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fc that in this matter wW come deliberation Origin of Referendum Then I want to ft few considering the origin of the a ft temperance movement I now of the referendum as distinct from jibe plebiscite It is said by who not like the present party In power we hate invented get us out of flUfikuItj6s Why cannot claim the paternity the liberal part cannot the of this Measure of reform The- Urinated in the Senate of the Dominion Canada You find the first PTe5ion of approval this kind of Illation brought down by on the day of March I here the report of the Senate presented by Senator jo But perhaps preface this by saying that in and jg5 an unusual number of petition were presented to the House of Commons Red to the Senate also asking prohibi tory legislation There were petitions by nearly Individual there were petition from many municipalities from the of the Provinces one from this Legislature- These petition were referred to a com mittee of the House of Common on one ride and a committee of the Senate on the other proposed to the People The concluding of the re port as follows That Government not feel satisfied that the indication of public opinion afforded the numerous petitions presented to Par liament sufficient to justify the early introduction of such law ft would be desirable to submit the question to the decision of the people by taking a rota of the thereon as soon as practicable- This was in March This of the proper procedure take In such cases became somewhat more decisive in time Members of this who hare followed this question during the last remember that In Sep tember a Dominion convention was held in Montreal at which there were representatives from all parts the Dominion representatives all churches and from all classes- A few days prior to the meeting of that convention the On tario Prohibitory League met In Toronto and through its President addressed to the people remarks which I am now go ing to quote The President was Mr Robert who said The question of prohibition one that require the greatest oh trie part of any Govern ment however strong before to prohibitory law on the statute k It is agreed on all hands that inch a law to be effective must have an undoubtedly strong public sentiment in favor of the law and Its rigid enforce ment What then is the best method of ascertaining what public opinion is on this moat important question Some propose making it a teat question at the polls experience of the past snows that very little dependence could be placed en the result of such a teat Bo many side Issues would arise regarding men and measures that the question prohibition would in many cases be lost light of or be subordinated to some other issue Others propose that a plebiscite be taken thus affording each elector an opportunity of saying yea or nay to that question irrespective of any tother question of public policy This still leave the law to be passed by Parliament which might or might not be done The best way here Is the point would be to ask Parliament to pass a stringent prohibi tory law at its next session and submit It for the ratification of electors of the Dominion at the next general elec tion I agree with Ratification Now this origin of the referen dum on question of prohibition In the form In which we now have It The convention which met at Montreal con sisted of delegates All classes were represented Roman bishop sent his approval a letter to Secretary Galea the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Manitoba also a sympathetic letter Representa tives were there from every Province in the Dominion except British Columbia The convention was in session for era days A Committee on Resolutions appointed This Is the resolution adopted by the convention in That in order that a prohibitory law when passed may have that sympathy and support so indiapensftbiy necessary to success It is the opinion of this the Dominion Parlla- should be urged to enact such a w to ratification by popular vote Now if we are submitting this referen dum In this year of grace 1002 we are only doing what the temperance men approved of by the ffreatest convention ever held Canada In and we are therefore acting in good faith far as their are concerned In ting this law Senator was Pre sident of that convention bad the honor of being present at It further to give light on our action la this Parliament I have the minutes of the Dominion Alliance for The meeting was held in Ottawa A committee was appointed to draft a re solution for the approval of the coun cil and the representative of the al liance present there The first resolution they recommend ed was An act totally prohibiting the manufacture Importation and tale Intoxicating- liquors for beverage pur poses Province adopting such an act by a vote of the duty qualified elec tors This was as late end of A committee waa appointed to steps to secure the introduction Into Parliament of a resolution along these lines The Hint Resolution That committee made a report on of April The committee perhaps as npt very numerous I do not know of the members personally see the Senator Major Bond Mr P were there a from Prince Edward Is land Mr J as and others not know personally It wag not a very committee and have men- tinned of the members That adopted that mode of procedure a bill In iKYor of prohibition to to the electors Acting on from that meeting Mr Flint on the of July in the aftme year in a into the House first two clauses of whch That subject and except as mentioned the sale In every Province and yquor Canada too It via the aim of to re- resent the general public sentiment of hose who believe in a prohibitory liquor law for whole Dominion as the proper- goal towards which to the of labor would much preferred had time been placed at no disposal of who sketched this lino of effort that it could have been in a discussion this was sketched and I trust no treat it if it were an at tempt at a of case from that standpoint- Ttie Mr- Flints as follows 3 That upon rota in of said act being duly- to the Gov ernorGeneral in Council such act shall bought into force in said or Territory and shall in therein for four and thereafter until tho same shall have been repealed In said Province or territory peal shall not take affect until a of the qualified electors in or Territory for repeal thereof the for such repeal to be similar in all respecta to those bringing the act Into force aiajority Whitney Is the majority men tioned there a majority of the total votera Horn Mr is a am- hat I win give- It to you aa I understand it It reads a majority of the qualified electors then the resolution proposing the repeal reads In precisely earns h said bill shall not take effect therein until a majority of the qualified in such Province or Territory voting at an election shall hare voted for the repeal thereof That does seem grammatically very dear that Mr Flint and the Al liance then committed to majority vote a vote of thomajority of the Mr In favor of the bill tbe repeal would require a larger majority t Hon Mr Rosa A majority of the I am bound to say that in read ing the debates on that occasion I one member think it was Mr Bell of Prince Edward Island re ferred to the resolution meaning not a majority of the but a ma jority of who voted but as I said a moment ago the resolution me to mean a majority of the Alliance Manifesto In following out this the Alliance Is sued a manifesto to the people of the Province in which they said The legislation proposed in the report of the committee will be a long step in advance will enable each Province to secure prohibition of more thorough and ef fective kind than be enacted by a Provincial Legislature The- further voting proposed will be not like the plebi scites already taken mere expression of opinion but actual lawmaking action bringing prohibition into force by a ma vote In any Province Voting should be at next general election with out any petition There the words go by majority vote in any Province That brings us to the position where we are now If bo charged with acting from political mo tives and shirking our responsibility we have a pretty good answer in the action of the Alliance and the resolution they adopted I do not know if meets the approval of the AlUance or per haps do not know what we propose When they do sincerely trust our course will meet with their approval 9 The Governments thing more in this very discursive address and I have done will go my friend from North Toronto Mr will allow to that In teresting period in tho history of the House when the member brought in a bill known the bill In ISD3 At that time various deputations wait ed upon the government and asked for legislation asked for Provincial prohibi tion Sir Oliver who was then Premier was not clear upon the question of jurisdiction lie therefore framed cer tain questions which were subsequently referred to Privy Council and on widen the opinion of the Privy Council was afterwards obtained and I am sorry to say without any reproach to Lords of the Privy Council that never could quite clearly what their decision However the Legis lature of Manitoba and also of Prince Edward Island introduced what known as a Provincial prohibitory Jaw That of Manitoba has stood the test of the Privy Council and therefore they acted within their constitutional limita tions Now going back to we are confronted with the pledges which the Government are to have given to the prohibitionists at that time On the of February a large deputation waited upon us I had the honor of being present as a member of the Government and we were asked what we were going to do If prohibition would be within competence of our Provincial Legislature Sir Oliver pledge wan If decision of the Privy Council bo that the Province lias tho jurisdiction to pass a prohibitory liquor law as to sale I will introduce such a bill at the following session if I am at head of Government wxri leWfcoi wseis it Irion itf far i to be within otif const learned and fulfilling that pledge to very letter without any reservation or misgiving either way But some will this Is not a fulfilment of our pledge to introduce a WU and refer it to the people for and that should introduce the bill on our respon sibility as a Government and In the language of our opponents stand or fall by 5t do not know what Sir Oliver Mowat bad in his mind he proposed Introducing the Mil on his responsibility as I cannot at- tempt to what was In mini opinion at that was nar- active on the subject fera- do not want to If It be said that we tote shifted our ground from Sir Oliver time that is the hast eight or nine will admit that sentiment in Ontario Is not as deep and strong as it was then la when the plebiscite taken- the majority for prohibition was In at the aecond plehlsclte It waa under 0OOO a falling off In those four there Is no further falling on In that sentiment- which makes for tem perance and sobriety and without aaek- Id Justify my action by what I think everybody will admit a change in public opioion a change which widespread I take the strongest ground and I shall take it as original abound that the wisest thing for temperance and the wisest action for the public men of this country to let the people Judge between them as to what Is the state- of public opinion on this question The Later Pledges That Is what I propose to do and I do that do to a certain ex tent full responsibility or a certain measure of responsibility for the pro mises which Sir Oliver made pro mises were assumed by ilarch he tttdtyWo take the responsibility J were parties to that pledge were parties to drawing the declaration and we stand by it and wa will not be driven from It because I people tell us In a moment I think sometimes of we violated our pledge That is what ho said In Starch I stated to a deputation which waited on the Government since I had the honor of becoming Premier that I would not recede from the position taken by my predecessors on this question I fur ther said to a deputation on that the Government were always prepared to go as far the law would allow and I had not receded from position A week later I to a de putation representing the You know what our past record has been what our predecessors have agreed to and what is the general policy of the Government upon that question That need not be over and over again because you know exactly where we stand We stand where we always stood We promised in that we would go to the extent of our constitutional limitations and as I said a moment ago the House will pardon the repetition I am assuming that that promise implied a responsibility on the leader of the Government following Sir Oliver The People the Judges We have not receded from the sub stance of Wo are doing in sub stance what Sir Oliver would have done In if we introduce a bill to the full extent of our constitutional limitations and we are going to ask the people to accept the substance of our constitutional limitations our pledge and our duty to the country We are asking the country to consider and review the position taken In and to sea whetnei at this moment or when this bill will be submitted senti ment of the country Is that it will be effective I am aware that we shall be censured by some gentlemen oppo site for the course we have taken and can anticipate what some of the gentlemen and some sections of the press will Well I have no misgiving about that Henry Clay said I would iQ9 shall be based thai Is we arc going to cay that those who are to send member to the Legislature aro qualified to pay whether prohibition in their opinion a social condition or otherwise It has been said In some cases that it would be the vote was taken on a municipal franchise but rather within the lines that control the action of Legislative Assembly Question The next point we hate to arid one of the inost difficult ones la the majority en which it should be made operative I say without hesitation that I favor strongly the majority of electors on the That Is a majority of whole people But there are some practical dMouiUeatn carrying It out which we have If you take l list of say that majority of these shall make a prohibitory law there la of absentees vote be register ed ilany people have died in the and that mode is certain extent You take a majority of voters on the although this Is a question largely for tie whole people I mean for the whole Voting pep- pie and the more electors who coma out and express ah opinion better It has been therefore and the weight of opinion is greatly fa favor of It that there a large majority that we take soma percentage You will have noticed In the opinions that I have read that Leonard favored threefifths of a majority and that a large majority You will have seen from the newspapers and by the opinions of several clergymen and other leading men that threefifths and two- fifths and other majorities are spoken of and all the religious are in favor of a substantial majority There seems to be therefore In the air and In all circles a feeling that If thla la to be efficient have stronger to back It than was the case in the Scott act which had only bare majority The opinion as regards a majority la a basis for which something can be said and against which some objections can be made It may Involve hut a email expression of public opinion In only per cent of the Tote was polled and only id In Any expression limited in lU area or any vote that does not give a large enough majority to Insure of the Taw being observed will not be a suf ficient mandate to the Legislature to put that law Into operation The Majority Required We were therefore obliged to aban don the idea entertained at one time of a majority of threefifths and we ultimately settled down to this view that the vote should based upon a majority of those who in the next gener al election elected the Parliament of of Ontario Let iris be con crete We usually poll votes In a Provincial election j we may poll In a keen contest it runs from to per cent and in some cases over per cent but seldom per If more than onehalf of thus who make this House and who make and unmake political parties in this Bouse and country vote in favor of a prohibitory liquor law then a prohibit ory liquor law will be enacted That Is the view we have finally settled upon Thus we will make the majority of the electorate rule We let the majority of the electors rule in a question of this kind and we Bay with the utmost frank ness that if we can trust the people of this country to change the complexion of House by a majority vote we can trust the majority of the to change the order Of things The majority of people In the United States make or unmake a President a ma jority of people in the United Kingdom make or unmake the Government Gov ernments are Important and Presidents are important hut It more Important for the moral wellbeing of thla coun try that we should not by the legisla tion of a small portion of people put on book a prohibitory law think w the a Now do not want to furnish any exJ for to to vote for and what do not ask for myself I to no I do not want a person to excuse himself goln to the polls to vote for prohibition simply because he la going to rote on a municipal We say oui eiecUona to this House snd important Ions It a solemn point- to say who will be our for the next four years andit even a more solemh for the people of Ontario to say what shall be ths policy qf tne Province of Ontario for next four years It may be for the next years for all I know To mix up that act with the election to would be to- weaken the of tna act- would ba weaken the reapoasl- of the elector be to dim the state of mind In which ha should be when he went to the ballot- box in order to discharge that duty to tha State I do not think J do hot for one moment the that the elector not he put to trouble I have voted for moat of the It took ten minutes of my time In case I voted for the Scott act and took tho platform on Its behalf for week and did 66t the time Any temperance maji who wui begrudge the time in going to the oofia to vote for will be of very little use in prohibition It become operative What we want earnest strenuous men It ia the time for men as Roosevelt would It la time for men to have a little- and see if thla Is going to be effective and if so they go to any amount of trouble In order to their vol and do so without any hesitation And bo we name In the act now so that thbaa who wish to consider what they are will have ample time to ponder on thing iir Whitney- will you pursue an election by ao- i ease of an election by when the percentage la struck for the whole Province there la say per cent of the poJled then per cent will hold where there has been an election by acclamation The Question of There are two other considerations which I will submit to tha House In a few not serious In the operation the business a great many people and a change perhaps in the social orWntxa- of many families but it means a substantial loss of revenue have taken the ground we ehould never consider- loss of aa against the moral advantages of pro and temperance where they were In force have yeara ago have said bo the of say bo now ftat It Is a of choice between the loss revenue and the evil consequences to flow from intox icating we could very well afford to give Up the revenue providing the evil consequences of Ihtenipcrafice could be prevented That la the only Judgment had and vet wo must not blind to the fact that will be a substantial loss of The Pro vince received between the and the Provincial treaaury a revenue of about in tavern and shop licensee end licenses on distilleries and breweries That la not verv much Wo received only We could adjust our finances to that loss without much difficulty No doubt the could adjust their accounts to he loss they would suffer I mention this one of the to he In coming to a as to what bo dona W Outline of the Measure Introduced in Legislature A STRINGENT LAW Heavy Penalties Are Provided For Violations STORE LICENSES to Per mits and Only w which In a time will be repealed rather he right than President and of the Manitoba I think we can say I do not think we need at all to exercise any in genuity or casuistry in saying that bill adopted or by danltoba Is not a prohibitory liquor law to but it prohibit In hotels and In clubs and In private boarding- houses It does not prohibit the nor to citizens of Manitoba who desire to buy It from out laid the Province J do not think that that pledge of Sir Oliver was covered by the Manitoba net The next pledge la somewhat different If decision of the Council is that the Province has jurisdiction to a partial prohibitory liquor iw I will Introduce- a bill as the decision will warrant unless the partial prohibitory power la so limited as to be Ineffective from a temperance stand point Bound by the Pledges It would bo unworthy of me to at tempt by any verbal or or metaphysical distinction to explain away thq force of that pledge I think I could make out a very strong case that some features at all of the Manitoba law would not be effective from a tern Canada should be prohibited standpoint public That the act- prohibiting however or appraisement of that not come force in pledge that whatever or Territory and would do we would and I ifouia Ml J i wrtjn voting at electoral rather take the of redeem- fifvo of nob sot feaah would much rather submit the bill Un der consideration that would give an honest expression of opinion than intro duce it under a view to securing a snatch vote It la un der these circumstances that we oast the of legislation of this kind on the people and if they are cap able of who shall occupy seats In this House they arc capable of Judging to what is the right in a mat ter of this kind Not Another Plebiacite I do not agree with the view that this referendum la another plebiscite The first plebiscite was a much more expression of opinion involved in this bill By the the question which was sub mitted follows you In favor of the prohibition by the compe tent authority of the importation man ufacture and a beverage of in toxicating liquors into or within the Province of Ontario That whe clause of act on which the vote was and ballot on which each elector voted contained this question Are you in favor of the Immediate pro hibition by law of tho Importation manufacture and of Intoxicating as a beverage which provided for the immediate pro hibition by law of tho importation manufacture and sale of Intoxicating liquors a beverage wis a sweeping law Indeed hut the Dominion of if anything a little Clause of the Dominion not reads Ate you In favor of an act prohibiting Importation manufac ture or tile of wine ale beer elder and all other alcoholic liquor for uae a beverage I We ahould have had a dry time Indeedlf beer and cider and all other liquid refreshments ballot on that occasion Are you In favor of pass ing of an act prohibiting tha Importa tion manufacture or sale of wine ale beer elder and all other al coholic for use beverages A Straight Question Now you will see that wo voted In those two plebiscites on a much broad er question than we have a right to cover by tho bill which we arc bow bringing down Wo were voting then upon a question and everybody con strued Into the ballot hie Own thought as to what prohibition might be and what It Involved are hot now vot ing on a question at all Massachusetts once voted on womans suffrage York voted on the question of prison lab or We voted once In Toronto on the question ol labor These ques tion different from bylaws The re ferendum the submission of an act We are an act which if will become Jaw under and behind which there not a clent public and which will so discredit the temperance movement thai it will not rally for twenty or twenty- five years We are greatly Impressed with thla view of the question which has been strongly to us that a bare majority ahould carry A bare majority In a case Of kind Is a very thing to a bare majority even In tho election of members of this House It Is different question It will create a condition of things which will affeot in this Province soma 30000000 or worth of pro perty which will affect the occupation of ten fifteen or even twenty thousand people It will affect the varied trlea dependent upon the of In toxicating liquors for their existence I do not It revolutionary that is too a but it would be such a charge In so many various oc cupations and and It would antagonize those who would be material ly therewith in the firat plae that majority at back it would go under the Scott act went under the liquor act went under In of Now Brunswick where It carried practically- by a two- thirds vote I do riot trying In legislation I do not like what la commonly called backing and filling Wise Government Will Consider I think a wise Government and a wise Legislature will resolutely and with alt down and consider whether It la putting hand to what going to bo effective or what It desires and with the same earnestness I speak to you r I Bay to the people of coun try that never In history of Pro vince of Ontario bo far as the question of prohibition la concerned they more seriously consider the step they are taking hot simply It Is go ing to bo a restraining Influence pre sumably Upon the liquor traffic but to see whether the step they are going to take is one which they will not be oblig ed to retrace subsequently In a few veara Nothing has fceen more ruinous In certain places to tho progress of iveranco than the accidents which befallen the result of temperanoo In cities towns and counties We want to guard ac cidents but I think It is a moat reason able thing that If a majority of peo ple of this Province say time ripe lor prohibition they should bo avowed prohibition Date of voting We next propose that the voting ahll bo held separate from the election ana the Provincial or have fixed lo the act the second Tuesday In October the day for taking the j vote of that the lew fail At Question of Then there Is the larger question of compensation It has been said that any legislation dealing with prohibition of the liquor would not just without to those whoso business la affected The bill does not deal with lhl phase of the It be to provide the ma chinery for purposes Until the bill had passed of Englands greatest statesmen Gladstone and Mr Cham berlain expressed their approval of tho principle of compensation My own view expressed on several occasions and many ago is If we could be entirely relieved for all time of evil effects of the liquor traffic the of the vested interests of concerned would not be too a price to pay Is it In the bill levVany thing about for the reason given I mention It hero one of the matters to which our attention called by soma the deputations that waited upon and which It waa alleg ed we codalder In the event of the bill becoming law If considered at all It bo by some future legislature am making a general statement now to the views that were pre without assuming any ob ligations a to tho future I do not know to soma departments of the trade that compensation would Involve very Urge expenditure In regard to others it would con siderable expenditure That is a ques tion we cannot ascertain or even at Intelligently The money Invested in the trade la nut at soma seventy odd millions of dollars How much of that ought to bo recouped to those in the no can tell at this distant point tho whole question is one that would to bo relegated to ft Com mission a case la aometimea referred to the Master In Chambers and thresh ed out Pledges Redeemed I given pretty fully tho circum stances which led to the adoption of this bill and an explanation of the main fea tures of the bill far putting it into operation If concerned On second reading wo will deal mora fully with the of the bill dealing with the liquor traffic Itself I will be felt that Mil in the public In- tercet hope the bill will bo received by the peopla as fulfilment or any promise wo have made On that am anxious as oh tho other point that the bill will received an effort on part of the Government to for which there been appeal in tbli House The next hope the bill become law and receive the necessary endorsement of the people that It will an effective instrument for elevating of the country and preventing evils which we know serious In every walk of life It a new departure In many it Is a new departure constitutionally and it la a new departure legislatively The principle of the referendum la a thing features of bill are so new In Either respects I can only ask the House With the utmost care to consider Its meritorious clauses and the circumstances with which member of the more familiar than I aim in order the- bill feoelvas the 1 poaor As stated by Premier Ross his dress In ttie Legislature Wednesday when introducing the act respecting the sale of Intoxicating liquors the measure la Identical with the Manitoba bill with the general terms of which tha publlo are fairly familiar The following sum mary of the bill however may of in terest now that the question before the people of the Province In concrete form In all the which may cit ed as liquor Act contains which are devoted to the usual regulations regarding vot ing duties of returning officers etc followed by ft number of schedules giving of documents baths etov used In the taking of totes and the applications of drug- gists ministers and others who Upon the act Coming Into force en titled to their prem ises under certain conditions and for specifically named purposes It Is pro vided that the rote shall be taken on October ballotpaper bearing the simple straightforward question Are you In favor of bringing into force Liquor Aot will be only those who were entitled to vote at tho election which will precede tha refer endum and the hours of voting will bo the same as In the election namely am to 5 pm In Case a majority of the votes cast on are In the affirmative and that the number voting on the or In the affirmative ex ceeds of the number of electors who ftt the general election the not shall be brought into fores by pro clamation from and after May J The Prohibitory It Is provided In sections and that no person shall the Pro- of Ontario by himself his clerk servant or agent expose or keep for sale directly or indirectly or upon any pre tence or upon any device or barter or in Consideration of tha purchase or transfer of any property or thing or at tha time of the of any property or thing give to other person any liquor without first obtained druggiata wholesale license or a drug- retail license under this act author ising him so to do and then only authorized by such license and pre scribed by this No person wlthlri the Province- of On- by himself servant or agent or keep or liquor In any whatsoever other than In the private dwelling house In which ho resides without having first obtained a druggists wholesale license or a drug- gists retail under act bint to do and then only authbrired by such This section shall hot prevent any person engaged in mechanical business or In pur- suits from having In his possesion alco hol for mechanical Or tclenliflo purposes case may be In quantity not exceeding ten gallons at any one time but alcohol used in the preservation of for purpoaea shall not bo Included In said ten gallons or to prevent clergyman from in hi possesion a quantity of wine for boo- rimenUI purposes not exceeding two gal lons ftt anyone but such person In this subsection mentioned so having In his such liquor not use or consume or allow to bo used or consumed any of said liquor a bev erage For the Nothing shall prevent public hospital from having liquor In vnrds hoieai and and vV 5arrd It is provided that or rated may not barter or Kit on their premises and the rams rule ap plies to or houses there are more than three lodgers other members of the Brewers and distillers licensed by the of Canada for of not bo prevented or having liquor by them providing the building containing it does not with any building which under the act may contain liquor Liquor however may be held for export axle No per son shall use or liquor in purchased and received from any person within Province unless it be pTrrchased and receive from a licenses This section shall not apply to any person who within a Innocently uses or con sumes liquor not thus purchased and ficcords Bales must be kept by of all llqtiors sold failure to make such record to be prima evidence of illegal sale liquor shall not be consum ed upon a licensed or in a or brewery are made for the issuance of in cases of need by dentists and vet erinary Burgeons in latter caeca ap plying to dumb animals and limited to one gallon- Holders of a druggists retail may sell only for medicinal purpose and only on bona fide To dentists one pint veterinary surgeons two gallons and to clergymen wine for purposes Penalties and Enforcement The penalties provided for violations arc severe ranging in fines from to and Imprisonment from three to twelve months It Is provided that the duty of seeing that the of this set are compiled with and of enforcing the same and of prosecuting persons offending such provis ions shall devolve upon Inspectors appointed pursuant to this But thing herein contained shall prevent or- be construed to prevent any person from laying an information or prosecuting in respect of any offence or supposed of fence against the provisions of this act and the Department of the shall not prevent any such Provision Is mad for chief inspector residing in Toronto for a local for each electoral vision and such further inspectors may be necessary Every inspector and every policeman or constable shall be deemed to bo Within the of this act and where information is given to that there la cause to suspect that some person is violating the pro visions this act It shall bo duty to diligent inquiry Into the truth of such information and to enter com plaint in own name the pro per County Court Judge Magistrate of Justice or Justices of the Peace with out communicating the name of the per son giving such information answer questions la prosecutions and the burden of proving the right to have or keep or sell or liquor shall be on person accused of Improperly or unlawfully having or keeping or or giving such liquor TUB DILI the do lts possession for the use of the patients In the but liquor ahali not be consumed by persons other than a patient the hospital and then only when prescribed for or by a physician herein contained shall prarant J- Hon Secretary of Alliance Special Despatch to The Globe Montreal Feb Mr J Car son the Honorary Secretary of the 10 minion Alliance hero today saAd re the introduction of the prohibit Ion bill in the Ontario Legislature by the Hon Ross Premier and his determination to the refer endum to the a distinct in advance for temperance cause in Canada The decision of the Ontario Government to deal with the matter in way will Carson thinks be ac ceptable to tho Alliance but upon somewhat of Mr Ross which appears In this morning papers he would not like to give an qualified expression of opinion on tho details of the measure Still he fecU euro It will be welcomed by the workers throughout Canada as undeniable evidence that Mr Rosa fa taking up tho matter in a thoroughly earnest Bplrlt The local branch of tho Alliance will celcbrato Its anniver sary here on tho instant and on that occasion will probably its en dorsement of legislation proposed for Ontario They have ha been asked to take charge of the campaign for the eastern counties of Ontario which can be worked mora effectively from Mont real than from Ontario and they will in all probability undertake this The Molarity To Editor of The Refer ring to the published reports In the newspapers of prohibition bill now before tho the question will bo decided by a majority of thoclectoratd at next Provincial elections I Venture to remark Mr Editor that prohibition party have been placed la a position of great advantage for what is to prevent them from keeping away from polls at the general elec tion thus making the total votes cast as small as possible and then on of October polling their full strength With many party will bo put to one aide for the time be lag that their ends may bo Supposing the Vote under or- denary be