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Lucknow Sentinel, 1892-07-01, Page 34 DOMINION PARLIAMENT. Sir John Thompson, replying to Mr. e Choquette, who asked whether the Govern- ment was aware that, contrary to clause 86 of the British North America Act of 1867, no session of the Legislature of the Province of Quebec was held between the 30th of lITecember, 1899, and 26th April last, that more than twelve months have intervened between the last sitting of the Quebec Legislature in 1890 and the first sitting of the aession now in progress, said the Gov- ernment was aware no Legislature was held in the period named, but no correspondence had passed between the two Governments on the subject. The ouee went into committee on the Crimit 1 Code Bill. Uncle the clauses dealing with juriadic- tion, Sir Jon Thompson explained that t committee had decided to make it cle that neither courts of Quarter Sessions n county courtshad jurisdiction over treaties libel, sedition, murder, attempts at murde piracies, judicial corruption, official co ruption, frauds on Government, Belli offices, escapes and rescues, rape, attemp at rape, trade combinations, and conspire to accomplish these crimes. These cas shall -be tried by Superior Court judges. AFTER RECESS, Mr. Speaker announced that the certifica of the election of Mr. Hiram A. Calvin f Frontenac had been received. Mr. Somerville resumed the debate the second reading of the Redistributi Bill. Hilksaid it washis fate to represe one of tli 'Grit seats made by the Bill 1882. He • remembered going to sleep the old Reform county of South Wen worth and waking up in North Bran Mr. Dawson urged that no county oug to be divided unless it was necessary to d so in order that each Province should hav its full complement of members. Citie like Montreal and Toronto should not hav as high a unit of representation as th counties had. Mr. Mills moved the adjournment of th debate. Mr. Speaker announced the receipt of certificate from Judges Tasohereau and Gi by which the election petition against M Letehier, the member for Laprairie, wa dismissed. Mr. Mills resumed the debate on M Somerville's amendment to the second read ing of the Redistribution Bill, that onl those provinces affected by thecensua shoul be readjusted. He said in 1882 this Gov ernment departed from the constitution system of Great Britain, and now the were about to intensify the wrong done t the greatest province in the Dominion, an proposed to extend that wrong to the nex most important province. He held that i would be imposaibie to maintain the unio if these attempts on the part of one grea party of making war on the other were to b continued. He dealt atsome length wit the constitutional question, and closed th argument in favor of making countie rather than existing constituencies, wher they disregarded county bounds, the baei of redistribution: Mr. Perry, continuing the debate, said h wasquite prepared to endorse the senti- ment expressed by the :member for North Brant (Mr. Somerville) in lieu of anything better. No,stronger sign of the iniquity o the bill could be noticed than that it wa opposed by the Independent press and good portion •of the Tory press, and tw prominent Conservative members wer unable to swallow it. He advised th Government to withdraw the presen infamous bill altogeteer, stop the debate and introduce a short bill to keep the Gov 'eminent in the Treasury seats fora11 time t come. , A division was then taken on Mr. Sourer vine's amendment, -providing that. read justment only take ' place in the provinces affected by the late census, and resulted as follows : Ayes 60, nays .95. The House then went into Committee o the Whole .on the bill On clause 1, providing that the House o Commons shall consist of 213 members, of whom 92 shall be elected for Ontario, 65 for Quebec, 29 for Nova Scotia, 14 for New Brunswick, 7 for Manitoba, 6 for British Columbia and 5 for Prince Edward Island. On the motion for the adoption o this clause, 'Mr. Mills caN,ttention'to that part of the clause, resat ng to British Columbia. He did not know by what rule that Province was given six members„ for according •to population it was entitled to only four. He knew that when admitted British Columbia had been given six mem- bers, but the general provision of the B. N. A. Act called for a representation of the Province in proportion to the popula- tion. Sir John Thompson said he did not find the bar referred to in the Act itself, and did not feel bound to follow the refinemeigts of interpretation of the member for Bothwell (Mr. Mills). British' Columbia had been given a representation of six members in 1872 on the address of this Parliament and the Legislature of British Columbia. He could not propose a reduction without hold. ing that her Majesty's order -in -council in- volved an unjustifiable assumption of authority. He did not feel called upon to take such a position, particularly when it would involve aeach of arrangement with British -Columbia; ntered into by both sides in good faith. Mr. Mills contended that the Minister had not met the point. He contended that if•the provisions of this Act could be at naught by an order -in -Council it would be easy for the majority from the larger pro- vinces to override the rights of the smaller provinces. - Mr. Corbould said that the animus of the Opposition against British Columbia was manifest, and was to be accounted for by the fact that British Columbia had done so little for them. He contended that it would be a breach of faith to reduce the represen- tation of the province., Sir John Thompson said (that the writ for Chicoutimi, made vacant by the decision of the Supreme Court unseating Mr. Savard, hadnot yet been issued. Sir Richard Cartwright put seriatim the questions of which ho had given notice re- specting the spending of an alleged reptile fund in Quebec in the general election of 1887. Questions 1 to 21, inclusive, merely re- ferred to the Government'd knowledge of the fact that the Toronto Globe had pub- lished certain statements on the subject, with fac-similes of documents in the case. Sir John Thompson, replying to the first of these questions, said the members of the Government who have seen the Globe news- paper are aware of the publication referred to. In reply to the second question, he said the members of the Government who see the Glove p� yspa er $to ,war of• this, publics., tion. In reply to the third, he admitted the knowlede of the publication on the part of those members of the Government who " read the Globe newspaper." Up to and including the eighth question, he used prac- tically the same form of reply, varying it simply in phraseology. To the ninth ques- tion he said, " The same answer sir." This form he followed until the end. - Sir Richard Cartwright then asked whether the Government had observed that the said documents, if authentic, prove that a very large fund was created and placed in the hands of the said Hon. Themes Mc- Greevy for the purpose of influencing the elections in the several constituencies re- ferred to, and that the said fund was regularly distributed in accordance with a carefully preconcerted arrangement? Sir John Thompson replied—The publi- cation of the statements and documents quoted in the preceding questions referring, as they do, to expenditures alleged to have been made in the year 1887 in the elections for the Parliament whose term expired in 1891, was evidently made in pursuance of the charges which were preferred in the House by the hon. member for West On- tario, and which were interpreted by that gentleman and two or three other members of this House in opposition to the Govern- ment as charges that thePoetmaster-General had diverted railway subsidies from the purpose for which they were granted by receiving for election purposes large sums of money out of such subsidies and out -of moneys raised on the credit of such subsi- dies, and so forth, as stated in the resolu- tion of this House passed on the 4th of "May, 1892. This House on that day re- solved that it is expedient that an inquiry should be made as to the truth or falsity of the allegatiens and charges, and that the evidence relating to the sante should be taken by commissioners under the statute, which provides for such inquiries being made by commissioners, and that the evidence when taken should be laid before this House. Two eminent judges have been selected to be such commissioners, and their appointment has been approved by the House without any dissent being ex- pressed as to their fitness and impartiality. Ample, . powers are being conferred on the commissioners, and when their labors are concluded the result of such labors will be laiebefore theHouse for such action as may seem proper under the circumstances. The Goveve�nment do not intend to ask the House to'i'ir(ferfere with that investigation, or to substitute for it a method of investigation which would be less complete and less im- partial,nor do they propose in the meantime to express any opinion on the questions which that inquiry will involve, or on the facts which are to b.i proved or disproved before the commissioners. The House went into Committee of the Whole on Mr. Tisdele's bill respecting the Midland Railway. Mr. -MacLean (Y - rt:) made hia maiden speech in favor of a closer regulation of railway passenger rates. He moved the amendment of which he had given notice in favor of a two -cent rate for way passengers on this road. He said that he would pro- ose the same amendment to have a general ffect when the general bill to amend the ailway Act mow standing on the orders in Mr Haggart'e name came up. THE OLD MAN'S ROMANCE. A Love Vow Which Was Sept Faithfully to the End. E was quite an old man when knew him—older in looks, per- haps, than in years. I was a strugglingtndant. trying to get through a Iaw college in C—, when I met him. He wore a shabby, threadbare coat and a dusty old hat of soft felt. • I had often noticed him coming in and out of thamusty little third-rate boarding- house which necessity then compelled me to call home. With his kindly, wrinkled face, hair partly white, and general air of good breeding, he was quite noticeable in contrast with the ordinary inhabitants of Elm street. Shabby as he was, he somehow seemed out of place. - One evening we jostled against each other in the narrow, dark hallway, and I received a rather severe knock from the banisters. He was full of concern, and insisted upon having me come into his room. I did not need very much persuasion, and gladly entered: What a queer little room it was, and so characteristic of the man. There was a little iron bed in one corner of the room, kept scrupulously neat and smooth (he afterwards told Yue that he took care of the room himself) and remarkably clean for a lodging -house ; two chairs, a table with a faded green cover, an old couch, a chest of drawers, and back in a little corner curtained off with chintz was a small wash -stand. These comprised the furniture in the room. On -the walls were a few bright unframed prints and several pieces of fragile porcelain. On one side of the room three lir four shelves were filled with well worn books, and over the mantel was hung a small curtain of pale blue silk somewhat soiled and faded. Over the Bouch was thrown a piece of tapestry, evidently a relic of days long gone by. This, together with several pipes and a tobacco jar, was all the room contained. Soon after I was seated my new friend banded me a pipeiend drew the remaining chair up to the grate, which held, by the way, a very Door apology for a fire. We sat for as much as half an hour or more without saying a word. The old man finally drew' his pipe from his mouth, knocked the ashes out on the fender and said: " Young man you are a wonder ; a wonderful boy. ?You know when to keep your mouth shut." Then looking at me closely : " What's your name,? Graham ? Just so. Mine's Dick Siller, but you are not to call me Dick—call me Siller." And he looked at me with a frown, but his eyes twinkled. " Well, Graham, I hope you enjoyed your smoke. I am going to send you up stairs now. It is time old .men like me were in bed." So it was every evening. He would call me in for a emoke,and,when it was finished,, send me out, but he gave me much whole- some advice and often helped me in various little ways. There were two questions I often wanted to ask him : What did the blue silk curtain cover ? And what person in the house played so exquisitely on the violin ? He answered them in his own time, without any ques- tion from me. One evening we were sitting before the un - Mr. Sproule, as seconder of Mr. Maclean's fire, smoking as usual, and my eyes amendment, apeke in support of the two- consciously wandered to the dainty cur - cent rate. tain. Siller noticed it, and smiling at me Mr. Maclean said he was willto with• said : " You want to know what is behind draw' the amendment. The suggestion of there, do you not but Perhaps someday I the member for Bothwell (Mr. Mills) might will show you,not now, not now." indicate the best way of taking up theHe smoked a few minutes, isted.ng en matter. He'would think this matter over, blueeknocked theait curled and twisted. Then and would consult with his friends and see he ' ashes out ultwly. the Minister on this subject. No ; I won't show you that now, but I Mr. Dewdney on moved the t third reader of will entertain you another way."He g walked over to he chest of drawers and his bill to amend the Dominion Lands Act. Mr. Davin urged that the bill be recom- mitted, in order that it be amended so as to allow settlers to occupy cancelled pre- emptions on the same conditions as they took from it a $iolin and bow. " Did you wonder who played ?" I nodded in silence. He rubbed his hand over the strings with a little caressing gesture, tightened a atria were allowed to occupy cancelled home- and then began. Such music ! I nevem steads. He moved an amendment to that heard the like before or since, I cried like effect. The debate was adjourned by,eonsent. The House went into committee on the Redistribution Bill. Sir Richard Cartwright said according to the report of George Johnson, Dominion a schoolgirl. I laughed or wept, just as he willed. I sobbed aloud. He finished the strain and began another. Tho soft notes rose and fell. It Was an exquisitely tender strain and served to tell of many -heartaches statistician, the Liberals had a 7,200 major- of infinite sadness and of a never -dying love. ity in Ontario. The music rose into a grand triumphant son, ched to a sweet andante and so Mr. Wallace said George Johnson had softly ceaased. Then he put the violin bac k not made such a report. The hon. gentle- reverently and relighted his, pipe. I could man could not produce it, and if he could, not thank him, but I looked with eyes full the figures would not be conclusive. If the and he understood. hon. gentleman could not prove what he " I am superstitious about my violin," said, it simply showed he had been trying a, he said. " It belonged to a little Italian bluff game.,boy years ago.. He died with it in his Sir Richard Cartwright said he haseen arms and sometimes I imagine the boy's such a statement, and only that the hon. spirit lingers there and talks to me. " gentleman was unworthy his further notice Not long after that he seemed very rest - he would tell him what he thought of his 'less. " He paced back and forth across the remarks. room and finally said ; Mr. Bordeffi''said he had a very distinct " Graham, I don't think I shall live very recollection of having seen the report from long—in fact I have known it for some Geing Johnson, Dominion ti i allow- tine—and if I am taken seriously g o majority ill—yam y O tllo, dying—I want you to promise to do me a Mr. Wallace contended that judgment favor." should be based on bye -elections, and that no. walked suddenly up to the 'mantel these gave a distinct majority to the Con- and pulled the little blue curtain to one servatives. 'side. There was a tender little smile on Mr. Mills asked if there might not now hie face ashe bade me look. I raised be n adjournment. my eyes and saw a picture, evidently done in Sir JohO Thompson agreed. He had water colors, of a young girl—a beautiful hoped a vote might have been reached after girl, with wavy brown hair, brown eyes and the all day's debate, but he did not think it a glorious face. was quite fair to expect the House to sit late without Notice. He would now have to ask the House to sit very late next week,' and from Wednesday hold daily sessions at 31 o'clock, sitting clay and night till theBill was through. Sir John Thompson Moved the first "read- ing of a Bill to further amend the General Inspection Act. The House adjourned at 12.45. ., Considerate Tommy. "We will take a special collection next Sabbath," said the teacher, " for the pur- pose of making a fund to defray the ex- pense of sending poor boys to school," • " They don't get none of my money," averred Tommy Figg on the way. home. " Them poor folks' kids has a tough enough time anyway'thout jamrnin''em into school besides." —Many a woman would seek a divorce from her husband wore it not for the fear that some other woman wants him. It was framed in a dull, white frame, and I thought it the loveliest thing I had ever seen. He smiled at my rapt looks. " She was just as beautiful as that, and just as good. We loved each other very dearly, and looked forward to the happy time when we might, perhaps, be married ; but I was poor, and her father forbade it, and sent her, from me. I have Been her only once since then. She brought me the picture, and told me she should never marry. That was years ago. My Con- stance is 53 now. -Yes, rho is alive and lives in the city. She promised to oome to me, wherever I am, when I am dying, and,I want you to call her for me when the time comes." Poor old man 1. The time came ,sooner than either of us thought. He sent for me ono evening. I found him in bed. The doctor was with him, and as I entered the room looked up and said : " He wants to sem some one, and the sooner you can get her herb the better." Siller motioged me to a sinall box that 1 stood on the table. I brought it and opened it for him. He picked out a card, handed it to me and whispered " Hurry 1" I spent the only dollar I had, for a cab and spon found myself outside a palatial resi- dence in Park Lane. I inquired fir Miss, ' etherby, and edea a~ dear little lady in black, with snow-white' hair, entered the room. When I told my errand her face blanched and she left the room. Shewas back in a moment, bonneted and cloaked, and as soon as possible we were back at Siller's bedside. I heard a cry of " Connie !" " Dick !" and then I stole away, waiting to be called. Soon after that the doctor called me, saying all was over. I entered to find a woman weeping and calling " Dick !" I understood why he would not let me use that name, made. dear by a woman's love. 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