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--_----i vyE¥aiied tor two or three elections be-- what the Government would do." -- | _ fore the detfifit of the late Don:lnlbn -w. Wh'mmw to h'.""" Government." on the Algoma Centrd::g way grant. 9" The Attorney-Genera.l concluded-- by anda said be had that too slzl'ng that be did. not propose to g£* g'uch had been given . Mr. mu into a discussion of that at the present is speech at the Board . of 'de -- a f time. It has been discussed pretty month before the bill was introduced. '\ fully. But the course of the leader of Had said he had already sent a man to the Opposition in dealing with the Pro-- England to secure ships for his steam-- | vinclal elections was 'A fair compari-- shiv line. The statement was made| f son of a man straining at a gnat while in the House that the steamship line ! | smuowingacamel with any number of was to be established as one of the ' tumps of very larg® dAatmansions. (Gov-- things in consideration of the concés-- arnment applause.) 'The Liberal party sion given. (Opposition cheers.) wanted a full ard falr expression of .He had been accused of not: giving the popular will in the elections, and his opinion on the beet sugar and ggd had no ijnclination to either ubtain Of roads propositions. One very good réa-- vyetain power that was not the legiti-- son was that the bills were not. ex-- mate oftcome of the open and honest-- plained when they were introduced. s ty expresued prepondorating . desire of However, _ he' was in favor of good the people of this Province,. _ Loud roads, and he believed the encourage-- and -- long--continued Government: . ap-- ment of the beet--sugar industry was a plause.) good m{:oven:e::t. horogk;lled -the'l', encour-- & agement got to the right people. s J Mr. Whitney on Hiis Defenceé. esition n ppisuse) ght people. (Op Mr. Whitney. in closing the debate s tor the Opposition, commented on the More of Bossard's History. optimistic views of Mr. Charlton as to | _'Mr. Whitney, continuing, reférred to the timber resources$ of the Province,l lhe Bossard _ affidGavit read by Mr. anda said no good purpose would be | Graham, and said he had other ag- served by misleading the people. -- He davits, which he would not read. He thought Mr. Chariton's statement af to would, however, ask the hon. gentlie-- £ how long the timber supply would last man to make inquiry as follows:--*'"*Who was a more expression of opinion. Con-- went up from Toronto with money to. tinuing,. Mr. Whitney defended -- him-- | pay Bossard to leave the country °so self against the charge of the Provin-- | that he would not give sany evidence at , clal Secretary that he had. by prommis-- | the clection trial, and who did not give ing free power. attempted to bribe & | him the money because some friends of whole riding by his speech at Nlagar® the Conservative' party previously serv-- Falls. "Paradoxical as it may sound." ea him with a subpoena to give evi--| he 'said, "I was glad to hear him make «}ence . Just before he made this recent that assertion,. because since I have affidavit . was not Bossard . ap--|-- been in public life--a little OvAr twelve plying for -- a --tavern _ Micense years--with more or tess of the notor-- 'v" Penetanguishene, and after ; lety which is attendant upOhn hon. gen-- ~,2?"*31 anguish on the part of (the . tlemena in my position. it is the firpt f'l mmissioners was ho not granted the time in all these years that hon. gen-- 'wceme. WP;JCh be is now holding, and ilemen opposites or their supporters e not tg is a condition precedent to 6 throughout the country. have ever dieqsg{ias? "f of the license ? Whether &5 brought forward anything in the na-- o norn 3:{} 't"n was expressed : by one ks ture af a corrupt charge against my D ecause 'the he License Commissioners '%% ¥ reécord. (Opposition cheers.) I made fell them toy we:: held up in order<to ho statement there which 1 will not re-- enin=t thelr %Sa';l Bossard a Hcense peat here now---(renewod Opposition i1 e.ma'n C ould n-fio tGS. t If tthe hon. gen--| cheers)--and if the bhon. gentieman wili {hNese polh uo. he 1 Mfew,i'n ormation on S only read the newspaper reports of my c3 :to enugr'xten t + itney) promis-- specch--read The Globe--RHe will find plause.) « m. (Opposition ap-- j fit 1I said nothing thore which any } man desirous of ma;;&ta.lnln:u the ?itx':}o West Eigin Report. o est. standard of public morality 0 $ Mr. Whitney : or any other country would object to." ¥lgin case, %ndthn?c:'uggolt'm':fi %:u?vtelfi The Niagara Falls Speech. _ , Government for allowing the Deputy -*_-ttqrne.v-General to hold a quiet in-- 'Mfr. Whitrey. then read from The vestigation as to the burning of the! Niagara Falls Daily Record the follow-- 1?8_Jlots. He wanted to know why the ing report of his speech :--"I say that evidence before the commission wa.s' everything will be done by me that can :?!flY typewritten, and not printed. He ve done to make. this water free, no i;"-lfl conclude the Government did not mater "oonee iL is right gnd it will ave any anxicty that the Opposition be done because it is right." > o e 1 HMe then read from the speech of the \25';3';',§',eg§m;eu The conclusion, the hon. leader of the Government at Ma* l Plen on tns whore matte: of the commis-- doc some time ago, and challenged com-- 1y incorrec o ge matter, was absoluté-- parison as to which was the greater of Mr. M ;c # ased upon the evidence Faee o e sh, given at St. Thomas,. it bribery : would have been correct, but his evi "After drawing attention to the. 187 dence given at Toronto uy i thet find. sources aof the country, he said the Gov-- ing It was an extr;gec';ltn;.hfl_txf'l? k ap errment had not done very much about + that after all. the Siutement rylv hing These. : The people of the district, : in newspapers and elsewh s _ in the fact, aid not know of this, and it seem-- | the 'Writt ere, and . after y ritten admission of Mr. Macnish ed a reasonable portion now that after 'dg"'tn up by one:of the: most emi 4 27 years' experience of Opposition they | eounsel in Canada, in which Jn 'stated would give the riding a chance to see | certain things were done with certain c hss F ho gummemmmomistheo oo one somneeonnnnttattai ie ce n n magar P t sA ces 7--____7__9__,"%--{