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 ' V â-  tw iif p â- Ik: !1» The Standard. MAfiKDALE JAN. 24, 1884. OPENING OF PARLIAMENT. SPEECH FROM THE THBOIVE Ottawa, Jan. 17.^This afternoon, at 3 â-  o'clock, his Excellency Lord Lansdowne, Governor-General, came down in state to the Senate 'hambers, and opened the second session of the fiftb Parliament of Canada with the following speech from the throne Honorable Gentlemen of the Senate, Gentle- men of the House df Commons In the fulfillment of the important trust committed to me by Her Majesty, I have re- course for the first time to your advice and assistance. It is a source of the deepest personal satisfaction to me that 1 should haye been callei by Her Majesty to an ofiice in which, as her representative, I am enabled to take part in the public affairs of the Do- minion and associate myself with you in the performance of the honorable duties which you are about to approach. I rejoice to learn that although the last haryest has been less productive than its predecessors, and although there are indications that the rapid expansion of your commerce has to some ex- tent been followed by over trading, the gen- eral condition of the Dominion is so as to justify me in congratulating you on its pros- perity. The marked success attained by Canada at the International Fisheiy Exhi- bition in London must be very gratifyirg to you, and has been, I doubt not, of great ser- vice in showing to the world the v,-ealth of our fisheries and the extent of our marine industries and resources. The commission- ers appointed by my predecessor for pur- poses of consolidating the statutes affecting the Dominion have pursued theii- task with diligence, and I am enabled to lay before you for examination about sixty chapters of the proposed consohdation the remainder of the work will be prepared and the whole of it revised during the present year, so that the final report will be ready at vour next ses.-icu and for your approval. The nuniber of eaji;j;rauts to Canada daring the past .season was, I am happy to say, greater than in any previous 3e;ar. a jiroof that the better Cauada is known the more it is yalucd by tlio.-f !-:efking ft home in the Xe\7 World. Arrangements are in progress to dimmish the cost of inland transport, and I have reasou to believe that the result will be a steady increase of valuable settlers in future, During the recess negotiations were re- .suined wit; British Columbia in regard to .several matters ujion which differences had for some time existed between the two goveruments. One of my ministers vi.sited the lu-Dviiice last summer on a special mis- hiou with a view to adjustment of all ques- tions in controversy, and his efforts have happily been successful, Should your sanc- tion be given to the arrangements then made ail occasions of dispute will have been removed and most cordial relations establish- ed between the Dominion and Provincial Governments. The papers will be laid before you and your consideration invited to meas- ures enabling me to give effect to the agree- ment. Eapid increase of population in the North -West renders some amendments in the North-West Territories Act expedient, and your attention will be called to those iinportant matters. The progress of the Indians in Manitoba and the North West during the past year has been on the whole .fiatisfactory. The lands included in several Indian Treaties have for the mi.st part be- taken themselves to their reserves. A biU for the further promotion of their interests 'Will be submitted to you as well as measures applicable to the whole Dominion for the purpose of encouraging the more advanced Indian communities to assume responsibih- ties of self government. The bill laid before you last session for the representation of the people in Parliament and the assimilation of Electoral Franchise existing in the several Provinces has now been before the country for the year. The measure will oe re-intro- duced, and I commend it to your attention. I would also urge upon you the expediency of providing for the regulation of factory labor and the protection of the working man and his family. The measure submitted last session with some amendments wih be laid before you. The rapid progress of the Canadian Pacific Railway has been maintain- ed throughout the past year. Of the 2,8.S3 miles of the main line between Pembrook and Port Moody 1,738 are now constructed, and renders practicable the completion of the great work within the next two years, although the time within which the Railway Company were bound to finish the road will not expire until 1891. My Government has thought it of the greatest importance for the settlemem of the North West and the devel- opment of our trade that its completion from sea to sea should be hastened, and the com- pany enabled to open the line thronghout by the spring of 1886. With this view and in order to aid the company in procnrinc; anf- £ceint capital for the porpose, by the dis- posal of its unsold shares, the GoTemment agreed to receive a deposit of mon^y and ^curities siJcieut to pay a minimiun of 3 per cent, dividend for tern years on |65,000tr 000 of the stock. The* arrangement was made on the belief that i)r wonld give steaf- ness and increased valhe to the shares on the market. A consideratum of unfavorable circomstances has prevented the folfilment of ^ese expectations, and tlie company has not been able to obtain the* required capital by a sale of its stock. The best means of preventing any delay^ in the great object of the early completion of the railway demands your earnest considenation. I am pleased to be able to state that the operation of that portion of raOway already opened affords most gratifying evidence of its soundness as a commercial entesprise, andl of its great value to Canada. The large increase of the volume ot traflo: on the Intercolonial; Bailway over that of any previous year, withoui involving any burden upon the country, is a satisfaotory proof of the continued development of trade- be- tween the eastern and western portion of the Dominion. Provisional arrangements made with the Government of Nova Scotia for the retention of the Picton Branch and the ao- quisitioan of the Eastern Extension Railway to the Strait of Canso, will be submitted ii your approval. Gentlemen gf the House of Commons Accounts for the past year will be laid be^ fore you. You will find that the expendi- ture win be considerably less and the receipts larger than the estimates, the surplus ex- ceeding that of any previous year. The re- venue of the first half of the current year, notwithstanding the large importations of the last season, have been such that we may reasonably expect that the estimates for the year will be fairly maintained. Estimates for the ensmng year will also be submitted to you. They will, I trust, be found to have been prepared with due regard to economy Honorable Gentleman of the Senate, Gentle- men of the House of Commons 1 feel assured that you will devote your- selves with earnestness and assiduity to the consideratioa of the subjects I have men- tioned, and to all matters aSecting- pubUc interests that may be brought befi^re you. THE REPLY TO THE ADDRESS. From the xf^u-s. Ottawa, Jan. 18. â€" The reply to the ad- dress was moved by McMaster, of Gleugary. in an excellent worded speech, which, how- ever, was nothing but an elaborate avoidance of the most important questions. He re- ferred to the points in the address, and sympathized with British ^Columbia as not having had her dues. He congratulated the International railway on having ceased to be a burden en the people, and he pointed with pride to Sir Charles Tupper's action in having the condemned cargoes of cattle re- examined. He exulted over the immigra- tion returns, which showed that during 1878 only 30.000 immigrants cacie into the country, to -17,000 in 1881, 112,000 in 1882, and 133,000 in 1883. Of the latter, the un- precedented number of 34,000 were from the United States, and 11,000 of them were re- turned Canadians. He then dwelt on the export trade in hve stock, and said that last year 56,000 cattle and 114,000 sheep were sent out of the country. The receipts last year were in excess of the estimates, wiile the expenditure was less than the eatimaiss. this left in round numbers a surolus of 7,00t GOO, not including the 1.000,000 derived from the sale of North- W^estem lands. This was THE LARGEST SURPLUS SINCE COMFEDKBATION, and though it was largely gained from im- ports, and importation has been over dane, still it was an easy job to dispose of a sur. plus. Notwithstanding oyer-importation and over-produciion it had been a reasonably prosperous year. After referring to the necessity of introducing a Factory Act and a law assimilating the election law in all the provinces, he spoke of the necessity of plac- ing the Indians on reservations, and of giv- ing them some sort of self-government- His absurd reference to this subject should have RAISED A LAUGH. for nothing more ridicvxlous could be imag- ined than what he called "Home rule for the Indians." It is just as feasible as home rule for the pauper asylums. On the Canada Pacific the speaker dwelt long and lovingly, hanging with suspicious weight on the un- precedented rapid construction of the work, and the necessity of the people and Govern- raent stepping in to assist the syndicate with wnatever is necessary in the way of aids and g^iarante es. He spoke of the Government three per cent, guarantee with- out explaining it, and stated that it had failed to meet the wants of the syndicate. The Government m«mber8 looked exceeding- ly ill at ease when 3 IcMaster expiated upon the necessity of the Government doing some- thing more to help the Canada Pacific rail- way out of the hole. Belleau, of Levis, seconded the reply in French. The absuroUty of two official lang- uages is impressed on the English hearers while listening to hanmgnes sach as that of the Quebec member. But a small propor- tion of the members could understand what the speaker was driving at, bat nearly all of them could have understood him u wall, if he had spoken in English. JO^BLAXX'S SPKXCH in re^^ was ft powerful one, and in a popu* Itrvein. Hepatted Lansdowne's head piovingly, and ocniqiliBianted tne Government on the style of the GrOTemim they are sending oot. This was to indicate |the loyalty of the Grit oarty, and Mr. Blake Idid it very nicely. He read a Ministeral an- nouncement of Sir John's int«ition to see that asettlement was arrived at with British Columbia, coupled witn the statement that Sir John considered it his duty to Yictoriato see that such a settlement be effected. Sfir. Blake congratulated Sir John on his careless grace with which he paid his debt with other people's money, and passed on to the imigra- tion returns. He did not believe the figures brought forward by the Government were anything but conjecture, but the facts are so apparent that it was not even alleged that the 150,000 emigrants promised had come -in, ' while the member for Glengarry had discreet- ly omitted all reference to the number' of emigrants to the North West. No reference had been made to the disappointment, dis- content and agitation in Manitoba and the territories, yet the Ministry could not at- tempt to conceal the fact that such existed, for their friend, th first Minister of Mani- toba, had but a few days ago confessed m pubhc that affairs there are virging| upon a cncis. To him the reference to the Govern ment guarantee antf the necessities of the syndicate, was a most alarming announce- ment. He had been, at a loss to know how the position of the • syndicate could be im- proved, or the value of its stock enhansed by a guarantee, if a deposit had to be made with the government of dollar for dollar to the amount of that guarantee, The guarantee was given in defiance of law, and ^e haye nothing before us to show what the securi- ties were. But now it is even worse, and it appears that the syndicate is to get it with- out giving security. The electors had been told that the giving of the contract to the syndicate had lifted the burden from the shoulders of the Canadian people, but we find that burden upon our backs still. Mr. Blake said he had warned the Govern- ment that the success oi the road could not be assured by immense subsidies, but that prudent. managcBsent must alio be add6i" Instead of such management we are told that the road ha- been pushed with unpre- cedented rapidity This rapidity means an extra and unnecessary outlay. Speed means money. It means the extension of an un- P'-ofitable period, during which the company will have to operate it without a local trade. It is doing the country no good, as it causes the settlements to be sparce and widely scat- tered. The boom has caused speculation and ruin. More than this the capital of the syndicate has been largely devoted to other enterprises than the Canada Pacific railway. They have invested m the St. Lawrence and Ottawa, the Canada Central, the Credit Val- ley, Ontario Quebec, the Toronto, Grey Bruce, and the Loildon Junction, and now they call for help to build the line that they engaged to build and were subsidized to build. It was to be regreted that the syndi- cate had exciteii the rivalry of another great company by building an opposition line to the Grand Trunk, but as they had done this they had no right to call for sympathy where the rival companies manipulated against them. Moreover, while the syndicate is asking for help, and the government pro- poses to relieve them, there is no pro- position to reUeve the people of the obnox- ious clauses which are more oppressive to the country that profitable to the corpora- tion. Turning to the state of the country, he expressed his surprise that the member of Glengarry had dwelt so little on the sub- ject. He got on the ice as late as possible, and got off it as quickely as he could. On previous occasions this topic had been lov- ingly dwelt upon by those speaking in reply to iho addrei»s, but now it was indeed chang- ed. The country had a reasonably good harvest, with few failures in the onop, aod to account for the degression the Govemment must be blamed for extravagant expendi- ture, and extravagant, unjust and unequal collection. They wore to blame, too. for their encouragement of overproduction, of speculation, of overtrading. Last year the Finance ^Etiister, like a reckless pilot, told his crew to put on all sail, and they did. How many of them had since taken in sail, or had it taken in for them. The bank- ruptcies had trebled, and in his own city of Toronto he had not seen so much distress for years. In Montreal it appeared as bad. Even in London, we are told by the Post- mister General's own organ, that they are establishing a soup kitchen. For this troub- le the Government's fiscal policy is largely to blame, but a portion of it must be charged to assisted emigration. While the Govem- ment has been assisting an undesirable class the ratio of the increase of emigration for the past four years is less than that of the previous four yean. Fartioalarly is this so in the urben communities. Notwithstanding the complaints of the workingmen and ai- tisans, who are fimling that PBOTXCnOH JMBS HOT PBOIECT Iii30B. Sir Hector Langevin promises to return his exile eompatriots to fCanada to further in- crease the total of nnemployed labor. He biifly expressed his objections to the bill for t^ assimiUtion of the provindal frwjohise V»d hoped that the objectionable and nn- ^^e»»d of clauses would be climated, He was apriy find th4Jt there was reference in ^he speech to the proposed abn^titm of the fisheiy clauses ot the Washington treaty, as important interests would suffer if any inter- val was allowed to occur or any lapee be per- mitted. It was oeitalnly the dutf of the Government to see that there is no g»p and to take advantage of the opportunity to press negotiations for better trade relations with the United States. He next taunted Sir John with the decifioct in the appealed es- cheat case, a taunt which he had soane rea- son to regret when. Sir John shifted the responsibility of the qiiestion home to ithe Mackenzie Government. Mr. Blake proceeded to read Sir Jean's opinion on the constittionality of thet Do- minion Government aesuming the licensing power. With biting ;saicasm he referred to the Premier's great reputation as ]a consitu- tional lawyer, and then twitted him with the decision in the Hedge and Russell cases He supposed that Sir John would endeavor to hold the power he had seized on another pretence, as he â-  had always-- endeavoredito centralize power. He complimented Sir .TohD on the happy event which had relieved the Premier of the necessity of choosing betweea-. Carleton and Lennox, and theti^ another man of other views now sits for Lennox, no doubt Sir John and all the rest of them sin- cerely mourned the temporary triumiih of vice over virtue. SIR JOHX'^- REPLT. Pir John complimented Mr. Blake ca his new style of addresping the House. "'•The happy style," Sir John said, '-was quite a new departure. Mr. Blake, in fact, had broken out in a f?esh place. Formerly Mr. Blake had posed as a great and stern states- man, a strict economist, and all that sort of thing. He was puzzled at first to account for Mr. Blake's happy vein, but as he pro- gressed he found out the reason. The smile grew as he alluded to the rumor that the Syndicate might fail. It broadened as he spoke of the hard times It deepened and widened as Mr. Blake spoke of agitation and disaffection in the North- West his coantry, by.-tfae very goitlemen chunored for^thc continuance of (the cltisea, for oonsentiag:*ojwhioh he had been bl»,iken ed. This strongtftoint aroused TKX naST GENUnfB BKTBOSUSM on the Ministerial benches. As to the Hodg. case, Sir John acknowledged that in tht speech referred to by Mr. Blaise he ms fret to say he had gone too far. Unlike Mr .Blakt he did not i»!etend to be infallible. Howevc Mr. Blake had not said, and dare notiKiw sar in his capacitoTAS a lawyer, that the McGarthj Act is unconstitutional. Of one thing the Opposition C89 be sure, the McCarthy Act will be enforced. As to Lennox, Mr. Biake- had better have hired oot that aigument. Though he h^d been compelled unirilliagly to ivamoose that constituency, he imagined that the member now sitting in thi8.Hcuse would shortly be disturbed. Before sitting. down he indulged in some of his character- istic pleasantries and was loudly applauded. The address was then adopted. SURPRISE. On the eveuing of Wednesday 16th inst., a large number of the youno- people and others of the Rev. Mr. Wilson's Flesherton congregatiou, took possession of the maiiee where- preparations for a pleasant time im- mediately took place. About the middle of the entertainment the fol- lowing address was read by Mr. Jos. Blackburn. To Eev. A. Wilson. Deak Ir'ASTOR. â€" Our invasion of your home to-niglit was intended to be a surprise to yourself and family, and while our relations are such that this temporary occupation of your home, may not require an apology on our part yet ii suggests the question why As representing the young people of Anil he! your Flesherton congregation, we de^. faily exulted when he spoke of the, estaUish- sired an occasion to express to vou ' our, heartfelt apr)reciation of your con- stant and- faithful endeavours to direct and help us, and in every way to pro- motG,. our highest interests 'for, this life and for the life hereafter, lu our socialjgathermgs by your hearty 6%ia- ?athy and co-operation you have meut of soup kitchens. So it seemed that- tho leader of, the Opposition, gloried in all the modifications of evil in st.:j;e for Canada. This ac.jDunted for Mr. Blake'S: liappy depar- turs, and, ho regretted that the only man who had ever been in the House who could answer 3Ir, Blake in his own style, was in the House no longer. He was, indeed, sorry ^hown US how the religion you preach for Mr. Bunster's absence, as he (Sir John) ^^7 ^^ practised and enjoyed. lu had no time to prepare improptu sarcasms, 7"" P^^so^^^l i'^^^rcourse with us we M^ Loca: Notices ttny indivi e*nt$ a I in «tHti a lint St Sc A S. Ped] â- of Arteme There wall on T A QUANl this week, McNea '^^roc^py. a .Sixteen saleiby W Coal Oi McFarlana week. Ther's sidewalk si elected. The roa( dition, and s. and Mr. Blake had. As to his paying his I '"'^® found you a true friend and wise continue debt to Tictoria, B. C., with the people's counsellor. In your pubhc ministra- monev, he thought that the whole country '^^°^ y°^}' ^^^al and faithfulness have and the whole inspired in us some desire to find our place for usefuhiess in the churc PEOPLE OWED VICTORIA A DEBT for electing hiin to the head of the (iovern ment. In reply to Mr. Blake's charge, that the Pacific road was pushed too fast he said if the late Governtment had had charge of building it there would have been no danger of the great rapidity of construction, nor would there have been any cause for the hon. gentleman to complam that the settlements were being pushed out teofar into the wilder- ness. If Mr. Mac^^enzie's water .stretches had been utilized the settlers wou'd have hung around Winnipeg.and had no opportun- ity to go out along the line. They would have been at the mercy of the speculators who held the lands, instead of having the whole country within easy reach by rail. And this had been afforded the settler by the rapid construction of the line. Not one honest bona fide settler had been disturbed by the land regulations, and tliose regulations had been established for, and had succeeded in, the protection of the lands against spec- ulators and agents. He claimed that the colonization companies had done ^uch to advertise the country and attract settlers. Those iu )blige by p J8th Jauna: James Si hop and wi n this plae Wood is irge quan quare timb Two Pai uilding a e ^ill be s'lre The trai 1. Sometimes our apparent indiffer- ence may have caused you pain or disappointment, but we feel assured that your teaching both in precept and example will not be lost upon us. While we disclaim any attempt to flatter you we deem it not unseemly to giye you these few words of enc- ouragement feeling how much you have given us of your time, year tbcught, and your, heart. It is now my pleasing duty to present you this onderful t overcoat and whip with 'heartfelt elayed by t wishes that you may live many years tij- j and that it may be a means of ad- •^*-^^- "'^^• ding to yoyr comfort in travel, pre- serving your health and prolonging your days. Signed Joseph Blackburn, on be- half of the young people oi the Flesh- ertou Presbyterian congregation. REPLY. Mr. Blackburyi and Friends. It is always a source of pleasure both to myself and Mrs. Wilson to and none of these had been disturbed, though l^cet With any of our people and par- He was unable I ^°\ ^° f^*^^ because the gift is a "rich and valuable one, but for the senti- some bogus companies had been forced to yield, up their claims. As to THE HUDSON BAT RAILWAY, the (government encouraged if,, and was pre- pare4i to give it a larger land grant than to any line which had been chartered in the North-West. As to the euter.jjrise of the syoiJioate undertaking the other- hnes besides those contracted fpr with the Government, he conld say that not a dollar of money, not an acre of land had bpen granted to the com pany, except on the certificate of the Gov- ernment engineer that the value had been expended on the main line to say what interest the syndicate had m the lines mentioned by Mr. Blake, but he knew that the task of connecting sea and sea had the main line had no links to connect it with the other systems to Montreal and the seab^ard. It was not the desire of the Gov- eaiment to say in the address that THE COUNTBT IS HOT PBOSPERODS l#r it would nave been untrue. The same •jurcumstances which pieyail here prevaUed in the United States; but we do not find the press and the pubhc men, the Congress and the Legislature, gloating over such misf or. tunes as the overproduction in a mill or fac- tory here or there. Now Mr. Blake had ask- ed why the fishery oUuses in the Washing- ton treaty which are soon to be abrogated, were not mentioned in the speech. It was strange to hear Mr. BUke say that measures should be taken to prevent these clauses from heing dropped. When he had assisted in the n^tiatioQp at Washington i»a h,4 h«i ,_ .,._ „,„ ^^ called^ a te^to^, who sold the hijrt)}p8if,i of you ^ck with a stick. lerkship of appointed The the] c)ow zero^i hursday M T. McNea 'emises on ilarged his In order t( is desirat exion the Gkey Divii leet at Piocl ebruary, 16: ticulariy in the manse to which we now give you a hearty welcome. I am happy to say that those relations we sustain towards each other are not r nor biwTe been in any way impaired ^^^ ^°""' by th(^ Iftbors or trials of the past '" " years of my ministry ai^png you, nay I may truly say that th^ bonds of es- teem and christian afifectjon are ba- commg even stronger, ^d while I am unable to reply sjxitably to this beautiful, well worded and encourag- ing address. I can say, I thank vou. und on Tu an, Eeeve irden. A SBEAT po] gar Refill € 3 on Tuesd 50,000. iVURTOxV is uring a lia( season bi rt Arthur. School m«nt with which it is accompanied, for the ^irit of brotherly alfectioo which breathes tlirough it. and for the prompt expression of loyalty made ^®"' '" me not many days ago. I know that -„°?°^" as a congregation we may have had '^A. lurne days of darkness but through them kfa. Dak. M we have been kindly led and greatly 'chased the bleassed. As often as I haye had to nelg recent] raeat discouraging circumstances aS' Wilson for § frequently haye I been borne up by Thbke subsc the sympathy and prayerful support ^^ ^^^.' tl7th^ft'i iff '^t^^^ y"" "»'^^"" trust that I shall be enabled in some ^^rd them measure f^t least to show that I am iaon Cour worthy of the people over whom I am i up phicedw, pastor. •oule'i What ip the difference between a ^J. donkey a^d a postage stamp on» you B^ick wilh a lick ^d the (f^ep '® "' laye mmmimm