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Bible read in the schools more generally and _ PA4 ©ONfd¢ more systematically. _ It was to secure this PY anyb*4> object that the book of selections was adopted _ t10P, that t at the instance and upon the recommendation . that the ds of the Protestant clergy of all denominations, 5 &lected. 4 without objection from any quarter until, for _ Hlling these political purposes, the book so recommended = cants, man and adopted, or any book of Seripture selec. _ Governmen tions, began to be denounced. _ The Govern-- c were there ment agree with the Protestant clergymen who i F'"e"h"g revised and recommended the book (some of _ bad no co whom have since been using it at family wer. € in _ whom ship in their own homes) that it would be e confidence. an advantage that the Seripture readings { found such in the schools should be from the book y "° fault to: of selections, but political agitation has DELAY created . in _ some _ quarters _ a _ preju-- 2 some of wh dice against this course and thus, for t of which cc a time has created in some quarters a prejudice | serious loss against this course, and this for a time de-- _ public. T prived the book of its usefulness where this portant ma prejudice exists, _ Where, for this or any l it was tobe reason, & the trustees of a school prefer C his adwice, that the reading shall be from t{le Bible itself ; them. Sena instead of fromn the hbook of selections, or , at least reg where trustees prefer to have passages ~ left open a1 read which are not in the book of selections» ? tion. The c the Covernment have no desire to interferc, _ in the same and do not propose to interfere, so long as the ; for a meml Bible or its contents are read daily and syste-- , take the ; matically, If the text of the regulation re. ° House. Ti quires any modification in order to admit of -- men had be this course, the modification will be made. to the Carle n1 ftlk oftJmwAL said it must have been excecdingly diicult for the hon. gentlemau fo say what he lad said on this subject. The -- hon. genticman fortunately had not much _ influonce in this Province, -- but he had at Ottawa. Me was the lisuten-- ant of the Premicr. -- These ofiices of which com-- plaint was made were ministerial ofliceos, the duties of which micht properly be performed l¥ c _ brcartnes i amw. c [ CCCEA CArdordinary that the Attorue}'-l teneral's memory should have played him so | faise as he said it had. The holding open of i these oitices for lony terms must mean one of 3 two thisgs. Kithor the public service sutfered h or else the oflice was unnecessary and the person who did the worl could be engaged 1 permanertly to do it and the salary of the | pgure head saved. E* Mr. MEREDITH moved for an order of the House for a return showing, as to each vacancy which has ocenurred since the first day of January, 1884, in the offices of sheriff, regis-- trar of doeds, or county Crown attorney ; when the vacancy oceurred ; how it was created ; when it was filled ; by whomn it was tilled ; and showing also, which of such vacan-- eies still remain unfilled; He said that the delay of the . Ciovernment in filling & sgumber of _ these important E MB Bive Avguint x Wistilit s sns 3 1 "*promise to pay," hnd insiste« pointment beirg made befor was held, and this, it apper done. _ As to the registrars it seemed extraordinary that teneral's memory should have faise as he said it had. The h these oitices for lory terms m two thivgs. Kithor the public s or clse the 'olllen Wns mnnwmain [y3 " 5 0 #is reply to the member ior Carleton (Mr. Mouck), charging,especially in the case of the registrarship of Carleton, that the appoint. ment had been promised to the brother of a gentiecman who controlled a certain journal in the western pars of the Province which had strongly supported this Government ; but thas gentleman, unwilling to take the Government's "promise to pry," had insisted upon the ap-- pointment beine made before the election was held, and this, it appeared, had been done. _ As to the registrarship of Lennox, SF Jns c 2k a% & were kept open for political purposes that they micht dangle them betore of the pco')lc. He made special m those to which the Attorney--CGenera ferred in his reply to the member ior (Mr. Mouck), cgm'gizlg.c.-p(-ciuily in t the registrarship of Carleton, that the ment ful been ittmiinmiunil tm . ¥lrm Knd oftices m*ute had been widelv a: perly be performed thess cases bad been «l the Government not to allow delay puties in whotn they it NC He said that Clovernment in these _ important eral mention of Cencral had ro-- 11 Ha com-- Hices C O DELAY IN FILLING DOMINXION OFFICES, 2 some of which were judicial offices, the work t of which could not be done by deputy, causing ; serious loss, delay and inconvenience to the public. The hon. gengleman was the most im-- 1 portant man in his party in the Province and \ it was tobe presumed that thesedelays were by c his adwice, at least without his protest against ,« them. Senatorships, which the hon. gentleman , at least regarded as very important ottices, were ~ left open and filled just the day before theclec. ) tion,. The collectorship ofi Customs at Hamilton in the same way was kept vacant, and kept so ¢ for a member of Pavliament, that he might , take the place after the dissolution of the HMHouse. The hon. gentleman said deserving men had been passed over in the appointment to the Carleton registrarship. No it was in every case, deserving men had to be passed over. The appointee was a resident of Ottawa, & respectable man, and one weil fitted to fill the oftice, -- (Cheers.) Mr. CREIGHTON moved that in the opinion L of this House it is unjust to other classes of the -- community who are taxed on their incomes ; that the salaries of officials holding oftice under -- the Government of {Canada should be exempt J from municipal taxation; that the Zeoostitu-- tional right to tax such salaries for municipal parposes is a subject of such importance that an anthoritative decision thereon should be 1 had from the Judicial Committee of Her 0 Majesty's Privy Council, and the matter being L one of general interest throughout the Pro-- vince, and in which nog municipality is ex-- ' elusively interested, steps ought to be takon e by the (Clovernment of Ontario for obtaining such a decision, C Hon. 0. MOWAT said that if he had been * somewhat successful in appeals to the Pri\ y' Council it was because he had carefully consid-- a ered the cases which he took there. -- He quite L agreed with his hon. friend from North Uurey C as to the glaring absurdity of these exemp-- * tions. He agreed with him that they were C contrary to all right, propriety and reason. No af far as Provincial officials were concerned, the p Government had acted on that view, and made their salaries liable to taxation. -- The question related merely to the salaries of Do-- minion | officials. _ His learned _ friend ---- (Lnught_er)--lge thought that term was quite The resolution was carried. f _ Mr, CREIGHTON said that if there did not | happen to be a Government in Ottawa, gen-- | tlemen opposite would have no defence. They continually pleaded the action of the Ottawa | CGovernment, and yet they continually con. ? deinned that Government. _But this would not 1 satisfy the people. -- The plea was raised that ) the public service did not suffer because { there were good deputies in these cases. J{ k that were so, it would be much better to give / the efficient deputy a slight increase of salary and so save the Province a great deal of money ; which was now on the Government's showing wasted. t LOMINIOXN OFFICIALSY' EXEMPTIOX.| had confidence. There was no charge made by anybody, even by the leader of the (Ir-';'»ei- tion, that the public interests had suffered, or that the duties of these offices hud beenne-- glected, -- 'There were, of course, difticulties in filling these offices, for there were rival appli-- cants, many of whoim deserved well of the Government and of the Province, _ Especially were there difficulties where themember re-- Fresenting the constitueney was one who rad no confidence in the Government, and in -- whom -- the _ Government had no confidence. But though the hon. gentleman found such grievous fault in those cases he had no fault to tind with the concerned, the view, and made rg» + _ The question