New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-28

IN Sir Hector in person. besides all that was con-
tributed to McGreevy for Sir Hectors purposes
1t is shown by the evidence OF MI. Vahh' the
chairman of the harbor commission that Dir
Hector and McGreevy together procured the
dismissal Of local engineers who were distaste-
ful 70 the contractors and placed the works under
tbe control Of Perley Sir Hector threatened to
dissolve the commission if it did not carry out
NcGreevy's recommendations. and McGreeVy, vi
course ran the various jobs in the interest oil HIS
friends Sir Hector knew all about the election
contributions, Vain says, because he reierfeo
Valin to Mc(ireevy for money when vain was
running as q Tory candidate; and McUreeVy to'u
valin that IL was hard matter for him to keep
Sir Hector and Sir Adolphe Caron, Minister OF
Militia. supplied with cash, they spent so much
Sir Hector's son, who was superintendent OF '"e
works. was bribed, and SO were the minor bosses
Besides those at Quebec, frauds were eA'eh-
sively committed in the construction by the same
firm of a craving dock at Esquimalt, British
Columbia Here, again, the letters of the con-
tractors to one another, but chiefly TO Murphy,
show that McGreevy had access TO the secrets OIL
the Department and had a marvellous faculty for
getting Sir Hector to make Just such changes III
the work as his confederates wanted. They un-
dertook to build this dock for S33S,OO but IL
cost 800 900 and they admit that, after paying
McGreevy and making the usual contributions 70
the reptile fund, they cleared $4,000 each, OF
S244 900 in all Portions Of the correspondence
are graphic. Larkin writes TO Murphy our
friends call for another $4,000 on account Oh
British Columbia is not in accordance with the
agreement we had when the $4,000 was DIVIDED
If we continue donating We have been dong
there will be nothing left TO pay ourselves en-
cept old plant Keep the eleventh commandment
look out for yourself" Michael Connolly
whose spelling is sadly ont of date, writes from
British Columbia: Mick and | saw the TWO NJ
P's, Shakespeare and Baker, and tell you they
are brace of pirates They thought they ought
10 have about $4,000 for their influence with the
Minister of Public Works. Before parting
we agreed to give them $500. Inc
editor of The Colonist is the decentest man we
have met with here he has given us the use Oh
his columns and never asked cent" Mchaei
was apiTating for the extension Of the dock NC
Greevys letters are taken up with Suggestions
and reports of his interviews with SIT Hector al"
Perley. In one he gives the figure Of the lowest
tender for a work in which he and his crowd
were not interested, and adds regretfully IL
is a great pity that fine Job like that should go
so low" Money was paid by the boodeIS 10
Sir Hector's newspaper in Montreal, lie Monde
and to his son-in-aw's paper in Quebec III some
instances the swinding was done without much
attempt at concealment Thus the firm was pald
SO cents per yard for dredging sOO,Ooo cuoic
wards at Quebec. although it had done similar
work for 81 cents and another contractor had
offered TO do il for 20 Mr. Tarte estimates, that,
all told the taxpayer has been plundered OF nearly
So OOO. 900 by the operators of this firm alone.
The injury has ELECTED facts not previously known
to the accusing side The Department in 1889 let
the work of building a craving dock at Kingston,
Ont. to one Anderw c. Bancroft for S26l 900
Changes In the specifications, etc, followed, ana
the dock will cost S450,00O Ii now turns out
that Bancroft was q myth. Though be wrote
letters to the Department and actually signed the
contract as Bancroft, he was none other than
Michael Connolly Efforts are being made to
obtain an investigation Of the dealings of other
Government contractors with Sir Heotors Depart
ment. block of public buildings here which
was to have been erected for 100000 has cost
| about 81, 100000. The Liberals would like
| to put Mr. Charlebois, the contractor, in the
box, but he seems to have left the country
Sir Hector's usefulnes as politician is gone
whether his friends in the House whitewash him
or not. THE Journal" Tory paper of thus city,
calls for his removal from the Cabinet, and the
Tories generally think they have carried him long.
enough but he is important factor In the party
and might take 1t into his head to pull the Ad-
ministration down with him. His friends say that
he is no worse tnan the Premier, Mr.; Abbott, who
was paymaster in the Pacific Scandal of 1872 and
doled out Sir Hugh Adams money 10 Sir John
Macdonald in constellation OF the contract for
building the Canadian Pacific; that, at any rate,
the party should not be too hard with him. for if he
is guilty, the crime committed to provide for its
wants and necessities The Chapleau element Is
pleased and looks for his early retirement, but IL
Is not certain that Mr.. Abbott can afford 10
dismiss him. Every one knows that Sir John
! Macdonald reigned for the better part Of forty
years by virtue of Just such acts as those laid at
L. lolatl hay hap1
in collision personally with contractors but he was
always kept supplied with campaign funds from
nent Tory since 1857, it is highly probable thar
he is loaded with ugly secrets about the Old
| Man
| departments and pressing the Government
| closely but 1t has majority Of twenty-five or
more in House Of Alb, and is not likely to be
| sort of defence Sir Hector can evolve num-
Der Of new elections will he held late in the fall,
when che election courts have passed upon the
! PETITIONS and the Liberals stand good chance
| of gaining seats, though it is the cards that,
as in March, they may be unable to make head
| way against the weller Of Government monef.
Should Ministers fail TO obtain limited reciprocity
treaty from Mr.. Harrison and sir. Blaine In DC
| tober the chances Of the Liberals will be con-
%Poysd 1r Mh ate may be argued
| Canadian farmer knows 10 his cost that he pays
| the Mckinley duty. II is bad time for Canadian
knights. The exploits of Sir Charles Upper,
| Sir Adolphe Caron, Sir Hector. and others, have
| discredited the lot, and one or two Liberals who
wear the title would willingly transfer it. if they
could 10 any American citizen who has fancy for
that kind Of adjournment. The French Of old
| France when their aristocracy had grown rotten
| invented a rhyme which we now humming:
| Lhistore dit qu'sutreOs
| On pendait les voeuEs croix;
| Aujourd'hui les temps meilleurs-
| On pend les croix q des yOleurs.
The effect Of the revelations upon the public
mind is apparent enough, but, as a rule the Ca
madam electOr does not remain shocked long
enough TO mark his dspleasurc with his ballot
Sir John Macdonald impaired his sense Of right
and wrong and a considerable proportion OF the
voters do not care how many scandals there are,
provided they get lIetT regular ratlons In one
whole effort of Government in Canada in recent
times has been to keep the people amused and
gratified by the disbursement Of borrowed money,
and probably nothing but the announcement that
the stream has run dry can lead them to take a
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