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e e CC 2l en ooo e odinegaege ARCH 913 R (o€ h % 1 ® THURSDAY. MARCH 13, : ' eenpnmmmmnnnnmmenimmememsnnemonssmmmmmmimsisivamspnnntaeeemenemnnmmmnsmnnecemenammmments. f < s arty is a Liberal Speakers Declare the Stand of the Party Response to the Call of Duty--Mr. Hugh Munro L # Points to Experience in Glengarry ietaeiiarimgs * 6t in reality :{ppnintf.'(l h}ecztws'\;e"?: On the continued debate in the the Government's St'll"crtw:)':x'm,(;le ;1:) the| ¥ , ie ~ 'esp avions * Legislature Festcrday on Mr. Row-- ]yw"]-t ie 112?:(::(1?:\"h' (-iti;on.q of the; ; + ie C 'rovincial See ar . © Prderny 5s ell's resolution to abolish the ba: t.he county of Glengarry. He en1nha§ll1£e;1 unanimity and harmony of the Iib-- the importance o 1akmg'tlh<:m'!'l i?'lti eral members on this question -- was question of temperance legisla -- $ as + s igsArOns °_ politics. r further einphasized in .IWo vigorous § \]l'rlt\lunrn then dealt with the! speeches delivered by Mr. Hugh Mun-- iniquity of the -- three--fifths T'E}Uif'-g ro (Glen§arry) and Mr. Sam Clarke e showed how unfair it was by re--| Ca% xort! berland ) The onls calling that there were '_'8'] li('t'.nSQS "nl €Woest 1 mnum. tg o Hara ied 1 s I" municipalities that had given majori-- speaker on the Conservative side was ties agilhnst any licenses, but were un-, Mr.-- CGeorge W. Neely (East Middle-- able to have their desires granted ow-- s Tia o draw an an-- ing to this provision. sex), who attempted t 1(111.\\ l.l'l {'I j Hl;l'.r]:'(\ (;()\p(\rfl"'\('nl- ho said, took 'ecent --eclectio1 C s alogy from the recent by--cl« ,L & : "fl eredit to itself for recently having nl'! that constithency. yr: *A 3. I"('.'\ McCullough sent to New York to in-- (West Peterborough» moved the ad-- terview Dr. I~'riodm:m|'1"l'og'al'dl_nfl h:;':i C is cur a --view taur 6 , e debate. tuberctulosis cure, . wi *. W 1 gOurni!! .m oc £ne s i Paatiiepas for gettingz new and effective means 'nf' Speaking as a H\illlllf'dtlln',j lessening the. iravages 'of . the 'Wh'lteb many years, Mr. Munro's remarks had plague. Tt would be: more m-pdna.fl.e' the weight of experience. .'\('inl'tt('(.\ly to the Government, he Sald, if 1t 1c. Huestion» of teimperance "'g\,rml abolished the bar and removed the the que: . ag } j most prolific cause of disease. was one of the greatest before'the peo-- | P ple of the Province, yet it was str::ngei A Loyal County. in the face of the resolution pass-- Mr. Munro --then vlf;alL 1\'1;2 thle d last vear the Government had not charge made by Mr.° Pratt _(Fouth CC 9t "o l ; & s o ~Norfolk} in the House to the effect even intimated what it proposed to do s 5: Fi%l D SrOMbIH _ ircatl ; in hotels He | that '"if you scratch a Liberal you h"A'A"."!"L" 'lli:!'lilfl'h y 17\'.0'_"'1;(;\]7* ;n; will find an enemy of Great Britain." a s mats '(" 4 hx'((h-m.(]/ th'c~ i{d()p(iun} He said he noticed that in the ad--| glengarry county since | 3 & | justment of the difficulties between| f local option there had been . a s + Af j * id V o d raaat on of csimie: and he de-- | \Mr. J. Q@>. Anderson and Mr. & C.] «&reat diminution of erime, anga ic.| Pratt in the House previously in the| 'lared that the rising tide of l"»lb"b; g ; ; | clared that h N n i afternoon Mr. Pratt did not withdraw! ntiment in the Province was more s h ta» sentime} i9 s 'ovenrent in this| his sfatement about the navy and the responsible ""_ ."I"'"'!""} tion passed by j alleged disloyalty of the Jiberals. Mr. respect than'an1 ,'h'f"' id aaa ! Munro said: '"Does the honorable the present Government. j member intend to brand the members Aa Opportunity NMissed. of this Opposition traitors and dis-- s « 'est Northum-- loyal men?" He said he would re-- Afr. ;\;znl. t I:'n-l;x' ( W r,\,:'t'.' 0 c ds sent--as strongly as possible the Wevland) said that the position ¢ E charges of the member for South Nor-- L.berals on the qauestion was in re-- folk. As to his own county, he said § e o f duty. % 1: c hing Pm m ggonse to the call of dut § ; more medals of the Peninsular war vH#f you won't go first, lot us fi'o could be found in GGiengarry than in first," he declared; "but if you will, any other five counties in the Pro-- we will drop behind and shove you vince. Such a fact, he said, proved abead." (Applause.) that he and his riding could not be The three--fifths clause was a han-- accused of disloyalty to Great Britain. dicap, and not the benefit claimed by x y # | the Government. < It was useless of | Mr. Neely's Evidgenee. o n Psn stainee on uf th'o'malb"ltyin(:i' Contrary to the advice of some of the Legislature to prohibit hg _4 | his friends, Mr. (@. W. Neely, thei portation or manufacture of l','fl"(:;:' lected Conservative member for East| "'but this House can refuse to license j \Middlesex, recounted the history of| any bar in 'mtm'm: § + ebate he campsign resgponsible for his elec-- Mr. Munro, continuing the 'f-atfiE [on last October. He pointed out said the effects of the liquor nr(f' 16 | hat in the township of London -- the' were a curse to 1}"' F "?;"'Ce *;. ine! largest township in the Province, and' the Dominion. : Both _stC es" _o Soint. ! with eleven licenses, local option was :. House were ""am"m'.lz((;nn)lnlsnlnani:l defeated three years ago by a small | He referred to the Y';»]' l;l«'(nse last majority, and that the riding in which| mously &'d"l'"""_"?" t "; s ir)n'pflyl'tan(""' that township is situated elected him | session. seiting forlth I(" islation. _ H#» to the Legislature last October by the | &f further r<>>t1'u t:,\\(' th§ ('o\('rl;mvnt? largest majority ever given in the his--| wanted to Imm}1 y y clear ito somg | tory of that riding. This was a' could not see its ."\,"-m it leg'icl:ilinnl great testimony of the efficiency of the rest of 'h't' o fli"nw 'The benefts| the present Government's temperance anhd ]V"l"" r;)",' gll"'m(l" from prohibition policy. He argued that there should which ha res mt 7 f o n eacy Ts in six or eight EStates of the Union he no change in th? government s * h on H--lAo#n method of dealing with the question, were we'i«snow1. and that it was no use to swap horses Conditions Improved, f while crossing the river. 1 My;. Murro then called attention to' The Call of Duty. oved conditions in his county,| s :':Ig;np':.as now aimost entirely dry.| Mr. Sam. Clarke (West Northum-- A -- remarkable change had been berland), in a characteristic speech, brought about. There was a notable deciared that the proposal to abohsh absence of crime, and in the town of| the bar was no catch ery launched be-- * C * 7 P / # a « Alexandria, where he resided, there! fore an election. To the leader of had not been a serious row -- since| the Opposition it was the call of duty. local option was carried two -- years It did not matter to Mr. Rowell if ago. -- The UGoverninent ~ had --taken it did not bring him a majority in great credit to itself for the benefi-- the country, nor to the members on clal legislation it had passed in the the Opposition side. But he would interests of temperance. The Tising| muke every member of the HOl}SG say tide of public sentiment in the Pro-- whether or not he would abolish the vince during the past twenty years, open bar in the Province and put an Mr. Munro said, was largely respon--| end 'to the reta,ll. sale of liquor at sible for the Government's action on | the first_oppo.rtumfy.' the matter. | Mr. Cla;'ke, continuing, pointed out Continuing, Mr. Munro showedf that the Government, with the con-- what evil effects followed the en--| fidence of the moral reformers of the forcement of the liquor law from the| Province and the liquor interests be-- volitics shown on the License Boards. hnd it, had missed a splendid o or-- J f i | , pp He paid a tribute to the efficiency and | tunity to lead the way to put an end thoroughness of the work done by| to the bar.. The Op'osmon would the license inspector in his county. be behind the Government. 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