. Life and letters of Sir Wilfrid Laurier . f the Jolygovernment, J. A. Chapleau, perhaps Quebecs mostmoving orator, had formed a Bleu ministry. Afterthree years of easy-going administration, Chapleau en-deavoured to replenish the empty treasury by the sale ofthe North Shore Railway, the western section to theCanadian Pacific and the eastern to a Senecal-Mc-Greevy syndicate. The sale was fought hard, not onlyby the Liberals but by the rigid ultramontane sectionof his own party, under De Boucherville and bring peace, Chapleau resigned, exchanging postswith J. A. Mousseau, secretary
. Life and letters of Sir Wilfrid Laurier . f the Jolygovernment, J. A. Chapleau, perhaps Quebecs mostmoving orator, had formed a Bleu ministry. Afterthree years of easy-going administration, Chapleau en-deavoured to replenish the empty treasury by the sale ofthe North Shore Railway, the western section to theCanadian Pacific and the eastern to a Senecal-Mc-Greevy syndicate. The sale was fought hard, not onlyby the Liberals but by the rigid ultramontane sectionof his own party, under De Boucherville and bring peace, Chapleau resigned, exchanging postswith J. A. Mousseau, secretary of state in the federalgovernment, but Mousseau was little more successfulthan Chapleau in conciliating the De Boucherville orCastor wing. Nor were the Liberals sufficientlyunited to take full advantage of these Joly continued as leader, the most aggressiveforce in the party was a young ex-Conservative lawyer,Honore Mercier, an astute tactician, a hard fighter, anda speaker of torrential powers. Mercier coquetted with 240.
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