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% a 1/ 2L ar 2 x4 12a L ol b'.mri'; thait it had been '.'M.b"l ity shall have po;ier to 'dh se of p:l:- 5 _ any clerk of the department he would lio franchises without first submitting J J immediately dismiss him. | the Froposition to the ratepayers; there Mr. Clarke (Northumberland), who shall be no appeal from the decision of followed Mr.: Lucas, made the most the board. f humorous speech that has been heard in Mr. Lucas Makes Charges. | j the House in many a long day. _ Ir-- Mr. Lucas (Centre Grey), in resum--| respective of party the members joined ing the budget debate, said the Prem-- heartily in the laughter and appl ier must have been hard pressed for which );reeted ma:; of. his tpi::;:: arguments when he wrote the Finance illG#trating th t h.p # Minister at Ottawa to ascertain if the ustrating the arguinen{s ne wished to funds held by the Dominion for the Pro-- drive home. The speech was a some-- vince were realizable, and received a what unusual but not an unwelcome letter to'be used as campaign mater-- departure from the addresses which, as ial. He interpreted the remarks of Mr. a rule, characterize the debate on 'the Russell, that he was not in favor of a budget speech. --The debate will be re \large surplus, as a suspicion cast on . sumed on Tuesday. | the Government's financial management. 3 j . « \That there had been no"embezzlement Public Bills Introduced. . of public funds proved against the Gov-- The following public bills were intro-- ernment was not very remarkable. Sup- duced :;:-- posing there had been embezzlement, it # Hon. Mr, Garrow--Limiting the num-- would be almost impossible for the Op-- ber of expert witnesses, wio may be position to investigate and say wheth-- ' called in an action or arbitration to er funds had been corruptly spent. ; :gree bge d'-""thE;;_ except 'by leave of o Time for House--cleaning e presiding & Mr. Auld--To amend the dra.innge ecot "I think this Province is ready for by revoking the provision making it a house--cleaning," he deflared. *"Once necessary to extend drainage work to in thirty years is not too often to air an outlet, where the discharge of water 'a house, even in the best--regulated fam-- will injure lands or roads, and ;irovid- |ilies, and we intend there shall be a ing for compensation to flooded lands; i house--cleaning this year. (Opposition the idea being that such compensation ',appluuse.) We will look up the old re-- would, in many cases, be less than the | 'cords and see what mares' nests and cost of carrying on the drain to a proper | secrets have been hidden away." .. Mr. outlet. _ s | Lucas attacked Hon. Mr. Garrow as in-- {\ir'f lRlchardpon-Profidnng that the | consistent, in that he had a few days :_c O :'St' gesuion !('iellting to the separa-- | ago declared as disgraceful the proposal \"i(l'lI:l °q' 'h:'fin la.tn C {rom towns and | to legislate on the assessment question ci al?&oss o no atl;g Y 'dto such . muni-- now before the courts, while a few years S tead of Sim : 1806, nee 1880, in--| ago he had sat in the House and voted P * while his membership was the result of To Purchase Public Utilities. the action (:if the returnifg officer. He { 'a; hy characterized Hon. Mr. Stratton as a M:' l§nb.sP--r--Pr.ov1.dm% for the appoint-- representative of modern, up--to--date ment of a Provincial Board of Arbitra methods in the Government, and, re-- :'ho;iloé tltn'ee Ie rstox;;; whose business it \cal'ling his (Mr. Lucas') mdti(;n for' cer-- e f all public (i,t?"{;l:s talf reptrers 0'5 s«te O-f' tain correspondence last session, made | cipalities, the board t:nh::: l;hey ':32;; the charge that one of the letters was of an official referee under the yudi.-a-i deliberately and wilfully suppressed by ture act, as well as of arbitrators, with the Provincial Secrelarly or an official of Aridentss the fees, wiosk sinh be paid Sinaiy Wip ihat e AHt: Dooas) had! f ;;'l t(}?;oéoveim;:;'t,w :l':;}lll st?:ntht:ae s?nlx: | i; :opy o¥ itain his possessioix. As to Mr. as paid to referees under the arbitration i |Dryden, the speaker said he would not act; witnesses to be p.axq hg parties .call-- | hit a man whq_was down, who had the ing them, and to be limited to five on a | hundred--ton guns of Mr. Pettypiece and side; municipal debentures issued for the others turned upon him. B purchase of these utilities shall not ex-- Mr. Pettypiece (East Lambton) in-- tend beyond forty years; no municipal-- terposed to tell a story illustrating the point that the Opposition had much to say of Mr. Dryden's course, while they «() ignored the course Mr. Crawford had taken in the same investment,. (Min-- icforial cheers.) C # | Atizg «3A / C . |