New-York tribune., 1891-12-19
MR.. MERCIER'S REPLY.
BITTERLY REpRoACHING MR.. Anglers.
orr1INE OF THE REPORT on WHICH THE LIEU
TENANTGovERNoR DISMISSED THE

QUEBEC CABINET.
orehec Dec ls.-Mr. Mercier has made public
.;s views on the political situation, and has pup
,;sbsd correspondence between himself and the
isutenantGovernor, and also the interim report
!, tho ROYAL Commissioners The report contains
sbout 5000 words, aud Is signed only by Judges
pahv and Davidson, Judge Jette being incapaci-
,s,ed By illness. Ii says that Mr.. Pacaud acted
= intermediary between the Government and
~. contractors. who were persuaded that this
t,rc,ionary was necessary. The report continues:
~The bargain between Armstrong and Pacaud, by
uh;cb SlO0. 900 was paid to Pacaud was fraudu-
,.nt contrary 10 public order, and an auda-
ious exploration of the provincial treasury. The
covernment had nothing before them TO estao-
usb that persons with whom they were supposed TO
~ ,ransacting were legally bound. We are OF
oninion that Mr.. Garneau gave proof oil careless
w. hut that he was in good faith and benefited
n no way by the transaction. The fact OF the
Hon Mr. Robideau having in his possession
p.caud's note for $4,000, indorsed by r. VAL
1ere and to which was attached one OF the
eoo mo checks signed by Jean Chrysostome
1a,celcr Commissioner in the Bale des Chaleurs
asair. constitutes very compromising act lor
that gentleman. Mr. Langeher was one OF t''o
Minister'S who took the greatest part in the auop-
,on of the Thorn proposal, and we cannot aVoi'
eavinO
t-or pacaud he was perfectly aware of its source
Mr. Mercier also was included among the IN
dorSers The Commissioners then point to the
.unaront contradictions between Mr.. Merciers
.,a,ament 10 the Governor and the evidence before
,be Commission in relation to the moneys lor-
,rorded for his use while in Europe The report
rerrets that certain correspondence was not pro-
auced and concludes that il is not proved thae
Mr. Nlcrcier knew of the existence OF n bargain
between Armstrong and Pacaud. Messrs' hoss'
sbevbn. Boyer and Duhamel derived no advan
tage whatever from the transaction.
In transmitting the report to Mr.. Mercier, the
Governor says that it proves carelessness ana
irecalities and shows the statements and JUSTIN
cations of the Premier TO be of no value. Inc
eport7 he says, forces upon me the convlcuoh
that the Ministry is not in position to advise
the representatives of the Crown, and therefore he
must dismiss them Mr.. Mercer then demands
q copy of Judge Jettc's letter, supposed to con-
tain dissent from the report; and permission TO
publish the letter of dismissal, both ot which de-
mands the Governor refuses. Then follows MIR.
Mercer's final reply. in which he says
Il have TO do not with impartial head
Of the Executive, but with a political adversary
subject to the outside influence of evil counselors
and bad passions You have knowingly and viii
fully violated the usagcs and constitutional law;
YOU have had the audacity to do what our august
sovereign Queen Victoria would never have dared
to do in England without provoking revolu-
ton among the English people. The report Is
that of two partiSans from whom you nave
dragged an Unjust and unfOunded opinion, and It is
altogether informal and without legal value. The
allegations of this pretended preliminary report
are contrary TO the proof 1hey contain gratlltOuS
insults TO your eX-AIinisters, supported by the
ceat majority of the Legislature of the Province,
Mr. Mercier charges the Governor with personal
and autOcratic government, with having arresied
the working of the Government. with having re-
fused TO call the Legislature az the request OF Us
majority TO transact public business, and Win
having carried out of the most odious con-
spiracies ever entered into against the eonsutu-
ttonal liberties enioyed by a free people. Mr..
MERCER then discusses the Constitutional side OF
the question, and closes by saying in part: shall
try to undo your nefariOus work, with the as
sistance of my colleagues and my political friends
and shall Willingly eXpend all that possess 10
save our cherished Province. You will shortly
receive from Mr. Abbott, your m ster, the prlce
of your National treachery; and l shall soon 90
before the people and receive from its strong ana
powerful hands new mandate, which Will enable
me TO resume in the Legislature the place from
which you have driven me, and to chase YOU, con-
stiutionally, but surely, from Spencerwood:
Monster mass-meetngs are being organized Dy
the Liberals throughout the province. Detective
corps and squads Of police are held in readiness 70
march TO Spenccrwood, the official residence OF the
Lieutenant- Governor, to protect IL ae'lhst any
hostile demonstration. The citizens OF ST Roch
and st. Saveur especially are boiling with indlg,
nation. St. Roch is perhaps the strongest Liberal
the House Of Commons by Mr. Laurier. the Liberal
leader, and in the local House by Mr.. SheyhD, en-
Provincial Treasurer.
Mr. MERCER left this city for Montreal this
afternoon. accompanied by Joseph Z; RobidouY.
the Attorney General of the MERCER Cabinet to al,
dress a mass-meeting it is expected that he viii
return shortly and that he will address mass
meeting to be held in St. Roch on Sunday night
Mr. De Boucherville is busiy engaged in the
task Of forming his new Cabinet II is said on
coed authority that he is having some trouble IN
The formation Of The Ministry. II is almost GER M
tain that the legislature will meet on December
90 in order 10 keep within the law.
Montreal Dec. 1s.-EX-PTemier MERCER arrived
here tonight from Quebec and addressed meet
ing Of 5000 persons in Bonesecours Market IT'S
speech dealt with the uncons'ltutl3nalty OF hls
dismissal. and was an appeal TO the people for
support against the encroachmcnt OF federal power
lIe was bitter in his denunciation of Lieutenant
Governor Angers and the Dominion Government.
TIE SUICIDE OF MINISTER IlNCOLN'S BUTLER.
London. Dec. Is.-Thc inc est on the body OF John
Thompson who committed suicide on Tuesday night,