Amherst, Dr. Tupper settles at, 2; farewell demonstration at, 9 Angell, Prof., Plenipotentiary at Fisheries Conference, 184, 197, 361, 366, 367
Angers, Hon. A. R., 309 Annand, Mr., 67, 74 Anti-Confederation movement in
Nova Scotia, 42; delegation to London, 44; Howe's pamphlet on, 45-6
Arbitration, Fishery, 176, 192, 344 Archibald, Hon. A. G., and Quebec
Conference, 42; at London Con- ference, 43; and first Dominion Government, 54; defeat of, 60, 66, 70, 93, 94
Atlantic service, British and Cana- dian subsidies for, 20, 217 et seq., 269, 309
Australasian Colonies and Pacific cable, 225-6, 232, 235-6, 238-9 Aylesworth, Sir A. B., 193
BALFOUR, Rt. Hon. A. J., 306 Barrow Naval Construction Co., 230 Bayard, Hon. T. F., on Confedera- tion of Canada, 176; letter on Fishery negotiations, 177; at Fisheries Conference, 183; con- ference with Mr. Chamberlain, 191; and Fisheries question, 347, 355, 356-7, 360, 361, 362, 364, 365, 366, 368, 369, 392, 393, 398 Behring Sea, seal fisheries in, 184, 185, 209. (See also report of Sir C. Tupper's speech on Fishery Treaty in Appendix.) Belgium, commercial treaty with, 253, 260
Bell, Dr., 129
Benham, Mr., 230, 240 Blaine, Mr., 209-10
Blake, Hon. Edward, denounces Transcontinental Railway, 137; and C.P.R., 142, 149; and "Pacific Scandal," 155; on Sir C. Hibbert Tupper, 211; and Liberal policy, 213; opposition to C.P.R., 302; and Reciprocity, 305
Bond, Mr., and Confederation, 312 Borden, Hon. R. L., 207; and Re- ciprocity, 305-6; proposed as Conservative leader, 311; as Premier, 312
Bowell, Sir Mackenzie, and first Dominion Government, 63, 216;
letters to, on Atlantic service and Pacific cable, 227-34, 235-9, 240, 243; resignation of, 308; appointed delegate to Cable Con- ference, 309
Brassey, Lord, 278
Bright, John, and Anti-Confedera- tion movement, 45, 72, 92; interview with Sir C. Tupper, 60, 61, 85, 332; voting on motion of, 95 British Columbia and Confedera-
tion, 37, 301; joins Union, 124; and Transcontinental Railway, 125 et seq.; prospects of, 152
North America Act, 7; passed, 44, 51
North America, question of Confederation of, 5, 244; political condition of, 14 et seq.; Earl Durham's Report on Affairs of, 24 Brown, the Hon. George, 8; and Colonial self-government, 16; and Union, 25; and Confedera- tion, 39; at Charlottetown Con- ference, 40; at Quebec Confer- ence, 51; appreciation of 51; quarrel with Macdonald, 52; as plenipotentiary, 345, 346 Buckingham and Chandos, Duke of, 61, 62, 74, 77, 84, 91, 93, 95, 176 Burpee, Hon. Isaac, 163
Butler, Captain, 129
Buxton, Rt. Hon. Sydney, 314
"C.P.R. SYNDICATE," 140
Cambie, Mr. H. J., 129, 147 Cameron, Capt., 101, 102, 108, 112, 118
Mrs., 101, 102, 103, 107, 118 Campbell, Lord, 92 Canada, Union of Provinces of, 16, 25; and Intercolonial Railway,
33-6; and Union of Provinces, 39; Confederation elections in, 43; representatives of, at Lon- don Conference, 43; acquires North-West Territory, 124–5; trade depression of 1874-8, 158; effect of U.S. tariffs in, 160; re- sources of, 168; tariff question in, 169, 171; position to-day resultant from tariffs, 171; na- tional evolution of, 174 et seq.; award in Fisheries Arbitration, 176, 192, 344; and Confedera- tion, 244; and Preferential Treat- ment, 244; coal supplies of, 245; wheat-growing capacity, 245; and Preferential Treatment for Great Britain, 255; progress of, 268; exportation of cattle from, 275; and defence, 282; and steam- ship services, 286; political par- ties in, 299; Conservative policy and prosperity of, 303; Catho- lics in, 303; and Reciprocity, 304-5; trade improvements un- der Confederation, 321; defence resources of, 322, 330-2 Canadian Northern Railway, 134, 141, 148
Pacific Railway and Kicking Horse Pass, 134; and Pacific ter- minus, 137, 145, 146; proposed formation of, 138; "C.P.R. Syndicate," 140; contract ac- cepted by Parliament, 143; suc- cess of, 143; and Nanaino and Victoria Extension, 145; rapid extension of, 147; financial crisis, 148, 302; proposed loan for, 149; loan repaid, 149; flotation of bonds, 150; "National Policy " and, 171; mail subsidy for, 217, 222, 231, 234, 241; as means of defence, 283; and "granaries of Empire," 299; construction of, 302
Cardwell, Mr., 65, 66, 85
Carnarvon, Lord, and London Con- ference, 44; and Anti-Confedera- tion delegation, 45, 51, 61; and Transcontinental Railway, 134 "Carnarvon Terms," The, 135 Carnegie, Mr., 294
Caron, Sir Adolphe, 214 Carrall, Mr., 127
Cartier, Sir George E., 8; and Union, 25; at Charlottetown Conference, 40; at London Con- ference, 43; at Quebec Confer- ence, 51; appreciation of, 51; and first Dominion Government, 52-4; baronetcy for, 62, 85; 95, 97; defeated in 1872 elec- tions, 130-1; death of, 131; and Pacific Scandal," 154; 209 Cartwright, Sir Richard, 63, 168, 169
Cauchon, Mr., 163
Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. J., as pleni- potentiary at Fisheries Confer- ence, 183, 196, 358-60; letter to Sir C. Tupper, 183; confer- ence with Mr. Bayard, 191; letter from, 198, 202; and steamer subsidy, 218, 222; on Pacific Cable, 225-7; as Secre- tary for Colonies, 228; on fast Atlantic service, 229-30, 309; and Pacific cable, 235-8, 240; on commercial treaties and Tariff Reform, 255, 307; and Lord Strathcona, 313 Chapais, Mr., 54
Chapleau, Sir J. A., 310 Chaplin, Mr., 293
Charlottetown Conference, 39, 40 Cheadle, Dr., 129
Chesson, Mr., and Anti-Confedera- tion, 46, 85
Clark, Judge, 151
Clarke, Col. and Mrs., 144
Cleveland, President, and Fisheries Treaty, 191, 193, 347
Coal, exports of, from Nova Scotia, 30; Canada's supply of, 245 Coffin, Mr., 163
Colomb, Sir John, 286
Colonial Office, and Intercolonial Railway, 19
Confederation, Quebec Conference on, 5; Dr. Tupper declares for, 6'; Howe's motion in favour of, 6; Sir C. Tupper's great part in, 7-8 ; early proposals for, 24-5; ad- vantages of, 28 et seq.; fight for, 39 et seq.; correspondence on, 65 et seq.; British Columbia and, 124, 301; Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island and, 125-6; and Transcontinental Railway, 126 et seq.; and Great Britain, 244; Empire and, 256 et seq.; Sir C. Tupper's speech on, in first Federal Parliament, 318 et seq.
Act (1867), passed, 44; scope of, 128
Corn Laws, repeal of, and Canada, 20
Cranston, Mr., dismissal of, 4 Crow's Nest Pass, 133
DAWSON, Sir W., letter from, 316 de Salaberry, Col., 102, 104, 116, 117, 118
Defence, question of, 31, 322, 330–2 Dennis, Col., 103
Derby, Lord, 174, 281
Dickey, Hon. Arthur, 213
Hon. R. B., and Quebec Con- ference, 42
Differential Duties, repeal of, and Canada, 21
Disraeli, Mr., and Intercolonia Railway, 19, 51
Dominion Government, First, 52;
and British Columbia, 124 et seq. Douglas, Mr. Bryce, 240
Fisheries Question, and Maritime Provinces, 17, 176; Hague award on, 176, 192, 344; nego- tiations for conference on, 177 et seq.; treaty rejected by U.S., 192; acute crisis of 1890, 209. (See also report of speech in Appendix.)
Treaty, rejected by U.S. Senate, accepted by Canada, 192; Sir C. Tupper's speech on, 335 et seq.
Fishing Licences, question of, 75, 77, 79, 83, 84, 342 Fitzmaurice, Lord, 174
Fleming, Sir Sandford, preliminary survey of, for C.P.R., 129, 133; and C.P.R. prospects, 143, 148; and Pacific cable, 232, 238 Food Taxes, preferential treat- ment and, 244, 274, 289
Forster, Rt. Hon. W. E., and Imperial Federation, 247, 256, 275, 279
Fort Garry, Riel at, 101, 102, 107, 108, 112, 116, 118
France and wheat duty, 290 Fraser, Mr. Graham, 206, 207 Simon, 129
GALT, SIR A. T., and Colonial rights of taxation, 21; and Union, 25; at Charlottetown Conference, 40; at London Conference, 43; at Quebec Conference, 51; C.B. conferred on, 53; and first Dominion Government, 54; and Howe's repeal campaign, 58, 62, 63, 75 ; as High Commissioner, 174, 332 Galway Steam Packet Company, British subsidy to, 20
Germany and wheat duty, 290; commercial treaty with, 253,
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