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. _ ""W'" ' ' _ may. {the Law "My would it _ , he said. save visitors a bad 1mm." n, T. _ , "an. medith's remarks. , of Canada. and caused the park to com- ' . The bill was then read a second time. ( pare untavorabiy with that on the other _ and; it treitctr 6 o'clock. the Speaker left side. . _ the chair. ' . The Attorney-General said the onl _ _ AFTER RECESS. I other way of raising the money necessary _ d it ' to the expenses of the park would be by When the House met after "the; a grant of the House. Ho did riot think Ru. ' . went immediately into Committee o 33:. this would be acceptable to the Province . '0 ply. The estimates of the Mucwtlon . w. _ generally. The principal portion of the ._ ' partment were taken up and the get-ins! I park was free now, though a charge W49 under the head of Normal and o e I made for it under the old system. The . Schools were considered. Considerable dis- N commissioners were not making money ' cussion occurred on the general question ' for themselves. In fact, they received even - ot allowances to retiring officials. Mr. no pay for their services. The fees were p' M.eredit!h and Dr. Ryemn' contended that chargd only for the benefit of the Pro- the Minister of 1iuucaeitntWrtet.t? favorit- Vince. Mr. McCleary had himself said . ' ism, Dr. Ryerson mention". names T the State of New York had expended mil- . of a number whom he all" 5 been ', lions of dollars on its park. The Ontario . . unfairly treated. He warm Prine pie or park had not cost the Provinc? a thou- _ ', retiring allowances, appeared to be that sand dollars, he thought. those who were dismissed received the al- The bill was then read a second time. lowan-ces, and those ,Yiho rearedggmnég- e _ ' N . il received none. l on. - r. ss - BOARD OF "(AI)" . logistically repudiated the insinuation, ran The Attorney-General moved the second , over the names cited by Dr. Ryerson, and reading of his bill to enable Boards of', , showed each person had been fairly treat- Trade in cities to appoint general arbitra-l ed. The case of Miss ITagarty having tors for certain purposes. The bill pro- been mentioned, Mr, Ross went very fully vides that the Council of the Board of into the case. He stated that Miss Huarty Trade shall nominate from the commun- had been retained as long as her mini- ity generally not less than 30 persons who ' ness remained, longer In fact. When her have given their consent to act as arbit- resignation was at length requested it rotors for the settlement of disputes be- had become absolutely necessary in the tween the members of the board, and that interests of the department. She had been of this number there shall be elected by trained with great forbearance. The first ballot whatever number. the council may / inkling he had of Miles murtprtfs politics _ determine as necessary for a Chamber of V was from a eontldergMa1, letter that was Arbitration. This bill had arisen trom 'sent to Thi: Ma" newspaper and inadvert- very strong representations m Me by the m.. ently published. The letter complained of i Board of Trade, said the Attorney-inet-- the treatment she was receiving, and al. It would effect a great saving of time begged The Mail to take it up editorially. and money. The principle was entirely He had asked Miss Hagarty to come into ' voluntary. and at present the bill was con' his otfice, and ghe had there admitted , lined to Toronto, though it could be rrx- . writing the letter, and said she was sorry i tended to other cities of over 30.1% popu- - ' iit was published. He had told her she . i, lation it they desired. It was not net-es:- ought to be sorry she had written it. He , sury arbitrators should be members of had added that if the letter had been writ- the Board of Trade. . ten by a min] the writer would have been , Mr. Meredith did not think the bill would immediately dismissed. As it was, he aim- do much harm or good. 1; contained little _ ' ply directed her to return to her room that was new, and gave the board little: and resume her work. He heard no more:, advantage in connection with arbitration . from her direutly, but the matter had been I that it had not befcrv. agitated by his political opponent: kg. l I _ , , a ' , . 2t , , .. , . Russ (noted from letters written y o - UAltItlb'llJm AN D SMH It Hulls. vet's if the department declaring Miss The Attorney-General then moved the Mammy to be not well adapted for the second reading of his bill respecting the position she had been filling. The for- call of "Honor" to the bar, tho loading lit-ammo shown for so many years. the feature of which is to enable BoliHtoys to iiiiiiiiiir. thought, showed the reverse of ; become barristers an". prar'tisini,r ten the 'ilru't-(Xilutlt' behavior with which he was years without undergoing any oxamina- churn-d by the Opposition. tion, and at the cud of live years with an "iii.'." Meredith thought that the datetg of _ examination and a fee lower than that the documents quoted showed that the, now charged. . Minister was in the habit of striking the Mr. Mormiith (impliaiivnlly protested blow and then securing the documents.] against the bill. and considered it remark- He took action tlrgt, and then asked for', able that it should emanate from the . the report. The Minister had 11mttt.1l "Wk". of tho h" of Onturio and a mmn- that he had refused an investigation. Mr. f her of the limit-hers. It was a dltvct slap Mvroditly then read testimonials r in the fave to the Law Society. Tho At- irom Principal Kirkland, Dr. Me- torney-Gvuorul prupos-wi putting th' man Lelia." Dr. Davies and Others. ot who had gone to much study and oxpvnsv Miss liagarty's abilities ; and on the _ to "mm the barristers ""ng fort tho Mlnister's informing him that these certi- samc'footing as thus,- who had not cun- th'ates were given two years after Miss Pith-rid it worth their' while to do BD. lie " Hagartv's dismissal, replied that " was held that the Law Society had dom. its iiii(i'r' wrong of these gentlemen to utter V dutv, that the foi'h' "saked Were not unreu- - ill-ci, favorable opinions of a teacher sonablv. and that the Ailorncy-('wneral in against Whom they had reported. The this bill was not treating them fairly. JfiiiiirTir. should not have blasted a There was no agitation for the leuislation. teacher's reputation on such grounds. Mr. Balfour, who said an ordinary lay- Hon. Mr. 'Hardy remarked that the doc- man must needs dismiss such a subjo-i-t trlne held by the Opposition was that a with fear and trembling. said tho Alinr- teacher. once appointed. owned the school, . noy-Gmeral no doubt fclt he was there his or her superiors. and the Minister, in not to represent the Law Bocurty but the tee simple. and was not to be disturbed , _' community gen-molly. He understood the " on any pretence. The testimonials road _ ' .iii'forenrus bvtwewn the two classes of the by Mr. Meredith were undated. and he had profession were of an arbitrary character. - declined to a"? the natcs ; thrwe was an hut tn. knew nothing of the details. The excellent reason for this; but, in any case. Houss. l.'cswovor. had full control ovt'r it was well known that testimonials are the action of the Law Society, and thorn to a very large extent '_'omplimentary. was no reason why it should not exercise He ".0 pointed out that the terms of sev- i its authority if it saw tit. There wer" 'cral of the testimonials cited gave Miss _ many solicitors through the country who liagarty credit for powers and abilities', felt it a htuavy tax to pay the feet: rltt- wltirh "ll admit she has, but were silent, mandod and an undurgo the necessary ex- 111)ott her wcualg points. Mr. Hardy then nminntions. To these the bill would be " rrvicwud the history of the case, liol-iingi smut honetit. He thought tho bill W00" that Miss Hap,arty's persistence in refus- . be approved through the country and by ing to submit to discipline was ample ins-l many members even of the LAW Society. titi, ation for the Minister's action in dis-' Mr. Whitney said Mr, Balfour's amu- missing her moms showud he Knew little of the real hr, Hyerson spoke on the subject, say- facts of the case, He had no serious: or.. ing that he thought that there was con- jm Hon tn tho bill, though he found fault siderablo feeling excited through the coun- with sumo tletai.ls. try on account of the system of retirinr The Attrrrtvty-irwtutl said he had d's- gratuities. cicatT':eilhisdtcyus a iionu'ier years ago Mr. Whitney thought that Hon. M, with grout satisfaction and pleasure. He Hardy had been unduly bitter In his re- ' was condident tthe Law Society would amuit marks about Miss Hogarty, and reminded him of any discourtusy in bringing in this him that, while acting Minister of Edu- bill. He and his colleagues were opposed cation, he had temporarily promoted Miss to private acts to accomplish what this Hagarty. . general act proposed. The House had Hon. Mr. Hardy pointed out that . frequently legislated in rpgard to the had been during Mrs. Cullen's tenut _ Law Society and there had been no the principalship, and that he had simply trouble. His reason for taking up the given the second teacher the temporary subject was because» he believed there' was ("are of the school when Mrs. Cullen wh!' a widespread feeling that tho two :ill. 19' l branches of the profession should be Mr. Clancy said that he hoped tat/tti amalgamated. He did not wish to go so .teachers at present on the stair yrete t-l far as this, but thought the House could ting themselves for other professtoaltr l, l safely go as tor as the present bill pro- Hon, Mr. Ross pointed out that it is a ( posed. general thing for teachers to pursue such ' Mr. Meredith said he wanted to make it studies; he did not, "-3 a rule, like the l clear that he did not pretend to be speak-; teachers at the school to be so distracted. ' ing for the Law Society. I but he could not make an absolute rule. The Attorney-General said "NO." hel The other items in the Education De. . partment were, passed without serious dil- A h - - - -