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"":,'.;" f +-- ie t ons o T "ar» * 8 ~:,~' fiu&:&:v ie Sgngnr~~ 6 n o ~--_-- Padding that W'."exnflt:tp'w make --Popular Majority Reduced.>. s nnouncement next week, He as lt * cE 0 | definite at ingly of theaprogpect Mr. Rowell remarked the fact that spoke encourag _prospects it \ lot getting over'a . million dollars as the Opposition took consgiderable com-- | F the T. & N. 0. Sir James ' fort out of the elections returns. . bonus to the 4. iing . f1 '"'The Government had -- forit © concluded by reminding the House : malormty | p 6 NeA -- was th ventl 1+ over the Iiberals in 1908 of 95.634, that vesterday was the seventh ann , 3 3 o + while at the last election the Govern-- versary of the Government's taking i ; { ffi~= * ment majority was only 59.316, a re-- io ce. 4* duction of nearly fifty per cent. In | Dr. Jamieson Opens Debate. 1908 the Government's popular ma-- s jority was 85.000, !__pr. Jamieson, in opening the de-- hy 25.900.. 4r we o dt i:agct)w?:e?fi;?b:r | bate, paid the usual compliments and equal amount in the next election wg % x » S( % & C then launched into a presentation of will have a sufficient popular majority the Government's record,. s F to give us a working majority in th« | He caused a stir by asking for a| House." ¥4 8 C i ydro--electric extonsion. a m § 'hall _'l'{]m}'l-flp\'anment * UMis s6. The Liberal leader roferred to the | em will bring it to such a size as fact that when Sir James Whitney be-- i omm WO ' end in mas came leader of the Opposition he had will get almost beyond the con-- but 24 or 25 supporters , trol of any ordinary man," he y CC 4 | _ said. "I believe the work of the How Many Years? e ission should be the devel-- + s | });»';?(?xlllth:f the larger pm\f'er(it:xi;ld we are equal in that respect," he 2 the construction of main trans romarlfm.d. So that if it takes nine CUnHSlE UL ® * years for an unprogressive Op } mission lines, but that the de-- _______*_______J_Ir)_osi_tio_n ) velopment of smaller--sized pow-- j ers should be left to private ; * menmenmmmnmmerememmememmemmert . | s enterprize. The Hydro Commis-- e n e o sion should do the experimenting. motra it oc rcs | They should blaze the way and l . rik> sys [ | ' act in a sort of advisory capa-- e t N s [ | city. I think that is as far as they * se 0| | 1 should£0" 3 sw anr BA | | | | _ Dr. Jamieson considered that it Je s l n c K 0| | _ _| should be the duty of the Govern ment * MA s e | to exercise a certain control over s o . . . . M .n municipalities in power matters, e tae s . M o e P s _ . 6. Primman.. . 3E .. Tribute to Liberal Leader, F3 OA * x2" /. Dr. Jamieson congratulated Mr. N. ,:i 42 > W. Rowell upon his selection as leader .. ® e _ $s of the Opposition. |'.@*.~ $ess in . . es "I am glad," he said, "that a gen.--! _ -- ME _ 04 tleman of his great abilitv and high | n ons : e s aine mss _ P | s & s o e ie l ts C | ideals should occupy such a prominent is i oe oo . 2 : ' place" _ e . $ Applause for Hon. Mr. MacKay, . . The South Grey member, in turn, 2112202090 %. _ 4 s complimented Hon. A. G. MacKay, o i > sn B fl',f)x.«jfzg ' ts c i s s es s | who, coming into= the chamber, re-- *3 2 64 15 3 | ceived a remarkable tribute, not only i A C ,'_f.{, jx oys ' from the Liberals, but from the Gov-- PR '<& | s hnd f ht o. / sn ernment members. The rapping on Sp k. a% * | the dosks continued for some time. ',..,,-.)f-"-i.- & 26 3 | a sn on oc oo i5 e 3e Wb Kats "H vsas always an aggressive and ds ies it Ni ud oone vat e ppoin s j hard rhter. He was always a fair 5 E. o3 figl _ said Dr. Jamieson. MR. CHARLES MceCREA, MP.P., Relorring to the figures published Who """"d""l t!}e add;:ess'in reply to the in The Globs showing that the Gov-- w.'_nfo' ernment's popular m1ajority had been to t s o hig't cut in half, he declared there was a M oo on o oh it '«'0"59"«'m"ely.'nrngres-, time when th. Liberals were in pow-- sive Government how long will it takel er and still lacked a popular majori-- f<fl' A X"'!'U':lc"&ti\'e: ()np'ositmn to catch ty. HMe predicted that Mr. lowell up to a do-nnm.n: Government? A' would have to displace Moses as the| query that brought a general laugh., ' long--distance leader in order to reach | Nt Rowell gave Sir James and his| ; the promiged land. colleagues an uncomfortable five | 5 "He wou have to hbave the pa-- minutes in discussing the "deferring"| . tience of Job and the years of Mo-- of t_he prflonosn'l to turq the adminis--}! ,' thusalch.'* he addea. tration of Hydro--electric affairs over| E. ; to a denartment of Government. } ; Hearst a Wise Choice, '"'There were three proposails upon | , , _A s which Sir James and his Government| ' Mr. Chas. McCrae {Sud ") con-- * .;..'v.z.', is ch I § r:' '.( w b.l.'n,.),.icr?.?v went to the people: the transfer ot' L vv', l\'a)-"'ol{l 2'." f (');ix't.";'.'l" J'}?'O"li\"iitiill't'l' t}'l(' 'II""drr)'('!'\'('.t'.'ip a(lm'niStration' the E ip . Feames s ","'.' ;."L,.l' a Ul . '-lk'c\'- Pominion subsidv for the T. & N. ()__' i h"u. :\l:ul. 'i'-'-lil-}:'?f] :};'-k.l[tw()'p.' "l-t ';h}ri* and th(? co--operation between the | h'-\;d. '(f,,. I'.f)rr;"qi%('_" 1'90'5 'I"l'« 'm{loy f Provincial unv; Federal Governments| € t 4 -- N 8 102 V 0 ,~---- t = c 5 |a of 3 a c 1| gized Hon. Frank Cochrans, and dac-- regardine rons d fimmigration. | | clared that t e Government had made That Change of Front. ! j wisce 'hoize 3 © noiatins H. s # ® f s @ t ' ¢I'<.' ]%1,",,.";. Xq: }7,!:2 l,}.)'!,".':l.l.';_.)'},l.," lll)n "')\u '"'The Deop}e have declared in are deluged with debUintionk &ng Th favor of the first of these two great iess tfor wosey | from. . Un -- north proposals. yet T find no reference to conntry, it is not in the Sbifit of fl"l';l'(-- them in the speech from the Throne. "";"]ih-k"-f.!\."zh in a "»;i"if"'vnf optimism Why is it? We have nothing with nu fm\,('\ ind ]-«r for the "]"_ reference to the transfer of the Hy-- § yveltopment of ln"{r co intry." 0 3 drosciectric; Hastre 'Government 149 4) 1 t t dv COunt ® The Liberal Leader. f . Mir. Rowell began by referring to _ the departure of Rarl Grey ard the coming to Canada of the * * -- PDuke of Connaught, coupling his tri-- _ o ns = hbute to both the King's representa-- N+~ en > 3 {| tives with a declaration of Canada's 3«"'3'««'%;'%&? 3 s e 'j unrsworving loyalty to the Empirc. '>f>'.. ' * £ ' "Canada," he said, "is inseparably c e--t ~ o *@ e | s n | associated with the future of the Em-- i _ y /. _ _ _ smmiaAn $ * Ew ,!' pire, and the future, whatever it may io og~~ . '"&w%';%flo 2 ¢3--1 _ have in store in the change of rela-- ~¢. _ ocCc f sp~ E.1 > tionships, in our relative position, S3f . . @¢ _ . is é 28 ] | _ must have in store the fact that weo / ... 86. . _ ym . S n ma 1 will be dran closer to the mother L2 t --~@& a| E25 country and that we will work out our (¢-- 0 00 . OA . t e 2 4. destiny together." <f,"~ ... ... 9 oo t e * OX ce ) 9 \ #9¢.% «1 "'52 i After consratulating Dr. Jamieson s . [ 3. i. k 5 e p . Nee o c';:_ } upon his address Mr. Rowell proceed-- $C"~ .. uk No y e TV, 2 : 5 l g) ed to turn back upon 'SHir James § _ .. o. ols F" _¢C @THI| > CC | Whitney his famous "skimpy chicken'" g $3 .c . e .AAA o o aint insant o 2 '=§ , out OoIneN 20PHne it to the lengthy ... o l ol' es °* | ut uninteresting speech from the ol t tresmi't . ~, SH ¢ s 3 *h oi *E V * e rreas t n anpice d rarraren . deerenn ooo ul aal't en t l . E. | Throne, which contained only one Pss _ 3»%f§@3§¢$¢5'43§'§¢'%€%&3§", . es 2. E4 * > 4 egg--the promise of a new policy for iess onireng i. mfiifi(%&'h"&i{b@*'g'éf; stiange 4 ' the north--and that had yet to be rre Sssc . f E >1 | hatched out. hoi hormmnom mm zen