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P" _ - 'ee-ir---- t '. ONTARIO LEGISLATURE l - l THE HOUSE ADJOURNS AS A MARK op RE" SPEC? TO THE MEMORY " 13' LATEI' MR. H. n. CLARKE. ' ,", TORONTO, March 28, 1892. ' The Legislative Assembly not for only a [ few minutes this afternoon and than ad. journed out of mpect to the memory of the late Mr. H. E. CTarke, one of the mem- born for Toronto. Mr. Mowat and Mr. Meredith made brief but sympathetic tut. drcsseu expressive of the loss sustained by the death of their colleague. The former was much affected, his agitation lever" times interrupting the course of his ro- marks. Mr. Mownt spoke on follows ..- 'l'he funeral of our late fellow-member, Mr. H. lu'. Clarke. has been appointed for ball-past ii to-day. and I therefore tame that, without pron-ceding with the. , Lusiness lor tho day, the, House, do now ' adjourn as a mark of respeet to the mem- ory of our late firllow-uvuuluw. l'he sud- denuess and vireuuistanee of his death made it one of very special solemnity to its all. lie had been a sufferer from heart disiase tor some years, and the trouble had been gradually increasing as ho him- self was aware, and as We probably all had lit-revived. When he addressed the House on Friday. the day of his death, his voice was as strong and clear ao' it had v\t'l' been, and his mental vigor twemed tILo same. But in the middle of a sentence he stopped. sat domt. and in a few mo- ments he reused to live. In view of the. citvurusuttuv, it is s.atisfaotory to remem- l tnn. that nothing whatever had oerurred in the ('lltlnilM'l' on that day to i-reatc an) ext-item'ent or to bring about in any degree the sud end. Not. very much of a stormy kind has taken place this ses- lsion. and on Friday there was happily 1 absolute freedom from excitement attd everythim: unpleasant. Nothing of a par- ty kind had mine up, and the disenssious had been of the ealmest description. The subjm-t on which Mv, Clttrke began to speak was one of municipal taxation, and he was expressing his opinion with ehar- not 'l'is'lit' mildness of manner and law x goaza- when the and event occurred. lion- I "robin gentlemen of his own party in the House saw more of him and knew him better than we on this side had opporttm- ity of doing, hut We saw and knew enough of him to obtain for him our respect and our (-slm-nt also One could not see or know him at. all without being aware of his ".xvcptiortally genial nature. We knew him also to be a man of iutegrity--whieh is more imporiaut. He was a pronounced . party man. and was so appreciated by his I "my that he held the slttve of tly. lead er's lieutenant in this ilouse. and acted as deputy leader in the absence. of his thief. As a party man. ate necessarily; {Huh oppoitte views to ours on most debit- l abh- questions: but We never doubted that he did so cousviotiousl.v, and that he was a man who loved the right, and supported only what he thought to be the right. At the same tttup he liked to be on good terms with everylmdy. so far as he eon- scicutiously could: and his disposition evi, deutly was to avoid expressing himself to- wards any of his political opponents in a way to give to any of them ltllttettessat'y _ ode-nee. Thus his personal friends Were. moor. and. so far as I know. he had no personal enemies. He was a "neat rspeak- or. had a pleasant; voice and his olr. l serrations always showed thoughtfulness and reading and common sense. All thisl we on this side give him oredit for. eveni when differing most from the opinions he expressed. ills Sllt'ct-ssnr may be a more brilliant "Hit, or a noisier; but the elec- tors and the House will be fortunate if he is as good a man and as useful a mem- brr. llo died after a lifetime of success in business and otherwisv. He died at his tos't as a representative of the people. he died in tho Very net of discharging publie duty. lie died regretted by family. friends and all Wit) knew him. He died without pain, and yet he died forewarned: and he died prepared. Who maid desire for himself a hotter ending of a life thatl must end sometime and somehow 't