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(}.--Have you had any communication with ,-- | him? A.--No. the ! Q.--Either -- by letter or by mossage * is a | A.--No; I went to see him; I told ' | him 1 didn't want to have anything to do »ss | with the matter, and he advised me to keep ) ast | away from it, «& L.s (}.--Did you tell him what Wilkinson told you ell. | about the offer m the Nortn--West?* A.--No. iese | _ Ai}. --lnd he, Bunting, tell you anything about ich | that ? A.--Nu. ass-- | _ Q).--Then you came here to free Mr. Laidlaw len | from blame?* A.--Yes ; 1 nover had one word my | with himm about anything wrong; we are very fail | good ftriends ; 1 came down heee voluntarily, (}.--Tuere is no doubt about your veing me | & political opponent of theirs ? A,. --1 was one of the worst workers against him in ().--Has Wilkinson communicated with you by | sincs you saw him :\?,_(;lzc:'ph'.' A.--He tele-- eq | graphed me once or twice. h-- ().--Drd he write you? A.--Onece. (QQ.----Have you got the letter hero? A.--No. r. Q).--Caim it be produced * A.--Yes. e (),--Will you produce it ? A.--1f I can find it. U.--HMave you any doubt that it is in a shape to be produced ? A.--1 think I can find it, ¥ *# (},-- Will you produce the telegrams * A.--Yes, there is only one. f Q.--Have you any letters but one? A.--No. (Q.----lid you telegraph him oranswer by letter? A. --No. l Q.--How was the lotter to Wilkinson forward-- edfrom CGinelph? A.--1 wrote the letter in the tele-- 0 | graph office on ons ot the blanks, and hastened h | down to thoe station expecting to find an open mail, baving put a three cent stamp on the let-- n-- | tor ; f found there was no open mail, and I seut it by the hands of a triend, h. Mir. FRAasSER now stated that Mr. Laidlaw to | appeared and desired to make a statement, d Mr. Laidlaw said, "I desire to be sworn." Mr. EFras:@r suggested they should take bis , it | statement without.swearing. h Mr. Mrxasoitu--Certainly, take Mr. Laidlaw's statement. 0 Mr. MogRIs made along argument, endeavour» ing to prove that British members of Parlia -- | ment, before jwiicial enquiries before the House in | of Commons, were in the hbabit of teing sworn, Mr. Frasen: did not agreo with the argmment o | at all. Memvers were at porfect liberty to make a statement either in the House or before a Com-- so | mitiee without being sworn, and he disputed the position of Mr. Morris that members of the Brit-- he | ish House of Commons unader sim'\lar ciream»+ as | stances to these were ta the havit of boiug sworn, m Mr. Laidlaw persisted in being sworn, which n -- was dorne,. 3« MR. LAIDLAW'S STATEMENT. o Mr. Latoraw then made the fo.lowing state-- t ment :--M:t. Goldie has come hero entirely un* solicited by me. 1 was not aware that he was in the ciey till 1 met lhum late last night, when he * | told me he had come dowin for the purpose of * | doing away with ts political stain which rested upou me, and I cordially thanked him for what . * | ho has done. -- Noither Mr. Goldie nor any other * | man ever approsched me in any way whatever * iand advised me to vote for or against the & Mowat --Administration. -- That letter might emvey the idea that L1 was to incet * | Mr. Goldie in Toronto, and interview Mr. UGoldie by appointmeut. _ I nover met ) / Goildie by appointment. J had mt Mrc. Goldie azain and again, and be nover once interfered or spoke with me on thius pairticular question during that tims till last night. _ No one ever approach* ed me diroctly or indirectly on this matter, Nic. Fnassgi----We are all agrood on this mat-- ter that you never were approached. Mr., Mrasoirt--1 quite concur in the matter. K MBR MCRIM'S STATEMENT, Mr. McKrtat said----I had an acquaintance with I | Nir. Wilk nson before tius session, 1 board at the Walker House, and he came there early in the session anu sat at the same table with mo, He toid me ho know I was in business difficulties, and named three Registry Offices in the Norths West--Catgary, Reuimna, and Edmonton--but he thought he wouid keep Calgary himself, and he thouzht I should take Edmonton. Me told me he had them at his disposal. -- Me said that if I would take the office and vote sgamst the Gov-- ernment an «llowance of £500 could be got for expensos, and travolling expenses paid beyond . Winnipeg, -- Hesaid he had been at Ocstawa, and had -- artanged these imattersas to the disposal of the offices. 1 at once told a member _ of _ the Government _ all this. and after a consultation 1 determined to tind how --sfke "