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Teay bere as | raid on the floor of the House of Commons (and | kaew of what [ spoke aud was willing that my friends ip England where I am not unknovp jp relation tO gold miniog transactions migot know the position | ook) that I could have takeu that contract which Mr Sifton made with these oontractors to build 140 miles of tramway and gone to London and got ten milliea pounds credit for that cor tra *t. Wat do you say to that, gentiemen! ls there @ mau here, is there one I:bera! io this audience that will say shat agovernment who would be guiity . of such an att=mpt as that upoa the pub

ye revecue of Uanada ought to be permitted to continue in office an hour jonger than the people have an opportua- ity of gett'ng rid of them. I do not think ao, We sad what do you mean by this contract? Ob, they said, it is of vital consequence to get an all-Canadian rail- way, 8 road that notody can have any soniro! of but the government of Canada. That is the reason we did this. We said have yeu read your Contract. I said to them I heave read the whole contract from end to end amd under that contract the dey that parliament ratified it these con. tractors can take it io New York and gel] it to Americaos aod not a mao in Canada would have auyihing to gay about ihe road or aoytuing Coanected with ic, ; Well, they said, by George we never saw that; we are 8o glad you mentioned it; we will see the contractors (mind you they made & bindiog contract with these men, and were in their power) 4 We then made 4 little diayram gand held it up in the face of the Government party jn the ,House of Commons. We reaia clause of that contract sod showed that while on the face of itit professed that these'gr sntslwere coe ia | ternate sections, ihe Government or ;Canadla retaining one and the-contrector tne Other, this diagram

demonstrated absolutely thatunder that

contract the contractors could take every

: acre of gold in the Territory of the Yukoo and leavethe Goverament nothing. There were very long facee to be witnessed on the Government Deoches,aad when the House rose the Government was pretty roughly haodied by their sapporters.¢And if you want proof of what | am saying tet me tell you tha: down cae the Minister ef Agriculture to the House of Commons acouple of days afterwards aad he said]: we have corrected that, we have got the contractors to agree to alter the clause and now they c»nnot havethe whole of the gold in ‘the Yukoa. Now I need not waste your time, ladiesjand gea lemen, iu talking about the fright’ui enormity of such @ transaction as that. I need not tell you that no Government would ever have attemptedio dally aod trifle in this manner with the parliament of Canada if they had not felt that tke Liberal party

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who were intelligent enough bat totally uofi:ted tw do any business of that kind. {Oo of them was ae

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that you will flod oothe Journals of the House the admission that he had a salary [ ihink, of $1,30) a year, and found, that be was sick @ good deal of the tim » that he was only eleven months or someibing like that in office, but he was able to come back and deposit in the bank $60,000 io his own name. Now a more scandalous and diegracefal piece of corruption,siewed with more cynical indifference to public opinion and sentiment,was oever witnessed in wny Other parliament in the world. What do you suppose was Sir Wilfrid Laurier’s answer when we eaid you have violated every pledge that you gave to the people ofthis country when you were eeeking power. “Well,” he said, “We are here aad you are there,” pointing to the Opposition benchea, and that was ail,— (‘aughter) an utter, sublime, cynical iadiff-rence to everythicg that would guard constitutional right and law and the proper and wise administration of public affairs, lieve tbe independent Liberal electors of } Prince Edward [sland will endorse aud sanction and set o-fore their children.

Now i am going to give you evidence of | Sir Wilfrid Laurier having made one of the most solemn pledges on a most im- portant ques ton thata man could make to his fellow countrymen, provided they

the manoer in which he has acted.

I had occasion in England to discuss at considerable length the question of mutual preferential trade. I nave been 45 years in public life. of my public life I have eteaaily kept my eye apoa what means could be best adopt- ed to give solidity and unity tothe grest British E npire— means that would at the same time promote the progress and proa- perity of all the outlying portions of the Empire aod preserve those British institu- tione that itis our pride and happiness to preserve as an integral portion of that great Empire. (Applause) l arrived at the conclusion that of ail the meaos evet proposed the most effective would be to adopt a policy for Great Brit- aia such as all other countries in the world adopt in regard to their colcniee. Take Germany, take France, take Holiand, take any country in tke world which bas colonies and you find that they treat their colonists upon different terms in re- gard ‘o trade matters and fiecal matters from what they treat joreiga countries. England alooe being’-@ free trade country treats foreigners and her colonies, on pre- cisely the same footing. Now I came to the conclusion that nothing would bind this Empire together more indiesolubly nothing would promote its rapid progress’ prosperity aod greatness more quickly than a policy by which Eoglanc would continue to receive free as at present everything that her colonies Bent to her, aod impoze a 8 sma!! duty upon products of foreign countries that came into com petition with those of her colonies. (Hear, hear, applause), This plan is adopted as I say by ma@oy foreign nations. In Eng- land a body of men was formed comp sed of dietinguished members of the House of Lorde, House of Commons, merchants, public men of various characters and ‘patriotic citizens called the United Empire Trade League. They went to Lord Sa is- bury and asked him to have the Belgian and German treaties abrogated in order that such ao arrangement as that could be entered into between the British Goverar ment and the Colonies. His answer was: It isa great question and you must edu- cate the people. Go outit you beliieve in these views, and when the people are pre- pared to sustain such a policy, we wiil be quite prepared to take hold of it.

I took it up with all the zeal I could because I saw in that the germ of some. thing that would make the British Em pire greater and mightier than it is, (ap- plause) which would give Canada, Au: - tralia and South Africa, the outlying portions of the Empire, such an_ impulse to them as nothing else could give; whicb would increase the value of every acre otf land, of all tne producte of the soil, anc give tothe great agricultural iodustry o tthe country an immense impetus. I ad

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dreesed a great meeting of the Chamber of Commerce in Montreal, where both French and Eoglish took up the subject with great warmth. Sir Wilfrid Laurier went up to Oatario, and people at once said to him, What do you think of preferential trade. Oh, heeaid, I have siudied bat, aod | have come to the conclusion that it would be a most magnificent thing if 1t could be done for Canada, and | am as at ongly in fayor of it as Sir Charles Tupper. He pledged himself solemnly. He showed whet Chamberlain had said that it was perfectly practicable, and he made an elo-~ quent speech at London, OUnt., in 1&96, which you will find recorded in the columns of the Globe vewspaper. He proclaimed in the most elcquent man- ner the enormous advantage it would be to Canada to get that policy. Theo he went down to Westmount, near Montreal in the Province of Quebec, aod pledged himself solemoly that if be got a majority his first act would be to seud » commis~ sion t negotiate that policy of mutual preferential trade with Lord Salisbury. He got a majority, weat in 1896 after the elec.ions to attend to some business affairs io London. Tne United Empire Trade League invited me toa banquet aod they

expreased some regret at my uefeat pod the setback that this question of preferential trade would thus meet with. I said geatlemen you are eutirely mietakeu. I am happy to relieve your minds. Sir Wilfrid Laurier,who has become Prime Minister of Canada in my place is as strongly pledged to thisasTam. I believe he will redeem his pledge, with the result ie that you will have Canada united and [ will sup- por: him as heartily in carrying it out as if I had continued in power. (Applause.) Sir Wilfrid Laurier went to Hogland in 1897, at the time of the Queen’s Diamond Jupilee wneu the whole heart of the Em- pire was open, when in Great Britain everybody was vieing with each other in doing honor te the coloniesin order to increase the bonds that bound us cogether. Sir Wilfrid Laurier andthe other pre

miers were met at Liverpool by the Duke ot Devonshire, the President of the

British Empire League, who made

@ speech telling them that England was greatly dissatisfied and dis- appointed at the result of free traie, aad

he pointed out that what Cobden had heid out as the result of free trade had tecome completely

illusory and he wound up by saying that Eogland stood alone. He pointed out that

ba ilt up tariffs higher and higher, aud ke finished his speech by saying tbat the time had come when England mast look to her colonies for extension of trade. He made no vut-acd-dried proposal, he kad no authority to do it, but he said everything thats man couid say aod invited the Premiers to meet him half way. What do you think Sir Wilfrid Liaaurie: did, the man who, in the most solemn manoer, stated to the great elector- ate of Cana a what he would do. if he gained power. Did ber deem his word; did he attempt todoit. No. On the very threshhold, tbe day after be .ouched the soil of Eugland, he turned his back upon that very preferential trade that he went there pledged to the people of Canada to do bis utmost to get for them. He basely denounced il, and said that what Canada bad done in reference to British trade has been done asa free gift, and they wanted nothing for it ; that protection was « curee to Canada, and would be a curse to Eage land, and that they did novt want it and would reject it if it was off-red to them. That is the position he took. There isa case of the basest betrayal of Canadian i: « terests that over stood against any pub c men in tne mistory of Canada. (Applause) Down to this hour, ladies and gentlemen he has never voucusafed any reascn to jastiy him for thatcomplete change of ivont, that turming his back upon all hie solemuly pledged declarations and betray- i g in the most vital and important manner the dearest th ngs of Canada. BatI may eav the course be pur-wed in this matter was the most effective menns he could take 10 killit. And whv. You know per- fectly wellthat ifMr Chamuvuerlain we t to the House of Commons to advocate that mutual preferential trade policy he wou'd point Gut to the artisans and to the operatives of England thatif tbey adopted that policy the result would be ibat the prodacts of England would be admitted en be.ter terms in the colonies tbau before, but when that reduction is made and is given you have cut away the ground from under the feet of Koglish statesmen and adopted and pressed that policy #3 it was being pressece At the congress of the Chambers of Commerce ofthe EmpireI pressed that policy a: great length. I movei a resolution in which I bad the hearty support of Lord Siratbcona, then Sir Donald Smith, as th- representative of the Montreal Board of Trade. On that occasion I had the sup port of $t Chambers of Commerce of the Empire amongst 55 and everyone sav that the! attle was won and that all inat was r quired wasto keep our shoulders to the wieel tosecure the adoption of the policy.

But we are thrown back b; Sir Wilfrid Laurier’s base betrayal,and every indepev- dent Liberal pew*piper is bound to ad mit his policy of fraug against the people of this country. IfI had no other q1es- tioa oa which to ask the verdict—the unanimous verdict—of every honest, in~ ie'ligemt, patriotic Liberal ag well as Con- eervative in Canada, I would coofiden ly

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Hoards of Trade are aleo workiog in the exme line. [ will not detain you by read» 10g extracts because [ may take up two much of your time; but if you will look at the various journale, Liberal and Con-

ing of the representatives of the Boards of Trade held at Kentville the ovber day— the Maritime Board of Trade of these lower Provin .s—there was passed a uoanimous resolutiou eodorsing this policy aod demanding that it shoold be pressed. Sol think Mr, Fielding will find that he has beea a littl: presump uou- in designating thet ae arrant humbug. Iam in a position to say to you, gentlemen, having had a good deal of experience on both sides of the Atlantic, that oid and advanced in life as I um, and short as the remaining period of my life inust be, 1 still expec: to see that great question of Mu.ual Preferential Trade established and become the policy of the British Kmpire. (Applause) Why do I have that confidence? I have that con- fidence because I am satisfied that there never wasa@ time in the history of this great Expire when the minds of statesmen of all classes and parties were turned more strougly to the great question of how tu bind these outlying portioas of the Bm- pire more closelv and more indissolubly to the Mother Country than at present. And when they bave examined the question of mutual prefer~ ence in trade, they will find, in my judgs meot, that it will be the means of most effectively accomplishing this purpose, and rendering that British Empire, es [ suid before, mightier and greater even than itis today. That is the confidence I have, but wnat more. When we fiod that Aus- tralia, which has just been confederated under one government, which will have as its first Premier Mr. Barton, the gentleman who succeeded Mr. Reid in the only (ree trade colony in all Auetralia—- New South Wale —when we find that great Commonwealth of Australia united with Canada, and the provinces in South Africa, Natal,Cape Colonr,etc, s” on to become a solid South Africa all joining in this policy, and when we poins out to

Eogland that one of the most vital question that can eyer touch the British Empire isthe question of food supply, this will be the solution of the problem. This war is turning the attention of the public men and statesmen oof England more

stroog!y than perhape ever before to the fact (bat great as is their progress, migh‘ y @s their navy, enorm us; as is their mili~ tery power—- notwithstanding all that, there istne danger of the food supply ruoning short io England. But their statesmen are realizing that here in Canada alone, the nearest great possession ot the Crown to the British Islands, we could supply under w policy of that kind ix buodred millions of bushels of food for which Great Britain today has to depend upon foreign countries. Yea to- day Eoglaud annually imports for her own populdtion articles from foreigo countries that under the policy I prox pound Canada could supply. Take the question of wheat. Mr. Greenway tue defeated Premier 1n,Manitoba,in his mani festo (he isa wealthy farmer in that Province of farmers) declared that last year Mavitoba and the North West-Ter-~ ritories bas produced no.lees than fifty millions of bushels of the finest wheat that growns upon the earth. He pointed out that they had the soil and everything necessary, provided they had the population and tuecapital as he be- liev-d they wou d have at no distant day, to increase tbat ten=fold and to grow 500 millious of bushels of wheat, there would be the eolution ofthe great question in which Eogland is eo deeply and vitally interested. I am not going to detain you on that question, great and important as it 18, further than tosay that itisin my j.gmeat one of the most vitally import- a» questions that the people of Canada

bay beforethem today—a question on » ch every honest, every intelligent man, L ‘~ral or Conservative, ought to epeak wi i 90 uncertain sound io yiew of the

faci .nat the dearest rights and interests au 'e pledged word have been thrown ove: sod the pledged word of the Prime Min.-ter of Canada forfeited in regard to that 1m portant question.

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ask it on seach o case a3 that. (Hear, hear). The Minister of Finance rad something to say upon this subj-et the other day, and while he does not uder- tak: to uestion its vaiue he has denounc- ed my st .tement as to the meane by which Ith: k,that great beoa cxn sill te obtained and the possibility of obtaining it a; srrant humbug. Well, I think Mr. Fielding is 5 littie presumptioas to designate as arrant humbug a policy that only yesterday the Toronto Board of Trade ;atsed'a resolution in favor of—that that g eat quertion should be pressed and | preseed nov, The Otrawa and Montreal

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you will agree with me, I refer to the Hoora ile George E. Foster. (Applause) 1 so) wpxious that you should hear him; but I should fail in wyduty io you and t» the public if I did vot just for a few momenis turn your attention to the ac- tions of Sir Louis Davies in politics, I bave already sewa you that on the great question of the Csnadian Pacifi; Railway, that everybcly now admite is so vitally imjporian!, he took the strongest possible ground aud had he possessed the powel (0 carry out bie views end opinions we would have had no grest inter-vceanic line of railway binding our country loge tner to~day. want to turo your attention to his position on the q iestiou of treaties. I dare say you know ‘nat Sir Wilfrid Laurier has iesue i—I will not say uae isewed, but has authorized the issue of Pointers No 2 —and amcrg those he bas, | think, very untairly garb

led some s,e ches of §mine, among Others those upon the question of the fiscal policy. They sate that in 1897 I otjected to the tariff, and now tbat i way tucy have taken our policy and that it is uoubj-ctionabie. Both statements are wotrue. In 1897 theurfft at I objected to was @ tariff uot givieg ao preference ia Kugiland although they said that it would have that ctlec:, but giving a reduc.ion — & large eduction toall the countries lu the worlc, that would reciprocate. Now, what did that mean, [t meant ibis, / Luat as stated by thew it was the entering wedge of the destruction of the Natioval Policy, and I denounce d that policy. And ader my denuuciaiion the governmeat came down aod changed in twenty im- portant pariiculars the taritfthat 1 bad then denoanced. The year af:erwardes they changed totally the fundamental principle of the policy of 1897, because they repealed the Act under wuich a!l the countries in the world could come in and confine their preference absolutriy to Eag- land. I had a somewhat warm coniro- versy with my friend, Sir Louie Davies, who treated with great fippancy my want of knowledge of constitutional! law wheo | tola them that what they pro- posed could not be done, that it was un- constitutional, and in violation of the treaties, aud that they did not know what they were talkiog about. Sir Louis Davies

made his ueual vehement speech and

denounced my want of knowledge of law

as utterly puerile, and said that the | merest tyro in law knew that my views were altogether at fault. Aslam | nota lawyer. I did not feel particularly | hurt}at hsving!my opinions on legal points criticia -d, but on the qnestion of constitu~ tional law, to which { had paid some at. | s2ntion, I took the liberty of telling Sir!

Louis Davies that I thongot he’ would find himeelf very | much mistaken. What happered.

He went to England and was going to in< struct the law officers of the Crowu, (laughte:+) But became back with the admissiog that Lis party were all wrong

and I was all right, and that the Attorney Genere! and Solicitor General of England stood by my law and had thrown his overboard. (Laughter and applause). He reminded me yery much of a little story which I dare ssy many of you have heard, but whicu I thiek wil] bear repe- tition on tbe present occasion. An Am- erican gentleman had a lawsuit, and some legal traneactions he wanted attended to in Canada. He went to a friend and said, ** Who do you recommend me to employ?” He said, “I recommend you to employ Mr, So-and-So.” The American employed him, and the suit was tri d but toe American: lost it. He went back to his friend and said, What do you. mean by recommending such a law- yer as that; he has lost the case, does not understand it at all, does not know any~ thing about law.” Ob,” said the other “he is a Qlueen’s Counsel.” Well,” eaid the American if he is a Quee.’s Counsel forthe

r first time iv my life { say from the bottom

of my heart “God Save the Queen.” (langhter avd applause) Your represen= tat:ve did not cover himself with any glory or credit in reference to that matter.

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