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illi: He had rather hoped that the Pro-' vineial Treasurer would give the House a history of the creation of the trust funds in the hands of the Dominion, as former Treasurers had done, and it made interesting reading. but It is a subject upon which " is hard to ac- quire. definite information. He there- fore gave his version of the manner in which they were created. and charged upon the Government that this Pro- Vince has lost from $150,00trto $200.00!) in connection with the debt of $2,000,000; which he tfgured out the Province owes; the Dominion, through their neglect to finance in a proper way to meet it. lop') position cheers.) Proceeding. Mr. Matheson suggested that the Province could pay cit that debt and at the some time add thousands of dollars revenue to the Province. He argued that thel Province is now paying 5 per cent. in-1 terest upon its debt. while New nruns-i wick is paying only 3. and attributed this to the fact that we are paving 4 1-4 per cent. He condemned this improvt dent borrowing, and contended that if the Province issued $2,f)0i),000 of 3 per cents. payable in 60 years.and by setting aside 5 per cent. annually it would pay tho sinking fund and wipe oft the debt when " matured. This would also pro-- vide n. safe Investment for trust funds. The grammar school fund was form- ed by the setting aside. of 300,000 acres of land. the proceeds of which might be treated in a similar manner to the common school fund. increased only__8250.0QQ._ Thus tle,?,' Another way of making ends meet was by adopting strict economy. He fully understood that with the growth of the Province the expenditure would increase. but there was no justification whau-vvr for the large increase which had tako place. They had horde-s of omeials living on the life blood of this 193' OW Officials Denounced. {Helmet-f: tension to the ,'BlallllRitit k. 'iii' Nhertr is one thing more than another that created distrust A' was that than. pt: fittittls had been going through the rid, ings in the bye-elections, doing the dirty work for the Government. (OD-_ position cheers.) In this connection Mr. Matheson mentioned Mr. Macdon- aid from Parry Sound, whom he had met sitting in the public room of the hotel at Fergus while Hon. Mr. Gib- son was in the some room The same man was in Elgin, but Was kicked out, and he was also in cther constituencies. There was an- other. man also from the? Sault. These men were going round to the 1yyc'-elctetiomi, and what tor, if it was not to corruptly spend 'mnneyer, that this Government had extorted' from the peo- ple who had dealings with them nt tho expense of the Province! They had the Movies also or The outsiders he'll: taken inio "'ektt lillpjin and of tho tlim, f3.,umvnlng(r:whaps tho Attortvry-Grsn- omi could oxnladn- tho rrwaning of the term). that went on more in Coons-'- Lion with tho ballots. [ Thcse men. who did thir only work are i-y.ruployises of the Gtovernnient, who are ta?spon.sihle for the colisciion of thousands of dol- laps of the revenues o-f'thls Province. He had seen one of them down at Na- pzuwe. antrfrtun his looks he would not trurt him won $5.1Z)mvn"in Rum-ail the hon. Minister of Education was there. and thm22uarell hotels were nu. ed with them trytintr to bribe the our pie. Ho taunted the Attorney-Geneml with having attempted to defend sum (Lotion and make light of it, and with offering insults to members on the Op- position side of the House, all of which shows that the hon. gentlemen.were r'1lliatlryr this corruption. MN Conmee moved the addourmtteest. of the debate. which will probably be resumed on Tuesday. 'l The House then adjourned. , 'l The Balance Sheet. V .3 The following statements of 3,536.93. and liabilities, together with the tst,ii, mated receipts for 1899, were laid on the table by the vainclal Treasurer ' for whiskey .m a-month mail the rear; rthion that had been shown in the election courts. . Hon. Mr. Hardy-Does the hon. flaw tloman consider that an insult 't ts of men wouid consider that a compli- ment. (Laughton) Continuing. Mr. Matheson warned the Attorney-General that his conduct was: not fitting to the dignity of Premier of the Province-HOP-ttion hear, hear)-- and was not consistent with the dignity of the House, which had been lowered by the Premier- Mr. HaNy--Hea,v, hear. In conclusion. he condemned the Gov- Crnmtynt for trying; to drag the last dol- lar of revenue from the mines. and ap- Deuled to both sides of the House to develop the resources of the Province) Mri Conmee moved the adjournment. of the glebate. which will probably be Hon. Mr. Hardy asked the nature of the Insult to which the ,hon. gentleman referred. Mr. Matheson replied that it was the Attornoy-Generaps reference to hint Persopglly, stating that he spent more 35