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e e e Nee > m in abi id ~ e h CYo _ y »3" & e . * 5 ',:v x * C _g MRF "IC h'"'-l' c ,: ? th--y were engaged was one which off. "and the Wmmam" 5e a hae: \ P l ii'l.one t:mphtlonl to the poor man tooumd | of much importance were shee | : | his week's earnings, to tho injary of bis | Ing. heen | | family. It was to protect this llnz, that ! m.mwufl"fl"m"""ttm' | these wise reatrlotlons had boen imposed. As led to state his views in consequente 0° Sh6 | | regarded the limiting of the number of li-- | expression of ommglmbyflllm"| censes, this was a matter within the jurls treagurer ; and had, of courss, no Ob) l &t:on of the :'l'nnlclpd ccuncila, ndmlhm the motion« ked the | bodies were quite competent to exercise a remar i | wise discretion in the matter. He thought ;m:f:; fl(g'mnhon. m":"n,' Pzfll' ' the Legislature at Ontario would act most un« support of his position were of anything but wisely, if at its first meetiog it agreed & %mmchg character. avowed -- _ |to do away with the salutary re-- that the law had not, he &, been ob: strlotlions : which previous Leglalatures served in his district, and hence ought not to had placed upon the liquor traffic. | b.mmmnto-book.mh"""":'.r_ Mr, COYNE said thss on one polint on he did not believs legisiation 'g:' 4 ;(ow the which a change was sought by the peti-- vance Christianity "' mfl' be presumed to tloners ho had had some experience, and hon. gentleman ml.{lh. og'ufg, He might that exporience led him to differ :hnly knrow better at his uainted with u:lgoi from the views which had been announced be supposed to be acq had been advanced | l'?{ the members for Wess Darham and South that morality and "m. Sabbath--break: elllngton--he alluded to ths restrlotion as by wisoe legislation, other crime were to the number of licenres, In many amall ing, murder and ."rl'h by Act of Parlia« villages and towns the number of loonses l n ons on o ot she Bill which regu-- allowed was not enough for the requirements ment. That pofllon% rooms at a certain and nocemiti=s of the placa. On many occa-- lated the closing of :' the Forbes-- Maoc-- sions whon there wer:'rnbllo gatherings in hour had been °°p'.:.d"1':'.n successfully in the place where hs resided (Brampton), the kenzle Act, which d for a number of years ; amount of azccommodation was found quite opsration in Sootland for l.n operation in Oa: Insufficient. If a person wished to invest a and where that law '::Id to be beneficial. It large amount of money in building a first. nada its results WOIE t by the mover of the class hotel in one of these places, ho was pre-- was alto urged in effeo x censed groggeries mted by the pn:;:t' ;t:to o:l :ho :.'l'l:: he moflo:.utlhu;'"m":l ':'8"0 that therefore no tee would gat a license were 89 forp::le Eouu, even i'jf: it w:lr'o ::od be kep':.lrn o: la'l::.'"d houses should be able to do 80 | superilor manner, The allo num ' lioenses were in the hands of others, kn{\lns | _ Hon. Mr. WOOD would conoo:d ih:"'x:i morse humble taverns, who, if they kept member, What he (Mr. Wood)h' l:ok . them respectably, had a vestsd right in their was, that shutting up at seven 0 C 4 olpti licenses which could not well be taken from was notgenerally observed in townas ': nld.:'o them, He did not believe any good to the and that it would be better th.,'c'lo::k. Av temperance of a community had ever resulted allowed to remain open till "'°'h morn-- -- | ftrom um;.i';:& the ::mw of bars :: l.n ::'nlnl l open at any hour they pleased in the | | pality, who were prone = log. 1 _ avnce would find the means of gratiiying tfl:{r Mr. McKELLAR--Is "':f'a'"d" "{:""'h:: passion, whether you limited the number of not only should the unlicense 1 TLonse Saverns or not. No Act of Parliament could . that 'mmq:::?' mu:.t'iuir' meke a people moral. _ As for the law about and death noon:odllu:'""uhm gl&aln'g "5. 't.t: 'l'ml'::k onwsnnqu. k h]% :;" l.'lm':h l.n the evil work. It was urged n four d utterly imprac to carry licenses should be out. In his own county, and in the ad« mgoin that '1'1': '::';:e:fto oonfzhll opinion joining countles it had never been done-- c tte 11 would be better to remove the while on the other hand it encouraged a was that '% allow an unlimited number aystem of legalized immorality worss than reatrlotions, An He would raiae the lcenses, that which arose from the ; Hquor traffic it-- of u"n": the malty on _ those well, by parties going in on Sunday and and _ make to --sell p'wuhoui a _ lioonse getting liquor on false pretences, and then attempting rest character. For the first going to lodge informations, He thought s Phavd t:: 'ge unishment ought to be a fine, Tevio ooo o ob bpestal e to alte way of t ies Aavda impdienmdst, sod, for ths * gotting oes, any more % to the than any other classes of the oomnnlt'y. It Nee °fi;§:°° mfl. l.al:fi.:lvded ':.he::nvould be might be, as the membor for Huron had Poniten erlmoif the qualifications of taverns stated, that they might be debarred from it l.".d ughr--t%lt is, their accommo: municipal office, from the fact of their hay: dstions increased--and 1f those breaking the l';g contracts in the way of a lioense. datlons :l?n the sale cf lHquors received hether the law would bear the construc: wick «evere punlshment as he had proposed. tion thus put uponit, he (Mr. Coyne) was e 'g:"'",.bmg, clause, it hr:un on not prepared to give an . _ The pe-- d te beok for a number of years, and titions, atall events, should be allewed to the atatul men in this lne of lifein the j . go to the munlolpal committee, that they M%n"mjudg-dthhnd. Buat might there receive that fair consideration "m;h'ml he would not object to see the to which they were entitled. * ffi:.bmps;"nmved- At present, tavern Mr, WILSON was fully aware from all his keepers wishing to get into munioipal cour-- experience in munilcipal matters, that if hotel olls evaded the law and secured their lfla keepers got the E:lvflog- now arked for so that practically the disability amoun them, there would be a much worse state of to nothing. Bssides, the house would not, society than a% present,. Hovourable gentle: he thought, be disposed to repeal another men had better pause before sanctioning such claute in the Aot which said--and said a measure as that proposed. wisely--that no man should hold a seat who Hon. Mr. CAMERON said that all that had directly or indirectly a contract with | was atked was that the petition before the the Corporation. Now, is would be impos: house be considered. It so happened that aible for a tavern--keeper to be there wlthm:t he was as strict a teototaller as any one in being a contractor. He must b'"'"""fl the country. And the question with him-- fix the amount of license he Mm. lt ' as it ought to be with all--was how can then he must make a bond %0 temperance best be promoted!? 'The pe-- he will abide by the grovhlonl of the by: | tloners aver that present regulations promote law. -- That clause he did not think any xfllln | intemperance. Was not the point here ralsed tlomnwu&'.fl'"'" repeal ; so I.hnl.b.' a fair subject of inquiry? There could be uo fact, were clause theso men ask to be | doubt that it was in the unlicensed, rather repealed, struck out, they would be in '": than the licsused, houses, that the great evil better pofition to enter municipal mho war done, It was to be hoped therefore that than at present, While on this question, . | the motion of the Treasurer for the courtesy would allude to a atatement he had heard to of an inquiry would be acseded to. the effeck that in the saloon mmm' ¥r. BOYD said that the only object of the : chamber liquor was sold--and temperance mou was, at as carly a stage as Hoonse, posaible, to put on record their views, And 'The SPEAKELK stated that it was coffes, nad cot the Trearmurer detailed his views on and not spirituous lquor, which was sold the subjcc' of the nprudm of intemper-- there, ance, tzo debate would not have sprung Mr. --MoKELLAR_ was very _ glad up. to hear it,. As for the matter before the . ,| _ Hon, Mr, WOOD contended that the tem-- House, he would vote for the reference of the perancs men endeavoured to push matters petition to a committes, too far, and some of them were, no doubt, Hon. Mr. WOOD would inform the hon. astonished that the introduction of the peti-- gentleman that ©the petition also referred to tlon was allowed at all. Solong as the manu-- another important point, and that was that | facture of liquor was allowed, and Government the decision of two magistrates should be | derived :'qmuufiw,:.!t. lohlo;.lmlltho final and wlthonhppul.'{'thdbmm | Mcensed liquor--sellers have protected. thout lHcense very ofteg, | They were a large section of the communi «--» that those tellleg wi «s