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pnrn . . ot nominating the variant, ("animal Tho osrtolutsintt come to Wan "punt" m and "ruled by the lhtttut. Thes dt Showman aid thoto who were Intervi- ', be: acertumng that the public money had ' properly used should be more In sly "IMO 1tht the Committee. Why, any . Din , Interested in that. There i/as not not F, 0 mambo;- of the Committee who was literate-d 1n proper expenditure H T (tuttletnen . . man. Mien oppoute had " Inge a rep . Ham on $2: Seger,.', " they had m the . . mos ac no men . l thioh the Omitlon mum-ml ituee bur9--Barber, Baxter, Bethune. Blshog. Caldwell, Chisholm, Christie. Clarke (Norfolk), ' o§Welungr ton). Only (Glenna-w), Chou, trashy, trowel], Funny-on. Fran-.601 timer. Momma. Melon-I, Mont. O'Donoghue. unite, "ton, Prince. Robin- Icn, Sexton, smash, rimltn, inching . Striker, lyyttrrerttt, Webb, -.\'xllianw (11mm T ', Wilson, ihiik documents had been givc'fgy'tg; .. Government to Aid Dominion cauii. '1us-Ardagh. Boultboe. Bolton, Cdvln. Cone-ou, Glenna. Code, Coma. Currie, Deacon, Demons. Fit+ limmonl. Gibson. Mord, Gum, Orange, Guust, Milton. Hodgkin. Lauder, McCall, MeMamu, Mc- Ru. Meredith) Monk, Oliver, Read, Richards. Ity. km, Mott, BpHtttrer--3i. GOVERNMENT PATRONAGE. Mr ARDAGh moved for copies of nl'. let. ters received by the Commissioner of Public Works and replies thereto; and of all pipers filed in the Department of Public Woila in reference to the removal of the her " the mouth of River Wye, in tho Count: of Mtn. coe. m complained that during t e recent elections Mr. Cook had referred in North Simcoe tothe influence he possessed with the Deed Government. m had said it was through his inilttettctt that the bar at the mouth of the River Wye wee to be removed, end that it wee only) when he solicited the Commissioner of who Works thet the engineer we: sent down, and the neceesery sum placed in the estimates. H a had else asserted that he had letters in his roseeusiou which would beer him out in this trutttttttmt. Mr. Cook had pgrtloulerly pointed out that he, " e member of the Dominion Govern- ment, could do whet he (Mr. Ardsgh), backed up by tt City. Council, could not do He thir, Ardegh considered it necessary for the maintenence of his dignity that it should be known what position members like himself, sitting on the ir.ror of that House, occupied. Hon. Mi. 'chELLAR said they had correspomaenco with both gentlemen] Mr. Cook, 3 member c. the Dominion Govern. meat, had urged this matter on them. This Government did not choose to adopt the doctrino that nothing should ba done for 3 county that was not represented by n sup- porter, of the Government. This policy was enunchtod and carried out by the former Administration. The policy of tho present (.,eag,',tf wu to expend the public money indie. only upon i.lloso portions of the coun- try which requireu it most. Mr. Cook had nwmdly nrged'ho matter upon the Gov- .mnt, and it wu genorally known that a Government gum more attention to its Mond- than 2rl'l"l,ti This improvement, howover, won d be undertaken purely upon in own merits. Mr. LAUDER proceeded to refer bo tt can uhieh he considemd an unlagous one, and which would corroborate the ztxtonlant made by the ton. tmebe.r tor, North. Simeon, in Wm. Mr. mowm' said that the hp'.'. "Rubs, Rtwe, no om of his ransom: why this Milan should be grauted was that he him "I! was unsbls to :atcuud the Committee an 1rt,V tts he desired The Government hm rt ohiv,tion to Mr. Merriuk's name being kbniuiud for that of the hon: "lumber far Toronto Eat. It was not eryedient thus th f ttttit r ' old be ro-opeued. The compo": t tta ot the Committed, had already been Git, Itat,, d by the Committee struck for fu 'rdlde O piimliiii Grand be may roprb- N '4!lll engtgomonta he had to make I from thou which devolved upop him ttt 'hSilktor, deterred him from giriag as ttoh "tuition tr the ublia accounts P.' Night to be given to trd,','] Mr. Merriok l'lfd be a pram: aoquisition to that Can} addi " and he (Mr. Cameron) desired thi, did tion ahouldbeurade tothe Com nines) HM 1. 'iot think the hon. gantlomnn coald a." my objection to Mr. Mcrriek'a name fy put upon the Committee. tho 01 Mr?, 1 Mr. PANT0N degecated the taking up l cfithe time of the one by such truliuir l, :,ueetioue. m then went on to speak of a I revioue debate, when [ Mr. LAUDER called him to order. The SPEAKER ruled the hon. gentlemen out of order in referring to e previous de. bate. Hon. Mr. FRASER denied that u had Her employed the argument at East Peter. Inno' which had been imputed to him. Nothing had fallen from his lipo which by day torturing could be so construed. The hon. gentleman had no authority for making the statement, and must have drawn upon hie imagination for it. He wee never present at any of the meetings, and could not even name any individual who said that either himself or colleague ever made use ofeuch In expression. He (Mr. Fraser) renumbered a errtain institution which wee located in e certain locality, becenee the members from that part were sent to support the Into Administretion. Mr. M. th CAMERON aid that the insti- tution at Belleville was located there because it was the most euihuearoe. Its repreeent- ntivee Inpportiug the vernment we: no reason why that location should not be _ ,_____,__ ~uvulu "UV ot, chosen. Hon. Mr, FRASER was not any better tsatisfied with that 1sarp1artution. The hon. gentleman could not deny that the leader of the former Government told a constituency that if they had on nxoto grind they In! better send it along with . mon who would support the Government. Mr. LAUDER rose to 3 point of order. The subioct before the Homo wu the river Vyo, and 'not the mak. ing of appointments. Mr. SPEAKER said the hon. genslemgn was quite in order in answering tin oUrge, 'MrfBOULTBEE desired information as to whether the Government intended to be iovcrned by members of the Dominion Par. lisnent rether than members of the House He proceeded to refer to the late election in Fast Ptstetboro', at which he asserted the Provincial Secretst and the Commissioner of Public Woiki, represented to poor people in that riding that it would be to their advantage to return 3 member who would support the Reform Government, " hich was allied with the Ontario Govern- ment. Now, this action he (Mr. Boultbee) maintained wrs wrong, end the principle was pregnant with evil. The Public Works ques- tions which came up were questions of utili. ty, and it should not be necessary, as it sp peered it wss, for constituencies to elects supporter of the Government before they could get justice done them. . , ponent. Had the hon. Commissioner of y', blic Works made the statement the hon. me mber for East Toronto attributed to him be would hwo mule an incorrect, statement. 10 e Government found out where money on uid be expended and expended it ace orr ms; "leAr,Ay_tl, _ A - Hon. Mr. MOWAT said the leader of the Osmosition 1nd chosen to misunderstand and m setste what his hon. friend the Commission- er of Public Works had aid on this subject. They all knew very well that when the hon. untiuncn opposite were in power, their doc. trine was that nothing; should be given to a constituency no on it sent repre- sentatives to support the Government. This was not a mere assertion; it wss pro- claimed at all great public gstheringe. Axe. grinding was one of the avowed principles of the leader of thelate Administration. He (Mr. Mew-st) maintained that when improvements Were ttt head for they Jielded to the dem tad at any meritorious case, when they p, ere satisfied they could defend (fore the whole country the gr but _ r that purpose. In no csse had they nn'le -n provements in the constituency of I sup 'r" rter rather than in the constituency of an Hon. Mr. MPKELLAR maintained the thy hon. member for East Toronto had miataken his remarks. Their policy we: to carry out the public improvements as the public interest demanded. no SPEAKER, however, ruled the obser- vations and comparison of the hon gentleaun out of order. . . Mr. M. c. CAMERON repainted the doctrine which had been attu- bnted to the ' late Administration, Ind chimed that it had been governed by the utility end named? of the works. Th0 Commissioner of Pub a Work, however, had acknowledged that their policy m the elduuion from Government hivoum of coun- ties not rtpresenttd by eupporters of the Government. Their disreputeble trick: would come up in judgment against them st the propertime.. - - _ (Mes. LMERON repudiated II had been" attri- Administration, and , been governed by