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on the Lord's Day w; 'ecame under Dominion \the clause relating to 'went with the rest. which, with several amendmoents, was finally passed. -- The formal prorogation will take place to--morrow afternoon. Local Option in Sunday Cars. At the opening of Naturday's sitting on the third reading of the statute law amendment act a clause 'was mtroduced _ by _ the Attorney--Gen-- eral to prevent the running _ of street cars on the Sabbath,. -- He explained that prior to the passage of the Ontario Lord's Day act there ex-- isted a statute prohibiting the opera-- tion of strect railways on Supdays. That statute was afterwards incorporated in the Lord's Day act. The Privy Council had since decided that, so far as the eriminal view of the berforming af laLL_2 Gamey's motion against the commissioners who i charges was also lost o the final topic was the which, with several am finally passed. _ The forn "Cill take manar +AcAArnnx Famous Jennison Bill Passes With Amendiments. Saturday's sitting began at 11 concluding just before 6 p.m. amendment to the statute law wa: to prohibit Sunday cars, excopt permitted, before the recont d of the Privy Council -- The beet bounty bill was passed. On the reading of the supplementary re bill providing for additional taxat railways, Mr. Whitney moved t« stitute the Pott¥niaea --hill «. NO SUNDAY STREET CARS Ontario Legislation Re--enacted With Important Amendments. Mr. Gamey Opposes the Payment of the Judzes Who Heard His Case-- Renewal of the Printing Contract --Review of More Important Leg-- islation,. The second session of the tenth Leg. islature of Ontario, which ended Sat-- urday afternoon, was the longest on record, lasting sixty--nine days, and one of the most fertile in uscful legisia-- tion. ONDAY, APRIL 25, 1 THE LEHSLATUREK ENDS ITS BUSINESS t ay act. The Privy Council eided that, so far as the _of the performing of labor 's Day was concerned, it Dominion jurisdiction, and st ~before 6 p.m. An the statute law was made *25, 41 J 4C Di"?t-SflgiH' assed. On the third ipplementary revenite _ cars, excopt where the recent decision d by deputations. Whitney to strike t on division. Mr. it the payment of > investigated h:is on division, and ie Jennison bili, anendmoents, was street railways Those interested 11 am, On the third reading of the bill re-- specting the encouragement of the beet sugar industry, Mr. Kribs moved in amendment the addition of the words "This House regrets that it contains no provisions securing to farmers a rea-- The Premier raised the point of or-- The vote on the main motion being der that the House had pronounced an taken, the bill was giveon its third opinion on the Pettypiece bill when it reading by 48 to 20. _ All the Oppost-- refused to amend the report of the com-- tion members voted against the bill mittee which had considered it. with the exeeption of Messrs. Foy, Mr. Pettypiece remarked that up tol (:ra.wfor'd. liouyle. Carnegie, Pyne, Fox, a ;:ertm'n stage his bill had not been a ~WYth and Nesbitt. political issue. _ When he had. moved s the second reading of it, the leader of Grand Trunk Pacific Branch. the Opposition had asked if the House, . There was a lengthy discussion on could not quietly kill the bill and end the second and third readings of the the farce. (Applause.) _ A few weeks Pill respecting aid to certain railways. later the leader of the Opposition found| M*. Hanna began it by asking the Pre-- some good things in the bill and was "UC" What was the value of the lands prepared to support it. (Applause.) t0 bo granted to the Grand Trunk "ITwenty--four hours after the Opposi-- PAGifi¢_for the branch line to Port Mr. Matheson saw no meason for ob jecting to the extension. _ He believed that the last contract would show a saving of a good many thousand dollars over the previous contract, and the work had been very satisfactorily done. Beet Sugar Bounty. Mr. Whitney made another effort to persuade Mr. Pettypiecce to vote against his party on the third reading of the eupplementary revenue act, but again failed. _ He moved in amendment that the biil be referred back for the strik-- ing out of all the clauses and the sub-- stitution of provisions. identical with those in what is known as the Petty-- picce bill. On the motion of the Premier, the House authorized the extension of the printing contract with Messrs, Warwic'!; Bros. & Rutter for a period of five years from July lst next on the old terms, with the exception that for com-- position 50 cents per thousand ems is to be allowed, an advance of 5 cents per thousand. The Government feared that if they advertised for terders they would not, owing to the fact that sov-- eral of the large printing establish-- ments had been destroyed by fire, be able to get as good terms again. _The Speaker ruled the motion out, the House havirg previously voted on the subject. The Pettypiece Bill. The Premier did not think the amend-- ment was in order. _ The House had al-- ready rejected a similar motion on the ground that the farmers did really re-- ceive a hbonus through the encourage-- ment of the industry. In Waterloo the farmers got as high as $5 per ton for the beets, the usual price being from $4 to $4.50, and they got it because the quality was so good. sonable bonus on beets produced and sold." i Hon. Mr. Gibson--I anm bound to say that there will be further litigation be-- fore this matter is at all reasonably determined; there is no doubt about that. Contract For Printing. in Sabbath observance had, under le-- gal advice, little doubt that this legis-- lation, put on a civil basis rather than on a basis relating to -- criminal would stand the test. 8 law, Grand Trunk Pacific Branch. There was a lengthy discussion on the second and third readings of the bill respecting aid to certain railways. Mr. Hanna began it by asking the Proe-- mier what was the value of the lands to be granted to the Grand Trunk Pacific_for the branch line to Port | When the motion for the third read-- ing was put, Mr. Hugh Clark insisted on the yeas and nays being taken,. and Mr. Whitney supported him. _ Then Dr. Nesbitt, who had not been pres-- ent during the previous discussion, moved that a clause be inserted pro-- viding for a two--cent rate. The Speaker ruled it out of order, recall-- ing the fact, amid laughter, that the House had already voted on the sub-- jeet after a debate that lasted all night. On the third reading of the bill guar-- antceing the bonds of the James Bay Railway, Mr. Hoyle _ moved that a clause be inserted _ empowering the Lieut.--Governor in Council from time to time to fix the freight and pas-- senger rates charged on the line. It was lost on division. Mr. Whitney moved that all the provisions guaran-- teeing the bonds for that portion of the line between Toronto and the town-- ship of Mara be struck out. His ob-- ject was, he said, to show that the Government was not adhering to its policy of refusing to aid any railway in the older settled portions of On-- tario. _ The amendment was declared lost ea division. The-- Attorney--General's bill to amend the election law was read a third time after an amendment, moved by Mr. Hugh Clark, providing for the for-- feiture of all deposits in all cases not pressed, had been defeated on division. James Bay Railway. A further amendment moved by Mr. Whitney that on the commission ap-- pointed to investigate the taxation of railways no person should sit who had been a member of the House between May 29,,1902, and April 15, 1904, was declared lost on the same division. The amendment was defeated on straight party vote of 35 to 38. Mr. Whitney said the usefulness was more apparent to those on the Opposi-- tion side of the House. _ The Premier did not wish the municipalities to have any word to say with reference to the proportion of the taxes that should come to them. "*tton leader made that statement in the House some fiftsen or twenty members of the Opposition came to me with the same story, 'Stick to your bill and we are with you to a man.' (Laughter,) It meant that if I, with my bill, should oppose the Government and bring on a vote they were with me. I failed to do that. _ Although I did not get the bill passed, under the motion that has been carried to refér the matter to a special commission for further invest;-- gation I consider that better progress has been made than if the bill had been carried." . The Premier's bill was not to his mind just what they should have, but it was a step in the right direction, Mr. Preston (Durham) then moved in amendment :--That this House regrets that the said bill contains no provis-- ion for the equitable apportionment be-- tween the municipalities of the Province of the taxes to be levied under the bill. The answer to that, said the Prem-- ier, was that the municipalities got it all It was all expended on education, agriculture, -- administration -- of justice, maintenance of asylums, and everything connected with municipal affairs, and the amounts were adjusted by the House in the estimates from time to time. If this bill passed, they would be able to give more for all these purposes, be-- cause they would have more money. The motion had no meaning or useful-- ness ~ s E: 4 Mr. Whitney's amendment was rule out of order by the Speaker, Municipalities' Share.