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I pose of corrupting the electors, and of sell- ' rug the Padflo ohuter. his friends were will- I mg not on? to followhla leahsmhip, but to I place him n the front of the party. That circumstance did not show much consistency on the put of the Conservative petty. It was essentiel to the well being of the pro- vince that the Government should be hon. estly and purely sdmlnistered. He believed that the present Reform Government in this Province, although they might heve their "ulitr, naministered its affairs Mnnioipd Loan Fund settlement. Hs SE. pmned his determination to give the Gov. emment n fair and independent support, and his belie! that the Govemment was u strong u when they up aleyd to the country. I: which!" Clt17 the Refnrnefl that one of their laden had been guilty of an not of indhcretlon in taking 'g"t'gttht, towards eleotion expeneee, and tut oubtadly he should receive the condemution ot the Reign-m part for that not. At the same time, CL,, Sir John Msodoneld had been gpilty of yeoelylng funds for tht pui- in such . wny u to Ieom'e the l oonfidenoe and cd-operation of the people. I The election law as interpreted by the judges needed Iome few nmendmante; nrnong others that the candidate should not be respouei )le f Ir the note of his ngents. lie was prepared to support I poli Q introduced by the Gov. ernment for liberal grant: to rnilwnye to de. velop the country. The objection taken to the nilwey policy of Mr. Baitdfield Mocdon- e.1d wee tent he sought to take f mm the pet ples' reprctru1utisry the right of control, ling the grunts to railway enterprises. " a hoped that when the next Tttl to the country we: made, the record o the present Government would be Inch tut they would be returned for another term of four years. Mr. FLESBER thought that while the 1 :overnment possessed s majority in the House, the Opposition had been so strength. ened as to ensure more prudent legislstiou l during the ensuing session, " competed with l that of previous sessions. The election law _ he considered wss s disgrsce to the Province, Old required serious smcndment, whereby no cendidste should be mp0 respmsible for the acts of agent, whom he could not control, but the sgents be made responsible for their own acts. The law in regsrd to s caudldste taking s glass of lner should be somewhst relsxed, and some time should be flxasd with- in which bills of patioulsrs should be filed. He thoroughly approved of the adoption of s liberal rsilwsy policy. During the election csnvses he had stated that some of the sets of the Government were such that if a direct vote of went of confidence were proposed his fit st vote would be against them, but it the measures int reduced by the l i evernment were such us to he in the interests of the Province he would give them his earnest and hesrty support. Mr. LYON, u I thorough Reformer, was prepared to give the Govcrnmont his fall support. He approved of the proposed clamp e Inthe EduUtioa Departtmytt, w borehy its ttlicienoy would be lncreuod. The rail, woy policy, he hoped, would be of . liberal chamber, ard tend to the development of the back country. Dr. BARR "id he In: returned " n Liberal Conurntlve, to support the Optrorr. ticn so long as they performed their duty in that capacity, and not give 3 {action op god- tirn to Governme nt mount". He would wppott all good manure: !ettP,?,?1 into - "L --" --. --" A. min lUp}rUlu Ian - _-m....-"'"-"- _.__, - ,, t? e Home, aid his position would be th st of a member perfectly free and independent of All party ties. Mr. KEAN remarked that he would sup port many of the manure: foreshadowed in the Speech from the Throne if they were drawrfinthe pu1plo intereet. He we: re- turned u on independent member], but? - -e A, I, :_I_a.- '.. . " "1.11160. I. .11 luuvru__-_- -_--- . long on the Government legislated in the interests of the people of this Province he would accord them his cordial and hearty support. At the some time he desired It to be thoroughly understood that he would watch the course of legislation, and whenever i the (implement canoe to do what wen right, he, I and vote tor the leader of the Opposition being Glial to office. Mr.gAMrilItoN, said it had been Iteted that hehon member for South Simcoe had 1 Diner tnconsiatant In deserting the Reform ranks in order to assist him as the leader ot the Opposition. In former times, it wes true, they hsd been pollticelly opposed. The member for South Simooe than lent,', to Reform party, and he (Mr. l 'amerort), t ongh . iiiiarUWt,ouitnt1! to be on Independent men. The hon. member for South Simcoe wse then one of the politician of the time. andhe (Mr. Cameron) had used language in reference to that gentleman " not serving , the interests of the country when he was . serving his party. At Confederation he and other leading Reformers igined Sir John Macdonald and other ieadi It Conservatives todevise mean-to put an end to partizan strife, and since that he bad been consistent in his course and had acted as a man desir- irg to serve the interests of his country; and though he did nuke a speech belittling the htfhusnoe which he (Mr. Cameron) ponessed in this II ouBe, and i the action of the Opposition during the last session. and though it was said that it elect- ed to this House he would supplant and su- pemede him (Hr. Cameron) " leader of the opposition. he yet gave him his suppart in South ty, .oe, without which support in all up; _ _ .5 it would have been impossible a" n to have secured a seat there. ll , did ( "because he desired to have this ll ruse elevate d, and because he desired to have his assistance, or to assist him in endeavouring toremove hon. gentlemen, opposite, not be on use he was ambitious of attaining the posi- tion, but in order to teach them that they ought not to get into power except by virtue of their measures being superior to thaw oi the men who preceded them, He contrast. ed the public works carried out by the Sand- fisii1 Macdonald Government with those of the present Administration, who had, he alleged. attained offioe by a trick. m de. ie nded the whey ofithe Sandiield Maadonald Government in relation to the Railway Aid Fund, Referring to his allegation that the I (' mmissioner of Public Works had endea- voured to stir up religious contests, he said no one deprecated anything like religious contention more than he did, bat he had taken the stand, since the formation of the Catholic League, that the Roman Catholics were going to do that which would be injurious not only to the State, but to theuv.elsres. by the course they were pursuing. He had said that it could not be tolerated, and that the safety of the State would not permit it, but he had never said an; thing which woull he irsultirgr to a lhurar. Catholic or would hmt " s'ofnsy,r, ilc had condemned the "0arrrct l-" the Com: Zr loner of l', bile \Voghs in going; iu..o (lithe-ht ctyv:..A.acr,, I c119: him; time "we a huge number of Catholics, and bringing iv/hee to bear there. That he did so in South l, ic- toria there was no doubt. When the Con. sn'vatives had found Catholics coming for. ward and cla'minp, to have no cannula!- merit by reason of being ('athtrh1:r,bne.e!y'tn ing the support of their fellow- citizens simply as members o! the community, they had seemed them , warmly as they assisted Protestants llc- Feming to the t1ucstitrnMia1mipatiom he said thezpresent Government Ind expended $134,640 in 1874 to bring out 23,842 im-nl- grants, while in 1871 the late Government expended only $29,672 and brought out 25,842 immigrants Tlrts'orgx.ni:tstlon o'f'the plwlby whiehltuttigrapts ll re;"eiatrodu?.cuinto ( the country eoono%ieAY we: due to the Government of Mr. 8andfield Macdomld. He we: glad to find that there was a very gent deal nnre dub-ting talent in the ousv than in previous sessions, and that nearl every member had declared his independence. If thet deo1arUion were true, it numbered the days of the hon. gen- tlemen opposite, mouse the development! of the Public Accounts Committee end the humffidenor of the Government legislation would lend hon, gentlemen to vote with the Opposition, to put better men in the pluses nf tha (walnut -Admirthtrstios (Applause) Opposition would have come with more force from some one else than the leader ot the Opposition. The country had recently had a very fair opportunity of pronouncing upon th's very question; it had said that the hon. member for East Toronto and his friends were not quite so good men asthose op- posed to them, and had therefore left them just exactly where they had been bifore. (Hear, hear,) He would not refer to the question of railway aid further than to re- I peat what had been stated over and over again in the House and country, and was the best anower to all that had been said on the subject to-night by Opposition members,thst the people had most emphatically condemned Mr. Sendiield M scdomiid's Railway Aid Scheme, and that to that scheme his loss of power was mainly due. m (Hr. Fraser) had been very considerably amused daring "1'e""""'"" iv ___ w-v-7~ -___ - of the present friiaiiiriiilGa. (Applmae.) Mr. FRASER said that an expression can- veying to the House the idea that the coun- try wu ready to displays the present Gov- :mment- and out in the "better men" of the manna: tee" " _ A h