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united _ or more dete-?nmw" (Loud applause,) P Y What Ministers Say,. Calls were then made for remarks from the other members of the Cabt-- Inet present. Hon. W. J. Hanna con-- tented himself with saying: "There is nothing I can profitably add to what . Mr. Hearst has said. There is u1o0th-- | ing that would justify me to--day lnj taking up more of your time. Some ' day at a future date we and you and the rest of us may have ample oppor-- | tunity when the bill gets into the | House." t -- ' Hon. Mr. Lucas said the Premier; $ had covered the full ground, and he , would reserve his remarks till later F on. t Hon. T. W. McGarry remarked he | was somewhat exhausted after his effort of the previous day. He was ' in accord with what the Prime Min-- | ister had said, and added: "I hope | you will go away satisfied that this / Government is in earnest in resppct' to what they said in the Speech from } the Throne." "The Other Sinner." I Hon. G. Howard Ferguson, amid laughter, said he supposed he wusi looked upon as the other sinner. He j alluded to the enterprise and Emag-l ination of the young men who run newspapers, and declared that the | Cabinet had been for some time a,' complete unit on this measure. Hon. James Duff thought that 1he' deputation knew his views -- on the temperance question so thoroughly i that they would not require him -- to | speak. He had nothing to add m' what had been said so splendidly hy the Prime Minister. Hon. Finlay Macdiarmid (-nng'ra:u-' lated the deputation on the success | of the petitions they had circulated / throughout the Province. "It .'ap;'mars' to me this meeting here to--day must | be satisfactory from every point uf' view. We know your position and you know ours.'" i Hon. Dr. Preston joined with the i Premier in everything he had said. | Mr. Clement thanked the Premier and the other members of the Cabi-- net for the satisfactory reply given. | The meeting wound up with ohm;r:fil for the Premier and the Cabinet. nrvmnrermaisturcicrnase moelieguine on yrwe t oo ty antereieeitieinttentre ';L,-,'ZT:':"'___':' | Mr. Rowell Congratulates | | | Organizers of Parade| (Woaaaae Km | Mr. Rowell, in answer to _The iss . f \Glcbe's request for a statement in J at" s ' lreference to the demonstration and es s y C . e I |!presentation -- of petitions by the e i e e e . | | |Committee of One Hundred, said: > whes s s o oo s s i | | | "I congratulate the Comimttee of i c i e , : "4"mu Hundred and the 35,000 workers .Efé:"jfif._.igié.g:;,.;.,g.g:_:g;a;.-i;-., i. e y | 'thronghout the Province on the mag-- ie o ' _ lnificent result of their efforts. Their '~:§'5§§~ j energy and enthusiasm . have been [ :4 . . oo f contagious, and the country.lts lail";"s' s :o .. _ | led as never before on this vital issue. ~ s . . 3 ; "I was also gratified at the frank 7 )@',é&z,'o i i |statement of the Premier in answer ie . + § | {to the delegation, that when the vote e o ~ Te | {is taken it will be on a majority > * e PR basis. I hope the Premier and his f _'_..-;j:;;;':'. o e h e l l colleagues will see their way clear to a ooo W ~ Haae| | | |provide in the bill that it shall go j .. ze Fwéxe | l into effect at the earliest practicable 2 .. e sBy+ 1e date as a war measure, not to be re--| f e . P ies pealed except by a maxjority vote of oo s Je t 37 | |the electors after the war is over. s o2 s This course I believe is fully war-- c e se t ce . rented by the petitions presented by sA es 'the Committee of One Hundred and iofi s t t \the public sentiment of the Pro-- 1 ---- y o es ivince." P oo e en w . ! ' w mt ues oo eneenenecenttere ue uesn aamounne enc omm meruacoe unc raeae ccarereme arenremmeareenceneenne c ons + Mn t cs Nee m .'*';-'_-.'}'I-.'»'/'_'Vi."_'-.';f;jff},_i' '"' anz~ nz l2z 3y . f imsiiResieniotie s dn se i MHW. E. p. XCLEMEK'T, K.. | | Of Berlin, Ont.. Chairman of the ntnn'.ir-' | _ tee of QOne Hundred, who presented the 'I ' case to the Government® |