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r. if). .. . .__ "a, 'tttttar': Riatott ' _ - ' more!" colors would avoid the l e " u rded to Fill',',',',',',','."",,'; confusion in marking and counting that '. should be tfo, xprerir a' formal opin- would result were the ballots all the, this province ho eor not the Imttortatiom. same. This practice had been followed ton as to whet er l into or within this in the city of Toronto in taking a ballot manufacture or Mue . be - on questions not necessarily of a muni- province of intoxicating liquors as a v cl a1 character In order that the parties should be Immediately prohibited; , p . . 1',1few'l'Jll2', such opinion can be. tttpst interested in the question. and the vote conveniently ascertained by ballot here.. yea or nay on it may be represented at . matter mentioned; therefore her Mtuets- Ithe ballot box, to prevent improper vot- '. ty, by and with the advice and consent ing. and see that persons presenting of the legislative assembly of the pro- themselves to vote were duly qualified, vince of Ontario. enacts as to1iows '.-- the clerk of the municipality was author- ihe house had received IN petitions ized to appoint agents as the candidates from Methodist churches, 77 from Pro-1- at an ordinary election were authorized! 5 bytemm churches and a 'rrtytt many trom to appoint agents on their behalf. The ' other churches. besides petitions from a proposal, as shown in section ll, was c- ttreat many of the best men and women "The clerk of the municipality shall In the country. and it was thought that attend at his office on the second Monday some attention should be paid to the prayer in December, 1893, at the hour of 12 o'clock ' of these petitions. and that the house noon, for the appointment of nergons to would only do itself Justice in recognizing attend at the various polling places and _ the importance of that prayer and the at the final summing up of the votes by propriety of granting it. The object of the clerk on behalf of the persons ad- ' the bill as set forth in the preamble "as vocating the ittnrmative and negative of to ascertain formally the views of tho said question respectively." , people of Ontario In respect to the ques- Section 12 provided the mode of appoint- ' tion of the prohibition of the importation, ment '.-- manufacture and sale of intoxicating "The clerk shall appoint from among liquors as it beverage. It was proposed the applicants for such appointment. or that the poll should be taken on the on behalf of applicants for each muni- . tirst Monday of January. 1891, at thetlme cipality, ward or polling subdivision in l that the municipal elections are held, and the said district, in writing signed by "sin all portions of the province where there them, two persons who may be members is a municipal organization. It was not of some recognized temperance organiza- proposed to take a poll in unorganized dis- tion, on behalf of the persons interested tricts. That would necessitate the ai'- in and desirous of obtaining the nfiirm- pointment of returning otticvrs and the ative answer to the said question. and a number of deputies and the printing of like number of agents on behalf of the ballots at considerable expense. "asides. persons interested in and desirous of ob- the population in these districts was so taming a negative 'answer of the said sparse that when an expression of opizi- question. to attend at each polling place ion was got from the municipalities of and at the summing up of the votes by Ontario it would add very little to its the clerk." . ttugniticance. It was proposed to spur-.- Care was also taken that in the sum- the expense of taking it poll in theme ming up of the votes, and the JiTur:iir/i, northern districts. but another reason of these Votes to the clerk of the iiiiriiiii'? was that " was desirable that the poll tive assembly, a, due discrimination was should be simultaneous. The rule ,i/,'1'u,t.t made between the different classes of Momentary elections in these ulstric.s is voters. The retiring oiiicer should in the that the vote should be taken between first place send to the clerk of the muni- the first of May and the first of .\onm- cipality a statement showing the total ber, while the municipal elections were number of voters on the list for the logis- 2222222 tie 22. 22.22:. 222222... 2 lative W... . statament ot the total . l they followed the precedent ot parlianiont- "3Tb" in fairent lining"! hteor xgtthe: I ary elections. and accordingly. rather Mta,temen o e o a um, I than take this course, considering that who had voted, and a statement of theI the expression of opinion would be re- total number of women who "will 3019:. lativeiy small, it was considered un- so that when the returns reac er, _-ii" necessary tor the object sought that a clerk of the legislative assembly every- ballot should be taken in these districts. body could see the relative strength hot; " was provided that the persons qnaii- the vote polled. The ordinary no a s. fied to vote should be of two classes-first, vote for the legislative assembly I:vas _ those who were qualified to vote in (nec- about half a. million. It TWO 0: t FEE; tions to the legislative assembly ct this hundred thousand peOpie voted or tteI province. and second. unmarried women trttirmative, then it would be easy ol and widows whose names are entered on make a comparison of the relative] the voters' lists as uualmed to vote at strength of the vote. In fed','",',"] I'g,i municipal elections. It was lesirable that there would be submittedh t f3 "Hill: li-i this expression of opinion should be full. of widows and spinsters W 3 Salad Sad If they limited the expression of opin- tled to vote, and the num of. t: s",.' t ion to those qualilied to vote at muni- voted, so that the strength o or v0: cipai elections only, the vote would he could be seen at a glance. The 'il',",",,',','.',',", much smaller than " " were open to .conpected with the ballot would e drne voters in provincial elections. The muni- iby the municipal 001171110113 concerns . cipal franehise was limited. while the Mr. Meredith-Hear, 9223-") tthef rm franchise for the legislative assembly "as . opMtrieRttrigo,nvt2t15ase J','?,' bill t IT,'.?, ise. The believed that . _ s',",,'),','.)"',',':,,",':?,??":',":, qualiSiied to vote for being a separate ballot for men and a sag)- members of the house was interested, arate ballot for women. as ht.l.eA'tl',',t,a 'd either directly or indirectly. In the pcti- _ l explained. Then directions 1'f,1'i'v""tl'd'UJ' tions submitted to the house, and they the voters, following very closely t 'f., 1; believed that as he was uualMed to vote rections given in the case of mu? ttpa for a member of the house he was emln- elections: yAth the addition thathe 5;: 1','f, ently qualified to express an opinion on voting yes to the question sic? 'Ili [this question. As many petitions had considered as expressing an op n 01: 'l, 'come in from the women of this country. favor of prohibition to the ext.en o _ . d so far as the women of the country which the legislature of this provmre or it; not the game privilege of franchise the parliament of Canada has jurisdic- s the men. they proposed to go as far tion, as may be determined by the court a the law 'recogmzed their right to the of ttnal resort. It was 1ttytt/r:aH' that 1'UGidl and give them an opportunity _ any elector should say "no to tine ones- of expressing their opinion. It would tion because of 2t,do/1,t/et,,,i"'ateaui"i JESS: 'servc the purpose of making the expres- Isle,'," 'Iafshfogrfd in TI legislative as- Ision of opinion more general: it would give gazing" that was a mandate 10 the as- the 1:31; "ttyt/cf,,,"?,', 'd',uk%,t,"'trfi,x; sembly' or a call upon it to support pro- ess gi'; the mm to express it, and would m s',le',iutlr'a,de,e,','.t,t,ie,'t',y :5. it: /it'uit,2,e, able the house more EOTK'NSIF tgdmg- w:-s found to be in the Dominion parlia- prehend the extent o e tma . ment, this would mean, "Go to the Do- i prohibition. minion parliament, and urge the Domin- ', TO Avon) myrt'smx' ion parliament to pass an act for the The ballot being taken at the time " prohibition ot the manufacture. importa- . the municipal elections it was necessary tion and sale of intoxicating liquors." I to guard against confusion in the count The suggestion had been made in some l or the designation of the ballot. " was quarters that the vote did not mean what provided that for this vote the ballot it was intended it should mean. It meant papers to bo used by men should prohibition wherever the power" to give be printed on yellow cotored prohibition was. It did not mean pro- paper. The elector who went into the hibition in the future, for the question . booth to vote in the municipal election ' read ..-. would be presented with an ordinary "Are you in favor of the immediate pro- l ' municipal ballot. If a man he would be hibition by law of the importation, manu- presented with a yellow colored paper ', facture and sale of intoxicating liquors as ballot on which to register his vote if he a. beverage 't ' f desired to do so. The women would be i It would be a command or a request to l given a blue ballot. In counting the halo those authorized to grant prohibition to lots there need be no confusion. The bal- ' ' do so without delay. lots would all be placed in the same box. I,