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TOW,»- an: "ai' i t I tgtt, f,'tk'l,frl"e' ',tlli'c "b" . tre, 'c--' an a "lt" n exile - 1 P 4 "elation 1tgigtitts'fa MW ture. fyti.it,ttes,togt, Mr. 'iliiiii,iiri'ii!) . D Mr. Gibson. . . - Mr. Whitney and other members of Iuepeeuit.-esertaiachfr1aws concern the Opposition saw a political motive in: drainage in the Townships of Grey ' in all this, a suspicion that Mr. Hardy, Ahna and -Mekitiop--aEr. Gibson, Hm? Mr. Ross, Mr. Davis and others show- on. . ' Keipectfntftttetaitsrraet Power Com- ed to be groundless. may of' Hamilton (Limitedr--Mr. Mid- Retiring Gratuity. dleton. . . Dr. Meacham pointed out that the Respecting the ""39 03v: the late. gratuity of 8800 to J. Alexander, usher niaettt.td,Ftyhtyr..t1.t. arr . f at Osgoode Hall, after 50 years' ser- Further to facilitate itdtidruf1tt,"e,o/ vice, if given in accordance with the tgr1,igtenl'rru municipal t etr-- e act and on the basis of a month's sal-' o - . ar for each year of service, indicated Ittsrrpecuntr the investment of court thzt he, must have received a. very| fttgtdtr---'rtte Attorney-General. Di - small salary. Mr. Hardy replied thati Respecting the fpyf of the p it was not' customary to grant retiring cm of N1tstrtsra--Mr. Ac1tenson. f gratuities at that rate; if it were done (The House went into Commiteee " some would receive $5,000 or $6,000, and Supply on ttte aupIt1ementary estimates; it would soon be out of the power of Among other' items considered wt" the the Government to grant anything at vote of $8.565 for the balance of the all. Probably a fund wo id be estab- fees due Architect Waite of Buffalo, lished to which the employees would making the total amount paid to this contribute out of their salaries. gentleman 315.019. Mr. Waite claimed Dr. Willoughby, in discussing the much more than 'this Bum, but the' proposed grant of $7,500 for carrying Government refused to accede P. his out the Ban Jose scale act, insisted up- demands, and the settlement is the re- on the selection of thoroughly com- suit of a compromise. There was a potent men as inspectors. He said that brief discussion . upon _the item ot he had no confidence in Mr. Dryden's 825,000 to commence the building of the selections since the appointment of new Normal School at London. The Lieut.-Col. McCrae as lecturer on tub- structure, which will be modern in ar-; croulosis. Mr. Dryden assured "the rangement and graceful in architectur-i House that he would exercise the ut- a1 outline. will cost. $60,000, and it is most care in making his selections. Dr. expected that it will be ready for oc- Wilroutrhts.v't, objection to Mr. McCrae cupation in 1899: . he ','teatitp, not because he was not 9. ve er nary surgeon, but because e Important Changes. did not belong to the class of Jim Upon the item, of $7,500 for the site whom the doctor wished to see appoint-l for a Hoys' Reformatory and Industrial ed to ofllce. ' l School In Oxford, between Woodstock The House went into committee, and and Ingersoll, Mr. Davis announced reported the railway resolutions. some new plans in regard to, _ The following bills were given a final the care of the ". criminal, theI reading :--Mr. McKay's Town of Inger- wayward and the insane. The soil bill, Mr. Davis' bill to amend the contemplated ohartges-1n.volve the Mer- companies act and Mr. McNaughton's cer 13eformatory, the asylums for the, hill in regard to the debenture debt of insane and teeh1e-mlrtded, the Pen: 1 the Township of Amabel. tantruitrheno Reformatory for Boys an . the Industrial Refuge for Girls. The To Correct Mistakes. asyil m are now overcrowded. and White the House was in committee on there are 108 applications for the ad- the bill extending the provisions of the mission of patients that cannot be manhood suffrage registration act to granted; not to mention thirty-four towns the Premier moved the addition lunatics confined In the jails. In the of a clause applying them to three asylum for feeble-minded persons at townships, because of extraordinary Orlllla there are 635 inmates. The ap- circumstances existing in these dis- plirations for admission to this lnstl- trivts. In South Algoma Township tution number 161, and the number Judge Deacon of Renfrew had illegally cf patients in the jails 9. When the removed from the list the names of 52 boys are removed from Penetanguishene persons entitled to the franchise, which to Oxford it is proposed to transfer the had been Irregularly. put on by the harmless hut chronically insane pa- Court of Revision, The Court of Ap- tlents from the large asylums to the Deal subsequently held the Judge's law vacated institution. The old Victoria to be bad. In the Townships of Hag- College building at Cobourg. Which arty and Sherwood the responsible of- has been purchased by the Govern- ricer failed before the revision to post up ment, will either be utilized to accom- the voters' lists in the postoftices, and modate the overflow from the Orillia the result was that many names were instltutidtt or it will be converted Into inadvertently left oft the lists. To cor- an industrial refuge for girls. and feet these mistakes of law and fact the thus separate young female unfortun- Pl'emler proposed that the voters should ates from the old offenders at the Mer.. we allowed to register. Mr. Whitney cer Reformatory. Negotiations are al- Sirenuously opposed the proposition on, so in progress between the Dominion the ground that it was contrary to, and Ontario Governments looking to the sound which)" and precedent, but es-' transfer of the female convicts from 390ml" because, he said, 61 out of the the Kingston Penitentiary to the Mer.. 62 voters in South Algoma were sup- cer Reformatory. The whole scheme porters of thd Government. Mr. Hardy has not yet been matured, but It 1. mentioned the fact as it had been com- in process of development, and when munlcated to him. that seven names all the details are worked out a great had been left on the list by the Judge improvement will be made in the fa- who were in the same position as the 52. cliities for caring for't'he dependant The explanation suesested was that the Ml-it-il-i-g-------------,