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THE DAILY

SEPTEMBER 5, 1887.

The Denial of Mr. L. H. Davies WP.

Ir Mr. L. H. Davies did not say, at Cape Traverse, that the Government had stolen money out of the public Treasury with the wilful and deliberate intention of debauch- ing the he did not say that John Henry Pope, Minister of Railways,

electors, if

had taken the arbitrators into a room, locked the door, seized them by the throats and forced them to change their award in respect to the Onderdonk if, in short, THe EXamINer’s Friday last was not substantially true, then the Editor of THe ExaMINerR been

the evidence of his senses, and

claim

statement of

has misled by we owe to Mr. Davies an ample apology.

That a mistake may have been made in respect to the stolen by means of the arbitrators in the Onderdonk claim—that Mr. Davies may have said $100,000 had been stolen instead of $1,000,000, we are ready to admit; and Mr.

the two amounts said by him to have been

amount said to have been

Davies certainly did not add together stolen. But we are the more satisfied as to the truthfulness of Tue Examiner's state- ment,in its essential points, upon these two considerations: (1) The Editor of Tue EXAMINER was, before Mr. Davies spoke at Cape Traverse, quite unfamiliar with the the Davies referred; he could not possibly have

details of transactions to which Mr.

imagined anything about that of which he was entirely ignorant; and therefore the idea that the Hon.

Minister of Railways, took the arbitrators

John Henry Pope,

into a room, locked the door, seized them by the

eic., could not possibly have been imagined

throat, forced them to deliver up, by him, and must have been a product of the imagination of Mr. Davies, uttered at

Cape Traverse 2) Referring to Hansard—

since the receipt of Mr. Davies’ letter of denial—we find that, speaking of the Onderdonk matter, Mr. Davies used these words

* After that (the first) award was made, the

Minister of Railways appears to have taken the arbitrators by the throat.” ; : i ’ : ‘“* I say that the Minister of Railways and the Chief Engineer had written evidence over Mr. Onderdonk’s own signature, at th they

tame

Si ‘ced these men to stn the new award,” — HaAnNsaRD, pp. 1087. The words here italicized are almost

identical with those which Tue EXAMINER stated that Mr. Davies had used at Cape Traverse. They certainly are not a pro- the imagination of the Editor of THe Examiner, nor did his senses deceive him when he heard Mr. Davies utter them

at Cape Traverse ;

duct of

and it may well and reasonably be inferred that his senses did not deceive him when he heard Mr. Davies

say that John Henry Pope had taken the

arbitrators te a room and locked the duvor.

Mr. Davies says that THe EXaMINer’s statements in this respect are creations of imagination ;: to which we reply that strong and vivid as the imagination of the Editor of THe Examiner imagined,

may be, he never could imagine, for one moment, that Mr. Davies would have the audacity to deny that Tue Examtner’s statements were essentially true. We beg to assure Mr. Davies and the public that we have nut intentionally misrepresented Mr. Davies, and that Mr. Davies’ suspicion that we wished to mislead the press of the other Provinces and to discredit all his statements is entirely erroneous. Had we desired toinjure Mr. Davies in the estimation of gentlemen in the other Provinces, we should reported the violent language of Mr. Davies, in extenso, at the time. We chose rather to regard it as too ridiculous to be of any political im- portance or worthy of any attention; and we should not have referred to it at all had we not observed that the Halifax Chronicle was trying, in respect to it, to place the Halifax Herald in a false light before the public.

Now, a few words as to the gravamen of the charges preferred by Mr. Davies at Cape Traverse, and repeated in his letter of

nor

certainly have

danial.

Inthe very much modified language of the carefully revised report which appeared Mr. Dominion Government, (1) *‘ with having

in the Patriot, Davies charges the prostitated their position by extracting 2,000,000 from the public treasury to be used mainly for corruption purposes, and the law of the land.” (2) With having forced the arbitrators on the of Mr. Onuderdonk to ‘sign a new award for more than $100,000 over the full amount charged by Onderdonk But that money, it was almost certain, did not go to Onderdonk~he was only their tool—it was doubtless handed back and employed against the Liberals at the elec- tion.”

If these charges be true, the Govern- ment are guilty of deliberate theft, as Mr. Davies, at Cape Traverse, said they were ; and the wonder is that Mr. Davies has not,

in defiance of

claim

as in duty bound, taken legal action with a view totheir punishment as criminals. Mr. Davies conveyed the impression at Cape Traverse that the Govefnment had nothing to say in defence of their conduct—that they sat like convicted malefactors and had not a word to say in reply to the charges as

formulated by him inthe Commons. But on referring to Hansard, we find that they made a Vigorous and

warrants forward by Sir Richard Cartwright, and supported by Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Patterson (Brant), Mr. Mills (Bothwell), Mr. Blake, Mr. Davies, Mr. Weldon, Mr. McMullen, The position of the Government was de- fended by Sir John Macdonald, Sir Charles Tupper, Sir Hector Langevin, Hon. Mr. Thompson, Hon. Mr. Foster and others. Sir Charles Tupper, who led the defence, took up the statement of warrants issued, instanced particularly all the larger amounts, and showed that the Government were )us- tified in issuing them. We quote a few of the instances adduced by Sir Charles

was brought

and = others.

as follows:—

‘* Take,” said Sir Charles, ‘‘ take the rebel. lion Josses claims for instance. ° The hon. gentlemen knows that if Parliament, in advance of the Report of the Royal Commis- sion, had provided a very large amount for the settlement of these elaims, it would stimulate parties to put in claims for amounts which, at all events, would cover the appro- priation of Parliament.”

Again:-—

‘Take the first item of $125,631.85. What is that item? The hon. gentleman knows that the Government of which he was a mem- ber dispossessed the Windsor and Annapolis Railway Company—for whom one of his col- leagues exhibited a great deal of sympathy on a recent occasion—ot the possession of the Windsor Branch—forcibly Senenenen them, took it out of their hands, and placed it in the hands of another company. The W indsor and Annapolis Railway Company, under a peti- tion of right, took an action—as they were entitled to do—against the Government of Canada for that act; and the Government— the successors of the hon gentlemen opposite found it best to resist in all its stages the claim which was made, and the verdict which was secured against the Government with re- gard to that claim. But when the time came, when the last appeal to the Judicial Com- mittee of the Privy Council had gone against Canada, ] think the hon. gentleman will agree with me that, under those circumstances, when they found that they were entitled by the verdict of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council to a certain amount, he will agree with me that there should be no unnec- essary delay in paying them a claim which was raised so long ago as the period when the hon. gentleman was in office, a claim which was tounded on the act of the Government of which the hon. gentleman was a member.” Again,

‘‘The hon. gentleman has made no remark in regard to the consolidation of the Statues, because that is a lapsed balance for which Parliament had provided, and which forms an item of $24,762.30. The Royal Commission on Railways was also authorised by this House. I do not, perhaps, sympathize so very much with that appropriation, from the fact that while I had tho honor of occupying the position of Minister of Railways, 1 op- posed the efforts that were being made in that direction; but the House came to the conelu- sion that it was desirable to have that whole juestion examined by a Royal Commission, and provision, of course, had to be made for it. Then, the amount of $164,938.83 for ex- penses of the rebellion in the Northwest Ter- ritories is also a lapsed balance, and the hon. gentleman will agree that having had the sanction of Parliament before-

Str Ricnarp Cartwricnut.—I did state that.

Sir Cuarces Tvrrers Yes, I think so; but as my hon. friend will see, it all goes to make up that large total of $2,000,000, and shows that for a considerable portion of that amount there was actually the previous vote and approval of Parliament. So, with refer- ence to seed grain for settlers, 1 believe there is no question that, if it was found necessary to give relief of that kind, it should be dealt with as an unforseen expenditure. So with regard to the relief of distressed settlers at Prince Albert and Batoche. Therefore I think this sum of $136,679 is one to which no objection will be raised, and I think it will be admitted that it was right and proper that a Governor General's warrant should be obtain- ed in order that relief should be afforded. Again,—

**The only item in this long and rather formidable list to which the hon. gentleman took very decided exception was $4,000 to pay the St. Catherine's Milling and Lumber Company costs in the suit of the Queen, represented by the Ontario Government, against that company. Butthe hon. gentle- men will be greatly relieved to learn that the expenditure had received the approval of Parliament, and is among the lapsed balances, although it is not so stated here.”

In this way it was that Sir Charles met the enquiries of Sir Richard Cartwright as to the warrants which make up the $2,000,- 000 which Mr. Davies said was ‘‘stolen” or ‘** abstracted ” from the public Treasury for the purpose of corrupting the electors. And ir. Thompson and Foster carried the war into Africa by demonstrating that if the Conservative Government were in the mud in respect to the issue of Governor General’s warrants in 1887 the

Liberal Government the 1877 and 1878. the the debate, Sir Richard Cartwright was constrained to make the following admission :

‘*T do not attach the same importanve to items with respect to lapsed balances that I do to other items being paid, for two or three reasons. One is that the matter having been discussed in Parliament, and parliamentary authority having been obtained, although there might be grounds which my hon. friend pointed out on which they might be objec- tionable, yet they were not prima facie so objectionable. Another point is this, that, as regards public works particularly, I am aware that it was found necessary, during Mr. Mac- kenzie’s Administration as well as under other Governments, to push them forward in order to prevent damage being done tothe works. As regards public works, no doubt this is a ditficult question ; I know its difficulties, and I introduced several modifications, with a view to remove some of them, and everyone understands that when a work is in progress it is difficult to suspend it without great in- jury being done.”

Sir Richard Cartwright, evidently, did not think, after hearing the explanations of the Ministers, that the $2,000,000 had been ** mainly used for corruption purposes in defiance of the law of the land.”

Mr, Davies refers to $3,800 expended last winter in the repair and enlargement of the Railway yard at Charlottetown. It will be remembered that the Patriot, when trumping up charges against the Govern- ment previous to the last election, pointed out that the Government had neglected to

were in mire in

Towards close of

effective defence in respect, to buth, The chirgt as t the Governur-Gturryl’s

make a very necessary improvement in the

Rétfway yerd, antl stated that if it were ndt

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| soon made, the tide would probably wash away timbers, etc., which had already been placed there. Having thus had their at- | tention called to the necessity of the work, the Government at once gave orders to _have the improvement carried out. The winter, as we all know, is the only season ‘in which the brush required could be ob- | tained ; if the work were postponed for an- / other year, the tide might really wash away | the timbers which had been placed there, and the Opposition would have just . cause for charging the Government with neglect. The case, as put by the Patriot, was certainly ‘‘urgent.” Thework wasdone. Forthat work a warrant was issued to cover costs, and nounprejudiced man will say that it wasnot done well or that it is not worth every dol- lar of the movey expended upon it. From a party point of view it, undoubtedly, was a blunder, for it gave color to the charges of corruption preferred by the Grits,and caus- ed men to vote for the Grit candidates who might have voted against them. But the improvement was, acecrding tothe Patriot, urgently required, and if so the Govern- ment were justified in issuing a warrant for the amountof itscost and having it made at once,

The space remaining at our disposal will not admit of a lengthened explanation of the Onderdonk matter. When the ques- tion of constructing the British Columbia section of the C. P. R. came up it was not supposed that there would be any commu- nication by vail between that Province and the the Atlantic Moreover, the cost of the transport of for

Provinces on coast.

material railway construction was

then, necessarily, and

would add materially to of the contract if the did not agree to take over from the con- tractor the rolling stock he had on hand at the completion of the work. Consequently, when advertisements were issued, asking for tenders for the construction of this sec- tion, it was stated in them that the rolling stock would be taken off the hands of the contractor at a valuation to be fixed by the

great, the amount Government

very

Chief Engineer—it being at that time supposed that such stock would be useful in the operation of the road as a Government work. On

this understanding Mr. Onderdonk took the contract. When he had completed it, he called upon the Chief Engineer (Mr. Schrieber) to value the rolling stock and take it ferred a claim, stated in Parliament by Mr. Davies at $254,000, and by the Minister of Railways at about $300,000, The Chief Engi- neer appointed Messrs. Reid and Clarke—ex- perts of unquestionable character—to arbi- trate in the matter. They made an award of $72,000—but they did not take into account the cost of transportation to Bri- tish Columbia. After the award was made (we quote the words of the Minister of Railways in Parliament) :—

over as per agreement, and pre-

“There was a protest, there was a row, not only with Mr. Onderdonk, but with Mr. Mills, with gentlemen in New York, and with gentlemen everywhere. I agreed with them, 1 confess, that according to my limited judg- ment and knowledge of those matters, that it was a very low price indeed. I said to them: ‘Gentlemen you shall have fair play. I will ascertain how this is; but I suppose they must have valued the stock at what it would be worth here.’”’

Accordingly Messrs. Reed’& Clarke were recalled, and after some hesitation—-after having the matter fully explained to them —signed a new award giving to Mr. Onder- donk $200,000 in payment of his claim for $254,000, (according to Mr. Davies) or $300,000, (according te the Minister of Railways). Mr. Davies says that the cost of transportation was set down in a paper prepared by Mr. Onderdonk, at not more than $27,000, and that this amount only should have been added to the amount of the orignal award. But the Minister of Railways declared in Parliament :—

“‘T can say to the hon. gentlemen that it (27,000) _is not the cost of the transportation of one fifth part of the stock.”

We may surely presume that the Minister of Railways knew what he was_ talking about just as well as Mr. Davies, and it is not probable that he would make a. state- ment in Parliament which could not be substantiated. It must be remembered that all the rolling stock employed in the construction of the British Columbia section was taken thither by way of the Central Pacific Railway to San Francisco, and

thence by steamer, at an enormous cost. At any rate, the arbitrators —two honest men—after some hesitation

and on full representation of the facts of the case, made a new award giving Mr. Onder- donk about $200,000 $72,000.

These are, in brief,the facts of the case as they appear in Hansard. It will, we think, be admitted that they do not substantiate the charge of Mr. Davies that John Henry Pope took the arbitrators by the throat and forced them to bring in an award under which $100,000 were abstracted from the public Treasury and ‘employed against the Liberals at the election.” Nor do they bear out Mr. Davies’ assertion that the new award was for more than $100,000° over the ful! amount charged by Mr. Onderdonk. On the contrary, they show that the award was from $54,000 to $100,000 less than the amount of Mr. Onderdonk’s claim.

instead of about

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~~ MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5. 1887.

The Rifle.

Eanuels, Tweets & W

We publish below the names of the marksmen who will comprise the next Wimbeldon team. The scores made at the

recent competition at Ottawa are also attached :— Pts. — le Smith, 86 Jolin RiGee... 2. oon e ses pe Sergt Case, Halifax G A... 0.0... 6e eae 33t 6 Y Lt H Chamberlain 43d Bett............. 344 I 2, 000 ards Staff Sergt W Ashall, Queen’s Own....... ro Lien’ Pies, GOGO. .i.d... 6 G00. oo heey 330 _ Lieut J Dover, 78th Batt................ 330 EXTRA VALUE . Pte W S Duncan, Queen’s Own........... 4 Pte D Mitchell, 13th Batt............... 325 4 . ‘ Lieut W Mitchell, 32nd Batt............. 324 sell NS qhy A p for Cash Lieut H Gray, GG FG. Ms a thane = 3 - = - Staff Sergt A Wilson, 33rd Batt.......... 325 Sergt W H Adams, S62nd Fusiiors...... .323 AT Tht Sergt Armstrong, G 2 Md deteeasecsad = Sergt W Short, GG FG ............4. 322 | Sergt Marks, 60t» Fusiliers ............. R21 | LONDON HOUSE ‘ Sergt Goodwin, 13th..........-.+:.+s+0+5 $2i Gunner Campbell Halifax G A.. ...... oo S21 | ee. ee Pte R McAflee, Victoria Rifles........ . 821} 7 Lieet MoDioiiih, GOOB. . oo 5. ois it cc eec 320 Sergt Miner, 7Ist Batt..................820 & OO” % ards Flanne!---Scarlet,

Household Furniture.

Tweeds & Worsteds—4,000 Yards

Garay, White and Navy. HARRIS & STEWART

SUCCESSORS To

Geo. Davies & Co.

BY AUCTION,

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Wednesday, September (4th, AT ll O'CLOCK,

At Mrs. R. Shaw’s residence, next door to the City Hotel, corner of Great George and Dorches- ter Streets, all the Honsehold Furniture, consist- ing in part of Parlor, Dining-room, Bed-room and Kitchen Furniture, comprising in part—

Parlor Set (walnut and H, C), Mantel Mirror, _ " — —e nomen — ee

Mantel Drapery, Brussels and Tapestry Carpet,

Window Fixings, Lace Cyrtains and Poles, Bric- ———-= 30:

SPIGA OOO F—SP97S10 44 WD Spoon |

| Ch'town, Sept. 1—wky

a-Brac, Globe and Flowers, Oil Paintings, Hang- ing Lamps, sideboard (mahogany), Woif Hearth Kug, Coal Vase, Fire Irons, &c., 1 Hall Hat Stand, Hall and Hed-reom Sto: e2, 1 Marble-top | Bed-room Set (walnut—cost $120), Painted Bed- room Set, Bedding, in Feather tseds, Wool and other Mattrasses, Blankets, Counterpanes, &c., &c., Lot Kitchen Utensils, &c., &c.

—ALSO

Silver-plated Ware (extra fine), consisting of 1! very handsome ‘Tea Service, Cake Baskets, |

| Salvor, Fruit Dishes, Butter Cooler, Pickle Dish, | , oped gE K q ‘ B ‘ Ki ANN K : Tea, Dessert, Table, Sugar and Mustard Spoons, | Bop _S fy A . Castor and Napkius Rings. i - . —, |+ UR Third Annual Cheap Flannel Sale commences THURS- Tea, Dessert and Dinner Knives and Forks, | }

sad semdey ciher attidies, caly a tow worth! DAY MOR*ING, Sept. Ist, when we purpose showing the in use. /public thousands of ya ds of Red, White and Gray Flannels. This whole lot was bought very cheap, and we intend to give Great Bargains for Cash, It will be a grand chance to secure your winter flannels at extremely low prices.

Cheap Red Flannets, Cheap White Flanne!s, Cheap Gray Flannels.

JAMES PATON & CO,, MARKET "QUARK.

Ch’town, August 31, 1887.—dy & wky

A. McNEILL,

Auctioneer, Sept. 5, 1887. |

AUGTION SALE.

Furniture, Horses, Carriages, &c

I AM instructed to Sell by Auction, on

Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 6 & 7,

AT ll O'CLOCK,

At the REVERE HOUSE,

ALL THE

Hore. Furvirure!

Comprising Drawing-room, Parlor and Bed-room Suites, Dining an Smoking-room Furniture, Table Appointments, Kitchen Furniture, Stoves, | * - ' “a . eT eT iT

&c., B Bedding, Linen, &c,—the complete

outiit of the REVERE HOUSE. —FOR THE— =

Fall Trade.

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VEAC DONALD

Horses, Carriages, Sleighs, Harness, &c.

Sale Positive—No Reserve. TeRMS—Al])] sums under $50, cash; over that amount, three months on appreved joint notes. A. McNEILL,

Auctioneer. Ch’town, August 22, 1887.—ts wky2i

LUMBER AT AUCTION.

N Peake’s No. 2 Wharf, on TUESDAY, the 6th inst., at 5 o'clock, p. m.—

6,000 feet No. 1 Pine Deals and Boards,

4,000 feet No. 2 do do do

10,000 feet Spruce and Pine Deals,

J. HB.

7,909 dar sings, is Selling Off at Extraordinary Low Prices all.

Ex. Schr. Leanora.

A. H. B. MACGOWAN. Auctioneer,

Kinds of Dry Goods and Ready-made Clothing, to make room for Fall Stock. Please Call. ——— OO -—

J. BB. MACDONALD

Ch’town, August 25, 87—dy wy— pat

Ch’town, Sept. 5, 1887,

For St. Johns, Newfoundland.

Bankrun blothing,

CHM! areas WO Al}

A(): SUITS, bought & prices that will astonish all.

The natives have got to. be surprised, and the only way to do it is to show them our C othing and tell the price.

TEAMER BONAVISTA, for St. John’s, New

foundland, will .be due at ‘sharlottctown MONDAY AFTERNOON, the 4th inst., and will carry cattle and sheep on deck. For freight or passage apply to PEAKE BROS. & CO., Agents, Sept. 3, 1887--2i

Schooner, Seine & Seine Boat AT AUCTION.

I WILL Sell by Auction, on WEDNESDAY, the 7th inst., at Alberton Wharf, the schooner Mar3Zaret Jane, 42 tons register, Seine and Seine Boat; also a lot of Salt and Barrels.

JOHN AGNEW.

Furniture, Plans, Varpsts

AM instructed by WILLIAM ‘VELSH, ESQ., M. ‘P., to sell by Auction at his residence, Euston Street,

Thursday, September 8th, - AT TWO O'CLOCK,

All his Household Furniture, comprising

Alberton, Sept. 2, 1887.

Parlor, Dining-Room and Bed-Rooms Sets, All- Suit: mcs , > : ai. s Peace tee hn, ahi Alun ks Plewy (90th All wool Suits, worth $10.00 (just think of it) now | fine). only $6.50.

G. M. HARRIS, 5 ; | Keckibisead: Extra good Worsted Suits, worth $14.00, now $10.00, Coat, Pants and Vest, separate, at tremendous low prices.

Try us, we can do it, and the goods must go.

i; E& PROWSECS

eod tl sale—pat

Lobster and Mackerel Labels,

{ GLOSSED Lobster and Mackerel Labels now in stock and for sale by

GEO. W. GARDINER, SIGN OF THE GREAT BIG HAT, 74 QUEEN STRERT, Quevn Stumre, 6, Augost 19/ 1887, 7 Ch'town, August 8, 1887—~eod & wky ae :

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