uzzle Canadian Pacific
Railway employees that Brady did.

"JAMES FINDLAY.
"_Beachburg, P. Q._"

Commenting on the above letter the _Witness_ says:

"The question might be raised whether the committee appointed by
the temperance conference had instructions to come to any
agreement with the Canadian Pacific Railway. They certainly were
instructed to give the Company an opportunity to right the wrong
it had done before proceeding to publish the finding of the
conference. It was, therefore, natural for the Company's
representative to ask the committee what would satisfy them, and
it would seem to the committee unreasonable not to answer such a
question. Mr. Findlay labors under a misconception if he thinks
the committee were not independent, and determined to maintain
the rights of temperance men. They were selected so as best to
represent the interests of Mr. Smith as well as those of the
principles at stake. The assurances they received were certainly
about as complete as could well be looked for from a Company that
was not prepared to acknowledge itself dictated to as to the
management of its internal affairs. The Company was not asked to
reinstate Mr. Smith, which would have been unpleasant for him.
What it promised was that temperance men should be under no
disability in its service, and though it reserved to itself the
right to manage its own affairs, it acknowledged that cause for
dissatisfaction existed, and undertook to deal with the matter.
This, we submit, if followed up in accordance with the Company's
policy, as stated in Mr. Tait's letters, is a very satisfactory
position."

The reason of this latter statement is seen when we remember that "the
Company's policy as stated in Mr. Tait's letters" was that when any
officer or employee antagonized a part of the community on a question
on which the public were divided, the Company would "protect its
interests by his removal;" and Mr. Brady had certainly opposed and
displeased a very large portion of the community. How this Assistant
Superintendent was really dealt with, is shown by the following from
a report of an executive meeting of the Provincial Alliance, on April
18th:

"The first business considered was the communication, from the
Canadian Pacific Railway, forwarded to the ex