DEBATES

OF

THE SENATE

OF THE

DOMINION OF CANADA

1898

REPORTED AND EDITED BY

HOLLAND BROS.

Official Reporters of the Senate of Canada

THIRD SESSION-EIGHTH PARLIAMENT

OTTAWA

PRINTED BY S. E. DAWSON, PRINTER TO THE QUEEN'S MCST

EXCELLENT MAJESTY

1898

THE HONOURABLE C. A. P. PELLETIER, C.M.G., SPEAKER.