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"woit, . did not determine the think that the present system had any| 1 T 'm.uh' he matter. That was affected by effect on the quality of men elected to| i9 ) +1 moist or dry weather, prOPCT OP g:; the Councils; they mfiu ,t;:z p/ o e u+ (he mo | "l'g ':ctwhx.n':;r:ho introduction 'pall-' j second-- part of the motion, he desired 0 + Councils, that was no . es 'to say 'that seeds were being distribul--; fics into Cc:unty P%'llltl nad dwm" 64 M eseiion o in ie unooment Fraysd a part in Sach c:lectgmc s in his ~@g rection officials--of the depa * -- |at all localities where Boards of Trade, cvounty, and this was no doubt the case § 'fifi{"'*{,'lf,""' Societies, or oth:ly(-l reta;u;lr;- in other constituencies. ¢® y e ies undertook to provide facili-- ny Price. 'Qu for a fair test. I * Repeal at Any -- C * The motion was withdrawn. Mr. Whitney expressed r:'el;pge'&n:; * * t s . Election of County Councils. | :';"'ttw';' ,'.f{,'.','figr?:m?&mnet of the The motion for the second reading of Cnuw Council act. The Minister of Mr. Tucker's bill to amend the munici-- Agriculture had said that the influence E: pal act led to considerable discussion. of the County Councils had deteriorat-- 3 The bill proposes that County Councils ¢d, and the Attorney--General had said consist, as under the old system, of the ibat Townshinp Councils were deterior-- 7 Reeves of townships and villages and ating. For his own part he (Mr. Whit-- s Mayors of towns not separated from ney) was not in favor of the clause in j the county, instead of being elected by the bill as to votes of members of the & popular vote, as is the case now. The Council. but he was willing to vote for bill further provides that members of that if the measure could be passed and e Councils shall have votes in proportion the County Council act repcaled. The to the number of people they represent. inquiry as suggested by the Attorney-- + SW Hon. Mr. Davis said the measure General would, he believed,. result in 3 would repeal the County Council act. | the repeal of the act. " s * Mr. Kidd (Carleton) said the act| The Attorney--General said he had not :s shoul!ld be repealed. The old system had| spoken of Township Councils deterior-- ; werked well; the present act was a) ating under the act. Fle had said that failure, and had led to the introduc-- some contended thet such was the case, tion of politics in municipal affairs and | though opinions differed on the matter. other evils. * | Mr. Whitrey considered that this Mr. Russell (East Hastings) was of statement --furnished sufficient proof opinion that the present act worked | that the people were not all in love with . very well. There was no desire for a |\ the act, as the Government had once change in his part of the country. | claimed. Pr. Barr said the only people who did | ! not desire the change were the County Should be Considered. ' Councillors themselves. Every one else The Premier reminded the House that j | was in favor of a change. § the question at issue was whether the | _ Mr. Dempsey (Prince Edward) was in bill should be sent to the Municipal 'ravor of the change. The best men.'l}le Committee. To do that was to accept | said, were being driven out of munici-- the princivle of the bill. The County 'pa.l life under the present act. \ Council act was largely introduced as . _ Hon. Mr. Dryden said that, speak-- |an experiment. There was under the 'lng for himself, he was in favor of re-- old act a large over--representation in ducing rather than increasing the num~| ' County Councils for the duties they had | ber of Councilliors. He considered that | \':;a perform. He did not think the edu-- ithe clause regarding the voting powers: ° | cational advantages of the County | of Councils was one that should be con-- Councils' suffered by the change. If [demned. _ It would simply place the |\ there were changes needed the House ' 'power in the hands of the few members |\could readily amend and modify the § of Council who represented the largest act, as they did other laws, but it was '""m.be"t"f fl'ec'(""v and that might lead 'due' to the dignity and steqgdiness of to great evils. . Mr. Monteith (South Perth) briefly ,L'e':d';:fi't'fivth" they 'should not pro-- ~A iexpressed approval of the bill. Mr. 'Wardéll (North Wentworth) and j | Not Ripe For Change. Mr. Dntfh(West SIMC:'QY l'hu{wl're-l'l the re-- lal 't. % 'en-- l The Attorney--General thought that ?::' !Br'uf:e: %g:n::::?\de; the':!?e:'ez:feagt . the House should not act spasmodically. for its reduction in the number of | i;rlh:hl"":"o':fl dci'::f;.'::;.';'h"°2;;"'r"'o'°l"' County Councillors, adding that there I se, * e 6 th-- L \ing should be done before the matter mr;e'too many members in the Legisla < | bad come boefore the country for dis-- * cussion. The present act had been in The Division. force some time, and it would be an The second reading was then lost on easy matter to make full inquiry into the following division :-- its workings, and amendments could Yeas--Allen, Barr, Boeatty (Leeds), then be made if found desirable. 1t Brower, Carnegie, Carscallen, Colqu-- could not be denied that the act had houn, Crawford, Dempsey, Duff, Eilber produced one good result, namely, the | Fox, Jessop, Joynt, Kidd. Little, Mar-- reduction of unwieldy bodies, mseting ter, Matheson, Monteith, Morrison,Mac-- jor several cdays ard spending much diarmid, MeLaughlin, Powell, _ Pyne time over minor business, to smaller Reid -- (Durham) 'I"ucker Ward ll' andmmore businesslike methods of | Whitney--28. _ * Es' ho Cns S | _ Nays--Auld, C Mr. Tucker read several newspaper Beat{y (Parry SOtga?wg'?::rd g:;m"_' » extracts reporting County Councii aupt, Bridgland, Brown, Burt, Calid-- K i;ne:t{:gs at which changes to the act well. Carmter: Cha.rlt;)n. Conmee, 1 ad been suggested, Davis, Dickenson, Douglas, Farwell, Gibson, Graham, Gross, Guibord, Har--