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' Kantion of the 'rovinces under the British had been disallowed by the D . ' men Govern , . ' 'orth America Act? They had that Act. levi went, so that if the Legislatures were to be - ' pressly declaring that the Provincial .Lt.gisslr" t free to legislate within the sphere assigned ' turns should have exclusive urisdietion to them b , the British North . I I . . . , ' y , iner on. Act ' make laws on a variety ot subjects. While ', they had been before Confederation, and " t = 'dl u they had that express declaration that P51"! ditforent States of the American Union we I . .viuyial Legislatures should have this exclusive 5| to legislate for themselves, the power " it Jurisdiction, ye" in another part of tho. A" l,' disullowing Provincial Acts should be tek " l was a provision which enabled the Dominion .| awny from the Dominion Government. I' ME t Government to disallow every Act passed by ll question arose thon-to whom should tl - the Provinces. It is not merely a. po.wer to l power be given? Personally, as he had alread , I. I veto ."n. Act that tnight conflict with the 'l intimated, he was in favor of its being ubolis , 1 © " Dominion policy, but a power that enables '/ ed altogether. It it watt to be retained, how {3t them at th.ei.r own discretion,.. and without 80 I ever, he thought there was no comparison - Ttal' l much as giving l reason, to disallow every Act ; regards its cll'ect on the interests of the Pr part J tlie 1.'r.ovittrs might pass. Now if there vase I Vince, between the use made of it by th " new : provision tuat I Dominion Government at the present time on A T - a MI ( . . , WA? P"Tm ACTH" UPON .the use made of it by the ImperialGovernmen . , 'llllil .13 might roiiinin in too statute book. 'Ifncted when it was in their possession. In th Ir r H IT l on only once or mice in a number of year, it disallrnvauce of Provincial Acts one groutu& TSI " ' might remain on the statutes. If acted on very frcqttently urged was that in the view " IB' I a _ l only I." the some way a" that ."1 yfuiclt the ' the Dominion Goveruutent the Provinces hs fil iilim i rmptTial. Government. dual,,t, with lyyrincial [I execcdcd their jurisdiction. As ll matter 0 i " it? statutes it lll'lgilb remain. lhiit provisioii was fact the Dominion Government in :iii'a'ii'i'CLl'ii9P2p, W Introduced Into the Constitution Ill 1864 be. i wasuot bound to give "my reason whatever J? . * ' _ cause the notion Was that the Dominion _', still this was the ground they 1roquontly gave; 1. . fin, Government would exercise that. power oi , and that ground Was one that altogether inter-i "at" I veto less frequently .tlitvu.tlus Imperial Govern. , fered with the independence of the Proviiicef E F trm I P"u.t would .exet"pe it. Nobody then had 1 within their spheres. It simply amounted te, Pd we ' the idea that it would be more freely exercised [ this, that at Confederation exclusive powen', i 'Rt Gi . . U. , . _ , ' r 'sh _ .tlmn the veto of tho Imperial Government, were given into the hands ot two dilierent. ' " I 'ht.,. it It oluld. Illio used us teel' upon the bodies, and under the present systenithe power ' t _ "G'd l rmrucia. , .egis uturesn 'lheie has it feeling lay in the hands of one ot those bodies to de. . M93; T, ', that the (Allolllill relation required the, ve."? terntine what "Mix-c the exclusive powers pus" U we power to unit Somewhere. Personally he did gassed bv the orhur one. That was most . . ig not agree with that. lie did not see why the untvareonable, could be backed by no sound " . p, veto POW" should {NI-St anywhere. He did urqniiieiit and worked very injuriouslv to the P, V . ttot Bee why Provincial Legislatures should not interests of the Province. As it matter of feet U P" , _ . ' . . g 'l . . . . V . I " _. be free within the ye/ls OI their. sphere to it was necessary, il the Dominion Government Mr ' , puss any laws they, cnose. (Applause) He Wt's4 not to exercise this power of PAK: did not seo'why, worn u. body ot the peoples disallowauce, that there should be some - ' representatives, elected for that purpose, Gd scheme devised whereby the judgment of I r ' made up their minds tint: it ccrtniii law was Courts could be taken as to the legality of ' iiiidg ilc'c"rstsary, it'should at. interfered with by null)" incnsuros enacted by either. the Dominion l'ar- I... body. JAiys'i.ayse.) b'ut while he pcusoually liiinien: or the l'roriutial Legislature, Mid r, V , ' ' entertained this View, there "'LLS a general iio- In"; NH t' TUO 'crcio.' "~qu "m I tion that oo long as It:' Colonial relation exist. dealt with this nutter. There Was one Vice in l r bd ed there must he 1u'itstllowing power sollle- the Aruerituu :iyricni which he would like to "a" where. The question that prescu'vrrd itself to Sci vctuovcul from [he CUuadiaa system It " , thet ottfederatiouCouierencu%vi, Wiusresitould "I," in this that frcuucctly when p. inedsure - [i , . _ . . , i . . C .. . " this poucr'ocf Up.ty that time it was (32in hml been pissed by ;i Store Leilature and " I . . ' i Mt . ' l . . ' _ ' u'.isod Yo the Imperial "ruvetoitium.t. 2)t one had become law without iiiiy'toxly havin:, ex. - ' tiniest had been a burning question in the human-l i doubt us to its entire legality '30:". Th." i Provinces 0.3 to whet tncy could do to prevent t . . P. J . . . _ - (two or three years later, wnen inhuman - . so frequent and 1nlrlrtous nusc ol the veto . l . F W" _ . . , . I,'. , transactions had limit!" ttlace under it, . ' " T pour-i by the britisii (internment as they were ( who Pd 'l. v 'r litre J, , m t of mono" ' ~ L' then subjected to. But that slay had passed I p, p: t C y _ ge. " ll'". . I ' " it" T . ' . c? , . ' .7 .vosteduiiucr it. some iiirrnnions ururumentt I. r ' ' nun) 1111904. Fot some years prior to that l . . »" ts . ttte " date there had been very little disallow" e of l riuBed, and the Act H perhaps decided I b c . .. . . uc _ . . . . .. ' . . . l _ Provincial statutes. Still it was thought i he invalid, and El?" Illlury . " (lonl r i r .2 there was loss danger of tliiit power l to many parties. , rhe resolutions aug- a" Tt' being too freely or improperly exercised l grateldl the lornlllll|0u of . 1cou?s which, "1.. E if it was given to the Dominion Govcrtunent a mu t pus-"1M" too yg:r.licy or "lfP'"T"f ' tl .. '.e 'str. "o.., . _ . enacted by either the rein-rel or the l'rovin. ' that fl lull tt lo were glvcu to the Imperial 1iovern. . , . t l I mum, seeinu that the people ot the Province. cial ParGmcuts, and proposal that to pro- »OPW' .. . _ . '.'. Vent any assumptions by either party of pow- and' War.) ot course l l . , i ' I. "shH'ttE.cW.NTi'rr is THE Doiiixioy PARLIAMENT a!" (1"'d,5',"//,j, It" til:r1.")u1'iy/1y,,.,t1r,tlyy, and not in the linpetGl Parliament. it was she", 1y.ualf-i':hticct. .10 the l%leral and Lu" Y because of this and bccause, it was felt the [my .l'roviuc.'iayroyetyv-te " promptly ohtain. I "I ' vitwcs would be freer in their legislation wi:b "13.". Judicial desct..uhrvrion rrtirteutina the to C' It a Dominion veto than with an (imperial veto "funny m t,ita,tytc'o'.ol .""':h the F" lcral Par. in"! l that the resolution proposed this chenille liunicut in" Provincial Legislatures. Th". the l A number of old politicians who had been there would he 2ti) cngaged in the struw'h-s with llowiiiii . 'trect l A "rmv'um (W BOT" SIDN' wh -e , d9N . h" ree for the Pr: vi M' , 'rtt't _ . . , were naturally strongly In favor of the veto . I , uni... tiove."uments wure Just " no "I, bower being given to the Dominion Parlisunant l [ilyci.'/,iy,r:,'iv,ch, Ott the pou'crs of the Doniin- I perM So the veto power Was givcu to the Ito. l ion al'ilarttetc. as the bitter on the rights of. = 'LC, niiiiion 1Uriiimtla.ut, and riglitlv or wrongly-- l the mime" ln the 'rTAttct. oi private iitiganv, J, l ' " p, .- bs ' I . : . . . ' he was not at present going to enter into ii "Plum".m iy4aill.?2 'Ale Act Ott the around of it8 TUt ' discussion as to whether their exercise of that 1Jor,')l'l""ttte1t'sius',,1,flitt tho third resolution pro- do. r - power had been right or wrong"rightl or poem . t tat Fs"dCtt Acts should not be 0pCt1 to I 1ru'L wrongly that power had been exercised bvvthc l "with". by private "USN" cucept within B. o . Dominion Parliament in great many tiiiiesior llmmed tune. I'iy-,' conference suggested two the i. once that it had heencxercised In! tho Imperial I y'enrs I.' would like to mirke the time in fiog.'..ry..'yer, 'l'iyyc .had been a diimlloivauce " ti'l""'t;'ltii',',tht,.?,r1yliii.. The present system my Ill oiProviuciut legislation under the Dominion 1 l this lei-"9t was most uttrelc80tV ratUd veto such as ind not been knowu for many lizblc, one it'lix.il1tl being allowed br' " "I... ' yours under the imperial vetocven in its most l I: to put hiniseli in opposition to the people of tlonl 3 arbitrary days. .\ow he had no hesitation in E tho Tty"' Pcovince, ut' perhaps of the whole 'ho'd A ', saying in rugard to this Very important nint- Dominion. tnatty Vet-c-yu?' prutrat'y "ytt.er-rwhat in fact he i 1 Tin: "oVl'sT'lr Psly4ortTro?g "pond l would "an, no hesitation tn laying in regard I "lit reference to another "rf important sub- new I " to every one of the resolutions passed at i {on ..V i1... tl",3,,yons.titution of the Senate of the "I'D-L. Qttebe.e, tlyy bed the Couitnleratioh Confer. 1',iyl"ty, In": "will"? a mutter which was Other , eiiee in 1804 iorescen the presu'"t.ttttst of gunman) he dealt with by .the conference, be. Witt i 5131+," they would have been provided for. Millet the hennte was constituted for the very the ' I- i ,histeto power would not have been given to l 25:1'030 ot [noteciiiig the llitci'c'ItS of the Pro. ind) ' ' . ' 't' ' . . ' ' the onttuioit1iowurntnen: if " had occurred I . t " Y" Proviucc.i. "mt Wag expressly Aot _ to unybody that there would have been such a l tttated m tho debate on tho With?" There wd U' free exercise of it as there hnd been. He re- Way to be It limited number only and there ion .I peatcd that he wiis doing his very best to pre- were. to be it ccutain number to, represent road ' " vent any party feeling from cree'iiiig into this Upper Canada, a certain number to mpWSélW in. . ' matter. lie was not saying t tat it was a !-ywe.r Canada, and a number tot the Maritime Thin W Conservative Government only that had dia. Provinces, and for no other icnson thin that o ' "r allowed Provincial Acts. A Reform Govern. the mterests ot the Provinces ElhOUhl'bo . ix: Petit had done the some. He was not going touted on Provinces, NOW Ml" We who. I. EE2 I into the question as to how far either of them ' Provinces to be toroteetcd from by thigm "it? in vm " _ l tnuy have been Correct m the exercise of their own ? I/rom any injustice or hardship al't ti:- I " i I i t (lower; but hem had txertised it very Mud" of the nonunion. So the DominicI M" CN freely. He freely admitted, also, that Govcrnmunt appointed the mrm to , u " , the Acts of Consevvativc Legislatures Provinces against the Lid' f protect t.hts V i, had been disallowed, as well as tlume ion (loveriini 'nt It I (wit: rtilti/i',.omi,tt,," qtt V . 7T9.,t" .:... ot.,stgV 7' .'S8tt , .oi Letorin 1ess,'is,sli,uta.ves. Take the case t.tp.lcyintift choosmg counsel for th nil nr to 10".! I, of Manitoba, which nail until recentlv been a tn his Case or vice verse 1 d l c. k ofendant ":3 " UmtservativuGovcrtmreut and l'ol 1. this _ , m w did not say . r i b . , . , wn-i ttt alluded . as ll lignre of speech more" h t J ',l l ccnusc it was the most recent case. The plain statement of fact TI I}. It as . ot , onservzilive Govurnmeut, objections to the r" i . "Te were nth". Pkaf lumen Ity THI. WHOLE PEOPLE Senate, some of (iVi'di'sQt,/ol',':itty),t of the vii ' a . . . ' d .' 'e oun . . _ i- B, v cr. of the Province, had passed u. iiieasilw which l ciple and some as to the tttttt . l let', on rin. id s' " t id. working o the Al t a. P, ._ 2e .tsV,-fdy,a-a .. t m , . ._. - " _ " no . t " , _ " A qrderf' '."r'i _ " i' _. _ .1. View. "