The New York herald., 1878-10-11
Difficulties in the Way of
Forming a Ministry.
EXCESS OF CONSERVATIVE STRENGTH.
French Canadians Proposing
to Pool Their Issues.
SIR JOHN MACDONALD'S DANGER.
Public Career of Those Prominently
Mentioned for Position.

Mentioned tor Position.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE H1RALD.1
MoArxzAL, Oct 10. Is7a
The task Of forming administration, when
Biz John A. Macdonald has undertaken, viii require
. little timo before it bc successfully accom-
plshsd. ID Inat there any great lacK Of men
who are willing and even anxious to assume the
sponsibiites OF ofce and TO lend their assistance 70
the new Premier in this emergency, is the situa-
tion such TO impose ON him the necessity OF
sidsring the susceptibihtios OF narrow ana easily
sstranged majority, and OF making In
sequence carefully balanced arrangements TO
strengthen hts govern msnI On the contrary, the
embarrassment, II embarrassment exists 10 likely to
arse from the very opposite cause II Is we'll known
that aa overgrown majority Ia q real difficulty and .
OF anxiety to the leader OF party In
power, and such 10 Sir Johns present Of
strength The greater tho mass the more unwisdy Il
hseomss and II II is handled skilfuily Il may
any moment fall, TO pieces Its weight, and
when broken up its fragments apt b
tered around new centres OF attraction.
UNION OF YRxNcH CANADIANS.
Already the cry Of union has been uttered amsng
he French Canadians Of the Province OF Quebec,
and Senator Fabre, in Levsnement. holds out the
olive branch TO those ol his nationality opposed
TO him in politica The Province OF Quebec has just
returned forty conservative members out Of total
representation OF sixtyhvs In the Commons-thas 10
10 say, precisely the numerical majority which
the lats Sir Georee Cartier welded despoticaly
many years, and by which he was enabled 70 carry
yshas measures he pleased through Parliament and.
In fact, to maintain Sir Johu Macdonald In ONCE
In the face OF majority from hts own prov.
incs We're the Frsnch-Canaa,an element to CON-
ina ~ n tim nj Snna ua
tionai party would be formed which. u % minded,
seuid restore Mr.. MacKenxie 10 power ts-morrow.
rhs temptation combine and run tho whole gov
ornamental machine OF the Dominion must present
many alluring attractions - the prsdominating
tionaity IN the Province OF Quebec; and. when .
similar movement was fsot last year ts obtained
the APPRECIATION OF such men ~ NJ. Lavrier ON
side and Mr.. Chaplsau on the Other
besides several leading French journals both sidcs
The danger is not altogether chimerical. Mr. Masssn
nov the leader OF the compact majority Of fsry from
Qusbsc 10 At tnis moment on his way from England,
and Is expected at Montreal Wednesday next.
Unsil he has been consulted Sir John Macdonald ID
helpless 10 form mis- Ministry.
PERsoHNxL OF rHg xxw cABlSgr.
In the meantime rumors continue 10 be circulated
the probable eysonnei Of the Cabinet but Of
ssurss nothing can be arranged At present
except prsiimnarios. Me- Ttsy also ON
his way 10 Neutral, and 10 spoken or
- she coming Minister Of T,nsnce an once he held
n the last Macdonald government Ar. MacPnsrson,
v s said, declines to form part Of the Cabinet
and SIR John viii not hear Of Mr.. ". p Ryan, Of
Montreal Centre. who has just been declared elected
svsr Ar. Bernard Dsviin. Dr. Topper, SIR Johns
lieutenant while IN opposition, will according TO
thsss rumors, mado Minister OF Customs; Mr..
Chapss, Minister Of tho Interior; M Aaeksnz,s
BswslI, late Grand Master Of the Orange Order
IN the Dominion, Minister OF Public Works.
and Mr. Pope. OF Prince Edward Islsad,
All within the range OF possibility, also
number Of others which have been mentioned, Out
rhs late govsrnmen: made three Or Iour appoint
snts TO the Bench before they resigned oics which
arc pu0Iished in the Official gazette.
Meanwhile II may 10 we'll Just now to sketch
briefly the personal and public life OF those
names have been promlnsDsly mentioned as likely 70
constitute ths Cabincs ~ saisd In my despsteh last
night
SIR JOHN A. MACDONALD
Sir John A. macdonald has been much before the
ps.plc OF the United Stasos connection with The
Washington Treaty that he will be Remembered, sspe-
isly Washington He is tho euess son Of sns late
II Suihsrla pdsnire, Scotland. Sir John born
January H. 1916. and Is therefore 10 his sxytbird
year. he was educated At the Roy al Grammar school,
Kingston; was called 70 the Bar In Upper Can
.aa in 1885; created Queens Councillor III
Or .as Grand Lodge OF Yrss and Accepted Hasons
Of England, and holds Tho rank Of . Past Grand
boulor W arueu oI Lue Efec Mhao01 OF CAuAda Ho
vas momber OF the sx-Councn OF Canada from
Nay H. l847, TO March 10, lS4S from september IL,
SSa 20 Jay ~. 1888. ana from on Angus, Q, 1853 70
u the Provinces. During this period OF tino was
nccsss,veIy Receiver General, Conmissionsr Of
BET resigned July 20, 1868 He rs.arnsd 70
so1nsy general q Upper causS., POSITION ss oon M
unusd TO bold until 1862, ne his colleagues
vsrs dsfsa.sd Along Win Sir jacques Ussslsr
sntil the defeat OF tho Sandnsld- N sod onalG-
BORON government, when ths lsehe-M acdsnald
g0vsrumcnt was formed March 80. 1864, anu he .hen
tsturnsd 10 his ola office Of Attorney General po-
ntion which he held until the confederation OF Ine
y now known the Dominion oi canada. Ho
Nso held other ofaces and delegate the
p I've maritime provinces, and again Was dsiesalo
The same year 70 The Conierencs held 10 Quebec Tor
lon csousi cos.r.as. 10 1895 .na 1857 When 9n.
Dominion act, known as the BRUSH North America
ses was passed Dy The imperial rsri.amsnI
On July ns Was caliod " form Cover nmsnt Tor
shs newly nedged Dominioo, anJ was shen sppoin tod
kinster OF Justice aud Attorney General oi Canada,
ehe Pacific Railway scandal. on the 5th Of November,
1879, again throwing HIM out ofos In 1871 lie
Appointed one oi Tue Commissioners la sns settle
matters In dispute between lno Usitsd States and
Canaua, and took active part In shs labors
y that commIssicn. winch resulted In ins
treaty of Washington IN the iatIer city
May 8, 1871. lie received the degree OF
Doctor Of Common Laws from oxiora Uslvsrs,sy IN
1885 anu similar uegreo from Queen's Univsrsity,
Kingston, and IN 1867 vas created Knight CoInmanasr
Of the Bath, Civil" and in 1872 Knignt Of ms
Brand Cross OF the Royal Order of Isabel 10
calolica, OF Spain, beng In Tho samo year
nade a member Of Her MaJcsty's Privy Council. He
Uas appointed leader OF the conservative opposition
n 1919 sIuce which timo hs mas been sne member
representing tho constituency Of Kingston, ont.. .
anti his deient The l7th Of september
last by A. Gum, the present member tor that
piscs, whose majority was Ill iacs due to the
vigor with winch the Macksnxs government fought
him. He had q dozen constituencies offered him ~
ouce. and was elected py acclanln Marquette
Manitoba constituency and that vhsch he ~ pres
snl represents.
When addressed him to-day he looked like man
In tns prime or hfs jaunsy did hs bear HIM SELL
He bears very striking resemblance personally 70
benjamin Disraeli, tho English Premier, ana - per-
sonaiIy tne most popular man IN Canada, politics Gus
Of the question.
DR. cuARLns TuPpER.
DR.. Topper is from a iamiIy originally from Hesss
Cassel; thence 40 Guernsey and Virginia; h con-