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. and, purpose of this bill. t,te!tt"S ' "P. a l sail run Attorney-General no! ' 9 ' to ouae then unanimous ya" lltlr, no"... u to m the Government I introduction of the bill, and its mm of the hole!" "Id Mr. "Nth". ' I do d rentstrtar w" set down for Mon- amid Opposition cheers. "I submit that . My. Meantime a special committee the great powers of Parliament ". ba- _ I ' tt iteat with lt. in; used for that sarong. and that i is not only a misuse. at a ma _ l The Constables PII; , lit of the powers of Parliament to , Mr. Camallen resumed. :he debate on devote them to any such purpose." he [the second reading of tho constables continued. Taking up the charge ur, ' bill. In passing he expi-e-ssrd the hope the Attoraer-General that Parliament i that now that the Househad heard the was being held up. he .atd:--'a deny lexplanations respecting the historic the charge that Parliament. is being l ram. which had been introduced into held up, hut the hon. gentlemen oppo- the discussion in the House by the hon. site are holding up the Conservative i I member for East Middlesex, the his- party in this country, and they are hold- V l torical animal would not be resurrect- ing them up by the support of the ma.- r' 1 ed again for some time. Taking up the Jority of this House." (Opposition it I consideration of the bill. he said that cheers.) He hoped that in the further I after hearing the arguments presented consideration of this question they I for the bill that it was easy for Mil/0118 'wouid approach it with that fairness i to reasOn themselves into the support which should characterise all gentle-3 I of anything which it is in their interest imen occupying a seat in this House. _ , to promote. He repudiated the inter- 'In the flrat place, the bm is presented r. l, ence sought to be cast by the Minister to the House when the MMit"rv is two I f of Education and other speakers on the 'short of their regular and proper num- 1i l Government side that the opposition :ber, when the House should have had ' contended that retrospective legislation [the combined judment of the Minis- . was wrong. He pointed out that every try upon this trutrJ'eetrwhether it has year in every Legislature of the land the combined Judgment of . ttrqrotrlv ex met recto legislation was passed. constructed Ministry or not it is ditBettlt ' but he charged that the Minister of to gay, . Education had spoken apparently from He contended that the bill was not a brief placed in his hands, without fair, and was equally as bad " the . taking the. trouble to determine the dif- _ first supposed bill they understood.the ference between eat post facto and re- 1 Government was going to introduce. trospective legislation. The hon. mem- : The precedent at Ottawa was no justl- l, her at once plunged Into the 'fication. and'the Government should not a consideration ot the various l take advantage of it. He asserted that precedents upon ex post into letria- the bill would be most fruitful of liti- lation. and the application of the rule gation. and would be a greater expense', ' applying to it. quoting extensively from _ to petlttonem. The postponement " fCWleY in trupport of his contention trials until after certain questions are} ' that the precedents offered by the Min- answered by the Court-of Appeal war _ in"?! Eduttatlott do not EDDW to the tantamount to placing inanacles upon: , existing case. There was not. he con- the petitioner. The petitioner was en- i tended, a single precedent upon which titled to the Judgment ot the trtat g the present bill could be Justitled, and Judge for whatever it is worth, and 1 he challenged the Government to show that Wai' not what they were to have. In the whole record of jurisprudence They should. he held. stand or fail by lany ground for Parliament usturDintt the interpretation of the Judges. Why V" I its functions for the purpose of gaining was the Government so considerate "i " party advantage. He charged that about the constable vote , Would they _ the Minister of Education had not given he tro anxious if as the f . I the House and the country in his speech they believed that half 'trr th'l"lfttiri',1,; 'yesterdav the information which he . h should have, in order that they might day constables vy.ttd, in favor of t e . understand the application of the pre- ', Conservative candidates t He again tus , cedents to the present situation. The [idea that the Ontario ballot was not 8. ', i hon. gentleman had quoted from Phil- secret one, and went on to assert that k'; "pts v. Eyre. but he did not inform the bill would be a precedent for all F.,s the. House of the nature of the case. sorts of wrong. and the people should k l which was such that every member of unite to oppose such a state of affairs. ' l this House or of any British legislature He repeated his charge that the con- : iwould have voted for the bill unani- stable members were sitting as Judges . mously. The hon. gentleman had not also" hmd" own 9355995 {359: Ig,112 . ey a a persona n eres . e e - sold them taughthel case originated in feet of the bill would be very prejudi- " r'lfl','ll"t,,'lfl PIU 3:053- from occur- tial to public Interests. If the decision land The lf, si'lonot WITH?" the ltr. of the trial Judge is with the Liberal ', ppp b' oo e ground party they would he contended let it that this bill deprives men of their stand; it it was. against them they rights to in before the courts of Jus- "cold have a new election. That was tice. and t . Conservative party would an instance of the unfairness of the realm. it to the utmost of their power. bill. In conclusion Mr. Carscallen mov- What, he yttgf G?, the objects and ed in amendment, seconded by Mr. Cob. _ 31:32:13? JI tttdeiiWr,',,,ta"o/ttf, pug]? quhoun, that the bill be not now read. 5 generally t Or is " . measur U'l', 1itt but that the said bill he read a second e erupt- time six months hence. (Conservative ed simply and purely to keen seven applau§e) , :l'nen all f"2it _', "It charge that the ob- . i [ ec . e ma n ea ure of the bill, while ' hon. gentlemen proclaim that they are Preventing Larceny. l quelling to the courts. and that they Mr. Garrow (West Huron) expressed'; are anxious to so to the people,to which his surprise that with a measure so I " shall presently refer, the intention plain and simple in its purpose it shdhld t i