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C" l _ . /v t b- " - V . _ F ""T""' 1 at: -t-"-iittirtTid policy of the Gom' / t _ ' . a." far-as it was suite. and so fat- as I "tut Em m 'CW ina in possible to carry it out, and the 1 come our . then mm m pow re- , lace was the proud possessor of tttll-. turntable to the murttettmBttt" end the f . '. upon millions gl, assets ' 1"fglrit; It might he M in certain can! , - . _ tandlng limbs". . y. t en. a. _ l 'ir mun e ought to be ooze- ' J. If, : .we sell a single limit or tg'iQPie,g'ttit when that View. and ' . ' it single mm ? Por two reasons :~First. tit could be "i, accomplished by pmoeed-. q it was better to sell them than to ling farther upon the principle already In " "tent burn down an settlement took operation. Were this done very little fault» . e and railways were built: and. 'would be, found with the eyotem of "Fig cont]. because they believed the Province Pointing these 0mm IMHO" " tttp:"'?, ball a duty to perform to Its unfortunate people were opposed to the multiplicationa ' classes. Homes had to be provided for the le,!, elections as well as to the (axial of l F Had. the deaf and dumb. the idint'lc ttl i i'ltt,P, ittto all 2t'ttt',e,,t'irt'gl to, At) insane. Supported by tho sympat lies " W v . tthe wt!" o N - F J' li','e',",'JJa2ut', large-near:ed pectin at the can br igiit . It' M, .. would undduht mvlncc. " was the policy of the Govern- edly lead: ia .. _l. , question would . ment to take its tailing {harem t','g'Te,t no doubt be d 'l,': 'iGil amount» we 1 - . and comer em e ' n. an m c, w , i'iltit,?,',t',i'i'r:,ts'z', as that now being erected at Al'8irrli. upon tt. Ithmroierttr the POW? Broekvme for the care and comfort ot the they possessed " one of the oontedetated insnntu rathor than to leave those untor- Irovlhceu ot tho Dominion they wer innate people a burden upon the "main" It bound tO'proceed, "endless of r3139, te- palitios m which they helungei. 1 ileum or "ducting out Justice, undi Tii/ proposition of the l'nitmi Stains 'nathlng more than Justice. to all. The; ciji.irn'ndGt to admit our lumher free of intelligent and fturmttndatd people of the d, l'.' . thin at which both 9m... Province would have no other policy. For ats "as some g ' of the 11mm, and M1 invites in all MPL'- 22 years they and mworted the present tions of the country would ttdolce. Government in-viihe carrying out of this Mr, Wood briefly 'Att",";') St the Je"','.,',". i't',",it,t:dtrJc1t',t1'ta'lr't2,ot'l't! 1e,otig, -m. our". to the m new a- eau, C sources JN'?, Province. t? the questinn all? 3:302: principle, and in: new" ot. drainage. and to t. n act or tn" Pt'trY'Pit- b _ 1'ttatrel'vtrt'eTT"e",?'f', ' n or criioltr in children. He thcn Dru-i ',','aler, . rovlnce. were still en-,' is n . ..,-. P l ' tab in the hearts of the le of o 'l'itk,r,t:.Jo.1l?.t."',iusrv, in the midi-ass i) Marlo. mp n1. I tga'guw'?m£ 'ift,l'"J,t,,"1'i',e"i'), '23); "r",.')'),'"':'," "agaséood resumed his seat amid heart :0 P P e [.911 " I)" " i. I' v'. F", ' C . . inc: Mrivtly in harmony with blto spirit of MB. 00'"!!! SICOVDS t the times. and it "its (-vm'vwhnrc l't'i'Oir- _ F- _ . '" nized (is an eminently Prim-W till": that Mr. Comm-e then rose to second t e ad- imon a Err-zit uni-Won Involving Flo tuHtty dress in reply. He was received with a. far-reaching 1'onse<Ttton1'0."4 tlto people ripple of applause. and then proceeded should be permi'tr'd to to an;l PM???" tt'i with his remarks. He characterized th opinion. awry clerior hem-a: ire:- to do 5" speech that had been read from the thron in the mast itvlepettrlent and uutnista1tahle on the preceding day as being essentiall ' W3."- The vote P,)/y.," been 1y.lty: " prudent mad moderate, like everything els '.'eld not ttot.' be Pufly, that 1lytT m"- in connection with the Government. I Joriiy of 93." twirl? tiT/tll,, tVol ot '.'/2. prudence and moderation were the grea hibliion.' i rir1l',2,"1Ji.',:";" 'l'i,'l.",t/Jerr,."r'i' things to be aimed at by a Government. ment "I P..: LWI?., '.e'C: tliey " I',,",, he had no hesitation in saying that th vote for .um ll-llf-"Jj. measure or 11"." l Goverm t h d hi h k d1 l option machinery; they Voted for the pro- . rich 8 t t t e mar excee tur _ .'iiibitioi: of the lttiportatlott, nrunuHcttttro gillingxiy T,ritr,eet;l1/,'atg'ptuJt'lrd.ctit,', and sale of intoxicating liquor as a. bever- economy in the expenditure of the reven , age m Ontario. When was it desired that "W and resources of the Province. h tttia my, should take effect? Just as soon thought the Government had succeeded re as the counts shall determine whether- .r markahly well. It was possible, however not the gmvlnce had power to enact such to 1't't"'u',ct'lfliU, too 2,"a,Ad to whethe , law. he friends of temperance here or' not t po CY o t e vermnem h agreed upon the desirability of having the seen fully as t'2ft'1','l'Qife", it should luv question of Jurisdiction fully and thtaliy een t em, tttiq t be i erenceM of opin- settled before any legislation took place,! ton; but if the Government had erred at and they had the promise of the Premier, ttll it httd been "n the side of too rigid that if the decision of the Privy Council Mommy. The Ontario mineral exhibit at . should he that the Province had power to the World's Fair had been a. great aur- pass a prohibLtorr linuur law he would in prise to many Americans. and to not a troduce auch a bill at the following session, few from this Province. No tiner exhlbi and farther. that should the Provmce not was to be seen at Chicago than that fr have power to pass a. prohibitory law he Ontario. and he thought the hon. gent] would introduce a bill for such a. man who had had charge of the Omar] measure of partial prohibition as the de- exhibit dcserved the thanks of the Hon: cision of the Privy Council would warrant, for what he had achieved. Much good. h providing that such a. partial measure was sure, would result from it. Now, th , wosnd be in the interests of temperance address contained a reference to some con 1,'lll ".td','t,',t:',T to the taunt-muse people. templated legislation on the mining one s tement of the Att?rner"r-hen.er.nl tion. He had not the slightest idea of th was eminently satisfactory to every nelc- nature of the proposed bill. He hoped l gate in the great temperance canwntion would be' a. measure of the right kind. H recently convened in Toronto.and antisruc- would like to have the draftin t it tor: as welt to every friend of temperance (laughter) If he had the L".'.,'?',,:, . in the country. This great question had would provide that all no ll . now . hed .. . Yatttes hereafter "ae a stage for in itdmiice of imposed on minerals mined in the Province b'7 t,,1',",U,'fcy,1t', bf"??- and. the pew should be abolished. and that an mineri vision of the must}; ous y waiting the do- this mined tn Ontario should be free. Then The decision of the Government to Col. he would provide thet $600,000 should be leet the mots bearing upon the remunV :tt ter; from the surplus. at 4 per cent., ing and appointing of certain Provincial "or he improvement of mining lands, Sim- omcers was something that could not fail ' "bio the drainage debenture fund: Then. to meet with th" approval of the House. {he 'a,'r/,',tuey:ye 'set,td provide for It was admittedly a. debatable question-n Th 1 l l a . n ster of Mines. question upon which an honest difference e m hora s of Ontario would never am of opinion might exist, and doubtless did tain that degree of importance which they) exist. The system now in operation has deserved until some such steps as thesel by no means a. new system. The Govern- were taken. .Agriculture undoubtedly was ment of the day could not claim credit the greatest industry in the Province. but for its introduction. The system was hid. wlth JS'1tT.. e'lf"u."ur'"'lent mining would er than the Government. although it was ' easily become the new", 'rreatettt Industry the oldest continuous Government in the i of Ontario. It would impel the growth world. The system had been continued of manufactures, and would thus enable because of the evident fairness ot paying "5 to retain in the Province those ot our each official in proportion to the work done people who were now leaving "3 for the by Mm; he to be paid not by the manici- tr.thet Provinces and for the United States. -. panties or by a tax on the general pub- No interest. save that ot agriculture. di- lic as some seem to suppose, but by those rectly.could De ndvnnced with more benetlt particular -lndividuais (for whom the work to the entire community. There was a. was actually done. It might be found Very vast area of mm," lands In Ontario, full ("mum if not hnposelble to adopt tttt of vast mineral wealth. The development fairer or more uitahl ' , and utilization of this wealth was a. mat- that ' eq e system, or one t r of th n l would bear with greater Justice upon e '. e mi mportance to the people at the great body of the people. While rm large. The Attorney -Gerterqrl had done vomiting the fact that a great i. very "mm thbngs "n the past in the my mm V responsi of bulldln u and l Y rested upon certain officers. for ' s p mounting the poMtion Which whey should be reasonably remun- of the M1102. He had Well and faith- erated. the House had also recognized the fully guarded the "were!" rights of the additional rm that the acclimate: t Province, and had won a vast inheritance T in certain cases mutated to it in": on 'for UB. If. now, in addition to Bil "m than should be real ed tr "m I " would erente the nucleus of a 1 cr' n by the" can" greet min ' i in; luau-try it would be the crowning m . of his "the". Sir Oliver Mowers tatete ,