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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1879-01-30, Page 1• 1r04. 14, NO. 5.- TERsis-$1100 rer 4uflUJ he *salience. AND" CENTRE RURON GENERAL ADVERTISER. CLINTON, ONTARIO, zriuRsDA7, JANUARY 30, 1879. I E. 'stolen Ere 4: SON, publishers. Om Nip rti ototen'to TAXES. • T.A,XES; GODERIell Takes must be paid to tile Cellecior on or hetore the 24t11 or Nehteeiteee next, or etePs will be taken to dolled them. OH weeps, Collector. Goderich tortiship, an. 80, isse. • • FARM TO LET. • Tum subscriber offers that conveniently situated Farm, consisting of lot el, Oat ooff. Of fiffklilOY, oentaining 70 acres, of with:11.50 are cleared, to lot ; live acres under fall wheat, and a considerable tonount os feu ploughing aone. et is about"one mile from 'Var. na and sir miles frQ111. 0linton, A. 9000 Jog hetlaa, and frame baV. and stableS wtil watered.. For farther' partieulars apply to • X. W. etsehs. Clinton, Jan. 30, 1879.. . • . . EXPLANATION. T ilexteue Aeolus that I sin mono eo-o"Piilerieeetae. the mistake made in diggirig the grave tor the Inte Mr. SnldH: Corrbet instructionewore given to mo by the Superintenadent of the Cemetery. Thge. rounhl belug covered with snow,ankthere being few graves" in that • part of the‘Comotern, I. failed to distinguish the lots, and I beganto dig the grave n the street. Tido beteg kindly.pointed.put to mo bY P. parson'who came therer I filled up the place X. had dug, and dug anothei, grave on a lot which turned out not to be the right one. person advised mo to sleet that one. It ii the first Inistalce of the kind raver made, and I greatlyregret it, and apologize to'all parties concerned for the trouble caused by it., • • ' . , WM. WHITTplGTOlg. Clinton, Xan. 04,1879, . PARLOR CONCERT: PA.IiIplt Concert, under the 1111811i0OR Of fhe Wo. pans Foreign Missionary Society, *ill be hold at the residence of Mr. W. MURRAY, on the evening a • THURSDAY VBRUARY 6$11, 18T9. uthesi....avats Bervea anria„; tho evcning,and a committee have been appointed to select and prepare ohoiee variety of ream, both vocal and instrumental, • whill,be rendered during the eVotin. AlaiSS10.*;* • . 25 C1intob,,Tan:900:879; MeltILLOP IIIITUAL FIRE:INSURANCE SHIM THOS,..A!EILANS, AGENT, ITA Itr,JOaril CONTV:‘ • "7:' - Farmers whaling to insure will find' -this •Company , onkel the best and cheapest to insure in, and win be'. waited Jilt at their homes if information be sent to the- • Agent s' °nice. VALENTINES, VALENTINES, -- VALENTINES,' endless variety and very cheapo Ai` VIM • OLIN .r01.' • )30.9K.-:.'spoim DINGMA.11 & HUMBLE., • lintou,Jan. SO, 1872'. • • NOTICE; • THE, SPLENDID SEWING MACHINES THAT • 11. NORSWakTHY Has sold within the lout twelve Years. haVe. -all given the very bat of satisfaction.. .1.1vorYbbdyseems delight. d with there. Be not 'deceived in 'buying a Sewing 1Iae1i1ee, but go. to IL lionswOurnr, and you will got h est Sewing Machine the worlacenpraduce. PAM to suit the times and time to Suit the buyers. SEWING SIA(.311.N.118 AT ALL P.111XCi;4, from *TO 00 870. Call and leave per order whore you will get perfect' Smyrna; and fftirrrme lifAortmus, and ' the very best;of instruction. . Sewing Machines' of every laake Repaired. Being a Practical machinist; allwork done is warranted to glye good satiefeeticin. TIEth rmkon—HUEON STREET, one door • Wegt of thp Commercial Hotel. H. 1.101t8W0,12TH.Y., Fest Wilco Sox 105; Bina Crartroxr, ONT. RT ESTAT• E FOR 'SALE, . • . • I. Vann:Lot to. 84 in the First-Coneession (Efureri' flood) Vuokeramith, contains 98 acres of first-class lend, about OM miles, from Clinton, board fence in front, good hardwood timber. May he made a superior dairy farm. . 2. Wast Han of:Lot Eight ,In.the Eleventh Conces,. don of Turnberry, flttY Ueres; good wheat land, six miles frona•Wingltara and ono nine from the Gianni:man Stu - tion of. the Toronto, Grey and Brno° Railway., A small clearance. on the front, balance hardwood timber. Would eon eheap for cash, oreitchange for to*n.proper. ty in Clinton'. Apply. to the Owner, Samuel Thrower, at Fair's Mills, Clinton, Or to the undersigned. 4. Tbelarge mut. donvenfent Brick Store, in the Al. • bert Street Block,now oedupied by Mr, jas.11ickliecombe. K. House and lot on Ontario Street, belonging to me. max. Jamieson, nearly opposite' the. English thumb.. Sell bulls; two.stOry Mine house, contanung14 rooms, good cellar, and einry eonvenience. Stable and earn!. age.houee. • ' O. Fltst.class grain store, at trio Grand Trot* Stain belonging, to7.7rarniesen. MR. orOIL -N_ . Below We give entire, the speech ofiSera A. 3,1, Ross, If, p„'P.,"West Huron, delivered 'oh the 16th Inge, during the debate on the addiess. In reference to it the Globe made the fellowing remarks :-, ." The speech of Mr. Ross being ono of the best of the debate, and in its way one of the best delivered during. theepresent Parliemene. A large part of itevaketaken up with an exathination of Semite": Mae- pherson's "tables," the criticism being ea .crushiries that nobody attempted an inter- ruption except Mr. Lauder, whowas soon proved to be as little acquainted with the contents of the Public A.ccounts a. the Senator himself. The " tables" • were shown to be grossly inaccurate and mis- railing with, respect to the expenditure for education, aciminietra don of justice, and Crown lands. management, these De- nartheents being. selected. BpAtAPIP.Ps ... the whole, The surplus canteup riext7Jeci consideration, MreRoss taking the ground, and successfulnly maintaining, it, lhat Trots Withstanding. the amount paid rie. aid of. railways and by- way of eurphis • distribu- tion since fe72,the surplus is snbetential- ly Abesante now as when the Sandfield Maeclontild Government went out of ciffiee, Whatever mod.Pof reekehing bPadopteO, provided the same' method as consistently applied throughout 'When illrellessii self-defence explained the course he took in the keret" session of 1870 with .reepeet teettresincienes.ettewhich-berweit --opposer-le he weir interrupted and condemned by • lily. Lauder,' Who cheered voci ferotiefy two days before when his leedeeeetpld tha Movie, what .was %hot eyen thatethe Peovincial Secretary had spoken in favor of the inererese be secret eessione and had. not been meely enoig1i to do sis when tho. door1. were open.' ROSS said lie Would be As brief as -possible • in. the reinarks • he intehded.to make 'on the Address., There was only two dr three of the subjects -thetein refee, • ed to that he -wonldtouch epon.-, We.are congratulated upon the successful exhibit -Male by. ehie.EettleatiorialeDetmertertent at the late. World's Exposition, at SIttiris and en thesilettering encomiums passed .upon it by educationalists of Other Countriea, 'The percipient Ontariojestly- feel proud itt e• prominent praise and honor given .to ..tleem,aed tbeetAre entitled to_seme degree • .of self -gratulation. have Made much progress eri educational matters. ••• . We have adopted and eetablislied it system of. thoroughly. 'free, and effidieht instruction 'nee -tees e, ea an. 'oho ls' and our liberali- ty in the .cause Of higher education m late years; been extended with no naggaf hand. For that progrese, and that stand - Ara of exiiellence, he held no • individual :could claim the credit. • That progrees has boa due to. the great intetest Our people takein thecause of-educetion, . and be- cause they have in their own handseteeti large . extent, the direct •managenient of their sehoels: The otorethothugh thatcenteol beeetidthe more directly the -will, andwishes of the people, are brought eto beat upon our school-systern the more preetioally efficient will' it . become, and -the More firrely will tlie determination to dvance• and .to 2oeettpV the fitst place Amongst those. nations • Iliadegiiiiiied for libgrality and exeellenee inthis deperle. enent; take. deep Oa in people. It riot do; howevmeto coerce theepeoPle,' or endeavor to forte themth tot in this Oleaction, or make the eestehelf4.0 ccietly or cumbrous,If* do we eeill raise e, spirit'of eppo,eition which .Will retard in- stead of advance tho.. cause of %location. Thefeellog has of late years been growing, that suflicient efieeclean °Deaden is not given to our 7 localtrustees, and that the local taxation for schools is more burdez. some than it -need be, .with . a jpgard to Practical efficiency. • . He believed the changethat was made. two years ago, in Constituting the head of our Eeneetional Department a Minister•of the .0town di.' reedy. responsible to the people-, and by reason of his position in the House brought iminediately. in contact with the popular will through the people'e repres sentativesWas -concurred in the more cheerfully, ehat it .was thought it Would 'lessen that somewhat 'arbitrary • dictation Trom the fermer irresponsible •central thority,which was beconeing galling to the local authorities. eSome modification in that direction has takenplace.'The fernier arbitrary previsions in respect to the ceinpulsoty. employment of .second teacherwhere there were over fifey ehile (nen on the roll, and the somewhat ono-- eree -regulations as to increased scheol ac- commodation, have been largely modified by the present Minister, but•the publie sentiment in the rural. parts i0. that there is tooth forimprovement Still. • • . In regard to the settlenierit of the north- er:a and western boundaries of the Pro- vince, the Goverment were .justified in congratulating the House on the satisfee,' tory eettletnentArriveil at. No time had been lost in pushing this important mat- ter to a speedy conolusien, and a eoncht-' Mon had been Arrived at which Would_ be satisfactory to the people of this Province. While • 'appropriating to the Sandfield. Macdonald Government; all -and perhaps more than all --the share of the"credit that was due to Wier the settlement.of the fi- nancial dispute beeween Ontarbearid Que- bee, the Opposition had beenTery ehary in their allasions to thisboundary ques- 'tion, They did hot seem • to join heartily in:the congratulations that satisfactory settlement had been arrived at so speedily, evidently because their soleinn ptedietions dream of lest session, had not been Vet Med. They then look strong exception t� the manner ite which the Government Sought to artive a1 it settlement by arbit4 .tation, as it contse perilous to the Pro, 7. The large factory banditti and lbt, adjoining the • Grand Trunk Station, formerly occupied by Be). it', with engine and boiler. Premises well suited for .mantitacttiring purpoSeS, perk -packing; do. , -11 Lot 6 nVlcioia3tioet,(Gonion sitrveyli eltoic; building lot, between the G. T. Hallway and t liiver weli-fenced, planted with trees, good well, &d. 9, Lot 04, Frederick street, belonging .to Mr. John • Powell, Geed frame cottage of fire morns. Well and pump. Good garden. Just sontli o Mr..Wm, Shop. herd's rOdaeliCer 61intont Ian. 24, '1810. ne'te. DISSOLT/TION OF PARTNPIRSAIV ltztoTtoE is hereby alien that the Partaorthip hero, .tdfore existing between the Undersigned; ris Gra. aetg in tlio town ot Minton, ti11 bo dissolved by nuithal rionsent In Mareh, All indebtbd to tho arm aro request* ogle, nttlo thO !IMO before the:let of Match; and all t000ntart against the drill are requested tO:be presented for aenioniciitta.paEi. • 101114 OUNI4iNGUA.g. ,illICZNUMAnt etintor, /att. S2,30,1, • . • • , •• .o ' • eince, and predicted failure through this and thrifty settlements -which are rapidcows°, and extended litigation. Their ly forming and consolidating themselves doleful prophecies had not been fulfilled, into independent mutumpahdes„ it was a The result showed the wisdom of the Go- matter ofnecessity, that there must be an ye:mop:Win proceeding by -arbitration- increase of expenditure. The true Imes - 'and net by asserting our claims through _ tion was, had thatincreaseof expenditure the' courts, as desired by the Opposition-:- been •Itistifiable? Had there beeit any 1 as,we bad secured by that means in an in, . culpable extravagance? Hon. gentlemen exPooklYe and expeditious manner, all -totally at a loss for an election- ery„ or that -we could resist:middy expect, aud-Tal 1 what 'charges to ' fulminate against_ the that the.ether side of the House consider- 1 present administration -have 'seized with ed we were entitled to. We had extend- , avidity' the -Pamphlet of the Hen. Senetot ea ear boundaries westward to the north-efrom. Saugeee-prepared for the purpose west angle of the Lake of the Woods, wilt -, --and hurled it as their indiettneet, against 1 whieh the -Hon.Wni, McDougall stiftr he the Gevernment. In their jubilation over wouldsbe peefeetb, satisfied. neves. fors' this pamphlet and their' endorsement of tunate that Hon. gentlemen sin that sale of' the House had not the management Of tSat matter, or we' Would have been com- mitted to a tedious and expensive conten- tion before the Privy. ()well,. which would- rtrost likely have. left us Worse off than We were at present. Welled. acquits,. edby this award. &territory let litrge again . p,iwe formerly possessed, a territory 'rich in miner:as .eiehelee- Wire -told, en agricul- tural lend:possessing also. the fineet.for- eate of timber now .on the.. Anieriean Con- eineet-and by the Htulsou'e Bay, it pros - pee eof epee in.g . up- a. shorter Tonto to the .seaboard and-Europerm markets than by Quebec and.the St. Lawrence,. The cows, try and the Governineet are indeed to lee congratulated on the -feeble . lie trusted that the measure' premised in connection with ;the 'Veter'e List Aet will be iii the direction ofsiiuplifying and renderine • lose- eXerensive the revision of without any desire te•make poliLieni capi- the-vete r Kee:- --Themeneficipal ides- tee me -I-t1L1, 'bti Ysolclj wrth rey aresand• Pettrietie anxiety for the welfare of the country, yet he ventured to pay, no man could reacl his pamphlet without coining -to the conclu- sion that'll° wets one -of -the strongest, most bitter, an(1 mosenee,impfoinising parti- stele that hadeier C0.1110 before the public. There iyas nbebaser chemettte in the whole. be tiin the night threctran. Opp. mind of humanity .than that of a hypo - change was 'asked, vtz.: that the-remuncr, ,er, iteH(hear, hear)-whether_sa religioue .fttide of the Township .oilicials in•connees pp it pol•itierd hypocrite, and such adhere -lion with appeals before the Jedgeesheead acter deserved the .utmese.condennietion.. be left to tlie milnicipalitiee. • , It W8-8 in that character that the lion, (elle I.CARDY) The Finality A et .. of -Senator cone before th earned' y. -No' thing -last session had made that change.. - that Ito had -seen, in • -Mee ROSS, .:41-e. was -not.-.1tware_tleat_ .eeMeleoeverey_bild 'shown. suell atroi1gparty such -was the case, if ea,' the. Judges, he bias (78 tlus painjhTet thTIt10 one svftiolr thought, had not acted upon it. • sitae issued : prier to the ,.late Dominion He waspleaeed to see that the Goyern-. election. •It was strange that the non meneproposed teeameed -the Jury Act, to partisan Senatoe's •fitepf paeriodem, (*lee eimPlify and' render it less costly and burs on just before our general election. "Aii- densome than at ..present. He' trusted it iee charges of greens extravagance) were they not. vi rtuelly. condemning themselvee aenefie to fill the positions -they occupy? One of the most important °Me chides of an opposition wile to- serutiniee with the utmost care, - all theiteine of expenditure, and 'the estimates ' yearly snbmitted.. to them: e -If -these .exttaorainaiy. extrava, gen eel eharged by the:Senator, are a new tliscoveryedicheegentlemensopese e u et Mot73. Mote been sadly ("reticle:A.1-h theer d . y, in not challengieg these where th were submitted hi sthe estimates. • The Hon,' -Cemmissioner of, Public Werke had, in his .speeeli the ether eight, clearly sheeen in. how few. instance* • the OppOsitioe had placed on record their -objections to the items submitted,end hew insignificant in - amou lit, • The Hon.. -Senator. caine .belli re the Country • proteSs big to bon thoroughly iinpaitiel , critie, free' from partizanehip, that the present - provieloes entail coneidereble-expense .00 tile municipality; 'and - he syrif •sure Most Hon., geed:Moan Sv uld'reteee 034 1018 rather oil erons „on • the representatives; It is important.that. the list should be correct, but if any sav- ing cite be .effectedOn expense,. it-, will, . :Would be no half measure: In •saying dies he did -pot wish itto be 'understood that he desired. to go so far as some, and abolisle trial by jury altogether.,elle tbe- lieved it was a valuable and efficient sefes gt 'Ilea of the impartial admi.eisteatiou of justice: It was it matter/ however, that should not be frequently meddled with, and therefore, it was the more necessary thet when a change does bike place, it should remove all thosefeatures which exs porience has .shOwn to be objectionable. One of theiMportant things.to be kept in view; was to, guatdwithin reasonable linate of expenser:-.-eaggitist the chance of peeking a jury, in timeis when some' strong motive existed -rt mightbe political or 'aieligious-sto influence thoseinehargeO with the selection or ballot. : Another import- ant thing is to secure as far as possible, - that ;those chosen shall be its. well quali- fied as -elle ciieutestanee$ will permit, to discharge the importent...cludes of a jury - map. With thia view lie hemeetthe second selection tuider the present law would'be abolished, as there wasnone of the weakest spots in the preseet system.: He had. been it member of the second selecting • board fot twenty years, and knew diet it was a useless expensive and dangerous encums bratice (I -Teak! Marl).- Hs, had had the henor, on several occasions, to bring As subject of jury reform before the Mugge He thought that the return he had moved fOr dometwo years ago -and which had been presented to the House -had opened the eyes of the members and the Govern- mentto the -enormous expense which' OUT present system entailed upon the county, and the necessity.for a reform, He waspleasedeo see, also, that it wee' proposed to appropriate a further sum for Drainage works.: He ivas given tounder- stand that;there.wits A larger number of ap- plications for works of this character -:--open drains -than the ineotaing payments of sinking land and interest from former ap- propriations --which is all that is now avail- able for thie.parpose-will meet, and that municipalities that haelpaseed by-lews for drainagdworks, have beenobliged to wait long periods. before their wants eould, be supplied. • He was not aware what appli- cations had been received by the Govern- ment for Mane for tile drainage under the act of last sessioe. In the County of Hu- ron and neighbdring -counties he had not heardsof any. This,he thought, was part- ly owing to the partial failure ofthe grain crop of last,year, and the low prices ob- taimiblerawifiailiadeneteleft our farmers in a position to Slakeoutlays ofthis kind. He was of the opinion, also, that the scope of that measure might be enlargedto per- mit of the borrowing of the money for other thantile drains. In many parts of the country it was difficult and costlee.to get tiles, and menseexpetiericed farmers - tiler% whose judgment he could rely -stat,. td that Oreille constructed of hemlock or cedat, would last twenty years, and were as efficient as tile. He was satisfied if the act witsmade to include weed or stone drains, it would be much more generelly availed of. With regard to the. expendi- tures of the Province, he WM willing to Admits that there had been an increase of expenditure. With a large and flourish- ing Province -increasing in population-. attaching to itself new territories, opening up its•wasten placts-pitahing into its Out-, laying districts its colonization roads and its radivays, ainl plaeting along theen'neW impartial critic should not leesenconeleetons. enmatters of doubt,' but Ole 'matters of positive Ireowledge,e and yet every pege of this documentbristlea.With iesinuations Of wrong -doing that the. writer WAS , not bold enough to charge openly anO broadly. (Gheees.) ' When-the-Senatok-did-not- know anything about what he .was dealing With, he insinuated. It was claimed that the figures in the Senator's tables were strictly correctWith a few:exceptions the actual figures perhapi were so, • His •cherge against' the • Senator 'was that he had maielean improper use of them, and the conclusions he had drawn either showed utter ignorance ofthe subject he iva-s: dealing With, in ade1i1irathattempt to deceive. Ile had not had an opportuni- ty Of thoroughly examining 'theee tidal* He hid only receive0 A eqp3t Of them with hi the lastthree days, . and had not had time to go exhaustively intO theiii, but he thought he would be able to point out to the House to -night in a review of one of them, cehe utter unreliability 64:the hon. gentleman • as a. financial critie,„4aid the tinfohnded nature of the charges of extra- vagance he had Made against the Adminies, eration'. He would first refer to the table ;defiling with the tclucatioetil expenditure, as te which the Hon. Senator said that "between 1871e end 1877 it was increaseci by the appalling slim el $.200,000," and the whole gravamen of the Senator's charge with regard to that matter was that there had been culpable extravagance. The first item he evciuld draw their attention to was that of Normal bud Model Schools, for which the expenditure was given in 1871 of $17,788, and in 1877, $39,922, air increase Of $22,000. (Hewoeld give the amounts in even hundreds.) That in- oreas could be easily accounted Mr. Sure- ly the Hen. Senator was: aware that we had erected in that period an additional Normal school. That the expenditure of 1871 was for one school, 'that.of 1877 for two. Wc4114 anyone say' that, the addi- tional Normal school at 'Ottawa, the chief cause nf that increase, Was not required by the country/ And did not the present leader of the Opposition urge upon the Gov'ernnient to .erect Another:, Normal school still in the city which he represent- ed? (Hear, hear.) Had the GOvemineat acceded to that request, we should have 'had Senator Maepherson, and the Opposi- tion after him, raisirig the cry about this farther increased expenditure which would have been occesion,ed, (Hear,' hear.) Another Rein was that of Inspection, in which, the increase was froin $14,527 ia 1871, to $36;644lit1877rete$22;000: Now who was it that was responsible for that increase/ Who. Wee it but'the Govern- ment of 'Mr. Sandfield Macdonald that changed the mode of inepeetion. (Hear, hear,) The present mode of inspection had been the subject of attack bythe Op. position as being unjustifiable and expen- sive. Before the Sandfield Mitedonald government left office they passed the act that did away with•the old superintend- ents and appointed county inspectors, (Hear, heat.) If the present me& of in- spection is expehsive, the present Govern- ment is not responsible for it. It was left them as a. legacy by their predecessors Rear how theeSenator emphasizes the in- crease 111 this item AS one of his most seri- ous tharges against the present Govern. - merit, he says : "The insPection of schools shottid be very thorough: and much in - proved if its cost be any criterion to it$ efficiefeceer TA 1871 it cost $14,527 and in .1877 it eost $36,644, being an increase of 150 per cent." These items show how misleading mere tables of figures are if unaccompanied with truthful explana- tions. Did the lion...Senator not trade. upon the knowledge, that the great bulk of the electors have not access to the Pub- lic .A.ccounts, and are not Able nor hese they the leikure to examine for themselvee these figures and fix the responsibility for thejnereases ? He was aware of this and the Veil: Senator's conduct in making these broad statementrivithout publishing the .partieulars, Was all the more repre- hensible. (Hear, hear,) The next item was " Training of teachers, $0,300," which repeesented the .cost of the establishment of county model schools, one of the most valuable and successful institution$ that had been establish se -a n d at a very trifling , expense. The Hon, gentlemen .clees not seem to be aware of their establishment, for be makea the exclitination, ." Treauittg -of teachers 1 .:I fancied our Normal schools were . for the eatication and training of .1,14=101.8r, He does pot rteenietrebesewerris filet these 0Ounty Model schools Were es- tablished as mireeries to Our Normal schools, and lave admirably answered the impose for which theiWare intended. 1 • The next item be would draw title at- tention to was uuder the head. " Comanme and Separate Schools" in which the larg- est increase in the table existed, .viz : $67,- 000. In 1871 the amount distributed was $172,983, end 1877 $240,044. -Now what was this increase? but a reeurning to the 'people, in the shape cif i weaved grants te their schools of the -times- whichhad been col I ected 'from them. ' Every ruldieional (Whir -that the 'Grivernin ent peeve leesened. the burden Of their mini -civil taxatiou for -the support of their schools". Was that a corrupt or extravagant ei,penOi- tate. • Ho believed ' thit: people' would not think se, and would:Prefer seeing ari increase rather than it climinutien of ex- elencliture inthet . respect.' In "Peer Schoole" there Wag an increase. of $6,000; and in. grants to Grammar and High School also, an increase of $0,000. ' Did, anyone condeinn these? White we were. ,opening -up our new territory so 'exten- sively it. rs ii.Apeessity that we should beeliberaleneretteAIO-to aeeistthose...straw. glieeg comniunitiee; te establish their ilelioalpe and special grants to these were classed Under the -head of "Poof-Schools.''. The additional aid to High &heels :Wee also to lessening of the taxation of the tnu- nicipalities, ii whieh • thee° Schools Were - established... Another Item in this table was,,f4ibregies,. Maps - and ,prizesee in *hick there was en increttee of $25,000 The arnounts .being in 1871.$34,9o0 .and• . This increase' showed theta larger demand had been -made Of . late yeerety ea' reral School corporations for library and prizebooks, an inerease. not to be depreeated but by every peepible =rine encouraged. • • -• ' 1.1e -must go back in the table, and draw their attentiontoqhe item f` SuperAnnaa- eiOn of TeacherS," Under this head the ex iendituke had been in 1,87.1.,$0,143.,,arel in -1877-435;48-4, Mowing ,Serff•ineree$0. of $29,300. It was natural that. for sortie years after the establishment of, this Ste, pera,nnitation •Fund, an inekeriee *mad take place, as our teachers became7Old in the'service and nnfitfor duty. But who was responsible •for this inerease? Was • it the present Government? Not at all. The statutes heeler which these stipetaris: iniatiens took place were paseecl by the Sandfield Macdonald Government.. 'CM - dee that lale we were 0111 •aetine. (Hear, hear.) He did not object to the expenOis eilre.for this purpese. . He did not believe Anybody in 'dee eountry did,' but he did object 'that the Hon. Senator should en- deavorto saddle the present government with the increase of .expenditure muter this head, for which his own friends on the other side of the Heuee' are wholly _res- ponsible. ' The aggregate of these fildreaS- es he had referred to amounted, in round nuniber's to $184,000e for which eitherthe' Sandfield Macdonald Government ' were. clearlyand Solely responsible, or were in: the shape of a distribution • to the people of the country Of a pert of oursueplus re- venue, ind therebydirectly lessening their burdens of local taxation. Deducting. that amount from 1554,000; the total ex- penditure for edueation in '1877, $366,000 would remain as the expenditure o' the present GoVernmentin .contrast to $351,e 000 under .the Sandfield Macdonald Go- vernment-e(cheers)-a paltry increase of some $15,000. But they ehould pot have the credit of even that Increase, beeause he would call attention to an item which the Hen. Senator had entirely overlooked. We deriVedit revenue froth our' school system in the shape or fees from Model. School peipilts, sale of books, &ic In 1871 the .reeeipte from these sourceshe found in, the pablie aecotintss-where the Hon, &Mater could have seen them-emeres$35,- 450. While in 1877 they were 11157 805, an increhee- closelreeonifeeted WI* and caused chiefly by the increased expendi- ture of $22355. (Hear' heat,) If that amount were deducted ?rein the total ors penditere for 1877, it would leave the ac- tual total 'expenditure at $344,000 or less by $7,000 than that or tht"Sandlield Mac- donald Government in 1871. (Clitiers.) Senator Macpherson did not take into ac- count these fitets, and consequently Ale- elared,that between 1871 and 1877 the ex- penditure for education had. "increased by the appalling sum of $209,000." The Hon. Senator thaws a distinction :between What are grants to Semis, and .whatis • cost of administration. And under the, letter he classes ell the expenditure ex- cept the actual amounts 'paid in grants to- Conimon and High Seheels. Now noth- ing. could more clearly shoW the Hon :Senator's titter untrustwerithiness, and his desire to decei-ve hits reaclers whO ate net, • in it position to check hie work With the - Public =pulite than the extract be would now read from his• pamphlet. He says: "The araeillit diStribUted eaueng schools in 1877 ware increased to $320,24e.,,e and the cost. of achninistration was inereas, ed to $155,324. In other words the grant to Schools in 1877 exceeded that of 1871 by the sum of $78,781 mid the cost,of-aele ministration in 1877 exceededthat of 1871 . • by $95,845, being $17,064 more thantbe itiereased amount of the pent to Schools." Now in this $95,845 of inetease of- whale be calls the cost of administration rhea, Mr • which he wishes to excite the honer; of • hie readers for Mr, illowat's extravagance, he includes, not only the ine.rease of $22,, 000 for the .achlition el NormalSchoeil;:not- only the incrervie of $22,000 for inspeetiou, rine $20,000 'for superannuatixl TeaelierS. for which hie own leadere :mil party are solelyresponsible, but he :actually in- " dudes also the inceease of $25.,000 for Li- braries, lilepe antl Prizes, wliteli are ,not matte's of aeltainieteritiou at all; but are' as Much grants to Sehools as the money paid „to.the. treeanteree-Theepefarte showed that the lIoh, Senator's - tables. were utterly unreliable and'by giving them in euelt a way...that! they conveyed ft false impresston to the people, who were 1200 111 a poeition to investigate them for themselves, Mr. Macpherson, professing to • • be iMpftrti.81, was . either•grossly ignorant !. • of' the sabjectehe wee 'cleat hie with, 01 17170 gailtetof hypoerisy of -thee einalleet and meanest kind.- e0h4ors4. s He would . now refer to, the next table, - that regarding expenditare connected with. Chown - Lanier aarl---0elonleation Reeds. e, •The Whele increase under this table, Was made up of two items, •Stirveys and Colo- nization Reeds, In the former there was an inereasse flinn 817,1102 jit.1A71; to 845,- 340 in 1877, or fee7,609. Was there an unnecessary er unwisci:expenditure, rdid . it evince any culpable extravegahee, - - The Province. was acepiiring immense territOr.Y), Mid wei•e we going to leave it -undeveloped? Or should seeppt survey it and Open it up. ter 'Settlement/ Theii. there was•a larger expenclitnee for eclairs ,zation eroads, width wee -grate -tally a dietii- button of th e • surplite(heate hear)ancl jiest in the direction •whielialon...gentIP men_mts tleekeide, of the ..House were. utg- • ine the "aove extent to further exfeeliedie--- ture. • The .increase under this head :was • fro1ne$55;409-1111871,et-os$77;800".ity 1877eSeee o r howi-hx-it testaleinerelete these two eteme referred to) ,Of $49;600.e. ' Deducting that sumfrom the totai.given in 1877, :if leaves .$122,094, ore$5410f1Slese. than .Seerdfield's last 70271 -187] .(Hear; hear.) And he wished to call the ttens - 'don of the Honee to thefaet, that: the re- , paining items'. in the table •iii whieli this decrease ...had 'taken. place, •viz.: • agenee'. salaries, trivelliug expensee, commissions, ' • inspections, 4c.-, were „just that class of expenditure 'in' which eboninny might be • shown, And now he wished to draw the • attention oe the 'House to those little . dodges that illustrated so .aptly the chaess acter of the Hon. Senator's impartiality.. .• • gaoling that the' increase in this . table . %VW be explained so brisily. and satisfac- torily ne to turn the 'argument. egainet . himself, he catries ferrite:retired reprediicee••• here, the expenses of the Department itt Torontre which he lied beferegiven, and . • ,Medeefull use of, in his table, ender the . .head of Chit Government, and 08. 1721 itPt97' logy, tricked afoot -note at the bottom, exes • plaming that, these were, edcledeto.the cost of Civil Gee -creel -hint, but were reproduced here to sheer the total eXpendieure-etind, - he might have ;added, for theeideleose efee ineee feedilyeaceeiving and 'making the . table show laettni. (IIettr, hear.)e The . next table that he wonkisditect; their at- tentiOn to was that of"Administration of . justide.".. With itorrie of the Items in that table he did net :propbee to cleal, They . leellal 11 freltitteeril:1191YrhICY°111.0bite,914.91te.7!?;. crease under. the heed of "Oriniinal Pro- ' etcutions". the Provincial Seseeetary. had, Already referred GO, and explained to been. . .censeeseence of the increase' in the number of-einnioals to be tried, for which the • Governmen t eduld not be held responsible. But he Wished to call to their notice the facethat the largest pelt of the increase • complained •of, was in. 'We amount paid 'oeer to Ole enunicipalide_ ,s. through their treasurers, to reimburseetheehuniciPalities• - for payments made by thee; and .the niore that was returned to thein in this way, the less. had ,they to raise by. local taxation.. It was an expenditure which' the Govern- ment were powerless tecontiol, being en- • tirely regulated by the -magisterial and municipal officers an the various counties, . This expenditure had been largely increas- ed of late yeats-.thelinerease between ' 1871 . and 1e77- being. $47,400 -in consee quenee,of the betd tinica through. which .we were pasbing, and the • statement -react • • by the Provincial Secretary showed that there M;118 not a comity.or city in whieh • tlirciiii-of Administration of Justice had not materially increased: The GoVern- • ment were not to blame for this, andany. enforced ecomeny under this,head would be merely shifting the burden from the Provincial Treasury and throwing it u pon the municipalities. He felt justified, in saying tliat.the records of the PrOviu.., eiall Treasurer's , office would showthat, there was not ne county in the Province • but had Merle remonstrarices.against ltrhat • they eonceived tolie tho too greatdeckle- dons made from their rico:mete by the PrI9Voin.gentlemanncia iTiisui rer' Ivili--Bee the- Senator puts in Ole table, In the column for 1877, hillirt sum of 6,677S the details.of which he leads you te understand were not to be found in the Public Accounts, because, he .soys, "the amount is supposed to inclildo the items which should be detailed in the *gees inariced with an asteriek." Now every iteiri.of detail which he has given for other years, coull. bo foand irt the ah.