The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-07

energetic opponents. He proved to lie a
capital hos. and nnder his pleasing attsn-
tons and the stimulus o. his good humor, tho
legislators ate and drank and talked with q
merry activity until the expiration Of the
two hours during which the house stood ad-
journed. There was then a stampede for the
chamber, and enough had visited Ottawa
twice before and. 'pcnt much time in the
houses Of parliamelt, | had now 10 witness
for the first time custom which had never
before beard Of, or imagined, in connection
with any legislative assembly. While the
house IS mastering for a division. or the
commencement Of a sitting. the speaker by
an audacious fiction, is supposed 10 be absent,
though be Is there ia bodily presence before
the eyes Of all and at this stage q
public business shouts arise from all
parts Of the house for "the song, the
song A member responds quickly TO the
appeal q his colleagues aud is joined by
the whole Of them in a Numbering chorus TO
the evident delight, If not 10 the ediiicaiion,
Of the strangers In the gallery. One Of the
sights Of tie imperial parliament Is 10 see a
division taken, but nt Ottawa you are in
Yited % hear one as well, and such vas my
experience when the veteran premier Ct the
Dominion, next 10 whom sat, az Sir Charles
Tupper's dinner, urged me 20 hasten my STEPS
from the dining room lest should miss this
unique exhibition Of legislative harmony.
Sir Charles Tupper has had brilliant po-
litcal career, and his success as legislator
is attested 10y the many important acts which
he introduced and carried through the iegis-
lature Of Nova Scotia at an early period Of
bis public life and still more by those with
which his name is associated ia the federal
parliament al Ottawa. Tie inaugira,ed the
movement for the union Of tie maritime
provinces in 1864, and WIS instrumental in
securing the union Of Nova Scotia and NeS
brunswick with Canada in 1866. In the ted
cral parliament he carried the act prohibit
ing the sale or manufacture Of intoxicating
liquors int he Northwest Territory Of Canada:
the consolidated railway act If 1879. the net
granting Il charter 10 the Canadian Pacific
Railway company in 1881, aud IN the last
session Of parliament he carried the act by
which the monopoly previously granted 20
the Canadian Pacific RAILWAY was abolished
The appointment Of q Canadian as British
minister at Washington would emphasize the
importance 90 DC attached 20 the controversy
still pending between the United States and
the Dominion, and might have the best re-
suits in promoting a better understanding
between the two peoples. Such an appoint
ment would he q hands me acknowledgement
by Great Britain Of the loyalty Of her
leading colony and could not fail 10 be
gratifying TO Canadians Of all parties.
But will Great Britain depart 50 far
from the beaien path Of precedent IN order
to consult Canadian pride or to promote
Canadian interests II is very doubtful.
Lord Salisbury Will not be wanting in ad-
visers who will tel him that such step
would be altogether irregular and even I'M
proper, and some needy aristocrat ignorant
Of the ways Of the Americans and Canadians
may be- preferred toa man thoroughly yeise1
IN public affairs and possessed of that practi- |
cal good sense and sound experience which !
are the first requisites for success in dealing
with the peOplcof thiscontineut. HCwsoever /
may differ or partisans quarrel be- I
iievc the American aud Canadian peoples are /
drawing closer 80 each other every day. and 1
that there will be- a union OF hearts if not OF /
territories. Their interests are iutermingled /
and destined 10 be, at no distant day, IN. /
separabic. and the bond Of common Ian /
euuge and common literature viii survive /
when political divisions have been oblterated .
and political unions have lost their signi. /
ficance. The fitness of Sir Charles Tupper &c
take leading part in promoting Tie friendly
relations Of the two countries Is shown 10y
the admirable manner in which be avoided a
trap similar in every respect % that into
which Lord Sackviiic fell lie, too, was in
yited toexrress an opinion on the presidential
election, but DE quickly informed bis cor
respondent that in lis position 1t would he
entirely too delicate a matter for him 90 ina
ierferc in the politics Of this great nation.
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