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Js: l -- _ * / i nmnrrinuw cotr _ ut ~ *' * wEDNESDAY, _ FEBRUARY 91 1006 _ _ _ W = > --= pos m"'h"'m outlined 4 Tas .. briefly the m of the late Admin-- P AR " istration on agriculture, the license la CA f in respect to good roads, asylums, t): GRUSS SWGRDS encouragement of ramway and mming j 4 / development, the aid which had result. |ed in the establishment of great works w zcce mememmmmma mm |at the Soo,and the concessions which had j been followed by the establishment of Debate on the Address Closed *pul__p industries and reforestry. An edu-- oz 'cat.lonul system had been devised whic» Yesterday. diffused more widely than ever before !t:ho benefits of education. _ The Toemis w _ on vanaae is ' kaming Railway had been launched an; * not very warmly weleomed, though las: NEW ERA IN EDUCATION, year it had brought a surplus of about , sluoc(ml * t t hain, ;The New Jack Horner. } t _ The succession duties, another pro-- Attack and Counter Attack on duct of the legislation -- of the former R oils System. Government, had also brought in a con-- , Sp Y¥ siderable amount, Hon. g('?ltlon)('n now bo ested of a surplus, He was gla they had one. _ "How did they get it ;" ue he asked, "Has my hon. friend the Treas. Hon. Geo. W. Ross Speaks for the Oppo urer done anything to produce it ? Ve;; sition--Shows How Present Govern= ¢ jitt|e He would have reduced the sue-- | ment Benefits by Past Liberal cession duties tax. _ But now he has a ' surplus, comé by honestly, but by sue-- i Policy--Present Surplus Was Due to | cession. (Laughter.) He is very muep | the Liberal Measures. '71"\'0 s 1A . | "Jack Horner, sitting in a corner, winibthinemerprenntnermmnctencutiye Fiting a Christmas pte, He puts in his thumb and pulls out a The debate on the address in reply tc plum, the speech from the throne was closed '\lldlf"}'> what a good revenue have | in the Legislature at 6 o'clock yesterday | o » | y dev. AYV . Ross was 'the (Laughter and applause.) _ And he and revenIng. Hon. Eora hy ~ ?S" i q,,:_ _-- his supporters do not stop to think 0j | only speaker for the Opposition and Pr€ _ who made that pie ard who put in that | mier Whitney replied for the Govern-- pluim." (Prolonged laughter -- and ap-- 'ment. Mr, Ross made an eloquent and plause.) | effective speech, illuminated by flashes of The Education Questicn. §humm' and apt comparison, His re-- | Mr. Ross then passed on to a disciuts-- laumo of the legislation of the late Gov-- -;@«')n of l.gn;oitli«]ms mnm-«-'tod' :m't'l v:d(nnl- & y b s AaA o -- 10n, iad been promised by the Goyv. lemm(nt, his 'l_' fence of tfh.e.educatlon'al ernment that education and politics system, and his keen ecriticism of th® |should be kept apart, and yet the first course of the present Administration, | two appointments in that regard. nam~-- particularly in respect to dismissals from ; !V. the inspector of public libraries and | o Fore "th fable Heatures of x | the Deputy Minister of Education, had pO'HCE, JWoeve bfe P j been political. _ The former gentlieman :spoech lasting about one hour and a |had been a Conservative organizer, the | half. _ For the greater part of the time iluttm' had ~been an editorial writ« | Mr. Ross, who was somewhat fatigued, lf'{r fi"'"""'""t""' I""P"I'S. Against eithe: though mentally as brightly alert as (ljf'tmtm l'e";"'zll.' Mr. RO:» ha"lt""-L Mativeary'y ol remier Whit. _ WDing to say, but he aesired to point ou orer, gat in His chair,. ._ Premier Wbit that neither had had any experience in ney, who followed Mr, Ross, spoke for | tneir work, and the teaching profession ncarly the same length of time as the . whence experienced men could have bee: leader of the Opposition. _ He vigorous-- Obtained, had been overlooked. _ Ther: ly: defended the Government's policy and . N* 89 f o 'plum.s in the profession that on A it seemed only fair that when there were pactions. _ At times he was somewhat any of the nature mentioned the; Ilmrsh in his personal references to the . should not be given to -- outsid-- Opposition leader. _ The point chiefly ©"s on purely political grounds. When xdwolt upon by Mr, Whitney was the ;me(l\a:z h(}v;l.'n}rlnen;; l]'ad'} wanted _ an I neceassitxs ward ; spcector of high schools they had gone ml',o.-ntl.t) for a forward movement in to the profession, and had selected a "" '".Cfl '0"-_ ; man who in politics was opposed to them. ' The business of the 'afternoon openei They had kept educational affairs iwith the introduction of Mr, E. J. B. "'19'"' of politics, and he challenged the | Pense, the victor in the recent bye--elee Government now, as he had challenged |tion at Kingston, whose snonsors wors . them when they were in Opposition, to \Hon. Geo. W. Ross and Mr. T. H. thow that such had not been the case. | Preston (Brant}. The members of the HMe entered a strong protest against the Opposition lustily applauded as, the . £°Ncral statements recently made by the formality over, Speaker St. John step. --leader of the Opposition and others, to ped from the throne and exchanged a . the effect that the educational system ; {hearty handshake with Mr. Pense, who-- bad deteriorated. Twenty--four years: |afterwards took the seat he occupicd ago 4,000 pupils passed the entrance ex--, "last session next to Mr. Preston, aminations into the high schools; in P 19003--04 the number was 14,632 Twent ( 2 # e eat Y :Hon' Mr. Ross' Address years ago only 272 pupils passed the | Hon. Mr, Ross, who resumed the do-- matriculation examinations into the uni-- bate on the address in reply to the versities; in 1903--04 831 passed. Twenty speech from the throne, congratulated years ago there were 11.000 pupils in ; the mover and seconder upon the man-- | the high schools; the latest figures |ner and tone of their addresses, Re---- showed 50,'%; These ant other figures ferring to the congratulatory allusions Mr. Ross quoted in support of his con-- ;q'f t:hc spe.ak?r:% to the men.lbers of the tention,. and then devoted some time to |Cabinet, "individually and in buik," he a defence of the ability and influence of | thought the abilitics of the Ministerial-- -- female teachers. He agreed that teach-- ists could be better judged after some _ers' salaries. were inadequate, and said , yeats in office, and a greater experience the Opposition would support legislati | in .thc framing and introduction of legis with a view to remedying that; butl:: Ila.tno_n than at the present time. Pro-- doubted if any legislation Ooul:l be ceeding, he said the majority of the peo-- vised that would keep enterprisi cde' -pi-? of the P.I'O\'ince of Ontario, although adians in the muliol'. i they had dispensed with their services i x : | last ye;u'l,' were convinced that the 39 | License Law Administration. years of Liberal administration had been After a reference to other a bof immense benefit to the Province, (Op-- : proposals of, the 0: fiw: EE'O (%