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," ' veral recommendation) , . _-.-.'-- ', hei',is/iiejl.ve',1i"i'i'ti1sit'1'ti,tl in. future otMems mutt . .: .'. ii, legislation. but it was thought advbr. The member from centre Huroh' able at the present session to trtve thought it was Curious that while: ' the municipalities power to trace tho the Premier was receiving testtritonsr', milk to the source of supply. landing the tttree-tttths _ clause hel Mr w K. McNaught. upon whose (Mr. Proudfoot) was receiving letters; luv-solution the commission was at" Itrom all over the. Province calling it G27irai.' extended his thanks iialiG (Nitrate. He closed with an ap- idtfiiir7itusravs. The investigation ml to the House to pass the' reaolu- in urious consumption ot liquor. If . . lloiai option is encouraged the whole . Mr. Hannas amendment was carried lot the Province will eventually by on a division. this means come under prohibition. N it should be the aim and obJeCt of Chamtlntt Education Act. this House to bring this about as The Premier exlminell the provi- irpeedily as possible in the interests of sinus of the bill to amend the Depart- lthe country generally." 'Jfi?cth"ueuctlt,it'ldt..ctu, The measure, . c as rea y een outlined. lilo". Mr. Hanna Moves 11 Hoist. P,ghrgt'it//, and puh'ic schools on! . . _ a s g y t' erent lmsis in th - l Py.r, Mr. Hanna. n.toved. d It portioning or educational grants.e Sill-l months hoist. Many, he Stud. who lder the new bill th . regarded the three-tifths clause as 'tion is divided it 0 grant to educa- . . ' " 1 two lump sums be- :Ollbtt'ul legislatioll it; stvh/t'i,oiutt.'"1nwtei2 ltween the separate and public schools it"/'ee/n;ehae,trt?y1f1',T,'pot1'ttlotnt' he said 'c,daJe,ils,do/21t: aggregate attendance. Ilocal option had made greater pro- 1'l'i'd','il"'f,',; 't'ifee1,yg,"'trtht irtt'.iividtsa.l isress than ever before. and he was Formeriv equipment d, ta"l,12'il,e',1,t,,' ','satistied to refer the results to the which the general all lugs t l. "13's on igreat mass of temperance people ill (Tho. chalk" the 1"/.'y/,',tll1 t'yt,Y.tl: (the Province. The Government. after iii/o air/iT llpoll iG 12 2't'i",','ad'.,Ci Icarefully reviewing all the argu- Ithe Statute Revision t"i,,,','t2'i'g,.Ct/,'.'nsr/' (ments, had decided to retain the len'ect iiiiuii/,i'iiii'. he to in" . e. I18 Ipresent system, under which the vote "grant to separate 'iim"i,,i', "m" t te ,could only be submitted in a muni- l, . ". :cipality once in three years. Ho deem- :Tlle New License Act. led it to be the. duty of the Legisla- I iiiiri to take all reasonable steps to Hon. Mr. Hyyyt, moved tho SOt'Ulld iminimize the evils of the liquor :reading of his hill to amend the liquor itrattic and with this end in. view the incense act. in explaining the meas- 'Gover'nment had determined its .ure he observed that tmmp, of the fpolicv. l,mem.h.ers might olsjec't that it made no . inrovlsum for the, putting of corruption ts'tttwedn In Spite of the Three-fifths. (ii,: lineal option 'i,",,"."",',',',' Hill?" the some; ass as n vo mg on "e lenture bv- Mr. J. w. McEwing then took up laws. This change which had been: the cudgels on behalf of the cause of lashed for hy the temperance people; temperanco. If local optioin had bean (war'. hie sale. covered by the municipal' successful. it was in no te of t e irtrror. mpn Het. three-tifths clause. and not because of 5 The principal clauSe of the hill pro- it. He gave figures showing the num- ivldts for the closing of all bars on her of licenses that survived only bo- (Christmas Day. A second ('Iansp makes cause of the injustice of the three- jthe wholesale liquor license fee tiftha requirement. He took issuc $500 over the whole Provinee instead gifthte,.theo/"'pni,,chr,ie/e.nna inontotritil '31' varying according to location as it . l (' '. . (DOS now. municipalities whore local option had I The Provincial Secretary said that a carried hy a three-fifths vote .there 'number of new suggestions in con- had been seven contests seeking to (nection with the license system had repeal the law. While in seventy |lleen received by the Government. Ono places Where local 90in?" had 'tf,"] of them was that tho Government iarried h.) a'majorlt) vote there "I; [has one. license board for tho whole teen only the" attempts to repent. iot' Ontario. composed of 'big" men. "That proves. declared Mr. McEw- IThe plan might be considered l t ing. "that there is no more per-man- ! f - tl er. t'infiu','ritt.llevf,e.ee-"th" vote than in 3N0 Central Board Just Yet. "In a country such as this." he , The Premier made it clear. however. continued. "where we are supposed to ithat no change was contemplated at have representative government and lonce. "There has been a conference majority rule. there should he no _between members of the Conservative such handicap. It is the duty of this party and the. Government," he said, House to remove that handicap." "to suggest some new scheme with re- . ference to the control of the liquor i'Sir James " "Astoundcd." trame. Among many schemes and l The Premier followed. ll "as. he suggestions that have been received by said. a matter of remarkable satis- the Government from time to time, 'factior- to the members of the (low there is one particular one, namely, Prnmettt and to himself that the at- that it would be well to do away with 'mosphere which surrounded the dis- the present scheme and create a Pro-, 'cusslon of the three-fifths clause was vincial Board of License ",':/,',',,"List,e?y,tf 'so different from the one that sur- ers. who will take up the whole mat-! t rounded It when it was trrtyt introduc- l ter of regulation and control from the; :ed in the House. He said that not a city of Toronto. The matter has been', 'week went by that he did not receive considered and may be considered! 'strong. earnest testimony. either again, but there is no foundation for written or verbal. from gond men any story that the Government has in 'trom every part of the Province of hand any such change at the present 'their more or less slow conversion to moment." the doctrine of the three-fifths clause. . q . l ' "That being so." he declared. in Witt Prorottue on Saturday. ' If'Oncluding, "it has b'scomo well un- The Premier announced lit-fore all-l i1'"iifd'fl ahgzréi'l" rth/2t/'f,t,,ht'i',,,,.v"t/t? Journtnent that it was the intention tol . P. o a op ' . r . r. I. is. an integral part of the scheme and .prorubue on Saturday , . 'princlpl'e of local option. "I am as- ', tounded---surpt".se would not be put- . ting it strong enough-astounded at t .the testimony I have received in this direction. We purpose to go on until 'something arises which we do not all- ' 't'icipate. which will create doubt in . .our minds where no doubt now ex- ' ists." t "The Premier Becomes Indignant. i Mr. Pruudtout expressed surprise at the Premier's stand. since he had stat- !ed to a. deputation some time past that . 'the handicap of the three-fifths was ipossibly too great. , Sir James became indignant at once. . "All I will reply to that." he said. "is lsimply to say that I said nothing of . ithe kind." . "But the hon. gentleman was so re- ported." persisted Mr. Proudfoot. "You have told us that twice." re- - torted the Premier angrily, turning his back to the member for Centre Huron. . . "I must take the hon. Premier's ' . statement that what was in the papers ia"not Bo," said Mr. Proudfoot and the incident was closed. .