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a... trrmte hon. member for w 'i',',r,',tl1g't'lt,1,'Nt?fJeiutrNe8,'t,T2t - Huron, the blame laid upon the Govern- . . n- 45 ion balm, and it would be well if the mom-and those who have had charge . _ British numbered ballot was adopted by of the) consolidation of the statutes the Dominion. as it had been so largely _ from time to time. and in this connec- by the United States. The Australian '# tion he pointed out that Mr. J. T. Gar- ballot also was very similar. Not in Jst row had been appointed tyremtter of twelve years' experience in th House the commission on consolidation. He had the speaker known the causewa- _ Predicted that a. wave of indignation tives to prove one of their many _ would roll over the country when it in charges. The growth of the appropria- once understood that the Legislature .tlon for agricultural purposes to a. , intended passing an act declaratory of l'quarter of a million per annum was _ the state of the law on Ist March. and I referred to in refutation of the conten- although the bill is not now apparently ', tlon of the member for Stormont that as had " the original proposal. it is 'the Governnfent had neglected agricul- Btill bad enough "d has many of the Itural interests. The Agricultural Col- bad features of the child which had I lege at Guelph was a Brand institution, L been abandoned. The effect of the bill. (and was a. tribute to the intelligent, It adopted.- would be to prevent the lliberal manner in which the Ontario I trial of the protests against the sun- (e:y,jiijyiie),i.i dealt with the farmers' in- porters of the Government possible lterests. Dr. McKay paid a high com- . until after the winter session of the pliment to Hon. John Dryden. and House. whereas the protests against prophesied trot the House would not', ' supporters of the'Opposition might be carry Mr. Whitney's motion of want of! decided and the bye-elections result- confidence merely because two Minis.. I lng therefrom. it any. held at a much ters had. been defeated. . earlier date. The Opposit on was no - attempting to attack the act against. Evenlns Session. improper and illegal voting, and he When Mr. Lumsden of ot- agreed that it would be a. crime to take tawa spoke the other day he called away a man's rights. The opposition l, himself the senior representative of the was not attacking anybody's rights, capital city. Mr. Powell. who had the but simply said that this House has no floor when the House resumed in the right to Interfere in election trials that evening, was not to be outdone and in- are now pending. Referring to the , I troduced himself as the senior Conser- precedent of 1887 he argued that the:, vative member for that city. He-con- circumstances surrounding the two; gratulated the Speaker, but could not rb macs are entirely ditterent and that it congratulate Mr. Hardy for calling the "J would never have been pas-used had the House together at such an inopportune petition against Sir John Macdonald 5 time. It did not matter much perhaps return protested against it 118 preJU- to the lawyers. but to the farmers and 'f, dicial to his interests. (Applause) Iumbermen it was a set-ions thing. Thin A . was their busy time. Being a milita Dr. McKay. I man he was glad to see that the 1'h7..1 L. . . South Oxford) dealt with lent guard of honor at the opening of . . mgr Lllldl'lgtaaly majority, asserting that the House was composed ct volunteers d there " as no danger to the Government. and not regulars. The bandmaster, nor would there be for a good many too, was a man of discernment when he years to come. He noted the increase of played "A Hot Time." The hot time F Intellect and intelligence in the House 1'iiiiii',, he predicted. continue, because and the acquisition of a better class of I the Conservatives were now in the lot: men from the ranks of both parties. A . glare of Wanton: it was no longer the) good deal of credit was due to the Con- cold shades. (Opposition applause.) servatlves also in selecting better can- 'lllr..Powell dismissed the Mtee.c9t from ' .dldates than usual. He contrasted the the throne. in the _to11owipttia_tence, ' to of the resent seas on o e " _ , , r'. l f,1's','c'2,frtof.'t' of P',',??,','?,',) meeting in an A good deal of hing. a certain amount , . . . d aid ct stuff and d deal about fish, artificially -heated atmosphere, an s , . _ The speaker attended that, accord-; it IN' ould be a good idea to call a sum l d l l " mer session from time to time, so as " to Bourinon MmrHtuxly ha VOM-l l ' Ito give the members a pleasant outing od the Julet 'pt Parliamentary proce- l - dure wnen he tuviit ed in the notice. l; the beautiful City of Toronto. Tait 8 . ' l! ing up the constable question, he point- calling the House "W her Miuesty B ' led out that if it was held that 3,000 [representative would say in opening the s" .voters in the Province of Ontario had l Houae. The Legislature was likened ' I voted illegally at the last election they i to a Jointstoek comaany, with this dif- l Iwould he subject to the penalties under l ference . the Joint atoeit company wat' 'the election act. It was the duty of the i iroverned by law., and the Legislature (Legislature to say that these people, .by precept. u:three-of the directors 'who. by the interpretation of both part- of a Joint stock company are missing ies since Confederation and long been and the remaining directors cannot re- fore placed upon that law, elect new directlors the stockholders ate had the undoubted right to that fran- summoned together for the purpose ot chise, shOuld be protected from the pen- filling the vacancies. The Letr?lat,u.rr tally of the act. The.Congervatives were l, should. he heldp be similarly swded in 'always boasting of their loyalty to Brit- tillirtg the vat?tutt portfolios. Bourlnot |ish institutions. and yet they objected held that E Minister must have tl Beat Ito the numbered ballot. which was on the floor ttethtiottse. "We de- ' adoptl d in Ctr-at Britain in 1872 and was mand it." said Mr. Powell. "and the still in force. (Minitrterlal-appiause.) people of Ontario demand it." in re- Reference was made to the btulot-box ttard to the oonsthbles he wanted the _ , .stutruur which had taken place in Mani- election courts and not the, Court of toba. No doubt the Conservatives Appeal to decide. nor did he want the . _ would like a similar ballot in Ontario. Heinlein" to have anything to do with . (Fraud had also been proven in West _-_-------------------- - ------ _------.