The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier: A Chronicle of Our Own TimeSkelton, Oscar D. (Oscar Douglas)
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The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier: A Chronicle of Our Own Time
Skelton, Oscar D. (Oscar Douglas)
Canada -- History -- 1867-1914; Laurier, Wilfrid, Sir, 1841-1919
Protestant Protective Association, the, 117.
Pugsley, William, 247.
Quebec, the assembly of 1871, 33; the Letellier case, 63-6; the Ontario
boundary, 67; the Riel agitation, 81, 83, 89; the Jesuits' Estates Act,
115; the school question, 168, 243.
Reciprocity question, the, 104, 111, 112-14, 119-22, 261-8.
Rhodes, Cecil, 185.
Riel, Louis, 39-40; leader of the North-West Rebellion, 73, 78, 79-80,
81, 85, 87-8 and n.
Riel Rebellions, the, 38-40, 72-80.
Ritchie, Mr Justice, 48.
Roman Catholic Church in Canada, 23-4, 27-8; its hostility to
Liberalism, 29-31, 41-8, 90, 167; the schools question, 159-61, 163-4,
167, 172, 240-1, 244-5.
Root, Elihu, 214, 258.
Ross, Sir George, 311.
Rouge party, the, 21-2, 23-4, 28, 40.
Routhier, A. B., 43, 47.
Royal Military College, the, 38.
Russia, 140; and empire, 141, 210, 303.
Sackville-West, Sir Lionel, 106.
Salisbury, Marquis of, 142-3.
Saskatchewan, the province formed, 238-9; the school question, 239-45.
School question, the, 158-68, 170-3, 239-45.
Scott Act, the, 38, 69-70.
Scott, R. W., 170 n.
Seddon, Richard, 195.
Selborne, Lord, 195, 200.
Sifton, Sir Clifford, 170 n., 234, 244, 247, 279; his immigration
campaign, 221-2, 223, 224.
Smith, Goldwin, 107, 109, 110.
Smuts, General, 318.
South Africa, 198; the Boer War, 184-92; and imperial defence, 304-5,
314. See Colonial Conferences.
Sprigg, Sir Gordon, 195.
Strathcona, Lord, 59; High Commissioner, 191, 279.
Tache, Archbishop, 160.
Taft, President, 261-3, 265.
Tariffs: in Canada, 56-8, 150, 174-5, 205-7, 235-7, 249-52, 260-8,
274-6; in Europe, 140; in Britain, 150, 205-7, 271-81; in United
States, 260-3.
Tarte, J. Israel, 155, 170 n., 193; 'Master of the Administration,'
236, 247.
Taschereau, Archbishop, his moderate policy, 42, 44, 45.
Taschereau, Mr Justice, decides against the Church, 47-8.
Thompson, Sir John, 85, 124; prime minister, 155, 156.
Tupper, Sir Charles, in the Macdonald Cabinet, 60, 106, 111, 120, 124,
136; prime minister, 148, 162, 166, 167; leader of Opposition, 175,
193, 194, 204; an empire-builder, 329.
Tupper, Sir Hibbert, 162.
Turner, Senator, 214.
United States, 62, 63, 99, 209; misconceptions regarding Canada, 94;
'feeling its oats,' 102; relations with Britain, 103, 257; the
fisheries dispute, 104-6; political and commercial relations with
Canada, 106-9, 109-14, 118-19, 124-5, 208-15, 257-63, 266, 268; the
Monroe Doctrine, 203-4; the Joint High Commission, 209-10; the Alaskan
boundary, 210-15; the conservation conference, 234; her diplomatic
development, 256.
Venezuela episode, the, 102, 208, 209, 212.
Victoria, Queen, 176, 195.
Ward, Sir Joseph, 276, 293-6.
White, James, 235.
White, Thomas, 78; his tribute to Laurier, 86.
Wiman, Erastus, 109.
Winter, Sir James, 209.
Printed by T. and A. Constable, Printers to His Majesty
at the Edinburgh University Press
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