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A a -A I w\ ' 8 5 8 j |'powerntromntiexBmuie~--mne covernment | Wite«, _ 14 P Lk lln- necessarity havethe pc ier of mak-- | & a temporary appointment _ ~cases where it became necessary, Business | . could not be carried, on if the Govern-- ment were not given anthority to do this. '( He denied that under circumstances simi-- | lar to those proposed in the bill excuse| had ever been found for Hlil:ulll.'{ & perma-- nent appointment. | Mr. Clancy said there was great tempta-- E tion to a Government a dyingy Govern : ment he was going to say--to fill an of--| fice left in this shape. There was no rea-- | son whatever to suppose there would be { any large amount of work in this t'nrmww' tion to be performed during the coming | year. The retention of the section in question simply meant that temptation > Was put in the Government's way. Mr. White objected to the section, and to the clause, and to the bill altogether. There were no strikes causing particular trouble in Ontario. What was the matter | with the Attorney--General,that he bro ight | In such a bill, anyway? It was for no | pther reason than that a lot of officials | rould be appointed | Hon. Mr. Hardy suggested that Mr. White had not read the section, berause 1t only providea for the appointment of one Registrar * s 4 Mr. Whit Unly one! Then he must he GU\(HNU nt l',["\ ;l"'l '."' malls £ very peculiar person, indeed, to do all | 4 & this. He will be one of those officials who U:QUI'V thne illl'\', travel all over Ir:~ l'l"u\in"-u | + +« Atoril 5 Mr. ":Ll"l} Ha!l ha Legislative Chamber, ApHM Mr. White--The hon. gentieman laughs The House spent this atternoon in L s He can't look at the Att rney--General | mittee on a couple of Government D14 without He and the Att raey--G neral z Mss ning in Committee of Supply, are always nodding and smiling at each &nd in the evening rtment vO'e other. mainly on the Education Departm n Mr. White then urged that the bill gen-- WThe bills adva x1 wen 1@ . AMELOLILYON prally was useless, and the clau in ques General's measure to settle trade d i'.'." tion particularly objectionable becaus« ,A', and Mr. ko bill regarding Uppe! i al would lead to the appointment of an ofh h t > som lively «( * Cer. mdr"College.. 'Fhere were so , C I The clause was then passed, Mr. Mere-- cussions on both bills, the L ( onl dith's amendment being voted down. drawing from Mr. Meredith a pronounc« (Mr. White, in continuing nis objecctions, f the verance oi 14 found fault with the four conciliators ment in favor ol l aaa MA * O % he Government and when the clause providing for their ap-- peifwtions between U x the ren pointment was reached. Why four ? That the college, and from Mr. R ine remark was cumbersome, he said, and two would tat he partly agreed with the idea, and be enough. Four "con plrators'" would be that the present bill to some extent looked a better word ® in that direction. In the evening a discus Sir Oliver observed that for such a pur-- 6 wrl devear c n Dart in by a puose two on each side woere better than gion of some length, taken J one. "'!Sr d many meimber on both sides, took Later on the question of the appointment QDI;L"- on' the increage of S0,000 MSUCC 1O of the Chairman of the Council of Ar-- w r school The Opposition attacked the bitration came up, and Mr. M redith in-- poor scnoois. tm i their opposi quired very particularly as to the mode Item, though they contenaed th "" of appointment, hinting his belief that tion was rather Lo the T td the mode of appointment was ve sted in h which th poor schoot 1'"'} the Licutenant--Governor in order to add was administered than to thie to the Government's patronage. es f e. Government speakers The Attorney--General replied that he ab-- proposec increase, n Mr. Meredith solutely denied the charge that the Gov-- contrasted the opposition of Alr. AeT on ernment in its 22 years had ever created and his followers on the present occasion an office for the sake of the patronage re-- with the stand they took a few years sulting, and that the imputation was & ' Marter introduced a reso peculiarly far--fetched one. ago, when Mr. Marter l'_ what the CGov-- Mr. 'Meredith rejoined that the imput lution advocating precisely what i i tion, he admitted, would be far--fetched if ernment was now doing, and \'f'"l s applied to any other Government th in tl the members of the Opposition had sup-- one in question. He had had too n iny n itios o wate) r & n > pol'ted- : i niry an :e"lvnrlvflln.ltl\ "u'r .\.L.f ',m_" H', cour; to The House at once went into committe take any stock in this declaration. +orney--(ieneral's bill for the set Phe Attorney--General r torted that th on the Attorney--G . Vith inffling people of Ontarico had watched its con: tlement of trade disputes with : Pritting for 22 years and had taken stock in it alterations, the bill went smoothly along declarations during that period vntil the committee reached the fourth On thn-.'-l-,:!::wv '::h' l1use, \'..!1' re the 1 ~uvear irst section of which provided rident of the Council of Arbitration is in | elause, the first s i ce rnor vested with the powers of a Jud# of the as follows :--*" The i4« "' '.Y\V:"_":"L. High Court of Justice for the purpose oi is hereby authorized to appoi PB rrmihe .A,f preserving order during the sossions f the person to act as Registrar of '-.'"le"-' the council, Mr. White ridiculed the }J+0a Conciliation and of d t Aramimns . ~Si h official travelling around the Provincs settlement of industm ']l snb erson with the dignity of a Judge and making 6ffice shall be assigned 1( h < '»rlllw' er-- himself a nuisance by compelling lawvers performing other duties in X'{ icc A#re sB to wear their white "chokers." vice, unless and until the f","_ ) :Mm_ Mr. Meredith asked if it would not be onerous as to require a separa'e appol | better to prohibit the President from com-- ment.'" R . a«t clause of this | | mitting for contempi of court. 'That seom-- Mr. Meredith said the last « se l' XA, ;, nt | ca to him a very dangerous power to con--| rection simply provided the uove f iment [ fer upon him. with an opportunity for the "m"';m,,,'m} ! \fter a few minutes' talk the Attiorne of a friend of theirs to an ollice A"'A,'vul,,-,' General accepted the suggestion and add as so much other legislation in "1"' publi | ed a few words restricting the Preside nt's meant, that a new OfMic .'_" 'l f' % 'l',"lf powers in this respect service was in all likelihood to " '.* ' The provision requiring the or port 0 He could not see that there w "'l')',"_"_»r award to be published in The Ontario (Ga probability of the duti 1 that zette and one newspaper cird ulating in th under the bill becoming so 'I'I' \\ OLbet vicinity was amended by making it read they could not be performea '\"}'l"'l 16 so as to require publication of th award than a specially--appointed o W'l","m in The Gazette if either party to the d's. thought the -\wr':.; I "l' ::\'t' 'll.',. cla 1 pute wishes and the council approves, aill f ete., should be taken oul . Covernment reference to any other new spaper being ) ana moved .:wu:'!-nl--'\l.'- l tols, "" make | omitted. would then, he salu, ?' h "'A'"' 'm::lm' | In regard to clause 21, providing for the an appointment untlii lAln"j.-'l'l'h" imend-- | enforcement of attendance of witnesses power to do so from the House by : J Mr. Meredith said it might lead I'; fhv.' ing the bill. % UnUhatically re-- !::m::mu:;lng of witnesses and the produc-- The Attorney--General "ll'l'f"'"". Govern-- | tion and making public of testimony in pudiated "I,'A l":'"!!"l_tl" ll'\ us to ~'l'l.i'~": regard to the details of the business bl'I' a t ment was in any way an ;'l : had no ex--| manufacturer, for instance, that might bo ( an office simply to m.| C tment would be | very profitable to his rivals and place pectation that any .\.-lujnll'll A ;..'"';,' such | |h'"' at a great ~h>;ni\'.xm;|;; 5. f necessary, but it was we!l \\,l to the Gov--| _ The Attorney--General did not think there power included in the bill. . fficer | was any serious danger of this ernment being unable to appoint an o i Ed more than. in n a ~»~....l 118, r.!ut 'l.n'. . of he House, they | t 1 a submission to arbitration without permission of 1 temporary of--| under the present law, could, ','E' course, ;I(l]-tib'l'rit .AC I';" \""u.l'll'"li Mr. Meredith said the bill was descri} ficial. That was a ris "_ 'f"', he Execu--| ed as voluntary in prirciple Nty: Cns ns Ds the exercise of the power of the o rairtih A cils were em n;\\""lj o forc ).I- Cl LOutls tive. A permanert position lh\" '\.:}'t\l.l;'::t' bpear lwfur.'- it ered to force witnesses to y g rever soug to create w | C * ment had never sought slanks had been left in the Clatise m'n' l W