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' It?,,'.'. ' . . TF F anus. __ - "i-em.--, 'g,fi'dtfa objected to the frequent 'r'l'l';tdfgil,"r,r"it't'u/h1d"" Mt no w. , a 1A,et,t,o/tgfe.taeit1i,-,ti,,1al as to' the convey. . mg." in test booka,claiming that parents Mr. Preston, proceeding, and waxing .19. 'a"lhhtll,"teel"2"t1. under the Free Grants ere burdened by having to buy books tor quent as he grew warm. remarked, "I tell . ' r eir children utterly unnecessary. . the hon. gentleman, I tell the members of AROUND THE HOUSE. Mr. Ostrom would like the {bumper of T this kHouse, and I tell you, too, Mr. ITEMS GATHERicD IN THE noose we or. ducation to take warninge 'ttttSCU. tt ea "---" PARTMENTS. ion, " he felt sure tttxt books would PM phlr. t'rtmtr--orrttr. order. The Municipal Committee met in the it important part at the next general eure.. Mr. Preston-" Xena too, yr. Speaker. morning. the leading bill before them beiu ion. In his constituency there was a that the people of this Provmce will not Mr. Lees, bill to amend the General Rug thug feeling against the price of school be content with the explanations of the Companies Act, which is framed with . ext books. . Minister of Education and that they Will view to give County Councils powers under Mr. Whitney thought the feeling was continue their agitation until the price of I certain restrictions to purchase toll roads hat the people of Ontario were paying po "ltot31 books hi reduced." The library where the committee sat was ( much for school books. During his oUoti.oy ' The discussion ended here and the rm- crowded. the following places being " re- here, was no question more brought to his lutiou passed by consent. scented for and against the revisions of T, , ttention than the price of school bookmlml HOMESTEAD nxsiiir'riox Aer. Lees' bill and also that of Br. McMahon _..: he would say that the majority It.' ttto rate: Mr. Balfour moved the second reading of Ant-aster, Ayr, Brantford, Glanford Lon. ..ayers also believe that their children have his bill entitled the Homestead 'Exemption don, Oxford, Ontario, Paris, Port Bo I. and - 0 many studies to attend to. Act. Jd'he object of the bill is toexempt York. The gentlemen were: - {layer 7 Mr. Awrey said he had the pleasure of from sale or levy under execution property ' -- - "'t . - .. , ttending five meetings held in the County to the extent ot 81,000 when the owner is in ll P"r, Ancestor ;. Dr. Mchar and P. l {Wentwqrth to consider the questionof occupation of the some. Mr. Balfour ttint- OLOiiuor, of Paris; Mr. Dickenson, ofl ducation. No teacher, parent " guardian ed out that almost every State of the Bunion Qlunford; Mr. Moyle, Brsuttordj Mr. l l ' id a single word against the text books of had such " law and that it worked very hlson, Reeve of London Township ; Mr. _, I e Public schools. If it Were} fact that beneticitdly there. He thought the absence Robeson, oi lmndon l'oivnship; Mr. Mc. [ l , -esehool books are sold at a higher price of such twlaw worked great harm to the Ronald, of Lincoln; Mr. lelhysm, Mr. ii l ttan reasonable. those mtretittgtr,he felte,r,e, Province and was the cause oi much of that 1 "Minna: Mr. lii'own and Mr. .Tilsott,, of l I ould have condemned the system. The emigration to tho adjoining republic which Qxford; Mr. Farewell, Ontario; Mr. V hole people of the Provmce, the speaker wasattributedtovarious othercanses. Amen buiart. of Port Hope; Mr. hark, 'Wurdeu of I .aiutaiueil, are of the opinion_ that the worked hard ull his life to scquireahonie, Pytrity, and Air. \Vurdeli, ,11' entworth. ' soho placed in tite haucr, oi tl"sir. children and then from some misfortune or other lost ', , 1'lusrs We! nothing to show tout the diih- I e the best and cheapest possible. He everything and under the present h", was] cults. will be removed this session~but it _ onld venture to say that there never was compelled to leave his home, lose every- I not improbable the Government .will intro. 1 Minister of Education as popular Pt the thing and be driven to other lands. Rather I duce 1es',islrtioe at i future ttesittott, Ttlt I ' rovince as Mr. Ross, y.otwithtt.andiug the than perpetuate wig system, in the (my. I will have the effect of making the Queen s i . riticisnis of the Opposition. (Cheers). cruttteut "ka. such a change in the law as rouds free to all classes of the people. Mr. Rosa again replied to y ou.er.ett-l, would encourage and enable persons ttot , PERSO'N'L' . t ions of the member for No.rt.h Grey. claim. ', situated to remain in the country. The l Mayor Mclwoy, of Lliatham, was in the 1 ing that the "rente'neu' which he y'utcyd , hou. gentleman gave valuable and interost. Hyy,e during the dtty. . into with the publishers, so_ for of drawmg ing "minim, concerning the number of Col. Ray, of Port Arthur, pccupies asset books are concerned, was In the interest of Canadians in the United States, showing on thorium- oi this. House. [he colonel. is the public. They have been reduced to the , that the native-born Canadians added to attending the 11ilitary.. school here with owest tigure possible. Other irovniecél their immediate descendants numbered Fciii ot the eiuccrs ot' his c0mpruty. have introduced these text books into their close upon two millions of msople. Every 1eeerteee1T"rrPrr'Pe"'etPett'f5Y lchooli. effort, he urged, should be made by the ills being 6 o'elock the Speaker lirft tlse Government to put a stop to this immense r tur. g otui 'ration. Many of these emigrants, AFTER REt3ES.B. . who: they gave a reason for their euiigrn. norm": BcsI.NEs.c, D'sm'hh OF' Sy.'. in": tion, explained that in Michigan, or some scte0or, BOOK DEBATE THEN CONTPLLD' other one of the United States, they could After dinner, thes House not beiug.very live without fear of their house being sold (all, it proceeded to dispon of some private over their heads. The principle of the Act , bills. The House went into committee had bceiimdopted and W" iuoperation in and mum-.31 h numhor of these a "age, Manitoba, and no doubtthiit was one of the nod then read usecond time the following "Nous why that Province had trken P' bills:-. many of our best settlers from Ontario. Re. cctin the Ontario & Sault Ste. The lion. member said he Would sd))',"?;;'.?],',',',. Light & Powor Company and by"? bani plht'llslod hind I"? C(pvci'nmznt the Town of Raul: Sic. 1larie-Mr. L on. in en up t " l . e " love tie t" HT" authorise the Synod of the liiocesye of iorilfime'cmtl favored its Eriiidpkh :19 Mon to sell certain laude-Mr. Meredith. I tat one PO " one time, MW 0 . 0 0' Respecting the consolidation of the do, lieved the enactment of auch a law would beutu/edebl' of the City of 'l'ovoeato--Mr. go far to retain our population, decrease E. F'. Clarke (Toronto). . our pttuperisut, stimulate industry and To revive and amend the Act incorporat- , thrift in our midst. and encourage trade on ing the Snrniu & Lunlrton Southern Iuil. it healthy biisis. The bill before the House Way Uomptut--3lr. Uranium had been carefully drawn, and, he believed, Respecting the Toronto, Hamilton & contaiihedfall tth',',',',',') feutgres of the Acts "_" anlalo Railwn Com on -Mr. Le's. in ttie iierent morican 'states. Respecting tyne Kira"); & St. Callinrincs Mr. Fraser said he was not. disposed to Street Runway Compauy---Mr. Garson. oppose the bill nod lie complimented Mr. TUF. scum", noon mum". Balfour on_hnvmg so ably introduced it to. sd""cl'i,e,,t,e on the resolution offered by thtystttTtiors of the "(Tie-ME" Taught r. fusion Wes the" continued b Dr. BO Important a. met"ure I IOU not ecomo Willoughhy, who reiterated the argiiiiioiits hor until it had been much more discussed advanced by his side of the Huuso during in the country and in the press than " the afternoon. fancied had been the case up to the present Then Mr. S ra no at in his retest time. It was important enough, too, to against the "38.30, tl':, (ligcugajog), inas. become a Government measure, if after Pinch as it had becotm, almost an attack deliberation the Government came to the tl',',','.' thin educational system oi the Prov. (it."'lu/'ile that i" W'? advisable l take it q co. "his whole sabiect had been r t up. twas too ate. t0wovqrr, to o " " _horoughly threshed 1out at the gsiintityl this session. At the same time, he saw no Clection, and now, it seemed, the whole re'ttbott why the Hom", should not now dia. . ing would have to be done over s sin. CUM tlte bill if it pleased. v, e was glad, however, that the 2'Llfll,"i 'l'her'e being, however, no disposition ap- I ad lost one of its old aspects, viz., that of pareutly to discuss the hill just then, Mr. 311%" Bible. Balfour moved the Elischsrge "f, theForder, . r. Ingram continued the discussion for expressing ttis sutis aetiou " r. raaer'e I " Opposition, claiming that from his own statement. nowiedge he "as aWiire of the feeling Pus'lm" Busmhss- l isting that books were too high-priced. The Attorneydieneral at this point l Mr. Preston then replied to the speech suggested that having in. view the period ~ the .yinis.sty of Education. He Was en- which tho session had reached it would be a ely iiissatisheil with the explanations of ' good thing to send as many " possible of l r. Hoes. He insisted that ten cents was the bills making amendments to the l enormous price .for the drawing books l Municipal Bill to the Municipal Committee. w ed, produced again. the Irish book which i The suggestion was 'adopted generally, . . E _had exhibited during the afternoon. and {and municipal amendments proposed by , id that Mr. Ross' explanation of the dif- Messrs. Ostrom, Wylie, Stratton, H. E. r rence orprics between it and that of the Clarke. Ingram, Graham, Ltrms, Fuld, Mc. p, itario reader was trifling With the intelli. Kay, Bronson, Clancy, Guthrie, Wood of l ytef the House.- Tne price of the one Hastings and Coiimee, wore read a second , as 62d, and the price of the other was a time and referred to the Municipal Com. I liar. . t mittee. Municipal amendments proposed , Air. Ross. interrupted here to point out', by Mr. McMahon and Mr. Garson were it: the para of the Ontario Fourth Reader 5 declared lust in divisio n. on y y con s. , ct, Mr. Preston said that there was another l NOTICES on norms. Itook that had to be Purchased with it-a Mr. flltyn --On li in!" mtxt--Bill to _ commentary, or something of the kind. amend the b'aw Log Dull"! Act. . Mr. Ross said the book was complete in Alv. Prenton-.0it Eriduy next-mill to itself, its full price was tifty "a... and the a??? the hot respecting the office of sher- second book referred to bv Mr. Preston was il ' . I.", In". to ytysud the Act respecting not in any'way iuithori'sed by the 123m- L?","'"'"'" of instruments ninth" to -_