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1 8: & _ qcouys .A in 2278 m Hardy mfi'"que& involved in the proposed amend-- ment is an important and vital one. The fact that other railways ran out of fmmmilton on Sundays, perhaps without watrrant or law as interpreted, or with-- lnut permission in their charters, par-- ticularly the latter, did not settle the '\ question in any shape or form. He did |not desire to say that he supported the 'amendment on any extremist grounds, | but he thought it would be a melan-- | choty thing if the Legislature woere to begin to break down or undermine the | Lord's Day act. There might be locali-- 1tles and places in which it was reason-- | ! able and proper to assumeé that street | 'cars should run on Sunday--large | icities or crowded centres, for instance, | | where it might be possible -- that the" | population was of a character that they | | regarae@uSsuwnday from a mixed stand-- | ! point. They" all knew -- 'of -- cities | " and l{vculities where the _ gen-- l | eral 'cpifiion of Sunday: ebservance | |\ differed! 18t would, however, be a grave | | and serious »mistake if they: should | begin to expressly insert a.clause .in electric --railway acts allowing them to run into the country without first hav-- ing 'the consent of those along whose _ sections of the rural districts it passed. IHe did not desire to be understood as | expressing the opinion that the extrem-- | ist view of the Lord's Day act should | be restored. -- Each was entitled to his . own belief on that question. -- But none could overlook for one single instanc»e the importance to the community, to the race in general, in respect to the observance of law and the morals and ]wbn_r of thg country by preserving one day's rest in the seven as far as poSs-- s!ble. He did not think that the House would insert a specific clause in the present Qlll that the cars should run on the Lord's Day, and that the law as at present interpreted should be violated under the charter. It had been re-- presented when the matter was first lf)rought forward that all the people aft-- lected were willing to allow the cars to run. _ Since then.a delegation had wait-- ed upon the Council and presented a pe-- tition signed by two--thirds of the rate-- g:l_y'ers of Caledonia protesting in the }tlbngest terms. ©They had stated that they had had time they could have presented an almost unanimous petition from the ratepayers. But as the Sun-- day clause had not been part of the ori-- ginal bill and they had not heard of it until it was given through the press they had not had any opportunity of seeing all the r ] i ratepayers. -- He, there-- bore!.s (:om-urred in the views expressed 'rg}erf-le'd lt\){:ctll('ifo ttl';lat the bill should. be e i cnded as Suggeswd.committee and aim-- * Mr. Whitney Concurs. t .. Mis. Whitney considered that while there was uncertainty about the legal position of the question ,they should not act hast-- ily and prematurely. He believed they had got into the trouble on this sub-- jJect through adopting the suggestions of extremists, and he did not wish to be understood as reflecting on the Lord's Day Alliance, or like bodies. If the railway act had not been so strin-- gently drawn they would not have wit-- nessed the introduction of a bill asking ments against bonuses for industries, and the result had been an avalanche of special legislation. The same held true in regard to the Elecetric Railway «act. It was the reaction which history showed always followed the adoption of extreme views. While distinctly in fa--| vor of granting to the people of To-- ronto or any other large city the privi-- lege.of Sunday cars, it did not follow that he was willing to give permission to railways to run anywhere and any-- way at any time. He would b> wiil-- ing to draw the line with regard to a charter of the nature of that under dis-- cussion, to show that he did not pro-- pose to allow Sunday labor without | any qualification whatever, He would | | vote for the amendment. | Mr. Holmes spoke strongly against the amendment. It was necessary, he said, that the railway should have the power asked in order to make proper connections with other railways. He protested also against discriminating in favor of other' Hamilton lines. Mr. Crawford was pleased to find the Attorney--General and the leader of the Opposition in accord on this matter. The preservation of one day's rest in seven was an absolute necessity. Mr, German thought that if the lead-- | ers of the House concurred neither of them was expressing his true opirion. (Laughter.) Both, he thought, were in | favor of allowing people to enjoy the: Sabbath Day as they saw fit, without infringing upon the tenets of rengiou-s\ principles, The Legislature was going too far in catering to a lot of men in the country who would allow the grass to grow on the streets. (Laughter.) There was not a member of the House, he. contended, who did not be-- lieve that it was quite proper for this railway -- from Hamilton to Cayuga and south to Lake Erie, to run its cars on Sunday. He asked if anyone believed that the citizens of To-- ronto would, after a trial of it, vote to abolish their present Sunday car ser-- vice. They shqould in this nineteenth century broaden their views, and not allow Mr. O'Meara and Mister three or four others to run the Legislature of the Province. He thought it would be in the interests of the Province to vote down the amendment. The amendment was, however, deciar-- ed carried on division, and the bill as amended passed its third reading. Mr. Ross introduced a bill respecting aid to railways. This bill will be com-- posed of the subsidies mentioned in yesterday's Globe. o r _--The House again went into commit-- tee on the license revenue bill.. Hon. Mr. Hardy explained the amendments which have already been published, and a further amendment that the brewer or distiller would not be required to in-- clude malt in the return of figures of their business furnished the Govern-- ment. On the clause referring to tavern and shop licenses Mr. Matheson asked if it was intended that municipalities should not have the power to increase the li-- cense fee. He wanted to know if To-- ronto, for instance, would be barred by Mr. German's Views. License Revenue Bill.