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< Y. FEBRUARY 50 w THURSDA Y . i OF COL. MATHESON * tCt 9 Prime Minister's Eulogy Over Late Provincial Treasurer .| Pertinent Inquiries: Regarding Jack-- son Deal, Statute Revision, Coch-- rane Magistrate and Government House--Debate on Address To--day. \ Out of respect to the memory of | the late Col. Matheson, Provincial Treasurer, the Legislature adjourned I after a sitting of only thirty--five min-- ! utes yesterday. So early in the ses-- sion, the order paper was devoid of items. The desk occupied by the deceased Minister was garlanded with a spray of orchids and cala lilies. After the routine proceedings were concluded, Sir James Whitney rose in his place and said: "Mr. Speaker, out iot' respect to the memory of the late Arthur J. Matheson, I beg to move 'that ths House do now adjourn." | ' As a tribute of respect, continued | the Prime Minister, the House was| asked to take this action. For eigh-l teen years Colonel Matheson had rr--; | presented the south rmding of the | county of Lanark, and since 1905 had | been Treasurer of the Province. His father had been a man of some note, | having been, successively, a member l()f the Legislative Council of Upper Canada and a member of the Senate| 'or the Dominion. | So close had been his assw-iatinn[ l with his deceased colleague that Sir| | James could not trust himself to j 'say much. Col. Matheson was a | | man of definite and clear--cut ideas, ready to stand by them always and letermined to live by them. "'Thei ives of such men in a community where free institutions prevail can hardly be overestimated," declar-- ed Sir James, '"and they are the salt of the earth." Col. Matheson was his advisor, his colleague and his fmend, ready under all circumstances to assist in carrying out their common objects. "I have lo_ng felt my great indebtedness to him in many ways," continued _ Sir James. '"'To--day, sir, his loss to me is a great loss; so great that I can-- not measure it in words." Members Eulogize . in the absence of Mr. Rowell the duty -- devolved upon Mr. 8. Clarke (West Northumberland) of speaking for the Opposition. Regretting Mr. Rowell's absence through illness, Mr. Clarke said that the late Provincial Treasurer was respected , by every man, not only on the right, but on the left, _of the Speaker. He had sat with Col. Matheson in the House for fourteen years, and was one of the few tha_t_ could go back that far. "In Opposition he was a gentleman,." said Mr. Clarke, "and if Sir James J p s Whitney had searched Ontario from one end to the other he could not have found a man more fitted or a man more just than Col. Matheson His was a beautiful record ." $ Before concluding, Mr. Clarke Tre-- ferred to the death of the late Robt. Sutherland, member for East Middle. sex. Those. who had been associated with him in the House for the short time that he had been a member knew of r?tlll-ls stgrling character and great wo n e, too, would be mis p his colleagues. seea D; Mr. J. W. Johnson (West Hasti ngs spoke of his personal relations wglu), Col. Matheson. Mr. G. Howarda Ferguson (Grenville) said that the life of Col. Matheson was guided by -- lofty ideals. He had a high sensge of honor and the dignity that S&t« tached to any public office. His life contributed a great deal that must