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ti Mr. Garrow reminded the House that the Government had not adopted formn- Ottawa methods in dealing with the public domain. A resolution de- daring that timber lands should be put up to public competition was sup- ported by a small and Spartan band ot Liberals numbering forty-nine and op- rn.rtod bv 104 Consprvnthmn We fay- -"----'--_-"_ area the greatest detail iiiiied',tnt,t prudent expenditure in the Publ 0 ac- counts, and expressed his desire that the fullest opportunity for inquiry should be given before the Public Ac- i counts Committee. He complained that Mr. Whitney, while quoting his words as to the composition of the Public Ac- counts Committee, had misrepresented their application. Mr. Garrow admit- ted that he had said that the commit- l tee was a partisan committee, hut only ;in the sense that its composition was [ partisan', as is that of every committee :under a constitutional system of gov- ernment. He did not mnon to imply that it was partisan in its method of treating the questions that came be- fore .it. Mr. Whitney, who arose at 8, began his speech by congratulating the Trea- surer upon the manner in which he had delivered his budget speech. He"errti- cizod, however, the range which the address had taken, complaining of the infinity of the subjects with which. " was eheurnhrred. The people of On- tarin,.he said. did not care about the financial history of the Province, ot whether saru1e,eld Macdonald hoarded up monny, was parsimonious or lavish. hut they wore concerned in the present i-nnt'iitiiun of the finanrhal pi'ulilem and in tho tinatwla1 outlook. Before proceeding farther with the gen- {.1111 question of tinancP, Mr. i, ""nifnoj.' turned aside to reply to: someof the remarks made by Mr, Gart , row. When Mr. Whitney made the suggestion that a short time ago the member for Huron was . disaffected suilporter of the Government Mr. Gar- i-mv arose and characterized the state- ment as being absolutely untrue. Mr. Whitney, proceeding, said that Mr. Garrow. in deprecnting the continua- tion of a. course which was developing into personal abuse, seemed inclined to speak from a pedestal. As a. matter of fact personal abuse did not come from the Opposition side of the House. and he hoped that the protest of the member for Huron would not go un- herded by the members on the Govern- ment side of the House. The Opposi- tion leader denied that he had posed in the country as a tin-party man, and he adhered to all he had said In eulogy of the late Sir John Maodonald. There was no foundation for the statement that he had repudiated Tupper, Thvmp- 'SCH. Bowen and Abbott. As to the 'letter of Sir John vMaodonald to John Samlnvld Macdonaid, the present Gov- ernment had followed the tormer's ad- vice by increasing the number of Min- isters and paid officials. Coming baok'tn the finances, Mr. Tvlrltncy sand that the Premier had apt-ken of the trust funds as a, part ot the cash surplus, a statement that Mr. Hardy contradicted. Mr. Whitney, therefore, did not insist upon it, but promised to refisr to it again. He at- gued that the annuities. contrary to the opinion of the. Premier, represented debt, and were not mere promises to PHY, as Mr. Hardy had said. The lead- er in very warm terms complimented his lieutenant. Lieut.-Col. Matheson, for the manner in which he had as- quitted himself in his reply to the Trea- The Treasbrer's Arguments. The Opposition Leader. 85