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Proceedings In Parliament Of Special
Trade Comnissien In Relation to Their visie
60 tho West Indies and South Amorica--
Charges Of Bribery and Corruption Agains
the Government Party, SC. =
orr4wA, July 49, 1885,
REPORT OF WEST TRADE COMMISSION
The report OF the Trade Commission who visited the
West Indes, Brazil and other countries, to open trsde
with Canada to replace that lost by the termination Al
tho Reciprocity treaty, has been submitted Paria-
mont Il is rather doefu In It's general tone The Com
mission give q voiumnous and melancholy account of
their adventures abroad and wind up with recommend
ing the establishment Of fortnlghuy steamship lias
from Halifax 70 g. Thomas. touching at Portland thaa
contract be made with the United States to carry the
Canadian mails abroad by every steamer sailing -
Mexico. ths West Indies South America from Amsr-
can porte and the mails OF those countries back -
Canada bv the returning steamer that weekly line d
steamers be established between Montreal and Halifax
that the lnter-Coo Railroad constructed - sooa
- possible that be taken procure rsductioa
or tho duties placed Canadian products the coun-
tries visited that assimilation be obtained OF the
tar in the British West Indies Canadian staple pro-
ducts and that sound system OF legislation be adopted
In the British provinces TO foster trade In general
This u the whole sum Of the report II the compsrs-
tive tables showing the great trade OF America with
countries and the insignncance Of Canadian
be excepted The whole thing brcathes scarcely word
Of comfort and sounds ike = wall Of despondsncy.
TIN MINISTRY CHARGED WITH NoE-rULFLMEyr rGBu
PRoMisEs
Tho opposition tried 70 spur up the coalition to-day.
lectng and delaying the public business and failing %
% the RrS%,ss 20 n @ ny
now past though Parliament had met in the dog days
especially TO decide on them be Attorney General ana
Finance Minister made unsatisfactory sEplanaons and
Mr. Dorion told them that they had not fulfilled their
promises In single on the questions he rsferre1
70, and he demanded that tho House should go iats
committee on the estimates. Some objections wsTs
made but the Ministry finally Welded the noiut ana -
HOUSE d now In com usttse on shs sstmst fhsy vim
bring up every topc and there may DO interest ng
dsS " nm mi. Iss s% sss clearly
turs. Foppery and fogyism rule the roost here.
CHARGES OF BRIBERr AND CORRUPTION. II
Another scsns h3 u. occurred In the House Of Aa..
Stlbns msmbers % sustain shsm. Al instance ".
called for and Mr. Mcdonald said that th5 purchase of
the Slides on the Ottawa river, from the mem
his support Is well as The slides The member for Pea
tiac Indignantly denied ths and resorted that when Mr.
Mcdonald was at the head Of the government he WaRtsd
70 buy bis Slides II he would sustain the government a
which he was then head This Mr.. Mcdonald emphatfs
caIy denied. Mr. Wright said he disnctly remembersd
h. hr Who'll, Hols'1 called FOR time isd place q
only not true but that he had spoken ten words
70 the gentleman since be had been In the goverumsat
aoon i'ss The % whole -
said that such hasty charges should not be made =
those msde against Mr.: Mcdonald. Of which hs
reiterated the charge, and Mr. Wright gave what As
alleged 70 be Of the wopds Of the IN
OF which Mr. Mcdonald emPhatically consradictcd A
length the Attorney General arose and commenosd 3
soothing speech which did soothe the combaisuts IN
the least and they arose. after the other and no
round Mr. Mckenzie and other speakers spoke OF the
dsgaceful character Of the scene and called upon the
dsputan to return 70 some sort Of One Of The
House. was the most disreputabls occurrence Per
maps, ever witnessed In any legislative body