'VERY DAIK AiND TRICKY WAYS alizable to the extent of five times the
Wd which he liad had experience while a amount and if you will ive me that loan I
member of the Conservative party. Well will finih the contra m tro mols in-
that is a chlaracteristic, we know. You will stead of eight, and I rill pay you a percent-
always find whe a man has not facts at age on yourmone aslare asyou canget
hanandnd arguments which heLcan produe, elsewhere." Would the hon. gentleman be
he will always say that if he des?redhe could justified in stating to his neighbor that this
roduce them and if they were n contractor was down On his knees, before
they could be brought forth. Why did not bim, asking for moneyy ? r think net and I
,the hon. gentleman in that long review of all takeit that this is an exae*Jy similar or
:the picnics which had taken iace from the nearly similar caue int point. The hon.
western coast of British Coluabia to the gentleman delights in representi this
tfurthest point of Cape Breton, give a single aount as a drain upon the treasury, and
.quotation from these speeches of my hon. not having tke fate of. many hon. gentle-
ifriend from Cardwell (Mr. White) in whieh men on his sie of the House in his eyes, he
swere uttered those damaging and damning indulges in precise prophecies. Sir, the
.statements with respect to this country, preciseneds of Vennor's prophecies amounts
thereby displaying a terrible lack of patriot- to nothing beside his; Wigins' snow storm
ism ? It is all very well to say, in general fame has no chance of lighting a candie be-
terms, that such and such a thing eoufd have side the hon. member for Queen's, cormpar-
been done, or has been done. I have often ing the preeiseness, the earnestness, and the
had a man come to me and make a great, big, certainty which they respectively predict.
laree, general assertion; but the only thing As he is equally precise as to the time; he
which was necessary to quiet and cow such does not leave himself muceh of a margin.
a man was to take him by the button hole Re does not say, at some future time, or in
and say: "Sir, I want the bill of particu- a number of years, but in two years. In
lars," and you had him quite cowed when two years he says the comprny will be
you made -that demand. It is easy to deal where? They will be here;hey will not
in general"assertions; any person can do be
ithat, but it is a difficult thing to bring tin ngs IMPORTUmSING THE GOVEBRSMax'T
8peciically to a point. There arthis Hous , this
,men, comparatively,who can do it, ad I am Parliament, and for what? Asng themn
anclined to- think my hon. friend from And ith ht d-
King's, P. E. L (Mr. Davies) falls amongst htfa pr?oision the hon. getleman state
the laitter cagory. The hon. gentleman !ht fl pof n ey; it gil be anactat e
tlhat sum of money; it will be exacly
bengged theinard . Iwas gladtof at he did twentv-two and a ulaf m'ions, not a dollar
ingfrom 'd. I was g ladath edid r a dollar more. Now, sir,let me hold
~read f rom Hanra, anddonotthikhehad f up before the eves of the genttl en present
any reason for begging pardon from mere t i prophecy. Let ieask ny hon. friend
,bers of this House for doing so; in fact, I frompQueenr. es lally,to jot it dhon. r ind
came to the,conclusion that if the larger h notebook, for fear he may forget, if
portion of hi speech had consisted of quota- he and I liqe just two years from this 12th
. tion? from Hmard, it would have contri- of February, 1884, we il met some place,
buted quite much to the edification of the compare notes with reference to this
Housrreand very mucli more to his own repu- prophecy. If I am ot greatly mistaken, if
tation than it did. Th hon. gentleman de- I had a reputation to lose , I would not care
.gighted in represetintg the Syndicate, or th t i reckle way as the hon.
Railway Company, as being on their knee gentleman has risked his reputation today.
before tbi s Ho use and bteforethecountry. The hon. gentleman, like two or t hree
Sir, that is not an honest way pf putttug the ot e bon. friend
matter; it is not an ingenuouthers before me, attplac- ed m ichmond and Wolfe (Mr. IYes) on a
ing it. I do not know of any set of men my hon. frend's words
-who are point on wh?ch my hon. frien%;s words
riheg tarpe mrobably led him to be misunderst as
Os TBR KI?E;ES ABJECTLY BISG onveying an idea which he did not wish to
efore this Parliament. Let us take apar- cove. Itas this: that the Conservative
allel case. Let ut suppose that the hon. party would lose their prestige, or,in other
gentleman who sits in his seat before me, words,that it would be bad for the Co rva-
smiling so complacently, should engage a tive party if these resolutions were not
i-ontrator to build his hopse, that the oon- carried, and that, therefore, the Conserva-
tractor had started upon the house, that he tive party must vote for them, not because
had made his plans and calculations for itgwas good and necessary for the country,
raising the money,but found when the house but because it as good and necessary for
was three-fourths completed, that hi?s plans[ the Conservative party and thus party con-
had somehow or other not turned out as he siderations were place above patriot?c con-
?Iad anticipated. Suppose he cam? to the siderations. Sir, that, 1 apprehend, was not
hon. gentleman and saxd: "Sir, you see the the intention of the hon. member for Rich-
*amount of material I have; the amount of mond and Wolfe. What he meant to say
propertyI possess; I want an advance of was this: that the Conservative party i
money from you, as a loan,of so r_any thon- ths railwav policy had a record whieh had
6and dollars. I have property good arid re- gone before the country, and that record
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