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tr, I ask you simply to allow me to give you my views. You are aware that two yew ago. wins: our pmtest. however. the 6NV- ern-neat ot the day appointed a com- mission to inveétigate the liquor question mg any In this countrx but In other There are other questtous, and it would not be Mr on my part not to deal with them. Within the last fifteen days I have received several applications from aural-em parts of the country asking me, "What are you going to do about tem- pemnce'?" “What are You going to do about prohiNtioa?" I ought to speak frankly upon this. I don't pretend at this moment to give you any more Than my views. Oa a former occasion I already announced that this was a. tree. demo. crane convention, in which no out-ami. dried resolutions are to be placed before you. You are free to move upon prohibi, man or anyghmg else that you choose, but a. commission to Washington to lay down " basis tor a treaty. We would have Supported our opponents tn any similar Willem but, While professing a willing,- ness to go to Washington and negotiate 9- treaty. they never had any such intent- tiatt, and while with one breath they told the people they wanted to negotiate E treaty, with the other breath they said We were disioyal because we wanted to chegotiatss a treaty. (Cheers.) LOYALTY To BRITAIN'. You know the past disloyalty played in the last election. I am loyal to the Brit- ish crown. I have often repeated in the province of Quebec, and I am happy to repeat it io-day, when so many of my fellow-subjects of French origin are pres- ent, that we owe a. debt or gratitude to the British crown tor the way it has treated us in the last 50 years. (Cheers.) Loyal almough I am. I do not think it Would be my part to say that the inter- 'sests of. a colony are the interests of the empire. Take the best families in the land; there is often a diversity of inter- ests between' members or that family, and there is a. diversity of interests be- twerm the mmbers at an empire. The commercial interests of England are not the interests of Canada, and the com- merciai interests of Canada. are nut the carruaeroiad tnteretsts of England; and there is no Conservative who Can say that, tor the fact that England is tree trade and the Canadian Conservatives protectionist shows that there is at least a diversity of imam-ems between England and Canada. Sir, I want now to say this, it the interests of Canada clash with the interests pt England. is it any paint] ter my loyalty or yours that we should make the interests at Canada. give way to the interests ot Great Barium: 7 (Cries of "No, no.") What is the reason. I want to know, that my ancestors left the shores of France to come to the savage country? Simply because they were not ttatertle6 with their condition in France and thought they would better it in Can- ada. What is ttye reason your own tath- qrrs let: lobe shores of Great Britain, of England. Ireland. and Secluland. ammo because your own tath- ers were not satisfied with their condition upon their native soil, but believed that by coming to this country they would build up for Memselves and their tam- ilies a. better and more prosperous con- dition ot things. And are we. their de- scendants, to be told when we 'ind our interests clashing with those Apt the motherland we must stand by the mother- land? I do not attempt any such loyalty, and I am quite sure of the position that would be adopted in my part of Great Britain. I would not hesitate to go upon YV p1atttyrm there and state the same But there are other questions still. One of the evils at the national policy and the system ot protection has been here, as everywhere else, to lower the moral level of public life. It is a subject, however,' into which I do not desire to enter at length. I speak ot gt more in sorrow than in anger; but I bell you this, if you want to purity the political atmosphere that not a cent ts to be levied except what is necessary to carry on the legit- imate expenses of the government econ- omically administered. I speak of this subject more in sorrow than in anger. but there is not. a man who has in his ham a TNtWiotie heart tihait does not see with shame that the name oi! Can- ode. has become the byword of corruption among the civilized nations of the earth. TEE MAJORITY MUST RULE. There are other questions, but we have not the time to take up too many. One or two. however, ought not to be tor- gotten. We should endeavor to retain in every election an honest expression of the public mind and of the public will. We must be governed by the majority. I do not say that the majority is always right, but unidl we have something bet- ter we must abide by the rule that the majority must govern. What I want is anus and honest expression of the public mind. I object. theretore, to those laws which have been placed on the statute book by which the men in power continue not to have an honest expression of the public mind, and distort the true expres- sion at the public will. I denounce, iv: to you as infamy I say that the best and safest principle is to resort to the old policy we had in former years of having a. provincial franchise. This system Ilr'e- vailed tor the titst eighteen years after Coiltederatitm and I never heard a. single complaint against It. The majority ruled. but in 1885 this infamous act was passed. Bo infamous is " that the men who pro- mated it dare not put it in force because the law requires that there should be revision every year. But a revision every year costs so much that the government are begged by their tollorwers not to put that expense upon them. But the act is put in force on the eve of an election because it gives to the party in power an unfair advantage. Again I denounce this other Infamy. the system of gerry- wander. Under our own system of gov- ernment it is necessary that there should he after every census 2. txsdisstNbatior1 of seats. There is but one basis to adopt, the basis of the mother land. There have been redistribudons in the mother land, but there has never been a. word of com- plaint, because the redistribution takes place upon a. well known basis and prin- dple, and that is that the boundary of no county should be interfered with. That is a principle which ought to be adopted here, and I hope that upon this we wili have a most emphatic expression from this convention. CANADA FIRST. But I am a member of her majesty's house of commons of Canada, and weave It to Englishmen who represent the in- merests or her majesty’s subjects in the imperial parliament to deal with the ta- teresta of ths English mstion, and I call “Won the people at Canada to stand up for Ithe interests of Canada; and " there be any man in this audienee-no, there is no one in this audience-but if there be W man outside of this audience who says he stands up in) preference for the interests of England. I tell him "go back to England" And in speaking as I do, I claim I am perfectly loyal, be- cause her majesty the Queen does not expect that any of hee Canadlan sub- Jects should ahase themselves or should Tethme to stand up for the interests ot their coun‘try: but she expects from us 'upon every occasion that the Interests of Canada. be paramount. (Applause) Again, I say, ttitris is loyalty such as I under- stand its But there is more than this to satisfy the conscience, the superei1ious consaienoe of those extreme Conservatives who, I am afraid. will not be satisfied with anything except the possession of power. Let me tell them this, that it a treaty is negotiated by Canada with a LrTiiirirli'oGCr'y that treaty will have to rttttdhed by the government of her ma- any ”the Queen in England and if the lam: government object that we should such a treaty, men, sir, and not her, it will he time to raise objections. What I A1tan, is that lupon this pulley t reciprocity, lt should be well known and well understood that while claimmg to do the best for our country, We know full well that our action is subject to the approbation of her majesty the Queen. {these two questions, in my judgment, might to constitute mainly 'the programme of the Liberal party. (Applause.) The While in which we are engaged at this moment ts a. battle for the welfare ot Canada, and the welxtare ot Canada de- pagds upon her ttseal policy. 1rtaxstured goods would have to be elim- fmrtati/bot What we wanted was to send thing any: I say to-aight. I am a Brit- dsh subject.and if " were my lot to have been a member of the British house ot commons I would speak like an Ti1nglish- man and stand up for England in pre- tenenee mo Canada. any time. ever be our aim upon every occasion; to appeal no tube generous beam of the people and not resort to Force or coe1teiorueN1eerts.) We are divided m this country as to race and creed, but t am glad to see that in the high aim We have in view there is no creed or rhciitl division. There is something superior upon which we desire to build up a Malian; but is it sufficient to have a moral basis tar a people P. Tire must have m lerial prosperity, and the prosperity of he people depends upon our tisea1 Poli _ We are probably on the eve of a gen, at election. When it will come is among the secrets of the gods upon Par1iama'at hull] yonder. It is possi- ble we may ifaire" a. repetition ot the de- eeit of the last dissolution and it, there- tare, behooves us to be henceforth pre- pared for the tray, whenever it comes. Lot us resolve here and now and hence- forward and tor, every moment from this day or unt‘jl the battle has been won, that we shall never cease our efforts. and for my part in this struggle I shall en- deavor to do my duty to the best of my arbuLty-(toucl eheers)-und I hope, nay, i am sure, thht every one of you, general, colonel, capiain and private, whenever it comes, will always be found at his post. (Load and. prolonged eheeringashe entire cauimzries as well. This was done again- st our protest. We believed, I still be- lieve for my part. that we have all the information we require on which to form an opinion upon this subject The Do-. minim: Alliance, which is the great prohi- bition parliament. of! the country, has a representative to speak for it upon the tioor ot the house of commons. That gen- tleman is Mr. Dickey. You know very well that, not upon one amnion] but during two sesstons-the sessions or 1892 and 1293-tthe Dnminion Alliance, by the mouths of in spokesman and the other members of the alliance upon the "ffotyr of the house of commons, declared that until that commission had reported the question of prohibition should be left i'n abeyance, so tar as the Dominion parlia- ment is concerned. Well. sir, tor my part, I So not see how, as long as this report is to come, as long as this investi- gation is to proceed and. as. long as the Dominion Alliance protesses to be sat- MtSed with it, the Canadian parliament. the Liberal party. can deal with it. Let me go one step further. As for as I am personally concerned, I am prepared to give my views new and at once upon this question, and as soon as it is re- moved train the state it is in now I shall mot hesitate to give my views with no uncertain sound. Lt would be premature to say how I should speak or vote. hut my mind is made up and l will be pre- pared to give my advice to the Liberal party tor them to act upon it or not, Just as they please. As long as, the commission ts deliberating it would be impossible for us to frame a policy. If they did, the government would go to their friends and say “This is not fair to- wards us, we are seeking information at your request," and therefore do not ask as to have an issue on this, and, gen- tlemen, I want to have an issue with the government Mn every question that comes up. (Hear. hear.) There is another question upon which I have read sev- eral communications unging me to take a course upon that question, Different persons in the various provinces have asked me Ito make the opposite courses. To them I have given no answer. I give it now. gentieme‘n; I wish the question were in any other condition. Those of you who follow political events know that last session Mr. Tarte on the one hand and Mr, D’Alrhon MCarthy on the other agreed that the government were a pack of cowards-levers)--) they did not deal on that subject in a manly way. Upon my part I spoke in the same sense, and I now say that the govern- ment acted in a eowam11y way and did not dare to speak either one way or the other. It was their ibounden duty to say one thintor the other, but instead of acting like men of courage they allowed passion to he iatlamed in Manitoba and Quebec and never dared to stand up like men and put an issue of the question. They are to be blamed for this. (Hear, hear.) They shunted the question to the courts, where it is now. The opposition are not in a position to take any action until such time as a. report has been given by the courts and until the courts have decided whether or not the govern- ment have the right to interfere. Then, sir, it will be time tor us to say we will act or not. m my estimation it is not prudent, mow that the question is before the court, to deal with it because it would be appealing to prejudices which it would be better to be left aside. (Ap- plause) For my part, as on the tem- perance question, I say it is possible the time may never come to speak on this subject again in parliament, because, if the courts decide that the government have no right no interfere, that will be an end of the question forever. (Hear, hear.) One Word more. It is now 26 years since confederation. It was openly said at the time that the object of those who framed the constitution was to make this Canada. of ours a nation under pro- gresmive British imstitutitM1s. For my part, I have always regretted that upon that occasion a province was trampled on, instead of an appeal being made to the best instincts of their hearts. Such an appeal would have reconciled them long ago to a system which, In my estima- tion, is a noble one because it has a great aim. Now and Mr ever, whether We are in opposition or In power, it will ALEX. Wanna, president Reform tusaocia, tion, Toronto. Joas Fun, Toronto. THE SECOND DAY. When the convention opened this morn- kg the delegates were present in large force. The appearance of Sir Oliver Morw- at and mm. H. G. Joly aroused a burst of cheer-mg and. applause. The crowd rose and waved their hats and fans with enthus1asm. Mr. Tarte received an ovation from the 1jYeruehianadian delegates, which was Joined in by those from other provinces than Quebec. He remarked upon opening his speech that he was a new comer amongst them, and that he appreciated the honor they did him and his county by calling upon him. He reminded them that they had marched from the county of L’Islet to Vaudreuil from victory to vic- Cory, and he felt sure they were to be followed by successes in many other counties. As he understood, he went on to say, they were not met here to do the government's business, or to do a service to the government. Speaking at Archbishop Tache’s letter with regard to the Manitoba schools, he said it had come too late. It it had come last session, when the archbishop was as well inform- ed as now, then the members of parlia- ment would have taken advantage of it. The Liberals had the courage of their convictions, and would have acted upon them. The government had refused to accept the solution offered by the Liber- als, and now they must bear the respon- sibility. Mr. Laurier had yesterday spoken in prudent terms, but had not contradicted his previous utterances. They had leaders who possessed the pom iidence ot the people of all the provinces. and allies such as Mr. Mowat, who had done so mach for their fellow-eountry- men in Ontario. At this point in Mr. Tarte's speech the bell in a chapel near by began to ring, and the crowd cheered and applauded the remark that it was ringing the death knell or the govern- ment. Proceeding. Mr. Tarte said that in 1878, when he was a Conservative, he wrote a letter. which has caused some discussion. He was thinking then of the time when Sir John Macdouald would disappear.he was foreseelng all the iniirmi~ ties of Mr. Clarke Wallace, and that Mr McCarthy was the only man of ability in no. liAoRIEn’s SPEECH IN FRRNCU, MY. Laurier. at the Conclusion of his address, made also a. few remarks in French, alluding to the principles laid down by such men as Pmplneau and La- foma-ine. and calling upon his fellow. countrymen to follow 1n the;r footsteps. His remarks created the wildest ent"nus- iasm among the delegates from Quebec. COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS. The report ot the committee to strike committees, which was read by Mr. Chas. Hyman. recommended the following gen- tlemen as members of the commitlee on restuatims:--Hon. C. A. P. Pelletier, Hon. w. Ross, Hon. F. Lazurelier, Hon. F. G. Marchand, Hon. D. A. Macdonald, C. Beamswlell, P. A. Choquette, M.P., C. Deschene, M.PP., Dr. Guay, M.P., A. Turgeon, M.PP., L. H. Brodeur. M.P.. Dr. Christie, M.P., J. I. Torte, M.P., I. Scriver, M.P., B. A. Fisher, ex-M.P., Dr. Riairet, M.P., Jules Tessiar, M.PP., George Carroll, M.P., Dr. Godtrout, M.P., C. R. Devlin, M.P., Dr. Vaillamcourt. M. P., Hon. F. P. Thompson. lion. A. H. Gilvlrmor. W. F. George, George C. King, G. Hadlow, J. Ja. Carleton, G. F. Greg- ory, J. U. Ellier. Jas. Domviile, James O'Brien, Hm. J. A. C. Pnendurgast, Hon. Robt. Watson. Mr. Bechard, M.P., Hon. J. H. Ross, Hon. James Richards. Hon. David Laird. Malcolm MacDonald, Hon. L. H. Davies, M.P., Hon. B. Rogers, J. W. Carmichael, W. H. Chase, M. Dwyer, Hon. A. G. Jones, George J. Troop, G. IT. Murray, D. C. Fraser', M.P., Hon. A, Mc- Gillivray, Mayor Keefe, Mayor Allan, Dr, Borden, M.P., Hon. R. W. Scott, Sir Richard Cartwright, Hon. David Mills, M.P., John Charlton, 'M.P., John McMile Isrn, M.P., George C. Gibbons, James D. Edgar, MH?., ft, C. Clute, D, Burke Simp- Sen, James Sutherland, M.P., James Con- mee, M.P?., Rom. Jaffray, W. Mulock. M.P., W. Patterson, M.P., W. D. Balfour, M.PP., Andrew Pamullo, Hon. James Young, Chas. Mackenzie, MFR, F. T. Frost. A. T. Wood, J. R. Shanon, M.PP., T. o. Anderson, James McMullen, M.P., T. P. German, Hon. J. M. Gibson, N. A. Eek-curt, E. D. O'Flynn, w. R. Ayles- worth, Joseph Tout, M.PP., W. Gibson, M.P. The committee mother recommended that Mr. Laurier and the president and vice-president elected by this convention be ex-omeio members of all commirtees. The report was unanimously adopted. Sir Oliver announced tham as most ot the speaking had been in English they would all be glad that their 2eHow-eoun- trymen who prefer the French language should hear a speech in the language they love. He called upon Mr. Joly co address them. The announcement was received with cheers by the French delegates, who filled all the seats Dear the platform. Mr. Joly, speaking to his compatriots, told them that upon their return to their pro- Vince they would be able to tell their. peo- ple that they had seen one of the grand- est of spectacles here. Their chief ac- claimed by thousands of persons: their leader, whose characteristics were 20t1r- age and frankness, who went to Toronto, where some people said he would not dare to speak. and had repeated the same ttrings he had said in Quebec. That was the reason he was respected in Ontario. The people of that province respected him for his courage. That, Mr. Joiiy said, was the man who would lead them to vic- tory by the straight line of honor and loyalty. When they returned to their WNY- ple they would also tell that they had been sitting here side by side with tie1tF. gates from all parts of the Dominion, and that it was Impossible to tell who were B'rtench-Cazradians and who were English when Mr. Lander was speaking. Refer- ring to political questions, he said the situation in 1878 was the same as to-day. There was a commercial crisis then and now. The people in 1878 were asking Mr. Mackenzie if he could not do something to lighten their burdens. Mr. Ma,aeketurie's reply was that it was not by legislation they were to seek relief, that the remedy was in the peoNe's hands, and that they must depend upon the abun- dant resources of the country. Then there appeared a doctor who said he had a, universal panacea. Mr. Joly said that he himself at that time had a. certain con- tidence in the remedy, and the great ma~ jority of the people of the country decided to try it. Mr. Mackenzie fell with honor, and to-dar was the day of his rehabilita- tion. What has been the result of the remedy whose doses had to be increased from year to year? Manufactures had certainly risen, but it was by forced growth and they bore no fruit, They were therefore now obliged to see it they could not prune some of the top branches, lop the moulding branches away, and, said Mr. Joly, the axe must be laid at the trunk of the tree. He referred to the formation of combines by which small in- dustries had been crushed, iastaa1ettsg; the case of the rope factory at Montreal. The people had had enough of protection. Duning somewhat extensive travelling over the country in Manitoba. and other provinces he had heard the some cry for a change. He explained that although in 1878' he had been inclined to believe in this national policy, he went with Mr. Mackenzie and fought with him. Today the commercial crisis was worse than then, and thousands of their people were leaving Quebec. His speech aroused fre- quent bursts of enthusiasm. and when he had done the audience cheered him again and again, Sir Oliver Mowat said the convention would now have the pleasure of hearing another representative of the French race. They had the advantage ever the English in that they spoke equally well in bath languages. Those whose tan.. guage was French liked to hear it; those who spoke English, many of them not having the advantage of understanding French very welt, would like to them the gentleman who was abaut to speak. They had not always agreed with the gentle- man in the past, and he dare say there were matters in which they did not agree with Mm new, but nevertheless they would be delighted to see and hear him. He was known as being an independent, fearless and persevering politician and member of parliament. He need not tell the convention that he was referring to the member tor L’Islet, Mr. Tame. (Ap- plause.) convention rising and cheering vocifer- ously.) MB, TABTE. ‘When "Mr. Tarte had concluded his ad.. dress in French more was a demand for a few words from trim in English. He said ;.-“Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,- I don‘t speak very well in French and I am very sorry to say that I speak very badly in English. Still, as You are kind enough to call upon me to say a few words, I must submit. Gentlemen. you all know that I am an old Tora-tlaugh- terr-that I have committed many sins, but at the same time I am bound to say that I have made up my mind to do a little banter if I can. (Applause) For the last two yeals I think I have to a contain extent made up tor the past waste of Lime, and my friend, the Hon, Mr. Lamar, and myself have been in the past on very friendly relations. I have not always been in accord with his porttieal Wows. but I have always found in him a. man of honor and a man of great ability. (Applause.) One good morning came when I saw the errors of my past, and I found In myself enough courage to tell my associates of the past that I could not any more Work in har- mony with them. I suppose I could not be neon-ed to-day of having gone from the weaker)» We stronger party. the Conservative party. Had not the predictions he than made been veriiieu 7 He asked what the ministers of the gov- ernment had done for their language or their schools. They bad then got more at their portfolios. And by who: right could the government ask a man who had not the authority of a majority Lo present a. solution ? He was proceeding to speak of the bishops, when n. delegate cried shame. Mr. Tame said it was nat shame upon the bishops. They were men of good faith, and were therefore not in a position to negotiate with men who had none. He referred individually to Hon. Messrs. Chapisam Ouimet and An- gers and Sir Adolphe Caron. and declared the three French ministers were with-. out igttiuence. He left it to his fellow- cmmtrymea to 1001: at the two parties it was better to follow the path of duty and, the path of honor. I think it the Conservative party and the Dominion had had representatives at this magasirscant gathering the result of the next election would be already decided. We are mak- ing for a platform and a programme that will be acceptable to any honest man. The platform will be open to the acceptance of any man who has at heart the welfare of our country. I have spo1c-. en in French of the rights of the min- ority. Although I cannot express myself in English with the same homily as in French, I must say to you in English what I think, because, as I said a minute ago, honesty is the best policy. I appeal to my English rellow-cauzrtr5rmen to give me ttve minutes of your good attention. We are accused by the Tory papers of the province of Ontario of raising predu- dices and religious hatred. The motion I have made in the house of commons on the school question is obtacked upon all sides. I haVe been represented to you as a fanatical man. Gentlemen, I feel that I am not that sort of man, but I feel the same man who has enough cour- age to say in French and to say in Eng- lish what he thinks is right. (Applause.) I feel, gentlemen, that when the French element have acquired Tc1ghts they must not be trampled upon. I feel that all citizens of this Dominion have the same rights on this broad soil of America. (Applause.) We don't ask for anything more than that, but we wtrn't take any- thing less, and we teelthat with the Lily. anal party we are safe on that ground. On that school question we are in no way responsible for the dinieuities exist- ing to-day. We are not in power. We did nothing to make us rmponslble tor the present position of affairs. Before the elections of 1891 (and what I am say- lng now I am prepared to prove) Sir John Macdonald. the then prime minister, sent to Archbishop Tache the Hon. Mr. Chapleau, who was secretary of state, with full power and authority to negotiate with Archbishop Techs about that school question. What was agreed was this: It was agreed that sy John Macdonald would not disallow the law, because It might injure the To- and draw conclusions; They would only be respected by their allies, he declared, in the measure they respected themselves. (Cheers) A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Mr. Tarte-But I have come over to you when brilliant otters were made to axe to remain. A voice-Tire welcome you. Mr. Tarte-a found in my heart and con- science enough courage to tell me that A vNce-Stronger in tfoaesitr Lad the night. Gable View of a, prominent member of the house, President MAOLEAN, of the Ottawa Re, form association. C. S. HYMAN, ex-M.P., London, ronto element; but Mr. Chapleau, who ls still living, who has road my words uttered in the house nf commons, and who does trot deny any one of them, pledged himself that after the elections were over. if the courts of Justice, to which the case was then submitted. de- cided against us, the government would Lake the matter into its own hands. There, was the pledge. We sald at the lime, and we say now, that it was a deueltl'ul and a shameful pledge. Members ot her mfV. jesty's [Jrlvy council have no light to make such pledges, Wall, sir, the pledge was made. Archbishop Tackle is living, and Mr. Chapman Cs livlng, and I chal- lenge either of them to deny the tact. My Engllsh fellow-countrymen. you should not be surprised If we insist upon having that pledge carried out. That pledge was given to us. It was not given only to Archbishop Tache. I knew of that pledge myself. as did others. We were given a formal pledge that the gov- ernment itself would settle the question. and. if Archhishop Tache can deny it, I challenge him Lo do so. If Mr. Chapleau can deny it, T challenge him to do so. But the question has been referred to the courts of justice. Let R be well linden stood that, whatever may be the decis- ion of the courts of J'ustlce on any ques- tron, the rights are the same after all. We may be obUged to submit to the law, as all elteens are rorbriged to submit to lt. but I claim all the same that our rights have been infringed by this Tory government at Ottawa. This rs our posl- don. We are ready to stand by our de- clarations. but we don't want to be mis- understood. Now, I have said a tew words to you as Well as I could. When I was 27 years old I could not speak one solitary Word of English. I was ten years in a parish before knowing that there were any English people on the sur- face of the earth. but my boys won't be m the same poslblon. I have a boy nine- teen years old who can speak English better than T can myself. Don't believe what some people say. that we are not progressive men in the province of Que- bee. We are progressive men. When I read The Mall and The Empire, ri1tsiarratm mg, and. even saying, that we are a retro- grade lot of habitamts. L- come to, the con- clusion that they don't know what we are. Come down and see us. I invite you to visit my own th1e county of L’Islet. Come and see us, and you will tim1 to-day in the old province of Quebec men willing to work hand-ln-hand with you. You will fi11d a. lot of men, of whom my friend. here (Mr, Laurier) is the worthy and revered chief. (Applause.) Mr. D. C. Fraser, M.P., of Guysboro’, stirred the convention to greatest er1thus- iasm by his eloquent appeal for treedom of trade. He said that the delegates had assembled under the conviction that cer- tain members of the community, by means ot legislative enactment, were Ire- ceiving more than their share of the products of industry. The delegates had come prepared to tight against the sys- tem. (Applause) He ridiculed the notion of Messrs. Bowel! and Foster travelling through the country investigating the effects of the tariff, and pointed out that they could obtain more information from such an array of delegates than they could from certain favored parties, in the closet; who commanded them. (“Hear hear," "That is it.") They reminded him of the Scotch laird who had a son pos- sessed of no more brains than he ought to have. The laird therefore determined to send his son travelling, "to see the world," as he told a friend. "Bat," said the friend, “do ye no ken that the World will see him Y' (Great laughter.) When Messrs. Foster and Bowen started out they never thought the world would see through them, (Hear. hear.) The Liberal party was determined to have such Ile- form as would give those who toil and sweat some chance to live. The Coli- vention would miss its force it the dele- gates did not go home with convictions deepened and ardor stimulated to throw off the shackles upon trade. He believed the delegates would go home to start an intelligent crusade, in order to lay deep the principle that every blow they struck and every dollar they earned should give them. as God designed it should, the benefit of their labor. (Great cheers.) That the highest interests of Can- ada demand a removal of this obstacle to our country’s progress, by the adoption of a sound fiseal policy, which, while not doing injustice to any class, will promote domestic and foreign trade and hasten the return of prosperity to our people. T , n' TT There were cries tor Mr. Lamar, who had entered the Rink in the meantime, and upon his coming forward the immense audience, rising, cheered until the rafters rang, He spoke in French tor half an hour. He reviewed the condition to which protection has brought the country, and spoke of the evils of the hidden taxation of the protective system. Referring to the Manitoba school guestion, he declar- ed that he would not have referred it to the courts-that he would have had the courage of his opinions, and would have settled it, When he had finished his speech, were were cries of, "EngUsh, English." He explain-ed that the time for adjournment had arrived, and that the re- po-rt ot the committee on resolutions would be presented on the teassembllng, and that he would then have the agree- able duty of moving one of the resolu- lions”. -iiLU' 'ihit and the tariff should be re- duced to the needs of honest, economical and effieienf gqygmment. That it should be so adjusted as to make free, or to bear as lightly as possible upon, the necessaries of life, and should be so ar- ranged as to promote freer trade with the whole world, more particularly with Great Britain and the United States. We believe that the resalts of the protec- tive system have grzevously disappointed thousands of personswho honestly supported it, and that the mummy, in the light of ex- perience, is now prepared to declare for a sound tiscsl policy. -fiiriLu,t between the two politics] parties on this question IS now clearly de. tiryed. We denounce the principle of protection as radically unsound, and unjust to the masses of the people, and we declare our con-vium'on that any tariff changes based on that principle must; fail to afford any sub- stantial relief from the burdens under which the country labors.. ' As the committee on resolutions was not quite ready to report at the opening of one afternoon session, brief, pointed, telling speeches were delivered by a few of the prominent delegates in response to calls from the audience. In these and in many other ways it; has occasioned great public and private injury, all of which evils must continue to grow in intensity as long as the present tariff sys- tem remains in force. The government themselves admit the failure of their fiscal policy, and now pro- fess their willingness to make some changes; but they say that such changes must be based only on the mmciple of protection. 7131.1“ issa we mhesitatingly accept, and upon it we await with the, fullest coafideuee the verdict of the electors of Csusbds It has oppressed the masses to the en- richrmmt of a few ; It has checked immigration ' It has caused great loss of population , It has impeded commerce ', It has discriminated agsinst Great Bri The tariff-- We, the Liberal party of Canada, in convention assembled, dechsrtsr- That. the customs tariff of the Dominion should be based, not as it is new upon the protective principle, but upon the require- ments of the public service ; That the existing tariff, founded upon an unsound principle, and used, as it has been by the government, as a corrupting agency wherewith to keep themselves in office, has developed monopolies, trusts and combina- tions ; -e . _ . , r, -firhiss decreased the value of farm and other landed propezrty: ; min. The report of the committee on resolu- dons presented by Han. W. S. Fielding, and unanimously adopted, Is as follows _ AFTERNOON SESSION BEBOBT ON RESOLUTIONS. Mat. LA URIER. That the pretext under which the gown» meat appealed to the country in 1891 re- specting negotiations for a. treaty with the United States was misleading and dishonest mngl intended to deceive the shown-be ; That no sincere tsffort has been made by them to obtain a. treaty, but that, on the contrary, in is manifest that the present government, connrolied as they are by monopolies and continues, are not desirous of'securing fuck a treaty ; Than the first step toshras obtaining the end in View is to place a Darby in power who are sineerely desirous of promoting a, treaty on terms honorable to both coun- tries ; That a. fair and liberal reciprocity treaty would develop aha great natural resources of Cnnadn. would enormously increase the trade and commerce between the two countries, would tend to encourage friendly relations between the two peoples, would remove may causes which have in the past, provoked irritation and trouble to the gov- ernments of both uouubries, andiwould pro- The gerrymander acts - That by the gerrymander acts the electoral divisions for the return of members to the house of com- mons have been so made as to prevent a. fair expression of the opinion of theeouutry atthe general elections, and to secure to the party new in power a. strength out oi All propor- Reciprveiry--That, having regard to the prospariLy of Canada and the United States we adjoin-mg countries, with many mutual interests, it is duaimble than there should be the most triendiy mslatious and broad and liberal trade intercourse between them t That the interests alike of the Dominion and of the empire would be mamriaally m1- vagnad by the establishing of such relations; That "the period at a, old reciprocitj treaty was one of marked prosperity to the British North American colonies ; Dominion hvzuhs--.Thut in the opinion of this convention the sales of public lands of the Dominion should be no actual settlers only, and not to speculators, upon reason. able terms of settlement, and in such areas as can N, reasonably occupied and culti- vsted by the settler, The governmenh, which profited poiiti- cally by these expenditures of public moneys of which the people have been de- frauded, and which, nevertheless, hare never punished the guilty parties, must be held responsible for the wrong-doiyq. We aimign the governméht for retain- ing in ofeies a minister of the crown proved to have accepted very largs contributions of money for election purposes from the funds of a. railway company, which, while paying the political contributions to him, a, member of the government, with one hand, was receiving government sabsidies with the other. That this expenditure has prevented an annual revision, as originally intended, in the absence of which young voters en. titled to the franchise have in numerous in- stances been prevented from exercising their natural rights ', mote those kindly relations between the empire and the republic which afford the best guarantee for peace and prosperity.; V Corruption - The convention deplores the gross corruption in the management and expenditure of public moneys which for years past; has existed under the rule of the Conservative party, and the revelations of which by the difreretvt parliamentary committee: of inquiry have brought dis grace upon the fair name of Canada. The eoudueh of the minister and the approval of his colleagues after the proof became known to them are calculated to de- grade Canada. in the estimation of the world and deserve the severe condemnation of the people. _0 Eeouomy--We cannot but view with alarm the large increase of the public debt and of the coasrollablo annual expenditure of the Dominion and the consequent undue taxation of the people under the govern- ments that; have been continuously in power since 1878, and we demand the strictest economy in the adraisustration of the gov- ernment of the country. ”ITEM. each "revision ‘involveil an addi- tional expenditure of a further quarter of a. million ; - - -iiLt it,” has. failed to secure uniformity, which was the principal reason assigned for its introduction ; - - That its provisions are less liberal than those already existing in many provinces of the Dominion, and that in the opinion of this covention the not should be repealed, and we should revert to the proviuoitsl franchises. ANDREW PATTULm, editor Sen LiueI-Revxew, Woodstock. That the Liberal party ii prepared to enter into negotiations with a view to obtaining such a. treaty, inciuding a well. cunsidered list. of manufactured uncles, and we are satisfied that my treaty so arranged mil receive the assent of her majestry's government, without whose approval no treaty out be made. cost the Dominion treasury over a. million of dollars, besides entailing a. heavy expen- diture to both polltlcal Partly; ; The Franchise aet1-Resotved, that the Franchise act since its introduction has J. Bunny, editor St. Thomas Journal. ,. KE‘ 7ii7=L="CT l 1)\ J Ct 1” ' _ a ') /"// ? l r '//i ///i/,it a 'gi , Mt "f (j/ 'tl, ' / it , 1'7 ‘ /% T I j, /// him: greater than the sugporting them Ivoald To puts an end to this abuse, to make the house of commons 'A fair exponent. of public amnion, and to preserve the historic continuity of counties, it is desirable in the formation of elecmrnl divisions that. county boundaries ahould be preserved, and that in no case parts of diiNreno counties should be put in one electoral division. Ptmoliibition--Thtrt whereas public “new him: is at pmsant, much alrected to the com aideratioa of the admittedly great evils of iutemperance, it is desirable than the mind of the people should be clearly ascortsimsd on the question of Prohibition by means of a pgminiou plebiscite. Ministerial misconduct-The convention regrets that by the action of ministers and their supporters in parliament, in one case in which serious charges were made against a minister of the crown, investigation was altogether refused. while in summer case the charges preferred were altered and then referred to a commission appointed upon the advice of the ministry, contrary to the well settled practice of parliament ; mad Luis convention afliru1s that it is the ancient and undoubted rights of the house of commons to inquire into all matters of public expenditure, and into all charges of misconduct in oifiee against min. isters of the crown, and the reference of such matters to royal commissions, created upon the advice of the accused. is an vari- ance with the due responsibility of minis- ters [0 the house of commons, and tends to weakeh the authority of the house over ths executive government, and this convention trffirms that; the powers of the people'ss represonustives in this regard should on all firting occasions be upheld. The stsnate--The present constitution of tho senate is inconsistent, with the federal principle in our system of government, and is in other respects defective, as it now makes the senate independent. of the people and aacoatrolled by the public opinion of the country, and should be so amended as to bring in into harmony with the principles oi popular government. Hon. Mr. Fielding concluded by moving that. owing; to the limited tlme and the large number ot subJects,the mover and seconder of! each resolution should be re- stricted to ten minutes, and oLht-r tspeak- ers to flve minutes. Thls suggestion com- mended itself to the judgment of the convention, Mr. Wm. Paterson, M. P. for Southf Brant, one of the popular Liberal leaders from Ontario, seconded the motion in a; weighty and eloquent speech. He was re- ceived with loud cheers. He said he saw, before him men thoroughly posted on air questions of interest in the country in. which they lived. He took exception to the View that alliance with a political party was inconsistent with good eitiaen- ship. It may be true with regard to some parties but not with regard to the Lib- eral party. (Cheers.) What was to be found in the platform of the Liberal party or its principles to lead any man to sever his connection with that party, which had such a glorious record tor all that was good and right? (Cheers.) ‘What is’ that record T' asked Mr. Paterson, who' was evidently in touch with the great: audience. “Why. sir, I speak in the prey; ence of men who know; who went through battles in times past when every right and liberty and justice we now enjoy was secured for us 'try the Reform party. We are here to-day a. free people, living in a. land rich in the variety ot its re-. sources, and while we have not met with the progress which a people blessed with. our natural advantages ought to have made, the reason is that wrongs have existed in the administration of govern- ment. In this resolution you have laid down in clear language what is true. It: is nothing new, but you have the prin- ciples of the Liberal party again assert-. ed, that in levying duties regard should be had only to the ne- cessities of the revenue, and that in’ taxing the people the necessary require- ments should be the aim ot the govern- ment, and that they should not seek bys tariff legislation to favor any particular class in the community. (Cheers.) I say it is no new principle. A revenue tariff. was in force under Mr. Mackenzie, and he. and his government fell because them would not yield to the cry for a protec- tive tariff. Prom that day to this the Liberal party have not ceased to pro- claim that they did not believe it right that protecoion as a principle should be. recognized by a government, but that the} necessary taxation only should be misread to enable a government to disohm'ge its duties effectively. and leave the peop'e ffree to work out their own destinies, glv“ iag no portion or the community an un-' just advantage over any other portion. To-day you have that mundane embodied in the resoiutian--treedam of trade against restriction of trade. (Cheers.) I consider, this resolution makes the difference be, tween the policies clear and distinct. Our. Conservative fouends believe in restrict- ing trade; We believe in. ex. tending and expanding it, be-. lieving that increased commerce will bring prosperity: that it is a right principle. because it recognizes the equality of an the provinces and all the different inter- ests, and says that no one shall by legis- lation have an advantage over his neigh- hot, one province not having an advantage over another, one class not having an ad- vantage over another. one interest not having an advantage over another: but all having a fair t%id. asking no favor; that we may go on each one fulfilling his own duty and endeavoring to build up into Mr. Laurier on coming forward was re- ceived with unabated enthusiasm. the delegates tirst cheering spontaneously and thet1,growirur m the warmth of their greet- ing, rising to their feet and waving hats. coats and handkerchiefs, the cheering continuing with surprising vigor in such an atmosphere. The leader said y-"l have to move the first resolution on the tariff. I will read it again." “Gentlemen," continued Mr. Laurier, when he had read the resolution, “gentle- men, I do not know but I would say your Judgment will agree with mine that; this resolution is complete in itself. oe course it is now open to discussion Tl amendment, but it seems to me that i could hardly be improved upon. It is m thorough arraignment of the policy tht. government has followed. It sets forth all the evils which have tiowed from thC system of protection, and it draws the line clear and distinct and forcibly be.. tween truth on the one side and error OIL the other, the policy of liberty and free. dom and the policy of slavery, because, I leave tt to the Judgment of every freer mam to the farmers, and above all I leave it to the workingman in the cities, it pro- tection is anything else but slavery, (Cheers) The government has no right to take from the earnings ot anyone any- thing except What is due to carry on the, business of government. (Cheers) The: moment the government takes one cents from your pocket. and that cent does not; go into the treasury of the country, that ts robbery to your prejudice. (Cheers) Therefore. I think the resolution should' meet with your approval, and I am glad to say that trom this day we have a clear arraignment of the government, which We shall not cease co urge until the great battle is fought and we have achieved victory," (Loud cheers.) l a. great emu prosperous nation th's Ihr- amnion of Canada. in which Providence has cast our lot. and ot which we are an proud. I second the (resolution. (Loud cheers.) I . The chairman announced that the next question would be that of reciprocity, which would be presented by Hon. Louis H Davies of Prince Edward Island. Mr. Davies was cheered as he came forward to move the reciprocity resolu~ tion. He said :AMr. Chairmam-rsome eleven years ago I had the humor of be- ing elected a represgnttvUve In the Dominion parliament. I had the further. honor on my election of being entrusted by my then leaden wtth an impontamt resolution favoring reciprocity with the United Steam. To; The Liberal leader' then read the resolu-. tion in French, and resuming In English. said :-"Now, I have already spoken at length on this subject and am glad Gl see the views I enunciated yesterday, fully covered by this resolution. (Cheers) I move its adoption." and was udauimously adopt- RECIPROCITY. THE TARI FF. revs of elec