Public men and public life in Canada; the story of the Canadian confederacy, being recollections of Parliament and the press and embracing a succinct account of the stirring events which led to the confederation of British North America into the Dominion of Canada . tion of the abuses so long deplored by the Re-form party, and for the diffusion of those soundReform principles into the daily administration ofpublic affairs—to secure which the constitutionalchanges now achieved were so long and so earnestlystruggled for. Turning now to Ottawa, there was unusual activ-ity there during May and Jun
Public men and public life in Canada; the story of the Canadian confederacy, being recollections of Parliament and the press and embracing a succinct account of the stirring events which led to the confederation of British North America into the Dominion of Canada . tion of the abuses so long deplored by the Re-form party, and for the diffusion of those soundReform principles into the daily administration ofpublic affairs—to secure which the constitutionalchanges now achieved were so long and so earnestlystruggled for. Turning now to Ottawa, there was unusual activ-ity there during May and June, preparing for the_^ new order of things. Much was done by corres-pondence, and with latehours and hard work onthe part of the Civil Ser-vice, the plans of theembryo Premier of tlieDominion were sufficientlyadvanced by the middle ofJune to enable him to sendfor the Hon. Messrs. Tup-per and Archibald, ofNova Scotia, and the Tilley and Mitch-ell, of New Brunswick, to assist in completing thearrangements. These gentlemen arrived at the capital towards theend of the month. Although they could not yet besworn in, their advice was taken as ministers defacto, and an understanding was readily reached onseveral important points. Among these may be 304. Hon. Leonard Tilley. PREMIER MACDONALD FORMS HIS CABINET mentioned the appointment of the first Lieutenant-Governors of the four provinces, the selection of thefirst Premiers of the Provincial Ministries, and thefixing of the number of ministers to compose thefirst Dominion Cabinet at thirteen—Ontario to havefive, Quebec four, and the Maritime Provinces twoeach. When Premier Macdonald, however, came to ar-range which gentlemen should be his first colleagues,an unpleasant difficulty arose. It afterwards becameknown—although the veil of secrecy enshrouded itfor months—that something like a deadlock occur-red and for a time threatened serious consequences. It arose in this way. The French-Canadians num-bering one-third
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