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SPEECHES OF ISLAND MEMBERS.

Mit. BRECKEN’S SPEECH,

Mr. Brecken said that he did not profess to be very well acquainted with the details of the case before the House, except what he remem- bered having read of them in the newspapers some months ago; but he had no donbt, from the explanation just given by the Minister of Public Works that the dismissal of Mr. Card- inal, complained of, was quite justitiable. The hon. member for Shefford (Mr. Hunting- ton) had charged the Government with en- deavoring to introduce the American system that *‘to the victors belonged the spoils.’ He wished that the charge, so far as it would affect the Province that he represented, was true. All that he (Mr. Brecken) could say was that he had been endeavoring to have certain political opponents dismissed from office, but had not as yet succeeded. He did not despair, but intended to try again. He admitted that in the Province he came from the practice in accordance with the idea ‘‘that to the victors belong the spoils” very gener- ally prevailed. He had to attend to a very large correspondence from his constituents on this very subject. He also admitted that it was more conducive to the public interests that the Civil Service should be permanent, than that the staff of public servants should be dismissed upon every change of Administration. ‘The principle laid down by Ear] Dufferin, in his speech made at Toronto, is, no doubt, the correct one, ‘* That there is nothing about which a country should be so particular to secure in such a service (alluding to the Civil Service) as independ- ence, business capacity and faithfulness. But, while Lord Dufferin’ inculeated the necessity of preserving the Civil Service free from poh- tical changes, he also laid it down that such immunity from dismissal imposed upon that service the obligation to serve successive chiefs or heads of departments, no matter to what party they belonged, loyally and impartially. If men in the Civil Service were allowed to vote, let them vote, and do not punish them for the free exercise of their franchise, but when, as it happened in the Province he came from, their most violent, indefatigable, and he might say most unscrupulous opponents, were officers of the Dominion Government, he did think that such a state of things called for aremedy. These men should not be allowed to retain office; and whiie he subscribed to the doctrine laid down by Lord Dufferin in re- lation to the Civil Service, he contended that if such service was to be permanent, it should only be on the condition that the mem- bers of that service refrain from taking an active part at elections, so that they might be in a position to act faithfully and cordially with the Head of the Department under whom, for the time being, they serve, though that head should be opposed to them in politics. In his little Province, among their most bitter and abusive opponents were men who held Dominion offices; and he contended, and would contend, that the American system should be applied in such cases. They had joined in the cry of the opponents of the present Govern- ment, in many cases hurling the most out- rageous charges against the Liberal-Conserva- tive party, and yet he regretted to say he had not been able to get one of these men re- moved. He again repeated that so far as these men were concerned, he regretted that the charge made by the hon. member for Shefford

as not true; he wished and still hoped that the Government would see to this matter, and that the men who had so abused their position would be dismissed and replaced by others qualified to fill these ofiices, and who had fair claims upon the party now in power. He (Mr. Brecken) thought the Government were much too lenient, and were not doing their duty towards their supporters. He thought that. where cause was shown and it was satis- factorily established that civil servants had been stumping the country, retailing violent charges against political opponents and aiding others in doing so, such men should be dis missed. ‘The existence of the party requires it. As the officials make their bed, so let them lie in it.

MR. MUTTART’s SPEECH:

Da. Murrart said, judging from the debate which has taken place this evening, honorable members on both sides 6f the House are agreed as to the desirability of making the Civil Ser- vice permanent. He said he was in favor of the British system, but if this system is to he adopted in this country, let us have it in its integrity, and not after the manner which pre- vailed during the late Administration. His experience was similar to that of honorable members who had spoken on the subject. During the late election, in the County which he had the honor to represent, the Dominion officials were among the most bitter and un- sernpulous opponents with which he had to contend. They attended and took part in the meetings; and, in too many instances, distin- guished themselves more by their uncontrolled partizanship, than by civility or moderation. Out of regard to members of the Vivil Service who are disposed to behave themselves as be- comes their position, if for no other motive, the Government should dismiss all offenders, no matter to which political party they belong. Holding to the rule that no official should be dismissed without canse, he maintained that, as violent political partizanship constitutes cause, it was right and proper that partizan

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MR. HACKELT’s SPEECH.

Mr. Hacxerr ssid as a supporter of the Government he thought the Government is adhering too strictly to the British system. It was only right that all officials of the Civil Service who had been guilty of incomvetency, insubordination and _ political partizanship should be dismissed. Hon. gentlemen opposite would kave the House believe that they, when in power, had adhered strictly to the British

vstem. In Prince Edward Island they had, J, W. MITCHELL, W. I. COTTON, on daatitling oeree, made wholenis seedy of Ottice Sup’t. Manager. : the officials there, and substituted men of their

| own, who, during the last campaign, had been | most unscrupulous and violent in their opposi- | tion to Conservative candidates. These officials | were particularly active in promoting the in- | terests of the Reform candidates. They were to be found in large numbers at all the public meetings making political speecnes and en- deavoring by every means fair and foul to se- cure votes for his opponents. They were on the Reform Canvassing Committee, presided as Chairmen at political meetings, and even acted as agents for the Reform candidates at the polling booths on the day of clection. He was please! to hear hon. gentlemen opposite say that with a view of maintaining the effi- cieney of the service, all officials taking an active part in politics should be dismissed. His desire was to see the Civil Service ren- dered as efficient as possible, which could only be done by at once clearing out those individn- als who, by their interference in politics, had rendered themselves obnoxious to a majority of the community. He trusted the Govern- ment would take up this matter and have a commission appointed before which evidence would be taken, and all those officials convict- ed of active partizanship, weeded ont of the service. He could give an instance of official interference which was perfectly unwarranted. In a Railway Station on the Isiand a Station Master mace the waiting room a circulating library for the Grit campaign literature and forced the pamphlets on all those who stopped at the Station. It was high time that officials should be taught to respect their positions.

MR. POPE’S SPEECH.

Mr. Porr (Queen’s, P. E. L.,) said he was very giad that this discussion had arisen, for the reason that some understanding would be come to as to what part Federal officials should take in the elections. The Govern- ment was charged by the Opposition with a desire to introduce the American system. They had no such intention, and he thought it came with very bad grace from those who, while in power, dismissed scores, and he might say hundreds, of officials. without cavse assigned but simply on account of their political principles. The treatment of officials in Prince Edward Island was a proof of this. The Act of Confederation provides that when a Province entered the Union and became a portion of the Dominion of Canada that- all those officials holding offices which came under the control of the Dominion Parliament should be considered Dominion officials, and there- fore became as mucha portion of the Civil Service of Canada as it they had been ap- pointed by the Dominion Government. The Island became a portion of the Dominion on Ist July, 1873. Some appointments were formally made early in November, a few days before the resignation of the Government, and salaries fixed by order in Councii. But so soon as the late Government came into power they cancelled that order in Council and dismissed the whole of the officials so appointed, with the exception of a small namber who were known to be their political supporters. Those who were improperly dismissed were paid off at the low rate of wages originally paid by the Local Government, whilst those political friends who were retained were paid trom the lst July, the higher salary fixed by order in Council. No contested elections Lave taken place after the change of Government, consequently no political action of those offi- cials could have caused their dismissal. They were simply put ont of oflice because they vere known to belong to the Conser- vative party. He was surprised to hear the hon. member for Westmoreland get up in his place and state that he hai never dismissed for political reasons an official under the control of the Department of Marine and Fisheries. he hon. member of Cape Breton had proved that there were a number of dis- missals; but the hon. member for West- moreland ridiculed the correctness of that statement onthe ground that there was not that number of Shipping Masters in any one County in Canada. He maintained that not only had that number of those officers been filled by that gentleman, but also one in ad- dition. He desired to state that their friends of the Conservative party did not want the American system introduced. They main- tained that no man should be dismissed with- out cause, and they took the ground that those of their friends who were dismissed without cause should be reinstated, and the principle that they believed in thus main tained. Another case which proved the hon. gentleman had not been accurate in his statement ‘‘that he had not made dismissals for political reasons,” was one which occurred in 1876. A charge was made against a light house keeper in Untario that he had used some abusive ana profane language against the Goy- ernment. A copy of the charge was sent to the lighthouse keeper, who denied it in toto, and in reply he said: ‘‘I beg to state that I did vote against Mr. Walter Ross at the elee- tions of 1874; but as to using any violent or profane.language concerning the present Gov- ernment. i deny altogether and | furnish yoa with a statement signed by supporters of Mr. Ross and all my immediate neighbors, and who would have heard me if I had been guilty of any of the charges with which I am accused. Party feeling was very high in this country, and this is done simply to injure a political opponent. Trusting my explanation will be satisfactory,” etc. In addition to that, they found the certificate from a number of Mr.

Ross’s friends which was as follows: ‘We the undersigned supporters of Walter Ress, M. P. for the County

of Prince Edward hereby certify that we are personally acquainted with Lewis Hudgin, Esq., light keeper, Salmon Point, and we also certify that we never heard him use any abusive language concerning Mr. Ross or the resent Ministry, but on the other hand have eard him 8 in their favor. We believe Mr. Hudgin is a faithful dnd efficient servant and one who has discharged the duties of his office to the satisfaction of the public gener- ally.” This was signed by about twenty sup- porters of Mr. Ross, but notwithstanding this man was distaissed on the recommendaticn of the hon. member for Westmoreland, who ap- pointed another man in his stead. He men- tioned this case to prove that the hon. gentle- man was inaccurate in his declaration that he had not discharged any officials. Sir A. J. Smrra—The hon. gentleman is entirely mistaken. What I stated was ‘‘that

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