St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-23
MANITObA'S MILITIA.
Prospects That 1t Will Be
Called Upon to Keep
Peace.
An Appeal to the Throne
Against the Dominion
Government.
Two Worknen Killed While
Building an Insane
Asylum.
A Young Fiend Who Aspires
to Rival Murderer Jesse
Pomeroy.
Special to the Globe.

Special TO the Globe.
WINNIPEG, Man, Oct. 22.-COntrary
to general expectation, no attempt was
made to effect a crossing over the
Canadian Pacific railroad track to-day.
The track-laying gang continued their
operations and laid rails up to high
board fence erected by the Canadian
Pacific railroad at their track. Supt.
Whyte has remained constantly at the
scene With from 200 to 800 employees,
who are kept there day and night, being
fed and cared for by the company.
They are bound to resist crossing at
all hazards, having imperative mstruc-
tons from President Van Horne to do
so. At the request of the Canadian Pa
citic railway the local militia have been
and are holding themselves in readiness
for an emergency. They have orders
to proceed at once to the crossing should
trouble arise. The government directed
its attention to-day to the argument to
continue the injunction which the Can
adian Pacific railway secured last Fri
day. The government cOntended that
the dominion act under which the Cana
dian Pacific railway is proceeding could
not apply to government road, which
the Portage extension is. The chief
Justice reserved his decision till to-mor-
row. Offers to assist the government to
force the crossing are coming in from
MANY PARTS OF THE PROVINCE.
The intention of the government, if
the legal decision is against them, is to
muster several thousand from the prov
ince and city and 90 out and force the
crossing in spite of the militia. At
tOrney General Martin was interviewed
on the question to-day, and said it was
thoroughly understood between the
premier, Sir John Macdonald and him
self last winter that the road would be
built, and not the slightest hint was given
that any opposition would be offered.
He spoke determinedly, and said that
the government was bound to
build the road. do not know
what the opinion of the public
generally is" said he, "but my ideas
are clear. l think we must, if defeated
in the courts, appeal to the foot of the
throne and point out to the home
authorities that we can no longer sub
nit to home power so centralized at
Ottawa that the summary Of our legiS-
lature is the varieSt farce. This cen
traliZing policy of the Dominion govern
ment can only have one result, so far
as Manitoba is concerned. We must
ask the queen in council to give US such
legislation as will enable US to become
a crown colony, independent of
the authorities at 0ttowa. We
would then have the power to
make our own tariffs and
would become in few years the strong
and powerful country our natural ad-
vantageS should long ago have cOnsti-
tuted US. In this emergency, if people
of the province agree with my policy, l
am prepared to fight the matter out"
1t is understood that if the courts de-
eide against the province, the legiSla-
ture will be promptly summoned for
the purpose Of diSsolving the injunc-
ton, and if necessary, the courts too, as
it has power tC do.