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Ontario Scrapbook Hansard, 14 Feb 1899, p. 4

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_ Tr"""""'------""""""""-""-""-'"""'"'"""-'-'-"-"'" a? . "in; oiiiiittiiigori,ir. Cohmee and it in." Mr. yogic 'r" 'iJ,5Ndi)" " :2; Mi A, ' 4 _;;; 19.. litter of ttqneratutatf9n that the igan pal, its' . 45*}; - Ri' ,. ', 1 hs PrFe lhtvetttinenr, notwithstanding the grow- '4titt in 38.18th t" , .1. ."3.V,.f,], , :c,3_'jiii T '1 "ID wants and growing expenditure of 33,000. 'Mr. stmtton'jaaid there Trd. no _ , T the 'Province, had met all its obllgu- comparison between' the duties in moh- .~ tions and was yet in a sound financial igan and Ongrib, and Mr. Hoyle re; condizion. -It was proof that the Gov- tnrted that hen ConservatiVes sai g eminent was not extravagant. there was no cd,",,','.'?,,"',",',",',,',',',',',,:')',")',']',", o c , The Budget According to Hoyle. I t,eftgt,rnt'l,t'1tlufo'l1 know what they -, Mr. Hoyle, Conservative member forI were talking about'. '3"? Whitney?" "-'is. North Ontario. followed Mr. Conmee. the boot was mm" on the other J,"): /tsk He said that Colonel Matheson in his and Mr. Hardy intimated. in an un tii dst criticism of the budget had been both tone. that the argument hadn't a " r J. fair and candid and in conformity to to stand on; Mr.'H0¥,te, topk the re-, , aE general usage governing such matters. mark, turoqrftt,t.iv,' " . personal re- ' " motwithstandtntr Mr. Conmee's very ttection on his 'ftneagttttti.Pe: (or. he i ' stringent criticism. Mr. Conmee had said with warmth 3 'We have two irood. _ - evidently yet to learn a great deal in sound legs, very nearly evenly balanced. . connection with the . subject of trust on this side pt. the trot.use-i-ietrs that ' T funds. which he had attempted to ex- will not be ashamed to stand upon the', plain. and the speaker pointed out that acts of this side of the House. and _of g 210.000had been paid for the expenses a mental calibre ,tlrri,"'fva'i'l'i't'ht . _ of an arbitration before the Supreme Iaughter)--to criticize in ts, . SS, in Court in connection with the claim honest manner the extravaganée wh c ' '/r ,',",,'y,'/',vleT,,e',','t J,','ieP"'t, $203) JI? I?" we will endeavor'to show tit, existence ' W . . . on. u on the Governmen s r e o e fl ' Edward Blake as saying, in connection Ill',",,",,,,.,', (Opposition applause.) Mr. i) Jvith this tsuit, that there Avatr no com- Hoyle then went on to demand an PX- , 'y mon school fund in the Dominion ot planation of the phraseology "presently , . , t 2ret and nevenhad been any ; that payable; "ltttn,,ttittiol', Yi'tgilipiesGOVl-t . t e fund - f' emmen s s a emen o _ a e . bi? i, l bookkeeping: 'g'fllli, 'Lett',,' trite,' 'll, should include all liabilities, not mere- ik 1 l . the laudable desire of the Province or! ly those mummy payable. ' 3. _ I Ontario to provide for primary educa-i The contention of the Opposition was, a ') f ' tion. As for the Government's conten- t he explained, that the only surplus wag r h- i' tion that the moment the Pr vittee de- i such as that shown by Bandtie1d Mac- I . l l manded it these funds woulg be paid' _ donald, who had a genuine cash surplus " '1 over, Mr. Hoyle quoted Sir Leonard Til- I of $3,814,000. . (Opposition applause.) rr ~ l ley as stating that probably there was- Mr. 1tp1!,.tenri",',rher e did Sandtield . i a method by which the Province could: Macdonald SEE" . ' F i receive its share. yet the Dominion, the _ "tly., Hoyle-li rom the revenues of the ' 1- ' Provinces of Quebec and Ontario, beingl' I E '?ll?nf,t: : . l all interested, would require a E Mr. Stratton-From the sale of tim- l [tripartite agreement before anything] 'ber. F, l ', could be done. What. then, became of Continuing, Yr, Hoyle compared the " t N i the Government's contention 't 1Oirpo- record from IS71 to 1898, during which a i sition applause.) the "t',o,p,irn/tty','.et _',r'g.t.'"tl,, 833500.030 Ei t' ! It would. Mr. Ho le said, be an easy more an s revenues. e err ng o -. _ 5 matter for the a'o'(g,i.fi,,"dl,1 to make up! the administration of Justice, he com- :9 its cash balance of "50.000 by the sale. plained that the expenditure was on a ",e, of the. Toronto Lunatic Asylum lands, ' constantly ascending scale. the increase IN " , ',ffflt the sale of railway annuities, in 1398 over 11:97 being $77,634, whichl T " .128.000. and other items. He would oug t not to A?. never condemn the State for uninv in)" . . _ _ , duty by maintaining the ii'n'ti'r't'll'/i'at'iii) Favors Atoolltion. , ' of the Province in its public institu-3 He made the statement with deliber- tions. It was not Oty these grounds that , ation that the Attorney-General would he was criticizing the expenditure. The; live to regret having returned to the l Government was fond ot comparing system of Junior (hunty Judges, and. public institutions otneighboring States taking the full responsibility for his P, with those ot Ontario. and he would in opinion, he urged that there ittmo need L, reply compare the cost of the executive. 'tor a Junior Judge in. Ontario County F':' of the Ontario Government with that of t t ' . the Executive ot New York State. The whose duties would not be trumeiert o , ', V', ; New York Legislature had five Minis- pay the salary attached to the position. I .- .. , tors. and their salaries aggregated $31,- The Government having indicated an l _ _ l 000. while Ontar.io'a seven Ministers re- intention to grant Home reform of the .r I ceived, including the, indemnities. tlm,- 'lehnitht,rrt,te"v% of 1y1tt like 'ttgt', i, s. 200. "1 have never' said Mr. Hoyle, t e torney- eneral t at e wo l ' "blamed the Government for its econ- confer a. great boon upon the people of I omy, as exemplit1ed,in the estimates, the Province of Ontario it 'he would] A, but t"bit he nomad $10 ttaero/leo",',.:, it abolishl thed County Ctolim :syetemt Ill;') , : mus e a arc .n , e a e. 'onser- expan an en argo e scope o. h . ', P' vative 'il)1llllih', And I have no doubt Division Court system. As proof of the _ that the time has arrived in the minds soundness of his' argument be quoted! . , of the hon. gentlemen opposite, and I from the statistics of Writs issued tog a. am daily expecting that some hon. gen- show that his mttrttestion was practic- , ', 'V tleman there will have a motion be- able. and declared that there is some-1 tore the Speaker' for a bill to be read a thing radically wrong in the principle ( _ thit time reducing the amount that we upon which the administration of jus- i pay 11e,,1itttylirt of the Province of tice is conducted. He also declared that' Ontario. tConservative laughter.) the legislation respecting the payments of salaries to Judges under the heir and I A d g

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