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3 P | on his side more of the hon. ilsman's or of the hcon. member for Northumber. 133 | rel'gionista than could be nsnberud on the lfnd,ho thought, conflicted with those of the AJp | side cf the Government, and no coercion Government, and it would be shown, per-- : $ | was employed to obtain their support, but it haps, that the Opposition was stronger than v | was mercly represented to them that they . was anticipated by the Government, | could not clsim greater rights or privilages | ' The paragraph passed. M | than other clasees of their fellow--subjeots. % Paragraphs two to five passed without dis-- He was surprised, finding that his Houwur cussion, P had visited various institutions in th> Pro: | | viuce, that no allusion had b--en made to a |__ On the sixth paragraph, : A work which the (Goveroment -- had ' Mr, MACDOUG ALL wished for informa: ) f taken credit for as being a great beneft, _ tlon as to the number of immigrants and the he aducged to the Inebriate Asylum at Ham-- amount of money expended,. Something of 3 ilton, The House knew notw about this that kind was necessary,. He had no desire | U building, whether it was finished, or whother to offer any obstruction to the passage of the J it would be diverted from its original pur-- Address, but be thought that some genera{ $3 3 pose. The House had bsen told that insanity statement should be given as to the amount s '* was on the increase in this Province, and, of money expended on immigration and the at 24 neverthele:s, an institution formerly used as amount of contribution paid to that " gigan-- a an asyJum for the insane .:.?krillin h;d bsen tic' establishment in Loadon. M A mllowed to. go . to gudt ruin Mr., MOWAT informed the hon. gentle-- | when it might have been utilised by man that he would find all the lntorsstion 1 814 bhon. gentlemen towards relieving the gaols | he asked for in the estimates as to how much 48 | ot untortunat» lunatios. 1t might have ll;e:n is paid to the London agency. i i | aave to ths Coutrel Prigom in o ntrequtuce of Mr, MACDOUG ALL--How much is it ? TW ' the failme ot the C.nada Car Company to | _ _Mr, MOWAT.--$5,500. All is set forth t '.gt carry out their contract, and stating what | as the honourable gentleman desiros, / Lay §o [R arrapgements bad been made to utilise the Mr, MACDOUGALL --But this is a new Iyaf h uncertaking. 'Toe House know that $430,-- ' House, . 0 H C 000 bad been sunk in it, and yet it was | _ Mr. MOWAT hoped that this new House | H\Z P not considered worth a passing allu would know what the old House had done, e . | sion. _ Nothing better, perbaps, could be He would be sorry if members had not [¥' 096. expected | from | a _ (Sovernment . . who posseased themselvesiof some{mformation with 14 180 | scemed to have adopted a policy of inactivity. regard to public affairs, Bat he might J i1 s wl | They claimed that there was nothing for eay,for the genoral information of the hon-- 195 : o dat ttem to do, bnt unfortunately they could | ourable member, that the amount expended it not pomt to anything they had done which on immigration had been less in 1874 than it o | ' bad tended to m_ako the country more pros was in 1573, and it has been considerably f yA | perous, _ Everything they had done had been less in 1875 than it was in 1874, and it is tA 0 initiated by their predecessors. The few proposed that there shall be a further dimin-- 4 measures they bad passed in regard to the ution in the expenditure this year in conse-- ' 1M¢ t amendment of the law had caused considera-- quence of the new arrangement made, which | 4. 5| } . ble difficulty. He reco'lecsted that a late rendered the same expenditure unnecss-- 1| distinguirhed ornament of the Government -- sary,. This was, he presamed, all the honour-- . ¥la{ | Mr. McKellar--used to complain when the able member duiromw, but he would have 0PA | House was called togethor so . early the whole matter in detail by Monday or NBR Y as _ the oto?lth of hlli.ove't:l\l:»er, M be%s'nu Tucsday next. '.x & §8, it interf with hi plougaing. * Mr, HAY said he desired to refer to a fow t Now they had three Courts | sisting questions mentioned in the Addnr:- It was and traveacting business long l:tcreb:l:il: no reason foraffording ald to railways that t Parliament _ was _ called, . an municipalities had invested their money in i counsel and clionts were Inconvenienced them. -- If any.aid was to be granted to rail-- f, i : When the law was amended so as to make ways in the older sections it should be on CA s . § the Courts sit during Term, a step was mado condition that the enterprises were of m in the right direction 1!5 so happoned that public importance, and that they wemoerm- | F' Cl \ three different Assizs Courts were sitting | | tain to be completed. The railway policy of U S _ f during Term, and it was impossible for coun-- | the Ciovernment heretofore had been such as to Cl & | sel ergaged to attend at all at the samstime. l recommend _ it to the country, . (Hoat, 0/ 1 | The Government had also bungled in the | | hear.) _ Railways should be the ploneers of 0 B | election law. _ It was now said that soms of | | colonization instead of the followers, and he : | ivs provisions were absurd, that they required | | hoped the Government would energetically l k | amendment, and it was suggested that | promote railway enterprises into . new seo-- ; 4 & | the Government should introduce a Bul | He described ora C e natrama T tions of the country, e descri the Ti 9B K | lorthompon of removing disqualifications morthern portion of the country in < oo 0 | which had fallen upon some through the | glowing terms, and contended _ that \ tCM V f courts of justice. The (:s--vernment would 'only a progressive railway policy would ' J ' 1J have to be very careful that they did not prevent our people from _ going to 19| t | make the proposed law apply to those who the Western States and the North wost. / o e bed been fourd guilty of corruapt practic0s The railway questlion was the most impor-- MB 0 90 N He could understand that if a gentloman was tant which &e House could consider, aad "\~_ _ 3R[ dirqualified because he took a glass of beer eot the mem ber for East Toronto called the t# i0 $ BV | with the President of a Reform Association-- gpeeoh which contained a «eference to it mer | _ , Pmb' 4 an association opposed to him in politics-- gre He approved of the new immigration tA 1 " lus diequaification sbould be removed. In syrtem, which would save a large amount of | .;ii', many other respects the Giovernment election | money to the country, and had brought in 1 B law had been faulty, and it was now found | the ris ht clsss of immigrants Hs was glad ~ 8R to be impossible to determine whether | the laws were to be consci:iated, as every | & l the voters' lists of 1874 or 1875 would simplification of the law was in the interest \ 4/ the proper ones to use, owing to the bung. of the people, He depricated, the int o h ling way in which the &ovmonl of the Act duction of personalities in debate, and ; 'i 1 ; were expressed, The Government were r3-- claimed independence for himself and oth ars FRiHYF * ) f sponsible, as they framed the Act. So who still owed a certain allegiance to thsir " [ 4 OLNN was its moaning that several law-- party leaders, (Cheers ) Ad ',';, C¥ F | ic.--mom}pon of the House--held diffsrent | Mr. COLARK _ (Norfolk) exprossed his t . {- x.\.% [d WH | nterprotations. _ He had b:en told that thl;e bearty consent at the position taken by the J3 o uoL | Attormey--(ieneral had expressed an °['"'i C Lientenant Governor in his speech, and hé CC WYEA [ adverse to what was declared the intention oongratulated the Government on the entire 74 V NE of the Aot on the floor of the House. The absetice of any refererce being maio to -- w 8 { present was the occasion usually adopted by g:rty He considered the (i vve:nment should fi d ' 5 ' | gentlemen on the Creasury bonchos to 8"!: in advance of public wants and public 2 w5 d a review of what they had done during t opinion ; but heregretted that in this instance, 4 ® |(|| \| recess. Unless this was done the l.l"'? as regards the care of insane people, the -- U BB B } might be deprived of a full opportuaity 0 Goverpment bhad followed public opinion, ' ud B | getting an icea of what bad been done, I "3 Roferring to the large number of petitions 1A ap 1| f . Opposition made enqutries when the "ld' which bad been sent down to the House on A s C I | mates were being discussed, they were !tt:h the matter of intemperance, he regretted no 3 & ' | that they must ask only for particulars of the allusion was made in the dAdre:s to the J | | amounts to be voted, and were reierred (;° evils of intemperance, The Speech was con-- L8 | g' the Committee on Public Accounts. Un gratulatory on many matters, but to this B | f going to the C:smmittee of Pablic Acommhl important question J lutemperance no re-- A ' | they were told they must ask for a $pooia Aerence was made. Crime was on the in-- LE Committee. He then proceeded to compli-- orcase in the country, and inlemperance was D 1 | ment the mover and seconder ot the Addres; also largely on the inmue, nod 'he con-- ; u§ ® on the manner in which they had discharge ter ded fln{ they wanted to have statiatics al ' ~ . the duty entrusted to them, but thought sbowing the number of deaths caused by in-- that the hon. member for North York temperance and the arising from th» $ f not . shown :;lohhh Indepqm: m'B:: ueofhtoxioafiuffl'k%dbduvtho- A | 1 urance consti before they wou t to thoir senses. |: /R alll , fih:n"lod one to expect, The views bemget 8 19 ;l 4 j § | P + k "' {-- /