of the community.

"'The Canadian Pacific Railway claims that, if for no other
reason, Mr. Smith's discharge was justifiable on the ground of
neglect of duty.'

"This was signed by Mr. Thomas Tait, Assistant General Manager,
on the part of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and by the following
delegation as representing the temperance people of Canada: Major
E. L. Bond, Mr. E. A. Dyer, M. P., Rev. A. M. Phillips, Mr. A. M.
Featherston, Mr. S. J. Carter, and Mr. J. H. Carson.

"This agreement and the delegation's report was received and
approved as satisfactory, by the executive of this provincial
Alliance, and a committee appointed to communicate the result to
the temperance bodies.

"It will thus be seen that the Company has entirely repudiated
the offensive language used by Mr. Brady, and declares that it
does not express the attitude of the Company towards the
temperance cause.

"The Company also admits the right of its employees to engage in
temperance work; and as regards Mr. Brady, it acknowledges that
cause for dissatisfaction has existed, and promises that action
will be taken to remove this cause.

"In placing these facts before you, we have to congratulate our
friends throughout the Dominion upon the satisfactory conclusion
of this matter, which has given us all so much anxious concern.

"Another cause for congratulation is the intense interest
manifested in this case in every part of the Dominion. From
Vancouver to Prince Edward Island have come expressions of hearty
cooeperation, which have been exceedingly gratifying, clearly
demonstrating the fact that there is a temperance force
throughout the country which, if only concentrated, and directed
unitedly against the legalized liquor traffic of our land, would
be positively irresistible. In the present instance a vital
principle of temperance reform was attacked and almost
immediately the whole Dominion resounds with the protests of the
temperance people, and forthwith the injustice is removed.

"With regard to Mr. Smith, we have this to add, that having since
accepted the position of organizer and lecturer for the
Independent Order of Good Templars of this Province, he had no
desire to return to the Company's employ, preferring to devote
himself entirely to the