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Pm C _ e * °~ * e (Ra t . - min geverme s ie » tWwills, rlfin."fi'.'»* moved the sec . _ reading Of his bill respecting the gite the new Legislative and Departmental buildings. Ho sgalild the bill simply carried out the intention of the original act which t provided for the erection of the new build-- l ings, and called for little explanation. It * simply confirmed the order in Council @al-- , . _ready passed on the subject. Briefly ' speaking, the site was the land lying be-- " tween the lines of St. Alban's and Gros-- venor streots and comprising nine or ten r *** wores. Old members of the House w*'&l C recollect thait the City of Toronto in 1886 "**% . entered into an agreement with her Ma-- jesty, selecting this site for the purpose for which it had been set apart. Mr. A. F. Wood, in recognition of Hon. Mr. Fraser's rare appearance in . the House, now took the opportunity to con-- K7" gratulate the hon. gentleman on being in his place to move the bill, and said he * voiced 'the fzelings of the Opposition gen-- erally when he expressed the hope that 2 he would move many more bills. (Opposi-- o 5hy tion applause.) The bill was read a second time and then, at Mr. Fraser's request, put through committee. The House then went into committee 0 y various Government .meagures. Mr. Gib-- son's bill respecting mortgages and sales Oof personal property was amended in some details and roported. Mr. Hardy's bill for the establishment of Rondeau Park was then considered. 'There were no amend-- ments of any importance,but in the sec-- tion providing for the destruction of liquor } k » 'G in > held for sale in the park, at the sugges-- -- Hon' 11"1_' Bronson's Course tion of Mr. Clarcy, the qualification '"held Crilticized by Mr. Wood for sale" was taken out. Mr. Ferguson, who shares with Mr. Clancy the homor of leaea ies ulc representing Kent, and in whose constitu-- ency the park is situated, had already se-- 3 r cured the insertion of a clause prohibiting A Motion on the Ballot System Intro-- the issuing of a lquor license to any housl; duced by Mr. Whitney--Government within a mile of Rondeau Park. Measures Advanced a Stage. These measures were also considered in committe To facilitate the administra-- tion of justice in the Rainey River Dis-- »naantermniests ieurigtte uie trict, and to extend the power of the k . High Court in respect of granting main-- Legislative COhamber, March 27. tenance to infants, both bills in the care "The House did a variety of business to-- of the Atlox'ncy;(ienem.l. | day, but vhat of greatest interest was the f THE BALLOT. debate on the ballot question raised by At 5.30 o'clock Mr. Harcourt moved the Nr. 'Whitney's amendment to the motion House into Committee of Supply, where-- to go into supply. Mr. A. F. Wood, on upon Mr. Whitney rose and moved _ the the presentation of the railway report at iinxe~h«:n£ufidlu;xu::;d;n{;:::Vu_l;Jw-:inlu l:(_\ :111;{ s j resen 0W O aw 0 ntario as being noi the opening of the HMouse, took objection nx:ecrel. and advocating what is known as to the action of the Chairman of that the Australian ballot system in its place. committee during its session in the morn-- Speaking to his motion, Mr. Whitney ing. Wihen the Toronto & Richmond Hill traced hbriefly }h# history of the il'unulm;-' bill was under discussion he had compelled | :4'(":;.?: "'f"','i"t"jf"'l\, "")ty"'"' ')'l':f":,':;""" o al a vote to be taken in & particular way | «ballot was that it should allow secret vot: | that was not desired by the comm'.tuv,l ing. 'The ballot in use in Ontario, he he l@ad put a motion in the way it suited | aygued, did not}allow thirl;. "J'he balllots j % ie yas % t used were numbered, and, the numbers him and not in the customary way. in corresponding with numbers on the list, putting to vote the preamble of the bill *:© identification became possible, and it was i had added the words "subject to the At~ possible to tell hnow any gi\~] torney--General's . approval." This, «Mr. en man had voted. -- Such -- iden-- j Wood contended, was most unusual, un-- tiflcations had frequentiy taken j fair and arbitrary on the part of the Chair-- place, and had been _ mentioned in the | manr. It prevented the committee taking House. The ballot advocated by his a fair vote on the principle of the bill. side of the HMouse was in use in several Hon. Mr. Bronson, as Chairman of th?l Provinces of Canada, several States of the committee, deferded his action. The| {'nited <States, and several countries . of course of action he had pursued was not Murope. On the other h ind, the Attorney-- a new one. He had followed it before in ; (eneral had quoted the other day coun-- the committes It was necessary the mat--| tries in which the present system vro-\':lil-! ter should be referred to the fiuVel'nxnent.l ed. _ 'The Attorney--General had defended it the preamble had been carried instead the system because it was identical with of defeated there would have been every that used in England. That was not & reason for the approval of the Attorney-- sufficient defance of it. We mxght as Gereral being secured, seeing the legal well, he said, advocate primogeniture . Of und other complications that had sur-- a HWouse of Lords far' 1':-.1'1:1<I:|..ber'au.<e rounded it. they existed in England. }\w m\s:hg as Mr. Clancy said such a course as »Hie well have a .':w.',i-»n.Al l!".'rt' 1'-:~71)n!':z~m, h\: Chairman had pursued would bring=:de said, because Fingland hadl anc. ",""l' added | committees into disrepute and make them that he \'.»:;uh'l xt';'n the Attorney--Genecral mere mouthpleces of the Chairmen. eredit uy -- fomig iyis" bost Lo erease iug c ; j ; ballot used in England caused Hon. Mr. Gibson said the course taken But the D4 § + p o k e rreat dissatisfaction there, and Mr. Whit-- by Hon. Mr. Bronson was one he had E L f amphlets and articles on often taken without objection from any ney quoted from P e ns uie Aratem t me ne Cthat Jt se' the subject to cotroborate this statement. ' one as Chairman of the Private Bills Com-- in Ontario, he claimed, there was great mittee. A matter had often been left in ,,1,4._.;"ch,.[',0" in regard to the' presont wbeyance by a committee until the Chair-- law. _ The attempts at remedial legislia-- man, who was responsible for the direc-- :.x--n- made by the CGovernment showed that tion of the committee and for the neport this was recognized by them, though they to be presented, had consulted the Gov-- would not admit it. No harm could pos-- eenment. In this case the bill had been stbly 'come from the introduction of the rejected, as had the preamble, and he system advocated by himself. -- 'There was could not understand why there was ADV no weight in the objections offered against difficulty or objection on the part of Mr. it -- 'The Attorney--General was guzxnliani Wood. of the public morals of the Province, and j Mr. Whitney condemned the course pur-- the people had a right to look to him for | sued as irregular. action that would befit his position; yetl Hon. Mr. Hardy said it was the na,t.ut'a': he had «frequently been loag behind ether | and reasonable way. The complaint 91 .-"m:;r es 4 l introducing :n:.:. ures, which the Opposition was for 'no. ouhor M _ h\:- hx"' r-\v:.,'.J':I';\ brought forward, :nui: than that the minority had not prevailed. whi« {, 'h .\-..' becoame 1.\..\\'.' The measures | Mr. Davis, who was present all through .m\e'., me finally, and he hoped that, 0n ': the committee meeting, endorsed Hon. Mr. the same ,,,.\.(».}}zf-, evenrtually this meas-- | Bronson's action, and said he had Zlol lu". also would become law. been unfair or arbitrary. He bad realiée(i 1t being 6 o'clock, the Speaker left the nis responsibility as Chairman, and hm' chair whon Mr. Whitney concluded ms taken into wccount the complications that| speech. surrounded the bill. R | The subjedt then dropped and the House 4 proceeded to business. PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS. C After the first reading of a number of \ X% . \\\ --------4