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- Th' I Tr T" V my '1.-.v _ --., _ . p ' l t" " I . ,rr" -r ".rie for: '3"..' , w" Mltt, L Bis Increases in Extrmiaitmii's! , rrr T '1'? iitu,t,tt,gtita,httlit,j,ttt! ' or. ttig', until thoy m , m pttrut "l 3 .',' .. F. .. '.l '-' ,'t°., . i "Let us consider a. f the aspen-N given the municipalities could ',?,?'t I . ' . . l "mm" that are 'id'flfll,toU "so." ""15 ',%rtittt,atet, with 1t,etie,'1ui"ti' f,t, ti: [Gm Tm mm. XL 2:1: s'llfrilWc,cohd"iiilii,sgjii1, Rating}: l v'r',',t,'t'."',etemgg!it.'evf/,t', was not liable; I Pg/if/e, the" 'i,'liv,e/g,iir questionl , , r . "', r F . Whitney so. e won no repy "xDenditure in connection with civil for a single dollar.,: He quoted trom IMr " - government had increased trom $344,000? 'one estimate of 2t,t'tpe,rPtitt',' the i l 1tht,higt,ffi2i'J.'i'l'd, Pe It"! end o'i'l't'u') ill] 1904 to $ii02,000 in 1907. an'increasc or] ' effect that the right of "way etyegn l (. late, 33" than I has replied to those _ M6 per cent. in three years. The oppo-l 'Niagara Falls and Hamilton could e. i gr ts " he said "(Who is thit, "in"? were endeavoring to sound a: purchased and fenced for 8238 a..mlle.l 'eJ.'e'h"e"r'nhti I t Why The Toronto warning note, and it was for the Gyr-', .That, he said. would be. about $20 ah: i gel?" Let 'lr/e, Toronto. Globe give re- lcrnment to work out the details of a, acre. Yet he contended that suc l ' to e. t1 Uiiuei'sity question and the more economical system. On Iegis1a- valuable land could- not probably-be ply to 'le 'l'A"l1il'l of this Government ition $200,000 was spent in 1904 and purchased for ten times that amount. [editor IS. 1'ldl ed the spoils system ,', {3223.000 in 1907. an increase of 11 per =Such figures. he claimed._- would not tthat hasua $hitnev turned his argu- t-ent.; administration of Justice, $482,- "hold water for fifteen minutes. Con- n Then . r: ds 'irn"anG-d; In regard "'00in1.rti)t to $579.000 in 1907, an increase tinuing. he argued that the towns} ment towgr ik, of Hon Mr Mac- pr 30 per cent: Coming to the Agricui- 'should know Just what proportion, of l . to .the ft '"ff'v, oiiiiiiiis of the tural Department, Mr. Maclx'ay said _ the expense they were expected to I Kay, tha . J] . "'1 dont think that the expenditures for I bear. I . 1tl-ern,'?t'.?t,'ty,-Ea1 s Department hind jt"trrieulidre are at all keeping pace with , "Tho people who have to pay the; been increased from 2T'; eougi ll : (the other departments. r Tho Minister " shot should have. boon given the fullest } teen. he said, a Post, fill- " do ll of Agriculture is tho weak sister in the possible information," he said. "My l truthful statement was nexerTg'al (l 'combination. and is not looking after ,urgumcnt is that throughout the muni- , my hearing in "list H1011?» e 31': agriculture us other members of the 'c'.ipalitiers have not been given tL/,,tuul, legal fees had part ally eenofause by Government are looking after their do- 'information as the law requires. The] tly.t action of Liberia's 'lf, ittaweas't at 'Dartments." The expenditure. he. agent ought to give the principal the; :Sa'd- and in protect as e n e311 ,3, Pointed out, was $460,000 in 19% and; fullest knowledge The munielpalitiesi the Province the same expen u [ $430,000 in 190?. an increase of only 7 have to pay. The Government as»! would be made Btta n. . percent. in three years. while-thc iron- sumcs no risk." The commission as- i "\Iade an Apology. leml upenditure had itwrcaecrd At', Pci' Hum" no risk'. _. . l, Continuing Mr Whitney told of bal- ' cci . _ . , .r , . . llton. A. J. Matheson-ft was $371,000 The I'owor Contracts. 1 {lots being {outnd wig; 1"fnhtthr,,'"iigfn"t,tn ' " _ ,A_esP .. T i, e cranr n n scouny 11/'.1g,re,, sisgmm- in iifqintin the hirri- . Mr. MarHCay said that tho Govern-I , in ltnhiig 1ff,',rll.1lU, 11,t',','etn"tl'i',fdl the cultural 1:15:17 any)" H . . _ mont had full knowledge of the exist-; ' name of Mr. McKnight. Registrar and 's'tlg,'llAf,"', "on \iavK-av snid ..-. l ence of the agreements with the tIta- ' , Returning OfThyst in North Grey, and he iVc"o'ii's17'l,y/'d' ine ri,,,,,'),',",;'),),",? Jiri i/at . :'flgpmen: companies when they camel }dcsired to apologize far not. having tho. Agricultural IN'rrurtmont has to l te'ntlornol'o [the J/tisis",',",.'),").:,,;',"):,, 'l/il 11oyt-I'h,ipped that ofridiat out of omee cover it seems to inn /hat the House, forfeit of the right to develop powcr ', Zion's} aimi1 . b tt dilator in our duty would not be amiss if it gave a greater it a " s id 1 . ' :3 , we ave on y Pro o ti i It than was done It ' a f. that it afforded an "mm" I lrcgardtng the. power question and the . p r onto agr cu ure ' ' . Itunit.v ot getting out of the difficulty E ici alities the municipalities will either by the former or the I?rtsent/ which recently arose. The Premier" '23:!ng mi; ho. said "GOVP'nniemz. tOpposftiop cheers?" ll, had made a strange statement as to l i',','?)?,,),?,?,,",',', Gi 'pménipr said all the ( ;..Pl.(l()t.\9dlngv -Mr. MacKay (rit C zcc '.| what occurred. He was asked if he l " -tt"iiG n. b t increased cxpendi "he increase of legal expenditures 32m li had done anything to bring together: ', die-t 'a%tgioei' (its housing" unless the l 91-23(3) rty'g1,1h0d0int1nthtchem)t,,tre,tyet p02: ', t'lgclaivuantd it'll"? St. Aubyn, and he: i' Opposition showed the expenditure was bmanent employees had been 'increascd ',l has"; 1'ilUllfov'ii,,ti'i'ccy; //fJcarr,lllfif.c' , Improper, and' this they had failed to [ from 9 to 26. l'nder the head of sun- I . P ' , ' _ _ i.",',.' l". - ' _ U: . I do. . 'dr . . l ' i t n ublic sc- ity to act. for the municipalities. and itl, However, Mr. Whitney objected to t C , 1m 9;" gationr. _1,)lr, 0h" gig") d not it favorable terms could have been made; Mr. Pense's criticism regarding the ox- [bonnts was placed ""4". ' Y? fi i', b"etween the t'ity and the bondholders; "pcnditures for entertaining editors, etc.. ': pen tle, in the publik 1rro1n/sijr,l I?,,'- z l and with the company in the, position it I hut he thoughtrthn advertising receivcd E the name of Joseph Judd . I', fmloanl' was. there was the opportunity for the! bv means of the English guests of the ' ,and he would like to know It a. l f , Government and the commission to stepi, "trig"... of Lands and Mines was of lheen paid that gentleman for F3"""l"8. in and do something. "But the Pro-l iii'c'i'iiih'ah'il, vamp: A ! nggdéwepht: air-52%; 't1/ia1i,/Qfiigt11/"f. l mier closed the door." I The amendment was lost by 55 to 19, i _ , F . l . " ' - t They knew what Radcliff got, but they, Toronto's Opportunity. f Mr!- Studholme voting with the Oppo ; did not know the terms of Mr. Judd. I i . Mt on. . 5 . i It a private citizen could step in he, C1'Terfrr'rrAt'rereT1T.l'.t.rerr. lThln End of the Wedge. ,would suppose that the great city of; 5 Toronto could have done the same. As! ' i Continuing. he said the "thin 0111105 'the agent of the municipalities. at any"; i the wedge" was lining insrwte'd with , ! rate, it was the duty of the Govorttmonr. , ' . i l reference to the spoils ttystom. In 1393 l to have givon the city the opportunity. ' l i, and other years Conservatives had pro- l Tho company could have failed and the: i mised that if they were placcsd in Powpt' , Government taken control as provided 5 ithey would flak? liquor lit?ouse "ral-ttrs 'in tho agrecmont. He did not think, =, ',out of polities, "rid the Journals otlthe lcithcr. that the Govcrumcut would be, [House showed it. The Crmstsrvativcs iguilty of, such business insanity as to,' 'had promised in 1904. right on tho 9V3 'bind themselves to the Ontario Power; lOf an election. that they would_appoint l Company until they knew what muntri li) License commissioners the County oipalitios were going to take power. It; {Judge the Warden of the county, Ity1, iwould have been quite possible for a} I these two wprp to stsleet a third. Every- I contract to have been made between E I one knew what had been lop? when the I i Toronto and the Electrical Dcvclopment lparty came to administer the affairs of: Company, but still the Premier slum-' the Province. No such appointments' mod [ht door and Toronto had not a tvpre ever made. i chance of getting cheap power unless l "In so far as that goes. the presentl she, built a competing line. lGovernment obtained the Treasuryi t in conclusion, Mr. MacKay said that 'bcnchr-s under false pretences." l he was old Liberal policy'to trust the I Then Mr. MacKay told how eVPr.h' li- {people and lot the majo.r.ity rule, but 'cense inspector in the Province except-i i throughout the Conservative policy f'll,t i ing three had berm discharged. and tho' i the failure to trust the "rl/Y/f.', load _ {very system which had been in vogue (tho dice and let tho 1uinority rule. ifor thirty years was adopted. He did i . l not think. on tho whole. the license law The Amendment. , '33: any better administered nou than In conclusion, Mr. MacKay moved m} , Ptorp. _ _ , _ A ' tiemning the increased' oronto tho Got-eminent had start- t mnendmtnt con , , . ', iedhou'lt to give an honest 1eg,igi,i.tsratif'a) i , expenditure, of tin Gm eminent. ', but the License Commissioners tar ' ttives. ', Hound that'thcy could not rely on the. Pore Adjcc _ . l ',Government's verbal and written state- i 1 Hon. Mr. Whitney flpst characterized, Gi/ii' that the)" wanted an honest and) 1 tho speech of the leader of.tht Oppo-' (non-partisan administration. l, t sition as "broken, z1ea.tr. m its pro- l ,' gress, hardly -ever' touching on. the! . Mr. Whitttoy's Exception. . l facts. with Just enough untruth ill his', l I statements to make them far more! . The Premier took exception to this! l daugerourthap if they w.ere true." !statomont, saying tha.t. he gave no writ.. l l Then he turned to the praise of the,', ten statement, to which Mr. MacKay t member tor Kingston (Mr. Pense), who, replied that. a verbal promise should Elie said. knew enough not. to criticize be as good as a written one, and that I where he knew there was nothing the Premier was caviliing. . I wrong. . ' ... . . l Proceeding, he expressed the opinion i He said that m talking ot mines tie that the time had come for civil tret'- Liberal leader had neglected to state vice reform and the introduction ot that the Government never. taxed ithe competition system. and he ex- i d again the opinion that no resse p of law reform ~was to be measure - brought down, and that only a me "on appeared on the order paper to stave it oft. Information for Municipalities. _ _ l . . to the power question. he f211nft the statute ot 1906.pr0vided gat municipalities might apply to that r'l'veirl'll'lllcct'r'it, Power Commission the he transmission "ttprwer, and ior t ' id be turniahed. with estimates P they "New It was, .he said, ipcutt.tr, 0.1003" Cam commission to xive to' lit,'r'lllfli/iii"1it7k"ii'r'iiiir' application , , it irieiiiittattirtrt- the,.tuttmriyeoK..urt. _ . _ _-..-----)----.-.-,