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"V. _ _. not one tittle of'eVidenoeé . be: F of affairs in this Province. We have fore the commission to am m: the - now had a commission appointed. My ballots were burned. ttit I'y, ovi- 1 a hon. friend promised to bring down the dence to show they m t have been Instructions given to the commission. burned, but everybody knew that prev): i'hey did not come down. Now, then. 'ousiy. As to the failure of Colonel I say distinctly, in the first place. that Clarke to produce the ballots at the instead of 'sppointintr 8- commission t? Magisterial investigation. on the ground . deal with the rascalities of all the ras- that he had been advised that he could cals in all these constituencies, 1:th not doCso :txfleeitgg: fst'. 'a'fitu", Il,': decided to appoint a narrow comm s- perior on u ' . - 1'ppiffvrrl'our only to one g',n,ettgfi,'r,','; claredd "t'tt, 2t,u'glel, 39:22:31 1'gt and on y to the acts of t e re urn ng obeye e su ' officer, deputy returning officers and then given the reason why the balllgts poll clerks, is an insult, direct, plain, . were not forthcoming. d 2 "WP"? "t'l,f, 'tle,','),')','; "id',',,',' $32 ghitt,tg,,,e/1rarkxi"",eliftt'iualll'i peop e o e rov nce. ppos o , " cheers.) And I say it is unjust and un- at the Cahili "gg.Pg,tlot'tu.Wng, tgaiild fair to those honorable Judges who ness. Thee: J/'/iet,l'i','r', 'iiii"miibG o! have been appointed; it is unfair treat- which shou ave bet the comm ity- ment to them to endeavor to put them cross-examination dire emarks he in the position of being a catspaw by ','do/t thinning optntfi,1ufgg,u?l'll'll slow- 11)f,? Ithese gentlemen hope to pull 'Ill (but they ground exceedingly small t a; E etsttnuts out h', titdp'; id M and the day would come when the per- Whia e t41t'f' O r. o e, es fa" formances of the Liberals in these elec- - they. e deputy returning o - ti would be shown forth in a clear» oer is dead and the ballots are burned. ons ner than they had yet appeared What Is troubling Mr. Bote? Nothing if l',','.")', the bye-elections Mr. Ross had whatever. He is as certain of freedom said he hoped for a majority strong 'as any man ever born." enough to enable the f.1ovpg','pi'l,t, 'to u for the Province. The rem er The Counsel Criticized. I 1rt'e,tf got that majority, and the best. The leader of the Opposition then. thing he ciould 23""th :13) 1t1tlt ti}? turned his attention to the Crownl House an "Dish ht the suggestion counsel for the commission, Mr. feel :{gulygetnifeyted 'Ill',','; he would chal- H. Watson}; He 31:18.9. veryhablie 1fgi, lenge Mr. Boss to tro to the electors. {er}. Ihe, , ' fl Btoo gh at t e ar. y, The people were laboring under a sense tV ate y ecome an ex-President o of the deepest possible disgrace at the a Reform Association in this Province. state of affairs which had been par- l hold that the appointment of any tinny revealed and which had already I such gentleman. through whom all the made the Province a by-word and a p . evidence must go: is a gross, inde- shame. (Loud Opposition applause.) My??? "1'.t'ygi,"t Mr Whitney said Mr. Ross moved the adjournment of . . . I . o I was reported as appearing for the Lib- tllt.rglebate' and the House adjourned at oral organization. "What right has he ., . to appear there? The Liberal organiz- Safety of Miners. 1 ation cannot be called before this tri- l I l bunal. He is a most improper person One of the changes in their"!!! " Il'; to be there. My instructions are that nroposed by the Comm as on? 0 _ this gentleman has attended several Crown Lands is an y,'gegfgrvnto)n, ire: lilt'riings of the commission, and has lation to the health and as ie y i) n',',', n been in active, Confidential conversa- ittrinEittUufitiA'/t"iu.'1n/ie,ing'lgll: a": with the (ounsei for the Crou n. tor of the Bureau of Mines, has sent a y should he be in close consulta- . iners and others in- tion with the counsel for the Crown? circular to my"? ti n alon I am prepared to say here that with, terested, as mg or "13595 o s g proper commission. charges would e this line. made against Mr. Grant with reference , to the election in West Elgin. I say I Members Want Information. here that I do not believe Mr. Macnish Mr. Matheson wants to know whetherI would ever have signed the paper he there are any sums of money owing to) signed but, first. from the fear of the the Province for the purchase of Con-i discovery of the loss of the ballots, and. tral prison binder twine, and, lf Bo, how sevondly, that certain men, not om- much ? Further. has any compromise cers, would be sent to prison if he did been made within the past six months not sign the document." (Cheers) of claims of the Province against pur- . Mr. Whitney then commented upon chasers of binder twine ? If so. what the fact that Mr. Watson apparently allowance was/made. and for what rea- m-vepted the statement of oft1ciulm as to song ? Mr. Matheson is also anxious . the ballots being destroyed without at- to learn whether the Government have temptlnslto sift (the statemgnt by 'i,')',',',",; sold the Provincial property at the cor- o-xuminat on, an was the rst to ring _ _ the disappearance before the Judges. in" 93101161? ted,tgt shifts. and." From first to last there was no pre- lso-Mlvf' 11utUlhrl 1'lllt,'hf"t'i' move for i j,",',?,',','.,",) 'il.r,',s-e,'.e1c11'l1tio'l,a,d,t"'t1g,' l, correspondence connected with the pro- ' - Bots and Judges to prove that he had not been secutions' against Messrs. appointed to a Government position loam" in West Eltrin. . by Mr. Macnish. This and other cir- _ ' cumstances created the impression that certain men were accused of certain orinn-s, and had their counsel before the mmmission to defend them, There was.