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__ -'e- v-v'c- "URI" "an "Within: into account in its to ta of the Rowan If the _ t w" deserving of condo-um " was not be. upe they had been oxtrevamt. but tar reverse:not because they had" W much or their nurplua. but because they _ spent so little or it. The recorJ of the mutant seemed to him to be almost of ground tor reasonable attack from opponents. Certainly they'had made attempt to formulate a. better policy ttr to provide remedies for the evils they claimed to exist. Touching on the pro. hiUition question. Mr. Con-thee referred to the_trr"bt $109519! "WWI. "Xi-"Ulla ttie mbject. on this particular point thought the Wm ot Industry show- ed some inconsistency in advocating on the one hand temperance and on the nth hand the election of county ottleials. The letters from The Globe correspondean who tnavulied through Kansas and Iowa investigating the question of prohihition had, he said, shown that the prohibition law was not well carried out there, but that It was in fact in some cases nothing'; but a farce. He would be exeeedintrly gar. ry to Bee here the same state of at- fairs as existed there undue a. prohi- bitory uw. The evil of the state of things existing in those States he con.sir ered to be mainly due to the fact that the onicials appointed to carry out the law of the State were elected by the vom- munities in which they resided, and were often in absolute cppoeition to the laws of the State. The result could not (all to be disastrous so tar as the enforcement of the law was concerned. He thought. there- fore, he had ample grounds 'or sug- gesting to the Patrons that those two points in their programmi- were entire- ly inconsistent with each other. Mr. Con- mee. continuing, said he would like for a. moment to Peter to the hon. member for Muskolca, who he was sorry to my was not in his place. Mr. Marter had during the recess made some very "rid statements. Perhaps the worst was that in which he represented the surplus (tr-im- ed by the Government to be a myth. He trusted the hon. gentleman would not fail to bring up his charges in the House. If they were true, he was half incline} to think that his friend the Provincial Auditor would have to be sent to join these other martyrs who were convictwi of conspiracy at Ottawa. If he tailed to substantiate his charges, then Mr. Mar- tees reputation tor veracity would cer- 'tainiy suffer most severely. Mr. Conmee concluded his able speech by touching on the impending general election, and predicting that the veteran statesman who had so often led his followers to vic- tory in the past would shortly do so again. He then resumed his seat amid cheers. union he Mr," _ 2 " By dot it he would Me, "l"t T bright to hit :lmdy brilliant re- cord. or Meh hfs fotbwm were so many proud. (Applause) The complaint made by we Opmtion was that the Govern.. ment wag extravagant. my had sold too Puetvttmbse. had spent Bamitteld Nu.emmuipi surplus and had not now as bur a one as they claimed. He thought, on the other hand. that the Govo.rnttUnt' mum afford to mend more money sun. It was may for the Opposition to ttnd tank. "was 'hot Bo. easy to name [mrticnlnr . to name'at the same time the 'iilbtr)iit,a1?, was a wide ftelrl. In it a. m§ "t-.,__t, - - Mr. Meredith was greeted with twp1airse on rising. His first words were to ex- press his surprise that he had not heard the gentlemen moving and secondinz; the reply in their remarks make some refer- ence to the contents of the speech from the throne. There was the declaration in that speech. that the Government pro: posed to deal with the question or rep- resentation. a. matter of the utmost im- portance to the people of Ontario. and yet not one word had he heard either ot these gentlemen say upon this topic. There had not been a. word about the pro- mised establishment of courts of concilia- tion. (Laughter) They had both dealt in generalities. endeavorlrur to square their interests with those of the sections throughout the country which became noisy, and had said nothing further to enlighten the hon. members upon the measures which were to be introduced. That was a. feature at their speeches which the people of the country would do welt to mark. By ordinary custom the mover and seconder of the address were "trimmed to voice the sentiments of the day, and as beintr somewhat in the con- fidence of the Government to enlighten I the House as to the lines upon which the i measuul'eo morphed were to be carried out. He congratulated the hon. member tor IN est Alma. on the success with which he had shown the two sides of the shield with round to the temperance question. could - nu.» ucul. I" If that divs-mint of interests and It. The Government had to ta att Into tag-gaunt in Its new MR. MEREDITH'S SPEECH. in! L . _ I Tiff. r that ' . mo plumb! MM up t . House eviden h--. uvulldule sent but for future gene the Crown lands had a away. The value or th Was then Increasing. and ways be converted into Treasurer had referred n of the Michigan forests. l tlmuted the yearly rev, iCrown timber u 8200,000 I "fter an Int-.....; 7.- "nun. utu 1 statement as to the resources On abatement: which were no he made these assertions and 1 the face of the fact that he r, when a.sked to do so by the to give to a. commission t forming a. careful estimate of wealth or the Province. Could tion of his then be relied um" - V-...--.,y "CJCBUI or $60,000,000 in value, and on t of thut asserted that there a 1n the contention raised by the that the Government should be (1an .m-.»L»- A ,,_.-- va-I) "on Tue uevH a saint was he." The hon. gentlemen had talked somewhat upon what had been done by the Government In regard to the timber and mineral wealth of the Province, and he would say something upon those topics. THE TIMBER ASSETS or T8! PROVINCE. The Attorney-General, Mr. Meredith went on, had said that the timber re- sources of the country were some $50,000,000 or $60,000.000 in Valium 01"" -- -. _ one or tWO matters of general interest. He coincided with what the mover had sold regarding the Canadian successes at the World's Columbian Exposition. He l united with him in deplorine theI wide.. I" emu-u. rennin . t was f necessary. however. $2511". lily comp-4+ ' son with the condition of the farmers of other countries. and Judged by that , standard they might well be proud of the f position at the farmers ot Ontario. But 1 Jt was not by the effonts of this or of any t other Government that these triumphs.thls fortunate state of things. had been effect- ed; it was due to the intelligence, to the Lndustry, to the skill ot the farmers of Ontwrio themselves. It was not 0W- ing to the sums which the Government had doled out to the Agricultural College. and to this and to that. but to the allot-ta ct the (inner: themselves that all was due. And why should credit be taken be- cause of the expenditure ot these _,i',',ri,,i,i,;,':ir,'iri,,',,i,e's,ti,s) These were the moneys ot the farmers themselves, they came from their taxes.' they were raised from their heritage. Again he asserted, it was not this Gov- ernment or any Government that must be thanked for the fact that Ontario is in so happy a. condition, but it is the in- tellltrence and skill of the farmers. He hoped, Mr. Meredith went on, to hear from the Atturruyy-Cxenorin some in- formation as to the nature of the measure to be brought in regarding the repre- sentation of the country in the Legislature; but 'the Government had had two serious blows dealt it lately; theme had sprung up in the country a spirit of unrest, and several new organizations had made their" appearance. and the Government was too,' anxious to appease each, all and every in- try-est which was making itself rent. It was nearing a. general election, and was in much the name position as indicated tit the old rhyme, "When the devil was sick the devil a saint would be." They "ere as conoilutory as possible; but it the people of Ontario were foolish enough to trust 'them once more and to return them to powvr it would again be a case of "When the devil was \vall the m..." "'0'! the WV had ,'.iti.ttltil, F111» the Government '"'f.' F _ m pmhbbltlon, and then the 'iietityder . .301 up and had placed before the' gouge evidence calcm'ued to show that trrohiutton was a. area, that lt was im. practicable. (Applause.) He had lifted the veil of secrecy and had exposed the tac- tics of the party opposite. (Applause) Those gentlemen hoped, as of old. to yoke together the honest temperance peo- ple, whose support they would get, and the licensed "kntuallem whose money they would get. The seconder ot the reply had exposed the hypocrisy of the hon. gentle- men on the other side of the House. The hon. gentlemen, however, had discussed J.m~.wu m value, and on the strength [at asserted that there was nothing " contention raised by the Opposition the Government should be economical careful. On what did he base his mont nu tn .kn .----,, - interruFan, to the _resou/xa, of 00.000. He w tone on " government. The pointed out that in he Province" had an we not only for pre- ,Pnerations, whereas d almost all passed the Crow) timber and timber could " nto cash. The then {a to the destruction .13. and had then or revenue trom the! Agtrut -- Ions and estimates hi that he hag! declined was we" the ugh} The hon. gentlemen ', upon what had been were no proof; and Tmm the had then, It that in 'e had an [Y for pre. 1. whereas ml some in- the measure the hepre. Losrlslatttre; two serious had sprung unrest, and ' made their Ontario? They but if enough return a case