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w PaMTeY "aF" by ® profes@ibna! ~AMr. Whitney Said there : were two o':" the purpose of making money! ::fl;: t('H:V%';.'G :::%. o'and somev:lhmes even worse purposes than that. The . | e a case ere idea was that in election cases there 'an honorable gentleman who had been should be a bona--fide petition by men called upon to submit to an examina-- of substantial standing, and that : tion had for days refused to answer, or member should not n't;e open t:o b';' to give a direct answer to any q\;eg- pounced upon and victimized. The tion. He did not think the proposal ;r'\;az\l:re; ;'V:(I,Jlge:lelp to get rid of the ;\'as :: ag'tllc'é r:&wz%bli one. 'Ehe ordin-- » & n raised 1 4 ry er e question. "sawing off"" petitions. Innsorx;?;ggg Hon. Mr. Hardy 'replied that in case where applications had been made for' of refusal to answer or evasion counsel the dismissal of petitions the court had had power, as in all cases, to anply to undertaken to read a lecture to coun-- the Judge immediately for ruling for sel, and certain newspapers had ex-- an answer. He had in mind a member pressed the opinion that there was of the House who had been compelied something mysterious in the way that to attend at a two or three days' ex-- petitions were sawn off when there was amination. <~The same thing did not ap-- no evidence to offer.> There might be ply in ordinary elvil cases, because some '"sawing off," Mr. Hardy thought, there was no temptation --there in the but not nearly so much as was charged. way of" thf? $1,000 security. Mr. Whitney thought the present se-- Mr. Whitney objected to the clause curity of $1,000 was quite sufficlent. The providing that the plaintiff or petition-- * proposal to compel the furnishing of er pay the costs of the preliminary ex-- three additional securities of $1,000 each amination. It was very strange that would render more difflcoult the task of the plaintiff, if if,suéceeded in the pe-- exposing corruption where it had o°-- tition with *He ¥esult that the member curred. It would be almost impossible was unseated, should be scalled upon to get four freeholders worth $1,000 to to pay such costs. ® join with the petition, not the least rea-- Mr. Garrow;aid that in nine cases ogt' son being their teear of being held re-- '[))lr"etl'i':\ilr:;tx}: O!éxn') 'i'ghtti was thrown by sponsible for costs, and so on. aminations upon --the | Hon. Mr. Ross thought that if four "'mter brought out at the trial. The | 'men in the riding could not be found clause was a proper one, and fully in | to agree that there were grounds for * f . , 1 protest, the protest should not be en-- ' '3:)({3{'1 with the growing 9'"'"!0"_ O". the' tered. ___ s | * Mr. Whitney consideted that the | Mr. Whitney said it was not a ques" \ House should hesitate before making so tion of getting four men to agree as to | radical a .change. the propriety of entering 'a protest; Mr. Foy thought the dificulty could' they might get four hundred to do that, be settled satisfactorily by providing but it would be--difficult to get four out that the costs for examination should ; of four hundred to risk their prom'l'wi be awarded on the order of the Judges.' by being connected with the petition. | Hon. Mr. Hardy could_not see his He thought that the number might at way clear to accept Mr. Foy's sugges--} least be reduced to three. we tion. He was strongly of opinion that : xnhltl;e?'?:;?"d':mggt it was: a mo ':'; provision would impose no hard--| B /A shins. } Hon. Mr. Hardy said he had no ob--| The bill was reported. with amend--; jection fto adding an amendment re-- inents. I ?u'ri?'fi(i':lz ;:L"t?e(;t"'ecm's instead of lThe House went into concurrence on | our to * m the main estimates, a number of items EPmd Mfif";; mf;ml% fi.'inl'h"i'i,?f"an- being reserved for discussion at a later | & § our. | der another section the protest would | | y n be required to be filed in the '}ioo'%l}:ts;[ i Ottawa Sunday. Cars. ; ' there the election had n held. at| i oway } w ould tend to still further diminish the| |_ At the evening session the House OME - in 3 ) went into committee on Mr. Lums-- whotesale launching of petitions at the | t [ * CH« don's bill regarding the City of Ot-- heads of members by professional gen k . That tawa. Hon. Mr. Gibson moved the ad-- tiemen in some central place. it there was weed for this was shown by dition of a number of clauses. . He j pointed out that the street . railway the fact that after-- the last elections . rai * n operating in the City of Ottawa was in only ten or twelve pet.tions were tried realit Pomini {iFoad d th cut of 72. and the only wonder was that reality a Dominion railroad, an e ' cases came 'te trial House must be careful not to enlact so many * anything that would interfere with Pretiminery Examinations. ing prement in they nore, choaptine Hon. Mr. Hardy explained that un-- the railway from the provisions of the der another provision of the bill mem-- Provincial Sabbath observance act. bers of the House would not be called One of the amendments pmvlded that upon to attend examinations while the this exception should not relieve them Legislature was in session unless with from any future amendments to that their consent. Application might also act, or interfere with the working of be made to terminate an examination the Dominion act. Other clauses pro-- when it was deemed to have gone far vided for the protection of the em-- enough. 'The object of this, Mr. Hardy ployees of the railway in regard _ to said, was to stop the practice which their right to one day in seven. < The had been coming into vogue of late of amendments were adopted and the putting members on the griddle by bill reported. reeping up their examination for many > , days, when a day or two would suffice, Estimates Passed. } to the great detriment of g}:elr' b""'g'"fi On the motion for concurrence in re valuable time. Sue . 3 '~";'h,§°g'§;"':':"},',°o':,,,mu outhay , and port of the Committee of Supply Mr.l 2 arascs abuse--Of legal mm'ma S Little moved that the resolution for the ;