New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-22
THE QUEBEC CRISIS.
EXCITING RUMoRS IN MONTREAL.
/. REPORT THAT MEMBERS OF THE MrRcIEn
MINISTRY ARE TO BE ARREsTED-THE

MINISTRY ARE TO BE ARREsTED-THE
IBY TELEGRAPH To TIE TI.iSosE.
Nontreal. Dec 2I.-Ever since last week, when
-. Royal Commissioners report of the invcstiga-
-, into the Doodle" charges against the Mercier
cav.rnment was handed TO the Lieutenant
Governor of the Province of Quebec, who there
a,on dismissed the Premier and his colleagues,
che political situation has been growing more and
-ore strained Mr. De Boucherville was called
,,op 10 form Cabinet but up to the present
;,s composition has not been officially an
.ornced. 1t is known, however, that
,be following men. all Conservatives, will be
.,,e new Ministers Messrs Beauben, Mantel, Hall.
Cassrain Flynn and Pellitier, with portfolios and
,I.ssrs J. Hearn Mason and Macintosh, without
nortfolios AS Parliament must meet, according
- The Provincial act before the first of the year.
s,oi,inc times are expected The deposed Govern
,.nt still holds majority in the House, and it is
.,nec,ed that a vote of want of confidence in the
new Government will be passed. This will threw
t. General election on the country at once. The
Mercier men are we'll organized and expect to
carry things with high hand. They intend hold
;,g a meeting at once in all parts of the Province
+, Is said in the streets here tonight that the new
p.ier is going to secure from the Catholic bishops
a The Province a joint letter against the Mercer
marty The friends of the latter declare that IL
any such move is attempted Mr.. Mercier will ap-
,rsl 10 Rome and will ask that all action be
suspended until he shall have been heard from more
fully. Another rumor is to the effect that the
new Administration intends to bring before the
courts some of the persons mentioned In the
interim report, and If possible, to recover
the 81 90 600 which they allese was illegally taken
from the public chests To cap the climax, it is
added that the Administration will not meet the
House which is called pro-forma for Tuesday next.
but that it will be dissolved in the meantime,
thus obviating the necessity Of calling session of
tbe legislature within the year. required by
,ct Sc of the British North America act
THE Toronto Mail" independent says that
there will he a tremendous sensation throughout
the Dominion The dismissal of the Mercier Minis
try was only the first step against the mem
bers of the recent Provincial Administration ;
and as soon as the new Cabinet is firmly secured
in power, much more drastic measures Will I've
taken. The intention of the Conservative leaders
is 10 have some members of the recent Admlnistra-
tiop arrested on charge of defrauding the Pro-
yincial treasury.
It is said on good authority tonight
that one Of the first official acts OF
the De Boucherville Administration will
for the purpose of making thorough inquiry into
The many scandalous transactions which have
dshonored the province. The following are
some of the men who are 10 he questioned on oath
W. Wainwright. Assistant General Manager of Che
Grand Trunk Railway; Aphonse Charlabois, con-
tractor. and Judge S. W. Foster, of the Ottawa
and Montreal Railway; j. b. Monengais, cx-
president of the same road j. r. Mhsian, con-
tractor for the Quebec court house; ID. Ford con-
tractor; Mr. Langlais Quebec; the mana,
gen Of the Quebec and Montreal banks; and
many other men who have had more or less 70
do with the Mercer Government. ,
The city is crowded with politicians from al
the Province and tonight many stories are
nhoat of the charges and countcr-charges 10 be
made on the hustings
Quebec Dec. 1.-The action of Lieutenant
Governor Anglers in dismissing the Nerccr Govern
ment promises now to wreck the Federal Govern
ment at Ottawa also. 1t has opened the mouth
Of Tarte, now Mercers ally, who created tre-
rDendops sensation last night at a mass meeting
called in Mercier's interest by asserting that in
making his famous charges at Ottawa relative
10 the Quebec harbor works DOODLE, which
drove Sir Hector Langevin and Thomas McGreevy
out OF public life. he was aided and abetted by
Sir Hector's colleague and apparent friend, but
real rival In the Cabinet Sir A. F. Baron, Minister
of Militia