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Respecting prison Ina the contracts for the were kept back fron months, after which i ject them. Ou the P these poiuts Mr. Blake a had been cal elared the u This was tri his opinic Mr. M express h what he s jeet thein, -- Vu the Parthament burldings ques-- tion he said that the [Mouse had vozed #750,000 on the faith that no contracts would be made on a greater scale than that, whereas just before election one contract was made which would canse the expenditure to be increased Lovoud that limit. This was an act which deserved the censure of the House. Reference ought to have been made to the rea-- "l'Uu]\l duty c iL to the Land Titl »rincinle involve means Scott . Oi titQ . of t that the schools 1 higher e Common tat Covernmer scheine for Ol p&l' re: ol these resourc not knowing wh: to sneak at ) (H s (C] t th rraph sticking in the for by t] (Hon, I made u wllo or eapital ¢. the A«dd: which, ; for it wa that part i) wnen ime Act rc';:ttiug 'to insoivents was passed, in Act which was upon the border line of jurixdiction, the Governmeut procliaim. ed it promptly --because there was uo political hask. E> little game to get the fominion Government !.? challenge it, and thus gain a victory for the preas constitutional lawyer," _ (Laugh-- ter.) When the Act relating 'to insolvents Wasmasat. an Art whinly tune twmem tlua YWP in lorts heers * adigh vominib the Domiuion ising reference ources of the the minerals n ice now occeupi vernment shou Lr. 1ese resources, ie was not in a pos:tion, | knowing what legislation would be proposed E speak at length respecting University eration, but there were complaints made t t the anount of money speni upon Common / ols was disproportionate to that spent in | rer education. 'The providing of ulh'ciuut.b imon schools was pre--eininently the work | he istate, and he believed there was room ; improvement in this most important work. [ reierence had been made by either speaker ~ vhere. HMe apprchended that the para-- 1 h respecting police magistrates had re-- 4 n to the Scott Act, He approved of | us being taken to carry out the { t Act. _ He trusted the Attorney--Genoral | Id state to the House his views as to the | ; of the Province in enforeing the .\'uott" as he had been reported as declaring the | rince was not in duty bound to enforce it. 1 elieved it was the duty of the Province to vee this Act, _ 'This was in pthe interest | > of those whofavored and those who op-- ! d the principte. _ He complained that the fl y supporting the Government changed on | e poiuts at the will of the leaders. _ When Blake made his Aylmer speech, men who been calling for immediate Prohibition de-- l the utterance statesmanlike and just. a was trilfing with a great moral issue. * | v. HARDY --Will the hon. gentleman give / pinion on this great moral issue ? I vr. MEREDIETH said he was not bound to ess his opinion, but he strongly emphasised t he said reosnectin= the | t lnVyoive db Ww ior until 0| 3 and 1 to avord EX FOI ot. _ He trust tate to the H« the Province he had been re O ASSISTIX potnt speec SUtP act that PA the d rison iiD0r h for the labor eck from the 1 which it was ({ 4s C INIS u:)\ll MENE t Mi~Z 0P TE SCOTT ACT. on labor he complained that v the labor of the prisoners _ from the House for eighteen hich it was impossible to re-- the Parliament buildings ques-- t the MHouse had voted #750,000 that no contracts would be greater scale than that, h made i ret@rence t« standing | their new sing, coming from a j Dt i In out 0 TIHE DEVELOPMEXNT bu hibiti nister ner, . vernment,.. inere Was a the Speech to the mineral untry, Me thought that t take the place of impor. by the timber industry the lay before the House some overu the S Keo) his He 10 mention o that The success on was due of Asgriealt l 3 P ; and to iuncut. Speech s--eminently the work eved there was room most important work. ade by cither speaker lis believed that the orrect and that the but care should be sation in Toronto or it. itC ture anid liberality te Was a mover 0 the NP Ori Z of Can. to the t 8 7.' Iups--m F witnoss » seecking r l'op(;l'y 'raised s jrt> <nillinht ~AbtnbiimcbdaPhe eabvt utd cret 'tndcnnirliiadrarrir Rited trkpirinbid ! (Laughtor.) Ilf the object was for the hon. ) remier to help his friends at Ottawa he had (fuiled, and the blow intended for the Dominion , Government had fallen upon the Opposition ,, here, The Government here claimed a large majority, but in the 92 Ontario members at ) Oitawa none would be found who had a mi-- + nority of votes, 'The hon, genticman might yet dind that the very cries upon which they had sought to injure the Conservatives would yet hoist them from cfice. -- HMehad borne false P witness against the Conservative party in scekingy to make it responsible for the .No r Popery ery. is (Mr. Meredith) had never | raised such a ery, and he would not flinch from the position he had taken--insisting upon L equal rights for all, the true principle which p would ultimately be recognised in this Pro-- | dissolution _ did _ not _ follow. There ( was one fact which indicated [ that _ elections were not _ contemplated | last session--no vote was taken to defray the , expenses and the Government needed money for legitimate and perkaps for other expenses. Paughter.)} If the oblect was* for the hon. duil WZ They had more acey duties, or courteous had always bee constituiional ; of the utmost Confederation. Mr. Robinson. Campbell was ALL&C devotion t The leade that his pa tmon,. Mr. marks of pre clauses of th the presence fact that t rule over was belov the civilise express mate fric no sort of during tl man coul sons which led to a dissolution of the House before its ordinary term had expired. The Premier, speaking through his organ, Kusz Grosr, had stated that it was on high consti-- tutional grounds he advised dissolution. But in the Reform Club he admitted he did it to strike a blow at the Dominion Government. If they looked up the precedents in the Province, not in Great Britain, they would find that on two former occasions when m man couid say son steady face--(laug the most surprisin notorious to ever ery was raised, th very day of the « to the time of botl to decide what th to as vIRC 1i MCXNaANC e Hon,. Mr, MOWAT concurred in the re-- irks of previous speakers respecting the first uses of the Address, -- He had no doubs that e presence of able French--Cauadian members the House would assist in making the two ces know one another better and in promot. ; that harmony which was essential to the osperity of the country, It wasa gratifying t that the Queen had been so long spared to le over this great Empire, and that she s beloved not only in Canada but all over e civilised world, It was the intention of e Government before the close of the session, ask the HMouse to concur in some special pression of their feelings in regard to that bject. He was glad, too. to see that they a0) W > poc upon reed so heartily THE FRANCHISE WAS EXTEXDED sition he ghts for a ultimatel (Lowd ch ne rece never mad i governor who showed a iwate knowledge of his constitutional c who had been more assiduous and in the discharge of his duties. They ys been fortunate in Ontario in having onal governors, and this was a matter imost importance to the success of ation. _ Bince they were to part with uson. he was glad that Sir Alexander wus to be the uew Governor. Sir r _ Campbell and himself had been ulents, and they had been inti-- mds ever since, though they had sympathy politically. They might it that he would manifest the same nt to the Constituiion and the same to duty as his predecessor had done. ler of the Onnosition had claimed THE LIEU never ha wate kno ' who had n the di rty TilE NO ne surpr lter) N( BOUV y TAl TiIONns, . ections lews of ections. 'The hon. gentle-- surprising things with a r)--but this was perhaps tatement of all. 1t was ily that this No Ponery 1t wa ANT--GOVERNOCR. _ too, to see that they n regard to His Honor at this No Popery s used down to the he wight say down s, How were people Ea party were? If manitest the same ion and the same 'ecessor had done. tion lhad claimed