The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-10-24
THE DOMINION
Some Facts Concerni ing its Or
gaDiZatiOn-What it is Pat
termed After-Its Three
Destinies.

The Dominion of Canada becam
q confederate government in 1867
with an annual parliament in which
were seventy-eight members nomin
ated for life by the governor gener
al, and a house Of commons elected
by the people for five years on
property qualification, with 2O6 mem
bers. The governor general gets th'
same salary as the president of tb'
United States-$5O,00O. A few years
ago they had about $50, 600, 900 O
funded debt, which ha0 run up $40,
OO0, 900 from the fact of the cOnsoli
datlon of the provinces, in a few
years. Canada has a revenue OF $780,
OOO, 900 to $50, 100000. The interest
Oh the public debt is a large figure.
The country in general exports about
$50, O0O, 900 worth and imports about
$50, OOO, 600, and collects duties OF
about $l3, 900, 600. The United States
furnishes nearly $50, GOV, 900 out OF
10000 600 of imports, and takes back
about So, 900. OO0. The Canadian
fisheries bring into the people nearly
$l4 ,OOO, OGO a year. There are nearly
1OO, 900 Indiana in Canada. which is
not the whole of British America.
The Canadian Senate of seventy
seven members at present has twen-
ty four from Toronto, otherwise
Western Conada, and twenty-four
from Quebec, and ten each from
Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
Every Senator must have $40, 600
worth of property. Western Canada
has lightweight members in the
lower house, while Quebec has only
sixty-five, while Nova Scotia and
New Brunswick have only thirty
seven put together. They vote by
ballot in New Brunswick, which is
the most American state of domin-
ion, but vote openly in all other
provinces. The speaker of the house
gets 81, 900 a year and the members
$40 a day. but IS a day is deducted
for absence. Besides, each of the
states in the dominion has a separate
parliament and administration.
The British Lord Durham con-
ceived the Canadian dominion, and
Lord CarnarvOn moved the passage
of the bill. Mr.. Mccarthy says that
lit seems almost superfluOus to OBJ
serve that the whole idea on which
the dominion syetem rests is that Of
the American federation, the only SIM
ilarity of principal with the British
constitution is IN the fact that one of
the two chambers is nominated by
by the crown. and that the authority |
Of the crown is represented by the
presence OF a governor general. In
all other respects" says Mr.. Nc
earthly, 1.-THE example of the Aneri-
can people has been followed. The
keystone of the whole sytem is that
principle of federation which the
United States has 80 long represented
1t would have been impossible to
have established in Canada anything
really resembling the constitution Of
England"
Manitoba was admitted into the
union IN 1870, and British Columbia
in 1871. The Americans first pro-
posed a confederation of the Cana
das during the revolutionary war,
and asked them to come into theirs.
times schemes were preached
to unite the Canadas, as in 1910, 1914
and 1927. 1t took the rebellion in
favor of q free Canada, and die
tatorship under Lord Durham, to
bring about the accomplishment. In
1S49 a political association was
formed at Toronto to promote it.
Nova Scotia endeavored to make a
union of her own. The first gov
ernOr general of the rev dominion
was Lord Monck. The Hudson Bay
territory was added to the fabric in
1850, $l,5OO,OOO being paid to the
company.
Mr.. J. G Beurinot, of Ottawa. has
alleged that there are but three des-
open to Canada in
dependence, annexation to the
United States. or absorption into the
British empire. The British gener-
Wy believe that Canada will de-
nand her independence in time
'Gath," in Cincinnati Enquirer.