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SELL PINB TIMBBB BY THOUSAND FBBT. Mr. Dargavrel--'To provide for the di-- vision of Front of Yonge and Escott townships in Essex. versity agitation. -- Mr. R. R. Gamey charged the former Temiskaming Rail-- way Commissioners with busying them-- Mr. Crawford--Respectiing the city of "Toronto. selves in a bye--election is North Ren-- frew, and with attempting to secure min-- ing lands along the line of railway. He wvave the (Government some advice as to their policy in nsw Ontario. _ Mr. CGamey will continue the debate this atternoon, the intention being to finish it as soon as possible. The following bills were read a first time:-- Mr. Aubin--To incorporate the Roman Catholic Church at Sault Ste. Marie. Mr. Clarke--To amend the pharmacy act. The debate on the budget was con-- tinued in the Legislature yesterday afternoon. _ Mr. Carscallen, in a pithy address, emphasizing the arguments ad-- vanced by the Provincial Treasurer, promised that the Soo agreement would be ohbserved. _ Mr. E. J. B. Pense fol-- lowed in a graceful speech, and fore-- saw good results from the Toronto Uni-- Dr. Jessop--.Rspecting J. T. Thompson anmdl others. Mr. Auld--Respecting the Windsor Gas Company. : Mr. Craig--To amend the assessment act. Mr. Mahaffly--Respecting the Irondale, Bancroft & Ottawa Railway. e. such a programme of legislation as the past Government had not submitted during the whole course of their regime. The education act amendments, the min-- ing measures, the County Councils act and. above all, the abolition of the num: hbered ballot, were mentioned as the trong cards of the Government. Bookkeeping Again. iv. Carscallen supported the Treasur-- er's bookkeeping in the matter of the Dominion _ subsidy. _ The _ $2,800,000 counted as an asset by the late Govern-- ment was not a debt that could be col-- lected from the Dominion, and there had been no decrying of the credit of the Province, which was quite strong enough to permit the truth to be told }bpllt {ings as they were. _ His hon. Mr. Crawford--Providing for the de-- horning of cattle. Loud applause saluted Mr. H. (. Carscallen (Hamilton) when he arose to resume the adjourned debate on the budget. He complimented the Provin-- cial Treasurer on his speech, which, that gentleman must feel gratified, had eli-- cited the editorial commendation of The (ilobe. _ Congratulations were due the Premier also, who had already present-- Mr. Pense Believes the Inquiry Will Do Good--Mr. Carscallen Supports the Provincial Treasurer -- Mr. Gamey Speaks on New Onatario Affairs. Advice From Manitoulin to the Government. BUOGET DEBATE STiLL ON. oronto University Agitation Commended. 'AY' 'APRI !f,glf' With a few observations on the agri-- cultural estimates and the sugar--beet subsidies he passed to the Soo indus-- tries. _ HMe believed these would have been completely reorganized had the (GGovernmwent never turned their hands one way or another. . Now that the matter was settled the present Govern-- ment would faithfully carry out their part. University Matters. Mr. E. J. B. Pense (Kingston) taxed Mr. Carscallen with having lapsed into a pre--clection speech when he talked about chicanery, humbug and claptrap. When the issue was past and accept-- ed in a fair and manly spirit, when, as had been said, there was no squeal, he thought that tone might be drop-- ped. If the same fais play evinced in committees, and so far in the House, continued, Liberals would have no rea-- son to complain. In the interests of independent journalism he would say that the approval of the Treasurer's speech by The Globe was creditable and an example to be followed. He reviewed the estimates of the agricultural department, and had a pas-- sage with Colonel Matheson over the increase in expenditure, which the Trea-- surer placed at $114,000. But this was exclusive of the supplementary es-- timates, or there was no meaning in all the deputations that waited on Min-- isters. He justified the $10,000 grant to Ot-- tawa University, and complimented Dr. Pyne. _ The highly--educated man -- was not always an all--round man in matters of execution. The Toronto University had not the strength rendeced by the love for their alma mater which im-- The late Government had undertaken to build the Temiskaming Railway at a rost of $23,000 per mile, or certainly not more than $25,000, and it cost $38,-- 300. _ But for undue haste and lack of consideration a million might have been saved. The -- pulpwood _ concessions aroused a similar comment, and Mr. Carscallen condemned the disposition of the pulpwood territories. basis he must have forgotten its corre-- lative, suggestio falsi. In dealing with the sale of bonds he charged Mr. Harcourt with having avoid-- ed the accusation made by the Treasurer. He had gone all over the world and seen war--clouds in all directions to explain the bank rate, which was not a serious matter ; but the charge was that the Government had sold six millions' worth of bonds when two millions were suf-- ticient. bued the students at Kingston and Montreal. When a young man ventur-- ed to criticize instead of being brow-- beaten, he should have been kindly re-- ceived, but the criticism would pro-- bably have a good affaat # is olfi ts ati friend had spoken of 'suppressio veri, but when he claimed a gurplus on such a mWE mc eut ues _ :3 " 5* SEHCILIGE Y , bug and claptrap ; let bygones be gones,"--Mr. E. J. B. Pensge, beaten, he should have i)éer;vic-.i;dly re-- ceived, but the criticism would pro-- bably have a good effect, Mr. Gamey Well Pleased. Mr. R. R. Gamey had decided pleas-- ure, he averced, in the humiliating po-- sition in . which he found the Opposi-- tion, and.no man in Ontario, he believ-- ed, had better reason, He believed the '"Why talk now at:outL chicanery, hum-- by.| mnt!{ reasonable, responsible and res-- pectable government. _ Proceeding, he said there were many @easons why the Government should not follow in the footsteps of their predecessors, partic-- ularly in regard to new Ontario. . In this connection he said he could not agree with the praise showered by a previous speaker on the former Temis-- | kaming Railway Commission. _ He re-- 'called a time when the commissioners instead of running a railway were run-- ning a bye--election in North Renfrew. (Government applause.) Some of those same commissioners had been appli-- cants for mining lands along the line, and the engineer in control was a hold-- er of mining lands in a dispute settled as to title by the late Government. The Claims of New Ontario. | Proceeding, he favored an independ-- ent audit of the accounts, and said he proposed to give the Government some advice as to thei@e policy toward new Ontario. MHis first point was that a 'larger proportion of the revenue deriv-- !ed from new Ontario should be expend-- |led on that part of the country and not on older Ontario. Then the timber 'policy should be crevised. Pine timber is now sold by the square mile, in ad-- dition to the bonus, rental and stump-- 'age dues paid. _ He contended that the timber should be sold by the thousand feet, measured after the cut. This | would immensely enhance the revenue. ; He also strongly ueged a proper sur-- vey, which would result in the pro-- 'per dividing up of new Ontario into min-- ing, timbee and agricultural lands and put an end to the many disputes now arising in regard to settlement. day, The Stratford Y. M. C. A. will be ex-- empted from all but local improvement taxation under the new measure con-- firming its incorporation, . The committee will sit annmin am Thaman / 4 7' Lonmdon bill will come up. Brampton's bill,extending for not more than a year the time permitted to the Copeland--Chatterson Company to carry out their factory agreement, was agreed to, information' as to compliance with the terms of submission to the ratepay-- ers to be furnished to the commit-- tee. Mr. Gamey moved the adjournment of the debate and will continue this ai-- ternoon. amnie, the bill was reported. The village of (Grimsby wanted to charge the cost of their waterworks | against the whole ratable property in-- w = + se mior n wois: -- Te Ne sns« Te ie m the w ship by which the agreement was enter:.,e. ed into with the London Street Rail-- ,, way met with no objection, and will be finally dealt with on Tuesday, when the ; city of London bill will cama na A New Factory Inspector. Mr. John Argue of Carp, Carleton county, has been appointed a factory inspector in place of Mr. O. A. Rocque, whose services . have been dispensed with. _ Mr. Rocque was fifteen years in the service. A request for his re-- signation by the former 'Minister of Agriculture was not complied with. His successor has been prominent in busi-- ness and politics on the Conservative side in Carleton county, i Private Bills Committee. Chairman Carscallen of the Private Bills Committee is indisposed to sanc-- tion--he would not say reckless--but any improper expenditure on the part' of municipalities which exceed their au-- thority. The matter came up yesoerday* morning over the bill to consolidate the: floating debt of Meaford. _A recent| Council had borrowed money to de, the satreets, and was umutex for tf\':il-: legal procedure. The new Council found itself with the debt on its hands, and | no means to pay it, and this item of $2,--' 150 was part of the $10,000 covered by the debentures for which the Bill pro-- vided. _ "The money was well spent," said Mr. MacKay. "That is not the question. _ The money is usually well spent. -- Rut shall we sanction such proceedings when the authority indicated by the act is ex-- ceeded ?" " Mr. Hendrie said that Hamilton had a similar bill, and the laugh was against the Chairman. _ With an amended pre-- amble, the bill was reported. e party would sit again on Tues--