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SOME POLITICAL QUESTIONS
THE LAND OFFICE DEFALCATIONS.
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Able Speech of Hon. Donald Ferguson
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During the Debate on the
Address.
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( Concluded.)
Thus, you will see, Mr. Speaker, that according te the old Land Purchase Act which was in force prior to 1876, the Com- missioner of Public Lands had power to appoint his own deputy and clerks, and was held responsible for their defalcations, and had also to give security for the faith- ful performance of their duties; but the Act of 1876 repealed these provisions and made provision for an Assistant Commis- sioner, gave him all the powers the Com- missioner himself possessed, and required him to give security to the Goverament for the faithful performance of all the duties of his office. Under the old Act, the Com- missioner had the appointment and control of the deputy; under the Act of 1876 that power was taken away, aud the assistaut received his appointment and instructions direct trom the Government. Another provision was made in the Act of 1879, uniting the officer of Provincial Secretary and Treasurer and Commissioner of Crown and Public Lands. That clause reals-as follows :
“See. 1. The offices of Provinciil Secretary ant Treasurer, and Commissioner of Crown and Public Lands, sual! be united in one per- son, who shall be styled the Provincial Secre- tary-Treasurer aud Commissioner of Public Lunds, and he shall be a member of the Pro- vincial Administration for the time being, and shall hold office during pleasure.”
It was not contemplated that the Com- wnissiouer of Public tends should be per- sonally respousible for the honesty of the Assistant Commissioner. He was respon- sible for the general management of the office; but if he were to be held respon- sible for the defalestions and wrony-doing of the men employed by the Government under him, no man would accept the
position of Commissioner of Public Lands, at the same time being required to run elections, attend to
parliamentary duties, supervise the Pro- vincial Secretary's office, and give a portion of his time to general Government business, such as delegations, the Stock Farm, Poor House and Lunatic Asylum—while occupy- ing the Land Office. The Act did not con- template this, as it made provision thai the Assistant Commissioner was tu have al! the power that the Commissioner himself had, and to have full charge of the office in the ab- sence of the Commissioner, and to give ample security. I dare say, however, that the Opposition will go on and repeat all the charges which they have already made against me. I maintain the principle of ministerial responsibility, but in no country has that principle been pushed so far as in this province, respecting this matter. With regard to the man who has been the sub- ject of so many comments, and who has passed away from our midst, I have only to say that he occupied the same position under the former Government as under the present one, and that, not- withstanding his fault, he was an exceed- ingly clever and industrious official, posses- sing versatile talents and being in every way avery capable man. I never heard the breath of slander imputed to him. He was ready and willing to do anything that the call of duty required at his hands. He stood high in every relation of life. I had the fullest confidence in him. That confi- dence, taken in connection with his ability and the powers given him under the Act, which were equal with those which | myself possessed, caused me to repose in him the fullest trust. It was impossible that 1 could watch continually over his shoulders. It was, therefore, only natural that much confidence would be placed in him. But that confidence was, 1 am sorry to say, mis- placed. To listen to the remarks of hon. gentlemen on the other side of the House, one would imagine that never before had such a thing vccurred in any country or in this Island as these defalcations. Not long ago there were very serious defalcations in the Education Department, when the hon, member for Strathalbyn was the Leader of the Government inthis House, But net one member of the Legislature accused him of not looking after the interests of that vflice, but an unfortunate man took money from the public that did not belong to him under the very nose of the hon. gentleman. Later on there were defalcations in the Land Office. I remember I ran an election with an hon. gentleman who was at that time head of the Land Office; but I never heard a single accusation made against him, or any attempt made to ruin him on that aecount. I remember also when this House was robbed, when alarge sui of money was stolen from the table of the Clerk of this House. Why was not the then Speaker, ithe Hon. John Yeo, charged with derelic- ‘tion of duty in not looking after that money. Hon. members of the Opposition laug) at the idea. Why was not that matter in- , quired into / | The hon. junior member for Fort Augus- tus said that there was aneasy way of settling the question in reference to the de- | faleations which lately took place ; that in- | stead of appointing a costly Commission the Government might have taken the easy way of sueing the securities of the late Mr. Strong. Why, sir, the flimsy nature of ‘that argument is apparent on the face of it. : Before commencing a suit of that kind you ‘must know the exact amount for which you sue. But if no investigation
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ling, like the
‘and when public
had been made as to the extent cf
the defalcation, and as to who was the guilty party, the whole probably
have turned. on the validity of the bond, respecting the legality of the proceedings, aad a verdict rendered accordingly. Wio is it that now asserts that the Government should have sued the securites? The hon. junior member for Fort Augustus! Would you believe it, sir, that hon. gentleman announced at the elections that the Govern- ment could not collect a single dollar from the securities. This is the gentleman who aspires to be the Attorney General of this Province. That hon, member announced that the Government had no case, and could nut collect any portion of the money from the securities. A pretty Attorney General, indeed, he would make, who made such a statement as that in advance, not knowing whetiier he would have to sue the securities or not. The hon. gentle- man forgot his utterances on that matter, or thought the Government had forgotten them. The hon. gentleman, during his speech on Saturday quoted trom my report for the year 1880, respecting the man- agement of the Land Office under under my predecessor, the Hon. Joseph Pope. I say that the office was well managed by my pre- decessor, and I maintainthat its adminis- | tration under myself was equally eilicient.
{ freely and fairly claim that when this in- vestigation has sifted to the bottom every | transaction it will be found that the man-| agement of the Land Office which IL pro- avunced a good one in 1880, is just as well carried on at the present time. Let the Commissioners go intu every detail of that office, let them go to the bottom of every transaction, and they will fiud not a single case where the Comuissioner or any other member of the Government has trafliced in asingleacre of land through the Land Office fur the last 10 years. But if the in- quiry gues beyond the period all tted to the Commissioners, Ll wiil cases uuder former Governments in which gentlemen cecupying seats on the Opposition used their official positions forthe purpose of ob- taining public lands that should not have been sold to them. We have the evidence respecting this matter at hand, and will produce it at the proper time before the people of this country. The hon. mea.ber is wincing at my statement; of that | am quite sure. He says he knows everything contained in the speech, even about agri cultural matters. Well, I believe the hon. gentleman knows very litt!e about agricul- ture, and the less hesays the better forhim- self and his credit as a wise man. My hon. friend, the Leader of the Government, says that it is mot usual to announce all the Government measures in detail the Speech at the opening of the session. ‘“Oh,” says the hon. member, ‘‘I have you there. Your speech accuses you. Why did you put that clause in about the con- tract with the Exhibition Company.” Well, in reference to the contract with the Com- pany, the Government have merely carried out the legislation of last session with re- spect to it. A bill was passed, containing the necessary provisions, and the Govern- ment have simply given an account to the- House of their stewardship respecting it. It is not the custom to enter into details with reference to the intentions of the Guv- ernment respecting public questions dur- ing the discussion on the Draft Address in | reply to the Govern’s Speech. The hon. | gentleman will have another opportunity of discussing these questions, when we will take him back step by step over a number of years, and show him how our agricultural improvemnts have been advancing onward and upward, until they have culminated in the erection of those grand exhibition | |
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buildings, and in an exhibition which, IL! hope and trust, will be second to none this | side of Toronto, in this Dominion. The) hon. gentleman also referred to the propos- | ed bridge across the Hillsborough River. | and admitted that the people on the south | side of that river want to keep that mat- | ter entirely out of party politics. I would appeal to bon. members of this House, | and ask them how the hon. gentleman can justify his conduct to his constituents when he made a fierce attack upon the Government respecting that matter. Be- fore they had announced their policy re- specting it, he rushes into this House and makes the question in reference to the Hillsborough Bridge, a subject for fierce political attack. This course is only in
keeping with his conduct during the late election contest regarding that matter.
During the election we heard that the Grits at Southport had called a meeting at | that place for the purpose of considering the ferry question. That meeting was, no doubt, called at the hon. gentleman’s bid- dng, orthatef bis agents. He was all along depending upon the defalcations in the Land Office fur political capital to enable him to get a seat in this House, but’ he thought the bridge question might assist hima in his efforts. We met him at the meeting and discussed the ferry question. He had his master with him. We discussed the matter there as the people wished, aside from al! party politics. I may men- tion to the House that before that meeting was held the hon. Commissioner of Public | Works had taken steps, and had consulted an Engineer abroad for the purpose of ob- taining necessary information respecting the proposed bridge to ascertain whcther or not its cost was within the means of the} Province, or whether the Federal Gov ern-! ment might be asked to take any hand or} assist in the work. The Opposition have hitheito been toil-| fishermen on the Galilee, and yet have caught nothing. They are to-day in the same helpless posi-| tion rs in the year 1879, when they were! routed foot and artillery at the | general election of that year. The people| have repe ied that operatiog no less than four times. On four different occasions, | when appeals were made to the peuple, | questions were discussed |
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Sea ot
har e norse,
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vince, our policy of economy and retrench- | *
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little nearer the goal] of their ambition than at other times, as in 1882, but by some un- accountable means they were very soon thrown back a further distance from the promised land. The fact is, they srea party without a policy. The hon. Leader of the Opposition would not have secluded himself at Port Hill during the fiery con- flet when his gushing Lieutenants were carrying the party on to defeat if he had had a policy t» announce to the people. But he knew that the affairs of the country were quite as well man- aged by the present Government as they could have been by himself, had he been in power. They, therefore, merely carried onakind«f guerilla warfare against the Government in different sections of the province. The hon. junior member for Fort Augustus has alluded to other subjects not mentioned in the speech at all. If have found it unnecessary at presen:, to go inte all these subjects; but if he is anxious to discuss them at further length, after he gets his shoes fairly brushed on the carpets of this chamber, he can have his wishes met. As hon. gentlemen opposite are very impatieat for debate, we are inclined to gratify them. Later in the session we will have a chance to go more fully into the question. (Loud applause). : 1.0,
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