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$ * fck o T m PS : IJMI ' ', ' blicene iats * ds es ® Th " %% 7 > «<or J. .. # f «y _ WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1910. f -- oAramithe dn ts i. 4 -~ En@apS > _~_-----r-"---" l | ""' T A 1 | (reemTnder discuesion. The chance | | 3 « | | for legislative endorsement of the J _ E* ' proposal to expropriate the gtreet| ' * _ railway seems to be slim. Other' MN municipal private bills were briefly . discussed _ where they involved a | § K question of public policy. The pro-- : position to combat proposals to ex. Warmematnmaatiummtammmmesman s empt from school taxation, except in l § § the most exceptional cases, as pre-- : Mattel's Under Dlscussmn n viously outlined by Sir James Whit. ney, was endorsed, c t caucus The special committee of which onservative a Hon,. I. B,. Lucas is Chairman, ap-- pointed to review the measure sub-- s mitted by Mr. Sam Charters (Pee}) t s o0 andt ldraft ani Ontario telenhone ac met last evening for organization. An VOTER'S QUAL'F'CAT'ONS. arrangement was made for a meeting on Friday at 1 o'clock for the nur." pose of hearing representations from mmmnmminimemaemimensonimewrs the various telephone companies in. terested. TOTOntO wants' RedUCtlon In Statement Untrue, Says Premier. , _ _Before the House settled down i» Assessment Reqmrement. business Prem_ier Whitney _ arose tn sal' the attention of the members ;o > a statement that appeared in a morn. mesinpumiciqunmmemiwss p 'na newspaper. '"'The statement," saig Sir James, "is to the effect that th. Towns and Small Citiese Should be officials of the Ontario Agricultura} s Says Mr. ]('n]lvm- threatened to resign. and that Similarly Favored, says | because they threatened to resign tw MceDougall -- Government Given i';fl\'ernme-m granted them increases in s & salary. Nothing could be further from Power to Extend T. and N. O. Int0 |;p); ;yroin _ To my knowledge no threat Poreupine District. | of resigning was ever made. If on | had been, the resignation would haw s | been _ accepted. The -- Governme: mumnsacaumemn ns un 'found that these gentlemen were en-- * |titled to the increases, and gave Prior to the Legislature sitting 0f |them." yesterday, the Conservative members | To Regulate Statute Labor. of the Howuse Reld a ns OM s | _ Mr. W; H. Hearst (Sault Ste. Maric, with their Ministers. It was the fArst |secured the second reading of his bil party conference of the session, and |to amend the act respecting statu! several important matters are under-- |labor. Mr. Hearst explained that tl. s * 1 con§id | act at present was ambiguous. Statui stood to have been under consider-- (labor is assessed on each parcel 0| ation. land of two hundred acres or less. ut R Yes 'her in the mining divisions of the nor Increased Sessional Indemmnity. one man may hold numerous proper-- The conference is understood to |ties of only 40 acres, for each of which have dealt with matters of un-- under the act as at present he is lia-- sual 4 i oLX o ble to do a full share of statute laho: usua importance. The _ question | Mr. Hearst pointed out that his bi}] of an increased indemnity to the iaims to remedy this inequality, and members, which has long been moot-t ll)ut:l;hc; basis uf";mttlm; ".1(\\»1"{ at tm a | nunare acres 'nether rei n 0 |( \'- & * + » + = j * a, ed, v d.'i at Ier:gth b'"'"h?d in a for {lnt or several. Hon,. Mr. Hanna addej mal manner. The suggestion was that; | that the present act was defective, an the present allowance of $1,000 per jthe bill went on to the Municipa session should be increased to $1.500.. Committee. Those who favor the advance point HMospital Bill Withdrawn., out that many members, notably those The attempt of the city hospit from the more remote constituencies :'l'm"k'l'";"'""" ""t':'t'"' ¢ :n»nn!m;-]ni:' es e s £ s y 8 e > Cof O reatinent ( ) 6+ > tl.tpe north, find it ditficult under penniless persons sent in by thes existing conditions to secure a fair | municipalitiee was favorabls n-- allowance for their time and services, }sidered, but, . nevertheless, the while the cost of living in Toronto is {;-ax:wd lh}' Mr. F rl'.m; '"]n,"'"f" 'fr'.' now, they st (ous ite | that end in view died suddenty,. y state, a serious m.m. member from Ottawa in introducing The members are not unanimous on the bill pointed out that the sma the question. This fact and the fact | municipalities were imposing upon t)» that the supplementary estimates for :\':' h:,'f,'.'""" l;'\i s';"'""g "t'] patients the resent v & oo TwA § anwt1 10 were ll])?i)" o pal reély own ' present year have aiready been}iexnengses When asked to reimburs prepared and submitted enabled the| 'the hospitals they ignored the re-- (Government to escape an immediate | !(llleStS. dealing with the question. The pro-- |, Mon. Mr. Hanna remarked that the moters had to content themseives this' 'Ntroducing of the bill would have year with an "educational campaign." h ""}"';""":'I"I effect ."""l'. iwould per ns . s aps bring the municipalities to rea To Centralize License Authority. ize their duty in this resvect. He Another matter of -- importance | | thought, however, that these places which, it is understood, came before| |Sh0U!d have an opportunity to mak« the caucus was the problem which' , "OPresentations on the matter. At confronts the Government in the ad.. SOme future date a bill of this kind ministration of the present -- license ! might receive the sanction of th system. _ It is believed that the Pro. . House. '*Mr. Fripp."" he concluded vincial Secretary is prepared, on the Omitted to say that that was his approval of the local members, to |Y!®h." The member for Ottawa diJ proceed with the much--discussed pro-- |what he was expected to do and the po.stal to centralize the licensing auth-- |bill was withdrawn. vrity in Ontario. Two plans are % l & Heved to be "In contemplation "on. I, | Ihe New Medical Act. establish one central and independent | I The -- Ontario| medical-- amendmeont Board of License Commissioners, to |act, introduced by Dr. R. F. Presto: assume charge of the entire liconse |(LAnark), was given its second read-- system for the Province: the secong |Ing, and will now be considered by a l: .pllo.('eed by experimental stages py |Special committee composed of Hon clitd »lishing one such board to handle: | Pr. Pyne and the following private ml:;nluense situation in the whole ofg: | members : Ferguson (Grenville) Hr]t';m ()nt.arlo.' t Preston (Durham), Dr, Smellie (Fort . _»oth plans intimately affect the, | William), McGarry (South Renfrew) disposition of local patr Rpans IB y y * CEadAr the necessity patronage, hence |Bowman (North Bruce), Dr. Godfre: the maivig )lfor the concurrence of | (West York), Tudhope (East Sim Tas assurel(lla t];nftémbers. The caucus 1¢0¢e), Shaw (North Toronto), Dr. Mac tion in "efel'encae t"O t:l!'ast'i(- legisla-- !ka,\' (NO)'.th Oxford)}, and its sponsor. was contemplated a(: u"'» license law "I'he provisions of the new act have sion, but the membc:sle"plresem ses.| |already been outlined, and are the intervening tw'el\;emo-r)th\ltl t.fl'l§.- the 'substance of the recommendations the situation" locally gos'te up imade by the Medicar Council, Do Not Favor Expropriation | | To Lower Voters' Qualifications. Toronto's bills, 'parti 1| The problem that has confronted clauses --thereof af'\'eclt'ia (ularly. tha ; | Toronto in adding to its boundaries situatIOB-----al'e under tng es l.a"wa'\'l lwas uen on --AOn, Mégtrlature e stood . to _ havo ) |by _Mr. W. D. McPherson (West To--