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2. & y" C =. ® 4 hn s i C C + e & 4 * A , _ Wit® the consent of the House the dis~ the sub--section. It appearcd®" a -' t is * 5n "the measure will ta.ke'I- that if it passed there was a possf ) # -- $de.. .ordttea of the whole House. .. of having the municipal elections } * (~" on temperance lines, which would f THE LICENSE BILL. is be in the interests of the municipal % '--_a&nd likely to work mischief,. The House then went into committee Mr. Middleton hoped the proy vnon the bili to amend the license laws. would remain in the bill. "The Provincial Treasurer pointed out Mr. Gib:on of Huron, who annou that the bill exempted county towns of himself as a total abstainer _ fo less than 2,500 population from the op-- years, regarded the clause as a rd eration of section one, which limits t'he grade step. The Councils throug number of licenses, and a clause "as: the country did not want to have}: _ added DI'OVli';":K th'tf in Sltlnc'}ufla;gg :)l:'l:deh?gd()t the ques(;igip. Local onl _ there shou e one for eac 5 l sente many difficulties arif for the first 1,000 of the population and from local boundaries, and it was a h;' one for each full 400 over 1,000 of t.he' ggssn)k?d t,haft a _ hotelkeeper $ ulation. e _ side o a road could 1 F po'l")he clause of section three, which| open while his neighbor ac ';,{ gives to the municipal Councils power the road 'wovuld have to cl *fi' to. further limit the nun:ll;er ':f ucen?es 'fil»g(gfil dm)tt hesitate to say that : % @ana prescribes an earMer hour for »v--caileéed temperance people are iss closing than that fixed by the present intemperate, and of the people _~~§',: act, was productive of considerable voted in favor of the plebiscite pH _ discussion. | a}hly one--half of them would tak i. Mr. Genlnaa.n gonlt'e:\dt;?' tt;'at ;;xeog)tr}r:;g 'éigssn Jf }t)l(vi'iy\halfl aln pplp?_rtun}ity. o posal to place back in the han in reve in legislation by c( 9 -- municipalities the power respecti'ng tlt\e \| fx;'.? either for temperance or anyth{ 3 hours of closing was a returning o! »Alse, 1¢ * one of the worst features of the old | A DIFEFICU M ted | license law. Just as soon as this bill FFICULT PROBLEM. $ becomes law, if 4t should be passed. | The Attorney--General pointed $ there will be an agitation begun in | that this is a quesiion upon which t "fi every municipality in the Province be-- | are many -- different opinions. i tween the prohibitionists and those suggested that instead _ of afi who are not prohibitionists seeking . amendment offered by his P 3 either the curtailment or lengtheirtl)i'l;\ls:i :rletx}x'd I({Mr. German) being submit} -- of sale. Tha respons ~| 0o the House, it would be better to th (t); tflc:: Pk?:;soum of closing all over the the sense of the House upon the clal| Province should rest in the hands of of the bill as it stood. If the cla} the Government, and gttthe Go(\lrem; \axgu]got Smlnd tg;ent tgedexlzti&g ove o amen J remain undisturbed an e Z'x'ffiie"u','i""ngfin'? out that portion pose sought would be attained. Hel ? which gave the --municipal Councils Ia"'a.re that many Councils objected} | power to regulate the hours.of ?:(})'siaf. | ih'u\"ingdthitshd;:ty thrust upon them, it . Meacham would agree w e | claimed that the Government prn(gosmon of the hon. gentle:nanoutig ,fkl]lixi'kinf 153 dulyHin dt.!(;m\\'ing it u f that the Government w { eir shoulders. e did not agree w# | ::zglttlg: responsibility for shortening | that proposition entirely, but there} the hours. | something to be said upon both sidl _ 'It had been thought that perhaps _ _A RETROGRADE STEP. 'would be best to leave to the mumif 'k characterized placing in palities the fixing of the hours. HQ | thzlrfia}:gzcg'f'kt;ea municipalities the gentlemen opposite were opposed i power of regulating or interfering in tl;rt)}';vlng theipoxl'.;{er 1)ac'}'<hinto th(; harg i egulating of hours o e municipalities. ere is force® ::y'r'::{ln';l;ht :Fc?an;ez as a.gretrograde both objections. Even the temperarn@ st« He quoted a resolution of the people are divided upon the point. i M:?t.lodlat Conference, passed in 1882, Mr. -- Miscamphell declared that t | which emphatically deprecated any clause, if passed. would throw t t legislation which would place thefco}r'l- lt[(luor qudestion (ilnto all rr;]unli)clpal elcf _ of the licenses in the hands of the ions, and would revive the bitter cof | 'fil;?l]niclpp.lities. whereldttl\)e \\";}rdt polii'i- :sqltql w{'; have \;;;tneSEed ix: the pa$ | vrians and heelers wou e able to make 'hile he was mself a tempera their influence felt. He hl(()lped"the P{t(l)- 'mta;:}.l he tft;iougll:t ggakt) the ;egulati(i vincial _ Treasurer wou allow a 0 e traffic shou e such as to clause to be struck out, and urged the duce the best possible class of men z advisability of having uniformity in engage in it, and not to so restrict t$ . the hours throughout the Province. number of licenses as to cause an if | The following "9301""0?'01'8589%0&' *;» crease in the number of whiskey divd | meeting of the Council of Owen Soun« | Mr. Howland in the cours>s of a spee{ _ and signed by T. J. Thompson, Mayor, Jof some length argued that the jud$ and Thos. Gordon, Town Clerk, was i ment of the Privy Council had bef_ read by Mr. Cleland :--"That in view {| wrongly interpreted and that pow| | of proposed changes in the liquor li-- || was really given to the Province to prj| cense law this Council is of opinion hibit. He quoted a head--note in that the license law as it now stands is Wheeler's book in support of this cof a geod one, and that any attempt to tention, and charged that there hi impose further restrictiorns would be been some concealment by which tf most unjust and harassing to our fel-- temperance people had been led to bf_ otel business. Ang "to Tthe public . in lieve that no such power had befi n given. general, as the late trains do not ar-- s $ rive here until 10.30 o'clock in the even-- wx;'e:{?&g; fi}g{fi?'efi'a;flrh&?';';' ing, and the public would suffer great was not given. The Ju'dlclal Committ inconvenience if tl_le hour for closing had been a.skéd plainly if the Provin .J l uyzof inis resqiution be sighen. by fiad the power to 'prohibit, and thdif the Mayor and Clerk and forwarded to lanst'i\'er had not been yes. Flnallyft l our representative in the Local Legis-- section was allowed to stand for ful | lature for presentation to that body." th'I(:ll; considelration. i a a [ Mr. Cleland added that from his ex-- e next clause which caused any dif') perience of municipal Councils he did :gg;fig %t"p%iéggéspggn;:;igglitfh;i:?le $ not think it would be in the interests E -- MB of the people generally to put the pow-- McLean held that if the clause w i er of fixing the hours of closing in the passed the law would be in such J / hands of the Councils. shape that retailers could sell arf. } quantity, which would be unfair ki, --.__ HE WANTED TO KNOW. the wholesale dealers. He asked for | | _ 'Mr. Marter thought the Government maximum to be fixed. The clause wa g'z!':uld let the House know what they Iheld over until the evening session. 'ifflmught upon this point. It appeared z}tter recess, at the request of Hom to him that if the clause giving muni-- Mr. Harcourt, the House passed thi, cipalities power to regulate the hours clause relating to shop licenses, whic F of closing were eliminated, that portion rrovides for the sale of liquor in un| B;Vlling thomh pol\(\l'el'l to fix tltl'e i\)\elmber : g;(l);te;'lmx:ackages of not less than onel| of licenses should also go ou rson-- | -- 4 ally he thought the Government should Dr. Willoughby took exception to th¢] take the responsibility of regul@ting withdrawal from the druggists of fl; us mnle thin c meaegind Slin "themtece nfon the order "of , should not be divided _ re ility. » 4 He admitted, however, that,.l':.oll a difm-- a duly qualified medical practitioner, in cult question. P. larger quantities than six ounces. 1 Mr. McLean would be ve orry to l the medical man could be trusted t' see the clause eliminated unl there z | give a certificate of necessity for medi is something better put in i ce. | cinal purposes, he should certainly --{ He suggested that the matter-- it t ;ak}'llwed fi) spficity "'f qu:nglttts;h is« submitted to a vote of the I on. r. arcourt adm 2 a similar manner to the money' 8 probably nineteen out of twenty of the laws. y * / % \dmggists cmct their bu:'lnu honor Mr. Crawford saw diffculties L a&bly, but there are exceptions, whiC way of carrying out the ""';9 i e 54 the clause is intended to cover. T s -- C o To "1.\~A s o en l CV i