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_ V _ . rv _ . . 'rt F" I'm. at' _. .'F.m . l' _ 'N W - TC"-" A f.f:Lc'..' v'" ' p opened legislation. He reminds 713d in municipal ottieett, yet they members on the other side, however, ; wore men fit to lead any body. - that only the other day they had Mr. Fettuson thought the bill spoken against the advisability of somewhat radical. He knew of no, requiring property qualification for municipalities asking for it. He a: voter, and now they were advo- warned the Government not to rush _ eating property qualification for an - into new fields, hut to educate pub- office-holder. lie sentiment before it crystalizedl l =.1tT.rerey..T...."J'e"he.'rJ."-'er-T..=Trer, . this thing into legislation. He ad- mitted that there was much in the argument of bra,ins versus wealth. l but a man might have property and _ brains, too. The trouble was that' l men without brains could get into l municipal bodies by this act. i "Won't you trust the people?" : asked Mr. MacBride. ' t "Not always." said the Conserva- tive Leader, amid laughter. He thought it dangerous to insert the thin edge of the wedge into the principles underlying municipal or------"-""""" l government. If tho bill were pro- , _ ceeded with he would he reluctantly H. th Flavelle Accuses somEi l 'compelled to fight it. he said. t ' I . . . . l magnum... ', Physioians of Abusing i l J. W. Curry thought the bill quite . . . . l l logical. If nualification for tho can- [ Their Privileges i" l gidatdls for tho Legislature was re- ( _.------------ ",' I l, uce . why should the qualification . [ i for an inferior 'body be higher. The i HUGE CHRISTMAS TRADE ' Legislature was the parent body, and . I i the t (,1.u,tl,iete,or" shouldhanot be --------- i . grea er or other bodies t n for it. . . y 'N l J. MacNamara (Riverdale) ad- lThe Toronto Dispensary S vanoed the case of the returned sol- _ . . diers. These men had shown that 1 Business on December 24 they cogld look after the Empire. i A 38 00 l Could t ey not, he asked, be trusted ' . in its Municipal Councils? The only mounted to t ,0 G7 to get them there was to let the j ------ b 1 page. l . _. . . _ '. Mr. Raney explained that the bill i That "/1) or ninety Pct' cent. of got back to two principles. The can- l the prescriptions issued for quarts of . ammo must be a householder either l liquor were issued where the liquor by ownership or lease. The "tltr, 7 was not necessary for medicinal pur- - 3:13:13; thhee "ge/fd." A,,',"1eer,r "of! _ poses was an assertion made by J. I ers' qualification did not apply to 3, ', D. b'lavelle. Chairman of the Ontario l money by-laws. ' ' 5 Board of License Commissioners. be- The resolution that the Provincial Lion: the Public Accounts Committee iTreasurer be given power to guaran- I _ in the Legislature yesterday. The tee bonds of municipalities raised, {great majority of doctors, he said, I for housing purposes passed the, gwere obeying the law. but about ten House. The new Housing Bill will! per cent. were "bedevilling" things. be submitted for a second reading' lThc board, he declared, was trying in the near future. sertrt.-Ma.iot' 't to restrict the number of prescrip- MacNamara was informed that the t i tions issued. Government had nothing to do with! It was also brought out in evi- the appointment of a Theatre Cen-i ideuce that the board was willing to sor in Toronto. He had protested! pay "whisky informers." Mr. Fla- thata returned soldier had not been velle said the board had practised given the position. ' l lmi'l'llli' 'a'i,?,'c""iii',.:r,. The amounts av- ' . cragel a your $25, and the board in Money No Criterion. _ giving this compensation look into Dr. Stevenson of London declared 'coPyyeratiot! the size of the tine , that money was only a matter oi" ithlCll was imposed. Under exam- degree; that it should not be taken: linemen by H. H. Den-art. Liberal into consideration in the examina-| Leader, the Chairman of the board tion of a man's right or competency! 'admitted that $200. or a tenth ot to represent his townsmen in the) the fine. had been paid to an in- Municipal Council. i iformer in Peterborough. This, said Hon. Thos. Crawford, while agree- I I the Chairman. was an exceptional ing with the argumelnt that it was: tease. not always money t at represente '; _ . . force and ability in the man, Re,',: No Slump 1n Sales. tained that "general y spea mr, There had bee . ' .. .- they are likely to be found in pos- pensary businessn aiequ'uigp gm?" session of the same individual." l! was again permitted. L'f,y//l,2' 1:23 ' discussing municipal matters with kept up to normal. Mr. Flavelle de- Labor men. he had found that, for tended Mr Cleland the a the most part, they had not the time,' manager of the dispéns l' general to devote to municipal government.' maintained that he w ar es. .H.e _ Nor had he ever heard any demand $10,000 salary as mat as worth his from municipalities for the removal million-dollar i',uelf)fl'se,'f" of a four- of property qualifications. He advis- worth every doll ' $58" " He war', ' ed delay and consultation with men and more H av. ie was getting of municipal knowledge and expert- 3 ' . . e Domted out many ence. l {hmei-"h'ere Mr. Cleland had saved Surely. though Mr. Homuth of| 11tse,7tveint1st/aetiris fum? of money; u- South Waterloo, when an aspirant ., {increases in . and m stocks before to municipal office secured the iireTGi"iiii thprlqi?' .Mr. Cleland, an- names of twenty-flve petitioners en- also savid e "be m exchange, had dorsing his candidature, that was thenb /'f,hn//',i",f?( to the Province more indicative of his ability to per- 100 003' e'. uylng. The purchase of form the function of office than the C b _ gallons of . alcohol from amount of his property holdings. ' u a which was being made avail- i able for industrial purposes we ld Thinks Principle Wrong. 1 he said. .save the m'2trt1"l'tt'ur'lrhu of t ', (Mr. Wellington Hay advocated mu; 3280532"? half a million at least, ling the matter over until another' tillers I? re with the prices of dis.. session. He believed the members l O ere. , ought to have the opportunity of' 005 ne doctor, he yeserted, gave 2 .. . consulting their constituents. . prescriptions in a month, gei- arr. J. B. Johnston, U.F.O. mem- ting $3 each from outsiders and " ber for Simcoe, supported the bill. from city residents. Another doctor Mr. It. It. Hall, Parry Bound, felt gave 487 Prescriptions in one day ', that it was a wrong principle that The greatest day in the dispensar\:l a man with no property upon which business was the day before Christ' 1 taxes are levied should be permitted mas, when $38,000 worth of bu ." y to enter Municipal Councils and mess was done in Toronto. Practlcgl- I Bond the municipality for amounts ly all ot it was on the sale of .' ', to which he would not have to con- bottles. quart i . tribute. . . Iron. HaIgy 1:2? ridiculed the XhinIrs Prom Necessary. I', t ar ment t at or men them- Examined . , . segues were not favorable to the re- by Mr. Dewart. chair-i moval of property qualifications. - . Rainier Drury ended the discus- ' lion by proposing adjournment of j the House until Tuesday next. In . the meantime, he said, the members . T could digest and meditate on the 1 . . 8 l - i