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_doubt then constdered.""They w re o e : o Th »-_'7"' m 164 |wu n9F, in the closing days of the dn e al ol ooo ,}.:.g | sessior, there was not e enough to 'Scraptron ansessmelt had_come up.in A give proper consideration to a 1illl 'the municipat elections in 'Taronto. and wh}éh was produced at the request of 'the man wh T had m .M fer -m"éf, £ th: Government. There was not a lu-- the chief plafiks in uils. platform had f wan being cognizant of the cirecunm-- been beaten. The préesent r of To-- stances who did not believe the reagon 'ronto had during the campaign taken to be that ever since the bill was in-- the statesmanlike view that it would a troduced the Government had been >¢-- be better to await the full report of the ~ sieged by representatives of the cor-- Assessment Commissgjon, and he believ-- w porations. + } 1ed tluatlfI hlaPWtotrslll:lp Qtflbmdut'hel't orln,- E. The Premier--No. on. r. Pattullo réesen nsinu-- '% Mr. Whitney--I say positively I mve atlion that the Government had been [ personal knowledge of those corpA-- actuated by any sinister motives. All 4 tions which gave been besieging the classes had equal utf.mtion from Government in regard to these blls. the Government. qe bill was ,;f:""' Continuing, he declared the corp«Tra-- in accord with the prineiples which Mr. E. tions had contributed largely to the |\ Whitney had expressed when dealing general expenses of the party, andhad |\ with questions of a similar nature. It | carried the bye--elections in 1899. The was another case of chickens coming Government had postponed the rejeal home to roost. (Latighter.) of the scrap--iron assessment last yar Mr. Whitney--I do not expect the by appointing a -- commission. _ The hon. gentleman to w:&duw or apolo-- Oe Government had been thre?tened, by flze, but.I repeat that It is utterly un-- the corporations of the Province. rue. P y'@ o & . Mr. Gibson--That is not tru« Mr. Pattullo--I ant quite accustomed fi:n Wtfltney--l am content to lold * to language of that kind from m.q}::m. hos my opinion. My hon. friend will "nd gentleman. _ He 'then quoted from ht I am not through with all the knavl-- speeches by Mr. Whitney in support of fi | edge that is mine on this question bis. contention that the .}leader of the: e Should be Burned gl';p"?:"ll::n ng::d dlgg{:we'dy ;\;ipp(;'r;;d 3 uie cliyimed. e h * went on, had inro-- gentleman had also, said Mr. Pattullo. f du'lche; E Tfii'if.'.'i'iner day which #m voted last session with members on ; to have been burned by the comnon both sides of the House, unfortunately, & an. (Opposition applause.) The :g;np:il&n% ttho eCl:'};':' { '!'ort%nto. antlna: ° Gov e 're-- y ns, to exemp *\ presm'ende';: fie"éfinmfi&ii t!;n:({ the whole 01'18; f'i? :'?du-':'rl'@;.l ln:mely. the 4 K soap manufacturing ektn shments. bill was b?a. introduced in their in I -- 3 s a relief to them from Calls it Inciap; $s 4 :flree:,t:\'v i't'lnsae;'smem law being brought $t Eaitpaclty ? down. To the credit of the corpora-- r. Carscalien ( Hamilton) was a of opinion that the. Government were. to accept it a: tions, they refused p ¢ e | | measure of relief to themselves. He giving another ex lb?tion of its inca--' i would enlarge on these statements, pacity to administer the affairs of the | which he was not making without }:_1;%';12056";1;11::"'1:&%{::31?:'l.p:"eg:;:_t @ . Some gen-- T ; {)lrooi."or::os;'::gxgg ?f&" o':hose l:':se ed to act on it ; brought down a bill to $ rporations had informed him that that end; introduced another measure 3 fflg"?aa told the Government chat &f;afisfl;@; g:fihflrbt. and' now were with-- 4 the measure was not one of relief to 6 $ | $ them. In order to bring into effect the | Unsafe in Welland. | bil they would have e | ?;o'::i%no;:f ltr)x':o %lnicll;almea and |_ Mr. Gross (Welland) sajid that Mr. t ns, or do worse Pattullo's contention Vhat the question take part in the elections, or f Bs than that even. Therefore they had of assessment was not of importance 3 opposed it. The withdrawal of the as-- to the electorate as & whole had better sg;oment bill mogover. meant the not be advanced in Vyelland Counrty. f f throwing away of the work of the (Laughter.) The people of that county experts who had expended much time were much aroused twing to the re-- d care, at a cost of many hundreds ductions in aueument&;n the Lewiston :? dollars, to the vince, to arrive and the steel arch bridges, which would 3 at a conttuston uyon , "whitch _ some doris e e taands mtc [( e ' ephone case E deoe a+ the "Covern bt":l?éwol:lh etha:t HMHamilton. Previous to It'ha.t Judgment a tlion of the Gove enme domination the bridge companies had been con-- ' t : "tle!t,h we;e a:fl:io'::m tent to pay the prope'r assessment. | ad 0 e corpo ¥ Mr. Lucas (Centre Grey) thought 4 Not Afraid pf Threats. | g;::n lfthe it fnat dctllrubtle "t'o repor o s Mr. Pattullo said ttbe ug:"'c":;'e'e::' | assessment commisnshonpo it would be i were quite well abb to ata \ just as fair to leave over the meas. 4 themsel;;a. and tp:;?"::\fn?:ytm :0 | ure just introduced. % the confidence 0: + 6 '» . Whitney's threats. _ He | Corporations Have Rights. § approved .of the action of the Govern-- ; [ a9dn. tr. (Gibson shid tiat tmme es . ment, and he believed that allv(;:xw A | bill practically removed the anomailes a t Nes s te" Aatiadon bady , be |(he mntesment Acoo pur mecomn yan| | « or his own part 8 thought, been worked up bfc';{e 'y:l&ig:el l[he thought that the MAi Wlthdrapv:n, 1 2s th st' 't':e'}h:': le)wthneogounti'y in re-- | aind entlttled 1'""1 tfl',']t to amend the muni-- e drto~ } * clpal act, might have been allowed to gard to the matter Wh=¢:h th.mO.DD?:{_ jstand with amendmenu Drovldln' that € tion alle'ed. Mr. Whht'n;Y-s flgd 'it should apply to certain smaller lowers and the press whic uppo municipalities _ which desired to en-- NNN 0 L