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I draw: up which would in tair and 'ttra. F. Wood urged that it the wrin- a; was sound the fresh registration jouid apply to all the Petey"; t '1; White opposed the bill. otgeotimf tioeady disturbing ot the work which had it: the been done. Mr. Magwood thoug'. "In Government was trying to "mm?" a" the younger voters. The ',rti'"l',"lil" " on defeated by a vo e o ' " . mfg Meredith then declared that he would test the Government's ,'vulintrnetia to Intl e concessions in the matter. It seemed as it the Government. havinl! been forced . to give up the plan of stealing a member in Toronto. was trying to steal ak vote. He protested in the tstrongest manner against this change, and hopcd that the young men of the country would rise and Show the displeasure with wh'cn they viewed such a measure. entailing. as it did. so much Inconvenience and distrust. He moved another amendment, that when it was shown to the sa.tisfoulon oi thc: registrar that the person resrist1'tltur was ill. or temporarily absent from tn" city, or otherwise unable to be present, per-, sonal attendance could be dispcnsed with, and. other nuaMcations being proved, his I name could be plat-u! on the list. After the clause had been for some time debated. Mr. Hamly {mitt-d at the [wording of titu amendmcnt. and stated that as it was not moved normally in jl/ri';lerfliitl't to anything, but simply 'hut lit should be the tirst clam", it use: out of order. The Attcrne.v-iicut'rul said _ l he was willing to considcr thc advisability of inserting sonn- such porvimott later in 'the bill, but it could not an in thc shape Mr. Meredith suggested. and. moreover, it was not now in shape to be voted on. Mr. Meredith said he wanted the. atrtt nd.. ment put In now, and wanted i; put as he had writtcn u. The Chairman thereupon .ruled the" amendment out of order. Mr. Meredith said he would appeal to the Speaker. Mr. [ Stratton surrendered the chair. and re- ported the situation to the speaker. Mr. I Meredith stated his (also. but the Attor- ney-General said in doing so he had so moditled the form in which the amend- ment was put forward as to bring it m or- der tor voting on. though not for inscr- ilon in the bill. He was prepared to vote on it. and Mr. Meredith now put it. ' Mr. Stratton resumed the chair. and the amendment was voted down by ii to 23. I The discussion was retwamul on tho first clause. Mr. Meredith naming an {Ht-idem. l al attack on the supplemental evtimat".l i t4twrtly born". 12 U'Plock the cotttvnittru. rose and reported progress. Mr. Alt-ru-liah 'seized the opportunity to re-state what he 'claimed to be his position in the initiivr. ins-mew. that the yuung men would bo, in letter-t. distranchised by the systvm pto- posed under the bill. The Attorney-Gen- 'eral reiterated that the systcm was the Pest that could be devisc,t fur the pur- 'pose of securing the all-Important point of ,n pure ballot. and the class for whom it twas intended. and to whom Mr. Meredith in" ulluded, Wern- the Very class who had specially asked for it. i on adjournin-g. the Attorney-General announced that as under the circumstanc- 5 es at was impossible to finish the business by hu!dlng a Saturday sitting, the 31mm wculd not be held. but that the lions: wey'd sit again on Monday at 3 o'elock. Pe House adjourned at midnight.