HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Blyth Standard, 1903-04-23, Page 2OLIVER MOWAT'S
E:AKABLE CAREER.
lie Will Rank cis One of the Great.
Statesmen of the World.
•
las totttieb the Witty late Ps 1,tics and his Lung period of Power in Ilia
Pt,.vtne ---Ono of do tontederatiet Fathers latest Organizer
am Lrrdhr ruu r Autu of (West Sttength of Character and Ixecutive
C4, ate y,
(Government Homo Drepatotl.)
Sir Olifer Mowat was born on July eat In military affairs and bell a
2', ilea), in what Is staUxl to Uavu lleuteaant'a coamisslon lu the eiret
Front/moo
b°mt a mo est cottage on Quarry militt.t, and It is record -
al by the intimate biographer pre-
rlruut, ntov known as \1'ellnpt'tu:n vlously tnenttone b he carried the
etroot, in the town of Kuogeton. colors 0'l tho ocoaelon of the great
kilo father was John Mowat, a nae gathering of citizens from all parts
tiro of ti:e pariah of Caniebtty, In of Upper Canada, widen met at
Ca,tenes ester0, Nurth Britain, 0 par- Queeaston in July, 1840, to 'u-
iAr, eine, tail n feu- lutes Houle of range for tl.ereatoratbon of the
but Quito house, uu;1 coons- Brock monument, watch vette blown
(mutely one of Use most northerly el op on Good Friday of that year.
the parbaheu on the mainland Of 13001 -
Called to tht, Bar.
bola. Join Mowat early el btu run 1
away from Immo to sono as a spieler In Micbuctmas Term, November,
under Rita lateleaty George Iii. Sheri:, 1810, Oliver Mowat, lin vine (templet -
lythe after Glp Lull turd abdicationv! 011 leo studies, was ailed 10 the bar new Administration were no more to the lot of Sir Olivers Govern
Napoleon in April, 18h4 the first' of l'pper L'nnnd.t. The other bans- able than their predeoessous to ear -
the
to maintain the popular and
Battalion of the Bugs were ordered t,0rr calledtie,
at during some term ry on *satisfactorily this business at tiro winning side
to Mead* to take part in the sung- weep et sere. (e. J. Fitzgerald, K• the country. A way out of the 111- In 1887, 41r Ula er res[ded over glu than going on between Britain S'• FIopkhis and George A. Phifporis' Iseult was found where It was least p
and the United Status. They arrived i the lust of whoa was afterwards' (Welty
w however. On the very day true Interprovincial conference, hyla
in bower Canada ill July.1814. and judge of the C.ou,ity Court of the expect MihoweveI defeat, the Hon, itt the ha/torte city of Qnehec, to
on Sept. 11 of that ytottr played a gal- County of Fork. Tae scat of Coo rn- of the
mist+rial had feat, O to the illecuss the relations or the various
lu+t part In the disastrous action at trent Paving been rrmovcd by Lord 6 Speed I Co t Provincial administrations with the
Plietsburgh. In June'of the following sydenl;nrn from Toronto to King -
Year (1$b ), Nal.oleon Boutparte bolt- Ston in M ty, 1841, the. young !har-
ing eeoapod drum Elba and aynin be- Anter again took up his abode In
come a menage 10 Europe, the regi- his nnti o city, and entered Into
Meet war ordered to Plat+Ottrs, but
8at'geual Mowat Old not go with
them. Ile had decided to Lemma,: u
Celladian citizen, so Ito settled Clown
to the avoottloes of a peacehd col-
t/bee. ,ill the time leer soldier sweet-
cot-
t iadt lassie. lied eart bad d been at twuitlug foe wars a r him
m
In lila native par* of Caitlsbay. So
eo m therefore, a Sergennt Mowat ever since been err Olivcr's tome,
had made a home for her, clic came Tie firm was, on Ste removal to
t0 Canada to join her lover. Tiwy Toronto etrengtt.rned by tb ad -
wore married at Montreal by lite fnlea+lon to it cf the br!llinut iaw-
ltet: J, Sommerville, Presbyterial) y,r, Philip Vinl oughnet, nfter-
mittbltEr, on JuuO 18. Me. 1Ir• Utt' war(Ie Chancellor of Upper Canada,
terwa.Ms the Hunt Peter McGill wits anal the hard-working junior mem-
Mr. MOtYlit'S groomsman, and airs bers'built up a very lucrative prn0-
8tevene (afterwards) manager of the aloe.
Gore Hank), Was one of the witncsscs Marriage lu Thee Ewell.
of the ceremony. During Ida earls' residence in 'Mr -
he this moo dito were bora three onto he became intimate with the
wel and two daughters. The sons family of •. Juhu Ettvtrt, at that
we.ry ; (1) Oliver, burn July -=rad' time a prominent builder and con -
pan practised practiseeto dlaw in Kingetono for aiin tractor, and on May 19th he wal-
ttnership with the late lion. Sir deal "the beautiful aloes 1 w:u•t," es
Ila she was known. The e rcio-.tuy
Alexander 11. fit 3t ; (:d) John, well
ktwwn in his 11teUtne as the Rev. and Lot+ook (late Rev, lr. ndr w'etingslut-
Joho itis e,t, M. A. (lulu.), le D.
(ilial.), for seven years pastor of 81• liehappiest pct Theconmarnl gens one
ia:of toe
Andrew's Church. Niagara, and of only bydeath, when 10 Menai,
tervtards for more thou forty years
Professor of Hebrew, Chaldea find 1893, Lathy Mowat, the beheel of
Exepteele at Queen's University, King- all trim ki,uw h,•r, passel 0way.
stony Of Hlr Oliver's two shters, one I0 1816 the riming chancery lam,
became the wife of the Irate Mr, John yer became Oliver Mowat, tl, C,. and
Fraeor, or Kingston, and the other it le worth while tickling that the
married Lieut. -Ont. John Daft, late silk was a.t honer umeh mora rare-
ot tate 4111 Dueettre, Kingston, Ont. ly bestowed in those days than of
John Mowat woe moderately con- , Into years. Sir Juin A. Mned ii ald
sorvetive in hie ideas, rut in litter i wits then Premier ape Attorncy-
yettest It was often stated of his eon, General, and the story ie told
dceptte (le Ieadersllip In the Liber that his former student, meeting
al party. He died on February 4th,' the tinicftaln on the stre't, joidlii;-
186( Just its 1Litt eldest boy, then ly enggestel the appointment of
an eminent barrister of forty years home new C1. C's., told added: "I
of age, watt coming Into political pro- t suppose you will put me in with
minenoe. ' a lot of your political frimel0, and
11. 'Ip Fauarlfon. 1 don't want that," to which Sir
Oliver Mowat was educated at Jolut replied. "No, Mowat, 1 will
pp t'lvato schools in Kingston. Among give you a Gazette all to yourself."
him schoolmasters were the Rev.' True to his word, the Cttuamda Cla-
p, o- 1 tette watt homed on January Citli,
feeeor .or assistant professor at 1 1858, with the announcement of
Abendeeu University. Among hie I the appointment of "Oliver Mount,
„ohoolfellows were the late Sir John '
barrister, to be nue of Iter M tJte-
A, Macdonald, Allen McLean, Maxwell' ty0 counsel lenrn(NI ht the law."
Strange, the Rev. Walter Stehnett, lir Olbver's debut in public affairs
1pst1 or Up• was made in 18,.7, when he offered
the time
his being
f. office wet/ for Lease of u Commons end the Ontario
radon- M ►n of n
tile Limn being brief. On the ro01g- l,oglslaturo. Soy therefore abandon -
nation of Ube Macdonald -Cartier ad- (NI 1110 Pcovincial field, tend the tariy
ministration, in July, 1850, Ilon. In the l.tyfisliture wits left without
George Brown, war called upon to rut effective head. At this juncture
form a Clovcrrtment In conjunction Sir °liver watt Induced to step down
With lien. Mr. 1)oib0n, of Lower Can- from the stench and return to politica
01•1, by slit Mimosa Heed the Gov- as Premier and Attorney -General
se 11LT-t i tel v.1 Cnnuttt ('iver of Ontario. Ile found 0 seat In
M w.tt w t.t *elected for this Prot•in. North oth ford, tauor utitur ineettwt iiandtook
ems Secretary's portfolio. His Et -
o,
uelleucy, tetwever, refused Hon. Geo. In that capacity he continual un -
peewit the right of cppc,al to the til hp rsernxl to loin the Cabinet
e„tt«t y'; u rerbous rupture °emir- of Sir \Vilfrl1 In July, 1898—a pee-
red, uud Mez;ars. drown, lk rion,
Mowat, et al resigned nater staving
been ie office but two days. Tim
Timbers of oak keep the old
hornestmd standing through
the years. It pays to use the
right stuff.
ltd of nearly twenty-four yearn. In
the general eleott°ut of 1875, 1879, " Men of oak t' are (]ten in
DWI, 'AO and 1.94 he *me-
cosafuny carried Itis party to vie- rugged health, men whose
bodies are made, of the sound-
est materials.
Childhood is the time to lay
the foundation for a sturdy con-
stitution that will last for years.
Scott's Emulsion is the right
stuff.
Scott's Emulsion stimulates
the growing powers of children,
helps them build a firm
foundation for a sturdy consti•
tution. i.
Send for free sample.
SCOTT & t OWNS. Chemiste,
Toronto, Ontarl0.
Seo, and 111.00 i alt druggists.
int ttet' caused a good deal of seta-
tory,re. record of goal fortune In
dal at the tlmr. The IRefortnparty
politica with wh'ieh only the car-
at, ones e:nit:Irked 011 a strong "p3m- , ser of Sir John A. Macdonald can
oaticaal" camp/Ogle Lt November, compare. The legislation of nil
1869, n great Convention of the tilos° years pasted through hie
party was hold in 7knrutto, 570 dole- hands as Attorney -General. Ile ap-
plied idmeelf particularly to lin-
provement of the Judloial system
(abolishing rho dlstinotion between
gates being present from the various
coestituelielos of Upper Canada.
Early In the a,nventlon Mr. Mowat
made n strong speech, which, it IN law and equity) and the beets of
said, influenced the Oecoloit of the fwd tenure, He ereatot the port -
delegates In a large degree. foible of the Minister of Education
A' the general eleotion of 1861 Mr. and the Minister of Agriculture,
Mowat wee again a candidate for which wera formerly subordinate
South Ontario, and was elected by a department. in charge of superin-
majorlty of 850 over 1110 opponent, tt•udents. During his term of office
this time Mr. Rowe. At the same elec-
tion, and on the same dates, Judy
let and '2nd, he was a candidate for
the City of Kingston, in opposition
to the How. Toho X. Macdonald, but
was defeated then by 311 votes.
At the general eleettol In June, cases, which were carried to the
108;1 Mfr. Mount was n aft a candle t'rity Council in England. On all
he had frequent controversies with
the Dominion Government during
the great Macdonald'a time, nota-
bly on the boundary question, the
appointment of Queea'e counsel,
the liquor-Ibcenee haw, find other
date for South Ontario, and was
again opposed by Mr. 1VIlllnan Laing,
wltom he defeated by, a majority of
478. The Government, however, prov-
ed unable to carry on the business
of the country,.
When Parliament reassembled In
.day 1861, it became evident that the
those tpuesttons Sir Oliver took, ns
lie was bound, as Provincial Prem-
ier to take, the Provincial stile.'Itt
Federal Government, in dtocharging
Ito duty to the Dominion, took the
lhtminion 01(10. They were mn.tter,
that had to be settled by the high -
Horse tete report o a a ie.' haierul tower, and in 1693, when
mitten to consider the relations ofr,t,ptuentatives of the LILeral
the two ermines -4 still the ooestilu- arty of Canada met at Ottawa to
Donal changes neocaeary, to put an('draw up the platform, on which the
end to the exleting deadlock In p0- nett amtterei «teet es ,vas to lite
fought hp them, Sir Oliver also pre-
sided. In the previous year (1892)
he had accepted knighthood and was
trental Knight Commander of the
moot dletinguished Order of 1111 :1h-
nel rote St. George, and in 1897,
when the Diamond Jubilee honors
weir distributed, he was promoted
to 1~' Knight (.rend C'r'oss of that
Order.
leu the Canavan Federal election
campaign of 1898, which resulted In
Sir Wilfrid Laurier obtalnl tg pow-
er, Sir Oliver played a pfbmilneu1
part. Early In the campaign, in n
Icegthy penile statement, he an-
nounce] hie intention of neceptblg
Sir VV'llfrid's invitation to enter
hie Cabinet should he have the good
fortune of carrying tho country.
The Liberals carried the country
during the latter part of June, 181)8,
ace im the following month
Sir Ol-
iver resigned the Promiersbtp of
Ontario, which he had held so long
gainst 80010 sive, Cois:rvativelead-
00e. In July, 1698, lie was sworn
In its Minister of Justloe in the
Laurier Cabinet, and at the Name
time accepted a seat In the Sen-
ate. In that bo.ty' he filled the post
of Government leader, and the must
important work undertaken by him
partneri/tip with his hate principal, titfcal affairs. The report of thee m-
el Hobert Kingston
!turtle, who had otiose, of which Oliver Mowat watt a
of Chane to Kiupnlon with the Court member, tease needed changes in the
of Chancery. They practiced wI when in the latter city until 1812, when ` (lire/Aloe of a federative system to
be applied either to Canada alone
the tl.eyComof iCt—to
orry rt ,lwhthi Or to all the 'Withal North Amerl-
ste tiny with brief
r Toronto, which ono Provinces. To solve the dead -
Uwe
forort g britt and
In Ot- lock Aon, George Brown came for-
ward, and offered to the Administra-
tion the support of himself and the
Upper Canadian Reformers in parry-
ing Into effect the constitutional
changes which his special committee
had recommended. The offer was ac.
cepted, but Sir John Macdonald and
Mr. Alexander Galt insisted that the
desired result could only be eatiefac-
toriby attained by the formation of
a coalition Cabinet in width ;Sir.
Brown and some of hie Upper Com-
edian friends sluould have portfollos.
To this Mr. Brown unwillingly ac -
coded.
The "Great Coalition" was accom-
pllsbutt on June. 1101h, 1881, Messrs.
Foley, McGee and Buchanan retiring
loan the Ministry, anti taring sea
eot•ritvf by Messrs, Brown, Mowat and
McDougall, Sir Oliver again became
i',stne ster-G'ttr•rnl. 0a returning to
Geste esmetltuenelee Watt's, Brown
a14t1 Mowat were re -fleeted by avert -
Theis canto the great rota
M. A., aiverwnrus tenon himself as a extndldate for the, of -
yardCanada College, and John Hill- hem of n.ldarrC n ut the city The original al oft o[ th0 Aot, l,msod
ee Cnmerce, wgtom toner was Termite. He wtut elected for the on those resolutions, was drawn by
than an officer in garrison at King- Ward of Ht. Lawrence, with Mr. Munn- Mr, Mowat, whose u511141ce as a
constitutional lawyer were generally
recognized, with the tushes ace of
Lieu„ -Col. Hut bit b1. rnnr,l, secretary
of tho conference. Strangely enough
during the yours immotlatety preced-
ing Confederation and Immedinttly
succeeding thereto Sir Oliver watt re-
moval from the turmoil of politica
1Iow it came about was told by Rini
In the interview whloh bar already
hemi quoted. "It was during the sit-
ting of that conference at to etio0."
said Sir Oliver, "that the news came
to Sir John A. Maalonall of a va-
cancy nu the ChanceryImmeediately pawed a note aorossand the
table offering me the plane. I felt
some scruples about accepting ou ate
mount of the position public attain/
were then In, and Sir John nuggest-
ed that if I would like the glee -Cha n-
oellorahbp there wan no sound reason
on public grounds against my accept -
Ing It, \1r, (pro rge Brown and my
other colleagues concurring in this
view, it mate aboal that after the
conference 0108e) 1 WAS appotutod
V lee -Chancellor,"
Sir Oliver took hie scat on the
isaiah on Nov. 14, 1864, and for
eight years continued as a hard-
working, conscientious Judge. The
Government In Ontario luul been car-
ried on with lion. John Sandlleld
Macdonald as Premier. In 1871 the
latter was defeated at the polio by
the Reform Opposition headed by
Hem. Alex, Mackenzie and Hon. Ed-
ward Blake, two mew wbo bad come
to the front after the struggle of
pre -Confederation days. The abolition
tasre r. Raga(tor, aria rtvards l h:ef eseitatlon in 187« fore
3natioe of Ontario. I
George Brown lender of th'e Upper of dual rept the
1110Ass 8 on f youngn 'Veen teran, took tookh in Oliver,.
1 months lin Mermen".
a oCabineettl Ministthin er, nectomix on ittys, Blake and off ahooeing between the
conclusive 'mem conference at (Lite- was that of graypltng with the vex -
tem in the hatter part of 1684. At od Manitoba (losernment, lie being
th':s conference the Bon, Mr. Mowat, the leading eommtseboner nppolnt-
J'ost:n irte,-Gonrtti, wits pr. 0>.ti ;tial ed to arrange a settlement.
took an active part. The eo,ference
Who' hYr Oliver entered the Lau -
Nal with closed doors anti no minutes rtes Cabinet there rz4 te:l an under -
of Rs proceedings letve ever been pub - —,...ng betw•ecu t to ti It uud 6ir
Ifslno;i, hut it is stute,l Uy Sir 0 iron's witfrtd that be should not be wilted
intimate biographer "Ile' that un to return ills portfolio for any aoosld-
ena pets Mr. Sir
took strong orubb: length, of lies, bit ehOubl
111 and
14v. (1t Sir Jeitu A. Al . 1,1u- ietIncfront active pInliea tan Yea'
'
le,and Mr. Brown. tie emei by Mr, Mc- or to and be otne Lieutenant-borer-
llougall advorntedt au olucth'e souls' nor of Out i"1o. T1.it arrangement
for the Duntlnton of (Lamin, n pre- watt consummatal Noveu to r 18111,
position d and
tt was opposed by air. 1817, when Sir Oliver ivies sworn In
itfur(tounld turd air. Brown, who twit- as the representative or the Crown
ored the appointment by the Crown to tl.is P 0lneo and re•thrne1 from
of Senators for life, SII' Julut drelint Ottawa to his oil city of Toronto.
ing that while he did not admit Ont There ht litter years lova been
rho elective system Mal been 1 fat her" h h rat.
ore, he desired that our cuuslitullon P y pp
shndd be, ;hi Governor 6hnrue hail Uncloultally there have been few
said It ought to be, "nn Image and political tendenvc No uhtute and pen-
transerbpt of the British constitu- nd
puUi'r of such a power oto comm his life
Hon." yprevc Cunttdrrnlo,r, waa largely devoted to politico 81r
O.iver found tinny to 'tevote blmrelf
1u Nemo inane to reitglous, ,octal
and intellectual pursuits. fie at
various dens !lila( the offices of
Presllout of t le Caneelhw Institute,
Prostiemt of tete Eeangelital Alli-
ance of Ontario, Vice-Prrehlent of sttr0s the ronferonce approving the
itt, Upper Calu la Bible eoclete, bill in principle.
and lion. President of the Canadian Michael Devitt then received a
Bee Association. Ho was for a long
p,Vlcrl n urn bsr of St. Jame*? Squire
Preobyterlan Ct.uraii, ami published
brag oras .+ntitld "l videncee of
('Iriotianity," rind 'Christianity and
Some of its Fruits,"
world, and in the long run moral
duty le supreme,'
Sir Oliver' Mewat fees l away el
1It u'1 hock Kumlay morning.
%ton. Alexander Nonoil as 111» colhut ue.
It was at the age e[ sateen, in lie ,roved to les energetics Knd
M eh/mimes term, November, 1836,
i
tlstt 01:ver Motvat flied his petition - able ntder•luaa, toed ;A t'udueetl
Inc admisOIun to the Law So:lety of 1 litany roloi l iu th - uud
Upper Cana(la raw 0 student -at -law,, tthiuiu rt -tomo t,, ih -
anti passed the necessary prelintln- Member of Pavttett,rnl.
ary examination, coming out at the Ilttirtg bawl robs pulltraI :,nptism in
heart of the jnutur cines. lit tile bol- nlunicltvtl art/.1111, Mr. 'Sawa:. 1e,. 1'.,
lowing January he NV/1N artic'ed to deelded to enter' a larger field, and
Jolla A. )il:acdoeald. Its fe.low-clerk at the general elections of December,
being Alesandtr ('atnpbell, then a 'Itle 1857, enteral the provincial
practlsbfg lawyer in King»ton. mettles) arena in which he was dea-
Mr. Joseph l'ots', ('. M. G., lu Itis mini to beooma at uuttble Al figure.
"Life of Sir John A. Macdonald,' Allying hhnst'If with the 'Reform
dente with this conjunction of till- ip rip of that dap he offered tam.
ante,' young men: "On tieing call- eel( as candidate In south Ontario
ed to the Isar, Mr. Macdonald opened to oppo»tti°u to lion. Joseph Curran
an office in liitrg»Lou. suet Is gen the 1 Murnsus, Receiver-lienerul of the
prtette++ of law on It t own account. Muaionsld-Cartier Adminmttratton.
1.; 11,0 tint year d hbe prul'es»bun The Cuuteet between Mowat ind
u;, -lot outeret hitt office as student Murrisun 111 south Ontario was one
a lad desttned 10 become 1" Ontario II ,of tin, huttost of t!,, cawpmtlgn. Both
Ncetcty less eminent Chun Minnit.l west, rmluent tit the bar, but Hen.
I m"et' to Mt. (mow ylr Oliver Mow- 11 r. v1. trisuu nes the tried rrpn•sedr
at, the son Of Mr. Marlonti bird in- Utt;rr of In.. riding unJ the Reform
timate personal awl poetical friend, enndidnn a new mite. 11 in not r,
Mr. John>tlaw'at, el' Kingston. enrh'I that air Oliver indulged in
After hue four yc.les in the King the anti -French en, which figured
in the campaign, but it probably con-
tributed to the crushing defeat of
err Easton Burns, whose' law part -
vote, rust, receive( Mat 730, the
net a ea »mice, .
sten office, young Mowat roam to
Toronto In 1840 to romplett his
studies 1n that, office of flu' lute Roe-
hoarded
ol,-
t tl t tiv heroes H mej trity for Mowat reaching 7'18 it
Ito10i k 1 with a Mr. Oahe who as riding not heavily' populate(. Thus
wag saper+nteo Mat o; the 1ieut•ge ,ihi the political good fortune, which
Street IMAM l S. 80 t'10.. MIoul, I,ursilei Hlr Oliver through hie life,
and It was at ono o:' els' nnauam assort Itself at the outset of his
gatherings of this Sunda; School 1
that be lutein his first pnhllc that
lay. d''Jfe onloredraw AA 0 eParltamant ns the ao-
wer° Mr. the
other spank res do Ube y knowledge(' first lieutenant of Hon.
6CERT I8ISN CCNVENTiON.
National Meeting to Discu3s
the Land Bill.
AMENDMENT
TO BE PRESSED
Dublin, April 1O,—'ll1to NatiotrtlCos-
veittion couveoee4 by the United Wet
League wet toasty in the htrterie •
rowel room of the Mamxlon Hones)
Imre. About '2,0Ot) cklegatas iteeem-
bbed in the rotunda, wldcb was/ In-
capable of bottling all who had some
from every part of lrelaliIto dtsouet
the baso land bill. 011 the plrlovni
sat almost every National,et member
of Parliament, with 0 ocattorlug of
prelates. In the body of the rotunda
tour a gathering seldom equalled lu
reproecntative capacity.
Early to the morning Lard Dun -
raven, who Is simultaneously presid-
ing ata private meeting of the laud -
lords' committee, semi word to John
Redmond, the Irish leader, siiggest-
leg that rho land conference: recon-
vene on Saturday, atter this opinion
of the Nationallst committee on the
land question is known, so that loth
landlords and tenants may thcta dig -
0003 their mutual objections.
Air. Bedewed will bo unable to de-
cide un the propositiou until after
to -day's prootodiegs, for which
lengthy agenda have been provided,
consisting of malty ptopeseu amend-
ments to the details of Secretary
Wyndhams prop:rials, tb.o chief 11101,-
01'b being W1lltant O'Brien uud Mich-
ael Devitt. Tao torture, white 001-
gratthe
t bur tlrtlgMI.,leend on try h ti It ttoet that
iuced a
hill accepting in maniple, niter pee -
Oudot; of straggle, that the land
should be restored to the people of
irclumd, will urge the delegates to
prays ameetiments eninrging the fin-
ancial scope of the bill,
Mr. O'Brien, however, will ask tate
convention to entrust to Parliament-
ary power the responsibility of
eventually di•nling in committee
441a1410 Wit.1 the amen+itnente, 11 was
1 t Bred that '.mrd Duuraven is of
opinlou that tome of the amendments
in the Nattonalleth' agenda never man
bo accepted by the Government, but
that some of the others might be ac-
cepted.
A motion to reject Secretary Wynd-
ham's Irish lamb bill as nut meriting
support 'was defeated by an over-
whelming mnjirtty in tho National
cuneenttun here to -day. Title en -
In Ile Interview- publlahtu by Mr,
Donaliton Grant, In August, 100':.
from winch extracts/ have already
been given, 6ir Oliver was asked "If
there was an/ one thing in hie life
witch more than another gave him
omtlefrtrllun fie 1 o thought over lift's
etperietwee."
"He eel not (tfsnwer for a moment,
its one trying to recall and hidgi'
"'VOW, in a general way, it 1s
the past, and then seal very quietly
a settiefeetion to tee, now that I
am un old man, two years past tho
four ecoro limit, to think that
throughout my life I have tried to
do try duty. That oonvletlon and
the ee-r,nrancn from men of all shades
of politics that my own political ear -
one lino helped to lirprees a 801100 of
duty 01 other public men, is very
snttstying. Duty was made a very
deer and important thing to me to
my early training both in the home
and In the eehool; my teachers Im-
irotttl etlrettonel I
tt lamwa
that in my
pwas never able,
as I was never desirous, to rid m7-
telf of the simple imperative d duty
pro, tt Is not a political mistake to Perfumery that costs a dollar it
do oile'Y plain duty. Thle is a moral bottle may not ire world a Met.
great ovation. 1(e demnaded wre
lease of Coe Arthur Lynch
ho10
undergoing a (sentence of life im-
prisonment after having been con-
victed of high treason), and one other
Irish agitator, who Is still In jail, He
maintained that the bill, even as
amended, would not put an end to
the land struggle, and moved in
friendly terms an amendment to Mr.
O'Brien's motion, providing that the
Nationalist members of Parliament
refer the bill book to the conven-
tion for final approval atter pea/l-
ing the committee stage in the Hasse
of Commons, so that the people tbem-
selves may say if they accept It aa
amended and that the convention be
merely adjourned instead of dissolv-
ing.
After speeches In opposition by Mr.
Redmond and Mr, O'Brien, Mr. Devitt,
amid tremendous cheering, withdrew
his amendment, on the merits of
which the convention seemed fairly
equally divided, and the threatened
split was averted.
After a speech by T. P. O'Connor,
Mr. O'Brien's original motion was
carried unanimously, and the wo-
ven -Gm adjourned until Friday, af-
ter sax hours' oontlnuous sitting.
A milerdt man's wombs ase levee
repeated In emelt,