he good of his
fellow-men, can conscientiously hold a position in the employ of this
great Company, which is so influential in our beloved country. Must
every self-supporting man be a slave?

Mr. Tait says, "After the fullest investigation, and consideration of
this whole matter, I feel constrained to say that the Company's course
was, under the circumstances, not only justifiable, but, having regard
to its business interests, unavoidable."

Mr. Tait does not say "Mr. Brady's course," but "the Company's
course," thus showing that Mr. Brady had not acted independently of
his superior officers in dismissing Mr. Smith.

Mr. Tait also expresses the Company's disapproval of Mr. Brady's
"expressions," while he, himself, makes statements which seem quite as
objectionable as those of Mr. Brady. Moreover, as Mr. Tait sanctions
the dismissal of an employee for active temperance work, and mentions
in this letter no other cause as having led to Mr. Smith's discharge,
we do not see why he should object to an Assistant Superintendent
naming the same reason to an under official, whom he is dismissing
from the Company's service.

The conference arranged between Mr. Tait and the representatives of
the Alliance was held in the office of the former on January 7th,
1895. The meeting began at half-past eleven, and continued until
nearly two o'clock, when, as no definite decision was reached, it was
decided to adjourn until the following morning. The resolutions
adopted by the various temperance bodies in Montreal, and elsewhere,
were presented to Mr. Tait. The following circular, issued by the
Quebec Provincial Branch of the Dominion Alliance, shows the result of
the conference on January 8th.

"Dominion Alliance,
"Quebec Provincial Branch,
"MONTREAL, Jan. 30th, 1895.

"DEAR SIR,--On November 28th last, by circular letter, we called
the attention of the executives of the various grand bodies of
the temperance organizations of the Dominion to the action of the
Canadian Pacific Railway Company, in dismissing from their employ
the President of one of our county alliances, Mr. W. W. Smith.
Enclosed in this circular was a copy of the correspondence which
led up to the dismissal. In response to this circular,
resolutions were received from every Province of the Dominion, as
well as from