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C 8 C e t t e it o s it was afterwar 1 ; : f servative he h:; :f;:fg titwb::::l l;" a Con-- mean to have it understood that I gave that EswAre' + : lloved there was honour in his os T uyy intormatioh 1. 6 & s s wa party . 8 rANEY-- ~1{; se (Renewed laughter,) When the Mi Mr, McCRANEY--I make no personal k § <2g of Education had immnoved a rcsolutionu;uwr P ocse Annniseh Thiuky the can uis hint ho d ¢ & l reduction he voted with him : and &r o A o oC nerigey noover io Pedd i. bauehrers ' P _ e was no doubt that the Minister of Eduele Sn ns Cuppertion nad lntroduosita ut ind i * s tion would vote for this motion now bccal'l:: c lomest mmocon to Todute the imasminks no B | it was the same as his own (Cr'e:; C N : honest motion to reduce the indemnity he l E: _ ~a e no.) He believes they botil had lthe samo; Ni onie Ponnabied otoms e meuldfl0t 1| B .. . Al object, and as for him he would vote for Toloofororoie in favour of on amendment of 4|A KoT the amendment to the ;meudment f,léigeki"fi:,m;;:;gglduv"«;: l:)ist{)arty out of d > g A § . + 4 a f a a : ' 3 1 Mr. LYON said he had signed the round-- the Hon. Mr., Mowat and his cofi;agxel;%:: || d e <.. robin, and he thought it was unfair for the power, even though they do not reduceo the || i es Opposition to atteimnpt to force hou. gentle-- indgemniti¢s, than toallow the gentlemen on ! ¢ & --" men to vote against what they had pledged the other side of the House to secure the | s themselves as in favour of. He had been control otf the affairs of the Province * . --ome eont here to support the Mowat Administra-- {Loud cheers.) $ % : -- . ons ion,and he saw no reason to cease to support iT;3 4 Taed them now. 'There were of course increases Mr. WIGLE hoped he would never use | hk in the expenditure, but who objected to the the language which bad been been used by ' i f varlous objects to which the expenditure was § members on the Government side,. It was € . en dHevoted? 'The Province's sources of revenue a common thing tor the Government party 4 <-- wepe still almost boundless; we had im-- to cry buncombe whenever a subject was | Te . mense resources, and when the new country brought before the Hoplo by an Opposition i ra kh * which had been acquired by the settlement u'lem ber,. When Provincial 'Treasurer Mr. I y . . vS of the boundary of the Province was opened Creoks had proposed a reduction in the in-- 4 } §MY e up our resources would be vastly increased. demnity ot members. Was not that $ | It was untair, unjust, and dishonourable to a buncombe resolution, fespecially when E/ } yR ask the HMouse to vote the want of confi-- that gentlcl'nan also voted for 'the 1P | y oake dence in the Goverument by this resolution, increase? The courtry woulid _ en-- P /. ce and ho was going to vote against it. §'|l)(:l:(w (til::) (;fl:";":x; of 'Eheh{:te lezd" °1§ the | | 1 C g»~Aa j ; In Lousks s r pOSt + e "whitewashing Bill*" \ %' hlfr belD{-{ gix oblUCh, the bl't'akk'l' l('fl.tho ¥Tas a disgrace to the statute book.g rl!lllo 1 P & ~ s ehalr , Crouls Liquor Act was one of the most ex-- ' 6 s 4 After recess, peusive Acts ever passed. 'The work which | | 1 > Thke :; Mr; HARLKIN thougit the less legislation now cost $1,000 for Esgex was better done | (| i ds the Province had from tho present Adminis. tor $200,. Me thought the allotment of i\ yE , ySst . tration the better ; for they only increased | \ lsccuse.s shm}!d be left with the municipal | $ h > es tho expenses of administering without in. | \ Gouncils, 'They knew the circumstances | ' is greased efliciency, 'The principie of selt--| . beiter than the Commissioners, He in. | k (2087, preservation was the maingpring of any | tended to vote for the reduction in indem-- ; t ; legislation introduced, 'The license law | mitics, | v * o . was pflsled to furnlgh tho Go'-el'umcn" a'l'. BOUL'I.'ER asked "mr 'll thell' de. E : K with canvassers--the license inspectors. | bating what did it amount to? Simply t K | The Government has twuken $69,000 of the that «il the members of the House were | p < d licenso money from the people. For this responsible for the increase of the it * :. all the people had was a law onforced in indemnity, 'The charge against the Op. f $ the worst possible manner,. 'The Tile position was that they had _ impro. 1 I * ds Drainage Act favyoured the rich farmer to perly brought up a proposal to reduce the [| 6 S O e the detriment of the poor farmer. 'The snlaries. . It was the speech of the member $ are $ess teeling of the country was in favour of a re. for Stormont which had suggested the de. | wil "35. duction of the indemnity to members and bato, _ He did not look upon the present $ s the salaries of Ministers. A g.ouon as otuo otlvan:;t of contigicnce in the b x / V Mr. -- McCRANEY congratulate« h 3 N i oin t hey were in favour of a (4 E: Mss House ana the Provinceo fpo: the :loseto¥ reduction they now had an opportunity of lA * M s' the boundary arbitration, and compli-- e xu%'kso. The id " 1ot _wuh '.tq iL § & 4| mented the Attorney--General upon the case a s . mevns r oper _ responsibility t f y n ag i > o om the members of the Opposition + 1 JAi ® which he had presented before the arbitra-- s s i f '«é tors, He was not one of those who had he incrente Jad been nikdo . sb . tie : 7 : * ".gn'e d the '"round.robin." ' "He 'did not nu"o'o%on of the Government, snd was ac. | [ '!" kuow, being a new membe.r, whether it was septed by tho O Aavivape l : 0'f ther_e | | +# oo |-- too much or too little, but ho had consented :;::"lzoh\;ltld'e;at'?? (:,l:.g :fifet::lvh;x:r ;01'1&' o f Ag «yMy to the increase, HMe had remained silent ember w'mov & du%tionto'tt; lgl A 'yyeh when the matter was brought before the g w dit: ll;' a 0? es A0P § : tE 4 House, and by so doing he took a share of fig"%"lf :ntd:fl o:;t;at::t ad :?;.h | & 5s t the responsibility, which responsibility he ?»?un?nl!e& ?h??n upon.tho result.ufic ad> [ " hage o8 was prepared to bear, (Hear, hear.) 'The vocated a change in the school law looking 4 A f A conduct of the hon,. member for East | toward a better and more pormanent series ' ,' 5;7 Urey was 80 iuconsi'tht that he couLd {hl' text--books. He spolxc .t;.;:tinst the 9 , 39 not see bow that gentleman would vindi. Voters' List Act, which had passed at the " | ~ o f cate it before the country and before his con-- l last session, claimiug that it had heen passed [(E .| 6# ; ] stituents, Me sard that when he concurred | for the beneilt of the Dominion Government, < { a d g with the members of the Government in ! Heforring to the speech of the Ministor of «'g --a f iucroasing the indemnity he thought a bar. ! Public Works, in which it was attempted to ud 3 : gain had been mado with the members of | be shown that the suggestion to increase 1 s -- L the Ministry that they should stay at home the indemmnity had come from the Opposi-- i o . and not go out stumping the country against tion, he showed in the roports of that de. fl P his friends,. (Hear, hear.) It the hon,. bate that the members of the Government -- 5 gentleman thiuks he can make any capital had favoured the increase, 'The newspapers ":_' C l out of that he is welcome, 'The hon. mem-- of the country were not always to be de-- | 14. 6. t f ber for North Essex had made a statement pended upon, which was much to be re-- B d /3 <wat .. that many Government members would greited, . Newspaper® writers should" NX U + aoR wote against tho amendment to the sure of their facts before altempting to in-- | "N Ad ré ' amendment becauso they desired . struct the public. !:'or instance, & state-- V > to keep the increased salary, but he ment had been made in the Mail newspaper * j believed that that would not b'e the res. that the sessional al{owauce to members of ¢ son for the votes they would cast. ths N. Y. State Legislature was only $3 | C E: Both the seconder of the amendment and | -- per -- day., . IHse, had _ taken _ great e ; | k* RF / the seconder ot the amendment to the care to inform himself t-horqughly upou | R E: < $ amendment bhad voted against the Govern-- the matter, and he found their allowance t ks ment resolution to reduce the indemnity used to he $10 perday c o mejed 90 a3 1 A! ko and he trusted that they would mainmi.u, sion, which law had be.en. mncndcd.so as t . . ol the saine principle by their vote in the to make the allowance $1,500. Again, the 1 "Ke presont instance. lle quoted from au article same newspaper bad stated that the session i 3 | w in the London Z/erals, published at the time of the Ontario House lasted only six weeks. . M Ee # of the increase of the indemnities, claiming Now he found in turning up the records \ | that the members of the Opposition had that the average session of the first Parlia-- | i o ; Hage done all they could to prevent the increase ment had been nine weeks and throe days ; | 74 «/ oeuey but kad been outvoted by the Government. the second Parliament had s?t nine weeks W es M and another article published since thé and six dx_zys. In the third }arhamcnt gl{e | | c e ppening of the present debate, stating that only session shorter than six weeks (five | N .ms they could prove what they had said in the weeks and four days) was recorded; bDUt | | : 33 former article. Now, as the House sat with their average session covered fully nine | | ~@ §: + t closed doors, the editor of the paper, if he weeks, Truo thero was m recess Of BOMO | 1B 6 f E: . bad any proof, must have secured it from days, but it really counted in with the ses-- | $ fs: c \A § «ome bhon, member. siqn, for the membets 5:ould not attend to | 1|R Mr. TOOLEY--Does the hon, member business during that time. If tho news § a * l?'; i