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Show tiii: iiueiilc Ki.tciHm Mum: tbau paulng Interest attache. L tbu general elecllout held In Quebeci on the Oth lust. In Canadian iwlltlct these electloniassumeil the form of a climacteric. For month! tho question asked was, what action wilt tho Cethcdlo church take lu the Provincial elections? It waa universally conceded conced-ed that tho arty which the church iioued would oume uut vloWrlous. And ta It transpires. The Comerva-llvcaliavoobtalneJ Comerva-llvcaliavoobtalneJ au overwhelmlug triumph, and Mercler and his Liberal faction have been absolutely crushed, by reason of the pronounced opposition of tbu Ilomlsh church. In early life Mr. Mercler In I been a itviuch Tory. In ISid hocamn Into I romlnence by reason of his emphatic denunciation of the execution ol Illel In the Norlhvwit. He nsvumed the leadership of the Nationalist faction, and on truy occasion charged the Couservallvia with plotting to destroy tho French ruce and tbe Itomau Churcb. He became Premier of tbe lebeo provisional covernment, and was eupporle 1 by a itrong majority. lo was also tho ctpuclal et of tile Jesuits, nn I posed aithe rhamlouof hit creed, ltd country aod hli race. Ho waa (ho Idol of tho I'teuch iptuklng people of Quebec. Years ago Hlr John McDocald gran'tej u subsidy of tt:i),00l to build a railroad along the Hay of Chulcura In the southern part ol Quebtc. The road was not flulihed, and tbe t)ueWo government was pitltloned to complete com-plete It. Premier MtrJer, who was a I renounced advocate of subsldlea for put Ho works took tho matter In hand. A lubsldy of SOJ.OJJ acres of land com-mutable com-mutable Into cash at .la ceutt an aero was authorise! to be paid to any contractor con-tractor who would complete the road. A oomblne was furmtJ, and It was fully shown later on tlictlu),Oi ol this deal went Into the private pursei of Merclsr aud a confederate named Pacaud. A Ilaval commission wat appolntel to Inveitlgale the rallruaJ scheeme. Un December 10, 1181 a report tlgued by two member! of the commission was fora-arJed to Llculnnaut Oiver nor Auer, ttailug that Merclsr aud hit mlulitry -rero undoubtedly guilty of crooked transactions , The Lleulen anl-tlovernor Immellately dlimliied Mercler and bis colleague-i fromofllco. Mercler caatended that the dismissal wat uucuustitutlunal aud the rejart not ofllclal, bociuse ttie third member was not bear I from. It was thought that a minority report would follow. It did not, the alienee wak occasioned by tho HIumi of Judge Jelte, the lion, signing rueniUr, who concurred tub tiquently In the Interior report. It wat found also that there was precedent prece-dent for the dismissal. In 1ST I, Lord Durierlu acted similarly towards Hlr John MoDonalJ and hit cabinet, aud In IST9 Oiternor Letelller djitnliiod the Houchervllle nalulstry, Mercler then raised the cry of church und race, it expectel that both woull lustaln him The church did not, nnd at tho elections he was round ly denouueed by tbe prlestt from their pulpits. It It mid, lion ever, that the church tupport of the conservative! was the result of a contract, by wlili h the Itaruiu Cuhollo school, lu thu North-wist will be proleotel. The Conservative! gilued n complete victory, vic-tory, aud ttieir supreiuicy lu Cauada for nmuy n day Is now assured. Mercler does not yit regard himself at vauqjishrd. Hoiiintimplatea making mak-ing charges agtluil churcb nutUorltlei wnleli will he Investigated In Home. The IJurhec eiliitlous liny ytt be the I rel'iiio to limn queer political complications. |
