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-- I d 0 ; Py * 'Q $ . | + ' % ' es }' ' tod ; ' t 3480 Mr. DEACON said that his experi l it necessary to take a learned Je PPUM ' 3 '"_"?}" £ +' showed that magistrates were more gfi::: (t:z the bench. He had hoped ,"':fd'h"' Goyer: 6 h ' i convict than acquit under the License Act. | ment wc:iuld hm're" :\lr)cI:?";hLat ;c(-)x?tllbc n(;an T 6 wl l 'Mr. LAQI_)_E_B read a number of cz\scs| :rlgf'n' mt]he M;;'sch;rwe of the -- oner-- ' 3 from the license returns to show that the and unsatisfu;tor\' duties which g number ot commitments for druakenness ;)us ow had to perform 'It was not right @8 h h!}d largely increased under the Ontario tll':axtl 'u(i"'c sh(?uld be i)rouu'ht into contact $ ' K glcentse Act, and he hoped the Provincial in ofig c:p;lcity with those over whose : 3 + yA § not effect the l:i\:uft'ap'l;:: xgr); ;l.w:e, '-xtc.tl We claims he might have to adjudicate when in P -- yA | Fapor § pected. another position. Me had expected that f [ y s l Mr. ROSS did not think that the hon. after all the unfavourable comments which 4 ' " J member for East Grey (Mr. Lauder) had had been made, and the conduct of that 7 | ' t | fairly compared the statistics which he had gentleman when in . & distant _ part i f ; £, f | pfes.('nted. 'The hon. gentleman had failed of -- the country, _ that he would + f } 3 p 1 to give the House the benéfit of the re-- have been relieved from the further yB <a . capitulation at the bottom, from which he discharge of those disagrecable dutics. R U - quoted. 'That recapitulation showed that He was glad to have heard the Attorney-- e 4 | 4 there had been a direct decrease in the num-- uonuralhsay that a municipal councillor ' b 7 L f ber of persons grrested and committed on ; ought not to hold the position of a License | d | § | the charge of drankenness. Commissioner. _ When the License Bx"' l e | Mr. MERRICK contend«d that fhe hon, was introduced it was said that the new | ~ f | member for Kast Grey (Mr. Lauder) had powers would be nsed as & party wenpon, | M A l made a fair comparison. and he learned from 01'5;9"':';"(",i.|t}"('.t :lu:l wl \ Mr. COLE argued that there had been no h"f'"t( ]"' T-'].','"l_(i" e .F'('.l";,/;:.( .sn"in"; t';',).,,; no | 4 actual increase of drunxkenness among mens Dad HEAOU ACUG es E'" i msdn | M | residents in the varioug localities referred to, ondineilh pparbnieg ilininey Mn camm ulc .- § | ts n d alehne s orrn t mtc C e t th k & | T inssA femAx °&T hat" "~O ~Coald m_.nl.m__ their appointm( nts to carry ou e A ; | Mr. CREIGHTON said that the amrge Bill; but that principle had never been (a € | thataLicense Cominissioner at Thunder Bay practised. _ 'WThe powers conferred by the ' ) was the reeve of a municipality had not been Bill had been used by the Government ¢ g | answered. 'The operation of the License to help _ their _ political friends -- and U i | Law was defective as regards the regulation to _ advance party interests . This | a * of the sale_ut' liquors for medicinal purposes. question, with the question of education f s } | ws;%lg'tfor (;his evil should have been pro-- should have been kept {free from the min¥ > M [ f posed by the Government, 'The Council of | of party politics. He had no faith or belie t M | the county of Grey had proposed a remedy | in the {)cpncficiul results of the Dunkin Act, r' & | which might be objected to, It was that : and thought it had the opposite result of -';?3\:: ' f s | po liquor should be sold by a druggist unless | that of advancing the interests of tempe-- i f upon the prescription of a physician, As | rance ard morality; and now the people RFN: i \ liquors were in many cases used for medi. were reversing the decisions they formerly 3 $ \ ciual purposes and were included in the list of gave. F ~ MoR y 1 | f;fdmg';fi: by the medical ,'f;"t'nl:)ny foshon Mr. MOWAT said that it was very casy | ks j P | 1 4 yLoponiviall might be voked to make charges against the administration f fi t 4 | upon as }')tcwutmg free trade in drugs m_nl of the law.as had been done by the hon. f i | m'edlcmca. Ho thqu';l.t t.1mt the druggist member for South Simcoe (Mr,'Muchugall). ' it | might keep a book, in which every person | As the Dunkin Act had been fl',"y discussed % e o B : | | \\'hl(l) u{)ltm]mts?dl the htll'wl' sl"%lfltd be CL'V!"t.' elsewhere, he would not discuss it *« CR , | | {'10'0 °f°""fll;. f)'flt']'"";fv' and sinte opposits | \ now. _ An attack _ had _ been _ made xo d ' | | the use for which ie liquor was purchased, upon the learned Vice--Chancellor, who was s | It also should be ]h'Cld as a pllmghablc of. ' patriotic enoughto have given his services in '--. Mb | ;xc:(t:fiot:')"llx::kv:o:'éu ;gqutr{l; t?:L'm;{L-?cf-me' the administration of the license law. It was | ) d 3+ | forse -mn'-;t 5f The exi.'.fi;) uw ue proper Cll-- argued that the position which he occupied d | rtorceme e exisiling I& W . rendered it 1improper that he should be a £ Mr. DAWSON said that the Commis-- | | License Commissioner ; bot he (Mr. Mowat) M sioners at Thunder Bay were men of high | | differed from that opimon,. 'Ewo reason§s K position, but last year they were foully | were given why the two positions should ' Al slandered. Mr. Marks was a very energetic | not be held by one man. One was because t J man, but ho (Mr. Dawson) did not think | the office of License Commissioner did not | \al $ | that he was thq ghairmun of the Board of | increase the dignity of the Vice--Chancellor, | C [ -- | License Commissioners, 'The other two | He (Mr. Mowat) thought the office was dig-- | t | gentlemen (Messrs, McIntyre and Angus | nified enough for any one to hold. 'The «J 3 | Wright) were all well known, and three | other argument was that cases might. come t more l'L'SpCCt(\bll' men for their ln:cull;u | | before the Vice--Chancellor in which his d[_\.\' k | duties could not have been found. l | as a License Commissioner would interfere 3 | Mr. CREIGHTON--Is Mr. Marks or not | | with a fair discharge of his dutics 7 | a Reeve of & municipality? (Cries of | [in the. formmer position, 'There was F | «Order 1 order1") | | lll;lrtl\a 1'13:'0 tpmnstu.lu'x;;.; m:qu than Mr. | 1 y } ake, and not a more efficient License Com-- f | bMr. MACDOUGALL (Simeoc) 'arguml | ' missioner from one end of the Province to 4 | that the point was, V\hclh:f: Mr, Marks was | | the other, and there was not one more t { f | engaged in the liquor tratlic, l | Z('.:I!OIH in the discharge of his dutics. The } . _ | Mr. DA WSON--It would be impossible to | | l:lconsc Board of this city was a far better | f find a general merchant in that district who | | Board than it would be without the Vice-- | «~@ is not directly or indirectly engaged in the | | (,.h:mcv]lur. (Checrs.) Another reason was | 8 ' | liquor traffic. _ Mr. Marks was engaged in | | given why that appointment should not 1 the liquor traffic,but he is now a temperance | | I\:r;:(; b(';n' l.""'tj?'y and that ";38 that the M man. | whole of his time was engage in the dis-- | [ '. Mr. MACDOUGALL (Simcoe), resuming, ' t":::rt'rcn?fn h:s) Jl'lt_l}t"latl fun.ctnous ; but that : A said that there were suflicient grounds evi-- :hun Lutl: it :.l( Sslivbbtd u far gl'(':ltt"l' capacity | A \ dently for the dissatisfaction which ):u'l' cog or hitt ~-llt? .l(m.lmunbcr for South .S'"!' | 3 | been expressed by the temperance people. i1 dun 'l'lbc A }orvt To _pm:formnncc of judi-- | p | He did not know if the same gentlemen had l the. Yi "u e (Mr. Mowat) was glad that l | been re--appointed in 'FToronto this year as Cl nnpon 1ancellor had been able to give I License Commissioners. so much attention _ to this matter, and -- f onagh4 thought that he should rather have received * \@A Mr, CROOKS--Yes. the praise of this House than an expressior Mr. MACDOUGALL, finding that to be of dissatisfaction. (Cheers.) i Pve J the case, regretted that the Govern. Mr. CAMERON was one of those who a | ment:should have done so. "The Govern. thought the position of the lmu. Vi ] E: | ment had aimed a blow at the dignity Chancellor was such a&s laid him o .h;-- ' %¢ | and the influence of the bench, by taking a much criticism which it was nhot dx.fipihfll 10 $ | gontleman who was sufliciently employed in should be made upon an OCL'llp~1'nLort:'t,1 f e \ the discharge of his .qtiiciul duties and Bench. _ He quoted from the rop:n"t, of u;g | placing him in the position of a Commis-- Prison Inspector showing the number oi sioner to examine into the claims of those commitments for drunkenness dur| (,c:,o' \ who applied for tavern and shop licenses. last year, and contrasted t'hv\;shn > lm{? \'.c a There was a very genc ral fecling that the | | returns furnished in tlw',.(",('".t"m:( ll": ' t,"," f \ appointment was injudicious and improper ; | | ing of the license law, and alleged th n '1 and it was thought that there was surely | | there was a dlscrop-m'c r betwe '("(l m | some one in this large city as well qualified, k | reports. It was ap n'r t t)t) t "tc'n Mvathdhie | nay, far better qualified than should render pavont tint the Intter to.. J | i2 1e mt en mt mnmemms :. rsmcmes oge on nsc ainsiicmmen on e camamaneete ie e e e t TN en en ce n en hi 6 dlttodtont ie