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_ _ 't . ', I {a T v.3, _ --- r _.' V . . -.' aments. , poop]. m", "a w 'sus tGovern- _ ttoftat with the country in these .sen t l V lnents public men} and Jllrl;'llil now (Cheera) m was a Jy.,eteti'2' gt'ld,", [ . _ have 'e"1g'g1, care that the knife they had the farmers and 1'a1t,1,tl'tt of is ainst , 'hrpeiied would not be used ainst them- . yy1 tttt slander that ttOtt d b? 2g"'h,t't'l'l . selves m defended the and; iuvto by l a: Ehrlmi ttf, "if (lgl'eh m bad if: Pppositia on small items, t.ad declared been 'fl l St 35d from the plough tothe . - the electors had been prajiyiittt1 sgsintt "rGiilt"i"iia of m. countrw, and he felt . l the Government of Mr. "itt1iield Macdonald stron " thy'WIlih the labourer and the _ by Ilmilar tactics on the part of hon, gentle 'lfie'l%'l once of these mo- 1 . . . mec ' in consequ men opposite. He charged the Provmcral tives it never struck him that there would > Secretary with: stifling itrvesligatrott on the bean bi ction to permit these men to go , Committee, and assorted there was a princl- to thy o Mt ti on "a keep their pay going . pie involved in the resolution before the o 'lrllrl,'S,'e'hll' as had been shown, House which would commend it. Wu. '1; pro nixedgin England, to which in ' self to the people of this country. 'lfll111, g" as looked for precedents; and ' _rle.deslved that he had no personal feeling h out: ryd that it w" ofmore importance against the Commissioner of Public Works, to cons or: have a holiday for the purpose although he had received as much provooa- ' tk nan ohimself to form sound, political tlon thereto as he thought was possible, 31 can "mg for more pnrpt?a" of recre- The Charge was against the Government, Il'd',,". mil; was a most remarkable which too" the responsibility cf the Uommis- tlie; that hon. gentlemen wno were Monet's action. He was glad they had done making such a tempest in a teapot about A 90, and that they were going to ask thoopiu- this had gone over the whole country da. . l ton of the public and their verdict upon fending the disgraceful PsMe Scandal, and ' l f the question. He charged the Government trying to make working-man believe that r 3 with general extravagance and carelessness they were their friends. Tho working-men, of administration, and. contended that they fortunately did not believe them; bat 3 were undrservmg of the ooufidtutwe, of the if they had and had voted for IQoktor4 r country. . and the Fikii Scandal, he took for granted Hon. Mr. M owaT, cruising to address the l they would have heard no word tl',i'gi, the House was received with cheers. He begin half holiday. m pomted out that cler T s in , by remarking ugon the grand stand taken, the Department got regular holidays every1 , . and loud an rounded periods pro. ear, sometimes"! fortnight. " . tune,_ "it Bounced by hon. gentlemen opoo- . hon. gentlemen saw nothing Fror9 1n 1 . , , site about this affair, which, aiser Hon. gentlemen drew a distinction between , y), amounted to the trifling 2mm of, men receiving big salaries and those who 820417. This was the corruption they got small ones; they had 'Ympath? with the _ charged against a Minister, and about which former, for workmen to get a holiday with. " such a fuss was made, both in the House and out deducting their pay was yme.t.h.ing, they in the Committee. Nothing could be more , could not see throng at all, This charge absurd, nothing more demonstrative of the I altogether came with an ill grace from weakness of the cause of hon. gentio- a party who, for the twenty years men Opposite than that they should they were in power, made the 'moss) confine their . grand stand to as extensive use of public offliG1a for election . , trumpery mattcr of that kind. (Cheer-s.) . fir-poses. He concluded by saying that his , Hon g1rpthsrmmWad made a mountain of a hon. friend had placed ms resignation in ' _ mole-hill many a time before, and they his (Mr. Mowat'a) hands, but he hM not _ would no doubt do it again, and he dared accepted it. (Cheers,) His own sense of re- , _ say their own sinister designs could suggest card for hig hon. friend and his sense tt l to them many means of doing it; such at I duty to the public forbade him doing tro, and i least was a fair conclusion from their conduct he was quite sure that in his decision he hail , in the immediate past. There was no urlt so consulted the feelings of the great majority ; great but itmlght be blackened, and 'tlla,',",' of this House and the feelings and wishes of . ,, the skill of hon. gentlemen opposite would be the country. (Loud and prolonged cheer- . pn1lt',ix,g,f't11, in that direction.d The hon mg.) 'i, gen oman w o had just addressee the House . T ' . . was very fond of speaking for the country, meld ", 2Jie'Rf2'i,e,'l,1 thtagworkiug : and it was'not surprising, seeing that his as e . 0 con no erase vos i party had so little of the dupport of the Pao- as properly. M any other class, and that the pie in this House that they should proclaim Conger; 2l"t, Ttter', $01112"qu 2g that it existed outside. I'nhrrtattately for Eli; ItWe .emse Faf, as tt eg ey . at the nomination, if they had not been t hon. gentlemen, however, the people did not 7 l t ted to d b A th -~ take the same view of the matter. The hon. us me o so y. Io""' one. s e _ . + _ fence around these buildings hadbeen re- gentleman complained Utah the Reform party f 1 t i th f th d b t h h d I and,the Reform press had educated the pay l, error . o P e 09"?" o tt . ' "S. ' ' . . ' no hesitation in givrng it as his opinion that pie ofthiscountry to have high notions of l th t f ' od . b d ti t it had Political morality? He accepted the compli- l." "has: "a; go 'li',' (a.n na t . , ment. (Cheers ) The Government Wore doing men co ruc " tk tr price. k 'lt', best.d to mtake the}: 1ffiti,u/itt.dt,ji, 1 Mr. CAM EROl--Whatdid it cost? " pure minis radon w w reprnncrpcs . "I" s' q , of the Reform1porty indicated and approved Mr. ?,'1,',1yyeu8P--rAbt1t th?e000. oi-Wear, hearr-dud they woull not keep f Mr. Ah' KERT---yea, over $4,000 without r office, nor be allowed to keep oflioe for a l ths paint. single day, it they violated those principles l Mr. FITZSIMMONS said that it.was an tolwhich they had ,edircltod ct; people. t excellent fence atanyrate. . .- (C more ) Tho question t ey a now to r . l . y: ', ' consider was whether the conduct of his hon. legit flol1hehul,1t','i'g'), £3.23: at 'e _ friend,the Coauniiitsio.ttisrof Public Works,waa l in. employ an opportunit d e 'i','lt', a: such as deserved the censure expressed in l '(Winn. , 0 go on a n l , this resolution. H e had already referral to i M 'FRT'" . - . the trumpery nature of the charge, and he i: d deER P the course of a few re- I " would now ask against whom was it levcl- "E" i. e tndirf himself against the charge led? There was no man on the slow of this o t'l', "and"th the Pu he] Accounts in. ' 'F House whose integrity of purpose and parity i If? 3; lh', "'th that he wanted to get " . of motive were higher than them of the t a: hl 'tPth,..ittf not " only just M _ Commissioner of Public Worka. (Cheers). mue o itaa 'mted gentlemen Opposite. Three was no man on the floor of this i Mr. CAMERON charged the ProvineUt Home who had allow-'31 a dtispou'tioa more ' Secretary with having gone on the Public i per-reruns or mli.r:uvili :ing. (thezraJ He Accounts Committee purposely toobstruct _ I had mu been before the country for fifteen I the investigation by consuming time know. i . A , . ' ' . years, ennui; seven of which he tur. Mount) t ing that the session would Icon end and that _ had a personal knowlefizo nod intimate a' F he might so manage matters as to have" . qusintauao with him, and he was able to my report thi bran lit in. It was with this . that no man in this country stood higher in new that r. Dickey was being examined. I the estimation, not only of hie own party, After . f" "mum M . : but of the whole country. (Cheers) He Rykert, the motion w" team. Prmce and , was well known for the high "chprr at we the new"... PII and earned, and . actor he had borne in times gone by among- , his political opponents, which was freely acknowledged in those days; for there was I a generosity on the partof Conservatives then w ich was out nnw~-a generosity to .which _ hon. gentlemen on the opposite side could i lay no claim. (Cheers ) Thor-ewes no Exotic ' ' man of whom his opponents were accustomed ' to speak more highly than they dld-tnGhirn who was now Commissioner of A "We Mrorhr-ftrleeml-tad the gentlemt r-who " was at one time leader of the party any)". i ntlemen opposite offered him a seat in his _ abbot. (Loud cheers). Hehad had the " 'det, place in the affections of the peopleof '» " th country that could be '.ereri1tstrttiiys' . public mnn; 9nd be (Mr. Mowat) medially F I - ------t-_q----_, ~