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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
stil
,il
.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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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-
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Aa representing the Government I
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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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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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wlloll there was tllc greatest possible
stress and urgency, and when it could
not rcztsolluhly he expected illut that
llttt-lltion could possibly llc given to
till- slllbgllurdillg oi' lllc public interest
wllllfll llurs been givl-ll ever :silica that
early stress null llrgl_-nl'y passed away.
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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
Ihr- l`l»tt'lH_
'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-
ll't'.
Utlnwu, April 12. 1915.
ltiglll lion. Sir llobcrl liorllcn, G.t`.
lil. G..
l'rillll‘ Millitltcr oi” Cullollzl.
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-
llliilll.
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_‘~
Iv.
l In-l: lo rc-main. Sir.
Your obedient. servant.
T. M. BIRKETT. JR.
I prnllollllr-1° no judgment on Mr. Bir-
kf-ii's rcllllloll in lilo l'lll<l-. bill this
llccllls ll vary i`\lir nnll unlnly It-,tier ill
whit-ll hr- licsirr-s all early and thoro-
mlh lllvcsiigutioliz and I desire to say
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