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M Smith, with iastructions to report. fhev reported that ! e & Co. were un-| ‘l to the work; tl t Andrews, Jones &| Co., so far as they cid learn, were entire ly unequal the work: that the first avail- able tender they came to was that of Fraser, Grant & Pitbl ido—the first men that they ) ved were able to deal with such a con i au ill W hat did l do! Suppose | had taken theiradvice ? They recommend- di to the Government to pass over Morse & Co. and Andrews, Jones & Co., ana gave the eontract wo Fraser, Grant & Pitblado. We did not take their advice i We aid it was quite true that it was of the highest importance to push the work with vigor, but, we said we have adopted a test of the bona fides of tenders and of the ability of those who ake them. We have said that if they eposit a certain sum of money, that show

: Slander.” . r LN oT The New slander. > ——_ ' sae Wabten Th Sir Charles Ciears the iatier Up, oe ene ‘* . “Tt a 4 : bp » . : \ . . + . ‘ And Demolishes re Glo od (ne report Charl Tupper 's gpeech at th nae n in his honor at the Halifax hotel ‘ s abou ten ce ‘ums ot he / fi tla l ‘ speech is deeply interesting throughout. It deals largely with the great qviestions In which Sir Charles took a prominent part | } during the twenty-¢ yeara he has been in public lif Phe following is that part of it which deals wi ‘*the new siander, and i dem lis} es h T ronto Globe - Now I do not intend on the present oceasion to detain you at any length in re- lation to the controversies that have arisen in connection with the Canadian Pacific Railwey. But 1 may sey this that as this is the first occasion on which a Minister of | ' , +) : » of an. the Crown has had the Op] ortunity ¢ f ad

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and completely the folly of any portion of | the public press if the country outraging | pubhe opinion than the reception with which this siander has been met. Why is it that broadcast. over this intelligent country, a country filled with a body ef as intelligeat men as are to be found in any

portion of the civilized world, a country where th as high-toned a sentiment of public morality as is to be found in any community of the civilized world, why is that charges made in t citic manvet with all these details have simply amused the people ? Why isit that there is little criticism excitement? If these charges were true, if any One of you gentle- men believed that this slander published in the columns of the Toronto Globe news- paper had a scintilla of truth you would not be here to-night to do me honor,—no man of you would be here. I respect you too much to believe that asingle man would be sittiny here honor to a Minister of the Crown ia Canada if you believed there was the sightest of truth in this vile slander. (Che Why is it that this great orgen of a great political party is treated with this overwhelmning unutter able conten'pt from one end of this country toanother ? 1 will tell you why. It is be cause they have

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the common sense and intelligence of this country until they are powerless to injure anybody. I say, with deep regret that a stronger illustration could not and cannot occur to prove that it impossible for anything to be more injurious to a political party than for the time to come when the utterances of its leaders and its press are treated with disbelief and contempt. I say, sir, that the very foundation of our sys'eu is a wise and watchful, and vigorous oppo sition, and I say that is is ouly by the opposition pursuing that course that they are entitled to the respect or confidence of any person. Why is it that neither Edward Blake nor Alexander Mackenzie, nor any man in the ranks behind them, has been found to endorse during the last five years one of those lying slanders of the Gh be? Because they knew to we 1. Edward Blake knows too well, and Mr. Mackenzie well, that would be fatal t

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THE FACTS

in reference to the so-called section B scan- dal! W he nwe caine into power we found that a hui dre d and eighty-five miles of the Thunder Bay im of Canadian

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lying between, and the whole money ex- pended on the two portions under contreet and in course of construction Was utterly useless until this gap was filled up and completed. That was the position. Mr. Mackenzie had had surveyors for a con- siderable iength of time on these 185 miles. Now, what was the first thing we did! We put undercontract these 185 miles that were absolutely C28 niial in order to make this expenditure worth anything at There were neo inhabitants from one end of the line to the other,—nothing but a few Indians to be found, and the only way reach the fertile shores of the Red River and connecting with the great Northwesi through Canadian territory was by the con- struction of this gap which was, therefore,

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considered to be of the most vital importance to the progress of the country. Tenders for the construction of the road came in and what did I do with them? Did [ touch those tenders? No, | passed them into the hands of Mr. Trudeau, my Deputy Minister, a

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fectly sound advice and we said to them, put np the money. They could not put up tive per cent.—-nor one percent. We said to Andrews, Jones & Co., who declared

that they had the money ready, put up your money and if you doso within so many days you shall have the contract Now, why did we limit them toa very short period! Because I had Mr. Fleming’s written statement that to lose a week would probably result in the loss of a year, that just at that time if we did net make a con- tract and let them get in their supplies before the frost came out, they could not ittempt to proceed for twelve months. We vave them more time, and atthe end of that time they could not put up the money I'b had eight days and at the end of eight days they had _ not ut up the money but they = got Morse & Co., whose tender had been passed over, to put up a part of it, but they were unable to put up the money. Under these circumstances we called upon Fraser, Grant and Pitblado, who within three days deposited the $200,000. The contract is now practically finished and cars are runn- ing dsily over this track bu:lt in the face of gigantic difficulties, and yet to this hour from that hour I have been abused because, is it is alleged, I passed over lower tenders in order to give my friends that contract. Now

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were no more my friends than they are yours, Mr. Chairman. Fraser, | knewslightly. { barely knew him by sight. I had never received the slightest favour in the world from him although I understood that he was a Oonservative. Grant, I did know by sight. I had met him but once. And Pitblado I only knew as a very violent political opponent and a man who had done all he could all his life to keep me ont of power. Yet for five long years the Globe has rung the charges upon ‘‘my friends.” Fraser, Grant and Pitblado; and you can understand which sort of a cause it is that a_ great paper must have when it stoops to the retailing for five years of that which it knows to be one of the most lying slanders. Why do they call these men my friends ? For the purpose of making it appear that { assisted to get this contract unfairly into their hands. Yet they repeat this slander, notwithstanding the fact that Sanford ‘leming in this report stated that they were the only men down their tender that could begin to grapple with that work. Phey associsfed with themselves Manning, McDonald & Co , and I was very glad they did so. This was a contract of four millions of dollars, and which, in addition to putting up two hundred thousand dollars, required that they should command a half million f money at once enable them to do anything at all upou this work. And, sir, here never was,—it would he impossible fer any public man or any Minister of the Crown ever to take greater care and pains for the protection of the publie interest than we did. They say they had associ- ated Manning, MeDonald & Company with them. I knew McDonald was a good con- ractor, and that Manning was a man of wealth,anl I was very glad to hear that they had entered into this arrangement. We gave them the contract. Now what does the say? It says that Sir Charles Tupper, who would not give Andrews, Jones & Company a few days more to put up the money, could give Fraser, Grant & Pitboldo three weeks to sign the contract. Why sir, they knew perfectly well that Mr Mackensie let scores of contracts remain ‘nsigned for much longer period, and men went to work the moment they were told that they should have the contract, and in many cases the contract was not signed fm months afterwards, until it had been to a large extent performed. They knew that the only important thing was to settle the contract, and capital would be at work at once, and that the signature had ncthing do with the matter, except as a mere formality. The contract was practically nade the moment the deposit was in our hands,and we did not give them one moment more than Andrews, Jones & Co., got to put up the morey. Yet for four years the G/obe has rung the changes as to corruption and favoritism in regard to this matter ! [ have no hesitation in saying that, after twenty-eight years of public life, in which I have striven with all the power that God to make a character and re- putation for myself, I would stake my whole character upon the letting of these two contracts, under an examination by the most eminent engineers and the ablest business men that can be found. (Great cheering) Wel!

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and I believe that those who know these gentlemen know very well that you cannot get very much money through either of m without earning it. (Cheers and laugh- ter). They never received one single doller jat was not received upon the certificate of Chief Engineer that the money was

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quite true, the engineer and I never had the good for- tune to get through a contract yet without | some crumbling against the engineers. | believe it is a chronic mood on the part of | the part of the contractors, on endeavoring to advance their interests to say that the engineers have dealt unfairly with them, My friend, Mr. Fleming, with the best in- | tentions in the world, with the view of ac- | complishing the saving of a large amount | of public money, knowing that these two contracts run over his 185 miles, through a most difficult country, and believing that it would be possible to improve the surveys and effect a large saving of money, wrote a letter to Jennings, the engineer of one sec- tion, and to Mr Caddy, the engineer of avother section, to say that he would guar- intee to them that they should receive a percentage,—I forget how much, a small percentage —upon all the money they would save by the improvement of the line. What was the result? We took the position that by a careful re-location on the ground by a staff of engineers a large amount of money could be saved. This was done, and I have no _ hesitation in saying that a thing that was never heard of before was accomplished in Canada

that we completed these two con- tracts with a million and one-half of dollars in the treasury under the amount at which the work was contracted! I be- lieve that the work was greatly stimulated by the exertions made and letters written by Mr. Fleming. He wrote them without my knowledge ; the government did not know that he had written them. He was alone himself responsible, and was prompt- ed by the deep interest that he took in the work, and it was only when he severed his connection with the government that the letters were placed in my hands, and I call- ed upon the government to assume the re- sponsibility. The contractors then com- plained, and said that the engineer was doing them a gross injustice, and that the reason he did it was that he had an absolute direct monetary interest in the maiter. They said, you are reducing the work that we were entitled to perform over a million dollars, and we are not getting fair play. But Mr. Jennings was not transferred till the time came when Mr. Caddy, who was a high-minded, able and honorable man, was appointed to take charge of both sections,— the work having been so far advanced that the engineer could attend to both sections. Then a question arose with reference to measurements. They claimed that an in- justice had resulted from

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Mr. Schreiber said, ‘‘ I will take pains to ascertain whether the measurements are correct or not.” He sent two gentlemen of high standing and character, Mr. Bell and Mr. , for the purpose of having most conclusive evidence in his possession as to the actual amount of work done by the contractors. When we made these exer- tions for the purpose of getting the road open a year or two sooner than we other- wise could, the contractors claimed it was an injustice to them, and the government agreed that when the work was completed it should be left to an independent arbitra-

tor to say, what, was right between man and man. Weg these facts concealed in any way? N®, on the floor of Parliament |

stated them. I told Mr. Blake that the contractors had complained of the measure- ments, and we had agreed to take the work out of the hands of the contractors for the purpose of giving the people of Canada the benefit of the use of that road this summer. When I tell you of the enormous tide of travel and traffic that is pouring into the Northwest, and that we could get in six days from Toronto to Winnipeg freight that could not go around via St. Paul, in six weeks, you can understand what it is for the people of the North-West and for the people of Canada to have that road open. The only way of having it opened this year wars the course we pursued. That was to settle with the contractors. For thie reason : they could not run the road after the lst of July, as their contract terminat- ed, and it was impossible without destruc- ion of life and property to have one com- pany constructing the road, and another operating it, I said, we will take this road out.of your hands and pay you for it. and pass it over to the Canadian Pacific Rail- way and settle with them, These facts were stated, and approved of by Mr. Blake and every member of the House of Com- mons, because every man had to see that the road was taken, pot in the interest of | any individual or company, but in the in- terest of the country itself. What was

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L said: Give me astatement of the terms upon which you are willing to settle with me for the three hundred thousand that ;remains. They required that they should

be paid fifteen per cent. on that amount. | said why? They said, because of the |money that we have expended in the pre- | paration to perform that work for which we now get nothing. We putin steam shovels, and established works to put us in a posi- tion in which we could make money ; hitherto we have been losing money, now we have reached a point at which it is pos- sible to make a profit. I do not pretend to | judge of a question of that kind, I handed

it to the Chief Engineer and told him to | make meareport. They required us to | come in and take the rolling stock off their

hands. I said, we will not doit; you must eell that yourself for what it is worth; I | will only deal with yon in regard to the contract that I have made. Mr. Schreiber 'reported that they were entitled to the fif- teen percent. on their work, but that it ought to come off of the Pacific Railway Company into whose hands the work was loiven. I said, send for Mr. VanHorne 'who was connected with the Canadian | Pacific Railway Company. I said to | hit, ‘‘there are the terms which my Chief Engineer says are fair terms,— 13, to pay fifteen per cent. on the work that was to have been done.” Mr. VanHorne aimitted that the arrangement was afair and reasonable one, and that they should do it, and the Canadian Pacific Railway Company purchased the rolling stock of their own motion. It was a thing with which we had nothing to do. There is the whole statement; and out of that transaction, stated fairly in the presence of Mr. Blake, and approved of by every mem- ber of the House of Commons, these lying scandals have been concocted, because they thought 1 had gone out of the country; | that I was beyond their reach, and would | not be on the apet to give them their ans- | wers. Then, for the purpose of showing that I was willing to rob the country in | the interests of Fraser & Co, they said 1}

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nershid with Fraser aad Grant. Ho brought down the deed of co-parinership to me at Ottawa to ratify. 1 refused, and said yon cannot go into partnersh p at all, because we cannot recoynise any person with White- head, since we have one hundred thousand dollars security for the execution of the contrect, and if we allow him to take ina partner it will vitiate the security. therefore made the contract without konwiledge, and I refused to ratify it. But in the meantime they had given Whitehead twenty-five thousand dollars. Mr. Lash was the Deputy Minister of Justice, Mr. Blake’s former partner, now in Mr. Blake's office, whom Mr. Blake will say is not only an able lawyer, but as high-minded a man as lives in Canada. Every dollar was paid by Mr. Lash because I did not have anything to do with it, since I said it wasa legal transaction. The proceeds were putin Mr. Lash’s hands, and he disposed of the money. Every dollar that Fraser & Grant got they

vot from Mr. Lash as Deputy Minister of Justice; and it is out of such material as that that this paper ven- tures to manufacture that statement.

Now, what about the money for the elec- tions ? It would not be at all surprising if Mr. Manning, who is a wealthy mau, con- tributed to the clections. I believe that it is the Ontario elections they alinde to. Mr. Shiedls, before he went into contracting at all, was a wholesale grocer in Toronto, one of the most active and energetic mem- bers of the party to be found in the Do- minion. Mr. Macdonald was a Conserva- tive, and it would not be at all surprising if they contributed; but I say this openly and above board,in the presence of the com- pany, whence I suppose my words will be carried on the wings of the press to every corner of the Dominion of Canada: I bave been Minister of Public Works aud Minis- ter of Railways and Canals since 1878, and I say that from the hour [| entered office down to this hour, if they will show A SINGLE INSTANCE

in which I ever personally benefited myself, or ever received one dollar for my party from any contractor, I will consent to be driven with disgrace out of public life. I knew this, that from the hour I should accept a contribution for party purposes from a contractor, directly or indirectly, | should be his slave instead of his master, and from the hour when I entered upon the duties of these offices, I never had ,a trans- action with a contractor, and never ex- changed a word that I would not have been glad to have Mr. McKenzie on the one side

of me and Mr. Blake on the other. When year after year for long = years this paper and other portions «f_ their

press had filled the country with lying slanders in reference to the Canadian Pacitic Railway, the Government appointed a Royal Commission, and that Royal Com- mission sat and examined every person that they had reason to suppose had any connec tion with any contract, I appeared before that Royal Commission and gave my sworn tes mony. Every contractor was put upon the stand, and was asked whether there was : ny interest on the part of the Govern- ment, or any member of it, in connection with the contract that he had. Every per- son they could? get hold of, was called before the Commission, and instead of sus- taining ONE JOT OR TITTLE OF THE LYING SLANDERS, there in that report of the volumes of evidence taken before the Royal Commiss- ion, you will find that after examining everybody who could be supposed to be cognizant of any facts bearing upon the inquiry, so far from there being one word of truth or one particle of foundation for these slanders it was the very reverse. So complete was the refutation that no man in Parliament was found toendorse one of their slanders, and is there any stronger evidence than that the leaders of the Liberal party should allow these things tu go unchalleng- ed assuming them to be true. Is there any man who does not know that if Mr. Blakeor Mr. McKenzie could establish any of these charges it would be the greatest thing for themselves that could possibly be done. It has never been attempted on the floor of the House. I have again and again told those gentlemen that I was ready for the most exhaustive examination by a committee of themselves, on sworn testimony, but to this hour there has never been a man found within the walls of Parliament to endorse one of those slanders. And what is the consequence / That the Globe newspaper to-day, that should be a power in the land, which as the organ of a great party should have immense power throughout this country, as is power- less to deal with any real act of wrong or injustice, as it is possible for a journal to be. Any man in this country may do anvthing he chooses in the conduct of his political life and they are powerless to bring him to the bar of public opinion, because they have outraged that public opinion so long by gross and malignant falsehoods that noone pays the slightest attention to anything they say. (Cheers. ) When the examination was going on, the Glohe said something about this telegram or that paper; they hinted that if the Com- missioners would call upon this man or summon that man before them, they would be able to learn something about the mat- ter. I cut the paragraph out and I asked the Commission td call every man that had been named. They did so, and instead of being able to sustain the charge, they themselves admitted that there was no ground for them, Then the Secretary of the Commission wrote to the Globe requesting them, if they could, to name some person Who would give evi- dence to substantiate the charge that had been made. They said they did not know anything about it, that they had heard these things mentioned, but had no per- sonal knowledge of them. I hope, there- fore, that you will excuse me from dealing any further with such matters; but it was impossible for me to sit down without dealing at some length with a matter of such vital importance to the reputation and char- acter of the public men of this country. connie cat Si, “TWENTY-FOUR years’ experience,” says an eminent physician, convinces me that the only way to cure nervous exhaustion, and weak- ness ofthe sexnal organs, is to repair the waste by giving brain and nerve foods, and of al) the remedies compounded, Mack’s Magne- ic Medicine is the best. Sold in Charlotte. at Apothecaries Hall. See advertise- [jumell lw wkly

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