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Ps __ - - W "Tr'"""""'""-'"'-"'""""'-""-'"'-'" , .-"e We" Were m, ...... tttre" "a'7Tiiraatiia lllam 1"4'%iak .:. br, 1 7 talents made in substitution id to give." Mid: . _ is "Ia. ,_.I an , Other appointments previously made, I apprehend it itt dui'nedly false." Mr. t nagd if BO, which ot "id persons Were Hardy made no such statement. and I _ $133..me in substitution for others. shall be prepared if grotmittte to ask . W" eaet, ttutth ttmrroinftteaxrtt fn The Mail to quote the statement which " Substitution made, and for what rea- they allege contains that particular al- t son was each such substitution made t" legation if they can _ tInd " in my . The Attorney-uetierai replied that speech." the information was not in the posses- ' ' :iorliwof the Government and would have i Mr. Whitney 9 Complaint. o obtained from the returning of- f Mr. Whitney also had a grievance.) 2,t'g, ilmt return]!!! ofrcer would he I He drew attention to'what he termed ", uinish the information. "a. most ',get."/gf2tru,1ittg2li', in to- ; day's Glo ' ea e _" n xtravagant Their Statements Agree. Assertion." He desired to call attention Before adjournment Mr. Hardy rose to two or three lines in that editorial ' and drew attention to an editorial Rr- l in which he was charged with hav- tlcle which appeared in The Mail and 'i ing: " l Empire this morning, as follows c-- ', "Declared in the most forcible terms gt " . that the school system of Ontario was I This Looks Bad. such (and we are now quoting his own t' "Mr. G. W. Ross, according to the I words) that not a shadow of education reports of his party press, told the West I was obtained under it. Elgin electors that the. Government l The report of that debate in The, would this session remit a drainage Globe, Mr. Whitney pointed out, con-r debt of $26,000 owed by the Townships t tains no word referring to whatever * of Aldborough and Dunwich. statement he had made on that point, , "At n subsequent meeting Mr. Hardy therefore the reporter of The Globe' _ declared that the people ought to vote "in? tto 'l,',lt."AV/,'l't P,,vat'.r,, made the for the Government that has something 'll ("%'fi'Jfi'l 3., ma _ a?! ' continued y to give. in?" "28%;; 'dnil',tttgg tl "ld,' 35$." . tri,'1'/ir2i,1"oopei."ttgt1..e.' last explained sense possible, and all those who un- 'i "Hon Mr. Ross GG, rose to reply to t'i1e,httagtitnoi,'yr 1','St'iigtt,io,ho,,r, personal explanations on his Dutton mee.w?1rhat '/l%'fi'l rohuageaggeg "$53 . address, Ile' had been pointed to as care has been taken by the writer or 'lftS%,t,1f,.t,r, $332.11 P,', ttht,,"',',',','; this editorial to cut off the latter half by m; elector The rebut: of giro;- of the sentence, so as to make it poa- _ . ,0 sible that the ordinary reader would f,'g,'ttgTi','1"t/Jaf,uU2,elr, Il/g',','.: understand that I had said something ough drainage debentures had been tn/2ielrd"trege from what I hall. it.")) ' agreed upon in Council in January, oft , o say r,t,h,,ad/nlt'-TiaR.!, .9 MIM, on the report of an expert en- en o make complarn tt against {he . gineer, and was reported to the Reeves reports or editoritO on either INN ' of the townships at the time.' Mr, \Vhitne Di . ' t "But on August 24th, 1898, Mr. Hardy 1 Y d Not Deny It made a statement in the House, of . Hon. Mr. Hardy pointed out that which the following is a report in the m his reply he had quoted the express Party paper '.--- ".ePt. of his hon friend (Mr. Whitney) " 'In reply to Mr. Macdiarmid. the At- that there was not a shadow of edu, torney-General stated that no order cation imparted," and had asked his i in Council had been passed remitting hon. friend at the time it he had not l any portion of the debt of the Town- 'elf, Bo. and the hon. gentleman (Mr. ships of Aldborough and Dunwich on Whitney) had not denied having made -t account of drainage debentures, but the /',t1ttpt,n,,t,. The hon. ' gentleman 4 that an intimation has been given that i Won d find his (Mr. Hardy ts) remarks . a portion of the debt will be remitted.' recorded in the report pt his speech . -Globe, August M, 1898. "hm: appeared in the same issue of . "Bo that with reference to the action we 91°99 that contained a summary ot that was taken, Mr. Hardy flatly con- it Whitney 3 tspeech. tradicts Mr. Ross. r. Whitney, in reply, said the At- t " Mr. Ross cited an order in Council tter'ttv,",'veonrt,ty was utterly asti-av as which Mr. Hardy says was never pass~ a? tde words he used. He had used ed, that he might make it appear that "sit s. tsirnllar to those quoted. as the definite action had already been taken, dim Qlr I?! a sentence and followed and that no corrupt promise was there- d _ p y the other words he had f tore made." "it quoted, and which his hon. friend ' "That statement as to the contra- :gir.hHardy) heard and understood. If l diction, Mr. Speaker. is entirely false," stood 'ik gentleman had not ttntiets , said Mr. Hardy. "Mr. Ross explained remark QI, he could not have made the that Council had agreed upon it, but id h d8 w ich he Sid 1n reply. What no order In Council had been passed;: eta said was, Under our present that Council had merely agreed upon' :53 em there wan no education in its I it. I distinctly said in my reply that glue sense, and those who understood Council had agreed upon it, but no e meaning and derivation of the; formal order in Council had been pass- , tf/,'/idc,"1gtc,1t,n, would agree with him." t 'p ed. The two statements agreed in all: the Aitaald so now, and his hon. friend " particulars as nearly as they possibly and b orney-General understood him. can, having regard to the fact that ecause he understood him he had they are not copies of each other." Mr. ','voo"ued"l, to ask what he (MR Whitney) Hardly. referring to the sentence. "At thigh t'P'ffu',g/t"tifg',,ft ht; Ti"/1 a an s uent m etin . - r en er it: an , en e g Mr Hardy de building and other arts in the school. .- __-l-_------------, -