, 1873-11-01
CANADA.
A Field-Day in Parliament.
The Ministerialists Coax, Threaten
ahd Brihe.
The Opposition stubbornIy Holds Its
Ground.
Parlfament Adjourns until Mon
day Next.

Parlfament Adjourns until Mon
day Next.
Special Dispateh to Tho Chicago Tribune.
An EXCITING TIME.
OTTAWA, Oct. 01.-10 p. m.-Tho combat
deopons. Evory available man iB On hand. Of
the full House Of 200 mombers, only throo wore
abaont at the opening this Afternoon. Those arc
Rie], OF Manitoba 0neilly, Of nonfrow, and
Richards, Of Loods. Tho latter two arc paired,
aud will not bo proBont when tho division occura.
SPECULATION Is RIFE
rs to whether Sir John will Induce nio1 to put
In An appearance In timo to vote. Dodge, OF
North York, who alleged publicly In Ills election
canvass that he loft tho United States on
account Of tho doep.seated corruption that
everywhere existed In that land, fs expected
to oondone by his voto tho acts On the part OF
tho Canadian Ministers. many fold moro hagrant
and dishonorablo than can DO lnatancod among
tho people Of his native lnnd. Thus, with
House OF 2o4 membora, including tho Speaker,
who haye boen hourly expecting division, 1t Is
not strange that tho public arc kept In con.
stant state Of foverieh excitement.
PLOT FOLLOWS UPON PLOT
to strengthen the Government, and overy possi-
bic means is devised to influence votoB. Indy
Macdonald, wife Of the Premier, has beon untir-
Ing and unceasng In her efforts In behalf Of her
Knight, and is not tho only lady 30 engaged.
PETITIONS, THREATS, AND BRIDES
all n1e brought INTO piay' Men VINO pfofaseis
expond hundreds Of thousands Of dollars In
bribing constituencies cannot be expected to re-
tsa1n lton ~ o ..,s s|3s;a.u.. s Janaas
cftsis wheh ths aase OK 'ae Slaa'asEs may oepena -
on single voto, anu rumora arc current thas
BonErT TEMPTED.
The fact thst not single man OF tho tour.
teen Ministorialists who joined tho Opposition
In protesting against the propagation OF tno
House. on the 18th OF August, Inns aocn Ut 70
change his opinion, and that snbsequont devol-
opments have deoponod the gulf between thom
and tho Ministry, goea for to influence tho 10"
remaining lndop9ndons members .S,a Tao nave
e1 ossne gn tbs sc5 ots Viz Ray
and that is that Sir John desires to
be the last speaker, while It. is n pIro,b, p.
followed @ 3D. by Blake quite Contrary to his
desire and II be rofrains from speaking 1t y
probable that Blake will not speak. However,, 1T
Ia now expected that noithor will speak before
Monday. n,,u z,o,,a. onz,,sn
1t tho usual hour this afternoon, and aftor ro1l'
tino, the Hon. Tilley, Finance Minister,
resumed tho debate. He considered that tllt
| original charges of Huntington Lad beer
| augmented by subsequent circumstances which
could not be considered by Parliament and
would not be by him. uo related in conycrsh-
| tion hold with Lord Kimberly, Of tho Colonta
| Office, with referorce to Athe dlsallowahco-o1,
| oaths bill, asserting TINT no interference hat
| boon offered by any one, aud madt
tho assertion amid deriRiyo oheorf
that the voice Of the country was with tho SOY
ernnlont.. He, Of course, defended the act Ct, o o
propagation, md admitted that no retained oiiic'
against the advice OF come OF hls person1a
friends. He admitted that 10 woult
not, under any circumsthncos:x IKE to p
the anthor Of tho Allan-Mohlul!en lot
tors. He accepted Sir johns statemon
that no corrupt bargain had been onterod into .;
him or other members OF tho doVern1nens VIII
Allan as true; admitted his opinion that eh
spending OF money In clcctlonH, IN Alrln
teams, paying canvassers, etc. a6 hat
been done, was very lndlscreet. pll
not OF 6utticlobt importance 10 "afEan
his withdrawal from the Cabinet. He preforre'
to fall with his Leader than to join with tho oppo
sittop which, he claimed, had no policy.
La fLAMaA,
tho Bar in Quebec PROVINCE, followed with III
maiden speech. Ho attributed tho hon
Tlley'B inability to d'at1nguiBh betEee
| right and wrong DONG on tue , par
OF his colleagues to tho faot OF lis long-contlhuo
OWL communications. Lie also reviewed the eVl
denco ut length, showing that q deposit amount
Ing to 81 900, 600 had boen placed In the Me,
chants' Bank, Of which Allan was Presaent
without drawing interest, which Waa highl
profitable to :, Allan, pointed OUT =, r.