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99 F o sag a uw i s 2020 en e t t ty . TEA L be spplied, and took the responslibility of.Insisting that the fAin@nces of the in-- stitution' be put on a suvitamle footing by providing an annual: incoms. The Government hold of the uhtversity should be relaxed. Mr. Whitney also contended that the claims of Queon's University could not be overlooked in amy echeme that might -- be adopted. (Opposition applause.) The Premter's ESpeeoech. The Premier, who rose to conclude the debate at 10.10, was received with loud cheers. _ He thought the tone of the leader of the Opposition was not in keeping with the gravity of the sub-- m which he professed to discuss, He charged that grave political of. tences had been committed, and he l1ad even gone so far =s to say that our and -- punish < perpAtrators -- of" > theso crimes. _ (Opposition aoplause.) <@ /. Educaéational Affairs. In conciuding,. he réferred < to. edu-- cationcal~affairs, contending that grav-- est. defects etisted, and were admitied by al to exist, in the present system, particularly in regard to the public tchools. + The latter system should be remodelled, and a consultative councit to confer with and audvisc the 'Mints-- ter should~ be appointed. The hlfih schools should no longer be merely training schools for teachets. A for-- ward position --should also be taken on the university question. The Provin-- clal University had struggled on undor groat dificulties year after year. On the Opposition side of the House they were determined> that® a remeéedy, ith-- mediate, permanent and lasting, muast b;:'up?ufd. e.r_nd'took the 'responslibility | a se wl eedbes 2s VW PV P uY ltuin» acts in thesé elections, thore were other methods, and other courts in 'which.these men could be tried. (Op-- position applause.) Many a long year would elapsé, he continued, before any sAina_ ; person . in -- the cbungy would believe that the -- West 1-- &in ballots, which alone of the whole caollection . were dangerous to the powers that be, were destroved puréliy by . : inadvertence. . (Opposition ap-- plause.). ~The -- argument that Con-- Wulvea had done these things was o argument at all. A man who com-- mits murder this, year should not be p&ardoned" because | a murderer escaped capture last» year. (Oa gition ap-- ml'x't:e and laugliter.) g?ne the Op-- VY in plause,) ?lj\?ltlv 0 --argh mits m BWwA a 32 c7"°C_1ast, year, (Oag::mlt!on ap-- plause and laugliter.) ite the Op-- position had the power they, would con-- tinue to use all their efforts to discover mawiee ar c c 0 s *eCCCRROY CTFCHelal wWas simp'y the putting up & man of) straw in order'to knock him down. He con-- tended® that while, as his hon. friend had said, the efection courts could not punish ~men -- who-- had --committed céer-- |,-- Referring ,to the report of the North Waterioo Commission, he said that it bore date of Nov. 7, 1899, 'and had been. before the House five weeks, but| nothing had been done by the Attor-- ney--General. The latter bad confined , his. remarks to a discussion as to the advisability of punishment for brib-- ery. --He (Mr. Whitney) would" refuse to, deal: with that whileithe larger is-- sue' was still before them. The whole argument of the Attornov--Cend&ral wal! wi> * Burned Ballots.: Attorney--Genéral was nave 'establisthed > a l})mrk there~at the suggestion; of Lord Dufferin. Negotla-- tions :were carried on by my predeces-- sor, Sir Oliver Mowat,, and the Pto-- vihce fhvested >~&800.000 in the tands that constitute that park. The intér-- est. on that amount had to be paid. We mot it bw certain tolls paid by those , Uwit sess o Aue c c CC C rcee, Coe e Eobh jury of the House. : _Instead of evi-- dence and argument he gave declama-- tion and invective in abundance, ~He assumed that hereafter his Honor would call the House to meet not to do public business, in order to discuss what may be for the interests of the Pro-- vince, but to discuss West Elgin--(Min-- isterial cheers)--the corrupt practices Oof the Bolés, the Pritchetts, the mal-- feagsance of returning officers and / de~ puty returning officers. _ Myr. Whitney was in a pessimistic frame of mind and seemed to be losing faith in the coun-- try. There was not much timber left. Dr. Pyne wanted a smeiter on the We!. land Canal. Somecbody eise said 'there | should be large industries at Niagara' Falls.. Let the Opposition lie in their narrow cloisters and look out upon the great Province with all its great throb-- bing . industries and teeming -- farms., | Thpy had made their bed : they should lie in it. That had been the decree of this: country for 30 years, and it would again 'be the decree of the country. (Ministerial cheers.) 'Mr. Whitney's Niagara Epeech. 'Mr.« Ross went on to referto Mr. Whitney's speech at Niagara Falls, saying:--That speech was unworthy of my. hon. friend. That is my opinion; he may dispute Iit. What was the posi-- tion ? A bye--election was on; it was 'gixp_q%t_%d.,to.be a very close contest. Mr. itney went over there with some of his associates, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Pyne and Mr. St. Jobhn. A good dealj of interest was taken in the develop-- ment of power from the Niagara River. Niagara Falls Power. An agreement had been made for the development of power on the Cana-- dian side, but that development did not take place and the peopleof Niagara Falls were dissatisfied with the pro-- #ress being made,. One of their com-- plaints was that the power was sub. jected to a duty, or rather th&t. we had | laased the power to a . company. some | of; them 'Americans, and to other pér--| gons. and that we required them to pay| £25,000 per year for 1 thati lCage, It was . urged that be-, cause -- of ~the . amoullt of O rmonky| that these men had to pay they did not| devéelop the poweér,; whilé on the Ameri-- can sl(re nothing . was pald. The charge was made last session that .we had given away vast pulp concessions wlgho gutsrecetving proper-- raturn. and ~had given Mr. Clergue an easy-barfa!mat the Son.> If hon. gentlemen belleve, as we be'feve, that any propér asset: should. be. so, managed .so.as .to. yield. a revenue to the Province, then the Gov-- ernment, would 'be: grossly --at .fault iif it dispospfi.of the. Niagara power with-- out some>consideration. _ (Government applanse:). What have we done? We have sestablithed> a park there~at the| itchetts, the mal-- 5 officers~and de-- "B. -- Mr. Whitney rame of mind and aith in the coun-- much timber left. _ Xe it the #otla-- Prto-- lands inter»