Wilmot and Tilley

in the year 1907 by Morang & Co., Limited, in the Department of Agriculture Transcriber's Note: Unique page headings have been retained and appear along the left margin by the relevant paragraphs. Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note. Variant spellings have been retained. Inconsistent hyphenation has been standardised. CONTENTS LEMUEL ALLAN WILMOT ANCESTRY AND EARLY LIFE 1 EARLY EFFORTS FOR REFORM 13 WILMOT IN THE LEGISLATURE 31 WILMOT AS A DELEGATE TO THE COLONIAL OFFICE 41 LORD JOHN RUSSELL ON TENURE OF OFFICE 57 THE READE APPOINTMENT 67 WILMOT'S VIEWS ON EDUCATION 83 THE DEMAND FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT 99 THE VICTORY IS WON 113 JUDGE AND GOVERNOR 131 SIR LEONARD TILLEY EARLY LIFE AND BUSINESS CAREER 143 ELECTED TO THE LEGISLATURE 159 THE PROHIBITORY LIQUOR LAW 171 REFORM AND PROGRESS 183 THE INTERCOLONIAL RAILWAY 195 THE MOVEMENT FOR MARITIME UNION 201 THE QUEBEC CONFERENCE 215 DEFEAT OF CONFEDERATION 231 TILLEY AGAIN IN POWER 239 THE BRITISH NORTH AMERICA ACT 253 THE FIRST PARLIAMENT OF CANADA 269 FINANCE MINISTER AND GOVERNOR 277 INDEX 293 LEMUEL ALLAN WILMOT ANCESTRY AND EARLY LIFE The contest for responsible government which was carried on in all the provinces of British North America for so many years resembled in some of its features a modern battle, where the field of operations is so wide that it is impossible for a general to cover it with his eye or to keep control of all the movements of his subordinates. In such a case, everything depends on the ability of the generals who command the different army corps, who, operating in remote parts of the field, must take the responsibility of success or failure. The two Canadas were so far removed from New Brunswick, and the means of communication were so poor, that there was but little help, even in the way of suggestion, to be expected from them, while the contest for responsible government was being carried on. Even the efforts in the same direction which were being made in the province of Nova Scotia had but little influence on the course of events in New Brunswick, for each province had its own particular grievances and its own separate interests. Thus it happened that the battle for responsible government in New Brunswick was fought, to a large extent, without reference to what was being done in the other provinces which now form the Dominion of…