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Pe o :'/'./7 .-,( \ 7'_'?_;:%.)_"-' g [ e " e e es EIOT EASIWED ' * would say to them. . hx ; l t FPairs and Absentees. | f i i E I ANUE Twelve members were absent frorn' 2l the House when the first vote was | f oomibes taken. G. wW. Sulman, West Kent, and ; E NT J. C. Elliott, West Middlesex, and DT. | j P % » ('. N. Anderson, South Essex, and °D. 1 P ® . R. McDonald, Glengarry; . J.| ' gnnie Whltney $ SpeeCh hidh J._ Carrick, Port_ Arthur; J. A.| ( i cd. John Shaw, North Toronto; J.| 4 Reciprocity. w Doyle, North Middlesex; P. H.] + BRowyer, 'Fast Kent; H. Eilber, South s nt Huron; Forbes Godfrey, West York; $ ' . R. McDonald, Glengatry, J. :: A. & STRAIGHT PARTY DIV j Ross, Monek, and G. H. Pharaxnd, P lS'ON. ji'rescott, were the other absentees. i Messrs, Doyle, McDonald 'and Sha w p vevzzrzn nz canaal zin were the only members who &ave no | reasons for their non--appearance. « The others, according to the explan-- Leader of Ontario Government ation given, were absent either on ac-- C R l t count of ilIness or business. e After the first vote was taken Hon. I plies to Opponents. ME! L:Geas' left the Chamber.. 'Col. @ Craig of East Wellington tried to fol-- A n antemranian low suit, but he sat down when the K i Liberal members turned the 'laugh on d Sir James Declares Canada is Too him. Mr. Dan. Reed's vote against c 4 " C the resolution evoked a round of ap--, i Strongly Bound to the Empire to plause, for his constituents are prin--| | be Tempted Away by Trade Ad-- cipally fruit 'men. vantages. A Burst of Patriotism. | Before the vote was taken Captain' masiasknmme s ies Machin of Kenora started singing| 4 "The Maple Leaf." The Liberals had «f At the close of a debate that con-- received the tip that the Government! 1 tinued 'for ; tiki ts o members were going to do a little -- OI «l \\lel\, lhp J'(-glslut"r(\ C1 is t_h C l]('r'" * d d("tr . yesterday voted down Hon A i 5 cLhe wel is uued eftect . c olnink * Mack h -- . '*. -- G. ed 'the well--planned effect by joining ; | MacKay's amendment to Sir James heartily in the song. The members, Whitney's anti--reciprocity -- resolution gijamniy sang"e\'eir_v \'G::'sp anf] theii| 4 and carried the resolution itself. The pa%s;:;]n 0§4rt0}{e':tl: ellgr::ng:(m:]f. North J !('Y)g-dm\\'n-out discussion, -- running York called for cheers for the King, * into three night 'sessions, left matters and the members rose to sing the ' exactly as they sto y > 4 National Anthem. The crowds in the Mini ' od when the Prime galleries rose, too, and Added their '.lmSt,er i.ntroducwi the subject of re-- voices to the volume of sound from 3 (-.lPI'O('lty into the }i()use. Not a mem-- '\hp fioor Of thP House. A ber on 'either side forsook the ranks, Whe." it was all over, the Whips and the two motions placed before the came in and the vote was taken, ' House resulted in a straight party The Prime Minister's Reply. division. The amendment was lost by The division came at the conclu-- @ seventy--five to seventeen, and 'the re-- sion of Sir James Whitney's address. 4 solution carried by T y The Prime Minister spoke for over an ' seventeen, the oh'u)l)ge ?E'f;:;};ioturl o. S Femal k(.mi)erpd Sractinnne Gdentl » * s sote be-- nis remarks being practically identi-- f Ing :lue to the disappearance from !na_i with those uttered in the address 4 the Chamber of 'Hon. I. B. Lucas. Mr. ® | with which he moved the resolution. Allan Studhoime voted with the Op-- : | He declared that the, arguimenls ©4 4 position. suhe Opposition leaders . were basedi . I v 'Ulmn mere business advantage, re-- & The Division. j \ }gardless of sentiment, and wound up A The vote stoog as follows:-- | % L):ifl?;;;lai;'(?riz;s"'lfit ¥ "'l?il)ld"tal;e : 'pro-- f Yeas----M ' 10e es on this or that pPpro--| . * --Messrs. _ Bowman, Clarke | duct to turn Canada away from the| l (Northumberland), Kohler, MceCart, | 1Iml)erlal path it was following. | ,' 31.'c(,orm1ck' McEwing, MacKay | Are Not in the "Dead Past." | P :"urei];. Mackay .(Oxford). Mayberry, : ® | _ Sir James began by brushing aside! . roudfoot. Racine, Reed (Went--| | MHon. A. G. MacKay's references to the | worth), -- Reid (Renfrew), Stock position taken in the past by Sir John $ Studholme, Truax, Tudhope--17 f \i\li;'t:(tlt-n:ll«l and Conservative Govern-- J Nays--Messrs. Aubin,, Beck, Brad-- . "I am not disputing the statements {' burn, Brewster, Brower, Calder, Cars--} ;?_f my honorable friend."" he said. M callen, Charters, Clark (Bruce),} | nR"t' 1:} ist i'({lo to suggest for one mo-- | Cochrane Crai s *4 ; meni tha 1e views of Sir John Mac-- D i o onl C 'Darga\el, Devitt, | | donald, the views of Hon. George E. .! Ponovan, Duff, Ferguson (Simcoe), | Foster or the views of Sir Charles t J :"-'TSU:OH (Grenville), Fisher, Fox, T;l])})('r on reciprocity, either restrict-- l § oy, Fraser, Fripp, Gallaghe l" or unrestricted, a generation and a Gamey, Gooderham (}ri8 & Galna,i a half ago, affect in the slightest de-l Hearst, Hendrie, }{o'witt Iigo'vl T iney | e the oo oi e Alface| Jamieson, Jessop, Johnson, f;lglr::es,t do with regarq to the matter before Lennox, Lucas, 3\'ICCOWan' I\IcE]roe:'l llb"t(i-ua.\. . McGatry: McKeown, McNaurht Y | We are not concerned with the old t Pherson, Macdiarmid, Niach?n » i'\;[c-- pagt, we are in the living present," he a haffy, Mason, Matheson, Mm'el' \Iu:-i a |declared, amid Government applause. « ti'lz)or\;.dn.\'eeg.tgesbltt, Nickle, Nixon,| Conditions Have Changed. ~% 1 an, attinson, -- Pa arce.] eb t Pratt, Preston (Durhamu)l' }l:.':dx;ce, In admitting that the Conservatives h / (Lanark), Preston (Raln'\- Rii's o)n of Sir John Macdonald's time, and I Pyne, Reaume, Richardson, Shllliexr 5 even later, were actively in favor ot'il ( ton, -- Smellie, / Thompson ,(Simc 18-- reciprocity. Sir James held that the}} * ' Thompson _ (Peterboro'), Torragf:é" situation had changed. Many people || ; Whitesides, Whitney, Wilson--75 »4 who were then in favor of recipro--|| . The members were put upon reéordl mtl.\.- would r;'ot l?'e to--day. 1 . not only on Hon. Mr.° MacKay'si Thank God," he said, '"the Do-- > «amendment, but also upon the Yifl; minion has emerged from a condition a ginal resolution of Sir James \Vhitlor": of pitiable childhood, from that stage ~ When the Liberal leader called for 1tel'3. | when it was at the mercy of the sport 7 yeas and nays on the original moti 1e and plaything of an inimical nation | blank dismay settleq on the facgs "Cf to the south." some of the Conservatives. This (;t Canada, he added, was now grown % accounted for by the fact that some ? strorng and self--reliant, ready to stand them had said that if the amendmegt forth in the congress of nations as had not been worded so strongl the foremost part of the British Em-- the.\; migl:-.t have voted for it am)i' pire. against the resolution; the f o -- . placed them squarely on t;:c%rtl'gr\n?: The "Mossback Toryism." f'lt":hside of the resolution itself. Some Sir James stated that the support-- oo toe Anbarentiy were apprehensive ers of reciprocity were trying to con-- rural _ constituents vince the Conservatives that they should take a certain stand just be-- ¥