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"Alstrict would give rise to, and the incroaso 1 number of votes which would be poll~". i" consequence, should be altogether wl( ad \He therefore accepted the mmd?n' ,, »Co* 'r"'d bly"hh hon. friend from Welli; ;ion Mr. Clarke), of which notica h1d beea z'w:. He therefore moved that the order the third reading be discharged, and tha' ::' House go into Committeo of the Whols consider the proposed amendments, Beveral other verbal amendments wore made, theamendments reported and agresd to, and the Bi}l read a third time and passed INCOME FRANCHISE, Hon. Mr. McKELLAR moved the seconi reading of the Income Franchise Bill. In doirg so he said it was not necessary for him to make any lengthy remarks. 'The pirpose of the Bill was to give the frauchise to ths very large class of citizens having a regular Income, but at present not entitled to vots: because they owned no real estate, The prin ciplehad,he thought, already been twice testad in this House, during the Admiaistration of Mr. John' Sandfield Macdonald, He wias: glad of the change which had coms over tha views of the hon. member for Lincolu lately, for it his recollection served bim rightly, that hon. gentleman voted against it up>a these occasions. At present, with regard to real estateo, the franchise was very low; and although the amount ot incoms which would entitle a man toa voto was left black in the clare the candidate in whose favour the largest number has been cast, eleoted, or in case of an equality of votes for both, give a casting vote. could be identified, shall ba void; that ths g:fiuty-mturning officer shall so describa the ot paper if objeciion is taken to iss 15-- jection; tm areturn of the ballot prpers rejected or not used and rejoctesdl bes mail> by the deputy--returnicg--officer, and also .a Written statement of the votes given for each candidate, to bs signed by himself, the poll clerk, and cither o%nthe candicates or their lgvnh who may be presont; that a atatemont of the votes polled for each candidats, reject-- ed baliot papers. and so on, bo dollvere& to the retarniog--officer by the, deputy; and. lastly, that from such statemerits the return-- Ing--officer shall cast up the total vote, and de-- Bill now before the Houss, he mifiht say thas the Government proposed to fill it up with a fixed income. He thought it w*going too far towards universal Juffrage. ; q. was en-- tirely opposed to universal suffr&.:@" and con-- sidered in so far as carpenters ar« rworkmen had very few of themless than $400 por annum, Mr, RYKERT denied that he bal been opposed to the principle of tne Bill in the mlt, and quoted a provision in a Bill which introduced in 1868, to show that he had at that time favoured it. He was in favour of the Government measure as now intro-- duced, but thought the sam of $400 'was too low, especially as that ;s not stated to be a fixed income. He thought it wfigolng too #ar towarda nuniversal Jantfrage, . TTa was en-- the sum of $400. r except the initials or name of the" do-- pu -ntuminq-oflicer, by which {the voter could be identified, shall ba void: that ths being taken that the numbers printsd on the back of the papsr be prevented from l:'l'ng seen; that any mark upon the ballst ; AFTAC@MENT. Mr. MEREDITH moved Shat [Bill No. ; relatinghto the'liability ef wages to attac' . ment, should be first on the Public Orders, Mr. RYKERT objected to passing over his motion with regard to the Municip.! Loan Funrd Act of 1873, and said the moti n of. Mr. Moredith could not be made until the Public Orders were reached. Hon. Mr. MOWAT pointed out that he had acceded to the desire of one of tho hn, this was approac too near thought 86&) shonm the sum. jected. He was still speaking in opposition to the Bill, when, it boing 11:30, the House adjourned, Hon. Mr. MOWAT moved that the 17th, 18th, and 19th sections be struck out, and clauses be substituted therefor, providing that the ballot papers at every polling' placs be counted by the deputy rotarning--offiser after the 'close of the poll, _ cars this was Mr. PRINCE advocated universal suffrage, but thought this measure a step in the right cirection. _ _ Mr-- BOULITBEE objected to the Bill bs cause it wo.. : give rallway labourers,or men receiving av ut $1 50 per day, a voto. Thiy, would be going too far in the direction «i universal auffrage, to which he entirely ob-- The House then went into Committse, M*. Hardy in the chair. AFTERNOON SE3SIO N. The Spsakertook tha,chair at 3 o'clock. EXEMPTION °OF WAGEY FROM _ near it, and he N41 Mr. PRINCE denied that the feeling of the country was opposed to the schente, and was opposed to the frittering away of the time of the Hounse by discussing this mattor Hon, Mr, MOWAT moved the following motion, "that Private Bills be taken bafore Public Orders at this sitting, and also on Friday," Mr, BOULTBEE was assured that the attempt of the Government to shut down upon this dircussion would not be favourably received by the country. It was a mattor affecting a vital interest of the country, and it was necessary the principle should be sflirmed. *\ , Pardee, Paxton. Prince. Robinson, Springer, To91@K) Watterworth, Wilson--30. x uq--ll:um Boulter, Boultbhes, Cn'n;ro!tl. Code, Cifford, Harringion, McCall, Morrick, Ryicert, Striker, Webb--11. Mr, McCALL trusted the Governmsnt would not delay the consideration of this subject. YEAS--Messrs. Boulter, Boultbee, Code, Corby, Fitzsimmons, Gifford, Grange, Faney, McCall, Mc uowan, Meredith, Merrick, Rykert, Tooley--14,. degirable to proceed with the discussi0n 92 a buncombe motion. b f The SPEAKER ruled the motion to b9!0 order, After some further discussion, a voto waS taken with the following result:-- ke YEAS--Mesers. Ardagh, Bishop, Chisholm, Clar ce (Norfolk), Clarke (Wellington), Clemens, Coroyk.'lul':x'g (Glengarry), Crools, Daly, Deacon, Farewell, ';l y son, Fitzsimmons, Gibson, Hamilton, McKellar, Mcleod, Meredith, Mowat, O'Donoghue,. Oliver, Mr, MEERICK said the course pursued by the Government was a most untair and urgenerous one. NAys--Messrs Barber, Baxteor, Bishop. Caldwal! Chisho!m, Christle, Clarke (N orfolk), Finlayson, Gib-- son, Clemens, Craig (G cngarry&. Crooks, Curris, Daly, CGow, Graham, Guest, ardy, Harprington, McKellar, McLeod, McManus, Mon'k, Mowat. U'Donoghue, Oliver. Pardee, Paxton, Prince, Read, KRobinson Sexton, Sinclair, Smith, Springer, Striker Watterworth, Wobb, Wiliams (Hamilton), Wil-- £0n,--40. Mr. RYKERT asserted that the Govern: mert and the hon. member for London had combined for the purpose of avoiding by a trick the discussion oP the subject involved by the resolution ic reference to the "'Muni-- cipal Loan Fund Act of 1873." A division was then takon, with the fol-- lowing result:-- Hon, Mr. PARDE:' brousp$ do%n some correspondence respecting rsi'\ways, and copies of papers respecting the navigation of the Grand River works, ADMINISTRATION OF JU3TIC®. Hon, Mr, MOWAT moved the Touse into | Committee on Bill to wake furths. provision for the Cue Administration of Justice, | Mr., BOULTBEE wished to put his strong © protest that the (CGovernmont should, up>n any cccasion, introduce a measure of ao much importance during the last week of the sos-- stion. After a few words from Mr. Prince, Mr. RYKERT said that he joined with the member for North York: in protesting against the measure being proceeded with a this late stage of the session. Hs argued that some of the measures the Attorney Ganoral had brought in had been so hastily prepared that when they passed, so much had they been amended, they were quite dilFfsrent from the originals, l Hon. Mr. MOWAT eata that ha was sorry the hon. ; sntleman had not had time to ex-- amine i. Bil more thoroughly. He (Mr. PRIVATE BILLS. RETUZENS.