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The Huron Expositor, 1890-05-30, Page 9f S"EA:FORTII, ERLD A MONSTER 'rho G -feat Liboral Mootilli of Thursiday 'LEE PAVILION PACKED. • • • • • • ff A Magnificent Ovation t the Premier. ENTHTJSIASTIC AUDIENCE A Splendid -Reception to Tait and - McDowzall. 111.•••••••Ii. mmammo==.111 HON. S. H. BLAKE -S SPEECH. Blake? It was noble in its simplicity. It was broad in its charity.- It was wonderful in its effeetiveneis. He took the Meredith platform, plank by plank, and madte an ex- posure of its weakness, it hypocrisy, its dishonesty, that must tell with. marvellous effect front eud to end of (interne The secta- rian cries, the wretched attacks upon un - offending elements of the population, were exposed and denounced withjust severity, the registrar and shrievalty, charges and other baby complaints were exploded, the architects' grievance was ventilated, the general adminietration .was grandly defended, and the record of the Liberal party wits contrasted with the record of their opponentawith noble eloquence, keen and crael wit, biting sarcasm, and strong denunciation,' of the waste and cor- ruption and scandals which disfigu re and disgrace Conservative rule iu Canada. Ho evoked a ' wonderful enthusiasm. He touched the true heitrt of Liberalism. a spirit and a purpose Liberals of Toronto, which means the election of 11.1cDougell and. Tait. There is -victory in ;the air. An inspiration will go out froin this great meeting that will . rouse the Lib.erals - to fresh zeal and greater aetivity in every constituency in this Province, and there The Mereiith Platform Reviewed remains no room for doubt that When from End to End. the polls close on „. the evening of the 5th. of June it will be found that. Honest Oliver Mowat's Holiest Government stands SEPARATE SCHOOLS QUESTION. 1 - stronger thanever in the confidence of the peopie of Ontario. After sows introductory remarks by the The Candidates' Speeches -The Audi- chairman, Hon. Oliver Mowat rose to ad - once Practically 'Unanimous -ad dress the meeting. Magnificent Resolution Hon. 0. Mowat. of Confidence. He.was received -With a perfect storm of applause as he stepped to the front of the platform, and it was several minutes before he was able to commence his remarks. As soon as he was able to begin be said :- Mr. Cheirman, Ladies and Gentletnen :- I am sorry thet I am not able to speak to you long todught or loud enough, I fear, to be heard in this pavilion; but at all events I have voice enough th express my gratitude Ile •• put into the Rarelv ha -there been such a magnificent L.Tathet lug of the citizens of Toronto. as •that in the Pavilion Thurfelay night to welcome the veteran leader of the Liberals of old On- tario, to endorse the splendid record of his Government, to renew allegiance to their - tor the kind things which • you, Mr. Chair - patriotic leatlere, and to support the can- man, have said in introducing me,- and for • tlidature of _Mr. Joseph Tait /1.11Ci Aid. Mc- Dougall for the representation of this city in the next Provincial Parliament. The great hall was pecked from the fioor to the topmost gallery, aud hundreds stood throaghout ehe whole course of the meet - Renewed applause.) I am `glad also to met- ing. The platform was crowded with a ( p grand body of the best Libera.le of Toronto,erceive that in this great assemblage there is a sprinklina of Censervat Ares likewise, men of business, divines, leaders in the and I think .I saw some of them joining in professions, youag meat full of enthusiasm the kind wave in which you have all been tor • the old cause, workers in many hard receiving me to -eight. (Loud applause.) You are lareely .composed of Protestants, but there is a largo number of Roman Catholics here likewise,- aud I know that upon this occasion Protestants aud Rennin Catholics alike have been kind in their re- ception of tne. I know what this means. I know that you Protestants kuow that. I, the kina way in which your *observations were received, and the enthusiaittic reception I have just received at your hauds. (Ap- plause.) That reception has beeu all the more gratifying, becauee I perceived your kind- ness was shared by the ladies in the gallery as well as by the men on the floor below. campaigns, talkers from many platforms tor Mowat and Reform. Tuere was a splendid represeute.tioa of ladies in the gallery, and they waved handkerchiefs and joined in the euthusiasm,. and gave their approval aud encouragement to the orators with unstinted generosity. So early like' yourselves, am a true Protestaut. wes (Loud applause.) You know that those the hall crowded t•o the doors, every foot of speak fa.lsely who have ascribed to Me infi. space occupied, that not a •few ladies were delity to the charch in which I was edu- ibreed to seek places in the upper gediery, cated frtnu my childhood and to which I am. atieht cher° they sat, eagereuntired, to the close of the great demonstration. The entlitisitte,m as beyond control. The enerance of the Premier upon the platform was the signed er long -sustained applause. The eLeer- ing continued for many minutes. The wav- hag. of a tloausand hats by shouting Liberals and of scores of handkerchiefs by the ladies made a memorable aceue. Rarely has such uncontrollable enthusiasm dominated' so yaet an assemblage. Me. Hardy was re- seived with hardly less euthueiesin when 'ae entered hat a later stage of the procieedings. Mr. Robert Jaffrey, presi- dent of the' Toronto iteforin Association, presided with first-class tact and judgment. Ae was feared, Mr. Mowat was un- able to -speak for - more that' fifteen minutes, *eating- to hoarseness. That was unquestIonably a great disap- pointment. And the regret of the audience could not have been greater they were. greatly disappointen in the font that the Premier had not beeu able to pre- sent the facts and circumstaticea and history _of the Government which he. doubtless, iii - tended to do to -night. (Cheers.) There was another instatice that inade it ember- raesing, and that was that he hall been told that he was net expected to say inuela and - consequently he had not come prepared to say much. Ho was their clinclinate as they were aware-(lieer, hear) -ho did not seek the position for enmity reasons, ho -was de,- eiroue of avoiding it, but he yielded to the solicitations made to him and °eine for warn. (Cheers.) He had not in necent year • given a great deal of attention to public allairs-he had done so a good many yeers ego, but for the lest year or two he had not taken the, active interest in these thing, that he had done previously. He had,siuce he was nominated, 'endeavored to become' poseessed of the features and fact? of the Administration of the hone gentleman who had just sat down -(hear,, heer)-the Ad- ministration oat he was expected to sup- port and would support so long as it con.. tinned to ,f011ow a course in the future sim- ilar to what it had done in the past. He had gone over the eighteen years of legisla- tion of which Mr. Mowat had been the; guiding spirit and the head. (Hear,- hear.) Ile was sure he vvas jintified in saying that this record of legislation and of administra- tion no Government in the world need be ashamed of. (Cheers.) - On the contrary; it was a record of which .apy Governineut might well be proud.. It was a record- un- paralleled in the history of the country. It was a longer record of constitutional govn- erment than history recorded -a 'record of eighteen year's continuous administration-, a record that had never been equalled in - England by ,any - Premier, not even , by that of Pitt. (Cheers.) • I have booked over that record, said Mr. McDougall, and I tind it is a record which can be justi, fled _anywhere. (Applause.) I find year .afteryear legislation adapted to the wants of the country ; I find a °Arafat and heftiest administration of the finances ; I find . a more and more attneelied, the lopger-Ilinat. (Loud applause) You alt. know that Pro. testantiain is the veil last thing that I would, from political or any other motive, do anything to injure.. (Renewed applause.) I know to what is due the kind reception which- I have had from you Ro- man Catholics also. You kuow that it has been the maxim of. my pub- lic life since I became •Premier of this Province to be fair to Roman Catholicsas well as to Protestants. (Chasm.) • I have recognised the duty.of being fair to men of alhcreeds as well as tei men of my own creed, and I haveannounced the conviction more than once which I strongly entertain that A Fair -Minded Protestant Premier can he tair to Hannan Catholics without un- fiethfulness whits own church. (Renewed cheers.) And I must say further that I do not want to be Premier any longer, than I can discharge these • ditties with fairness to- wards ell. (Great Cheering.) Your kind- ness shows something more ;-it Shows that in commen with the great majority of the people of this Province you recogntse that tha,n Mr.".„\-lowat's. lie was confrouted by the record of the Ontario. Government is a one of the greatest audiences that ever assembled in Terouto, on fire with zeal for his cause, and it muse have been a grievous disappointment to him that he could not speak at length and utterly disable -for of dealing with, but I find that already Inv the remaining days of the campaign the 'voice is giving oat. Possibly as the evening talse cries aud the dishonest ehttrares thet goes on my throat may get into better con- - Mr. Meredieh aud his stumpers are casting (titian, but I. eau do no more at present• egaiust his Government from platfortne all thau to rejoicelin t'ne conviction that while we are clie.rged with hostility to the great record with which the people ought to be and are satisfied. (Applause.) I am Berry to say that I am afraid I shall not be able to continue. I.have a number of points that I should like to take this opportunity 0 -P or th it fr ted to theta as Britons who desired fair Ewalt classes -(applause) -as Liberals were ready to listen to reasou, but itationin cases nil ht be allying them - g pe with this Equal Righta movements •Would not be an unfair thing to do at With those rights guaranteed to the aritios in the reapeetive Provinces. The Pelge Voliofied was impracticable. The ,ktiGovitroinent had no power to make bange the Dominiou Government had r*powar, they must go to England ftlin4ifinesintry legislation. What kind sientould Mr. McCarthy as a lawyer ,743tanisiikol?hg TtteerieuftVewsstiall‘ apuouitulitorliiteiesfhaodr oiten toddintention. There had been • tinequill rights in the werld. n., the r negro was in the hands the 114,0eholder there wo.s a striking otennsiginth rights. There was, for one; ,ater English.° Church in Ireland tabentiTahas unequal rights. (Cheers.) ifal,aletiaik taxpayer had te pay his share berdened with that church. Talk- , t. an lutecium,' right, the obnoxious tid,tilit it was that somebody else was knit& with is (Hear, hear.) Was that elate *Atli Separate Schools ? (" No,no.") _ -(JOtIodlitataxpayer paid Inc tax to sup- kiesehoole (Cheers.) The Protestant nothing towards these schools -so re was no unequal right there in its most talthus sense. The tithe -payer in Eng - pant tithes to a parson that he did not heat. The Catholic ratepayer sup- his-, own school, and the Protestant t commuuity were not burdened 'dantaified in any particular by the fact the Catholics had Separate &heels. eers.) There was no -inequality of ts---it was a merit cry. (Heim, hear.) MoCarthy or any other gentle - went to England with a memorial ing for the abolition of those schools it Id be found that Imperial statesmen, o were wonderfully 'astute aud know their own experience how election cries braised -(laughter) -would not be like- ine,ccede to the request. The statesmen, careful husbanding of its resources, I find gt ereing England would,in all probability, a pritilent, economical and 'judicious expene w en they 'became seized of the facts, say diture of the Provinciat moneys. 'Ehese t dooked very much like an electioneering Ige. (Cheers and laughter.) Passing AY from this question, he would just say t• whatever grievances in respect of quit rights they had to complain about It4wa they had none here. He was not itter partisan • he triedto look at all tters impartially, and looking at the ad- ietration of Mr. Mbwat in that respect found that it was as good as human per - f tion would allow, and an administration W lkwortily of the continued confidence of t people of Ontario. (Cheers.) are matters, as I think, of me trifling im- portance. These are matters, as I think; which concern you more • deeply- than the questions of race and creed, -to which yotte attention has of late been directed. (Ap-:d plause.) I am aware, however, that there is a cless of our eitizens for whom questions relating to Separate Schools and kindred questions have a deeper interest. We have now three parties in the field, - the third? being a party which takes for its motto Equal Rights. To these gentlemen I say that they are turning their energies in a wrong direction when they are turning them against the gentleman who site beside ine, the Premier of Ontario. (Cheers). That movement did not originate the City of Toronto. Nothing haw happened in She last eighteen years, ,nothing has hap!, paned in the four years since Mr. Mowat was last returned, nothing has happened either in the legislation or the a.dministrae tion of this Province to justify such an agi- tation. (Applause.) The source of that agitation was in Ottawa -(applause) -the jastification of that agitation borne from acts done in Ottawa and in Qoebtat. (Cheers.) There is no ground for bringiug against the Ontario Governrnent the charge • that it has not Oen eque.1 eights to the Peat pie of the Province. In common laugooge it mey be said of those who are thus Mitt-. directing their energies, that if they tare loaded.tor-boar th over the Province. Mr. liardy's voice was. in the same unfortunate condieion, and he couldelo no more Limn thealk the meeting in grateful terme tor the kincluess, the enthusiasm, of their welcome to his chief and itimaeli. Mr. Hardy has been dohug hard, steady woek since the opening of the • fight, and hie huarsenese was gained in stora and resolute exposure of desperate oppon-encit. The candidates made a brave showing. Alci. McDougall spoke at some length at the special rejaest of the man- agers of rhe meeting wuen they becauie aware that Mr. Mowat and Mr. Hardy would probably be able to say litele. Ald. McDougall apologised for a professed want of exact knowledge of some ot the queetions up for cousideration, but his speeco proved that his apology was an injustice to himself. lie made a etroug, moderate,- courageOus speech, evading nothing, meeting every charge with simple candor, and. the splen - principle of equal rights, which you all kuow and knaw.has always been the political doctrine Of the Reformers -of Ontario, you know and I know that the Ontario Govern- ment, as representatives of that party, have always heel' faithful to that principle, and that we have supported whatever makes for civil and religious liberty during the whole time that we have hold offieers In connec- tion with these principles we have given you the beet practicable- laws hitherto, and we mean to continue giving you the best prac- ticable laws for the future, and the best praoticable administrattioe of those laws, „and thus, according to our opportunities and our powers, to promote by the best possible means and to the greatest possible extent the w,ellbeing of .the. whole communi- ty, Proteetatit and Catholic. • ft is upon these grounds that we now appeal to the people of the Province, and apon these grounds that we ask them for a continuance of the coufidenee which for so many'years they have extended to us. (Loud and pro- longed appleuse.) The chairman voiceathe regret which the audience evidently felt that the ltretnier aid impression he made must strengthen hun hadebeen unable to proceedfurtherwith his not mity with isibera,ls, but with every pru- i _ _ address, but expressed the hope that later - cleat. reed.ug tinuking, reasonable matt in in the eveniue Ur. „Ntowet would be able to t n the conint ma ty. Mr. Tait's appearance speak again. lie proceeded :-I will now ' provoked a. gceae denesustra.tion, and his d call upon our candidate, Ali. McDougall - (loud and prolonged applause) -to-speak to apeach was a sharp, keeu, incisive attack. •you -a Cauatlieu, and out) well know -n for upoo, the cries and charges ,which serve a . his ability and, his unswerving iutegrity, - a • rt t ate „ - t-• " The Bear is igy gtwa. . (Cheers and laughter.). itrear in QiW bec. Mr. McDougall pnoOtioded to on the question of the 'French esehoolet -Upon a careful exatnjnation, looking into the history of this school controversy, he found the very conyary of their opponentie contentions to be the fact, He found. for - has said he will do to alter the present state of thitige. He Has Never Said he would_ ebolialt the, Separate 'Schools. .Sonne other people may say it who do ,not realise the edict of their words. , But Mr. Meredith knows that if -and this is only an outrageous snppomition-(cheers)-if he was able to get theca, and if any of the Wong Equal Righters were to call upon him and were to say :-"What are you going to do about it? When are you going to with- draw the legislation that is to sweep away the pestilential, Separate -Schoole ?" he woui I say; "I don't ititend to do it"- And .if they should say, "Were -you not going -to meet and chock the hierarchy'? Didn't you - sey you. would banish the commoa enemy ?" he would turn and say, "Point to tiny passage it any speech or letter of tnine to Archbishop Cleary that I said I would do that; but you can't do anything of the kind." And neither .can they. (Cheers) But though hia speech contains no suggested remedy for what he says' is Initichievous, his speeches 'arouse feelings of bitterness because of how tnen worship, feelings which ought not to be raised in connectiou with political ques- tions. Proceeding, Mr. Tait said he would Pdidatto- had made a fairly long epeech, . tittspcted' to the front. He comer tulated4 . audience on -the large number ladies II hitnself on the fact that: his brother 0 Were in the building, and he c tigratu- didates was giveu a rousing reception as Tait.aokiled wofasthetoRieofioirotwn b - deli -and: fellow -candidate, Arad; Mc- ii.'t 4:1 4H. Hon. Tait, Es(:lliAle.idst'eci hiHij pa- Therefore they would not expect a lo g speech from him. He had driven 25 m les the day before along the shore of Lake ron, and had listened to the sound of his 0 n. voice for tour hours -(Laughter) -so t atke had strainea it and it was not in gliod.order. The audience knew Hitt Lib- ettliehvere characterised by, libertY of opin- latheet(applanse)-so he took the liberty_ of diiiiiintfrag trem tine ,of the assumptions of somewhat ashamed, after this kindly greet- ing, to say that nave only come forwar to make .an apology. 1 have had .raty throat and voice in training for the past few days in the fond hope that I mighe able to address this meeting. (Hear, hear T I knew that it would be a great ineetitig, and I was extremely desirous to have aa opportunity of addressing a meeting in this pavilion daring the present campeign, U. fortunately, however, hitless of work and s good deal of speakiug bee put it qu" beyond my power. You see yee-:. selves (the hen. gentlemap was str.110):•4 with a throat affectien to peel • eta voice audible through the buildine) hwur impose -Rd° it would be for me to sptalr kr - you, and how impossible it would he fee - you to listen to me under the circureststeees in tile condition of my voiee at present. I will therefore not trespass upon your time and patience. I have only come !forward to present Myself, as I was advertised as one of the speakerie to show you and cots - vine° you of my goodewill and intentioe aud my hearty sympathy with exaAid. Tait and Ald. McDougall. It will be im- possible for me, however, to -go on in the state of my voice., I thank you for the cordial reception that you have given to schools, hat he declared his opinion that myself aud the other speakers. (Cheers.) Hon. Se H. Blake. not . ao into this question of French the Conservatives felt like _hiring a MAU to The Chain-Min-1am sure you all regret Mr. kick them every morning .before breakfast Illard.y's inability to address you, but I have for having brought out their complaints on much pleasure in introducing to you Mr.Blake. this question so soon. Had they sprung The Hoe. S. Ile Blake. who was accorded the question juat before au :election some people might have been induced to believe -them, but_ there _had been time to show how unreasous.ble were the claims they made and how satisfactory the record of the Govern- ment. There were two ways in which, if they were determined, they oouldattemntthe 'abolition of Separate Schools. Ono was to follow what The Mail had said and "smash Confederation iuto its orig- inal fragments" aud allow the majority to do as they pteased. Were they going to go into that kind Of smashing ?.. Or the other wear 'might be taken. There acre four par- ties to the bargain, the Catholic majority and Protestaut minority in Quebec, and the Protestant majority and Catholic minority in Outario. 11 the Protestants of Ontario were to come to a unanimous conclusion upon this matter, and were to go to Eng- land for power to make the change, the English stateemen would say in the most polite terms :--" Gentlemen, you are a most • intelligent and estimable people, but you are only one-fourth part iu this compact; bring your brothers along and let as know what they have to say about it." But, he said, let Us suppose a.nother thing here just now._• Let us euppose for a mo- inent that fiveor six dozen of these ardent Pretestante who want to smash up the schools at any expense were transferred down to Quebec to live there. Suppose the Rotnau Catholic majority were to go -to them and tell them that their (the Protes- tants') children were not being properly trained, that their teachers were not pro- perly trained, that they were under the control of the clergy and that they (the Roman Catholics) were going to right their grievances and improve their condition. If such a propositiou were made there would be heard a united shout from every Protestant that By -the Walls of Dere. Idists**44wAkepeteot, mi-• me -1 itl *on -04 .t kite were Re. ho .siehre fooligh ,enough to ally• - vilth: she to-called'Egnal- Rights lifitehti': -114- did not believe there were rat:1440tPiltfil.";t6hit. Oudienote-You will find ' etitene Seta • • ' ' ..asTiiit replied suavely to the unknown, .einialda voice like a foghorn aud had instance, that in 1851, as far back as 'that% - tstrenitaktiines -Previously made it heard :- tho Council of Public Instruction, • whinta otitel-Weitein the country hatead of in the controlled education, issued orders direct- eitilijuo.iiid iihink that Rome of the farmers lag that teaeheys of -Public School, in- the, hidetegletited,t0 tie up theiacalvee," a roar French settlements and the pupilsein those mirk that hit:the .ineerrupter so hard that schools should. not be required to under. the - audiencea went bete a fit of laughter, stand, the English language.; tlidt * know- which lested for' several minutes; and. was ledge of French was sufficient. .:ile Ow .rettoired.-ss Mit, Tait con-imam:30d again to fouud that that rule applied also to the , Gerinan settlements. The first place where this was called in question was in: Essex County, where a gentleman presented hitut self for examinetion before the board. He was,familiar with the various subjects in French, but was not conversant with Eng, Lisle The board applied to the authorities here to ascertain if this gentleman could be granted a certifieete as a Public Scihnel teacher, and in consequence of that an order was passed that if he was familiar with French that Was a sufficient contplie e.nce with the law governing the.schoolinin those sections. This was the origin of the queetion out of which so eauch, odium was sought:to be castupen the preaeot AcIminia. tration, and they would be surprised to learn that it was by Mr. Rose that alibi - etate of affairs was changed in 1885:' An order was passed in that year requiring teecherti to be familiar With English, and making it compulsory for thepapils to de- vote 2a hours per day to the F.nglish knee guago. He would ask all fair-minded men if in this respect the present Government had not done its •duty. • (Applause.) The Government had also eetablished a Monet School in Prescott and Russell, in order that the French teachers might have every opportunity of acquiring a knowledge Of Englieh. Referring again sto the &meta Rights movement Mr. McDougall said itia ,, 1 had been interviewed by the gentlemen' interested in that party as to - hi, vie -With . on the subject, but he found- that th'ile' main plank in their platform was the abolition of the Separate &shoo* Lc :ski hi spect he found. that in 1841 these schoele first came into existence, and further ccine. uti:woevreer the legislation in. this- rise granted in 1863. The origing: right to Separate Schools and etulliatiquetlii eh, conceasions was made tiy Conservative Gniante ernments. (Applause.) This was the lork in 1863, and it continued up to 1867, wheu Confederation took place. There had been_ trouble aud conttnual fricthen before -that' time. That atitte of affairs reached a climai' in 1865; when the country had .to be recon- stituted and the uuion was' the result. The constitution was .natural and reaseinabie, awl contained nothiag that a _statetinant might not concede. It was the' object Of,'' _that conetitittion to remove - the trouble and friction of the years - before Conti, - federation. An arraugeinent was mate . and put into the naustitietion lin whie!_ The Difficulty was Settled, , , , ,. and that is the Meaning of the provision till the constitution to protect the Rinnan taukrupt Oppositiou for a pitiful -policy. who has gained for himself during his career tir. Telt is a grand ca-mpaiguer. - That fact in the,Conticil the resneet of both Reform - L. well known and cordially recognised all ers and Conservatives, and who will do • credit to himself and to thoee who vote for they would fight first. (Prolonged ap- plause.) Ile would not respect Protestants if under these circumstitucee they did not act in this way; and he would say further it undei nye ent.- *wit .66.‘ juiaogi on we have had . these • words embla 'We' e ark a` find th t an euthusiastic greeting on said Chairmae, lacies and gentle- - I regret with. you very deeply that we have not had an address from the At- torney -General of this Province and the Com- missioner for Crown Laudabut I am glad that, while they cannot speak to you with lips, their lives are before you, and they speak better than any words Oust lean utter. (Hear, hear aud cheers.) Some people are wards and noth- ing elso-(hear, hoar) -and there'is an instance of it in the gallery. (Cheers and laughter.) Besides these mere words there has been an honest alai true life speu in the service of that Province, and that this' evening will apeak to you loudly, long - and. earnestly, am confident. (Cheers.) I rejoice to see 30 ma_nv R•eformers here this eveniug. (Hear. hear.) rejoice to see so many of you true to Liberal principles -true to those leaders that have been so true to those principles. (Cheers.) I rejoice very sincerely that so few, if any, of you have been seduced to the care of Adullatn-(cheers and laaghter)-where rests the Third party, with one plank waiting fee Providence or, somebody „else to give them another -renewed cheering) - thinking that upon this little raft, they will float the Dominion into some haven of rest and bliss. (Loud laugh- ter and cheers.) 1am glad to see that few. if any of you have been seduced by the Rip Van Winkles, that for 40 years have been dwelling- on the mountain and DOW descend,. as.Rip VanWinkle did of old. be- lieving that they were presenting sornethins new to the Reform party, bringing nowt) the banner of equal rights with childish glee as ir there was anything new in the nrY„ Wheere„) Why, gentleman, for '200 yeaSS equal rights have been on the banner of the Reform party. They have been the principles of the Reform party. or the Liberal party, or the Whig party. or -the Grit party. and the reason you see no motto in this roam to -night is that everybody knows the tnotto of the Beformiparty. It may tfioier ntlitoutseint,svttaiioicehatvoeadjouristt sbodneliet wetiwatchwordtirsedin for the purpose of nu election cry. But gentlemen. going back with me for a moment yam will find that equal rights, equal 'justice and equal laws, to be ()bayed by both king and ,peasnnt, are whatifiwe always contended for. KULL wehave always been standing under the flag of absolute equality for all. (Hear, hear. I ask on to go back 200 years and you will nobler dettle have boom; itinoeCi:-.Egtrot.:071por sefoitilatrbautiallwhilits-i: • rvneentnie:eroliddieried7ttnn reedyrouthrojetssbantanrirr; uce. - to give .Roman Catholics conceit- and religious libYerty°- te alt! It • freed the sla,Tseetilifarlomrigthili: sionstohWhich they were not entitled, and xthorgaiiiidioidm. gaze tho franchise to the people :tf. first things they would do would aver ed revolutioos by tt:nc,iy haetoot th a ohsh. these consionts. On• Of the reforms. atitsi heereot 1 wilt sede you whet her 15 -Shackles Fell From the Slava. to collect their oivu texts. He would ask I ask you to go back with me to the pages of May, who says that every constitutional Pre - any Conservative on Equal_ Righter present form within the last 100 years is to be traced -tee, If they would be party to suoh a thing -that the Liberal, party in Gdeciat_ Britain. (Cheers.) Bowdon -Catholics shesidd have to assist in 0121:greater; aiVras abretcy=ttr n!;.3ieltire patting the misessors and then. collect t * . thattihehe�s regd not respect. if the Rom C • thol the wity.of e_qual rights- fa. skr they o a. battles that have Otell fetkohtbancikt- Moiviratto under the iuflueuee Poted to was that of the hierarehy derthet ni i jr!_ ie Bon. °liner otLeoesrtstioiggles tor civil. ask yOU to go beck' i 1 a iiii a good word --(I „aughter)......bed beou with tele!tdo tiferdirsilst 1.1 first things they 6 heel taxes was not. the Reform pert Unitstruck the was shi,conectiou of separate eo_ a splendid blovr whereby they sod t ey Would &bob le aud .cornPel •Catholics by the municipality • en' feeture in Reform legislation and on th Re speak. The gentleman with the voice Wet% . holt-toyer, sileat heneeforth. Now, con- own rates. Another thing their oppon ate tinpid Mr. Tait, I ask you to support Mr. would abolish was the payment of theehtla- MatDongall aud- myself2--I aleitters place Me. ries of the Separate School Inspectors by Dougall before myself when I am baking the Governmeut He attended it.Conserva- tive meeting, and while he occupied a back sent he heard one of the epeakers address the meeting 011 that question. He broughtca his vine* down to that religious whisper in which a man speaks when he is awfully in earnest, and be breathed out," Gentlemen, would you believe that the Government of the Hon. Mr. Mowat have become so lost to decency that they pay only half the salary of Public School. Iuspectors, while a ri4mordof Mowed Government, because atis not attacked to any great extent. SO a an lite financial record'is concerned, '.w tare soitedeall trouble in that respeore 1'h. Mali, en*Orpueition paper, had said on t otatoctieiohe that the Goriernment of the Oliver Mowat inhandling the finances hm4d:bean economical and clean-htheers)- e 4,0-0 n� charge could be brought egainet th -Moen thas.score. '(Cheers.) That saved ootIrdeal of trouble. Nor was it newts- sahaf te-gottiver a large nuMbet of the acts _ oethert Legifiliture of OntTarhiontluengdiactirattiohne he dankly of -Mr Mowat. . • di 'played wonderful wisdom and a constant d ire to giveesqual rights to all classes of t_ tt. cotatnunita. (Cheera.) An evening - rheatsaid that he (Mr. Tait) had left et tititiont party „ aud gone over to the lit T ig. s party. here was ?Votes -I trek you to support us as your &claim, not simply beettuse we are goocl„ rittbjects, but because we believe in the -I of thi'Mowat Government in the tit;t1,Applause. )1 ant 'exceedinglY pleased *nor that'll,s are not called upon on this itor.to any great extent to defend the nththd in the _Midness otinshintnnewspaper. (Laughter.) It C-kenp its pet candidate (Mr. E. F. te, teitad it thought it could help hien ntetthat Mr. Tait had gone over to 'Ihigets. It Wa6 au appee.I to -01.0 , Intim of electors in this -ed:Adat would be ashamed to - �n, any platform and say tilil not believe in equal rights to tritrtit' every creed, atad of every AChtteee) And the reason he bad Mowers Government in the andatite'treason he was standing upon cm) :to support it, was that be ejinet Goverument had fully and ,- manifested_ a desire to give 000 equal rights, (Cheers.) Equal line term But lie feared that 4liglate edvocated by some .geutlemeu hi 41::nery peculiar'kind. It reminded nfdihe. old Scotchinan's definition, inty is my - doxy, and heterodoxy doxy you lige." (Cheers •ter.) Their idea was to get all 14,0adud' Rrinvoilegetio tiLeycogcnted tho , ctin proinairgeosf otfh- ancaynbdoititratese__lsiena. - had said that be accepte • ver Uatario. lie proved lase night t la Hui and elect hini, as I believe he will be 0 tholics, and prevent interference _ with e is not less powerful before a metropolitau elected, on the 5th of June. (Loud cheers.) a their schools and tbe right -they had en- audieuce. For that trietter the experieuced We want men in the Legislature to repre: joyed from 1841 The same coticesstott wen campaigner kaows that keen, critical, Vlore sent the city and its interests, ann who can made the Protestant minority in -Quetnin. 1 ougaly-infortned audieices are found as better do that than thor who have repre- (Applause.) It was- a. conapromise, it wee,a, settlotnent as between the two Provin'atis , , . • • • - sented 114 in the Comic'. as Ald. AlcDougall readily iu the tosvualnpa as to the cities. has done ? (Loud cheering.) The man who can talk acceptably to the Aid. McDougall. farmers of: Ontario need not fear to face Ald. McDougall., who was received with the best meeting that can be gathered in a 4, - load cheers, said he felt- sure the aadience •city conetitueucy. Nevertheless At.. Tait's NVOUld sympathise with hint in the position - h in which tie found himself here to -night. He ' in these school matter'. It Was ittrthOr provided, that if the Proviecial LegisiatUri , did not pass such, laws as were necessary to secure to the minority the effective enjoy - 'tient of elm atlVantages guaranteed to them, an appeal might be made to the .Dominion form banner, and it, is unfurled to -day with that written upon it ea plainly and distinctly as. It ever was. (Cheers.) equal rights. I say, toward. the wealthy and toward the poor, gave the franchise to .the people of ngland. averted revolution by time- lyyefornis and set tho rights of the many above the privileged of the few. (Cheers.) It check- ed monopolies` and special privil)ges, it ex - Dressed sym petit y for the toiler and. wrote 0Vet' his humble dwelling, " 'the greatest good to thagyeatest Own ber," and [1St SE1100 flag that did that work in the old country 50 years ago Wag introduced here. There are those who upheld it. that f tuck to that flag until they were struck down in denth. And I Cali it sacred ground where fell those Liberals, then • 11 d tobei•-" anti now called "heroes," inners they pay the whole gaiety. of Separate of applause.) 'They brought in resnonethle gov- - meta under which this country has become Sehooi Inspectors?" This enormous state- ment was probably -believed by some of he audience. , Now, he Would melt their sttm tioit to the fact that there were about 60 Public School , Inspeotore, ann. about She average of , their 'Wearies would he ..$1,200 or $1,300 each, or • about $70,000 altogether. There were • a few- men in Algoma And Parry Sound, making an additional $3,000. , Did not Ro- man Catholics, pay their share of .this • expense? Their share was about $12,- 000, and becituae the Government paid the, salaries of these men, after they had borne their share in the general expense, their •opponents said this was not eqttal rights. He was not going to detain them any longer, for he knew that the Hun. S. II. Blake was in store for them. He knew that his cut- ting criticisms oi men and measures were never forgotten-eometirnes hardly forgiven. (Laughter, aud cries of "Go mon- Ile would say, in reply to that encouraging ex- prentiou, One there would be other oppor- tunities for him to addrest them, There was one thing he was desirous of saying -he was uot going to discuss it here but-Wautd wait for another opportunity. 'It had been. said that he was not in touch with labor men. He would try -to have an opportu- nity if possible of meeting with labor men themselves aud discussing this etkole ques- tion- (cheers) - not only to disouss his theoriee, but if anybody wanted to debate with hint' cut petsonal relations with them, as a small etriployer of labor him- self, he wonld be preperod to do so. (Cheers.) Ho thankeu them for the patiect bearing they had given to him, said asked them to conduct a vigorous canvass 100.tW"Yan now and tbe 5th of June, and then vote squarely for AI -d. McDougall and himself. (Cheers.) They were both going to get there. (Laughter and applause.) Permit him simply to say that if it should happen that contrail to hie firm belief one of teem should unfortunately be left, he never said anything more cheerfully or more siucerely than this, that he would rather cheer for "Alci. McDougall's election thau hear him cheering for Ids (Mr. Tait's) election, should he unfortunately be left out. He believed, however, that whoever had :to, give thankegiving service for a minority formers then enter eim leneditle's platforte. Whet was - thorn ? It wits a platform of abuse -*totems- oh his fellow -citizens. (A ,15*" and.eheers.) Mr. Tait went 0111 is *atter could be settled just now , saying "No" and saying •'Yea" it me a cobtaist of strength, and I think rant come out seemed best. (Cheers.) „ g brunt the laugnage of abuse to reter to atteection 'of our people as "the common success was pronounce , p (*my," then I don't know the meriningenf regretted, as they must all regret. that the Parham nt. which then had the power to -f; English language. (Cheers.) If it is splendidly presented aud sptendidly -speech of the Premier of this Province had legislate. asked them as reasonable te t•a phase of abuse to tell a large section reasolied, and the few Conservative been of to 4.11 end so soon. He wae men, as Protestauts having in view their affour.people that they are -Hoe responsible interrupters never vvhispered after the first just a etting under weigh -so- to speatt--tilla tlt their Own eonduct, that tbeir doings are taste of his keen tongue and ready wire he (Nits McDougall) was just gettMg deeply ititeeested in the observations• he was mak- Toronto 'Liberals are proud of their condi- 1 ihge when he Was obligteci to sit i Ili own. Unitler a platform of dates, and praud of their work laat tiight'bes weld) circumstances they would sympata.ge (Cries " Yes they do," cheer; and outfitter that' platform it is olionlY lore thiagreat• meeting of their fellow-citi- With him ht beitig called uponsat thii early cheers. p • speatting egainst other people., (Cheers) Protestent brethren in Quebec, who are guaranteed the same rights as the Catholics here— A2 voice -They don't get them, though. rt.17don by their clergymen, I would lik.to-knoW what is abuse so far as true Manhood is concerned. If any man takes eggs, Wliat shall be *yid of the speech of Mr. stage to address thera. He hied tio doubt Mr. McDougall continued that he ap- But tell MO one single thing Mr. Meredith ev hat it is, and in 1851 they passed that. law that gave egata eights to all religious bodies in the med. (Great applause.) Along the whole line • I of movement have been ?quid, rights; along the whole line of movement has been egualjuetice: along the whole line of Movement has been the doing away with privilege and-oarrying foe. ward the whole mass of the peoples -el ask you thew to tell the Conservatives if they will Rad the loose tish that never knew what it- wall to be under the glorious flag of the Rearm partr to go on with so-called leg Rights or Thit d partyhtm or anything ewe was born niacin, that flag of Liberalism, 1 was cradled under that flag. I have Ilved uuder it, and under it intend to die. ((reat cheering.) And 1 claim - for each Reformer here that ne, this period, in the history of our country we would be has* to our traditions. false to our leaders, and _false 10 Our country. did we remove ourselves frons under that fitg which has given us these laws and given us absolute freedom from one end of tide country to the other. (Cheers,) Now propose this evening (and our friends time have preeeded inc have gone so fully into ie I need .onl) do it in u slentehY , way) to take up for a Moment or two some of the loaxters that were etated in the ad- dress that was delivered by .my- good friend 'Mr, Meredith. (Hear, hear.) am gled 1.0 that there ie a friend of his here. (Apt:datum.) I forgot, however, in connection with the last poinato eav that, the Liberal flag weves Arttl/ in Nova Scotia. (rremendousapplause.) And on .the 5th of June 1 think it will be. throw/. to the breeze in Oda banner Ptovince of Ontariaa (Renewed ,applause.) I want no _Equal Hights movement myself. Under the good Liberai Bag I have all that they can give Inc 110d muett more. Now Mr. Meredith. in biz speech, mad. eat arraigrunent of Mr, Mowat's Government. art d I think we tmey take itas the st rongest etate. itt tint theteouldbemadeagainsttheGoverinnene We mutt always. gentlemen, have a little con- sideration for people when. they make state. merits that are thane- with a view to g0111111: t110111401V(88111t0 someplace and pulling -other people out of it, (iatughtee.). You eannot ex- pect them to be nbsolutely impartial. Sole. intereet will do a little in the way of prevent- ing that, but still I aui ready to take the state- ments of Mr. :Meredith and deal with some of their points in a few words. ;Ir. Meredith quarrels with the way in whiten the Crown • Lands Department has been dealt saith in the Prow Uwe. (Laughter.) He Quarrels With i. atenewed,laughter.) 1 don't wonder. 'It dee" not suit them to deal with timber limits es we do in Ontario. (Loud laughter and. appetuse.) They qaarrel vrith it ! Ishould be sorry if they did not. (Laughter and apptanae.; Wo want to drag it • down to the low level on which timber limits are managed at Ot•awat I trow not, (Laughter and ale planse). And therefore it is I rejoice to ftnil tahat the Tories don't like the way that PenewetY • representation it would be neither Ald. -Me- applause.) I thought lie might have been Dougall nor himself. (Loud cheers 1. •ashamed to mention timber limits. I thought Hon. Mr. Hardy.- The chairtnan, in introduciug the Hon. Mr. -Hardy to the meeting, remarked that so long as that gentleman presided over the Department of -Crown Lands it would be exiministeren faithfully and with ability, and there would be eoitykertism. (Cheers.) The lion. - Mr. Hardy, who, on rising, was received with loud bud prolonged cheers, said :-Mr. Chairman...ladies and gentleineu,--1 feel quite oppressed, and there Wtie nOt. a Tory born in this generatioo who wouldI said As the words canto out of his naouth, " Let me nos hear any more about timber teheers said_ taught -ea Why. he bald that he did not like the Bet/eras party's nunnod of denting with timber limits. Did he think that IL was owing to Mr. Mavest Shat we raceived100.630equare nallesof Otasees,, with its great wealth of a,mnber and ere -Lel (Applause.) Dui he think. as he spoke te ligent mon and intelligent Welnen, that Coneervatives who snaght to rob as of half of this Previte,' ; yet it we.. Refer awl who stood in the gen -ate?. tire veleta! 2 g being tioue. tetteepat TheY h la° 1644r • -fkff ff.