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it : oommninemens commniiis nnmnaniteimmini 5:: chocnitt W ; "He fe't giire that sible ; they couldrnotiri y the | Minister -- of ?ublla ~Works Cl?v of hon. menibers ofihm 9 would-- not continue to hold an office ?;ld then blaine them for not assisting for which there was no necescity, and em ; besides, there ds no hon. gentle-- | went on to say that to--day there was man on that side of the House who is | no earthly use for the existence of the paid $7,600 for the purpose of seeing | department. Three or four men Ai-- that the legislation is done in a proper | tached to any other denartment of the manner and that blunders such as f Government could readily do all the n°-- those of last session are not made. ' cessary work. Thus the trumpeted re-- (Opposition applause.) He resented the f trenchment was entirely neutralized by statements of the Attorney--General and , the fact that the hon. gentlemen had Minister of Education upon the plat-- * not gone as far as they might have, ard form that he (Mr. Whitney) was not done away with this useless department capable as leader of a party, and that altogether. 4 he is _ a _ "picayune'" _ politician, : -- and -- twitted _ Hon.~ Mr. Garrow ' The School Law. to _ whom he _ referred _ as the -- Mr. Whitney, went on to refer to the '"lecturer general of the House," with proposed amendment to the school law. having failed to notice the '"blunder'" | They did not know how it was to bs in the legislation of last session which amended, but they did know that thore | necessitated prorogation, and expressed was much room for amendment. (()p-, the opinion that the hon. gentleman & position applause.) The people of the | was apparently too much enamored of Province understood it, and so the | the act to. detect any flaws under the Government had decided "to get down peculiar position which he occupled at out of the tree," as the Opposition had the time. He had no hesitation in recommendcd them to do. He hinted | saying the hon. gentlieman is quite that the Minister of Education was tak-- | worthy the honorable position which he ing time by the forelock, and the Gov-- holds, so far as capabilities for per-- ernment was about to steal the policy [ forming the duties of any position to of the Opposition on education, just as which he may be appointed are con-- it stole his proposed amendment to the cerned. He did not wish to make con-- registry law. In this connsction h-- parisons, but the hon. gentleman had quotecd from Globe editorials fer ue not cared to sit out the whole Par-- . purpose of showing that not only the liament by virtue of the vote of the re-- sentiment but the very languaze of "'"f'"'"' officer. _ For himself he woul1 his speeches on education had been out rather sit in the House in that posl-- to editorial use by that paves. Continu-- tion than with a imajority of 45, with . ing, Mr. Whitrey referrei to th»> an-- all the added prestige of a member of ticipated loss of revenue alluded to in the Cabinet." Proceeding, Mr. Whitney the address from the throns. They had, taunted the Government with fighting he said, been led to believe that ths shy of the Lord's Day act and with Province was in a state of unexampled taking refuge behind a reference to the prosperity, and it hal beéen made use court. . They could not tell the House of in every election during the past ten whether constables had a vote ; they | years. He heard that his hon. friends could not determine the meaning of the on the Treasury hbenches intended to cuontract with the NMagara Power Com-- C put a tax on financial institutions, loan pany and referred it.to one of the courts f companies and hbanks, and s en. to to tell them~ what --the contract ' make up the loss. He admitted that \they had themselves wriiten meant. he had no reason to make the state-- And now they send the Lord's Day ment, excepting that it was very com-- act to the court to be interpreted, and ! mon rumor, but he hlated that rumor he did not know whether there is go-- | sometimes struck within speaking dis-- lf'g to be a new court created for the tance of the truth. (f the rtatement in revision and interpretation of the acts regard to revenus was #5, he he'd the of the Ontario Government. (Laugh-- Government could no--longer point t3 | ter.) --The people of the Province, bhe the Province of Quebe: as an example declared, stood breathless at the suc-- where the financial condition of the :te::::?n:nt ::ll},mdera Wh(liChth thé born + i@an hi ntario. o compose e Govern-- country was worse than hat of O ment had. made® duging the last two A Terrible Blunder. years. & C'ontmuing, Mr. Whitne'y said that it | Llongtnous Jniquity_ seemed his Honor had been advist&dI 7 to say that he found it necessary to | Mr. Whitney then referred to the prorogue the House after the conclu--; bye--elections, and spoke of his amuse-- sion of the sitting in August last. It ment when the mover of the address was strange his hon. friend did not spoke of the want 'of protection for advise his Honor to take the House members against irresponsible petition-- into his confidence as-- to the, reason | ers,. In an ironical strain he congratlu-- why prorogation was found to be ne-- | lated the hon. meéember for his generos-- . cessary. They had heard from the ity in making the proposal, because the h hon. gentleman who moved the ad-- ' hon. gentleman kney that the inflt:f;nce dress in reply that hon. gentlemen op-- | which sent him to the Legislature is posite were endeavoring to shoulder the | strong enough financially to protect him responsibility for the terrible blunder-! against all the ijrresponsible petition-- Ing of last session upon both sides of | [ers who may choose to turn him out the House. (Hear, hear.) That would | | of the House. Respecting the bye--ele-- not do. The hon. gentieman is young ; tions proper, he did not propose to en-- in _ political life,-- but he . will | ter into details. Later on opportunitics find _ out _ that people | in _ this | would be offered for doing so, and his House _ and _ out = of it cannot] hon. friends opposite might rest assur-- have their «@ke and eat it, too. Hon. | ed that the issue would be .j"' gentlemen could--not control legislation | raised _ between -- the parties in and then say the Opposition is respon--| this Province as to the way the byo--