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'No member offered tn speak. and Mr. l Hardy thereupon said that ha would he i enabled to make his remarks wry Mi. f. i He was bound to say that the spe:w':u v: I ot the mover and secondc-r of the at. dress were very creditable to mum-i selves, to their constituents and to th" 1 House. He did not call to mind a. more , extended, elaborate and tittished Lr-l, dress than that of the mover. or one} more practical than that ot the S('l'-! onder. during the 24 years for which It., ', had been in the House. These. two gentlemen were valuable acnuisitions, to the House for their debating power , as well aa for their executive abilitv. i There was no greater task to whichv this Legislature could set itself than that of carrying out the promisesi which Mr. Pattuilo had held out refer- 3 ring to the development of what was . called the New Ontario. He wished to ' ieongratulate the leader of the Oppo-: lsition and to offer him very sincerelyi ihls thanks for his kind and friendly) i words. There was no one in the House 1 'tor whom he had personally a. more} sincere regard. He passed on to the. other leader in the House (Mr.Haycoclr), . the senior of them both, the only Icader who was not new in the House. He would not call him the Nestor of the leaders in the House. because he was too young for that. but nevertheless he remained the leader of his own party, and the party remained as it was; '. are had been no change in it. Mr. rdy hoped that Mr. Haycock would continue to ttil the honorable posi- he occupied as leader of his party in the House. Mr. Hardy paid a warm att', of regard to the Lieutenant- or. who, he said. had felled the Mttternatorttu onlce with general ac-L ceptance. He expressed the hope that his Honor "amid soon he restored to (his former health and vigor. His ab- sence. the Premier said. gave an op- portunity for the selection of one of Toronto's most estimable citisens. a Vigorous applauae greeted the Prom- ler when he arose to speak. It was al- most 6 o'clock. but it was agreed that the House should sit beyond that hour to give him an opportunity of conclud- intr the debate. t Mr. Hardy expressed his gratitude for the forbearance which had been exercised towards the. address. and for y kind things that had been , would save calling the House et ltr again to discuss it unless some members: opposite desired to n it. and he had had informa- that they did not desire to discuss t further.' It so. he could call the ITouire together for an evening sm- sion. (' thousand one who Mr. W ands. I I PREMIER CONCLUDES. ly Winds Up the Debate kBmtht and Vigorous {1"in vase recently decided "by the Privy] Council. which held t,,l)th the Lieuten-, "nt-Governor of the P Vince directly'; represented her Majesty, and that the! Legislature, in legisla'thg in the name _ of the Queen. exervised as much au- thority as the ,1,','lgrti,t,f,f.'ar"ament or the Imperial Gover men . A TRIBUTE T031333 SPEECH. Mr. Hardy said t t, e was pleased with the sli1iltfil)S2t)tt2Urvtt','v of the leader ot the Oppositio In not tipdintr ' 1erioy.a fault with mg? speech from: to say before Confederation that his views of constitutional questions were always right. When Sir John Mac- donald made the statement that his opinions of constitutional questions had always been maintained, he could make it safely. because then there was no tribunal of test, but it was only when there was a tribunal to which these questions could be referred, and which was final, that they found exactly where the constitutional right in the Judgments of men was reposed, wheth- er it was in the mind of that most dis- tinguished Canadiam Sir John Mac- donald, or whether it was to be found in the great ability, painstaking, studi- ous and laborious life, mind and Judg- ment of Sir Oliver MOwat. It was the duty of tho Government to lay these things before the House in the address, but they might have added others. They might have referred to the de- ('ib'ion recently giverrby the Court of Appeal, in which it was held that the legislation of the House and the power of the Government were absolute in rc- lation to the appointm?t of Queen's counsel in the Pro%n6i l courts. But there was romethi. Je/g,' it.. The decision was foundlgd w, 'something in- finitely more important, because It touched the very .'rauttoations of the rights of the Provincir--the name of her Majesty. It ,r',.r,tig"ri1,t"', upon that case recently deci A by the Privy Council, which heldztm the Lieuten., ant-Governor of the Vince directly represented her Majesty. and that the enemy,