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ge vantes," eto. > Everything could: not be that "kind of aryument. Mr. Hardy r')g purchased by tender, but : all | that ! said Mr. Wardell had better withdraw 271 might reasonably be purchased in that 'his statement. t way was. 'The Opposition had not |_ Mr. Wardell said he was repeating made out a cage *n 'their arguments what had beon currently reported, and . upon the questicn of reasonahe time Mr, Conmee said that if a member was wo far as the return of the absont Min-- permitted to make hearsay charges he isters is cancerned,.. When tho CGGiovern-- vcould slander any member ®f the ment «poke they found fault; when House, the Government remaincd silent they . Mr. Wardell--I am sgorry, sir, I have founrd more fault; when the Govern-- | stirred up----~ a | ment was complete they wished to Mr. Conmec--No, you have not stir-- turn it out;.when.--two members were | red up anything. You should not take missing they wanted it to resign. }:e; newspayer skits seriously. (Laughter.) was afraid they could .not satisfy the | hon. gentlemen. He denied that Sir Hon, Mr, Ross' Reply. | William R. Meredith had anything to | Hon. Gco. W. Ross was greeted | do .with the. Inception of the Govern-- | with Government cheers when he rose | ment's mining policy. _ Mr. Hoyles ; to reply, He pointed out that it would | (North Ontarto) denied this, ard saidt be impos--lble for the Government mi Mr., Meredith had outlined his policy call Pariament et any time that it in London in 1889. «Mr. Conmee .«'ald! would not be inconvenient for go;ne} ¢ he might have, but he did not ovutline | members of the House. But if it was it in the House. He acknowledged that | 'noon\'qn[gnt for hon. members of the ' Mr, Meredith supported the Govern-- | Mouse. it dnes not scem to be incon-- | ment's mining policy in 1892 On that [ venient for hon,. gentlemen opposite to | occasion «Mr.-- CGonmee. was the only | persist in continuing the session and man who opmosed that policy.. Mtr. ' remsasin'ng wi"h them so long a time. Meredith supported it; he alway* sup-- | (Government cheers.) It had been Faid ported the Government when it was | that the Heuse had not met for public wrong. (Laughter.) Mr. Conmee twit-- business at all; that it was purely a ted the ()[)'N)S'"(lfl with denoun('lms'.' | session for pa_r'y punposes. He thought imaginary evils in Ontario' when they | there was business of vast public con-- supported on the platform and by their ; cern before this Parkiament; in fact, * votes the Government which had ter-- | hon. gentlemen seemed to greatly con-- | petrated the McGreevy and Curran | cepn themselves a@about the business bridge scandals. He quoted as an au-- they are offersd, that there will be tco thority on Conservative wrnng-dn?m:l much lsu.~i'n4'ss' to sult them. He Mr. Carscallen, "that luminary who ] thought it an important session. What came from the top of the Hamilton is t>e business? he asked. Was It not mountain." Mr. Carscallen once said: } t.o protect the franchise, the s@wcred "With the Dominion Government | it | trust committed to the Legistature by was a constant grab for every ¢sent of | the pN;ple o€ the country? Could there money that hands could be laid on, | be any more important matter for the from every source,. to be put into the | House to have undar consideration ? treasury and fisbed out by mmtractnrsi' The greatist bartles in the British who contributed to the election 'fund." | Hougse of¢ Commons had been those (Government applause.) waged for the extension of the fran-- Mr. Werdell (North Wentworth) fol-- chige rights of the prople, and perhaps lowed on the Conservative side, deal-- one 'of the most splendid contests with-- Ing with retronctive legislation, and in his memory in the House of Com-- * suggesting that the Premier might pass hmxn--ln ecnnection with the franchise a bill making himself permanent leader bill of 1885, which was happily repealed of the Government and making hlsl last yea.r----.(t'heem')- and the only time 8 Czbinet a permanent one, He might, when the House had sat fon about while at it, pass an act declaring that | twenty--four hours, was when a mat-- the two absent Ministers were duly ter affecting the n"a'nch-fae of the peo-- elecited. Mr. Wardell charged that Mr. ple was under discussion. Over 300.000 Conmee had once turned Conserva-- yeople on the first of March last de-- tive, that he had been dorring the ohred their wills in the ballot box. Government for a Cabinet ce and (Government cheers.) The crowning threatening to vote against the Gov-- act, the kinglicot act of freedom. is ernment if he did not get it. the freeman's vote. _ Three bundred Mr. Hardy--Never! thousand of them performed the kingly Mr, Conmee--I never asked this Gov-- wot, and by 7,000 they had expressed lermmment nor any other Government tbe'lr confidence _ in the Govern»-- | for a Cabinet position. (Government ment, and they were there to see that applause.) the will of the people is carried out, | Mr. Wardell said that the contrary and he thought hon. gentlemen opposgite | had been reported, and went on to would agree that ParHament had heenl aocuse Mr. Oonmee of being unduly in-- convened dfor one of the most imiport-- | terested in mining locations; of intro-- ant duttes committed to it. Then they ducing legislation presumably in the had to deat with that most important interests of Port Arthur, but really industry, the fAsherics, amounting to In favor of Mm#elf alone. wbout $2,000,000 in value, and employ-- _ Mr. Conmee--I must again direct the Ing two thousand men. Surely these | nttention of the hon. gentieman to the were matters of @ufclent Mmportance | Pact that I have not owned, never did to engage the attention for a few weeks | own and do not now own & mining at least of the Legislature. (Cheers.) | Qocation in the Province of Ontario, But hon. gentlemen said that the ses-- + Mr. Hardy salid that Mr. Wardsll sion, so far as the oonstables vote is would either have to take the 'responsi--> cancerred, is a party «ession. He ask-- bility for his arguments or abandon ed what. hon. gentlemen are diacos-- alng in this debate; are they drl-cushi