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: ' F Perersoro', Feb. 5th, 1890. P _ Drear Sir,.--J( we want the Crooks Act made | _ _ inoperative we must oppose the Mowat Gov-- | ernment. Now thero is no use of us bothering | -- l with politics. Bread and butter and bser is what we want, and if we want to get rid of the | | prosecutions of the d--d license inspectors, with a big. big D., stick together and we will have ' the 5pposmon members vote for us. Leave the | leader of the Opposition and his tnird licuten-- | ant to me and take my word for their good -- } behavior. If we help them they will help us | and don't you forget it. Now is our time to _ bring things to a head. Yours truly, H. HoosHwrap. Breower. P.S.--Keep this quiet, for it the Temperance party finds this out it will burst us. UNIVERSITY PAkK LEsSSEES. A deputation _ composed of ex--Mayor Manning, A. H. Campbell, Vice--Ciancetior Proudfoot, J. K. Kerr and Hector Cam-- | eron, Q.C., waited on the (CGovernment and | argued that injustice was about to be done to them by the passage of the bill before the House concerning the agreement en-- tered into by the University and the city. They complained that all lessees of city property which faces the park or avenues are liable to local improvement taxes, ac-- cording to one of the clauses of the bill. | | POLICE MAGISTRATE ainurks. | | _ Mr. John Gillies, police magistrase of | ' Sault Ste Marie, was in the House yester-- ' day looking as if the air of that bracing | climate agreed with him. He was cordially welcomed by his old Parliamentary col-- leagues, Mr. Gillies having been during the last Parliament one of the most genial and popular members of the House. _ He reports the Soo in a flourishing condition, with splendid prospects for the coming season in building and other industries. _ He returns home to--morrow. ACTIONS aAT Liaw. Mr. French's bill respecting actions at | law was defeated on a straight party vote, | the fuil strength of each side of the House ! being cast for and against the proposed law, | The total number of votes recorded was 66, | 24 for the bill and 42 against. BRIBPRY IN KhkCtIOXN®. ' The vote on Mir. Whitney's biil showed a large number of absentees, ouly 49 members | being present in the chamber. For the bill, | 19; against, 30. 'The Counservatives who voted for the bill were H. E. Clarke,Cruess, Foll, Hess, Hudson, Lees, Meacham, Mere-- | | dith, Miller, Morgan, Rorke,Smith (Froute-- I nac), Stewart, Tooley, Whitney, Willough-- by and Wigle, The ounly Liberals who voted the same way were Clarke (Welling-- ton) and Garson. All the Conservatives present voted in a solid phalanx for the bill. Mr. Dack paired with Mr. French. th 8SIGXNS OF THE FxD. From the way in which Government stationery, old bills,~bills that will never know what it is to boscome law, and other things of that ilk were fiying around and to and fro and about among the members, it is evident that the end of all things is at hand, and that the session will close by the end of the week. remmaranccommenneenceemmemnenmtennvemese