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ime came dolly entertained them with a free fish breakfast placing the biggest fish before john a while they were discussing this john a told this story of williamson and the stone wall williamson himself was present but john a pretended not to be aware of this till he had finished when he took a sly glance in the direction of his victim williamson shook his fist at john a saying and so you were the villain that played that trick and then he broke into a laugh this was the first time he had heard who the real perpetrator was it was in august 1843 that john a macdonald contracted his first marriage with his cousin the story is briefly told in rattray s the scot in british north america as follows hugh macdonald sir john s father had removed to glasgow and married helen shaw of badenoch inverness shire a sister of miss shaw was married to capt alexander clark and one of the daughters of the couple maria clark accompanied the macdonald family to canada when young john alexander had grown to man s estate he paid a visit to scotland and there met miss maria s sister and his own cousin miss isabella clark this young lady came out to pay her sister a visit and the two cousins fell violently in love miss clark was a beautiful girl of fair complexion with bright blue eyes and a pleasing manner she had been a healthy girl but shortly after they were married she caught cold through sleeping in wet blankets on a steamer and consumption followed she was sent to health resorts and treated by the doctors but gradually declined and in the middle of christmas week in 1857 she passed away they had two children the first who was named john a was born while the mother was on a visit to new york and died in 1848 at the age of 13 the second child hugh john lived became an intelligent lad much like his father in physiognomy and gesture and like him became a lawyer by profession by a singular conjunction of events the son became a partner with mr tupper a son of sir john s old and trusted colleague sir charles tupper the high commissioner for canada in england the young man started in business in winnipeg and hugh john macdonald though always having an inborn distaste for politics was persuaded to stand for election for the city of winnipeg in the election of 1891 and was returned by a large majority as showing the likeness of hugh john to his father a good story comes from winnipeg a little boy seeing hugh pass along the street called out to his mother mother there goes that bad man what bad man my child why replied the boy that bad man in grip i chapter ix yong friesch and strong in armes desirous is eny bachiler of al his hous the canterbury tales he runs for councillor an alderman s antics he saved the eyes ok the argus for some time mr macdonald had contemplated entering public life but the final decision as related by one who knew him well was sudden he had already been elected president of the st andrew s society about 1841 when one day he met the late john shaw a prominent orangeman on the street and said mr shaw what shall i do to became popular join our lodge and run for alderman inside of a month he was both an orangeman and an alderman this and many other anecdotes that might be related show that the notion that he always put off everything is quite a misconception no one was more prompt to act when the occasion really required it and where action was in his own interest in fact his principle was that which lord be aconsfield afterwards put into a terse expression it was opportunity not time that great men look for here was the opportunity and how promptly he took it two young men he and the late robert anglin ran against two old members and it thus became a case of youth versus age it excited a good deal of interest as john a was contesting the most populous ward of the chy and the young men worked hard for him the election was very close and keen macdonald and anglin were elected and the young men were so pleased thit they built a platform on the market and after sir john and his friends had mounted it the electors carried it on their shoulders and the result was a capsize the slush was deep on the ground and as sir john brushed his clothes he remarked isn t it strange i should have a downfall so soon the crowd cheered his capacity for dealing with men and measures at once showed itself in the council and during the two years he remained in the city council there were few measures he set his hand to that he did not carry out he was said to be a master at handling committees it was during his councillorship that a member mr j h grier proposed that instead of being elected by popular vote the mayor should be chosen by the council this was considered a good change and it was imagined that mr grier expected the honor to himself as the father of the reform when it came to the vote however mr grier only got one vote and that vote was supposed to have been cast by himself great guns remarked john a after the balloting was over if he had only had another vote we could all have sworn it was ours john a though he did not vole for him had recommended him and probably smitten with a slight remorse for not voting for him said to grier if it is ever in my power to make amends i will do so he did not forget the promise years afterwards he appointed mr grier registrar of the county of wentworth at a good salary and in the enjoyment of that place he lived till his death mr flanagan then assistant city clerk and the only one left of the council or officers of that date says john a was the life of the council and always made the affairs interesting one time having prepared the mayor by a wink he gravely proposed that the civic officials be required to appear in uniforms and proceeded to describe the gorgeous colors and striking adornments that should be needed in the case of the leading officers the dignified clerk and treasurer listened with amazement at this startling proposal and the clerk dropping his pen muttered that if such a monstrous thing were done he should resign after keeping them on tenter hooks for a while john a laughingly withdrew the motion and the aldermen some of whom had taken the proposition seriously joined in the laugh john a had entered the council in 1843 and was sworn in by john solomon cartwright uncle of sir richard cartwright who was his steadfast patron and friend one of his first acts was to present a petition for oliver mowat an uncle of the premier of ontario and strange to say when he resigned his seat in 1846 he was succeeded in his ward by john mowat the hon oliver mowat s father it was some years afterwards that the city clerkship became vacant and to show john a s steadfastness to his friends he came all the way from quebec to vote for mr flanagan who secured the position this gentleman relates the following anecdote besides having great courage in debate mr flanagan said sir john was a brave man otherwise he remembers when a serious fire occurred on princess street and sir john turned out with the firemen to fight the flames which spread so rapidly that the hoseman was unable to get near enough to make the water supply of effective service sir john hurriedly nailed a number of boards together and then asked for assistance to plant the shield near the building mr flanagan approached him and said mr macdonald it is reported that there are several kegs of powder in the cellar and that the building will soon blow up the reply was for goodness sake don t make that known else we will be left alone and there is no telling where the fire will stop raising the shield he carried it forward and placed it close to the building from behind it the hoseman did good service and the feared explosion did not occur in his cleverness in getting out of a pit john a possessed all the cunning of the fox in the fable in the course of his practice he was called upon by the late dr stewart an eccentric gentleman who at one time edited a paper called the argus the paper became noted for its violent language and what is a misfortune for a paper had rather strong prejudices against individuals among these was kenneth mackenzie afterwards made county judge of lennox and addington by john a and one day an abusive article appeared about him mr mackenzie promptly brought a libel suit against the argus and dr stewart begged john a to take the case he did so and instead of justifying the libelous article he called witnesses to prove that the paper had no circulation that little regard was paid to its denunciations and that mr mackenzie was so well known and so universally esteemed which was the case that no amount of abuse from such a source could injure his reputation to one witness he would say did you read this article in the argus no i only heard of it if you had read it would you have believed it no do you think you would be influenced against mr mackenzie by anything appearing in such a paper certainly not and so on all the witnesses being called to throw ridicule on the bare idea of a man so generally respected as mr mackenzie being injured in the general esteem by such means the result was that dr stewart escaped without damages and yet mr mackenzie was satisfied dr stewart with all his eccentricities was much liked by john a and while the latter lived at kingston they were very intimate and frequent visitors at each other s houses they were both of highland extraction and it is a remarkable coincidence that dr stewart died on sir john s last birthday nth january 1891 and sir john within the same year died on the anniversary of the worthy doctor s birthday john a macdonald autograph chapter x simplex is in hurrah they cry again the bonfires blaze on high again excited faces show how warm the fires of passion glow the politician by t w p john a is elected to parliament his first address to the electors and his first acts in parliament meantime john a s bark was easily and gracefully riding the wave of popularity and it was soon to weigh anchor and put out on the stormy sea of politics it was in april 1844 that a requisition signed by 225 citizens of more or less prominence was presented to him asking him to stand for election as member of parliament to represent the city among the signers were sir henry smith john mowat hon o mowat s father hon john kirby all of whom have passed away sir alexander campbell now lieut governor of ontario alex drummond and many others who in after life attained prominence some of them it may be said owing to the accident or good fortune of being a friend of sir john the requisition and its reply are here given and it will be seen that the young candidate accepted it without any affectation or any false hesitancy and expressed himself as he undoubtedly felt grateful for the chance requisition to john a macdonald esq sir it being generally understood that a vacancy is shortly to take place in the representation of this town and being desirous of a representative upon whose integrity and talent all classes of the citizens may safely rely we the undersigned electors request you will permit us to put you in nomination as a candidate for the representation of this town whenever a vacancy may occur believing as we do that to your care and advocacy may safely be entrusted the interests of the town and the maintenance of those sound and liberal principles of public policy for which the inhabitants of kingston have ever been distinguished the reply gentlemen with feelings of greater pride and gratitude than i can express i have received your requisition inviting me to become a candidate for the representation of kingston at the next vacancy the mode in which i can best evince my high sense of the honor you have done me is at once to lay aside all personal consideration and accede to your request when i observe the numerous names which are attached to this requisition and which comprises men of all shades of political opinion i am inspired with the hope of a successful result should that result however be unsuccessful it will always afford me the highest gratification to have received such flattering proof of the confidence of so many of my friends and fellow citizens in presenting myself to the electors of kingston as a candidate for their suffrages i have no object of personal ambition to gratify except a desire to advance the inter sts of the town in which i have lived so long and with whose fortunes my own prosperity is identified as well as to maintain those principles of public policy which you justly style sound and liberal and which have always actuated our loyal old town in a young country like canada i am of opinion that it is of more consequence to endeavor to develop its resources and improve its physical advantages than to waste the time of the legislature and the money of the people in fruitless discussions on abstract and theoretical questions of government one great object of my exertions if elected will be to direct the attention of the legislature to the settlement of the back townships of the district hitherto so utterly neglected and to press for the construction of the long projected plank road to perth and the ottawa and thus make kingston the market for a large and fertile though hitherto valueless country 1s this desirable object once attained the prosperity of our town will be established on a firmer basis permit me in conclusion to repeat my warmest thanks for the honor you have done me and for the confidence you express in me and to state that i will not fail as soon as my professional avocation will allow to wait on you and the other electors individually i am gentlemen your obedient and obliged servant john a macdonald to t he hon john kirby and the signers of the requisition the election was an exciting one although the result had been a foregone conclusion indeed at the nomination which was determined then by a show of hands a number of his own young friends held up their hands against him because they were afraid he would go in by acclamation and in those days an election was such a time of jollification that to let a candidate be elected by acclamation meant the loss of a great deal of fun his opponent was a mr manahan whom he defeated by a majority of 311 which was a sweeping one for the time the voting then as most readers are aware was by open vote and the election lasted for two days during which time there was much drinking of whiskey occasional fighting and a good deal of intimidation it was understood that the candidates would supply whiskey for their friends and supporters and it may be presumed that john a did not fail in this regard a great throng had gathered at the city hall when john a then in the back ground was called upon for a speech henry afterwards sir henry smith called to john a to come up sir henry was big bluff and burly a kind of man who might have been selected by the manager of a theater as a chucker out and with his great iron elbows made a furrow t...