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| When the house resumed after dinner, | Mr. Meredith stated that during his ab-- | sance in the afternoon Mr. Sprague's bill to amend the act respect'ng compensa-- tion to workmen had been read a third time. He had thought it was understood that this reading was to have been de-- ferred, or he would have been present to take a division thereon. He asked if there was anything in the rules of the house | to prevent it being recorded that the I third reading was carriedl on a division, | and, upon Mr. Fraser replying in the neg-- ' ative, Mr. Meredith asked that this be done. To this the house agreed, and the clerk was so instructed. industrial school $3,000 ; to build & slide, dam and piers at High falls on the Pigeon river, $7,500 ; sanitary improve-- ments at Osgoode hall, $,000 ; Govern-- ment house equipments, $3,000 ; to en-- large dairy building at the Agyicultural college, $3,500 ; for colonization roads, $17,100. 7 The house then went into committee on the plebiscite bill, Mr. Balfour in the chair. -- When this section was set forth the form of the question upon which the elector was asked to vote " yes" or "no" was reached, Mr. Meredith objected to the vote being confined to the question of prohibition in the Dominion, but urged that, in addition, the elector should have the opportunity to say if he approved of prohibition in the province, if he did not in the Dominion. Mr. Waters said that mo one could wish one and not the other, and the two ques« tions would only confuse. MUr. Ross added that the larger included the smaller, and no good could come of the proposed addition. Mr. Hardy said the only possible reas on a man could give for approving of provineial prohibition and disapproving of Dominion prohibition would be the loss of revenue derived from the traffic, but, as two-- thirds of that revenue came from On-- tario, even that reason was improbable. Mr. Tait had been associated with tem-- perance a'l his life, and he knew that what they desired was a straight, clear-- cut vote on prohibition, pure and simple, and over as wide an area as possible. The clause passed unamended, and the bill was reported, with a few important changes. Mr. Hardy thei moved the house into committee on his resolutions to ald cer-- tain railways. The resolutions proposed to grant assistance out of the consoli-- dated revenue fund, as follows :--The Irondale, Bancroft & Ottawa railroad, $3,-- 00 a mile for 15 miles ; the Ottawa, Arn-- prior & Parry Sound ra'lroad, $3,00. a mile for 35 miles ; Kingston, Napanee & Western. $3,000 a mile for 30 miles ; Cen-- tral Counties, $2,000 a mile for 46 miles. xO AID FOR MINING COMPANIES. The subject of government ald for blast furnaces, had, Mr. Hardy said, been very strongly presented by influential deputations, and the gov-- ernment had been cons!iderably impressed _ with the importance of the subject.,. After looking into the mat-- ter, however, they were unable as yet to decide in favor of aiding a smelter in the mining district. A large Geputa-- tion of Toronto -- capitalists had -- also sought aid in establishing a smelting in-- dustry; but the dificulty was that if one company were aided others would desire equal recognition and it would be diffi-- cult to know where to draw the line. It had not been established clearly, either, that the financial basis of the proposed company _ was altogether satisfactory. In the nickel industry he pointed out that there were already four or five furnaces at work, and these were originated and managed by private enterprise. Then, while recognizing the Iimportance of _ developing the fron _ industry the government -- could . not be _ ex-- pected -- to do anything to discourage private capitalists. If a company in To-- ronto were aided a company in Hamilton woulid naturally expect similar assistance, and it would be exceedingly difficult to know whe(te to draw the line. At the pre-- sent time.the Dominion government was in a state of doubt as to how far they should continue to aid the fron industry, either in the shape of a subsidy or by Lounty, and all things considered the provincial government did not feel that they could do anything in the direction asked for. Mr. Conmee expressed his dissatisfac-- tion with the so--called mining policy of the government. It was too meagre and it was unworthy of the province. HMe had often admired the minister of crown EVENING SESSION. AID TO RAILWAYS. lands for his ability in turning a shar;l; corner, but on the present occasion he thought -- the turn was altogether too sharp. He regretted to see that in aiding railways no aid was to be given to the Ontario & Rainy River railway. Mr. Meredith expressed regret that s important a subject had not been intro-- duced earlier in the session, so that it might be -- carefully _ considered. He thought the government should have brought down a more liberal policy. Any bonus to a smelting industry would be amply repaid in the general good that would ensue. He saw no harm if in bonusing the iron industry a healthy competition were aroused. If necossary a cortain sum for this purpose might be set apart annually. The policy of the government, he considered, was one of delay, so that they might have something to hold up before the party supporters. He moved in amendment that "while this house approves of the grants to the railways named, it regrets that his honor the lieutenant--governor has not been ad-- vised to submit for the approval of the house a liberal scheme for the develop-- ment of the mining resources of the province." At 1.20 this morning Mr. Meredith ob-- jected to the house taking up any fur-- ther business, and an adjournment was accordingly agreed to until 3 o'clock this afternoon. It was expected that yester-- day would have seen the business of the session concluded, with prorogation to-- morrow, but the formal closing of the session will now be delayed until Mon-- day, or possibly Tuesday, afternoon. TO LICENSE INSPECTORS. The following circular letter has been issuel by the provincial treasurer to the inspectors under the liquor Keqase laws : Toronto, May 22. Sir,--During the present session of the legislature, statements were made in the course of debate accusing license inspec-- tors and commissioners of partizaiship in the matter of granting licenses, of un-- duly influencing hotelkeepers in time of elections, as well as of wilful neglect of duty generally. Theso statements were Mr. Fraser moved in amendment to the amendment : '"That this house, approv-- ing of a reasonable grant to needful and deserving railways, intended to develop the colonization and inining interests of the province, do forthwith resolve itself into a committee of the whole for the consideration of the said resolutions." Mr. Meredith raise? the point of order | that an amendment to the amendment( was unconstitutional. This contention ; was opposed by Mr. Fraser and Sir Oliver | Mowat, and the speaker ruled in their| favor. 5 Mr. Meredith called for the yeas and nays, and Mr. Fraser's amendment was adopted by a vote of 49 to 33, Messrs. Harty and Conmee voting with the oppo-- sition. The amendment as amended was then put and carried on the same vote, and the original motion as thus amended was approved without a division,. The resolutions were then put through the committee stage, and finally concurrel in. and Mr. Hardy at once introduced his bill giving effect thereto. This was read.' a first and second time. In committee \fr. Meredith moved an amendment to expunge a clause in the bill giving the ontion of substituting half--yearly pay-- ments for forty years in lieu of the cash payment, which was voted down, an« when the house resumed the same amendi ment was defeated on a vote of 31 to 52 Mr. Conmee then moved the addition t the motion for the third reading of the fol lowing words : "And that it is the op'n ion of this house that during the rece« the government should consider and sub mit to this house next session some mers-- ure looking to the development of the mineral resources of the province," but after a full hour had been consumed in discussing the constitutionality of the amendment the speaker ruled it out of order, and the bill was read a third time and passed. SU the most part general, indefinite and | THE VOTERS' LTSTS.