David, L. O.,13,331.
Davies, Sir Louis, a colleague of Sir Wilfrid Laurier,152,170n.,209.
Deakin, Alfred,276,301.
Denison, Lieut.-Colonel G. T.,76n.,144.
Desaulniers, H. L.,11,12.
Dessaules, L. A., advocates religious toleration,30and n.
Dobell, R. R.,170n.
Dominion of Canada,61-3. See Canada.
Dominion Railway Commission, the,230.
Dorion, Antoine, and Laurier,13,21,36,55.
Dorion, Eric, 'L'Enfant Terrible,'13,14,55.
Doukhobors, the,222,223.
Doutre, Joseph, his appeal to Rome,30.
Edgar, J. D.,112.
Edward VII,195.
Election law,37,46,70-2.
Equal Rights Association, the,117.
Europe, the tariff question in,140; mad scramble for empire,141,303; her interest in Canada,221,222,226,228,250; the war of armaments,302-4,316; the Great War,315-20.
Fielding, W. S., a colleague of Sir Wilfrid Laurier,169n.,170n.,174,196,207,236-7,250,251,286.
Fish, Hamilton,108.
Fisher, Andrew,294,296.
Fisher, Sydney A.,170n.,233.
Fitzpatrick, Charles, solicitor-general,170n.,247.
Fleming, Sir Sandford, his All-Red route,142,143,149.
Forrest, Sir John,195.
Foster, Sir George,124,150,162; assists Mr Chamberlain in his tariff-reform campaign,276; his Canadian Naval Service,305-6.
Fournier, Telesphore,21,36.
France, the conflict between church and state in,25-7; the tariff,140; colonial expansion,141,302,303; relations with Britain,181,183,303; and Sir Wilfrid Laurier,181-4.
Franchise Act (1885), the,70-2.
Fuller, Valencay,109-10
Galt, Sir A. T.,104,107n.; an empire-builder,133,135,329.
Geoffrion, C. A.,21,170n.
Germany,143; her trade relations with Canada,134-5,179,228,251-2; the tariff question,140; colonial expansion,141,303; challenges British naval supremacy,302,303-4; her responsibility for the Great War,316.
Graham, G. P.,247.
Great Britain, her relations with the United States,103,256-7; the development of the Empire,108,126-30,147-8; the tariff question,140,150,151,265,266,271-81; her relations with European nations,140-2,181,183,303-4; the Boer War,184-92; the problem of imperial defence,200-2,204,301,302; the Alaskan boundary,213,214,215,216; the Canadian West,224-6; her democratic leadership,256-7,281-2,293; the Great War,316-20.
Grey, Sir Edward,315.
Hemming, Edward,33.
Herschell, Lord,209.
Hime, Sir Albert,195.
Hitt, Congressman,119,122.
Holton, Luther H.,33,36,39,55.
Howe, Joseph,132,329.
Hughes, General Sir Sam,291.
Huntington, L. S.,55,135.
Immigration: the campaign for settlers,218-27; the Asiatic question,252-5.
Imperial federation,101,137-8,139-42,144-5,180,196-7,198-9,294-5; the League,139-40,145; First Colonial Conference called,142; impracticable,144-5and note. See British Empire.
Indians, the enfranchisement of,71-2and note.
'Institut Canadien,' the,29-31.
International Joint Commission, the,259.
Italy,302; the tariff question,140; colonial expansion,141,303; her agreement with Canada,250-1.
Jackson, William,88.
Jameson, Sir L. S.,185,276.
Japan, her relations with Canada,253-5; and European aggression,303.
Jesuits in Canada, the,114-16.
Jesuits' Estates question, the,114-17.
Jetté, Sir Louis,44,215.
Joly de Lotbinière, Sir Henri,34,64; in the Laurier Cabinet,170n.,194.
Jones, Alfred G.,53.
Kaiser, the,185,302.
King, W. L. Mackenzie,238,247.
Lacombe, Father, his threatening letter to Laurier,163-4.
Laflamme, Rodolphe,10,11,21,36.
Laflèche, Bishop, and Laurier's newspaper,31,42,44; and the Manitoba school question,167.
Lanctot, Médéric, in partnership with Laurier,12.
Landry, A. P.,82,85.
Langevin, Archbishop, and the school question,160,167,172,244.
Langevin, Sir Hector, in the Macdonald Cabinet,55,82,155.
Laurier, Sir Wilfrid, his birth and descent,1-4; schooldays,4-10; early bias towards Liberalism,9; his knowledge of French and English literature,6,15-16; studies law in Montreal,10-11; his early partnerships,12-13; the 'Institut Canadien,'28-30; edits 'Le Défricheur' and opens a law office in Arthabaskaville,13-15,31,92; his marriage,16-17; enters the Quebec Assembly,32-3,34; his criticism of dual representation,34; enters the Dominion parliament,34-5; the Riel question (1874-75),39-40; a moderate protectionist,41,57,173-4; his address on Political Liberalism,48-50,24; enters the Mackenzie Cabinet,51,54; leader of French wing of Liberal Opposition,55-6; his rising popularity,56,184; the C.P.R. contract,59; the Letellier case,65; the Ontario boundary dispute,67-8; the Riel episode,82-9; on Papineau,83-4; his great speech in the debate on the Landry motion,85-9; Liberal Opposition leader,91-3,156-7; the hostility of the Church,93,164-6; advocates unrestricted reciprocity with the United States,111-13,121-2,124; the Jesuits' Estates Act,116-17; on commercial union with Britain,151-2; his tribute on the death of Sir John Macdonald,153-4; the Manitoba school question,162-7,172; his answer to the threat of ecclesiastical hostility,164-6; his electoral campaign of 1896,166-8; prime minister,169-70and note,236,247-8,257,327; his doctrine of conciliation,172; 'the lion of the hour' at the Jubilee ceremonies,176-8,180-1; G.C.M.G.,178n.; his conception of Empire,181,278-9,291; his visit to France,181-4; the Boer War,188-90and note,191-3; Colonial Conferences (1902),195,206-8,236; (1907)277-9,288,292; (1911)294,296; his meeting with Chamberlain,206-7; Joint High Commission,209; desires treaty-making powers for Canada,217,286; the school question in Alberta and Saskatchewan,239-40,242,244; the defeat of his ministry,268-9; favours imperial preference,278; opposes the doctrine of centralization,291-2,294,296,116; favours a Canadian navy,306,308,311; four guiding principles,325-30,34,49-50,121,192; his great task,329-30; a Liberal of the English school,41,117,165; his personality,3,4,6,8-9,11,12,13,34,48,56,82-3,92,165-6,178.
Law, A. Bonar, and food taxes,279-80.
Lemieux Act, the,238.
Lemieux, Rodolphe,247; his mission to Japan,255,286.
Letellier de St Just, Luc,21; lieutenant-governor of Quebec,63-6.
Liberalism, definition of,282,326.
Liberal party: leadership in commission,91; its tariff policy,41,111,112-13,120,125,157,173-5,250-2,276; election anomalies and sphere of influence,245,269,167-8,194. See Parliament.
Lincoln, Abraham,16.
Lloyd-George, D.,277.
Lorne, Marquis of,65-6.
M'Carthy Act, the,70.
M'Carthy, D'Alton,116,144; his tariff policy,157,158.
Macdonald, Sir John,19,35,39; his administration,53,56,60,62,64-6,68,70,71-2,77,90,97,110,116,119,149,150; his contest with Sir Oliver Mowat,66-7,70; his tariff policy,56,133-4,150; his political craft,35,77,119-20; an empire-builder,131-2,135-6,144-5and note,329; Sir Wilfrid Laurier's tribute,153-4.
M'Kenna, Reginald, his naval policy,306-7.
Mackenzie, Alexander,57,66,82,122; his administration,35-8,39,40,41,51-4.
M'Kinley, President, his tariff,114,118,208,209.
Macpherson, Sir David,76n.,78.
Mair, Charles, and the North-West Rebellion,76and note.
Manitoba, its boundary dispute,67-8; the agitation against the C.P.R. monopoly,95-8; the school question,158-68,170-3.
Martin, Joseph,118,158.
Mercier, Honoré, his rise and fall,89-90,115,117,156.
Merry del Val, Mgr,173.
Métis, the,72-7,78-9.
Mills, David, a colleague of Sir Wilfrid Laurier,91,190n.,195.
Monk, F. D.,310.
Montague, Dr W. H., his artful appeal,71-2and note.
Morris, Sir Edward,294-5.
Mousseau, Joseph A.,39.
Mowat, Sir Oliver, premier of Ontario,66-7,69,70,117,122; in the Laurier Cabinet,169n.,170n.; lieutenant-governor,194.
Mulock, William, a colleague of Sir Wilfrid Laurier,170n.,196,207.