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0=04, NEW tee—The :Speaker took the
• .‘chair at 8 o'cleck.
After ;entitle,
The order being read for the second read-
ing of 'Bill No. 158, to readjust the repre
sentation in the. House Of Commons-, au
for other purposes,
Sir Jelin-Mitodoneddeaid on the introduo-
, tion of this leill l. explained at length the
Mode of readjustment, and the changes
reposed to be made in the representation
: , in .consequence of the census.: I now mei%
the -"sedertd reading of the Bill,. and .no
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doubt in a full discussion of the changes
repotted the Government will be quite
. prepared to listen to all the arguments that
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may be edduced.on either side withrespect
to the redistribution of the representation.
' • Mr, Blake—I rise to a question of order.
. The Bill *latch is just newed in your
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hands is not the Bill whio ._sw introduced
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and read a first time. I Obeeot: to the
reading et the Bill at -the present time.
By the Bill which waspresente4the other
day and read the firstetimee,itain pro-
visions were mule as to the componeet
partsof the various electoral districts of
the,Province of Ontario,: and,ein point of
-fact that was the object Of the Bill. By
the Bill edread the first time the township
of Clioton was taken from. the county of
Lincoln and added to the electoral distriat
of Ifonck...:‘ By the Bill noiteproposed to be
read the township of -Clinton renfaina, part
of the county of Lincelo, and is not part
. of the electoral district of Km:1.6k. -Bk the
Bill ivhIch was read a_ first time the village_
of Beanieville was taken frOne the county
of Lincoln and put into one of the ridings
-of Wentworth. By the Bill nowproposedte
be read.Bearnetille remains in the county
of Lincoln. By the Bill read a first time
the To"wnetlip of South Cayuga remained a
part of the County of litildinf and. By the
Bill no* on the table it remains part of the
electoral distriot: ote-Monok. There are
other changes in the Bill which ia on the
table as compered with the Bill which ie
read, hot 1 have specified -Ulmae. to you as
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adequate to the purpose of pointing out
that very material alterations have, taken
piece uLth&Blft reed the-Erstetime as itis
now proposed to be read the'..iiecond time.
The law upon-the_subjeot ite.Contained in
May's beak, the oldest editioneat_ page 500
"After a Bill has been presented and read
a first time it is not regular to make other
than clerical 'alterations in at .When
member h.as introduced &Bah) the House
it comae to be an that members bends and
pass -es into the poseession ot the Honed.
No eeseetial alteration. of that Bill at any
stage may then, be made without the dis-
tinct. order of the House." The Bili which
• 'the: hen, and gallant member now asked
the House to read a. second time. was not
the one Which he was allowed tointroduce,
. and therefore:the only course open. to ham
was to withdraw the eider for the second
reading of tee Bill, and to ask leaye to in-
troduce ai Bali in substitution. for it
ee.Sir. John Macdonald—In answer VI the
. how geotleman's technical objection which
was taken only for.the purpose of delay, I
• have to state this, .that the piactioe pro-
posed, which was Objected to at the time
• by the hoegentlemanon. the first readinge
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has beee the uniform piaetice in Canada.,
As regards the pa/Insular ease he cites of
alterations in some of the- clauses of the
Bill„ for which he refers to ixty speech, if
there are such alterations. it is open for
lunettetake his ofeection in Committee of
- the Whole. -
' Mr. Mackenzie—The question is simply
whether that is the 13iII that was read. a
-first time er not -1 galled upon. the hon.
, gentlemseefor a copy of the Bill. He said
bewould.gend it to Me, but the Bill never
came. There is one simple way of ascer-
taining whether this 18 the Bill or not
Let tne, law clerk be called and examined
• Mr. Blake. -The report in. the - gamer&
ehows; it.
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expenditure already estimated for in th
matter. They were going on from bad
worse: 7.4:84 year We had drawn attend°
to the alarmingly rapid inorease of expo
diture.In 1.878 - the. expenditure w
145;500,06'0. The expenditure .for 1880 w
424;860,000, --, aodethe -estimates for 18:2
were f20,475;000. These...estimates teeeel d
an eitraciedmary large expenditure. e
estimates for :1883' amounted to no le a
than 27,999,483, and they were also ask
to expend $410,000 in the shape of eu
to be granted to fishermen, . to Man
toba and in aide of a ship railway
New Bruns -wick, so that about 1,28,400,0
or nearly twenty-eight millions and a h
will bareqpired for the service for 188
This was not including the expenditure f
rolling stook andoi account of -Dominic, -
Janda poW charged to capital 'account, b t
which during the tiinegof the late Govei -
inent formed part of the expenditu
chargeable to incspme. lf he included thes
andlorthe purpose of comparison with t
expendituie of the late Government th
ought to be included, they -would have an
additional estimated expenditure of $365-
000 for reining stook and 490,00O on accouiit
of De -minion lands, making. altogether au
estimated expenditure for the ensuing yeir
of 029,224,000.- -(Hear, hear.) The holt.
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gentleman . opposite answees that
mattered not whether they took thre
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four, five or six milhons - out of t
pookete of the people, because they a cl
it wait back- . into , their . pocke s
or into the . Treasury. He denied that a
great proportion of this money went ba k
into the pockets of the People. When e
found its way ,bactk into the Treasury t
went back, if at -all, into the wrong pocket ;
it went nit° the peokets ofthe friends bf t1ae
nom gentleman oppositeApart from tie t,
it was a bad economy to take more out f
the people in taxes than is required, o
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matter how just the taxation : or how ,w
distributed...It was peculiarly unite* upd- r
the present fiseal- system; where head
-the enormque amount paid into the S'-,
. ,
ary large sums went into :the epooketef
private individuals or corporations. i . A s,n.
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of the times was seen in the fact that ci il
Servante were Complaining ehattheir rem
oration was not equate theinoreased cost
living. There was a. marked increase
eate -years in labor strikes, and the fact
forced open all observant men that t
-tendency- of the tariff was to bear . mu
heavier 4 upon - the laboring than up n_
the wealthier classes. He would... not
-detain the House at any ' length,
but simply move ." That the "Speaker o
not now leave the obair, but that it.
resolved that the expenditure for 1878
23.5O3,000: that the expenditure for 1
was .825,502,000 ,-- that the estimates of t
year ending .30th Tune, If383, amounted
$e7,099,483 independent of several lar
amounts proposed to be added to. t
• anneal expenditure involving * furtla
outlayo! $410.000 more; that Many of t
items charged to capital account are of
character which might more properly
charged to -income ; that a eery : large4
proportion of this expenditure coosistaof
fixed charges oleo; permaneite oharac er
which when once treated are either lima, a
Ile or very diffrault . of reduction; t at
- recent engagements and existing obligati a
will result in .a steady increase of flied.
charges within afew-yeers ;that °nem
has shown. that the consequence of tapi
Increasing, tiharges-- ie to produce gr
embarrassments to the public finance
that the Howie views with regret that
-Goveinniett proposes. to expend for e
year .1883 the sone of g2,906;926 more than
the expenditure.- for. 1881, and 1)4,906, 25 -
more than the expenditure for all purpo
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in 1878." • . . . . - .
Sir L. Tilley in reply_.contended thet
-estimates did not necessarily 'show
'expenditure of equal amonnt; and thou
the hen. gentleman's figures. might be c )r -
vi
'ma they Were misleading. A ceneidera le
portion of that intreesed expenditure eas
net necessarily an increase. of taxat 1. n.
upon the people. He accounted for ,B0
cif the general expenditure by the ext
sion of postal facilities in Manitoba, of
canal system and the expenditure of
additional mine on Toronto herein.
reply to the. statement that ibia unwise
take' more Money out of the P9okets of t
people than required fin. carrying . on
Government; he thought the fact that
timesweresure to return again should
Met by puttingby money noweehefi. ti
were good, ele . rerearked that ficime
speech of the hon. gentiernan. (Sir- eliolierd
Cartwright) it Was evident that he, at :all
even* would make • opposition .- to -
National Policy a plank in hiapietform
: . Mr. Mackenzie said that . whet they
Charged the,don. gentleman - opposite iv th
was increasing baste:in to e an; appall og
.degree. - The Government Proposed to ttelle
827,000,000 by way of Casette and Excise
and Minor revenues from tbe peoele° for the.
next year: He held that this prevalence Of
labor strikes, was significant..., it evidenced
the derangement of the labor merket Bo
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remembered the time -when -a mob of work-
. - . .
ingmen HI • Ottawa were. encouraged . y.
members of Parliament- to go op to : hi
Parliament When the late _Govetiiin fat
Were in office. There were ;no strikers at
_present in Ottawa because all the worki g
men were driven out of Ottawa. (Her,
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hear.) 116 remembered also - when en
were incieed . to walk. -in Ti, - procession in
Montreal, in order to embarrass the Gove n-
neentewhich welt -then in power,. There aa
no sort of lawless or revolutionary proce d-
ing to whichhon. gentlemen. had nab en
'ready to resort and it was always a mater
of difficulty to redo* the Tories tint Of
office from resorting to J3uch donionstia-
tione. .(Hcar, hear.) As to the Natio.ill
Policy, for his own part -nothing wo ld
restrain bine from' expressing his views on
thateubject a policy Which he consideredi
national folly and a national cei
Nothing would restrain him from putt
forward his views as to the fixity" of t
tion when - it was possible. Where
particular politiy- has bechnie the law
_the-1414mi incoming Government would
justified in violently interfering with taxi
ing interests. When - in • office he
publicly . expressed the same view. Ev ry
one who had any love for 1218-.001m:try ,mvet
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_retest against eepolicy which was detitroye
ing. our national trade abroad and briugug
us into discredit with the British .Enamie
in which a -different . policy preeelled 'et
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policy- - *hi& Was bearing-hee.vily u tee,
the . industrial ' ' "classes of . the
community, making the. few - pe.o le'
rioh at ,the expense of the many ;. 41 patty
Wheeh MOB& tci. give slightest proece
lien tPla :'e., ven&.Whith impeieed all. a
Of 01314.0001:111 upon labor, moressingt e
taxes of those who :. toil and earn their
bread by the sweat of:. theirbrowe. It was
easy for hon. gentlemeifopppsite, for those
who had large incipmese and those had
largesenanufatitoriefetO laud a Pelioy which
impotedtaxation upon the -working elapses,
but the time will cenrie when faimeri and
the ieduetrial: population generedy will
.-resent iiterference with their- just
rightte and oat the hon. gentlemen Oppo,
site to account for the manner in which
they Tiave 'abused the .power they by aeci-
dentlibtained a few years ago. • (Cheers. -
. Mr, -Ross (Middlesex) Said it was easy to
see defeat already in the Countenances of
the how gentlemen,. as they strove to
boleter up the waning foeeinees .of their
partly.. . It was said that they going to
snatch a verdict by in early appeal to the
country. Was not that an .evidence that
they were alarmed and desirous of precipi-
tating the contest- before their condition
becante more chaotic than it Was now, and
betel* the people would -realize the full
extent_ Of theepolitioal infamy of which.
they had 'been. guilty during the last
four years. . The aipologetio tone Of
the Minieter of Finance to -night assured.
hiin that he fpr One anticipated thiit ver -
diet. ' (Cheers.). Rumor had it thathe was
not going to _face the mined, but that
distinguiehed gentle.mart from England
(Sir A. T. Galt) was coming to take aseat
on the. treasury benches, and that the
present Minister of -Finance would take
the position Of High .Commissioner to
England. Np doubt the position was e
very comfortable and distinguished one,
but was it not another instance - of rats
forsaking the sinking ship? (Cheers.) He
was satisfied that the amendment of the
how member for Centre. Huron would
commend the ' sympathy .of the people of
the country, .that the electors would re.
quire a:atria reckoning at the bends a a
Government that had increased the ex-
penditure so enormously. (Cheers.)
The House then divided on Sir. Richard
Cartvrtight's amendment, Winoh was lost
on the. following vote: Yeas 48; nays, 99 :
YEAS.—Messrs. Anglin, Bain;. Bechard,
Borden, Bourassii,. Brown, BurPee (St. Jelin);
Burpee- (Sunbury), Canieicin (Huron), Cart -
Wright, . -Caney, Casgrain, Charlton, Cockburn,
Coupal, Dumont, Fiset, Vlemiug; Flynn, _Goof-
friou, Gillreor; Gunn, Gtithrie, Beddow, Irvine,
•Killath, Ring, McDonald (Victoria, NS), Macdon-
nell (Inverness), McIsAac;-35.1alodin; Mills, Olivier,
Paterson (Brant), Pickard, Rinfri3t, Robertson
(Shelburne), "Rogerit, .RosEi- (Middlesex,
Smith, Sutherland, Trow, Weldon, -Wheler, Yeo
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NAYS.—messre.loison, AniyOtt, Arkelli Baker,
-Barnard, Beauchesne,-1 Benoit, Bergeron, Bill,
f3olduc, Bowell, Brecken, Brooks; Bunstet. Burn-
e Nan, Cameron (Victeria), Carling; Caron, Cunon
a (Chicoutimi), Colby,Coursol, Currier,
Cuthbert; Daly, aoust, Dawson, DeCosmos,.
Desaulniers; Domvine, Dugas, Elliott, EarrOw,
Fortin, Fulton, Giganit, Girouard gamines
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Cartier), throuard Gralidbois,
Hackett, ' Hay, Hasson, Homer, Hooper, Hur,
team, Jones; Raulbach, 'invert,
Kirk-
patrick, lir.anz, Landry, Langeyin, Lantier,-
Lopgley, Macdonald (King's), Macdonald (Sir
John), McDonald (Cape Breton', Macmillan, Mc-
fileCuaig, .McDougald,McLelan, McLeod,
iltIcQuade. MeRory, Massue, Merrier, Metliot,
Mongenair,. "isiontplaisir, Moussean, Muttart,
O'Connor, Ogden, Patterson (Essex); Pinson-
- heault, PlumbrReid, Richey; Robertson (Harrill -
ton), Rocheider, Ross oeiradase Rouleau, Ryan
(Kontreali, Rykert,- apron's, Stephenson, -Tease,
Tetlier, Tilley, Tyrwbitt, yanee, Vanasse,
Wade, Wallace (Norfolk), Wallace (York), Wright;
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eire Oen:toren (Huron)e-Tbat the Bill
was altered after it was introduced is
beyond controversy. I paid the greatest
attention to the statemeet made. by the
-First Minister, as I supposed he Would
make some alterations in any riding.
- Mr. Mills—The terms oftheBin as
introduced are pretty well known to- the
members Of the eHouse, because there is
• hardly a thing contained in it which, the
. hon. gentleman did not read. He had the
- galley proofs in hishands, andfromthem he
read the description of the limits of the
various cometees and electoral 'divisions
being changed, and neatly every member
of the House noted the observations
he made, and they are in perfect accord
with the right lion, gentleman's - speech as
it appeared in the Hansard. Now, sir, we
have before us a Bill which is not that Bill,
which does -not contain the same descrip-
tion of the electoral divisions, but another
and a different desoription. The right bop.
gentleman is asking to have this Bill read
a second- time as the Bill hesubmitted
some days ago. There isnie room for two
opinidns on, the subject. It is perfectly
clear that this is another Bill and netthe
Bill read the firat timeenad it is not treating
e the Mouse with proper respect to make
alterations in this aurreptitious way. I say
surreptitious because we see we are to be
governed by a conspiracy rather than by a
-Government, and the: --proposition new
made is an illustration of that act.
Mr. Speaker—There is no doubt that the
point ot _order raised is a very important
one, because it will settle forever the prac-
tice in this Parliament and the procedure
in introducing and discussing Bills. It is
true until now the practice has been, to a
certain extent, to alio*. Bills to be intro-.
. dived sodietimes in blank if the gUeS#013,
-was not refired, but there isnodoubt that'
the rule is absolute. It is micro! the p-rjvi-
‘ leges of this House that when a Bill is in
its possession it -ought- not to bealteted. I
think when the point is -raised it is better
to follow the praoticein. the British Perna;
meut-e-that no change except small 'alters -
thins_ shall take place in a -Bill wheo once
introduced, and that the proper (mime' is
to discharge the order and reintroduce the
Bill* nom •
Sir ;ohm A. Macdonald—I beg t� inoia
for, leaveto introduce Bill; No. 163 to
• readjuit the. representation in the. -House
of Commons.
The Bill WAS read the first time.
Six Biohard'Oartwright. said before the
Hauge resolved itself into. Conimitee Of
Supply- he desireto call attention :to the.
'-'•yery Igge addition to the eitraordinary
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.benefioial to the Governinent. The „prin.
Ciple_Whieheitt:Wati now proposed to apply.
to Ontario , lied never been .appli.ed: before,
-except in a ,degree and. in 1872 the
leader Of the Government! had intiMitede
and it lied been :,re-tiolecied. on that side
the . that the experiment would not
.be repeated. - Proper timeeheeild have been
given for the consideration ot.aneMpettent
measuitiof .this kind, More "eespecially as
the Goveininent itself diretitly affected
by it, in oceiseqdence Of the .. hearing it
Would have Upon the approaching election.
The -Governnient. was lodge as - wed as.
party, and ,this i of id Meseuteteiwas :pne
which should have e been .litonglit dowzi
early the -• session. Another :reason tOk
.6111 co, nsideiation was .that; th. is- measure
proposed - a *different :pet. o! jurors - from
those before -whom. the 'Government had
last eappeared. (" packed.. jury," Mr;,--:
140241 reniarkedestitte- voce,' and -Sir -Jobei
Medd; _eye,glitie Of .his tot and . looked
taugeingly aoretie.)•-. Mr. Blake, etintinuing,
stionderniitel the matinee an which the Bali
hadbeen.. - prepared, and ein- scathing
laeguage the changes ' maee- even'
after the introdeetiOn of the Bill to
lip the Tory menebees Of Parliament
Messrs.- Rykeee and Heeeou.cliallenged
-Blake to "meet -ellen:Lein . constituen-
cies, a challenge Whielt Met with the reply
that were -breve, Men to ,"speitee :.such
Words alter having had their constituencies
fixed to suit themselves. The Bill was not
a Government Bill : for ,the redistribution
-of. . Ontario,- but framed for low
'patty. Ode; - and -antis - to use the
majority for‘patteepoiCeses. • was a Ms&
commentary on the boasts of the lest -
font. ...yeses, This Bill: showed that the
,-Minietekielists not feel Confident' and
Werese.eking by. iegisletioo to inake_rp for.
:the hiss iellioted; by - the Miedeeds. of the
last ,:four : years. A .einallat •-attempt had
been : made.- in 187-2,'. but . it had not soo=
aeacled July morethanthis -would .-sileceed.
.He was . convinced -- the. 'people: of
Ontario would eeseett as they did on the:
well known previous an abuse Of a --
high trust. The him. gentleinan would:bud
that though he might transfer men's- bodies
he could not transfer iniuds; and that
though be :Ottight-transfeiNoters,..in :many
cs,i3eis - , treater their votes
against ,hiniself.• Wags his duty to
appeal, . not to Aonepitators who had
-coiratioted Abie- but to
from • -Provinees._, Who line* the
ties of county botindetieeetio-d"'eleatk them •
to apply 'to the Province of Ontario the
principles they would like to have applied
to themselves. • Thecimety bonedariesby
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the Bill were viciliteed most flagrantly.. :H6
again quoted , remarks made; by. Sir.
John in 1872 relative to the desirability Of
"ihitentelning county boundaries, . and said
the right hon. gentleman • deolere& he still
:held these views, but juetified his present
action citcthe groundthatMr. Mowat had
net followed these . The sianele
would be absurd . even if true; ' but the
argument was founded : on an deter and
entire ' inieunderstanding Of 'Mpwat's
which-. -had recognized throughout
the • prineiple Of elennielpal county repre-
sentation. Mr. Blake afterwards eaek
ne .• *the " plea - of equelielog perm -
and r Chewed:, that whiie
some eoustitlieopiee had 12,000 or 13,000et
population others had upwards of -25,000,
and this sonietiniee in adjoining- eetinties,.
in other oases the population. of the veey.
Mealiest .constituencies, .-etich. as eiliracke
:Mann- end . and ..North Leeds had been
reduced,- . :He Went over in detail Many: of
. the changes to show hove Wail proposed to
"hive"the Grits and strengthen
conetittnieeiseheld•by Tories, ,'giving the
political effectofeach chatige As instance
after instance of. the-- iniquity of the 'Bill
was. brought out - the • speaker e was
loudly - -cheered, by his political friends,
while.- _hie. -opponents, with:. the ' bk.
ceptiOn an .odd 'interruption_ from Mr.
"Plinieb; Maintained a .inelancholy-
The ebeimileete gerrymandering in Bruce
was pakticuletIy condemned, and it ..*ELEI
pointed : out that not only Sir John's pre-
tended principle equalizing the , melee.
tion. was ishamelestly violated in. the
arrangement ef.thenertltand -*est ridings,
but in the latter by cleawnig
from North •• South Bruce ' and N.9rtle
Homo - a riding on the basis of the
election of .--1.878, would give - Aeforrn
Majority, of. ee000.1- - twertty-ni.e. dues_
were municipalitimicatkiedtrem.one county
into. another, .ancl--.forty,One - out of .fifty
,olianges.had been Made in Western Ontario,
-Where it was expected . battle would be
-principally fought'. ten .constituencies
where the .RefOrneers. • had been - hived -
_the: _ 'Refer*. majorities .would. be as
foliows On . . the . -of - the election
of 1878:- North Brant;: 723. ; .0mith Oxford,
;. 14-0.#4 -0444, -.1;105-; West
Ontario, 583; Bait ..Sitatioe, -558 South
Middlesex, -581 West- krace,-'986 ; Centre -
iluioni•-440,;:. iVeet •Elgin, 403
• 2901; OW in thee(' ten conatitUenesieeof.
6,453, or a surplus of '3,000 votes com-
pared with an 'equal • Pinned!. - one
stitnencies Whit*: the -Teresa had been
kept together: The object of this legisla-
tion was to make. te• Tory Minority in the
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country .a.' Tory majority the House.
measure dishonest thaAftatiouhyht. .The
'Honest men could 'not, .ieffor, a
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Goveiiiment date not attempt Baize
thing the OtheeFteeineele 7Mid--11-6-
4ipenledto Members from these Provinces:
to deal with Ontario as - they . Would' wish
to be treated theineelvese.,. But all Able
was not "enough, . and the -'00iiernment.
had. taken care .that they: should;
havethepoWeitt. appointing their men as
-returning-tifaCers, antr.to :do their "dirty
work." •;116 drew a Vivid.- pia -tire' of :the
recent Tory elinneteanclef the handwriting
-which eight have -been_seen on the wall
lotting the Pratt:dee. know that -his kingdom
was finished, and:: That the constituencies
Which had returned hia-Supporterain-187,8-
would not return them :again. The leader
of the ..-Government had determined
appointingoreattires of his Own as retiline
• ing-officeraeto that they 'cool& -ecoomplish-
whet" hialegielition had failed to do, He
910130d, -nieeifigen amendment. -
Blake resumed his _ seat at 3:0.31),,
-having •seolien four '.heilirseJle. was -etten-
tivelelistenedtothreughoot„andirepientlY,
'greeted withloudapplause. : While he was
speaking the; galleries were .-erewdek but
there was &rapid cleating out as soon as
he.fioished:e SheJohneWesobserve&taking
notes while Bleke-WaSspeekilig, and it
: The House then went into Committee of
Supply.. ' . - : • - ' " ,"
Oii the item, immigrant •buildiege We'd of
Brandon; , : • " •
Sir Sohn : Macdonald, in _reply - to - Sir
-Richard Cartwright, said that owing to the
floods in Manitoba ; arteatgem-mits had been
tnade.to delay somewhat the flow of immi-
gration, keeping the people beck for some
days, ao that when'they got there there
might be no difficulty..
•-The • committee rose; and reported' pro-
gress, and the Binge adjoureed at imr?-. -
OTTAWA, May 8; -:--The Speaker took the
chair at 3.-ceolooke
A MO#011- was *'- Made- and adopted to.
remit fees on the Bill- to incorporate. the.
Temporalities Board of the Presbyterian
Church. of Canada in connection. witlethe
Church of Scotland. • : - • .-
.- At 3.85 pern- Sir john Macdonald moved
a- second eeading of his •gerrymandering
Bill: Mr. Plumb, by pre -arrangement, got
the Soot first and proceeded to bewail the
wiping out of. the hietotioal district of
Niagara, treeing its history frow:1792
down. He • thought • some , great public
necessity had caused the taking away of a,
seat from Niagara; and the same want of
consideration of personal interests had
'characterized. ether - changes " Made:
".ele " stated that resolutions had been
pamied • at . a meeting of the electors
of Niagara . against •: the . proposed
change, . Which he had sent to Sir John,
accompanied by a letter from himself: He
(Mt: Plumb) . had ' made every • possible
effort to Meth the eonstitueneY from the
*min which he felt to be impending.. He
had ' centemplated placing his resignation
in the hands of the Speaker, but had been
iaduced. to -reconsider his deterinination.
He evenild net be willing to do anything
which would .embarrass his 'right -hon.
leader. He believed there was mOre dila=
satisfaCtion - at the measure on his side of
the House ;than. on - the other, and :.he
declared he had known nothing of thae0117
tents of the measure Until it was laid on the
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tableoftheHouse. . likeintinuttedthatbe
would no Wier tike part in the councils of
the-co-untry:any.where, andgenerelly made
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a sort of farewell.
• Mt: Blake took the _floor. at 435, and
commented on thefact that the:- second
reading of this Bill had been : Moved with-
out any remarks and withoutany indica.
tion of the omits* pursued. It was pro-
posed to:.cheeige the election law by placing
the nomination of retnining-officers within-,
the entire conertal 91 the -Government, in-
stead of - requiring. the selection of men
Wholtomt heir position Might be -supposed
to mit in a ilia:gal : Manner.... He pointed
Out the 1 eot thet the language in: :the .pre: -
amble of the Bill did not ill -Edify the sweep-
ing changes niade,and then proceeded to on
indicate how the mOreased representation
necessary might have been given. sAdcli-
tionarniembers might have been--giyen to
the counties of Beset Kent, Lambton,
Bruce and Simcoee and! a member- given.
to the , county of Dufferin.... This 'wpuld.
'have given six (mate without_ the upeettal
Ofthe-county-lonnds. ' Siesh an Opera:U(3o
tieethat, or anything like it; "Would 'demand
.
but a elight-ohenge in the map of Ontario.
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opdeequii. -- pew& cutting and carving- up
ii1
Sliis 'pro .ed In*thiii- Bill: The ; bases
.Which the hogentleman (Sir :John) laid
for theft-W.1d' -eeee4-changes ffereAdo nar-
row altogether, nd it 'was apparent- that
the political mp of. Ontario - ha& been
altered% suoh u,xiannor astiweidd be moat
e.
no.
a:
1, a
of
be
t-
ad
tion, -and:especially When the latter had
siloh a poWerful case He thtirefore put up
_ . . • . e -
Mr. Boweltecedo some rouudihrowingeand •
that . .gentleman Was _ Ali y equal to -
1,
tile _task, He conemenced y repeating
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stale charges- anent • the - circumstances -
attending the -defeat of the Sandfield
Mazdoneld - etedministratione and . I then -
-charged the leader of the Opposition with -
having used information secured in conse-
-
t
quence of his late colleagues : ening a tele-. -
green in a Mistake. In usin • such infer- -
neation he said Mr. Blake ha shown him-
self wanting in theinstinctsbt a gentleman. He also made some fitimitipg' allusions to
Mr. Huntington; and spoke of :the 'records
in court; but - when.: tiered by the gentle- e ,
man assailed to repeat those icharges him-
self Or to gol on with his nieintations, he .
quickly dropped this. line off, attack. _Mr.=
.Bowell then proceeded to defend the -gerry"
Mariftering scheme;.conteneing that on the
whole it had -been 'sought telt equalize the -
-population. The leader of e e Opprantion -i
t
had failed to eel" attention lo "the finite:n(3mi -
Where- the- four conitituene es had been • --
repared, - while not having he requisiIs •
. . .
populations. He defended th small,pop - .
le.tion left in North Brace. 1.
At the close of kr. Bowell's .spbeeer ..
Mr. 'Mackenzie inquired if -.,,, he . was the
gentleman charged with open* a tojegram,
intended for the last speaker and divulging
its centents. Mr. Bowelesaid he was: Mr. • ,
Mackenzie indignantly denied the charge,
saying he hoped he had not sat for twenty-
five years in Parliament to be Suspected by
any one of such a meeri Arial as that. He
was unaware Of thecontents -of the telegram
Mita he saw a reference t�. tlie matter in a
newspaper.::
Sir Richard Carte/A-gilt following, saidit
was quite - unnecessary theeit. elookenZie
should have risen -to
an su li an expiate -
tion, as he was too wellettiown to the
peopleofCanada. -Sir--Richa iremideinned
the measure in' the ' strongest terrine - Sir.
Riohatd eppee at some len th, and was 1
followed by other Members.
ATL11d
• The Norfolk - (Ve) Virgin
-16thi-18$1, -refers to: there
effected -by St. Jacobs Oil
Prof. Ciranwell—known th
for his magnificent Art Mos
had suffered .excineiatiee
rheumatism, until he tried
_effects were magical,
For the .11.adle
Cuffs are salsa- •
Shot silks are stylish.
- Ruches rive( -pleatings.
Small /perigee prevail.
Terracottaatookingaare e .
Panier polonaises are pep ar.
sn of January
arkable cute"
'n the ratite of
countryOver
rationswlep _
rments from
he _Oil, whose
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Spanishlace continues pep
Brocades are fast disappe
Watteau overdresses are r
Jet remains in favor with
New hats are laden with f
Gainsborough hats ere out
e Apron overskirts are alwa
Sicilienne is used for elega
Redingotes are new for su
'White barege is used for e
lar.
ing.
vived.
orth. •
&there,
f favor,
s.i vogue.
t costimes: -
mer dresses.
ening drosses.
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Al -
:isiporiont to Tritrellers..
'Special inducements are , ffered you by,
the Burlington toute. It. w 11 pay yenta
_read their advertisement to be found -elte-
where in this issue-.
• 1.1101113 ROSEBEAY, the popular young '
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Scottish. statesman, made characteristic
address when he unveiled th Matte thepest Therm at Dumfries the ther -day. He
dwelt on the- geidus and ch rooter of the
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poet, and observed theeit w . .emphatically ,
because he was a men like o e of ourselves,
lieeseise bis mainspring of action was a love
and sympathy with suffering mankind,
that., Burns' memory was th.the peep's, of -
Scotland that ofa dead, ;brother. His
Lordship drew . an elo.qUeo contrast be
eween the peasant poet 4nd the Prime
.Mitiiiiter- who was born an th Ba1110,year
Lora Chathani. Prior to he ceremony,
the noble Lord retieieed the reedonq of the ..
tOWD. The statue 18 the we of MM. D. 0.
Hill, a -sister of Sir Noel Pttton. It mea- -
mires eft. 1Ilin., weighs alitut tbree toils '
. ,
and is in 8.joi1ian marble,
had hienii the- understanding lieforehated
lideviii541-feltiflild'he would appear ittl
oft!releadsrii.f4 Ede. - la me at ! -192d1 Mu. 'Oath Timga
ALWAYS KEEP OOL ---: - : -
.. Q. sti6kto 'Peng- -
14.Wilra,rtialliegi-ee.
"1- nt _plan, And
...w • ether it be in
q veldt -141-s of --
1 nee or fishing;
• .- 9T-huy,to ic What -
A
' eter,eiY et' polit-
icAl, filx -s.been
- trieuetlit4 no.ellile-lt.ehre.- , . ..-
i
t ic re is a . cer-
t in - ni stein aa .
I wed for lying.- - -
.. hen it tOlOeS tO' -
II iiing,thatisperi
. 1 Itteeerteloother
0;1 s ibjecteand no: ,--' -
.'J i uht our friends
i the picture are .
,1•4111•Kt‘ .41....-
indulging•• -in that
sipecial- employ-.
sient; as Well, per- -
-_14-taelpeins.,t11,esitibeintirs_71boletritatelres, .. _
aid- -teniners. are
t and the air Is
e oltastheyshould
, beibtitarenot,-)and:
they are -apparent-
1 in the eoeditien..
hen it 'Is -much ' •
tisier to catch
r eunnitism- than • -
for them hatthey • -
i li-m',itioulict:_ibell' mwelel
• s:, provided with
4)4 1. 11111, il b<ittle of Sr '.
, ic..
,T .3;acose OIL, the,
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- . 10 - .Great German.,
-Retinal, for this as well as -other tpai n fhl ailments: --
7- IERPLIi' NAIL ITS. COLORS TO THE ..21IAST,
m Ilello;'Denni *hat is -the trouble?" -"-Ob.-
roil
I'm all broke up," was the " onae to, the. in- .
• -.quiry or an old thipinate of W Inn G. Dennis-
ton, one Of Ferree -ties -war-worn -veterans; well
known in the southern seetiontof this city, who, -, -
, tame limning into the, Aine deftly Officayesterday,. .
-"I thought I would -0 linde [Hie hatehis this - -
: so much in MY life. - I had th elimenatio gout
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'thee:" contineed hentiseere. 411I-nevet -euffered .
- so had that I could not get off_ft e bed- or ,out MY •
foot tothafloer,..arict,would_haVe 'been there yet _
:11a friend hadriareCOlninehd4dST. JACOBS ,OI4 .
. 'tome. I hesitat,x1 soino theef before. getting -a .
:Amine, thinking it was another. one of thoseadter- .
. fisednostruins, but was finally nduced togivelt
- a trial, and 'a lucky day it was for me: Why, -
blesamystai-aiinfter bathing:the linitittoroughly.--
with the Oil I felt relief -And mytfaithwas,pinned .
. rtteBr.-JaqosiaticlikiskOil r Vint . Lfreely say -
. Abittifitliadeleteeen‘-eor .Ifitree-Cat..1 should,- -
to bd In 1
that he was to ..ifollow. He apparently, Ale altecrobtbietii:ii lo stialmos . My -f t in -
' *AL- away.1terits anythintoft dikindlbave eNier
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adViintag: V' •his fellowere by ire t_ . heard of and yterson who dnubts It send them
. competes
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