to the Company. His record of fifteen
years' service is an indication that as a railroad man he has
done his duty. As regards the principal charge, the charge upon
which his resignation was asked for by your Assistant
Superintendent in the letter referred to above in the following
words: 'I was in hopes you would relieve the strain by gracefully
tendering your resignation,' the specific complaint made being
that he had on the evening of September 3d, delivered a
temperance lecture. To this charge he pleads guilty, and now
suffers the consequences, viz., dismissal and pecuniary loss.

"This Alliance, as representing the temperance people of this
Province, protests in the most emphatic manner against this act
of obvious injustice to one of our number; an act which we have
every reason to believe to be the result of a concerted plan to
use your Company to injure and if possible render nugatory the
temperance work of the people of Brome County, who, for very many
years, have been endeavoring to uphold and enforce the law of
the land, which declares that no intoxicating liquor shall be
sold within the bounds of that county.

"In this effort, they did not expect to have the powerful
influence of your Company turned against them, and, therefore,
feel keenly and with intense regret this action in regard to Mr.
Smith, the President of the Brome County Alliance! You will
readily understand that we cannot allow this matter to drop, and,
therefore, have taken steps to bring the whole matter before
another tribunal.

"I am, dear sir, respectfully yours,
"J. H. Carson, Sec'y."

On October 16th, a meeting of the executive of the Quebec Provincial
Alliance was held in Montreal, for the purpose of considering affairs
relating to this dismissal. Mr. Carson reported the correspondence
which he had had with Mr. Tait, and the Executive, having unanimously
approved Mr. Carson's letters, adopted the following resolution:

"WHEREAS, Mr. W. W. Smith, the President of the Brome County
Alliance, has been dismissed from his position as agent of the
Canadian Pacific Railway, and whereas we have reason to believe
that his dismissal has been brought about because of his
temperance activity, and not because of dereliction of duty:
_Resolved_, T