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rare": 'ltt's"'le $f,T,tgg,'fg"i2 . . n W e ppositioneno --. "i' . or a al. The constituency 32 tirely concurred. Looking up the die- P4rgt'ug,',r,"'tt's also tied up in a ' tionary. he found that a pea-jacket was similar way. Mr. Troy said that the ' [coat worn by seamen In very stormy Government in making arrangements . Meather. topposition laughter and IP- for obtaining concessions from rail- t' blouse.) There was another yiti,i1') ways that were bonused had adopted or a pea-Jacket which did not appear the policy advocated by the leader of in the dictionary. It was a coat that' the Opposition. The conclusion reach- . Canadian boys wore when they went ed by the Government warranted the "rating on thin ice. (Opposition laugh- belief that the giver and receiver of last T ter.) In view of the meaning to be session's bonuses thought the sum ' attached to it. the speaker thought Mr. granted was too much. Ross would not thank Mr. Holmes for l characterizing the' Government as a i The Commissions. "pea-Jacket" Government. . E Mr. Troy criticized the Government for ' the delay in issuing the report of the i Delay in Timber Policy. Financial Commission. . Furthermore. l The speech from the throne contain- there was great promptltude in issuing" ed the statement that the Government's that commission. and much slow-footed? sawlog policy was wise and timely. The delay in issuing the one referring to; policy was not adopted by the Gov- West Elgin. He believed there was not] . ernment in time. It came years after much demand for the ttrat, while there! " should have been introduced, and In was a general cry for the other. Pub-l the meantime our people were losing lic opinion and the country demanded! tho employment and wturet5 they oth-, a commission which would investigate . chase would have enjoyed. The Ietria- fill election charges in West Elgin. . lation was wise. inasmuch as when it The hon. member for BouttrBrtutt (Mr. did come It followed what had been Preston) had in fact understood that laid down as the true principle years to be the case. and stated so on the . before by the Conservatives. The policy platform m the presence of the Premier. adopted in regard to pulpwood wat' cog- The ballots had been burned on April i' nate to that of sawlogs. It was a pro- o tective policy and in putting it into 12 last. Why was the public kept in . _ l ignorance of the fact for temmonthty ? force the Government had adopted thel The ballots and books were public pro- ' old Conservative principle ot protection perty. Why this secrecy? The mem- for Canadian industries. (Opposl- her for West Elgin (Mr. Macdiarmid) tion applause.? The Ontario Govern- was not given fair play when he was ment were thus Journeying in the wake not notified of the destruction of the ', ot the Liberals at Ottawa. who, after ballots. The electors who had to vote revilintr protection tor years, turned in the recent bye-elections should not round and adopted it almost In.its en- have had the fact concealed from them. . tirety. (Opposition applause.) The Was it because of the bye-elections Government had passed an order ini that the fact was kept secret? That Council requiring nickel and copper ores' probably explains why it was not to be refined in the Province. Mr. Blue.' made public. and also why the com- 2t Director of Mines. estimated that mission, which had been promised last _ uring the "It seven years 814,000,000 fall, was not issued until January 31. was derived from these lands. Of this _ amount only some $4,000.0tr0 went to Commission TooLimited. Miriam"? f,',', Ontario, who Ef.',",' the This limited commission, with its rs o t e mineral lands. while no ll ot wh t w nt F less than 80,0001") went to the Unit- Btrta tKtope, w" n a was a . ed States. If this policy was a pro- ed. The irregularities set forth in the per thin t d . commission as within its scope were tr o a opt now, it should have l ll t f h t l d been put into force years ago. Did the on y a sma par o w 3 ex ste . . Government not stand convicted by Hon. Mr. Btrattort--9 by did you not their action at hi go on with your trial and show all this? . t s late day, of neglect of the interests of the Province? , Mr. For-l think sufficient was shown Mr. Foy took the Premier to. task at the trial by the evidence and by the for stating that there was a surplus '01 confession to have unseated tltty or $400,000 as the result of the opera- sixty candidates. (Opposition applause.) , tions of 1898, whereas Mr. Harcourt The Government. Mr. Foy said. had vir- spi-nking in 1899, declared new taxation tually said: "Don't touch Preston, Bole, to be necessary, as the receipts did not Cahill and the rest of the gang. Only equal the expenditure. Mr. Ross' state- touch the returning omeers and poll ment simply was not warranted bv the clerks. Inquire into all the charges. but facts. (Opposition applause.) {some don't touch the gang." It was not 80 measures of reform in reference to the much the local omcerg, but the Byte- Icourts had been promised in the sppooh tem that ought to be got at. It was from thr. thrunu. and Mr. Foy hoped not too late yet. The Government could these would be introduced sufficiently yet pass special legislation and give early to permit or thorough con- a commission that would give more sat- sitdeaatiuln instead of being brought in istaction to the public. a e c OH " ours of the session. He 's hoped the Government would see to it The Surplus of 1898. that some change would he made in the Premier Ross rose to explain that law so as to render it impossible for while the previous speaker had given a defeated candidate to delay election him credit for saying there was a Bur- proceedings so unduly as was the case plus of $400,000 in 1808. as a matter ot in North Waterloo. That constitu- fact it was $450,000. which with $390,- ency was unrepresented last session. 000 in 1800 made a saving of over and it was without a representative this $300,000 in two years. session also. The candidate was un- Mr. Fay replied that his point was seated in North Waterloo as far back proven by the Premier's statement. as October 18, yet the case was not There were cash balances that had