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142 | the respect @And confidence of the work-- ing people nor the employers of the Province. In a modified form he thought the onus of responsibility might be justly laid on the employer; he would not say that it should not, but the measure proposed by his hon, friend would work a great injustice to the employers. It struck him _ as being a strange thing that the hon. gentleman who had in-- troduced the bill should have stated that he had done so without first hav-- ing consulted. representatives of the class it was intended to benefit, He could not but think that it was done for political or-- advertising purposes. The measure was not properly thought out; it was not a complete plece of machinery. . If the bon. gentleman in-- sisted on forcing : a division, he would compel men to vote against it who were as strongly in favor of legislation tend-- ing to the benefit. of the workingman as the introducer of the bill himself. Mr.-- Auld moved that "the bill be not now read a second time, but that its consideration be deferred with a view to further inquiry with respect to the operation of similar legislation In Great Brit«in, the more especially as said bill is defective in some of its most. important: provisions." Advised to Withdraw. Mr. Hoyle thought the bill ought to go back to the committee, en o e n it e ~ y Ne Yeas--Messrs. Auld, Aylsworth, Bar-- ber, _ Blezard, -- Bowman, Bridgland, RBrown, Burt, Caldwell,; Campbell, Car-- reprter, _ Charlton, Clarke, Conmee, Davis, Dickenson, Douglas, Dryden, Farwell, Ferguson, German, Gibson, Graham, Guibord, Harcourt, Hardy, Harty, Hill, Hislop, Holmes, Leys, Loughrin, Lumsden, Mutrie, Macnish, Mr. Miscampbell and Mr. Foy favor-- e4a the bill. Mr. Graham thought his hon. friend would do well to withdraw it. Mr. Kribs thought the bill should be returned to the committee for further consideration. Mr. Stratton and Mr. Lumsden op-- posed the principle of the bill. Mr. Barr thought it should pass the second reading and go to the commit-- tee, & The amendment was then put and carried on the following vote :-- Mr. Crawford spoke strongly in re-- gard to charges which he said had been made against him by Hon. Mr. Hardy and Mr. Conmee respectively, to the effect that he had been influenced by c,-nr_porutlons. or was secking glory. Hon. Mr. Hardy, in concluding the debate, said it was the first time in 25 years he had known of hon. gentlemen opposite pretending to strongly support & measure, and at the same time, with-- out exception, apologizing for its pro-- visions.. lon. Mr. Gibson did not believe that hon. gentlemen opposite wanted the bill to be read a second time and, be-- come law, The question had not been thoroughly threshed out or as carefully considered as it should be. That would require months of time. He was in favor of the principle of the bill, but in its present state the measure was revolutionary to a remarkable degree. The Division. McKay, McKee, Pardee, Pardo, Petty-- picce, Ross, Russell, Smith, Stratton Taylor, 'I:r_'uax---46. } Ione Oe PA Nays--Messrs. Allen, Barr, Beatty (Leeds), Boyd, Brower, Carneglie, Col-- quboun, Crawford, Dempsey, Duff, Eil-- ber, Fallis, Foy, Fox, Hoyle, Jamieson, Jessop, Joynt, Kidd, Kribs, Little, Lu-- cas, Matheson, Miscampbell, Morrison, McDonald, McLaughlin, Powell, Pyne, Read (Addington), Reid (Durham), Thompson, Wardell, White, Whitney. --3$5, The following paired:--Messrs. Gar-l row and Carscalien, Pattullo and Hodz-- ins, Beatty (Parry Sound) and Gal-- lagher, Richardson and 'Tucker, and Malcolm and Marter. Law of Libel. Mr. Berkeley Powell, one of the mem-- bers for Ottawa, gives notice of a bill to amend the law of libel. By section ten of the act it is provided that where a libel action is brought against a news-- paper the defendant may obtain secur-- ! ity for costs under certain circum-- ' stances. But by sub--section 1 (a) no se-- | curity for costs will be decreed where | the alleged libel involves a criminal' charge, unless the Judge is satisfied that the action is trifling or frivolous.\ The newspaper men who have prompt-- ced the introduction of the bill think that this section should be struck out, 'and that they should be entitled to se-- curity in every case where they can | show that the plaintiff is not possessed | of suflicient means to. answer the costs | ' of the action, and that the statements | \ complained of were published in good | faith. \ _ A strong deputation wakted upon the ';(:n\.'(:rn-ment in the afternoon to urge \the claims for Provincial aid of the | Haliburton, Whitney & Mattawa Rail-- | way. Hon. George A. Cox, Messrs. W. H. Brouse, J. W. Flavelle, John Hos-- \kin, Wm. Mackenzie, Eugene O'Keefe, | Elias Rogers and other well--known To-- ronto citizens are among those apply-- ing for a charter for the road. It is claimed by those interested that this rallway will open up betweeén Halibur-- ton and the Ottawa River and make tributary to Toronto about 10,000 square miles, and as soon as the Ottawa River is reached it will add a new district of 15,000 square miles. _ 'The proposal is to run a line from Haliburton to Mat-- tawa, 105 miles, the first section of the road to cross the Ottawa, Arnprior & Parry Sound Railway at Whitney, a distance of 35 miles from the present terminus of the G. T. R. at Halibur-- ton. This, it is claimed, will open a new route to Pembroke and Ottawa. Pembroke would then be brought with-- in 224 miles of Toronto, or one mile ghorter than the present distance from Pembroke to Montreal. The distance between Pembroke and Toronto at the present time is 304 miles, so that when this connection is built there would be a saving of 80 imiles to Toronto, also a similar saving to the other towns and villages on the Ottawa River. _ Mr. J. Loughrin, M.P.P., introduc-- ed the deputation to Mr. Hardy and his colleagues, and the following gen-- A Railway Deputation.