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r" - . i -_ ' Ill'" TUEbDAY, MARCH 5, 4191.1. _' ' _ M'nalism and in the commercial life of BBS (ll? TBIB . the country, and, above all, of high . rank in political life. For many years Mr. Blake had been the ac- knowledged leader of the Bar in this F fl Province. He was the second Prime Minister of the Province of Ontario. and for many years a prominent -----. figure in Dominion politics: and with his conspicuous ability in his profes- . . sion and in public life he was easily Legislature Adiourns Out of the equal of any man in the rank of . the great men of Canada. Memor ReSpect for His y. Devotion to Duty. -----_... ', "Beyond that," continued Sir i, James, "the outstanding and marked characteristics of Mr. Blake were, HIS DEVOTION T0 DUTY. I think, his singleminded devotion to duty and the purity of his life as a w hole. For several reasons, Mr. s---------'- Speaker, I do not propose. to say anything further except that Can- . . " ada is and has been better because Sir James Whitney and Oppo he lived, and Canada mourns him . . . . i now that he is dead. sition Leader Unite in Eulogy/ ' "In nursuancc of my announce- l mot, Mr. Speaker, I beg to move I _ that out of respect to the memory of -------- i lion. Edward Blake, l'rivy Councillor and former Prime Minister of the Legislature Owes Much to Hon. Tar. Province of "Mario, this House do ward Blake's Work-His Deter- now adjourn." mining Characteristics-admire Mr. Rowcll Speaks. . . 7 a; and Eiw- In seconding the motion, Mr. N. W. at the Bar in fy." t et Howell, who comes in the long sue-I Ituui--His Views Tindicated. cession of Liberal leaders, sketched 1orietly Mr. Blake's Parliamentary ---------_ career. "In thinking over to-day what was the outstanding character- _ - . istic of his public service and the Out of respect to the memory It) contribution he has made to the pub- the late Hon. Edward Io'ialits, P'L'H . lic life of this country, I venture to ICC LLD., there was only a formal suggest that on the whole the char- . ., ' .'. , . ' . ' "ctertstics mrmti ne l r " , . session of the Legislature Ecsteldflk- Minister. and std,',,?,'"),.,',," tl'tssct lingo]: Sir James Whitney, at the opening people and his desire to see the voice of the Mouse, referred in a few well- of the ly"y'l.e iidi'nuatcly expressed ' . h death of the man and carried into effect, these may be chosen words to t e "disti ,guished said to be the determining charac- who had a long and "511m: f " teristics of his public policv." _ . . _ this rovmce. _ record 1n the life of . t Mr. Blake's Work. Sir James paid a tribute o M Bl l ' k . 'tr rr,' JAlity at the r. ates wor in the Lsurlsla- Mr. blalxts a) l b 'nd ture, Mr. Rowe]! poiiitr-d out, had liar and on the platform, and Ty. succeeded in asserting the right of that the outstanding characteristics the Asepmmy to control public ex- of the man were his singlemindud pé'lldltttlrtu di', opposed to Ithe policy . ,. , ' ",. _ . o vo mg arge sums to t c Execu- devotion to duty and the purity of his tive Council for railway aid. He also life. asserted the right of the Province to Mr. N. w. Howell, K.C., the Liber- control its own affairs within the , " , ' - limits o tho jurisdiction ' ' ' , d with the sugses gran.ted, H leader, concuric 11 r-- under the British North America tion of the Prime WNW" , L' ,act. While he was Minister of Jus- viewed Mr. Blake's life from his en- tice he secured the revision of the in-) try into politics in 1867 to his retire- structions to the Governor-General, so t . 1907 Few men who had as to make the Governor-General the. men m l t. q t., mouthpiece of his Canadian advisers fought so hard had lived to see SO in respect to all matters purely re- little placed upon the statute books, lating to Canadian affairs, rather than ' Vince to-day was witness-: the mouthpiece of the Colonial of- but the ire. . . .- 1 s: fico. He also asserted the right of ing the realization of the principle l the Dominion to make. its own com- for which Mr. Blake had striven. mercial treaties, a right which is now Through his voluntary retirement 'bleding recognized. He went to the . ' " , -, hi Sir Oliver '0 country as the avowed advocate Irom the Inmlujs p . . of home rule for Ireland, and out- Mowat had been brought Into the ser- lined a policy for separate 1'arlia.. vice of the Province, and his with- ,ments for England, Ireland and drawal as leader of the Federal Op- _t,",i,tl,a',yg and the T,al slolultion of the " . Sits 'il . , ome ru e pro , em for re and wou d position .had brought Sit "1 frid be found in that form. Laurier into the Liberal foreground. Some people thought that Mr. Ontario owed much to his presenta- Blake did not accomplish very tion of constitutional questions Lefore much. Perhaps few men in public the Privy Council, and It was not too life had ever put fewer acts on the much to say he was the greatest statute books, but the measures which pleader of his generation. Mr. Blake advocated were being There was an intense Silence in the adopted to-day. House when Sir James Whitney rose "Above all things we are indebt- to speak, a silence both profound and ed to him for the purity of his life sincere, and .it CODUQUC'd until the and for his strict adherence to pub- end of the sitting. Not many mem- lie duty, and for the efforts he put hers of the Legislature were. able to forward on all occasions to maintain boast an acquaintance with Mr. a high ideal in public life, and per- Blake, but all were able to testify haps this is the best contribution to the traditions he had 'es,- that any man can make to the pub- -tablished and the scope which lie life of any country. But great had been given them through his ad- as he was in public life, he was still vocacy of the rights and privileges of, greater at the Bar, both in Canada the legislative body were known to, and in England." them. T lb i Ainpler Vindication. s J es' r ac. t . tr; um t " t l After quoting from Mr. J. s, "Under the circumstances, said; Willison's work on Sir Wilfrid Sir James, "I propose to ask this': laurier and, the Liberal party House, with the concurrence of hon., in which it is said of Mr, gentlemen opposite, to adjourn this Blake: "The truth is that on almost. afternoon as an act of respect to the I'every great question of public 'olieyi memory or a man who had a long time has Justified his Position! On: and distinguished record in the life land policy and railway polio h u of this Province. And before I make saw beyond his time and the rift e: the motion I desire to say that when holds for him a Still'ampler vindiu-re Edward Blake died three days ago the tion," Mr. Rowen said in co clusi ca- lite ot a great man, of a very great I" " , n on. man, came to a close. d Great Loader. Canada had produced many men "A A, who were entitled to the adjective Tire /i"fi,aot, leader has passed away. great, men of high rank in the learn- i his d, mourn his loss. We admire - '.-. ed professions. ot high rank, in Jour.. a - ansc"endent abilities, but we can-