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The debate on the budget is drawing to a close, and yesterday afternoon pro-- duced nothing very new except the at-- NICKEL TROST __ HOTLY ASSAILED. to the House, and he made a strong plea for the temperance policy of the late Government. Mr. R. A. Thomp:-- «on moved the adjournment of the de-- bate, which will technically close this efternoon. _ The Premier announced that the House would adjourn on Thursday afternoon until Tuesday, May tack of Mr. McGarry upon the policy of the nickel trust at Copper Cliff. His epeech was fluent and incisive. Mr. 8. Clarke's persiflage peoved amusing 2. Colonel Matheson gave notice of bill to provide for the Temiskaming lailway loan. _ e Mr. Kennedy--Respecting the town of Port Arthur. Mr. Devitt--Respecting the town of Bowmanville. Mr. Lackner--To amend the public schools act. Mr. Downey--Respecting the Guelph Railway Company and to confirm a by-- law of the City of Guelph. Mx., Munro--Respecting the Hamilton, Ancaster & Brantford Railway Com-- yaeuny«>s. _A 0s _ | _ C t s wWEDNESDAY, _APRIL i9 i Legislature Will Adjourn Thursday Till May 2--Bill to Meet Temiskaming Loan Introduced--Liberai Temper-- ance Policy Defended by Mr. Clarke. Mr. McCowan--mespecting the town of Toronto Junction. Mr. Hoyle--Respecting the Penetan-- guishene & Orillia Railway Company. Mr. Mahaffly--Respecting the town of Gravenhurst. _ Mr. Fisher--To incorporate the On-- tario Telephone Company. _ Mr. Crawford--Respecting Trinity Church, Toronto. Mr. Tucker--To regulate the width of sleigh runners. _ _ Debate on the Budget Nearing Its Close. Mr. McGarry--To incorporate Toron-- to, Ottawa & French River Railway Company. _ _ _ Mr. Preston (Durham)--Respectin; the town of Perth. Mr. Bradburn--Respecti the town of Peterboro'. Ce Mr. Pratt--To authorize the village of Morrisburg to acquire water and to consolidate the debt of the village. j J omad EWw J _ _ CCGB . 02 HUIIJI NMEU. C Mrx. Beck----i'o incorporate the Young Women's Christian Association of Lon-- wwiiihiese e it ircmmetiny don. Mr £ Hospitals and Asylums. s MCG-"Y Arraigns Its Hon. Mr. Hanna gave notice of mo-- Policy. tion to ratify orders in Council bring-- ing the Elliott Home, Guelph, under ue rirgheohnnneres meerizns schedule B of the Charity Aid act, and the Toronto Fr'se Hospital for _ Con-- 4 sumptives, the Queen Victoria Memor-- CcoOPPER CLIFF IN BONDS. ial Hospital (North Bay), the St. Fran-- ces General Hospital (Smith's Falls), smm * and the Midland and Penetanguishene s¥ & Hospital under schedule A of the same Mr. Downey--Exemption of d-- lands from taxation. ® oe Mx«., Downey--To amend the assess-- ment act. _Mr. Hodgins--To amend the munici-- pal act. . e NtmHendrie--Respecting the estate of the'n&e Hon. W. E. So.nford. __ Mr. Spih--Respecting the Herman-- _ Mr. Thompson (Centre Simcoe)--To amend the act respecting the office of The following bills were read a first Mr. Lackner--To amend the munici-- rms xt .l.fl' 1vVVU, T Ts Mining 'Company. ". 2: 2 . Mr. Smyth--The Bruce Mines & A!-- ed except by choosing a good farming' district and building a railway. | Mr. Clarke also discussed the civil ser--| ' vice dismissals, He thought 5,000 was | a low estimate for the number of ap-- [f plicants the Government had for posi--! | tions. Ninety per cent. of these were 1 | politicians, and if politicians had been appointed in the last twenty years it| I;wu nothing extraordinary. _ No man| hi " a insd t i TE ' but a Mr. Sam Clarke, Northumberland, in resuming the debate on the budget,. re-- ferred in a facetious vein to the Pre-- mier's choice of Ministers. There was a report about another portfolio, and in that connection he desired to say that 'he member for East Northumberland Dr. Willoughby) was almost as well hought of by the Liberals of the con-- stituency as by the Conservatives. If members opposite were happy he and his friends were contented, though it might be tedious if he had to sit in iOp'fi)':ition for 33 years,. \ mover and seconder of the ad-- He regretted that 8,000 young farmers had left Ontario for Manitoba and the Territories, They were not leaving Canada fortunately, but they _ should not be allowed to leave Ontario when only one--sixth of the Province was yet doveloped. Settlers could not be obtain-- In reply to Mr. P. H. Bowyer, who drew attention to the comment that had appeared in The Chatham Daily Planet regarding the confinement _ of lunatics in the county jail, stated that from inquiry it was due in part, nuv doubt, to the overcrowding of the west-- ern asylum. He had given instructions to have the partiecs removed at once where they would be safe from harm or harming others. The Budget Debate. He defended the accountant methods of the late Government, and took excep-- tion to the deficit figured by the Pro-- vincial Treasurer. _ Any person who had his income guaranteed by the Dominion (Government, he believed, would have no hesitation about reckoning it as an as-- set, as the late Government had consid-- ered the Dominion subsidy. It had been objected that the pulp-- wood and waterpower of the Province had been too liberally disposed of, but the member for Manitowlin (Mr. Gamey) must know very well that every cord of pulpwood was a source of revenue to the Government. _ If he was not mistaken, the Government could increase, by an order in Council, the amount the pulp-- wood companics had to pay the Province at present. Build Up Ontario. act. In the opinion of Mr. Clarke the local option act was the best temper-- ance measure in Canada to--day. Hon. Geo. W. Ross had given more temper-- ance legislation to the Province than it had been able to absorb. _ The people had sufficient legislation, but they did not use it. He did not think the Gov-- ernment would do any more for the tem-- perance people than had been done al-- ready. The mover and seconder of the ad-- dress had condemned the numbered bal-- lot, the iniquitous bailot, as one of them bad called it. But it was the same dballot that had given the Government 40 of a majority, which in < previous elections they condemned. Jt could not be charged that the numbered ballot had prevented hon. gentlemen from crossing the floor of the House, Mr. Ross and Temperance. goma Railway Company. could apply to the Gov-- Mayor John Lowry and Solicitor W. |N. Herrington of Napance will head &| \ deputation from the town that will wait| ion Premier Whitney to--day to urge the| Government to assist in the passing of | a bill authorizing the Council to pass de--| | benture by--laws totalling $40,000 for the| | purpose of establishing an electric light} 'and power plant. At the Yresent time |the town claims to be at the mercy of ; \an electric light company that has forc--| |ed the gas company out of business, and; \declines supplying light unless the toWn ) |loans money for the repair of its plant| or buys that plant at the company own price. Mr. Carseallen, M.P.P. for Lennox, will introduce the deputatiOn. The Speaker's Dinner. With regard to the Temiskaming Railway, he had not heard the Govern-- ment state any policy, nor did he know that they had a policy, but there was no authority for saying they had adopted the Liberal policy. Nickel Trust Methods. The following were the invited guests at the Speaker's dinner last night in his chambers at the Parliament buildings : Mr. Justice Maclaren, Mr. Justice Mac: Mahon, Mr. Justice Teetzel, Mr. Justice Anglin, Mr. Justice Idington, Mr. Jus tice Magee, Mr. Goldwin Smith, Rev. Dr. Wild, Very Rev. V. G. McCan®, Rev. J. A. Rankin, Lieut.Col. John I. Davidson, Mr. W. H. Beatty, Mr. E-- C. Hammond, Dr. W. A. Chariton, M W. A. Moore, Mr. E. B. Ryckman, Dr-- ernment for a position if he were not a member of the Government T:rty. Mr. Clarke was frequently applauded. Mr. T. W. McGarry (South Renfrew} could not give Mr. Clarke any credit for advice he should have tendered to his party when in power, . His own »x. perience was that the men who haq worked hardest in the campaign against Conservatives were men who held (Goy. ernment -- positions. They had not taken part in it because they desired, but because they were compelled to do town, and the speaker had affidavits from merchants and workmen concern-- ing these proceedings. . No municipal buildings couwld be erected, as the com-- pany refused to sell land for the pur-- pose. _ They had, without any Magis-- terial authority, fined a woman $5 be. cause her cow grazed on their land. There was no resort to the courts, as the company was too powerful, and with the numbered ballot they forced ail their employees to vote against the Con-- servative _ candidates. Prolonged ap-- plause from the (Government benches greeted the conclusion of Mr. McGarry's address. He attacked the policy of the Cana-- dian Nickel Company, which represent. ed the nickel trust in the town of Cop-- per Cliff. The company owned every inch of the ground on which the town was built, and had induced people to erect houses and stores there, but refu«. ed to give a title when asked. If men did not vote as the company required they were promptly dismissed, The company controlled phe business of the The Premier said the Government proposed that when the House adjourn-- ed on Thursday at 6 o'clock it should stand adjourned until May 2. _ That would enable gentlemen interested to take part in the ceremonies attendant upon the coming visit of the Governor-- General, and it would also enable the Government to get important measures into shape. ie thought the adjourn-- ment would not result in undue delay in regard to the length of the session,. and would, in fact, be for the benefit of the Province. Mr. R. A. Thompson (North Went. worth) rose a few minutes before ad-- journment and outlined a defence of the financial policy of the late Government before moving the adjournment. Adjourn Over Easter Week. After some further discussion between Mr. Harcourt and the Premier it was agreed that the budget debate should technically close this afternoon at 4 o'clock, when the estimates will be tak-- en up. Napanee's Request. Mr. Harcourt would have preferred a shorter adjournment, though not desir-- ing to underrate the importance of the reasons mentioned by the Premier.