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_ l , - .. I. 3 I. i A - _'. .-~'t"~ r-,,'s'cxi:' It' .1 Fr ...-v ---" mu" mummy. _ _ C * ' 05 'Pt,': ttf) 1 Pg G - . N ' . trttodg"sed nag: _ 'itil glwsr, ' .1" h... 'ttt' BillNlilll r L . "triliMtre _ . q mm an," "in GT ' motion are. . l a": P. Ei 's tru g Rhl aitit. "W" tfad srrctrced to 'fl the house was imneehtr. changed my mind, aall.' .' . 2,tvrU',','ftfii, be stopped at once. They tor. Willouirhby closed " remarks by . 2%l not wait mm years to do two, The exert-nine the cratincftion it save him _ hon. member had not uhown that there ' Lto support Mr. Mortars motion. was any feelirg tor the chtuttre he pr0pote l MR. A. F. CAMPBELL ed. He had been " good deal oVer the , _ . Province during the last 'ar, years and head t Mr. A. K. Campbell said he thought the found no strt he. reinont-ttrunceit against tltel dignity of the Province could very well be existence of Government Home. The ques- I ' gustained without the mansion of u house . tion was not one that was much discussed. l tor the iueutenuntf?rvirrnor, That was a What the Government proposed wait that luurioua argument to come from the Min-. the question should be brought clearly ttnd j later of Education. There was every reu- detinitely before the people, should be dls- Mon. he thought, for the exercise of the I cussed in oil its bearings. and whateVi-t' (tstrictest economy in perm-d m tho ex- I vetdb.t the people Haw on the 1tttrs.nthn 'penditure of the Province. There was should be as quickly as possihit' ueteU ou in. posaibility that u. few years from now , by the Hume. . the revenue of M1100 or so now annually The present attitude of the 1'"nevu.iite F received from Iicenttet: might "page. There l puny, mild Mr. Horn-i. wan "hututeterisat'u. {was a likelihood, too, that the. rein-mn- _ of it. Everything that tended to the grout-1 l from the timber resources of the Province nesn of the Province. territorlally or othi-r-l (might fall off. and in various yyays there l wise. that tended to hold up the Ui,uvt't.vl lwere indications that the income of the , and powers: of the Assembly in 51!!" WHY-1 'l'rovince would seriously deer-owe within had always been fought krcenly by that a few years. It behaved them. thererore, Opposion. The numerous coutert.H in tll"l , to exercise economy wherever it was pos- eourts 11" to the lerrlrlatlve trowers of thel sible to do so; and this woe an oppor'nn- Assembly were proofs ill the cumin!" ut- ity for doing Bo. The Minister of Edmu- . trund-d of Mr. Menditlt's full .WP."u In b-- tlon hud said there were mnny precedenth . little the Provitwra, while the :xtll't'r'iil'h.' m various parts of the Dominion. Well. ' victtries of tha Attorney-General and tin-l he did not know that Ontario hf"! anv Liberal DIN." the lust of therrt that of particular need of a precedent. We Were. yesurdar. when thr Supreme Court W" as fur advanced hen- as any people any- t clot-ed that thr: Iaieuttutnttt-thtvt'rttot' lytu where. Ontario dispensed will} ttrt uur'"r', tme WWW rf put'donhn; vvstotl ltt hiru. chamber in the Legislaturc. i'hepe mm' were, substantial proofs "hat the Legitim- no precedent, at least not many tire-c".- turn was Lllt: of grrtit und tar-ruling cuts. for that. " Ontario could Him the I powers. and not a t Hum." t'ouncil. tits Htttti" initiative for one thing it could do so ill lh'llltl" were Hm to profess to another. Mr. Ross had said that We could consider it. Mr. Ross "lo.sed by not set to work and abolish all things that myth: that practice and pre- were unnecessary. He had mentioned oedent were alike opposed to the proposal the coat-of-arins over the Speuket's chair of the hon. member for Muskoka, and in- as something not absolutely necessary. asmuch as that hon. gentleman had which. however, it would not be expedient l neither succeeded In showing that the reiu- to abolish. Mr. Hurts had in a similar F deuce of the Lieutoant-1hrvernor 't1"uy..1- minim-r lnstanced the British ttag. on necessary nor that the people of the Pro.. this point he would at least any this: that ." Vince were desirous of oeasiug to maintain the Minister of Education was at any Tei te .the expenditure in tymetr'11n, with it. tra prepared to abolish the teaching of Eng-. A +1t1rl,tf to suppcrt the 1e.t:.ndet?? to the lit-in history in Public Schools. only the , iamendment. (Ministerial applause.) order he had sent out from the depart- l THE P. P. A. MEMBER. 'Ji'lh "I that NYE-ctI t'vti1d'n?iie,u,"i'hy,' can- ', . ' ce ie ecanse o t 1e inti nut on tha had l Mr. _sl.c1-iu!Pyy J,','; r',".'cit,1utliiiheertief. been aroused. tr t l member tor toast 1t1m!,'.tey 0 _ 1 lion. Mr. Ross denied that the circum- Itoss. this being hit, tiret effort in the stances Were mu Mr cam ln-ll shit l T'l 1House. Mr. McCallum spoke ot himself "iiirii."i.diici' /if'u"i,'iei, shin ' '. ' eu. Ser' l . ' . .1. _ ply a modifica- I as a taspressentative ot the farntlng c'lass, tion ot the existing rules on the subject 1 a worthy class. he said, but one that was Mr, FirrGife"ii continuing ' closed t not Just now itt a very ttourishinv,' Condi- _ his speech by: declaring ' his conA tion. He thought it sate to say that farm- . vi 'ti n th t if h 3 ing lands had depreciated in value by to l Ukt'o'l 15, . t e people of i c t. during the past ten years. At '3 'dt 0 expressed their .ulyituuirv. b',',',',',, 'i'"tr,fl), as the present therefore it ation to grant funds for the maintenance "hues hiaturbtl to look wherever u saving i, 'of Government Honsc. the Dominion Gov- .could be accomplished. The Prerieht mo- elrnniient Fel?, not venture to use its uu- tion offered an opportunity for. ccottomy Lion-t) lto rcimpose such it burden on the which he thought hon. members should frovtnce. ( avail themselves of. He would willingly MH. MA'R'I'ER Sl'MS UP. . . I a! a [ iv,',it,Uttitt "53355513? J. "dl' 1re,'/,ii'e"da,1'l _-'"- Marter in"? brletty More the vote: l Governor's house, such us the Minister "on taken, dcicndlng himself against some. l of Education ' said Mr. Mortar should ot tlt, remarks made Irt the debate. IN hen have brought in; but in the absencst or he that stood for election he had been such a motion for immediate abolition he hcrritied at the expenditure upon Govern- was going to vote for the motion of the merit House, had made an issue of it at member for Muskoka. Mr. McCallum ran his election, and had pledged himseit to over the Items constituting tho $'SI,tt)t s,ita- do all in his power to abolish the establish- voted to the titalntenance of Government I ment. He had then brought forward the House last year, and remarked that it was. I Pet/cy.: and it had l?'" beaten. The pre- a large increase on the expenditun or the I sent was a suitable time, for it was a few previous year and one that could not no ytarf 1.tf.y.rt,1." expiry of tho term of the defended on any reasonable ground, us- P.euteiiunt-uovernor. and would give a peciaily in such a time ot depression itt4 tuit. wtsrnltts,r to his sticcessor. It was the present. For himself, while he. was only honest yet lair to continue the em- going to vote tor the present resolution. oluments which had been promised the and would vote, as he said. for " resolu- Iaieutenattt-Governor, and to trivo i'air tion for immediate abolition it he had had warning to the next incumbent. As for any opportunity. he would go a good deal Home other .rernrTks made, why had not further still lllltl would vote for the ubol:- .tle,t'e opposite who Were possessed of n tion of the ottice of the I/teutenarst-Goxvts 'dehtl for reform moved resolutions them- nor as well as his residence, believlu,4 that selves ? . All curtailments ot' expenses [ the people of Ontario could very m-ll get were initiated 53' the Opposi- along without such an otticer. Irv. in. Ion, and fought out in face t'allum said there were some other sub- ot the professed economists, The jects on which he trusted to address the l-W'l'lt-'h' laws Would be allelic-l to the hot- House during the session. and cloud luv bswness of the protessionr_ of economy of expressing his conviction that the viisturi- tue ldheruis. There would be ample HU- sion and vote on this and other 'uuestions time given to the next Lieutenant-(i m rn~ , now before the country would have the or. and. in "ny Uuse, were Wlts' "lwu.cs the l effect ot considerably increasing the num- ""3"" that death might step in; the death ber of independent members like himuelt' of Sit. Alex. Campbell hiui taken Nave dur- l who would be found in the next House. , ing " "THIS. Hir, tisolutiott, it» thought. i went fur enough. and no reference could ( DH. \\'ll.i4i.)l'tilliit'. be made to the action of the Dominion I Dr. Willoughby said he was going to] 11ti21r, J",",.',",,"',")?. "hose ".5" Ile a" I support the motion. He was surpriacd hi {this 7415- Lie ji",",e,""e1.",t,..::.'yy,t,y.ar' with i the attitude ot the (lot erntuent, who pro- l o, .t\ai..tnro.-. " 'the 'ttpyyr'ar.we com- l lessed to be the iartners' friends. Peruse- "titled P..'.',"..' be visited on the heads of l ing to adopt such a measure ot economy ill; Cf"i(il?."1ti,',t,t.; who alone We" t't'spott- as the motion proposed. He thought in" . e, . I: & utter t'hen referred to the people of the country would 'very atronxlv at???" ut lyy Mr. Pei: holding that the ( express their disapproval of their pours; "MW intetvat tgtt the jam-00 which the lwhen they came to Uiscuss it' with land wax worth Wool not pav for the l l them. The position of "the'72i7i.,,./ien't he maintenance. The remark about the. new r, said, was anything- but a courageous one house '7'" u warning to the coun-'ry that i hr. Willousthby said he hiltl Voted for iii/ T tho 1lovtr,uyn"nt Wtits' feturneti to Dower -' 'i,aearter'd. motion in 1887 and would MU . _' there would be a grand m-mslon to tray , , upott . '. There were other unnecessarv it . l {it again now. He had not clvauuvrt his Pt - mm. (mind on the matter but if he hai Shun (:1 ttt addition to those Mr, Ross had men- l (his mind there wohld have hum no if"; tioned. For instance. there was $1,800 for 'itrrace attached t i -," _ . - that book ct poems. which was' it result t o t. He thought "we t n Mi ister's d it t E l -t imembers of th C bin . . . . U IF tt . "f s I' 8 o out; an . ' e a et had chaneeu their', Hon Mr Mote: ittterposiug .dated th: imind lately on some important questions. . . . w.-. _ P' be at