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----_------------_----pgn;:n{'ug errpetttatd, 'fttt'Vt'f,'t iiiWir bf on address my. l, a v or mm 7 "I "m a - who. " a thoughtful memberllolythe years. (Ministerial airplanes.) Items! 1 t . areas. would be a valuable additionr to be. however. an unkind mad some!!- the speaking power of the House. he one thing tor Mr._.Trttttnor to. any. the: . esconder of the address (Mr. Holmes) a Liberal charged Pg1ttl 'ythtpttt- iikewise showed promise of being a Mon under the Great _ attire . "i useful member it he only had the cour- ' vince would dishonor that some: . . l we to address the House oftener. f Mr. Whitney--" did mot any so. d . He was glad to know that the hon.I you know It right well. T leader of the Opposition had referred, . Mr. Romr--By implication the hon. . in patriotic terms to the war now rag- gentleman said so. What did it moan _ ing in South Africa ' to the attitude of when he said it was an indecent thing the various colonies towards the moth- for Mr. John Hoskin to act on that, er country in reaped to that war. After commission , It meant that Mr. Hos-i a further reference .to the war he kin, holding in his hand the royal com-i referred to the enthusiasm . it mission under the Great Seal of the Pro- had evoked in Canada. We rejoice. he. vince, did an indecent thing. (Min-t said. that it it, Bo. The Liberal party istcrial applause.) Mr. Ross went on; reiolcet, that it itt Bo. and I am Pre' to say that he had been represented tur' pared to say, and I think my friend stating that Mr. Hoskin was not an will agree with me, that the present officer of the Government. What he relations so cordial to Canada and the did say was that Mr. Hoskin was not empire owe a ttood deal to the attitude an officer in the ordinary sense of the T of the Liberal party towards the em- ' . , ire in the last few "are I say that It rm, neither was he. He was first {he first substantial step ever taken to- Welle,',!'," 2 35.1333: "o"fst,'t,it'.1,1'f, wards bringing Canada into close rela- the Judges also defined what 1'lftr) he "on" to the empire was taken by the should receive subject to the a proval Liberal party. when a preferential ' , . of the Lieutenant-Governor in Coun- tariff was given to British goods in the oil T e the Government could dig.. Canadian market. (Applause.) We iris thwd dl f Inf nts but nl owe a great deal to the empire, to the f is e nag L?" ({Vhit a il f'. y business men and capitalists a ho ll, cause. an r. ney new very are promoting our railways: we owe ttll, 'that the flf,7g/hTf,,n/ were not a great deal to the literature which a opt tur the spoi 3 system. Mr. Hos- kin had held the omee of Guardian of I flows from the old land to this: we Infants tor 80 years. and nearly a mil- ' owe a great deal to the "'th moral lion dollars of trust moneys had pass- . sentiment. commercialism! ot erwise. od throush his hands. Again. he was which prevails through this country, at the head of a financial concern hav, and we would be recrcant to that re- ing investments amounting to $20,- lotion. and we would be unworthy of 000.000. Thus his high ttnA_tioitrt stand- . the Anglo-Saxon blood which flows in ing and probity were cleariy apparent. ' our veins, if we were not prepared to Mr. Walker, another member of the . repay the empire a thousandfold her commission. was Manager of the Bank , generosity. her kindness to us in our Jot Commerce. and almost facile prin- hours of adversity." (ApplauseJ _ reps ti}; foremost 11er, of the Domin- on. e was. est es. a cultured man The Financial Commission and possessed of wide experience. Mr. In the first place. Mr. Whitney had Walker could not prejudice his position objected to the ttnamttttt commission. even if he would "OOP. to do it. which Why should he object to the financial he would not. Mr. Kirkland. the third commission ? Mr. Ross said it had member of the commission, was. Mr. been quite apparent to him, even be. Ross thouzht. a Conservative. and if fare he became Treasurer, that in re- the Opposition thought that for the gard to our ttntuteiat position there honor of beings commissioner he would was a gross misunderstanding between wink at any irertrttNrit.v it was for the two sides ot the House. He did not them to draw the inference, In order believe the Opposition were anxious to to expedite business and get their re- misrepresent the finances. The Gov- port ready the commission had employ- ernment had stated the fltttuteitt1 po- ed an expert accountant in the per- sition as fully as any financial concern son of Mr. Cross of the firm of Clark- would do. It was a question of yes son & Cross. His duty was to examine and no, of assertion and denial. be- the books of the Province from Confed- tween the two sides of the House. eration down to the 3lst of October last. There were differences of opinion in A short time ago Mr. Ross was told the country, too, and for that reason that Mr. Cross was. a Conservative. the Government wanted the country to "Fancy," said the Premier, "a Conser- understand the position of their ttnan.. vative ' like Mr. Cross going cial affairs. tlgroutglihthie Treasury Department since a on 9 st of November Iatst,iottking . The Financial Commission. at our bank books. checks and ledgers. Mr. Ross Justified the appointment of 'ahd so on, for the last 30 years . A _ the commission or financial experts and l,t','iot,',t, pronounced Conservative with- resented Mr. Whitney's references to in the vault, looking upon our surplus Mr. Hoskin. Mr. Ross did not know with his own eyes! (Ministerial ap- 3 what Mr. Hoskin's politics were. but plause.) _ he was brought up in a Tory school. and _Mr. Matheson-Did he find the sur. he might have been more susceptible to plus ? correct influences than hon. gentlemen Mr. Rotm--.You will see to-morrow opposite and disavowed Toryism. This when the report is laid before you. I would be a good thing for gentlemen have not read it yet. to the left of the Speaker to do,and they Mr. Whitney (ironieai1yF-A larger .wculd do " if Mr. Ross had the op- Surplus than ever. V T "Mr, .Rorta---Mr. Gross will tind exactly