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‘Would Avoid Old Reproach. Mr. A. J. Young said the weak- ness of the old Reform Association of Ontario was that it was centred in and around Toronto, and, for some ‘reason, the outlying ridings got the idea that the Liberal party was be- | ing run by a clique. When they had the district organizations they could not get them to the conven- tion. He thought if they could have a combination of the two things it ‘would meet the wishes of many. | Mr. Bartram said the amendment | submitted on the previous day cov-) ered everything necessary to put the- officers and Executive on a demo-— cratic basis. According to that amendment, which had not yet been reported back. by the Resolutions Committee, each riding would select | one Executive member to be ap-. pointed by the delegates represent- ed at the convention. The sugges- tion was made that the ladies should be represented, and he. thought they should be. That morning at the Resolutions Committee a sug- gestion was made that, instead of having one representative from each riding, they should have two {one man and one woman. That would meet the situation very | nicely. | Avoiding a Difficulty. | To obviate the. charge of Toronto having too. much- Influence at the | Meetings, “Mr. FR.) <.. “MeiXinnon, { ; Guelph, moved that not more than! pre man and one woman from any | ' county, city or town should be elig- ; \ible for the Management Commit- ! | tee, which should consist of 20 men )} and 10 women. That would guar- | antee that the activities of Liberal- , ism were not centralized in Toronto. Finally, after a number of amend- /ments had been ‘submitted, it was| | decided that the Executive Commit- j tee should consist of one man and } One woman from each electoral dis. | | . trict. : The .quesiion of what number should form a quorum then gave rise | to consid *ible debate. The con- |} /Stitution, as originally submitted, | ;mentioned a quorum of 10. Some | | delegates thought this would. en- | able Toronto to have too-much con- trol of affairs, while others were of | the opinion that, if they insisted on |a larger quorum, there would not be the requisite attendance, and it ‘would not be possible to transact ' business. The difficulty was overcome by adopting the suggestion of Mr. Geo. Wilkie to. appoint a Management Committee consisting of 20 men and 10. women. The quorum for this committee was fixed at 10 members. At length the convention settled down to the election of officers, Sen- ator Hardy of Brockville being un- animously chosen President. his be- ing the only name submitted. Vice-Presidents Elected. There were about twenty names put forward for the four Vice-Presi- denis. the following bejng elected: Mr. E. 8S. Little, London: W. H. S. Cane, Newmarket; Mrs. H. W. Car- penter, Hamilton, and Mr. J. H. |Spence, Toronto. Mr. Geo. Wilkie) was appointed Treasurer. The Secretary was instructed to communicate .with the various of- | ganizations for the appointments to | the Executive Committee, and in the meantime, until the Executive is ap- pointed and a meeting can be called, the officers wil] elect a temporary Management Committee.