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a'. . _ V A . . a _., _ -- - , . gun's. and see that justice was done not alone to I , _ i of aauo,i,.ui,t was "TriiCitito, Ity/i/ge . I the Home but to the country in this matter, ' _ l ' 2 if tho very severe climate M mum W9") no i . l which involved a - responsibility at the pre' i N I, i do him he had a curb Mani-M tr.at he 'iW ut. tt "nt time. m thought it was a amt pity that , ",- 'r. ' 'k' i Imst . position in British Columbia. ul, a tll,',','.') i l while matters of this kind had been csrried on . "A _ . u, tt F) l have had almost rortyl marriage. ( ear. wot-0 I i that it should only be brought forward just Its" i. ' a i R' B. ' His beet judgment told him it wa, necessary. ' fore the close of the session. , ( TC, F upturn these culprit?, tlt..at P' sshauld tWt, Ott Mr. FRASER said the umnd payment was l, _' I 'd Fi Cs' " negotiations. Mr. Bunting 3 mono t hail at"; onl made " lh30 that afternoon. i C, lllllBii" . mentioned in the affair; ho ooula otli.Y say y. It nix. BRODER admitted that there was l _ nth", 3 ', the tirat. man who tstg'iti't..'? him 'ddii: nothing in his argument on that score. m saw 't . . .le ' i as 1n'Py."Hr of Mr. unting. one car " a that w. Committee on Privileges and Elections I F' 6'Tsi? ' {wished himtngo and see Mr. f,',,",,et,riid of was called for Tuesday at 10 o'olook, and he . ' 'f--" :. . l tu.tettutnt Itttttrvutw Ite tusd an oppor "l y hoped that the investigation would bring all the r. itt E I 'l . a talkiue directly to th.at psntutntstt, but Mt "8. facts to li ht. ' ttily, y, . I attsblts to do everything necessary to be we"? Mr. 'dlfll'ss said he would do his best, " far i _ ct 3. , .s Ti _ ial in tl" Purim" w!tiests he thought It we _ P' as he was concerned to bring the guilty ti , . . I. i I _ I . ' tt . s par " IL), - " i,' , Wrist": (ehxel, ',.Ytg,"ct,'J)t,e l to Juetiee. a. liEI2iat l! i e ti is u a once so in n . . , ' NI s a"! _ l meat mm 'lll,%'4 which mild been made to hip. l Mr. MCLAUGHLIN regretted very much the 4' MM . ' I Be would in" embraced the opportunity i attitude assumed by lion. gentlemen opposite. ii',. .2" 'iF,/ lto mention it from his piaoo in tlot 1 He was sorry that the leader of the Opposition E' if? . 1 House the next any had it not been land the hon. member tor Eist Toronto' tad en- _ til .1"er ' i that similar offers had been refused , deavoured to throw the blame on- hon. gentle- f, il HQ' '. y l and the evidence w" innuffieient to bring home y 1 men on the (government side of the House who , s'ki!jfi'. ' , conviction to those bribers. He, theretorc, sub l had done their duty to the Province. L" , 2w ;' mitted to the advice of those more able tom-mag" ', Mr. YOUNG said the circumstances which I F. ', i such matters and did not expose the matter _ly' ' had been brought to the attention of the House I I", "IS-.- 1 he probably otherwise Would have done. ILS, 1 were most painful. As a Canadian he had ai. T , i, , L ' felt it his duty to exprese bis ohliqUimt to the I ways felt proud of their legislative leaders as - .- 'kr, " I hon. member for Essex and the hon. member for i compared with some other countries. The legis- , s' I Wellington for having BO successfully achieved [ latures of the Dominion had heretofore been pure . ' _ ' this great service in the interests of the country. i from any such corrupt infh1enums in the shape of t . , These men had attempted y? bribe the _ bribery as had been irought before the House at . i l members of the House with the per" the present time. He felt that the matter was I i l ple's own money, which came into their hands of the greatest importance, and that it should be . I .. i in some roundabout manner. Thevhad attempted [ thoroughly investigated in the interests of the _ l to trifle with the will oi the people who hld only Province and in the interests of the public. '. ! expressed that will within the past twelve . Ir, joined m with the hon. gentle- . _',, , , I months. This was a crime which he hoped men who had spoken on the Govern. l .. rs Ir,,, T, , i would not be strain repeated in the history oi l meat side of tho House in thanking the members i gin-5;? , I this Province. (Hear, hear.) I for Essex and Wetliugton for the course which ' . 3,53. '.' y i Mr. WOOD would like to MN) this matter in. they had pursued. It such bribery continued he ' Fil' . l ' instigated as rapidly and as thoroughly as it could i was ooufident that there Would be no Dominion T; ". _ be done, so that no horrible suspicion should rest l ol Canada in ten yo me from the present time. 'ce, I, l [ for a moment upon one single member of his side The check had to be put upon it, mid he rejoiced 'kr: " r." : y oi thu House. Ho 'spokes for himself with an i I that they had been ableto cheek such an attempt , q .5 I I t amount oi feeling that he ttould tscarmsiy exitr0s8 E to bribe the members and turn out the IGovern~ . Et I i in words. ("unheard ment. He rejoiced that the fraud had been 1t,t R _ l Mr. AWItls'Y simply rose to say as a member oxposed and brought to the light of day. Another . ' b#rl i [ of the House, and one who regarded the honour painful feature was that from the statements ,'" ", , ot the Legislature equally with thtt.Y othor ment. made by the Attorney-General it would appear ', " ' V ', ber, to assure his friends that wh+ror.t.tupu: that patronage of the Government of the Domin. ' , ' ', unions might be made from the other Side of I ion had been oifered here to bribe the members ' . _. ' '., l the House that the stain would not mat u on on the floor of the House to turn out the Govern- l ' C r I the eseuteheorrn of those individu ds who hadplo ment ot the day. The 1hrtniruonpovtttmfsnt1had l , DON done thoir duty. Their regard for these interfered With the representatives of the Pro. I 1 gentlemen of whom he spoke was not in the vince,n.nd theynow proposed to go further undturn ' . least impaired by the course they had takon. out the Government of this Province, which had ' There walt not an honourable man in ttte Ladle boon the choice of the people. Every member __ I 'j l A lature or an honourable man in this coun- of theiiovernment side '2tti"" at these dis- L , e i try who was not at a critical time in closures which had been ma 0. .,,Aidl C' his oountry's . history prepared . " Mr. CLARKE-I wish this resolution had "aal g , some self-sacrifice to bring or.irnimua been held over for PA hours. There is an election all Eil _ _ l to justice. (Cnotsrs.) m thought that it came l to-morrow, and it is quite possible that this news _ i " ' ' 'vs r with ill-grace from any member of this House to '; may be finished over the country and efforts , _ . assert that the stain rested upon these gentle- l made to bring rtsproaoites on the Conservative F f I I men. This was the plea brought forth by the l party and influence the result. I think we fren- ' ' , I hon. member from East Toro.nto as the onlyll tlemen concerned in this have done perfectly . .. excuse for the bribers having been caught. f riRht in making the .ppmacheg to them known " , le' i These bribery had IttOFIPiPd by h tn'rtitiss pr I to the Government, if there have been any ap- _ . I ment to ruin the institutions of the Province: xii-nachos. For his part,' he thought it was we _ . . i I and allure these men to political ruin. mature to conclude that the approaches had ' wi' I Mr. BAXTER had had the honour of been made by friends of the party he belonged r, Ei? . 1 representing a constituency in this House l to. He did not think the House would be able ' I ' E", ' since the first Parliament. He bad seen i to do any business. for they would not know 32.. th good many DUNN men, A great i, ', whom to suépcct. He was sorry that the name if 7 many of whom had 8°!" to their Jo.ng i of C. w. Bunting "had been mentioned, ' ' 'r,),' . home, but at no time since he had occupiednl because no evidence had been offered i l'f,i, l . seat in the House had he felt that _matters of so I which really connected his name with the I ' ~11}: I much importance had been submitted to them. 1 "an". Of course the Attorney-General is I ' br'f1. He regretted ssxeeedingly'thFt, " had been neces- i responsible for the charge, and he could say that f . -', tubrl' to brine . matter a y.tia kind byior.e the l while he was sorrv that there was cause for the l R - , f House. He had known his hon. friend (Mr. l revelations. he m/as not sorry that the revelations I Q McKim) for years, and he felt tsatisfied that he l had been made. He war very lad to know that l . , would not enter an action against any man with I the parties were in gsol,nnd he ioped they would i C. , the View of punishing anyone without there wire remsin in gaol if they were guilty. We douh; ; . the greatest necessity for it. He (Mr. Baxter) i know, said be. whether n is a friend or loo of the l t felt that these lion. gentlemen had done a great i Government who hae done this. They may l, "Y l public duty in bringing this matter before the I got this money to be offered to these men. up"... i . louse in the way which they had done. He ' cal cheers lrom the Government side.) It is not i r T F ' did not think his. ion. friend from East Toronto l l proved that Conservatives have done this,I and a ' _ had taken the rirrht course. .ut thought the l I until it i,. pro' od you cannot hold us reeppitiit?lm _ members of the Mouse would Justify these hon. i i Tiw. Mm]. ouzht ti, hive been held over till after ' ' members in the course they had taken. It was i ' tUri/rr/i, _ : I' ' _ wollvknown to the members of the House and. i if" 1' Gsr: {1-15005 tho hon. centlsinan ~ ' . . the people of this country. that the men Who i I thing it would lo a rurht, proper,an decent " were charged with this crime were the Very I tout t n have duluyed t his for 24 after the money , , I men who for months past had been l wad paid 3' _ ', known in the country as the chief Eli'.~()il.\1:1{ 4 Lsw do we know that guilt " .iv' EI [ bribers of the Conservatiie party. It was actually "xists in than: men? . "if; ' fortunate that thtmo men Gd ttow tron caught. Mr HARDY-JIM lion. gentlemen w " e , 2 _ ' and there might)" an and put to this system of very hell for a innii who is ttorry. . Jr, . " tuaberr,whieh misht bulbs means of aooompluslr I itr 3ictNTV RE said as a younz member of 1Q.§ ' ing so much evil in this country. He thought ti; iroiire he felt very deeply the indignigy b A g _ , the course suggested by tho AttormsyA'renertU, to t I". ' . u embers and tAk": _ . . . which had been placed upon t m . . Bits I refer this matter to the Committee on Privileges the House He contended that this incident 'J It l , and Elections. was one which would commend Tr i al the natural outcome of that kind of I... ft'i1,', to T/i'2"l' who had the wellare of the 330:, 'hr/JI had m strenuously been pursued Lt ' A'- rovinee tx "m . x, . m, art durieui the late elect n. I " .3; ', Mr, BRQDER said the matter had greatly Shh fi"gvl'givtt 22'/Sd' ot '/'lfdl'll'l'l they had ,I , .5; d,, .mpnsed him. He felt that the honour of oyery tteen minted daily in the columns of the Matt. I , , I; ' umber of the House was involved. The Views l iiirue"ixrcrating the members of the 999w. - _", l of the msopl, a this Frown?" htui to be rmyrct- I tion of the charge which might exist in the ' . cis?' ; ed. (Hear. best.) He belie?" that the integ- 1 minds ot some lie must hold that no! . C/r, ' ritr sit we", mam" ' of. lu. House V" "we. who were cognizant of the manner rrrs'.t' . I thing that should u ""utttittttt: He ttad no. of canvassing in Muskoka and tsouth 4'". l thing to any as to the means by which these facts . . " h sibilit . m to. [.ii?T, . i would be broukhl ty light, but it was the duty of Jet,tiitg.",",t,,u"2'lsf 'tu,"l,'ri'd',' ',',,'adl, foe " w'.tis", l the Home t'eI,"St,t'efttttta',"tg' fougd.' 'iT,'Gil (:78 East Toronto, and that they should I 3;... |, g itb.ar, hear.) u h 'lttt that win , the! M have been more anxious to tavsttststttttrtth upon the l - , l i their d'mnnw' m t s 'dee, as politicians. they ntlemen who bad laid bare the crime than they Mi "QC" _ iWeto alike oquallr mPonsiK'} for the purity of 36.. t horror for the crime. H ' " was: F, I we Mouse. (HW- tsoar.) He believed that we" " vim?" t n d been done ta%g I. E Fd . every man should stand up for the purity oi the bear.) o sugges t as a ' _---------------.---.-- .. . :- .