d, and that we
intend to plainly show that corporation that the rights of good
citizenship are not to be trampled upon with impunity? The action
of the C. P. R. in the Smith case should call vividly to our
minds the action of the Grand Trunk a few years ago, when they
discharged their agent at Richmond, Que., because he openly
opposed the temperance people."

In concluding this chapter, we will give the opinion of an eminent
clergyman, Rev. J. B. Silcox, as expressed by him from the pulpit of
Emanuel Church, Montreal. Nor is this by any means the only voice
which sounded from Canadian pulpits on the same subject. The _Witness_
of December 31st, 1894, has the following:

"Referring to the C. P. R., Mr. Silcox denounced it vigorously
for its action in dismissing an employee because he saw fit to
fight the drink traffic. There was nothing in the world so
heartless as a great corporation. The C. P. R. had shown itself
more heartless than a despotic king. It had come to a sorry pass
when an employee was robbed of the right of exercising his own
free will. By its action the Company had thrown all its weight on
the side of the liquor party to which it catered. He had lived in
the Northwest several years, and had seen other instances of how
this great Company had ground others under its iron heel. 'In
discharging the man I refer to, the Canadian Pacific Railway has
shown that it lays claim to both the body and soul of its
employees. In the history of this country did you ever hear of
anything more shameful? It makes one's blood boil. And the men
who commit these acts can boast of knighthood. Alas!'"

CHAPTER VII.

THE DOMINION ALLIANCE PROTEST.

We have been considering some of the opinions of the temperance and
law-abiding public regarding the dismissal of Mr. W. W. Smith.
However, the temperance people were not all content with simply
discussing the matter, and blaming the C. P. R. for the action they
had taken, nor even with transferring their patronage to another road.
The Alliance took steps to obtain an explanation of Mr. Brady's
conduct and the policy which he had attributed to the C. P. R., and if
possible to gain some reparation for an act which seemed to them
unreasonable and unjust. It was stated in a former chapter that the
secretary of the Quebec Provincial Branch had been instructed to
enquire in