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- - _ . i ___ "e. understood that at a later stale of the and 19", continued "t." fl session an opportunity would be-afford- it'..' %&r1§gme . . . gypI. ed to all hon. gentlemen who desired to ar t the ',siir in hi It: ' Md. do so torefer to the great loss which F 9 ' I" w , . T _ I ians went forth to battle'. , _ the I"",',":,' Empire had sustained in the _ . . 1 l T ma reavement; a bereavemen reel. '. 'cn. which had fallen, not only upon Can- The Premier's Add ' j -T- adn, hut upon all nations. civilised and Mr. Ross. who followed the leader of T . uncivilized. upon the face of the globe. the Opposition, said he approved very ' /Phe address from the throne. he con- much the course suggested by Mr. tinned, contained reference to quite a Whitney. " would be dimeuit for any number of subjects. Under ordinary of them/even those, who felt most the t circumstances he would feel it " inspiration of a political contest, to _ bounden duty to comment upon the ad- oblate in discussions ttuch " the mb. 1 dress. and also to deal with and draw dress suggested while the chamber attention to subjects which perhaps was still draped in trappintrs ot Borrow. 1 might have occupied portions of the ad- The deferring of that discussion to a dress, but were hot mentioned therein. more convenient occasion was quite ap- , But owing to the circumsta'nces in .pr0priute. and he would shape the which they found.themseivea, surround- few observations he had to make ac- ed as they were by emblems of sorrow, cordingly. He congratulated the mover he found it impossible and considered it and seconder of the address on the ad- would be improper to make any poii- mirablo presentation of their speeches itical allusions until the House had to the House. 'The mover was not a b given utterance to the formal expres- new member; they had heard him be- sion of sorrow and regret. fore in the chamber, and he hoped that ' the reception of his remarks would re- Brave Trooper Mulloy. suit in his being heard more frequently in the future. (Applause.) As to There was one question, however, re- their young friend from Waterloo, he ferred to in the address. which he also had dealt most ably with the mat- thought might be alluded to with pro- ter. Perhaps he had carried his task priety, namely, the services of Canad- through with the trepidation of a new l tan soldiers in South Africa. Nothing member, and which was not unknown . Which had occurred in the history ot even to veterans on both .sides of the the British peop'e, in the mother land House. He was sure that they would or" 'the colonies; had had such all he glad to hear from Mr. Breithaupt an. immediate effect on public opinion again. (Applause.) The Premier also the world over as the act of the coi- congratulated the Speaker upon the onies in affording aid for the pr1tBerv_1y-; splendid service he had rendered to the" tion of the empire. (Applause.) He. Province and the Dominion at I'arls.' did not doubt that the present genera-l Canada had been well served at Paris.' tion and their children would have! and had held her place well, as she al- o'ceasion to consider with satisfaction: ways did at such Exhibitions. (AD-I the effect on the British Empire of thel , plause.) Continuing. he said they} part which Canadian and other (ll/ll') were always glad to meet the honorable' in soldiers had borne in the war. He and distinguished gentleman who rer- was very glad to notice'that the Prem- resented his Majesty as the Chief ter proposed to reward the men who Magistrate of the Province. Those who had risked their-lives and health in sat by Mr Oliver Mowat for many the performance of that duty. Many years in the House knew what indus- of our soldiers who went to the front try and skill he brought to bear upon had not returned. and there was his duties as Attorney-General and ' mourning in a number of Canadian Premier, and all knew with what ttdeb. homes. But nowhere was there greatei ity he disposed ot his duties as Lieu- rejoicms over the part taken by co- tenant-Governor. They all hoped that lonial soldiers than in the Dominionl for many years he might fill the posi- of Canada and the Province of On..' tion he now adorns. ttttd that his life tario. In this connection he desired tol might be long spared, 50 that in his l T mention a case typical of the class of. serene old age he might contemplate men who went from Canada to take with satisfaction the valuable services ' past iin thedwar. The young man he he had rendered to the country. I ~a n mm came from the count . , s which he (Mr. Whitney) represented): Canada and the Empire. T He was gifted with high intellectual "The teny words addressed," he con- powers. and was just ftnltthirur his edu- tinued."and so appropriately addressed rational course in one of the colleges. I 'I He went to the front, took part nony on the subject of the South African} in the struggle. and came home de.. war appeals to us all. to the heroic ele-t prived of his tright-entirely blind. ment of all. It has been most apln'O'l That young man made a speech at priately Mid that perhaps nothing TE Liverpool that had gone all over the; stirred the people of Canada as did the| world. The words of Trooper Mulloy appeal, made a little more than a: --tloud applautre)--were brave words, Year ago. to contribute our quota to, words which would have force and ef- the defence of the empire's integrity.| tect wherever the English language It "I the empire under which we have was spoken. (Renewed applause.) prospered, whose greatness we have Mulloy had said that he had made 'shared, and to which we are all proud up his mind. after earnest considera- to belong. (Applause.) There was tion. that " was his duty to go to the no Yteeesiiity for our Country troitttt to' s", front, and having so decided he ac- its defence. The empire has always.) cepted the result. grave. serious and thank God. been able to take care of! lasting as it was. without tear, with itself. But the opportunity was onei equanimity, and without regret. (Loud which appealed to Canadians as no;