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of day mor tion : Port ! Block, Queen street, sion' of the tenth pasliamcent of 'Canada was conclitded, and the House was prorogued.: This ses: sion lasted from November 22nd till April-27th, a' little more thaa five months. While' it has been . marked. by some 'important legis lation, it has on the other hand been unsatisfactory and disappointing in - several respects. * The: greatest interest centred about the reuision of the tariff, but after all this revision was scarcely more than nominal. © The mew tariff'is simply the old under a new name. = The introduction of the intermediate rate was something new, but this may or may not be: come effective. The labor dis: putes bills is entirely new in the legislative field, and is expected "to lead to"important 'results. Its effectiveness, or its insufficiency, will soon bé manifested, as it. is to be put to immediate trial, in con- nection with the labor. troubles now distracting the West, To some members of the House the season which: has just closed will long remain as a painful mem- ory. Neither Mr. Fowler, nor Mr. Foster nor Mr, Emmerson will be able to glean much satisfaction from dwelling upon' the events of the past few months. These gentlemen may be, in a. large measure, innocent of the wrong: doings which have been attributed to them, but they will have a diffi cult task notwithstanding in; clear ing their reputation. = As' they have suffered so has the country suffered through the scandals that have been originated in connection with certain of their movements. The fact has been very clearly brought into the light during the session that our public expenditure is assuming year by year an enor: 'mous 'proportion. | During the year 1906 the expenditure amount: ed tothe sum of $83,000,000, and the estimated expenditure for the oncoming year is no less than $116,000,000. It is = gratifying however, and quite reassuring to know that a Jarge amount of this increased expenditure has been oc "casioned 'by the development of our country which is going on so ' rapidly in various directions. But caution: is' still fiecessary at this 'juncture, We have a great country, and strong ople. Our. represedtatives in 'atliament stand. increasingly in 'need of prudence, | foresight, bifisjsd Ay tnd i ntegrity. versity of American; and British . scholars; After Dr. Michael Sadler of Man: chester Dr. Falconer stood higt includidg Canadian; ; est in the Jist, and when the time' to make the appointment came]. opinion. was[] unanimous in his' favor. It is gratifying to know that a Canadian has been found to fill this important office, in our ed-| ucational system. i Svhe------ THE LORD'S DAY ACT, The Lord's Pay. Act passed by the House of Commons last year For all quantities of 500 less; a charge of 40¢: per. 100. lbs. will be made without an is being subjected to a great deal g of adverse criticism. (This is no more than was to be éxpected. When the text of the Bill was first: made public it became evident at once that the measure was of a very rigorous and radical charac ter. o other government has ventured in recent years to pass a aw as strict as'this. "No one néed be . surprised therefore by. the hostility which'is'being shown "in certain. .quarters: regarding «the prohibitions and penalties provided in'the new Act, . This opposition to the new Act is not confined by any means to the hoodlum "element, . 'or "to. the Sabbath desecrating element of society. In the city of Toronto an association has been formed for the purpose of resisting the opera: tion of the new law "in certain}: directions, and this association, |. known as the Rational Sunday League, numbers among. its mem- bers and adherents men of the very. highest moral type, including Dr. Goldwin Bmith. The railway companies have declared outright) aud 26, not reserved, may A by any person: who pc head of & family, or a ny 'male over 18 years of age, to the extent o; {* ess 1-4 sextion of 166 acres, nore Entry mast be made personally' dt Covservator 'of the local 14nd office for - the *Sistrict in'which the'land is sitnated. The homesteader is reas perform the conditions therewith under one of the plans, At least six month's sesindeice ; apon and cultivation of th Sach year for three years, 2)It the father (or mother; Ar is deceased) of the Home resides upon a farm in th the land entered for the 1 as to residence 'may' be sal Such person residing vt 'Hather or 'mother. (3)1F the settler has "his pei n ey dence 1 farming land "ow by him int the vicinity of hi stead, the rquiremments as to resieen may be satisfied by 'residence Po tbe nid lands, Six. montis notice in writi sheuld: be givén to the Commission 'Dominion Lands at Ottawa of inten against certain clauses of the Act,|' and have shown their intention of utterly disregarding these clauses. |: And the Province of British Colum: | bia, in the person of its Aftorney }¢ General, has quite entirely repud: iated the whole measure, The present situations therefore a complicated 'and a setiotis one. And it will be the business of the 'Dominion House either to modify the measure, or to deferid and er force it. We belive that u whole the measure is a sa sound one. It 'undertakes {secure to every mana day. It does. not. touch 4 gous. question. involved observance of {1 Ts now pre, regulate, to