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s me y3 Mr. Meredith on the Spsaker's Aights. «& wminys WiutnmDber o" Government and Other Bills Advanced a Stage--Liec-- tric Companies' Incomes. ) Legislative Chamber, April 6. Some time was spent at the opening of t the House to--day in discussing questions \ of privilege. First Hon,. Mr. Harcourt ex« plained that the supposed pilferingy and ' desk--breaking that Mr. Glendinning had ( complained of had proved to be nothing \ serious, and was largely explainable. by,f) trifling cireumstances Mr.-- Glendinning@ $ expressed himself{ satisilied in the main, [{ though some things were still a inystery to him. Mr. A. ®. Wood corrected a mis-- interpretation of a remark mad» by him in The Empire's report of this morning. 'Then Mr. Meredith arose and objected to a system which had sprung up, by which, f he said, the rules of the House were being | violated, and Mr. Speaker deprived of a f patronage that rightly pelonged to hiin. j He alluded to the appointment of messen-- gers, which he believed was now done by the Treasurer. He said the rules provided this should be the @rerogative of the Speaker, and if the rules were not to be observed it was better they should be re-- pealed. The Attorney--General, in reply, said that it was understood the Ministry of the day was practically responsible for these things. The letter of the rules might * not be observed, but they were carried out In effect, because the Speaker sanctioned what was done. The present practice was an old one. and there seeimned no ground 'or objecting to it so long as the appoint-- nents were satisfactory. 'The House then | went into routine business. Two or three bills were read a first time, several a third (time, and then private bills wore | taken up in committee. Some time \\:'.:a' spent in this way over Mr. Tait's bill re-- specting the Toronto Railway Company. f Mr. Tait advanced to Mr. Baifour's elbow, : and, following the clauses closely with the f Provincial Secretary, who has charge \.x' all private bills, looked carefully after the interests _ of the | city. Mr. Tait's '! two railway company bills, that | promoted by the company itsolf, mak-- ing certain changes in its management, |} and that regulating the vote for Sunday cars, were fused, the preamble 14 being l'l"'ii.'il: :nnl'lh«" provisions that there ': be no' vote till 1896, m:'xt the intervals after | _ tl;;n':w of three years' duration, that "citi-- | zens'"' shall mean all lh(fsv who were quali-- } fied to vote for the plebiscite, and that the yote shall be taken with full precautions, being nserted in the railway company's bill. I\m.x.luruns~vurh;|! changes were made in the bill to fit the two parts together, |' and it was then reported. orDERs or us Housy®. 3 > o)ilr. A. F. Wood then moved for various .'1 rders as r c rhic irdaye f , 'urq as follows, which were all carried without discussion :-- V ;« t J a»rfd]returll from the Provincial Inspec-- | , or of Registry Offices, from his memor-- [ anda made at the inspection of registr 1 ot?ces fin 1892, of--the dast instrument .-Q.V ! _ ceive P 3 " or registration in eéach municipalit M &A i