. Life and letters of Sir Wilfrid Laurier . Sir J. A. Chapleau Honor6 Mercier FOUR QUEBEC LEADERS UNDER A NEW LEADER Chapleau and Mousseau, who were prepared to considera coalition with moderate opponents to save themselvesfrom their Castor friends. Joly strongly opposed coali-tion and the new Liberal organ in Montreal, LaPatrie, under the editorship of M. Beaugrand, at-tacked Mercier as being willing to sell the partys inter-ests for private gain. At the opening of the 1883 ses-sion, Joly resigned and Mercier was elected in his stead,but with the distinct understanding there should be nocoali
. Life and letters of Sir Wilfrid Laurier . Sir J. A. Chapleau Honor6 Mercier FOUR QUEBEC LEADERS UNDER A NEW LEADER Chapleau and Mousseau, who were prepared to considera coalition with moderate opponents to save themselvesfrom their Castor friends. Joly strongly opposed coali-tion and the new Liberal organ in Montreal, LaPatrie, under the editorship of M. Beaugrand, at-tacked Mercier as being willing to sell the partys inter-ests for private gain. At the opening of the 1883 ses-sion, Joly resigned and Mercier was elected in his stead,but with the distinct understanding there should be nocoalition. In these provincial controversies, Laurier leaned toJoly and the old Rouge traditions. He was on friendlybut hardly on intimate terms with Mercier, and, thoughsympathetic with Chapleau, disliked the men Chapleauhad about him. In 1882 he became involved in a livelycontroversy. He had been, along with Honore Mercierand C. A. Langelier, an active collaborator in a new Lib-eral journal, LElecteur, founded in Quebec city inJuly, 1880, und
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