or any of the other temperance
organizations. I would like to ask Mr. Brady in connection with
these charges, why he should add insult to injury by asserting
that the temperance people could all 'go to h----l,' and he 'does
not care a G---- d----' for them all, and why was I approached in
an obscure way, and inducements made to me to resign my position
as President of the Brome County Alliance, and give up lecturing
on temperance, and retain my position as agent of the Canadian
Pacific Railway? These are some facts that more clearly reveal
the real cause for my dismissal, and the source from which
opposition to me really came, namely, the liquor traffic, exerted
through its emissaries.

"It should be borne in mind that every scrap of evidence against
me, such as it is, has been trumped up, since my dismissal. Who
before ever heard of a man being sentenced and executed and then
the evidence of his guilt hunted up?

"W. W. SMITH.
"_Sutton, December 24th, 1894._"

The feelings which then animated the temperance public of Canada
concerning the conduct of the Canadian Pacific Railway may be seen
from the following article in the _Witness_ of December 28th:

"The meeting of representatives of the various provincial and
Dominion temperance bodies, held yesterday afternoon in the
Temple Building, was for the purpose of receiving reports from
the executives of these grand bodies concerning the action of the
Canadian Pacific Railway Company, in dismissing Mr. Smith for his
activity in temperance work.

"The Secretary presented a very large number of resolutions
adopted by these various executives, expressing their
condemnation of the Company, and endorsing heartily the action of
the Alliance, in seeking to have the injustice removed. The
resolutions were from British Columbia, Northwest Territories,
Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, as well as from Maritime
Provinces--from far off Victoria, B. C., to Halifax, N. S.

"The communications indicate that the whole temperance community
is thoroughly aroused, and intensely interested in this matter.
The meeting adopted a strong resolution, which was referred to a
committee of five, who were empowered to take such further action
as they deem best to carry out the spirit of the res