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in. Mrtt8tl . ! ,|! . II Mtl " - " (003". Wall . "kg 1 ' B, " . 'provlnm = if "tt, ' y " R, a. M'. FMA' ir l . . " ~- .r' resignation r 5l1B it". ...» . [the to which Ibo". . "herb-Aw wn'ltten- tion. and _ ad to ttnet that. an a law- yer, he recanted that even technically he was not dtrttttatitted from sitting in the IHouse. and he'wouid venture the asser- tion, though Layman. that he would be found to be in no way duiatyuitien. So , long as he possessed the ootttiiience of the ' people of Ottawa, he thought the reason that he was a lumberman would neither deber him from sitting In the House, nor to long as the Government honored him with a place on the ."Jxecurive, from hil- in: that position. (Loud Ministerial up- plause.) Mr. Clancy concluded the debate. He contended that Mr. Bronson had not an- swered the point at issue. As it member of the Executive. he had at. very i-npor- tam voice in settling matters in relation to the timber, in which he was so largo-v. ly interested. It was a mazter min-tint; not Ottawa only, but the whole Province. No matter how honest a man might he, it was a bad principle. Then Mr. Clancy took up and discussed the general nuts- tion of the timber policy of the hover» ment. in which he support-id Mr. Mis- campbell's resolution and his arguments. l He put forward the new point in this connection that the department was in the habit of spending the sum of $2.000 annually for sun'eys. tv;gttvdlests of their being wanted or not, and to a very large extent in regions where they were not of any advantage to the country. Mr. Tait remarked that the issue which 'Mr. Miscamphell had raised was not new. even it great. Even Mr. Miscampbell's speech was not new, but was the some all- nual old speech to which he had trcalud the House chr since tho spoalwr had en- tered the House. He recalled Mr. Mere- dith's declaration that the Province: should _ have borrowed moncy to erect the public.» [ buildings and left the timber standing. and pointed out that all the timber is no: _ l of the same age. that it has at some tinic' or other to be cut. and that it would de. teriorate and be wasted it left standing. while there was always the danger of tire. air. Tait then referred to Mr. Wh/ttnes":,, ccntention. and asked who, according tol that view would have a right to sit in thc House 't The farmers were. according to' qu. GVhitney's theory. doing an immoral: act in seeking to co to Parliament to try: ' to lighten the burden of their taxation} Mr. Tait then touched upon Mr. Stewart's! case, and showtul how diiYeri-nt his caste, was from that of Mr. lirunsnm's. ltut "hr was this elaborate argument brought in' in connection with an amendment rcgard- ing the Provincial :tsscts ? Why did b" not bring it in so as to have a direct vote of the House upon it ? Mr. Tait thcn Wt'nt on to show that the lumbermen of the [ whole Province are well satistied with the law, and charged that the attacks upon the Government's policy were dictated by l a wish to inttuence the course of the com- Ing election. Mr. White took up Mr. Whitne.v's case against Mr. Bronson. and charged that he was not able to sit in the Cabinet and attend to tho interests ot the Province while his own were so closely associated with the Government. About a quarter of an hour before mid- night the House divided. without any further debutc. The division was on straight party lines, save that the Patron ot Industry suppcrtcd the Govcrnnpnx and Mr. G. Campbell of Durham. the Equal Righter. voted with the Opposnion, 'Mr. McCallum, the P.P.A. member was absent. The vote stood 33 to 29 against the amendment. There were three pairs-n Wylie-Gilmour, McCleary-r"rasei- and liar-r- Rayside. The Spcakcr und Mr. (i, is. Smith, who has cone to Europe. complete the roll of the House. The [louse adjourned shortly before midnight.