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~James and Mr. Hanna, as part of "possible, puts this upon the records the piece of machinery to carry out falsely, or else he is determined not the betrayal of the interests of the \to see.?" people of this Province. I determin-- ed that no person should ever tind Why He Called Mr. Foy. it possible to say that we did not go to the bottom of any malicrous in-- Mr. Nesbitt then told the commit-- nuendo . Mr, 'Thorne emphatically tee his reasons for calling the Hon. said that not only was the award an J. J. Foy to the stand, saying that he honest award, that he had taken was the last phase in the machinery great care and pains with it, but that of issuance of the fiat, with the ex-- No "That 1as} 11n}§agsfafl{)r'.v to Tay-- ception of Sir John Gibson. He de-- or} 1@¥ ayior a roteste most a £ . o iFata P vigorously against it, u'nd thatda la w-- (.ldre,d"th,dtt. Mr-- :]'oy ?hs'm}'( 'x:;elr}'t.t t;l].'t; -- yer had been counselled and advised }he allegalions + ':'Jt Eonl f~lil 4 o ty j by one of the leading Liberals, that heen falsely issued, were sf A '"'"h l he had not only been advised by him theu?sel\es. ought 'tu satisfy those but that it had been drawn up by making the charges . . f him. What was the result of that"? 6 The e\;](lem-('. adduced from Mr. Again 1 desire to emphasize, Mr. M.cNaughgs cross--examination that Chairman, that, like the first charge, the selection of an arbitrator was not charge No. two, of & corrupt award, at the instigation of the Govern-- the betrayal in the last sequence of| ment," continued Mr,. Nesbitt, but at the interests of the Province, was ab-- his instigation as a business man, solutely destroyed . l having had previous experience with Sees a Licht 9 lawsuits and l.(-(-an'so of Mr. 'l'm']n;"s " es tFt's | health which required a speedy dis-- '"'"You know what followed,. It is nnt; paith eof the whole Dusincss. f for me to impute motives, but know--| '"'Then we see Mr. Hanna n-llm,&'; ing what T do now, but did not then, | Mr. Taylor that 'l'hm:no had been in a reflected light is cast upon all that| the employ of the Government, just went on during the greater part of | what you would expect from a man j the first day. More than once I ask--| * ks nc')tr*d for his svrupulups C L y | ed my colleague here: 'What does this ""We find from Mr. McNaught that; marking time mean? This pretended | t.he d 3"}]0 bolray(fiw the' ('Olnr'i enquiry for books and papers? I see| fidence of xfls superior officer was Qw .T c ow A f man who acted the part of spy, wholi now. They were perfectly aware of all | in all other 0 (ries. is not -- even that Thorne could say in the new brief . '; ~d '0 t -'-rl (';)lm r;. 't \:l nl § 'g mn*-' in their hands, and all that spite and ;frd\ enltdi ltl}']'i;. ":l t'?]:.r(), \\"hr]f :.'{',\.d,'(i'.k_, @ malice could put before the commit--| :'d' out Sm- {h:,r(ft.p"r/tm(.n£ ;;,;(1 was tee; they took advantage of it. They | malicious because Mr. Hanna would k,'.""v also that the very moment that | not protect him. This creature had "nnvss. (']:.'g"d""Pharg" No. 1 had | stolen the letter and was the man gone--No. 2 would zo. There was not | who inspired the charges and truck--| a leg to stand upon for any of the | ed the information about the $500 charges; their case was gone--it was | contribution all over the country to over. | find that the only man to take up "And T suggest that the dramatic| his information was my friend, Mr. retreat which we were treated to yes--| Proudfoot. Every other decent man terday morning was only part of a| he had approached had kicked him play for the continued intriguing by out of doors until it later fell into the my friend, Mr. Dewart, to let the mat--| hands of Mr. Proudfoot. No other man ter stand over to the next morning. in this Province could be obtained It was a case of 'night or Blucher.' who would accept the confidence of He wanted to get ready. There was} this slimy creature-- v.\l;lisnl'l\'illf'. not a tittle of evidence to support the' "'Then T1 called Sir James Whitney. charges. He wanted the npportunity, It is needless to sum up his evidence, to consult with his colleagues to see' because it is put in a few words and how best to stage the next perform-' you remember it, and not only that, ance so as to catch the public e_\'ef but there is not a single person who in this campaign of slander. And we | believes the charge, not even <the had the spectacle which we had, andl man himself who instigated it. Axl | we had the stage getting ready fox-l the test was given this morning. 1 what you gentlemen will no doubt be' ask the people of this Province to treated to next week in the House, ac-- view the conduct of that pale--faced cording to the suggestion made by creature who appeared here , this Mr. Proudfoot. morning and who refused to take the 6 6t aler IF I oath. I would have liked to ask him: kKkept on "Bating the Baste. | 'Did you believe for one moment that C determined, however, al-i sir James Whitney was guilty of this though the case had not a leg to | & conduct?' and I should like to have stand upon, that every vestige of itl heard his answer." should be destroyed and the public should not have ilt' to say that "I];l t]h:- Thinks Mr, Proudfoot Was Wise, evidence bearing upon the charges' e on ; is in. war was not before them. I proceeded tu, ing'\tlz)' I':I:éu?}?:,o[u:;fis "l'li?l 1;91}-]1(;11.: call Mr. Montgomery. Who is he? He P § oA | aelny i¥ o is the solicitor for Mr. Taylor, uguin: ?)L:\lilev'(:o'tl:l(t htdh'fléfbl',ed b):lllm wix)s!d nl'l;z a leading Liberal lawyer, and not only | given an opportunity. That was a flns aear o nX Hioioret ton----'a good desl like the story" o7 evidence w hon he refused to take t_he hesvo -- irishimen: you kno'w .that (t){]zthl hutl"slaxid Llhlal }\[e \A'()l'l.ld 1\)11':)(,'1\'('11111 V & / j e matter in the House. Mr. Nes-- when a snake is cut in two, the parts bitt reiterated his former claims that go on wiggling, and one man had out' the charges were foundationless and the snake in two, but the other went| said that no man with such rugged on beating the tail. When asked h."i honesty and absolute regard for the his companion 'why are you bating| interests of the Province had held the the poor baste?' he replied 'to make | position held by Mr. Hanna since it sinsible of its misfortune.' 1 wanted | Confederation. "No man dare take to make them sensible of their mis--| the oath and say that he believed| fortune, so T continued to pour in m-i-i the charge," declared Mr. Nesbitt. | dence from the solicitor of Taylor up--| '"Then Mr. Chairman, I called Mr.) on th'e award. Not only did this show Hanna. 1 need scarcely say that 1} ' that it was not corrupt, but he said he have known Mr. Hanna for a great, ' was behaved niggardly to; that he mary years. 1 was opposed to him was deprived of at least $5,000 on one| in many important cases and his con--| item and that the money was in thvl duct was such as to keep up the xpOCketS of the Province,--if one may ideals of the profession to which I am use tbhat expression of a Province,-- proud to belong. No man has done, when it ought to be in the hands more than Mr. Hanna for the social of Mr. Taylor. On that supposition a uplift of humanity since the time of delay of three months in the f.';r:lmingl John Howard, and I am glad to rep--, of the fiat would have been a sus-- resent him here. In « foolish mo--' picious circumstance. The least on-l ment he accepted the contribution quiry, as Mr. Montgomery had written for a party fund, and let there be no a letter to one of their own (.(,adju_i mistake about it, I have been active tors, would have told Mr. Proudfoot for thirty years and I challenge any that such a charge was wholly un-- leading Liberal and Conservative to -- founded, the innuendo as part of the say that party contributions are not' scheme, was utterly false. What abso{utely necessary for the proper would become of a solicitor, acting carrying on of the e..lectl.ons. lherg ts for a client, who puts charges of fraud s pfretence rt'hat this miserable $500 falsely upon the record without mak-- W:'!i gr %n'yt ing else. It was not sug--. ing proper and due enquiry? Recent--| '\g.-fi' C th ty t this vile--minded Maison-- e ly such a solicitor was reported to ville that the contribution was for n Cinnlare 3 t anything else. Sir James Whitn the Law Society in England. Judge, 1 h i2 IIney then, what should be th siti has had charge of the administration » e position of of three campaigns a " a gentleman holding the responsible not. . Even heard it sups { have ¢ position of a member of Parliament, there was an'e{',r- lt'.&u'ggost'ed that ho, without making all the enquiry o TLOing cotrupt in them, |\ j ® but rather he is noted all over the 4