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éct. Mr, the and ay's Yas test i0on hey 'hhy the ced eX= Tha ho tri« Fte, the l ~ & ling ta hev es of c. Lt h, he mt of ho ho _ at ight that and Ink s The em-- the not for man ints~ wasg i the any Ailg the the \tml 11« | for + ney- r of this Co Jw 1t thsL *KB +# 5J ¥8, /A & Mr. A. Studholme (Hamilton), who was received with applause from both sides of the House, said that he hoped the members of the. Government would be as generous when he had tin-- ished. Bouquets had been generally distributed on both sides of the House. Still if the Government were an honest one it was not necessary for its mem-- bers to proclaim the fact from the housetops. _ The people would know it awithout that. They would be able to gone. The Flirting Policy. _ _Mr. A. Ferguson (Cardwell) express-- | ed his approval of the policy of giving | settlers mineral and timber rights. ! With reference to the question of prison 'labor, lhe thought that good would re-- | sult if the recommendation ofthe ' committee who had been investigating , the matter were adopted. . He thought it was much better that men shouid ' be employed under conditions which ; would give them an opportunity to re-- { form. Passing on to immigration, Mr. I Ferguson 'expressed his satistaction l that steps had hbeen taken to select the most destrable class of immigrants. lt lwas not correct, he contended, that | farmers were so grasping as to require !!ong hours of labor for short wages. The farmer was not so particular about | the amount of wages as the quality of i the labor. Mr. Ferguson also had a (word to say with regard to the "blind | mare." It was possible, ho said, that ' the animal was perfectly sound at the 'time of purchase. Other animals of \ the same stock had been exported to the old country, which was a sufficient testimonial as to their quality. The Voice of Labor. Deceived the Public, Continuing, Mr. Clarke maintained that the present CGovernment had been '"fAirting'"' with both the temperance and liquor 'interests. HMe did not claim that the late Government had fulfili-- ed every promise made before their time expired. "I want to say this," he said, "that the license act is not being any betteor enforced in the Province of Ontario to--day than under the old Govern-- ment.'_" . -- He desired to suggest to the Provin-- cial Secretary that he should have added to his last bill the injunction of the Premier in giving British fair play and majority rule. l:iad Hon. Geo., W. Ross remained in power, he continued, inside of five or ten years local ontion would. have ecvered the whole of the Province or ncarly all of it. During the last clec-- tion contests thirty--seven municipali-- ties had lost local option because of the three--fifths clause. "I make the charge that the Premier of this Province deceived the people on this temperance issue," he added to applause. Two former Premiers, Hon. Geo. W. Ross and Sir Oliver Mowat, had prom-- iscd temperance legislation at the first Opportunity. . Hon. Geo, W. Ross, ho added, "was engaged to Miss Temper-- ance and had intended mar:q@ing her." "Is this British fair play, of which the Premier talks ? T call it un--British cowardice," sald the speaker Continuing. he pointed out that onlv in six vlaces had repeals been attempt-- ed in the Province at the last election. and only one repeal carried. Referring to the work of the Agri-- cultural Department, Mr. Clarke saird that if anything could be done to in--| crease the price of apples even ten cents a barrel it would mean a millHton | and a half dollars additional to the | farmers of the Province. -- The Govern-- ' ment had been negligent as to the ac-- | quiring of proper stock if it were de--| sirable to acquire pure bred stock for; the Province. F f Loyal to the Leader, Proceeding, Mr. Clarke said :--"The| hon. member for North York the other | day said that there were four or five | members on this side of the House who | were not willing to follow their leadcr. ' I have been trying to find them, but | failed. There is no member on this! side of the House who is not as loyal' as can be. I don't know how the sup--| position that things were otherwiso| originated, but it is not true. We are ' loyal to him so long as he is loyal to | us in opposing and fighting matters which are not in the interests of this Province. Every member of this House knows that the leader of the Opposi-- tion is a man of capacity fit to fill the position he occupies." . Mr. Clarke also paid. a. tribute to Mr. T. H. Preston, and, in conclusion, prophesied that after the next election the balance of parties in the House would be much more even. Regarding Prison Labor,. <revenue of seven millions, had admin-- | istered their trust wisely when the Pro-- | vincial Treasurer brought down his budget. . What was wanted, however, was less partyism and more patriotisin. |If partyism were a curse in a munici-- ' pality,by which the people did not get a square deal, surely it was equally a curse.in the larger arena of Provincial politics. 1 In continuing, Mr. Studholme said that both the parties in the House had taken all the time they desired on the debate, and he intended doing the same thing. In the prison labor legis-- lation he claimed the Government had made no improvement on the former Administration. . Returning to the sub-- ject of New Ontario, he contended that the Government should not be afraid to increase their expenditures for the construction of roads and bridgesg. Then they would see the end of the secession movement. Mr. Sstudhoime alleged that in Ham-- ilton a contractor for -- the Provincial Government was not paying fair wages, because of the throngs of unemployed immigrants in the city, who in order to live were willing to work for small wages. He contended that the reason these men would not go to the farms was because of the conditions that pre-- valled there. The very fact that farm-- ers' sons would not stay on the land showed that there was something wrong. Mr. Studholme had been speak-- ing for over three hours when he inti-- mated that he could not finish his speech last night. Disrespect to Constituents, Mr. Studholme proceeded to explain that he had been elected by a large ma-- jority, and he intended to express the opinions that his constituents expected him to do. He further stated that he was prepared not to speak '"for a paltry The Speaker--The House has heard a very lengthy address, and the members are treating you with all courtesy. Wo are prepared to stay here and let you deliver your address and finish it to-- night. The hon. gentleman cannot cx-- pecet any more than that. l e Mr. Studholime--IL have said, Mr. Speaker, that at any time you tell me I am transgressing I will sit down. Asal am not transgressing I will pro-- cood. Mr. MacKay pointed out that when that arrangement was made he had not known how long would be oc-- cupied by the different speakers. It was impossible for him to move the adjournment while the member _ for Hamilton had the fAoor: He indignant-- ly resented the insinuation that he had not been frank. The Premier said that he had no ob-- jection to meeting the convenience of the Opposition, but complaints had been made in the Press that the Legis-- lature did not sit later. He had un-- derstood that the leader of the Opposi-- tion wished the debate to go over, and that ho would take the responsibility by moving it in the House. Wanted His Rights, Mr. Studholme--Gentlemen -- who are members of the Conservative party have wandered all over. They have talked about Germany and Switzerland and any subject they pleased,. It would have been a great deal more courteous had the Provincial Treasurer called at-- tention to that. > 'The Provincial Treasurer--The hon. member is abusing the privileges of this House. He is not speaking to the ad-- dress, He is not treating his own con-- stituents even with respect. The Premier--Well, it was under-- stood that an evening session was not desired. _ If the hon. member is nearly through perhaps it would be better to sit a little longer. Mr. Studhoime (who had been speak-- ing for half an hour)--I've only Just started. _ (Laughter.) _ A Night Sitting. Mr. Studholme commented on the fact that, aithough speakers on the Min-- isterial side of the House had all spok-- en of the great asset formed by New Ontario, the Government . had done nothing to develop that asset. The Premier pointed out that 6 o'clock had arrived. Mr. Studholne--I move the adjourn-- ment of the debate. C Mr. Studbolme attacked the Salva-- tion Army for bringing undesirables to Canada and the Government for assist-- ing them. He had travelled the Pro-- vince and Dominion, and found at no place in any ~Province a demand for labor which could not be satisfied by the local supply if the men were giveon a square deal. -- Revolution would re-- sult from this process of dumping men who would work if they could get it. Shacktown, said Mr. Studholme, was crowded by thousands of men who had been brought to Canada by representa-- tion of lots of work. The House adjourned until 8 o'clock. _ On Monday next Mr. Smith (Sa.ult' | Ste. Marie) will ask : How many fish--; , ing licenses were granted on Lakef | Nipissing during 1907 ? To whom | were they granted ? How many nets| were granted to each licensee ? How ; many licenses were granted to each li-- / | censee? -- How much was paid for each ' |license, and have they all been paid | for ? f ! Mr. McCoig will ask: Did the Gov-- ; et'nment call for tenders for the supply iot' flour required at the different insti~ 'sgftgiops ?f the Province for the year Wutibg Semlabatitinte arteiiir it 4P Rrie eA D/.3 1908 ? If so, how many tenders were received ? _ What are the names and addresses of the persons or firms tend-- evring and the price per barrel of each tender delivered at the various insti-- tutions? To whom was the tender awarded ? What is the estimated quantity required at each institutimn > Questions of Ministry Mr. Duft----To act. two or three hours, but f¢ twenty hours" if necessary Bills Introduced. each institution? fifteen