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far as they were found to be of benefit would be supported by the Opposition, Mr. Ross dealt with the Government's administration of the license law, The Premier at the Conservative - in 1904 had said that one of gx:: would be to remove the license commis-- sionecrs and inspectors from party influ-- ence. The speaker cited ix?:tagee?n:t Ottawa, Chatham and elsewhere, and the dismissal of the Toronto inspectors, in support of his argument that the promise had not been kept. He paid a high trib-- ute to Mr,. Thomas Hastings, the late chicf license inspector for Toronto, and his assistants, who had been dismissed, so far as the public knew, without cause, and concluded his remarks on this point with the opinion that the Government's course indicated that 'tlhe liquor trade of the Province was under the closest surveillance of a political party, . The beginning of the Government in this re-- spect was very bad. (Qpposition -- ap-- plause.) The Opposition leader spoke of what his Government had done for the development of new Ontario, and won:-- dered what had become of the Minister of Mines that had been promised. There was now only half a Minister for that important -- branch _ of the Province's source of wealth, the mines, the other half being given to Crown lands. . He then ably defended _ the former Government for the Grand Trunk Pa-- cific land grant and bonus, pointing out that Ontario had come to the rescue at. a critical time in the negotiations. The action of the Government had swayed the English shareholders, some of whom were wondering whether they would go on with the project at all. To Ontario it meant only $400,000 and about one and a quarter rmillion acres, while the results of the building of the section of the road from Port Arthur to the main line would be incaleulable, Dismissals From Office. Continuing, Mr. Ross strongly cen-- sured the Government for the dismissal from office of many men agairst whom there had been no charges. It was true the present Dominion Government had dismissed many men, but in the case of many there had been investigations. The late Government in Ontario bad not dis-- missed any one of those in office when they entered on account of partisanship. Since the present Government had at-- tained power there had been 880 ap-- pointments. not including about 3.000 justices of the peace, issuers of marriage licenses, or fisheries overseers. Of these appointments 35 were necessary because of death or other sufficient cause: 251 appointments included coromners, notar-- ies. oath commissioners, and police ma-- vistrates; the others were appointments :l)tf:;(:r re\moval "of the pN'Qecessorq from !in (h(; J:" Row, was particularly severe |sion ?nf»" rcism of the Government's ac-- Hava sweeping out of office so many | Ju'stmes.ot the peace, He could think j of nothing more unseemly on the part | of a powerful Government nothinoul: is | unworthy of the dignity of the cguntc);'le {lors of his Honor the Lieutena.nt.(;ov: le.rnor. than their sitting down with the |list of justices of the peace before j thews: and saying, "A.B.; He's a Grit. Off | goes his head." (Applause and lauvrrht',or ) \Thousands of the best citizens 7,{ th | f s ® 6 ' country had been robbed of a privile s ge | they had enjoyed. many of them, for 30 years. He did not believe the rank and igieu?ii.the Conservative party approved | There were some bills not mentioned in the speech from the throne which,no 'doubt, the Government, in accordance | with their policy while in Opposition, intended to introduce. _ For instance, measures for the repeal of the taxes on corporations, for the reduction of the succession duties, for the abolition of the position of Minister of Pub-- lie _ Works. _ (Opposition _ applause and _ laughter.) In _ concluding, Mr. Ross said that everything he could do while in Opposition to see that \Ontario mair_xtained its prominence edu-- cationally, intellectually -- and morally woul;: be as glmjltly done in aid of hon. | gentliemen opposite as when he himself ihel.d office. (Prolonged Opposition ap-- | plause.) | Some | _ _Mr. Whitney was unable to discern r Neihner: TW uwcu;sg(;n n "'tp-":):u:';' ';;'; | any single act of omission or commis-- |4% Deputy Minister o ':}ca, Wihiimex., | sion on the part of his Government A. H. U. ('olquho.un. Mr._ itney, % which he would change. Being human quoted The Globe with approy al. He was he admitted that they might make mis: not quarrelling with Tl)e Globe, he re-- » r'. !ta.kes. but they had an awful warning |Marked. One of the basic sc'};m'ia&nt | before them. Mr. Ross had gone on to {°"Zamizing. the Education a ,paflice of | tell the story of the late Government, |Was to bave no experts in the 0o ;3 : ' o ini puty Minister. All the but how much had he told ? He surely | Minister or Deputy : | w 5 & best expert assistance would then be at | would not expect the speaker and his Bxp he ~Covernment,." ME | colleagues to follow in the footsteps of |the disposal of the Gover telli a've | those who were associated with the Min-- _ | Rows was the only ma'n of C '8eng; | nie M. and the North Renfrew election | Ontario who did not know two or 1 3 | delay. Mr. Ross had become forgetful, ; things in the situation. The. people | * 74 t l r rere determined there and Mr. Whitney assured him that the 't'h" Province were . ";" ~ _ sdncation@l |Liberal party had repudiated such 'allies 'shonld be a change in dxc educa: :lonno | and called for reformation from top to ; 8YStem. A new era had come, an | bottom . matter how good the .sys'tem had been \__Speaking of the liconse system, Mr. |th* forces of evolution insisted on a bet-- | Whitney said it seemed to him tyrannical ; ter. Education aided the mina to "tl,](; | that when a man engaged in a lawful oc-- ;fnld itself, so then of its own motion | cupation, having received and paid for a ',"b'f"'b what it noet.iod. . To--day '"f. op-- |license, two of his neighbors should }pflflte system .preva,llvd 11 the. Pronnctl'(. | say he must give it up. He admitted |@kin to shutting up * fowl in ']'5(}" 'that when surrounded by proper safe. |Y00m to get ready for Christmas. h;"y' guards it was the best system to be had, tone .:"?'th;;]":(:s :-';s fxex(nlo::zt:in n:i § d f in a | cessit & ;:md. .Tt least he saw no better in sight. !straight black marks, and this was one 'Political Appointments |ecause of the failure of the education:l.l } t M s » », i |_ _A large measure of Mr. Whitnev's ree | 8Ystem,. which became more growingly marks was devoted to the appointment |irksome to the better class O,f educa'i | of officials. The practice of the late Gov-- 'tlon[std. Again Mr. Whitney was prou | ernment, he said, showed that they were |Of The Globe, a journal of which Mr. made absolutely and in every instance | RO#S Was a director, and which told him for political reasons. The moment the _|t"° statements he had made in his \ present Government found an inspector | speech were without a leg to stand on. :'floing ?r rolfraining from doing his duty \Justices of the Peace. for political reasons, that moment he o s s lmns:. leave the service. Mr. Whitney | Ha:'lwng "doalt w',th. Es o ;\tar::i a{t}\'d !l.'hallenged the late Government to show ({he "S09." Mr, M hf?n.ey defende : that they had ever even considered such issue of a new Comie O 9' Justices 0 x course. Mr. Ross, he declared, had the Pesce, No commission had pre-- isucveeded in carrying the two hostile viously been issued since 1864, t.hg Lib-- | armies of the liquor Interests and the Ceral (}overnmn_nt, he charqu, fearmg to 'tempfv,rance men in his wake. A great face the appointment of Conservatives. |'hubbub had been raised over the re«_ He had no hesitation in telling what moval of Inspector Hastings. His griee |had occurred, _ Every man whose facul-- was not allowed to last long, as an office ties were sound and physical capacity had been created for him at Ottawa, for / fit was retained. _ More Reformers were which no doubt he had a capacity. saig _ loft than multiplied by five were ever ; Mr. Whitney, who added that Mr. Hast-- _ appointed by a Liberal Government. He |ings had been one of two or three in~ ; asked Mr, Ross, when he spoke of high ; side heelers of the Liberal party for the ipolit.ics, to say how many times he had :]ast eig'hteen .VPQ.]'S. ]t had 'been de(.:'ded 4 dinna as afaial an oth. '-..."L...A....--J-----------';t.o itl-hat, he could not remain in office with a ':::ve to be fully discussed and dige due regard to the administration of the ;, °C $ F t license law in Toronto. Later on in his The ad'dxess wak adapted.. | that tmo d (address Mr. Whitney said he was toid | _ _Hom, Col. Mualheson moved JE DD0| | from some sources that he would not be }{0"59 go lpto.(omm:tt?e O'Ed'-"'fp 3 ato-: 'retn_n'ned to power because he failed to into Committee of Ways and Means |dismiss, while the Liberals said he m?':"ow- s | did not deserve to be returned to power The House adjourned at 6.03, lbecause he did dismiss of!'lcials. Bet ween Notices of Motion. { them 'he thought the Government was y o $ a :not very far wrong with regard to the | The following notices of motion were fspoila system. It was all very well to |given :-- f E. !sa_v what happened under Sir Oliver Mr. Gamey--Bill to amend the munit-- | Mowat. The Government knoew more to--; cipal act. e : (da_v than last winter. Never an ofiiciall Mr. Hendric and Mr. Kidd--Bilis to came into the service but he was told he' amend the municipal act. must work day and night and Sundays Mr. Filber--Bill to amend the act re-- lin the interests of the Liberal party. specting houses of refuge, |This led to the demoralization, of the _ Mr. Preston asks if the Government civil service. Some of these officials were (has reached a decision in regard to the right under the roof of the building yet. application of Brantford for permission No wonder if the consequences should for the G. T. R. to cross the grounds be visited on more of those whose @C-- {of the Institute for the Blind. _ 'tions he had ohs.ract.enzed' as the work ; yp, Gamey asks for the report, if any, | of contemptible hirelings. _ of Mr. Aemilius Irving on alleged irre-- !, Mr. Whitney cg"'i"fi':'zedmgi ll"'lfr P'g}' .!gu'lgrit'igs in North Grey in May, 1902. 1 db\ soke the : & va on rising. He rejoiced, he said, to see the fine fettle in which Mr. Ross ap peared after the two years' interval. Without desiring to pierce the veil be-- hind which he understood negotiations were going on this week with regard to the translation of his hon. friend to a hll.g.l;er. not to say a wider and broader sphere, he was inclined to ask whether the speech they bhad just listened to was a valedictory one. He had no desire to see Mr.--Ross transfer his services and his well--known lingual capacity elsewhere, but rather desired to have him remain as a study in political philosophy, and of the effect of environment upon one under different conditions. A very long time, he thought, must elapse before an intelligent and liberty--Joving people, de-- voted to fair play, would allow Mr. Ross to be chosen as their leader. Mr. Whitnuey commended his pulp pol-- | icy, and denied that his party ever op-- } posed the Temiskaming Railway, the bill E for which wasy passed unanimously. He if found it difficult to be fair when Mr. ; Ross' supporters outside the House were engaged in spreading such reports, In his recollection there bhad been no vote Premier y was received with Government benches _ Having dealt with new Ontario and the "Soo," Mr, Whitney defended the issue of a new commission of Justices of 'the Peace, No commission had pre-- viously been issued since 1864, the Lib-- | 'eral Governmeont, he charged, fearing to face the appointment of Conservatives. He had no hesitation in telling what had occurred, _ Every man whose facul-- ties were sound and physical capacity 'fit was retained. _ More Reformers were left than multiplied by five were ever | appointed by a Liberal Government. He ' |asked Mr, Ross, when he spoke of high | politics, to say how many times he had t I'lnno am offiniel .a at . seel i ls azak --_ofwacm~== | 'have to be fully discussed and digest--9 | | Mr. Harcourt inquires if any offer was made to the Government during 1905 for "the purchase of Temiskaming Railway bonds or other securities, and for details "of such offer, if any. Winell & 49 6 i "oy % eial affairs would bave Fendered it necessary . ¥: 39. % Poetical Librarian. | f in the hhouso on + He thought it w« when a proper adm es on ts s Sn . & The address was adopted. Hou, Col. Matheson moved that the House go into Committee of Supply and into Committee of Ways and Means to-- morrow, With a glance at Niagara pOWET and the G. T. P. grant, which, Mr, Whiiney said, the company had evinced a dispo-- sition to return in part, the Premier took up the appointment of Nr. T. K. Leavitt as librarian in the Education DPepartment. Mr. Leavitt was onde & political organizer attached to the party now in power, he said, but he never had half the prominence or one--tenth the power of Mr. W. T. R. Preston, who was once appointed to the same position. Mr. Leavitt had written nearly as much poetry as Mr. Ross Afr. Ross--Perhaps not so good. Mr. Whitney--Perhaps not so good, but it has always been his own. The House adjourned at 6.03, Notices of Motion. The following notices of motion were given :-- e -- Proceeding to discuss the appointment as Deputy Minister of Education of Mr. A. H. U. Colquhoun, Mr. Whitney, quoted The (ilobe with approval. He was not quarrelling with The Globe, he re-- marked. One of the basic schemes of re-- organizing: the Education Department was to have no experts in the office of Minister or Deputy Minister. All the best expert assistance would then be at the disposal of the Government. Mr. Rowss was the only man of intelligence in Ontario who did not know two or three things in the situation. The people of the Province were determined there should be a change in the educational system. A new era had come, and no matter how good the system had been the forces of evolution insisted on a bet-- ter. Education aided the mina to un-- fold itself, so then of its own motion to absorb what it needed. To--day an op-- posite system prevailed in the Province, akin to shutting up a fowl in a dark room to get ready for Christmas. Every-- one now had his eyes fixed on the ne-- cessity of piling up a mountain of straight black marks, and this was one cause of the failure of the educational system, which became more growingly irksome to the better class of educa-- tionists. Again Mr. Whitney was proud }uf The Globe, a journal of which Mr. Ross was a director, and which told him the statements he had made in his speech were without a leg to stand on. Justices of the Peace. Mr. Hendric and Mr. Kidd--Bilis to amend the municipal act. Mr. Filber--Bill to amend the act re-- specting houses of refuge, Ao impose a 12X «tration of Provin-- on duties.