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_ . C v ', . . ' q ' Tran _ . ' ". It " , it Ci?, _ it". t ll t T i, I "i tlfe El rid Division of Algom to ether with th C tf', e . . diversit of interests arisin fro" . prevention. It had not been the practice in climate, and the «map-"0130'gfldiggfieonios:2:ggk , England to wait until cases occurred E Inch Ptt.eyt.entiteay#r it "palm?" that the said which required to be dealt with, before utrtoraiDivision ofAIgoma Py.i.d1ousdiridjri, ' l ti , . d if b to the end that it may be more tally represented in l M op lug such orti.t rs , ant l they had mm the Legislature of Ontario; 2, That from and after , _ found necessary in England, why should the date on which the term of the present Legisls- l they pot be tried here? / a his conduct in 53,; Itht' fell 3335;}; 'dr,,fhfettg/f2r,: . . ' . " "O.renc.e to the Voters Liste Bill of last. iiilii"iiii;lcl siiall be abolished, and that the Pro. eesswn had been referred to, he would say tve.it,ntleeigSh'i', 3:180!" him" [be divisim1..in_to "m l l "r 1Pf it: ector in: one, to I) out ed respectlvcl t , t ttt rffff", he had .prteed, 'lf "fume hastorn Algoms, Central Algmna. and Western ly. ty It vote WM pecan" 0 Cttge ha 30. tttt , game, each of which shall be an Electoral District, Occurred showing the absolute necessity for and shrill Mich return 4'l'll member to the Pro- . . . , i, _ vinciat regis ature'. 3. , at the Electoral Division such a . "Kaitlin" lie P." tratisficd. oflt'astern Algoma' shall be bounded on the east _ ' that the discussion of that subject had cou- by the prmmuteastern boundary of signals; on the ' villi-ed the people of the necessity tor mak. south by ti'2dir'f,g,ntliet1, 1t"t,lg,,y lire; on the . " ' " . . ' west by a ine rawn uo nort from he interme m" "de, Ttt rs 1ite....lel, and that before tionul boundary line to the most westerly point ot ."H.t C outlon that principle would be em. . the Grand Manitoulin Island, at the Straits of Muse bodu d lit law. He was sorry the Attorney- slssugun. thence llolrtllerly a; the line lepnratlllg the ll . . I ' . ' . 'tie ' ' townships of llrix it and hompson, on the north . , "sift-"8' h," taku n the outline he .ltad tary coast of Lake Huron, and thence due north bathe _ WI regttrt to the present "solutions. In"; northern boundary at the Province; and on the speech had sci-riled to be rather ttlt argll- ; north by the northern boundary (at the Provénco 2i _ . . t .1 ' " . tC ,,, . Ontario. 4. ' 'hat tie electoral irieion of entr I' lilonht 10.1 the coll" M torn Mata" of the l Algoma shall be bounded on the east by the western l _, c'ontut Ittional rights of the llousc. Ile ', boundary of the electoral division of Eastern Algo- - thought there was it greet deal of practical i mu; on the south by 2,'r,i4it,r,'"gog'1eg'g,tig at I ' l ti '.." . . ' . -; line ' on tho west by the meridian o 87 agrees o gt: rum") 'le, last 1'1luioe,, ft if it It t8 l \vcst'longitude; and on the north by the northern / ': n- "WWW t tat "WU . tlctail of a " boundary of the Province of Ontario. And that the l i contract should be given when a a electoral division l Fi',',')',',',', if/ii,','?,? ft", be } ', sir l D Pint', . . ' 'l a. ' . bounded on the. east y tie men an o 7 agrees , ll, 1 I )Lmlm'v ' oh 3' as (is y {I . for, of west longitude ; on the south by the international l ". y ts tott d not the contract itselt be boundary line; and on the west, north-west, and ' laid on the table ot the House ? The cou- north by the boundaries of the Priovincs git Ontario. i. stitution I I l' , . . ' . lie said that in these reso utlons two! a mic t lat r , i til t l m o JI Eh lu. the. Gov, "mum the growing population and diversity of interests in l , u - no . 1e I""ry.ot.'.etiterinF into tttty com the vast territory known as Alumna required ad- l ' tract which was binding on the House, and ditional representation tin the res"1,t'gg, TI he ' when the . . ' . . . . had presented petitions pm vs one parts 0 tie , . f . y did ttft, r into 1"te..whiclt 1:13 district supporting this view, with arguments which .7.t a" man appvarcd to be binding on I ar- he believed could not be easily controverted. Front liament, the rule was that they should lay the earliest 'IT,' 'ui"',',"),",,),',?,",.',',) 't'1T,i,r,?/'gi.',',lt it} ' it on th 1 e. "' i ,, . Upper Canal is to tie present time he pnllclpeo br l .4 t o "ht "lo "awn he had "9t representation by territorial i.TGU, as Well as by 'le lo '. UP " Iu".tty " hen the 'o'e.l.ect population. had been acted upon, and he could not _ Committee was ti'vimng the Standing , see why we should now depart from u Orders of the House was that he usages under which the oountt had grown T, w. , l . . . . . ... I to ill present condition of pruaperuy and wealth. Cat . not Pen a" familial with the [The Imperial Act of 17ttl had conlcrrcd represents- i'mglish practice as he wished to be. He tive government on Upper (glands, 1',',f,d,", that time I ho let t ' , t . t ' l r the population had not relic td thorium wr o 15 000 i I . ':1, ll .haf. luff-Uri \'cry'. ly/f tlie IU pe yet it was provided in the Act that there should lie ti gentra y, on ully considering and die.. Hottw of Assembly with at lesst sixteen members, cussing the matter, would sanction the and s Legislative Council of laetee'uTty, .13 Vi 'W' l t . W. tg. ' . HUT- troui the iutlax of poope rout tie 'llltc tl :'t ti .m 1/.iti, expressed, and he 1101:"! that States who desired to live under British lusti- ttt wilttloll would not be delay ed Ilu- lotions, the. population had risen to 30,000, but even til acase in point might render it nercs- _ thenthtt art-rage in each of the itxteettcoustitu. may. He was willing to withdraw the i tycies.ra' under two thousand, but there was great r . l ti a diversity ot numbers III the respective c actors! cito u tolls. divisions, Kent and Essex, which were combined for ' Mr. ' .1 v .. . . i . t . purposes of representation having only a few strag. l tLAfI'D] l'-led that ttt the. lull)",- . gltug settlers. in the your 1500, the population l {ICCoun s or 1875 there was an itch! " was ammo, or but little over an average of 3,ouo to I ' $149 l7 paid to U. Blitl'k for professional each cuustitmmv.v, the tc'ultiutmt1iy the western sec- I services to one of the Departments. in 't,i,y1e.e!ietylf.Nrt-11livthyr, with (y,',) "I" r',1't"T,'; the voucher ll ti f ll hri . & Ith 'k the country teon.ti.ttturd.to grow and tunnel, rut tor . s '0 trm o tli guts ' ttt a very wllslderable period the RV'trgf5 to each coli- appeared in connection with the item. Was stitueiicy was not over 5000, and when it came to ex- n t " . . . i ~a cord that number the representation was inyr"ased. It/lt', a Pation of the independence ui Daring those days, the sparsely tittletldistrivts were at ttuncut ' always fairly represented as well as the older and , r. , '3 . ' . - i more populous sections. .5" it should.ulways ho with tl M. "009153. '.':1H he lid. not knoy th 't new countries. Jhversity of interests over wide : 10 toe, member was very "ll-"Oils llll' his areas, however thinly settled, required representa- r I (Mr. Ilodgins') prxrsonal independence Oi ills lion, and in every \vi-ll governed country this princi. i " n: . . . . i: pic was admitted and acted llllOll. 'l' lc Aillericsn r if fl ', flbnght to ff, and vote ttt this people had always been tally alive to the advantage , I ""fr. at he thought the hon. member ofilu'ing new audtlunly peopled districts welln- would tind that in a matter of this kind he ptvseuttui,for the obviousreasontliat,wlillo it ensured , i It . . f ti ' . _ , ' their ds'voloprncttt it was the best means of making fl)? 1,'//i':.i,:'s"its? could understand what tuecouutry is: ii/gi,' familiar with their resources. " HS l lilies were as a tnetuber of the As a case in point, he drew attention to the fact that ' House and what the law was in regard to the division of Pemhiu. on the lied River, before ' , t ' ' ' , . . , . b . u " had a population of rive hundred sent its 'S', ftly", iltltllti. of I arliament Willi n fct member to Congress, and at tho present, time Isle -' Lint. to what that hon. gentleman had Royale, on page 'superior, wlterotherts were only a found m the Public Accounts. He (Mr. few bands of miners, bad its 'p/r,'.',",','",',',"),';',,'),,' the or: .,- . . . ' ' ' , State Leqislature of Michigan. It was snyt ing but allB t'u'.ft'idnii,ins./, had this to ttay, that he him lst (In tiattering to Canadians to contrast the progress and ' "gt/2"; afyng. lit lt gal matters for Dr. I'sycrtron tt prosperity on the south side of the great lakes, l our. olhee tor a number of years prior to his wheretlw more" settlers Cettthat this! had avoice ' i?- , C *l" tr . , . . . ' . in the Government of the country, with the vast re- 'lr rm" .m" lr' llullru, and with reference to gions on our side, which sent but one member to 0t- the items referred to by the member for taws, and one representative to the Legis- East Grey he thought it was necessary to lull"; or Unts'rio. P,t,r, we" "erg day "this ' . . . F , ' . t on t e princip e o representation y territoris ' l, remark hut that the office of Dr. lly'crson In" " well " wen u by population. "mm, was not withlnthc I ndcpendence of l atlls- Columbiisnd f,,'"t'//ao,,hr,ied smaller white populs- ( ment Act, and ill the next place he was not tiou in each 'iT than 1t,',tt, mid llegislstures of , it . '" . , . r . . . tlell' own In representation ll 0 'outiniott Par- ' glam)" _°r tltis Parliament when t..he Ber lisinent besides. British Columbia had only a popii- v, Ytce or accounts Wore rendered, nor lol' the lation of ten thousand white people, and it sent six l greater part ot 1575, (Cheers.) members of the Commons and tour Senators to Ot.. ., . ' . tawa. J1'h'ts was territorial representation, and i Mr. STOP' gaid there '3' no ttM in "pporting _ who would say that it was not neces- l the resolution, as trout past experience of the hon. itraryt 110' oouid the wants and wishes , member if they were passed nothing would cm" ot or these remote Provinces be known uu- ' them. Jus turwovvr atrretrd "rr much with tho At- less they were adequately, represented , The i9'"f",("'"°"l yt mer!' to ttum. rtmgutiona. Ttttt foundations of Provinces which] would in course of ,'d,"/,"t'll practices which the mover had refemd to time become the abode of millions had to be laid,and . Le m Vii" to potsttal, mail, and other "tett 3°" the policy to be adopted in reference to their repre- v'u" .uritje. 'gr'e,in "W" of the amounts already mutation should have souls regard to the tutors as i T 'l1,t,orig"2,r 2irltttg, The 'street ot .rp1.si.n.st well " the present. Ontario was a Province with a l u: l", il ' 'll' tttttire 1fife"e "ate of "INS! which comparatively dense population in one part, and I In," 5'," . "I: would ty! positively 1"ri"eeel great areas but thinly peopled in another, and her ' , ' e "m" " 8ruecufittot contracts. "Wish policy should be such as to meet the requirements of l i lt, re w" a clause Itt tho Public Works Act requiring both, Could this be said to be the case when more i 'l,t2eg.aet"i should be "kiwi for all contracts, but ho than half of the Province hail but one representative? ' t l Il "T", Hat? he owest totuier was not Apart from other considerations, the geographical "c"? '." . " , tought " would tm ,.ull to tuiopt . position of Algoma rendered it a mutter-of the utmost ' pruettiort that P all such cases the Minister should consequence that the wants and wishes of its in- ' by}? T," "the , "to-ttdum of his mm". for habitnuts should meet with fair and reasonable cou- ' lu,",',') I. Cotttsact to a tttadcrer other than the sidoration. ltoxtonded {0:600milesalougthsfrontier , , . . and would it be wise or qtaterttrtrastlike to allow a po- flhe rtsrhttiowg were then withdrawn and the order pulstion to grow up in such a position with a just discharged. cause of dissatisfaction? There t',',,Tyt,u',"v1 ofldls- ELEC' OR ' , content now in operation in Algoma, to w "Cl at _ M D F. {m 11""on ol, Nee: l present he would not further allude than to say that i or . F A" tiOh' moved tor , Select co.r.yn.ittto to ' inadequate representation was one of them. Large i Tusirior the following resolutions, and with "tstruts revenues had been derived from Algoma, and but a i tionHo report to this House Uter.eou:--t. That the comparatively small portion of them expend- growiny sinmrtnnco and increasing population to ,,1 in the development of the Distriit. He i --i-tgt------,.-i, __ ,,, _ - - 7,, -