Clan Fraser in Canada

90 HON. CHRISTOPHER F. FRASER, M.P.P.
Clan has given many distinguished officers and many brave
men to its country's service, and I know I can speak with
truth when I say that the old spirit still prevails, whether
you look at home or abroad. So true is this that I may
conclude these remarks in the stereotyped words of the after-
dinner speaker by saying that should the occasion ever demand
it, the Frasers will be ever ready to draw their claymores
and shed their blood in the country's service as of yore.
Mr. W. P. Fraser spoke for "The Frasers in Politics."
He said : Mr. Chairman, Vice-chairman and Brother Clans-
men, it would seem that the toast of distinguished clans-
men is quite an inexhaustible one. Much has been said of
our clansmen in the various ranks of life, but I believe no
more than is deserved. As a matter of course the Frasers
have ranked high in politics. We have not had a Prime
Minister of the name in the Dominion of Canada, but we
have given to the Legislatures of Ontario, Quebec, and the
Lower Provinces, many of their most useful members, their
most eloquent speakers, and their most responsible states-
men. We have borne our share of public duty in this coun-
try, both in the rank and file of political workers, and as
leaders. I do not need to go far afield to find some
of the more striking examples. There is one name so
long and honorably associated with the fortunes of this Pro-
vince that it merits premier recognition. I refer to that of
the Hon. Christopher Finlay Fraser, who would have
responded to this toast himself to-night, were it not that he
has been suffering from severe illness for some time, and has
not sufficiently recovered to take his place among us. Refer-
ence has been made to his letter of regret, and I feel sure
that every word in it is true — that it is the outcome of his