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MR. BROWN'S SPEECH 
 
 ON 
 
 THE FINANCES OF CANADA. 
 
 Ottawa, Slat Marcli, 1878. 
 on S'iS^J.oLinltSi!?''"^,^? "^^ Ir resu,ningth. debate 
 
 ''tween income and expenditum"^^^^^ to restore the equdibrmm be- 
 
 HON. GEORGE BROWN said :-I rise to make a few observationa 
 on the subject that has been brought under our notice by the o" 
 Senator oppc>s.te ^Vlr. Macpherson), an.l which wa. u^ler d ouSon 
 when we adjourned last nig].t. J',„t, before proceeding to 1 "o I 
 tr.,s the Senate will bear with me for a n.on ent w],ile I saya fLw 
 words m regard to the forn. in .hich this n.atter has b en Z^JZ 
 o us by the hon Senator, and the peculiar character of tl e de ate 
 which has arisen from it. The notice given by the hon. gentle nn 
 was of a definite question to be put to the Secretary of Stal N " 
 
 ".n tVu T *' ''"'*' '^ "^^ '^"''^^ •''^™-'-' - P^»"-I'"a ^' 
 turn to the Government, of whicli notice has been fonnally giv^ i I 
 
 take no exception to discussion liaving baen raised now. I tLk our 
 
 rn es should be amended on this point, but this is not the time to co 
 
 .der that But what I do desire to call the special attention If the 
 
 Sena e to ,s the inconvenient and unjust use that has been made of 
 
 this laxity of order on the present occasion. Un.Ier cover of this 
 
 notice of a question that might have been put and answered t two 
 
 rZsT'th .d^"- r;^"'^" ^''"^ *'• '''-''-'' ^^ f.u.i::imi;:i 
 
 gainst the Administration ; rambles over the entire field of p.rty 
 politics ; drags in every conceivable or inconceivable matter tha he 
 supposes wdl serve his purpose of detraction ; indulges in :rf and 
 nnsstatements without end ; and fulminates wild charge, of wa. .^. !"d 
 extravagance that have been again and again show'n to be utterly 
 groundless. |Nay, the hon. gentleman ventured to go .till farther 
 
than IthiK- 1.0 venturcl t- iuKi.n.ato, witl.mt nun>e i-lace, or .late 
 being given, ^^•^iat ho n.uHt have known aniounted to a charge of fiaud 
 on the part of tho Aclmiiiistratinn 
 
 Mr. Ma.I'JIKRson- In what inHtance lUd 1 'hi tlmt ! 
 
 Mr Brown -The hun. genthnuan .li.l it more than «'"o«- ^^^1';'" 
 ri.fm-ing to the cloticit on the Receipts and Ex,.en.litureH of IHn, li« 
 lne.1 to cast al.roa.1 the insinuation that the I'nhlic Accounts were no 
 ,n,lv nuuh. np or the .h-fieit w.ul.l have been greater. He sa..l that 
 ,,, ,• ,1 ,,een UM hy son.ehody or other that acconnts were imrp..He y 
 kept hack, so as to force a bahvnce a.el lessen the dehcit of the y«a . 
 ni aeph.re.l the nnreliahiUty of Conm.ittees of t u, Honse of . u 
 UH.ns, an.l hinte.l at a Royal Connuission as the only mode of gett uk 
 at the facts. And this ontmgeons insinuation he accnupan.ed w.lh 
 1! i:tin>ation that he could not vouch for the truth o the story he 
 
 b.d Leon uttering, and would not he hehl y^^'l";;;^^'; j^ll/^nown Z 
 1 1 1, ,f l>.ii.li.iiiii>M arv discussion I nave nevei kuowu oo 
 
 [ rst^;!;;;;:? ;; ; 'ur;Si^ ;:i the'hiit^^ of ins ..nnty a» i. was 
 
 Ins St, t u.u ;^ ^^ .^ ^^^ I a.nli.lent 1 am within bounds when 
 
 d.aiged or "'«"'"' t^"> , via h^^ased on facts as to which ditforence 
 
 but $8 85 in that year, and $4 08 in 1870-<. 
 
 Mr. MACniKRSON-My statoment was strictly correct, and I bhall 
 
 ^'^'*Mu BROWN-Thehon. gentleman may strive to escape by a play 
 
 n n b^ on th -7 u<i:5 of them who arrived ria Quebec, and represen - 
 S^vM-i e c..st iwr capita thus obtained as the average of the 
 ing the a\eiagc ^' ^t ^ 1 ifinctlv what the h.)n. gentleman said-we 
 ^'n V" "l"f ' , d T efv h 1 to iind o e person wht heard him, <.r one 
 uU hear.l 3^--'"'^ I'^fj '^^^ *^^^ ^/^HJ „ot understand liis charge 
 
 'Trt^:^^.^t:^^.t^n:V^il^ this Housc.and indeed the 
 of the '^5'^'-"'"'^. '^. ''^,,,' .ji interested in repelling unjust accusations 
 
 aganist the ^^''^"""',^f .^^^'i"' ^^^^^^ precious conglomeration as this, 
 
 rrri^rofluhrbS^^^^^^^^^ -^ --^--^ *^^ ^^^^^^ 
 
 mind f ) 
 
 and with 
 
 fur a nion 
 
 can undoi 
 
 |iiili|ic pol 
 
 liiit r cam 
 
 that have 
 
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 trol of tht: 
 
 nnuiakes 
 
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 fiilily disc*' 
 
 th(! well u 
 
 liarrmmy. 
 
 lodged wit 
 
 |iopuiar vc 
 
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 not be reu 
 
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 "Mr acts us 
 
 tlieri, if th 
 
 ili.scnssions 
 
 foi- rigid < 
 
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 licfore the 
 
 w isojy the 
 
 Minister ol 
 
 Kfuit with < 
 
 frames anf 
 
 tlie financi 
 
 to defend j 
 
 the Comm 
 
 estimates o 
 
 liauled criti 
 
 tiuns are pi 
 
 with a degr 
 
 passed. A 
 
 the Public . 
 
 ^'ranted wit 
 
 Kiitliering fi 
 
 the Supply 
 
 ."should set 
 
 iiiittees to ( 
 
 ttTs ? I ai 
 
 will add eii 
 
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 neighbours i 
 
 years ; and 
 
 whether it c 
 
 the bill of 
 
 gentleman v 
 
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 of getting 
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 it. In all 
 : known so 
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 jntlenjan in 
 y aH ho was 
 (unds whoii 
 
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 Adiuinistra- 
 ;h «lifforenc'e 
 honi utterly 
 
 bitterly a«- 
 
 ' iunnigrant 
 
 fact it was 
 
 , anil 1 shall 
 
 pe by a play 
 ints arriving 
 
 11 knew that 
 1 1875-6, and 
 of this lavgo 
 
 id rcpresent- 
 erage of the 
 lan said — we 
 1 liini, or one 
 nd his charge 
 3-6 liad taken 
 nate, if it is 
 the mouibers 
 id indeed the 
 ,t accusations 
 d to rise at the 
 ration as this, 
 ng the public 
 
 nund/ We have been d.«c.u«in« this umttor for a n.nr.ber of davH- 
 and w.th so boundless a field to range over, wo nmy gu ,„. aLIZL 
 fur a month without getting no.ror a solution than w^o ar. to-dav [ 
 <-an understand how tho discussinn of two, or oven three, point^s o 
 i;;! IXtf T'^ 'T -^"'•"«t-'/'«*'tl-- P'ofitably in this th an hor- 
 utr cannot, I co„f,.„„ ouniprehon.l how a hundro.l points of d.Taii 
 tha have never before been discussed here, oitlier op ,nly or in 'o 
 
 loor Tho Hr.t 8h parliamentary system wisely provides that the con- 
 trol of tho detaiU of mo,u.y Hills that the p,.vver which makes a 1 
 [mmakes Ministries shall n,st uith the pop.lr bn.nch of "ho LoJ" 
 ,110 It . .,es n,. a<lMut of two Chambeis o-iually powerful and iTus- 
 
 ; I I'r''""'^.'"^' '^':^' "^^'''- '^^^■•^ ^'-'Parato bo. ies cannot , oak 
 1^1 tZ """'r'?/'^ •'" poo,.le,lniless they happen to I'.e ,, 
 
 uirc Iwitl. tb. r •' " l'"r^"-''t'-i"«« i«. tJHMefore most wisely 
 n, ged with tho representatives „f the j.eople. We are not electe.l by 
 
 •l.nlar vote ; wo aro ap,)oiiited by tho Crown on the nomination of the 
 )..min,on (!ovornment of the ,Iay ; we aro appointed for life ; we can 
 not bo roinoved except for causa ; <,ur numbirs cannot be nci^eli'd 
 
 .rTcts'Is l«!!lT''"'r* ;- practically wo aro directly responsible fo 
 .11 acts as legislators to our own consciencos ..nly. I ask the Sen-ito 
 
 discussions as tho present ? Tho Lower House has all tho a|.,.liince? 
 f'T rigid examination into the details of money oxL. dit but 
 
 K.tTr*- ^'''^ '^?'"'^ "f f'"''"^ expen.litu/o nu st I, it or! "^ 
 
 •t V ti' P ""'^ " r"^ -•'^"'^ ^'" ^•■•iti«i^'>'« the Estimates closely and 
 V in s^tIr?K ""'""'' ^T'^ '""I''? facilities that wo ,lo not possess.^The 
 ; n wftl, 1 T° "*\'" ^^"^ ^"^^■«^- """"^ = ho is practically conver- 
 Mnt with every transaction of the year ; ho opens the liud-'ot • he 
 
 rarues and proposes all changes o? tariff" or taxatio i; he Us loj^; 
 
 lefenlTt ^"'''^ "^ ^^ Coverniuont ; ami he stands prepare 
 .defend at any moment every feature of that i.olicy. Then come 
 the (-omm.tteos of Ways and Means and of Hupplyfin which e 
 es .mates of the year and all proposals of revenui dLges a o ov^ ' 
 ion sal: w^^^^ <^'^y^ "' 8uccessi,Ji, and .pio - 
 
 h a doirl f f T''"^ V" /'^" '"'""""* '^^ ^^'•^^••■>^ ^l""l'tful point 
 • sod Tn.fl'"'''™ ■''"•' P^'^*" «1^^^^'> th'-^t <^""'^l hardly bo sur- 
 I'le P nbb-, r ?' n'-''"'"''. ""^ *''° "'I'*^'""- "f *'i« following session 
 'ranrod w th t"l!!, ' ^'»™""",^« '« ^'^'^^ ''^^ "'ork comparing t)ie sums 
 " ther nXll inf...''^' "^''"*' ""''"^^-^ criticising evory^itom, and 
 
 umK„/ i ^ ask the Senate if it is convenient that we 
 ii Z K ^^Zl "^^.^ ^"''^"'^'' Ministers and Finance Com 
 mttees {" eon ro the ac ion of the popular branch on such mal 
 
 ill add o^?W fn\lf »«* ^'^"^lenng boyoud our province ?-if it 
 
 IL • u.i • r° *^®, "8«f"J"ess or the dignity of this House? If 
 
 1 an. rightly informed, this reckless raid into the territoU of ou r 
 
 veSs 3 ? '^' ^^f ,;hing of the kind that has happenedYor Lan^ 
 
 jears ; and I respectfully submit for the consideration of tho Senate 
 
 Ll% '' r^^' r * *." ^! *^ '•'^«*- ^^^*h these remarks I return to 
 the bill of complaint of the hon. gentleman opposite The hon 
 gentleman IS full of coni. , -nts and lamentations^He don't like the 
 
 present Ministry; he ha. no faith in Conamittees oTthe Commops 
 
6 
 
 ho ha« no faith in the Ptil.lic Accounts ; ho has no fiiith in anybody 
 or iiiiythinK. The whi.lo wniLl ia ugew with him. Why, ho actually 
 stirtt'd h\n nptouh tho utlior ovoninK with Ji wail of lamentiition that 
 his speoc: cs and paniphlt'ts hnd nf.t houn answeiod by anyone -had 
 imt boon tfnichod. Now, though I w.is n(.t fortunate onou-h to bo 
 pivsviit last HOHniou wlion tho linn, ^ontloiiian bo^an his attack, I road 
 the spiM^-luM of my lion, friend Ww Secretary uf Statu (Mr. Scott) and 
 tlin.se of other aide leeiiiberH of thi.s EIoii«e in reply to tlio hon. i,'ontlo- 
 nian, an<l I confess it appeared to me that nolliiM« couM be more 
 cH'r.'tive or eoiivineini,' than those rej.lics. As to his |.amphlets, I do 
 tlmik that if tho brilliant and wit herini^ .speeches of Mr. Cartwri(.dit 
 !uid Mr. iMi'.ckenzie in tlie West did not satisfy him. tho hon. «entle- 
 niaii must indeed be hard t<. please ; but had J.ny vestiKo of him been 
 left after pasnins through their hands it must certainly have disap- 
 peared under the scathin«( comments of tho i-ress. In my own 
 humble wav, 1 was j.repared to say a word when tho hon. gentleman 
 made liis (irst motiim in the early part of this session ; but when it 
 came on, the hon. gentleman so modi'ied liis tone, ho was so mild of 
 speech, so careful in niakiug chari^es, so laudatory of tho Premier .and 
 tho Fiuiinco Minister and everybody chse-tho wliolo ,. -ison of the 
 tliiii" had so comi)ietoly oozed oiit of it—that there was very little loft 
 to riM.ly to. lint spite of all this, here is the liim. gentleman again 
 with ail his fallacies and his oft repeated charges fresh as ever. True, 
 there is a change. Last session the hon. gentleman came to us in the 
 pari) of the righteous man grieved to the heart at tho wicke.lncss of 
 the world around him; no v\' he comes to us as the avowed partizan, 
 Hatisliel with nothing, distorting overytliing. and calling down fire to 
 consume tho men who govern the land. And I am free to confess that 
 the hon. gentlem.an has special cause for this extreme indignation m 
 1878 that he did not ))oss(!S8 in 1877. Not only have the retrench- 
 ments of 1875-6 been steadily continued in 1870-7 and large reductions 
 of expenditure effected, but the revenue begins to take an upward 
 turn, an<l the national balance-sheet is much less unsatisfactory than 
 under all tho circumstances was fairly to have been anticipated. It is 
 so hard to have all one's i)rophe3ies and prognostications ruthlessly 
 knocKed on the head. Who can wonder that the hon gentleman is 
 cross, (luerulous, and Avild in his statements > Ho takes in one hand 
 11 list of the expenditures of 1875-(5, and in tho other a list of those of 
 1870-7 ; and ho rends aloud the several items in each and compares 
 theui together. Does he come to an item in which the disbursements 
 of the latter year exceed by a few dollars those of the former year, 
 he exclaims, Oh, such wickedness ! Ruin and desolation ! Has ho to 
 confess a saving of say .$r)(),On() on the next item, at once he becomes 
 philo-sophical. " Ah 'l reductions are not always sound economy." 
 " Penny wise an<l pound foolish." He don't value such a reduction 
 at much " but " if he did, who is entitled to the credit of it ! Why, 
 who but the hon. Senator himself- "I, said the sparrow, with my 
 little arrow, I killed Cock Eobin I" is a saving of half a million dis- 
 closed on a sing'e item, ho is horrified. What, half a million m one 
 year ? scandalous : disgraceful ! He cares not who does it, or how it 
 is done, such a reduction is utterly unjustifiable ! In short, nothing 
 wiU please tlie Hon. Senator, and I shall not try to please him ; bi?t 
 if the Senate will give me its attention for a brief space, I think 
 
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Anyho«]y 
 
 actually 
 ition that 
 one — liiul 
 ii;;h to bo 
 ok, I rout I 
 Scott) aiul 
 >ii. tjontlo- 
 
 1 ho moro 
 lilctH, I <lo 
 jivrtwriglit 
 Dii. mntle- 
 
 ]iim bot'ii 
 live (liwij)- 
 1 my own 
 gentleman 
 it when it 
 
 8o niiM of 
 reniier and 
 Lson of the 
 y little loft 
 iHian aj^ain 
 ler. True, 
 ,o us in the 
 ;ke(lnes9 of 
 [1 parti zan, 
 own fire to 
 Konfess that 
 ignation in 
 
 retrcnch- 
 3 reductions 
 
 an upward 
 :actory than 
 lated. It is 
 s ruthlessly 
 jentlenian is 
 in one hand 
 it of those of 
 lul compares 
 sburaementa 
 ormer year, 
 ! Has ho t«> 
 ! he becomes 
 d economy." 
 
 1 a reduction 
 )f it ! Why, 
 )w, with my 
 , million dis- 
 illion in one 
 it, or how it 
 lort, nothing 
 
 lace, I think 
 
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 w";;:;^;;:,^:^;^-^:: t:::jz "^*^^ ^-"-"«-n- .>f the 
 
 great fallacy-shajl F call i a fT ' ^TT^ (Government. On.' 
 
 underlies all the finanoia aln K^^^ nn«ropres«ntation ?- 
 
 K.ntleinan. His entire filrirrl/w "'"' ""'"""it ions of the hon 
 
 ■^•-''•Haid-s '^.v^nient' rrr,o;;'i i;; ';'■? m"' ""^ ?•• •^"'>'-"' 
 
 '•"""t«y only up to .'{Oth .luni ' s:' I , '»/''" expenditure of th e 
 are n.Hp„nHil,ie f,,.,„ t,iat daf'e Hnl h^ \''T''"^ '''•^"'■'•'""^ 
 
 ■Sir J- hn Maod..nald's (^.vern lu^.t „ L /'''' '\- r.^' ' ^^''^^ ^hat 
 t '.4t in \i,ril \HTi 1- /."'"*'•' ""'"t^'i'iti NoveMdu.i- I M7'< 
 
 f'ill f^.r Hie ^n in '«;:.;:;;, ;::;:''■-''* P-r-l --1 oanied ;t Sum d^ 
 i'".' on ;{..th .Juno liVn lit ."S?r" '^' n' •^"'>'' '■^^•^' '-'' ' '^ 
 ate in that year, knd Ld ti.vhutT'" ^'"^'"'•"""?"^ ^""k •'"'"« 
 
 rained hy their prodoees.so -s a a. ted ii^VT '''" ';'■"«'•-'""« 
 l)efore tlio elections wore (nor 3 >'.''"'' Y f'lH lament ; an.l that 
 the financial ye .r wa. lea it d e Ti;e"T: .f""''' /," "^""'' '^«-'' 
 povernment is responsible for t "xp.'.^t IV'^JV 'r • ^''^' '"•^'«""* 
 terous ami mendacious that it i< un I ''*"* " "' Pi-^I""'- 
 
 found to sot it up for a m n e t Whv if ""•^' T\^^'"'" ^^"'•''' ''« 
 .laring as to do this, and t. di t to i>^ '„ , "' '" "" ^""- Sonthuvu, so 
 common sonso I Why sim dv 1 ' ?i ^ ™-''«"i>''t it, i,. defiance of 
 acti.jn in 187.3.1 c.a^, e^il S^drro" l^t^^ ^^'^^T ""' ^^^-"t'-' 
 *'"■ '^'""i"i<'n. The Maed. II rv ?•''.''• *''," ""'"''-'i'^l nflairs „f 
 climax of its reckless a irtit;:^ '" *''f >f^^ •^'''^'P-l «- 
 
 been weighed down by the press mof „ « '"""^^>' '^^« ''^"'- «i"ce 
 left asale-acy to its su JssZ tL it T'"^^^^^^^ 
 f-rmod in I8i;7 and con nd -d H,/i 1 1 '''.•'''"•''''' ^'•»^'«'-nment was 
 I«r4; let us see then how he nntlS- ""'"^^ ""^il :5<Hh June, 
 tJi'^ir hands. They were—- ^ expenditures increase*! in 
 
 In ]8f57-8 
 
 In 1868-9 I13,48(;,0<)2 
 
 In im<)-76 14,0.38,084 
 
 In 1870.71 1^.3ir),.')00 
 
 In 1871-2 Ii5,62;j,081 
 
 In 1872-.3 17,589,4«8 
 
 In 1873-4 li1,174,(W7 and 
 
 2.3,.316,.316 
 
 It will thus be seen, that in the four years from 1867-8 to l«-0 i ,y. 
 annual expenditure rose two millions of .lollars tl'tin ti 1 
 ceeding two years it rose three millions ami a h-df i '"'" 
 
 tl'o next succeeding yo.ar^-that of 873 4 ' t T" ' ^*"* *''''^* '" 
 Macpherson) so in.lecontlv seeks L ft ' *'^' ^""^ ««"^^t-r (Mr. 
 
 -the annual expend .""^ wet , ! ^t" " '^" r^^""* «"— ent 
 "'-I B>"„ of $3,708 :300 And to 'V ""' ''""'' "^' ^""^^"*^»« '^^''''ti- 
 -o«e, and how' nS^ht hte G ""r'^ '"'" *^>« -«* "— « 
 
 I>ave taken from the pCbHc tcouT"" "''"' '"^""^'''^ f^'" '*' ^ 
 
 of expenditure in the ^ isratdTsT^^'^^ '"^^ 'f '""^^ ^*- 
 •low read them .- ^^'^"* respectively, and will 
 
Interest 
 
 1872-3 
 
 5,107,205 
 
 ciSrgea of' nianagcment of debt. . .. 172,981 
 
 Sinking Fund 40/,»-b 
 
 Discount, Exchanged -''''" 
 
 Subsidies to Provinces 
 
 Civil flovenunent 
 
 Administration of Juatnc 
 
 Police 
 
 Penitentiaries 
 
 Legislatiiin ... f.oi 
 
 ( J(H,logicid Survey. . . . . -^ • •.• • '*> ^^' 
 
 Arts. Agriculture and Statistics. . . ^^0. WO 
 
 Census •. o'uv'ifia 
 
 Emigration and quarantine A'T^ 
 
 Marine Hosi.itals *»'^J^ 
 
 Pensions vVo26 
 
 •=">»"'^*'°'' 1,248,G(!3 
 
 2,021,309 
 
 750,874 
 308,9()6 
 49,813 
 270,6til 
 614,487 
 
 Super; 
 
 Militia 1 -,a7f;i4 
 
 Public Works ^■■■., ^'S Von 
 
 Ocean and River Steam Service. . . 4.A 1 J" 
 
 Liglithou.seK i)7 878 
 
 lucr. Deer. 
 
 515,231 
 
 65,022 
 
 10(!,094 
 
 21,017 
 
 831 358 
 
 132,811 .. 
 
 (iO,07l ■•• 
 
 0,574 
 
 142,890 
 
 lG9,5f;i 
 
 38,183 
 
 8,401 
 
 39;470 18.096 
 
 318,572 31,204 
 
 6(!,4(>2 18,312 
 
 5«,4o8 7,249 
 
 64,442 11,410 .. .... 
 
 977,376 271.287 
 
 1,820,001 228,387 --^ 
 
 407,701 48,489 
 
 537,057 56,682 
 
 1873-4 
 5,724,436 
 238,003 
 513,920 
 26,681 
 3,752,757 
 883,685 
 456,037 
 56,387 
 395,551 
 784,048 
 97,824 
 19,091 
 
 76.247 
 10,292 
 
 21,631 
 
 2,974 
 
 63,849 
 
 Fisheries . 
 
 Steamer Inspection... 
 
 Insurance Inspection 
 
 Miscidlaneous fiq'777 
 
 Indian (Imnts. ^^'^^ 
 
 Dominion Lands. ..^.....^... UTSfiR 
 
 Dominion Forces, Manitoba 147,.it)» 
 
 Moujited Police, N. W 
 
 N . W. Organization 
 
 Boundary Snrvey, U.S.. 
 
 B.mndary Survey, Ontario 
 
 Military Stores 
 
 Custonis refunds former years 
 
 Settlers' Kelief, Mauit(d)a ■- -- 
 
 ^^^toins • ']l{jo'^ 
 
 Excise ■•• 
 
 Weights & Measures 
 
 Inspection of Staples 
 
 Adulteration of food co'fiiw 
 
 CullingTimber l^;^- 
 
 Post-Ofhce i\io-,lS-. 
 
 Public Works ^'*-b!-,°:o 
 
 Minor Pa-venues. 
 
 Tot.l . .m.mM^ 23,316,316 4,141,669, 3-3,.3B9 
 
 , can «,e „«e„«on „Uhe ^^l^i^^^:-^^ Th.ttSS 
 hy this cnnipimsc 11 ,-Fu«t, th.rt mu oi iiio „ere largely in- 
 
 Ihc eutiro expeu.liturc „£ 'l-'^y^'.^^'^fA'e .unpaid fortll-e Lne 
 
 102,160 
 
 146,668 
 
 283,163 
 
 209,169 
 
 199,159 
 
 12,262 
 
 89,293 
 
 2,430 
 
 114,906 
 
 69,330 
 
 658,299 
 206,935 
 
 82,886 
 1,387,270 
 2,889,679 
 
 38,311 
 82,291 
 45,487 
 61,801 
 
 199,159 
 
 12,262 
 
 79,293 
 
 2,430 
 
 144,006- 
 69,330 
 
 '90,533 
 35,230 
 
 13,894 
 319,404 
 893,494 
 
 22.263 
 
 11,371 10892 
 
 creased by the U.te Government f 7,-";^,^^ in^^L^Ton t e e thi ty- 
 service the l>-vio"s year ; ^^^^'^^^^^^ ^^^^^ six 
 
 three items ^^"^^.^[iff^^^^^^^^^ the net increase of expen- 
 
 itema of expenditure to fcTZ^.-itiJ. ^'^^'Z:lk^\r^ . „„.! third, that the 
 diture in that one year to have ^een ^3^768 300 , and ^t^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ 
 
 great mass of the increases were 
 
 of such a character that they 
 
 S have been reduced by the incoming Administration. 
 
 Id 
 And as illus- 
 
Deer. 
 
 t 
 
 > 
 
 { 
 
 I 
 
 18,096 
 
 I 
 
 '2 
 
 II 
 
 6 
 
 . 271,287 
 
 7 
 
 . 48,489 
 
 ,2 
 
 ,*'. 21,fi31 
 .. 2,974 
 
 11 
 
 )\ 
 
 ^7 
 
 n 
 
 59 
 
 S2 
 
 93 
 
 30 
 
 06' 
 
 30 
 
 33 ".. 
 
 30 
 
 m '.'. 
 
 104 
 
 t94 
 
 ... 10892 
 
 169, 373,369 
 
 jstablished, 
 t constitute 
 3 largely in- 
 n- the same 
 hese thirty- 
 niaining aix 
 ,e of expeu- 
 rd, that the 
 , they could 
 \nda8 illuH- 
 
 9 
 
 ^^^^^h:1:'Z''^^ '^''"^ r^--'^«t -« -au to the 
 
 d:ti.,ns to existin^sa lario, flfnf "' ci-ea ions of new offices and ad- 
 Gover„n.ent in tl.^; LT-t^^^^^^^^^ A. MacdonalA 
 
 and wldle already in fhi tlir es . f ,hL i *^ >vere ojocte.i horn office, 
 otticial return, and I fa i t ,",,"'"*'""• , \ ^^•^^'' i" '"y l^'^n^' the 
 fewer tlian du new anno hi nZ ' ''^••^"/laous circumstances no 
 
 oHiees alone, with LaS'aS^ T^'.^o? ^22 91^^^'^^^"-"*^' 
 iiiid that additu.ns were m-ul.. i„ *i, ^■i'i'i,\)4n per annum ; 
 
 J..!H1 CMnployeesint^,evZl)<,n, r •^^"'"«^- *" the salaries of 
 
 ""•"""• The annu e.f r^^^^^^ amounting to $152,;io() per 
 
 a>"ounted to the enurnn ,s smn ilTn J^, . '' '''''''' trai.sactions 
 -e^t^n n.ore than ten ."H.^^^^ir d;!^^/"^ ^ S: --J 
 
 IJepartmeiit. !,>,.„• i. » 
 
 -(ipponit- Increases. Totnl 
 
 nient.s. 
 
 novenior-Oenerars Office ^"" 4'",*- ^"- ^mt. No. Amt. 
 
 ';nvy Council ~ ^'J- 3 350 3 350 
 
 Secretary of State .V. A , ' » 6 820 7 1,520 
 
 'ul.1,0 Works oo ot'-'^ ^ '-^'-'^^ 1« 6 340 
 
 ■"^'ice ; :^ :M>40 171 lt),(i74 i9y 40,620 
 
 '"^•:"">- ■■.:.■. ;f 'Mi^, ii i.7«o 86 79.560 
 
 ' "*<toin,s.., ,{•/ J-*,(iH) 2o r,,()io 44 iQosn 
 
 '"■■»'<l Kevenue.. .■.;.■ «i on'rT '''^ -'*^'7 ^4 3,'277 
 
 Ke<'eiver-GeiR.ral...;.;; V, ';\t>n ^* ^.of.O 41 18,050 
 
 A^Miuiilture ," „J'\'l'*^ ' l.'iOO 9 2 800 
 
 I'o^tOffice ^-'^ 2],M0 49 »,02.'-. 208 30 925 
 
 77 36,020 311 22,220 388 58 240 
 
 Totals.. ~z: — ! 
 
 ^''^ =^--'^^3 1381 152,350 2010 475,293 
 
 <1- ST ^e' M^dZld i;r*'"?n-'"^' ^"•^•■--^ ^^ -^-y were 
 
 M^- odium of th «e tr^/ 'T''*''*'''"--^"*/" '''^''' ^^ throw 
 
 audaciously representsthLr s s^ onST";"!! t ''-'W ^"""^•"^" 
 
 after the Ist of July, 1873 inS. f fi . <i"ancuil transactions 
 
 And as with the annual publicexoln In, ' ^T '^'''^'' ^'^ ^"1^' 1«74. 
 
 -has the hon. gentlenia "os Xd H, '' '''v^''' ''' *" the public debt 
 
 When the Wacd.makr Mi ftrv as,n^ "'"T I .'«^"r""^'us contrivance. 
 
 Hjd>ilit.es of the Domi,;^^!^,^'^ ''JS?()S- o'f ' /'" 1^"'^^^^ 
 
 *l/,yi7,410— or a nett Pul.li,. I) r * il.^F'^^^'^'*^^' ''^^s assets 
 
 "gnres show how thetb't ttJ::;ii^l^;;i:^ ' '''^^ ^'^^^^-^ 
 
 ■Tuly, 1867 «9To4fit*i ^i^^^f"*^- Nett Debt. 
 
 July, 1808 96 896 6)4 ^o '?''''* '"^ $75,728,641 
 
 July, 1869 ■.■■■ll2 3of'9i8 ?<^'n^'^'^i 75.757,135 
 
 July, 1870 1 5'Si'?n« t'-B^^^ 75.859,319 
 
 July, 1871 5'492'«S ?^'t5^*^* 78,209,742 
 
 July, 1872 122lS??Q ^H^^'^^^ 77,706,517 
 
 July, 1873 1307%nQ« t^'^^o^'^^^ 82,187072 
 
 July, 1874 4?'M? l^'t^l'^^^ 99,848462 
 
 141,163,651 32,838,586 108,324 965 
 
 ma 
 
10 
 
 It will be seen from these figure" th-t ig t^^^-fi-^^.^^J/^S^^^^^^ 
 Macdonald Ministry's existence, the nei , „„,! ,vhat it had ever 
 but t^Tt in the sixth year it rose J^'500,0(X) ej.^^ ^^^^^ ^n,70(),()00 
 been l-efore ; that in the seventh ^^^^^ ^*;^^;\^\;a that in l873-4-for 
 be Mul the high point uf the prev^o^ yeu ^ ^^ .^^^^^ ^^^ i.try re- 
 llJich the hon. ^-"Jl^-^yr:! t>t than the -voUen figures o 
 Bponsible-it rose ^,*>UO,000 stUl Pieman, " what the public 
 
 187'2-;3. "Behold," exclaims the 1^' ' ^f"j j {^r^, when the Mac- 
 
 le.; and the annual expemhture w^o in J^ly,^^^ 
 .l.niald (Joverninent J-^'^^^f^^^ZZ placing on the shoulders o 
 brought them tc, m July, 18a ■ //V^^^^^^^^ed <lebt and $3,708,300 of 
 
 ie present Mhiistry ^^-^ '!>f 1^^^^ ^^'e.^''^, no nuuuier responsible^ 
 annual expenditure for ^'^l ^m^^'S.^'i^^' re>tson than even these I 
 Bnt the hon. gentleman had a stm sU o . ^^^^^ .^ ^ j.^^ ^^ ^ , 
 
 llSs-r^^MlS^"" '^ ^^- when they came into 
 
 l^'*''"' •'" $43,800,000 
 
 10,000,000 
 
 30,000,000 
 
 2,000,000 
 
 2,500,000 
 
 4,500,000 
 
 I'. IV 1. uiu.v>.j. o' 500000 
 
 Jl;p^;:;Sts,si^'i--- ■•;••••■;■;;;.;::::;:::: j>)^ 
 
 A'^^''''"='' $9G,000,000 
 
 1 >vf.,l^incrs the new Ministry 
 
 1„ addition to V^-^«-riSi^:;ortS:g hniuediately, for 
 
 found «^:55,0()0,OOU of Public 1^^'' '^ *' ;-'^^,,,ie by tlieir predecessors. 
 
 which no provision ^vha es^r had b^ n ma le^^ J^^ ^^^^ expenditures 
 
 And yet, with the P^^f^ff,^,;: ^^^^^^^L his own friends ; that they 
 were forced on the "^^\\' .f ' "fla ' por the works begun , 
 
 could not escape fr.mi executing '\' '^^'. / ^^ture must consequently 
 S^ that the public debt ^^ ^^t^^Z^,^ ventures to speak 
 be crreatlv increased thereby ; the »^ ". »; . ^ ^he present Oovern- 
 'tttt increase as a heinous crime on^^^ ^1^ ^^^^, ,, the 
 
 ment and demnnices theu ^ ' | ^tions rest on groundless pre- 
 
 the present Mnustry took ' 'f ', ^ ^"''i., ,f their reign for which 
 t b i^^ir SU :^ tJ^;:^Ahlic Debt, on .st July last 
 
 (Jauals ; 
 
 Interculuuial Railway .... 
 
 Pacitic Kailwiiy ... •■ 
 
 N. S. and N. B. Railways 
 P. K. 1. Hallway 
 Mincn- works. 
 
 the uett debt was.. _ -^ 
 
 On 1st July, 1874, it was 
 
 .$i;j8,208,699 
 ,. 108,324,969 
 
 Total increase 
 
 J 24,883,735 
 
 X, ,v „„e.Uo,. at on« ames. Kow this gre.t inorea,e occurred 1 
 We^d Tml tad anotiic..! r«,.r,. «,al ...Ivc, Aat h- 
 
I of the 
 )0,000 ; 
 lad ever 
 700,000 
 3-4-for 
 isti-y re- 
 gures of 
 t> public 
 he Mac- 
 len liava 
 aiders of 
 ;8,30O of 
 poiisible. 
 
 II these I 
 engage- 
 
 ;anie into 
 
 t3,800,0OO 
 
 l0,000,00O 
 
 {0,000,000 
 2,000,000 
 2,500,000 
 4,500,000 
 2,500,000 
 1,000,000 
 
 (<)(5,000,O0O 
 
 r Ministry 
 iately, for 
 idecessors. 
 penditures 
 that they 
 •ks begun ; 
 nsequently 
 :9 to speak 
 nt Gcjvern- 
 tiole of tho 
 ndless pre- 
 1 placed on 
 
 Lt the time 
 
 the results 
 
 u for which 
 
 it July last 
 
 «i:W,208,699 
 108,324,960 
 
 .$ 24,883,735 
 
 Lse occurred ! 
 Lat question 
 
 11 
 
 w.thin lialf a million of .Inlh .^,/th/f~" '"'" "^ f-^4,3Gl,920, or 
 Items : ' '^'"^ "^ *'ie encu'e amount. Here are the 
 
 <'IIAU(;KA)tLK TO <'A1'ITAI,. 
 
 St. Tiawrence Ciinals 
 
 \veii;u,a ('Miiai ;;;;;; $2,1.33,761 
 
 Ottawa Works 4,81(;,56'n 
 
 Baie Verte -.lal ],207,6'4S 
 
 tubhr -u . gs, Ottawa 57(J 
 
 NovaSro! .-ulN. B. Kailways 71«,156' 
 
 Inteieolou;., Railway.. 1,204,26'3 
 
 i'ncific Kailvay 5,248,509 
 
 ^""ce Edward I. Hailway 6,58.3,958 
 
 288,«32 
 
 IMI'KOVKMKNT OF KIVKKS. 
 
 St. .Tohii, N. B 
 
 Ked River, Manitoba...'.',' 13,866 
 
 P. ^i^W'-ence, ehain.s and anchors 200 
 
 Fraser Kiver, B. C 49,008 
 
 Kioheieu River ;. 7,360 
 
 Ked Kiver Route 29,234 
 
 292,076 
 
 VllMAi: BUILOINOS. 
 
 London Imniigratiou Station . . 
 
 Hamilton Post-Office, 1,989 
 
 loronto Customs House... 7,935 
 
 do Savings Bank 138,990 
 
 (o Inland Revenue OtHce 
 
 do l'>xn mining Warehouse 17,889 
 
 do Po.st office .... 223,3;J8 
 
 r{lT^''\ ^»» :...'.'. -',933 
 
 Ottawa Post-office .... 5,339 
 
 (Tros,se Isle Quarantine Station Iti0,218 
 
 IhreeRiver Custom House.. 16,029 
 
 ^Hontieal Post-office 7,981 
 
 M.John, N.H., Post-office'.;; 212,4()0 
 
 lictou Custom House.. . 109,884 
 
 Alamtoba do 24,780 
 
 p . .'^** l*eniteutiaiy.'.'. 72,6,54 
 
 l.ntish Columbia Public Buiid'inirs 136,140 
 
 ^ 166,963 
 
 HAKKi.t KS AND I'IKRS. 
 
 Collingwood 
 
 Meaford 267 
 
 Inverhuron .....' 8,502 
 
 Kincardine.... 5*00^ 
 
 I> . , ,, "j ^''O 
 
 lort Albert 18,857 
 
 r'f"f'', 6,000 
 
 tortStanley 252,886 
 
 ' obourg s if;s 
 
 'i- He i,,j2o 
 
 10,292 
 
12 
 
 HARBOURS ANU vivMH—Contimfd. 
 
 Kingston 
 
 Toronto 
 
 Owen Sound 
 
 Baytield 
 
 Chantry Island 
 
 Kondeau 
 
 Shunnonville 
 
 Saguenay 
 
 Baie St. Paul 
 
 Batlmrst, N.B 
 
 Ricliibucto 
 
 Dipper 
 
 St. Jolm 
 
 Petitcodiac 
 
 Hillsboro' 
 
 Macraie's Cove 
 
 Tracadie 
 
 Liverpool 
 
 Mabou 
 
 Yarmouth 
 
 Oak Point 
 
 Ingonish ,' ■;.',■,•' 
 
 Porta George and William.. . 
 
 Cow Bay • ;"Vi 
 
 Salmon River and Plympton H 
 
 Big Pond 
 
 Maitland 
 
 arbour 
 
 Total. 
 
 $10,647 
 
 '20,919 
 
 9,240 
 
 4l,51(i 
 
 138,981 
 
 30,9()r) 
 
 2 992 
 
 15,085 
 3,876 
 28,411 
 12,'23:) 
 141,369 
 1,194 
 1,500 
 5,004 
 7,564 
 26,831 
 12,176 
 1,000 
 20,042 
 78,668 
 5,000 
 80,115 
 1,200 
 500 
 1,061 
 
 $24,S61,921 
 
 S„ .hen. i< U>e PnMie ^^^Zl:^ J^^^^^^^ 
 
 years of the present m/ime, it %vas "'^^'^^y^^^ and it 
 
 for Public Works left to thein as ^^^ ^^^, ,{ those predece.- 
 is not surely from the ips of the fneiids ^^^J "^ «j ^Yie Public Debt ; 
 sors that reproach for it should come f^ "Jjf | J^^^i Expenditure, 
 and now let us see how rt has ,;^\^'\^Vif,X comparative state- 
 during the same three years T ^'^'^ '. /" ™[„ theyear 1873-4, (the last 
 -,,..nt of the several terns of f^f^ " ,Vr87G-7, (tl^e last y^ar of the 
 year of the late Ministry) and in ^^^^ ^f,^^^ \^i, J ^ far from finding 
 
 present Ministry of which ^7^\7,«,,!^f;X^n" <^^^^^^^ ^he facts it dis- 
 just cause of denunciation of the "'fu low m pov ^^^ ^^.^^ 
 
 iloses, Ifind only grounds ot \^^l"\^ "^*^^:^^t t^^^^^^ 
 with so tight a hand, and «weable to 'f ^^^ ^'^^^^^/^^i^'^Lreasing popula- 
 so reasonable a compass. l^JP^^J^^/, .^^/^^ttrSension of' civilized 
 tion, tlie opening ^lp of "^^J . e^^^J/.^^J^; the admission of Prince 
 govenruent into many ;:f '"f ^^,!; ^' ' i'^^u'ense public works going 
 Edward's Island into the Co"^^^^^^!^^'';^"' //""Sailing large additional 
 on from the Atlantic to '\^^';'^l^^li^,^ieu.^^^^^ that 
 
 annual burdens, and many ^'^^JJ "'"S Retu™ shows that large 
 were not borne by their Predecessors, this Ketun ^^ ^^^ 
 
 reductions were effect^ed on the ^rdm^S^^^^S^^^^ driven from 
 
 trasted with those of their opponents in the year tney ^v 
 office. Here is the statement :— 
 
810,647 
 20,919 
 9,240 
 41,51(5 
 1158,981 
 30,965 
 2,992 
 6,065 
 15,085 
 3,876 
 28,411 
 12,239 
 141,369 
 1,194 
 1,500 
 5,004 
 7,564 
 26,831 
 12,176 
 1,000 
 20,042 
 78,668 
 5,000 
 ; 80,115 
 1,200 
 500 
 '. 1,061 
 
 124,361,921 
 
 11 the three 
 of contracts 
 jors" ; antl it 
 )se predeces- 
 uhlic Debt ; 
 Ixpenditures 
 rative state- 
 J-4, (the last 
 t year of the 
 'rom finding 
 ■ facts it dis- 
 eld the reins 
 tures within 
 sing popula- 
 of civilized 
 n of Prince 
 works going 
 e additional 
 besides that 
 xa that large 
 tures as con- 
 j driven from 
 
 13 
 
 T . . 1873-74. 
 
 Interest... . |5, 724, 436 
 
 Uiarges on debt 238,003 
 
 Sinking fund 573920 
 
 I^'J*^?""* 26,680 
 
 ^"^'.f •«'« 3,752 757 
 
 Civil Government 883,685 
 
 A.lm. of Justice 459,037 
 
 '"'^'^:«-v ••• 50,387 
 
 Feiutent.aries 395 551 
 
 Legislation -34048 
 
 (xeologK.al.. . 97 814 
 
 Arts, Ag. and Stat 19 09' 
 
 f-'ensus... 39*470 
 
 Kinig. andQuar ;;.; 3i3;572 
 
 Marine Hospitals 66 46'' 
 
 Pensions ' so' 453 
 
 Superannuations " ti4'442 
 
 ^^*''*'^- .77,'376 
 
 1876-77. 
 6,797,227 
 172.454 
 828,373 
 24,331 
 3,655,850 
 812,193 
 565,597 
 11,365 
 303,168 
 596,006 
 95,558 
 65,767 
 7,546 
 353,951 
 62,408 
 112,531 
 104,826 
 550,451 
 1,262,823 
 462,335 
 471,278 
 96,348 
 13,073 
 7,512 
 105,507 
 301,596 
 90,521 
 29,969 
 
 Inc. 
 1,072,791 
 
 314,'453 
 
 106,560 
 
 46,676 
 35,379 
 
 I'ublic Works 1 8.7g'^i 
 
 Ocean and Kiver Steam Service '407!701 
 
 Lighthouses 537 057 
 
 fisheries 76 247 
 
 Steamer Inspection 10*292 
 
 Ins. Inspection ' 
 
 Miscdiai,eous .....'::;;;.;■;;;;;;::; '"io2,'-i(io 
 
 Indian Grants 146,068 
 
 foniinion Lands 283 163 
 
 Domiiiion Forces, Manitoba!."'..' 209! 169 -^ w> 
 
 Mounted Police N.W 199159 3^:7?9 
 
 JN . W . Organization !"> 26" 
 
 Boundary Survey, U.S. . ..! ! . !!! 79,'293 .'.' ! 
 
 Do. Ontario 2430 
 
 Military stores ! i44'9^ !";!!'** 
 
 Lus. refunds 69 330 
 
 Settlers Relief, Manitoba ! ' 
 
 J;>j°™' "fi58;299 ■y2i:6o'4 
 
 Weights'andMeasures!!!!!'- ^^^'^^^ fn'iS 
 Inspection of Stanles 648 
 
 4,903 
 
 68,171 
 
 1,705,311 
 
 2,351,832 
 
 20,181 
 
 56,078 
 40,384 
 
 54,634 
 
 2(),'l6i 
 
 2,781 
 
 7,512 
 
 3,347 
 
 155,528 
 
 Dec. 
 
 54,459 
 
 "'2,349 
 96,907 
 71,492 
 
 45,622 
 
 92,383 
 
 188,042 
 
 2,256 
 
 31,924 
 
 4,054 
 
 426,925 
 
 563,178 
 
 65,"? 79 
 
 153,500 
 
 192,642 
 179,200 
 
 12,262 
 
 79,293 
 
 2,430 
 
 144,906 
 
 69,330 
 
 ispection of Staples 
 
 Adulteration of food 
 
 Culling Tiinber V.;.!! ' ' ■82;886 
 
 P."f,-.°^,f •; 1,387,270 
 
 lubhc Works 2,389,679 
 
 Minor Itevenues jj 371 
 
 63,305 
 
 5,778 
 
 111,085 
 
 648 
 
 4,903 
 
 sisioii 
 
 8,810 
 
 14,716 
 
 38.847 
 
 $23,316,316 123,519,301, 
 
 were-''"' '''^^^''" ^^""^ *^^ ^"*""*' expenditures of the Dominion 
 
 In the year 1876-7 «2, .,„ om 
 
 Ana in 1873-4 $-^3,519,301 
 
 23,316,316 
 
 Increase in three years 
 
 But this increase was merely nominal 
 
 $202,975 
 fact a large 
 
 There was in 
 
 m-7 in c( 
 
 tervening three years money had to be 
 
 Son S?? f ' ^""*^'«"']We expenditur; of 1876-7 in comparison with 
 mat ot 187.^-4. During the intervenn^ thrfio v«. 
 
 ~' 
 
 f 
 
 1 
 
 
 
14 
 
 borrowed to pay fur the vast -l'li«'^ti-»V"'^*''''l'''"!^.l?iu^ 'the^eai- 
 erinnont and intoreat on the m<moy so borrowed ammn I m tlic jtai 
 
 H ;i^tthean.onntof «^l,072,7!.l in excels "^ .-^li^ ^-^;^^^t 
 for interest in W.i-i. In l«T(i-7, too, the suui of .sH2K,.5, .n i. l to Ic 
 •li. nt.. the sinkin.r fund for the extinction of the pnhhc debt, while 
 n W^X.r.n ^yable into tliat fund wasJMit $57:5,020 cr.^n^ a 
 onnmlsory incroas'e of the expenditnre of 1S70-7 over tha o 8..M 
 of S514 45:^ Tben, again, in lH7r.-7 the sun. <)f ^-iO'v'-"; "'^"' *" "^ 
 iJl towards the ekmction of Indi^ui titles m ^^^^^^^^^.^ 
 |155,r,28 in excess of the charge or that service m H<.M '^ <^ '" 
 nther similar cliarges, which had to be i.aid ; which could not 1 e tut 
 d wn wliich wert- n'ot tlie act of the pres-' ^^'}'''\ir?f'iC 
 charge of over S2,000,(..)0 in 1B7(,m *!-* 'hd not^exis u. 8.^^ 
 nr.sent J^linistrv retrenche.l so severely in 18,(»-( o thechaigcsAMUun 
 hex on • t u.t notwithstaiuUng these great ad. itions to the expen- 
 dilures beyond their contr.d, the t.tal charges of ^^^ >-- .^Xn 
 within $202,U8r) of what they sl...«l at in bs..5-4. I »«P'Y 3} f 
 Invicti^.n that the people of Cana.la liave suicere cause of thankful- 
 nS;^Lt men are al thlhelm in ^--dilliculttnues ^d.,have™^^ 
 and Btiength to hold it with so turn a grasp. But Mi. TVlacpheison 
 riot satisHe.1 with this re.luctiou of nearly two m.liumM of dollars, 
 lie uroS still--and he attempts to make some special points 
 o^olijlSlm which, with the leave of the House, m;w pn^ 
 to examine xn-hdim. The Hr.st objection he makes I have •dua.a} 
 nX^ncid ".tally, namely, that the Public Accounts of 18<0- 
 77 were mt correctly made' np^ that he has stnmg «-i;^^-» ^^ 
 ,^ ountswere kept li m order to ^--^ ''^^if-;:"';^ "JiJ;;^^^^ 
 than the truth wouhl warrant. Now, 1 repeat that it «. < "".srli u n 
 s liable on the part ..f the lion, gentleman to send abroa.l such a 
 inshuiation nnlessSie was prepared to formulate his cliai-ge s.. h t 
 could be met promptlv and decisively; an. I I call np.;n the horn 
 ^nlnantoriL n.Jw and state clearly - -^ ^^ <;':;;X:f;,^;:^i^;; 
 the facts, wh., are the criminals, and move tor a ^^^^^^^^ ^''^^"^^ 
 into the truth of his hisinuati.ms. Loud cries of Heai, htai . ) 
 r . es he Ion .'entlenian understand the gravity of his charge? Does 
 herst 'a eThe^etlect on the creditof the country of a public statement 
 b; a 11 ber of this Chamber that the Pubic Accounts have been 
 falsitie.l ' Will it be kn..wn abr..ad, as is well kn..wn in every coinei 
 Cana.la that the men who compose the present Government are 
 
 it may, is a foul and groundless slander. 
 
 Mr. Macpherson-1 tol.l the House what 1 had heard, and hear.l 
 rep(^atedso fre-iuently that I ha.l strong reason *;' ^'^''.^^^ly ; , ' 'JJ' 
 it was not in the power of a Committee sitting 111 Dttawa to get at the 
 facts, so systematically and so persistently was the thing done. 
 
 Mr. Brown -Well, then, 1 repeat that for an lion, gentleman ol the 
 experience and positi.m of the h.m. member to inake such a statemuit 
 here without being prepared to prove it, is entirely unwarrantable. 
 
 Mr. Macphkrson— It is the North-west accounts I refjr to. 
 
 Mr Brown—I do not care what accounts the hon. gentleman re- 
 fers to Let him tell ns whose acc.mnts they were, an-l who it was 
 that systeniatically kept them back, and what he is prepared to prove 
 
 1 
 
16 
 
 late Gov- 
 tlio year 
 to be pai<l 
 liiul to be 
 ul)t, while 
 creiitins? u 
 (.f 187i^»-4 
 luid to be 
 i-west, or 
 Those ami 
 not be cut 
 created a 
 r:}-4. The 
 •gos within 
 the expen- 
 wcre kept 
 it then my 
 ' thankful- 
 ive courage 
 [acpherson 
 1 of ilollars. 
 ial points 
 )W propose 
 vii aheady 
 s uf 1870- 
 ipicion that 
 ble balance 
 utterly uu- 
 latl such an 
 ;e so that it 
 n the hon. 
 s, what are 
 iof hKiuiry 
 ar, hear I") 
 irge ? Does 
 c statement 
 have been 
 iery corner 
 j'nment are 
 from whom 
 
 , and heard 
 .^ it. I said 
 :o get at the 
 lone. 
 
 Ionian of the 
 a statement 
 ■rantable. 
 
 jr to. 
 
 ntlenian re- 
 
 who it was 
 
 i-ed to prove 
 
 before a Committee. I appeal to hon. members on both sides of the 
 House if it was right to throw broadcast an imputation of this nature 
 Without being able to substantiate it. For myself I do not believe one 
 word of it. The hon. gentleman objects to the expenditure for Mounted 
 Police in the North-west. When he diil so it was .said across the floor 
 " Your friends did it." "Oh yes," replied the hon. Senator, "they 
 passed the Act, but they did not put it in force." Ho is mistaken ; 
 1 hold in my hand a copy of the Order in Council signed by Sir John 
 A. Macdonald, aiuJ it sets out every detail of the Force, the number 
 of men, salaries, and so forth, precisely as now in operation. 
 
 Mr. Macimuirson— Was the jtroclamation issued by the late 
 (iovornment ( 
 
 Mr. Brown— The Order in Council was passed by them. 
 
 Mil. Scott— The Mounted Police Force was brought into existenca 
 by an Act passed in 1873. 
 
 Mr. MAcenERsoN— My statement was with regard to the weights 
 and measures. 1 said the Mounted Police had been organized by the 
 late Government. 
 
 Mr. TJrown— Ah, then thiso])jection is wholly withdrawn from the 
 budget of complaints. Next comes the item of weights and measures, 
 .1^1 11,0^5, and at thi.s the hon. gentleman holds up his hands in indig- 
 nation. He was reminded that his own friends were the authors of 
 that measure— and he admitted that they passed the Act ; but claimed 
 that they did not put it into operation. But this is a mistake— for 
 tliey not only were the authors of the measure, but the Department 
 liad begun their preparations for putting it in force before they left 
 oltice. The hon. gentleman says it vrm a bad Act— and I am free to 
 admit that as originally framed it was harsh and unpopular ; but it has 
 been greatly improved for the better by the Amendment Act of the 
 present Administration, and lam told that the objections to it are now 
 greatly inoditied. 'IMie advantage of securing a uniform .system of 
 weights and measures over the Dominion, and of diminishing if not 
 preventing fraud by false balances, can hardly, I think, bo over-rated 
 —and if this can be secured by the expenditure of a moderate sum it 
 will be an inestimable advantage. The hon. gentleman complains, 
 however, that so large a sum as ^111,085 should have been spent, and 
 ho says the late Government never expected it to cost over ^.50,000 a 
 year. Well, it did not cost more than that in 1876-77. The hon. gen- 
 tleman omitted to state that the sum named included the entire cost of 
 gas inspection as well as of weights and measures ; and that over $50,- 
 000 of fees were received last year. 
 
 Mr. Ma(jpher!son— I stated that. 
 
 Mr. Brown— Well, that left the 
 what was anticijmted by its authors. , 
 
 ber of this House when the Bill passed. His friends were completely 
 supreme in both Houses then. Did he object to its passage ? 
 
 Mr. Macpherson— I did not. 
 
 Jlr. Brown— Why then does the hon. gentleman complain ao 
 fiercely against that which he himself and his own friends did ? Is it 
 because their successors did not at once cast it overboard without trial 
 or attempt to amend ita imperfections ? 
 
 entire cost of the measure just 
 The hon. gentleman was .-. mem- 
 
 i*Wi 
 
16 
 
 Mr. Macphkuhon— Tlie quustion is, What Government put it into 
 uperation ? 
 
 Mr Bkown— I apprehend it was Mr. Brunei who put it into opera- 
 tion. The hon. gentlonian'B next objection in tt) the item of ^4,<Mt:j for 
 the prevention of adulteration of food. He Hays he cannot see the use 
 of it ; but i fancy that no one who taken the trouble of rea.ling the 
 ve].ort of the Oommissicm will agree witli him. The public benelit t'uit 
 has already risen from it is very great. Some of the exposures made 
 by tlie examinations of tlie (!oiumi,ssioners have lieeii most sahiliiry. 
 file next objecticm thi' lion. Senator makes is witii regard to the I iil.lic 
 Works Department ; and what does he say as to that >. \V liy, lu' is 
 oldigc'd to admit a large reduction, but ho says, " as far as he can see, 
 after i..oking tiirough it, the whoU^ of the reduction is ui nianiiai labor. 
 The salaries are not in the least altered ; thercluction is all on wages. 
 And how else could it be? The hon. Senator know.s well that in 
 cairyiii" on great national works a regular stali\.f skilled men must be 
 always retained, and that when the lack of work or lack of reveniie 
 compels reductions the etl'ect must fall hrst on the supernvnneraries. 
 It is easy to till an oi'.ler for labourers, but you cannot easily get up iin 
 laiicient staH' i>i skilled overseers and foremen. Does the h<m. gentle- 
 man attempt to point out any member of the stall' who coiild or ought 
 to have been .lispensed with i Nothing of the kiml. Had he dmie so 
 some weight might have attached to his nidigjiation. lUit when he 
 brings a mere vague vailing such as this, it looks more like an anxious 
 desire to hunt up an electioneering cry than aiiytlung else. Ihe hon. 
 gentleman then par.sed on to the item of (Jontuigencies--and i wonder 
 ud what he would say about it ; for I had analy/.e<l this item for six 
 years past-three of them under the reign of the late Ministry ami 
 three vuider the present— and i found that in the old n^ign the amount 
 ran rapiiUy up every year, and in the present reign it ran as rapidly 
 down. Here are the tigures : 
 
 Tory Reiuu 1871-2 $153,293 
 
 ..'. 1873-4 '222,803 
 
 Rcfuim Reign:.::::.:::::::::::::::'.::.:::: \^-^ fj^o? 
 
 ,. 187.)-ti 1^2, iHo 
 
 ;■■;;;■;;';;;■;;;;.':.■.■:::::.:.: isrc-? 151,479 
 
 Well, what said the him. gentleman as to this item ? He said that 
 there was here a " gratifying reduction" -but " he hoped there were no 
 postponements in this case"— that is, that payments had not been syste- 
 matically left (Hit. an<l the accounts thereby cooked ! And this though 
 the hon. gentleman cannot name a single instance in which any account 
 however small, was ever postponed by the present Government. 
 
 Mr. llAfi'HKRSON— Not likely ! 
 
 Mr. F.rown— " Not likely" 1— why, then, do you permit yourself to 
 make insinuations that you cannot sustain, and that you cannot be- 
 lieve yourself I Then comes the Administration of Ju.stice— and here 
 the hon. gentleman fires up fiercely at the increase of $106,500 on that 
 item. The increase at this moment is undoubtedly to be regretted ; 
 but the hon. gentleman knows perfectly well it arose, first, Iiom the 
 esHblishment of the new Court of Appeal in Ontario, over which the 
 
ut it into 
 
 ito opera- 
 M.'io:) for 
 e Ihu use 
 idiiig tlio 
 nelit that 
 roH iiuulo 
 Hill Ilia IV. 
 luil'iil.lic 
 liy, lu' i» 
 e ciiii Hvii, 
 ual labor, 
 n wagt's. " 
 
 II that iii 
 n imiHt 1h' 
 f levt'iniB 
 inieraTifH. 
 get up iiii 
 m. gentle- 
 1 or ought 
 le (loue so 
 t when he 
 
 III anxious 
 The hou. 
 1 wonder 
 
 'Ui for six 
 nistiy an<i 
 li« amount 
 as rapidly 
 
 $153,293 
 
 189,174 
 '2-2-2,803 
 
 '208,707 
 17'2,f>48 
 151,471) 
 
 e said that 
 ere were no 
 been syste- 
 Lhis though 
 Luy acofiunt 
 lent. 
 
 yourself to 
 cannot be- 
 — and here 
 560 on that 
 regretted ; 
 fc, Irom the 
 p which the 
 
 17 
 
 Dominion Government had under the Act of Confederation no control • 
 and second from the establishment of the Supreme Court of the Do' 
 nnn.on which was anticipated at the Union, which waurKenti; 
 :X^^'!:'irt:!l'!lL'^J^ .i"n.pnjdence of the whole I^S^ 
 
 and had been too long deferred. 
 
 VV e all recollect how often the late 
 
 .overnment promised thi.s measure to the country, and as o te n o t! 
 '..nen . from sheer want of tirmnoss to deal with it. By ev ery G v 
 • ..nient by every prominent politician, and by every lead n^jur I 
 ..absolute necessity for a Supreme Dominion Court has been aim ted 
 I nd f a.u ama.c,l that the hon. gentleman ventures tocondemn i Tl « 
 .;; .• gontkman's next complaint is as t.. the ii.crease.l expe se of tl e 
 
 l« .1-4, and that any increase should have been necessary is undoubt 
 
 hla'nd Vn'tStl:'- ''- ' t '""1' I"' ''—'--' that P^inL E^i 
 IS a 1.1 in the three years interval has joined the Union, an.l that her 
 
 men;'''"r. '''••!'"'"""* V'' '\^' "'''"* '" '^' ''^"""'^1 -'^t'of the Depart 
 cut. (,ieat changes, too, have occurred on the Upper Lakes and 
 
 f l-i n/'' "'" North-west and the Pacific coast, rendering needf ,1 
 fhcient arrangements for protecting the Customs revenue. Then to 
 t must be kept in mind that we have had for some time i^^t 'very 
 
 m .. . / "' T^ }}'"^ ''"'■'"« ^''^^ P«"^'f'« «-^treme vigilance is de- 
 
 a iided from the Customs Department, smuggling showii. itself tt 
 
 uch times in its most daring attitude.s.' The enonmms sSi k . i n 
 
 the value.s of goo.ls, too, must have demanded constant watchfulness aj 
 
 cSrt ,.? r"-"t f e under-valuation of importations-^ai d th.at 
 
 u.ul.lnnt be done without extra expeim). Hon. gentlemen onnosite 
 
 tve had much to say of late about Canada being^made a slaightr 
 
 maiket for foreign goo.ls; but what wrmld they not have said had 
 
 without the ch)sest inspection by efficient officers ? ^ 
 
 Mr. MA,THKii,soN-What of the Montreal Custom House ? Will 
 
 the hon. gentleman say nothing ab..ut the .Iccline of revenue and the 
 
 increase of expen.liture there ? ^^^nnt ana tne 
 
 Mr. Bkown-I am glad the hon. gentleman reminds me of that 
 \\ hat one place loses another place gains ; aiul I notice that th<.ugh the 
 revenue at Montreal went down, at Toronto it went up I cann..t 
 pretend t., judge as to the exact strength of staff necessary to be 
 ma,ntaine.l at Montreal-but probably the customs authorities antict 
 pate an early recovery from the severe commercial depression that has 
 unhappily ex.ste.l at that pomt-and with that a corresponding recvery 
 of ( ustoms revenue. It was of the Montreal Customs House, I thin/ 
 that the hon. gentleman venture.) to speak as a " sink of con-uption." 
 He said that the Customs Department of the United States was rotten 
 to the core, but it was not worse than we had here. 
 
 Mr. Mm:pherson-I spoke of the New York and Bost<,n Custom 
 louses. Iheso are the only Custom Houses in the United States I 
 know anything about. 
 
 Mr BRowN-B.it be that as it may, it was utterly unwarrantable 
 .>f the hon. gentleman to apply such words as he did to the Montreal 
 Custom House as now administered, or to any other public department 
 ot Canada. It was as totally unwarranted as the insinuation of the hon 
 gentleman in regard to keeping back accounts to affect the annual 
 
18 
 
 balance which he must have known was a direct impeachment of the 
 integrity of the Auditor General. 
 
 Mr. Campi.eix-1 think it was not with roRpect *" l<«W^^f:^, 
 of accounts by the GovornmtM.t ; it was with roforcnco to accounts ni 
 th. NoHh-weJt-certain purveyors who had s,,ont largo -;•-;;-;-; 
 and of whnni the hon. Bonat<.r had hoard they had kept back thoir 
 acc'.unts! It is not the accounts tho Au.iitor had anythn>K to do 
 
 with. * u f 
 
 Mr. BitowN-The hon. gentleman must not attempt to put that, 
 
 colovn- on tho charge now. It is too late. 
 
 Mr. Ma(THERSon-I stated it at the time ; I di<l not dream of 
 
 anythiii},' olso. »t . ^ * 
 
 Mk Hhown The hon. gentleman spoke of N..rth west accounts, 
 after I had ropeate.lly urged him to explain -but his charge was 
 direct and vn.mistakablo, and rei)eatod more than once. 
 
 Mh CAMPiiEiJ,-The charge was m.t with reference to cooku.g the 
 Public Accounts ; it vas with reference to the transactions of certain 
 oflicors in the North-west. , x^ i 
 
 Mr BaowN-I perfectly understood the hon. gontlomau latterly 
 to refer to accounts in the North-wo.t ; but his original charge, and he 
 mio he insinuated more than once, was that acc.nints were kept back 
 at the Jml of the year to reduce the deficit which honest book-keeping 
 wouhl have shown. 
 
 Mr. Macvherson-I did not intend to reflect on the Auditor- 
 General. . , ,. , ,, , ,, 
 Mr Brown Whatever y..u meant, you certainly oid rellect on all 
 connected with making up the Public Accounts, and you are bound 
 now io say what accounts have been kept back. ^'Yh^ ^^'^ ««»^lf";"l 
 has no riJht to make .sweeping accusations against the Government and 
 eva ce the distinct specification of what his charge is. Rut e,"<'"^ f 
 this for the present. Let us pass on to the h.m gcntlcinan s iiv ct- 
 nen of tieSimigration Department. Ami here he has not only fallou 
 nto the inoHt palpable errors, but the calculations and conclusions ho 
 has s S bror,d in his pamphlets as well as in his speeches are uttedy 
 wrong and mischievous. For example, he selects three years as lis 
 ba8isil872-3, 1874-5, and 1875-(i-and he states the entire expemii- 
 ture in these years to have been as follows :— 
 
 In 1872-3 ^277,3fi8 
 
 In 1874-5 .i02,/70 
 
 In 1875-6 385,845 
 
 Novs why did the hon. gentleman state the cost in 1872-3 to have been 
 S277 308, when the public returns show the actual sum to have been 
 S287'3S'-an.l why did he omit altogether the year 1873-4, when 
 thev were $318,572 ! His friends were in ofHco these years- surely 
 that co-dd not afford an explanation of it ? And why did the horn ger. 
 tleman omit to tell that these were but the gross disbursements of the 
 Denartment-that in every one of these years there were large sums 
 deceived Sck that ought to have been deducted ? Why did he omit to 
 tell of the Quarantine deductions, the repayments by the Provinces 
 and the repayments on the Icelandic and Me -..nonite advances ? And 
 
t uf the 
 
 ling back 
 viuntH in 
 )f inoiu'Vt 
 ack their 
 ig t,i» do 
 
 put that 
 
 dream of 
 
 19 
 
 cooUy ,«,«„m. that ,.o e , « i n ..^ to ' ' "' T"'' ""'• '^''h^-^nd 
 Quehoc. Hniiiis lamo to ( anada except those hj 
 
 tl.e S^I.t;™;:."™-"'-' "*" *»' • -'— l «„ ..,. e„,lgr«„.. by 
 
 Mr. n ,. . . " ^ 
 
 I dropped that ineidontally at 
 lie <<.iitval llio fact that while 
 
 the^ui !^'ir;.«!;"Ln!:!.I;:;rX'd- I'" '':;:'!f'^''."V'* i-i<'ontally at 
 he aHsiiinod the a ■ 
 
 accotiuts, 
 largp was 
 
 okiiig the 
 of certain 
 
 vn latterly 
 
 fp, and the 
 
 kept back 
 
 Dk-keepiiifi 
 
 e Aiiditor- 
 
 :flect on all 
 are bound 
 gentleman 
 ■nment and 
 
 enough of 
 an's indict- 
 only fallen 
 iclusions ho 
 
 are utterly 
 years as his 
 re expendi- 
 
 )8 
 
 5 
 
 ,0 have been 
 o have been 
 i73-4, when 
 oars — anrely 
 ,he hon. gen- 
 nents of the 
 e large sums 
 d he omit to 
 i Provinces, 
 jices 1 And 
 
 when the ofHciar;:;;:;;;;;:^^;;; S'--l"i:;tT^v^^ 
 
 whi.h 7,()f;;{ cau.e by the St I aw.tn 1 T , " *^''' '>•'"""'""' "^ 
 posHildy know nn.re about the n t^or ° '"'"• 8«idleman may 
 
 »- on.it to tell that h ^ i,M,r t ?:^nHn rti.^T"" « -^"-^^S^vhy did 
 ■•"" ' ' ^' ■ ■• ^ »-« were ni entire opposition to the ofHcial 
 
 Hssuine-lnu.n ts,an,Uo;rtKrb.'''1 "^ "''!"i«rati<,n on his own 
 '^'^Pita of each innuign nt ^ e esult Tf'^h «' ''"•' "? "" ''''' ^""• 
 hon. gentleman willbo seen" v th« f II nian.pulation by the 
 
 gentleman's staten.ents and tl ? ofci. 1'' ?7"^ ^""^T*^ "^ the lion 
 And first as to the annuai'nlt"rxpSri^?<;;":;^;lt .^•■'''•^'"^"*- 
 
 expen( 
 
 ^fr. Mdcphcrson. 
 
 IS^'f $277,368 
 
 Stfi 302,770 
 
 J87fi:?;:::..:::;:::;:::::;:::;:^««:«^7..... 
 
 And now aa to the cost per capita :— 
 
 Official Return. 
 
 $296,R17 
 
 241,600 
 
 228,077 
 
 110,670 
 
 Mr. Maephcrson, 
 1872-3... « •? T/! 
 
 1874-5 ;•; ^8oo" 
 
 1875-6 .;:;•; ^^J?' 
 
 1876-7 ^^ "•*•• 
 
 Official Rfhim. 
 
 jrj 90 
 
 8 82 
 
 8 85 
 
 ■ 4 08 
 
 e hon, 
 hf m . 
 
 gonta^irS-rfrfrttT^ T^*" ^he 
 
 Minister ..fAgrirnltu^reyesterdav^^^ ^y ^^^ "«.». 
 
 Public Accounts. M^ staten enS !r« '*^f . ''»t"'''>ly "PPosed to the 
 Public Accounts. Se hon JLitf Pr?f a" '^"u ^""^^^mity with the 
 figures were n.^orr^'TZ^TZ^^^:^^ 
 
 was nicorrect. 
 
 H IT.-. "^^ fiffures includc<l quarantine Th«> 
 
 Mb. PELLETiER-But not in your statement. 
 
 Mr. BBOWK-The hon. gentleman incurred a serious responsibility 
 
 r 
 
20 
 
 >hinK^vc Khali have com.ng to "» '^S''"^,^^^.;^^^^^ ^o Rot 
 
 t,„t h,..H.,f.Mo 4..0U0 ;'^ 2-;;:;; :\i:, ;;;:i,;«oncy exists. 
 
 Un.pl.>i.'t, .specially fnon the ■-?;,^l- :^^'^ , , ' ' ^ „ ..uaf.r'B 
 the hon. «ent en,.-.. '>Pl»'"'*|' ' . / '' V;\^,V. 42 o Manitol)a la.ul «",•- 
 
 that' You have vcluced the H,.iveyH »>y tl''\V\';''' m th-Tt o 
 l^:;no,..y * Von will stop them "-J >-- /^^ ;:f|f ^ ^ / i;!;.^ ii 
 bo a saving f Au-l .f a„y ..ne -;;•;• ^^^ '"\ ,, ^ i, «.. hanl 
 
 Mach.nal.l G.-verninent) ^'^^. '"^.fi'^'-'r* ;,\, '' J ',^^^^^^^ the Lnourable 
 present Government it was ^: 8,;.0/. An.l '''^JlJ^^'^Y ' •, " ^ar t.. 
 Utlon.an di.l Uecn.e ahout it to be «« o ^ell • .U-Mh.^^ e^^^ 
 
 me a very large snm, and so V^'^I'^^TL o t e c tt e r ^f thi Depurt- 
 ,vnd aske.l an explanation ol i from 'I « '^, , J'^JXran I 1 am sure 
 
 ^nlu^i "1"; Ulat^in BT4^ there .ere «- <.n..ters^ ;^^^^^ O,'-! 
 cries of hear, hear.) It so I'-'^PI''^' V''^^^ J^ ^.^^^J'^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
 Telegraph Company was. le aye, .> l;-fj,f j * * ^ ^ ^ed ", 1^^^ it had, of 
 fur the year were olused bet oie it coui.i oe ^-^^i"; ' correction 
 
 ,«.„, P2,107 
 
 1874-5 ;■.'. li)',4'2I 
 
 1875-6 ifi'oKK 
 
 1876-7 ^^'"^^ 
 
 There is another charge that the hon. gentleman preferred against the 
 I^Tmin^^traitrn, and it is the last left f— nsideration 1 re^^loU^ 
 Transaction known as the Intercoloni. : > r.-ense Account-and a veiy 
 
charge* 
 rhn fir«t 
 
 li.nowH- 
 , wo got 
 
 militia 
 •ivv lH7:i- 
 
 !V IH'illlC- 
 
 |iiy thirt : 
 
 , by this 
 
 cy exists, 
 
 luul <>Ill>- 
 
 oiiriicstly 
 
 tiiiiuMl in 
 
 Wm tem- 
 
 iiiilii^niint 
 
 DMiints fts 
 seiiator'H 
 land sHV- 
 
 s there in 
 is that 
 
 that, too, 
 
 1 sht)ul<l it 
 18 HO hard 
 lusea y«»n, 
 oni is one 
 -the item 
 
 ; Aecounts 
 last r.f the 
 year of the 
 hononrable 
 
 appear to 
 ;)epartn»ent 
 the Dci>urt- 
 
 1 am 8\ire 
 
 hears that 
 raphinfj; in- 
 ed. (Loud 
 
 1.i\l of the 
 ut accounts 
 I it had, of 
 H correction 
 of the tele- 
 ition to the 
 ah diftbnrse- 
 loW8 : 
 
 07 
 •26 
 '21 
 
 :55 
 
 I against the 
 [ refer to the 
 — and a very 
 
 21 
 
 p!^ir::!^i!^.SaV:i::^^^^ n. 50.000 .>n, 
 
 Hll wanted f.,, that n J, ^o, "' „ ./uhT"' T^ "" '^»-. wore m, 
 "X'ney wa. paid, and of cnrMo w, t at • '*"\*" T^''^"^ '^""'""t- 'H.o 
 So f,w aa the .anh in ooncer ,' ? T. \v , "T ',','*" V^" '*"''''" Accounts 
 the ho.: .S.nato, ,|„..„..,.t ,1^^ „" ^vln l'"'".''- /'''''' "^"tement of 
 of the PnM,.' Accounts ; „ulv h! u I c^ ^ V i" '*"''^' '"• ^''e accuracy 
 y'7'' of Uovenne and Kxp ,^ii , f^^;:' " "«^'^''« the balance of hj 
 '^•<'«?r for this iror<,.Md itu ritor... \"''':''''^ was opend in the 
 '•'••t.onH of it wen. ap,. d t.rv crvic., 'm'*' '*'■'' ^'^"'''- As f«st as 
 'I'e cap, al account and . I.ar J to fh e « ' ' ' ' '■" ""'' <lo-l«.ctcd fn.n. 
 ;-;:-'^ In .cgard to tl„. Intm I ,^^1^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^" «''ich the iro 
 
 ' «''< cy wu will all a.ln.,( wisolvir „ , ''^ '^ "''" 'l''tt'rn.ined~and 
 ;U! .0 .ron rail, and put .^.^0 a,VX:^'\^^ 
 edccted by sidjstitiK in- st^d ....ii 7 . »"• *^" »" know the -ivinu- 
 
 the ntercolonial liadway slull.M bi t VtS'?"!'^,'''? """" '"' '^^^^ 
 " Hie places niost Worn the (ruL i , VV'^ '' '•^'' '*" ''^ "nee, but that 
 J^'.OOO every year. That w :,'."" , ^i """"' 'r ^''^ -*-""!' 
 '«/d, the rcdaying was carried u 1' t ", ^'"'"f ^n*''"? 3<'ti. June, 
 
 ;""<;>".t was d,!ly^..e.litod t U oS;Jit \^T "^ *•"''' ''^^-""1 thi 
 eliargcul to the Intercolonial J{a vav In i^-l''!/''^' "'"" '"'''•"""* '"'d 
 w;;rethn« obtaine.l and re- la \en tele f ''¥''" f ^'^'^ ''^^» 
 
 *-!'^,d82; an.l in 187(;, ^^15 ^,h,, " '" i^deicuhuual track ; in 1875, 
 «"i;i'<.8ed .lesirable that the," huu \l" ' T ' ""»'«rstand it, it was 
 Jiad been dune before. It va« , , , 1 " ''"'y^''' 'I'lantity usJd than 
 •'/ the road should be d i<7 ^^ ^'''* ''"''^ ;'^''^"-'''''" that\s ,,,« ^ 
 
 ■'•'"•'I'Ul.ey adhere t,/tl,o;^,; of 'T ' '•'"' '!'" ''"««l<"" oa .eC 
 rate of ^■M),mO a year or eh .v A ''•^'f «"'i»' "'e Interccdonia at th ', 
 wante.1 in oAe yeaJ a^Un tt^^^ ^ 111 '^ f '^*'""*^ "^ "-' ^^'^^wt 
 l->'- Now this .ledsion of th^ Depart ?..;;?'' T''''^*' ''^'^ ^^^^^^^ 
 't may have been wro,,., • that I'scMt^, 1 '"'^yhave 1 on rii/ht. or 
 
 -'wn pait I think it was he t srH l ^ '' '"'^tter of opnuon ; In-'Z 
 erco onial Railway acco,, Is uT m Sshed'*'^; *" 'f^' ^ ''«" ".e K 
 hut the cost of n,aintai,,i,,git ^iJ I '^' '"^""^'' '^ i« "'>t desirable 
 un the facts justly de,na,id. It irwell kn " ']">V"."r« "i'-'avo.ai-abJe 
 ' a,lway Co. charye three Kui,,l;^; .f/^" '''^V'"' ^'■^"" ^^««ter.! 
 fteel ra,l they put upon the track-' vv*/",.^!' "'^i'.'^'^' ^•^"••"t "' every 
 
 Trunk 
 
 Co,npany oh.u^ u.e^who.e o/X 'steUl r 'y"^^' '''' "'" ^^-' ' ''^- k 
 ;|';<i there is an Act of thi. LeglsLu,^ decl ^'^'"^ " ''''^'^ '--^>'^»t ; 
 limt Act was passed by the House of , • "''"''"y ^^'"^ t'''^ «lialJ be so ' 
 -Hi the hon. gentlcnan I,imsSt rtcvf foTlf"" ""' ''^' ^'"^ *^' "-- 
 
 cw':^ SXt^t!;;;^^:;;;:;";^ rt;;^::::.^^^-^' ''^' -'- - 
 
 "f the House, i„ discussions that Juwe tak!?. /"° *^ •'"• '^'^'« ^^'e 
 dillered from the late Uovern.n^V who t. 1^ ?. lu' *'"" 'i"^''** '»» 
 Railway and held that the rSv,W ; ??,'', '"'^V^'' ^^^^^^^ 
 "vf' f °"W be charged to capital Sunt tI^'.^" i^*^^«'-'»"-^t 
 did not h.dd that ; and what iL been Ze o^^v.'! .^f «f, *h' Hou.e 
 axcic cui.iprouuse between the two nTan« " i^'®,^"J^'^''<=Oi<iiuai was ^ 
 
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 opposiW, then the Government wouUl not have f"™;} '' "<''=S'2h',''t 
 
 this year and next year. 
 
 Mr. MACPHKKSON-Did they u.-t use the whole (luantity last 
 
 ^''''mr Brown-I did not ask that question. I do not know. 
 
 Mr Macpherson -Is it done in accordance with the resolution of 
 the GoVermnent to charge everything as expenditure '>" revenue ! 
 
 Mr. Brown- -The hon. gentleman is lighting a shadow. V\ hat 
 difference dues tliat make I , , ■, , 
 
 Mr. MACPHEKSON-lt is evident that $543,000 worth of ravU have 
 been used in renewals, which acconUng to the r««;;l"^'J" ."^ f^^^ ^ 
 eminent really should have been charged to revenue Instead ot tli.it 
 on"y l200,()0(?is charged, and the balance is put as a blind in a suspense 
 
 account. i uuv i " 
 
 AlR BROWN-The h.Mi. gentleman should not use that word blmcl. 
 U ^v^ s perlctW straightfonvard, ami was fully explamed ni the Public 
 \cc.n n s Sumittce. I admit the hon. gentleman may hold the opinion 
 ilatSe rails having been handetl over to the '^^-J-J;;;- ^^^^-^ 
 the full amount should have been entere.l against t^at C) "p.m>. B t 
 the Intercolonial Railway belongs to the people of <-'"''^'1'^;t"^^ J^ J 
 ■ire thero-the transfer does not affect the secur.ty^the rails aie as 
 n uch at capi'il account as they ever were- and there is not one single 
 sh 11 ng less to-.lay to meet the public debt than there was before the 
 Is wl-e transfer'red f n>ni one ll.c.lity to another. Vj auyone say h<^t 
 it makes the slightest difference to the ct.vintry whether * ;e ails he 
 in a heap at capital account or lie in the track o - <->-"^^ /^^ ^ ;^; 
 way at Ian Interohmial suspense acc.Mint Had any >;> "^^' '°^" 
 inteiuled, why open a suspense account at all I Why not ! =|ve f * ^« 
 capYtal account is it was/an.l have credited it merely with the usual 
 annual prt^jortion of $200,000 I 
 
 Honourable gentlemen, I have now gone through the entire charges 
 and objections of the hon. Senator (Mr. Macpherson) ; and I put it to 
 every hon. member of this House whether there is one single item in the 
 wh.de of the hon. gentleman's indictment for which the slightest moral 
 reproach can be cast upon the gentlemen on the Treasury benches. 
 Will any hon. gentleman say that one instance has been shown of cul- 
 pable neglect on the part of the Government I Can any hon. gentle- 
 man say that the slightest proof has been given of even thoughtless 
 waste on the part of the Government? Nothing of the kmu has been 
 shown Hon-uraldfi gentlemen, the men who govern this Confedera- 
 tion-be of what politics they may-have no light burden on their 
 shouldc-B, We are eight separate Colonies, brought suddenly together ; 
 
3ssafy td 
 But what 
 n capital 
 ['•<-\i they 
 3rcolonial 
 iibUc Ac- 
 viped out 
 
 itity last 
 
 r. 
 
 jhition of 
 
 uue l 
 
 V. What 
 
 rails have 
 
 the Gov- 
 
 1(1 of that, 
 
 a suspense 
 
 d "blind." 
 ;he Public 
 he opiniou 
 al officer.^, 
 pany. But 
 — the rails 
 ails are as 
 one ain^^lo 
 bofoi-e the 
 le say that 
 ise rails lie 
 nieut rail- 
 ind " been 
 ,ve left the 
 1 the usual 
 
 lire charges 
 I I put it to 
 item in the 
 litest moral 
 -y benches. 
 Lown of cnl- 
 [lon. gentle- 
 thoughtless 
 nd has been 
 I Confedera- 
 en on their 
 ily together ; 
 
 23 
 
 we have a va,t extent of country, stretching from oce.tn to ocean ; we 
 are of different races, we speak different languag r, we have differ- 
 ent forms o religions faith ; and we are all in the early stages of material 
 an<l social development. Our representatives in Parliament come up 
 trom all sections of our wide domain eager to do well for their special 
 constituencies, and too apt to forget the interests of the whole 
 Ihe urgent solicitations for concessions-reasonable concessions if the 
 public chest were exhanstless-that are constantly coming up from all 
 directions to the Ministry of the day, are without end ; and the men 
 who have the firmness and the ability and the tact to promote right, 
 resist wrong, and seek to mould the discordant elements into a har- 
 monious whole, deserve and ought to receive the cordial sympathy and 
 support of every member of this Chamber. It is utterly impossible 
 that the wit of man c.nild avoid errors in the administration of affairs 
 so vast and multifarious, but 1 confess I have risen from an earnest 
 and thorough examination of the public affairs and accounts of the 
 l^ominion with high gratificatinn at the ability, the uprightness, the 
 economy, and the marked success with which my hon. friend and his 
 collegues now governing the conntry have fulfilled their difficult task 
 since they assumed office. "Ah, but," exclaims the h..n. gentleman 
 there is a deficit ! " Yes, there is adeticit-unfoitunately there is a 
 debcit. But it is because the right men are in the right place that that 
 defacit IS n(.t infinitely greater. It is because men of ability and saga- 
 city are at the helm that, in spite of two consecutive deficits, every ob- 
 ligation of the country has been met to the hour, -the credit of the 
 country was never before so high hi the money markets of the world, 
 —and the Canadian people have unshaken confidence that the revenue 
 and expenditure will be speedily equalized without undue pressure on 
 the mdustry and commerce of the country. When the leaders of the 
 Liberal party warned you [turning to the Ccmservative leaders across 
 the floor] 111 1873 of tlie coming financial storm, you scorned their advice 
 and went on committing the country to en.n-inous obligation.^. When 
 you were driven from power for your corruption and incapacity, and 
 they asked m 1874 for increased supplies to meet that coming storm- 
 you ti-eated their demand with derision, you denied its necessity and 
 opposed It at every turn. When Mr. Cartwright negotiated his first 
 Jamous loan in London-that stands unequalled as a financial success 
 n the history of tliis or any other colony, that raised the credit of Can- 
 ada higher than ever it stood before, and that carried tlie country 
 safely through the enormous difficulties you had created— you decried 
 the great public service he achieve*?, un.l mulj.n.u,! ti." ».■ - +;ii^ - a- ■ 
 When the Finance Minister struck the happy time-not one moment 
 too soon— achieved his .second successful l..an, and earned the ship of 
 
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 state safely into harbour— again you maligned the man and vilified his 
 good work ! And now, when the storm has well-nigh passed, when 
 the clouds begin to break, when the commercial barometer begins to 
 rise, when brighter and better days are near at hand— you !— you who 
 caused all the trouble— glory that the revenue is reduced, glory that 
 there is a deficit, and call on my hon. friend to rise on the instant and 
 tell you, forsooth, how the Govemment mean to equalize the balance- 
 sheet ! With commercial and industrial depression all over the world; 
 financial embarrassment everywhere ; immense shrinkage in the value 
 of all property, real and personal ; two bad crops within the three 
 years ; stern economy forced on the masses of every land ; an open 
 "winter to add to the embarrassment; you, in the face of all, pretend 
 astonishment that there is a deficit ! You cannot cloak your smother- 
 ed delight that there is a deficit ! Well, what, after all, does this fear- 
 ful thing amount to ? Why, in the three yearrf the present Ministry 
 have been in power the total expenditure amounted to - 
 
 And the revenues to. 
 
 171,7-20,744 
 .69,295,576 
 
 Total deficit in three years $ 2,425,168 
 
 But let it not be forgotten that in these same years there was paid 
 from the revenues of the country into the Sinking Fund for the ex- 
 tinction of the National Dibt,no less a sum than $2,207,099-or withm 
 two hundred thousand dollars of the entire deficit. The deficit, in fact, 
 was caused by reduction of the Public Debt. Is that a balance-sheet 
 ill such times as the present to alarm any one ? Far from it. One step 
 up the ladder of returning prosperity would put a totally nev,^ aspect 
 on the picture— and good cause liave the people of Can uht to rejoice 
 that the men they have now presiding over their aliairs, come storm or 
 come calm, will be found equal to the occasion.