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'f."-"^ THREE YEARS UNDER THE CANADIAN FLAG * AS A CAVALRY SOLDIER A PEEP BEHIND THE SCENES OF Political, Municipal, Military, and Social Life in Canada wmmm mmmmim Entered according" to the Act of Parliament of Canada, in the year of our Lord I881I at the Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, by James Gibson Slater. -■■I I Kfi-IHIIilillii ^l^^^lgffllgjf^ tmiiii nt-«iniiaii «iiMl m . . CONTENTS . . Introduction. . . ERRATA . . Page 18, — line 12, for 10th OcMm- road // October. Page 19, — line 34, for return read that I refused to return. Page 32, — line 34, for Bryan read Iiry(tflft. Page 37,— line 10, for Chap. AT//, lead Chap. XIX. Page 39,— line 2, for Chap. XV/I. read Chap. X/X. Page 177, — line 23, for country read county. IX. Slater submits his case to the Toronto City Council —An interesting Statutory Declaration of his. X. Slater submits his case to each member of the Can- adian Government, Dominion Parliament, and again to the Toronto City Council. XI. . Slater submits his case to Sir Oliver Mowat, Premier, and Attorney General of Ontario. XII. Slater submits his case to Lord Stanley, Governor. General of Canada, f- " I'* I f- our Sla "rnirri . . CONTENTS . . Introduction. I. Information and Warrant for Arrest. II. Slater's story as told by himself. HI. The official correspondence that was the true cause of Slater's imprisonment. IV. Slater's so-called trial in the Police Court, Toronto — His conviction and imprisonment. V. Extracts from the Toronto Press, and Statutory Dec- larations showing WHY Slater was imprisoned. VI. Slater's innocence of the charge on which he was falsely imprisoned established. VII. Statutory Declarations showing to what use the Police Court, Toronto, was put. VIII. A few reminiscences of John Baxter, Esq., Justice of the Peace. IX. Slater submits his case to the Toronto City Council — An interesting Statutory Declaration of his. X. Slater submits his case to each member of the Can- adian Government, Dominion Parliament, and again to the Toronto City Council. XI. Slater submits his case to Sir Oliver Mowat, Premier, and Attorney General of Ontario. XII. Slater submits his case to Lord Stanley, Governor^ General of Canada, XIII. The act of a traitor to the late James Trow, ilsq., who was trying: to befriend them. XIV. Slater submits his case to Major-General Ivor Caradoc Herbert, Commanding Canadian Militia. XV. Lieut.-Col. George Taylor Denison to Slater while in prison. XVI. A very interesting letter to Col. Walker Powell, Adjutant-General, Canadian Militia — His answer to Slater. o XVII. Some interesting letters to and from Sir J. C. Abbott, Piemier ; Sir John Thompson, Minister of Justice ; Hon. Mr. Foster, Minister of Finance. XVIII. The Canadian Patriotic Fund during the North- west Rebollion in I88.0. ! F XIX. The Ball. XX Tampering with Slater's letters leads to penal servitude. XXI. Whiskey— 1891 and 1892. XXII. How they prevented Alderman Lindsey from bringing Slater's case to public notice. XXIII. Alleged murder of Harry ('ox. XXIV. Alleged Treason. XXV. Is Lieut.-Col. George Taylor Denison legally entitled to dispense Justice as a Police Magistrate ? XXVI. Public Investigation Prevented by the Alteration in the Militia Parliamentary Reports. Hi. XXVII. The Canadian Militia, in their Militia Act, have adopted a repealed Act and also an Act not applicable to Canadr.. XXVIII. Who stole the letter ? XXIX. The Debate in the House of Commons of Can- ada, on the charges preferred against Lieut.-Col. Fred. C. Denison, by Slater and others. XXX. Slater's analysis of the Dobate submitted by letter to Lord Stanley— Lord Stanley's reply — The G.G.B.G. accoun* hooks. he North- XXXL The Government refr? )s to invesdgate. X7XII. An enumeration of the crhaos. XXXIII. Slater endeavors to force his case into an open Court by suing the City of Toronto. XXXIV. Some notes and additions to the preceding chapters. riiiiH iP^i»— "T— "■ Introduction. Reader, it you have faith in human iiatui-o, faith in the advanced civih'zation of this, the nineteenth century, close this book, as I, the writer, do not wish to shake your faitli in our common manhood. ;) The spectacle of a British subject, a man who has served his country in every corner of the globe where her unceasing drum beat is heard, the spectacle of such a man tramping from one end of the Dominion to the other seeking justice and being refused it is a disgrace to our country, a disgrace to humanity, and an imputation on that justice which, in this case, was most truly blind, for she did not wish to see. Read his story and judge for yourselves. Picture to yourself the little homo where the soldier dwelt with his dearly-loved wife and little ones ; the wife who had been entrusted to his care when she was onlv fifteen, and whom he had sworn in a far away land to love and cherish. Picture to youi'self, this man, torn from the bosom of his family, and carried to jail through no fault of his ; and then, stand by if you can and watch that wife lie down to die of terror, misery and shame. A stranger in a strange land, her burning brain multiplying the horrors which threatened. Is it no wonder that her husband, standing in that little room, made sacred by death, there above the voiceless body of his dead wife, vowed to follow her destroyers so long as he had life and strength, and obtain justice for this awful deed. The lion over tiie body of his dead mate is terrible ; but a bravo man quivering with wrong alx)ve the cold form of his only love, and swearing eternal vengance, is a quieter, but a no less terrible object. It was an easy mattei", tliought he, to bring his enemies to justice, but he reckoned without his host. Ho found that Justice was first cousin to his foes, that she was a coy maiden, who had mighty I'espect for her brothers, lior uncles and her aunts ; and when this Iwi-eaved and biokon-hearted suitor p'rosented himself before her, she was wont to ask, " Who is this fellow — tell him to go away !" To the newspapers of this town he i*epeatedly applied to have his grievances brought l>efoi*o tlie public, but they did not want to quarrel with the man on horseback, and they tunned him away from their doors. With regard to his wife : For the ten months preceding the accident, wiiich resulted in her death, he had to hold her in his arms at night, through the shattered state of her 1 6 nerves. If he even went from one room to another she would follow him, so completely had the shock of his imprisonment unstrung her. Owing to the nervous state she was in, she upset a boiler over herself, which accident resulted in her death. For six days she lived in the most terrible agony. She was unable to swallow any food, and as he stood by her death bed and saw the flesh come oft* with her clothes, he saw a look in her eyes he shall never forget — a look of cruel hunger when she saw an orange in the hand of a friend who was standing by her deathlied. This book contains the story of a man who has spent twenty- five ycais of his life in the service of his country ; who gained a medal for long and faithful service ; who gave up a good position in his own country to again enter the service in Canada ; whose career has been as honorable and upright as any that can be shown in the records of military office ; who had such a deep-rooted sense of honor, intregity and military duty, that he paid, out of the miserable pittance he received, all necessary expenses connected with tlie stores under his chai'ge, although he was well aware that he was being defrauded out of his pay by the commanding officoi* lie was serving so loyally. Tills is no fairy tale of monster injustice. It is an actual fact of which he holds the proofs. Every word that he says can be voriflcd, and a great deal more of a like nature, of which this is but a glimmering. An attempt has lx»en made to bj'ibc this man into silence, but, needless to say. It met with an Indignant refusal. Such a tale as the one lam alwut to relate seems almost In- credible, but It Is substantially true Inevery detail. No link In the long chain of evidence Is wanting ; no sharp practice or legerdemain can avail against the stupendous mountain of proven facts with which he Is fortifled ; and further, no millionaire, be he as rich as Crirsus, can, with his whole w<'alth, buy oft' this much-wronged victim of scoundrels In ottice, who Is fighting, not for his own sake, but for the sake of her who was dearer to him than life Itself. a IK IK' Cm CHAPTER I. INFORMATION AND WARRANT FOR ARREST. Reader, sketch to yourself this man, Slater's commanding officer Lieut.-Col. George Taylor Denison, commanding the Governor-General of Canada's Body Guard in all the might and power of his position as such, and of his position as Police Magistrate of the city of Toronto — positions which were entrusted to him to maintain the honor of his country as a soldier, and the majesty of the law i\s a magistrate — debasing the honors entrusted to him by using such honors in endeavours to suppress from public notice frauds on the (lovornment, and to protect himself and others from justly merited punishment. The following information speaks for itsplf: CANADA, PROVINCE OF ] The Information and Complaint of ONTARIO, I County of York. j. Cirv OP Toronto, TO WIT: .Iainc8 Slator, of the City of Toronto, in tho County of York, nnd Proviut'c of Ontario, tftkon on' oiith befon' nui, F. Boak, .I.r., in «m\ for the said County of York, tho fifth day of August, in tho yoar of our IjOi-d one thousand oig'ht hundnnl and ninety-two. TiiK SAID Informant, upon Oath, saith ho is infonnod and heliovos that tloorgo Taylor DiMiison, Frod Charlos DcMiison, Claronoo Alfnnl Kinsov IX'nIson and Orlando Dunn, within tho spaoo of sovon voars |)ast, to witin thoyoars lHH.i, ISHJ, 1SS7. IHKS and 185U, at tho oity of Toronto, county of York, and in the? North Wost Torritorios did unlawfully oonspiro and i'ontrivo to jfot by divers falser nrotoni-os and subtle nutans and doviios and unlawfully obtain and acquire to and for themselves the said (tocHjro Taylor D(»nison. FhhI (Miarlos Denison, Clarence Alfred Kinsey DtMiison and Orlando Dunn, divc'rs sums of mom\v, of the Dominion of Canada, and to cheat and defraud tlut said Domirdon of Canada thereof: AND tho said .Janu's Slater upon his oath aforesaid further saith, that retenc<'s obtain from the Pay lilastor (ieneriil of the Dominion of ( anada divers sums of money of the moni'vs of tlu^ Dominion of Canada with intent to defraud. (Complainant prays that a warrant may issue nnd justice be done in tho iM'emlses. Sworn before me ilu» day ami year first al)ove mentioniHl at Ton»nto. ( St'i/nnl } { St'ffnnl ) F. BOAK. J. P. .lAMKS SLATKH. A copy of this information was foi'warded to Sir J. C. Abbott, Premier, Sir Joiin Thompson, Minister of Jjistice, and Major General Ivor Caradoc Herbert, Commanding Canadian Militia, asking for instructions as to who would issue the warrant for arrest. I leave it to you, reader, to form your own opinions as to wh^ no instructions were given, and why they do not prosecute this man who has sworn to this information. Picture to yourself this man in an endeavour to obtain justice for his false imprisonment and by such justice for the death of his wife, tramping round the City of Toronto trying to find a Justice of the Peace who had conscientious scruples enough, regarding the obligations of his oath as such to sign the following warrant for the arrest of the persons whose names are found thereon, and receiving such a"«wei's from the said Justices of the Peace as " I dare not," from Mayor* Fleming, Chief Miigistrate of the City of Toronto, '< I cannot." Who now dare say that the FAMILY COMPACT which once did rule this good City of Toronto is extinct. No, reader, we have it in our midst more powerful now than when they drove Canada's best sons over her borders into a foreign country with prices set on theii* heads. For now its ramifi- cations reach as far as Ottawa, so that even the Ministers of the Crown dare not do the duty they have sworn to perform, so great is the power of the combination of the so-called FAMILY COMPACT. I give the following from the Toronto Press, which requires no comment : To Lt.-Col. GiooRaio Taylor Dbnison, G.G.B.G., I*.M., btto., kto. Pim.— \'l(^wtwl from the ]>rlHon('r's dock you are probably a very ^'rcat man, but from an intoUij^cnt citizon'H Htandpoint, you arc very Hmall potatouH, Amon^' t\w legal profotwion you are known aH " NecesHlty." It 1m said that nocfssffff knowH no law. In your court thoro is a legal practice un- known to any other court under the sun. You have It In your power to Inflict petty nardHhiuH, annoyamcH and InjuHticcH thnt no other court can ltn|H)Ho, for the Hlmple reason that they are of such n trivial nature, that, though extrenu^ly vexatious, no man caros to app(!al against a line of one dollar, when. If lie is successfiil, he has simply to pay the costs for his fun, and ther«» is no glory to be won by quashing one of your judgments— it is done every day I Do I luMir you say *' Sorehead." Yes, I am a sorehead, and 1 will have to remain one f ' r the**e is no way of (retting even with you, except by odminlHtering » castlgation that' might constitute an i offence commonly known as assault and battery. But after all the military books you have written, and all the militia speeches you have made, and all the militia dinners you have eaten, I would hesitate to ad- minister any such cure, if I had lio other reason for refraining, and I have several, for surely the resources of civilization are sutticent ti) cope with a case like yours. You are not a bad man. I believe you have a tender heart and you often temper justice with mercy, when the abject prisoner is willing to admit that " Great is Denison of the Denison's. " But why should not vour greatness be acknowledged. Do not our best citizens, summoned for trivial offences, sit for hours enduring the foul, fetid air of the police court and your stale jokes, while you dispose of ten or fifteen drunks and ten or a dozen indictable offences according to your alleged keen and comprehen- sive view of humnn nature, without the slightest regard to laAv or evidence. And the followinf»: in Slater's own words. He says : " I have been tisked hundreds of times : Am I a Freemason, Am I an Orangeman, Have I any political, sectarian, social or financial backing '? On my replying in the negative, I have been in- variably told that I had better just drop it at once, for 1 would get no justice in Canada." Before you are done with this book you will say, reader, that they knew tiie administration of Canada better than Slater. WARRANT TO APPRKHKNI) A PERSON CHAR(Ji:i) WITH AN IXDICTABLK OFFKXCK. » . CANADA. 1*im)VIN(;e of Ontario, County of York. To Wit : To (lit or nny of the. Constahlvs or oihvr I't'dw ((0Ci:rs in tiw soitt ( Joint fi/ of York WHKRK^S George!' Taylor Denison, Fred Charles Di>nison. Clurence Alfred Kinsey D«Miison aiid Orhuuio Dunn of the City of Toronto, County of York, hatli this day, the fifth day of August, IHIV}, Imhmi charged u|)oh ersigned, one of' Her Majesty's .lusticc^s of t!ie i'eace, in --• . .'..., ..i«... VB>-<- »mm»^» , . oath before the undersii and for the said County of York, for that thcv, within the space of sev«m ymvH past, to wit, in the y«'ars IHH."), \HHi\, 1HS7, IHHH and 1H}H at tln^ Citv of Toronto, County nf York and in the North-West territ«n-ieH did unlaM-- fully conspire and contrive to get by divers false pretences and subtle means and devic«'s and unlawfully obtain and ac<|uire to and for them- selvt's the sai4 (;eorge Taylor Denison, Fred Charles Denison, Clarence Alfred Kinsey Denison and Orlando Dunn divers sums of monev, of the Dominion of Canada, and to cheat and defraud the said Domhiion of Canada thertiof. And the said .lames Slater niton his ove is all because of the refusal of tliat protection given bv Her Most Gracious Majestv to Her soldiers bv Royal Statute." \ give the statue under which n soldier is allowed to make a complaint regarding hi8 pay, etc. Army Act IKKl, 44 and 45 Vic, Chap. 6S, Sec 451. ' If any soldier tninks himself wronged in any matter by an officer other than his captain, or by any soldier no may comj)lain thereof I 13 to his captain, or if he thinks hiniselt' wronged by his captain either in respect of his complaint not being redressed or in respect of any other matter he may complain thereof to nis commanding officer and, if he thinks himself wronged by his commanding officer either in respect of his com- plaint not being redressed or in respect of any other matter, he may complain to the general commanding or any other officer commanding the district or station where the soldier is serving, and every officer to whom a complaint is made in pursuance of this section, shall cause such complaint to be enquired into, and shall, if he on enquiry is satisfied of the justice of the complaint so made, take such steps as may be necessary for giving full redress to the complaint in respect of the matter complained of.' You will observe that this soldier has strictly complied with this Statue in first submitting the matter to the military authorities before attempting' to do so to the constituted civil authorities, but the following Statute may explain why an investigation has been refused. Just imagine this combin- ation who are permitted by the constituted authorities who are entrusted with the honor of her Most Oracious Majesty's name, attached to her commission as officers of Her Colonial Army, paying the penalty of the undermentioned Statue, and to which they have rendered themselves amendable. Army Act of 1881 (44 Vic. cap. 58, sec. 17), 'Any officer or non-commissioned officer being charged with, or concerned in the care or distribution of any public or regimental money or goods, who steals or fraudulently mis-appiies, etc., etc., shall on conviction by a court-martial be liable to suffer penal servitude or siich other less punrshment as in this Act mentioned.' Also in 44 Vic. cap. 58, sec. 37, it is stated that ; ' Every officer or non-commissioned officer, who commits any of the following offences, that is to say : Having received the pay of any officer or soldier, unlawfully detains or unlawfully refuses to pay the same Avhen due, shall on conviction by court-martial "be liable, if an officer, to be cashiered or suffer siu'h less" punishment as in this Act uuMitioned. ' " "W^ CHAPTER II. slater's story as told by himself. On 25th August, 1860, 1 enlisted in the 13th Light Dra- goons (since changed to 13th Hussars), then stationed at Edinburgh, Scotland. From that time to 1866 the regiment was quartered in various parts of England and Scotland. From 1866 to 1869 the regiment was quartered in Canada. In 1869 they returned to England, where they were stationed till 1872. In 1872 they were ordered out to India, where they remained till 1884. I returned home in 1881, obtained my discharge, and from that time to 1885 was employed as a storekeeper in a large mining and engineering company. I was in a good position, getting good wages, and great reliance was placed in me, for which I can show letters to prove. In 1885 I received a letter from the late Troop-Sergeant-Major Jam3s Byrne, of the Governor-General s Body Guard, Toronto, I quote the following extract : — Old Fort, Toronto, 15th March, 1885. " If you come out we will make you Sergeant-Major right away, as we want'oiie now, so write me as soon as you can and let me know it you will come, and 1 will take over the troop and keep it for you until you come out. " (Signed) JAMES BYRNE. I forwarded the above letter to the ai nay headquarters, Horse-Guards, London, making application to join the G.G.B.G. on active service. Said letter and application is registered in the Horse-Guards letter-look No. 7/13 Hrs. /154. I re- ceived a reply a few days after, from which I quote the following extract : Royal Barrack, Dublin, 14th April, 1885. " Your letter was forwarded to me here, and I have much pleasure in recommending you to Col. Danison for the appointment of Sergoant-Major to one of his troops. You can show this letter to Col. Denison on your arrival in Toronto. . (Signed) WILLIAM JOICE, Lieut.Col. 1«> On arrival in Canada, I reported myself to Col. R. Denison, who was then Deputy-Adjutant General of No. 2 Military District, who told me that the Body Guard had pro- ceeded to the North West, and were then in camp there, and he did not think it would be of any use my fcoing to join them, as I desired. He told me to report myself to Ottawa, where I might get employment. I told him in reply that I had come out with the intention of joining the G.G.B.G., and that I would rather do so than apply to Ottawa. I then enlisted. On theii* return from the North West some few weeks afterwards, when Capt. Clarence Denison was settling with the men regarding pay, I noticed that blank pay sheets were submitted to them for signature. During my first year's orvice in the G.G.B.G. I received only $12.25 to support my vv^ife and children, out of the $140 that rightfully accrued to me for my services as drill instructor and caretaker of the armoury. The government allowance is $80 per annum for drill instructor, and $60 per annum for caretaker's allowance, the caretaker being obliged to pay all expenses connected with cleaning and repairs out of the $60. During the three years I served in the G.G.B.G. I only received $82.35 of the $420 rightfully due to me. Towards the close of my three years' engagement, on 8th August, 1888. I wrote to Lieut.- Col. G. T. Denison, transmitting my letter, in accordance with the regulations, through- Col. Otter, as deputy-adjutant- general of this district. In . this letter I showed that I had only received $82.35 out of the $420 rightfully due to mo, besides paying for everything necessary for the proper care of the stores under my charge. Col. G. T. Denison took no notice of my letter, so I transmitted another letter to the same effect, through Col. Otter to General Middleton, com- manding the forces. General Middleton returned my letter to Col. Denison for explanation. Col. Denison's E^cplanation. General Middleton stated to me in the presence of Col. Otter, that Col. Denison had, in explanation of my claim, 16 stated that his regiment was drilled by his officers, and that the balance of the money (the caretaker's allowance) had been expended on repairs to his saddles. I at once denied both these statements, calling? upon the non-commissioned officers and men to prove Avho drilled them, and to produce the receipts of any repairs done to the saddles. In addition, I forwarded a statutory declaration to General Middleton and to Sir Adolphe Caron, Minister of Militia, stating that Col. (i. T. Denisop's statements were false, and were made by him in an attempt to exonerate himself from the charge of the mis- application of Government money entrusted to his cai'e, foi* certain military purposes. Sir Adolphe Caion ignored my complaint. Six days after my first complaint had been submitted to General Middleton (and which complaint was returned to Col. Denison fof explanation) I received a written order from Lieut.-Col. Fred. C. Donison to return my equipment into store. This order was evidently given to prevent me from obtaining the protection of a court-martial, which I had claimed. In com- pliance with this order I went time after time to his armoury to return my e(iuipnient, but found no one there to receive it. He had no carctnkerand if he detailed any one to receive my equipment, no one came. F'ive days after my claim had been submitted to Sir Adolphe Caron, I received another oi'doi' dated 26th Sept., 1888, from Lieut.-Col. Fred. C. Denison, again ordering me to return my eciuipment to the stoi'esand an inti- mation (In's first and only one) that if I did not do so he would prosecute me. The letter is now in my possession. The same day (2{>th Sept.), 1 wrotf to Col. F. C. Denison acknowledging flu* receipt of his order and respectfully asking him to reconsider his order, I telling him his evident intention was to debar me from appeal to court-martial on my claim, which w-is then under the consideration of Sir Adolphe Caron. Not receiving any answer to this lotter I went, on the moining of the 27th September, to Mayor E. F. Clarke and clainnMl his protection as chief magistrate of this city and chairman of the police commissionei's, telling him that Col. ( I. T. DiMiison was attenipfing to use his influence 17 as police magistrate in an endeavor to conceal frauds com- mitted by him and his brother, Col. Fred. C. Denison, on the Government. I was refused protection by Mayor Clarke and was spoken to by him in the most brutal manner. " Do you want me to find a lawyer for you," he kept repeating, and finally ordered mo out of his office. I then, in com- pliance with Col. Fred. C. Denison's order, went to his armory taking with me as much of my equipment as I could conveniently carry, and offered them to two men, whom T found employed there cleaning saddles, etc., etc. Both men refused to take them from me, one man, Harry Byrne, saying that he had received an order to take my things into store, but had forgotten all about it, and l)oth men saying that they would not do Col. Denison's dirty work. On Saturday, 29th September, tiiese two men, Harry Byrne, of the (r.(r.B.G., and Seargent Edward Roche, of the Toronto Field Batterv, went to Col. Fred. C. Denison's office on Toronto street, and told him that th(»y would leave the city on 20th Septemlier, or Ist of Octolwr, 188H, and they did actually leave the city aftei* being paid off by Col. Fred. C. Denison. I hav^e in my possession swoi'n affidavits from Harry Byine and Edward Roche, showing that I took my equipment to the store, and that thoy refused to take it in ; showing also that they both left the city on 1st Octol>er, 1888. On the following morning (October 2nd), Col. Fred. C. Denison swore out n summons against in(\ charging me with refusing to leturn my eciuipment into store when lawfully reiiuii'ed to do so. Why did he not sweai* this Mummons l)efore? The obvious conclusion to be drawn from such a course of action is that he had waitcnl until the two nxMi who coukl have proven my innocence w<'re out of the city, so that I should then have no defence, My case was called in court on Gth October, 1888, 1 placing certain papers for my defence in the hands of my lawyer, N. U. Bigelow, Q.C. And then directly after I had done 80 he walked over to Col. I>»nison laughing and shaking the papiMs in his face. Aid. John Baxter, .I.P., was on the 18 Bench instead of Col. Denison. He was not then assistant police magistrate, but has since been appointed such, on the recommendation of Col. Denison. From this fact I draw my own conclusions. i My case was adjourned for seven days without any evidence being- taken, during which adjournment Col. Denison had no caretaker for his armoury, as I had repeatedly gone there to tender my things into store, and if he detailed anyone to receive my equipment no one came to do so, although I lived close by. Mr. Bigelow then made an appointment with me to read my case in his office on Thurs- day afternoon (10th October), or three days before my trial. He did not keep this appointment, but meeting him by chiince on King street the same afternoon I asked him when it would be convenient for him to see me. He ordered me to go to his office and wait till he came. I, in answer, told him I would come to his office the following morning for my papers to take the case out of his hands. He told me that he would not bo there. I went in the afternoon, and, aftei* waiting some time, he came to his office. I asked him for my papers. After mnking a great show of looking for them, he told im he could not find tlwin, telling me to call up on the next morning (the ijiorning of my trial) when ho wouhl have tliem ready for me. Before leaving his office, I, think- ing somotiiing was wrong, said to him, to see wliat he would say : " I am going to win this case." His answer to me was, " Vou are going to bo imprisoned before 48 hours are over." And I was. Tliis answer led mo to believe that ho, my lawyei", N. (1. Bigelow, Q.(^, Lieut.-Col. (J. T. Denison, Lieut.- Col. Frod. C. Denison, and .loim Baxter, J.P., had discussed my case and arranged ovoi'ything between them. As a proof tliat this surmlso was correct, I may say tliat the conviction wjis signed on tin* 6tl» October, and I was not adjudged guilty until tlio i:Uli October, as per voritied extract in police records. On the morningof my trial Icallodat N.d. Bigolows office, as instructed, at 9.4r>, but could not And him or my papers. As it w«w getting close on the time for my case to l)o called 19 in court I went cor there, and fmiml the papers I had entrusted him with for my defence in posxesKion of Lieut.- Col. G. T. Uenimnx clerk, the actual prosecutor. My case, being an adjourned case, and tlierefore the first on the docket, siiould have come on first after the drunlcen cases had been disposed of. Instead of which tlie court was adjourned for half-an-hour to try me by myself. Tliis adjournment was merely a dodge to clear the court, for when my case was called there were only three spectators and one policeman present. Thei'e were no reporters and I had no lawyer. I have in my possession a sworn statement of one of the wit- nesses present, giving particulars of my so-called trial. The witness to whom I refer, is (1. Mclnerney, and his state- ment is sworn before AVilliam Buins, .I.P. The following occurs in the statement : During tlie trial of James Slater, Col. Fred. C. Denison, while on his oath said, '* This man claims that I owe him. money : I ol))ect to him making any statement in this court that does not bear directly on this case." When towards the close of my so-called trial some I'cport- ei*s unexpectedly came into court, Col. Donison started and eiianged color, and evidently afraid of what I might say in the hearing of tlie reporters at once said in a loud tone of voice, "This man is nor responsible for his actions." This state- ment alone would make Col. Fied. C. Denison guilty of breaking the law, as he was prosecuting a man whom he swore at the trial was not responsible for his actions. John Baxter at once convicted me, a nnm whom he had just heani sworn to as iri'esponsible for his actions, sentenced me to thirty days' Imprisonment, audi was (pilckly hurried down stairs lest anythii:g should slip out of my mouth that wouKI Ik" put in Hie pajx^rs by the reporlers. When Col. Fred. C. Denison swore to my summons and swor(» in the Polic(» Court on the 13th October, 1HHH, to return my <'(|ulpment into store, ho witheld my letter to him of the s:nne date, wherein I r(»spectfully asked him to reconsider his oi'der. I was pi'osecuted under Sections 106 and til of the Militia Act, 49 Vh., aip. 41. and in S(>ctlon llo it is stated: mi iMk 20 P;i — " No action or pi'osecution shall be brought against any officer or person for anything purporting to be done under the authority of this Act, until at legist one month after notice in writing of such action or prosecution has been served upon him, or left at his usual place of abode, — in which notice the cause of action, and the court in which it is to 1x5 brought, shall be stated, and the name and place of abode of the attorney indorsed thereon." Col. Denison's first intimation of intended prosecution, dated 26th Sept., 1888, which I have in my possession, does not give name of prose- cuting attorney, place of abode, or the court in which I was to be tried. Fui'ther, my summons was sworn on the 2nd Oct , 1888, or only six days after the intimation of intended prosecution. The above regulation requires that one month's notice shnll be given and tiierefore my prosecution was illegal on that point as well. And I therefore claim that Col. G. T. D^nison, as Police Magistrate and Aid. Baxter as Justice of the Peace did lend their position as such to conceal fi'om public notice gross tVauds committed on the Govern- mcMit. I will liore state that I have submitted a statement to the Bnuchers of the Ltv.v Society of Uppei" Canada charg- ing my lawyer, N. G. Bigelow, Q.C., witii unprofessional (conduct in my whole case. Di'KiNC} My Imimmsonment. After I had served twenty days, a deputation consisting of non-commissioned officers of the (J.G.B.G. came to me and offered to pay my fine [^'2i)\ if I would come out of prison. I may mention that I think this was due to a report which had spreiul about the city that I was dangerously ill and not expected to live ; and in consefjuence, this deputation was sent to me by the interested parties for fear that the whole truth might come out at a coroners inquest. The deputation informed me that one-half the fine was subscribed by tiie Denisons and one-half by themselves. But they also added this signiflcent remark, « If you do come out of prison, we will not spenk to you again." I refused to accept the money. TJjoy tiien said they would take the Denison's luilf back to the Dcnisons and take tlie other half to my wife, who was 21 then in a terrible state of nervous prostration, and in great distress, owing to the shock to her feelings at my imprison- ment. My reason for refusing the money was that as planned by them, through me having no hiAvyer to' appeal my case within the limited twelve days, as m accordance with Canadian law, it left nothing in my power but to appeal to the Dominion Parliament and the Imperial authorities. On my release from prison I found my wife in a very nervous state. She told me thrft on the Sunday morning after my conviction she, not knowing any better, went to Aid. Baxter's house and begged him to do something for me, and that all the consolation she got was that he could have given me more. Since her death, I have found a letter — a very kind letter — from Col. Otter, to her, which puts it beyond a doubt that Col. Fred. C. Denison used the position entrusted to him by the people of Canada, as an officer and a member of Parliament to turn niy wife and children out destitute on the street, so that when T came out of prison I would iiave no place to go to, and would most probably drift out of tiie city. The Denisons also went to my house while T was in prison and tiueatened niy wife, tiiat slie was liable to imprisonment if sue did not at once give up my equipments and clothing, and this I>?fore she inid been asked to tender it. 1 give the following extract from a lettc written by me to Lord Stanley (lOvernor-CJeneral of Canada: My U)ki»,— " I appoal to you tor jtisticr for tlu^ death of niy cliild-witV. She was always NO to ine, hIih was only Hftonn years and nine" months old when I married her. She onee saved my life iii India. brin^inK' i»*' down I'ountrv hlincnison was morally ^-uilty of the stat«^ of her nerves and tlM>refor«M)f her deatli." I nniy hero mention tjjar a nurse tit the hospital — to whicli T was compel led to simhI her—told my daughter that her mother's nei'ves were so comph'tely unstrimg tluit any shock, without the accident by which she scalded herself, would have killed her. I luive further to add that after having attempted to have my wife mid children turned out on the stitvts through Vol Otter tuul Col. Alger, tippllcatlon was •?•> ; i 1 1 i ?■ m«de by Col. Denison to Ottawa, for the use of the quarters for his caretaker. (He had none at that time.) An order was sent from Ottawa to vacate the quarters by the 1st July, 1889, which was, done. The quarters required at once for Col. Fred. C. Denison for his caretaker were vacant from 1st July, 1889, to oth October, 1889. About two hours after the death of my wife, a man drove up in an express waggon with two boxes, so that the quarters so urgently required by Col. Fred. C. Denison twelve months lx3fore would he in occupation. After having tried everything to bring the matter to a public investigation in Canada, and being sent from one department of the administration to another for two years, each department endeavouring to shift the responsibility of the aft'aii" on each other's slioulders (of which I hold the proofs), I went to England in Decemlx»r, 1890. Through the Secretary of State for Scotland T submitted my case with the whole of tlie two year's correspondence and affidavits, to ^.rove an illegal prosei'ution on a false charge and conviction on a false oath to Lord Knutsford, Secretarv of State for the Colonies. I hereby submit extracts from two replies I received from Lord Knutsford : I)<>WNix(v Stukiot. Ii>th March. ISDl. I have h(HMi dlr«'c't diroctiHl by His Kxeellonoy the Governor-General to say tli>!» no eouununicntionN relative to your ease have as yet Imjou received fniii rlie Secretary of State for the ColonieH. (Signed) CHAKLES COLVILLK (Major) .Secretary to the Governor-General. 23 In continuation, I state that if my case is not tiioroughly and publicly investigated and adjusted in a satisfactory manner in Canada, it is my intention to proceed to England and submit my case to the Imperial Parliament and claim the protection as given by the British Government to tliose who serve her in any part of the Empire ; but I hope such a disgrace will not be brought upon Canada's administration as to compel me to do so. During my three ycnrs' service in the G.G.B.G., Lieut.- Col. Fred. C. Denison never expended one cent in purchasing anything towards the care of the stores under his command. I purchased everything myself. My petition, dated 18th Juue, 1891, has been submitted to the House of Commons at Ottawa, by .Tames Trow, Esq., M.P. It is now on file, and is shown from the votes and proceeding of the House of Commons at Ottawa, 8th July, 1891. Prayei's : One petition was brought and laid on the table ; of .Tames Slater, City of Toronto, County of York, Ontario, complaining of injustice done him while acting as drill- instructor to the G.G.B.G., etc., etc., and p)'aying for a proper investigation into his alleged grievances. With regard to my wife : for the ten months preceding the accident which resulted in her death, I had to hold her in my arms at night, through tiie shattered state of her nerves. If I even went from one room to another she would follow me, so completely liad tlie shock of my imprisonment unstrung iier. Owing to the nervous state she was in, she upset a boiler over herself, which accident resulted in her death. For six days she lived in the most terrible agony. She was unable to swallow any food. As I stood by her death-bed and saw the Hosii come oft" with her clothes, T saw a look in her eyes I shall never forget— a look of cruel hunger when she saw an orange in the hand of a friend who was standing by her death-bed. CHAPTER III. THE OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE THAT WAS THE TRUE CAUSE OF SLATER'S ILLEGAL IMPRISONMENT. ll Toronto. 2()th Sept., 1888. Sir,— I notified you to return into store any arms or g-ovcrnment clothing in your possession. You have not done so. I would say if they are not returned into store bv Thursday I shall lay an intbnna'tion and you will have to be fined $^ for having Goverrnnent articles in your possession. Yours trulv, (Sg'd.) VdEA C. DENISON. Sergt. Jas. Slater, Capt. and Lt.-Col. Old Fort. This was Sinter's first intimation of intended prosecution in no way complying with 49 Vic, R.C.S., Chap. 41, Sec. 115, and therefore the prosecution was illegal. Extract from Canadian Militia Regulations pages 207 paragraph 7r>o : " But no action or prosecution shall be brought against any officer or person, for anything purporting to be done under the authority of the Act .'11 Vic, cap. 40, " until at least one month " after notice in writing of such action or prosecution has been served upon him or left at his usual place of ibode, ; in which notice the cause of action and the court in which it is to be brought shall ho stated and the name and nlace of abode of the attorney endorsed thereon. (31 Vic, Cap. 40, Sec Hi).) (R. S. C, Cap. 41, Sec. Ho.)" .lames Slater's answer to Lieut.-Col. Fred C. Denison's order to return his equipments into store : Toronto, Ont. 2()th Sept., 1888. LiKUT.-Coii. F. C. Dknison. Sir,— 1 have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of an order from you to rc^turn mv equipment into store on Thuisday and of your intima- tion that " I will have to be fined $'20 if not returned." I have also to acknowledge reccMpt of an order to vacate the quartfsrs occupied by me from Lieut.-Col. Algicr. I respectfullv beg to intimate that the claim I submitted to Liout.- General Sir. F. t). Middleton, K.C.M.G., C.B., commanding the forces of Canada, has since been submitted by me to The Honorable the Minister of Militia and I)efenc<', an-^.. .. ^....-.^^ .,.,...-.. . ...k^-^^ — ^^-.^.^. ^^^^^ "rtr^-^iitM—i intf'i iir !ie following Major ; »ded by him to ■Col. B.M. as follows : Oct., 1888. 'm Lieut. -Col to para. 139, iLATER. •er, 1888. istruction as ^> to Lieut. - the Forces, •t found bv >nto, durina- pay sheets, nd received >ove and of , G.G.B.G. CHAPTER IV. slater's so-called trial in the police court, TORONTO — HIS conviction and imprisonment. Lieiit.-Col. Fred. C. Denison's -'answer" to James Slater's respectful request to him to re-consider his order : CANADA, PROVINCE OF ^ ONTARIO, County of York, City of Toronto, TO WIT The information and Complaint ojf Fred- erick Charles Denison,City of Toronto . N. L. STFJNER, ESQ., one of Her Majesty's Justice of the Peace, taken on oath before me, in and for the said city, the 2ud day of October, in the year of our Lord 1888. The said informant, upon his oath, saith he is informed and believes that James Slater on the 2nd day of October, in tlie year of our Lonl, 188S, at the City of Toronto, in the County of York, unlawfully did refuse to deliver up"certain arms, accoutrements and articles of dotliin^* belonging" to the Crown after being lawfully required so to do, contrary to the form of the Statute in such case made and provided. Complainant prays that a summons may issue and justice be done in the premises. Signed before me this 2nd day of October, 1.SH8. (Signed), N. L. STEINER, J. P. (Signed), FRED. C. DENISOK. CANADA, PROVINCE OF ONTARIO, County of York, City op Toronto, TO WIT: To James Slater. To the Chitf Constable, or other Police Officers o/the said City of Toronto, and to any Constable in and for the said County of York and City of Toronto. WHEREAS information was laid before me. N. L. Stoiner, Esq., a Magistrate in and for the said City, for that you J;imes Slater, of the said City, on the 2nd day of October "in the year ol" our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight, in the said City of Toronto, did, contrary to law, refuse to deliver up certain arms, a« coutrements and clothing belonging to the Crown when lawfully required ad to do. mmm 28 THESE ARE THEREFORE TO COMMAND YOU. in Her Majesty's name, to bo and appear before me as such Polieo Magistrate, or before such other Justice or Justices of the Peace in and for the said City as may then be there, at the Police Court, on Court Street, in the said City, oh the 6th day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eiglity -eight, at the hour of tek o'cloclc in the forenoon, to answer to the said information, and to be further dealt with according to law. GIVEN iinder my hand and ^ ,„. , .. , r^r^^,^,^^ , „ Seal this 2nd day of October, I (Signed) N. I.. STEI^ER, J.P. 188S, at the City of Toronto f aforesaid. J [L.S.J This Justice of the Peace (N. L. Steiner), before whom Lieut.-Col. Fred. C. Denison laid the information against Slater and whose signature is attached to his summons is a German and speaks (to a certain extent) l)rokon English, but he was made a justice of the peace for the sole purpose of attending to cases in the police court in which Germans who could not speak English might be involved, but not to sit on the Bench to deal with a case (German or otherwise) as a Justice of the Peace. In a subsequent interview with Slater N. L. Steiner informed him that Fred. Denison had called him off the street to his (Fred. Denison's) office to sign some papers as a Justice of the Peace and that lie (Stoinei') was not sure what was the purport of the paper, and that he is almost sure that Fred Denison did not swear any oath or mention anything about such being required. Reader, I ask you to observe the date of summons sworn to and the date of the three previous letters from Slater to Col. Denison, and you will find one of the letters dated two days after Lieut.-Col. Fred. C. Denison's order to return his (Slater's) equipment into store, one dated the day ins summons was sworn to and one dated the day he was convicted and imprisoned. Thus, it will be seen that the true rea.son of Slater's piTj-,ecutiou was not disobedience of orders, but to prevent an investigation of the charges contained in his letters. Police Coiritr, City ok Toronto May 2->nd, 1889. I hereby certify that the papers hereto annexed, and paged from one, two and three, inclusive, are true copies of the information, evidence and conviction in the case against one James Slater charged with a breach of the MiUtary Act, tho^same as they appear upon the records of the Police (Sgd.) M. J. MEYEBEY, Police Court Clerk. Court of the City of Toronto. ■m 29 The Informatian and Complaint of CANADA, I'ROVINCE OF^ ONTARIO. County of York, City of Toronto, TO WIT:_ Frederick Charles Denison, of the City of Toronto, taken on oath before me, N. L, Steiner, Esq., one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace, in and for the said City, the second day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight. THE SAID INFORMANT, upon his oath, saith he is informed and believes that Jaiaes Slater on the 2nd day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight, at the City of Toronto, in the County of York, unlawfully did refuse to deliver up certain arms, accoutrements and articles of clothing belonging to the Crown, after being lawfully required so to do contrary to the form of the Statute in such case made and provided. Complaint prays that a summons may issue and justice be done in the premises. Sworn before me this 2nd ) day of October, 1888. ) (Signed) N. L. STEINER, J. P. Oct. 6th, 1888.— Deft, pleads not guilty. Adjudged till 13th inst. Oct. 13th, 1888.— Frederick Charles Denison, sworn, states : I am com- manding "A." 't.G.B.G. The deft, was a member of my iroop. He enlisted on the 14th Sept., 1885, and his time expired on the 14th Sept., 1888. I have ordered the deft, to turn into the store his arms and ac- coutrements in hispossession. He has not done so, and has them in his possession yet. The deft, is not a member of my troop and has no right to keep the clothing and accoutrements in his possesion. Sworn before me (Signed) JOHN BAXTER, J.P. (Signed) FRED. C. DENISON Fined, $20 and costs or 30 days (Signed) JOHN BAXTER, J.P. (Signed) FRED. C. DENISON. CANADA, PROVINCE OF 1 ONTARIO, County of York, City op Toronto, TO WIT BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the sixth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight at the said city of Toronto, in the County of York, James Slater of the said City, is convicted before me, John Baxter, Esquire, ^".®,*il..^®^ Majesty's Justices of the Peace of the said citv, in and for the said City of foronto. For that he, the said James Slater, did, on the second day of October, »n the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty -eight, at, and in, the said City of Toronto, in the County of York, unlawfully did refuse to deliver up certain aruis, accoutrements and articles of clothing belonging to the Crown after being lawfully required so to do, contrary to the torm of the Statute in such case made and provided. Frederick Charles Denison being the complainant and I adjuge the said James Slater for his said offence, to forfeit and pay the sum of twenty do lars to be paid and applied according to law ; and also to pay to the said Frederick Charles Denison the sum of two and 85/lCO dollars for his costs in this behalf, and if the said several sums be not paid forthwith, I ■Mi 30 order that tho same be levied by distress, and sale of the goods &nd chattels of the said James Slater ,'and in default of sufficient distress 1 adjudge the said James Slater to be imprisoned in the connnon jail of the said city of Toronto, and there be kept at hard labour for thiv space of thirty days unless the said several sums aiid all costs and charges of tho said distress and of the commitent and conveying' of the said James Slater to to tho said jail, shall be sooner paid. GIVEN under my Hand and Seal, tho day and year first above mentioned, at Toronto, aforesaid. ^Signed) JOHN BAXTER, P.M. [SbalI Observe that it states in the information and under the signature of Lieut.-Col. Fred. C. Dcnison, that lie swears Slater unlawfully DID REFUSE, but when giving' his evidence in the Police Court (13th December, \H88), publicly on his oath; he sAvenrs only to having ordered defendant (Slater) to return into stoi'e his arms, accoutrements and clothing in his possession. Observe also, that John Baxter in making out Slater's cofnmitment uses the words " unlaw, fully did refuse,'" thus committing him on a charge that was not sworn to at the trial. Immediately after this trial, John Baxter, on the recom- mendation of Col. George Taylor Denison, was, after repeated attempts, appointed to the position of assistant police magistrate at a salary of 37i'>0 a year. This was his reward for his valuable services in the above trial, in which he lent himself as a tool for the use of the Denisons. CHAPTER V. EXTRACTS FROM THE TORONTO PRESS AM) STATl'TOUY DECLARATIONS SHOWINCi WHY SLATER • WAS LMPRISONEli. From the Toronto J*res.s, 5th December, isui . LOYALTY (?) Hurrah for the Old Flag and Tliit^very ! FRAUDS UPON THE FEDERAL GOYERKSAENT PRODUCE THOSE PAY-SHEETS-DIGNIFIED SILENCE WILL NOT DO-NINE MILLIONS SAID TO HAVE BEEN STOLEN THE FIRST INSTALMENT OF THE PILFERINGS- MORE AND MORE TO FOLLOW. Would the truly loyal Lieut.-Col. (Joorj;o Taylor Dcnison and the otiier persons mentioned, kindly explain the follow- ing statutoiy doclaiations ? Under a recent Act of Parliament takinj;' an oatii is prohibited unless attesting to soniedoi ument for registration, or, wlion re(iuired, in somr court procoedinj?, and other cases wliere specially recjuired by Act of IViIiainent. Canadian law provides a fo?"t i of declaration whic'i lias the same ett'ect as an oatii, and i.oy pcM'son makinj;' i uilse (l.'ciaration is guilty of jxM'jiiry. We give the following declarations in full. They speak for theniselves : IM>M1NI0N (►F CANAIJA, I . ., „ ,. ,. ., . . .. ,. Hinif/ in7';| 1, IlioNUV .SMirii, ot Mhi rity of Ton»jito. In vic Countvof York, do Ho|(Mimly (hH'lart' tluit on tlis' L'lid (KtoixM. IMM I wjih onli'.ml by ono S(>rgoiiiit Tlioii)|»soii, ot tin- (iov('riioi'-(. '.HMfkiH lJ4Hly (Jtianl ((i.(i'.H.(t.) 4:^ T5 -Ji ■!■■■■■ 32 being" under tlie command of Lieut. -Col. George Taylor Denison), during" the Annual Camp, to lead a horse on muster parade for pay, said order having been given with the object of falsely representing on said parade that I had ridden the said horse, and that"^! was an enlisted member of the G.GBG. during said Annual Camp. When I refu-sed to do as al)0ve I was told 1 would have to do as I was ordered if I wanted to get any pay. And I make this solemn declaration, conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the "Act Respecting Extra Judicial Oaths." DECLARED before me at Toronto, in the Count v of York, this 2nd day of Nov- ember, in the veiir of our Lord, IHDl. (Signed) HENRY SMITH. (Signed) W. H. IRVING, A Commissioner, etc. Ill till' Mntfi'.r of the Goviirnor-OeiiPi'itVs BikIi/ (hiards. I, Matfiikw Brvan, of the City of Toronto, in the County of York, Stationary Engineef, »io solemnly declare, that : 1. I 'was for over six years a member of the Governor-General's Body Guai-d, conunanded by Lieut. -Col. George Taylor D;snison ; '2. On several occasions I was presenteer day. I received no such pa V, nor did I ride said horse shown again.st my name until mv return to Toronto. \\\i\ I make this solemn declaration, conscientiously Ixdieving the same to be true, and by virtue of the "Act R«5specting Extra .ludicial Oaths " (SIgnwl) MATTAEW BRYAN. DKCLARED bt^fore me at | tln^City of Toronto, In the (Signed) W. H. WALLBRlIKiE, County of York, this 27th ' dav ..f Novemlwr, A. D., A Conunissloner, etc. DOMINION OF CANADA, i I'i'OVlNCK (>E ONTARIO I '" ""' '"""'■'' "J ''"' f>"t"'i'tf'>i'-f>>iifi'iifM TO WIT: \ ^''"'/Z ^' "«'•''• 1, Jamkh S.MITII, of the city of Toronto, In the County of York, Es(|ulre. do solemnly declare that on Stiturdav, the 2'»th September. \H\)\. at tlu^ Old Fort, Toroiito, I was engaged by L^eut, Col. Orlando Dunn, " B " Tn)op, (lOvernor-General's Body (iuard, conunanded by Lieut. -Col (ith S«mber. 1H!M. till :ird of (Vtober, 1H{)1. and I did perform said dutb^s. and I hud no lntenti<»n of eii- listlng in said (}.(}. B.G. M'hen I was engagiHl bv said Lii^ut.-Col Dunn on m\\ S<>ptemlMM', IHUl. 2. That on Friday, the 2nd (K-tolM^r, 1H?)1, 1 wasonlere*! by said Lieut.- Ool. Dunn to sign two p.-ipi^rs, which, I have since been informed, were . 33 two blank pav-sheets. After having donc! so I was sworn in, and was then told I was Gr.G.B.G. for three years. I did not volunteer to be so, but was ordered to do so as al)ove. I did not attend any parade during said camp, or was I in possession of arms or clothing, but was loaned a tunic and cap to atjswer on muster parade for pay, and which was taken from me directly after I had done so, but I was only actually (Milistcd as a G.G.B.G. tor oiie day and a half. I do further state that I am over vjO years of age. And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be trui;, and bv virtue of the "Act respecting Extrajudicial Oaths." DECLARKD before me at Toronto, in the Countv of York, this J>th dav of Octo- ber, in the v(^ar ot' our Lord 1891. ( Signed) J AMIvS SMITH. (Signed) W. H. IRVING, A Commissioner, etc DOMINION OF CANAI/A, PROVINCE OF ONTARIO, County of York, 70 Vr/7'; In the. mdttci' of the (jtorcrnor-livrict'tirs Bmly Gudril. \ 1, Hknrv Smiph, of the City of Toronto, in the County of York, do soh'innly declare that (m Satuixlav, the 2r paraN OK CANAUA. IMJOVINCK OF (►NTAUIO, C'otintv of York. Ill thv Mattii- of Ihc Uinhi (hinnl. (iitmrnoi'-i I vnf lull's 7'M WIT: ' I, Bkn.iamin Mausiiman, of the City of Toronto, in tlic IVoviiu-o of « hitiirio. Couiitv of Y(»rk. do Hojciniily d'lH'larc! that, in X\w wnv 1HH7, 1 was t'ni|>lov<'(>n InfornuMl was niustor parade for pay. ! was not enlisted in said (i.d.H.O., or was I in itosst'ssion of arms or elothin;^, or did I attend any drill parade, or had I any intention of eidistln;f in said (i.(i.H.(},, as I am over iJ-l years of a;i'e. Aiul I make this solemn declaration eonscientionsly believing' the same ttt he trno an«l liy virtni>of the " Act respectinjf cxtra-judicinl oaths. " (SljriMHh n. MAUSIIMAN. hKCl-AUKI) before tnt- at tln^ Cilv of Toronto, in the Conntydf York, this Mth day of |)(H>eniber, in the vear of onr Lord. 1H9I. (SlKiH«d) W. .1, KLKUHY, A Conunissinner, ete I i 36 .1. E. Brigham, of Toronto, butcher, states : Fort for my collar chain, 1 having forgotten to put it on my horse when parading' there for camp. On my return to camp I was late for evening roll call, and 1 was asked the next moitiing at roll call parade where I had been, and 1 told them. When settling up for camp Lieut.-Col. Fred. C. Denison deducted $3 from my pay, telling me he did so on account of my being late for roll call. When I objected he refused to listen. The above was the cause of my leaving the G.G.B.G." It would appear from the above dechirations, and those published last week, that there had been to say the least very gross irregularity, and the men who make such declai- ations should be punished for perjury if their statements are not true. Hut if they are true what ought to be done to the officers implicated in such bare-faced felonious frauds V It will take a great deal of << loyalty " shouting to satisfy tiie public that sucli loyalists ought not to be in the penetentiary serving Hei* Most Gracious Majesty by breaking stones or other useful employment. Railway corpo'vttions and private institutions are known to tolerate oliicial pilfering, if not excessive or large, and possibly this may be the policy of the Militia Department. If gross irregularities have been practised in one corps, and which appeal's to be well established by the declarations published, what terrible revelations await the public when the search light is turned on the whole Militia Department. Will the artizan, the hard toiling farmer and the over bui- dened tax-payer take dignified silence as an answer to the sworn cliarges preferred against military officials V We are in possession of numberless sworn charges against several officials high up in .Militia circles, hut the depaitment at Ottawa lias refused to institute an investigation, presumably fearing tiiat exposure would follow. If the people have been roblKjd of millions of money they have a right to know it. We are not fairly into our subject yet, and if we can keep out of jail, we will unearth something more startling next week. Speaking of jail, it we go we will not have l)een the first incarcerated with a view to suppressing" the discovery of crime. -.It:.',' • Si, > \ i ■ ■■•> < ^M \ JS-M 37 The man who would commit a fraud upon the govern- ment, whose interest he is sworn to guard and protect, would not hesitate to commit another crime to conceal the first. " Oh ; what a tangled net we weave When first we practice to deceive." Next weelc's issue will contain some great exposures. See letter re Military Ball on page 39, and Slater's letter to Lord Stanley, 18th June, 1892, showing how Fred. Venison lied to the Hon.,. the House of Commons of Canada, regarding said Ball in chapter 17. "Who knows but that then^ may be among the sworn twelve, a thief or two, more g'uilty than him they try." Dignified silence has been the answer to the charges, but it is a silence that can be heard and will appear niv ''e em- phatic when the public learn that this paper goes to every militia officer in the Dominion, from the Minister of Militia and Defence and the Commander-in-Chief down. Are the officers of the G.G.B.CJ, greater sinners than all othei s V Nay, verily, but all will be shown up without fear, favor, or affection. We wcie asked why we did not make more comments and explanations about the declarations published lust week : we prefer to publish the sworn evidence and let the accused comment and explain to their heart's content, as the only ex- planation tiiat will be acceptable will be a thorough and searching investigation. Since Confederation, Parliament has appropriated about ■^Hn, 000, 000 to maintain the Department of Militia and Defence. Al)out •phOOOyOOO is snid to have been stolen oi* felon lously misappropriated. IM ►MINION i)V CANADA, IM«)VINCK OF ONTARIO, I , ., ., - ,, ,, ,, ,. County of York, |^ li>H/t/ (huwil. TO WIT: I I. WiM.iAN FKNWirK, of the City of Toronto, in the C(mnty of V(»rk, |)orter, do solemnly dtH'laru that }.--iii^,i^ ;^-r 38 1. I served three years in the Goveruor-Cieneral's Body Guard iiiider the command of Lieut. -Col. Georg-e Tavlor Den i son. 2. About the year 1888 Lieut. -Col. Fred. C. Denison, G.G.B.G.. deducted a sum of money, I think it was $o.C0, from my camp pay of that year, telling me it was for a deficit in connection with a ball given by the G.G.B.G. for the benefit of the proposed monument to the men wKo fell during" the North West rebellion, as the proceeds were to go to said monument after expenses were paid in connection with said ball. 3. When I objected to above deduction, Lieut.-Col. Fred. C. Denison refused to listen to me. And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the " Act Respecting Extra -Judicial Oaths." (Signed) WILLIAM FENWICK. ^ •H»l ifl''- i 1 under i.B.G.. of that by the v^Ko fell to said ►eiiison Qg the udicial :K. 39 Fmw the Toronto Press, 2nd Januartj, 1892. WHERE HAS THE MONEY GONE ? OTTAWA'S TWO YEARS' SILENCE. WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN ? Misapplication of GoTernment Money— The Monument Fund Fraud- Grooms Reported in the Blue Book as Drilled Soldiers— An Explanation Wanted. ^•■t^; In our issue of 12th December a correspondent writes (see cliapter 17) asking certain questions regarding the funds of a ball given by the G.G.B.G. in 1887, the proceeds of which, after expenses were paid, were to be devoted to the erection of a monument in memory of the soldiers who fell during the rebel- lion in the North West. Our correspondent called upon R. M. iMelville, secretary, and Sergeant-Major Bell, treasurer to tlie Ball Committee, to give a public account of the number of tickets sold, number not accounted for and why ; and if any breach of trust was committed, the names of those who were guilty, and whether any money had been paid to the Monument Committee, leaving the Ball Supper unpaid for. As neither R. M. Mellvillc nor 8ergeant-Major Bell have thought fit to reply to our correspondent's challenge, we have investigated the matter ourseh^es, and have brought to light some interesting details relative to the above ball. The lady who performed the duties of secretary- treasurer (temporarily) for the Monument Fund has stated that $30 was paid to her towards the Monument Fund by the G.G.B.(i. and that she was informed at the time that $20 of it had been collected in camp, and that the other $10 was from some fund. In an interview with R. M. Melville on 16th December last, he stated that he was prepared to state in court, if JMis!^ 40 required, that several hundred dolhirs' worth of tickets were entrusted to certain non-commissioned officers (who were at that time under* command of Col. G. T. Denison, by whose order, published in the regimental order book of the G.G.B.G., their promotion could only take place) who have since been promoted. The above was brought to the notice of the constituted authorities at Ottawa two years ago by the following letter, of which we quote an extract : TOKONTO, ;JOth NOVEMBKR, 1H88. To Col. Walker Powell, Adjutant-General Canadian Milltui. '* In January, 1887, the G.G.B.G. s'^vc a ball in tiie Pavilion, Horticultural Gardens, Toronto, advertising that the prot'eeds, after all expenses had been paid, were to go to the proposed soldiers' moninnent to be erected in memory of those who fell during the North West Rebellion. Certain non-comm'ssioned officers were entrusted with $100 worth of tickets each to sell. The tickets or money received have not been accounted for, and the said non-commissioned officers are still allowed to remain in the corps, retaining their rank and have even been further promoted since. On paying up after camp this year (1888), their military pay, drawn from the Government througn the "^ military paymaster of this district, was stopped to partly make up the monies not accounted for. At a previous meeting a guarantee of lo each was made by certain members of th(^ corps if sufficient tickets wore not sold to clear expenses. This year those members have had $5 deducted from their camp pay." This last is proved by the Statutory declarations of William Fenwick and others published already. The above letter is authenticated as having been in the possession of the Militia Department at Ottawa by the signa- ture of C. E. Pauet, Colonel and Deputy- Ad jutant-Cicneral, Canadian Militia. Tlie (tI.G.B.G. authorities appear to have raised money by other ingenious metliods beside the above. B. Marshman, H. Beale and T. H. Beale are shown in the Militia blue books as drilled soldiers ; whereas these men have made statutory declarations showing that they were never in possession of arms or clothing, but were only employed as grooms, and never attended a single drill parade. The G.G.B.G. authori- ties drew their pay as drilled soldiers from the (iovernment. They had signed blank pay-sheets. It is an interesting little story, and it will take a good deal of explanation to make the public believe that the ^rr- 41 Monument Fund was not a dodge to obtain money under false pretences. Two years is a long time to allow a man to give an explanation of his conduct, but this is the licence that has been allowed to theG.G.B.G. officers by the Militia authorities at Ottiiwa. What is tlie reason of this? Why has no investigation been made? We presume that the militia authorities at Ottawa are acquainted with their own statutes. Why, then, have they taken no notice of this misapplication of government money ? Will Ottawa kindly investigate ? The public bought tickets for the ball with the undei*- standing that their money was to go to the Monument Fund. We have shown that none of the proceeds of the ball did go to the Monument Fund ; and that there has been no public account as to how the money was disposed of. The public- have a right to an explanation of this matter, and moreover they mean to have that explanation, as those who were connected with the management of the financial attair-s of the ball will soon discover. DOMINION OV CANADA, ^ PROVINCE OF ONTARIO, County of York. TO WIT: In the nuittcr of the (ionvrnor-^lciiffdrs Body (iuanf. I, .lamos Slator, of the City of Toronto, in the County of ^'ork, do sokMnnlydeciare that on and between Saturday, t\w 2()th of Sei)teinber. 1891, and Saturday, the ;5rd October. 1891, tliat to my knowIedj;-e the Government of the Dominion of Canada have been defrauded of certain monies through the false muster of one R. M. MelviHe and one.lohn Hardv in the Governor-Generars Body Guard, Canadian Militia, saidG.GB.d. ])einj|' under the command of and mustered by one (Jeorge Taylor Denison, a Lieut. -Col,, Canadian Militia, and said two men R. M. Mc^lville and .lohn Hardy being* re.sidents of the city of Toronto. And I make this solemn declaration conscie»< '""nsly believing the same to be truiN and bv virtue of the "Act Re;*' \t.;ig Extra .Judicial Oaths." DPrT.ARED before me at ^ the City of Toronto, County i of York, this llOth day of )- Oi*tol)er, In the year of our I Lord 1891. J (Signed) JAMMS SLATER. (Signed) VV. H. IRVING, A Commissioner, etc. 42 IX)M1NI0N OF CANADA, i PROVINCE OF ONTARIO, | ^« '/'« matter of the Governor-(reneml\ County of York, j BodyGuariL ra WIT: I I, James Slater, of the city of Toronto, in the county of York and Province of Ontario, do solemnly declare that ! 1. Harry Beale stated to me that he and his son, J. H. Beale, were (^iiployed as grooms by Lieut. -Col. Fred. C. Denison and Lieut. Browning, G.G.B.G., during the Annual Camp of said G.G.B.G., in the year 1888, and that they were ordered to, and did, sign two papers which they were afterwai'ds infonnetl wtu-e two blank pay-sheets ; that they were also ordered to, and did, attend a parade which they afterwards' learr^f^ was muster parade for pay of said G-G.B.G.. said Gf.G.B.G., being u !.e command of Lieut.-Col. George Taylor Denison. Said Harry Bt . also informed me that he and his said son had never been in possession of arms or clothing, nor did they attend any drill parade, and if they are shown on the Parliamentary Blue Book for the said year, as having been drilled during said camp, such statements are false and misleading as they were not enlisted in said G.G.B.G., but were civilians when they were ordered to do and did do as above. And I make this solemn declaration, conscientiously believing tht* same to b(^ true and bv virtue of the "Act Respecting Extra Judicial Oaths." H 6 lSigned^ JAMES SLATER. (Signed W. H. IRVING, A Commissioner, etc. DECLARED before me at \ the City of Toronto in the f County of York, this Hth C daj' of January, 1892. ) COUNTS' OF YORK. TO WIT: In tliv mattur of fhr. Govf.i'nor-Ge Body Guard. 1, James Slater, of the City of Toronto, in the County of York, Esijuire, do solemnly declare that between, and inclusive ot, the years of 1885 and 1888, my name will be found on two pay-sheets for escorts found by the Governor-General's Body Guard (said G.G.B.G. being under the command of Lieut.-Col. George Taylor Denison) at the opening and closing of the Ontario Parliament, and that by such as I verily believe fraudulent showing the Government of the Dominion of Canada has been, as I verily believe, defrauded of the sum of $3.20, or thereabouts. 2. That I was not present on aforesaid escorts, and I received no such Eay, but was ordered to, and did, sign blank pay-sheets, and as I verily elieve that through said blank-sheets the Government of the Dominion of Canada has, as I verily believe, been defrauded of the aforesaid $3.20. And I make this solemn declaration, conscientiously believing the same to be true and by virtue of "The Act Repecting Voluntary and Extra Judicial Oaths."' vSignod) JAMES SLATER. DECLARED before ma at , the City of Toronto, in the [ (Signed) County of York, this 25th da> of September, 1892. } W. H. IRVING, A Commissioner, etc. 43 COUNTY OF YOKK. TO WIT: ) In the matter of \l Hotly Gil (int. the ( inrprnor-dcni'val's 1, Charles Black, of tho City of Toronto, in the County of York, ilo solemnly declare that I served as a Trooper in the G.G.B.G., commanded by Lieut. -Col. George Taylor Denison, during the North West Rebellion. 2. That at Humbolt, tfie then veterinary surgeon to said G.G.B.G. being discharged from said G.G.B.G., I Avas promoted to the rank of Farrier Sergeant, and that I did do duty as such and as veterinary surgeon in said (t.G B.G. from Humbolt until said G.G.B.G. was disbanded at Toronto. .'}. That I received pay as a Trooper up to, and as far as, Humbolt, and pay as Farrier St^rgeant from aforesaid promotion till aforesaid disbandment at Toronto of aforesaid G.G.B.G. 4. That 1 signed duplicate blank pay-sheets (two) in two places after aforesaid promotion, and that I now believe that through the pay-sheets being blank I had been unwittingly induce to sign for a veterinary surgeon's pay. 5. That i received no such veterinarv surgeon's pav, but did do such duty. (). That I received a cheque to the amount of $13.00, or there,'bouts, for the use of, by me in my position as Veterinary Surgeon and Farrier Sergeant, private veterinary instruments and shoeing tools, and also for horse medicine found by me for use in the said G.G.B.G., said cheque being received from Ottawa, and receipt for such cheque being handed by me toCapt. Clarence Danison of said G.G.B.G., at Toronto, in said year, 1885. And I make this solemn declaration, conscientiously believing the same to be true, and bv virtue of "The Act Respecting Voluntarv and Extra Judicial Oaths." (Signed^ C. BLACK. SWORN b(;fore me, at the \ City of Toronto, in the ( (Signed) R. A. MONTGOMERY, County of York, this 5th day C a Commissioner, etc. ot .Tanuarv, 1892. j COUNTY OF YORK ^ [„ ff,,. matter of tlw doKernor Gmeral's TO WIT'.S Body Guard. 1. 1, Charles Black, of the City of Toronto, in the County of Y'ork, do solemnly declare that I was an enlisted member of the G.G.B.G., com- manded by the Lieut. -Col. George Taylor Denison, and that in the year 18H7, 1 was present in the Annual Camp of the said G.G.B.G., in said vear as such and then held the v.^nk, and did the dutv, of Farrier Sergeant in the said vear. 2. That I also did tlie duty of Veterinarv Surgeon, in said year, in said G.G.B.G. ;K That no Veterinary Surgeon was present in said camp of said (J.G.B.G. in said year. 4. That I was ordered to sign four (4) blank pav-sheets ; two (2) being smaller ones in said camp in said year, said order being given by, and said blank pay-sheets (four) being signed by me in the presence of, Cant Clarence Denisou. 5- That I was present in said camp of said year, as a dismounted man. 6. That I had no horse in said camp, in said year, but was orderd to. and did, ride a horse on marching out parade in said vear during said camp. 7. That I did not attend any drill parade except the aforesaid march- ing out parade during the said camp in said year. 44 i' III H. Thai I only received Farrier Sta-f^'eant'.s pay ($7.fJ0or thereabouts.) 9. That I received no i)ay for the Veterinary Sur{f eon's duty performed by me during- said camp in said year. 10. That I received no pay for a horse. 11. That 1 now l)eiieve that the aforesaid two (2) small blank pay- sheets wer(^ olticery' ))av slieets, and that throii^h tliem being blank 1 had bwn unwittiui^ly induced to sig'n as Veterinary Surgeon and for a Veterinary Surgeon s pay. 12. That I now believe that through having been ordered to ride aforesaid horse on marching out parade, and also through the pay-sheets being blank, that I have been unwittinglv induced to for hors(! e {%V2) during said camp in said y^ear. Phat tile aforesaid (x.G.B.G. during s allowance l.'J. That tile aforesaid (J.G.B.G. during said camp in said year were under thc^ command of Lieut. -Col. Fred. C. Denison. And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously same to be true and bv virtue of "The Act Respecting Oaths." believing the Extra-Judicial DKCLAIiKI) before me at the City of Toronto, in the County of ^'ork, this 'ith day of .lanuarv. is;»2. iSigiHid) (Signed) C. BLACK. 11. A. MONT(J()MERY, Commissioner, etc. 1 J I abouts. ) rformod nk pay- blank tid for a to rid'"''»•'*' Umf.-Col. F. C. Dntisoii. TO WIT: ) 1, Harry J. C. Byrne, oftlie village of Midland City, in the County of Sinu'0(!, metal r(K)ter, do Holeninly deelare that 1 am well and personally acquainted with James Slater, tormcu'ly Drill Instruetor to the (Jovernor- (Jeneral's Body (liiard, and am eoffnizaiit of the faets relating to his ease, hi the month of S' the saddles of Col. F. C. Denison's troop, the B(Hly Guard. On that date the said James Slatir eauie to thi^ Arnuairy < f the abov(! troop and told me that ho. had reeeivtwl an order from the said ('olonel Denison to return Ins equipment into store, and he. ottered ti> do so, Imt I refused to nteeivti the same or take it in, as I said I was not paid for that kind of work. On tlui 21Hh of Senty who was the only person in the oHiee. And I make this solemn declaration, con.sci(Mitiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of "The Act Uespectiilu- FAtra judicial Oaths." (SIm'ikhI) n. j.c. bvunk. DKCI. A RFJ) iM'fore nn* at ) the City ot Toronto, in the ' County" or York, this'Hh dav Si-pUiUiber, A.D., IHHD. (Signed) H. H. DFAVAHT. •^J A Connnissioner, etc. Toronto, Ont., i:ith April, lHh!>. Diuhirnfitm hy Si'iu/ninf lUlwnnl Hmh*-, nf thv 'I'nnmfu Fivhl Ihithrji. I. Ivlward Wmhc, Sergeant in the Toronto Field I'atterv, do maUc the following solemn declaration Iwlore a Jiisliit^ of th" \\\nvv, and I am prepared to do so on oath in any Court if n'<|uln'd. viz. : I. Si-rgeant F/lward l{ act of takuig his arms, clothing and eijUipmiMit into store*, and by such act assist in severing his (Slatei'si c(»nncctlon with the Canadian Militia, and thus debar him from the court-martial which h<> hadclaimiMl over the .s:i:n.(»r) pay du«' him and Justly earned by him, and of which his etliciMs have d(M'rauor^(> Mchicrnoy, do lutikti tlio t'ollowinu' solciiiiKhH-laration hctorc a .luHtif(H)t' the l'(uic(> at'Tot'onto. Out., nnii I am pfnpantd to do so on oatli in any foiirt oljnstU'tv vi>!. : I was urcsciit at tlui Police Court of the alMtvtM'ity on tin- l.'ltli < h'ioh(M\ IHHH, when St'fjfoant hiHtnu'tor .lannw Slater, of tlie <}ov(«rnor ( Jt-neralV H(Mly (iuard. wiih tried on a ehar^'e of a hreaeli of the Militia Act in refusing- to deliv<^r np certain artus, nccontreinents and clothinu'. when lawfully re(|uired to tlo s(». The prosei iitor, Lieut. Col. K. ('. iNMiison, (i.(i.B.(i., made use of the following' expression when the said Seryt. hisi. J. Slater was put on hisdetVnce, vi/.. : "This man claims ttint I owr him some motu'V. I oliji^ct to him nnikiny any statemont in this court that d(K's not liear (Urectly on this case": in fact I consider that Lieut. Col, I". ('. iKuiison did all in ids power to prevent the said S^-rg-t. Inst. . I, Slater from making' any defence, and th(> presiding Justice, (.Alderman Baxter i. iillowed such ohjection to stand ^(hmI liy refusing to |(Mik at some papers thatSerjrt. Inst. . I. Slater asked to lie iillowed to show him as nart of his defence, in fact he >fMve him no chnnce of nuikinu: any defettce, but found him K'»*lf.v on the unsup|M»rf<'d evidi'iue of l,i«>ut.Co|. I'. C. Denistm. ?^?™?*>i|ll!iPPHI \ 48 •lin'ctly he, Aid. Baxter, refused to look at Sergt. Inst. J. Slater's papesr lor his' defence. His, Sergt. Inst. .1. Slater's, was a remanded case, which, in the ordinary course of justice, would be the firet to be called in court, instead of whic(i the coiirt was adjourned, and when it re-assembled he was the only p(M\son to be tried, in fact, in my opinion, everything had been done to prevent the attention of the general public from being drawn to Sergt. Inst. J. Slater's trial, as when liis trial commenced there was present in court only two other spectators in addition to myself, and there was not a reporter present connected with any local newspaper, in fact I consider it nearly equivalent to a trial with closed doors. The following remark was also made use of by Lieut. Col. F. C. Denison during Sergt. Inst. J. Slater's trial, which speaks for itself, viz.: "This man "is not responsible for his actions," and then Aid. Baxter convicts a man whom the prosecutor states while on his oath is not responsible for his actions. (Signed) G. McINERNEY. (Signed) WM. BURNS, Justice of the P(!ace. ToitoNTo, Ont., r)th July, iH*X). Di'daviffon of Jamrs ,Sl.tit<-}% of the Cifj/ of Toronto. T, .Iam((s Slat(M'. do make the follov/ing solemn declaration bi^fon^ a .lustice of the INvice, at Toronto, Ont., and I am prepart^d to do .so on oath in any court of justice, viz. : When 1 was tried at the Police C mrt, Toronto, Ont., lathOct., IHHS, on a charge made by Lieut. -Ool. F. V. Denison, O.Ct.B.O., of refusing- to deliver tip certain 'arms, accouirements and clothing wh.-m lawlully reipred to do so, the following remarks were made us(^ of by the, prosecutor Avhile on his oatii, viz. : " This man claims that I owe hiiii some money, I object to him making any statement that doe^: not bear 'lirectly on this case," and such objection was acte«l up to by the presiding Justice ( HaxtiM') in refusing to look at the paper for my'detence, and in prevent- ing me making any defence fm- court had been adjcmrniul for one half Itour, and by such adjournment only thriui spectators were present in cotirt, and tlieie wi^re no reporters pre!sent, and when towards tlte close of my trial the ri^porters can)e into ccmrt, \w, t\w prosecutor, whiU^ on his oii'th makes usji of the folhtwing words, viz. : "This man is not responsible for his actions, and the presiding .lustice (Baxter) convicts a man whom the prosecutor s\v(^ars to as not being responsible for his actiojis, I. on the tith Oct., \HHH. in the Police Court, entrustcHl Mr. Bigi'low, Harristor, with papi'rs for my defenci>, and when I called for them on the 1 2th Oct., tHHH. to take my case out of his hands he could not tlnorgeT. IK'nimin's Clerk in the I'olice C^ourt, Toronto, thus by their action debarring mo from putting my case in another lawytM's hanus, as was their evident intention. When leaving Mr. Biuelow's olHce 12th Oct.. IHHH, I, thinking some- thing was wrong, remarKed to him, t > si'(^ what he would say ; " I am goiiig ti> win this case,' his answer to nn^ was " Your going to be in prison hi'lore fortv-tiight hours art! over," and I was. l,SlgnetL JAMKS SLATKH. uSlgned) JolIN WANLF.SS. Jtistlce of the Peace. i .» er s papesr CHAPTER VriT. A FEW REMINISCENCES OF JOHN BAXTER, ESQ., JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. You will also observe that Slater's conviction is sig:ned by John Baxter, Justice of the Peace, seven days before he was adjudged guilty, and seven days before any sworn evidence had been taken in reference to the charge against him, and so John Baxter, Esq., a Justice of the Peace, earned his position on the recommendation of Lieut.-Col. George Tay- lor Denison, commanding the Governor-General of Canada's Body Guard, and Police Magistrate of the City of Toronto, Ont., iis Assistant Police Magistrate, at a salary of ^ToO per year, paid out of the taxes of this good City of Toronto. I attach a few cuttings from Toronto newspapers regard- ing his, John Baxter's, appointment, and leave you to form your own conclusions. Toronto, Saturday, Oct. 25, 1890. From thv Ei^cuhuj TvU(jriim. He IS Their Decoy DircK. That resolution sneaked through the Executive Committee on Friday, was an ettbrt to fasten ex-Ald. Baxter upon the corpoiation pay-roll as Assistant Police Magistrate. If the Attorney-General grant the extension of powers re(|uested by the Frankland lesolution his act will be con- strued as Mr. Baxter's valid title to the assistant magistracy. Thus the design is to gain by stealth more than the sehemers could hope to win in an oj^mi battle for aid for a magistrate who is the alleged victim of overwork. t ! • ! If ■ II 'II hi 50 Col. Denison needs an assistant about as much as he needs four ears. The resolution aims at enlisting the Attorney- General in an eflfort to provide for ex-Ald. Baxter and to iighte)i the already light burdens of Col. Denison. Aid. Frankland ought to be about tired serving as decoy duck for men quite competent to do their own dirty work. The worse the scheme the more likely he is to be used as sponsor for it. His intense respectability tints with the hues of his own honesty the worst proposals of able-bodied schemers. After Baxter had been appointed Assistant Police Magistrate, the following appeared in The Evening Telegram : Watch or They Will Work it. There is a move to continue ex-Ald. John Baxter as Assistant Police Magistrate, at an annual salary of $750 to do work that Col. Denison is overpaid to do himself. That Mr. Baxter's late colleagues in the Council will work it if they are not watched, is the only inference to be drawn from the action of the Executive Committee on Thursday, when it moved to ask the Attorney-General to make Mr. Baxter an officer to do Col. Denison's work in his absence. Last November the Council in order to get around the law passed a by-law to place $750 in the estimates for this year to provide assistance for the Police Magistrate who by deliberate denigii had congested the business of his court to make it appear that he needed assistance. This money was only to be used when assistance was from time to time absolutely required, but the Magistrate at once offered a jterirument jjosifion to ex- Aid. Baxter, which he accepted and which he has over since continuously held, though theie was no necessity for assistance being called in for an hour. The Magistrate has not sat in the afternoon this year, nor have his morning sessions lasted on an average two-and-a-half hours. He had two month's holidays which cost the country $(>,000, of wliich the city had to pay $2,000, and for this he gets $4,000 a year. He luis actually been absent from the court 265 days, apart from statutory holidays, during tlie last 51 three years. Ex-Ald. Baxter now sits three afternoons a week for about two hours. It is folly for the Magistrate to say that he needs assistance. Let him do all the work, for now is life is one continuous Iialf-holiday. Why was not the committee on police court affairs at present dealing with the whole subject of police court reform, and that is awaiting an answer from the Attorney-General to its prayer for relief, consulted as to the advisability of this new move of the Executive ? Why did the Executive ignore this committee ? Because the majority want to make a per- manency for an old friend even if the citizens do have to dip into their pockets for the $7r)0. Is IT Baxter's Hand? A CITIZEN TALKS ABOUT THAT RESOLUTION OF ALD. FRANKLAND. " Tiiat resolution adopted by the Executive Committee at its lust meeting, relative to obtaining concurrent jurisdiction to the Police Magistrate for an acting magistrate, during the absence of his Worship, was very cleverly manipulated," observed a prominent citizen this morning. " I understand that it is likely to pass through Council, too, but it would be exceedingly interesting to find out what part Uncle Baxter played in connection with it. I have heard on pretty good authority, that he actually prepared the resolution, or rather dictated it to the stenographer at police headquarters, and had it printed by him on the typewriter. Uncle .John would 1)0 tickled to death to have the Ontario (lovernment officially recognize iiis position as equivalent to that of an assistant magistrate." I give the following from the Toronto Press, showing that .Tohn Baxter, was charged with malfesaance while in ottico as Chairman of the Board of Works, Tor'onto, Engineer Department, at the time Lieut.-Col. George Taylor Deni- son vacated the Ciiief Magistrate's l>cnch for him, to smother down the felonies sworn to as herein shown, Observe that this man Baxter, and the man to whom Slater's case had at all times lx)en referred to for consideration and I if I ■»! t;i \^ i : : I 52 decision (Sir Aldoph Caron) have both been indited for the same offence, viz., malefeasance while in office ; and in the following extracts, Baxter is charged with having, while Chairman of the Toronto Board of Works, with having signed FALSE t^AY-SHEETS. A Costly Investigation. Aid. Baxter intimated that he had a few questions which would require the combined ability of Aid. Gillespie and McMillan to answer. He would like to know whether they had originally intended when they entered upon the Board of Work's investigation, to go back to deals and works of ten years ago, and if they proposed to bring accusations against men who are now dead and buried ? He wanted to know also, if a fee of ^200 as a first retainer for counsel, and another of $200 as a second retainer, were to be taken as any criterion of the final cost of the investigation ? Aid. Gillespie — The matter is in the hands of the judge and we cannot help a few delays, but there are deals that must be investigated, no matter if they took place twenty- five years ago. Aid. Baxter — How can you scrape up charges against men who are dead and buried ? Aid. Gillespie — But these men are not dead and buried ; some of them are working for the city yet. Aid. Baxter — They are all dead and buried. Every man shown to be involved is dead. Aid. Gillespie — You are not dead yet, Mr. Alderman Baxter. (Laughter.) Aid. IMcMlllan — I like Aid. Gillespie sayhig that Alder- man Baxter is not dead yet, but I can promise that as the investigation goes on the revelations will justify the action. The Poutlani) Street Seweu. (Jeorgc llillam, of viH Avenue street, once an inspector for the city, and now a builder, was the next witness. He was the inspector when the Portland street sewer was put in by (iodson & West. He certified thai 19 private drain con- ections had been made and the contractors were paid for 53 29. He charged that the flg 1 in his report had been altered to a 2. The contractors charged $8.50 for flushing out a drain where no flushing was required, and, in fact, was not done. They charged $8 for getting the depth of a sewer on Wellington Place, when about $1.50 or |2 would have been a reasonable amount. Mr. Hillam always gave his report to Mr. Jopling. Mr. Fullerton read an affidavit made by Mr. Hillam in 1881, respecting the Portland street sewer. This affidavit was unbodied in a recommendation by the Board of Works that the matter be investigated by the County Judge. They Called in the Police. " Do you know why ? " asked Mr. Fullerton. " Well," replied Mr. Hillam, " Mr. Baxter and Mr. Blevins opposed me when I brought the matter to the notice of the Board of Works, and Mr. Blevins sent for a policeman to put me out because I persisted in stating the facts. I met Mr. Baxter at the corner of Queen and Brock streets shortly after, and asked him why he opposed the investigation. He replied, 'You don't understand me. I have an object to serve.' " Mr. Hillam further said that Godson was permitted to put in 9-in drain pipe where the contract called for 12-in pipe, the excuse being that 12-inch pipe could not be got in the city. Aid. Baxter cross-examined by Mr. Hillam followed. " You spoke of your not being treated in a very gentle- nuiiily manner before the Board of Works. You think that I was rather harsh ? " " Yes, sir ; I think that you put some very unnecessary (|uestions to me to prevent the investigation. That was what I thought, and think so still." " You do V " "Yes." " Well, I am sorry for you. Did T not say that these were serious allegations, and having faith in you I really believe that there was something in them, although T told i i III r>4 you that I could not decide at that stage, as the charges were too serious. Did I not move a resolution that the case be referred to the County Judge ? " " I don't know whether you did or not. Your honor, I could not get two words in at that committee. I pressed the matter to come before the Judge, but there was still some " influence against it." Stone-Breakers' Penmanship. At the Board of Works investigation yesterday afternoon, after* a large number of orders signed by stone-breakers making over their wages to Godson or West, had been pro- duced, verified, and the handwriting examined, with the result of showing peculiar uniformities, the amounts of the orders ranging from S7 to $50, the totals being several thousands of dollars. J. T. Cooper was recalled and shown his own signature on several orders as witness. He denied having signed or having given anyone authority to sign for him. He had seen Lackie in Godson's office, and heard a conversation between them as to the names of the parties to be sent in as having broken stone. He produced a memorandum made at the time, setting forth that in March, 1879, Godson received $400 for stone-breaking which was never done ; that Inspetor Lackie suggested the names to be used, and that Black refused to write and Hardy to witness certain orders. Where Ald. Baxter Comes in. Witness recalled with reference to the signature of Aid. Baxter to many of the documents produced on the previous day. Those were the pay sheets signed by Aid. Baxter to which the bogus orders were attached. Aid. Baxter was chairman of the Board of Works. Baxter often called at Godson's office. Mr. Fullerton — Did Mr. Baxter get anything at Godson's store ? — Yes. Yes, he had dealings with Godson at the store. Had you any instructions ? — Yes ; not to charge Mr. Baxter with anything. I made an entry of them in the day- book, however. -w^ oo Judge McDougall — What were the articles that Mr. Baxter got '?— Those drain pipes. They were sent up to Cameron Street. Mr. Fullerton had an examination made of the books of 10th Oct., 1879, but the item required did not turn up in the books. A memorandum in the handwriting of the witness was then produced and read as follows : Toronto, 10th Oct., 1879. Mr. Godson will please give the bearer six pipes tor a drain of mine on Mr. Godson will please give ine oearei Bathurst street. I want it for my yard. (Sig-ned) JOHN BAXTER. Gathering in the Voters. There was next produced a memorandum made by James Hardie, one of Godson's clerks, for the instruction of Cooper. It was to the effect that Mr. Baxter wished to get all the teams he could to go to the Grand Trunk sheds to convey the voters to the pools. On December 23rd, 1879, according to Cooper's memo. Aid. Baxter left word at Godson's store that he wanted a man to canvas votes for him on Queen and William streets. Next came a memorandum in Aid. Baxter's handwriting, instructing Cooper on what streets to canvas. A House and Rio. Then followed a letter from ]\Irs. Godson to Cooper, saying that Mr. Baxter wanted a horse and rig. " We had hundreds of such orders in a year from Mr. Baxter," said Cooper. i 3 I I \{ i. '■[ I ^ ! 56 The Second Epistle of Uncle John to Godson. One more Intercepted Love Letter from the Venerable Seer of St. Patrick's '^^ ,,^ Ward to his friend the Contractor, Arthur W. Godson— " Please Send your Boy to Distribute my Cards." 5^ 4-^ .^.^ A LITERAL TRANSLATION OP THE ORIOINAL i KXT Toronto, Doc. 13, 1H87. Dear Goiwon,— Tf you will kindly let your young man distribute uiy cards along" Queen, from William street to east side of Beverlev street and cross streets as far north as JcUeg'e street, south side, I will take it as a favour. John Baxikr. 57 Underneath the order was written : Afterwards he sent for more, in the handwriting of witness. Witness said the order and the signature were in the handwriting of Aid. Baxter. On further examination of the books any corresponding item did not turn up. Mr. Fuller ton — Did you ever receive payments for these particular goods ? — Never, sir. Did he ever pay V — Not to my knowledge. Did Baxter sell anything to Godson ? — He did. Then it could not have been a set-oft' between them ? — No. What were the articles that Godson bought from Baxter ? — Witness mentioned tea, cigars and whips, all of which were paid for. Witness got some of the cigars but they were so bad that he had to break them up between his hands and smoke them in a pipe. Mr. Fullerton — Were the cigars your share of the boodle ? — I suppose so. We also sent a lot of blocks to Baxter's house. I was told to send them in by way of Cameron Street. Did you know if that was the regular way or if there was an object for it ? — I don't know. Mr. Baxter told me to put them in that way. Look at this memorandum of Oct. 17th, 1879. Tell me where you made that memorandum? — It was made on October 17tli, 1879, and is as follows : Aid, Baxter gets what goods he wants from A. W. Godson for noChinj?. 8eo day book of above date. He sends in an order for six 6 inch drain pipes and one (> inch junction. Mr. Godson g-iving* James Hardy and myself instructions to charge him for nothing he may get. Day book, JAMES HARDY. Witness said an entry for those articles was made in the day book, but did not appear to have been transferred into the ledger. Witness read the following memoranda kept by him : [)HN Baxier. September b. Akl. Baxter acting the judge, Godson's teanister. Powers sunnnoned before him for cruelty to horse. Godson wrote Baxter that he wanted Powers discharged. Baxter replied that he wanted use ot buggy in the evening. Godson sent word by Powers he could have it and Powers was discharged. Justice. il I 58 A third memorandum read ; October 18. Aid. Baxter gets one six-inch junction free of charge. Day book, JAMES HARDY. Ald. BaxtEi^'s Electioneering. Mr. FuUerton — You mentioned something about a set of harness ? — There was a set of harness kept for Baxter's own use. He was in the habit of coming in for the use of a horse, harness and buggy, and if harness Avas not ready (iodson did not like to disappoint him, so he said to me, "Jack, we'll gee a new set of harnes for Baxter, and keep it for his own use." (Laughter). The harness was got and kept by itself. It was hung up in a closet. Baxter was in the habit of using it nearly every day. He at the same time got the use of a horse and buggy. Baxter also had the use of a team at election time for electioneering purposes. (Laughter). Did you ever do any work for Baxter yourself for electioneering purposes? — I did. Under whose instructions? — A. W. Ciodson's. He in- sti'ucted me to canvas on behalf of Baxter. Was this confined to one year V — No, many years. Mr. Godson Writes to Ald Baxter. .1. T. (hooper was recalled jind gave an account of a number of little transactions between Aid. Baxter and Contractoi' Godson. He said that he personally delivered the following letter from (Jodson to Baxter: Sth Nov., 1S7{>. Mv Di'jirSir,- I hhw Mr. West hiHt ni^ht anrH, so that there wouhl be»no room for otitHlue talk. Thankn for your conwideratlon of uh. YourH trulv, A. W.dODROM. In a postscripf Mr. (Jodson said that it would l)e wise to call for the tendei's as soon as possible. This luttor was read from Cooper's memorandum book. He (»xplaiMed that Godson often told him the 'ontenis of his letters. n 59 Ald, Baxter Retires. Aid. Baxter made an attempt to cross-exaniine Cooper in reference to the letter, but the judge would not permit an interruption in the witness' testimony. The ponderous alderman said vehemently that he had the documents to stamp the charges against him as false, and left the Council Chamber in disgust. Mr. Fullerton read this memorandum made by Cooper. Friday, (ith. Aid. Baxter called and left word tor A. W. G., Hskiii;;" him as a favor to sell a bundle of riding" whins to his friends for liini ; that he had seen Mr. Bi^gfar privately a'oowt the little matter of Mr. Gcxlson's and that he would make it all ri{>ht in al)out ten days, but it would not he's to the (extent Mr. Gcxlson would like. But he would do the best he could for him. He also reouested J. T. C. (Cooper) to canvas for him nji'nin this year, but he would see Mr. Godson lirst and ask his t*,Msent. The .Iud(je Smiles Mr. Fulloj'ton read the following interesting document, and tlic judge smiled at Aid. lioustead and Aid. Boustead smiled at the judge: ToiiONTO, Ik'cember i:(, IHMH, HiJAU (ioi»HON.— It you would kindly let yotw younu: man distribute my cards alon;^- <.^ueen, from William Street to east sid(M)f Beverley Stnjist ; thence along- William Street to Renfrew and cross .stn'ets as far as Colltijj'e Street, south side, I will tak(^ It as a favor. .KHINBAXTKR. So much for tlie investigation. But wliat I wisli to impress upon you pai'ticularly, is that riiis man Biixtcr was reconunciuh'd foi* tiio imsifion of Assistant Police Mjjgistratc,. WHILK THIS INVESTKS.VTION WAS (JOlNd ON. « Ill t^HAPTER IX. SLATER SUBMITS HIS CASE TO THE TORONTO CITY COUNCIL. AN INTERESTING STATUTORY DECLARATION OF HIS. I now give you a copy of a Statutory Declaration sworn to by James Slater in accordance with Canadian law. COUNTY OF YORK ) Tn the matfer of the Gorermr. \ General'^ Body Guard. I, James Slater, of the City of Toronto, in the County of York, Esquire, do solemnly declare : 1. That on the 10th of July, 1890, I, at a Public Meeting in St. Andrews Hall, in the City of Toronto, submitted to the consideration of the citizens certain charges of felony against Lieut.-Col. Ocorge Taylor Denison, their Police Magistrate, Lieut.-Col. Fred. C. Denison, one of their lepresentatives in tile Dominion Parliament, John Baxter, tiieir Assistant Police Magistrate, and others. 2. That on tiie 14th July, 1890, I submitted the following to the Mayor of the Citv of Toronto : Toronto, Ont., 14th July, 1890. Tn the .]/(itfor, E. F. Clai'ke, in (huiwU. (iKNTLKMEN, — I uiost rospcc^fully draw ycur attention to n ('hiirge made by me at a Public Meeting in St. Andrews Hall on the loth inst., against (leorge T. Denison, Police Magistiate, of this City, viz. : That T charge hnn with being a f(»lon In the eyes of tiio law in aiding and al>etting a bi'CNich of trust and fraud on tlu* |)n))lit', and he, at the same time, sitting on the Police Magistrate's IkMich dispensing justice when such a charge is made. UeiithMuen, I most respectfully riMinest that action 1h taken into the above serious c 'ge pill holding so responsibl(> a position. Gentlemen, I am, Your obedient s, H and 9. IIJ. That tlio aforesaid non-reporting or curtailed reporting Inis boon dono in an endeavor to protect the aforesaid felons and obsti'uct Justice. 14. Tlint tho Statutory declaration and other proofs of dis- tinct cnsos of felony have lioon submitted to the Toronto Press. If). Timt the Toronto Press have, by their combined ortoi'ts in non-r(>porring afoiosaid charges, numl>ers 1, 2, 3, 4, r>, 8 and 9, endeavoured to suppress from public notice as gross a prostitution of justice, involving some of tiio higiiest in nunuia as ever disgiacc'd any country, And 1 make this sojomn (Icniaralion, conscientiously lK'li(»ving rh<> same to be true, and by virtue of the '< Act respecting Voluntary and Kxtra-Judicial Oaths." (Signed) .lAMKS SLATER. il j llii DECLARED before me at the City of Toronto, in the County of York, this 18th day of August, 1892. 64 (Signed) W. H. IRVING, A Commissioner, etc. Slater wrote on the 2r)th August, and 21st September, 1891, for information as to what action, if any, had been taken by the Toronto City Council regarding so serious charges against one of their paid officials, viz., Lieut.-Col. George Taylor Denison, Police Magistrate, of the City of Toronto. The answers he received are appended below, to which Slater himself adds this significant remark : That, he has b^.en informed by Aldermen of the Council that they never heard of such charges as having been submitted to the Council. ToROto-o, Ont., 25th Auyust, 1«91. John Blevins Esq., City Clerk, Sni.— On the 27th of July last, I suhmittt'd certain papers to the Aldermen of th(^ City, in council assembled, wherein T oharg-ed Lieut. Col. George Taylor DeiUHon, Police Mag;i8trate of this City, as a Felon, and also with a g-ross prostitution of justice by him, in his position as Police Mag;'istrate, and at the same time, a siting to be allowed to submit proof ot the above charg'es to the; Executive, or any other Committee named by the Council. Sir, as a considerable, time has elapsed since the above charges were nuuUn tw(^nty-six months the charge of Felony, and nearly two months the charge of prostituting his position as Police Magistrate,"^ and, as during th(! latt(ir period, [ have sunmitted printed copies to each member of the City Cotmcil, and also to Mayor E. F. Clarke, showing an illegal prosecu- tion on a false charge on a nerjured oath in the Police Court over which Tiieut. Col. (Jeorge Taylor Ih^nison presides, by the brotlu^' of the said Oeorg(^ Taylor Denison", viz. Lieut. Col. F. C. Denison M.P., and that done in an endeavour to suppress the m.s-application of (tovernment money entrusted to him for certain military purpos(^s, and other fraudulent and improper nutans used by him to defraud th(^ (Jovernment. I .low write to ask, what action, if any, has been taken by tln^ City Council, and for the return of the papcirs entrusted l)y )n(^ to them. I am Sir, Yours, etc., JAMES SLATEU. 2(i Belmont Street, Toronto. 65 Toronto, September 8th, 1891. Jambs Slater, Esq., 52 Vanauley Street. '■'' Police Court Affairs, Sir.— Your letter of the 25th ultimo, addressed to the City Clerk, asking what action has been taken on your letter of the 14th July, to His Worship the Mayor, drawing attention to a charge which you make against the Police Magistrate, has been forwarded to the Executive Com- mittee. In reply, I beg to state that your former letter was laid before the Executive Committee on the 29th ultimo, when the following order was passed in relation thereto : " ORDERED, That a copy of this letter be sent to the Board of Police Commissioners, the Police Magistrate, and the Hon. the Attorney General." That order has been duly carried out. Yours truly, (Signed) "^.JOHN PATTERSON, (Asst. Treasurer) ' Secretary Executive Committee. '■> Toronto, October (Ith. 1891. Jambs Slater, E.sq. Dear Sir. —1 beg to infoi-m you, that your communication and papers, relating to certain charges which you make against Col. G. T. Denison. Police Magistrate, were laid before the Executive Committee of the City Council, on the 28th September, when an order was passed that they be referred to the Hon. the Attorney General. In accordance with that order, tlie papers were transmitted to the Attorney General a few days later. Yours truly, (Signed) ' JOHN PATTERSON. Secretary Ex. . iitive Committee. Toronto, October 19th, 1891. John Patterson, Esq. Secretary Executive Committee, Dear Sir.— I return the papers forwarded by vou to this Department on tlm 1st. October, respecting the case of James Slater. Mr. Slater wishes to have them returned to him. Yours truly, (Signed) J. R. CARTWRIGHT. Sliitor boin^' uiuiblo to ^^ct his papers returned, makes application to the Attorney General, and the following letter from his (the Attorney (Jeneral's) Law Secretary, speaks for itself : . o », .,T>. Toronto, 19th Oct. 1891. James Slatkr, Esq, 2t? Belmont Street, Sir.— Tlui n»;iRn*s referred vo in yniir note of the 8th inst have been return<«l to MhV i'VITERSON. the C'lerk of the Executive Committee, to whom you should fipply for them. Yours truly (Sign.ui) ' ALLAN W. DYMOND. If,! If'' 1:1 ill! i'l I ,1 ''I 6t> Toronto, October 26th, 1891. James Slater, Esq., 2t) Belmont St., City. Dear Sir.— On the 25th September, vour letter of the 27th July, making certain charges against the Police Magistrate, was laid before the Executive Committe of tlie City Council, when an order was passed, referring the same with accompanying papers to the Hon. the Attorney General of Ontario, which oi-der was carried out on the 1st of the present month, notification of the disposition of the matter being given you on the (ith. On the 22nd inst. a communication from the Deputy Attorney General, was laid before the Executive Committee returning the papers in accordance, as stated with your request. In reply to a request preferred by you, that the papers be given back to you ; tlie same was ordex'ed, provided the City Solicitor approve. On the 23i*d, the Solicitor was asked for his opinion, and his reply, of which I enclose a copy, has just been received. As the Solicitor sees no objection to the return of the papers to you, I beg to hand you the same herewith. I also enclose copy of letter of the Deputy Attorney General. Yours truly, (Signed) JOHN PATTERSON. (Asst. Treasurer) Secretary Executive Committee. Reader, observe that these charges were brought before the notice of Mayor Clarke, the Chief Magistrate of the City of Toronto, the City Council, the Executive Committee of the City Council, the City Solicitor, and Sir Oliver Mowat, the Attorney General of Ontario, and yet not one daie prosecute, or even investigate the serious charges against one of the principal officials of the City of Toronto. The police Magistrate — the ONE Avhose character ought to be above all suspicion — the appointee of Sir Oliver Mowat, and the paid servant of the City Council. Observe that Slater asks to be allowed to submit proofs of the charges to the City Council, to the Executive Committee, or any other Committee named by them in Council. Observe how this Executive Committee endeavours to shuttio the responsibility of an investigation on the Attorney General, and when he will not be saddled with such, and returns Slater's papers, on his application for them, to the Executive Committee, they then try to shufflle the responsi- bility on to Ml'. Biggar, City Solicitor, who will have none of it and who returns Slater his papers. Observe how they dare not even prosecute Slater or compel Lieut.-Col. George Taylor Denison to prosecute him, he theii' paid servant, as Police Magistrate, NOW. m "■.M 67 Reader, what about the power of this FAMILY COMPACT ? Toronto, Oct. 26th, 1891. City Solicitor's Department, re Slater. I have gone through the papers in this matter, which yon have sent me from the Executive Committee. I see no objection to their being returned to Mr. Slater. Yours truly, (Signed) " C. R. W. BIGGAR. ^^ If IP I I ,11 :|i! I' nil' ^ I CHAPTER '»/■ SLATER SUBMITS HIS CASE TO EACH MEMBER OF THE CAN- ADIAN (iOVERNMENT, DOMINION PARLIAMENT AND A(JAIN TO THE TORONTO CITY COUNCIL. A copy of the following was sent by Slater to each member of the Canadian Government at Ottawa, from Jthe Premier down, to each member of the Honorable the House of Commons in Parliament assembled at Ottawa, to the Chief Magistrate of the City of Toronto, Mayor Clarke, and to each member of the City Council. Now reader, will you believe that such a thing does exist in our midst, in this good City of Toronto, as the '» Family Compact," and will you believe in the power of the said ''Family Compact," and when I say that not one of those persons dare act in conformity with their duty, and bring those to justice, or the bar of public opinion. I state nothing but facts, and will prove it to you before I am done. TO THK MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS IN CANADA. Gentleman, Toronto, August 3rd. 1.S91. I t'.m'loHO copy of Petition presented by mo to the City Council, of the City of Toronto, and the Minister of Milita'at Ottawa, in which I ask tluit certain diaries made by me against Col. Fred. C. Denison and others in ehar{>'e of the Governor General's Body Guard stationed at Toronto, be investig'ated. I aiu compelled to take this means of bringing the matter before your notice as all other channels have been closed to me through the instru- mentality of Colonel Denison, a member of your House, sitting as the Representative of West Toronto. T, who have been for years a soldier in the British Army, and here in Canada, Drill Instructor to the above named regiment,' teaching them all in Cavalry drill they know, was im- prisoned in the Common Goal in the County of York, in order that my mouth might be closed, and the disclosures which Col. Denison and those in charge of the Body Guards knew I could make, kept from the Public. I am a poor man. I have neither influence nor means, and all I ask is, that the charges which I have repeatedly made in connection with this matter, be ord(n'ed to be investigated by the proper parties. 'i ! i „ 69 TO THE HONORABLE THE HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA. IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED. Toronto Ont., June 18th, 1891. The humble petition of James Slater, of the City of Toronto, in the County of York showeth : I, your humble petitioner, has the honor to state thot he has served his country as a Cavalry soldier since 1860, close on 22 years ; in which I servjd'^in the 13th Hussars Imperial Cavalry, holding the rank of Troop Sergeant Major, for nearly ten years, and I have the honor to be in possession of the medal for long service and good conduct, which was presented to me in India, ten years ot my service having been in that country. I also came out to Canada with the 13th Hussars in 1866, during the Fenian disturbance. In the year 1885 I left England, and came to the City of Toronto for the purpose of taking the position of Drill Instructor to the Governor General s Body Guards, then in command of Lieut-Col. George T. Denison. Immediately upon my arrival I took up the duties of Drill Instructor to the said regiment, and performed said duties for the period of three years. During the said period as appears from the Government Reports there was paid to the officer in command of the said regiment, for the care of the arms and accoutrements the sum of $60.00 per year, and for drill instruction the sum of $80.00 per year, in all, a total tor the three years, the sum of $420.00. These duties^md services were performed by me during the said period of three years, and no part of the said duties or services were performed by any one else during the said period of three years, and I say that for payment of my services during the period ot three years, (for which the Government allowed the sum of $420.00), and which said services were performed bv me alone. I received the sum ot $82.35. That during the period of my engagement with the said regiment I discovered that frauaulent and improper means were being (onstantly taken to defraud the Government. Pay sheets were returiuid lo the Gov- ernment signed by men as performing' drill and service in camp who did not perforin but a' small portion of service, and put in but a short period of the time tor which the Government was charged. Men paraded on the annual Inspection day and were inspected, and returns were made to the Government as having attended the full period in camp, when their attendance was confined to the day of inspection only. Horses were taken from livery stables and wtu'e brought on parade on Inspection Day, and returns made to the Government as though thev had becin in .service believe, paid for these I during the entire camp, and the Government, horses at the full rate charged for the full camp. That when I made complaint, which 1 did about the month of August, 1888, to my Commanding Officer, about the improper manner in which the Corp was being conducted, claiming that I should have been paid for mv services according to the, Government allowance therefor, I was immed- iately notititid by the Commanding Officer, Lieut. -Col. Denison, to return my equipment to the store ; said action having for its object my discharge as a member of the Body Guards. On the 2()th of September, 1888, after receiving such notice, I wrote to Tiieut.-Col. Fred C. Denison, pointing out to him the eflFect of his order and respectfully asking him to reconsider it, showing him the result would bt? to dc^pri've mo of my rights as a member ot the Militia ; receiving no answer to my said letteir, I did on the 27th of September, in conference with the said order, tender at the Annory mv eqMipment, but the men in charge there knowing the object with which the said Lieut.-Col. Fred. C. Denison had issued the order, refused to accept my ec^uipnient from me. r 70 I i III On tho 2nd of October, 1888, the said Lieut. -Col. Fred. C. Denison swore out a summons against me, charging me with refusing to deliver up my equipment when lawfully required to do so, and I was brought before one Baxter, a Justice of tlie Peace, sitting as Police Magistrate in the City of Toronto, on the 13th day of October, after the usual Court of the day had adjourned and after the spectators and reporters had left the Court, and tried by the said Baxtor, sitting in place of one George Taylor Denison, a brother of the said Fred. C. Denison, who had laid the charge against me, and I was refused permission by the said Magistrate to explain that I had tendered my equipment at the Annory, but was sentenced to imprisonment for thirty days in the Common Jail in the County of York, and was there imprisoned for the said period of thirty days. Your petitioner therefor prays that the grievances aforesaid he sub- mitted to a proper Commission for investigation. (Signed), James Slater, 2G Belmont St., Toronto, Ont. JAMES SLATER. ii i f IP : If; ii TO THE ALDERMAN (JF THE CITY OF TORONTO, IN COUNCIL ASSEMBLED. Gentlemen, Toronto, Ont.; July 27th, 1H91. I most respectfully beg to draw your attention to copy of letter marked A, submitted by me to Mayor Clarke in Council, on the 11th of July, 1890, and wherein I charge George T. Denison, Police Magistrate, of this City, as a '•FELON," in aiding and abetting a breach of trust and fraud on the public. Gentlemen, as no further action has been taken than that as I have been informed by the City Clerk, a copy of above letter was ordered by the Executive Committee of the then City Council to be, and has been sub- mitted to the said George T. Denison, Police Magistrate, the Attoriiey General and the Chairman of the Police Commissioners, I respectfully beg to draw your attention to so serious a charge against a puolic servant, holding so responsible a position. Gentlemen, I also draw your attention to the gross neglect of duty on the part ^f Mavor E. F. Clarke, as Chief Magistrate of this City and also as Chairmf.il of the Police Commissioners, in not suspending from duty the said George T. Denison, Police Magistrate, for not having prosecuted me during the past twelve months on the above charge. Gentlemen, I now further charge the said George T. Denison, Polici! Macistrate, with a gross prostitution of his position as such, and I respect- fully refer you to letters attached marked B, C, D, & E, to show nature of and motive for such a gross prostitution of justice. Gentlemen, in common justice I, as a citizen, ask if Mayor Clarke, as Chairman of the Police Commissioners, will not compel said George T. Denison to prosecute me on the above charges, so as to bring the matter into an open Court of Justice to be allowed to submit proof of above charges to the Executive or any other Committee named by you in Council. Gentlemen, I have the honour to remain, your obedient servant, James Slater, 26 Belmont St. (Signed) Toronto, Ont. JAMES SLATER. «"-S , >' .V' .* Denison ) deliver brought strate in irt of the left the e Taylor le charge strate to but was lil in the of thirty l l)e sub- ATER. )UNCIL li, 1891. sr marked uly, 1890, this City, Lud on the as I have red by the been sub- Attoraey tfuUy beg" a servant, )f duty on tnd also as I duty the ecuted me 3on, Police I I respect- ' nature of Clarke, as George T. the matter f of above jy you in vant, LATER. ,?, .H 71 POLICE COURT, CITY OF TORONTO. Toronto, May :>?nd, 1889. I hereby certify that the papers hereto annexed and paged from 1 to iJ inclusive,"are triift copies of the information, evidence and conviction in the case against one James Slater, charged with a breach of the Militia Act, the same as they appear upon the records of the Police Court of the City of Toronto. (Signed,) M. J. MEYERFEY, Police; Court Clerk. Canada. Province of Ontario, County of Y'ork, City of Toronto, to wit— The information and Complaint of Frederick Charles Denison, City of Toronto. N. L. Steiner, Esq., one of Her Majesty's Justice of the Peace, taken on oath before me, in and for the said city, the 2nd day of October, in the year of our Lord 1888. The said informant, upon his oath, saith he is informed and believes that James Slater on the 2nd day of October, in the year of our Lord, 1888, at the City of Toronto, in the County of York, unlawfullv did refuse to deliver up certain arms, accoutrements and articles of clothing belonging to the Crown after been lawfully required so to do, contrary to the form of the Statute in such case made and provided. Com{)laintant prays that a summons may issue and justice be done in the premises. Signed before me this 2nd day of October, 1888. (Signed), (Signed), N. L. STEINER, J. P. FRED. C. DENISON. October (Uh, 1888, Defendant pleads not guilty. Adjourned till 18th inst. Toronto, October 13th, 1888. Frederick Charles Denison, sworn, states— I am commanding A, troop G. G. B. G. The Defendant was a member of my troop. He enlisted on the 14th of September, 1885, and his time expired on the 14th of September, 1888. I have ordered Defendant to turn into the store his arms and accoutrements and clothing in his possession. He has not done so, and has them in his possession yet. The Deft, is not a member of my troop and has no right to keep the clothing and accoutrements in his possession. Sworn before me— (Signed), (Signed), Fined $20 and costs or 30 days.— (Signed), possession. JOHN BAXTER, J. P. FRED. C. DENISON. J. BAXTER, J. P. (P.S.— Prosecuted under (49 Vic.) Royal Canadian Statute, Chan. 41., Sec. ICK) & 111. On reference to this Paper and Papers marked B. and C. it will be seen that I was illegally prosecuted, as six days onlv elapsed from first intima- tion of intended prosecution (26th Sept., 1888) until action was taken (2nd Oct., 1888) and it will be seen that as Paper marked C has not been endorsed with the namcj and place of abode of the Prosecuting Attorney, that in no way has Royal Statute of Canada, Chap. 41, Sec. 115, been com- plied with.) 72 Canada, Proviiu'c of Ontario, County of York, City of Toronto, to wit— Be it remembered thp*^^ on the (Ith day of October, in the year of our Lord, 1H88, at the said City of Toronto, iu the County of York, James Slater is convicted before me, John Baxter, Esq., one"^of Her Majesty's Justice of the Peace, in and for the said City of Toronto. For that he, the said James Slater, did on the 2nd day of October, ir the year of our Lord, IHHH, at and in the said City of Toroiito, in the County ot Vork, unlawfully did refuse to deliver up certain arms and accoutrements and articles of clothinfj^ belonging to the CroAvn after been lawfully required so to do, contrary to the form of the Statute in such case made and provided. Frederick Charles Denison being the Complaintant. And I ad,iudge the said James Slater for his offence, to forfeit and pay the sum ot Twenty dollars, to be |)aid and applied according to law, andalsoto pay to the said Frederick Charles Denisojj the siun of $2.85 lor his costs in tins behalf, and if the said several sums be not paid forthwith, I order that the same b(i hnied by distress, and the sale of the goods and chattels of the said James Slnt(!r, and in del'r»nlt of .-.ur.i"ient distress, 1 adjudge the said James Slater to he imprisone( in the Conm,on Jail of the City of Toronto, and there b(^ kept at hard labc.ii!- f. r the spice of thirtv days, unless the said several sums and all co:;ts .md charges of the said distress and of tl e commitment and conveyiMU' of the said .lames Slater to the said Jail slrill be sooner paid, (iiven un(lar first nbove mentioned, at Toronto, aforesaid. (SignedX .lOHN BAXTKH. .1.1' |T^ (,P.S.— The citizens of Toronto have now the honour of paying tlu^ above signed Baxter ST.W per year for lending himself and his position as a .lustice of the Peace to the aliove prostitution of Justice in an (Mjdeavour to su|)i)ress the mis-application of (Jovernnient mom y (Mitrusted to IJeut.- Coi. I" red. V. DcMiison, M.P.. for certain military purim.ses, and whose brother, Police Magistrat(N (Jeo. T. Denison, vacated the bench to allow the said Baxter earn the position he now holds as his assistant.) Kxtnict from CanadiMii Militia Uegulrtions. pag(^ 207, I'ara. TiY).— But no action or ])it»secutinn slwill be brought against any ofiicer or IMTson, for anything purporting to be done under the authority "of the Act, ;jl. Vic. Cap. 40, " until at N'astoni^ month " after notice' in writiny' of such action or prosecution lins been served upon hint or lett at his usual place (»f nbodc. in which notice the cause of action and the Court in which it is to be bntught sliiill be stated and the mune and place of abcnle of the Attorney endorsed thereon. ^M Vic, Cap. 10, Sec. S!).) |{. S. C, Ca|). 11, Sec. 115. Kxtnict from '!» \ ic.. Chap. 11, Woyal StatuttM)f Canada. Cliap4l, S«h'. IIT), (Canadian .Militia Act.) Siu. ! your retur have Sergl 'loUONTo, .Sept, L'lith. IHHH. notilied you to return into store nny nrnis or (!n\ iTiiiiH'tit clothing in possession. Vou have not dont' so. I would say il they are not ned into store bv Thursday I shall lay an iiit'onnalioii and you will lobe lined 620 lor having Ctoveninu'iit articles in your p(wsession. Yours truly, (,Sgd."^ V\\V.\y C. DKNISON, . .las. Slater. ("apt. and Lt. Col. Old Fort. iP.S. First intiniation of intended prosecution ; in no way joniplying with lit Vic. |{. C. S., Clmp. 11.S«'c. llo. and therefore prosecn'tlon illegal. \ 73 0. to toit— '"■'(■' 'W' ear of our ' w rk, James Majesty's V ''''^^M lat he, the ' ?iMBI our Lord, ^€1 in lawfully • -i^ms, articles of %^m tl so to do, provided. liudg-e the >t Twenty to the said '% ehalf, and , sam(! be aid James nes Slater i tiier(? be \ ^ id H(!V(!ral rnniitnient [)ner paid. tioned, at [L.S.I M '-'^ ayin^' tli(^ )osition as '* ndeavour ''■)'.. to Lieut. - '■ lid whos<( 1 to allow UK). — oHieer or f the Aet. iX (»f sufh plac(t of h it is to Attorney 11'). ■ ) \l. S(H-. IHHH. itliin;;' ill are ni»l ■ X 1 ;'', yon will id. HSioil, M Cnl. ll)|)lyln^' iliiXiil') f Toronto, Ont., S(^pt. 2«)th, 1H88. LiKUT.-CoL. F. C. Denison— Sir, I have the honour to acknowledft'e receipt of an order from you to return my equipment into store on Thursday and of your intimation that " I will have to be lined $20 if not returned,'" I have also to acknowled^fe receipt of an order to vacate the quarters wcupied by me froni IJeut.-Col. Aljfier. I respectfully bes' to intimate that the claim I submitted to Lieut. - General Sir F. D. Middleton, K.C.M., G.C.B., CommandinH" the Forces, Canada, has since been submitted by nui to the Hon. the Minister of Militia and Defence, and as it must be'evident to you that by obeying the Above it would prc^vent me from appealin^i' to a Court Martial for adjust- ment of my claim if not satisfactory adjusted at Ottawa, I irsjM-cffulli^ (isle you to ri'cnntiidvr ifour oiutn: \ r('S|)(!ctfiilly bej;- to state that I have written to Lieut. -Col. Alffier, .statinfi" my case! and also that 1 shall be compelled to submit the above to th(! Lieut.-GeiK^-al Commanding-. ,so that 1 may not be debarred from app(!alinj4- to a Court Martial, as is thc^ (nident inteiition of the above orders. Sir, I have the honour to r-main, \ ( ur obedient servant, rned) JAMKS SLATKH. (Siffi Why :i (NoTK— This letter was not proiiu"(l on my so-called trial. And throu^'h such and sw(^arin<;', /, tl'tt >v;/V/.st to ohfi/ his onlir. Lieut. - Col. Fnni. C. Deni.son, M.l*., conimittel "perjury.") Toronto Ont., .July r)th. ISOt). Drrtnrdtfon of James Slatvr of thv f-f'ti/ «f Toronto. I, JaiiKs Slater, do makc^ the fnlowiny .solemn (leclaration iM^t'orc a Justices of the Peace at Toronto, O'lt.. and 1 am prepared to do so on oath ill anv Conrt of .Instice, viz. — Wlicii I was tried at thc^ Police Court, Toronto, Out., l.Uh _,• ial. the reporters came into Court, he, the persecutor, while on hi t oaih iiiaUes use of tlie I'ollowin;;' words, viz. "This man is not resr. iiisii '" tor his actions;" that is, swears to pioseiutinn' '*■ nian, whom h. swears to as not responsible, for his actions, and the piesidinjf Justice ( I5a\*er). convi<'ts a man whom the pri'.secutor swears to as not heiny responsible tor his actions, I. on thetlth ot'Uctober. ISSH. in the Police Court entrusted Mr. Mij<-elow. Harrister, with pajiers for my del'ence. and when I called for them on the I'Jih Oil., isss, to lake my c'ase out of Ills hands, he could not liiid said papers, and I found said papers on tUe iiiornin;^- of mv trial ( I."»th Oct. IMKS) III possession of Lieut. <'ol. Oeor^-e T. Denison's Cler'l< in the Police Court, Toronto, thus by (heir acti.m deharrin^- nie from piittiiij:' iiiv case in anoiher lawyer's hands, as was their e\ ideiil inlention, Wlieii leavin;f Mr. Mi;i;(«low's ,'"■'>'» \-J\\\ (Km., IHSM, I, lliinUiii;-' .soinerliinj-- was wion;;-, remarked to him I., see wli.il he would say. " I am ^i-oin;-' to win this case," his anwser was. " You're ;;oin^- to be in prison bel'on^ forlv eijiht liours are over," and I wan. ^, , (S|;riied) JAMF.S ,SLATKI{. iSi;fiied) JOHN WANL;\.SS, .). p.. .',th of .lulv IKHi. (TTT 74 Toronto, Ont., .'3rd Juiio, 1HH9, Dwlaratlon nfGc.orffe Mclncrnc!/ in the City of Toronto, (Jnt., I. Geor{>'e Mclnerney, do make the following solemr declaration ))et'ore a Justice of the P^ace, at Toronto, Ont , and I am prepared to do ho on oath in any Court of Justice, viz.— I was presiMit at the Police Court of the above City on the i:3th of October, ISHH, wh(ui Ser^'t. Instructor, James Slater (if the. Governor General's Hody Guai'd, was.tried on a charjjce of a l)reach of the Militia Act, in refusin{>" to deliver \\\) certain arms, accoutrement and clothing', when lawfully requii'ed to do so. The pros(H'Utor, Tjicuit.-Col. F. C. Denison, G. G. B. C, made use of the following:' (Expression when the said Serg't. Inst..). Slater was put on his defence, viz. — "This man claims I owe him some money. 1 obji^'t to him making any statiMuent in this Court, that detw not bear directly on this case." In fact I consid(Er that Lieut. -Col F. C. Denison did all in his power to prevent the said Sergt.- In.st. J. Slater from nniking any defence, and the pr(^sidiny• .lnstic(!, (Alderman Baxter) allowed such objection to stand good l)y refusing to look at som(! pap(!rs that Sergt.-hist ..I. Slater asked to he air()W(Ml to show hint as part of his defence, in fact he gav(E him no chance of making any defence, but found him guiltv on the unsupported evidence of Lieut. -Col. F. C. Deiiison din^ctly ; he, Aid. Baxter, ri^fused to look at Sergt.-Inst. J Slater's pap(>,rs for his defenc(E. His, Sergt, Inst .1. Slater's, was a remanded case, which in the ordinarv cours(! of .lustice, would be the first to l>e cali(Ml in Court, inst(!ad of whicli the Court was adjourned, and when it res(Miil)led he was t\u' (miy person to be tried, in fact in my opinion everything had been d(me to |)r(^- vent t\u' attention of the general pxiblic from being drawn to Sergt. Inst. . I. Slater's trial as when his trial commenced thenMvas pnwent in Court only two other spectators in addition to myself, and there was not a reporter present connected with any newspaper, in fact I consider it (MpiivaliMit to a tri.il with dosed doors. The following remark was also made use of by Lieut. -Col. F. C. Denison during Sergt. Inst. .1 Slater'H trial, which speaks for itself, viz. — " This man is not r(^sponsible for his actions," and then ;\ld. Baxter convicts a man, whom the prosecutor states while on his oath, is not responsible for his actions. (Signed^ G. McINFKNFY. Signed, WM. BURNS. .1. I». ( l*.S. On r(Eferenc(E to Papers (attidavits) marked K. and P. 4, it will tte seen how far your Court of .nistic(E can be used l>y tlios(E having tlu^ wit to do so t(» protect felons. I also draw your att('nti(»n to the conspiracy to pi'ev(M>t me appeiiliiig within the limited twelve days to a higher Cotnt. through me having no lawyer to act tor me wln'u they got me in prisnii. T I also draw your particular attention to the I'NPKokkhsional conduct of .Mr. nigelow. Toronto's great cuiminal lawy«n\) Toronto, Out., i;Uh April, 18H0. Ihi'iantfion hy Svn/fanf l-Ulnuinl Hovtw, of thv. Tontnto Fivid lutth-ry. I, Fidward Roche, Sergeant in the Toronto Field Battery, ilo make the following .solemn declaration bet(»re a .luslice of the Peace, and I am prepared to do so on oath in any Court if reipiired, viz I, Sergeant Ivlward Kih'Ik^ and Tnnnpeter Ilarrv P.vrne '(it were employed on the 'JTMi S(H. • belonging to Lieut. -Col. Fr(Ml, (,". Denison 's Troop, (i.GB.li. <*wt.lv '/JTtli September, IHHH.) Sergeant Instructor .lames .Slater, G.G H<. to Lieut. Col. Fred. C. Denison's Armotry an«l told us (K. iiocli* iind S. Byrne Hliat he (Serg«''mt -L Slater) had received an order from l^wnK. F, \ <;) C. Denison to return his (Sergt. Inst. J. Slater's) equipnient and clothing" into store, and he (Sergt. Inst. J. Slater) proffered to do so, and we (h. ItotheandH. Bvrnej refused to take them (J. Slater's ec^uipment, etc.) into store, saying* we (E. Roche and H. Byrne) were not Lieut.-Col. F. C. I);'nison's caretakers, and were not paid for that kind of work, but only for cliN'ining his (Lieut.-Col. F. C. Denison 's) saddles. We (E. Roche and H. BvrncO were paid for our work bv Lirmerly Drill Instructor to the (lovi^-nor- (Jeneral's Btwly (hiard, and am cogni/alit oftluf facts relating to his case. In the month of September, IHHH, I was emi)l(ty(ul on the 27th dav of September in cleaning tli(f saddles of Col. F. ('. IhMiison's tr(»op. the li(Hly (iuard. On (hat dat(! the said .lames Slater came to the Annoury of the above trooj) and told me that lie had received an order from the said Colonel Deiiisnii to return his e(|uipm<>nt into store, rnd he clferi'd to do so, bnt I refused to receive the sami^ or take it in, as I said I was not paid tor that kind of work. On tin- 21»th of S(M)teniber next following, Col. F. C. O.'iiison paid me for tlu^ work I had (lone in his Armoury, and on that date 1 told liini of my inteiitimi t(» U^ave tliecity on that day'or on Monday, iIh^ 1st of Octolter. aiul I aciually lett on the' latter date," and I iiave not been ir 'he City of Turonto from llmt date until the 7th day of September instaiii. At tlie time I left (he kevs at Col. Ih'iiison's otHce, I left word that I had •><{ lakt-n said Slater's equipment, M'i.h the boy who was the only person in tin- oHice. .\nd I iiuike this solemn declaration, coiim Ioumiv lM*lieving the Humt^ to be true, iiiKl by virtue of the Act respecting MiM-judicial oaths. D««-larnd hpfon* me at tin- Citv of Toronto, in th(< Countv of ^drk, thl.!* !tth day .»♦ Sept. . Ah. |SH«», Signed. H. H. I*:\VAirr aCoiimi^HJ Sign.-d. II. .1. C. BYRNK oner, etc (P.S.— 1 Hraw your atU-ntmn t iiajMr- itHdavits) marked P. .'I, and I", to MtHiw a fi»lH«' cliHrge sworn im by a tjilso oath, by Lieut Col. I". (', DHnMKtn. M. I* . twodavs after he li.-iH Jwtni informed of the intention ol the to tuKu to whi.iH Ii. had given or.l. tk». .nv arms. etc.. into store, and wh(t t-ould iutve pn>vwl that I did . .j.i with iiis order. CHAPTER XT. SLATER SUBMITS HIS CASE TO SIR OLIVER MOW AT, PREMIER AND ATTORNEY (JENERAL OF ONTARIO. Toronto, Ont., Sept. 8th, IBJK). TnK HoNoi'.AHi.ic Oliver Mowat, Attornky General : Siu,--I rosncx'tt'iilly submit the following. In March, 18H5, I had a letter fonvardcnl to me in Scotland from the lateTroop Ser^it. -Major, ,Iam(\s Byrne, (}.(i.R.G. (letter attached\ olTerin*;' nu! the rank of Sca-yt. -Major in tlie above Corps if I would come out to Canada and join them. I forwarded said hitter and another attachisd to Army H(uid(|nart(n's, Horse Guards, London, Knj;'Iand, making' anplication to l')e allowed to proce<'d to Canada and join the alxtve Corps on tm; outbreak in the Nortii-West, and I received pcirmission to do so. I also receivt'd Memo, attached, ordering" me to report to the ]>aymaster, No. 1 Military District, for the i)urpose of havinji" the passu^'e of myself and family paid by him ; on my arrival in Toronto 1 (Mdisted in the aimve Corps, and for the three years I servcnl in them I drilled the Corps and was caretakc^r of l^ieutcMiant-Colonel F. (;. Denison's Troop G.G.H.CJ. For the al)ove duties yimr I'arliamcMit at Ottawa vote for drill instructor ijSO per year, and for' caretaker !?(>0. Durin};" the three years I served in the Corps and drilhMl them I never received one cent of the drill pay issued l)y the paymaster of this district for the work I had done, and on an averaj;'e alxait 820 out of the S !0 caretaker's allowaace — I findinji' everythin^i' at my cost to conduce towards the care of the stores uiu'.er my i'har^'e. and diirin^' the said three ycMirs Lieut. -Col. F. C. Deni- son ni'ver expended one c(rnt in purchasing anything;' to conduce towanis the care of said stores. Towards the completion'of \n ,' three vears cMi^i'a^-e- meiU (Sixth Au;;-ust. ISHS^ 1 forwanhnl a letterto 1 u"t.-Col. (J.T. Di^iison. statin^' the above fact and respectfully intinuUin^' him of my int(M)ti(»n of tr)rwardin^' my statement and claitn to Li(Mit. -General Midilleton. if not satisfactorily lidjusted. I did the abov(« in compliance with a Koyal Statute y'lv«M» tor the protectiiu of a soldier ( I'aji'e 20!>. Far. l.'l. C^neen's Ue;i'ulations), the wordiuy ol w!uch is : " .Vny non commissioned olllcer or soldier who shall flind- himself a^j'^i'rieved re^iiirditi;;' his pay or clothin;r will complain Ihereol" to his commanding;' oHicer, who is thereby ft/n/'n-it to sinnmon a reji'inuMital C(»urt at FnT. Oenison, c(tmmandin;«" G.C.il.G., and Police '^la^i'islrate of this city, forward my statrmenl t«» liieut.-Genei-al Middleton on the Idth Auj;'., ISSS. wliit-h' stalement was forwarded by him to Col. D.-nison for explanation, and on the lilth .\u;;\ 1 received a written order sijfued Fred. C. i^cnison. Lieut. Col,, (tnh'rin;;' nn^ to return mv eipiipment into store, I, in compliance with his order, p) lime lifter time lo Ills armoury and lind no one there, as he had no can'- taker at the lime, and if lie detailed anvone to take my arms into store no one <','ime to me or made any otVer to take over my arms. etc. I, on the I2lh ,Sept,. 1MH,S, had a personal intervh'w with Lietu,(Jeneral Middleton in Lieiil. Col. Otter's Imuse, and claimed the protection as olVereil Ity Her Majesty in altove (piotcd Royal .Statute, and 1 told him of my intention (»f ajtpealin;;' my case to the ihin, the Minister ot Militia, which I did on the )thSeitt,. IHKS. and on the 2" inc. to of havinji' Toronto 1 in tlu>in I Denison's a \'oti', for tlu^ thriH'. nt'. ('(int of orU T had vaai'c— r »(' stores C. DiMii- towards (>n;i-a;i-c- h'lilson, 'Htlon of )n. if not n Hoyal (^uccirs itliccr or (•li>thin;r n ijiii I'lii answer nandin^' iiiciit to tent was 1 Au^-. I •riny' me uder, pt no care- nlo store • •n the liddleton »v Her •ntiitn of d on llie ier from ete.. into store, also an intimation of his intention to prosecute me if I did not do so. 1, on the same dav, write to him acknowhKl^nng' his order and tell him his evident intention'is by severins' my connection with the corps to debar nu^ from the protection of aforesaicl Royal Statute, and 1 respectfully ask him to reconsider his order. I not receiving" any answ r to my request by the next dav, '27th Sept.. 1H8H, go to his armoury in comi)liance with his order, taking- with me as much as I could conveniently carry and return them into store and prott'er the remainder of my equipment to the two men who 1 found (Mnployed in his armoury. I telling them ot the order I had received, both men refuse to takci my thinjys into store, saying- tlu^ were not i)aid for that kind of work and one of them saying- he g-ot an ord(U' to tak(> mv thing's into store but would not do Col. Deni.son's dirty work ; on the *2IHh Sept., IKSS, Lieut. -Col. Deni.son nays the above two men for the work thcv had done in his armoury and they tell him of their intention of having- I'oronto on that date or oh the 1st Oct., ISSS, and he, Lieut. -Col. Fred. C. Dcnison. on th(^ following morning-, 2nd Oct.. IKSH, swears a .sum- ntons ag-ainst me, chargitig- nu^ with refusing: to d(^liver ujimy e(|uinment when lawfullv re(|^uired todo so. ^^y case was called in court on the (ith Oct.. ISSH, aiid ad.ionrned till l.'Jth (let., IHSH, during which time Lieut. - Col. Fred. C. Dcnison had no caretaker for his armr'n-y or did h(Mletail anyone to tak 'o slate that during my service of three ycMirs in the ( i.r(>s(!cution, and I have to state that mv summons is dated 2nd Oct., and trial (Jtli Oct. 1H8H. Toronto, i><)th Sept. 1H88. Sill. -1 notified you to return into store any arms or Government clothing in yonr possession. You have not done so. 1 -would say if they are not returned into store by Thursday, I will lay information "and yoii will lifiv(! to he lined S20.(X> for having Government articles in your pos.si'ssi()n. (^ Signed) FUKD C. DENISON, ("apt. and IJeut.-Col. In no way has the hI>o\(' R.S.C. Immmi complied, and therel'on^ I resncrtrnily claiin my prosecution was illegal and thcn'rore inv conviction and iinprisonincnt was jllcgMl. and 1 also rcspci'tfully claim that my trial was a consijiracy from Ix'ginning to end, and a prostitution of .lustici^ in bringing my case into a ( i\il Court, as provision Is made tor such cases as mine in the aforesaid lioyal Statute, given by Her Majesty as a protection t( her so|(li been dealt with by Lieut, <(,' Gcorgi' T. Denison as my Commanding Otli("cr on icccipt of my «"»k if my con\ iilion cannot be p';t on one side so ms not to deltar \no from taking. action for false iinprisoMiuent, as I claim that the withholding' of my papers tor my w> 79 ndini;- the red by the etion,' as I lent inten- my claim, Vlilitia and stice of the Col. F. C. defence on my trial, was to prevent me having council on my so-called trial, so that l' could not appeal my case, in which they too well succeeded ; also I ask if I am not in a position to take action for malicious prosecution. Sir, an early consideration of my case will oblige, as if not satis- factorily adjusted, as it is my intention to proceed to England and submit my case to the Secretary of State. Sir, I have the honor to be your obedient servant, (Signed) JAMES SLATER. .JAMB;S SLATER, r)2 Vanauley Street, Toronto. LATER. ting of the ing Lieut. - ch of trust Magistrate C. Denison th Sept. on nd had me prisonmcnt im morally tl, Sec. 115, r or person ^ct 31, Vic. h action or B of abode ; it is to be le attorn(\v t.-Col. F. C. lummon.s is Note well this answer to Slater's petition to Sir Oliver Mowat, Attorney General. Toronto. Sept. 9th, IWK). Mr. Jamks Sl.vter, 52 Vanauley St. City, DioAR Sir.— 1 am in receipt of a statement of complaint against Cols.. G. T., aud F. C. Denison, which you have addressed to the Attorney- General. I regret to have to inform you, that upon perusal of your conl- plaint, it is imnossible for this department to assist you, as the matter complained of does not come within the scope of its authority. Any com- plaint on such a sul)ject, should be made to the Dominion "Government, who are alone: able to deal with it. As you served your sentence, and ma HI/ months have elap.sed since, I don't think there is much hopi^ of your setting the conviction against you aside ; at all events, tlu^re is no machineiy by which we can render you any assistance in doing so. I am yours truly, • (Signed) ' ALLAN"^M. DVAIGND, (Return paper.s T^aw Secretarv (^l)t. IHHH. iovernment say if they )n"and yoli es in vy Lieut, cipt of my in as Police 11 position yiilitia. anil • convirlion r net ion for »ei's for niv And note well this answer of Slater's to rho Attorney General's Law Secretary. Toronto, Sept. 12th, IH'lO. Ai.i.an M. Dv.monm), Esq., Law Secretary. Attorney G<'n(M'al. Sir. — 1 am in receipt of ycmrsot the !»tli Inst, in answer to my papers submitted by nie to tiie lion'. Oliver Mownt, Attorney General, aiid 1 am informed ;by you that so m;uiy months have ela))sed sinc(^ I served my Si^ntenee, I have the honor to inform vou. that I. at a ix'rsonal interview, brought my case to the noti«(' of the Attorney (ien. I l»ronght my i-iisv to the notice of Mr. Hfulgero\\ , Crown Attorney. I prodncing .ui alliibnit to prove that a false oatli had been sworn to cause my conviction, and a Royal SiatutcM l{.S.C., Cap. 41, See. 11.").) to show thai my conviction and proseentton was illegal. In the napers I sulanitteil to the .\ttoiney (ien.ral are shown charges I have nnide viz. Felon .igainst (ieorge T. Deni.son. I'olice Magistrate, and I'erjury against Lienl.-Col. Fred. {'. DenisDn. are theaitove included, in using \ our own words re ymir l< tti'r of the \\\\\ inst.. "at all events there is no niarhinery by which we can render ni>u any assistance." as 1 made the abov<' charges t(» show wliere th< conspir.nA <»t mv so-called trial comes in, where Lieut.. Col. George V. Denison. I'oli'ce Magistrate, prostitutes the position of such in allowing n»y cas»* to come into the I'olice ! 80 Court over which he presides, when provision is made for my case by- Royal Statute, to be dealt with by a military Court, and he as my Com- manding Officer, and Police Magistrate, allowing me to be sent to prison on an illegal prosecution on a false charg'e and on a perjured oath, in an endeavor to suppress the above charges and other g'ross irregularities in connection with the Governor Generals Body Guard, which came to my knowledge during my service in them. Sir, 1 have also to remind you that I went with a warrant and an order from Mr, Cartwright, Deputy Attorney General, for Mr. Baxter, Assistant Police Magistrate, to sign for the arrest of Lieut. -Col. F. C. Denison for Perjury, which warrant, he Mr. Baxter refused to sign in the Eresence of Mr. Badgerow, Crown Attorney in the Police Court, saying e would take no order from anyone but the Crown Attorney, and that he was his Master and refused to obey Mr. Cartwright's order, or look at the same papers I produced to Mr. Cartwright to substantiate my charge of Perjury against Lieut. -Col. Fred. C. Denison. I have also to state that Mr. BadgeiW, Crown Attorney, when 1 gave the Deputy Attorney General's order to Mr. Baxter, Assistant Police Magistrate, and produced my papers led me in saying " if you don't drop this we will have you in the Asylum before long." threatened 1 forward this to me, explicit statement of my case to see if it cannot alter your decision given in your letter of the 9th inst. An early answer will oblige, as if not favorable to me, I await it to attach to my other papers and proceed at once to England to lay my case before the Secretary of State. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, (Signed) JAMES SLATER. JAMES SLATER, 52 Vanauley St. Toronto. Note this answer, that, " He has made enquiries, and he does not perceive any sufficient ground for his personal interfci'ence in the matter," Slater did not refer his case to the Hon. Oliver Mowat, as a personal matter, but to him as Premier and Attorney -General of Ontario. Toronto, 24th Sept., 1890. Dkau SiK.— 1 am directed by the Attorney General to acknowledge the receipt of your letters of the lltth and 19'th instant. He has made enquiries, and does not perceive any sufficient ground for his personal inttirfereiice in the matter to which you refer. Yours trulv, (SigiuKl) S. T. BASTEDO. MR. JAMES SLATER, 52 Vanaulev Stnu't. case by my Com- to prison Lth, in an arities in (le to my b and an , Baxter, lol. F. C. a^n in the t, saying d that he »k at the charge ol" i that Mr. General's ly papers )u in the it cannot y answer my other Secretary t, .ATER. and he personal case to him as ,.. 1890. now ledge las made personal ^TEDO. (CHAPTER XII. ' SLATER SUI5MITS HIS CASE TO LORD STANLEY, , the latest copy that I can obtaiJi. I also intimated him of my intention of submitting a statement at the same: tune to the Lieut. -General. Connnanding, regarding the mann(>r 1 had been paid as caretaker of Lieut. -Col. F. C. Deni.son's Troop G.G.B.(i.. f having also luild that position for the above time, Avhich claim and stauunent he Lieut. -Col. G. T. Denison, treated with con temi)t by ignoring in dcliance of I'ara. 13, Articles of War, Queen's Regulations. " 1 respect- fidly refer to Para. 420, Regulations and Orders for Canadian Militia, \HH\), which shows that we are subject to tlu; Qu(hmi's Regulations. My Lord. 1 forwarded through Lieut-Col. Otter, l).A.(i., 2nd Militarv District, the above claim and statement (marked C) to the Lieut. -(Jeneral, Connnanding, dated Sth August, 18HH, and 1 had the honor to have a per- sonal intervi(!W with the Lieut. -(lenciral, Commanding, in the presence of Lieut. -Col. Ott(M-, at the New Fort, Toronto, 12th S»q)tember, ISSS, and he, the Lieut. -(Jeneral, stated that Lieut. -Col. F. C. Denison, in exjdanation of my lett(M' regarding my claim to him, had stated that the t'orps was (IrilUid by th(i officers, and that the balance of i\w allowance for can^of arms, etc. (Para. 210, Regulations and Orders for Canadian Militia, 1S7!)V was ex|)en(l(Ml in repairs to his, LitMit.-Col. F. C. Denison 's Troop .saddles, which statement 1 told the Lii'-Ut. -General was false, and that I call ujmn the Non-Connnissioned othcers and men of the (i.G.B.Ci. to prove who drilled them for the past thrtM' years ; also that no repairs had b«'en done l»y any one Init myself to his Troop saddles, and I call upon him to j)ro(ince jiiy receipt for any money naid nie lor repairs. I resptH-tfully refer ycai to letter marked C, page fi, "wherein it is .sliown li(»w Lieut. -Col. F. C.' Deni- son. refused to pay me for rei)airs. and that letter is daK^I a montli before my inlcM'view with the Lieut. -(ieneral C(»innianding. and he, the liieut.- Gi^neral, told me it has been a custom toh.'ivc an agreenn^nt withConi Mianding ( ►Hicers regarding the rate paid ')y them for drill instruction and caretaker. 1 respectfu'ly maintaiiu'd that' it is their duty to expetid the money as voted yearly by Parlianu'ut and not to put it in their pocket or uudn |)aid anything for my work as drill, and al.so of my intention of submitting mv case to the Ihinorable tlii' Mini.stt'r of Militia. mx n tmm 82 My Lord, on the IGtIi Scptoiubiir, 18HH (I shav the Lieut. -(leneral on the 12th, the date 1 charg-ed Lieut. -Col. F. C. IJenison with making* two false statements to him), I received an order from Lieut. -Col. F. C. I)(Miison to return my equipment into store (see letter marktid I)) to endeavor to fierce mo to sever my connection with the (J.G.B.G.. he, Lieut. -Col. F. (;. ihrni- son, knowing" that by such severance I should be debarred fron* ai)peal to a Court Martial on n'ly claims, as laid -down in Para. 13, Articles of War, Queen's Reg'ulations,"and I state that no one came to his armoury or to the house I live in close by his armoury in the Old Fort, Toronto, to take over my (^qui])ment from n'le, and on tlie 20th September, 18H^, I forwarded a statement of my claim to the Honorable the Minister of Militia (see hotter markiul VI), with a Declaration (marked F) made l)efore a Justice of the l*<',a.ce, wherein 1 charg'e Tjieut.-Col. F. C. Denison with making' tw«» false Mtcitements to the Lieut. -General ('ommanding", in his endeavor to clear himself of the nnsapplication of monev voted yearly by Parliament to keep his command in an efficient state. My Lord', I respi'ctfulh reftir you t(» Para. 99, Articles of War, Queen's lieg'ulations, in reference to such a charge ag'ainst the character of an officiT ; 1 have to state that mv letter of the 2()th September, 1SH8. to the; Honorable the Ministc^r of" Militia (.marked E), w^as ig-non^d as far as] am concerned, e.xcejjt that 1 again r(!ceive an order to return mv equipment into store (marked (i), 2<)th Sep- tember, 1888. My letter to tlie Honorable the Minister of Militia is rofFer to return njy equipment ; both men refuse to take them into store, they knowing' what Lieut. -Col. F. C. Denison's motivi; was in ordering me to do so. and H. Bryni^ saying" he had got and order from Lietit.-Col F. C. Denison to take my equipment into store and forgot all alumt it. On the following" . two men who ,'onl(l prove that I went to his fiieut.-Col. F. (^ D(Miison's armoury, and proffered my efpiipiiient, and who refus(Ml to take; them into store), and on the following dav, 2nf ' Militia I ajt-aiii 2»itlj Sej)- L is (hited explaiia- ed H) to uowledge him that al as laid A'inii'any to recoii- :ial, }i'o to ler of the ■ Toronto at work 's troops, turn my Miif what and H. to take inji" day 'Ction as inison is I jn'otec- eut.-Col. id 1 state y service otection. evi(h'.nt ial. My \\vvH for ens. ami )mmand- »llows on It. -Col. V. done hy Toronto \ Toronto went to cut, and lav, 'ind ('. D.Mii- lirSEto 111 deilvi'i- up m\ equipment when hnvfully required to do so (see copy marked P 1 j, jind in mv letter marked 8, of the .'{Oth November, 188H, to Col. W. Powell, Adjutant-General, I charge Lieut.-Col. F. 0. Denison with .swearing- a false oath in court and ask the question to whom did I refuse, and call uy^on I.ieut.-Col. F. 0. Denison to produce the person to whom I did refu.se. Mv Lord, (»n the 6tli October. 11SS8. mvca.se was called at the Police Court,' Toronto, of which I.ieut.-Col. G. "t. Denison, who commands the (4.(;.P>.(;., is Magistrate, he vacating' the Bench and his place taken by Alderman Baxter, .I.P., against whom most .serious alleg-ations have been made in the public pn^ss of this city reg'ardinjf his dispensing" of judgment while on rli(^ 15ench. I pleading- iiot g-uilty and my case remanded for seven days, during- whicli time no one came to Lieut, -Col. F. C. Denison ]s armoiirv to tak(! my accoutrements into store, nor did I receive any inti- mation when or to" whom to deliver them up to; he had no caretaker rvtliing- (in addition to my labor) at my cost to conduce towards the carcMif tlie saddles, arms. etc. Ix'longing to Lieut.-Col. Deiiison's Troop, G.G.B.G., to keep their, in an effective and .ser\ iceal)l(^ condition, and my claim to Lieut.-Col. (!eorg-e T. Denison, for compensation for ha.ing to' do .so, is ignored from first to last. Il(>, Lieut.-Col. George T. Denison. is <'ntrusted with a command i)y Ills country to have in an (efficient condition for his country in Iter liour of innible, and when it is lu-ought to his notice that liis comniand is drifting into the same inetficii^nt state as it was whim it was called upon in Canada s Ifite hour of trouble, the North-VVest ndullon. so inefficient tliat oi arrival in Winnipc^g- it coinmands saddlerv, etc on Its had to be detained there for days to have his , patclK^I u]), not put in an efticient condition, for 4^ ^^3^ IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) h :/. IL 1.0 ;fi^ 1^ I.I lU ■ 2.2 t Hi 110 IL25 il.4 m 1.6 v^ > » / % 7 Photographic Sciences Corporation ^> '^%^ 33 WHT MAIM ITHIT WIMTH.NY MSM |7U| •7t-4>03 '^ v 84 that WHS impossible, iiiul have new rifles issued to them, th«f same rifles as other Corps had to <;o to flj?ht with, his command put into camp doin<>- escort duty on stores, etc., and never saw a shot fl red during the campaign. My l^ord, ' draw your particular attention to letter marked S, pag<^ .'15, wherein i^- shown 'a scandal that brings disgrace on the name ot a (Canadian soldier. iMy Lord, in Court Lieut. -Col. V. C. Dcnison while on his oath stated in refe'rcnct? to me, "this man has comphited his three years and now does not b(!long to my troop," I refer you to I*ara. '22, Articles of War, Queen's llegulatiitns. 1 respectfully maintain that it is not in the power of Ijieut.-C'(»l. K. C. Di'iiison (he is subordinate to Ijieut.-Col. (J. T. I)enison) to discharge me. Kven if it was in the power of an officer to do so, I am musK'red in tlie (ir.({.B.(}. as a Staff Sergeant and as such the order ought to come ilirect from riietU.-(N>l. (ieorgi^ T. IKinison. Commanding the (J.li.B.C.. My Lord, I know it is their wvcalUnl swial position that has .so far pniveiitcd me from <)l)taining an investigation into and justice in my cas<« and that only for the said jxtsition they would never have dared to "act as they have doiu* for vcars. I respectfully refer you to my hotter marked S. page ;esul»initt("l to a proper Court for investigation. .My Lord, sine*' writing the above I have rtTcived an order from Ottawa to vacati' the (piarters I occupy in the Old Fort. Toronto. I bcilieve Col. DiMiison has made application for them, stating he retjuired them for his caretaktM". Such is not the valid reason, as there are (piarters vacant and others (K-eupied by people in no way Tonnected with the Canadian Militia, or do I o( rupv the r.iarters originally granted from Ottawa lor his c;ire taker: but I suppose it is part of nty intended punishment for tiaring to claim nionev justly my due and voted by Parliament for the work I have doiK^ and wliich n'ipiired tw(t false statements to be madtt by ( ol. Denison to the Lieut. ( ieneral Connnanding, in his endeavor to exonerate himself from the charge of misapplication of money voted yearly from the n^ventu^ of Canada to keep his command in aneflici*>nt statt* for ('anada in her hour of troult'e. My i.ord, the statement is made by the Lieut, (iem'ral Connnanding, that he in\('sligated my case and he refers me to Civil liaw. With all due res|»ecl and deterence, 1 ask htw t-aii such be the case when I charg«> Col. I^enison with conduct unlMMoming an officer and genth'man innmking two false statenu'ni". til the Lieut, -Oeneral Commanding, I, wwith all due respect, refer you to I'ara. 71* and W, .\rti«'les of War. 0'i<'''<'ii'>* Itegula- tif>ns and ( (rders for the .\rmy. and in n'ference to the civil |M)wer I most respeelfullv maintain that I in justice can claim a Court Marlial, which I now do as laid down on I'age lio, I'ara. 4_*<). Uegulat ions and (Jrders for the Militia of Canada. |mT1». and in Page !»«.«». Para. i:i, Articles of War, Queen's IJeirulations. .\s regards me ha\'ing completed my three y(>ar's service in till' < i.e. IV( I, I still claim that I belong to the ( 'orps, and I respecilully refer yon lo Page :«••_». Para. "J'J, .Vrtich's of War, t^ut'CMi's Kegulalions. iSign.d .lAMKS SL.Vnill. 'r2 Vanaidev Street, '!'( iron to. Ont. Noi'K. — This |M'tjli«m icOiinnl loSlnin, (l thereto: To Minister of Miiitia for his information, and with a reipM'st that he will relurn papers tn His K\ce||ciicy, with any remark he nniy see lit to nnik(< thereon. A i'QW days lator, Shitor, not l)oiiiii sjitisfi in loivc, iHihiisiu'd undur thV authority of X\\v Jlon. tin* Minister of Militia : and sird, I appeal to your justice, .so that the above (pioted rcjiulations may be acted up to. My lord, it is ov«'r eiji'ht months si.ice I had this petition ready to KUbuiit to you, and durinff that time I have dotie my uttermost to have \\w. wliole case brou<>:ht before i'arliament, and I met with no sm-cess on acc(. Hd^i'ar, Ivsq. M.I'., and his excuse for refusiufr to do so was, that he was a persotial friend of Col. Denison's, and when I told him \\\\ intention of sulam: inji' my case ti> you my l/)rd, he .said, '" thnt he would not be bullied into doin;i' it."' My l(»ry cotuiectiou Avith the (ioveruor-tieneral's Hody (Juard, and ill my attempt to obtain the motu>y voted by I'arliament. trom the rev«'nue of Canada for the work 1 hati done, and justly «'arr.ed by me, I state the following:' to show what 1 have had t(» p» throu;;!!. First. throu;i'h the manner I was pai»l for two mouths work in LietU. t'ul. K. C. Denison's nruioury. on the return from the Norlh West I atn, t»n iIm^ death of a baby, cimipelled to ;Li'o to [Jeut.Col. (Xter, and bc^- a ;i"rave (tf him to bury u»y child, and with the assistanc«' of a friend p> and di;r the ;rrave. St'cond. i am imprisoned on an ille;>-al prosecution on a false oath, and for thirtN days compelled to assm-iate with the vilest criiuimils tor that titne. Thircl, to' have my poor wife hunted to her death. My lord, on the .'lOth of Septeujber last. »ny wife was scalded l»y the upsettinj:" of a boiler trom the stove, and died after sutVerin;;' ureat ;i^-ony. on the .')th <»f • >ct. When my (hiu}iiit(>r visited her m(»ther at the hospital, where 1 was compelled to send hi'r. the nurse who was in altendam-e on her mother told her. " that any sluu-k W(»uld have killed her. her nerves were so completely unstrtin^ ;'" no'wonder my Lord, since lur death I lunc found a letter, the knowledjre of M'hich she had k«'pt from me. which proves thiit when he Lieut. -Col. Kred C. IhMiison, tlie n<»ble soldier, who commands A troop, (ioxernor (ieneral's Itody (iinird. and represents Toronto in the dominion I'arlia ment, j^'otine i'mprisiouedon his ille;>'al |)rosecution and false oath, uses his rank and |M)sitiou to turn llu^ |Hior heart liroken and distracted wile and youn;.f familv of j;irls out of house and home, and when he could n(»t succet'd in (loiny so at Toronto, makes application to Ottawn tor the quarters I iMTUpied staliny they were re(|uired lor his caretaker. My l(»rd, I respectftdly ask voti to note what follows. .\u order is isstnnl to vacate the qtuirtf-rs l)y llie lirst of .hily last, which we diii. and the care taker for whom they were re«|uired, at once moves into them, (hi the eveidng' of th<< death ot my wife, fith \ soldier's daufiliti'i- wlioni I iiuuiUMi betoro slu^ was si'xtt'cn yi'Jirs of nfi'c, and I a im»n' Imy, and who luis travclUnl ovor this world with inc. Her father died in the ( Hd Fort, Toronto, threes years ag-o, after tliirty-two years' siM-vice in the Imperial and ('ana'e of tlM? gnu carria^'e that carried their fatluir to his jU'rave, waitin;;' for the family to come home to ^'i^t paid, and on«' of the daughters had to [>ay $o.U0 out of the Stl.Ot), all she had ji'ot in the world - so much for the Treatment of an old .soldier, dead or alive, in this Christian country. My lojtl, the accident which was the cause of my wife's death, would, in all "probahility. never have ha|)i)(;ned if her " nerves had not been so completely unstrung;-," and I. my lord, hold Lieut. -Col. Fn^l. C. Dcnison morally ^"uilty of the state of her imrves and thm-efore morally ji'uilty ol her death. My lord, it il is not in your pow^rr toifraiit this, my huml)le petition, I will consider it a {i'reat fav(»r if the whoK* of tluwi papers are returned to me, as it is in the event of such beinj;' the case, my intention of ])r(Hreed- injf to Knjriand and layin.ii' my case bt-fon- the Inlperial I'arliament. and requesting;' that it may be submitted to the .Mulp' .\«lvocate (ieiu'ral of the Army, re^i'avdin^ ci'rtain points in Military Law--it is also, my lord, my intention of snbmittin^i' the whole case th opinion. My lord. I have the honor to be. hroug'li the Press to public ')2 Nanuulev Street, 'I'oronto. (hit. Your humble and obedii^nt servant. iSijrned .l.\MF„S SL.VTKIJ. OiTAW.x. <;th March. ls!H». (.o\ DUN.MKsr Hoi'si:. Sir. I )iiu directed loacknowle«l^e the receipt ol y(»ur petitiitn praying' tliMt your alle^'ed jjrievances may 1m' submitted lo t\ |>roper Court of investigation and to inform you that the nnitter will receive the duf c«>nsi(|tM'ation of His Kxcellency. the (iov<'rnor-( Jejieral. 1 have the honor to be. Sir. yotir obedient servant, (Siji'ned\ CH.\1{LF.S col .VILLI-;. ( 'apt. ( lovernor (Jeneral's S«'cretary . .Inuies .SludT. .VJ Vanauley Street, Toronto. Lord .sti'iiilcy. 'lovcnior-dnM'ial of ('Miwuln. sihniilhMl Slators «;mc f«> Sir .Vdolphc Cai'oii, Ministci' of Millfin. who JH ii(»\\ iip|iict, and the meml>er foi' \V»^st Ontario wisely declined to make himself a party to a faice. ' Severe as this Judgment may appear, it is borne out by the conduct of the (Jovern- ment from the beginnnig. A disliones*; debtor, witii .lohnson and Fog for his attorneys, could not have exhausted more completely all the devices which allow a pettifogger to '• pre.judi(*(\ euil)arrvjss and delay the fair ti'ial of the action." VVhoi Mr. Edgar proposed that his action should be taken out of its oi'der. so as to expediate the inquiry, Sir John Thompson refusi^d the ju»cessary consent. When Mr. Edgar moved tor- the iiKpiiry as a (luestion of privilege. Sir .lohn argued against the motion, and his point of order was sus- tained, hut thi-ough the imexpected collapse of th<» inter- vening business on the ordered paper. Mr. FMgar's motion cam«' up for discussion in the ordinary course of business on the sain*' day. Thus driven to iiay, the Minister of .lusti(te tlatly «»pposod the motion, lie said. '• I have already said enough to show that the charges do not come within the catc^gory of charges which I nientioru'd as those in which the House could properly exercise its authority and Jurisdiction," rtiid again. '• .\s the resolution comes before the Mouse, I shall ask x\w House not to support it." The intention tlms expressed of refusing an inquiry has Ihmmi actually carried out, allhoiigh public opinion lins coinp:dled the .Minister to m:»ke a pretence of investigation. Into the charges made by Mr. Edgar an intpiiry has been distinctly refus(»d, and it is evident that the public will not 1m» cheated by the di'vice of a mock tiial upon a ditt'erent set of charges, omitting one of Mr. Edgars most important «1 legations, obstructing the proof oi others, and containing- statements which he never made. 89 We have spoken of the practice of pettif<>j;>;iii.n attorneys : but there is a point wiicre the analogy fails. The most accomplished of sharp practitioncM's never enjoyed the priveleg:e of mutilating and garbling his opponents statement of the case. It is not necessai'y to go behind the I'ecords of Parliament to show that at least one important suggestion for the amend- ment of the charges came from the accused [>e»'son himself. On April (Jth, Sir Adolphe Oiiron s.iid in the House that h(? had received letters and telegrams from the managt^rs of tlu; Quebec and Lake St. .lohn Railway and the Temiscouata Railway, declaring that the charge that he received money from those companies, was false. This charge which Mi". Edg'ar nevei- made, is the very charge whi(;h the (lovern- ment, acting u^jon Sir. Vdolphe Caron's suggestion, kindly gave the Minister the opportunity to disprove. Mi'. Edgar described the situation very aptly in his speech of the 27th April : — "Does he ithe Minister) imagine that anybody would think or believe that a railway corpoiation like that of the Lake St. .lohn Railway, with a Board formed, for instance, of representatives of the City of Quel)ec, would calmly sir down at their Hoard meeting and pass a formal resolution, or that a meeting of the shareholders would pass a resolution to pay out of their subsidy to the Hon. Postmaster-dencral when he made that declaration, was simply setting up a man of straw and knocking him flown again." In the same speech .Mr. Edgar suggested that if the Post- master-deneral had the drawing of the charg(*s he would limit them to a <*)jarge that he received from the Lake St. John Railway so much money out of the subsidies, and another charge that he received from the Temiscouata Rail- way so much money out of the subsidies. That is exactly what the Ministers have done; and thus the commission calls npon Mr. Edgar to prove, as he suys, that the hoard of a railway company, or the shandioldeis, passed a resolution handing over so much money out of their subsidy to Sir- Adolphe and his friends for election purposes. Hoodling as 90 ' i the Ministers vvoll iviiow, is not done in that tbrmal hikI public manner even by novices, tar less by past masters in the art ot corruption. If they had desired to give Parliament and the coinitry a real insight into the game, they ought to have allowed Mr. I'^dgar an opportunity to prove the allega- tions which disappeared in the process of garbling. They are charges .") and 8 in his statement, the former referi'ing to the Quebec and Lake St. .lolin Railway, and the latter to tiie Temis, couata Railway : *' (5) That during the said i)eriod, and while the said rail- way was being constructed in part by means of said subsidies, the said Sir A. P. Carson eneticially interested in the same." "(8) That since the «>th of October, 188;"), and while the said Temiscouata Railway was being constructed, the said Sir. A. P. C'aron, corruptly received large sums of money from the persons, who from time to time controlled the said Temiscouata Railway Company, and the said Subsidies, oi' w ho wero bcMieficially interested in the said subsidies." As an indication of the Tory view of the state of political morality in th(» Tory party, it is worth while to quote what the Knijt'm' says of these grave charges : — " Has Mr. Edgar the face to say that this is the gravamen of his charge? Will he declare that this was what all the tlu^ bother was about? Does ne seriously propose to lay down tlie doctrine that a man ' lx»neficially Interested' in a company receiving subsidies from Parliament should not subscrilH' to eku'tion funds if he wants to? Mr. Fklgar would be a fool to raise all this fuss and sought Parliamentry inquiry into sui*.h a charge, " Thus the position of the (Jovernment if correctly stated by its oigans, is that Parliament has no right to inquire, or order an inipiiry, into the charge that $112,000 was cor- I'uptly spent in one third of the constituenc'ies of Q,uebe<* ; that tlie corrupt receipt of money by a Minister from persons lienetlclally interested in subsidies which the Minister 01 heli)e(I to obtain is not wortli raakin.i'' a fuss about; and that the man who refuses to conduct the prosecution of an indict- ment drawn by tiie accused [)erson and his friends is guilty of (Cowardice. We shall not bandy charp:es of cowardico. but let the facts speak for themselves. The Postmastei- (leneral and liis colleagues were afraid to meet the charges until they Jiad been garbled in his interest. Having s<» framed tlie indictment as to l)att1e justice and to screen the otfendeis, tiiey were afraid to appeal' before a committee in which the supporters were in a nuijority of two to one. Having appointed tlie Judges w-Jio were to try tJie sham in- dictment, tliey \ver<^ afraid even to let them see what Mi-. Edgar had chaiged, and resoited to actual falsehood in order to conceal the facts. That they and their organs should, after this record of skulking and shuffling, fling the taunt of cowardice at an honorable and corageous opponent is sucli an evidence of shamelessness that no one need l)e amazed at ail open defence of corruption proceed'ng from the same source. !f' rn rHK TORONTO MAIL. FRIDAY, SEPT. 1(1, 1S{)2. rilK CAKOX CI I Ami KS. The Kn^nimj .lotiriuil makes the following comim^nt upon Mr. Edgar's action with regard to the proposed investigation by the Caron (\)in mission : — *' Mr. .). D. Edgar, M.P., who prefei'red the charges in Parliament against Sir. Adolph"- Chiron, which the (Jovernment ema.sculated and shoved off" on to a commission of its own selection, declines to appear before the commission, or send any evidence. Mr. Edgar is right. ITuder ordinary circumstances the (Jovernmeut's treatment of his charges would have upset the Government. Hut the feeling of the country that the Conservative leaders were safer custodians of its national existence than the Liberal leaders was strong enough to carry the (lovernment triumi)hantly throujih this iniquity, as through many others, and the sole result of the Edgar charges now will be a ptean i- ^ tm 92 of victory from the Conservative press, that Mr. Edj;ar, as they will put it, dared not attempt to substantiate "his charges." ' EDGAR CARON CHARGES. The InvestiKavlon of the Royal Commission at Quebec Evidence Relatins to the Railway Subsidies. From iJur Own Corrmpondent. QuEisEt, Sept. 21. — The Royal Commission on the Edgar Caron Charges sat yesterday morning in the Circuit Court. The Court opened with .Judges Routhier and Tache on the Bench Mr. Gus. Hainel acted as secretary, Messrs. Archibald Q.C.,and Hisaillou,Q.C., appeared for the Fedeial Government, and Messrs. Fitzpati'ick, Fergusan, and Pentland for Sir. A. P. Caron. Judge Routhier made a few remnrks at the opening, stating that tiiey had notified Mr. Edgar, M.P., of the sitting of the commission to-day, and Mr. Edgar had answered that he would not appear for reasons which he gave in his letter, and he also sent a list of the witnesses he would have called had he coducted the investigation. Judge Routhier also said that the (^ourt would sit from lO.JiO a.m. to 1 p.m., and from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., every day except Saturday, when he would sit from 10..-iO ;».m. to 1 p.m., and be adjourned then until Tuesday at 10.30., Mr. M. Dickenson, chief clerk of the Finance department, Ottawa, appeared and produced the cheques by which the subsidies were paid from 1882 to 1891, inclusive, which amounted to S823,827.2:> foi- the Quebec ami Lake St. John railway, and ^624,000 for the Temiscouata I'ailway. Mr. Jones, clerk of the Department of Railways, was then called, but owing to his having left his papers in Gttawa, he could not give evidence, and the Commission adjourned foi* to-day, to allow him time to procui'o the liccessary documents. The Royal Commission resumed this morning and sat all day, Judges Routhier and Tait being piesent, Messrs. Fitz- patrick, Ferguson, and Pentland, and Mi*. Bisaillou, con- ducted the case. There was quite an audienc<', composed 93 mostly of lawyers, in court. Sir A. P. Caron Avas not present. Mr. L. Jones, of the Deparment of Railways, was called into the witness box. He had with him all the documents relating to the Quebec and Lake St. John Railway. The whole session was taken up by the reading- of letters, documents, etc., showin«i^ the difterent subsidies paid to the railway. NOTE .4.V/> 777/.S' CANON, IS TO WHOM SLATER'S CASE IS SUBMrTTEI) FOR (CONSIDERATION AND ADJUSTMENT. ■-/ 1 m ^ Slater again refei-red to this man (Sir Adolphe Caion.) Optawo, 22nd April. ISiK). (JOVEUNMKNT HoU.SK. Silt,— I am desired to acknowledge the receipt of your letter on the 21st instant, requesting? that an investij^ation maybe held respecting- your case, and to inform you that it has been forward«d to the iKipartment of Militia and Defence with a request that your Petition, tojj'cther witli other papers already sent to the Department, iliay receive due consideration. I have the honor to be, Sir, your obedient servant, (Signed) CHARLES COLVII.LE, Governor General's Secretary. Mr. James Slater, 52 Vanauley Street, Toronto. Slater again referred, and this time by the late Sir Joliti A. Macdonald, Premier, to this man (Sir Adolphe Caron i. Toronto, Ont., IKth May. 1H!M. Rmirr Hon. Sir John A. Macdonam), G.C.B. Sir,— Haying just returned from F.,ondon, En^i'lanil, I ;iive you the followin{»' extract from a letter leceived by incs thiM-e from Lord Knutsford, Secretary for theColonies, and dated at Downing Street, 12th March. ISiH, viz.: "1 have forwardcid your case for submission to Lord Stanley's Government." Sir, I respectfully be<»' to state that I enclose a Canadian Statute (R.S.C.), and papers to prove that I was illegally prosecuted and imprisoned on a falso charge and on a false oath, which false imprisonments resulted in the death of my wile. Throu;>ii the inaction of the autlioriti«'s in Canada I was compelled to go to England and subnut my case to the il 94 liiiperiMl (jloverniniMit. tiiid may state that 1 nave made arraii^'emeiits to have my ease broug-ht to the notice ot the Imperial Parliament, if not satisfactorily adjusted in Canada, viz, : the settinji* aside of my eonvietioii as IxMnjf illejfal on a false charge on a false oath, and also tliat I have made arran^fements for a ropy of the whole of tlu^ eorn^spondence re my ease durinf? tlie i>ast two years be called for in the House at Ottawa in the event of mv conviction not beinj*" quashed and by such the Courts opened for me in Canada. Sir, I have written to Lord Stanley under date n: my case. An early jinswer will oblijye, as it is my int(mtion to prcH'eed at once with my case. Sir, 1 am your obedient st'rvant, (Sipu'd) .lAMRS SLATKK. .lames Slater, 2(! Bc^lmont Street, Yorkville, Toronto, Unt. Slater again reteri'ed to Sir Adolphc (aioiu Ministci- of Militia, and whoapiin refuses a ( ^>m•t Martial and infoimed by Loi'd Stanley tiiat he ean take no further action on his belialf. I*. Orr.wvA, 1st .lune. 1S91. SiK, -I ant desired l)y Kis Kxcellency. the (Jovernor (icneral. to acknowledji'e the receipt of your letter of the 'lht\\ May, n'speftiiit» ae I'orrespondence relative to your case. Without wishing" to (express any opinion on the subject. Mis Kxcel- lency is personally very .sorry for you in the position in which you are placed. He instructs nu^ to draw "your attention to the fact that he lias done everythinjj' that he ccmid in tl'ie matter by referring- it to tlie: Militia Department and thus to the CrovernnuMit. It has. howevcM-, been decideil by the Minister that a Court Martial cannot be h(Ud, and under tnese circumstances, as you have aln^ady been informed, Ij)rd Stanley reg-rets that he is unable to take any furth(?r action on y(mr behalf. I am to add that no such communication as" that to which you refer in your letter has as yet Immmi receiv(Hl from the vSecretary of .^tate for tlie i "olonies. I return herewith my re|)ly to you which ycm handed to Lord Kil- coursie at Toronto. I have the honor to hv. Sir, your obedituit servant, (Signied^ CHARLES COLVILLK, Major, G(»vernor GentM-al's Secretarv. Mr. .lames Slater to Mr. Hardy. 2(5 Behnont Stre«it, Toronto. On-AWA, 19th .lune, 1M!)0, Departmciif of Militia aiul Jh'/rnr.r to (iiwcninr-ticHr.rdl'.s Sec ret an/. Sir.— Advertinjf to the petition an»l other papers, stibmifted by .Mr. .lames Slater, of Toronto, mentioned in your Minute of the 22nd April last, I am directed by the MinistiT of Militia apd IK'fencc. to state that he 95 concurs in the following: para : of a ReiJort addressed to liiui by the Majoi* General Cominandinj^ th(i Militia on the 17th March, viz : "There is no evidence to show, that Slater was appointed Drill In- structor to the Squadron or Caretaker to "A" troop, and the Dep't only recog'nizes the caretakers appointed to public Armouries, any others are looked upon as « matter oetween the Officer Commandinji- and the Appointee as a civil agreement." Under these circumstances the Minister cann(tt entertain the applica- tion for payment of the claims submitted, and 1 am to state that Mr. Slater has already been told so on two different occasions. The papers connected with this matter can l)e obtained frcnn this office if required. T have, etc.. (Sifiiied^ 15. sri.Ti:. Acting I). M. M. i't 1). OriAWA. iMth .hmt', IS^tO. SiK, — With refeience to your petition addressed to His Kxcellciicy the 4iovernor-Genevr; on the subject of a claim preferred l)v y(m aj^'ainst LivUt.-ColoneK.. T. D^nisn';. and to correspondence which has pas.scd in r«!oant Major Grainger, C\ Tntop " '• Wilson, H. J. Ser^i'eants • •' Black, J, Donaldson, II. A. '• " " Thompson, A. E. S. «* " '• Stri'tton, A. SEHGHANT INSTIJIKTOR SLATKIl, J. (Corporals " " Milcy, 1*. Woodbourm;, T. •' Flint, Iv •• MdvilUs K. M. Troopers • ■ Brighain .1 . Bills,!. '• ' •• " Connaok. F. • Clarke, . I. 1'. Coopisr, .J. T. • CainplM'll, B. ('rowlcy Fenwifk, Williani •' Hill,.F. •• Hardy, T. •' "• " Huj^iuis, P. Hunter. V. A. *• '• " John.ston, .1. W. " Kane. F. W. " ■ " Kerr " Mt'Millan, .1. •• •' " Mitrhell, .1. A. '• Murpliv •• Oswald, C. IMiilUpps, [,. Stenlu'iis, .1. Sherrin, (t. A. •• " " .Siiunders. ,1. '• " " Sinuns, H. '• •' " , ...St'i-aitan. A. .1. •* Walker. T. You will have olmcrvod rliMt in tlio l<'ttor di\toi\ )>\H\\ OttolMT, 1888, .SJMtcr is l(.l(l by (\)l. Walker Powoll, Adjutant (JcMUMal, to be more specific in his chai*j;os, of, to ^ive the words of his lettei'. ''The chai'^e nnist be nioi'(» sp<'citic it'S|jit(M" intends pressing- for a decision." This letter was receiveen present. I give you Slater's answer to the letter received by him in prison and signed George Taylor Donison, Lieut.-Col., and Walker Powell, Ad^jutant-Goneral, and you will find that Slater is s|Xii;ific in the ciiarges lie is requested to make. I will siiow by letters received by Slater, that the charges were ignored from the date of receipt of said letter by the constituted authorities at Ottawa, and lie is told by letter under date at Ottawa, 24 June, 1890, " THAT HIS CLAIM" (vinnot 1)0 entertained ; and again by letter dated at Ottawa, 1st June, 1891, " that the Minister of Militia htm decided that a Court-Martial cannot be granted, and under those circum- Htaiices, as you have alivady l)een informed. Lord Stanley regrets that iie is unable to take any further action on his 98 behalf. " When T inform you that this decision had been arrived at after the despatch of Lord Knutsford's, letters contf iniiifr instructions to Lord Stanley, Governor General of Canada, to submit Slater's case to his, (Lord Stanley's) Government, for investigation, and when I also state, it was on the strengtii of this letter, that Slater returned to Canada from England, wliere he had gone to submit his case to the English (fovornment, I leave you to form your own con(tlusions. I give the following from the Evening Telegram, 8th November, 1802, re Sir Adolphe Caron's acquittal : HE, yoo. IS A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW." I Conservative mombcrH of Parliament went to Sir Adolphe Caron's residence and there rendtTed " For He's a .Folly (lood Fellow," in tiio early, eai ly morning ofl^his final escape from trial upon tlic Edgar rhai'ges in their originally dangerous fonn. These partx' choristers vocally attested a Iwlief that rascality in an amiabh^ and wholesale way was wortiiy of admiration. (^ount Merciers friends are busy just now giving expres- sion to tin' same n(>i)le and holy sentiment. Their idea seeks expression in brass bnnds ind torciilight processions. After the fallen Premier had l)een punished, as no othei' (^anadian |Militican was ever punished, it was (hnigorous to pursue him. Dangerous, but not wrong, for his crimes, if proven, were wortiiy of severe punishment. Onedanger was in tlie circumstances that obliged a party to protect its own rascals while it was striving to punish Mercier. A nation, pros iiu'c or municipality is at a disadvant^ige in prosecuting servants who Inive wronged it. The victim Is bi X, the offender Is small. Popular tribunals reflect that no one lost the savings of a lifetime by the fraud. Besides, 69 the accused might have taken more ; perhaps, too, he gives his takings from the State back to the people as the price of their votes. These considerations ought not to, but they do, weigii in public estimation. Canadians are tickle in their lives and still more fickle in their hatreds. It was a sad mistake to pursue Mercier after he had been punished, if not as fully as he deserved, far more severely than are his peers in fanie or infamv. ' 1 I CHAP^I^ER XTII. TIIK ACT OF A TRAITOR TO THE LATE JAMES TROW, ESQ., WHO WAS TRYFNMJ TO HEFRIEM) THEM. ; ■• ■ f 20th May, 1891. Dkau Mk. Srason to expect either party to take any notu-e (►f your jfri«n-ances. Yours truly, (Si;.-mid) .IAMF.S TROW, M.P. Ottawa, 24th June, IH91. Di'iAit SiK, -On receipt of vour pcitition I delivered it to Mr. Trow as re(|U4tHt- /'. r^i f* ^ k 102 Reader, I ask you to observe Slater's discharge, purporting- to have been signed by the Lieut.-Cols. Denison on the 14th September, 1888, and received by Slater, 21st. July, 1891. Brigade Ottice stamp shown on his discharge, 17th July, 1H91, or nearly three years after the supposed date of Col. Denison's signature to l\is discharge. Slater received this discharge, almost immediately after James Trow, M.P., had submitted his petition to Col. Denison, and Sir Adolphe Caron asking them to arrange matters with him. I also draw your attention to James Trows, Esq., M.P., letter (to whom Slater had entrusted his petition i as hereunder in the VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE HOUSE OF COMM(^NS. Ottawa, Wednesday, 8th July, 1^<91. Players. ( Mie petition was brought up, and laid on the table. The following petitions were lead and received : — < )f James Slater, of the City of Toronto, County of York, Ontario; complaining of injustice done him while acting as Drill Instructor to the (Governor (leneral's Body Guard, etc; and praying for a proper investigation into his alleged grievances. You will observe that James Ti'ow, Esq., states in his letter of the 24th June, 1801, to Slatei', that he has read his iH^tition to Col. Denison and the Minister of Militia, and that he (.1. Trow, Esq,j had tried to get them to make some arrangements with Slatei-. Was it to give him as hush money some Government appointment, or as Slater very forcibly puts it : « That has bc^n tried l)efore, and they know that I neither buy nor sell my dead. All I demand is a public investigation, so, to prevent such by a Court Martial my disci.ai ge wjis prior dated three years and sent to me, and you wil' see cause and ett'oct." Cause — 1 s shown in James Trow's, Esq., M.P. letter to \m Slater of the 24th June, 1891, wherein it is stated he, J. Trow, has read his petition to the IMinister of Militia (Sir Adolphe Caron) and Lieut.-Col. Fred. C. Denison, and he, J. Trow, in said letter declines to present his petition on the paltry excuse that he had neglected to sign it. Slater recalled his petition, signed it, and again forwarded it to J. Trow, Esq., M.P. Effect of above — Slater's discharge sent to him o the 17th July and prior-dated nearly three years, so that by such he would be debarred from a(^ourt Martial, and by the refusal of James Trow to present Slater's iDctition to the House of Commons thus debar him from all protection of Civil and Military Law. And I have to add that Slater's time, as shown under the signature of the Col. Dcnison's on his discharge, did not expire on the 14th September, 1888, but on or about the r)th August, 1888. The motive for so dating it as the 14th September, 1888, was that Slater had been re-mustered into the (xovernor (Jeneral's Body (Juard for a fui'ther three year's term of service, through having been on duty under arms after the expiration of iiis term of service (r)th August, 1888), said duty being an escoi't found by the G.G.B.G. to Lord Stanley, Governor (ieneral of Canada, on his Lordship opening the Industrial Fair at Toronto, on the nth Septembor, 1888, and I fui'ther state that Col. Deni- son used James Trow, Esq., M.W, to UNWITTINCJLY aid them them in their endeavor to place Slater beyond the pale of tlu' law. n'l a 'J (IHAFriCH XIV. SLATEli Sl'HMITS HIS CASE TO M AJ()H-(JENEI{ AL IVOlf CAKADOC HEliBEKT, COMMAXDIN(J CANADIAN MILITIA, AM) WHAT I'AME OF IT. Slater transmitted the following? letter through f'ol. Otter, in accordance with the Militia i-ej^ulations : i Major (rc/ni'ral Militia. Toronto, Ont., 21st July, 1S!)1. lci>r ./. Carador Ilcrherf, (Jominamiintf Canadian Sir,— Yesterday I submitted a letter to the D.A.G., 1 District, for transmission to vou. By this morning's post I r« No. 2 Military ing's post I reeeiye enclosed CertiHcate of Dischargee from the Ooyernor Generals Body Guard, said certificate purportinj*' to haye been siji'ned by Lieut. -Col. Georg'e T. Deni- 8on as my Commandinj^" Orticer, and also by' Lieut. -Col. Fred. C. Denison, as? commanding' the Troop to which I belonged on the 27th September, 1HH8, or nearly three; years ago. Sir, 'as a soh'lier is under Military Law and is subject to the penalties and protection giyen by the sai' an imprisonment of thirty days on a charge made by Lieut. -Col. F. C. Denison of refusing; to deliver up my arms, etc., dated 2nd October, ISHS, while a claim I had made against him for drill pay, etc., was under the considera- tion of the Hon, the Minister of Militia and Defence, see copy of nij' letter to him marked E ; also copy of Lieut. -Col. F. C. Denison's "orders" to me marked D andG, and of myansvver to him marked H ; also of a Declaration marked F, made by mo and forwarded through Lieut. -Col. W. I). Ort(>r. D.A.G., 2nd Military District, to the Hon. the Minister of Militia and Defence, and I most respectfully beg to state that l never refused to deliver over my equipment as sworn to by Lieut. -Col, F. C. Denison on my trial, and I respectfully call upon him to produce the person to whom I did refuse; and also I beg to state that I have had no conversation with him since the date of his order, and that all communication from me to him regarding his order is contained in the copy of my letters marked H. M andO. Also I beg to state that on my trial he, Lieut. -Col. F. C. Denison, swore that I, having completed mv three years, did not belong to his Troop; also I state that up to date I have not Vet received my certificate of discharge as per Para. 37<), Regulations and Orders for the Canadian Militia Also I beg respectfully to claim that it is not in the power of Lieut. -Col. F. C. Denison to discharge mo, a Staff Sergeant, he being only a Troop officer, but that the order ought to have conn; from Lieut. -Col. G. T. Donison, Commandinff the Corps ; also I most respectfully beg to state that I still consider myself as belonging to the Corps. Sir, I appeal to your justice to grant an enquiry into my case of which I forward copies of the whole of the correspondence, also I respect- fully wait your decision as regards me being a member of the Corps or not. Sir, regarding vour Memo, of the 22nd ultimo, I beg to state that 1 call upon Corporal R. M. Melville, of "; A, "Lieut. -Col. Denison's Troop, f ''if 108 I G.G.B.G.. to prove that he broug'ht me a pay sheet into the Annourj' to sign, by onU^r of the Officer fomnianding^ the escort, which would be charged aj^ainst the Ontario Government, and the said sheet will most probably be in the Pay Master's Office of this District, (No. 2) ; also I call upon tile said Corporal to prove that I was not on parade. I also beg to state that I was paid $l.tO out of the mone^ drawn in my name for chaining the saddles previous to the parade, instead of out of the $(50.C0 per year allowed tor such purposes. I also make the following statement, viz : That the following men and others were mustered for pay last camp, who were not in jiossession of military clothing or arms, ana did not attend any drill during the camp, viz : Charles filand, (B. Marshman, over eing blue,) also the said Charles Bland stated to me previous to the above date, that all the camp pay he received after deductions was $1.50. On reference to the pay-sheet ot Lieut.-Col. F. C. Denison's Troop G.G.B.G., for last camp, It "^ will show if the said Charles Bland answered to his own name, or to that of Troop-Sergt. -Major Richardson's, also the amount ot pay charged to Government, and who signed the pay-sheets, and in what name and by whose order ; and the following statement was made to me no ill the presence of a witness, by ex-trooper Albert Brown, late of Lieut. - Col. F. C. Denison's troop, G.G.B.G., whose address is King- Street West, Skating !link Toronto, viz. that he went to Lieut. -Col. F, C. Denison, and told him that his wife was seriously ill, and that he could not turn out for camp, and that he, the Lieut. -Col., gave him an order to turn out the last day, (muster day for pay,) and he, the Lieut. -Col., would find a horse for him, (Trooper A\ BrownJ^) and that he. Brown, obeyed the order, and that he receivea one day's pay, out of the six he had answered for. I also beg to state that during he North- West trouble, each troop was issued with 36 Winchester Rifles, that is 72 in all, one was stated as having been lost by a Sergeant Donaldson, on the cars, when returning to Toronto. Was there ever a Court of Enquiry, if not, why, and what lias bc^come of the other one? Enquiry might show, and I state that on enquiry further irregularities will develop. On mv trial, Lieut.-Col. G. T. Denison vacated the Majiistrate's Bench, thereby, t claim, acknowledging that he, as Commanding Oflicer of the G.G.B!(i., held him.self responsible for his brother's actions in my case, and his place was taken by Alderman Baxter, J. P., whose name has been mixed up in alleged frauds in connection with Toronto Engineer Depart- ment, at present under investigntion. I attach cuttings from Toronto Daily Xews, ot 20th Oct., 1HHH, wherein are some remarks in reference to my trial at a meeting of the Trade's Council, and of the Evening TrlrtfrtDn, to show one of the charges against the .said Aid. Bnxter, who replaced Lieut-Col. V. C. Denison on the Bench at my trial, also I state that my .summons on the alleged otteiice ia signed by N. L. Steiner, J.I*., and tlic^ ill tormation laid before him. I also most respectfully beg to state that it is my intention, if iny case is not properly tmquired into and satisfactorily adjusted, to submit copies of the whole of my case to Lord Stanley of Preston, intimating my inten- tion of having my case hrought to the notice of tin' Secretary of State, Eiigland. as I claim that mv imprisoniiHMit was ilU^gal, which I can prov<'. I also state that 1 consider Lieut. -Col. F. C. Denisoirs orders to me. sminnons. trial, and imprisonment were an (Mideavor to .suppress a Military Cimrt of EiKpiiry or C(mrt-Martial by Civil Law, so to prevent a develop- ment of my above stateimints and "claim for drill par. etc., which have Ix'cii under consideration since t\n' (1th Axigust last, anil I beg to state that the first written acknowledgment of mv case has been vour memo, of the 22nd ( >ctober. IHSS. I also beg to state the following case to show how I have been paid for inv work, which I stated in a personal interview with Lieut -(Jeiu'ral Sir l'\ D. Middleton, K.C.M.G. CM.. Commanding the Forces, Canada, in the prt'scnci' of Lieut. -Col. W. D. Otter. D.A.(J., 2nd Military District, that oil the return of the Troop from the North West I worked for close on two iiiontlis in Lieut. -Col. F. C. Denison's TroopnniK nry, cleaning tht^ saddKs. arms, clofliing, etc.. for which I ri'ceived tlu^ sum of $12.2') to support my.self. wife and children, and that by the way I had been paid I was so reduced in pocket that on the death (»f a bal)y shortly after I had to go to Lieut.-Col. Otter ami beg a gravis to bury mv child, aiid with thc! assistance of a friend goand dig the grave, whom might state that iny predecessor as care taker and Drill Instructor, whom I parted with in llamilton. Scotland, in 1ST2, he coming out t<» Canada. I going shortly after to India, was paid in a similar manner for his work as I have been. Whose wife was carried out of his (lUfirters shortlv before "'oingto the North-West in a state of starva tion, wliich residents in the Ohl Fort can prove, and whos(^ bo remain. Vour most obedient sc^rvant. (Signed) .IAMF,S SLATEll. .lames ■Nlater, O'd Fort. Ton.nto, Out, Ill In the following letter you will find Slater's claim for a Court-Martial regarding hin pay refused, and ho is referred to the (■hil Court to take action for Milifary patj. Head Quaktbrs. Ottawa, 7tli Dec. ISSK. u^T^'~ ^^^' *'"' I'O""!' to acknowledg-o the i-eciupt ot your letter, dated ;iqth Nov-., whicli came to hand yesterday containiiig- a complaint ag-ainst Lmit.-Col. I. C. Denison, and having: laid the same before the General Officer Commanding", he instructs me to acquaint . ou, that as he person- ally investig-ated your complaint ag-ainst Licnit.-Col. Denison when he was m Toronto ou the 12th Oct. last, and gave his decision th(M'eon. He is of the opinion that your claim ag-ainst Lieut. -Col Denison is a sul)j(K't for investig-ation and decision bv the cixil authorities, not bv a Court of Enquiry as you suggest. I have the honor to be, Sir. Your obedient servant, (Signed^ W. POWELL, -, , Colonel Adjutant (Jeneral of Militia. Mr. James Slater. Old Fort, Toronto. Ont. CHAPTER XVII. SOME INTERESTING LETTERS TO AND FROM SIR J. C. ABBOTT, PREMIER ; SIR JOHN THOMPSON, MINISTER OF JUSTICE; HON. MR. FOSTER, MINISTER OF FINANCE. 1 Toronto, Ont., ;Jlst July, ISDO. Th>' Hon". .Iohn Tiiomi'son, Mhustcr of Justicf. Sir,— I rospcK'tt'ulIy make an appeal to you as Minister of Justice to causi! action to bo taken in the tbllowin^j- case. I was tried on a char^'e at the Police Court, Toronto, Out., on the l.'Uh October, ISHS, and iuiprisoiuMi for thirty days, and 1 state that njy iniprisonniiMit was an attempt to pre- vent the (iev«'lopnient of the misapplication of (Joveriunent money and frauds committed on the (lOvernmiMit. Sir, I hav(^ hrou^rht my case to the notici^ of I^ord Stanley and the Minister of Militia, and hav(^ been reterreapersto substitute my ch.-ir^i'e, as 1 claim that T>ieut.-Col Fred. C. Denison in holdinji' back my letter to him marked I), and datcul 2i;th September, ISSH, on my trial. "connnittiMl wilful perjury. I took a verlial orcUu- from the Deputy Attorney (leneral to Mr. Haxtei-, Assistant Police Mafi'istrate. for him tosi^i'ii a w;irrant for his arrest on the chary'e of nerjury. I foun(i him aloiiff with Mr. liad^icrow. Crown Attorney, in the Police Court. ^Ir. Baxter n^fused to obey the order 1 brou;i'ht, .sayinj"' Mr. Badii'erow was his master and he would not take an order from any om^ else, and Mr. Badfferow threateiK^d me that if I dine(itinjf of the City Council a-rainst I'olice Ma^''istrate IK'nison. and th(? nlanot nonaction is also adoptecfinrthis case, and the citizens of Toronto nave the lionor of having him dispensiny; justice in the Police C\)urt of this city daily, Avho danMJot defend himself in a Court of .Justice from tlu^ nublic <'har^e of beinjr a felon in the eyes of the law while sittin;r en the Police Magistrate's Meiu'h. Sir, if you cainuit catise action to be taken in the alM)ve, nlease return my paner-s', as I intend to^o to Kn};'land in a few days and suiimit my case tVthe S<'cretary of State, and I nm.st be back iii Canada btifore next (K.'tober. Sir, I am, your obiMllent servant. (Sijfued) .IAMF,S .SI.ATKR. . I tunes Slater, f)2 Vntiftulev Street. t^oronto, Ont. P.S.— On reference to papers mar) t«l H, C. and copy ol Humnmns, it will In^ seen that my prosecution and c< nviction was iltejful throu^'h not bi'hm in compliAncV with K.S.C., Cap. 41, S»«c. 115. ii:j OrrAw.v, 5 Awff., IHIK). Dcpar,' merit of Justice, Canndn, Sir, — 1 have the honoux- to at'kiio\vled{»T receipt ol your letter of tlie iJlst ultimo, innking* certain charg'es ag'ainst the actiiijir Police Magistrate, Toronto, and also against Col. Denison, M.P., and 1 have now to state that the cuM'stions raised hy your letter are not such as can b(^ dealt with by the Minister of Justice." As reqiiested in your letter I return the papers which you sent the Minister. I have the'honor to he, Sir, Your obedient .servant, vSig■ned^ UOBT. SEDGEWICK, D.M.J. ,)anu*s Slater, Toronto, Out. From the Minister of Finance in answer to Slater's case, and he (tlie Aiinister) was then President of a Committee of Investigation I'egarding* the late frauds at Ottawa, which have so disgraced Canada that her name has become a by- woi'd in Europe. OrrAWA, Sth Oct.. 1S91. Dear Sir,— 1 am in receipt of your letter of tlu" .'ith instant. The House of Connnons took n(» iirtinu uiion the jM'titlon referred to other than to receive and ])lace it on fyle. The better way for you will be to make an appfiil to the Minister of .lustice and state your ca.se. Yours truly, vSi'-iu'd (;ko|{(;k k. eosteh. James Slater, 2() Hehnont St., Toronto. ToitoNTo, O.NT., !Hh Nov. IS'M. Tirio H(»N. Sni John Tiio.mpson, Minister (tl Jiistict'. Sir,— On October Hth, of this year, I received a letter from the Hon, Mr. Eoster referring" me to you as" Minister (tf Justice. re;;'!inlinji' cases of iVaiul on the (Joverinnent "submitted by me to him as Chairmini of the present Connnittee of !!i\('sti;i'ntii>n. Sir, on the .'Uli of .\n;i'n'*t. \X<^^, 1 rcH-eived a letter from you in answer of om>of mine to you re;.>'Mr'ranted me in the - of my coi)\ iction. iind by sui h the openin^^ ot tlu^ Courts to me so tliiit I may be able to take action as to n»y false and illepil imprisonment. Sir. in the votes and pioceedin^'s of your fh>n. Himsc of the Hth t»f July, ISiM, I tind that my petition re above was brou;(ht up ami laid on the table of the House. Mr, Eoster informs m»' that it is on tyle in your Hon, House, Sir, On the 'ind, Inst,, I stibmitied the enclosed letter dated Ist, inst., and three Sttituiory Declarations diiteil *>th. t!>th, nnd .'Mlth (Ktober, IHndence, said correspondtMice being* autluMiticated by the office .stamps, the Governor General, I'livy Council, Minister ot Militia. Minister ot .lusticc. Attorney Gen(n"al of "Ontario, Adjutant General ot Militia, c^tc. etc. Sir. I have the honor to remain, Your obedient servant. (Signed) JAMES SLATER. M, ToKONTO, OiU, 10th Nov. 1891. Tnio Hon. Sik .Iohn Thompson, Minister ot Justice. Silt.— In my correspondence to you of yesterday's date re t\w adminis- tration of tiui (iov(M"nor-(ienerars lV(K]y Guard., Con'unanded by FJcuit.-Col. George Taylor Denison. correspondence dated 1st. inst. submitted by me to Lieut". -Col. Otter, as D.A.(t. of this district for transmission to the Major-(Jeneral ('(minuuiding Canadian Militia, has been submitted by Lieut. -Col. Otter, to Lieut. -Col. (;eorg(^ Taylor Ihmison.and has not yet biMMi returned to liinj, .so that he has as yet l)een unable to transmit it to "the Major-(;(M»'ral Commanding. Said cofre.si)ondence being re frauds on the Government during th(^ latt^ annual camp, from the 2i5th, Sept., till the :h"dofOct. 1891. Sir, to-night 0>..M), p.m.. ^ it has came to >ny knowledge that Lieut-.Col. Orlando Dnnn has bt>en trying to find oneOf tln^ men, (James Smith) whos(^ Statutory Declaration 1 forwarded to you under y(^sterdny's date. Sir, as the above ref<'rred to correspoiidenci^ has now been in the po.sse,ssion of Lieut. -Col. George T. DciiLson for tluMast few days, I havresumed to bring" the matter to ycmr iu»tice, so that no chanc*^ nniy be given to tamper with the men as "might be don«(, as I infornuMl you that thoy are apparently destitute. Sir. I also \\\n\ inform you that last winter, two nuMi, father and son, wcM'e sent to. and are now in pri.son, and that tluiir imprisonment was the resnit of, in t!ie first Instance tampering" with an official lettiir to uw, re said fratids. from Col. Walker Powell, Adjutant (Jeneral Canadian Militia, Sir, I .statt'd in my correspondence to yoti of ye.stenJay's datc^ that snld frauds have Ikhmi g'oiiig on foi" the past thn^e years. Sir, I giv<^ vou the following statement as ntade, viz. : In 188r), Matt. Hryant went with the (J.G.H.G.. to the North-West as a di.Hmounted man, anil that when in camp at Winnipeg on their return, iw »'ame across the pay she(>ts, and found his name (Mitered as a monnte}ive him a noto to take to Mr. Baldwin, wlio was Medit-al OtHcer ot'tho G.G.B.G. during' that time askinff him to c(U'tit'y to a supposed acci- dent, a fall from a horsci, whereby he, M. Bryant, was ruptiin^d, so as to receive a pension, (hush money), and Mr, Baldwin stated to me, that Matt. Bryant did bring* such a note, and he refused to sign said note, as he knew nothing of said fall from a horse, (a dismounted man,) and that he, M. Bryant, was badly ruptun^d when he medically examined him before going to the North- VVest, and that was how he was a dismounted man. Corporal Woodburn, G.Ci.B.G., states, that in 1H!SS he was |)resent at the annual camp of that year, only three days, that lici signed a l)lank pay-sheet, and that full camp pay was drawn fnmi Governmtmt in his naiine, and that he recc^lved pay oidy for three days he and his horse was present in camp. Sir. in conclu.sion I have to add that the above are only a few castas given to show how long this has been going on, and wily I was im- prisoned on H false and illegal prosecution and on a perjured oath, as when I clainu'd a Court Martial regarding my drill pay, which they had received from the pay nm.ster of this district, aiid withheld from me forthree yi^ars. (said drill pay having Wo.u voted by Parliatnent for th(^ w(»rk 1 had done) $240 and now' withheld, as on the Court Martial, I should have called for the prodiu'tion of the pay-s:u',ets of the G.G.B.G., and they kncnv that upon their production in an open Court, their frauds would have b(*en di.scovered. Sir, I have the honor to nnnain, V(mr most obedie.:' servant. iSignedi .lAMIN Si.ATKK. Grr.vwA. Nov. 17th, 1H!>1. Ih'partmvnt of Justicv, rr rhnrffr. against I'tificr Mtij/fsfrdf'', Ttimnfo. Sir,— I have the honor to acknowledge th(( receipt 'of your communi- cation of the tOfh iiisf-, , that ihisis not a niiifrrr in irhicli fltr Minisfrr of Justirv. Ciin inft'rf'i'c. I hav«i the honor to be, Sir. Your obedient servant. ^Signed) UOBT. SKlHJKWK K. Deputy Minister of .Mistice. Mr. .lames Slater, '2>\ BiUmont Stre«!t, Tonmto. 'roHoNTo. O.vr.. I.'itli NoveuilMT. IHSU. SiK .lollN Tmo.mi'Son, Minister of ,i iistin. Sir,— In my last corros|)ond(MU'e to y,(i.B.(i., has been looking for and asking others to send to him .lanu^s Smith, whose Statutory Declaration (with others) I for- wanleil to you r*- frauds in coniu'ction with tlu' administration of the (J, (t.B. G, during the latt^ annual camp from 2(!th September, till .'Ird ( K-tober, 1H*M . and that the .said .lames Smith was di^slitute and through such liable to be tam|Hire!d with ; and also that I forwarded .said Statutory Dtu'laration to show the motive of my illegal imprisonnu'iit as an endivivor to suppress from ]mblic notice sinular frauds on tim (loverinnent for years past and to pn^vent the pay-slu'et of tlH^(ir,(i.B.(t. from being brotjght into an optMi Court and by Hucl'i n^tard justice from txiing ena<'ted on those wh(» were guilty of Maid fraiKls, and 1 also (^ndcuivonnl to show you that I had been nuia!ui "on the street, and that Lieut.Col. Dunn, to a certain extent, intimidated him regardinj? his statement rr said frauds, abusins? him and telling him he would make nothing by it and asking" him what he nieant by signing his name to said Statutory Declara- tion, and also making use of l*olice Magistrate Deniscm's name in an intimidating manner to him. I have to add that it was apparent that said .James Smith was afraid to speak re his statement after his interview with Col. Dunn. Sir, my reason for submitting this to you is in self-defence, in justice to myself and also that justice may not lie defeated by such conduct as above, and by preventing the opening of an investigation, as those men may, and I have no doubt the attempt will be made to place them out of reach. Sir, 1 most respectfully refer you to the printed matter attached to my {tetition on fyle in vour Honorable House (Hth July, 1891), to show how far ^olice Magi.str.ate Denison can and has prostituted his position as such in an endeavor to suppress said frauds from public notice. Sir, in conclusion I hope that by an early investigation protection may be granted uw by giving as little time to tamper with those men a's possible. 1 am. Sir, Your obedient servant, (Signed) JAMES SLATEK. I'.S.— (17th November, 1891.) Sir, since; writing the above letter, f have seen .lames Smith, and he tells m(^ that he has been brought before Police Magistrate G. T. Denison as such, some time ago. I am also in- formed, that I have not in this letter fully expressed the amount of intimi- dation used by Lieut-Col. O. Dunn to said .huues Sniith, as in using Lieut.- Col. (J. T. De'nison's came to him, he did so in a threatening manner, and inf(Mring that if \u\ .lames Smith, came before him. Col. G. T. Denison, as a Magistrate, again, something serious would happen to him. Sir, I hope an investigation into the charges I make, will not be r, to be cashiered, or to suffer such less punishment as in this Act mentioned, and if a soldier, to suffer imprisonment or such less punishment as in this Act mentioned. 11 CHAPTER XIX. THE BALL. The following' letter appeared in a Toronto paper on the 12th December, 1891 : More G.G.B.G. Explanations Wanted. 7'o the Editor : 4 Sir, — I notice in the public library a sketch of a proposed monument to the men who fell during the late North- West Rebellion, which caused me to hunt up a ticket for a ball given by the Governor (ieneral's Body Guard, commanded by Lieut.-C'ol. George Taylor Denison, said tickets being sold to the public las shown on ticket) that the proceeds, after expenses were paid, might go to a fund for the above purpose. As no public notice has been given as to what l^ecame of the proceeds of the ball, and the tickets having been sold to the public on such understanding, and there being some ugly stories going around the city regarding the mattei", I thought your paper would most respectfully call upon R. M. Mell- ville, secretary, and Sergeant-Major Bell, treasurer, of the Ball rommittee, to give a public account of said ball, showing the number of tickets issued, numlier sold, number not accounted for, and why, and if any breach of trust Avas committed in connection with the funds, the names of those who wei*e guilty of sucii, sliowing the amount against each name, also the total receipts and expenses, and also to state if it is a fact tiiat money has been paid to the Monument Committee leaving the i)all supper unpaid for. Yours, etc., (Signed) M. D1N(JWELL. And on the 2nd .lanuary, 1802, there appeared tliefollow- inu" comment on tiic above lottei': 121 WHERE HAS THE MONEY GONE ? OTTAWA'S TWO YEARS' SILENCE. WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN ? Misapplication of Government Money— The Monument Fund Fraud- Grooms Reported in the Blue Book as Drilled Soldiers— An Enquiry Wanted. In our issue of 12th December, a correspondent writes asking certain questions regarding the funds of a ball given by the G.G.B.G. in 1887, the proceeds of which, after ex- penses were paid, were to be devoted to the erection of a monument in memory of the soldiers who fell during the rebellion in the North-Wcst. Our correspondent called upon R. M. Melville, secretary, and Sergeant-Major Bell, treasure!- to the Ball Committee, to give a public account of the number of tickets sold, number not accounted for and why ; and if any breacii of trust was committed, the names of those who were guilty, and wliether any money had been paid to the Monument Committee, leaving the ball suppe. unpaid for. As neitlier R. M. Mellville, nor Sergeant-Ma joi' Bell have thought fit to reply to our correspondent's challenge, we have investigated the matter ourselves, and have brought to light some interesting details relative to the abov^ ball. The lady who performed the duties of ^lOcretary-treasurer (temporarily) for the Monument Fund, has stated that ^30 was paid to hei' towards the Monument Fund by the (i.G.B.G., and that she was informed at the time that S20of it had been collected in camp, and that the other ^10 was from some fund. In an interview with R. M. ]\Iellville, on the lOth Decem- ber last, he stated that he Avas piepaied to state in court, if required, that several hundred dollars' worth of tickets were entrusted to certain non-commissioned oflicers of the G.G.B.G. :.■ n 122 to sell, and that tlie tickets or the money received for them, have not since been accounted for ; and also that said non commissioned otiicers (who were at that time under command of Col. G. T, Denison, by whose order, published in the regi- mental order book of the G.G.B.G., their promotion could only take place) have since been promoted. The above was broujrht to the notice of the constituted authorities at Ottawa two years ago by the following letter, of which we quote an extract : Toronto, :50th November, 1888. To Col. Wai.kek Powell, Adjutant-General Canadian Militia. ''In .January, 1887, the G.G.B.G. gave a ball in the Pavilion, Horticultural Gardens, Toronto, advertising that the proceeds, after all the expenses had been paid, were to go to a proposed Soldiers' IMonuraent, to be erected in memory of those who fell during the North-West Rebellion. Certain non-commissioned officers were entrusted with $100 worth of tickets each to sell. The tickets or money have not been accounted for, and the said non-commissioned officers are still allowed to remain in the corps, retaining their rank and have even been further promoted since. On paying up after camp this year (1888), their military pay, drawn from the Government through the military pay-master of this district, was stopped to partly make up the monies not accounted for. At a previous meeting a guarantee of $5 each was made by <'ritain members of the corps if sufficient tickets were not i-jld to clear expenses. This year those inombeis have had So deducted from their camp pay." This last is proved by the statutory declarations of William Fon wick, and others published in former issues. Tiie above letter is authenticated as having been in possession of the IMilitla Department of Ottawa, by the signa- ture of C. E. Panet, Colonel and Deputy-Adjutant-General, Canadian Militia. The G.G.B.G. authorities appear to have raised money by othei' ingenious met lods besides the above. B. Marsh- 12a man, H. l^eale and T. H. Bealc, are shown in the ^lilitia Bhie Books as drilled soldiers ; wiiereas these men have made statutory declarations showing that they were never in pos- session of arms or clothing, but were only employed as grooms, and never attended a single drill parade. The G.G.B.(i. authorities drew their pay as drilled soldiers from the Government. It is an interesting little story, and it will take a good deal of explanation to make the public believe that the Monu- ment Fund was not a dodge to oI)tain money under false pretences. Two years is a long time to allow a man to give an ex- planation of his conduct, but this is the licence that has been allowed the G.G.B.G. officers by the Militia authoiities at Ottawa. What is the reason of thisV Why has r.' i ivesti- gation been made? For the information of our readers, we quote ai xtract from the Army Act of 1881 (44 Vic. cap. 58, sec. 17i. "Any officer or non-commissioned officer being charged with, or concei'ned in, the care or distribution of any public oi- rej^i- mental money or goods, who steals or fraudulently mis- applies, etc, etc., shall on conviction by a court-martial be liable to suffer penal sei'vitude or such other less punishment as in this act mentioned." Also in 44 Vic. cap. i^H, sec. )M, it is stated that : " Every officer or non-commissioned officei", who commits any of the following offences, that is to say : Having received the pay of any officer or soldier, unlawfully detains or unlawfully refuses to pay the same when due, shall on conviction by court-martial be liable, if an officer, to be cashiered or suffer such less punishment as in this Act mentioned." We presume that the ]\Iilitia authorities at Ottawa are acquainted with their own statutes. Why, then, have they taken no notice of this misapplication of Government money? Will Ottawa kmdly investigate? The public bought tickets for the ball with the under- standing that their money was to go to the Monument Fund. We have shown that none of the proceeds of the ball did go i 124 to the Momiment Fund ; and that there has been no public account to show how the money was disposed of. The public have a riglit to an explanation of this matter, and moreover they mean to liaA^e that explanation, as those who were connected with the management of the financial affairs of tlie ball will soon discover. DOMINION OF CANADA,^ Province of Ontario, I Tn the matfev of the (Horernor- County of York, I denemW Bixiy fluard. To Wit:] 1, Harry Webb, of the City of Toronto, in the County of York, caterer, do solemnly declare that : 1. During rlio winter of 18^(8 I catered for a ball given by tlie Oovei'iior-Cieneral's Body (Juard, commanded by Lieut.-Col. (loorgo Taylor Dcnison, in the Horticultura' Pavilion, in this i-ity. '2. As caterei' for such ball, my bill amounted to .^iMO, of wiijcii sum I have only boon paid $100. I cannot understand why I have not received the balance (/i^llOi as I have been told that ,^:»0 has been paid into the monumcMit fund, leaving my bill uni)aid. I). I fui'ther add that I catei'ed fbi- a supper in 1884 or 188.-) for said (J.(J.H.(J., held at the Old Fort, Toronto, and I have never b(MMi paid one cent during the past live or six years for said supper, my charge being about $40. Coi. (i. T. Denison hasort'einnl to compi'omise at .S^"' in full, l)Ut I have r(»fuse(l said otfej*. And 1 make this solemn deelaratiou conscientiously hclieving the same to be true, and by virtue of the "Act Kesi)e(ring FiXtrii-.ludicial Oaths." (.'> igned IIAKKV WEP , . 125 Below is an cxiwt copy of one of the l»all tickets issued : (JOVERNOR-GEXERAL'S iiODY GUARD. The Noii-Commissioiied r\An of tiie alcove Corps Officers and ]\[en, ^i}j will hold their ANNUAL MILITARY lULL in tile Pavilion of the HORTRTIIItUR AL (J ARDENS on ^londay, .January ;U, 18k7, at 1) o'clock ]).ni. Under the patrona;;e of His Honoi' the Lieut. -(Jov. and ^U's. Robinson. In aid of Volunteei- Moniunent. Double Tickets, S^.oO Corp. R. E, Bell, Spr<;t. Majoi* C. A. (iraiui;er, Treas. Cliaiiinan. Troopei- R. M. Melville, Secretaiy. The following' is a rou.n'h estiuialc by !{. M. Melville. Secretary of the WnU Coniniittee of the accounts rt'l.itinn- to the Hall : Di\ i'y. 200 Ticke's sold (r. Rail and Supper i)aid ^'J.i)i each 8r>00 UU as per II. Weiib's 100 Tickets sold (!.^v, IHHO. 7V> f/ic Kd'itor of tlw Knip'ire : Sill. — 1 have seen in the papers lately, that Hattleford is ,«bout to erect a monument to those who dicvl nt Cut Knife. It seisms strange to me, that Toronto is tiie only city which has been backward in putting up a monument to those who died for her. Ottawa, Winnipeg, Port Hope, and St. ('atiierines have thcir's already completed. We have about Sl,(M)() alieady colliu'ted, and we hoped to have double that amount this winter, but owing to my continued ilin<-.ss I I have been unable to push the inattcM', the only subacripl ions recclv«Ml during that time being the sinn of ^1^0.00 fro?;! V\.\ . aiul Mrs. Alexander (\*»meron, and one of $ll*.0() froMi !4rt(, Kby. through Mrs. \V. .\. Foster. Kearing that my licalth will never l»(» thoroughly established. I would ask ,ill tiioir intei'ested in our volunteers, and all citizens, willing, not only to do honoi' to the men who fell, but also to In^autify their city, to send subscriptions <>ither to the treasurer, Mrs. Mci.(Min Howard, P.>4 Carlton street, or to myself, at 2(i St. .)os«'ph Street. MRS. .1. FLlOT(^ni:i, Sec. T. M '!. What has become of the l^i'.'tj.Oir, !)alance een kept a profound secret. Time after time has Slatei" awked Postmaster Patterson for information as to the result of thoemiuiry. i)Ut has always been r(»fus(»d. Time after time has Slater insisted on Ids ri^ht as a citizen to know the name of the person who held the letter lH»tweetwee!i ten and eleven on Sunday i p I V ll 128 morning", but has not yet succeeded in finding liini. As a last resort Slater wrote to the Postmaster General (Haggart) at Ottawa, and was told by him to again apply to Postmaster Patterson. He did so and was then told by Patterson to get out of his office. After Jamieson had been suspended for about six weeks, he was reinstated, and some time after a decoy letter was sent through his hands continuing money. Jamieson fell into the trap, and was sentenced to penal servitude for five years. It is worthy of remark that the letter addressed to Slater, which Jamieson did not deliver, but handed over to some interested person, who no doubt bi'ibed him to do so, was "ained in a large official envelope. It was not at all ii !y, therefore, that Jamison opened it himself, as he could hardly expect to find any money inside. The decoy letter containing money, he did open. Now, if Jamieson could be bribed to hand over a letter to the Avrong person, he could also be bi'ibed to tell who that pei'son was. lie and probably the Postmaster wore tlic only persons who knew the name of this person. The Postmaster would not tell; Jamieson might. Was this (le(5oy letter sr.ggestod by the person who opened Slater's lettei' in oi'der to get .lamieson out of the way lest lie should open iiis moutii V ]\ C^HAPTER XXI. WHISKEY— 1891 AND 1892. In the Autumn of 1891, from the 26th September to the 'M'd of October, the (i.G.B.G. held a camp on the Exhibition (Jrounds. The camp was simply a spree from bej^inning- to end. In an interview with Mr. Betts, the well-known Toronto caterer, he stated the following;' : " I contracted to cater for the non-conmiissioned officers and men of the G.G.B.O., dui'in^' the camp meeting' of 1891, held in the Exhibition Grounds in the autumn of that year. By the terms of the contract I was to be paid at the rate of r>() cents per man per day in camp, I providinj;' them with breakfast, dinnei- and supper. I was paid for 140 non-com- missioned officers and men per day. The Parliamentary Report of that year shows the strength of the non-commis- sioned officers and men present in camp as loG men. T was thus defrauded out of $8 per day during- the camp. T have spoken to the Denisons ivgarding the ^8 per day due me, and they promised to make it all right if there was anything wrong. So far they have not icept tiiat promise, as I have not received one cent in payment of my claim since tiie camp broke uj)." On being asked why he did not sue tiie D(Miisons, Mr. Betts replied: "I dare not. 1 would most probahly ruin my business if I did." Mr. Betts also added that while in camp two of the non-commissioned officers (Seigeant-Major IVdl and Sei'geant ik)ydi brought him wiiiskey to sell to the men, he to receive half the profits of the sa'es and th(^ non- commissioned offlcei'H the otiier half. Mr. Betts did »iot wish to sell whiskey, but was obliged to olwy orders while in camp. Lieut.-(^ol. G. T. Denison, Ixjing the commanding otHcer. WM responsible for tiie sale of the whiskey, and in order to do 'A' * iijt; 180 so should have taken out the following license in accordance with the jMilitia Regulations : Army Act, 1881 : 44 and 45 Vict. Chap. 58, Para. 174. 1 . When a person holds a Canteen under the authority of the Secretary of State, or Admiralty, it shall be lawful for any two justices within their respective jurisdiction to s'i"iwt, transfer, or renew any license for the time being" required, to enable such person to obtain or hold any excise license for the sale of any intoxicating* liquor without regard to the time of the year, and without regard to the requirements as to notices, certifi- cates oV otherwise of any Act for the time being in force affecting sucli licenses ; and excise licenses may be granted to such persons accordingly. For th(! purpose of this section, the expression license includes any license or certificate, for tiie time being reauired bj' law to be granted, reJiewed or transferred by any .Justice of the reace, in order to enable any person to obtain, and holil any excise license for the sale of any intoxicat- ing liquor. Note. — For Excise License, read Canada's License Commissioners. Col. Dcnison did not comply Avith this regulation, and yet we find him a year later, in his capacity of Police Magistrate, fining and imprisoning men for identically the same offence of wliich he had been guilty. I give tiie following extracts from the Evening Telegram, regarding Exhibition Liquor cases : MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1892. Police ]\lagistrate Denison spent a couple of hours this afternoon, wrestling with the Exhibition liquor cases Some of these fine days he will have them in such shape that he can clap on the fines and strike a final balance sheet. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1802. CLOSE SOME OF THE DOOKH. It does seem that some of the doors which the law keeps open for the escape of offenders, might be dosed with advan- tage to the public. For instance, on Tinirsday, Col. Denison heard two charges against a booth keep(^r, accused of selling liquor at the Exhibition. Ho reserved judgment on tiie first case, and then wen! on to hear the second. I'M Both cases were strong-, bat there v.as a difference hi their strength. In the first case tlie accused relied upon what Col. Denison considered a perjured defence ; in the second the case was so strong that no defence was made. In giving judgment, tlie Magistrate held that the first case was aggravated by the char' •tev of the offence, and imposed a fine of ITo.OO. In the second case as there was no defence, he lowered the fine to $r>0.00, and in default of payment the pi'isoner was sent to jail for six months on both counts. An appeal was taken to Osgoode Hall, Affidavits were sworn to, setting fo)'th the theory that Col. Denison had con- victed the accused in the first case on the strength of tlie evidence supplied in the second. The applicants, supported by these affidavits, were hear J by Sir Thomas Gait, and the prisoner was discharged, the Crown having no opportunity to refute the allegations, which on their face justified tlie quashing of the conviction. Of course Sir Thomas Gait enforced the law. The judg- ment must therefore stand as an illustration of the need of a cliange in the law, that all'nvs a lawyer to wriggle his client out of jail upon the stength of affidavits that might be controverted if the Crown had a chance to defend the assailed conviction. (^ol. Denison will have to work overtime if he intends to fill the county jail as fast as their Lordships at Osgoode Hall can empty it. 1^ I would also state that some time before the Exhibition Camp, of 1801, Col. Denison fined the canteen steward of late ''C" School (now No. '2 Company, Royal Canadian Regiment,) the sum of ^20.00 for selling beer without a license. CHAPTER XXII. how they prevented alderman lindsey from hringin(j slater's case to public notice. ' !) In the spring" of 1890, a committee was appointed by the City Council to make investigation into the whole of the administration of the Police Court affairs, of which Col. (1. T. Denison was tlien Police Magistrate. This committee dis- (iovered, amongst other things, a shortage of between ^1000 and $2000 in the Police Court accounts. Alderman Geo. Lindsey formed one of this committee, and showed himself particularly zealous in making the investigations. This Alderman Lindsey had, previous to this Investigation Com- mittoo, espoused Slater's cause, and, being a lawyer was then engaged in getting Slater's case into shape, pi-eparatory to bringing the matter to a satisfactory conclusion. While the committee was engaged in making the investi- gations, and when Alderman Lidnsey was doing everything in his power to expose the irregularities in the Police Court affairs, Col. Denison wrote a lettei- to the Toronto Press, attacking the moral character of Alderman Lindsey. On the morning after the letter appeared. Slater met Alderman Lindsey who said to him: "Well, Slater, they have done us now. If I go on with youi* case everybody will now say : *0h ! it is only one of Lindsey's paltry spites.' I would do your case more harm than good if I took it up after Denison 's letter yesterday." I give the following from the Telegram and Xetcs re this matter: 133 JUNE 18, 1890. HE USES THE COWARD'S WEAPON. Colonel Geo. T. Denison used the weapon of a coward in opening a controversey with Aid. Geo. Lindsey. His Worship is not a coward. He is a strong- man, possessed of many qualities that command the esteem of admirers who can scarcely credit the reports that impute to him words that prove the Colonel a traitor to his inherited gentility. If Aid. Lindsey had gone further than the facts would carry him in an honest attempt to bring home to a public servant the offence of receiving money under the false pre- tence of doing his duty to the city, Colonel Denison might have been justified in referring to the alleged offences of his critic. If he has been doing his duty, proof of his fidelity would silence all assailants. The Colonel knows that he has shirked his work. An appeal to the record will prove that his holidays have averaged one year in three. And his spite- ful allusions to a gentlemen who has offended him in the discharge of public duty are a pitiful confession of weakness. Aid. Lindsey is young. Col. Denison is old. His years might have taught him the virtue of charity. P'ew men can let enemies grope in the Yesterday of their lives for the follies, indiscretions or crimes that mark the erring tracks of too many of us. Surely if Aid. Lindsey is all that the Colonel says he is, the youthful enors of an enemy are no defence against the facts that prove the Magistrate false to an important responsibility. Colonel Denison cannot draw a herring across the scent. The question is upon his faithfulness to duty. The errors that may scar the early years of one who has been a thoroughly good alderman are not under review. It ia cowardly for Col. Denison to rush to a refuge in tlie alleged sins of Aid. Lindscy's private past when the offences of his own public career are being Judged. His Worship might feel ashamed of himself if he had not been born a gentleman, and was therefoie freed by birth from any obligation to act like one. i 134 U:,. THE COLONEL GOT AHEAD. Drew His Salary Before the Council Stopped it. The School Board and Its Costly Returns — The Gravitation Scheme- Comparative Statement Ordered. The Police Court sub-committee met yesterday to consider the state of affairs raised by the action of the Police Magis- trate in issuing- a writ against the citj^ to recover six months' salary due him for the last year ending December 1st. Some time since, it will be remembered, just before the Police Magistrate returned from England, in June, the Executive ordered the stoppage of his salary to cover the period of his absence in April and May. Yesterday, Avhen the committee met, it came out for the first time that the Police Magistrate actually received his pay for those two^ months before the committee took action ordering its stop- page. This being the case, the city found itself left without any possible defence against the action of the Magistrate demand- ing payment of the six months' salary subsequent to the period covered by his absence, and it was recommended, on motion of Alderman Lindsev, that the sum demanded bv the Police Colonel be paid into court. The main question, after all, is not one of salary, but the city's charge that the Police Magistrate, by his absence in England, caused a heavj'^ financial loss to ti.? city and pre- vented persons accused of offences from getting the speedy trial they should have had. The sub-committee will recom- mend the Exec-uiive to press this charge before the Attorney- General. The sub-committee further states that no assistant Police Magistrate is necessary as long as the Colonel himself only sits four hours per day. Referring to the charge made by 135 the Magistrate, that aldermen had tried to interfere with the administration of justice in his court, the committee reports : " The Magistrate states what he knows to be untrue when he says that any alderman or the Council would like to make a subservient tool of him on the bench, or in any way to have power over him so iis to prevent him impartially administering justice between their constituents. The whole of the closing paragraphs of his reply are gratuitous and unwarranted. We submit that as the Council is the Magis- trate's employer, its members are entitled to respect from their paid employee, not abuse, and we desire thfit the Attorney-General investigate if any alderman of late years has attempted to interfere with the Magistrate's impartial administration of justice." The public thought that Col. Denisons object in writing the letter was to prejudice them against Alderman Lindsey's statements regarding the Police Court affairs. The real motive of Col. Denison's letter was to prevent Slater's case coming to a public investigation through Alderman Lindsey's agency ; or to bring discredit on the case should Alderman Lindsey still persist in it. 'e-> mi I CHAPTER XXIII. ALLEGED MURDER OF HA COX. Shortly after Slater's return to Canada, in May, 1891, after his journey to England regarding his case, he was informed that a certain Harry Cox, who had made a most important statement to him regarding a scandalous piece of work in connection with the G.G.B.G., had been found dead in a common lodging house at the corner of Pearl and York Streets, Toronto. A Coroner's inquest had been held on the body, and had found an open verdict. Dr Pickering, the Coroner, in a conversation with Slater on the subject, gave it as his opinion, that Harry Cox had me' bis death through foul play and choloroform. After Harry Cox's death, a paper was lound in his satchel in his own handwriting, which paper related to a G.G.B.G. scandal. In it one member of the G.G.B.G. was named, and Dr. Pickering asked Slater if he could connect this man in any way with Harry Cox. Slater replied that the man to whom Dr. Pickering referred was mixed up in a breach of trust and fraud on the Government in connection with u ball given by the G.G.B.G., the proceeds of which were to go towards the erection of a monument to the soldiers who fell during the North-west Rebellion. Dr. Pickering then remarked that that explained matters somewhat, and ac- counted for the delay and unwillingness of the authorities to investigate into the real cause of Harry Cox's death. The paper referred t(s which was found in Harry Cox's satchel after his death, wiis produced at the inquest, and is now in Dr. Pickering's possession. Slater next interviewed Harry Cox's brother, who stated that when intimated by a man named Johnston of his brother's death, he hastened to the lodging-house above 137 mentioned, only to find that his brother had beon dead some six or eight hours. He found also a very curious thing. On turning down the bedclothes, he discovered hot hncka applied to his brother's feet. This suspicious fact was brought to the notice of the Crown Attorney, the Police, and the Coroner's Inquest, and yet no investigation was ordered. Harry Cox's brother, openly gave it as his opinion that the deceased had been murdered. His wife also was firmly convinced that foul play had been tlie cause of her brother- in-law's death. If the case had been investigated, the statement made in the satchel would have been brought to public notice. An investigation would have been demanded on this as well, and this investigation would have brouglit to light all the frauds on the Government, committed by the Denison's and others. I say, if an investigation had been held. It was not. Whv? There is more at the back ot this case than is mentioned in this chapter. It will appear later on. i' » • I 1 t: -; Ml CHAPTER XXIV. m 111 ALLE(JED TKEASON. When Slater applied to Lord Stanley t'oi' the return of his papers, after they had been in the possession of the Govern- ment for two years, thei-e was a delay of four months before he received them, althouj^h he mentioned in his first letter that he wished them returned immediately, as it was his intention to proceed at once toEni;land to lay his case before the Imperial (tovei'nment. He repeatedly wrote to Lord Stanley prayin*;- for the I'eturn of his papers, and was always informed by him in loply that his letter had been referred to the Minister of ^lilitia, Sir Adolphe Caron, who had his case under consideration. Slater did not write to Sir Adolphe Caron direct, as he iiad ignored liis complaint in the fiist instance, never even replying*' to his letter. It was not, however, till he despatched the following- letter, containing' a statement made to him by Dr. Baldwin regarding a treasoiuible oft'ence, to Lord Stanley, that ho was finally enal)led to regain possession of his papei's. TouoNTo. Ont.. 21tli.hily, \H\\0. Tin: Hkhit Hon. Thk Lord Stanlky oi" Phicston, (J.C.H.. (Jovenior (Jcnoral of'Cninula. My L(»ui>.— I nyain appeal to you for M»' n^tiini of tlic prinUnl copy of mv ])apt'rs, as 1 ))nK'('«'(l to Kn;>'laii(i in about ton days. Nly Lord, the r('spo!isil)ilitv iimst now rest on those wliodotain tluMii. and I have to state in eonfiilenee to you, and in the eonlidenee of the i>oHition you hold as the representatlvt^ of Her Most (Jracious Majesty, that oeliind my ease rests a eharye so sim'Ious that it will be n matter tor eonsideration of tlie Privy Couneil in Kn^i'land ; in faet. it amounts to a eharjic of lli^h Treason! I (Jon't sav a^jainst whom, but I may say I l)eli(>M> it was aimed M the lionor ot Lieut, (ieneral Sir K. I). Mi«ldleton. I may also, my Lord. ( raw your attentioji to tin* faet that for the past two vears I liave steadilv lefusJ'd to brin^^ my case into the Civil Cotnt. but liave invarial)ly claime I a military one ; also to the faet tliat 1 endeavored to obtain a personal interview with you wIumi yotj were on your lato visit at Toronto. 1 may also state, my Lord, that I retuse "to eorreH|)ond further on so serious a matter, but if vou think it neeessary I ean Htato the ease in a personal Interview with vou, mv Lord, lind ^l.uernl 139 Middleton, aiid no others. If you, my Lord, think it necessary, you can show this letter in contidence to him. My Lord, I await an answer so that I may know whctlier I have to put my papers in hands for reprinting",. I .am," my Lord, Your most obedient servant. (Sjo^ned^ JA^IES SLATER. Following is Lord Stanley's reply : Nkw Richmond, I*. Q., L>Sth July, IMJK). Stan ley House. Sir,— I am directed by His Excellency, the Governor-deneral. to acknowledfi'e your letter of the 24th inst.. received this morning:. His Excellency regrets that \w. do(^s not .see that there will be any advantag"e in the interview which you propose. With r<»jyft>'d to \our |)apers, your former letter of the loth inst., \\as refVirnni to the Militia Department, with a request that any letters not indispensable to the Department may be returned to you without further delav. \ have only in conclusion to onc(^ more intimfite to y(m that His Excellency has' net anv papers belong-ing to you in his possession. 1 ain. Sir, Your obedient servant," (.Signed^ EDWARD STANLEY. y\v. .lames .Slater, r)2 Vanaulev Stre«^t, Toronto. Act g. Mil. Secy Slater also despatciied tiie following;- lettei* to (leneral Herbert, eoiitalninf;- tlie statement made by Dr. Baldwin. In writing this letter. Slater was only doing his duty as a soldiei" in accoi'daiue with the Statute, which compels every membei" of Her Majesty's army to report to his superior otticer anything that may come within his knowledge of the nature of a ti'easonable ott'ence. Touo.vro, (>.\T.. 'iTth.luly. IKM. Ma.iou (iKNKUAi. Ivuit I. C.MtAiHH IIkkiikht. Connnandlug' Canadian Militia. Snt,— I most respectfully beg to iicknowledg-e receipt of your decision regarding" my discharg"*', and also the return of my nil |)ers submitted to you as Oeneral Connniinding' the ('iinatlian Militln. said papers containing' i'harg'esof Eelnny ag'alnst Lieut. Col. (Jenrg'eT. D.Mjison, and a "harg'e of Felony and I't-rjury against Lieut. -Col. Fred C. DvMiison, (lovi^rnor- (Jenerals Hcdy (Juard. Sir, I now most n-spcH'tfully make the following" addition to the previous statements sjibinitted to your consideration, viz. : Ex-Trooper >Iat Hryant. KU" Farley .\vejnie. Toronto, states to me that he Wont to the North West, at the outbreak in iss,'>. as a disiuonnted man with the tiovernor (ieneral's ItiHtv (iuard, under tlie connnand of Lieut, Col. (ieorg(> T. Ih'nison, and that when in camp on the return, after the trouble was over, he saw his name shown on the pay sheet as a mounted man, wherebv Si per d«v was drawn by fraud from the Ciovern A' ment in his name. ans that Lieut. -Col. Fr«'Vic., Chap, 41, Sec. 11, A 12 and 24, '^anadian Militia Act. Sir, I enclose two copies of letters, the one marked A will show true cause of my illegnl pros«a'iitioii and dated four days iM'fore !ii«^ut.-(^ol. Fred. C. Penison committed perjury in swearing to niv summons, and letter marked B will show why I press this matter. Sir, I have the honor to remain. Your most obedient st'rvaiit, (SigiHMh .lAMKS SLATKU. .Iinnes Sinter, care of Mr. Hardy. 211 Belmont .St., York vi lie, Toronto, (hit. r I "i: Following is the Stattito whicli coinpolkMl Slntor to .submit tJiis stjitoinciit of 1)1 linldwin'.s to Lord Sfjmlc'.v for his own piotcclioM. 44 jind 40 Vict., V\m\). ')", RoKulation of rho Forces Act, IHHL An Act to junond tlio law i'(».s|)octinf; the KoK(il'''>on of 141 Her Majesty's Forces, and to amend the Army Discipline and Regulation Act, 1879. 27th August, ISSl. This Act will come into operation as tollows : («) In the United Kin^'dom, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man, at the expiration ot oiu^ month after the passing of this Act. (/>) Elsewhere in FAirope. inclusive of Malta, also in the West Indies, and America, at the expiration of two nmnths, Chap. i)H, Part 1, Sec. 4. Every person stihject to military law who commits any of the following offences :' that is to say, (<>) knowingly docvs, when on active service, any act calculated to imperil the siu'cess'of H(M' Majesty's forces or any part thereof ; or (7) mishehavi^s or induces others to misbehave before tlie enj'my in such manner as to show cowardice, shall on conviction by Court- Martial be liable to siift'er DEATH, or such le.ss punishment as in this Act mentioned. Sec. f). Par. ;'). Or, by word of mouth, or in writing, or by signal or otherwise spreads reports calculated to create umuH-essary alarm or despondency, shall on conviction by Court-Martial be liable to suffer penal servitude or such less punishment'as in this Act mentioned. Sec. 7. Par. 1. Causes or conspires with any othor persons, to cause any nuM'tiiig or s(;dition in any forces belonging to Her Majesty's regular, reserve, or auxlilinry force's or Navy ; ^or Par. 2) endeavors to sediu'e anv person in Her Majesty's regular, reserve, im' auxiliary forct^s or >«avy, from allegiance to Iler Majesty, or to ])ersuade any person in Her Majesty's regular, reserv(\ or auxiliary forces or Navy, to join in any nuuiny Or sedition ; or (par. 4) rniiif'njf to fin- k'n>>wh-(hfc ot any actualor inttm'til mvithuj or sedition in any forces lu'longing to H«^"r Majesty s regular, nwrve. or auxiliary forces or navy, /^><'.s■ ni>f irifhouf ((.r)ii!/Jiifi>nii Ins iomiiiiniiliiHi ofUvvr u\' {\w sinni\ shall on conviction by Co'urt-Nlartial be liable to siHfi'r HEATH, or such less punishment as in tliis Act mentioned. N<»TK, — I draw your attention to Slaters discharge in chapter 1.), and to his letters in this'chapter to Lord Stanley and Maj(»r (Jenrral Herbert, and y(ni will sei^ bv the datii of th(^ receipt of his discharges (,per Hrigadi' oHlc«"' stamp) thiit lie was anuniable to the foregoing Statute, and that in him submitting tliis niatter to LonI Stanley and to (General Herlwrt he simply coinpli'>d with his duty as a soldier. Kollowin^ is (icneral Flerhert's reply tliroagii the Adju- tant-(J(MHMal (Col. Walker Powell): Mi'nuK for the Inforinafion of ./ium's Shfft'r. The ]\I.(J.r. does not see tiiat the charges lierein hroiiglit forward h}iv(» any connection with the case of Mi*. Slatei', whicii he iins already dispo.sed of. AS UEfJAKDS '\i[K (MIAHdKS THEMSELVES. HE REMARKS TIH: EVIDEWM'] UN WHKII THEV ARE FOUNDED ARE MERELY HERRSAV. By order, iSigned) WALKER I*OWELL, nL7/9L . Adjt.-Uen. j 142 Slater is informed that the evidence on wiiicli the charges are founded, is merely heresay. All the charges contained in the letter are hacked by swoimi affidavits, which are mani- festly in no wise heresay evidence. Regarding Dr. Baldwin's statement, Slater made no <^iiarge, but simpl.\ quoted what Dr. Baldwin had said to him. This, presumably, is what they style heresay evi- dence, but tiie j\Iilitia authorities must be perfectly well aware that the word of an oflHcer holding a commission h) Her Majesty's army, is e(]|uivalent to an oath, and is in no wav hercsav evidence. The above letter was, therefore, simply an evasion of the matter. Tf Dr. Baldwin's statement is false, why has he not been dismissed from the service? If true, why has not Col. Donison been punished? In eithei" case, why this policy of UKution in so serious a mattei* V Why no investigation V Slater forwarded to CJeneral Herbert the accompanying two sketches from the lllustrntcil Wai' AV/r.v, showing the weathei' the soldiers had to encounter during the North-Wesi Rebellion ; and bringing to his notice what results would have followed, hndthe tean:stei's' re/olt been successful. He also enclosed sevei'al cuttings from liie Toronto Press. He received the following' unsigned letter it reply : Ottawa. August, 1S*M. SiK, — Hy tlu' (Icsiiv of tlio (Jt'iicral r>f!i((M- ComiiiMiulinj;', I Imvf tin- honor to ai'Kiiowlcdyc the n'feen unable to carry their tents as they were frozon» Inirh Ili.USTRATED WAR NEWS, TORONTO. MIDNKillT TRAMI» ()K TlIK I{< " lull) till' si)l(>init (lai'UnuHH nt the piiicH niid licinlcH'k tlin ciiluiiiii hIowIn moved, each side Ih' 41 Imricd tin* unt'urtiuiaU' up to liis work. Thru it Itcyan rainin NEWS, TORONTO. APRIL l.s. 1885. MP OK TUK UOVAL (iUKXADIKKS Miov<'(l, t'acli side lirin^' sihim four iVrt (l«'«'|i. It wns /iIiiiokI iinpoNsihlr to keep the track, iiiui a miss step Wi Wi 143 and they would thus have been forced to mai'ch through tlio frightful weather depicted in the accompanying woodcut, without shelter, food or fuel. Exposed to the terrible snow storms and biting winds on the open prairie, at a tempera- ture several degrees below zero, how many of these untrained soldiers would have lived two days ? Remember these men were not hardened veterans, accustomed to all degrees of temperature and changes of climate, but a lot of young men taken from behind counters, desks, and from the workshop, to whom exposure and hardships, in a great many instances, meant death. The above gives but a crude idea of what would have been the result of the teamsters' mutiny to the rank and file of the Canadian troops. The question now arises, what would have been the result to the commanding officei;, who would have been held responsible for the oc^'.urrence of the mutiny V What would have been the consequences to Genei'al Middlo- ton ? Of a surety, the greatest disgrace that could have befallen a soldier. A cry of horror would have gone up from every part of the Dominion, which would have com- pelled the Government to supersede him and replace him in his command, by a more (to them) efHcient person. If General Middlcton had been disgraced WHO would have superseded him V It will be seen by reference to the accompanying wood- cut, from the Wnsfrafed War Xews, that the teamsters did actually muthiy, but the mutiny was ciiecked before it assumed dangerous proportions. It may be mentioned e)t passant, that the teamsters were chiefly composed of men from that district ; a class who, Ixiing closely connected with the rebels, would require very little persuasion to incite them to insubordination. This fact gives some color to Dr. Baldwin's statement, inasmuch as no man would attempt the dangerous task of hiciting men to mutiny (a crime punishable by death) unless he was morally certain that they would yield to his persuasions. ( 144 a K 2 M •^ nJ o -J W '*-, ^A* "r t> r^ ^•m 1 - M ?c ■/. :«--i^-fe.iBriiit'\. ?0 X o< CU^AITEK XXV. S3 > -5 X il I Is LIEITT.-COI.. GEOR(JE TAYLOH DEMSON LE(iAL[A' ENTITLED TO DISI^E:, -iE .IITSTICE AS A POLICE \L\(}ISTH.\'I'E ? During- tlio past year, Slater lias repeatedly presented his vase to the consideration of Mayor Pleming, askin<»- him to make a full investipition of the charges he has preferred against Col. (}. T. Denison, and praying that he may he allowed to submit proofs of the same to the Toronto City Council. Mayor Fleming has invariably replied that the Toronto City Council were powerless to act in the inattei', as they had nothing to do with the Police ^Magistrate othei' than to pay him his salai'y, the appointment being a Provincial, and not a Municipal one. That is to say that the people of Toronto pay one of their own officials a salary of §4,000 a year, but have no voice whatever in his (Section. Formerly the Police Magistrate was elected by the [Municipality, but in 1872, Sir Oliver Mowat passed the following Bill thi'ougli the Provincial Mouse, making it a Provincial, and not a Muni- cipal, appointment : Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1H72. Chap. 1-2, Para. 8. EvcM'V I'dUc'c Ma.i;'istrat(! shall W appointed 1>\ the Tjt'ut.-l lovt-nior, and shall hold office dnrin^i' his pleasure. Tar. 4. FiVery Poliei^ Maji'istrate shall r.r ()()ii'iu \w a .histiee (it the Peace lor the, CMty or Town for ■which he holds ottice, and al.so tor the whoii^ country or union ot cotmtic^s in which, for eitlnM- .ludicial or .Municipiil purposes. such City or Town issituatcnl. .'»'I Vic., (hap. IS, ss. .'JOiI and .'iOT. This was reverting back to the days of barbarism with a v^engeance. If Toi'onto is going to tamely sul)mit to this soi't of desjwtic government, she had better ;it once give up all idea of rei)resentative government, and crown Sir Oliver Mowat king, for he certainly exei'cises all the |)ower of an arbitrarv ruler. The above is not the only act of (iii 146 violence, if one might torm it so of which Sir Oliver Mowat has been guilty, as the following cuttings from the Torontx). Press will show : I Ui The Tovonto World : Denison and Mowat. The World, at the present moment, does not wish to discuss the issue between Police Magistrate Denison and the City, but we do wish to direct the attention of the people of Ontario to a serious matter in which they are interested, and which has (Topped out in this discussion. For fifty years Reformers have been preaching in this (^ountry the doctrine of "Responsible Government," "No Taxation without Representation," and "Our IMunicipal Insti- tutions the Bulwark of our Freedom." The greatest sinner against these grand old principles which were vindicated by Baldwin and Brown, has been Olivei' Mowat, who claims to be their political heir. He has steadily robbed the municipalities of their powers* Look at the lists of these usurpations that mark the Statute Book in his I'eign of eighteen years. He has taken away from the councils the large number of appointments that they form^erly controlled. He meditates the taking over of those that have been left. But not only has he taken away the appointment to these ottices, but he han made the latr so that the mtinicipnlities must vnntinue to pay the salariix. Ml t, > fat offices that he has been distributing amr • followers for service to himself as political chief, are , ibi" by th( leople. Mowat appoints the |Hi1)li( itticials and the Municipalities- pay the fees. Mowat appoints his son Sheriff of Toronto ■ the people of Toronto pay him ^10,000 fees. Mowat appoints Widdifield, Sheriff' of York ; Badgerow, (bounty (^rown Attorney ; (Jordon Brown, Surrogate Clerk ; Peter Ryan, Registrar ; A. M. Ross, County C« irt Clerk ; Peter Small, Balift'; Col. Denison, Magistrate; and a host of others. 1 owat ronto- ish to id the )ple of d, and in this ' ''No 1 Insti- nciples is been powers. Statute n away lat they of those to these Hes niu-sf t he has himself [•ipalities. 3eople of adgerow, e Clerk ; rk ; Peter of others* 147 but the people of this city and c;ounty pay the fees and salaries. And we who pay the fees and salaries have not a word to say but pay up. We are taxed but have no voice. It is taxation without representation with a vengeance. Mr. Mowat as a Reformer was in duty bound to wipe out such abuses. He has increased them a hundredfold. What he has done in York and Toronto he has done all over the province. And now to come back to Col. Denison. lu his letter to the Mayor, he practically tells the city to go to Halifax, that he is no official of theirs, and they have no jui'isdiction over him, that all they have to do is to pay his salary and not attempt to discipline him, as he is a Provincial Covernment official. We very much mistake the temper of the people of this province if they will continue to see this sort of business carried on before their eyes much longer. We beb'^ve that the electors will insist on wiping out these officials who live on fees, and that they will insist that whoei-er has to pay the salary will have a right to name the .salary-holder. And yet men calling themselves Reformers are doing these wrongful acts to-day, and other Reformers stand by and utter no protest, and Reform joui'uals in large numbers find no time to expose these breaches, though they devote a great deal of attention to much less serious sins laid to the charge of their opponents. If the city organs are silent, wliy are tlie outside Reform papers dumb? Mowat is centralizing all power in Toronto, and you are quietly assisting him. What do you gentlemen of the country Reform press mean V Are you honest Reformers V Are you asleep V Are you tied like The (Hob*' is to a book contract '? 14S m 'I', f|.' I I R, AnotluM' paper prints (he following-: OPEN LETTERS To Hon. Ex-Alderman'*' Oliver Mowat, M.L.A., Attorney-General for the Province of Ontario. Sill, — When you api)ointed yodi" son Shei'irt" of Toronto, youi* friends excused youi" nepotism on tde ground of his father's sacrifices. Let us review those sacrifices. About twenty years ago you accepted the office of Vice-riiancellor. When dual rei>resentntion was abolished, Hlakeand Mackenzi(» were compelled to resign their .sents in either tiie Provincial or Dominion House, as tiiey could not keep botii, so they chose the lai'ger aivna, aiid left the Reform majority without a leader. Vou wei'e oft'ered the sit at ati increased salai'y and you acc(»pt(Ml it. Saci'ifice No. 1. By accepting the oftice of Attorney-(ieneral. you left yourself free to lure out your name to th(» legal firm of Mowat, MachMinan, Downey, Higgar i^ fitrngton for a large sum per annum, from nhich you were dcl)arred while Judge. Sacrifice No. i*. When you assumed tlie I'eins of govei'mncMit you were the onlv ukmuImm' ot \o\\v familv that iiad Immmi in'ovided for, and almost youi- first otti<'ial act was to appoint Tol. .lolin DuiV. y(Mir brother-in-law, to bo hivision Court Cleik for Ihe city of Kingston. A few ye.irs Inter Ihe smuu^ biother-in-law was jippointod Police Magistrate for the .same city, which oftice he yet holds. Sncriflce Ntt. :». N'ou caused an .\cl of I'arli.iment to l)e passed, prohibiting ilieCoimcil ofr.iiy city or town from decrcNising the salary of any Police Mngistrate, ;iud. of course, th.il included brother in-law Duff. Sacrillt'c No. 4. liy voting for that alleged^ Tory, K. F\ Clarke, for Mjiyor. agninsf an honest man iKIias Hodgersi. who, l>y the way, is, 149 and always was, a ''rir, you soinuvcl tlic City Solicitoishii) for your son-in-law. Sacrific'o No. f). Ami to compensate you lor these, and many similar stici'itices, ^ ur son had to have tho i)ii>i;est plum in thr piiddin.u'. Sacrifice No. 6. Clai'ke having' heen elected as a supporter of Mr. Mere- dith, sits in the House and knifes his leader, iu your Interest, through that mystic bond that identilii's him with the intei'ests of your family. As to your Woodstock letter — it' you do not know it alreadv vou .nay as well learn it here, and now, that the soil of this contiiKMit is not iu any degree suitable for the cultivation or development of monarchial iusritutions. The people of this country will not t<>lerat(> eitluM- King- craft or I'i'iestci'aft. I do not mean to aj)piy =' latter term to any oiu' denomination iu particular, for who has tiot m)ticed th(* developm«Mit ot' worldliness and love of political, social and ecclesiastical power and intlueuce. that has become so very prominent in many clergymeu of nearly every denomination ? We live in an age when all ought to lie kings and (|ue(Mis. priests and priestesses. •* ih> hath made us Kings aiul Priests unto d's.' That is Indd upas direct authority for the divine rights o| kiugs. when the context clearly shows that the crafty, uiipriiu'ipled priests and p<»lificiaiis of that day desired to entrap the (Jreat 'Poat'her ; but he took great pains intf fi> stiif nluit f/um/s fmr (Ws«n''f<. lie taught r(>pi'hianc»'. love, iusi ice and mercy, as He kiU'W that if His precepts aud example were carri«'d out, the (pieslion as to who should l»e liist Miuister of Hntario or Sheriff of Toronto, would adjust themselves t(» the sat in- fac'liun of all. I 150 3, 'I I I If I were you, 1 would, tbi* very decency's sake, pocket my salary, and allow my relatives to pocket their fees, in silence. Ikit you are too astute for that : you know that if the fellows who get paid for it (or who expect to i'et paid) did not do the " Loyalty " shouting', it would not be done. If you are an earnest (Christian man, and want something to do, I will give you work enough to last the lifetime of the present Parliament. Have you not heard the groanings of the people, caused by that monstrosity known as '^The Assessment Act V " Had you devoted all youi- skill and energy upon it you could not have contrived a better system for the development and propogation of fraud, perjury and deception, and as a hindi'ance and clog upon the industry of the people, it is perfection in evei'y I'espect. Take "The Liquor License Act." Are you aware that it was framcMl puiely in the interest of the liquoi' ti'aftic, in a ganibliug-don betweiMi the deals y Tiiis is about the style of deb I re over the original di'afr bill : •' I l)(^t two white chips.' '• I i'ais(> you fom*." '• Strike out the last \\uvo words." " What you got there V " " Three tens. " " I have four twos, I win." " Who will be the Cominissionej-s next y(\*U' ?" "Somr one >liy theiv." •' Must have one t(Mnp(M'ance man on for a blind. " •• \Vlios(> blind did y«»u say it wasV" " ^'<>u r.iisi' UM' ten. do yoe V " •• I sec you and g(» yon live Ix'ttcr." " WhoM* deal is ii ? ' ••Tlii'JM' cards for m<', pl<'asc." "Say. IN'tcr. kick that -spittoon over this way." "Keep tlic amciidmeni out of that .lack pot; il covers all the chips.' " What s the pot worth, anyway?" •* What penalty for a third conviction 'f" •• I openeii with two .lacks. " 151 " I liave two Jacks mysolf; .uo hij>h." "Hero, I have a pair of foui-s besides." The above hinjj;uage is scarcely intellii^ible to you. I only hav^e a taint idea of its tncaiiiiii;' myself. But among- the members of your Cal)inet you will find several wise men who ^can read the writings and give the interpretation th(M*eof. But wiiy go on ; you will excuse every charge that may be bi'ought against you by pointing to m woi'se state of atitairs at Ottawji, and the only reason why it is worse, is, that it is bigger. I do not hesitate to say that you arc as good as as most politicians, pcrha])s better than the majority, but piea-se spare us any further (Miiistian evidence until you remove thosi^ laws from th(* Statute Hook, which were passtMl by royal deci'ee for a siMni-I)arbarous peoide of a past age, and that beai' no relation whatever to the reijuirements of this progi'essive age. You are called a Lil>eral, but you are the greatest Tory in the Province, for proof of wjiich it is only necess iry to point to the idolatry and servility to l)e seen any day at Oigoode Hall. \*\\y. MowMt oiui- represented St . I ..iwrctice WanI in the City Cniint'll - Kdh'ok. I '/'hi' 7'liit/ui'(\ Tonntfo, .Iinfuni't/. iT. fsn'j: 'i'lIK SWK.\TI,\is and Mowat olticials, forms amply sulli <'ient ground for demanding a lull investigation. Aside from whal thei'c may be yet to come, it is shown, by the sworn lestlmony of a ciedibic wiHiess. I)a«'ked l)y unimpeachable documentary evidence, thai demamls wer<'made upon license judders in 'i'oronto, Kefotmers and Conservatives alike, for contributions to the iestcd, or refer the matter to a Committee of the I^(\nislature, with power to examine witnesses under oath, and we venture to say that a most shameful state of atfaiis will he disclosed. It will, we are safe in saying', be demonstrated : (1.) That as far l)ack as 188(), the determination to drive- v^onservatives out of the business was put in active operation. (2.1 That between the Provincial elections in Decend)er, 1886, and Febi'uaiy, 1887, a sum of 814,000 oi thei'eabouts was wrunj;- out of the license hol(l(Ms of Toronto, and some $8,000 out of the license holders of Hamilton, undei* the pretence of subscriptions to the Rel'oi'm Club. (Ill That in 1888 at least 140 of the license holders of Toronto were "bled." and that another 5^14,000 was thus. collei;led. (4.1 That in the same yeai' those who had i>(»en made to* thus conti'il)ute were compelled tosij^ii a statement declarinj;' that they had not been asked for money, and had not contrll)Utc(l, which statement was false. (.').) That in 181)0 anolhei- assessment was levied by like means, and a lai'^e sum of money was I'ealized. (()i That this system has j>revailed in other constituencies, beside Toronto and Hamilton. (7.) That tln^ persons euiia^cd in making these levies were men proniiiHMit in the iieform party in Toronto and Mowat oHicials. And the lollowin;n from the Toronto Mni/ sums u|> tlu^ present relation ol the Police Majilstrate to the city, to a nicety : I i I '/%• Tnrnnfn .Mo',1 . TlIK PoLUK MA(ilSl|{A(V. The Hiib-comndttee of the City Council, appointed lo invesliiuate into the working of the l*olic(> Court, has decided \i4 Ion to rcfomniond that rhc {*ity's f>Tiovan('e.s in rlio matter be fonniilly brought to tlio notiec of the Attorney-(Jeneral, with the I'equcst that he cause an ottieial en(|iiiry to be instituted, with a view to early remedial aetion. This is all that the sub-committee has power to do. In accoi'dancie with the instructions, it has investigated all the tacts bearing- upon the matters refei'i'ed to it, and, having given the Police Magisti'ate an opportunity — which he con- temptuously declined to accept — of making any explanation lie chose, will now report to the Executive Committee that the state of Police Coui't affairs is such that the Attorney- Menei'al should be asked to exercise his authority, and take whatever ste[)s ari^ necessary for the piotection of the city's intei'ests. The attitude which the Police Magistrate has seen fit to assume with regai'd to this matter, while thoroughly charac- teristic of him, only aggravates his offence. Ik^ snaps his Hngers at the citizens, wliose servant he is. and with whose money he is paid, and declares that he recognizes noauthoiity sav<' that of the Attonicy-deiieral, by whom he was appointed. Technically he is right. The law providers tliat the citizens must pay him his salarv . but it gives tiiem no control over him whatever, lie might, in fact. al)sent him- self from his duties altogether, so long as the Atlorney- <{enei'al chose not to interfere for the protection of the citizens, and the latter would lie powerless. They must depend upon the Attorney-^ ifMUM';.! .ir .dl tiiiK's to see that this costly ottieial performs the services for which he In paid, aiul fliey look to him on th(» present occasioji for this or some other ert'ective exercise of his authority. Mr. Deni.soii asserts that he is as mii«'h entitled to a rest as the judges, who an* free during long vacation, and that the two months' holiday recently taken by him was the first "worthy of mention " that he has had for three years. His attempt to place his services upon the same plaiu* as those of the Judges, is amusing. TIhm'c is not a judge in tlieeity who does not do mor(» hard work in a day than he does in a week. Within the past three years, moreover, he has taken more holil)irc hi (iiiji iiiiiiif'i f'/»if < nrjiin'iifinii In ■iiiji < ifi/. The above statute has Ihmmi adopted by th(^ Dominion L(>gislalure, as shown by tho following extrael from the ('^iinadian Militia Kegtilations. tit). Tiie Active Militia sliall be snbjecl to the (^tleen's l{«'ynhil.ii»ns ami < trders for the Arni\ . liV) Sir Oliver Mowat by his hill lias thus evaded the word "Municipal " contained in the Act, and bysodoin^ has made Col. Deuison's appointnieut le^al, accordiiiiH' to the letter of the law. But the letter of the law is not so iniportanr as the spirit of the law. The word l^rovincial has l)een omitted thi"ough an oversight, but tiie spirit of tiio law obviously conveys the idea that no person holdinji' a connnissioii iu Her Majesty's service shall hold any other ofticc whatsoevoi', but shall devote the whole of his attention to the faithful carrying' out of his oath of allej;iance. Sir (Mivei- Mowat also secured the Poliro Maiiistracy of Kin^'ston for his brother-in-law, Tol. Dutt". on the 2r)rh January, 1881. Colonels Duft' and Denison are the only C'olonels in Canada actiuii' as Police Mauistratcs w jiilc in receipt of full pay in Hei' Majesty s Hciiulai- Forces. In 1881, the Army .\ct of 1877 was i"ep»\ilcd, and a tivsh Army Act passed. I hcrc^ ,i>ivc sevci'al extracts from the Army Act of ^^81 : .\nny Aft. IHSl, U iniil t.") Vic. ('Iia|i. ^1^. Sit. 1 1'.i. A person who is coininissioncd in full |>ay as an otlicfi- in Mcr Majesty's rr}xul(ir forces shall not l>e capal)!!' of itcinu' nominated or eleeted »o he slieritt' of any county. horou;;'li. or otiier i)lace. or to Ite Mayor or Alderman o[. orln hold (in// (i()irr hi niii/ minin i/xil i'iri>i>riitiiiii in iiiii/ ifljl, l)oroili//l or ji/iirr, ill llir I' nihil l\'i ui/doiii . Part V, Sec. JT'). The persons in this sell ion mentione(l aro pi-rsons snbjcci to mintary hiw as omcers. and this Act shall 'ipply accordiii.uly to all tin- persons specillecj ; that is to say. ill) oHIcers of tlu^ Militia, other than niemliersof the perinan(Mit stalV." i I) .Ml such persons not otherwise >ul).iect to Military law. as may he servin;:' in the position of olticers of .•my troops. I'aised i)y order ol Her Majesty beyond tin' limits of the I'liited Kinii'donu and of India, and servin;^' under connnand ot an otVieer ot' the re;.:'idar forces, and where there are local le;;'islatnres as well as a central le;'Mslature, the expression hjiishifiii'i nirtnis tin ( I'A'TWAl. Ll".( ilSl..\- TPIIK ONi A'. pro\ idcd that nothiiii:- in this .\ct shall alVei-t the application to such persons ol any .\ct passed by the le;'"islature of a colony. ("Imp. r)S. .Sec. i:k). Para. •_»;;. The expression "( 'olouy," means lor the |inrpose o| this .\ct, ( yprus, and any part of Her Ma jesly's dominions; exi Insiveof the Pnited Kinplom. theChanni^l Islands, and the |s|c ol Man. and India, and ail territories and places bein^i' part ot Her Majesty's dominions which are under one leyjslatun'. shall lie (|eeme(l lor the puiposc o| this .\ct. to constitute ono Tolouy ; I hap. .)S. Sec. 1 1 ( . WIkm'c any force of \dluntecrs oi- ni Militia, or other forces is raised, in India or a Colony, any law of India or the Colony, may e\tend to tlm oltlcers. non counuissioned ollicc^rs and nn-n lielonyin;;' to suih force, if 1^ ir)6 wlietluu" within or without the limits of India or the Colonv , and wliere any such force is serving' with part of Her Majesty's reg'iilar forces, then so far as the law of India or thj Colony has not provided for the ^-overn- nient and discipline of such force, this" Act, or any other Act, for tiie time being', amending- the same, shall, subject to sucli exceptions and modifi- cations as may l)e specified in the g'eneral orders of tlie: g'eneral officer connnanding" Her Majesty's forces, with which such forcii is s(u'ving', apply to the oftici^'s, non-connnissioned officers and num, respectively mentioned in the two preceding" sections of this Act. Chap. 5^^, Sec. UK), Para. 12. The expression ''Auxiliary Forces," nutans the Militia, the Yeomanry and the Volunteers. The expression " Militia " includes the general and local Militia. Chaj). r>S, Sec. 17H. When officers, non-commissioned offictnvs and men, belonging- to the aiixilary forces, or any pensioners, are subject to military law in pur- suanc(! of this Act, siich officers, non-commissioned officers, men, and pensioners, shall be subject to this Act in all respects, as if th(\v wen^ part of the reg-ular forces, aiid the provisions of this Act shall be construed as il such officers, non-commissioned offictu-s, men and pensioners, were included in the ex|)ressi(m " reg-uhir forces.'' Provided that nothing- in this section shall effect the condition of service of any officer or man belong-ing' to such auxiliary forces or of any pensioner. m m Tho wliole of the above quoted .statutes have been adopted by the Canadian Militi?.. In .subsection 4, section 17;"), part V, it will be noticed that the '' central lej;islature " is only meant whei'e there aie one or more legislatures. This quashes Sir Olivei- Mowat's Bill, makiiii;' it null and void, as far as the app'' -ation of the Army Act of 1S81 to the matter of any person holding- a commission in Her Majesty's Army also holdiui;- a civil appointment. The subsection i-oes on to say ''provided that nothing' in this .\(;t shall att'ect the application to such persons of any act passed by the Le,nislature of a Colony. " The |)ominion ( Jovei'ument, the Legislature of this ColoJiy, has not pas.s(>d any Act allowing a pei'son holding,' a conmii.ssion in Her i\Iajesty's Ai-my, to also hold a civil appointment, Municii>al or Provincial. Colonels Denison and Dutt, by their voluntary acceptance of Her Majesty's commission, voluntui'ily placed themselves imdei* the above (|Uoted Statutes. In the fac(* of this evidence, have (^olonels Denison and Dutt' any legal ligiit to sit on a Police Magistrate's Bench':' If not, then all peisons fined aiul imprisoned by them during the past have been illegally so fined and imi)risoned, and can claim heavy 157 damages for siutli. The object of the aI)ove quoted extracts of the Army Act of 1881, is evidently to prevent any one man holding a civil and military appointment at the same time. Such a prostitution of Justice, as occurred in Slater's case, could never have happened had the evident spirit of the L'lw been adhered to. T will not attempt to go into the pros and cons of the case myself. Let some of those lawyers, whose ( ents have been fined or imprisoned by Col, Denison, take tl. > ' up in their intei'osts. CHAPTER XXVI. 1 1 PUHMl" INVESTUiATlON IMtEVENTEb BY THE ALTERATION IN THE I'AHLIAMENTARY RErOUTS. Slater once made tlie remark to a member of tlie Dominion Parliament. >' Show me a Militia blue book, jPar- liamentary I'eport), and I will show you frauds on the Oover'nment." On beini*- handed a copy of the book, he at once proved from portions of it, that money had been drawn by the Militia illegally from the Govei'nment. Up to 1891, it was possible for any man by making' a close inspection of the ]\[ilitia Reports, to detect frauds on tiie (lovernment. In that year, liowever, the Militia Report was so altered that it is now impossible for anyone to detect any irregularity through the column relating to ''men authoi'ized to drill but not drilled " being absent. (^n Kith .lime. 1892, the following appeared in The Tortmfn Mail : .lUXE i:;, 1890. I r- ,$:, Major-(ieneral ITerI>ert is going further in his militia changes. In tiie Militia orders, published in yesterday's Tanadaian (iazette, it is commanded that muster shivU be made of every corps of active ]\Iilitia at the close of the annual drill. With respect to the pay-lists, it is ordered that " the names ot every person on the pay-lists shall be called out by the paymaster, together with the amount due to him, and each poison shall answer i)y passing the paymaster ns his name is called. Those failing to answer their names are at once struck off the pay-lists." The enforcement of this rule will do away witli tiie possibility of sucli irregularities as have once oi* twicre been alleged regarding militia pay- lists. ir>9 Tt will be seen thai this order is powerless to prevent the present irrej^ularities from continuing since the column, above mentioned, is not now reported in the Militia Parlia- mentary Report. Hoodlinsi' can be practised to the same or even a greater extent than before, since it is now impossible for tliC public eye to observe it. » 1 1 CHAPTER XXVn. THE CANADIAN MfLlTIA, IN THEIK MII.ITIA ACT, HAVF ADOI'TED A KEl'EALED ACT, AND ALSO AN ACT NOT AI'I'LICAMLE TO CANADA. In February, 1891, Slater submitted his case, together with all the proofs, cori'espoudeuce and papers referring thereto, to the Seceretary for Scotland, and on tiie 2nd March received the following reply : WiiiTJOiiAi.L, S.W., 2iul Mairh, 1S!>1. (fjficc of flic tSi'vrcttu-ji for Scofland. Sir, — I am dircfti'd by tlic. Maniuis of Lotliian to Hcknowlodji'e tin', receipt of your letter of the UJtIi ultimo, and to inform yon that His i^ord- ship has referred yonr application to the Secr<;tary of State lor War, and that you will be duly informed of the result. 1 ani, Sir. Your obedient servant, Sijined) K. W. COCHHAN l»ATJMCK. Mr. James Slati'r, 10 Chichester Street, St. (ieorN. 17th l'Vl)runrv. 1H!)1. 7 //'' Sirntitrff fur Sicfhnnl. MvIiOUi),— 1 most n^Hpt'cUully stil)iiiit tlio attjiclKui uapcrs for your ('onsidcnitinii. and I have, ni\ Lord, to stafo that it is tnuicr the advices of Major ( ifiicral llorht'rl, ( 'oioinaiidi));*' Cauadiai) MMitia, tliat I siilMiiit thi t'ollowin;^' to the Imperial aiiihoritics, viz. • that for iho past two ycar.i I have ciidcavon'd to obtain the protection as laid down l>y a Koyal Warr.mt in l'a''<' "JUl*. i'arii l.'l, (^m-en's |{e;;ulations. and orders" for the arm Wt, and that my claim for a Court of I'.miuirv. as therein laid down, has ihwu i;i'nored since the (it h .\u;i'nsl, jsss, instead of whi«h l)ein;;';;'ramed, .-i ;rn •<« nrosiiliiliiin of jnstice wa> perpeii-ated in l>rin;'in;i' my case into the Police ( "onrt, ovrr which my connniindin^' olhcer. in his dual position an such, and I'olice Ma;i'istrale, presides, and imprisoninji' me on an ille;;»il proseciUion on a talse cliar;^"e and false oalli. in an endeavor to suppresH I lie iiiisiijiplication df t iovernmeiit money entrusted to his brother, I ,ieut. ("ol, Kred (". h'liison. for certain militai'y |)nrposos, which false imprison ment, mv Lortl, resuUed in the tleath ol toy wite. \ly tiord. the attached papers will sul)stantiate this, and, \\\s Lord, if you retpiire lurlher conlirm.'ilion. I can produce further <'orrespondiuiC<* til prove \\ liai I slate. I, my l/ord. ri-spi'cifully appeal to \ on to cause the law under which I live to be estended to me. vi/., the urantiny ol the ("our! ol lintpiirv ri'^urditi;; ni\ three years' drill pay as laid down In I'a^'-e -j;*!*. Para \'.\. «,»ueeu's lie;{'iilations and ( >rders for the .\rm,\,and llie setting aside of my e.iiiviction as bein;; (in an ille;ial proscculioti ( K.'^.r. Cap. II, Sec, II, 'M oil a false itath. and on a false charge, so .is to open the courts for me in Canada. .(H I claim that my so caili>d trial, and the holding back of tho 168 papers for my defence, and me Kiiding- them on the morninfr of my so called trial in possession of the prosecutor's cleik, in the Police Court, "was a conspiracy from tirst to last to prev«iiit me uppealinjj;' my case within the. limited twelve days. My Lord, an early consideration will he a great favor so as to enahio me to return to my three unprotected daui^hters in Canada lam, my Ijord, Your most obedient servant, (Sii,ni.Mn .lAMKS SLATKK. .James SIat(!r, 10 Chichester Street, St. Georj4'e's Sijuare. London, S.W. The Marquis of Lothian's r(^ply to this letter has been ^\\'(y.\ in the preceding" chapter, luulcr date 2iid Maivh, IH9L The Seeretar.v of State for War's reply to Slater, throuiirh the Manpiis of Lothian, wil! ;ilso be found in the preccMlin^ chapter, under date 10th March, is'.U. On receipt of the latt(»r ejMstle. Slatci- wrote to the MarcjuiH of rjothiiin askinu that his case he submitted to tiic Secretary of Stat(M'or the ()()h)nies il^ord lvMutsfo?'d> and, a few days afterwards, re(^(Mved the followiiii;' reply from Lord Knutsfoi'd : l)(»WNisv liOni Kiiutslonl to return lifn-with the pajtcrs hit'l. hy yon with this Dcparliueiit on the IDth instant, .nnl to aciiuaiiil you that the master to whicli they relate is not one in wiiich lie can iiilerl'ere, iiihi flitif fic has nmitti it it to tliv (inrrd Kiiul.sford's in^ply : howNiNo Srui;i;r, iMh M.irch, IMM Sill,— III reply to your letter of ihe lUh instant. 1 am directed by Lord Kimtsford to ac(|iiaint you that so tar as this Department is con c.ertKMl fli-fr /'v no niison for tfoii ilr/'fi-rhii/ Imiifrr, ifoiir nturn tit Cana«ia. I am Sir, Your oliedit>iit servant, .Sljfned! MHIN HUANSTON, Mr. .JanmH SlHt<Oth. May, 1891. Sir,—! am directed by his Kxcellency t\w Governor (leneral, to acknowledjfe the rei'(Mpt of your letter of the IHth instant, on the subject of your coinphiint af?ainst the Canadian (Jovernnient. I am to inform you tiiat no vinttiutinicatioti ri'Idfivc to your case has (IS yt't been rcciircd from thr Scvri'tary of State for ffic Col'onics, and to Htate that His Kxcelleiu y regrets thatlu^ is unable to take any further action in the matter. 1 have the honor to 1m>. Sir, Your obedient servant, (Sifrned) CHAiiLES COF.VILLE, Major, (iovernor-Cienerars Secretary. Mr. James Slater. \H) Helitiont Street. Toronto. After waiting some little time, Si.-itrc wrote again to Ijord St.niloy, asking iiini again whether lie had received any instructions from Lord Knutsford, relative to his case, and again received fli(^ same icply. Wiiat has Ix'come of Lord Knutslord's lettei' to Lord Stanley? A letter u\' paramoimt importance to Slater, for had it arrived the Canadian (Jovernmenf would have l^-en forc<»d to investigate Slater's casr and as a eorulhuy to such Investigation, all the irregiilaiilies in ((Hiiieetlon with the Canadian Militia. An inijxnt.Mnt ofHcial letter STOLEN and no invest%ailHi ordered. Ofhcial letters do not come In tli»» ordinary post, but enclosed in thr oflicial letter bap, «*» thtv the thiH" in this case could be easily disc<.\ rpod y»*< tn atr««mpt is lUMtie to biing him to justice. Comment is stiper'fluouH, Tfcn fitcts i^r^eak loud ♦^H»n^h <+4" themselves. Again I .ink, ^ b;*^ doi'* it ttdi mean'/ Wli lum no investigation be(»n nuide r CHAPTER XXIX. TIIK DEBATE IN THE HOUSE OK ( OMMONS OF CANADA, ON THE OlIAIKiES I'ltEFKlJEI) A(iAINST LIEIJT.-COL. FRED. ('. DENISON, ]\Y SLA'I'ER AND OTHERS. Following; is a licport of the L)('l)ar(> in tho House of (Commons of Canada, on 12tii April, is<)i>, on tluMliar^'os riiado by Slater, and others, auainst Col. Fred. C. I)(Miison, M.P. The Report is taken from the Hamavd, the Pailianient- a?"y Keport of the Debate: HOUSE OF GOinPNS DEBATES Seoond Session Seventh Parliament vol. WIV TlESDAY, 12T1I Al'RII,. \X'X2. No. -.VI. linUKc i^Coiiiinoiis. Tni'sdoif, Ijth A/iri/, /sirj, Tlbi' Sl'KAKKU ttwik tin- (hair at tlirot' (icloi-k. rRAVKIlS. SIIIMM.V IMllVILI'KJK. tk. fUS'I'KK iiinvcd lliat tlx' Nuuit(> rewilvc itscit iiiln ('<)iuiiiitU'(> of Hu f f ily. Mr. DKNISON In rclnrriny in a nnutfr thai was l)roii;;lii up tho ^Kkfr u'mM III the iiinsi t-iinlciiiptihl)' iiitiiiiii'r In the uHMiilicr tur North Hritnt i Mr. Smicrvilici Some hnii MKMIIKU. «»nlri. .ni.T Mr. DKNISON I «vill wiihilraw liai w(»nl. Mr. .Speaker, if it U unfKirliiuiH'ntary. hut it Ih rathtT «li(h< m tt» know what word tn tiMi' whfii ^f" tkiiiu lit' a pi>rmMi of timt clnHH. F? ■' • HI 4l. Hi 1: I; 166 An hon. MEMBIIR. Order. Mr. DENISON. I would like, to say that it is a matttir hardly worth th<^ while oftakiiiiJ: up the time of the House to reply to, but as it has been ^iven a fictitious importance, by heinj? broujfht up here by the member for North Brant, I think it is only my duty to myself, and my duty to this Hous(!, that I should explain the matter as shortly as possible. It may 1)6 divided into two parts, one, a charg'e against myself, and the other a charg-c^ ajj^ainst the corps which I have the honor to belonji' to. All the charfj^es an; of the fiiinsicst character, and 1 think, Mr. Sp«^aker, as they are allowed to remain in the Jftnisard, that the orifj^-inal documents should be plac(ul betore us .so that we may be sure that tlu^ hon. member for North Brant has not been imposcnl upon by fictitious docunu'.nts. How- ever, Ik^ that so or not, it is not my purpose to dispute it. 1 should like to refer to thesci afhdavits somewhat in the order in which they have been read. The lirst one is that signed by a man called Charles Black. The items 1, 2 and '•). are practically true ; in fact, all of tlunn are true except, 4. 1 1 and 12, which T should like to read to thi House. No 4 iS as follows : "4. That 1 was ordered to sign four (4) blank pay-sheets, (2) being' smaller ones in said camp in said year, said order being giv(Mi by and in said blank jiay-sliccts (four') beitig' signed by me in the pres<^nc<' of Capt. Clarence iK'iiison." No, 1 1 is as follows :— "11. That 1 now believe that the aforesaid two (2) small blank pay- sheets were olliccrs jiay-sheets, and that I had, through tlieuf being blank, been unwittingly inciuced to sign as veterinary surgeon and for a veterinary surgeon s pay." N«» 12 is as follows : - " 12. That 1 now believe and tlwit through having been ordered t4> ride aforesaid horse on marching out |)arade, and also through the pay- sheets lieing bl;inl« that I have been unwittingly induced to sign lor horse allowance \^:J.) during said camp in said year." These allegations resolve themselves into two charges ; that i, or my corps. im|)roperly drew .'JI2 horse pay : and that we drew pay for a veterinary surgeon instead of pay lor a farrier's sergeant. I have ohtained from the departnieul the original pay sheets that were put in. and they were there for Black or any etween Saturday, the I'tith d;iy of Sep tember," ISill, and Saturday, the.'lrd, Octolier, l.sjil. that to my knowledge. the (Jovermnent of the hominion of Canada, have liet-n defnuided of certain moneys through the false inn-ter ot one 1{. M. Melville, and one .lohn Hardy, in the (Jovernor (lenefal s llody (inard, Canadian Militiii, said (J.( i.H.(!. being under connnand ot. aiui mnstered l)y one, (icorge Tay'<*'' i>t'iiison. a Lieut. -Col.. Canadian Mililia. and said two men. U. \1. Melville and .lohn (lardy. l)eiiin' rrsidi'nts of tlw city ot' Toronto.' I may say in reply, that l»oth these men put in the wliolo of their drill. and received their p.iy, and 1 liojd In my hand the n-cfipts jor the pay they received. 1 think that fact disposes of that attidavit. The next i.s one by a man named William Fenwii-k. who states as follows: " 1. William Fenwiik. of the city of ToroiMo. in tlio County ot Vork. porter, do solemnly declare that ; "1. 1 s<'r\»'d three yeiu's in the (ioNcrnor ( ii-ncijil s Rody (ii;inl. under the coniM.ind of Lieut. Col. (Icorge Ta> lor hcnison. 'J. Aliont the year ISS:?. I .icut. ("ol. I'red, ('. Henison. (oivertntr Oeneral's i'.ody (in.iVd. deducted a sinn ot money. I think it was *;') from mv Camp pay (tf that year, telling me it was tor a delicit in com cction with a liall, given by the Coveriior (leneral's llody Cuard. lor the K'Uefit of the proposed inoiinmeiit ol the nn'n who t<'li dnriiig 'he North West rebellion, as the pnu'eeds uere to go to said moniinieiit , after expenses were paid in connection with said l»all. 1 may say in reply to that iijlidavit. that it is of very little ci>;ise(|iience whether it was true or not. It it was true the action complained ol would be done with the coinent of the min himself who madi' the atlidav it Mu it HO hajipens that it was not true. I have the dilVer»'nl acconni books, wliere the items fire charged against the men, if any are entered up. I lind in |S.s.s. the year he sjieaks of. tln're was no such stoppage against Fenwii-k : there were the usual stoppages for mess, torage. and so on, but no .stoppage for a liall. 1 have also examined tlie book lor IS.'^T and 1SH»(, ax there might have been a mistake of a vear. I find no such .stoppage lor a ball charged against the men in Ixxit lion nieml>ers ot the House are (piite welcojue l(» look at these books .md salisty them.selves in regard lo this matter. Kven supposing the charii'e were true. I wdiild not objcjct toil in the slightest degree ; but it so h.i}»p»'ns that there is no truMi in il\al sialeinenl The next allidavit is oni' ol 11. Marslinian. whoswears-l need not trouble iIm' IlifUse bv reading the whole of it an b»llowH :>- 168 if " I was (iinployed l)y Ijiiiut.-Col. Fred C. Denison, Governor General's Body Guard, and tapiain Clarence Denison, G.G.B.G., as a g-rooni durinff the annual camp of tlie said G.G.B.G., under the command of Lieut. -Col. Georffe Taylor I)(>nison. During' said annual camn, I was ordered by said Capt. (Clarence Denison to siyn two papers, whicli I have since been informed were two blank pay-sheets, ana I was also ordered to answer my name on a parade, which I have sinc(^ biuMi informed was muster parade for pay : " I may mention that the streng'th of a troop in the Body Gxiard is 42 men. We are allowed pay for .-55 horses and i'2 miMi. This arrang-ement is made as it would be a useless expenditure to the country to keep a horse for every man, as a certain number of men are retjuired for jfuard, cook, oflficers' s(u"vants, and so on. This prnctice has becMi carried out in order to effect a saving* of public money. In reg'ard to uniforms, we have to be as economical as po.ssible, and iiicnibers of the Hou.se will understand that r,he rough usage wliich a cavalry man gives his uniform in grooming" his hor.se is njore severe than that given to the uniform by an infantry man, who perfori'is no such work. Hut th(^ uniform is to last for five years. On rliis accoum when a man has put in Three years' service we .scmetimfts giv(^ hini an extra pair of trousc^'s, if h(^ is a .servant or cook, and that is all the ('xtra unitorin they get, and as a matter of fact they scarcely need any uniform at all. This H. Marshman .says he did not enlist, that ho did iiot > other night it would b»^ a I'unny thing if all these nuMi were drunken loafers. 1 do not refer to the aljidavits ol Hoche and Bryan because they do not affect the result one way or the other, l>ut it so hap|)ens that Bryan and Marsh- man who ma "(^ aHidavits are nieii who have both been up before the I'olici^ Court in Tonnito : Bryan on two occasions for drunkenn«>.ss and Marshman once, so that they are hardly what yon could call the best typ«^ of witness you could ])rocure tor this puipose. The allidavit of Matthew llryan refers entirely to the North West, and I rt^gret that Col. Denison who connnaiided that troop is now in Manitoba, so that I had no time or opportiinitv to t ommnnicate with him as to the charge made here I find cin tmiiing up the pay sheet, which I have before me, thai Matthew Bryan went up iluM-e as a dismounted man. and that at Winnipeg n horse waM purchased, as tliey had only .'14 otit of the Mf) In the troop which must iiave been a-ssigned to Bryan because he rtxie in th(^ North West, and 1 renn'nil»er hearing iliai he was ihrown trom hi.^ horse. He admits hiniHcOf that he Inul a horse, fcn- he says, '' nor did I ride said horses siiown against my name until my return to Toronto. ' This shows thai he did ride that hi»rse. I have, however, nothing further to say with regard to that as I eould not connniini( ate with Coi. Denison on the subject, and can only Hp I jna> retnarU that it confines itsi^lf to )l st,Htemeiu that Magistratt Bi'.xler did not do his duly. That ol ((mr.se is none o| ni\ l»nsine>*s. and I have no desn"e i»r intiMition of enteiing into tfiat question. ItMr. .Slater viUei choose lo report Mr Ba 'I'h«' next iwo attidavits are or th( - h th •>n •y me (\ ,.,■ are liar > so. rv .1 C Bvrne and Kdward 169 Roche. 1 shall not trouble the House to read them, but thev are merely to the eflfect that Slater went to their store-room and offered to deliver up the arras. I doubt that statement, but whether it is true or not it makes no difference, for the reason that it was Slater's business to brinj>' nu> the arms, and I had demanded them from him on scA'eral occasions. I may refer back a moment to states that durinj>- the drill that year he was perfectly useless, he came there atter a prolonged spree, and the doctor said he was verg^inji^ on I). T's, so that iie was no us(* to us. I told him after the drill Avas over to send in his arms, and I took the further precaution of sendinj;' a non-connnissioned officer to him with an order to return the arms to store. He refus(>d the non-commissioned officer to do so, and being in no particular hurry almut thiMU 1 wrote to liim. and 1 wrote to him again, and threatened him then that if he did not bring in his arms I would have to prosecute him. I did it for this reason. After the 14th September in that year his three yonvs were up, and he still held tlu^ arms. 1 had (Uther to allow this man to defy iii(> mid kcej) his arms, or to go before a magistrate and force iiim to return rlicm. 1 can assure yovi that I was not long in making up my mind which course to )mrsn(^ The only other statemtnit that 1 have to mak(^ with reference to this, is in answer to his as.sertion that he did not get a «'ertiticat(^ of discharge until a comparatively recent datre for montiis and iiimitiis. but that was his own fault. It is his business under the rules and regulations to call for the discharge. Now, Mr. Speaker, F do not know that there is a single other jioiiit further that I can touch upon which has not already l»ecii answere as a hkmuImm- of Parliament to take tlu^ conrse adoptt'd l\v tlu^ lion, member for North liraiit iMr. Somervill(>^ the other night, lb' slumld sun^ly, when he is attacking the honor of a memlxM- of this Hous(s have tak('n a lillle troul)le to satisfy himselt' of the truth or falsity of these charges. They were all in the depaitiiient and he could li.ive seen them : the department lthers is greater than in other persons, and 1 think that e.vnry hon imMnbtM' in this House will say that the course adopted by the hon. member for llrant (Mr. Somerville^ w;is a most unparliamentary one, and one that Wfmid not commend itself to any other ineinlier ol'this House. 1 may say that in th(> city of Toronto where I come from, thes*' charges w(Mild hav»» no wi'ight, becatise nobotly would believe them there ; but on account of their appearing in the press, ami on account of them gojjig forth throug-h the coimtry in the manner in which they have ir. MK. COATSWORTIl. Mr. Speaker, 1 can hardly allow this occasion to pass witiiout sayinjL,'' some words in rej^'ard to the unwarrantable attack that has bec^n made npon my hon. frien the member for North Hrant, (Mr. Somerville\ in Ji very unjjleasant li^ht before the public fi-encirally. This list of documents upon which the charj^-e was based, is no new thinjr at all, because 1 .supjiose there is hardly a member of this Houses who did not receive that bill of cliarji-es last session. There are very few hon. }>"entle- men here, who have not heard of this crank, who has been nwiking' the charg'es. nml 1 feel sure that the hon. member for North Brant, (Mr. SomerviileMvho read tlu^ papers the other niiiht, had tlu'se papers in his hand hist year, and therefore that he has had alnuidance of time for the purpose of investiji'atinji' them. 1 feel assured also, that if h(^ had taken the sli^i'htcst pains to make an investif^ation himself, if he had put him- self about in the very least dejiree to ascertain wlu!the:r the charg'es wvrv tnu\ h" would have learned that they were as false as my hon. friend has proved them to be toniji'ht. It aj)p(!ars to me, Sir, that not only did the hon. ^'eiitieman who made the char^'es, owe sonn'thinji" to the character, and the standinji'. and the reputation of the hon. ji'entlenian. aj^ainst whom he made those charges, but he ow«h1 something' to his own character. It ai)])ears to me tlwit he owed .something to the dignity that oug'ht to be felt by every member of this Ih use : and 1 must say that 1 feel sorry for any man who could so l;ir forget his position as a mi'mber ot this House, and therefore forget his position as a gentleman- because I think every nuMuber of this House ought to be a g-entleman— that he should so far forg'et all the finer feelings which one man oug'ht to have towards another, as to bring' (»n these pfiper.s- not the (original papers, luit only cojties of them— such charges as he brought ag'ain.st the hon. member for West Toronto. I would go further. Now that the matter has been so thoroug'hiy exjtiained, 1 think that the hon. member for North Brant, owes it nctt merely to the hon. member for West Toronto, but to this Ihnise and to th«' country, to apologise lor tin- stati-nu'iits he has made, and the course' he has pursued ; and I trust that the hon. g'entleman, who has had ciuite suflicent time for reflection since he brotight these charg'es. will hw, lit to retract them tonight, as publicly as he made them, and to apohtgise to he hon Tiu'mber of West Toronto for having' nuule them. Mr. SOMKKVHJjK, 1 desire to say a few words with rt'^jard to thin UDikter. and to bring" to rt'coUection of the tnembers of the Housi' the 171 occasion when these ufiidavits were read. Ir was when the HMise was in Committee of Supply on certain votes required for the militia, amounting- to something- over $1,250,000. During that discussion I saw fit to make use of certain affidavits, which had l)een placed in my hands, as I stated. by a reputable law firm in the; city of Toronto. Sonu>, hon. MEMBKRS. Name. Mr. SOMERVirj.K. 1 will give the name of a linn. It is Dcwart vt rrviuff. Mr. OOAT.SW( )IiTH. They are only copies of the atlidavits. Mr. SOMERVILLK. If the hon. gentlemen will just keep cool, 1 shall f^et along" faster than if they interrupt nu^ The g'(^ntleman informed me in the letter which enclosed the atlidavits that he had the original declara- tions made before magistrate's in his possession, and that they will be placed in my hands whenever I re(|uired them. So that so far as I was concerned, I was acting- in good faith that the original docmnents were in the pos.session of those legal getitlenuMi in the city of Toronto, and that they could be had at any moment ; and they an; there still. When the matter came up for discussion 1 saw tit to bring- that first set of declara- tions before the committed', to show, as I Ix'lievf they did show, that the expenditure on the militia force w;is not just all that it should be. After referring- briefly in the commencement of my rejnarks to the (sxtrava- /?ance of the expenditure on the nnlitia system. T went on to ])oint out some ])articidar instances. Now I consider that it is the duty of every man, who seeks to g-ujird the interests of the public, and to look after the (expenditures of the country, to use all po.ssible means to get at the truth of thos(M>xp!Miditures and to see that they are. justly and properly made. r had in my p;)>si^ssion tluvse affidavits setting forth ccrtJiin facts, and I l)elieve those atlidavits to be true. I beliexcd that I had a right to show tothat connnitt(Hi, that this e\])enditure was not legitimate : andcertaiidy it must be a|)i);irant to evcn-y ni;ui in this II. >use, that, liaving- in my po.ssession tho.se affidavits I had a rig-ht to suppose that 1 had a ]>roof of what I stated with regard to those charges. Now to make suri' of this matter, I referred to some ot the |inl)lic dociniienis, ;incl in looking over the report of the Dt'partment of Militia and hetence, tor the year «'nding' the.Mst Dt'.cember. ISST, 1 found that the .Military histrict. \o. '2. Lieut.- Col. W. I). Otter, Deputy Adjtitant-tieneral, the ;ntual strength present at itisp(>ction of the (iiovernor (Jeneral's BodytinanI, was Kt officers, and 7(1 men, and that the insjx'ction took pl;ice on the -Jnd of Jidy. Then I turni^l to the .Auditor (ienerals rep(trt for the year ending the .tOth .luiu', 1S,S8, which included the time when this inspection took place, and 1 found by that report, that the (iovernor (ienerals Body (Inard was compft.sed of W! officers and men. Then 1 turned to the Militia Report again, and found the officers comp<»sing the (iovernor (ienerals P»ody (iiiaril ntimbered II. and I fonnd that the veterinary surgeon was not appoint, il till Decenilter, IHHT, so that it was impossible for I'raiik Alex.inder ('ainpl)ell, the veterimiry surgeon whose name appe.irs in this report, to be |ireseni ;it that inspection ; and the iid'orniation contained in the letter 1 received from To.onto, was to the ell'ect that (iey Mr. Black. If we are not to depend on the rej)orts which are sent down by the different departments to Parliament Mr. BOWELL. Will the hon. gentleman let me ask him a question 5* Does the Militia Rejiort state that any numlx^r of men w(^re paid ? Do(»s it not simply refer to the number on the muster roll? Mr. SOMERVILLE. It is just as I said. Mr. BOWELL. I ant speaking of the Militia Ri^port. Mr. SOMPZRVILLI]. It reads: Actual strength ])res(mt at inspection, 10 officers atid 7(5 men ; and then we find that, according to th(^ Auditor (ieneral's Report SO men wcm'c paid, which is exactly the number mentioned present at the inspection. There are only nine officers in the corps, and thtu'e coxild only have been nine at that time drawing ]my. As I said befon^ the veterinary surgeon was not appointed, and leaving out the chief officer who was in England, there were onW nine other officers, yet the Militia Report show that ten were paid. T think under those circumstances, I liad good ground for supposing and believing that there w;is .some serious fault to be found with this j)aym(!nt of money nuuie to the Governor-Generars Bodv Guard in Toronto. And, what further con- lirmed my suspicions was a reference to the Auditor Gt^ieral's R(!port of this year. ( )ne of the hon. gentlemen who criticised my remarks tlu! other night seem(>,d to think that it was an unpardonable sin to criticise any one in the House connected with the Militia. I find, by referring to th(^ Auditor (general's Report of this year, that a state of affairs exists with n'gard to the managemeiu of tlu^ militia of this country, which, no doubt, in .som(^ respects, influenced the General, whose r(^])ort was referred to the other night, in making some of tlu^ statements he did, I'liless his report was written before ; but, at all events, this is not creditable to the militia force, and it iiuhu-ed me to think that if all irregularities set forth in this report did occur, it is (piite possible and probable that the statem(^nts of this man Black with regard to tlu; money paid to the (Jovernor-General's Bore it is shown that the refund has not taken place." Now, that is a departmental document. That ought to hav<' .some weight with this House in forcing them to 'the concUision, that I was justitied in believitig the statements, which were declared by this legal firm in Toronto, to hav*; been sworn to before certain magistrates in the city ot Toronto. I do not think, therefore, that 1 n'({uirt! to tnake any apology for having discussed that (piestion as I did. 1 think we are here, as I said before, to discuss the estimates, and discover any frauds that may have been committed upon the (iovenniient of this country, and 1 was simply discharging my duty, and am not prcqiaretl to say that 1 did any wrong in discussing the matti'r. The hon. nu'rnb(>r for West Toronto had the hardihowl— and it is not the first time he has made remarks about me. which were not justifiable not only in this House, but in tlie Public Accounts Committee, last year— he had the hardihood to say that he believed that I had rectuved these aflidavits last session. Why did he believe that? 1 teill the hon. gentleman that I never saw these affidavits until they were sent to. me this session. Mr. COATSWORTH. They were all over the House last Session. Mr. SOMi<]RVHXE. The hon. gentleman .says they where circulated here last year. Let me call his attentioti to this fact, that the whole of the affidavits or declarations, whatever you like to call them, which were first prewsnted by me to the House, were sworn to. one on the 15th January, 1892, Hnother on the 5th January. 1S92, another on the 8th January, 1892, IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-S) 1.0 ;ri^ 1^ ^^ ''■ IM 12.2 _|J_ " -^ IS ^^ '7^-^ ^ ^ /^ 7 Hiotographic Sciences Corporation ¥!^ ^, '3 VMST MAIN STRUT WIUTM NY I4SM (7«*)t71-4»01 Cro A ^y ^ ^ ^ 174 s another on the 30th, (X'tobt^r 1891, another on the Sth DocemlMjr, 1891, another on the 28th I)ecenil>er, 1891. Mr. COATSWORTH. They were just re-sworn to make you fresh. Mr. SOMKRVILLE. Now, I think that the lion gentleman ought to do mc justice, and apologise for making: this statement, Ijccause he had every opportunity to verify it, and see what dates were on these declara- tions, and he stands up before this House, and accuses mc of having; doi'.uments in my possession which never liad exi.stence in the country at all then, but are all of recent date. And I may say further, that I had no intention whatever of reading: the other declarations which I did read, and would not have read them, had it not been for the statttment made by the member for \Ve*t Toronto. He has himself to blame for my bringing up those other de< laratlons, which may possibly have been in the po.s8os- sion of the hon. nember for W«^st Toronto last session, but which I never saw until thev Mere sent to me. The hoii. member for West Toronto declared that this man Slater was a drnnkitn old soldier, and is only a drunken loafer. Now. the Ixmst of Britons has always been that equal jnstice and fair play, Nhould be meted out to rich and poor alike ; and Mr. Speaker, the srnse I have ot British justice and fair play, compelled me to ris(( and give to this M(nt,se. this man Slater's .stati'ment of the case. I liad no int<'ntion of presenting' that statenient at all, Ixrause it was first in the list of alHdavits. and I turned them over and went on to those of jnore recent dat^^ which bore strictly and solely a|)on the expenditure of public money. But sinct! this man Slater was chargtsd with this oft'ence, knowing- ''-at he was an old British soldier, knowing that he had fought in tl»'. British army in India, knowing that he ought to be respecttid iM«e blamed for trving to champion his cause here, that is. presenting- his case to this House, from his |M)lnt of view. I do not think there is anything- unmanly for a man. to stand up in this House, and det-lare that lie iinds he has a reason to n^gret having made use of statements, which he ought not to have nnide. I sny, that if I hatl known that thesr woimIs. where he states that he had Immmi convictod on false an. th«^ discussion in the manner in which it has proceeded so far, but to call th«» Attention of the hon. jfentlemen to a featureof the discussion t\u\ other nig-ht. of which I think he has lost sijiiit of. The hon. {gentlemen has explained the circumstances as to how he came to read these; papers to the House, in committee. He was pursuing-, he thinks, his duty in making- en(piiries ir/jo certain irreg-ularities in the pnblic expenditure, and he has said that it he had known that the affidavit which he n^ad contaiuvid the statem(Mits "perjured evidence," and "false accusations," he would not have read that affidavit. The Hous«', however has further to consider that tlu; hon. g-entleman, in point of fact, nuule. although not upon his own responsi- bility, two distinct charg'j^s ag'ainst the hon. mtMuber for West Toronto, '^Mr. Denison). in the affidavits which he read to the House the other day, there we.re two very distinct charges made irn^spcctivt^ of the words which he wishes the House to considiM- withdrawn. In the first place the accusa- tion nuule ag-ainst the hon. mtMuber for West Toronto was. that he had falsely certified to a pay-sheet for that purpose of drawing-money irreg-u- larly from the treasiiry, and that he did that as an ofhi-er of the militia. The second charg-j^ was that the hon. member f(»r West Toronto, procured the conviction of this man itiiproperly for the purpo,se of su|>pressing a charg'«Mig;ainst himself. I submit to the giMMl sense i»f that lion, member himself, as well as to the opinion of the I louse, wlu'ther it is right that charg-es of this kind should 1m' made in this House. ;ind. after the explaiui- tions have Imhui nuule by the accused member, should not be withdrawn. I think the h^ast we can exptn-t \'\'*>u\ \\u' hon. member for North Hraut. (Mr. SonuM'ville,') is, that in addition to what he has said, as to ihe.se two words in llu< affidavit, those two explicit charg-es should l»e witlidrawu. after thc! statcMuent which has been made by the hon. nunnber for W«;st Toronto, (,Mr. Denison,^ and the pnMtfs he has pnKlm-etween him.self and the hon. memlMu- for WtwtTonmto. (Mr. |)eni.son). Perhaps I jini to sotne extent i-espousH)le in this nuitt<>r mys<>lf. In the niouth of .lauuary last, 1 received a letter from this nuin Slater, stating- that lu^ had been v<'ry badly use(i by the menilx^r for Toronto, who, I iH'lieve, had been his colonel, that \\v. had hcut(Hl and convictr for Brant against the memlN^r for West Toronto. Sir JOHN THOMI*SON. That is the worst way in which to mftke charges in the House. Mr. COI.'KBIIKN. I regret excuudhigly that the hon. member for North Brant (Mr. Souierville) has not considvred it his duty, after the 1 < i explanations that have been made, to ott'cr an unqnalilied a|wilo{>\v to this House and to iny brother member for West Toronto (Mr. Denison). tor the laii{^iage which he used and tlie thar House." These are the words, and they are memorable words, of tlie lejider ot" the Opposition, and they do credit to his heart, and credit to those ji'entle- nianly instincts with which he has always conducted tlu' Opposition of this House. I trust that his follower from North Mrant, liow«'\er humble he nu»y be, however impi'rvious he may be t(» such influences - Some hon. >H:MBKUS. Order. Mr. COCKBriJN. 1 am in order : Sir. 1 sny I trust that this p-ntleman will try. as far as in him lies. t(» imbibe some of that spirit which lias been inculcated here only eig-ht and forty hours ag"o by the hon. gviitlemau whom he now professes to obi'v .is his leader. Sir. since the debate opened the other eveniny. 1 have had an opportunity of pay lug- a running* visit to Toronto, and I can assure you that the charges made by the hon. member for North Brant are there regfarded with liolh ridicuU' and abhorrence. There is no family in Toronto, no family in the whole of Ontario, that stands higher in |)ul)lic esteem than the family of the Denison's. For seventy years Miey have .stocnl in trie front as the defenders of their c(mntry, and in every clime, in C'finada. in Britain, in India, every wlien^ tliey havt- been ready to shed their blixKl and to g:ive their means for the defence of the coinitry . They are sprung from a good. sound stock, they are sprung t'rom the old V . K. Loyalists, and they hav<^ never done anything, directly or indirectly, to my knowledge, or to tho knowledge of any one, except the lion, member for North Brant, which WQuld befoul tlie escutclu'on which they have borne s(» bravely before them. Sir, he has tried to expl.'iin to us the irregularity which he alleges to have (HTurrtnl with ref«'reuce to the pay-list. I hold in my hand the pay-llHt which explains the matter most clearly. I (ind there the orticers nuuitioned as having' reci'ived pay. with the ccrtiticates attached. These are the names of tlu^ ollicers : '* Fred. ('. I>enison. Captain and Bt. Lt.-Col. " F. A. Fleming. Lieutenant. " F. B. Browning, 2nd Lieutenant. " Orlan(h) Duini. fnptaiu and Bt, Major. " VVm. Hamilton Menitt, Lieutenant. "Casimir Dixon. iMid Lieutenant. " F. L. M. (Jrasett, Surgeon. "C. A. neniHon, Captain and Adjutant. "John Sloan, quarti'nnaster. There are nine officers who are nnuitioned as havin^f re«"elve;• allowed with impunity to make sm-li charges, sui'h Vmse cIiarg-oH, as have been made by the hoii. mcr'bcr for North Hiant. then; will be a sensible lowcMiiig- of the diji'iiity of this House. We shall Hnd that outside, by our own eonstituents, the value that we are iiulined toplaee u[)oii our- selves, will be that which will l)e plaeed on us by them. Sir. if the difjuity of this House is n\ be lowered, if members are to be allowiui to tliufi;' broad- <'ast unfou)idi'd aceusations ot this kind, the result will be that in a tew short years we sh.ill Hnd thii tojie of this Mouse sensibly lowered. So far. since Confederation, we hav«' striven to maintain it as a House in which ji'entlumen may fitly associate toj«-ether. But if charji'.-s of this kind are to be bandied about, if an hon. expect will be tlu' future of this country ? What sju-rificcis can we expect will be made for this country I>y our militia men and officers? I trust, then'fore. that this <;entl«'man tVn- Norta Brant will duly eousider the statenjent made l»y his hon. lea.ler, and will consider that if he desires to remain a worthy member (»f this Hou.se. to be consid«'nMl by them as fit to a.ssiM'iate with ji'entlemen. lo be considered as a p«'rson who ouj»'ht not to be expelled from this Mouse, he will rise in his place and tender that ample apolo;4'y which one ^i'entlenian is suppo.sed to be ready to tend«M' to ant)ther. as soon as he has learned that the evidence on which he has made his charge is totally unfounded, as the evidence has been on whicli he nuidi* this char;>'e. MM. C.VSKV. .\lth(tu;i-h in nuMlern days the hon. mendier for Ceiitroi T(»ront(t {Mv. Cm-kliurn'^ is a l»oy with the l)ovs, althou;fh he sonu^tiines plays cricket out on the fi'reen in front of theses au^fust edifices, the instincts of the schoolmaster survive in him still. It siiems to b(» utterly impossii)li' for him to let slip any opportunity of ffiviny a lecture to soine- botly. .\n h(>n. member l»ehind n>e su^i'^vsts the won! " scoldinfr'" I do not know but the word scoldinj*" would be more proper under present circtnnstances. Me has jumped into the middle of a d<>.bate with which he ha'hf was hisdtUy, and has U^ctur<>d him, or as my hon. iViend has su^^^'ested, scolded him. I do not know what souu* parts of his remarks had to do with the i|uestion, but there is one |>ortion of them t;; which I must refer. He n-ferred to the family of M'hich the hon. member for \V«'st Toronlit iMr. Denlson* is a nuMuber, to their hni^ existence in Toronto -to their ori^'in, and to the distinction they have always n»erited in that city. Now. Sir, I do not think we need to be told these th)n;;rs. I think the family ot the Penisons sufficiently well-known to the people ofOntario. as not to need n certificate even from the late h('a«l master of tin* I'pper Canada tollejie. 1 think they are quite as able to stand on their own reputation as on his certiHcatt*. As for the |mtnt at issue, leaving]: aside the chaff', I think the matter has Immmi taken too serimisly by iNith sides of th«^ House. Setting I am as old a parllamontar fan as any hon. nuw>lhle to draM' ruleuM 179 strictly as to prohibit inc'iibers from rcadiiij? siffidavits in the House and askinji' exphmations thenMu. simply because they may east reflections on some member of tiie Hous(\ It \voul(i be utterly -es to draw the rules so strictly. It is altojiether unfair and unwise to repn^sent the nnanber who reads the aflidavits as havinj*- made the charg'es himself. He says, for ("xamph^ : I have here an aft'idavit from a man who is n^presented to me as resp(a'tahle, and hv. swears so and so, leavinjf himself open to tli(^ charjj'e of jierjury if his stati^ment is incorrect. The member .stat(^s that he wishes the departnumt in (|uestion. siu'h, for instance, as thc^ Militia Department, to in<|Uire into the matter, or he may suj^rj^'est that the. enquiry be made by the House or in some other manner. I do not think these present charji'es are exactly a proper suV)ject for enipiiry by a parliamentary conunittee, Init I did not h(>ar all the explanations ot tii<'. lion, member for Toronto, (Air. ncnison . In my opinion, an (^nipiiry should be made V)y a proper military court in order to setth^ the matter, once and forever. I do not wish to be luideistood, as the hon. nu'inber knows, as attachinff the slijiiiti'st weijiht to the atfidavit <»f HIaek— I do not know the other men. Tlu' hon. memlxM- is also aware, that I made no attack a.irainst hispiu'sonal character, but after so much talk has be(!n indulged in. the best way to settle the matter, would b(> to have an enquiry which would settle the matter l)eyoiid all doubt, esjK'cially as it has <;'one broadcast throu;''hout the country. Now. alter wasting' so much tinu' on the subject, we should accept the retraction made by the hon. meniber for North Ib'ant, [Mv. Somerville). An hon. MKMBKK. No. Mr. CASE^'. Yes. 1 am afraid the hon. member was not att«'ndinfi- to what the hon. nu'mbi'r for North r>rant said. We have aln-ady wa.sted sufficient lime on this matter, and I hope this is the last time we shall hear of it. Mr. BOWKLL. 1 do not intend to jirolon;*' the (Udmte further than lo say. .that the fullest investijiation was mad*' into these charfjes. which have biHin n^ferred to in this debate, and also in the del)ate which t"<' *'i".^' '"b» them, and there was not one word of truth in any of thorn, so far as they related either U: Lii'Ut.-Col (lecaxe Henison, (h- to the hon. in<^nil)er for West Toronto in this House. 1 asked him if I wa« at lIlM-rty to mak»^ that statenu^nt in the House, as no doubt the nnitter would Im< Jijfaln relernid to, and he wiid 1 was. I have made that statement in the heurinj;' of the lion, metnbi^rs of the House, in order that we may not ajfain ht-ar the desln^ expressed, that a further investigation should \h>, made. That has \m>n repeated over and over ajfain. Had there been no inveHtl}j:ath)n, I leel no hesitation in Maying that I would have ordered an . invoBtljfatlon to be held at once, in order to relieve the character, if It were neceHHary. of the hon K«'«»ll<<»>an, this brother, whose nanu^ has b«»en referriMi to w often, of any Impntatlon. as I could not believe it iwisslWe, !l! pi lli! H i ' 180 that those g-entlenmn coiiid b(i ;?xiilty of that with which th(?y wen; cliarj^'ed in these affidavits. I re^jret to say that I cannot aj^ree with the hoii. nieinber who has just spoken, (Mr. Casey), or witli the leader ol" the Opposition, when he says that the hon. member for North Brant, (Mv. Somerville) made that retraction whicii I think under the circumstances, should iiave lieen made. He did, however make one statement, which, any one who knows anything' of the volunteer force, or had any connec- tion with them, either past, or present, is familiar with, the fact that irregularities will occur from an incomplet*^ knowledge of the regulations and orders which govern the force. The remarks which Avere made by the hon. member for Nortli Brant, (Mr. Somerville), in regard to the over- drawing of pay l)y a large number of officers, would leave the impression on the minds of those who heard him, and those who will read his remarks, that there had been an attempt to swindle, if I may use a common ex- pressi(tn, because it was nothing more or less, if it was done intentionally. It was something new to me, but when 1 looked at tlu; Auditor General's Report— and I may as well confess I had not read it before, I could well nnd(>rstand how these irregularities occurred ; and I went to th(; depart ment and asked if my surmise was correct, the r(>ply being that it was correct. There an^ many cases in which a battalion, when it turns out for annual drill is not complete, 1 have in my eye the, loth Battalion of BeUeville. hi it are a number of young men, wiio would no moni think of taking $l\ HO improperly, than the hon. gentleman would think of putting his hand into his neighbor's pcx'ket. 1 found one acted as captain during th(> time the battalion was at camp, and had conunand. His rank in the volunteer force was only that of fir.st lieutenamt, and untier the regulations, h(^ was only entitled to a first lieutenant's pay, but as he had p(Ml'ormed the duties of captain, he, no doubt, thought it perfectly proper to claim a captain's pay. I am also informed that in some of the com- panies, pay was drawn with the consent of the adjutant general of the particular district, utider the impression that, having aetwl in a higher capacity, they were entitled to the pay of that rank. When the Auditor (Jeneral examined th(^ record- take the case of the gentleman to wliom I have referred, who only held the rank of first lieutenant, but drew the pay of captain— he drew the attention of the department, and on this g(uitleman being informed that he had received pay to which he was not entitled, he paid back the amount. That is the character of all these over- payments, that hav(^ been made so far as I hav<; been able to investigate them, which has been only during the past few months. I make this Htattimeiit in justice to tlie ycmng g<'ntleman, I referred to, and whom I know ver\ well in my own city, and I know th(^ same is applicable to most of the otiMM" cases. It is thus one of thos«s irregulariti(>.s whicli would very naturally (X'cur, from the fact that nuMi had not studied tlie orders and r«?g»datioits governing the force. I sincert'ly regret that the lion, member for North Brant, (Mr. Sr for Toronto, in which the hMider of the Opposition must know, and the tn(>mb<>r for W(^Ht KIgin must also have known if h(> had heard it, he t>i^)V(Hl every statement which had reference to himself individually 181 was incorrect, and that he hud t\u\ o.vidinmo of thn pay-list before him. thi^ ori«?inal docutnent which he oi)tain(Ml from th(! (h^partment to show that th!! affidavits were not correct. So far as tliese documents are concernoxl ihBy are, as I pointed out before, iio^, affi lavits at all. ThcM-e are som,' of thuin not si^'ned and th:^re is no jur/if attaciied to thi othin-s ; but apart from that alto;?ether, tiiey make serious charges ajrainst the honor of tlu^, hon. member for West Toronto, ( Mr. Denison), and for that rciason, after the evidenc<'. which has been phucd before th(^ lion, member for Brant (Mr. Somerville), in justice to the hon. member for W(\st Toronto, (Mr. Denison). and in justice to the House, tlie hon. member for Brant, (Mr. Somerville), should have made an nnniserved withdrawal of the charjfes, and I hope he will see his way to do so yet. One thinj,'- struck me in con- nection with this matter, and it is rather sinjvular. It is that the ummber for Brant (Mr. Somerville), said ov(m- and over ay:ain that he reciMved these do;!uments— affidavits as he calls them— from a reputable law tiriii. The leader of the Oppt»sition says that he handed them to the member for North Brant, and tiiat \u\ is the jientleman who received them. I leave tiiat little matter to be settled betwcioi the two {•'cntlemen. Mr. r.ACRIER. There is nothing to explain in that Mr. Speaker. Mr. BOWKLL. It was a little irreyularitv. Mr. LAURIKIi. It is not an irni^^ularity. I have explained to the House, in what manner thest^ papers came In^re ; they simply pa.s.sod Throuffh my hands, and 1 never hxiked at them. Mr. MIILOCK. Not Iiavinir been present at the d(0)ati of la.st Friday evvtninjf, and not havins" i*<''i<' the debate except such as appis-ired in the pul)lic press, 1 can otdy perhaps imperfectly aeen convicted for refusinj;- to return stores, and I must .say that I felt then that he had been hardly used in that tran.saction. .My impn^ssion from .si>(Mnj>'him was, that he was a man ■of honesty of purpose, not desirinj;- to do any one wrimji', but ofan excit- able disposition and of v(m\v fixed views. For example. I can rem<'.mbor one of the charjyes that lie tlum^ht was a wry heinous one. and which, as ut HrHt explained it to nus seemed a very serious one. It was this: He told me that he was (>,n«fa;2fed to di.scharg'e some dutic^s, and that tht^nt was « certain reg'ulation pay. attachcnl to these duties, that he was entitUid to, but that this pay had beiMi withheld from him. He nmde himself believe that the withholding' of that money had resulted most .seriously in re;rard to I'is family, and I think he said that his wife had almost died from want, l>y roaHon of his not reeeivinjf the n>om\v, which he thought it was his ri^^htto obtain. Not beinjT tainiliar myHitIf with the militia law, or the practice, which of course at times seems to supersede the law, I made 182 m m m oiiquiry ot some, uiiiitia ottit'(U'», one of whom I tliink was my hon. friciit} from Frontenac- (Mr, Kirkpatritk), and he exphiincHl to rn(^ that the statu tory allowance for such servict^s went to the officer of the company or thj^ rcffiment. as the cj. u*. mij;;"ht 1)(! ; tliat it was for th(^ oflicer to {••et the services performed, makinji" such terms as lie cliose, and that the person wlio ma(Ui the contract with a superior ollicer was oidy »nititl<'d to such pay as was the result of the aji-nuMaent ; the statutory pay being: «i fund placed ot the disposal of tlu' superior officer. That may be the law, and no doubt it is, but a person hired to rtance to any connnunicaiions that hv should have sent me. but having' the advantage; ot seeing" him, I must say that I feel somewhat inclined — wiiile not (juestioning" his veracity, or desires to tell the truth — to ((Uestion the accuracy of his g'lMKM-al statenuiiit. I do not know that I can say anything' further in reg'ard to this matter, except so far as 1 have been able to discover from what my hon. friend the Ministuan to whom I have ri'ferred. Mr. HOWKIili. They contain a lot of chargfos. Mr. MTLOIIK. Did Major (Jenural Herbert say that he had investi- g'at(Hl these charg'es in all their ramifications, no matter to whom they referred, and did he report that th(\v were absolutely without fouiulation as regrards any persoji, Mr. HOWKLL. I did not say that. Mr. Mn>(K'K. Then certain char^^es haviMiot been investig:atedy Mr. MOWKIjL. W(^ are not discussing' that <|Uestion at all. We artt 18:5 uniulation uotdisciissinj;' tln' general Lhai-' the alh-pitions of thest; affidavits, he finds that there was nothing;' either directly or indirectly that could reflect on the reputation of eitluTof the two colonels referred to. Mr. MTLOCK. I understood that these two documents were read iH^arino- upon the estimates, and of cour.s<> some alleviations in these docu- ments had no reference to my hon. friend from West Toromto or any of his friends. Therefort!, to some extent at all events they allude to charj;es not yet disposed of. I understood my hon. friend from North Ihant to withdraw any endorsement which he miiven to any eharj^-es in these documents jis ayainst my hon. friend from West Toronto, and, thei'efore, I was at a loss to und(M-stand wheriMn he had not made that (rmf'/i<^' wlr:'h the hon. Minister of .lu.stice seems t»» think m'cessary. Therefore, I woukl like tH'L(>CK. What other charges are contained in the docnnient y Sir JOHN THOMPSON, ('ertifyinj-- falsly to papers for the purpose of •i'ettin*'' mon(\v, and maliciously proseculin;;' a man in cader to screen himself from a char<'"e. Mr. MULOCK. There is .sonuithinji' (h'tinite now, for the hon. member of North Brant to work upon. 1 must say, with re-iard to the j)r(>secution in question, that it was in my judy-meni, a mistake. It was an unneces- ary prosecution, 1 think. Whih' it may have been considered neces.sary for purposes of disci|)line, it seems t(» me harsh treatment of a fiO(Mi. honest citi/en and soldier. Now, 1 woidd say in conclusion, that tlie hon. inetnber for North Brant was only doinj-- his duty, if he believed in the truth of these statenn^nts, in brinjiin^' tlu'in to the attentiou of the llous*-. Perhaps if it (Kcurred to him he mijiht have adopted sonu! other cour.se, or made fuller enquiry it he had known : (»r perhaps those belonging' to Toronto woukl have known, that Sergeant Slater nniy not have been as varcfiil in the use of language as i»ne ought tle >vho send it, and if they have no rc^ason to suppose that it is incorrect, I would like to know what their duty is. If there is any class of members in the House whose duty it is to bring' g:rievances to the attention of Parliament, it is the members of tlu^ Opposition ; and when my hon. friend from North Brant received those documents from the hands of my hon. friend, the leader of the Oppositioji, accompanied as they wcn-e by a connnunication from a reputable law firm of the city of Toronto, and they impressed U|>on his mind the t-xistence ot a wrong:, he was not to blame, it he thought his proper course was to do what he did : and now that the matter has been brought to his attention, and a "ntation has been made, which I am sure we all acci^pt, the remarks that hav«> fallen trom the hon. Member from North Brant oug'ht, I think, to satisfy <'very reasonable person. Mr. DAVIN. I think^ Mr. Speaker, that it is g-reatly to be rejyretted that my hon. friend from North York (Mr. Mulock) has spoken in the tone he has on this .subject. The qiuistion before the House is not the character of Mr. Slater, nor even the character of my hon. friend from North Brant- (Mr. Sonierville). Th(^ (juestion before the House at this moment is the honor and dijfnity ot this House. It was a seriou.* thing', although the hon. member for North York does not seem to think so, for an hon. member of this House to read— I heard them myself- atHdavitc grossly libelling a member of this Hou.se, without one, word of conunent to show that he did not entirely endorse them. But it is a much more serious thing, after the hon. member for West Toronto has shown to a demon- stration that there was not a tittle of ground for those gross libels, for the hon. member for North Brant to rise in his place and say that he regretted using one or two words, instead of frankly and fully Mithdrawing the libels that were contained in these affidavits. I regret very much that 185 my hou. friend from North York aiul my hoii. rriond from West Elg-in, spokointho way they did. I think. Sir, it shows that there is in the House a want of appreciation, of vhat is due to tlie dii-nity of this assembly, and I may say this, that no man can havt^ occupied a seat in this House for three or four sessions as I havi^ done witiiout havinjr seen that there is in some hon. memlnn-s a desire to libel other members of this House— a desire to make charges att'ectinjr the character of members of this House and to let then) g-o broadcast tlu-oujiiiout the country, and in that way to lower the dig-nity of the House and injure its etticiency. 1 repeat that the question is one att'ecting- the honor and diy-nity of the Hou.s»', It is a serious one, and if the hon. nu'mber for North Hrant does not fu..y withdraw the libellous statements made in those affidavits, the House oufjht not to be satisfied. Mr. SOMEltVILLE. I wouIm just say, with regard to the hon. member for Assiniboia (Mr. Davin\ that ' iiMi 1 want to add to my diiiiiity as a leorislator, I will not go to his sclioo). Some hon. MEMBERS. 'rder Mr. SOMEkMLLE. 1 think 1 ;im perfectly in order. Mr. SPEAKER. It the hon. _< i!tl(»man wishes to add to his retrac- tions he can do so, but he cannor ;,o fiu'th(M-. Mr. SOMERVILLE. I would j^v r say to the hon. member for Centre Toronto, that Avhen I want to learn (li-^nily iwA be a ,<4"entleman, I will g-o to another master than to him. l)ecause I think his manner is so pompous- it would not at all be an acquisition. Now, with regard to this matter, 1 distinctly declared, all throug"h the di'bate tlie other nig-ht. when the decla- rations or attirmations were being read, that 1 repudiated any respon.si bility from them. An hon. MEMBER. You said you Ix^lieved they were tnu\ An hon. MEMBER. Why did you read them ? Mr. SOMERVILLE. I read them as coming from parties, who I belie\:e, ought to be credited, but I have no desire to ])rolong this debate at all, as you may well suppose, Mr. Speaker. I would jxist .say thi.-;, thai. so far as I ani concerned, I understood more than a year ago t^at I had. as far as the hon. member for West Toronto is concerned, withdrawn ans vhar^es with regard to his character. I had no intention, as I said nefore, •of imputing anything- against the character, ot the hon. gentleman, and 1 bfUieve it is my duty to say that as far as he is personally concerne,d, I am perfectly satisfied with the explanation he has made. I do not understand exactlj" what the hon. Mini iter of Justice meant with regard to my not having withdrawi. what I ought to have withdrawn, because f thought, hen I read my t\)rmcr statement, that I had withdrawn these charge.., so far as the hon. nuMuber for West Toronto is concerned. I wish to say hen* that I am not driven to this explanation by any of the threats made Against me in this matter. I make this explanation ; if it does not satisfy the House I cannot go any further. Motion, in amendment, to adjourn the debate, negatived. Motion of Mr. Fostor agretMi to and the House Resolved itself into Supply. '.■V :lli ii! ■»! ^ if' ife' ■" 186 And that ^s all. Col. De"isoii i'ives his version of the story ; it is accepted as gospel without (luestion, and the matter is disposed of. Col. Denison's word, as a member of Parliament, boiiii-- equivalent to an oath, the other members did not dare to contradict iiis plausible statements, but accepted his word in prefereiu-e to the sworn aftidavits of several other men, who not being' members of Pai'liament or pei'sons of influence, were, of course, low blackguards and drunken loafeis, iniv.oi'thy the notice of any member who possessed any really gentlemanly feeling for the honor of another membtM'. Any man, with gentlenninly instincts, who desired to uphold the dignity of tiie House would naturally i-eject as worthless sworn atfldavils attecting the ciiaractei- of any other hon. nienibei. A man can be ai'rested for murder on tiie sworn affidavit of ct tor Toi. Denison's sup<'rior knowledge of Military law, 1 respectfully b(\u to dift'er. The blue books show that pay was di'awn from the (iovernment for Bhu^k us a drilh'd sohfit't: How possibly could Black be a drilled cavalry soldier unless he had a horse to drill with? Col. Denison acknowledges that pay was diawn tor Black from the (Iovernment at the rate of W cents per day, from June 27th to .Inly L*nd. and also acknowledges that Black had no horse to drill with. Theretbre ( ol. Denison pi'oves. out of his own mouth, that the pay was illegally drawn. Black not being a drilled soldier aicording to the Militia Regulations, of which we here (piote an (Wtiact: 1!> Vii't. All \{-t Kt'spi'ctin;'' tlic Miiifiji aiid h.-tciuc nrCnimdji, ('Im]). H. Sec. .')!►. llcr Mfiji'sty iiim.v order tin- otViccis and nicii ot tlu' Hevcr.'d (MtrpM (tf tli*' Artivi' Militia, nr any poilion tlicrctir, lo drill tor u fK!ri(Ml not ('xcccdiiifi' si\t('«'n (»r less than rii^lil davs in <'afli year : f/zc/ ' fitr vl rill nf Ihn r Iniur.s. every otVicer. iion (••innnissioned otVieiT ajul nmii shall reeeive (he pay nt" ins resj)ecliv<' rank, and (he tilVleer and tneii of mounted corps sliall reeeiv**, for luidi (liifx terinary surgeon, of which Bl.'ick only rinrived the farri(M' sergeant's pay. The metlKMls employed by the tnithorities to conceal this fraud ft i i I 188 will become apparent by an examination of the Militia blue books. I heie submit in full the extract from the Inspection Report of G.G.B.ri., which have performed the annual drill for 1SS7-88, referred to in this debate : 00 C jr I U' c\ s: S!^ -1 -a c s! r()H(>Nr(>. i« IS.Un (KNrs. S? 1 C' -^ > •^- 3 a; COMPANY ^ V K ^^^ -c f— 1^ 2 = ^ mH H > PI O "? • X ^ :i s». •>-4 -1 s ^ - I ^ ^ s. " t- Z -V ."^ I—] X = a I ;- — > "^ ►/, 2^^ 5; r - S I ^ o o o 3 B X. -; y, z '-^ i ii -^ X tr -y -. 'y. - •- I'l.ACK. 2 ■n 2 X o ac »i - > i^ §" 2 Sf^ > M 3 tn r S PI e > K ?, H K • 9 X ^ ^•H o = a 1 PI o K H A Z m > COHT or nATIONS I'KIl ItKAIt I'KU niKM AT KM AMI'MKNT. ,U'IA 2ni». .ItlLY :>NI). IIATK Ol" INNI'U rU>N. HATK WIIUN imifJ. WAM <;oMiM.iTi;i» r r «r J *• 1^4 ■J 'i* il I 190 It will be seen by the above extract that A. troop shows an establishment of three officers ; B. troop an establishment of three officers ; and start an establishment of five officers ; and siiown as present at inspection (muster for pay) A. troop, six officers : B. troop, fom* officers ; and staff officei's, none ; making" i\ total of ten offi(;ers present at muster for pay, aj^ainst an establisiiment of eleven officers. It will thus appear that Col. Fred. C. Denison in showings six officers ajrainst his establishment of three, and Col. Dunn, four offii-ers against his establishment of three, and no staff officers siiown as being present at muster for pay. that Colonels Denison and Dnini have mixed up the staff officers with their establislnnent of ti'oop officei's in order to conceal this fraud on the (rovernmcjit of the false muster of Farrier Sergeant C. iilack as a veteiinai'y surgeon, in addition to his muster in ins own rank. And to confirm the above, T give the following from rlie Militia list of the Dominion of Canada, page '.\9 (Corrected to tiie 1st January 18HH). The (lovei'iior-flenorars Body (Juard for Ontario; Dragoons. MoT'l'o: '^ Xi//i SrtntffHs." M.l). No. 'J, — r>tli Brigade Division Toronto. OU(iAMZKl), i\.{\ 'Jlth Dec. 1H;V>. rMRuni— Blue: Facings. White: IMume, White. Ma.iok Com ma n 1)1 N( J : Denison. (Jeorge T. 9th Sept., 1H7«. Captains: Denison, Fred. Chnn., 1st March. 1872. Dunn. Orlando, r)th May. 1H7(). IJKITKNANTS: Merritt, William Hamilton, lOth May, 1HH4. Fleming, Frank Andrew. LMst August, \HHth 2ni) ukitknantm: Dixon, Rol)ert ("asimer, loth June, 1HH7. Browning, Thomas Blair, I H July, 1HH4. 191 AD.irTANT : Donison, Clarence Alfred Kinsey, ihU Mdvch. 188^. (jrAKTEH-MASTEK : Sloan, John. March Dfh. 188:;. fi(i DecenihcM", 1887. On reference to ihis lisi of otticers. it will ho seen th.jt Veterinary Sm-^eon C.nnpbell is pizettod as an officei" of tin* ecn present on muster parade foi- pay on 2nd July, 1887. Tol. Donison was forced to make some excuse, as the date of CanipheH's commission precluded him from attenii)tiii;; to make up tlu* list of ten otticers hy introducing his name. (^)l. Dcnison states that pay was only drawn for nine ottictMs. and that no veterinary surgeon was present, and his hare word is accepted by th(^ House ai^aivist the x\uditor (Jeiu fals Report, the Parliamentary Report, and Black's attidavit. iNote. (^)l. ■ I isi; I •» The above cheque was handed to Black while waiting outside Col. Denison's office on Toronto Street, by Col.Denison's office boy. Col. Denison stated to the House that none of the mone.> passed through his hands. I would not for an instant wish you to undei'stand that I doubt Col. Denison's word, but would like here to take the opportunity of congratulating Col. Donison on having such a Jewel of an office boy, wiio can not only counterfeit Col. Denison's signature with marvellous exactness, but is also evidently fully qualified to manage the entire pay department of the (Governor-General's Body (hiard. Education is doing wonders for our office boys. Col. Denison also says : " I merely certified that the pay- ments were correct." ISo he did, after the men had signed blank pay-sheets. His certificate of correctness iiowever, seems hardly to have l)een indorsed by a number of the troop. After I'eading Black's other affidavit., C^ol. Denison again states that bonis' duration, {i.e., tiic whole of their drill,) for which ])ay is drawn from the .) lie then states that the strength of a troop in the Body Guards is 42 men. This statement is in error with the Parliamentary Report of that year. It will be found on page 78 of the Militia Parliamentary Report of the year 1877 that the strength of a troop is shown as 55 men, and that they had present in camp in A. troop 40 men ; and in B. troop, 36 men. He next states : « We are allowed' pay for 35 horses and 42 men." As a matter of fact 195 the Canadian Militia is only allowed pay for each drill of three hours' duration for man and horse. What Col. Denison endeavors to make the House believe is that the Canadian Militia are allowed to draw pay from the Government for 42 men and 35 horses, whether the men and horses are present or not. I think the public will fail to discover how public money is saved accordin?^ to Col. Donison's allei;ed allowance. Col. Denison says : " 1 find that Benjamin Marshman signed the roll on 27th June, 1877." ^larshman sAvears that he never was enlisted. If he did si^ii the roll, as Col. Denison states, he was illegally enlisted, being over 64 years of age, the limit of age for service in the Militia being 60 years, as shown in 49 Victoria, Canadian ^lilitia Act, Chapter 41, Section 11. Besides the mere fact of a man signing the service roll, does not constitute him an enlisted soldier, unless he has taken the oath of allegiance, in .iccord- ance with section 24 of the above quoted Act. Col. Denison does not read Matthew Bryant's aft'idavit, which will be found in full on page )i2. He acknowledges that a horse was assigned to Bryant. The man who actually rode the. horse was a man named Boubee, who was enlisted at Winnipeg. The horse itself belonged to Lieut. -Col. Orlando Dunn. Denison reads from Bryant's affidavit : '' Nor did I ride said horse shown against my name until my return to Toronto," and adds : '' This shows that he did ride the horse." As a matter of fact Bryant did ride the horse for about four hours parading the streets of Toronto, on his return from the North- West. That was all. Bouiiee rode the horse in the North-Wcst, and pay was drawn fi'om the (lovernment at the rate of $1 per day in Boubee's name. It will thus api)ear that the Government was defrauded of 81 per day la lioi'se being shown against both Bryant's and lioubee's names in the Militia Parliamentary Report) over a hoi'se, which was the private property of Lieut.-Col. ( )ilaiHlo Dunn. As shown in the affidavit, Matthew Bryant saw a pay-sheet with a horse shown against his name at Humbolt: he did not ride that horse till he got to Toronto. (Note— For further piirti- rulars of this matter see Slater's letter to Major-General ■aMHrf i' II m 196 Herbert in Chap. XIV.) Geo. Mclnerney's affidavit will be found in full on pag^es 47 and 48. A perusal of it will explain why Col. Denison did not read it to the House. He says : " That it confines itself to a statement that Magistrate Baxter did not do his duty." There is a distinct charge in the affidavit that Col. Denison did all in his power to prevent Slater from making- any defence. As he did not read the affidavit to the House, he got rid of any little difficulty he may have experienced in explaining this charge. The full statutory declarations of Byrne and Roche will be found on pages 45 and 46. As Col. Denison did not read them to the House, I refer you to them as they are most important. Col. Denison says that he doubts the statement contained in them that Slater went to the store room and offered to deliver up his arms, and adds " but whether it is true or not, it makes no difference, for the reason that it was Slater's business to bring me his arms, and I had demanded them from him on several occasions." In the first place Col. Denison had no right to issue such an order at all, Slater having been remustered for a second term of three years, after his first term had expired on the oth August, 188;"). Slater was still in the force, and had received pay as a soldier since the oth August, 188;'). In the second place it was Col. Denison's duty to have a caretaker for his Armoury, or to detail some one to receive Slater's equipment. When Slatei" went to the Armoury, repeatedly, to return his ai'ms into store, he found no person there to receive them, except on the occasion sworn to in the above affidavits. In the third place Col. Denison lias tiie effrontery to state to the House that he dnnhfs a statement contained in two swoini affidavits. Regarding Col. Denison's attack on Slater's character, I would merely say that it is entirely untrue. Even if it were true, it is simply an open acknowledgment by Col Denison of a neglect of duty on his part. If Slater was as bad as he tries to make out, why did he not have him arrested or punished according to tiic JMilitIa Regulations V y;i> 197 During- his whole term of service, not only in the G.G.B.G., but in the 13th Hussars as well, extending over a period of 24 years, Slater was never once placed in tiie guard room. And further, why did Col. Denison entrust the command of his regiment, during Drill Parades, to this " perfectly useless" man for the whole of the three years during which 1 3 was enlisted? On many occasions no officer was present on parade. Slater being in sole charge. During the whole three years Slater was enlisted. Col. G. T. Denison, the command- ing officer, did not attend one of the voluntary drills. Another point I would draw your attention to, regarding Col. Fred. C. Denison 's order to Slater to return his equip- ment into store, is, that Col. Fred. C. Denison had no aiifhorify whatever to issue such an oi-der. Slater being a Staff Sergeant. The order should have come from the commanding office]-. Col. G. T. Denison. In 49 Vic, Chap. 41, Section 55, Militia Act, it will bo found that no soldier is allowed to have private possession of his equipment. In the G.G.B.G. this Statute is ignored, every member being allowed to keep his equipment in his quarters, instead of in the armoury in accordance with the regulation above referred to. Col. Denison next states, " I told him (Slater), after the drill was over, to send in his arms, and I took the further precaution of sending a non-commissioned officei- to him with an order to return the arms to store. He refused,' etc. All these statements are absolutely false. If Slater did refuse to return his arms when the non-commissined offic^er was sent to him, as alleged by Col. Denison, why was not this non- commissioned officer produced at Slater's trial in order to prove the charge of refusing to tender his ecjuipment V I ask Col. Denison to produce that non-commissioned officer now. Col. Denison says, " after the 14th September in that year, his (Slater's) three years were up." Slater's three years expired on the 5th August, 1885 ; he had been remust- ered, however, and had received pay as an enlisted soldier since that time, so to get out of this difficulty Col. Denison makes the above false statement. He then says, " I had 198 iV either to allow this man to defy me and keep liis arms, or to go before a magistrate and force him to return them. I can assure you I was not long in making up my mind which course to pursue." He was not. It wjuj only a few hours after the men, Byrne and Roche (who could have proved that Slater had been to the armoury to tender his equipment) had left the city that Col. Denison swore out the summons. Col. Denison next makes a few remarks on Slater's certi- ficate of discharge. (For full particulars lelative to this discharge I refer you to Chapter XIII.) Col. Denison states, " It is his business, under the Rules and Regulations, to call for his discharge.' If it would not be troubling Col. Denison too much I should like him to point out whereabouts in tlie Rules and Regulations a soldier is ordered to cafl for his discharge Col. Denison concludes his speech, which I have shown to be one mass of falsehoods, by an attack upon ]\Ir. Somerville for unparliamentary conduct. Mr. Somerville had simply done his duty as a member of the House in bringing these charges to their notice. Yet he is attacked on nearly all sides for so doing, while Col. Denison's trumped-up proofs are swallowed whole. Col. Denison's bare word is accepted by the House as y;n^>/' of the falsity of the charges contained in the sworn affidavits. I give the following statute respecting extrajudicial oaths, whic! shows the legal value attached to sworn affidavits. 49 Viet. Chap. 141. An Act respecting- Extra-.] udical Oaths. A.D., 1880. Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of tiie Senate and House of Connn'ons of Canada, enacts as follows ; — Paragraph 1. Every Justice of Peace, and otiier person, who administers, or causes, or allows to he adnunistered, or receives, or cause, or allows to b(! recciived, any oath, affidavit, or soh-nin (iffirmdNon, touching" any matter or thing', whereof such justices or other 'person has not jurisdiction or cog'iiizance by some law in force at the time being", or authorized, or required, by such law, is g"uilty of a misdemeanor, and liable to a Hue, not (jxccu'ding- $r)0.00, or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding" three months, iJTv., 37s., 1. Part, and s 2. Paragraph .{. Any Judge, Justice of the Peace, Public Notary, or other functioiuiry, authorized by law, to administer an oath, mau rvretw the, sohmn dvilaral ion of any ucrson mluutavily VKikiny the sdinr he/ore. him, in flic form in the Sicncdidc to this Avtl'xn attestation of the execution of any written deed or instrument, or nllcjdfions of fads, or of any account rendered in writing, 37 v., c. 37. s. 1, Part. 199 Schedule,— I, A. B. do solemnly declare that tstate the fact or iacts declared to), and I make this solemn declaration conscientionslv believing- the same to be true, and by virtue of the Ad t'csiH-ciinq extra-judicial oaths. 44 and 45 Vict, Chap. 5S, P,ec liK), Para. 2H. The expression " oath ' and " swear " and oth9. Every officer, wiiosc" character or conduct as an officer and g-cntlenian, has been publicly impun<>'ed, shall within reasonable time submit the ca.se to his commanding- officer, or to otluu' competent niilicary authority for inve.stig'ation, on pain of .sviffering- such punislimenr as ii (jcncnit court- martial mav award. senate and Presumably Col. Denison's c;harnctei' as an ofticer and a gentleman has been repealed also. Mr. Bowell states ^^ that the fullest investigation has been made into these charges;" that (Jeneral Herbert has informed him that he had investigated the matter himself, and that tiiere was not one word of truth in the chai'ges. If there is not one word of truth in the charges, why are not the men who made the slanderous affidavits, punished with t\\Q> utmost rigor of the law V All 'hat General Herbert had been pleased to vouchsafe to Slatei', in reply to his numerous letters to him, praying foi* an investigation was, that his case was under consideration — not one Avord about any investi- gation having been held, oe as to whether the charges were true or false. With regard to Mr. Bowell's statement about the fullest investigation having been lield, when the straight question is put to him by Mr. Mulock ''Did Major General Hubert say that he had investigated these charges in all their ramifications, no matter to whom they referred, and did he report they were absolutely without foundation as regards any person ?" He evades it by replying that he F I i^ 1 200 did not say that. "Then," adds Mr. Mulock, "certain charges have not been investigated? " Mr. Bowell again evades the question, on the plea that the House is not discussing that matter. His statement in the first instance, that the fullest investigation had been held, can therefore hardly be regarded as correct. Mr. Bowell admits that irregularities will occur in the Militia Department through an incomplete knowledge of the regula- tions, and actually puts forward this plea, which he is perfectly well aware would not be of the slightest value in a Military Court, in extenuation of an offence he instances. He asks the highest legislature in the land to accept as a legitimate defence evidence which is legally worthless. Mr. Ooatsworth feels sure that the affidavits have been simply "re-sworn to make them fresh." Rememlx^r that Chapter X. of this book is a copy of a statement that lias been submitted to every member of the House, and you will observe that if Mr. Coatsworth "iiad taken the slightest pains," "it he had put himself about in the very least degree," to make iiimsclf acquainted with that statement, he couhl not imve felt sure tliat the ciiarges had Ix^en simply re-sworn to make them fresh. This oversight on IMr. Coatswortii's part is much to be regretted, as his speech undoubtedly stanips him as a man possessed of the higiiest gentlemanly instincts. — a man who would never "so far forget all the finer feelings which one man ought to have towards anothei*," as to do any injustice willingly to such a deeply wronged man as James SlatcM*. .\li*. Mulock says hi his speech that he has been infoiined by Ml'. Kirkpatrick " that the statutary allowance foi' such services, (alluding to .fames Slater's services as diill in- stiuctoi- and caretakeri W(»nt to the otticer of the company, oj* the regiment as the case might l)e ; that it was for the oflicei' to get the sei' vices |)erfornied, making such terms as he chose, and that the* person who made the contract with a superior ofHcer, was only entitled to such pay as was tlie result of the agreement ; the statutory pay Iwing a fund placed at the disposal of the superior of!1c(M*." This is a 201 most extraordinary arrans'emoiit, and places the soldier in the same position as an ordinai'y hiborer, bargaininji' with his employer for tlie value of his work. 1 need liardly say> however, that this arrangement does not exist, and that Mr. Kirkpatrick is in erroi* in stating- that it does exist. It will be found in reference to page OD of the Reguhitions and Rules of tlie ]Militia, 1879, publislied by tlie aurhority of rlie Minister of ^lililia, in Section 242. The allowance for drill instruction of the several coips of active Militia, will be according: to the following scale : For instruction in drill of each troop of Cavalry, S40.0(» per annum ; and on pag-e 00, Section 210, '' sixty dollars per troop of Cavalry for caretaker per annum." Not one word about any .'irrangement to l)e made with any otticer. Sir John Thompson, to whom Slatei- had submitted liis c,ase with the proofs, feels that it will be iiis duty to place before the House a resolution on the subject, unless Mr. Somervillr sees fit to retract the two explicit charges. Foj' the correspondence between Sir John Tliomi)son and Slater I refer you to (^hapter XVII. •atsaa ^W iii' m ' ('iiaptf:r XXX. SLATEU'S ANALYSIS OF THE DEHATE SUHMITTEI) MY LETTEU TO hOKI) STANLEY — LORD STANLEY'S KEPLY — THE (;.(J.|{.(i. ACl'OrNT HOOKS. After the debate in the forep^oinj;' chapter, Slater tbr- warded tlie followint'' letter to Lord Stfiiiley, brinjriiij;- to his notice the utter untruthfulness of the statements submitted by Col. Fred. C. Denison to the House. It will be noted that Slater is veiy direct in his lana:uaf;e in this letter, but it must be remembered that after Col. Denison had so j;rossly abused his i)rivile^e as a member of the House, makinj;- such a scandalous attack on Slater's character (an attack which he dare not hase made outside the House). Slater must have felt that he had some justiHcalion for calling' a spade a spad<' and not a ^jwden utensil. ToKoNio, Oniahio, llth.lunc. IS'.i'i. Tm; LoiM" Sr ANMOY oi" I'im-ston. K.C.Ii.. (Jovcnior-CJi'iU'inl nt'CniiadH. Mv L: With nil due respect and (l«'lereiu'e, I l»e}^ a^i'iiiii tt> remind you dt' tlie two letters ill my ixissessioii wJH'reiii Lord Kniitsl'ord. Spartnient is concerned) return to Canada i from Knylandl. 1 also be;;- to remind yon of two l«'tt«'rs received by me t'l'om voii. wherein you inform me that yon have received no sncli coiiimnnication t'rom Lord Knnt.tord, and also of one in which you inform me that von ha\(> submitted my case to Sir Adolphe Caron the then Min Ister of \(ilitia land who has since l>een. and is now indicted for malfeas aiice in connection with (iovernment mom'y), and that yoii. my iiord, by such submission had thus submitted my case to ycair (iovernment. N'y Lord, as I havf now a letter i>ef(.re me wherein I am infornn-d that the (loverinnenl distim'tly refuses to yrant an investijtation, and as the ( ioveriniu'nl by siu'h action debars me the protection of the law under which I live, I most respectfully be;:- to state that it is my intention l(» a^^'ain return tr) Kn^jland. and by a direct appeal to the Cniwn obtain the justice detded im* by voiir g-ovennnent, and when subndttin^' my petititm to Her M(»st (iraciiMis Nla,j<*sty. it is my intention to attach this letter to said petition to show that Ihi'ti;;-!) the aforesaid refusal and the continuous ina^i^tion of your (iovernment, I have been compelled to, in a most irreiru Itir nutnner, approach Her Most (iriudous Majesty to obtain the justice refused me by a public invt'Nti;;'ation which would cause the )|uasliin^ nt 203 my con' ictioii, and by snch takinj.- the; disfvracc ott' me and oft'niv threw young daus-htCTs, and in tlu^ only possil)!^ wav ohtaininu- in a sniaU'deiiTee justice tor the death of their mother which was caused bv mv false impris- onment in an endeavour to suppress from public notice the frauds on vour lioverninent as hereunder sh(»wn. i^no'^^'i^^^''^*' ',^"'^'*' ^'^^' foll"^^'i"fi" extracts fn.m Hansard of April 12th, IK}J, showiiifi" the statements made bv Lieut. (01. Fred. C. Denison, M.l\ 111 your Honourable FIou.se of Commons of Canada, in Parliament assem- nled on tliat date in an end(>avour to clear off the charf>-e made of malfeas- ance in connection with the administration of the (Jovernor (ieiieral's Kody (fuard commanded bv his brorlun-, Lic-ur. Col. (leoey-e Tavlor Denison. and who also is Police Magistrate of the Citv of Toronto, and of whicli corps he. Lieut. Col. Fred C. nenison is a m(^ml")er. I also rou;;'lit to your notice, and of which they, bv mv talse imprisonnieut, ihonj^ht to "su]»- press. ILVNS.VIJD. 4. Tliut I \v;i8 ord(M('(l lo siiAii t'oiii' i4i l)laiik pay-slioet.s (2) bein^' sm.illor ones in siiid c.nni* in said year, said oi'dcr bein^ ^ivcn l)y and said l)lank pay-sliocts bcinu' signed i)y mo in tiio |)i'(»sen('(> otTapt. Claicncc Denison. S'lwn roUV DKCLAi; A'HON. (4). Sworn to by Farri«M' Ser.ucanI (Mitiiics HlacU. wiio also has swoi'n tliaf tlir(nii:h I ho pay-shoots boint;" \)Uu\k ho bud been iniwittin^ly inchicod losij;ii his nanio as a \'(Moiin- ary Siir/;(M)n, and for a \'oroiinary s pay. Note — 'I'ho Militia \\\uv Hook loi' that year verities 0. libicks sworn statement, as it shows ten ofjicers beinu' pi'esent in canp and as I.i(Mit. Col. Fred. (\ l)eiiis(»n only answers tor nine otlieers, either a t'raiidiilent slatemeni has lieeii sub- mitted to rarliameiit oi- pay has lieen frandtilently drawn for a \'(MerinaiT Siiro(H)n ; reuardin^' l>lank pay-sheets 14 Vie. Cap. oM, See. 2b, renders the otiieer submitting' siich lor siunatnre to ti'ini bv( otirt Martial and lo be eashiered. II ANSAWD. I find hei'o the hist but one named Farrier Scrt-cant (' HIaek pai. There is no Veterinary Surgeon's pay drawn during the whole time the troop was hi tlie North- West. Note. — If no Veterinary Sui'geon's pay was drawn, for what axti'a allowance did C. Black sign tlie bhmk pay-sheet in two phu'cs for, as he has sworn lie did so from Huinbolr, after the dismissal of the then Veferimiry Surg(M)n, until disbandineiit, and also that lie received no such pay. HAXSAHD. I may say in reply, that both these men put in the whole of their drill and rec ment in their name. Why does not Lieut.-Col. Fred. C. Denison prosecute me for perjury V And I liere state that John Hardy was employed as a groom by Col. Denison and that I received ^H.OO from R. M. ^Melville to take to John Hardy to pay him for tlie loan of his horse to said R. M. Melville to muster for pay with, as lie R. ^I. ;MeIville,. havhig ridden said horse at drill duriiifi- the camp of 1891, and he, Lieut.-Col. Fred. C. Denison, dare stand up and tell the Honourable the House of Commons of Canada, in Parliament Assembled, " I hold in my hand the receii)t for the pay they iJ. Hardy and R. ^1. Melville) received," feloniously received thrqufih sulanittiiiu blank pay-sheets for their signature, and after feloniously obtaining tlioir signatui'e to said blank pay-sheets an unknown, to them iJ. Hardy and R. M. Melville) sum of money is feloniously entered M<':ainst their names, and he dare call su'ii a signature for money received. II ANSAK'I). the 1, William Fenwick, of the City of Toronto, in the County of York, poi'ter, do solemnly dcclai'c that (1)1 served three years in the (Joveinor ^Jenerai's Body (luai'd, under the command of Lieut. -Col. (ieoi'ge Taylor Denison. 2. About the year IHSH Lieut.-(\)l. Fi-ed. (\ Denison, (J. (J. n.(i.. d(Mlucted a sum of money, 1 think it w as .S.').n(). iVoni my camp [)ay of that year. t(>lling me it was for a deficit in connection with a ball given by the (;.(i. 15.(1.. fo!" the benetit of the proposed monument to the men who tell during the North-West i'ei)ellion, as tln' proceeds were lo go to said monuMUMit after (»xiM'nses were paid in eonneeiion wilhsnid ball. lole land and I'.MM' or ST.VriTTOlfV DKCl-AK'AlloN (t.MIl IKl* ilV (ML. I'L'KI). C. I>KMS(»N. X When I objected to above deduction. Lieut.-Col. Fred. C. Denison refused to listen tome. And I make this solemn deilaralion conscientiously 206 , -1 un I i believing' the same to be true, and by virtue of the " Act Respecting Extra Judicial Oaths." (Si^nedi William Fenvv[c;k. Note. — Wiien, as reported in Hansard, Lieut.-Ool. Fred. (\ Denison read in the House of Commons the sworn declara- tion, he omitted to read Paragraph :>, and tells them "if it was true the action complained of would be done with the consent of the man himself who made the attidavit, and also it is of very little consequence whether it is true or not. I maintain that the above is a clear ])i*oof of his guilt, and give the following extract from a letter, and I state that not from W. Fenwick alone was the illegal deduction of ^r).00 made, but also from twenty to thirty others, and that done in an endeavor to covei* a gross fraud on the public. T(m<)\Tr>, ;iOth Nov., IHHH. To Col. W.\lkku PowKi.t-, Adjutant (iCMUiral Canadian Militia. " In .lannarv. 1HS7, tlie G.G.B.G.. gvivo a ball in the Pavilion, Horti- cultural (;a^d(^ns. Toronto, advertising that tlu; proceeds, after all expenses had heen ])aid, were to <>'otothe proposed soldiers' moninnent, to be erected in nieniory of thosc^ who fell during;' the North-West Heb(>llion. Certain n(»n-conniiissioned officers w<'re intrusted with $100 worth of tickets each to sell. The tickets, or money received, have not been accounte(l for, and the said non-connnissioned officers are still allowed to remain in the corps, retaininj;' their rank and have eriods. i)een addressed bv you to the Governor General. His Excellem-y instructs me, in I'^ph/, to crpirs.s his n'l/iwt tlutt it is not iti liis pmvcr to n't urn uny otih-r rcj)/;/ tn i/uu t/nin iltut n-liir/t Ifoii have alreadif rewired, ndni'e/y, tlntt J/is K.v'rellenc!/ ctninot inter fere in the matter. I have the iionor to he. Sir. Your obedient servant, (Signed ) C. J. .IDNKS. For (fOvernor-( Jenerai's Secretary. Mv. James Slater, 45 Cameron Street, Toronto. Any comment on the above letteis would be superfluous. They speak for themselves. I give the following exti'act from a Toi'onto paper regard- ing the so-called account books Col. Denison invited the the House to inspect : 1 1 ' rfjlj nnh December, /S9J. 210 OPEN LETTERS u "HE LARFED. 59 m m w I ■I] la. I THE STORY OF A. AND B. To Ex-AIderman Lieut. Col. Fred. C. Denison, G.G.B.G., M.P., Ex- Commander of the Canadian Contingent Gordon Relief Expedition. My Dear Colonel, — I have had conversation of hite with many nienibois and ex-members of your present military command, and to tell you the unvarnished truth, they tell some very uncimny stories about you. I have always found you friendly, genial, neighborly and of good repute among your follow citizens as witnevssed by your present public position and the many prefixes and affixes to your name : but while I am loth to believe ill of you, T am also unwilling to believe the sworn testimony of many apparently honest and respectable citizens, who so far as I know, have very I'eluctantly told the tiMith. Let me give you one incident. An Englisiiman lame to me and fold me of an alleged inspec- tion of the government munitions and stores under you)' command. My infoi'mant said : *'It took about two minutes for the Inspector to go through the armory, and stores, when it should have occupied him at least two hours ; he might have inspected blindfold for ought I knew about it when he got through. •'What did the Inspector say? " I asked. '< He asked Col. Fied to let him see his books." '• Well, what did Coi. Fred say ? " ''He larfed." '' What did the Inspectoi* say ? ' " " Oh : he larfed, too." '!.f,i ■ 1 211 • name ; Whether you and tlie inspector '' larfed " or not, is neitliei- here nor there, but if you do not keep books systematically and correctly, let me inform you that it is no "larfin^" matter, for the woi'st will l)e assumed aji^ainst you ; you ai*e a lawyer and know all about it. On the other hand, it you do keep books, might T have them for a few days, or if you do not wish to allow them out of your custody or conti'ol. which would perhaps be a very reasonable objection, 1 would ask you to brin.i;- them down to your office, where I oi- ray clerk could have access to them, and make extracts oi- <'opies. If I have been misinformed by a discontented set of niscals, [will be quite as zealous in vindicating- you as I have been in makhig public, these swoi-n charges of felonious misappropriation of [)ublic money. No man, not even tho nobility, can atiord to ignore the sworn charges. Of course you might find a Innidrod men who would not be believed on oath as against your simple statement ; but let me make this distinction : That while there are very many men whose swoj-n statements are unworthy of belief. when contradicted by other men's oaths, 1 do not know any man, whose oath is unworthy of investigation. On reference to date of tlu^ abov\ that you are a very much injured man. Hoping- that sonie way may be dcvLsed to enable you to g-et justice. 1 am. Yours verv truly. (Siffned^ .IAMES. SOMERVILLE M.P. wU •->14 r>n'Avv.\, ntliMay, IW2. Mh. Jamks Slatkr, Toronto. HioAR Sir,— Mr. Muloek has just handed m« your letter of the 14th .luly, you will nodotibt have received my letter of the 15th inst., as well as the b(K»ks and papers you left with nie. which I sent you per express. As the. Government has refused ati inv«!Stij?ation, we are helpless in the matter as loiiff as they hav«^ a majority. Yours truly, I Signed ^ .lAMlvS SlTUKWLANl). M.P. (h-TAWA, '_>lst.lune. lh!)2. DkarSik. i enclose herewith, letter handed to nu' by Mr. Muloek. which has been shown to Mr. Somerville, and others as desired. I als<» send y(m per this mail, three copies of the Hansard of the 12th of April as desired. With best wishes. Yours truly. 'Siiruedt .lAMKS SllTHKKi.ANMK M.V. .lames Slater, Toronto. ^If I IMTAWA, .hily (ith, 1H1)2. Dkau Sir. I am very sorry I have no power to help you to^et justice. I am firmly convinced th'nt you have been a v«'ry mucli injured vnan. and that your case deserves consideration from those in authority. I enclose your statement as you ref^uest. and express a hope that you 'may yet Hnd a way to secure redress for your ji'rievances. ^ oiirs very truly. (Sijjne/n J.\S. SOMKKMIJ.K, M.l». , IH})2. |thc Htli fin W(;l| [express. h in th<' M V. iH;h>. MP ( HAFTEH XXXII. AN KMMEI{A'ri<»\ OF TIIK CKI.MKs. As it is just possible tiiMt it may appeal- to the uninitiated in Civil and Military Law tliat the ortenees detailed in the foregoing" chapters are of trivial iiuportanee. 1 yive in this chapter a list of the most important (rimes i-ommittivl. witli the names of the offenders. Alleged h'' tut mis on titr (iorvnnm'iif )f> "i • ■ i i Alleged Trefisoit. By Lieiit.-Ool. G. T. Deuisoii As alleftod by Di*. Baldwin of Toronto. Alleged Murder. (0{ Harry Cox) by some i)orson nnknown. as alleged by Coroner Dr. Pickerin.u' of Toronto. In addition to tiie above, I would draw your attention to Lord Knutsford's stolen letter, Slater's opened letter, John Baxter's committing' a man who he had heard sworn to, as irresponsible for his actions. Slater's convi<'tion being signed seven day . befoi'e his trial, and the conspiracy in the Police Court to pi'event the possibility of Slater making any defence. Regarding the pemUty incurred by the Denison's in 8ui>niitting l)lank pay-sheets to the men to sign I give the following extract from : The Army Act of 18S1 ,44 Vic. Cap. 08, Sec. 2«) ; " Kvcry p(M"son subject to Military Law, who commits any of the following ott'enccs, that is to say : When signing any Ov.cument relating to pay, etc., leaves blank any material part for which his signature is a vouchei", shall on convic- tion l)y court martial be liable, if an oflHcer, to bo cashiered or to sutt'ei" such less punishment as in this Act mentionc^d." CHAPTER XXXIII. SLATEK ENDEAVORS To FOKlE HIS (ASK 1NT<» AN n|»KN Col HT i\Y SUINCJ THE (ITV lOK TOKONTO . (^11 the iOtii July, IS'.M), Slatoi- callod a |)ul)lic nicorini-' in the St. Andrew's Hall, Toronto, for the jxn-posc of siihnnttin,u' his case to the citizens of Toronto, and to show tlioni tiiat they were beinj*' taxed to pay a saiai'y to Col. (i, T. Denison, Poliee Maoist I'ate of Toronto, who had actually l>een uiiilty •of telony, while in ottict'. Sr. Andrtnv's Hall beinu City property, Slatei" had to obtain a peiinit from the City Coinuil for the use of it. A petition, praying that Slater may be allowed the us(> of the hall, signed by fhirlecn of the leading' newspaper men of Toronto, in compliance with the City By-Law ), was presented t«) the Kxo 'utive Conunittee of the 'City Comicil. The Conunittee ivl'u.-. ' to allow Slat(>r tne use of the Hall, except imdei payment oi .Sl'>.'>" tor hirc^ thereof. The followiuf;- is a copy ot the piM'mit ufanted to Slat(M", who paid the money undci' protest. No. IKJ. .inly, '.'th. I>".Mi. ST. ANDUKWS HAL! This Permit Is ^Tanted on payment of ten dollars, as rent, touetiHM- with the i;uaranty deposit of tne dollars, to the City Treasurer, as hereunder acknowledued. to .lames Slater of No. r>2 Vanaulay Street, to authorise him to use tlu- above Hail on the HUh day of .inly. 1 >".»<». h»r Hie purpos*^ of holdliiff therein a public nieetini;. PROVIPKI) that he shall observe, fulfil and keep all Statutes, Hv-lawH. Rules aiui KeKulations inci-2, St-r. 5. I'ara. 4. In case tlu^ luse of any Hall, (tr any of the rooms is .yranti'd. for tlic purpose of holding' a public UKU'tinjJT ♦•f the i'itizi'iis of Toront(», and not for tho puri>os(M)f atiuisouu'nt or festivity nn fee shall be i-liaryeil for the use of a Hall, or Jiny of the rooms or for the use ofyas. F\)liowinji is Mayor Flemings reply to a connnunication from Messrs. lk\st and Holmes, who were acting for Slater : TouoNro. Keb. Mth. ISI»2» Mi:ss»s lUosr \- IIolmks, UI VietoriaSt. City. CiKNPi.KMKN, In further renly to yours of Feb. r)th, re y«>ur ilienl. Mr. , lames Slater. I beji,' to enelose you a eommunieation reeeived thiK morning' from the Lleense lnspt>etor. whieh speaks for itself. Kiiully retu»-n eiielosure niter |)ersual. and obli^^-e Yours truly. IIOHKUT.I. Fi.KMIMl. Maxtr, ToRoNT*), Feb. Mtli. IWL'. I'll //in W'ursliijt tiir M.00 paid for the use of St, Andrews, on tlut lOtli of July, IH!H>. on the irround that he was denied the privllejij' of holdinjif his mee'tinff there. 1 Tiejf to haml your Worship tliu iuu'losed eertlflente from the earetiiker, showing' that ttu' priviU'K'o paid for was enjoyed. On en(|uiry at the Trei. '.nu's l>"p»irtnuuit. I find that Mr. Slater huM not presentiHl hin vouehur, whieli eiititluH him to a refund of live dolluriii, 21'.) Hs no dainaj'-e wus done to tlur Hall, 'i'liis sum uwaits his call, on order on pnisentation of the vonchcr j»-iv('n him. I havo the, honor to hv. ^'our Worsiiip's olu'dicnt and hnmblc. servant. (Sio-ned) iJOliKWT .WVDK. Toronto. iM^hrnary Sth ISDl. I lierebv eertifv that Mr. Slater held a nicetinif in St. Andrew s Hall, on July 10th IHJX). ' The meeting- was a so-called i)uhlie nieetinj;-. there beinu' no eharj^c for admission : the attendance was small, and .\lr. Slater was the onlv «peake,r. The jneeting" closed about ten o'clock. (Sij-ned^ .lAMKS HIKIKKS. Caretaker of tiie Hall. It will bo ol)S('rvo(l on roforiMitr to Inspoctoi' .Xwdcs letter to the Mjiyoi", that SiatiM- is said to domaiid the refund of^lfKOO on the j:;rouiui that he was d(niie(l the privile.ue of holdin.i"' his ineetiiii;' thei'e. This is ;in ejior. Slatei' sued the city on the above ((uoted by-law only. Ho i;auSius. -I enclose yiMi letter of Mr. Wobert Awde. License iiispectoi', wnt to me this day n^ftM'riiig' to account ol Mr. Slater, Will you please niturn this letter as soon as you have reaul(l eonf(>i- a favor, not only on myself, but also on a numb-r of others, who have been puzzled by the appai'ent fallacy of iiis logic. It may bo mentioned that previous to advertising the h • iv Hi 222 public meeting, Slater had submitted to eai;h member of the Toronto City Council (by letter), the statement of which Chapter X., is a faithful copy. Several of these letters apparently did not reach their destination, as a number of aldermen have stated to Slater that they had not received his statement, and knew nothing about the charges contained in Chapter X. (hi reference to this chapter, it will l3e found that Slater simply «.s'As fi> he allowed to snhmif proofs of the charges contained therein to the Executive Committee, or to any committee named by them in council. They did not grant his request, and when he presents a petition for the use of a hall, wherein to ventilate these matters, the City charges him foi* it. Slatei's reason for taking action against the City was not so much for the refund of the money, illegally charged him, but in the iiope that by such action, he might bring about a full investiuation into his case. I Ml m i m leinber of the ent of which these lettevH «'« number of not received •gres contained ^vill Ijc found proofs of the iniittee, or to iiey did not >n for the use ^'ty chai'^j-es ^ity was not 'lurged iiirn, >Hngahouta (CHAPTER XXXIV. SOME NOTES AND ADDETIONS TO THE PHECEDi N(; (HAI'TEKS. It will be noticed that much of the matter contained in Shiter's otficial correspondence, lias no bearing' on his case. Slater made these otliei- chariies in oi-dor to brin;Li to th(^ notice of the authorities that iiis was not an individual case of corruption in the Militia Department, and ir. the liope that by vshowinjn' up the i;eneral corruptness of the department, an investig'ation might be ji-ranted into his case, in conjunction with many others, be bi-ougiit to their notice. It was the duty of tile authorities to \vhos(^ notice he had brought the numerous frauds on the (Jovernment. to either investigate the nnitter, oi' to prosecut<^ him tor making the charges. They have done neither one or the otiuM'. Why ? Slater's petition to the House of Connnoiis oi Canada has i)een on fyle, in the House, since 8th July. \x\U. as shown by the official report of the Votes and Proceeding of ilic House of that date. In the debate recorded in Cliapter XXIX.. no mention is made of his petition what<>ver. tlie Hoiist^ confining itself entirely to the chai'ges against Col. Fred. (\ DiMiison. In connection with the Governor (leneral's Body (Juard, I will now give some further particulars in reference to the existence of additional irregulaiitiestothose already instanced. In the Militia Pai'linuMitaiy Report ol the yotw 1SS7. it is shown that 18.14;") cents per head per day was drawn from the (Government, as cost of rations at encampment. The men paid for their own rations in that year, as stated by Pol. Fred. Denison during the debate, a c(U'tain amount being deducted from their pay for that purpose. According to the Blue Book, th(> (•.(J.B.G. officials drew money trom the men and from the (Jovernment, as cost of the sumo rations. In the 188" report, (shoAvn in Chapter ' F ■■ ^n M p| ' ^ If 1 ^ ' 10. n P 224 XXIX.j, it will mIso be noted that the staft officers are mixed up with tlie troop ofticers. I have alluded to this as an entir'ely irregular proceeding", and would now adJ that the G.G.B.G., is the only regiment in Canada that shows the staft' officers mixed up with the troop officers. Further than this, the year 1887 is the owAy ^//mr that theG.G.B.G. ^< cooked" their report in this way. Col. G. T. Denison was absent in England on leave in that year, which may account somewhat for this irregularity. The following is a copy of the 1891-1892 report. : Hf ire mixed lis as an that the ihows the ther than " cooked " absent in somewhat 1891-1892 u S o IL Ml u i (0 c« Ol O o O O GO < Ik 'A < ^ > s o I- ik o u K Z O § M (0 -uioo SBAV in-'P noqAv o;b'(j •X6>^1 '.taqo^oo p.i{j •UOl!)08dsUIJO 0}t?Q •1681 '.iaqopOP"5 ?U8UldlUB0U3 iX! 'lU9ip .T8d .W^SnjV JO 93B[d puB aiBQ •1681 '.wqopo P"5 "o^uojox p9lU.I0ja9cI lIl.ipSAUp JO •0]v[ I put} a £ X •S^^lJAI.lJ sni.iod.io3 j •90Ui}|nq uy [s.i j.Hna pu« s.i.'iu i-uiu.iQ_u,iusp.a •sq^u.S.ias 9-iuBq puU SjUUr)S.l9y •siui.'9iJ.ii)s jtfiiis •S>raOLT.>TC> 03 o o C C X i; Z ii •J '1 — ->j 71 -,r ,71 171 : 5g i-i rs X m re -^ X 1-- o o O bl. c ^ -^ L-, Z V. < - ?? "* S ■* 2 c * < w ^ a £ f ■•■ - |il c PQ C: S "Sic ^;:: '^-; "- — ^ ANVUNOO 5r O ..•£s H. ^ 8 CO u o 2 H ili'T^ I i ' i. if 1 • If.) W ' 'M On J'eference to the above report, it will be observed that the column having regard to the cost of rations in left blank. For tlie pist live years the men have always been charged for their rations, the cost of such rations being stopped out of their pay. In regard to tiiis practice of charging the men for tlieir rations, I give the following '^vtract from the Canadian Militia Act : 4'! v., C. 11, S. 4;"), Part. Sec. ().>. WIkmi corp^: of the Militia are ordered to assemhie iti a cam]) of cxeriiM? for drill and training", they shall be considered to be on service dnrin^' the whole of the period for Vvhieh they are called out, rnn/ xrlwn so assnuh/cd, d// ranks shall reveim rations and shelter at the }>u,')lic e.r/h'nsi\ in nddit/'an to their Jien/ ; in such cases the daily pay shall l)e for each d«y of twenty-four hours, and the drill and duty performed in camp, or in ^"oinji' to and from the i-amp, shall be as ordered by the Conunandinjj- Otiieer for the time bein^u". 4() V., C. 11. It will thus be seen that the G.G.B.G. officials illegally deducted the cost of rations tVom the men's pay. No mixing up the staff officers with the troop officers occurs in the above report, nor does it occur in the years 1886, 1888. 1889, 1890, 1891. Why wer they mixed up in 1887? In the I'olumn headed actual strength present at inspection the totnls, under iiead of coi-porals and piivates, show that J. Smith, II. Smith, II ird;^, ]\lelville, etc., etc., formed part of the strength of the coi'ps. It also shows that pay is drawn for tiiem for twelve drills, (of three hours' duration for man and horse according to statutes). These men, with the exception of Hardy and Melville, have sworn that they attenrUd uo drills^ but were merely loaned a cap and tunic to appear at muster parade for pay. In the case of Hardy and Melville, it has been swoiii to that they attended only n part of their drills. Tlie following extracts from the Militia Parliamentarv Report of the year 1885, will explain why Black was ordered to sign his pay-sheets in two places : Old Fort, Touonto, 7th Noveniber, ISSft. (Pa^-eH) Military District No. 2. Dkau Sill,— I have the honor to .submit this, my Annual Report of the Militia in this District: Kstablished strenji'th of the Active Militia in this Districf;: ( 'avalry , \) Troops :?S Officers, served thai I left blank, en charged stopped out ng the men t from the ia are ordered they shall be for which they (•ceive, ratums ]>ay ; in such iiouis. and the ;he ramp, shall .', 4(; V.,C. 11. als illegally ^oop officers n the years y mixed up ?it inspection ;, show that formed part pay is drawn ion for man 3n, with the n til at they \p and tunic se or" Hardy ended only a irliamentary was ordered •November, ISBft. al Report of the . , . ;W OfficerH. 227 Corps which took part in the North -Wesr N'.C.O. ori'U lOUS. ANDMION The G.G.B.G., in its pniinty, with the excerption of Bvt. Ueut.-Col. F. C D.niison, CM. (J., who was on duty in Eg'ypt at the tinu; 12tb York llan^'ers f) ^J5th iSinicoe Foresters ... 14 2nd Bat. Queen's Own Rifles -il 10th Bat. Royal Grenadiers 18 I have the honor to he, Sir. Your mo.st obedient servant, ROBERT B. DENISON, Lieut. -Col.. Dep. Adjt. General Military Dist. No. 2. 82 178 208 240 K.ANK ANn NAME. UBMAUKS. Danison, Geor^-e T. Denison, Fred. C. Dunn, Orlando Mer-itt, William H Fleminfj', Frank A Browning', Thomas B. . . Denison, Clarence .\ K Sloan, .John Main, C Baldwin. James B Bond, John P De Chadenedes, F. B. Black, Charles. Major, Commanding" (jovernor (JencM-al's Body Guard. Captain (in Kj^'vpt.) Captain. Lieutenant. Ijieutenant. 2n(l. Lieutenant. Adjutant. Qu'artcrniasttu- (Did not f?o to the Nortll-\V(>st.^ Actin.ti' Quartern»ast(M' durin.^ the whole of tin time the (i.lT.B.G. was ill the North-Wtvst, in place of John Sloan. Surii'cHm. Veterinary Sur::-eon. (Did not j;'o to the North -West.) Actinu' Veterinary Suru'eim in place ot ,). P. Bond, up to and as far as Huinl)olt and then dis- missed. Actinji' VetiM-inary Surji'eon I'rom Hnnibiilt on dismissal of F. B. i),'('lia(len(^les, until (iisi)and- ment of the (i.(;.H(i. at Toronto, as sworn to by him in his Statutory Declaration on pa;4'(!4;5. NOTE.— I draw your particular attention to the date of the Deputy Adjutant General'.^ Report, (7th November, 1885) or /?w months after the disbandinent of the (J.(i.B.(J., at or fii'>e months after the disbandin Toronto July, 188,"). I?,)- f I 228 :!ii t ■ r, IV • 1 1 1 INSPECTION REPORT OF CORPS WHICH HAVE PERFORMED THE ANNUAL DRILL FOR 1885-86. (Page 70) MILITARY DISTRICT NO. 2. ESTABLISHMENT. LIEUT. -COL. R. B. I ENISON Dt'puft/-Adjnfa nt General. CORPS. HArrALlON OR CORPS. COMPANIES. COMMANDIWJ OFFICER ANl> HEAD QUARTERS. OFFICERS. 3 H N. C. 0. AND dIen. 2nd. Rojfiment of Cavfilrv No. I Troop " 2 '* .. "{ .. " 4 " •' f) " " (; " .. 7 .. Staft" 7 Lt.-Col. Gregory. Oak Rid}?o. Capt. Grcfforv. •• Mi'Connell. " Button. " BuiTh. " .loncs. Lieut. Servos. Capt. Buckner. Total 2S» G.G.B.O. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICERS DURING THE NORTH-WEST REUELLION. (P.\) The Militia LiHt I'orrected to iHt .lanuary, IHWJ. A. Tr(H)p 9 B. Tr(M)p a Staff 6 10 Dcdiut Liout.-Col. F. C. Donlson In Ejrypt 1 9 Ajld 2nd. Cavalry m per al)ovo oxtrat-t 29 Total OfflfcrH, 9 TroopH of Cavalry 88 Ah |M;r Deputy Adjutant Oonorars Report, No. 2 Military Diotrlcl. (I'ogo 22() and V^gKy H, MilltiA Pnrllatnontary Rupert, 1HH6 8B.) < CO < Id Z •- XNKKJWVDNa XV K3ia n?iii avail tiad snoixvm ao xaoo o III O u •aawHO.<«fiJ Tinid SAVa .10 ON •axv/^/// co/'/av at the North West that submitted no d(>tailed statement of their actual strength, but never bel'nre <»r since has this DistF'ict statf been reported in tlu^ same manner. It will i»e obseived the (J.G.H.iJ. is shown ''in its eutij-ety." This (»re()uis(» includes a veliM'inary siu'geon.'' It will be noted that Col. R. !i. Denjson cei'lified to the correctness of the G.G.U.G.. which was not in his district at the time. How comes it that his signature is attached to the returns y The Military crime commill(»d in Rlacks cases (I^sf) and iHl-i") is: Inducing a man to forge his name as an t^ffin'r to an onic(M''s pay-sheet. In order to do this they submitted a blank pay-sheet to him, and thus ( einmiited one o\' the most .serious crimes in the military penal coii(». On pMg(» ()4 of the Militia rarliamenlar\ Report of iHHd, pny is shown as fni\ lug been drawn for \'J days for live HtalV olllcers, and on pjige 'A'y iMililhi List (corrected to lat. lit • ) ". tlio above vcrnnient imt of the MJ.O.IUI. ttcd blavlc (i(Ml to llio (listi'ict at 'lic'il to tho Jan. 18^7) four start' orticci's only arc shown as on rlic establishment of the (;.(i. !?.({. P.iy has ihus been illciially drawn from the (lovernment for on(^ staff officer, or else the reports ai'c in ori'or. r make no c-omment on the atiove. The l)are facts are stroni;- cnonuh by themselves. 1 wish only lo draw the attention of the jM'ople of Canada to these maitors, in ordci' that tliey mi.;ht force thcii- Government to in\csri:jali> them. With re- ii\l to the statf or' the (IJJ.li.d.. 1 woidd point out that they have on their sr.-it!" snfticient officers to e.onunand a i"orc(» of Ton men. There arc thre(> Liciit.-Cols.. an Adjutant, a Doctor, a I*ay-m;isi(>r. a Veteriii;iry .Suri;eon and a Qiiarter-nrisfer. Within the i).i.t two ye;ir-;. they have mounted only To saddles: fhe\- now mount Ijo. In rh<' n;[)()i't on p;n;"e --•'», 1.') (tflicors arc shown a;;aiii^t I'lfJ non-com- niissioned ollicers and men. This m d< reported in the Militia liliie W ooks as eflicicnt, Tim (^ after lime h;is Iter. Wilde s latf s(M',i.':eant of the ( i.l>.< i.' i., iiMpifstcd that the men mii:hf lie allowed to h ive their rilles from the armors in ordei' tli;it they nn.uht l)e propei'Iy instructed in the above exercise's, hut his re(|Uesl was nexer once ^ranted. <>! what use is it to the (i.ti.iVti. to ]iossess a statV suio. iciit to coimnand a ?'<'^iniciit the times their stiTn.uih. w hen so little alteiition JH piid to th<' ellhicucy of the corps? .\n(»thei' point on which infermitiitn wouhl lie wclc(»me is the reason why the (J.tl.H.d. Is th' only civ dry corps in (Vimidi. tint is allowed periodically to ^o Into camj> l>y tliems(dves. Weidd -.-J..- ' J] ■'■ i f II Iff' 1 ; ft If lu h *i (i ■ n the same irregularities exist if they went into camp in conjunction with other corps? When the G.G.B.G. were ordered to hold themselves in readiness to proceed to the North-West to quell the rebellion, their equipment was in such a disgracefully inefficient state, that after their arrival in Winncpeg, they had to be detained several days, in order to patch up the saddles, which were found to bo tied together with pieces of string and wire ; the rifles too, were so useless, that they were forced to indent on the Americans to supply them with new rifles, with which to shoot down Canadian subjects. The G.G.B.G. were the only corps at tlie North-V/est Rebellion whose rifles were in an inefticient condition. I have alluded abo\e to the inefficient state of the G.G.B.r,. at the time of the North-West Rebellion. I now proi)oso to show what this entailed upon Canada. The North- West Reb(»llion began b.v a few shots being exchanged between the rebels .md the mounted police. The G.G.B.li. were ordeied out to qu<^ll the Rebellion, as soon as the Government received otticial notice thereof. Time is every- thing at the connnencement of a rebellion. Delay is fatal. How often in the history of the Hi'ltish army has a rebellion be(Mi (|nelled at the outset by prompt decided action. The (|uesti()n then aiises, if the G.CJ.B.G. had been in a thoroughly (Mpiipped and ('llicient condition, and had proi-eeded to the Xorth-West at once, could not they have quelled the revolt almost without firing a shot? Remember, the Rebels consisted of an unoi'ganizecl band of nuMi, badly fed, badly clothed, and armed for the m(>>i i^-rt with old out-of-date rifles, bows and arrows, or tomal'.awks; and then consider what would have been the moial etVect on tlxMn, of the prompt appearance in their distiict of a tiioionghly ecpiipped, trained, and efficient regiment of TO cavali'y soldiers of the <}.(i.ii.(i., in conjunction with some .'».") men from the Cavalry School of Quebec. They would have been cowed into Mubmissi n.o.B.r,. )on as the le is every- \y is fatal, a rcl)ellion •tion. The l)oen in n [1 proi'cedcd luollod tiie tile Hobels i fed, badly out-of-date [»n consider (Mn, of the y equipped, [liers of tiie th<» Cavalry •owed into l(\'ist is tiie t. But the at onco to the North-West, could not he obeyed promptly on account of the inefficiency of the troops. Every hour wasted in repair- ing saddles, and procuring;- new rifles was adding to the strength and etticiency of the rebel forces, and in the end the rebellion was only sul)dued at tiie cost of many precious Canadian lives, and a large expense to the Government. Ami yet this utterly incf[ic"eut regiment lieads tlie list of Canadian ^Tilitia, and has for its motto the proud boast, <• NuUi Scundufi." I give the following extracts fr(mi the Canadian WiUtiii Act having reference to the irregularities above mentioned : The Militia Act ; 4(k Viet. C. 11. S. 1(H)., Chap. 41. Soc. 9A. Evin-y Active Militifiinan sliali sign n siTviiiM-oll in wliiili tJK* coiiduion of ins service sliall \w stated : mid. wrri/ Offi-iv of Mililhi on ai)po>ntmy tlu; ("oiinnandinir OITicer of tlni troop, battery, company or battalion, as the case may Ite, who has tak'ii Hie same oa'ih li'fnrc a' diislivc if the Pciicv. 4'> ^'.. (' 11, 8. IS. Part (hap. 41.. .S'c. ;{()." I*;ira, ,">. Kvery ollicer and nnm, of such Active Militia, or any portion theriof, sliall, on every such occasion, obey the orders of his Conimandin;;' Ollicer. S. 4!), Sec. (14. I'ai/iiii iif I'm- drills shall h" miid<' nidi/ upon proif of cowitlianii' irlth sit h ri'i/iflafnais tmt ■li/ii;/ si/ h drill, alid the e(lici('ncy of tlie sev«iral corps, as Her Majesty orders : ami ain/ nffurr nr man absent from dril> shall faf it his pdv fhrmf., 4'i I'., ('. It., S. /.s. Sec. ;')!), Her Majesty may order theoHicersand men ot the several i'or|)s of Active. .Militia, or any portion thereol, to drill for a period not e\ce«'(l in^' sixteen days in eiich year ; and for I'adi dai/'s d rill of thrff hours, eviru ojficrr, non-finnmissiomd ojjicir, am/ man, shall rrcir' fhr /xii/ of his nsp'itir' rank, and fhf ajh I'rs ami >mn if inoiiidid i orjis .'i to be tri(*d i)V (Jourt-Martial for tln^ olfence. U\ V,,(". U.S. 7(5, Tuit. As stated iti (Miapter XXIX.. it will l)c noted on reference to the fii'st s(>ction of the aliove (piotcMl extracts, lluil the mere fact of a man signing a service roll, does not constitute him an enlisted soldier. He i.s also compelled to take the -oath of allegiance. If then, na in the ctise of a nmnbcr of J*'' I ■ I J"* '; i 2;u the G.(jl.B.(i., these men who have signed a sei'vice rolJ, but have never taken the oath of allegiance become guilty of any acts of insubordination, tiiey can only be punished by the Civil Law, they not being amenable to Military Law in any partlculai' whatsoevei", until they have taken the oath of allegiance. The (J.Cl.B.CJ. cannot claim " incomi)lete knowledge of the Regulations," as a plea tor the irregularities in their pay-she(^ts. This plea would, of course, have no weight in a Military Courts but even if it had, their tactics in camp show that they are perfectly accpiainted with the Regulation I'egarding pay drawn only foi' three hours' drill for man and horse t)er day. \Vhen in cnni}), they have only si.x days' drill, but in order to dr;i\v tlie Oovernment allowance foi' V2 days' drill, they drill the men imd horses for six hours a day instead of thi'ee. The trooper's pay, for man and horse, for these six days would thus be ^li.OU a day, the i-eturns show- ing ftri'lrv ihnjs <(nlL I know of one corjts that almost every yeai' advei'tises for men to go to camp to make up their estMblishment. These men are paid by the (Jovernmeiit who thus support a fictitious corps. 'i'lic!".^ is ;i much gi'avei" consideration attached to tliis. Uesidc.'-' being entii'(dy illegal, it is a gross insult to the Honor of hei' most (Jracious M.ij<^sty's name to allow men to W(\ir hei' uniform, who have never swoin allegiiince lo hei'. And it is a furtli(>r insult to Her Mnjesty I'or Col.- Fred. Denison to pliu-e men in her unifoi-m whom lie averred were drunken loafeis and who had not t.iken the oath of allegiance. In !(\gai'd toSlatei''s iri.il in the l*olice Court, Toronto, it has been shown that at thut tinu' IkHimcI not recelvecl his discharge, but h;i(l l)een re-(Milist(»(l. Therefore, even if guilty, he should n(»ver have app;tir(',r of tlu- rei;'in\ent. wiio is herel)y required to sununon a nu/hii('nfm a complaint is made, shall cause such complaint to l)e einpiireil into, ami shall it "■ lll'j," on i'ii(|uiry is satislied of the justice ol the com[)laiiit so made, take such sit>ps as n>ay l)(! necessary for^ivin.n- full redre.ss to the complainant in respect df the matter comidained of. Liiiiitiii.i;' the soldier's i-i^ht of api)eal to oi/>' nun/, instead of, as befoi'e, a Court of Kiuniiry, lias bsHMi the chief cause that has pr(>veiircd an iii\(>sriuaii»)ii ii.'iiiu' ordtM'cd into Slater's c.a.se. Had Ih" .Vet of I'mT hell i:ood, the aiitliorilies would have \)oon t'orc.d to itiv(\siii:atc. I'y means of the extra power .uiv(Mi them by the issl Act. they are ve that he wonld have acted as he (lid h:id he known the consetpiences of his acts. We can no t think that sn«'h an unscdiish, kindl\ dis- posed mail as Mr. Bii;(dow was. \\( InHictiny: on S tild \\ illii L'!y lie liiiilty of actions < later and his family, the awful stilVerin- his ■nt.iiled. "lie charitable t«> tli(> d(>ad."' is an oft- If '1 I'. 1^;^^ ■ !Mf '1 11. ''■■\ i. '• '. T fir ■ I .: '^' : i ! i 236 quoted maxim, but in this case one cannot but feel that stern justice to Slater and his family, demands that for the time being- any softer feelings that may arise within us should be put aside. In addition to the above, I may mention that previous to Mr. Bigelow's death, the M.S. where- on his name occurred, was in the printer's hands, and the plates had already been strucii oft', so that it would have been a matter of great difficulty to alter it without entailing a large extra expense. On looking over Col. Denison's speech in the House again, I find that he states that, " In regai'd to the uniforms, we have to be as economical as possible, and members of the House will understand that the rough usage which a cavalry man gives his uniform in grooming his horse, etc., etc. . . . But the uniform is to last for five years. On this account, when a man iias put in three years' service, we sometimes give him an extra pair of ti'ousers if he is a servant or cook." As shown by the affidavits, the grooms had no trousers given tliem, as they swear to iiaving been loaned a cap and tunic oN/tf, to answer on muster parade for pay, tiiey wearing (civilian trousois on those oceasions. As a matter of fact they would not need an extra piiir of trousers, as during the whole five years the unifoi'ni had to last, they would be onlv grooming horses for thirty days — six days in camp of each year. Col. Donison tries to make the House believe that after three years' service — eighteen days at grooming horses — the (j.Ci.B.fi. have a right to indent on the (iovernment for extra pairs of trousei's for the grooms. With regard to the cooks; I would ask Col. Fred. Denison to pi'odiue one member of the Ci.G.B.Ci. who has performed the service of cook for the regiment since the North-West Rebellion. The regiment has always been catered for by private contract. (^ol. Denison also states that it was Slater's duty to call for his discharge. If so, \\ihy did Col. Denison take the trouble to send it to him by the registered letter postV On reference to Slater's letter to Sir John Thompson, 237 feel that at for the within us , I may .S. where- and the ould have entailing use again, brnis, we 3 IS of the a cavalry • ti> Li.>« • • • is account, sometimes ervant or 10 trousers a cap and 3y wearing tor of fact during the lid be onlv lip of each 3licve that ling horses overnment 3d. Denison pei'foirned North-West red for by iity to call I take the lOSt ? Thompson, page 115, it will be seen that the men whom tlie G.G.B.G. officers employed to commit their felonies for them, were not drunken loafers, but destitute, easy tools, whom they could compel to do their dirty work for tlieni;, under pain of not receiving any pay unless they did so. This statement is verified by H. Smith's statutory declaration, which will be found on page 31. H. Smith was told that he would receive no pay for grooming Lieut. Geo. Denison's horse, unless he would consent to commit a felony by leading a horse on pai'ade to be falsely mustered for pay. The militia frauds shown fortli in this book were brought to the notice of the Government some three years ago. The Government did not investigate, but allowed the frauds still to continue and are thus responsible for the extra expense entailed on the people of Canada during the past three years, through the continuance of said frauds. When Slater had tried every official means of bringing his case to a public investigation and had failed, as a last resort he endeavored to bi'ing about an investigation by openly accusing Assistant Police ^Magistrate Baxter, and Col. Fred. C. Denison, in the presence of witnesses. As show^n on page 6'2, he openly accused Ur. Baxter in a Toronto Street Railway car, of having earned his salary of $7r)0 a year, and his position as Assistant Police ^lagistrate. in feloniously lending himself and his position as a Justice of the Peace to an illegal jn'osecution, in an (Mideavor to suppress frauds on the (J overnment, and told him that he d ire not call a policeman to give him in charge. Although this gross charge was made in the pi-esence of several witnesses, Mr. Baxter did not prosecute. Again, at the cornei- of Toronto and King Streets, Toronto, Slater opcMily accused Col. Fred C. Denison, in the presence ot witnesses, of being a common thief, and defied him to call a policeman and give him in charge. Col. Denison said not a word, but walked away in silence. In the House of Conmions of Canada, where he was privileged, Col. Denison was very bold in his attack on Slater's character, but when accused in the open street, in the presence of witnesses by this "drunken loafer,'^ '■' '-^^'-^■^•^'■- r -M-fl pi m riri ¥i' if f': > ■ I f: 11: Iff he dare not say a word, dare not have him arrested, but meekly walks away. Slater before accusing Denison in this way had iiifoi'med several members of the Toi'on to Police Force of what he was about to do, and had implored them to be on hand and to arrest him when he had done it. But Col. Denison doubtless thought it would be inconvenient to prosecute this man, and therefore they Avcre pov.erless to act. With regard to this matter, Slater has stated tlie follow- ing to me, viz. : '^ I wish to offer a humble apology to the three ladies who wei'e with Col. Fred. Denison, when 1 publicly a(;cused him in the sti'eet. For any man, and especially for one serving her Most Ci'acious Majesty, to begin a quarrel with another in the presence of ladies is a. gross bi-each of courtesy. T have only to add this excuse to my conduct in the pi'esence of those ladies. On 2)^rd. Decembci" 1890, when 1 was at the Union Station, Toronto, with my two daughters. Col. Fred. Den^'son was walking up and down the platform with a lady on his arm. It was the eve of my departure for England, and I was sitting in the car, bidding good-bye to my daughters. Col. Fi'ed. Denison passed and i'oi)nssod the place where we were sevei.vl times, and evoi-y tiuK^ he did so lie burst into a loud, insulting guffaw of laughter. The sight of this man having liie brutal insolence to laugh in the presence of the family he had so cruelly wronged, made my blood boil. I lost my head, {iiid but for the restraining presence of my daughters, who implored me to take no notice of him, I would there and tlien have administered to him the (•.•stigation he so richly desei'ves. I have to add that 1 think Col. Denison acted in this manner, in ordei* to diive me to say or do something for Nviiich he could have had me ai'rested, and thus prevent my departure for England, and the iMilitia frauds from coming to the knowledge of the Imperial Authorities." It will have been observed throughout the debate recoi'ded in Chapter XXIX, that members of the (iovernment and Militia force are almost unanimous in condemning the affidavits as woi'thless. Without a shadow of proof being put forward to establish the truth or falsity of the affidavits, thoy 2:5i) ^sted, but iiison in ito Police red them it. But nicnt to roi'le«s to ic tbllow- gy to the when 1 hi an, and ijesty, to dies is a. excuse to On 2nrd. , Toi'onto, :m^ up t was the If? in the I. Denison 1 iil times, insulting ihe brutal le had so head, and tors, who here and so richly acted in :>thing- for event my •oming" to recorded nent and iiinj; the beiiip^put vits, they unite in showering- upon tiic makers of those affidavits the vilest abuse tiiat could proceed from a member of parliament. They grossly abuse their privilege as members of parliament ia assailing the character of men, with whom tliey ai-e entirely unacquainted. Yet what is the outcome of all this righteous indignation? Col. Denison makes his explanation. it is accepted by the House as complete and tiiorougli. mid then apparently all indignation against his ('aluminators evaporates into thin air. One would naturally cxpt^ct that after these affidavits had been "proved" to be false, the persons who made them would have been sought out and punished with the utmost rigor of the law. Yet neither Col. Denison, nor any inembei- of the Militia Department has made the slighest attempt to bring the perjui'ers to justice. When any man brings a t'harge agiust a pi-ominont man and it is found to be false, that man is punished. Why the inaction in this case, when such sei'ious charges are brought against one of the most imi)0i'tant dcpai'tnients in the country ? Are slanderers of the Militia Department allowed a monopoly of freedom ? This book is not written in a spirit of venomous hati'cd for all Canadian orticials, as nothing is inoiv distasteful to the writei- than having to descend to the miserable, dirty work of '< showing up'" t!i(^ coriMiptions which exist in the methods of some of our prominfMit C.niadians. Wnt. howevei- reluctant the writf^r may b(> to expose public men, Justice to a man who has becMi deeply wronged compels him to do so. Slatei- d(vsires me to otfiM- his sincere thanks to those honorable members of the ('anadian Pai'liament who endea- vored, as far as in their power, to obtain justice for him, and he also otfcM's his humble apology for ])iil)lishiiig their kind letters; it is undei- compulsion that he has done so. to show that the (iovernment had rcfu.sed an investigation. It will doul)tl<'ss occur to many of our readers, (hat the ptiblication of tliese matters in l)ook form, is not the ])roper method foi- Slater to employ to bring about an investigation into his case. Siatei- hiniself acknowledges as much. Hul what is he to do? He has I)rought his case to the notice . ^ .,»*.* -V ■'^ai ....u..,.Mk^ An ai il wJ B^ ^V^m w M ft . 1 1 iilll liff If s'^f- 1 ill- s' ■' j 1 6' : i;* 1 ■ ) ■ ■ ■ . '; f'H^ 1' ■ ^' ■■ ,! l^f :l 1; itj ji •l-'r i f I;, ?.' i' i '•r 1' 1 K' K' |i.^ i ~ i; ir mk 'i t 240 of every official in Canada, having any control over Military affairs, from Lord Stanley downwards, without any action being taken in the matter. He has also appealed to the Toronto City Council, to Sir Oliver Mowat, and to every member of the Dominion Government, but without result. He has been unable to obtain justice from any official source whatever in Canada. Every avenue by which he could obtain justice through official methods, being closed to him, as a last resource, he appeals to the people of Canada. The Government of Canada is supposed to be representative, that is, governed by the people, and to them therefore he now appeals, in the hope that the might and power of public opinion may force an investigation into his case. VWJOR THE END. • Military iy action id to the to every ut result. y official which he closed to f Canada, sentative, sretbre he of public