Messrs. Poster the tariff wh4ch now prevails In Caria-da. under their poRcy doubled and trebled. halve" I the"
I and Walla.ce, those wbo lefLve the coun- is a burdensome -tairifi, that It is an rip. W,ha,t Is the reasson the policy prosperred products only, buit manutapturex a - hav
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try leave It simply because they pressive ta-riff, and thpt It Is known what comp,miatively In the United States and a policy of untrammelled tr-ade th ..W
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. Glube, and I commend the editor of The -,,,ersal consensus of opinion amongst us the greet accumulation of wealth, were a ponents. They asserte rt we wancea f1rul
Globe, who Is on the platform to -might, that the itariff has to be reformed. What and In the press 'that -wba othint
L protection aga,inat protection. They had rocltY, and n wlle�
I I am glad to see a compliment paid by do you see In Onta;rlb -to-day? A la.rge free Itrade amongst un ever-Inereasing was unrestricted recip: ke 'ar.
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. I must s"nd up fofr the Cons'ervative they want to undo IthE evX they helped to there was more. You know very well that ,prepared to negotiake upon & bay
press. It is not faIr for Mr. Fostgr to. diii- establish in formet ymrs. Look In the ,this wisdom w,hich WW of unrestricted reciprocity; but troty, yo�
t min- _9 borrowed by our have been ready to obtain any -doj
� counit its Influence, If the people airound ranks of the failthfUl, those who are goviernment from the United States has with ,reclprooity ,upon a basis �of nat4rsl I ej
.. Oraingeville read The Globe, is it. not pog- isterial to rthe ba4kbone. Last session been condemned by Che American people. products and manufactures as well. TM rn)�
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place in parliamerIt amd proposing amend- � Liberal Par ftew 99N�
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f not prosperous, is It -not possible ithat ments to the tariff, men 'like Messrs. that there were (Ufflcultleo a .
Cleveland, Pope aind obbers, proposing ,to "You know very Well thaft� this Yankee diligul'Sed we canl* tat V"
� they read The Empire, which tells them e're 3.nd another there, system has been condemned by a majority the way, and that when of ZMW UQZI
� they aire prosperous? (Laughter.) Is it take one brick h ty several lines � I
a possible the people of Orangeville and until the wall wao threatened with de- of the staites and a majority of the popu. negotla,te the trea ,:.11
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he rose ito .the meeting. Sir Oliver,
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after acknowledging tilie applause, sala
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that lit was his pleasant duty to inform
national crime -for anyone to speak 11
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the ,41,minguAshed chieftain himself.
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Mr. Laurier on stepping to the front m&t
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tire. -audience rising ito -L'heir feet and
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cheering for several moments,
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is to speak theltruth on every occasion
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