Excerpt from Political Campaign, 1886-7: Speeches of Hon. Messrs. White, Thompson and Foster, at Halifax, on Thursday Evening, October 21st, 1886, and Speech of Hon. Mr. Thompson, at St. John, on Wednesday Evening, Oct. 13th, 1886

But what Were the predictions of the opposition? They told the people that we were iving enough money to the company to boil the irairie. Section of the road, irres pective of t e land grant al ther, and that the company would take t at money and build that section through the o n country which was easy of construction; ut that, when they came to the difficult sections, they would declare that they could not on. \ve were told that we had madet e contract in such away that the company could build a flimsy road, the standard taken being\the Union Pacific when first construct ed. Were told that the company would go on so as to make the most mone siblc out of the contract and won] digit throw the whole. Thing on the company, while we would have an incomplete road at a greater cost than if the government went to work and built the road themselves. In the first instance. These were the predictions made by the opposition. What has been the result, ladies and gentlemen? No sooner was the contract signed than the line north of Lakefiuperior was commenced, and the work went on with a rapidity unheard of even in this country of rapid railway construction. The company honestly endeavored to fulfil their contract in its entirety and sacrificed their American associates, who in all probal ilitv belie vcd the statements of the opposition, and supposed that the road would be a tribu tary to the American system in which they Were interested. The company went on with the work continuously until 1884. When they came to parliament and confessed that they had not the means to go on any longer. The American market was closed to them, and the. English market was closed to them so that they could not sell their stock, and they were. Obliged to ask for a loan of $30, Had you been in the house at that time, and heard the discussions which took place. You would have heard the chorous of jiubilation which went up from the opposition.

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