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4 • • » JT , * _ t i — t a illio munor, tney wouw uupwiu • change of Government at Ottawa, but to oblige (be servih- leader. they will not blind tl.eme^lvcs to the fact that the Government have made mistakes in the admidistratioa of Northwest affairs. In an article on tho Utter of Archbishop Tachc, the Toronto Mail admits as much on the part of the tJoverument. Though not desiring a change, at Ottawa, a radical reconstruction of the Terri-tonal Government is earnestly desired. Such being the case the North West Council would have been re-croant in ita duty to the country had it not taken the action it did. Hut the Leader ie so blindly partisan that it cannot correctly gauge public sentiment, or gracefully accej»t the verdict of the |«ople’s representatives, and must tilt itself against the irre-aiatiUa wave of the onuntry's growing demand for self government. There is, however, some hoi«c even for our cooteniporarv, for in its last weeks issue in speaking of our legislators it says: M We think this Council above the average l*rovincial Assembly in Ability.** Then let it be consistent and follow up*the push of the Council for s greater degree of responsible government.Hie session of the Northwest Council, which closed on Friday last, was noticeable for the predominance of tlie voi populi sentiment, and consequently for the manifestation of greater interest in its proceedings ilinu has heretofore been ' shown. All this is excellent training for the more fully-dev«lo|«d i legislative bodies with which the territories will sooner or later be favored. The oonncil {wased some very useful legislation, more particularly of nn educational character, w bile on the questions of the day it pronounced an opinion with considerable vigor. From lliis time forward the Northwest Council will occupy a recognised place among the pallia*| rnentary bodice of tlie iKmiiniou.— Maiutolwn.
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QuAppelle Progress
QuAppelle, Saskatchewan, CA
Fri, Dec 25, 1885
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