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[ _ . .V _ ' a ' " I 48 who held a Conference with certain A Thirty I" Record. 1 ththermen in the constituency of West Mr. Stratton resumed the debate Huron during the recent election ' " upon the budget. His first words were so, what was the object of such aa; of congratulation to the Province and; ence, and were any promises made as the Government that after thirty ycars, to fishing rights on behalf of the Gov- of Liberal government the condition of, ernment a the thtancete of the Province was so' . - , eminently satisfactory. The oxhowh- Mth t,.Att'.p.neaie.t,'t'tg1,1 'fy/pl 2t..t ture on account of public institutions fercnces. with fishermen at Me .. had been large, but not lurgnr than " ' . voral the needs of the Province our xiii ints on Lake Huron betw en the 28th _ u, ' L. t mu U . po T ' e and had not been extravagant. He 'tst, November 'yy1,tte, 2nd of December, complimented Mr. Matheson Upon his _ 598. namely. at Southampton in North sinuous adaptability for burrowio-r Bruce Goderich in West Huron and . ' l; I . into fitrures, for which he had stood, B?ty.ti.eld, in South Huron. The object alone among hon. gentlemen on that: of hm Tiait was to consult with the side of the House, but he wanna himi fltrhermert and ascertain how they Ito look dftcr his laurels n3 iii/i/li/aT; . id be affected adversely or other-. . _ . " _ . '. '..','..',1'l . l, Iv/ly . ' ' l elitic after the suipi isinr, whammy turi WtNe, try certain new provisions of the I hair-splitting which the ho a. gentleman licenses then in course of preparation. . from North Ontario had t'/'ll),lli','hn.,l The provisions. including one for pre- i Speaking of the peculiar mcthous of fig-i vention of the catching of immature tiring by which the hon. member for" [ fish, were heartily approved of by the South Lanark arrived at conc'usionsi ) fishermen. ' At Goderich he innttived respecting the financial affairs of the: i into a specml grievance which the iish- Province, in which a whole. rpghmmt ot,' ermcn claimed to have, and which he the figures of Ananias stood out boldly,' . desired to investigate in person. and he said that the hon. gentieman's lead- the subject. is now under considcrn- er (Mr. Whitney) would probably Tid tion "3 Pt.trt of a general 1Piicy.. No scribe the process as collateral gull promises were made as to flshing rights and monumental cheek. The Imposition. ' on behalf of the Government. . I critics had been for twenty years tn-1I w " ll l , . t deavoring to square the circle, but; i pst E g n Deputies I mathematicians had nroven this to be In accordance with a motion passed a impossible, and, like Prof. Wiggins' few days ago Hon. Mr. Hardy brought fitruret' when he claimed to have per- down the report of the returning off1cer formed this feat, the figures o? the hon. of West Elgin. giving the names, rv- member had been proven fallacies and t sidences and potstoftice addresses of the without foundation. The (Opposition ,deputy returning ofiiccrs at the bye- had failed in their effort t) convince election, together with the dates of the Province that it was bankrupt. appointment. In every case the dtsitutyr, At some length Mr. Stratton referred appointed by Returning Officer Brown to the military instincts of the hon _ was a. resident of the municipaltty in member tor South Lanark, and toqhis i which he acted except one-No. 6 Napoleonic qualities, and as an inns- division, Southwold- in which Mr. M. i tration mentioned the great Napoleon a _ n. Johnson of St. Thomas, a resident declaration that thrice he ind the Grit- of the riding. was appointed. The re- ish whipped at Waterloo, but they had _ turning omccr added ..--"None of the not sense enough to know It. This was above appointments were made by me very much the position taken by Mr, in substitution of other appointments Matheson with respect to the Ontario previously made by me. And all of the Government and the surplus. (Laughter above named deputies acted, as far as I and Government cheers.) Taking up have ascertained, with the exception of the contention of the Opposulon that n. N. Stafford in No. 4 southwold. I the interest upon 1'.1yt.ffy,e'.s in the, have been informed that owing to the ' hands ot the Dominion "as not "Kort-H. , illness of the said R. N. Stafford. Mr. but subsidy. Mr Stanton quoted from . D..Bole acted in his place, but not un- , the statutes in which it was exvre.s.sly der any appointment made by me." F stated that the capital 1llP,.r1l1,'/ wlmh i this interest "as paid ll as capital due Wants An Inspector Discharged. ' and owing to the Province." Then the i . urn hon. srentlreman.' haul refer'c'l l , th: l Mr. McLaughlin movid' {gra&::tahd amount owing by the Province to tho . of 1'W,"i'il bfttmeefl'l "let/"ee'lr",','i'llll Coun- Dominion. on account of .v iich he de- the Coun y '0 tmb dag and Glcngarry ducted 82,000,000 from the amount Fltown ties of Storing: ' b',?,'.,',',',", ;with "the Bev- '; in the statenu-nt of assets by the Trous- relating to so . . lieerttte in- ' urer, whereas the statement conclusive- vices ot one of ke st'?,';,',!',,",']',',',', and' 1y and positively showed that 'tpcctort' for it,tt own Bt nt com-: the $2,000,000 had previously been the outlying (ioutnty /1i'i',t/T,tt"e,'f' Btor- i deducted from the amount ow- prising the giT,'it there was no ne-i lug to the Province. and therefore mont. He he ins ctors and that' the surplus of $5,00-L000 shown by the cessity form's? hn peed ii',, had noun; Provincial Treaiyieu' was net. " the one should ac "I t. 'ersonally l two millions referred to has nor. been ing against the lnspec Sr,.',', p, ointcdi deducted there would have been a sur- .The two inspectors tic,',')', JI",,")',' two plus of $7,000.000. But it was not yet When the riding was (2",ch {3.0 had| decided absolutely 'lmt the Province. electoral districts, an dl t icts were, owed this $2,000,600 to JP? Dominion. been retained when themes: was mp- i The hon. gentleman trom Swim Lauuuk arnaltrtym?te1, althougi 'tor to irial wanted the Government to no on thr. plosetu ti: 37831113 one napet T l markets and borrow 82.031009 tn my e cc ora . . ' " this amount. Why should the Gov- I . ' Mr. Harcourt said the papeis would l ernment do this when there was nothing I T j be brought down. i to be. gained by thing a; . He was; afraid the hon. gentleman rivedfo near : __ _---------