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1r.qptqillFiruBa In them" titanium bylaws are operativé only " tic-._ ' j . q "this large majority of two-thirds. 'ltr", 91 In Us. in Canada, Too. tt'fht,1,t, not; w eh was introduced tr; In the United sum the referendum " W" "mm" in 1ikt8 tuid . . i which was afterwards declared ultra has be. "la extensively used, and it vireo, provided that local option should LW'ttd :2! made. I,,',',',', sir,',',',',',','?,',,,',,') only be arthtlvr,',' on a three-fiftha ma- oren um mun mun pa Jority. e, therefore, have the example aster]: in school guitars. ' amtrus- of the United States in regard to re an on or . cult .1 . . '- " to the LAY,,, of a school site "we: i 2Sl in the constitution of the van . . , ous tates, and the example of the Me- a referendum is held as to which site Carthy act ad ted by the Home of it tull be, and BO on. We have JIM Commons whenogir John Macdonald was it in connection with the Dunkin act Il'remier callin f ' . . . . ' , g or a thr -iifths ma- which was introduced in 1864, and in ljorit in the case of a It t t the Scott act, in 1878. We have had 'memy tuteetin the n 15,'r"ml'dfr'!, enche- 1yu get,') '/U'll.r Tim" t,'tle ever lsidcs we huge the Evidence and the . since oon e era on. reieren um was . ." taken , Prince Edward I d in 1892, Iopinions of some of our strongest men. I in his toba the same year, and ple- I Hon. Alex. Maekenzie's View. " 't biscites have been taken in Ontario, in ! In 1877 h th ti Nova Scotia and over the whole Dom. ihib't' 3 Il,' efn LII'),',',", on of tlt inion. Tho armedents for the referen- til I with"? de r,orh,t, l' country, the ate dum accumu te as we look them up. l, .on. 'ix/Ill er e, enzxe, tht? Pre,- A referendum was taken in sixteen of inner, spea mg at Colborne, sand _ .1 the Unite d States on the uestion of (lst,vt.a1wa,v.s taken the ground that until ', prohibition alone, .0 that the rcieren- Epublic sentiment has reached such an ad-, - ' dum is sustained by numberless preee- gamed stage t.of maturity that we VOW"? f dents as the proper course t pursue -.° quite certain of a very large majority; l under certain circumstances, and certain- ,3" favor of rm." a measure)? FN I ly as the pro course in regard to all 'Elt would be unWise and impolitie N / legislation aligting the liquor "traffie. in) "him" to enforce a total _ Pte, ran, therefore, fortify the action . A woman? .ot the liquor traffic." l , o t o overnment in considerin thin 'i r. ac tune, you Bee, said that to question of the reform ium anv 1U'l'i' "enforce it tt large majority would be li, by precedent. They are overwhelming l {necessary In 1878, when the Scott act l in ever; quarter of the globe, in Europe, .was passed, and the measure was before iN Austra is, from the United States; even l the Senate, one of the strongest prohi- in England a few veers ago Sir Wm. (t bitionists whom I have had the honor to 'ss, gfogrt. ttret) what is called a {rim}? and who for.rtyutr, years was p ion aw to become operative I resident of the Dominion Alliance, Sen. N, unless voted against by two-thirds of N 'ator Vidal, was anxious that an easy ts, the ',h"itl,tZt, {mode should be provided whereby the Wilford? andHolph chJgnh,i,12tg'g, similar x bill could be put into force in the Pro. t . Cir enry amp _ nnerman vinees, or, in other words, whereb w. had one also. There was the Welsh bill could have Provincial prohibition, a}; we]: l t ',','o",1,rtt;,1,"' ISciptch h"; so 3Villilum Har- as prohibition 2y counties and cities, and k ' a . i"i)'lilp'ly; 'i,m,1'JI sne,'l?i'n, t"ht,'t,tt i) t)'l"i'l..r1l'-'C"rpe.tcttywcfi,2rttr2 laps! of the reference to the people. We \ less this measure receives the support lure, therefore, fortified in the views we ' 10' a large maority of them (the people) . gr. taking by the strongest precedents. iit It'," be inoperative." Senator Aikin, I a ' ;on t re same occasion, traid:---", think it . _ I Th' The Bnsis of the Vote. iwouiid be most unfortunate if public t '0 come now to one of th most sent ment was not educated u to ti t, crucial points in connection within; bill Mate where a decided majoriti: of the i 'd, band. iWinn should be the basis of Erleovlo were in favor of the law that it I," ( e vote n a case such as We are now tshould be a lied in an rovinee." 1roltssiderinirt On what basis should the . . pp .y p ijudgment of the people be accepted as Opinions of Prominent Men. ithe ultimate, complete and conclusive Another distinguished leader of the q Judgment t I want to examine this point temperance movement in the same dis- closely in the light of opinions from sev- cutrsion--I refer to the late Senator Al. . oral sources. The referendum has gem iitii1i1'iiiitovi1,' an amendment, providing "It? been carried tr. a majority of the that it should only be enforced by a ' gar es voting for it. In the United [majority of the whole number of electors {ates when prohibition was first sub- qualified to vote for a member of the . {Silencdmén [31: Winona. States, gahcdwas 1lgi,."e' of Commons. Another well-known l. . w en l was em i in u ie man, Hon. Mr. Cam bell, did not . "he constitution of the State and made believe that law which sopseriously " i permanent, as it has been in four or five Heeted the liberty and property of a cer- iStains, it became. operative only on a taiu portion of the community should be :vote of a_two~tbirds majority.l Some enforced by_a bare majority of the votes.