, 1873-09-17
THE CANADIAN SCANDAL.

Two ." A"1n1CT16T H&G1hDDf6' ~ or GOFcEH7
ancnt nnd Il HALLWAY Contractor on
the stnnt1--.Ehe Hon. Alexander
Campbell on A11nn,a Election Fund
--in Accommodating Stylc OF Cross
9SxumiiAniiOai--Sir TOln MncdOnhf1
md Alum to 6fo Examined To~Onys
Special DfspatcA to 1he Chicago Tribune.
OTTAWA, .sept. .lG.-Tho Royal Whitowaahors. as
The Commission Is atylod, continued thoir amin
bio worh ycatorday and to-day, doyotng ther ntton-
ton, clu1ly TO passing examination Of gentlonon
WHO bavo been designated AZ "tnferior mambera Of
Government" by Sir Hugh Allan. Thcao wcro, thu
Hon. Sir potor hfitcho Minister Of Marine and F1sh-
cries, mud tho uun. Alexander Canlpbcll until lately
Postmaster -Qcncral.
In addition, tncro waa aao E. n. Durpeo, Director
Of tho Pacific Railway Company for Now Brunswick,
whero ho had beon civil enginccr and contractor
nocel with railway enterprises for fifteen yeara bo-
foro hs election to tho Dictatorship This Inter gon-
st1 yeara, looked forward to having something to do
with tho Pacific Rhilway whereby ilo might, o. en-
nser and sontrasg5 t nuke profit 10 W.
and Mitchell, but bud not boen consulted as to tho
forms Of tho charter before accounting tho Director,
". MeMnlnn that m existed eotwesn Allan
and the Amercas whereby tho latter should 10 rep
resented, but bud not leen tod by hin whether tho
He understood TINT tho Alan-htcNIul1on agreement
WA signed Tho % Witness I'D admitted shut as contractor
plaeo, as Director, he thonght ho might mako
profit, but not aferwald' s H. a,a ho
Allan anti tho Government for furnishing nonoy to
promote elections. lie had lettors In Mch1ulens
stood TINT in negotiations between tho two companies
guarantees useless unIcss II stipulated to
haa paid tho deposit reauirsa IS Ills s4aro 4 nouse-
able feature Of his og1douce H.. that though ho had
studied Tue Pacific question for years. and Wa" allowed
promoters III the Dominion, lc profesaes not to havo
aacerained tho terms Of agrocmcn In Tho company Of
which hu consented to be Director II would appear
singular, too that tho ag gcement that nlalo
by Allan aud afcMullcn IN 1879 was embodied tn tho
charter q 1875 and ysas a1ao held out as an induce
frat formed. Tho Hon. Mox. oatnpGoll profeescd
absolute Ignorance Of all negotiations botwoou Allan
Vii Wit -? Toron.o III lo' ho fa or or is7a for to
purpose Of bringing about an anlalgan1ation
arpear cur to havo boen to negotato On tho BASIS
of Aan's Presidency, though tho Commission did not
deem 1t necessary to ascertain whether MlanB prcsi
to the 5000 Geo sa to haye locn advanced by
Allan, When questioned the wincss said was ia
Kingston thu eyoning after Sir John A. Macdonalds
election, and was I'D to Understand that a,m of
money had been contributed by Sir Hugh Aan for the
elscti1n tn Ontario" 1t VIM noticeable, though not
worry surprising TINT tho witness not subjected to
| crosa-examinatton on this point. Tho question
| was not oven asked him aa to what alAount
and tho Government lcfore tho elections, or Mt my
other time Ho stated .l.nt Allan wa rsncd a to o 30
600. The Hon. Peter Mitchell testified that hts knowl
edge Of the Allan A1cslu,en agreement wholly o,
e @ lie coSreesa 81 csun acco e Il m H.
tcryow held between Alsan, Mcs1nllon, Smith, Mitchell,
and Hnclts. Ho knew Of 10 money being subscribed
| for election pnrposes except n sum which
he had authorized friend to subscribe for lnsclf IN
New Brunswick. The members Of tho Government
who hnvo been examined hayo not been questioned ae
| 10 whether they individually llayB boon guilty p
bribery, for an affirmative ans7ysr won.d imply utsel