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168 I How ahtKi1" Hanbsvpbimpd out that the I Hou.wvttee shimmy put itself oh.YTtTd ', against}: "Gd .naitiraansettttrB'y offhtittlre. 1 The trty+yf.trv"1v1mrer.r'-rr.t (ttht bill was ' one-'04 "may ; n was: not a question to be pertilMirrr.Ht watr dimoult " defitte what ,tihrmritttrtNtit'jrptrt in electibns was. aim "ifiistsitrtttr'tthtcw might go. werditiittGed of, ond'oolxejpubtic and Government bills adx'zlniftgd a stage} A session of, the House will be" held to- morrow morning (Saturday). _ , Ttyt Filing of Protests. I _ ' lion. Mr. Hardy introduced a hilt to amend the ctuitroverted elections act. one'ot the most important provisions deals with theatuestiort of protests. The complaintnm the past has been that protests lump been made by irrespons- ible' poisons who could not be brought to tasktor preferring baseless charges. The proposition in this bill is that pro- tests-must be sinned by four persons. or by the defeated candidate. The Paris Exposition. . It is expected that the supplementary estimates will contain a Imonahle sum to enable Ontario to be represented at the -?aris Exposition. l'tniIWuy Subsidies. . The Govevnmaht will submit resolu- tionsr'twartttttttud to a number of rail- wav1rat"rurttu)tty. It in probable that a. subsidy to ths projected railway to Minuahka and a further subsidy to the Ohmrlu & Rainy River Railway will bx voted. v", Mr.oihNuk moved the second read- ing ll oU11, I'/,i'2,it'i,,t,in'i,r the active en- lznghig . 'offlrmly in "rytP"ih undirr pain a M1th 8200. torreiture"of posi- tion aaigisauattttioatiotr?orNottr years. shake hands mm tho candidate 1yi'iii'iiH rah at 'rp,t,e,e.timt. Cnder the hon. gen-i t!emt.!p'r11it1atre "mud be liable to,a| penaHy' of .3100; Mr, .Hardy, wonderedl why Mtu'."rtic pr did not propose to send t the man tojall ufnr doing" that. The', ron. gentleman wanted to enact an old-i rushaiiiirlai.. ' 1ei,'y,',1t' have round-1 ed the niegstirg" 9 by providing tor thei thttmbgcrtiw, (he rut-k and the bout. (Minlmtérial cheers.) It was never the] policy bf any Government to penalize an omcer or make him vacate his plaee un-, less #t,sirwzyi,8u.l,I,ty of. _artion inconsist-l ent 'w "in"? iir.itwtl.o,.q: The bill went too ta, . ),ili,Wetli, a. up.*x,)tivlre, class oC Prbyinciglo elafmhgd 'tyer3eerrguilty ot iti:,ijotr,tiuch,ais complgingtipf during the 'iisNt9tttturt9t btw-elections, Since the elggtgous. had (upped the imposition. had .abalted . the Jury, Cot tt-ue1viitrs, on- ottieituth but when the calm-m on they did all they could tomotd the officials " to scorn and ridicule. The Opposition leader was the foremost in that kind-of work: and " was: directly lntlmalled by him and others that if the Conservatives triumphed the officials would urn. "Rove. nick out vour olaces." k%drrietitr"tit int-"J11 puttlie' meeting. Was that ttite mnsidered {1&in "f, terforem-P tn +1201!th '? _He v/il, _ g 5;: (We Kala and Elections. rate Bills in; the motto'iila' up. and Conserva- tives were told to be ready to fill the positions that would be vacated by of- f1cittls. It was the most Kigantic and the most corrupt form of bribery over introduced into any country. He would not have wondered if some omeirtls had taken part in :the electjons as a prntost against the direct threats which wore made against them by the Opposition. Mr. Whitney's Answnr. Mr. Whitney said that a majority of the public ofnoia1s m tht, Province "mm and had beep. a J!rliriuie areting undvr the ordets of the Attorney-General, and no human' being knew It new.» up... the hon. gentleman himself. As a. body the servants of the Government of the Province were reputable men, yet there was a large proportion of them who busied themselves trom January tc December, day and night, Sundays and Week days, working in the interests ot the Ontario Government. The Govern- ment was entitled to full credit for the resolution referred to, which was one of the broadest forces ever" brought to the attention of the Legislature. The public servant who did his duty in On.. tario had nothing to fear from the Conservative party. Had he framed the bill himself he would not perhaps have framed it in the same way, and while he felt sorry at the need of such a drastic measure, he'felt It his duty to support the bill, which would be i the tirst step to put a stop to the mon- l strouy -' condition of affairs in Ontario with regard to Interference in elections I by Government omcialB. Hon. Mr. Garrow_ was not; swore nun. A'll . uu- .u, .. ..-_.. -- - that the Opposition had brought a sin- glo charge against any official for in- terference in elections. He remember- ed at the time the resolution was dis- cussed that the Attorney-General was asked It the motion would be enforced. Mr. Hardy's reply was that a charge brought against any official would be In- vestigated, and if the charge were sub- stantiated the offender would he dis- missed. Until some action of that kind had been taken. Mr. Garrow submitted. there was sumcient law on the subject. If tho Government did not deal with any specific cases that were brought to their notice he would have something to say upon the subject, and see if there was any cause for complaint. Mr. Marter said'Mr. Garrow must have considered there was need for ac- tion, otherwise ho would not have moved his resolution against partisan otf1cials. The resolution was good enough in its way. but it did not go far enough. Mr. Stratton said that in making the general charges hon. gentlemen should give partieulars--namf the omeials who had taken active part in the elections. They would mention Mr. McDonald and Mr. Stubbs, but these gentlemen were not now in the employ of the Govern- ment. Mr. Miscampbel1--Wm they be again'. Mr. Stratton-Why should they not ? Continuing. he wondered why hon. gen- tlemen should talk so loudly of the ac- tions of Government employees when they considered for how long Liberals had had Ito contend with a vast army of active officials in the employ of the Conservative Administration.