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, The 'e'gtht'ful'l; ttts,'.',.','.,',',',','.',',',',,"' 83 F , and lost on a stra pa y Vision, 0 1 'mfifiigffizlfl'KJJ'fi 3;: T. Pete',',,','."" having the usual majority - . avagant assertions the hon. tleman o e even. . . I gequently makes. There has use?" been Favors Referendum Principle. "'3' division of opinion in tly. Cabinet Mr. Marter, on the Speaker's question with isgard it; the Jet at mfg: 13:82; as to the bilhl being read a tibird ttlmeli'rel; ursu on ' . - ferred to t e t ree amen men s w to Ill1ifi'ihe1.i.f.i, tqtpiatuse) t th t he moved to the bill a few days ago. and, , Mr. Whitney thought the. e lop' 7, , continuing, said that for his part he e would be " greatly i.1ttre.ts.ted, as himse Shad no objection to a reference to the Lr, Wide awrliredtbat '23 1Jgd2e.'. people, and would be glad if the answer , so Vigorousy enounc ed y, , t was suffieiently necessary to carry the . tion that i" had not act "111p" ee ebill. He regretted that there .had not "V harmony with his colleagues or; h.° aw" i been a fuller expression of opinion from rim-d a: tst.ntt'irrTgegfd?'d tl: i'Jg1te/'i,g,"-, to gee germ ll gee me; rten , e? . '. - tion of cosin t e are an e re Rt " aired to point oyt that the (principles; Limes, and tfus putting a stop to the the referimdum Mt ehureh bo m 'PII ii _ retail sale of liquor. The bill seemed to il :9 1",iet,,tue1 so: 1,toottrlifert.'etdtoge, k It; i, be ashfar dais tr1,1aep/i'.,yg,'r'1, cogd go, I ne u . (and t cy eserve cred or rin " in ' the SI,',",'),'), ',itt'.,1,1,r,t,'e'dtf, :he i,e,g',1,td? YE: ,' a bill to the full extent of their powers. 'll",t,rti,g,'lti,nvrdi, 'u"l'd able in the i,.ie,ier,,r,i,.ng, to Mr. _Foy's rettttot" tor Fot- ' coming election, as in the past, to have ilt"ilf ty se,lt',dpiTt'i,1u) amendment. i1t _" _ enrolled in their favor the extreme men itil,' IT as e l t e contention was t at m . . . e referendum was bad. For his own controlling the temperance societies, and g 'i. h had bi ti t th 1 the liquor men, each knowing what the "3"; e "11': fl'..'""):'," l alpeopi: iother was doing. It had been a spec- i Gigi booms . fee :1 , h 'lllh' it h tacle abhorrent to every true lover of his ; 'd d tl,' Citi:",'.,' (51', "8 t, an t cy :country, to the looker-on and the ob. i m th r. t" e.e ith on record ) server; oil and water attempting to mix ion 0 ques ion. But the {part that I .as far as possible in order to keep the i?.'"." bad w," the part asking or an un- [ . i. 'ifair majority. That part should be ex- , Ontario Government in power. (Opposi [ 1 ;tion applause.) He proposed to vote for 'c uded. Ho did not agree, either, with I the amendment, and was opposed to the ithe statement that the bill was immoral. _ bill-the referendum and every clause of il', that.were BO the recent temperance _ the bill-as everybody knew who had at- ','.on'rnt.iort. would not have almost prtut- tempted to find out his osition. If the ltieally decided that they had better take amendment wan lost tf would vote the bill, with its defects, than not take against the remainder of the bill. The it at all. If it could not be improved Ministers had not said whether they by amendments, then he also would say were in favor of the bill or not; they that it was better to have it than not simply said, let the people decide. He have it at, all. he was anxious to do all ' had been accused within the last law he could for the closing of the bars, and a days of being in favor of the 2ttat if the bill was carried, in his opinion, : ers and in favor of the liquor men. is the liquor trade would receive so great (hon, friend from South Brant (Mr. Pres- a blow that it would be crippled. The iton) had stated in his newspaper that Emeasure was. he understood, as far as iMr. Whitney was almost as good as the Government could go, but he did i £19dg€d to at" ',g"pl/t'f, it]? '"iu'1",,t1d desire that the terms of the referendum ' _ P 0 t'" , 'i1tt,nb,cr,,'yd2mi"irr '%irid,'l(u'"axt't/iefi if 1?ftf1: A Btr?W.1t majority. as in [ ' ' . . . . _ e case of the plebiscite, the Dunkin ion the temperance question might cost: not and the local option not should be lliim his seat in Dundas. He (Mr. Whit. issuttieient " that was not. to b ' 'nev) had himself admitted that it might icepted ii, ho ed sincere] that m e W po'ssibiy cost him his seat, but he did a I ' ld I p Y e peo- not believe that any attitude the hom 21: all? "admit; to I???" the great gentleman (Mr. Preston) might take on 3' /f.. y ' oug t seemed im- . . 'posuble. He did not a rec with the this or any other question would oost \ d tetix df tl t Ihim his seat. (Opposition applause.) . (, (l.' ill "'1? lr, 1e vote ; l was not fav- éNor did he think that any other hon. ,"-. if} 'id", a. urge vote. and he. hoped 'gentleman in the House except Mr. Pres.. "s. i, a t e desirability of clinging it '10" believed the truth of the l twould be eonsidered without reference - I/L, he alluded to. (Renewed Opposl~ N PO party. lie moved, seconded by Mr. 1 tion applause.) He had also been accus- _ lurker (ll est Wellington), that the ed by The Globe of being ready to repeal flat" tixed by the bill for the vote be the bill. In fact, all sorts of evil things tluuyref to the date iixed for the muni- which the. imagination of men of evil .cxpal elections. minds disposed them to think had been levelled against him. Continuing, he read extracts from The Globe to the effect that the bill was a poor prohibi- tion bill, and was really a strictly limit. ied measure of Provincial option.