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| APPOINTMENT AND DISMISSALS IM P. E. ISLAND,

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Hon. Mr. Howlan rose to submit the motion on the

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paper in his name which read as follows: ‘That he would ask the House to take into consideration a return to an address to His Excellency the Gov» ernor General, to cause to be laid before this House a copy of all appointments to and dismissals from office in P. E. Island, as well as a copy of all petitions and other papers connected therewith since Ist July last, and would then move the following

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} HENRY C. DOUSE.

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be dismissed from office unless for either misconduct or incapacity.’ The hon. gent- leman proceeded to say that the papers brought down had not been printed, but that was not his fault. P. E. Island had come into Confederation on Ist July, 1873, when it was necessary in the interests of the pubhe service of the Dominion that several of the Departments should be re~ organized, and new appointments made

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, Termseasy. Apply to under the new arrangements. These ap- GEORGE W. HOWLAN pointments were not made until the follow- Feb. 16, 1874. t ing November when we, its representatives,

were up here. What we complained of was that without any complaints against the new appointees they were removed from office—not that at that particular time the Government which made those appoint ments had not a majority in the country at their back, and that therefore the said appointments were not entitled to the credit allowable under other circumstances. It would be remembered, the Island was then a portion of the Dominion, and it was necessary the appointments should be made. After July the Custom House offi. cer at Charlottetown had to doall the work, so that in the interest of the public service the appointments had to be made. The appointment had been filled by his (Mr. Howlan’s) successor, and he filled the office with due satisfaction to the department ; but without any notice of any incapacity on

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Hotel-keepers, Blacksmiths, | TANNERS, AND MECHANICS | ih Dorin the was romoved toomarily a

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ALL TRAD January. The particular appointments OF L zs, suede the Island were in the Custom

As well as Business Men, House, Inland Revenue and Post Office i Baal Department. The first difficulty arose

I oe in the thriving Village of ALBER- when the Deputy Minister of Inland Revs halen tes Roetear tere as land 10 high, enue oocupied the office, : The different dry, and well situated, near "| appointments were sent ae o = ; department in Ottawa to the offices below.

i SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, MILLS, &C. | The new officials complied with all the con. | Plans may be seea at the offices of Reagent | ditions of the acceptance of office. He | Saaw, Esq., Attorney at Law, Charlottetown, | spoke at present particularly of Messrs. | of Jouw Batt, Esq., and at the Subscriber's. Ferguson and MacNeill, both of whom

TERMS,— 25 per cent. down, or by approved | were in the Inland Revenue Office. An note at three months, balance in four years. Officer from Ottawa went down to swear ; Att Lots unsold will be offered at AUCTION | those gentlemen in, but strangely enough,

os Thursday, the Eighteenth June next, at 31] on reaching Charlottetown, discovered he

| o'clock, @. m. had not the power, He said in the cor- respondence that he then applied to the Minister there—Hon. Mr, Laird, he sup» posed—who also probably discovered he had not the power. The matter was then referred to the Department. At this time the gentlemen were in possession of their offices, and the gentleman from Ottawa wis to examine them and report. They had handed in their bonds, but he notified them next day that they must not take charge of their offices, though twenty drys had elapsed since their appointment. The gentlemen who occupied the office for the time then. wrote the letter of the 24th November to Mr. Brunell, the assistant head of the Department.

Hon. Mr. Aikins here suggested that the papers should be printed, to enable mems bers to understond this question in all its branches:

After a brief conversation by several members on the subject,

Hon. Mr. Scott said it was unnecessary as the facts were admitted, and upon them the hon. gentleman proposed to Jay down a principle as to such dismissals.

Hon. Mr. Howlan promised to give the information contained in the papers in the course of his remarks. He continued to say that this was a most important ques- tion, involving all the provinces as well as Prince Edward Island. He desired to show there was a necessity, a basis, in fac’, and justice for a resolution of this kind. After Mr. McNeill had received office, with all his instructions and preparations, he wrote an answer acknowledging the receipt of the letter, informing him that the Governor General had been pleased to appoint him Collector of ident Revenue, &c., and on the 20th of the month he had received a note as follows: ‘Please do not enter on the duties of District Inspector until further advised.’ This was certainly strange cons duct when viewed in the light of other

circumstances detailed in the corresponds

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GEORGE W. HOWLAN | Alberton, April 13, 1874.—s j ne till June 18

‘MILL PROPERTY AND LANDS FOR SALE OR TO LET.

i HE Subscriber offers for Sale, or will let for a term of years,a Shingle and Saw , situated on Howl's Brook, Township

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all the way to Pictou, stopped two days there and then crossed to Charlottetown before discovering he had not power to administer the oath to a gentleman some- time appointed, and ready with all his securities to fulfil the conditions required by his appointment. The strange feature

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of the case was, however, that the Hon. Mr. Laird was there all the time, doubt~ less ready to give his advice and to inter- fere, though not the minister of that par-~ ticular department. It was a singular co- incidence that he was there, and he left the House to draw their own conclusions from it. He next read the narrative of the Ottawa official. including his mention of his consulting Mr. Laird on the occasion. He (Mr. Howlan) could understand his consulting the head of the department in question. A Mr, Nash, connected with the service here at Ottawa, was sent down and remained until the 9th January. when the Government appointed John A. McDonald. The matter had been left in abeyance from November until January, one party thinks ing that he had the office, and another telling him that he could not get it. This was an extraordinary position to be placed in. Mr. McNeill assumed office, but the correspondence did not give the letters which passed between him and Mr. Patterson at (Ottawa. Mr. Ferguson Was an assistant at the same plaee office, and was put through about the same operation as the other. Next we come to the Marine and Fisheries Department. To that office were appointed Mr. John Cors bett and Dr. J. T. Jenkins, and it might be surprising that at this moment Mr. Cors bett supposed he had got the office. He was appointed on the 13th of October and dismissed on the 6th of De- cember, but at present he had no know- ledge whether he was really dismissed or not. He wrote a letter to the Minister of Marine and Fisheries, having no direct communication with the office. He was one of the best architects in the Dominion, was every way fit for the position, and could procure ee for fan A $50,000 as appears by his letter to the Department. Th solteer to his note he was informed from the Department—“ I have to acknow.- ledge the receipt of your letter, addressed to the Minister of Marine, requesting to be retained as the Inspector of Lighthouses, eee you that the matter will be considered.’’ He(Mr. How~ lan) presumed the matter was under con- sideration. Yet, to this day he did not know whether he was dismissed or not. He con- tended that that gentleman ought to have been notified of his dismissal, so as to have been able to act in the matter in the way most conducive to his interests. Dr. Jens

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it is a pleasure to have customera come kins, the medical officer, was appointed on and examine. the 18th November, and dismissed the 6th ena Up to the time he left hn

land was i Gceorge Woods & Cos. | aiities of his office, and supposed he was to CELEBRATED be continued therein. His was -

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paymaster. were dismissed ; but some bright star in- fluenced the fate of those gentlemen, for

i This act was done

JOHN NEWSON.

dark, those gentlemen Seillove emabe good folsede tn ther cil, Queen Square, Mareh 10, 1873. or dismissed one week, they were res

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appointed the next. They were a sort 0: double-barrelled gentleman, for they were | appointed by both Governments, and there- | fore must be good officials. In the Custom | House there was only one or two dismissals. | Mr. Collector Currie

luck to his connection with the paper of | Mr. Laird, the Patriot of which he was ed-

haps owed his good

itor. Mr. McLennan, who was removed, had no charge of misconduct or incapacity brought against him since he accepted the office on the 4th November; yet he was discharged on the 9th of January. He would necessarily, in the meantime, have given up his private business. He was sober and industrious, and every way quali fied for the post, still he had been kept in suspense up to the 9th January. A paper with respect to the dismissal of a man named Costain, being dismissed at Sums merside, had not been produced. He was aman 50 years of age, but was suddenly deprived of his little salary. His petition for reinstatement was signed by nearly all the clergymen, bankers and merchants of the place. His successor had been as sud- denly and mysieriously appointed as in the Other cases. The Auditor General's De- partment was one of the most i rtant as they all knew. The Treasurer land was appointed to that particular office with an assistant—a young man who had held office under all Governments, useful and very difficult to be done without. He was advised to take the oflice, and there was no complaint made against him. He was wel! qualified and experienced, yet he too wus re- moved from office on the 12th January, a particularly unfortunate day for all officials in Prince Edward Island. He (Mr. Howlan) contended that this policy was injudicious and hurtful to the public interest. Those gentlemen dismissed had not received that courtesy and fairplay to which they were en- titled. It might be answered asa strong argument that Government made those ap- pointments when they were going out of power, but several officers were also appoint- ed in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick at that particular time, yet he was not aware of their having been treated as the Island officials. It was rumored in the Island that

offices in the Custom House, Inland Revenue and Post Office Departments. That would be most unfortunate for the interests of the Dominion, because the system pursued in the Island might be carried out in the other Provinces, The Islanders were a contented people, and small as they were as a commu- nity, they were nut calling for better terms. Their present officials had given entire satis- faction. The Government, if they disturbed the trade of the country by deranging the post office and other public departments, would not be acting for the advantage of the country. Befor4 Confederation the Islanders had the unfortunate habit of turning out the officials with the change of Government. (Hear, hear, from Hon. Mr. Scott). For this and other reasons we advocated Confedera- tion, afler which we hoped the practice would cease. He knew it would relieve the Leader of the Government to be freed from the necessity of making those changes. In conclusion, he said he was strongly opposed to any dismissals from the civil service ex- cept for misconduct or incapacity. He thank- ed hon. gentlemen for the patience and courtesy with which they had heard him, and concluded by proposing the foregoing resolution

Hon. Mr. Scott replied at considerable length, explaining the conduct of the Federal Government in regard to the Island dismiss sals complained of by Hop. Mr. Howlan, whom and his colleagues in the Local Legis- lature, he denounced for having, in their days’ tenure of office, swept the Island Des partments of the officials, many of them old, efficient and we)l-conducted, in order to put in their places political friends of the men just raised to power. No notice was given the dismissed of the intention to dispense with them, in the interest of the friends of the Ministers for the time being. Yet this | hon. gentleman had the audacity to complain | of dismissals on the accession of the Ottawa | Government. They had acted generously in } the matter, allowing half the number of the } newly-appointed officials to retain their | places, restoring only half of the improperly | dismissed.

He favored the resolution in the abstract, | but would not vote for it because it clearly | implied a censure of the Government

| Hon. Mr. Wilmot said that it would be most unfortunate to adopt the policy, that to the victors belong the spoils American system, was in every sense bad

| The true system wae the British, under

which a certain number of officials were, by |

Act of Parliament, prevented from interfer. | ing with polities, or voting, or, if allowed to | vote, forbidden to use any politica! influence for any party. It would be as dangerous, in | his judgment, to allow Government officers

to go out and canvass for a candidate. as it | | would be to allow them to canvass against |

} the Government of the day. While he con- ; curred in the abstract proposition brought | forward by the hon. gentleman from P. E Island (Mr. Howlan) he agreed also with a great deal that fell from his hon. friend ops posite (Mr. Miller) including the opinion that the passing of this motion, relative to the dismissals in this Island, would amount toa censure to the Government. He thought, moreover,that a more unconstitutional] course could no’ have been pursued by any Govern- ment, than appointing 150 to 200 officials, from the highest to the lowest grade, while a vote of Want of Confidence was pending over them, and a majority of the people’s repre- sentatives were opposed tothem. He thought this conduct could not meet with the approval of this Chamber. (Hear, hear.}

Hon. Mr. Aikins regretted very much that the papers brought down to the House were not printed. In regard to their contents, he knew nothing. It would have been very much better had the House been put in poss session of their contents. He had learned for the first time of some political difficulties with regard to the Island and the Civil Ser- vice. He was not before aware that within a few days of Confederation, a number of officials had been swept out of official exist- istence. The hon. gentlemon opposite (Mr. Miller}, had mede use of language on this subject, with reference to the late Federal Government, of the strength of which he hardly seemed to be fully aware. Some of his expressions were unnecessarily strong on this occasion. He took unjustifiable ground in his criticism upon the appointments of that Government, which he(Mr. Aikins) was prepared to defend. (Hear hear.) He ad- mitted, however, that the Government had

power to make these appointments. Not a doubt of it.

Hon- Mr. Skead — How many did you make ?

Hon. Mr. Aikins said he did notknow. If the ground taken by some hon. gentlemen was correct, that the Government had no power to make them, then it was the duty of the present Government to annul them He would ask his hon. friend opposite if that was the course pursued ?

Hon. Mr. Miller replied that he did nol say the late Government had not the power to make the appointments, but that the ap- pointment of so many persons under such circumstances, was unconstitutional and un» precedented ; but that he did not deny that, within the limited British precedent, certain appointments might he made by an outgoing

inistry.

Hon. Mr. Aikins—Well, if it was uncon- stitutional, the late Government had no right to make them

Hon. Mr. Miller—That did not fotlow.

Hon. Mr. Aikins—If it was unconstitution- al, he hoped the wrong would be remedied. He felt quite satisfied, from the remarks of the Secretary of State, that such was not the intention of the Government. He did not know how many appointments had been de- cided upon by the late Government, but_ he stated unhesitatingly that they had a right to make them, and, as made in good faith, it was obligatory to carry them out. Some were of an important character, but if un- constitutional, he did not think the present Governor, knowing the facts of the case, would have been a party to such appoint- ments.

Hon. Mr. Miller objected to the bringing in of the name of His Excellency in a discus- sion of this kind

Hon. Mr. Aikins said he was not speaking of his Excellency.

Hon Mr. Miller rose to a point of order. The hon. gentleman said the Governor had

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approved of the appointments, and would | not have lent himself to anything of the kind, | had they been objectionable. Thai was an | unparliamentary remark,

His Hon. the Speaker, having been aps pealed to, decided it was not in order to use the name of the head of the Government, With regard to the action of the Govern- meni.

Hon. Mr. Aitkins replied thet he would Withdraw his remark - but one statement of the hon. gentieman opposite he would deny in tolo—namely, that the late Government made these appointments after they knew they were in a minority in the other House. To that he would give a distinct denial. As

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Hon. Mr. Penny—Did this officer leave his office to canvass ?

Hon Mr. Campbell said he had not an office which occupied ali his time. He had the most satisfactory certificates as to the ample discharge of all the duties connected with the Battery. He had a right io leave when his duties were discharged; but in spile of his services, because he chose to support Sir John A. Macdonald, he was dismissed from his office most cavalierly, not having been able since to obtain, to letter after letter to the Department, more than the mere acknowledgment of their receipt, and the intimation from the Adjutant Genera! that they would be jaid before the Minister

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AY 25, 1874.

of Militia. Without a word of explanation, without an iota of reason, and when in the full exercise of his duty he had been harshly

soon as the lateGovernment became aware they had not a majority, they placed their resignation in the hands of His Excellency.

With regard to the general question of the objectionableness of introducing the Ameri- can system, he believed there could be no

of the Is- |

a clean sweep was going to be made of the |

Hon. Mr. Miller made a lengthy speech. |

This, the |

two opinions. He regretted that this gen eral, abstract principle should be brought up in connection with what might be con- —" & petty political squabble in the Is- and.

| An Hon. Member—Parish Politics

| Hon. Mr. Aikins—Yes; if there were less of Parish politics introduced here, the inter- j ests of the Dominion would not be the suf- jferer. He believed every one would regret | the adoption of the American principle in | Canada At the same time, were it adopted | in one case, it would have to be applied in j all. It was quite objectionable, under our , present system, particularly, that an incom- ing administration should dispense with the | services of officials unless for misconduct or | incapacity. It was most unfortunate the | general question should have come up in | this way, mixed up with the local circum- | stances of the Island. He was not awere, moreover, that the question was to be brought up tosday. If he had been, he would have looked into some of the faets of the case, and whatever views he might have bad, would have, probably, presented tham ; With much more clearness and force than he | had exhibited on this occasion. He would | yote for the hon. gentleman’s motion if he | decided to persist in it.

|

| Hon. Mr. Bureau expressed the surprise he felt at first seeiag the notice of a motion of | 4 want of confidence in the Government, for | it would amount to that, on the paper of the Senate. He had no doubt his hon. friend (Mr. Howlan) merely wanted to evoke a dis- cussion, not intending to press the motion further. Considering the composition and antecedents of the Senate, it would be a most unfortuate thing to placeitina position of expressing want of confidence in a Govs ernment possessing an overwhelming majors ity in the Lower House andcountry. It had been said that the late Government, of late, appointed their friends mainly to the Senate, and that it would not give the existing Gov- | ernment a fair trial. He believed no such intention, feeling contident that this House would judge of all matters before it in spirit | of independence and justice. He deprecated this motion or such a contingency as a vote | of non-confidence in the Government, which | would produce a dead !ock in both the Houses of Parliament. He understood more- over that the hon. mover was not desirous of embarrassing the Government, were such a thing possible, but that he intended giving them a fair tria!. His object was probably attained by this discussion, and he would | therefore advise him to withdraw his motion.

Hon. Mr. Kaulbach was understood to ex press the opinion that it might be better | should the motion not be pushed to a vote, though, on the abstract principle, he would | vote for it. He believed the late Isiand Gov~ ernment made the dismissais complained of | | under peculiar circumstances, and that the | | late Federal Government found it necessary | | to fill the vacancies referred to, and could | | not be censured therefor. Ue thought the | remark of the hon. member for Richmond (Mr. Miller) that those appointments was | not decent or constitutional, was quite un- justifiable. Precedents might be found for | them. He would be sorry they should he | the subject of a party vote.

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Hon. Mr. Dickey moved the adjournment | of the debate. There was a good deal of | | business on the paper, which would not be otherwise disposed of. | j

Hon. Mr. Howlan said he had no objeetion, | but with the consent of the House he would | reply to ihe Secretary of State on a future occasion, and show the impropriety of iniro- ducing into this discussion the politica of the | | Island Hon Mr. Lettellier—Afler the hon. gen- | tleman gives his answer, does he intend to withdraw his motion? { Hon. Mr. Howlan.—I will consider the matter after my reply. I should like to! know, is it the intention of tbe Government | |} to remove any more of the officials of the | | Island ? Hon. Mr. Letellier.—Whenever there shal! [laughter.]

| be a just cause

| The carried,

motion to adjourn the debate was |

|

Hop. Mr. Campbell said twenty-one dis- missals were made, and only four or five! were of importance. The others being aps |

and unjustly dealt with, his dismissal being a most arbitrary and objectionable act. Though he (Mr. Campbell) was a Conserva- tive and a Tory, (hear, bear) he believed he was more liberalthan the hon. gentleman opposite, as he would rather see all the public officers vote, no matter what side they took, than be deprived of the franchise. (Hear, hear.) If the hon. mover (Mr. Hows lan) saw fit to press the motion to a division, most certainly he should have his vote He thought that the resolution did not point to the real path of his hon. friend’s charge. It sail that men were not to be dismissed ex- cept for misconduct or incapacity. He sup- posed that that was such a general proposi- tion that they could ali adopt it; the hon. gentleman's real contention was, he thought, that officials should not be dismissed on ac- count of the political course pursued, or in reference to the elections. Whether he pressed his motion or not, he had done good in bringing this matter before the House, and ‘ @xposing the course pursued by the Gov- ernment on the Island—a course arbitrary in the extreme, and which reflected no cred- it on dhe Federal Government. Their con- duct was tyrannical, and not in consonance with British usage precedent, but a depart- ure from it for the purpose of giving vent to the ill-will and partizan prejudice of their colleagues on the Island itself. (Hear, bear.)

Hon. Mr. Haviland said that when the Sec- retary of State spoke the other day of the change of Government en the Island, of the dismissal of the Collector of Customs from office, the bon. gentleman himself having taken the vacancy, he (Mr. Haviland) told him with all courtesy that he was mistaken in the information upon which the speech to this House was founded. [Hear, hear.] It so happened that the Government now in ex- istence in the Island ran a general election in March, 1873, and was sworn into office at the end of April, and that the Collecter of Cuss toms was so violent a partzan that he sent in a written resignation of his office to the Clerk of the Executive Government. After that resignation was sent in, he was a mere locum tenens till the Hon. Senator was aps pointed. He remained in that office until the elections took place in the Island to the Federal Parliament, until the remaining vas cancies were filled up by the late Govern. ment—that of Sir John A. McDonald—for the Dominion, when they filled this office with a gentleman every way capable by ex- perience, talents and character, and after he had received his commission, and held office four or five weeks, he was dismissed without rhyme or reason, the gentleman who resigns ed the office in April being put in his place. [Hear, hear.] If there was one thing more than another that made him a Confederate, it was his desire to get rid of the villainous American system ofrotation in office, which the Island had been afflicted with since 1851! till it became part of the Dominion. The motto of the successful politicians was vivg victis — woe to the vanquished. Every man was turned out with the change of Government, from the Provincia! Secretary to the tide<~waiter, a consequence, on the eve of a general election, the excitement in such asmall colony, was tremendous. had heard the saying—the smaller the pit, the more fiercely the rats fight. (Laughter. On such occasions,that little colony was a hot-bed of political excitement, from one end to the other. Every man not in office Joined with the opposition to get the Go- vernment out. It was the ins against the outs, without any great political principle at stake. The system worked great evil. and corrupted the political morality of the colony. He did hope when they became part and parcel of the Dominion thet, whatever rule upon which the loeal offices filled by, Dominion offices would be filled on tho some principle as is inGreat Britan He had cherished this hope ti! he had learned by bitter experience within the last few months, that the contrary woul be the result He had heard a great deal the other day from the hon. member for Rich-

mond, as to the numerous offices filled by Sir. John A. McDonald's Government, on the eve of their seats. As to the Island.

however, the vacancies were occasioned by

'its entering the Union. The whole of the Customs Department passed over to the | Dominion, and they had no Inland Re-

venue themselves. The supply of the of- fices of these depariments fell of course to the Dominion. It was the same with the Post Office and other branches it Was a natural consequence of a Cabinet retirement, and a principle enunciated by

pointments of officials of inferior rank, aps | 2/1 constitutional writers, as well as the pointments which one would have supposed | late Sir Robert Peel, that a Government would not have engaged the attention of | though resigning might fill up existing this or any other Government. They were | Vacancies. Suppose the present Federal reversed, not because the late Government | Government happened to be in a minority was not in a position to make them, accord-| ON any great question hereafter—(a mem- ing to British usage and precedent, in the | ber; which is very unlikely) he presumed

regular, ample and complete discharge of all its duties, but because they were not filled | by persons friendly to the gentlemen who represent the Islané in the Government at the present moment.. The appointment had often been sacrificed on the principal that ‘to the victors belong the spoils.’ Fle under- stood that the Secretary of State on a previ- ous occasion disclaimed the principle of turning out officials on account of politica! bias or antecedent. He would like to draw his attention to a case in Kingston, where a gentleman holding a commission in the mili- tia,a surgeon of Battery A. at Kingston, was concerned, Hon. Mr. Scott—Not a eommission.

Hon. Mr. Campbell—Yes, a surgeon holds a commission ; this gentleman held a com- mission as surgeon unattached, and was aps pointed to be assistant surgeon to Battery, A. He was also, it is true, a physician in private practice. He had been doing duty for something like a year and ahalf. He chose, in the exercise of his undoubted rights as a subject of Her Majesty, to give his strong support to Sir John A. Macdonald at the recent elections. He voted and cans

vassed for him, and did all he could for him

Hon. Mr. Carrall—And perfectly right too.

Hon. M. Campbell—Yes, and perfectly right. (Hear, hear) What was the result?

A few days afterwards he was dismissed. It was hard to say whether he was dismissed from the service al large or from Battery A., because it appeared by the Gazelle that the services of Assistant Surgeon Stoange were announced as dispensed with, the notice being signed by the Deputy Adjutant Gens eral himself. We had in this instance a gentleman of merit and high standing, who had discharged his duties in a manner which gave Satisfaction to those ¢n command over him, and who held testimonials from the efficers commanding the Battery, Colonel French and Major Irwin, with ‘certificates attesting the satisfactory way in which he had discharged his duty to the Battery—and because he voted for Sir John A. Macdonald his services were dispensed with, although the Secretary of State said he did not believe that officers under the Government should be obliged to vote for them. Yet this gentle- man who did not hold an office under the Government, in the strict sense of the term, had had the ill-will and vindictiveness of Ministers vented upon him for supporting a candidate opposed to them. He gave that as an instance of the conduct of these gen- tlemen who talkffair with their lips, but act in a Most tyrannical manner against any in their power who chose to oppose them. He differed from the hon. gentlemen who had spoken before him, saying that officers of the Government of necessity should vote with | the Government. This principle of prevent- ing members of the Civil Service from voting at elections had been departed from in Eng- land for the last twenty years, the tendency , there being of late to allow everybody to) vote ; and when jn the spirit of that princi- ple the change was made, enabling Custom House officers to vote, it was desired to follow up this law to the extent of allowing every one to vote as he pleased.