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f w ~RCoba oA , nmvrrmmes mssc mm on h s moved ONTAR ' 0 LEG' SLATU R E {\ That all the words in the said paragraph be struck | a out aud the followmy substituted :--** That while we ---- vejoice with Your lionour in the development of all . *essmmmmaliffftrcmmmmese *A enterprise tending to the ni%v?,ec:r;e!;tf g{) iltl,il:n't.::; THIRD PARLIAMENT--FOURTH sEssiON. l M t adnunisization of the atluire of thig Provings should be conducied with the utmost economy con-- : ee--y--s sistent with effciency ; and thaE in view of the gen-- Leoiscaniys Assmmcy, . | Santageion.op mng m me Provincy the eeponee } ' January 13. duced, particularly as regards the salaries of Minis-- -- ters and indemnity to members of this House." The Spenaker took the chair at 3 o'clock» Mr. FLASER, before he addressed him. Prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. Young. seif to the matter in hand, wished to con. * aTITIONS gratulate the hon. member for Monck on PETIT , * the very able way in which he had moved The following petitions were presented :-- glw Ad(}ress, and 'ms hqu.irlend m_e member By Mr. Rosevear--From the Commission tor Eigin upon his capital §peechlllsecor_xd- of the Port Hope Harbour Company for an ing it, 'He had no hesitation in shaking rRlbeng ols bl '; to store grain, flout, etc hands with the hon. member for London Act to ena ".; mmqo gsore £raili, iti> upon his elevation to the leadership of the finstLet Althouses. . Opposition,. He (Mr. Meredith) bad taken By Mr. Bethune--From Andrew Smith the place of a gentiocman who had gone to a and others, of Toronto, for an Act to incor. position which he would fill worthily and porate the Ontario Mcedical Veterinary Ag in such a way as to bring honour to the sociation. Bench of Ontario,. (Cheers.) He desired, By Mr. Mostyn--From Poeter McLaren also, to congratulate bis hon. friend the and others, for an Act to detach certain lots member _ from _ East _ Toronto upon from the village of Lanark and annex them his having a_ seat in the House, to the township of Lahark, | aud also upon his hbairbreadth escape * From Mr. Bell--From the city of Toronto, i1 Gast Toronto, 1t had been a common * _ for amendments to the Assessment Act, re-- | ury upon the opposite side that the leader lating to frontage tax. | ul the Government had made a * dcsc:em," $ By Mr. Monk--From the county of Carle-- l "l'""l' he ,'"'"1 ""i'f'f!'l_"d the Premicrship of ton, for an Act authorizing them to sell | tie Erovince," / Ho b})}"d congratulate the ioriain lands member from Eust Torouto that he had ver -- & T 6 | vorne into the touse to place before them $ By Mr. Hay--From the Sivatford :m-d_ | in the most effective mode the most effec. Huron Railway, for amendments to their | tive answer that could be made to that j Act of incorporation. * | ury, (Hear, hear,) He was not endorsing By Mr, Deacon--From the county of | that cry, but he wished to show that there Ronfrew, for an Act to legalize certain tax ; was a great similarity between the position amlos, ; of the Aitorney--tueneral and that of his a e hon,. friend, aud where their positions dif. THE . ADDLESS, fercd they x'lixfcrcd in favour of the leader Mr. LAUDEKR resumed the debate on the oi the Government. | 'The Attorney--Gener-- Address. He said that if the congratula= al came to take charge of the aflairs of a tory paragraphs were eliminated from it Province that might well be called the Em-- very litile would be left, He supposed pite Province of the Dominion. (Uheers.) nothing more would be done with regard | What had his hon. friend from East Torou-- to the exemptions question than was done | to come down to ? Not to be the Attorney-- last session. The reference to Edison's weneral of a Province, but to make a des. invention of the electric light was a little perate struggle to get a scat in Last To-- peculiar. It was not yet decided whether ronto, and when he bad succceded in get-- it would be a benefit or not ; and he thought ting vlected his friends had not made him the introduction of this reference in the even first mate of the Opposition boat. Speech was premature. On the paragraph Cheers.) They left him to be only a deck-- iecferring to the Voters' Lists Act, he took hand. (Cheers.} 1i had been intended occasion to comment on the expense and that he should be captain, but the crew | . annoyance to which the parties were sub-- threateued to mutiny, and would doubtless rected in the Lincoln Election -- case, have gone _ ashore had _ a _ change and hoped that the measure to be in the leadership not taken place, introduced _ would _ obviate a -- simi-- No higher position could be occupied in lar occurrence _ in the _ future, He this country than that of Premier of the expressed satisfaction with tho settlement Province of Ontario, and those who decried of the dispute betweer Ontario and Quebec, that position and aitempted to show that conteuding that the event vindicated the i man in accepting it was demeaning him-- -- course t«aken by Mr. Sandfield Macdonald, self were saying that which was not based who had been subjected to much unmerited on fact or on good argument. They could abuse at the hands of the Reform party and | _ ouly lower themselycs as public men by its organs in his lifetime, During the decrying themselves, and it ill became any | recent Dominion elections the Ontario Gov-- man to say that which conld only have the | ernment, both individually and collectively, effect of l(,wfl-;,,g himself, As the old saying had thrown their sympathies with the men went, © It was a dirty bird that fouled its own and the policy opposed to the people, and nest," (Hear, hear.) He thought he ought the people condemned the Dominion Gov-- to congratuilate the leader of the Opposition ernment, and ot course condemned the On. once more, -- Willing to make as strong an tario (Government at the same time. indictment as possible, after cudgelling his (Laughter.) 'The Provincial Secretary and brains to discover something against thein, the Attorney--General, who had been absent "he had been able to find only two subjects from their dutries frequently aiding their ofcomplaint--the questiongof exemptions, friends in the Dominion elections, were in and the distribution of the balance of the duty bound to explain their conduct surplus. It was a bighly creditable thing to the House. He anticipated a de-- to the Government of this Province to be ficit for the present year, as the Pro. able to adduce out ot the mouth vince's sources of revenue--as the Crown of the leader of the Opposition,after they had lands and the timber limits--were falling off. governed and legislated for the Province The expenditure would therefore have to be TOf eight years, now, at the close of this imrmediately and rigidly cut down, if we de-- second Parliament, no stronger an indict. sivred to ayoid direct taxation, HMe moved, ment than this. | (Hear,hear.) -- One of ih._:sc That the words of the said paragraph be struck so.called grievances, ag the AA"U"N'."('U"IC" out, and the following substituted therefor :----**That ral had shown, had existed for twenty years, while we rejoice with Your Honour in the develop-- ing which their frienas opposite had ment of any enterprise tending to the advancement during n o M:. Sand. of the ugricuitural interests of the country, we aro been in office. More than that, Mr, Sar of opinion that it is of casential importance that the lield Macdonald had brought 'm the very anntal expenditure should be kept within the 't that created these exemptions,. _ Hear, annual revenue of the Proviace." Act tha rtlel > 1 wo or ks % hear.) It was only within the last two Mt. PARKIILL h:"l, expected to find three years that this question had arisen, and paragraphs in _ the Speech from the opinions were not at one upon it. The Throne promising a reduction in the ex-- city of Toronto, which had originally raised penditure, and especially in the salaries of 'l't in its answers to the questions of the members. He thought the country was as U:)mmitntee of this House, had taken different well governed in the time of Mr. Sandfield rround ;to what it did a year ago, showing Macdonald, when the salaries of members | hr::' the" question was not, to the present and Ministers were much less than at pre-- | tilmc ripe for legislation, and that it would sent, as it cwas now. He disagreed with | have becu Dremature for the Government to the mover of the Address in his statement legislate Aupon the question while its that there was nothing in Senator Mac-- \t;f;e(;ittl friends _ were _ not _ agreed i||l|cl.~ml|.~ pampnlc:!, and thought the Gov-- ) among themselves. With regard to the ernment would find that the country --distribution of _ the surplus, he was thought with him (Mr. Parkhill). _ Me