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‘*Mail,” writing on the 19th inst.. says that the Public that jmorning to enquiry into the ‘Inch-Arran hotel] affair. Mr. Rykert occu- jpied the chair. Mrs. Grant, the original |proprictor of the hotel, was called by Mr. | Davies, who proposed to prove through her ithat the hotel was built under the superin- ‘tendence of the Intercolonial railw: ay offi- jcials ; that Government aid was promised, {and that Mr. Grant was to get employment fon the rz uilway on condition of Mrs. Grant |giving up the hotel to Mr. Schreiber.
Accounts Committee met continue the
| THe Ottawa correspondent of the Toronto i
|
|
; have any vight to_ask me my private busi-
Tless.
My. Davies—Do you think you are serv- ing your own interests by w ithholding the document? *
Mrs. Grant
Chairman the document.
Mrs. Grant—It is not in my gustody, It is a fundamental principle in English law that no wife can be arraigned against her husband. (Laughter. ) On that principle | refuse to produce the document. I will go to prison tirst. (Renewed laughter.)
Mr. Davies—Well, then, we must report your refusal to the House.
Mrs. Grant— All right. Lam quite will- ing to abide by the voice of the House of Commons. I am willing to abide by the
That is my business. I think you should produce
S | Mr. Davies—You have been summoned | Vote of the House. (Roars of laughter. ) : co |as a witness, but were delayed because you Chairman—You had better bring the | were not well. document to-morrow. 1 res 5 ; i. aa ed AWO) NDERFi UL SEMEDY Mrs. Grant—Yes, I caught cold coming}, Mrs. Grant—At what hour? (Loud ; 's Bint up and had a gumboil and somé¢ other] /@ughter.) Adamson's Dhani ‘ ough salsam. : f s a Chairman—aAt 10.30 PAR ASOL Uwe HADKS oj ae , : i Goa ' | things, (Laughter. ) \ VASULS, ! i & US | it 18 aS pleasant as honey ughs, Colds, an i 3: . ‘s i , ‘re i Aarne trate ledger tae 7 eee. Ble Davies—-How did you come to build} Mrs. Grant then entered into an earnest pais ate Samia aaa ; nee, ee _» {this hotel ? conversation with the Chairman, amid speediy cured by the use of ADAMSON’S BaLsaMafter | Ul , : ” e ity. Allthe patterns we slot er medicines i ad. m vitier | Mi Grant—I thought I was going to] laughter and cries of ‘“Order” of the mem- ton’t buy before seeing reo onic ¢ tions, can =| make a living for myself out of it. It was bers. . ; ; , = oo taining ja private affair. T did it with my Own pri- Buxom and good looking, the witness RI vy relief not sma lixy oti a1 ae : 2 he ‘FOR SALE BY ALL} GEGIsTs | vate means, and | object to the jurisdiction finally ve tired, looking as if she had ier oe - * « ' Boul | of these gentlemen e nquir ing into what is achieved a victory, and the committee ad- a 6 F. W. KINSM & CO., Drnggists, |purely and simply private affair of iny]jJourne d. I a ‘ a a i , . ‘ On the 20t] Mrs. G t agait ay ‘ .Y¥. lown n the 20th inst. Mrs. Grant was again Mr. Davies—The enquiry is ultra vires, 1; ¢Xamined, — She produced the following suppose (Laughter. ) | document, which was given to her by Mr. Mrs. Grant—Yes, and I enter that as aj Harrison at the time she sold the hotel to protest before | apayrer any further ques- Mr. Schrieber, - MARKET SQUARE, ition. (Much } laughter. ) DaLuovsiz, May 28, 1884. ' Mr. Davies Had you any hope of| Mks. Peter Grant.
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ripg many
1 RIN,
K P. £. ISLAND
farmer Hard
Farmer Good Fertune: Boets do bring trouble children great satisfaction. if you want to astonish please your family buy
fhe
Luck :—* What will I
Bevis
your wext Beots
do? My family,
i brirg them.
give me po peace on account of the Reet They say they are leaky and don’t wear.”
“My friend. you are right; bed i buy give wife
and, aud
DORSEY GOrRF & CO.,,”
Oh’town, March 23, 1835.
years of |
Reeser — unce from the Government
: bi x the hotel / ~M ryant—I{ am sorry to say | know ithe ae and politicians of Canada too
i well to found anything on I ( Roars of laughter. )
| Mr. Davies—How is it that you came to lentertala such a bad opinion ofthe promises of politicians /
i Mrs. Grant | (laughter) but | Matter.
| Mr. Davies that regard le Mrs. Grant—I did Mr. Davies
their promises.
Practica] not in
experience the inch-Arran
Then promises were kept in hot say so. ;
~Were they broken ! That is my private business.
Mrs. Grant
| intuer lot received to-day. Mr. Davies—Do you refuse to answer
n > vee) Ff > a » | 53 eR grrry A yo x faa, ESS at Grant I re 7 fuse to he op stionied 7 [ote VY eo ox clean Ge chad et ‘asl A vs what consider to be private usINess. object to your jurisdiction. (Laughter) CAMERON R] OCK, Mr. Davies—-Were you promised assist-
;
| April 17, ’86 —2aw jance / . ainda Mrs. Grant—I don’t think I was. There ESTABLISHED 1873. MEMBERS CHAMBER jwas a technical difficul ty in the way. I am CGC’ MMERCE |not sufficiently learned in your Legislative
£ ; laws—(laughter)—to say what it was. I
BA 2} 3
ps a 4 often asked for help, but there was no pro- ( R 4 ne, Wi y iC |» . Davies—Why did you ask for help|‘
ee
sa: ; . ate hotel / | Potatoes, Spiling, R.2. Ties, |' "pi a
Mrs. Grant—Why shouldn’t I ask for Eurmaber, fats, Canned help as wellasa member of Parliament / Mday, Eggs,
(Laughter.) Everybody knows that any- Produce,
Break a asin, (> (Re-
| body who comes here wants help. jnewed laughter. )
| Mr. Davies—Then you thought you were only follown ng the custom of the country f
| And selion commission. Write us fully for }
i quotations ; hip to | Mrs. Grant—Yes,
r re 4 dy "} Ss Ww) oO arew » rls s for > i HATHEWAY & CO. eae vies 10 drew the plans for the i ws % : -o : '22 Central Wharf, Boston, Gen-! Mrs. Grant My husband. ‘ coe Mr. Davies—-Did Sir Charles Tupper ap- | eral Commission Merchants, | _M. Davies——Did Sir Charles Tupper a]
} , prove of them 7 ssels to our house. Will | Mrs. Grant—No more than you would receive personal attention. Charte’s, Freights|have, if I submitted them to you as a aad Vessels for the United States, Newfound- friend. (Laughiter.) :
land, West Indies, South America Ports.| Mr. Davies—-Who superintended the con Lumber, stone and Oil Freights, struction of the hotel ?
April 12, 86 Mrs. Grant—In what year
initia Mr. oe I don’t know the year. 1827 be se ie Mrs. Grant—Oh, well, you ought to be ry
Consign your v
3mos
better posted before asking that question
k S86.) & E. K EN N x a of laughter).
Davies—It is because I do not know o— ; on a that I am asking you.
Dry Goods “na Shipping, Mrs. Grant—Well, in 1883 a common
[ALIFAX, ‘ANADA. og from Dalhousie superintended it.
eeu hia ; Mr. Davies—Did not Mr. Hilson. of the ~ | Intercolonial, superintend it /
ray & BK = E N N ai Mrs. Grant He was there at times, but
St +e XX I had other work to do than to know what
MAHON) he was doing, or where he went.
(F. «.
-| Mr. Davies—How long was he there ? Shin Owners and Brokers, Mrs. Grant—You had better ask the ae tein hotel-keeper where he stayed. I am not aneral Commission tierchants, his keeper. I did not keep track of him.
(Laughter. )
i6i GRESHAM HOUSE, : bishopsgzate Street, Mr. Davies TONDON F tell any better than you can. LONDON, BE. U., | what you don’t know about a worth knowing. j Mrs. Grant Well. | ‘ '
The hotel keeper cannot
They
Dalhousie is
say
i PnVIaANG,
Scotts and Vauchans Codes. I don’t keep track of
his boarders, anyway.
| March 2°, 1886, ) (Laughter. )
Sta eek Siete in dela ) Mr. Davies—I suppose you sold out to
i | Vir. Schreiber ?
sas Mrs. Grant— Yes.
| COAL : COA | Mr. Davies—When you sold out did vou
‘ “ }get a document from Mr. Harrison, barris a ——— |ter, of St. John, promising your husband
OURLY expected, cargo ACADIAN | Work on the railway in consequence / LAY if COAL Mrs. Grant My husband can give the
I am sow prepare i to receive orders for \ re aon why he is employed by the Inter- | Round, Nutand Authracite COAL, at prices | COl0mar. So L object to that question im
to suit the ti (Laughter. ) Mr. Davies—Have
ra left at office, \Vater Street, will] .’ r 7 rompt aitenti | with you
CAPT. JOHN HUGHES. [yer oe é ‘ aa.0 2 " 4o3- think it could be i own, April 27, }886—1mo eod Mr. Davies ' i
Mrs. Grant |
mes tLOoLo. } 433 i 4 wa
receive j
tae agreement
haven't it with me. I found. But you have it in Ottawa ?
Have you any right to ask
Mr. Davies—Yes, and you must product he document. = Grant—I think it
sition for a
is a very unfair woman to be put in. It
that question f G EN i “R AL
I ft my saaint (ih : Bonnhants (en0™® Very little honor or manhood among 1a CS r NOT PPPNATI’ ithe legislators of Canada te nut a woman is ES HEANS: thitah mifeiia ule iogisiators Of Canada te put a woman in | VU iUa uy Wii} pli kL UluULL), P . i ce *jS8uch a position. (Laughter.) I object t Z : iprody 1 dar i aa . . 1191 Atlantic Avenue. Reston. | produce the document, and you can put m at OS jim prison if you hoose. (Renewed JIG ; . ial Hau rht r. ) years exper in 18 market, | . : K, 4 Over ti theneand bushele P oe Mr. Davies—You preter the dungeon to potatoes received by us last fall. Our patrons | S!Ving evidence / ; jall satisfied. Vessels chartered for potato} irs. Grant—I prefer the prison to stat- | freights ay sports notice, White for market jing anytl ing about ry husband’s nositior | eee | (Laughtez Specialties Potatoes, Mackerel, Can-; Mr. Davies—Did you consult anybody
ned L Lobsters, Egg.
about producing it /
March 17, '86—3m» ood Mr. Grant—WNo, and I don’t think you
at See IRL coment sears
DreaR Mapam,—-lt is the intention of the Railway Department to employ Mr. Grant at tempor arily, to be followed as soon as practicable with p> rcmanent employment at a suitable remuneration.
(Signed) L.. H.,
She said that Mr. Schrieber knew that ows hotel was all she had to support her
umily at the time and it was done as a per- son ul hing for her.
Mr. Davies -Was it part of your ment.
Mrs, Grant—The only objection I had to giving up the hotel that I would be thrown out on the world with my children who were too yeung to labor.
Mr. Davies—I am not blaming all.
Mrs,
Once
HARRISON,
agree- was
you at
Grant—W el] the whole thing.
Mr. Davies—I do not.
Mus. Grant—Oh, yes, you do. I have been dragged here, and now I have just a few words to say about my husband. | protest against the Government or the re presentatives of the Government having to apologize to the people of Canada or the House of Commons fer the Railway De- partinent employing Peter Grant as engin- eer. My husband, I am prepared to say, may have equals as an engineer, but he certainly has few superiors in Canada, and Mr. Sanford Fleming, Mr. Marcus Smith and Mr. Walter Shanly, whose words stand so high in Canada, will bear me out in this. { do not think it nece ssary that the Govern- ment should apologize for employing my husband.”
you know all about
Mr. Davies —Certainly not.
Mrs. Grant—Well, he has just one fail- ing.
Mr. Davies—Oh, we do not want te
know his failings.
Mrs. Grant—-But I would tell you that his one failing is his pre actical adherence.
Mr. Davies We really do not want to enquire into his failings.
Mrs. Grant—His failings is practical ad- herence to the ten commandments and his belief in them.
Mr. Davies—That is his failing. sorry I a rrupted you
] am
Mrs. Grant Yes, and it has barred him more than anything else. (Laughter.)
Mr. Davies—He is quite a model man then.
Mrs. Grant—So far as the country is
concerned he certainly is ; (Laughter. )
anything else is my business.
Mr. Davies—Would you have given up this hotel if you had not got this document? Mrs. Grant Yes. ] would have 6 given it
up on other conditions,
Mr. Davies—What are these conditions ?
Mrs. Grant—That is my private business, and I o bject to answer the que stion. 1 pro test against it and ] won’t answer it. You have got all you asked for and I will give you no more
Mr. Davies Was this document the con dition of giving up the hotel /
Mrs. Grant—I won’t answer any more
questions. You have got the document.
Mr. Davies—-You must answer that ques tion,
Mrs (rrant Well, ] won Ll, That 8 all about it (Laughte )
Mr. Davies— You won't tell me any more apcurt if
Mrs. Grant—No. You are asking ques- tions you know all about.
Mr. Davies—But I want the committee
to know
Mrs. Grant—-The comraittee have plenty of « ther ways and me ANS O1 learning ib, lived in Ottawa too long t ' know they can
find out what the y Mr. Davies
document ? Mrs. Grant
want. Y Ou are
(Laughter. ) going to leave the
ao sir. The document is not worth much, but I want to keep it as a mur. (Tremendous laughter. )
§ {Mrs. Grant also stated that she had no communication with Mr. Schrieber in re- ference to the purchase of the hotel: in fact, she did not see him until long after. and he made no promise to her
Mr. Collingwood Shrieber. chief engines!
sOoOuUVve
of the ercolonial railw: ay, stated that he ave no authority whatever to Mr. Harrison
Mi Pottings: to promise Mr. Grant work ' he railway on condition that; Mrs. Grant
would give up the hotel He did pur- ch the hotel as a speculati m, bn merely
to get it into good hands to operate it. and
would be glad to part with it for the money he vyave tor it. This closed the investication:.
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