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sill ROBERT Bosnian "nl5cLl\REs l-'ole Potlrlclll Pullllv
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In One of the Greatest Speeches Ever Delivered in the Canadian Parliament the Prime Minister Reviews the Graft Inquiries, Analyses the Evidence and Lays Down for all Time What
the Policy of the Liberal Conservatives is Concerning Graft and Grafters.
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In the House of Commons on April
14, when the report of the Select Standing Committee on Public Ac- rounts was submitted, Right Hon. Sir llobert Borden, Prime Minister said:
The_§e]ect Si.anlliIlE Committee on
Public 1"ccou'nt.s during`tl1e past six or seven weeks has been engaged in the investigation ot matters which have not yet been reported by the Auditor General to the House ill the ordinary course of his duties. null which. therefore. have been under cou- slderatlon by that committee a year in advance of the time when they or- llinarlly would come under its atten- tion. The circumstances under which this was brought about are familiar to the llonse, and I need not dwell upon tll_eul. Certain correspondence with re- gard to the Accounts was moved for and brought down. and it was suggest- ed that -that correspolldence ought to be referred to the Committee oll Public Accounts, and that reference carried -incidentally with it the right lmdthe duty of the committee to ill- vostigate the matters referred to Ill
the correspondence. There are two courses w ich a Government might iakeunder the circumstances: Ollc lzourse-would be to rely on technical con`silleratio_ns and rules. and declare to' the House that sucll matters ought only to befinvestigated ill -the llslull way at the time oppointed by law and llndor ordinary collditions: The otllcr coursc. and that which we thought to be the correct course. would be to open the door wide to the fullest lllld frees! investigation, alld we took that
course for the very good reason thglt we deemed it our right. and our du y us well. to investigate and to know et any frauds of irregularities that might have been practiced upon the Govern- nlent and the people of this country. One can understand the possible re- sult of such a course, because if any lllattars are brought forth. even of a comparatively lriiiing character, the llatural and usual result is that they will ho greatly magnified and cxasaer- aied and will create in the people throughout the country a condition of unrest. which may not be fully justified by the facts. But 'considerations of that kind ought not to weigh with ally Government, and they did not welsh with us.»~-Therefore, my direction to those members. of the Government who ws`re.msmb'ers :of the Committee on l’ub`li_c-'Accounts was to make the full- estrand- [roast investigation. and to permit. inquiry into any matters what- ev_ertlgat' might he desirlell by gentle- men on the otlier side of the House. or tllat.;mi|ht_be‘_brought to the attention of. hon. .titsmbers on this side. That course, Lbalisva, was pursued to the fullest possible extent as I will sllow by-'some reference to the proceedlnlis of the committee. _
1. may say, in passing. that this was
not the course pursued during the fli- loen years immediately vrecedius tha
tlple we came into power, because. w thout tlwlllinl' upon Pll’l|¢\l|l\‘ 'U' stances. 1 sm able to mint 0"* 01°* from the time of the refusal. in 1898.
of an itllqlxiry into matters of the greatl est s ble importance in the Yukon uutiinxho last refusal to investigate
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.matters oi' even greater moment in connection with the National Trans- continental railway, there seems to have been a disposition on the part of hon. gentlemen opposite, when they held the reins of power, to restrict in- quiry and investigation within the nar- rowest possible compass. I do not in- tend to go into those matters at any great length, but it is proper that I should call attention to a resolution which was moved by the hon. mem- ber for Peel (Mr. Blain) on the 13th day of February, 1908, which is found ln Hansard of that year at page 3070. the vote being recorded at page 33145. That motion is in the following terms:
The Committee oll Public Accounts
is constituted for the purpose of ai- fording full and free examination and Inquiry into the receipts and cxpclldl- tures ot public moneys and tile cir- cumstances in connection therewith.
That in the public interest tile great-
est posslble freedom of investlgalioll and inquiry should be enjoyed by the committee.
That any action of the majority of
that committee in excluding evidence 'or restricting inquiry. should he sub- ject to appeal to this House and upon request for that purpose the necessary report of proceedings ought inlnleliia~ tely to be ordered.
That does not seem to lay dowll any
startling or unusual stullllarll of pub- lic duty; yet when that motloll was put before the House by the llon. mem- ber for _Peel is was voted down by the gentlemen on the otllcr side of the House, then occupying the seats ot' office. aull tllat lnotlou oi’ the hon. member for l’eel declaring that nec- essary and proper safeguard in the public interest was denied by my hon. friends on the other side when they sat wllere we sit to-day. Not only that. but ill the committee itself ill- quiry was restricted in a very unusu- al nlanncr, in a manner which it seems to me was not consistent with the pub- llc interest oi’ this country. On the ittll day of May, 1906. a certain question arose hl the Committee on Public Ac- counts. Tlle Government of the day was represented on that committee by two Ministers ot' Crown; one of them the Minister of Flllallce. the guardi- llll oi’ the public treasury. null the other the Minister of Justice, the mall whose duty it would be under tilc con- stitution to take proceedings against. any persells guilty oi’ fraud against the Goverlllncllt of this country by raids upon the public treasury. Mr. George T. Merwlll was under examination. and during
his examination he was asked to state the price had paid for an engine sold to the Government by him. and he refused to do so. Tllereupoll ll member oi the cenlnllttee requested the cllalrman to rule whether the wit- ness should or should not answer. The chairman oi' tile committee, now all hon. members of the Senate. ruled that a business man. was not obllK0l| to divulge his private affairs. Having been asked by a member oi’ the com- mittee to direct the witness to answer the question and the chairman having declined to so direct him. the said member appealed from the ruling or the Chair and the ruling of the Chair denying that right to a member of
the people in Parliament. was sustain- ed. Among others who voted on be» hall' of the Government of the day to deny that right to the representatives of the people in this Parliament were the Minister of Justice and the Minist- er of Finance of the day.
if there was any wrong-doing in coa-
uectlon with public expenditure. and particularly in connection with the . expenditure for the purpose of this war, the members of this Government wanted to know it. particularly I want- ed to know it and #the Minister of Militia and Defence wanted to know it. lspoke to the Minister of Customs (Mr. Reid) who is member of the Public Accounts Committee, with re- gard to the scope of the investigation.
l spoke to him in the ‘Presence of the Minister of Militia an Defence (Maj- or General Hughesl and l informed mm-and my observations in that rs- gard were em hatically seconded by
the wid t sible scope given to that inqbiryyuisf there had been any wrong-doill in connection with politic- al expenditures. wo desired it to be investigated to the lull. We proposed
tllstli . wronzoisg should bo discov- eredf’i‘¢atitu ll should be made and
l.hat committee. a representative of »
the Minister oi' Militia that we wanted
lain( into these or any other matters
punishment follow. Andre the ~ connection with the Militia or any Minister of tohls in the Committee llotller department. the Government are on Public Accounts ss u doubtodly be -not only willing but anxious to so into
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portunity of rei`el~rillg the House. On the 24th of Marcilrlast the lien. Mr. Iteid said ill the committee:
I want to say that it there is ally ill-
formatlon the committee want. or any wrong-doing, tllen:_as far as tho Gov- ernment is concerned we want to fer- ret it right to the-bottom;_ we do not want to shield any person.
And again on thellext day, the 25th
of March, he said:
The Government is determined to
protect fully the interests ol' the coun-
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try in this and lu all cases and to take such proceedings as may be necessary for that purpose. ,_
And again on the sine day he said: I want to rspestjlere again that so far as the Government is concerned they want to prosecute their investi- gation to the veryutmost limit. _
And subsoquelltlyhe said: Aa representing the Government I
hug' stated that we want to get te the bot m of these matters. " And on the 9th day of April.he s|id:_
l also want to say that so far as
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stilutioll shall be lllulle ol- prlmeolllloll be ulldcrlukcu, to put llluticrs right.
Alld later on, oil ilu- sumo day, the
9th of April, he said:
So far as these matters under ill-
vestigatlon are collcorllcll. or any others ill connection with the Militia. or ally other depurtlllolll ihllt lutvc been brougllt up hero, it is the intell- tloll oi' tile Goverlllllllllt to l'lll'tllor lilo investigation and get lo the bottolll ot' every matter. We will i`ollow this investigation from now on until wc
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see exactly wlletller tilcre ure ally other matter where there luis bl-.l-ll any wrong-doing.
Ou the ilth lilly ol' April mltllo oul-.~l-
tion arose llbollt till- lllvcstiglltloll nnll the Minister of Vustoma again saili:
I want lo have ll understood limi. li
is not the Government who are respon- sible for stopping ally investigations.
Mr. Carvcil: l thought we had put
that very plainly.
Mr. Kytc: Tllut is perfectly ulllicr-
stood.
l llovl come to the matters that have
been reported to the House by the committee. The one which appears first in my note ia that which is known as tlle»Powell case. .
Let meobsorve here for the informa-
tion of the House and of the country that every one of the matters upon
iissbml any wrong-doing. either ro-
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was given on August 24 lllst. and is lil-scriliell as rusll order. Sumo evid- l-llcc was given before tlln l-.oinmiticc by ll mall llnlllcli Shaver. who dl-l-Inr- oll that ho had ben informed by t‘ol. Jones, now (lenorlll Jones. that lhl- flovornlncui did not desire to purcllllsl- iliireclly from lllnllufaclllronl allli pro- ducers. but that it desired lo employ tile services ol’ nllddlmnl-ll. Evidollcl- has been givl-ll by the director of roll- tracts. Mr. ll. \V_ llrown. ily the llc- puty Minister of Militia and Ilofcnctr. #General l~‘iset. by the Quartermaster General, General Macdonald. and. I tlllllk, by other officers of the Depart- ‘ ment oi’ Militia. that no such principle or practice has ever been laid down or that he does not believe tllat General Jones ever said anything of the kind and l do not believe that he ever
known ill lin- Dc-purtllll-llt oi' Militia und l)el`clll:c sillco this party came into power. l<‘urtller than thut, one of these men--pcrllltps more than olle-status thai. llc docs not blflievv. that llc ever satid tlllyilliug of lllc kiuli. l say that lt' flclll-ral Jones ever lilll make ally sul~h ohservatloll to !\‘ll'. Shaver or ullylilltiy else. his collllllcl must bo l'l-lll- ed into llllcslioll by this (loverlllllellt. null if he is noi. able sut.lsl`llctorlly to deny lilo lt:-lsertioll that Ill- uscll such lal1gllllgl~_ Ill- is no longer ill to llolll :l. position in till-_ pllhllc sl-rviw-_ lint, ill the lnl~ltlltlllll-, I do iivllcrlll .Iollcs till- lrrlvdlt lll' :lsltlllllillg that Ill: llllvvl' :mill :luytlllng of tllc kind. I sllllll not coll- llelnll lllm upon the tvslilnlllly of this lnall Slluv0r,l'0l\frollil\ll as il is, by till- lcstllnony of other replllzihll- luell ill ilu: llvpn.rtlut~llt. wllo url* uppoilllcv.~¢ not oi` this (lovl-rlllllclll, but oi' lill- Gllvcrnllllnli. of lieu, r,l~lllll»llll-ll llppo» .~lltl-_ I kllo\v Gull. .lolll-ll vl-ry wt-ll; hl- i.~'. u lllliivl: ui' my own city of liztlil`tlx. :intl alll llotloralblll lnnll, so ful* zu; l kllow him. lic is the son ol' tl mall who llllcd nn ilnportulll position ill tho pub- lic lilo of this country. tlrz\'~~iloli. Altr- lwl (l. Joucs. at lllclllllt-l' of Mr. I\lnl_-kl-ll- zie’s Govt.-rllnlelli. and ui`t<,-rwurds llielltclltlllt (ll»\'l\rllol' oi' lilo i’ro\'illl‘.lr of Nova. Sl'otlll_ l, for ollv, lllistlllltoly refuse- io hcliuvl- i'or ll tlltllnl-nt that Guy lfllrloioll ,Ionvu l-vcr illlll Mr iihavlll' llr :llly llul~ l-Iso till- nllsollltl- untruth lllnl :lily sucll prilll-ipll~ or
praclitlv \\'zl.s url-r llllll llllwu llv lilo' Dopnrtllll-lll of llliliilu silll-l~ lvl- l':llul= , into pllwlzlz 'File lrtllisul-lioll itscll' presents l`l~lltllrl~l.- of ll. very llllszllisttlll- tory l'h:ll':l<‘icl'. als one is hound lo ull- lnit fli. ollvl-_ Ho l';lr :ls I :llll llllllllcrlloll. l propost- lllit tll :lttelupl to slliclll :lily ouv. l,ll>l~l':l| or t"l.lllsl=rvzli.i\'t-. Illll lo lllctl' out wllzlt I think to ho juslil-l~ io cvcry luull vllllcl-rllcll ill lilly ot Illl‘ lr:lllslll~iioll's whil-,ll llttvl~ llcoll lllllll-l‘
review.
A pul'l:llllso was lnnlll- through Mr. Powell. at very young lnlln, wllo wus ill A the olllployofatcolnpally known :ls lilo Carleton Drug t'onlpauy. llc wus rc- I cclviug ll salary of $75 ll. lllonlll. ills ‘ duties were very exacting. uvcorlllllg to tile f‘\'illclll~l‘; Ile hcgsll his wurll early lll illc morning :lllli colltiuuoll his work until volgv lull- :ll night. Ill- was ellrlblcll. unrlor l~il~<'lllllst:lnl-cl: lo which l :,l1ulI rl~ff~l‘ tl. little Inter lo make tl contrllct by which in ll low weeks he received ll. proiit ol about ‘ 39,000, equivalent to ten years of till' salary llc was receiving. lt is perfect Iv true that ll. portion of that proill, ; some Ii1l,li00. wus wltlllll>Ill_ through i lilo viligllllcl- of Mr. II, W. Brown, llll' r‘v~lor of l-olllr:ll'l:=. :lull it ill ltllzo lruo lllztl liuritlg illf- |lrn|;l'l‘eall lli` llll~ illvl~:ll lglltlllll ll»»l`l>l'l- till- l'ollllllitll-l- ll fllrl,lll‘l- slllll of $li,IliltI wuz: l'l'slort‘<l, ;\i`lt~l‘ :l nlotioll llzlll |ll~l-ll lllul'll_- ily lil-~ l\llul'.~Il~l‘ ol' t'ulallllll.~l rl‘l'lllllllll-lllllllg Illall llll~ \vll0|l~ tllllllvr :lllllltlli Ill- l-olllllliI.Il_~l| to lilo. lleptlrlllll-lll ol' .llullil~l- l'lll' :ull-Il i'urtllv_~r iuvl-sligltlloll :lull |ll'ol~l-l‘l|illl;e: ull llliglll, lll~ fullull lll-lw-sllllr_\' to pro loci. lilo plllrllv illivrl-si. I llr‘slll'l» to any tillll any furllll~l' illvl'.sI.iglliioll llilli lnny llc possible in lilo lnlltil-r. cllllllr i`or llll- plll'posl~ of furlill-r rl-lllillllivml ii' llny is llllcllllul ptl.~<.~li|lll- lll' for lluv other |\rlll-l‘clilln:l= ol’ :lll_\' ~h:ll':ll~_ll~l‘ wllll'll nlll_\' bl- follllli lll-rllullllty ill vill- llivltlv till* pllhlic hllllllllr :lull llll~ pull lil* illll-l'l~sl, will Ill: mill-ll ily lIll~ Il.- p:l.rllul~ll| of .lllcli--1-_ |
llci nw realli the rl-_pllrl lll-l':lll.s»- I l
l-Iloulli like io uutkl- lIll~ rlworll foul |llf~tl~ wllivil ilu' l~l»lllllllltvl' lull; ulnllr in this llousc wiill rl-prllrli ill tilt- l’ll\\'
l~ll l~ollil':ll~I:
‘l'o\ll' lzollllllillvt- ask lcuvv Ill sllh
lull io lhl- llollsv, lin-, l-vilil~tu‘l- tnkou Ill rr-spol-t. to lille vollirucis lol' aurll .wuppllos purl~lllll~l-ll irolll Mr, i'owll|. llnrl to l~x|lrcsi= llll~ir opltllllll. illlli lill- volllruct i`ol‘ anvil sllpplius do not :lp- pclll' to l`u|l_v prllll-l-i lin' plllllil- illll-r
urls.
Your <-olllnlltlco' tIlorl~|`orl- l~l-l-olll-
lncllll. that lilo l‘\'ill\.-tlvll ttllrlllvlui. ullll ull pupvrs l-olltluctvll lllcrl-wltll iw rv fcrrod hy tho llollsl- ill lhl~ liopllrl- lnclli of .llll-llil‘c_ for :my fllrlhvr ill- vvsligatloll. ll' lll‘l'cl~'»¢llr_\. for the rc- l~ovl-r_v llf lluy lllolioyr. ovcrpaill. the Ilollllllg l»lll'k oi' unv tllolll~\'l»l not yol paili over, null illl~ tulllulz nf allrll lur- iIll~r nlfiloll us tully llc \valrrllllll‘ll bv
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'l`llnl is the rl'l-ollliioll w|lil'Il was
lllovvll by lilo Millistcr of (`llalnnls in illl- f'olnlllitI,‘l'~T-“'oll l'ulllil: Acroullta. null wllicll was l'oIlo\vl‘d by illc rcpny mont of Mr. l‘owcIl to the public
lreasury of tho sum ol' $6.300.
The committee has reported to this
liouse certain evidence and ll corlalll
es Their report in as follows
Your committee have had under
consideration the purchase of binocu-
which the committee has thought: lt-
said anything of the kind. l say that
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ilollllry l`ol'cc.s :lull bog to reporl to the llllusl- llll- l-viliellcll :lull llorlllllonls lu. l'<»llll¢~l:liol\ ihl-rl-lvitll.
l<‘rolll lilo cvillellcl- ll :lppeura a.
llnlubl-r oi' bllloculor glasses were of poor qu:llit._v, 'low rallgc linll illforior
*l-iIll;imll~.y. but passed inspection were paid l'or at all oxlzosl-live price; and this lvus lille to misrepresentation and ill:lllel|lultl= iuspoctloll. Your com- mittee till-rofore recommend to the Ilollsl- tllzlt lilo said evidence of all liol-llllll-nts collllecicd therewith ho re- I`l»rl~l»ri to lilo Dopartnlellt oi’ Justice. with instl'ucliolls to cnforrr restitu- tion .lull to tahc such further proceed- iulls nn: till- law will permit
ll is not lll-.cl-ssary that l should go
into tllll ftlcts, uor will illc time at tho llisfposnl ol' thc liouse under present; rollllltiolls pornlil lnc lo do so. The crux of tlll~ wllolc lnlltter is that 166 lull or till- 2175 glasses were oi' in- l`l\l'ior quality and were not worth the lllllllcy which the tlovcrnlnellt of this l;olllltr_v paid out of tile treasury for tht-nl, lt is only fair that l should read lo the llouse at letter wlllcll l received yesil-rllny from o gentleman whose nlllllo wlls :lssocinicll with the lnat-
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Utlnwu, April 12. 1915.
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Oltulvo. Ont. Llcllr tilr.-»l note by the public press
that ll resolution has been adopted by the Public Accounts Committee. re- conlmondillg that thc purchase of bin- ocular glasses by the Dopartlnollt ei’ Mllliill. llull Dl'i`clll'c llc referred to the iiopllrllnvlll of .il|:=lll'l', for itll consider-
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Al. one of I Il.- l;ollll-lllzlllr-t. i nlu vl-ry
.luxlousl llilll luv llltllliligs wltll lilo Hillel l lllllllullv oi 'l'llrontll ullollld be lllol'o\lp:lll_v lllvl-l;tilY:lll»lt by al jlldicgl' oiIll~l~l‘ :li till: vcl'_\’ l-:ll‘lll':=l por.:-;illlr~ lulllllclll_ l \\‘_l.< llol l'l‘pl'l'l<».~lli<“d by lllllltlsrvl l»l\|'l.l.- lil-» pllhlll' .lvcouutsl Vlllllllliill-I-, llllli l lllll nlli lmvc ml op» pol'l'lllit_\' oi' prl‘r_:l‘ulllll' llly sitio of illlr l-ln-l~ ill nl; lloniplclr- ll. mllnnl~r ns I would lulvlg llllcli. il' l lla\‘l‘ llcoll guilty ol' :lily llliproprll-ty. ollllrr legal- ly or lnlll‘zlll_v. ll: ._ I um t-xlrolllll' rlusirolllt tllul ml illlporillllt tribunal should bc lil-vlzlrcli, lllld ill l=ul‘h ull 1-vcul ll will give ‘llc _lzrllztt pleasure to mllkl- :lil till: :lll.rllll.ft posslilllv ill
lonnvvlicll with till- llulttor.
I wolllll llllrl~i`ol't- lim-m ,| ,._ gfgnf
lllvolll' if you woulll laludly nrrangc io have the llcpurtlllclll of .Illslllcc ox- uvtlill- tlllll lnattrr, and ll’ llll- :.ullll‘ lu rl\i`cl‘rr=ll to rl iulllrul oilllzt-ll, llucil as unc or llll» 1lllll:»».~1 of tho I-Ixchcquer l'olll~t l'ol' lllvcstlglltioll. I will f.'ll-llit- lllll llllll t-xplllilo the investigation. lll _-lo fur lls il in lll my power l would fl.-l~l llluier very gronl llllllgatlonn of l.ul'|l llulioll l_-ollili ill' milf-n ilntlll-lllail_‘~
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l In-l: lo rc-main. Sir.
Your obedient. servant.
T. M. BIRKETT. JR.
I prnllollllr-1° no judgment on Mr. Bir-
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