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_ _ _heard a harsh, coarse voice of a stranger and it was not
 “S  the voice of the Wickedert Ma . This s too u _ ery on g _
- ' _ - _ ‘ 'was at once seized with the same impression. One of the_ listen- Half a dozen of_the Quebec members were the first to come in-- `
'-"`°`°_'_~l V ers blurted out, “Hadesl It's Blagdon!" and a roar of uncontroll- Premier Chauveau, Dr. Fortin, Dr. Robitaille (latei-_Lieutenant give
‘l°°'“““°° mm mg” “mel able laughter broke forth. There' was no more soleinnity in the Governor of Quebec), Mr. Simard, of Quebec County, and others. you
ing House. 'Thereafter there was a duty on flour, much more service for the gallery menraftei- that, and all may be pardoricd if They nodded to me and went on talking in French. I knew little
n wa m ch Ev e were called to ether and the new clerk was thereto receive them. mittee ?” -
soon as the meeting was over. So the membersof the coimnittee _a_ lawyer. Why did you _pot send a lawyer to se;-ge the
Thus stemlji i°¢fhuked,_ Mr. Linsay. hwy 're -
V   ~   _ Pl1°d= “I
it you the best _mari I lim.__ If you writ ge on with the 3°"
have and he fails you in any particular, I will be respon 'bieri
“Thai will ao, Mr. Lindsay," retorted the ehaimiinsl C,
BD
irritating than burdensome to the people of the east, and it did they have since retained some prejudice ‘against the plan, since of that language, but soon made out that they wanted and must the irate Clerk of the Commons strode out of the room I'
not lessen the irritation when the gossip of the lobbies and smok- more in vogue, of listening to religious services by ’phone. have a French clerk. This decided the acting clerk to be vel'y_ama
, insistent on the procedure. ' _ member of the staff was more fit than I to undertake what mm'
Up rose Dr. Robitaille, and, seconded by Mr. Chauveau, ed a dimcult task' I knew that it was not Mr. Lindsay, but h-
. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . ' d Dr. Fortin to bc chairman. He was about to put the mol
_ _ _ _ _ _ l`he civil service as it was at the beginning of things iii the nomnfate _ _ _ _ r - - _
in the east, but the incident serves chiefly to show something of Dominio /was the civil service of om Canada_ and it Seemed to ,hc quesllolli ‘Vhm I l'¢m"1d€<l him lllaf il`l2l'e was not a quorum pre- .hus, and had put m_e in a position where now the chairman
If ' sent. Three or four at once called out that seven was a quorum. not
Mar'time r r sent ti *s that the thr bi bu`ldin _ t Ottawa _  _ _ _ - _ _
\ ep e a W' m .ee g ll k gs a f _‘I told them thatuntil the committee was organized it required a capable than I was. But sometimes courage rises with an
ing-rooin repeated other sarcastic references of Sir _lohn to the
“two Charlies.” '
The bread-tax, as it was called, long reiiiaincd a sore subject
the sectional feeling of the time and also as illustrating Sir ]ohn’s
method of imparting a lesson in discipline. He was always quite
_ newspapers of the smaller Provinces in their then brief and soine~
doiti failed to record even a trivial matter such as that just nien~
tioned, and these had their effect upon the public miiid_ It was setup 3 claim that the entire Qmcgaj stag at (mawa should be ap
tl t'llM.F'h 'td ff d'd~', _ ' -_ _- - _
“0 ‘mg l r 'S el' “LSP C il" 0 “C JU gbhlll and Ml' portioned onthe same basis as the Senate,, one third from Ontario, _om him the committee could not roped proceed _O b__s___ess _dd
Connell gravitated to the Oppositioii_ The Maritime people were one-third from Quebec, and one-third from the Maritime Pro- P y
-t - ‘ 1 _ _ d ~ _ . _ - _ _ _ till the order of ‘reference had first been read. I proceeded to arya
qui e provincia _vet an it was not pleasant reading for them that vinces. A number of the New Brunswick meinbefs made my room, read __ and _hen added i__dden___n that I was i__s_r__c_C__ _hat _,Bla
their public men should bc, even at infrequent intervals ridiculed Number 33, their headquarters, and there was much talk among _ ' _ ~ _ 
across the floor, either from thc Ministerial or the Opposition side. them over the inequality which prevailed in the distribution of of- “mil the committee was organized’ it was the duty of me clerk to I Sh
_ _ _ preside. If now they had any motion to make they would please man
Hence, when Alexander Mackenzie retorted to Mr. I`illey that fices_ Charles Connell, M.P. for Carleton, N.B., had made the _ _ - _
._ . - - - address it to me. I half expected that they would not submit to last
tliehoiiorablc gentleman s logic was as bad as his graniinar,” :ir tour of all the offices in the Commons and questioned each occu- h, b ___ d _ . d t _ _ .___ th Nc B__u__Swick wen
when D’Arcv McGee intimated that Mr An lin “sat there iiot‘ ant as to his official duties, his ia and other articulars, which t 'S' ut a m mm a_cer ai” meeting W1 e _ W _ _ `
_ K P l Y P
____ __ Seat _“__ on ___ _h__ee__e ed _ie ,, ___ °-cnc _ __ ____ ’ _ __ _mention smnc of _hc _“Sons visiwd were mthc__ disposed to __e_|_Government, before recited in these sketches, in which a little wha
‘ ' _ _ _ gg_ ’ e C on 1° ef” “rn mm _ _ 1 . . I audacity had proved moderately fruitful. But Dr, Robitaillc prov- ing
was far more irritating than if the words had been applied li incn Sent 215 3" \mf“5l0“~ Dlllcfs 100k ll )°C“liU`l}’ and liluglled OVC" » - - ~ -
_ _ ) _ I y th _ h. h__h __ _ __ b b. __ d D,A ed patient to a degree, and rising for the third time and -1ddreSS~ ball
0 tie same I roviiice to om: another. In not a few cases the Meg range catec istzil to \y___it ht Cy _ia een lC;__e _ d reg' ing_ "Mn Clerk" with mock deference) pmcécded to nominate med
men of the cast and thc wcst, like boys at school, formed their L C1- Callie il1 OM i1_Y “ 'Cl C mf|_Y¢_l' ‘V35 emi! ’5C_Uf5€ ia" “Pierre Fortim Esquire' Member for the County of Gaspg to be ,,855
first acquaintance by an exchange of nit-tapliorical hard knocks, mth" agfseably 5UfPf1S&¢l Us by admitting that the Mariti_mc Pro- cl _rm __ of _his commmec ,_ I ___ the uestion and declared Mr __a___
vinces were entitled to one-third of the offices. “We want to F25” ;u_y e_ec_Ed ' P fl - Sum
It llallpenffd 0"" 0" 1Wl¢_C in H1050 Carly days that 0 f\0\V5" treat yoi' g('_nerou5l'V_' he Said’ ‘but vacancies Cannot be made an Before the meeting was through Premier Cliziuvcau came Frc
at once' A5 vamncms occur they ought to be fined from your over to m desk with a resolution that he was about to move and sibl
irieniber whom the scribe had caricatured or criticized with undue. Pr°v'"_ceS'"__ H” ‘fad “_°°Py Df the St' Joh" T“"'9"“Ph ln his which he ,Lad Written in rather Circumlocutionary E,,g|;5|,_ Heiask-
severity. And many more were from time to time thrcatciicdiigmd’ m which “HF topic ‘Kas discussed’ and had mee" re?dm_g the ed me to make ft read 1-ight and I edited his wpy for liim_ There- life,
with corporcal pains and peiialties that were never realized. Iii m“?' wrrebpomcmc Q 1 newspaper man hc ll as a so mmf after I served that committee for live years without ii word of tion.
st d th tth ift ll all cl tt mio th Ot
the actual cases of assault there was no doubt considerable provo-if ea _l;:_;_ C2510 __ _elgn '  cu et ,,n_‘y R  Ti to e d' difference between us, and never heard any more about them
- _ _ _ w _ r - _
cation, an the gallery was able always to make good either in thc_ a____ th f ___ im] _0.d _y.ou_ W; e 1a_;_ ii said; an don itil)./nal wanting a French clerk. And a more pleasant and agreeable com-_ and
-encounter or in the account of it, so that no members of tliel;|;d HEKCE ;_;__'______i_Z_n ,,“§I.x‘_;1__;§Enl :I Saou' r in dsmlhla gy pany of gentlemen one need not hopc to meet than those whom Iiand
House had much to boast of. I was two or three times tlireatcii-l _ ’ _ P \ g' _ S a er e was ea ' _ any had first encountered, as related. When I reported to l\lr_ Todd. I dr
- itimes since have I recalled that friendly touch and those kindly _ _ _ ' _ _
_ _ he was much interested, interrupting tht; story with frequent_ into
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Mr. Tilley had been able to place some of his friends in the elactliatlolis Such as' Dld you do that' I am so glad-,jmu did mo"
_ that, ‘I would not have dared to do that, and It iv
oms Department, of which he was now the liead. Mr:
n Mr Alfred Todd was an excellent iinn, a cap- mid
hiihdf i<i`h D .' 50°'  _ "_ ‘ '
C e H a reef mn m t 6 new apartment of M-“imc and able and painstaking official and a good friend to me always, but_it-_\-;t
_ada and _hc new ___c__ _.rom the East were _______ ___ an Cases _mae he had more reverence for ii_iembcrs of Parliamciit than is coiiiinon! turn
“_ _ e _ th Ri, _ _ _ F __ ____ _ among newspaper men. W.i<:n lic meta member lic always-saltit- r-tl t
y c com m C 0 ua 'rsync' mm t C ist’ mwcvcr' ed him with reat deference and he cxicctcd like obscrvtilcc from “I rd fl that ” 5 '(1 Mr C mgron
ti iff ifii ii. d'i <if'1i ‘ g ' l ‘ “cr” '“‘ "‘ '
_ _ _ ‘_ _ ‘ ‘oi
oun my new c ie s am c ow-c er -s as cor ia an rien< y as __ ___ Ss __ er - d L _ _ _ d.d _ __ d th .__ _ ___ _
ld be desired. W. B. Lindsay was Clerk of the House, and a c e g Ju ge 8 on amc 1 no 3 en e comm ce m p 5 '
only to become fast friends thereafter.
paper. man attending Parliament was assaulted by an aggrieved
cd, but fortunately escaped unbruised. The most trying ordeal,_”“_0__
and it was more amusing than dangerous, was after having pub-l
lished a more or less graphic account of the fight between Bun-lcust
stcr and Cheval in Rooiu 13, incidentally re feri-cd to ii: an earlier Mi,
number of these retrospective sketches. British Columbia had nlpis
very real grievance in the long delay which took place in fiilfilliiig Ca,
the terms _of union, while the Pacific Railway was a bone ofcon-_ vcr
tention between opposing parties. The British Columbia members I f
were quite right, as the Prince Edward Island members are to- con
When the “Axe” Hung
hcries. But, as I have said, the civil service was that of old
were acked full of h' hl 'd o cial aid c r ve v ot _ _ __ i f _
intolerant of any independent action among his followers. The whompwere frém _helgEa€t pak” elder; ;neSs;1g;. dcxgll Kai” m3l°1'\l)’ Of 135 membefs I0 Cflllsmlllfl 3 ¢lU°"Um- They had aP‘ emi' '
k patently never heard of such a rule I quoted the authority, and
_ _ __ d __ _ d Pa and I were the only permanent employees from New Brunswic th __ se _ es ge; ____ __ _jst 0'i the members to bring ___ the rar
times prejurice reports o lie irocee in s in rlianient sel~ ' ' _ _ ` V' - - - __ 6 U 3 m Se." W _
l E » in the large staff of the House of Commons. Maritime ministers _ardy ones Then Mr Mackenzie' Mr Anglin and others Came in _imp
and members alike felt that this was a hardship. Some of them and wanteé w__k_now *hat was _hc ma;______ D___ Robimnc r__peat_ ha
ed his motion, and was again about to put the question, when I quic
.Y
eachmentsl’ The librarian, good Dr. Todd, helped “Eg
kly deposited them on the committee table. Sir john
calmly took from the pile Mr. "I`odd's work upon
ould be quite at a loss without this book, written by 3 lay
." It was nice of him to turn to me and smile as he
ted quite mollitied except the chairman. After
t was next to be done the others went out, he alone
bent low over the table and writing rapidly that sinall,
d` which was one of`his characteristics. At length he
cs,” he said, speaking rapidly (there were about a
es). “Dcputise whom you choose to serve them. This is
mons for the Judge. Have copie made of _it in English
rich. Make personal service uponzhe judge as speedily as'
ti, and attest the return of service,"
lie was gone. The next half-hour belonged to the
thc 'copying clerks. The papers ready, compared and
ovc to Aylmer and called at the ]udge’s resirlciice. He led
his sumptuous parlour where I handed him the duplicate
ses. He glanced at them and naivcly inquired, “ls that
as then twenty minutes past four o’clock in the
iii my swom return of service I was particular to note
ct time to the minutes. When next committee met that rc'
was before them. A smile went round as attention was can-
o this seemingly unnecessary detail. °
~__-__
‘ would no doubt have got even with his adversary had not the door R0
of the locked room been, most inopportuncly for him, broken in, F3
and the little Quebec man rcseucrl just at the niomciit when li: M°55"5~`P°e“e" and Fa""l"ls’- We' the Votes and Pf0C¢<=dl"gSS
was able to bear away as a trophy a tuft of black beard torn the
from the L-lcediiig chin of the man from the far west. When my W
account of the affair had appeared in St. john and had been We
tmiisniitted to Ottawa, I was soon informed that a sound tlireasli- :me
ast
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“ Q--Aw-¢_-__*_-»~-
flay, in insisting that the union compact should be carried out tn yery
the .letter at whatever cost. _None the less their complaints were in physique, and of an impcrioiis will but kindly heart_` Alfred
a wr-ariiicss to the House. That fact afforded no proper justiF.ca» Pat
tion for Cheval accompanying Mr. Bunstcr's robust, if i'ailier`st'eed thc Law Clerk' Frank Badgely his assistant' I)r Mphcus
rlisjoiiited. eloquence persistently, night after night, with the music T0
of the iiiouth organ and the ]cw’s harp. Mr. Bunstci' was in C0mmltt¢°5§ HCUIY Hawley Chief Omffe Clefk' D1' \Vll50l1. M
_some iiieiisure justified in resorting to summary preset-cliiigs_ :hill D0
ing awaited me at the hands of Mr. Buiister. Cheval had escap-
ed, but i should not be so liickv. The followiiir day, inthe lore__th°
wc
' -a
i-oon, I was hurriedly completing a letter to he sent out by the
noon mail and was alone in the writing room, my watch beside at
nie on the table as admonitory of the speeding minutes. Thus mo
writing against time, I heard the door open and a heavy step ad~_
the new arrival was Buiister, and that about the best thing to b
done was to keep on writing. Anyway, the letter was very nearly
completed and might yet be finished iii time should the interrup-
co
vancing behind my chair. A quick mental process decided thatiglgo
e
in
ter the lapse of a generation since I served with them, that ti
tion not prove serious. Surely my enemy would not attack from fl’
zed, astounded. ‘With my very lime experienée aimost Z/as
’ iiv
nentary anger under trying circumstances, that had spoki
the entire committee, would feel like making me seem
' The chairman turned to me stiffiy: “You will go* to the
and bring tis forthwith the authorities upon proceed'
soon ‘loaded up two or three messengers with books, and
ry Procedure, and turning to Mr. Blake, said
ke, we think we know a little law, and yet in the present
word, “laynian." Mr; Blake assented. All othm'
up, and beckoned me to him. “Here are a list of wil
He rose to leave. I had never served a legal paper in-
I must needs gain time,_ get some information or explana
“Attcst the date of service ?" I began, rather lainely.
“The hour, the minute l” he called back over his
_ _ , ~ Mr. Mitchell too was much amused with my account of;l»iit a cared b counsel There were a number of lawyers on
bid iihfi _i- i _ _ _ _ Pl’ Y ' _ _
Capa e an consucm C C le le was IC was sw" and smut ihC FITS! mC€Ung Of “F0l‘i\fl'S C0mmlflCC." HS |10 C<1llC<l lf~ Bllllcacli side. Mr. Blake took down most of the minutes of evidence,
rick was Clerk ASS_S_____t_ af_c_w____d5 C_c__k_ DL (__ W_ Wick later when that committee began_.to send him all sorts of_iiiciii-lwriting rapidly iii half-inch letters. _ I remember that once he 
orials and recommendations on pilotage, and the protection oflgm, a line 0,, the fgglscap pagrg wrgh the word “mvestig_ition.
v _ i i » » - 1 - _ _ ~ _ __ i. _ _ ~ ' - - r
dd_ the Lib_______a___ his b__0the___ _Alfred TOdd_ Chief Clerk of oyste:'_ beds and technical rcnioiistranccs against the use of btil All that he put glgwn on that _hr-ie was “mve5tiga--- ’ and the
‘ - lows, and purse seincs, he grew weary._ Once I had to send otit"‘;i0n” wen; ovgr to fhmnext line, Memory here recalls the
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fiom and F_ B_ H___y£s_ ___ the T____n5]___0r,s b‘______C___ W_ B_ a long series of questions_to the leading fish incrcliaiits and hshcr- ,wlographs of mme of rhg eminent men of the time-the copper.
ss and A. G. 'D."I` aylor, Clerk and Assistant Clerk of journals; 21;" :in Oveiicanada’ .Tsklr mem an surf? 0f_qucSm"S "Atom mel Plat? bcffllly _Of the O_l_d Cliieftainff ".l‘fh“ A' _Ma°d°"a_ld"} lll°_
rquhar McGillivray, at the head of Routine and Records; S enes’ Em' to Comp’ e Ue"_a"S“crS wiuotici liiilitirb m a nhl ‘l"“'mmv° 5‘gm.lt“r9_,  _H_‘l“_:kS’ winch a dum wou d wvcr’
| port. When I asked my cliairinan for instructions in regard to the C|¢a,~-¢ut lem.;-5, all neatly formed, that made up *Alexander
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venerable Thomas Vaux, Accountant; H. B. Stuart, Chief me 5501);: and ture of mel Teflon higave 3 suggcsiwc shnfg °f_ Mzf°k°“_z‘°= ‘fs he W"_°te ‘ii :he b°ld» ffagmelffafy R___  (?3_"
_pidng Clerk; and so om Among the _._____0__s_ beside ____yS___H_ is s ou derséoo Make itfvo uminous, was all lic said. I did so. wright, the Charles "I`upper_ that seemed as if scratc e< wit_i 
re Harr Smith now Ser eant~at~Arms nd full-blo Col- Thfre were .pages 0 .foolscag m .that report Um C0mm0_ “ml upon a Slate; E' Blake’ that might have beer) tra_Ccd “Iii A
y ' g- a .a I . wn dore s ent laborious da s in erusi t I-lc th 1 d h ' ’ ' d h f ld i lin s which
l; W. C. Bowles, Harry Lindsay and Charles Panetf At my P  P ng " ’ C “men an t C small crowbar llimfcd m "ikfm t e grace u .O“.' ng _ C _
visit to the House a few years ago_ I was saddened to go over P_§00f'f¢a_d°"_‘Ye‘_j’_;hI th‘“k» ll” Only P_Cl'S°_“5 “'ll0 CV" Wm* bespeak the "Wilfrid Laurier _of today. But this is a diH_;'{¢ssioii_
list and find how many were dead. All those who were living t rough It al ` _ en the pmposai tt? pnm It .Came before the To "tum t° me commmee' Wie got along smoot y' even
re also ,.Someth___ far advanced in s_a_e_,, L _ _ ___ c_ommitt_ee, the chairman strongly insisted that it should be pub- p]e;,5ant]y_ after that fl,-St (lay, A5 pi-oi-ogation drew near, Mr.
g e n e Say ere’ lished in full. Prudent Alexander Mackenzie had asked my opiii- C,,,,,em,, mlled me gg his side one day and, remarking that we
re capable. genial, kindly and courteous body of Public oliicialsi io" Pflvafsly as to whether it WHS “°t rather bulky’ and I ‘old had UCEUH "5" father Sf°*'mY fashlofb" handed me 3 Slip af pap"
' him there was four times too much of it, but that I had followed “if ', that 1 had served the committee quite to the satisfficr
uld not be desired. The work of the sessions is very. trying _nstructions So the voluminous report wa ___ _ 1 A ‘Ce Wg d _ ___ If ~h . Ami fudge
~ \ ~ - 5 P 1" Cl 25 311 HPPCU' t' f `t be an o inase as c airman.
U2 fSh°a_S:_;";":_)fi_“5___StE‘;l__;1“‘;;‘§__o_ll_;T l0f:_g _hours ‘md me mghtl dix to the journals of 1869--that “new set of journals" Wl1lCh lfilfofitainlf Tfixsnnolsimpeached after all Before the next session
. a or. , _ _ _. '
g T] g - g .- Y P  _ _ D AYCY MCG* hfld Cl0‘l“°“fl)’ will US 'W°"_¢ 1° f°"“ fl" "Ollie lie was comfortably superannuated which was no doubt much more
ierc were cvcnin eirerttiinineiitsi those la _ lo tt i
g ° -" ‘ yi ai u °W"~ records of a great people ” My next committee was called to in bl t him and also more 0lili¢ otherwise.
connection with various church and literary societies, and at » - - - '_ _ _ _ _  _ _ - “glee” C ° P
‘ ' quite into the admirustratioii of justice in the judicial district of ('l‘[lL‘ END)
esc the ciitertainers, readers and vocalists were sometimes sup~ Ottawa. in other words to _,Ike the initial prom d. - th ' _ ` - .L
, . - c ings in e - L -f - f f ' "by
behind and without warning or parley of some sort. So the P)fed_ fmm °"° °f the learned Pmfesslonsi 0" fmm me of thci impeachment of Mr. _lustice Lafontaine of the Superior Court of 'DELEGATES ROYALLY :,'_‘m1“iw'tifi1liiaiioiiifigllgzilicilfdwas
" r um
letter-writing went on. The footsteps came to a sharp halt close P"
behind ine. It was a rather tcnsc moment, but I decided to con-
tinue writing and await further developiiients_ It seemed an ago. 0"
l a
»:
and several lines were added to the page before anything mor
_ l
occurred. Then a massive hand was slowly cxtcniled over my °f
shoulder, and grasping my watch, removed it out of sight. Some P
sense of the grotesqueness, if not the humor of the situation, for 5
ca
e
the moment rather relieved the tension. Then a gruff voic
blic de artmcnt . At on f th ll d H _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 0
.P ,, ,_ S e 0 csc' C? C a mm” °f Cm? Quebec. He had in, his time been a land agent, later a politician RECEIVED unworthy ot us to be strniiiwfil "‘
‘H0115 Nighli SH' _lollil Macdonald presided, and had about hiiii and ,hen __ Jud e The Char cs Covered a 00| d I f d _-._ oaeli other so Iona. and permit. lil"
the platform the heads of thc Commons staff. Sir john made and were ‘____e__dfi to show _hit h_5 _o__dSh_ goutm ta 0 _grquii (Gong,-,nued mom alle 4) councils or ou_i‘_ S@:l“_;`“_§;’_ 
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in -_»i;f<»diq»fy_ Simi.  win. it Spore my ..».»-a.ro_. _.___ __,,_,_,___,__, _._ _,__ ,,.,_.,__ ,___,-,,,_, .,,,__. ;’,,__§,,___;”;; __°___f;;_ ;_‘;‘;’.‘;‘i..:‘:.2;.,":_‘:.°:.°_‘;_ _‘.‘.‘:::::_', f:;"t:.:‘;.::._°:.:i:_t_   ___
the civil service in general and of the parlianientarv ofiicials in f h. h h h - b really creditable to their taste. and easily 8d1\\Bl°d W C°“f“d°“;'°é
articular' said he was roud of them all for tlici abil't d ~0r W ‘C e Dug tmw to e removed from Umm The procecd` discernment" in respect ta me The puma men of "me Iniw Msn
_ _ h’ _ __ I _ P _ .. _ r _ 'Y 3" ings were altogether new to a Canadian Parliament, no judge mast. thanking the Malmslns Goin- are not so amhltloueraf; i;_¢_l__f_1:l\;____
ness, t at wit tieil' great responsibilities there had been no having ever been impe-a_ched in this comm_y_ A C0____m_tte__ of the mtttp_s;_torrthe:i_-_ humble _la_t_;ors__ lp p_r;:~,_i)>_ris ;l_;p°::;i:_»_ 125? ___e___ _,___ mc"
5° °f default a"‘°“g litem? that he fell they WUC the equals greater lawyers and others. Sir .lohn Macdoiiald, .lohn Hilyard l]\;0;Bl'l`8h°ml1Bde §‘:§:::lf°'3ul1g 3°' “WWI 5"* lt “'§_"'°’;‘; ‘gflitigégiiiiif
broke out: “Does this watch lie ?” I replied calmly: “It keeps °f any like body in the world. "Ol ""°°l”l”5 the °l"ll_5¢’l'f‘° °f Cameron Edward Blake, Lucius Seth Huntingdon Stewart °°m° me of that °°mmm°°,ii°“ th: gill lie” pmuwoiiid command the
very good time, Mr. Bunstcr," and continued to write. He held
the moth” C0Ul1¢l')'§3Y1d finally that he W35 ‘hc f“°fe P"°“d Campbell, Alexander Morris, Luther H Holton, john Henry liliilgiffiiaiigiixis'clciwiloiihrlllbotnii Gift- resi‘fee‘ln:iidwt;ar ntthosewhomtglp
_ . . . . . ' ~ ' V _ _ _ (_ g
the watch m ms hand for perhaps a mmute pmgen then ,md 1, from the fact that he had been responsible for the appointment _of pope A_W_ Savafy and half a dozen Quebec niembers with AL ony. rozardlese ot expense. Mein seek to intliuldato~<:_u;°__:__:_l;_1______
down on the table again and walked out of the room without an- 5°
f th _ _ _ ’ _ Q _ 1 bers ot the, Opposition aoiiietlmes would be USM- b°°°“5
many 0 ew number The" tummg to the me" 3b°“t mm tmzo Wright, the King of the Gatineau, had been named to inves- think it is good manoeuvre to make ed, and then, leavliiz
_ - ion the latform he addre I l ' |' _ . _ _ -
nth” warg I ,augm the ma,j_ _ p sser eaci one in a_ _comp imentary sen _ “gate the Char __s_ By _nSt_____c__°__ I called them to ether for on a mid upon the Treasury and sink all ;l:_l:_ls':__c _____de 0!
The gallery had in tho early days, from time to time, s
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__ len an h f h _ _ i _ _ tho Government ln bankruptcy, lt
~ ce' d as 'en “msc (me 3 'er ‘mm °' '" “°k“°wl°d3m°“t'¢ emulation. but had no expectation of serving as clerk tothe com. possible; but he seat-eeiv uiouiiht
,med one from among the ,SI members of the H0use_ to Whom the tableau was a very effective one. He endorsed Mr. Lindsay mime durmg _he invesmgation _Of wurse I must remain in at that island bankruptcy would be _-we should be better
was accorded by unanimous consent the bad eminence and also
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as a mast" ‘if tW° Ianglmgcs and °f_pa'l‘°m°"ta"y p’°°°°d“’°' tendance until relieved by another clerk. They organized forth asatfiatl-.I y;)t.Iimth:’ll/ililiiféiiignizzlgiliii are the only true
all those ‘arts Df
,hc _me of the W_-Ck,,d5,_,, Ma” _-__ ,hc Houm It might be more Dr. Wicksteed as “knowing all the law'_; Dr. Todd as having “not with by appointing Mr Cameron chairman » mittee generally should he censor- ot a natloivs story:
difficult to make a selection for such a throne of state -in these °
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‘ » » _ f ' wants
my an American but a Eufopmn fame” and 5° °“' Such Plame Then. after a brief consultation toletlier. Mr Blake came giiriiiil  file vgiiiliiinign Mwifiiche ¢(i)iiIriei»ii»r°°i“'
,|ayS_ but at me time hem ,aimed “__ which was some years _from so high it source, spoken so heartily, and with so much dis~ ,__ ' - 1 U me "ll" “USN D0 mswd out to otiieirr good qualities.
_ _ _ _ 0 er to my desk and courteously inquired whether I was a ro-
tiftcr the episode last herewith related, the choice had fallentlpon 
an Ontario member who, for the _purpose of this _history, may be ls"
probably he was not more wicked than some of his fellow-iiieiir W
called Blagdon. That was noi. his real name, of course, and very
bers, who cheerfully accorded him a precedence in _traiisgrcss_ioii_
Be that as 'it may, he was-endowed with a rasping, coilrse voice, co
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rm-imatioti, went straight to the hearts of those addressed, and f,,55;0,,,,l man, He was inf0l'l‘0¢<l in *he “°3“‘ll"°» ‘Wi *ha* I W” thl`rl‘1l’ other with iiir
some cases brought tears to their eyes. In the civil service`_only waiting to be relieved but that I fully _:_mcun_ed in the vtnees rm
lf .l°h" had HIWBYS had 8 d°"0Uf 50(1)’ Uf ,*}i°f5llll’P¢f5» ‘Wild opinion of the committee that inview of the nature of the inquiry liiirltmvie our
as not proud o,_,,_that night to belong to the Commons stallf?_ ‘_ they ought to have a iawyé, _for E ¢1¢,.k__ . glmetzhee
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to eneoufllllfl ""3
The Committee oil. Fisheries and Navigation wassmy fi-rs! Send fo_r the Clerk of the House," said the cliairnian. I ugh; we ever
mmittee. _ It__wa`s 'gotup by “Commodore” Fortin, also 'called despatched a messenger to ca-ll him. ' Presently the mesggnger "_ from wil'oni~
r For-tin, the giant member for Gupé, and wascomposed ofsoinr turned, reporting: "He is atliis luncheon, sir, and'can’t come.” ':i,°,':,d°Tg
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contrasts our
phone was a new invention at that time andthe first instruments fwen` -me mei-i'ibers'cl1leil from Quebeeimd. the Maritime Pro- Th' f th lm I I f h N ' " ° ""“‘ continent
fied that half ii dozen instruments would he placed there and con- thttt department, and failing in that ambition had set up this com- where he was eating, and briefly deliveteif the peremptory order,
nected with the Dominion Methodist Church, so as to give an mittee as a side-show. Be that as it may, perhaps I shared a little at the same time explaining the elreiunsthnces aa' well as I could.
opportunity to listen to the service on the following Sunday. _of Mr. Mitehell"s prejudice. Moreover, Ihod been warned by Mr. Lindsay with a frown droppedhio knife and; fork, and as we
_ e of my_ _f\llow~clerlis not to undertake committee work it I went up the stairs togetlierfhis mg"er'wu alsoiriouiiting higher,
time came round. Six of us sat down, each with two receivers, felt in any way uncertain of my nerves, as members of the House He entered the room erect; alruoet defiant. Oh, the 'things we do
one at each ear, aswas the equipment lit-at in vogue. We "waited, ere very exa_?|ig.at times. "The fear of man which ltfingeth ii and say when we are angry! _:H9 'bowed in silence to the chair-
Sooti the _organ peeled forth an overtiire. Strangely solemn it annie!! ia' not willy the articular weakness of a newspaper re-_tnan, who broke out ; ‘fj.g,`m,§_yAu fm how, L;,,d,a`y that
wad ttiulih hon for the tim time sweet strains coming as it were porter, and I mtielv' relished the approaching meeting with the when it cum lu” of ln, H¢,¢|¢lg,q||| £9, you ¢j¢_,Z._¢j,,,,»¢ 9,3908,
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which distinguished him from most other speakers' "_The tele- D _
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` The gallery was well_ii¢piesente`d ‘iii the room' when the
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'fi-d|n_ the lumen world. All felt the solemnlty of lt; and a hush eat men at elude quarters Mr Todd the Chief Clerk of Com to wait till rtiu eat your luncheon Wfhave not our luncheon
ills? vii shi-rout inrame fell upon eurlittle company. We-milecl milieu, lamented me lil my duties, and also fmea um I. might in yet You knew the nature of this inquiry, and that it is in
for the clear, reverent votes ef. the pastor. with whose tener _most find the  _hard to plgpye. Hesdmonletigti  _ N, km, |m,,,,,__.h ,, },,,,ge_ you Mn .mg_|z_w,__” hWm_°n_ W” mm
lf"'W°"\°Vl"‘ *!'f_°l°‘~*l7'°f*._PWf*"¥l*\W¢» %'\¢'*¢ "P°Fl'~V?'hl'9 F5..MU~i‘\i°5R§dy~lmytb¢~&'!Q;yipqd-~Wi\§t} but_h§_§_|lls up he ls not
or is were familiar, to begin dw |l»\\i0¥~invqcation. .Instead-w_i‘_j
_ _ _ _ *Y » Y _ is or e_ moinent r _ _ed the seren ty cr t e great men Will
were being installed in Ottawa. A room was fitted up in the Par- vmces_ Mr. Mitchell, the Minister' of Marine, had intimated to you go, Mr. McCready, and tell Mia Lindsay to attend the com-
liament Buildings and the men of the reporters' gallery were non- 'me that the Commodore was himself ambitious to -be Minister oi mittee at once." I Wm; tom, umm pu,h¢~d imgthe inn" mom
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