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I! It Was said by hon. gentlemen Otrtroi uet. the law was being violated $23: 591111, It notin the letter. non. gentle- men opposite were extremely tutxtotty to have tho elections brought, on; they uemed to think that the nearer to the 17th of September the better for them. If he (Mr. Gibson) had been a devout believer " tho National Policy, he would have wished to anon that grand scheme tune to bring forth the, fruit it had been prophesied It would. 0n the amendment to the amendment he was going to vote. with the Government. .119 thought hon, gentlemen opposite were prepanng a record tor themselves that they would not find to their advantage when they again went to the country. The motion made by the hon. member for South Simcoe, though per. hope made with the most laudable motives, did not rise even to the level of parish poti- tics. (Hear, hear.) Mr. 8h'm'tUNt9EIt was in favour of a re. auction in the indemnity, but the present was not the proper time to make. the motion, and he thought. tlmoouutry would not than]: those- who had made it, lie believed the Common School system to In working ex. namely satismctorily. Millions of money were lost every year on account of the in. fellow butter and choc-be that. Were made, in the country, uud no would like to bee the dowrmnent otyet prizes for improwd methods of trtauillttcttitc. In that wu tin-comm) would be Iruoeiilted much tttOrt.' thqu by the mus.ulvauuccd Nati.oral Policy. lle was gin-J to sue the "on trader oi the Opposition in his prurient firm; and bor:rul in v1: HUI: l;: ."... '. r' Nu 1.01.! bt.'tt yum. (UN 37. New. Add l, 1:53. :1} M: . lrr,?.1AHoN ttaut" 'xihnté ', I pm? trt the tree lantern) the Uppmttxnzt, a.» ind! been 0.v,tiupuiccir.sd by insight) itu It politician, and who, he irad no doubt, wont-t in) distiucptis'!wd lay humility nan bulge. Tl"t present 1ittuler lift-'1 been long nntl we'l I known ur- n p,cuthstrcira of ulnl.t_v and i "ou'"t's, but he thouszht that the ("Millie he ! nad lulu-n sun-o lits elevation had not been i and. in: to hughten that honour. llc Cort-. ' trusted the position oi the hon. member for I last Toronto with that of the Attorney-i ticncral,turd contended that while the tor, I luff had come down to a mum louver plane I than he at one time occupied, the descent l oi the latter was. not it descent in reality. l lie alluded to the loss the House hud sua- I mined in the don't: ist' tho lute menthol" tor l, Mont-ts, who Wes n genial tri. nd and a useful I member of the party as Well as ot the lie-use. i and to the resignation of the into member _ tor Went Elgin, whose pmittons, however, would be ably tilled: by their ntl-LCOSGOL'B. lie regretted that. Dominion politics had been introduced into the discussioa by the member tor East Toronto, but thought that hon. gentleman might he ext-used bcvatise he had so Lttle kuowledge nhout tho local wants of the l'rovinctt. He heartily coucuoed in that portion of the Address which had referent-e: to the dc- patrtt're of the lute uove,rnoruuneml of the Dominion, and the advent oi the present ' one. It had been said .thut a hunting or- gan ot the "etorut pressaluui at. one time used discourtcous language towards the late Governor-General, but that language was gentle in comparison to the treatment Lord l'llgin had received at the hands of l the hon. gentlemen opposite. (Hour, Mar. J ', In rolerriug to the boundary "ward, he _ would not withhold from the llou. Senn- tor Mocpherson an) measure at purist. that was his due in regard to that settlement, but he failed to soc that any portion of the honour could be given him. There was a. wide-spread feeling throughout the rural parts of the country that the expense con. nectcd with the carrying on of the common school system no! excessive, and that there was not a sutlicient check in the ttands ot the people over that expenditure. lie Jtl'i.ved that the policy of having a Minister of Education had very much tucilttuted the Working of the system and would continue to do so. " a representative of tt rural constituency, he would not like to see the ' question of exemptions from taxation re. wind in a way that would throw am in. creased burden on the people of the rural sections. The question of sanitary laws arrangements was to'r'ry impormntpmo, at nd be would like to see some improvements made in.tho present laws, which he had no doubt would be welcomed and readily com- plied with by the moment large. no not. rated the history of tho tnorcnlne in the m- y1AlioN paid a minute {I} tf leader m the. oisposil.iou Mr. LUNG was oi the opinion that the, partial rcncwul of trade rettrred to in the tirgt pat-pgruph of the Address had no ex- istcnce, cspccinlly with rtspt-ct to the lum- ber hallo. llu outnpituned ol "It? expentivo- 1'.ch of tin! bcliuol system, of the frequent changes of school books, and of the, undue powtrs placed in the Lands of school trus. tees. ll!) advocntcxl an extension of the jurisdiction of Division Courts, to embrace causes amounting to $200, regretting that the tiovornmont had not prmnwcd to bring in a Bill with that object. He advocated it tnainwtrace ot' the sur- Plas in a permanent ly efticirmt condition. In View otthc incrczis'ug intimi- fuetiuv, of butterund choose: mat; the at-. tt-uipts to substitute buttcrinc for butter, he thought it proper uystum of inspection of dairy products should be established. All the lull; about the sessionnl allowance he considered to be out of proportion to the importance ot the question. In the. present period of depression, ht: thought they should set an example. of economy by rar- ducing the amount. The salaries of tho Ministers he did not; think Were too large it they attended strictly to their curios; but if the members of the Govcrmnent spout a large portion of their time. in the pursuit of their private business, their sedation should be redv.cedas well as the sessioualallow. ance.and he intended to vote forareduc- tlon'tn both. lin trusted on end would be put to this question this session. domniiy, and denounced the dishotiourable coursa which had been pursued by hon. gentlemen opposite with. regard to that question. lic, had not gigncd tho round robin, but he would not now vote to allow of any political advan- tage being taken against lion. members on that side of the' House. Tho rveolution which had been-moved tor the reduction in the indemnity had been seconded by the lion. member for Lenaos, who Wan the lam who should have moved in lunch a matter, as he had declared when the increase was, made lhatof all members he considered hinlsell entitled to $500. Dianna the resolution, turn it inside oat, or look at It in any way they liked, it amounted only to a vote of want ot cotttidettct, in tho Govern. ment. it the increase Were trot justifiable, the proper course would be to disgorgu the $600 that had been when by hon. m-rluiwrb since the, increase, and when thcpropei' time arrived hon. gentlemen opposite would have an opportunity .to vole that. every gentleman woo had received the invrcuscd indemnity should rclund that in- creme, or else give " services tins Session for nothing. (Hear, hear.) He had every communes in the. Gowrlunuut, and in the party with whom he had been asso- ciated tor the last twenty-six years, and as he was of Lbs opinion that. it war, better " to bear the ills we have than fly to others that We know not of," he would support the Liovernuient by opposnu; the amendment to the amendment. (Cheers.) 110 lulu Iv We.'- -v V to E. B. Wood-pond iitughterr-rsito, he believed, had schclued tau whole matter. , The Government had granted too much of the money on the: ussumptton than some munici. palnics were bankrupt and unable to pay. They were able to pay as well as Kingston, ' which was left as dead as a. hammer. (Laughton) Port Hope was able to pay, Mr. CALVIN wanted to know what Was meant by the reference to the cattle trade with England. Wasit au the Govorn- men: was going to take a portion of the surplus to build an immense ship to "port cattle, butter and choose to the old country? daughter.) He rcjoiced that this trad" had arisen, and he hailed anything that would prevent the farmers ot the Province trout killing, the ground with Wheat. During tits long de. bate he had heard very little discussion on what would benefit the (country, but it all Seemed to be on the question which party was going to get the more, votes. ((Jhocrs.) He complained of this nuuiuoliuu in the assessment law, pointing out that bank stocks were cxempted, whilca man who horrou .d money from a bunk to build houses ot' vessels, or to invest in personal property, had to pay both taxes on the pro- perry and interest on the money. Whathe contended was that mongagos should be taxed, and personal property oxomprcd to the amount of the indebtedness. lie next, l reierrcd to the Municipal Loan Fund dis- Itribution, snymg that. never had money i been more unequally divided, whoever did it. ' He laid it all to Wood-ttalert- ' - . . I ' t -t., l...