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w; e tta- O ll g t on 'fra' 'ePtter',l2'fl'tl' m (Mr. 1t,',tgtQ t would ask the hon. member 009031, In what respect he had ever been suburvient to the Dominion Government? (The hon. ttentleman took his seat for a moment as if eXDecting an answer, but as no reply, came he rose and 'i"iiiiiisad0--A.P11ifrlt had been made to his conduct with rescpect to the appointment of it1dg?s Itt the "my Courts. but the course he then adopted had met with the approval of the hon. gentle- . man now at the head of the Government. Responsible government havmg been con- . 'Cecied to this Province, they had anght to. deal with their own affairs, and the hon. member for South Bruce had beeninaposi- tion of subserviency rather than himself, who had been maintaining the rights of the Province. Hon. gentlemen. un ertook' to carry out the legislation of last session with regard to the railway aid fund, but that was a very small modicum of policy. I The hon. gentleman might pretend to fol. I low his own policy, but the Globe would cut out his line for him, and if he ventured to oppose it, in forty-eight hours his government would be overthrown. If the Government dared to repudiate the decrees of that journal, they would disappear like the snow before the sun; as long as the Globe chose to rule them with a rod of iron, the Government would not ventureto object. Whatever hon. gentlemen might say to the contrary. the people of Ontario would know that the Government was just Carrying out tho behests of the Globe. What would be the effect, at this new mil. way policy; what would there be to pre- vent a railway " ring" from being formed and forcing its demands upon the House? The whole system would be a complete farce. The hon. gentleman had referred to public institutions which were to be con-; structed; well, the late Government had' provided for every want of that kind, so [ that the hon. gentleman could safely make his promise to place these matters before the House, knowing that no occasion for doing so would occur. A more fatal blow to responsible government had never been struck than by the introduction of this policy by the hon. gentleman; and the his. t tory of the neighboring Republic showed the ettettt of that system in the large sums . pocketed by representatives in return for the promise to vote for railway schemes The hon. gentleman had claimed that the l members of the House were incapable of such practices as log-rolling, but still he thought it necessary to I introduce legislation for the protection of the independence of the House. With regard to the proposed income franchise he (Ur. Macdonald) believed that the se- paration of the franchise from the land ilualification would have an injurious ef- . feet on the country, as the franchise should belong to those who bore their share of the taxation of the country. He agreed with, the hon. gentlemen in thinking that legis- lation was necessary With regard to cases of controverted elections. With regard to the proposed fusion ot the courts, the late Government had appointed a commie. sion to enquire into the subject, and the 'hon. gentleman would be entitled to no credit for merely embodying their report in the form of legislation. Vigorous efforts l were to be made to promote immigration, 1 but did the hon. gentleman mean to say 'that the late Government had not acted vigorously on that question? The hon. gentleman did not say how this object was to be attained-whether he was going to take a large sum tor this purpoze out of the surplus. With regard to the fitting the l prices of Crown lands. £119 late Government voicc against itrw rth rest)?" 0 . allbridge the facts were not as alleged by the hon. gentleman. He (Ur. Macdonald) was not speaking there as the leader of the Opposition. but expres- sing his individual opinions. m had ex- pected to hear something about dual re- presentation, a principle which he beiived to be essentially useful to the Provinces in enabling them to send tutr beet men to the Ottawa House. Neither had the hon. gentleman alluded to the Scott murder; ,how was it that a Government, incltulitu,r the mover of that resolution last Session, had nothing to say on that question? The Washington treaty had not been even men- tioned, although they had previously been told that that. use? would be the diistrdty tion trt. Ontario. 11 these were questions ton which the House would like to know tithe policy of the new Government, The ",'J,'f't"ll',",'d', twhich had been brought out wage,"' Q.? 1W,ejWt,leAui ever seen. ,- j_v -.v Luau CVCl' " _ Elon. Mr. RICHARDS thought it most improper let. to place the Lands deputrqen' m the hands of iptitl of me Interest, most. ohm gnaw!) lne Urown 3 hands of no . Pd/at. 0105915 1lilk, cit? Iii aid W388. The Writ was then ordered to issue fo the elecrion of a new member for Ottawa. Tire message from His Excellency the Lieut-Goveruih, authorising the estimate: was then rum], and the Home went into Co I m t ce of Supply. Mr. Pardee in the chair. Mr. DEUCE said if he was unlit for one he _w.-19 ttntit f _r the other. Mr. BLAKE submitted the estimates amounting to $208,000, the sum nch-ssury to provide for the ordinary puymcnts of the purtlip service. Ar. BLAKE begged the House to let him get the supply through beforesix; he would take another opporturi. ty to reply to the observations which had been made. He saw that he must be prepared for violentopposition, but the Government would endeavor to meet it. He knew nothing about the statements made with respect to the late Speaker, who would soon he in a p'lsiiion to speak for himself. If those charges were true that hon. gentlemen should not hue been placeq in the Chair. Hun. Mr." MACDONALDZLTn It was a dim; rerht, po_sit_lon. at, ti "Din accuse the lumbering interests of dishonesty. They were probably neither better nor worse than others. Would any man say that the leader of the Government had exercised proper pru- dence in making that appointment? He protested against that act, though it the hon. member had been appointed to any t,tl1gt1ep"ta1eilt he would not have ob. ecte . j Mr. CRAIG (Glengarry) held himself absolved from all connection with the party with which he had hitherto acted, and should in future follow his own course. He did not. however. rem-at tha vnfnn L- Mr. BLAKE formally notified to Mr. Speaker his resignation of his scat in that House, and asked that tl Writ be issued for the electoral district of South Bruce. On motion of Mr. BLAKE the House than adjopgncd to Thursday, January 18ta, Mr. GIBSON thought in representation extent ot territory should be taken into consideration as well as population. He did not want to see opposing interests cre- ated in _thc gig} and West. uuvulu Lu tubul'U lUlIOW his own course. He did not, however, regret the votes he had given for the late Government. and were they in power he would still '11pport them. He was prepared to give the Gov- ernment a fair trial and accepted the ap- pointment of the hon. member' for Ottawa as representing the interests ot the east. He thought the late Premier had received hard usage at the hands of those whom he had formerly befriended. med o'clocir.