*?NAH "PATCFIC 'RAILWAY RESOLUTIONS.' DELIVERED IN THE
r -HorsE <F'' COMMONS ON THE I 2THI?.OF FEBkUAa, I884.
.- FosTer -Mr . .peakrer, I think the | because we represent constituencies of the
ouse will flly appreiate the difficult cir- me name if not exatly ofthe same haa-
m e stances which surround me in attempt- ter. That hon. memb? laid thi heavyland
ing to speak upon this question. 1 think I of contribution upon all history,
fi as deeply as tany hen. membler oppo- and profanle, upon phlosophy, moral ad
site feeh the importance ofthis question, the otherwise, and exhausted the poets, i bot
iMportarce of theissues whiiihre involved, sacred, ancient and modern; and now, Sir,
and of?be eons?quences whi?h will result we have listened to the-lat te and vigor-
fiom our decision. I also feel that the ous and strongly put, if not altogether srsu-
sect presented to us is, in *'its main mentative and pertinent arruments of the
pOints, exeeaingly simple; itssalient points hon. member for Queen's P. E. IE. ., (Mr.
e but few, and these have been so Davies). Sir, I was a little amused, I amn
thloroughly discug by the strongest minds still a little amused; he began by complain.
iri this House, on both sides of it--and that ing very much that other hon. memes
isa compliment to the hon. member who had not the remarkable power of concentra-
has just sat down, which I am glad to make tion which he always exhibits, of omitting
-Ata?tt it leaves me v?ry little chance with all outside issues and centralising his greSt
the? xc eption of going over' mo of the power and strongreasoning upon the only
ground which has been i travelled before. issue before tlie House and the country. He
. Weiha, in the first place the very lucid complained very much that some other hon.
a- u very an'istrngtatementby theMitisterof members had taken up the time of the
:.iway deali' g with tlis whole matter. House in speaking a long time on topics
Follow ' hiim, : we had an equally strong OITSIDE OF TRE I0INT M4 I?8SE,
auualJ *lotng statement by. the hon. a et
Lea eo the Opposition, placing his side and yet b the elock whleh faces me he
ofthe question before the Honse. Then, spent one hour and five minutes before he
Sir, he was follwed by the hon. member came to the point at all, when he announced
;* forRilhmond and Wolfe (Mr. Ives), iwho in that he was going to give strong and cogent
g : a; .ate,-well digested and lengthy reasons why this proposal should not be
; ` in which'I thought I detected some- lookedupon with Afvor by the House. Sir,
4hi of a malicious spirit as if he intended the hon. gentleman had fault to find with
.oall sies of this question and the hon. member for King's, N. S., because
. h -:l X y: eaxhaust every possible calcuia- he commenced at Jerusalem and ended at
. ? . ti so a xt h trya the ingenylit of those -who Longfellow's "Ship of State." I could not
W 08n unfo t ortunry ath e in g as eto tcome after help feeling, before the hon. gentleman had
* ? ? l- hen thlat bon. gentlemas coneluded spent an hour or an hour and a quarter l
*1 ~ W +tthQ ewat st to ha epeech on .this getting to the point, that it was better to>
. y. r a not er honi, me m ber who, i gin at Jerusa]em and end at the "Ship of
State," than to begin nowhere and cend at,
~m tKBIE*I?ir~ ~D RoLIxcm G AY, ? the same place. The hon. gentleman start-
ed out with a vigorous attack upon the,ma-
thte was not much to hit in the lignity displaye by this side of the House,.
?ti4 ruk-ight and left as each and then with remarkabl? truthfuluess he
H'i ^'S - ? X eomie out of *the experience turned round to his own side of the Housa
" jfi:s.J4i ?part.< Th'en we had a and administered to it a full slap on the-
*aart but r rkably able forehead when he pronounced that malig-
.N. S e h byt het e hont. memberu itY a reciprol malignity. We do no
rf;i'id~~ 7R I itwho dealt w it talk of reciprocity between members of the
I .Z:?lr ine amusetment and same familr; we talk of reciprocity as a
X a -f4J;i , I lt also to the wedifia- meansof communication betwen pnembere
: , .I? mSaf' no omt to of diferent aieironesand di ati nsa
h Iy was ;followed conmequently, if thiis malignity whieh he de -
W hit e ) *, ho dalt - im [clat hask ;f1 sliown by hon. members of th e
li)Sy E ve ~ * tlesy and this side of the looue is reciprocal m*n
b S it lsoeniti mown oide, by bis own admisb en
~ t. II mus( n ot o mit to be dIfermu ve as lariege a siare as eihave.
I:: 1 01 Iw fod cntly a i tike:d a littgn i wh?aile aet,
u 'f?v wet ofr . pa triris hanxd theso wn b h o mem ro
; v ~es d tarhi sand myfteriousbut repmarkal ai
y he hintade that if the
: p the~ House ]mty .hi s own southi ou~m;,, admri.
rI\it hen gef.a l itse w ile i t ir
? or?t~~i g Wa hek hinterest? at if rmthe ~o
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