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-'--'"'""-'-'-"-tlt88.Bl-"""-. "the fkrtn6hr.'aErTtRtd, than give .them cold storage. (Hear, hear.) He would; suggest that it it was within age pgwe; f, the J,t,'Irt'lg,einnt they . ' sou a themunieipa ties neste- WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY flir, lishing canning factories, which would i add millions to the income of the farm- _ ers. The farmers were handicapped by . the increased prices on all they bought ' nowadays. in fact they needed protec- " tion. (Opposition applause.) He wanted to know how many square . miles ot good farming land there was . ----_- in New Ontario to be offered for set- tlement to the farmers of old Ontario. . . ' . . He would suggest t at the Govern- A Division Will be Taken In the ment should appoint a commission of o . L . I farmers from, old Ontario to go up Marlo egls ature. there and intelligently spy out the land and report to the country. (Hear, ---- hear.) ' House Hears the News. l l , t At this point Mr. Whitney rose, and "HE WEST ELGIN FRAD DS. being granted permission to interrupt . the speaker, read a copy of Lord Ito- MI..-.-.-.. berts' despatch regarding the gallant dash of the Canadians. The news was ur. unequal-mid More. an Ann-mp, receivedf withbloud find continued ap- , , pause rom oth s es of the House, meat "In! Another come. Ii rum; and even the galleries Joined in. the Government Side - $10,001" l/{rhCliirkm continuing. tef."-,", am i delitt te at t e interrupt on. only For Patriotic Fund. hope that we may be interrupted again. I may say that with a Roberts. with a --.-.-----. Kitchener and the unanimity that ex- ists tll along the line, and with the It was agreed between the leaders on may it)?" of Slanada "f, thin} badl'v a v c cry w come y n erva 8 both sides that the House should not close. very close." (Cheers.) sit.to-nitrttt, and that the debate on the ' address should close to-morrow night. M.r. Macdiarmid s Indictment. Mr. Macdiarmid made an arraignment tif/it/Sc/Pa,'",', (yestdEgglrml called . _ a n on o e oe an " cases trrthe Government over the W est Elgln in TVest Elgin. and the failure, as he matter. and concluded by moving an termed. it, of theTonservatives to ob- amendment complaining of the nar- tail: justice. 1ut2,i.%fix,t,t.gepi1tr, from Yt1 ous ( ocumen s. e prosecu on en- T'""'" of the scope of the commis-l (hovered to get possession of the poll Mon. The Attorney-General followed! books and ballot papers. but were in- with an effective speech. and closed by. formed by hlhe 1tti'g?tirseii,ei'"ih1't't, Die- partment t at, n accori ance w ti t e offering an amendment to the 'amend-, law, application must be made to a "tent which expressed satisfaction that Judge. This communication from the the bribers in South Ontario had been, Attorne.v-General's h 'hittg,t.met?,t, alas sent out one mont a ter t e ate punished. and that the frauds and ir- upon which the poll books and regularities committed in West Elgin ballot papers had lately been reported were. being inquired into by a royal to have 1t,'y"t,yied; The failure to . , ' produce these ocuments was responsi- commission. Mr. Gibson "as am,- ble tor the frequent adjournments of ceeded by Mr.. Lucas tor the Opposi- the proceedings against Bole and Cah- tion. ill. cgolonel Clarke, 2t,'il of the Crown . m ancery. was serve with a sub- The Government " ill tttrlt the House poena to attend the court on the 23rd to vote $10,000 towards the Patriotic of May. That official should have re- -Fund and $4.000 for the salaries of sponded to the summons} Hid hg done . * . ' A . so the disappearance o t e allots 3.038 Ch" servants or employees who, would have then been made known. ave some 0 the front. l Bole disappeared on'liéh June, and it a . ' I . . b was not known to th s ay whether the Mr Clarke Concludes. Government had caused the bonds Mr. Clarke (West Northumberland),! which he had given to be estreated. in resuming his address in the debate,; There were five offences under the said he had no doubt when the tinatt- criminal code against Cahill. but none chi report was brought down it would' of the cases could be tried because of show a good round surplus. He ask. i'olonel Clarke's absence. Accordingly ed if the gentlemen composing the Fin- Ctthill was released on his own rc- social Commission had been employed cognizance of $1,000 and allowed to go to investigate the ttttttttcial condition of where he pleased. The responsibility any bonkor corporation in Canada, for this miscarriage of Justice came would not their report have been alc- back to the Aitorney-Generai's Depart- cepted'by creditors in Canada. the Un- ment, which had concealed the fact ited States or England? (Ministerial that the ballots had been destroyed cheers.) If cold storage was going to when the matter should have been promptly made public. ' .