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I f S. cent. of the total school grant miada of the Liberals regarding the condi- [i' , last year these schools received tion of the farmers had availed them little, ' fer; cent. of the total grant. The , and taunted them with losing the oral , - r in the public scheme should be ' election and with being nearly Ji"l'd'1'l1 in ', and much of the work now done in the bye-elections. IT 'rl high schools should be done in public won as connorriox. , '%g ' ' 1.n reply to yt. Balfour's charge Mr. Awrey said that there was not much I r, 'qrtitT among Conservatives, he read ground for giorifiiion over the result of ', r written and published ten P!"'. the eleotiona or the methods adopted to win I , . in 'rhi.eh tir. Balfour urgesdt.oo1iuPU the bye-elections. (Hear, hear.). Mr. ': i t ter, in View of an approaching_elcc' Clancy had endeavored to make capital out ' I to see that the election committees of . ten-year-old letter by Mr. Balfour ', I Wor king properly and alsso to get the with reference to the voters' lists, but if it i " made sotid. E had not been for the voters' lists the F ~ , AFTER RECESS. country would have been saved the pitiful . After recess the House went into com- 1 exhibition at London. (Hear, hear.) F tl, ttee on and passed the bill to confer cer- I To show the c.'orrupt methods adopted by powers upon the Chatham Waterworks r the Conservatives to. Win the byGel14etioris 2 pony, the billtoincorporatc the Ham- , he read the following letter winch was , Grimsby & mowing Elect. ie Rail- I ' written at St. Mary's during thecainpaign I , ~ Company, and the bill to confirm . I i in South Perth and sent to one of the Tory r tain agreement made between the West i heelers "I St. Thtymo '.--- F, , tsrio Pacific Railway Company, the on. l ." DEA" -----Your telegram to hand trio & Quebec Railway (mummy. the Can. I this p.m. and glad to hear from you. The Idian 1hseitie Railway Company and the l people have not got here with P.t influence Co ration of the City of London, and w yet. Things were quitedull until to-uight, ' dodge valid certain debentures issued by and maybe? to-morrow l may bo all O.K. l the said Corporation. I Hold yourselves in readiness at anytime. I J The following bills were read a second i I will wire you when to come if ak. ' if i t ti-re-ale, amend the act to incorporate .uoti will Wire you no good. Mr. R. Biri the Western University of London, Ont, " not 1trt y".. Keen, 1'ht,"re.t. ltr. Boss: to incorporate the City of I "Yours tn haste, W. H. 1sivase." Windsor, Mr. White ; respecting the Town I Those were the methods they had to con- ef Toronto Junction, Mr. Gilmour l to tend against. Regarding the address to . amend the act incorporating the Synod of the Central Farmers' Institute, Mr. Awrey , F the Diocese of Niagaraund to authorise the showed by reading from the text of it, as I sale of certain lands, Mr. Gibson (llsniil- handed to the reporters present, that there I ton); to incorporate the Toronto & Ash. was no ground for tho charge that he had bridge Bay Improvement Company, Mr. garbled the trade and navigation returns. Tsit; respecting the City of Toronto, Mr. Mr. White MW"? made an interruption, i E. F.Ciarke(Toronto): to further amend the Mr. Awrey sai that the member for I. act incorporating the Brockville, Westport I Essex had asserted the other day that Mr. I . hiiauusie.MariiAui1warco'y.,Mr.1'reitoa; ' Tait was a member by act of 1urlituntsat, ) to incorporate the Town of itat Portage, I but he (White) held his seat blilOlifii the ' Mr. Cameron; to amend an act respecting I courtesy of the members of the otuer-- the Township of Harvey in the County of ;(hear, hear,)--becau" if tho powers of .' Peterborough, M r. McKay (Victoria); to i the Legislature were invoked as they consolidate the debt of the Town of ' I should be when a man tries to throw off his t hourg, Mr. Field ; respecting the City of allegiance totheQueen,thatgentleniaiiwould 't Ottawa, Mr. Bronson ' to incorporate the not be a member of the House. (Applause.) '. Town of Mattawa, Mr. Loughrin. He defended the action of the Central In. Mr. Meredith opposed the second read. stitute in discussing which Were the beat ing of the bill to provide for the division of markets for farmers. Why, at the very the Township of Sandwich East into what time he was speaking before the institute l are known as the English and French sur- the party friends of those opposite were in veys. He deplored this kind of legislation, Washington endeavoring to. find a market which would only tend to keep fartherI there for the very same prouucts of which apart people who should be united in the he spoke. Ho.w then could it be charged management of municipal matters. I that he was using the institutes for political Mr. White said good-will would be main. purposes? The institutes had done more to tained between the tworuces by granting Ieducate the farmers of. Ontario than all their requests and not by icfusiiig them. other means. Ho asked if Prof. Robertson The interests of the two ends of the town. in his addresses did not do more to ship were diverse and both parties asked encourage farmers to change the sys- for the legislation. The motion fur the tem o farming than anything else. _ second reading was then carried. The Central Institute never thought of poli- ', Mr. Meredith-Carried on division. ticsin electing ottieera. The vice-president, , Mr. ivhite-..No '. no division. tin secretary and .our out ofthe executive Mr. Meredith-Yes, carried on division. of seven were Conservatives. He appealed , . ' .-... M I to gentlemen opposite to cease these tut. ;' rm. Ie".':".': "M I" founded attacks which were calculated to l Mr. Miscampbell, "l resuming the debate injure the work of the institutes. Very on the motion resiwt'llng tue tduuation.of nearly as many farmers' sons were educated farmers'sonS. tsaid thst tho "Hing examin- ', at high schools last year as the sons of those atlon was so hedged about that it was of no I of all other callings. The agricultural com- ; practical value to the rural schools. The munities are deriving more benefits from, standard of the public schools should bel high schools than are any other classes. raised so that the people. might, be able to I At, least 50 per cent. of all the money grant- [ tg,' their children a ftsir education. He I ed to high schools and collegiate institutes precated dragging educational matter! 5 should really be credited to a fund used for , into the arena of party politics. educating farmers' sons. It was unfortu. t Mr. Meredith said there must be some- nately true that theAgricultural College was ' ing wrong with the mtuttwement of the F not as well attended by young men " it' Agricultural College when the number of I should be, but this was probably owing to he students was not increasing. He Enid the fact that so many young men Went to tttesta; out of the 130 students at the col- another country. The fact that go .mny were foreigners, and the money of the sons of foreigners were in attendance at the "vines should not be spent on educating college was proof that it was in a high state them. Means should be provided to ascer- of attieieney. All over the Province, from thin what becomes of tho students when Windsor to Ottawa, were scattered gradu- I they leave the college. The fact was that ates of the college, One of the gradutes _ the most of the students did not return to was teaching in Scotland soniethin about the farm, but left the country. 1htt.Minisr farming they did not know there. Tumors tor of Education had altered no inducements do not want anyspecial legislation. Farmers to the country to employ better teachers wonderedatthenew-bornzeal of professional in the public schools. The tendency men opposite in their behalf. If the farm. of education here ought to be to . on were iven unlimited entrance to the magnify the importance of farming. ' heat markets in the world the farmers In: -nclnding Mr. Meredith said the Jere.