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% T ~Mr. Davis spotke l::t ux(el m:?ula.rttet(;l; m ade, but an in-- ing in favor of the reduction o 8 uv':o:l?.lg;: &at right. When numbers of County Councils gnd the | factory inspectors were appointed practical difficulty of meeting . this } was a complaint that they should wish. On the whole it would be difMi--. _not interfere with the factories, b.\lt no cult to suggest a better plan than Mr. one has heard any complaints since. Hardy's, . He himself was rather in \He thought that if the inspector went favor of the abolition of County Coun-- into bakeshops and called the atten-- cils altogether, and thought that would . 'tion of the proprietor to certain evils come in time. He agreed with Mr.: | he would make the improvements, and Haycock's suggestion to do away with i in course of time the state of the shops the exemption of small counties from | would be greatly improved without any the act. Twelve . Councillors, . he | drastic measures. The loaves that are thought, should be tue number for all | scattered about every day as food counties of 40,000 population and un-- should be made in clean, wholesome 'der. Mr. Davis also agreed with the 'premlses. He would be glad to know effort to introduce cumulative voting. that one--tenth of the alleged evils did The measure was conceived in a liberal ' not exist, but if that were the case the spirit and would fulfil a long--felt want. ' bill would do no harm. o Mr. Haggarty was inclined to fear {| _ Dr. Meacham thought that if the vil-- that the peculiar conditions of his own |\ lage bakers trespassed upon the rights county, Hastings, wouid prove unsuit-- | of the public they should be brought to able for the bill; he, however, was on |\ time the same as the city bakers. the whole in favor of it. Mr. St. John ' Mr. St. John agreed with the prin-- then, on the ground of the importance ciple of the bill, but thought it would | of the subject and the slimness of the | _ | have a tendency to complicate the ma-- l House, moved the adjournment of the ; | chinery of government. | a | debate. Mr. Hardy urged that they | 'The hbill was then given its second get on with the debate, so that they | reading. could get the bill mlt(l'l committs&dMl'; ' 1CIN 17 INCILS. St. John was unwilling to withdra REBDUCING COUNTY ogunt his motion, and was suppored in Hon. Mr. Hardy then moved the this by Mr. Marter; but Mr. Dryden second reading of his bill to reduce the urged that the debate go on, and, the number of County Councillors, as al-- ayes and noes being taken, the mo'i ready explained in The Globe. Many" tion was rejected. Mr. St. John ac--| municipalities, Mr. Hardy said, require. cordingly went on with hi.s speech, | a large number of Councillors while urging that there had been' scarcely | they are being organized, but could enough popular request for It. le ob afterwards do with less. The number jected to the bill in that the principle 'has outgrown the necessities of the | underlying it was borrowed from the | situation. In some cases the number': United States, and was wholly novel of members of the County Council was | and revolutionaury,. There would be half as large as that of the Ontario | clashing between the County Council Legislature. The present.blll did noti and the Township Councils, he urged; propose to make any provision rog';ard- | the cumulative voting clause, he also . ing the future pay of the County Coun-- said, would prove a weakness. It was . cillors,should their number be reduced. a principle of Henry Georg'sm ?"' 7 It was easy to make another proposi-- Socialism of the purest kind. Mr. 3t. .tlnn. and no matter what number of John added several other objections to ' Councillors was proposed someone the machinery of the nill, and con:--| would suggest another number, so that cluded by advising that it bae held over | some general scheme must be formed. til next year. Mr. Hardy then ran over the various Mr. Kerns spoke briefly, roemnarking propositions that had been made to | that the bill proposed a most radicai reduce the number, and pointed out change. Mr. Little thought the coun-- F how they had all been criticized and try hardly knew enough about the bill f ldc*l'oatod. The number of County Coun-- yet. He also thought it shoul1l be | _ | cillors in the Province had Increased withdrawn for the year, Mr. Moore | from 766 in 1858 to 1,165 in 1893, requir-- ; was on the whole opposed to the bill, \--_] ing.over $50,000 a year in salaries. Their | but in view of the great demand for ® work could be done just as advantage-- | some such measure would like to see y ously by one--third the present number it go to committee. Mr. Reid (Adding-- 4 of members. The scheme proposed ton) wanted the bill he'd over for a w would not affect seven or eight of the year. Mr. FPlatt was emphatically in -- counties, but the number left who i favor of the bill, and wou.d like to see 4) -- would be affected by the law would be | it applied to all counties. Mr. Rich-- 1,035. The scheme proposed would re-- | ardson was afraid that the bill would 6 duce that number to 384, or a reduction | shut out a good many excellent men. of 651. The scheme proposed that two ! Major Hiscott stood up for the County a commissions, composed of Judges, one | Councils, resenting the aspersions that Fe for the western and one for the eastern | had been cast upon the Counciliors. o part of Ontario, be appointed, to divid« The bill was then passed. S the counties into districts, each of ' l'on. Mr. Ross' bill respecting cer-- which would elect two Councillors for tain proceedings und>ar the Separate "a% / the County Council. They would be Schools act, Hon. Mr. Hardy's affect-- *J M ' elected for two years, and by the cum-- ing@g the timber slides comoanics act, e | ulative mode of voting, each voter hay-- ' Hon. Mr. Hardy's respecting the es-- CcB I ing two votes, both of which he could, tates of ingolvent deseasel pers9Ms, 6¥ | if he chose, give to one candidate. Hon. Mr. Gibson's relatinz to the raw ||\_. | Some persons might cry out that there of life insurance, Hon. Mc. Hardy's in | would be gerrymandering, Mr. Hardy | relating to Crown timber. Hon. Mr. |_____ | went on, but that would only be human s | Gibson's to make further provisions re-- -- nature. The commissioners ought to do | specting Industrial Schcols, and Hon. ||| . _| their work without any knowledge of | Mr. Gibson's respecting lHJouses of Re-- E, _ | how their work would affect the county | fuge, were read a seconl time, and ieX ' politically. It was a bill calculated to | the House adjourned at 11.50 p.m. °_ | do good to all parties in the communi-- | p e 2 | ;\ The bill did not affect the status of | MUNICIPAL »COMMITTBEE. P oT Jeputy Reeves and Councillors, but + '"A ' merely referred to County Councillors. fRe mos.t important bill discussed at [ WR | wr. Hardy concluded by saying he the Municipal Committee this morn-- 'thnught it was the best plan yet pro-- ing was Mr. Taylor's bill to amend f °_1 posed for a solution of the problem the municipal act, with reference to | D | of too many County Councillors. the burning question of actions for Mr.Gibson (Huron) said that this was damages. Mr. Fullerton, City Counsel the best solution that had been propos-- f?r 'I:nrpnto, Mr. Drayton of the \ ed yet, but thought that the act might City Solicitor's Department, and City ¢ be applied to the smaller as well as the Solicitor McKelcan, of Hamilton, were larger counties. He was willing to give present to represent the cities, which _ | the bill his hearty support. have of late suffered severely from 4 Dr, Meacham was, on the whole, in a(-itlons $ 'thls description. 'The bill [R [favor of the bill, though he drew at-- originally was to strike out the clause y | tention to some matters of detail, the requiring 30 days' notice of action in chief of which was the use made of case of accident,; except in case of »' cumulative ""ting' which he thought df.ath, when want of notice Should be J would not work where only two men no bar to action. Mr. Fullerton point-- | were to be elected. *t?d 3;" ":; groun Coppeamences of ex-- [ Mr. Haycock thought that the b f ending the term for notice, saying | as a move in the right dh'ectlnlninl. ?fiat rtihere o Eround for betevmg _ f-- fCould it be put to popular vote the t aj dn."S e Toronto employ agents _ PEprinciple would be carried by 90 per !| C Oppie Poifout mured in accidents t 8 nt. of the people. He was afraid of | to bring suit against the city, and optional clause, however. The Do-- that notice is carefully delayed until hion Senate would as soon extinguish in winter time all evidence as to the f £f as the majority of County Coun-- umount of snow and ice on the road-- ; He thought that the act should way has disapperred. There are over \ A compulsory. He also thought that 100 suits pending against the city as * » puld apply to all counties, Mr a result of the winter which is just , fock went on to comment at """one amPl o upon the details of the bill. The city is required to be an acci--