| Show corruption IN CANADA FRIENDS of honest administration in government are not by any means pleased with the news which cornea comes from canada the conservative or tory party in the dominion is badly demoralized since the death of sir john macdonald it seems as it if the fates decreed the death of his party also it is fast dividing into factions anu and very soon it will be in a minority but it is reported that sir charles tupper is coming back from england to reorganize it and take the lead in governmental goverD mental matters in addition to the disintegration going on in the tory party from heterogeneous ogene ous and inharmonious elements it Is also threatened with annihilation because of the dishonesty of its principal chieftains at present there are only obly three or four of the ministers who have not dot been I 1 implicated rd in dishonest practices or as it to is commonly termed bo and the aggressiveness ness of the doodling r anything ever done in new york or chicago I 1 in passing through an important crises in the her affairs a 64 sketch of her political gro growth ath may not he out of place the dominion was constituted by an act of the imperial parliament pawed passed in 1867 at first brat only the provinces provin cea of ontario quebec new brunswick and nova were embraced in the union land was added in 1870 after its purchase from the hudson bay company in 1871 british columbia with vancouver island was added and in 1873 1878 prince edward island came into the dominion in 1880 all british possessions in north america were annexed except newfoundland found land the parliament of canada consists of a senate and a house of commons the queens signature of course being essential to every enactment it must meet at least once every year all money bills must originate in the commons hut but any bills providing for appropriations taxation or in any wry affecting the public revenue must muse be recommended in EL a message from the governor general the electorate includes all male adult subjects who own or occupy wealth or property the minimum value of which is or of the year ly value of 20 or earning an income of if annually the supreme court of canada calad consist of a chief justice and five puisne cudges appeals can be made to it from the provinces and from it to the privy council councel in london the department part ment of Justi justice ceis is controlled by a minister w who bo is also a cabinet member under udder the administration of sir john macdonald the political condition of canada was said to be sound A spirit of patriotism seemed to prevail and also a filial feeling towards the mother country however even then it was confidently asserted that after sir johns death developments might be looked for disastrous to canada as a nation these were based on the fact that race and religious enmity prevailed to an alarming degree such is in truth the case the british and french have never fraternized and the roman boman and protestant religions have not approached pro ached a any ny nearer socially than L the massacre of st Bartholomew 8 took place there is however no direct endowment of religion the catholics number about 1800 wesleyann wesleyans Wesle Wese presbyterians rians and anglicans in canada there is a stron strong gelement element in favor of annexation to the united states perhaps the ordeal which the government is now undergoing may intensify the desire to annex as well as increase the number of annexation lots late at all events the situation in canada to is worthy of attention from our side of the line |
