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H-e PyPr.teditt ,Qsmio corild (IIS',', could be had under governor? 1)1i'u;l1rtttletuee,'ji;i' our resent system. This evidenced, what his own,'and he (the speaker) had crib; in J)') mind was plain, that the great spoken of r his ability. He understood I "Jurist (goth pmy.ru of PM country, Re., thoroughly the constitutional duty of a t form and , nservative alike, Were utterly _ governor, and although all his lite belong. . 9nd determinidly . opp osod P. sacritlc- ing tea party not represented by this govern. _ I',, tho rtrgtl, or.' . PM"??? a!" "gent, he acted as a constitutional governor lessens; ut 'f,d2t"."tl,'f,'L'",gtrl2; 'ttel d,1,re, l"" of "new 1mporuaee t t clef th t " , bein discussed lee" e eration and constitutional govern. i663 i"cl,'t'.'t'd'l"'t'Lyt :cihe 'l1UIQ of tin; ('di'leu),1uthe 2eLlhei,t"ttgfoe,"je,' . w [eliminate theemphatic deelara.tio.tyuoud be a party man, and should .actgas fairly as hi: mad. that there was a practically unani- majesty would under like circumstances. 3 noon 'gl",,"",', tllul-oughout t,e'r','.g,'g'f'T,te) Entry v1"t'g,tttt,nttgta"t",t,o,r, he had had to do ' e o 9 won t never Wit 1 in is as twent cars is was I 1'Qtil'l'l1J/'l', or commercial independence to say, had feted in an); Cl'22,' althogiigii i 3:213 t'g',"s',,)gdhe'uCt'i,"pod'/Lt'ng1ilt 35311635.??? o//',piL),l.ty belonged to I _ tempt to put down any discussion of the There was one other reason why he should l te,',": bof the lo/I"?,, op d to at- got begcrce ll. his rfelply to thehhon. mem. 4 tom any igi - anie means er. i any iartso us some had been to 'll'k, phblic discussion. The only way in devoted to prlaise. He had spoken of the which the weakness of the case of those progress of the province in very strong le, sfpoke 1',ru,e.t,eitt,ig',n 'anglthosl'3hol tel-Tia, It he (Mr. Meredith) knew that he ' s o e or any o erciange in in pou tea eoui no use an ex ression stron - cldndiiion of the country could be demon, er upon that poilnt than file: strated was by allowing free and open dis. (the speaker) had often expressed. i p cussion, so long as it was conducted within But what the Liberals complained of constitutional and reasonable limits. Mr. was that the progress might have been Meredith, continuing, criticized the admin. still greater. They complained that the istration of the crown lands department country had not been permitted to make as and the policy of disposing of the forest much progress as if a l illercnt trade policy wealth of the province, even though high had been pursued. (Applause.) Then the prices were realized for timber limits. A hon. member had shown his loyalty to our radical change of policy was requirod. The constitutional relations and to our Queen. forests should be conserved, and these He (the speaker) sympathized with hun parts of the country from which the timber there, and the speech was in the same vein. ' ad been taken should be ryiorytted.. Ho T.he lion. member had expressed appro- expressed his approval of the intention oi bati0n of the government's endeavor to deal the government to take up and improve with the voters' lists, and had pointed out the ditches and watercourses act, and also some of the dillicultios they all recognized I ke favorably of the proposal to amend and desired to remove. He agreed with the Tl, law in regard to the voters' lists, hon. member that the changes should be objecting, however, to the applica- made before tho next election, and this was l tion of the principle of minority the purpose of the government in preparing L representation to Toronto alone, the bill. Any announcement of the scope l the object of which he said was to give of the measure at present would not he so the government another supporter. He ro- necessary, as the bill itself_would be in the i gretted that the government had not yet hands of the members within ten days. dealt with the question of the mines and The crown lands policy had met with the . I minerals of the province, and expressed the l approval of the country. The hom mom. belief that there was a strong feeling in the ' bcrs opposite had urged that a timber com- country that something ought to be done to ttrssiou should be appointed, but the encourage the development of the resources lxamggt belv.rrrry,y1i1l_t'tt...i1_yf_eutys no of the province. Another matter .of F983;? commission could get any more information l W63 bht, will}: J/h,nUrt,rl,1sriduotr, 'Ile),,.",.':' than was already in the department. . The spree ih tom . tl ' sessi "but laws He ( hon. member htd.objeetei, to the policy of l ','dflp1'dll'dl"'totd '/i'dlt'1'l':1'l"d,u1'l1t pro l :lieldeparbment m regard to the tsale) . . . . _ Itll 'er. ui- system was utter in every t','i"t,dd,aih1lieon'1mi,1,.rcgtf,. "sf),',.',':',.:',"':,:,,",) Ill than any system ever adopted by any (plsiiiied of the lateness of the time at which iiiiiiiiiiim 2: "3:10, 'l).?,' pTnv,igi'fC,'f, tedt." ( the house had been called to meet, and said Take for instance the timber 0f l . that while anxious to facilitate the progress the ' Dominion Fhey had parted of business, he would be compelled to insist with their .timber hut in such on the constitutioiial right of the opposi- a way that instead of getting the highest tion of havmg sufficient time dalloweg theim price the pIofit got into the hand? of poli- to 6151111110 le tgCC'otttttt, an 11'ld 9]" gf" tical favorites. For a small sum important estimates. Finally hod_congratu or} hillr limits had gone in that way. That was not Oliver Mowat up?" the istinction W te le done in Ontario ne'every one knew. Then had. recently received at the hands of her the hon. member said they were using up Minty. their capital. Well, even so, he ought to run ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S REPLY. I-Eiiiepillicr that hno tle policy hnsbbelf'n Sir Oliver Mowat said that the hon. 32,231: 'ut"lI'd',"d." 11',t 'dit, "5:6 {vet}: member (,'iru2',ri",2.? had sponon lale nice- , pursuing at present wasp "I: has: and 1y that "rt," th ",'t2 :31"); '"l2'liTe, practically the only policy in the interests reply- th d of. f, M t d of the country. If they did not sell the , spaniel?" fig") Iver i' an"; ' an" bl' timber it could not be preserved, and it was t 0 "not; oh 0 I,',','f2""if; y,' Kerb ll' of iunnvnso service that they should sell to how can 1',dt5l'1' {Kl-"1.1 f Iff, te.).) those who would haves direct interest in ?,tf'.2,t',irll'liti1' T/d',' :2: a; T 33:2: its preservation. A single fire would cost vidllll° h 'Ili ti t the millions of dollars, and if not sold from sight?" e par 's' ,'l'dT"','d,'Q'l s " Ll' time to time it would take a perfect common? o 'l,'l,11 10 wor l or 'd,' army of men to guard it, besides tho greater (the 'P' all. 'll" l tdl,',"' Hay he encouragement given to trespassers under tees,. t s h. In". view tHU such asystem. With regard to the mining'; hon." , w. on tre y P f,T,'f . e policy, they had not yet quite matured the (Mr With) had been so long sitting in a course th t l . . . _ Minion; that the hon. commis- . a was uni or consideration. seat al ions that for the re: . le. Anomalies in the assessment laws had been tintelt'ld life he should be mo C,'".','), er referred to, but it was extremely difficult of bl Pl the housso--(a , r0 ffh" to obviate these, and many older states hal fort ttt ppiose)--atu grappled with the question with less suc- I eess. On the whole he was quite satisfied with the hon. mmnbor's speech, and glad to . know that they could a;ree on so many points. (Applause.)