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= order mu granted. " nu: ""le manna. _ flu resumption ot the ndJournmi dobato'hn (be second tending ot Mr. A. F. Wood's bill to, provide tor the secrecy "(the ballot at election: of members of tho Legislative Assembly stood firut "not": public bills and orde-rs.aml. "ecard. tmrupatrroeu""tt, it was taken up. Mr. Creigh- ton had tho floor, and he spoke at some lonath. Ma main oll'ort being to show that the pro-out system is not secret. but that the use" of tho candida". if present. at Well as the 'ltr,y, returning officer, see- both sides ot tho bu ot '"ll'l" and knows how tho vote has boon out. o urged that tho Government were getting into such . tangle in regard to Discussion of Mr. Wood's Ballot Bill. VOTE ON THE SECOND READING. Mr. Meredith moved again tor an order of Ibo House for a return showing the lots. town- tl'/,"d or other area in the Electoral District of at Alumna. the timber ot which has been Bold. the date: when the same was sold. the lune")! the unrchnsern mm the prices paid. Showing also what timber lat-rill: or other lei- Htorrin the said district have been placed tsnturliconsso, or in Pol',','.',',",' of which permits to cut timber have won granted under the authority of the l'mvmcc: tho "to when first placed under license. or permits tirst granted ', tho name of the ori. ginal licensee or holder of the permit; the nuns ot the present lit-ensue or holder ot the permit. and the bonus per square mile ru- oelvod for each each berth or other terri- Six Months' Hoist Carried by a Large Majority. OTHER BUSINESS TRANSACTED. album-o Bclatlnx to tho Karon-mu- tory-Tho Public Accounts mtmtntttee--6 Cor- motion. March 12. 1890. This was a field day for the Denounce. though they scored no victories. With slight interruptions they talked nil day. Tho subject was the Ballot Bill introduced by Mr. A. F. Wood. and when the division took place at ten o'clock at night the Opposition was pretty well winded. Although they talked so long they really said very little that was new, the Ipcecheeeonsisting mainly of empty enlarges against the present system ot voting by ballot and the depicting of the inmxinary advantages to ensue by the adoption of the system advo- cated by Mr. Wood. An incident of the debate was the inainuation ot Mr. Whit. ney that the Government had hidden its eupportere hold their tongues. and that this was why they were not talking much, and the sharp and eit'rctive and entire repudiation of ouch an idea by Mr. Harcourt and subse- quent speakers. The bill was defeated by the Government's big normal majority of 22. the vote being 54 to 32 in favor of the six mouths' hoist moved by the Attorney-Gonerul. The rest of the business of the day. excluding the introduction or an important bill concerning the Provincial itciormatury. wax. comparative- ly uninteresting. although quite aeharp tie- lmte and "VP" a division took place on Mr. Greitthton's bill to amend the Public Lands Act. FOtyT READINGS. The following bills wore introduced and read a tin-t time '.--, Mr. Momma: llloVul for an order of the House for the return ot a copy or the iudgment pronounced by the Hon. Mr. Justice Robertson in an action in the High Court of Jusxico, wherein John J. Home" is pluhnitf 3nd lune t:iwarthout and others uro defendants. and topic. of all correspondence betweentho Li- nens. Commissioners for tho out riding of the County of Kent um! the Provincial Soon-tan or any . hrr ntotuiror or otticer of the Govern- menlon the subject ot the granting of tho Mega-u which were in causation in tho mid lemon. AnuctAvith respect to tintm And summary oqtyeietiotttsrTho fuorttoylnerqt. _ -- _ 7 To amend the Act r.etit.ectitr4 tho aslnblish- ment of municipal institutions in outlying dia- trggta-Mr, LP?". ___ - _ - The 61'er was allowed after n slight omendn- Mort of tho menu: " the suggestion of tho Pro. Uilwul Secret-r): nuance-Hug tho culling and monsuremrnt of uwlo¢s-The ('ommluiruor of ('rown Lands. Respecting the Unlvcruily of Torouur--Mr. lynching. _ _ . _ _ - -HciruTiiiiid" tho Act respecting tho spread of legions were"---). Clancy. - __ - _ An Act. respecting centric-Lu of life insurance "-11ott. J. M. Gibson. - Reining to thojurisdiction of Courts of Gen- eral Semen: of the Peace-Tho Attorney- General. Pubic"; -itliCi'rovinciat Itotormatorr- Bo.n. A. M. floss. THtRO ummxu. The following bUl was road a third time and ".5996;- _ _ _ -- " - -- - A moms: coscMt8tiro.sERs' umunxa. WEST ALGOMA TIMnicn. l a few lauglmmlnch is apparent! what henitns l at doing. He did 'f.ldlr'r',h'lftllflUt'illt'u'l knew 'eeverul men who would have voted forhim. _ but theynverc afraidthey would be found out and so did nut vote at all. il" said ho strongly approved tho bill. and he expressed tho belief Ithat the Government ll your or two hence would enact just such a measure as that pro- posed. l Mr. Gnrson continued the debate, and made who beet speech he has yet delivered in the House. He was whit-melt to several m- terruptlone. and showed himself very 'ii,',",'.) in report" and a very clever debater. Ho r diculed the speeches of the Opposition. none of which he said had amounted to uni- thing save that of the mover ofthe ulll hlmse t (Mr. A. h'. Wood). They had really all amount- ed to the same thing. and them woe little to ',_, --. "P'.-""' ---V r""l"'" . T Then there was a uric! intermission. during which Mr. Murray opposed the bill and ex- wrt', his satitsftat,'i6ti at tho present. system. he Opposition, lhuugh almost exhausted. went at it again. and Mr. Whitney, Mr. French and Mr. Rorko. one after the other, urged what they held to be tho (KL-reeks of the grown; system. They Were angry at no mem- m' of the Government si-lerof the House rising. mu] " hurt an Opposition wanker told them (ho: had been hidden to remain silo: t. '_'l',_,r . -. A» w _ __ _ -e --- "_i"_"._'.. Ver nv-n-uu nucl L. Mr. Harcourt nt length relieved the monotony try, making is bright. sharp speech on the other side. lie warmly repudiated the insinuation that the Government had hidden its supporters keepsilent. 'l'lternan who suggested such a. thing. he insisted. proved that he knew noth- ing ot tho true principles of Liberalism. Sup- garters of the Liberal Government were never idden to speak or to remain silent on any h"ff,t/g'i' that come below them. He had had t ehenorot sitting in the Home fertwelvo yeah-hum never once to his knowledge had the C!trv0rtuuttottsarestod that its supporters should stay silent on any question.' The hon. gentlemen said all the 'speeches of the Opposition were based on u must untulr. vicious and false nuntnpuon. namely. that the officials of the Gotrerrument wilfully went to work to do what they know to be wrong. Thut was the assump- tion on which all their "ailments were based. Ho won enrnrised. he mild. nt so many mem- bers of tho Opposition talking of purity of election. He wan astonished that they cared to discuestho subject. Many members of the Opposition had ndmltted that an absolute secrecy of tho ballot was impossible. yet they most viciously nttacktd the present system because it Wee not absolutely secret. Yet " lolutu secrecy 'raq secured new it the oiflocrs did their duty, and he thought it unfair to assume that the ullluero would not do their duty. The question of secrecy ot tho ballot was in any case a. matter that concerned only flvo per cent. of the population. Even a smaller percentage than thut in fact. if tho illiterate portion of the people and the blind \reretnkcn into account. Ho would vote for the bill it he believed nny part of the people sum-rod injustice under the present law, or if ho thought there Wes uny ndvnntnge in respect to secrecy in the bill brought in by Mr. Wood over the present system. He taunted ttmopposition with the record of the Conser- vetlvu party. who. he Mid. had certainly not been in furor of secrecy of the ballot, and claimed that the bill would never have been so nrderttlr advocated by hon. members oppo- oile but for the bankruptcy of the Up"usit,ion, who had no leeilimete ground of attack Ngninhl the Govet'tunent,rttul so wriedriven to thin. " the lender of the Opposition ever crossed the tioor of tho House-m purely im- nninntlve "vent-he prophesied that he would soonlooae the radicalium that now pouessod him. which was disguised under the name of Coutrervutiv0,tsud under the responsibility of high executive oftice would speedily become a C insol'vittlve in the true sense of the word. one. namely. who would teo.tssyrvo..a.ll that which was good, and none of that which was had. A: to trusting the people.which the hon. members opposite said the Government were atraidto do, the charge was an absurd one. The Govcrnttsettt did trust the, people. and the people trusted the Government. They Juultrusted the lust! of the Government for tho last 17 you", and would trust him for .17 yours more it the Deposition continued its preteen: policy. . _ H _. ' * - . - W, -----V_M._ __M.r.rv T"-"'"'"'-""-, nun-lunacy. and continuedin the "and TtElk' _ tr Mung, Clancy. Can-om and 1tt, who A! ltmglv '"Jttig",1, the bill, an urged the old and wal -known arguments against the We!" syllem, which Mr. Clancy denounced u a con. Ipifncy against the poopje. _ Mr. furcourt also drew attrntion to the fact that at two recent municipal elections in To. ronto. had bran asserted by a, newspaper that the minority candidate had been elected Mnyor, yet. by the wtncjottrnal it had been Very elears ly show" that had tthe election taken place nmlvr tho Legislative ballot such an injustice Would have beep qvgidcd. _ . _ - _. Mr. Ingram denied the bankruptcy of tho Opposition. thruuteued the Government with a. tour oemrs' hoist In return for the 24 moutus' hoist. whit-h tttey intended to give this bill. and _ claimed that tho Conservative party in On- a tario bed a better record than the Liberal as to V purity ot election. Then, it being' mx o'ctoek, the Speaker left the chair. Mr. Motcalto hav- ing the ttttor. j'ii7iii;ieiiiiiii; "t'hriiait"viuO' Smithvilio Junction Lailwny cotttm.r--,M.r. Harcourt. th..'!'? slcgnliso the municipal election of the V Hinge of Port "owtxn-Mr. Freeman. , THE DEBATE RESUME" Then the debate was proceeded with. Mr. Mama": said nothing very striking. but, by a liberal use of signing ttnd A tuvoy ot {nth rtu.tot! "any"... ..... ..-..- .._..-_-.,. To im-urporuc I he Rout. & Lambton Railway C9ytpanr-3lr. .Chncy. . To incorporate tho Dunnville, Amen-11m) a Smithvillc Rain"): Companyzhlf. 11lih"yy,t: After recess. the House for a timo was very thin, and though Mr. Melcalfc's arguuwnts tututntqttctttly proved to be ot uimilar texture, {9:1, it was apparently than?" unfair to ullpw mu to gut ott'his little jo 'cs beforo so 1cw mambo". Ind the House devoted u few minu- lus to rrlvato bills. tioventl of these were paused t trough the (bnnnmoo stage, and than As.' {gnawing wore with a second y?,Y,iri, "ii; "iiiGiGlhU 'tiCiiiirGriU' an} End Railway C?ytpaur-iur. "qua tyuryy.. __, n .. PHI" ATM BILLS.