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l ._ - "erm. C" - - -.. _ _ ' ""'"er""-e""' "*WIW'I' r - . .. a , "he cost of such a commission itee,ert.t,t,1,; but was anxious to get a vote _ ,. _. - _ ".. . i , . , lint deter them; if that method were , which might embarrass the Govern-y (Wr1lllllfll (ll? (lgiMlllB, I, . thought to be the best it certainly/ment. Nothing could be more hir- _.?, Show be given some consideration. ' miliating than the contrast between, .4 At the present time the taxes were l his attitude towards the bill on other -----.r_-.._ 1glt tyr/gl. at sirgittaldy, no expense, oqlsiiogs, a?! onftthis., nth r discus- MAY BE IMPOSED ON ALL' 'f!A i - IC lgan sue a commission COS , I ea er, a or w e _ ll annually $64,134, and in 1901 a special sion.esaid) that though no doubt. the, RAILROAD COMPANIES. ~ Lf/yemit1i.or,t, which had prepared a Je- House could control its .o.wn actions,t """"" ""' , til.',;')',',',',",""?,', dwas tthi2t'tisC',io oi",'.'"?,'; the practiced in ill British bg'ii,'lt,"; Government Will ConsideranAmend. I _ A'. ' , a COS a U 2 ' . .tures seeme to c to reter sue l . . , lVVisconsin the railway commission l to standing or select committees. In', ment to the General Railway BPi, .: cost $23000. and the tax commission any event the bill could not be con-l -Toronto Suburban and Hamil- Ira $3oooiv, in New York the commission sidered until after the recess, and tom Ct cost $66,782. and a railway grading he asked the House to adjourn the . " commission cost about $34,000. The , debate. so that in the interval he . . , . 1 bill proposed a commission of three might have. time to 100k up author- An interesting feature of the discus-l. germs." tTtgowgtfdyeca)'.t "E93113? ities.h This Th/gp.""' to, Mr. Gra- sion on the Toronto suburban bill be-: e-D~ , "ear. ' 1am awn r. . . r -' _ continuing the present system, they i The h'f/id"a///2i".; at Ir.30 p. ilore the Railway Commute of themes i l, e would get practically the same IR'-. " m. until Tuesday' afternoon. iislature yesterday arose over a propos- ' , Hilts. It had been contended that) lal oi. the City of Toronto to insert a' l I the municipalities were not receiving; No Assignment. iclause that the com an must protect'. i l) enough from the railways, but they' A it . Th M il d E rsire ii. _ _ _..,.. 7 . , p l, M ; l , Ttlst not forget that whatever ":35 ' st" gem 1'l d en}. "ld,,',,',',- - 411Ed_ its crossmgs at its own expense. A r... i' _ collected by the Province was c.listril.r-i ilft'fcgllif l'btxiiiianiligil 353,23", tliiiir EA. H. Royce entered a strong protest: ' ' , ... . _ , , . . . . . , I i "is: among,tl'1,c "eyvnicii'alities m l; claims against the Algoma Central éagatnst an obligation which was lm-g . _ p IC Jystuyt1or'-s, tetc. .. l . 1 I, u " . , M N -posed on no other company. i l . The Premier suggested that the bid In,'- tn so"- "Wham" to 'r. I . l Ho Mr D d fa rored the rin- ' be referred to a select committee to W. Rowcll, K. .C. Mr. Qanmcc l . n, . '. f? en S' h p ht " see if sour n-tir, _ i th bill mld Mates that there IS no truth in the ic.iple ot the c9's proposal, butt oug - " li ' _ t pol lout o t,t,It Ct ld report; that no assignment was made 'l.they werogoing the wrong way about " _ inot b? adopted. .Th.e "oy?e WOT? to Mr. Rowell or to anyone else. llt- He said that he would call'the at- l be eiy'-orsllvg the principle of increased l . . ltention of his colleagues to the mat- ' (t,axation m railways, and the only dii- I Deputation of School Principals. lter, with a view to getting an amend- ,fcrcnce that (rusted between the hon. l . . . . " ment to the general railway act. On fgentlczuzzu (Mr. Pcttypiecel and him- " A deputation. ffyyy'-,111f, or a ic?rr',t"irt,iii] understanding the amendment was sch was as to the mode of Jrii,reii.iisri1/t,i,t,t/,e Off?" of 1y,rP1tyii:.1.e? O O_i'dr0pped. _" Ithcsc taxes. lie himself was of opin- Sing", puohc ,s.ch?o.ls, _1..t.1en',.ity,,et1te,h,.e) Mr. Mackelean, K.C., ior Hamil- , 'iozi that they could get at these l I mm?" f" Ldudcation "Stead" Email ton, strongly objected to. allowing the tityicei just as Well by the present sys/il/tfill "if" Ir/if "$11"ng ot cg tt,lli"i,\s/' railway to cross Burlington Beach, 'tcni, although perhaps not on as broad l 1,18,4{1'2' Jloflif {$100. teLm S {m d i which has already two railways, and is , a basis. but the result in the end would fl "11:0,, I-.];)u.]?",) ", t)ll,111,t"tfltt "133:,- a suburban residential quarter. An ' be the same. The bill could be con- ////Js" ',',is'l'i'di1,/',11rd/11lrGid,fi' Chgould amendment was added .that the per- 1 t . sidered even at this late stage of thcl "in u" permitted ,2; teachbin " ubvlic mrss19n of the Township of Saltf1eet. , session by the committee. and per- I schools without first talctinvy a ngrrrial m which the Beach IS located, must I haps before the assessment hill was r or a model ':1irio'irieorii.i2t'tiiat' Latin' first be obtained. . t PM through something might come t be not a compulsory subject for iT/iii. A .clatte smitlar Ao that put 1n the 1 from that committee which could be! ticatcs, that the metric -li'VsCtlA should Mimico Railway bill fast year was ' incorporated in it. "At present," f be taught, that less time should be de- added, requiring the So.mp.Nly to get i N concluded the Premier, "l think every voted to arithmetic. and that a better tne consent of the municipality to leav.e l, ", public purpose is pretty well served' text-book in history should be prepar- a public highway and enter P!! a pra- l .. by the system which is in force in the. Cd. - vate right ot way, and the bill as so i Province " ' amended went through. , ,5 F . q---..----.---------------- The opposition to the Thunder Bay. l l 1.2; ",To What Committee? UPPUSE , Nc£idgon & Std loo Railways ball was f , . . . . l Wl rawn, an 1 went iron WI I , il . l Mr, Ijettypicce insisted that only l l D TU LICENSE BILL: a reduction of time to five 'y"i'lrs' in- , l i',., (Provincial board could levy tne taxes --------..--..- t d f q . ' _ f l . i l ic' (equitably, and that the bulk of the tar S lit occx en 'i"it2'd','/ comp etion. , lation should go to the municipalities. TEMPERANC1.i: LEGISLATION , . e Ity. of.Lon n opposed the l lTl , Pre tiss , _ , . . T l bill to.aythyizt extensons of the I t 1t. . Lunar had suggested a select IMSCUSSED. lines or the Strathro & West rn R 1- , leomnuttec to consider the bill. He -.tr-----.e.-. l wa Com a . b t y P "es, in , 1 J. :wanted some committee to deal with D . . . . . ' d, S IT/l',' eween o pn er, _ .3 the bill, and did not want the bill eputation of Prohibitionists Seeks .i,e,', . t. Tey" and.. that particular, l . " :shuftlcd off as it was last year. It this Information From Mr. Whitney ,section w.as laid oyler. Th} tun; {05 I / ,Lim'crnmcnt did not deal with the --complaint Against the Brew- 1croJl,,n'fi,n/iTf if, ral "a; was re uce l . (l', ,qucstion some other Government ers. i m re_e 'f..]..?.',,?..?,,,'.,',.',."-'?-,,-,. ', ,' 'nould when this one was out. i T --------.-_ ------.-------- , I, Mr. Whitney agreed with the Pre-: . , . . . ., al Inner that the railways should not bel Temperance '.cgislation was the clueil 1 'if, ltrcated harshly, but he said that the! topic under discussion at a caucus oil , l 5U bill of Mr. Pct.typiece, had not received} the Liberal members of the Legisla-' E il, lair, consideration. At the same time ture yesterday afternoon. A number i 'th" to ask for fair consideration,. was not]. . . i rj) to declare in iaror of the bill. l of the representatives adviscd strongly N The hill Iva.s then read a second time." against the introduction at this session I 'tr. The Cf'rcmierftllilen moved that it be' at a license bill. but the meeting ad- I rctcrrc to tic o ownw " it "-.-, . . . . . . l l ' 1lcssrs. Pcttypiece, fi',f,Q1u,'1ttssefriir,i,, journed Without coining tp a decision. i g, Cameron (Huron). Davidson, Pcnse,i A deputation ot temperance men ' l Preston (Brant), Duff, Hoyle, Carscal-l waited upon the Opposition leader r,:,:,-:) y it lcn (Hamilton), Tucker, Smith (Saultl terday morning. Mr. Whitney after- ':ric1 Ste. Marie), and Clark, (Bruce). l wards stated that it was a purely inv' l, "ir:,,)', Mr. Hanna protested against refer-l formal chat, the deputation being de-l. I _I ring the bill to any committee, and! sirous oi getting his opinion on thci , I 1i2't moved in amendment that the mattcri probabilities oi a temperance bill be-, I -, (he left to committee of the whole ing introduced by the Government. Oul I, 'Ilousc. this deputation were James Hales, J.; a l The Speaker ruled that the amend- A. Austin, A. r Keeler, Rev. MY-l , intent was out oi order, as according to Walsh of Brampton, Rev. Mr. Dunlopi . precedent a public bill introduced by and several others. l, , 'a private member is referred, not to A deputation representing the l'iquorl & the committee of the whole House, interests waited upon the Provincial Al {but to a Standing or select committee. Secretary yesterday to protest against 'ttll ' Mr. Pcttypiece said that he had nam- the alleged practice of one or two of ill, ed the select committee, and was per- the leading brewers obtaining leases o" a fectly satisfied with it. lproperties over the heads of the pre-!, i a Mr. Downey rciused to lend his as- lent. occupants of the premises and l ! / , sent to what was not a select commit- forcing them to purchase their manu- ' l d tee. but "a set of pallbearers to carry llaeture. I 1 I out the bill'." '.'eeitee.e"="e.'L'"..ee'deS.'ST.'le= l l i! "' The Speaker, after some discussion, ' al 'said that he could not turn up the , , 'rale about the matter, but agreed with , the leader of the Opposition that the ,5 House could control its own actions, l , l, and was inclined to submit the ques- I l " ' tion to a derision of th.e House. i it Hon. Mr. Gibson pointed out that a 'c,4 the leader oi.tht Opposition had not . j . s accepted a single orovzsion of the _ . 1, h r, I .