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.. ' _ -ri.-_K-, d'votod for . 'tatiiaii disposed of in the y . -- , v" ll ttttpatty', hill." 2 institutions, which the working at»; , we" of Wigm and it My. Rar- bill would obviate. The total amount : Engaged that he, the Premier. hid to be charged against the $185,000 to be "at; the 'statement regarding the Petty . credited to the municipalities would not _ m. e Gl to which he had alluded." be above half that sum, and there. would '"lr, Harcourt "id he wouldnot 'Tit thus be an amount coming to the mu- tion the word of any member tOf to nieipalities of from $75,000 to $100,000 -House. lt was not 2"i1/t,t"lthrl the Theheads of the asylums, at the instiga- ido so. He was glad to know the im tion of the department, had considered revenue from railways was to e the matter, and very strongly recom- creased. q t mended the course taken. I Mr. Prestton (tyeg,ti"',?e'Si',Q tl', . was no on tt 8 ' To Square Themselves. if: committee, that the vote was f,tlti'rl Hon. Mr. Ross thought the bill was a on the instruction to adopt hi": h F/i. confession that the Province was 110 ,piece bill in its entirety, ',ll G It? had longer prepared to support the asyhtms. imier Whitney and his col eagues Hon. Mr. Hanna-Not at all. . lconcurrcd. lion. Mr. Ross said he did not like , r. Clark Pleads Guilty. isuch a confession. To some extent the . Clark (Centre Bruce) pleaded municipalities ought to share. the bur T I to "cry count in the indict- den. But the motive of the bill was tt ', merit. He had been just as annoys square the Government with their Pei, ito make Mr. Pettypiece vote forwhl-s promises, that the greater part of the (own bill as Mr. Preston was 'ylflf"f railway taxation should go to the mu. to prevent him. There had tbeen y nicipalities. It was an absurd thing t? l ghastly affectatmn of 1etgl1e1t,i/,,'1,ioh feed out eight cents a head to the numb I Mr. Pe1typieett .5 part .to press is the" cipalities and take bark ten cents k3;but i: had beent summent to scare 'l da immediately after. They might ta 1' I late )0vernmen . . I ', le, from them than they got or theyl, 2U 'l'f)ha1','Ci'"Ji. 1p/"t"il, i)'Jitfi,t2, . , re a - . A t "tt,t,,.t12.mocin,,a-ahe bill provides I bill. .He had 1'ttttvtotr,edat'i,, Itil 2'; that no more shall he taken than the 1'c"'wilg."'ommit" 0 amount of the allowance. ' ". ',, . . t 5.55. t Hon. Mr. Ross, continuing, submit- [he House adjourned 3 ted that if no more was to be taken, Notices of Motion. . . ' then it was absurd to pay it over Mal The following notices of motions were all. There was to be a staff of elerkn' given t---Mr. Smith (PMUMAn act it" on which 830.000 was to be spent. IN} the settlement of. boundary lines 111 was not, shown how much of this sum [5 double front concessions. was to go to the clerks and how much Mr. Clark (Bruce) asks: 'e: IT, J/t to the Railwav Board. He thought it; teutiou of the (,"f,'Jg,',1g','i'"2"teu,iref,,r was merely aluan to increase Govern- ed to the announoenifnt t a . y'. Ot ment patrhnage, and he objected to the i 23'8"?" cl":"):,';?",,:',')",.,,','):,.',",'?,',, oi :11? 1h 2:22:32: ueixe7l"ri,hC:pousr1t,1 the 'e,ti"1art,',t.,e, Jp"gtnrJ"rc.e'r1, (53:: Government had placed themselves in an: 'e"r'11seerhTmnnotte beeii afforded an oppor- absurd and defenceless position. tunitv to examine the _'irg,e,,rict',.enfseni), . . . . of insurance and his assistants. s I i in??? Tm??? J,'v",tl',i': Bll'l't the intention of the -Goveriime.nt tol [how "l'ls"1d dig/iii 's'Jllofl',li"ivro,tfl,i'"i',e; makefsucll 'Qcfs'i1,1rtt"/1,')ns 1iie;'lLg.t; _ _ . . e or counse or ibis new pasture, but there had not been 'dl' opportunity to (any cyst the work .333 i231: sail/lute,,'?, 'l'andousnatid if for which he Wag retainedt , . . l . I ' I made no djfferenee, as the money went :::::*4::7:W""* ibaek to the people anyway. It did 'go back now, and that was the differs (enee in the present situation. The 'Government had been trying all this time to square themselves with the people, and he was delighted to know that they were succeeding in squaring their actions with their promises. Not a week passed that Liberals more prom- iinent than the hon. member told the Government that the Conservatives were! entirely successful in their administra-i tion. A Liberal of lineage had de-! clared recently that it stirred up thei choler of his youth to hear Hon. Geo. HY. Ross and Hon. Richard Harcourt] ' [suggest that the Government should ifollow in their footsteps. Premier Whit-l ', my denied that the Pettypiece bill had! l been adopted by the Conservative party. He had declared he was ready , to vote for the second reading of the i Pettypiece bill because it embodied a 'l, principle, but he protested against a 1 imeanirtg being placed on his language i gentirely foreign to it. 't (government Accepts Liberal Principle. " I Mr. Harcourt contended that the lsubventionts given the railways in early 'days entailed a return in taxation in i later times, and the present bill was an 'acceptance of the whole Liberal scheme sot taxation. He gave the Government . {credit for taking the step they had, but 'the Government had misunderstood pp- position criticism. The eireum1oeutiG ' the bill violated the principle of sim. 'plieity which should be sought in leg-' islation. If they could devote the money to charitable purposes without heavy deductions for expenses the meth. od should be adopted. He supposed there would be ten per cent. expenses involv- "Hon. Mr. Matheson said $1,000 would . cover the clerical expense. The Rail- way Commission was to be supported. out of the $30,000, and no more would _ be spent than was required. t Mr. Harcourt did not understand how the business of the House could be car- , ried on if they could not rely upon the lrecords of the House. The Premier " ,._