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The Signal, 1911-2-16, Page 6• 1 ,U W.1)AT, PI!NUAlit le. 1VI THY. SIGN AL; GOD&RICH UNTA RIO 4 O. M. MCKAY'S ! scheme, caul, bad th si TELLING SPEEC • Oovers aeeepfed it and appointed a Ooat•nl• on to make the necessary inquiry ii and obtain the oeceasary information, something practical might be the re- sult in the immediate future. I can - help thinking, Bir. that if this meant had accepted this mug- ge n and had sent a commission ed taw ees,meat•. We have atm ou a.certaan ell tact pertaining heretofore dealt with the absolutely gas, apparently, the lamer oft the ihpeecb heat the throne. Thep. bas bees already w much mi.oseduct and mismanagement on the part of the comatiati.s as not to jusYt7 1`e 'highest hems with reference to the future. Last year we criticised M Leak the iaegultable and k WWI u which the commission obt� Severe Criticism of the Government. to the technical and uiduatrisl con- tyrannical legialaftist wheat, tete ditions of this province, the informs -as Mp taken in tourmunicipalities Ben thus obtained would have fitted I miss Ode q*on wale made to do in, with and would have been supple -maroon tor m entirely different mental to any information that the I schema It win be recalled that by - report of the Dominion Government laws were emnmittt.d in moms Mom commission may contain. The latter rsunicipolitiee in Western Oaaaf s; commission doea well in •soert•ining She question then submiWd Se the industrial and labor conditions bere ,mow was, who har he was MB- -- and elsewhere not only in this coup- jag to • oertaie fixed ilgme flat try but several other countries; but power delivered b7 the commission we, Sir, priding ourselves on being d ube gate of his town or city. The the banner province d the Dominion, ratepayer i' that cess yea not ennui might well have acted upon our own ; upon to make any inquiry u to the initiative, and as • result of con- ' original Dost, or as to the omit ea lot Shot For Minister of Education. Administration of Justice—Industrial Educ at iert--Lova 1 Option —R efor•s- tration—Immigration and Colon- ization, All Dealt With. On the resumption of the debate on the address in reply to the speech from the throne, Hon. Mr. MacKay, leader of the Opposition. in a hrilliant 46 -minute speech. gave a concise and masterly review of provincial prob- lems. His speech, in part, was as follows - "Mr. Speaker,—It is fitting that the opening sentences of the speech of the Lieutenant -Governor, which was placed in his hands by his constitu- tional advisers. should contain • re- ference to the demise of King Edward VII. and to the far-reaching influence for good which he exerted throughout he. whole reign. No British subject knows. no British subject will ever know, how great was the influence exercised by our late King. making Illor the peace of the whole world. His very extended ties of affinity and consanguinity were doubtless used to advantage with all other European monarchs. His was a reign that made for peace. that tended to bring about it not the age itself, at least the spirit of the age, when men shall beat their swords into ploughshare's and their spears into pruning -hooks; and when the nation. of the earth shall have learned to submit inter- national difficulties rot to the arbit- rament of the sword, but to the de- cision of such tribunals as that of The Hague, which recently has done such splendid work and has removed forever as between us and the great nation to the South of ua. a large number of irritating and mischief - making difficulties. That reminds me, Sir, that we are nearing the cele- bration of the century mark of peace between this nation and our cousins to the South; a celebration in which I have no doubt this Provinoe and this Dominion will take a fittieg and prominent part. Notwithstanding the exasperating recollections of the War of 1812, Canada and the United States have set the world an excellent erxample of how two nations with a >b/OS•Qiile t onsfortreseed and un - garrisoned frontier may live at peace as neighbor nations ought to. Lack el Cent•est and Intent. Coming to that portion of the speech which reviews the past Ad- ministration and the expected legisla- tion of the present Government I may be permitted to remark, Sir, that the most noticeable feature of the whole speech is its absolute lack of content and particularly of intent on the part of the Government. Prison Leber. With reference to the question of prison labor, while there has no doubt been a great deal of laudable week done in the way of employing prisoners, yet, Sir, I would like to suggest to the Honorable; the Provin- cial Secretary, the idea ot consider- ing carefully not only those whose liberty is restrained and who are con- fined in our public institutions, but also tboee who were prior to their incarceration dependent uponem and who possibly suffer more through their confinement than the actual prisoners. Some scheme might be devised which would not only en- courage thrift and honesty on the part of those confined, but would also serve to alleviate the suffering of those who formerly depended upon them—if a part at least of the earn- ing of these prisoners could be sent back to their families. Technical Education. The next paragraph of the speech deals with a very important ques- tion, which I regret to say, is touch- ed very gingerly and uncertainly— that of technical and industrial edu. eation. The reference to this very important subject L as follows 'The necessity for and the advan- tages arising out e1 the adoption of • @mitten of technical and industrial education are booming more obvious day by day, and you will be asked to make an appropriation for this pur- pose.'' This indeed 1s handling en ex- tremely important subject in a very non -committal manner. One would gather from this vague reference to the subject that the gray down of intelligence is et last striking the Government. With refercnee to this all-important question, contest this vague. indefinite, illelefinnl and non -committal position. Sir, with the stand taken by this side of the House last year We, Sir. divided the Homes upon this same question last cession. The reeord appears et p 246 of the Votes and Proceedings (hir motion was u follows • "That In the opinion of this Home the province and the municipalities should unite fa (a) the establiehrnent of technical arbot.ls in the towns and cities in- t/Marie to supplement the practical tssiniac; "1 the workshop (10 en ar- rangement a- !' the basis of support tor surf setenols . between the //rfro•sin► 'h. municipality and the 1•tevveted mannlar'tuRn !e • 'rho e.hblisheeent in the larger nduetnal metre, 4 tecbnrcal high sehnols M rhe ho- palm/vat the municipal !tikes abdd be enlarged was M es able Ness to aid is the wuppori cl � ti► A • wtio4ldned current work ascertained more min- utely the requirements of this par- -ticular provinoe. than, Sir, we could have availed ourselves of the work of the Dominion commission and at the same time have had the question from an internal standpoint dealt more exhaustively with by our own commission. As an incidental advantage. the educational effect of a properly selected oommiesion mov- ing from town to town and city ton city throughout the province would have been distinctly felt and would have done very much towards crystal- lizing the views of municipal officer-. boards of trade, boards of education. and employers of labor on this ex- tremely important question. Contrast With Germany. There is a marked difference be- tween our educational system and that of other countries which have given the question of industrial edu- cation serious consideraton. Perhaps in this province, considering we are a young country, the school of cul- ture has too much predominated The marked distinction between our school system and that of Germany. for example, is, that our continua- tion classes are still entirely echolae- tic, whereas Germany says to her children: I will give you an education suf- ficient for ordinary life up to the end of your common school course. After that you must begin to think of this as a -practical world, and I, the state. will assist you in a practical way, so that you may rani an honest living." The result is that continuation classes in Germany become continua- tion industrial schools. 01 these there are some 2,300, attended by 360,000 pupils. After a two ear's course in these industrial schools the young man specializes and attend= higher technical schools and insti- tutes. We believe it is the duty pf the state to give to the child of the state such education as may hereafter make him the best citizen of the state. It becomes a very grave and important question whether this province might not, whether this province ought not, to give such practical assistance as will enable the youth of the province the better and easier to make a liwe/ihood. My contention is, Sir, that we ought to establiah in every industrial centre an "evening industrial school" to sup- plement the work of the workshop. These schools ought to be of snob • general character as to reach out to all the tads in the workshops. and ought not to be confined to those who are fortunate enough to reach a high school or collegiate institute status. It is a matter of extreme regret that this Government has not taken more active steps, that it has not put itself in • position to take more active steps than it has done. and that the speech from the throne merely ears: "That the necessity is becoming more obvious day by day for a sys- tem of technical and industrial edu- cation." Provincial Aid ler Schools. Last year, Sir, I produced figures to show what the province is doing by way of aiding in the education of certain classes of people. I then made clear the fact that the provin- cial grants to public and separate schools amount annually to *1.38 for each pupil attending the same; the Flints to high schools and collegiate institutes to *4.66 per pupil; the grants to normal and model schools amount to *11143 per pupil; the grants to Toronto University 112e.3e per pupil. It is difficult to figure exactly what the average grant to agricultural colleges per pupil is, although some substantial aid is given; but. Sit, when we come to a very deserving class, the industrial school class, • far different story is told. Ts province practically says to the ladfrom thirteen to seventeen yeah of age who is perforce driven from school to ram a livelihood in the workshop that it has no concern for him, that it has neither moral nor financial obligation with reference to him. Sir, last year we assisted 4,500 odd public and separate school pupils at the rate of *1.38 per pupil; we assisted 3,100 old high school end collegiate institute pupils at the rate of $4.66 per pupil; we assisted 4111 normal and model school pupils at the rate of 1112.43 per capita, and we assisted 3,960 university students at a rate of *12600 per pupil. Thus does this province follow tram stud.• to stage those who are financially able to attend our schools and col- lege,' thu. to attain a liberal educa- tion; hut when it comes t., the lad whom chill penury at an early age drives to the workshop, the province says to him, we are under no moral nes financial responsibility with refer- ence to you end we will make no pro- vision whatever for your further .du- ration 1 say, Bir. that until nome different scheme is properly worked out that will have due regent 1n the moral and financial responsibility of this province with referenee te the industrial chews the educational system of this province will he hut iil-balaneed and the Asti will not b. do,n` what it should do for the large number of young men end rivet warner .. And in all our rnduitriat Tw gemiendesetrie theeioen Ith I maim frankly that 1 haw est as essilds .is lm the sue NINE l vain wet d. Hbeasbmas as ."^t,armrsia trtmmiamon, but bad assay to decide the very simple question whether power delivered at the door of his municipality at a certain prior was cheap power or not That called for no investigating whae ear upon the pert of the ratep eyes, and them by- laws were carried in some fifteen municipalities. Thee, the Govern- ment entirely changed its scheme and instead of delivering. at a certain figure. power at the gates of the municipahtiea in question, it offered to sell power to the municipalities M Niagara at a certain price and to compel the municipalities to stand the Dost of building and maintaining transmission lines, etc., let that cost be what it might. This was an en- tirely diserent scheme. Our view then wee that when the Government and the commission entirely changed its scheme, the new scheme should have been submitted to the munici- palities and the ratepayers given the opportunity of saying whether they voted yea or nay on this new scheme. This the Government absolutely re- fused them, and the vote that was given for one proposition was taken as a test for an entirely different one, and legislation was passed as though they had voted and favored the present scheme. Our contention then was, and now is, that the people should h•me been trusted- an I the present scheme should have been sub- mitted to the people of the munici- palities for their approval or disap- proval. There is another phase of this ques- tion deserving serious consideration, as the matter is being at present worked out, the credit of the whole province is pledged for the benefit of a few municipalities in order that cheap power may be obtained for these municipalities. The absolute unfairness of this plan is better seen if we take specific illustrations of how it works out. For example, Brace - bridge the other day held a banquet as a result of the successful opening of their power scheme. What did Brsoebridge require to do? Brace - bridge was required to submit its scheme to the Ontario Railway and Municipal Board. • creature of the Government, and when their scheme had been approved of by the Muni- cipal Board, Bracebridge was obliged to sell its own debentures. They sold at 981-2, bearing, I think, 41-2 per cent. interest. Now, contrast this method of procedure towards ob- taiaing cheap power as, let us say, between Bracebridge and Welland. The province as • whole, Bracebridge included, is compelled to furnish cheap money and cheap power for Welland. but in turn the provinoe as • whole, including Welland, does not endorse Brace:ridge, and does not amid Bracebridge in obtaining cheap power. The - result is that Bras - bridge loses *L60 per hundred on the sale of ifs debentures and pays 41-2 per cent interest, whereas Welland loses nothing on the sale, and gets ifs money at about 3 1-2 per cent. Then can be but one result of this whole scheme if succeeded; namely, that it will indene intending manu- facturers to locate in the Niagara Peninsula rather than in the different towns and cities throughout the province. Nay, Bir, it may go so far as to take away factories already existing in other towns and change them to near the Fella. I leave it with the Government to soy whether as representing the whole province they think such • scheme is fair and equitable to the whole prowthoa And this raises the further question whether a uniform flat rate would not be more equitable eves within the electric zone. Referestratisn. I regret that I do not find any reference whatever to a veryrte ant subject, perhaps one of the - est question which the Honorable, the Minister of Lands and Forests has to deal with, namely, that of re- forestation. I think, Bir, the Gov- ernment has been sufficiently long in power and the nreeasity of the conser- vation of our forest. has been put so. plainly. and so often, before the Gov- ernment from this aide of the House that the public might now erzpeet • well-defined plan of forest coneeeva. tion and of rrfeweatrstion. Peopling the NertI•nd. The honorable member for South Norfolk spoke of the population of Ontario. In that connection, Bit, I desire to raise the question whetter we are doing a • province all that might be done to obtain desirable immigrants; whether :he proving. is at all doing its duty towards peopling our Northland' Sir, we knew what 0.. result of • vigorous Dominion immigration policy has doe. for the West, and i think this Government might well take s leaf nut of their book and show more initiative, seal and enemy .s to the important ques- tion of obtaining "voles mor the few - tile agricultural lands of North On- tario Bir, this (loveretrent in that respect ought to awaken out of its sleep. and ought et see v rnMttote an active propaganda m hen of positing •ever own Piaserfand We know isoinethtng. Bir d rho r.pM propels of the 'West. Weary, for sat ample, last year boasted a populatitem of SAS or WOW This_ ) llama 61,060 Aieilarly w An imt esten'a pripelaIles Let rear w abet We be0016 sew it is chimed Net 31411:: 600 The papMtOsa 01 the re ,111fA .411111 awl hada we that ps k.I t f J eil nein. ilia eltaa we have as bradr 1forNwu PM Ontario as wrll be found in them, tike w.tt4 why ee, is net sstmathing 5.rs ural and 1a'gi►le brttag detowards sa- curing populattoa. me That Theo -Fifths Clause. 1 was rather amused with the ideas •expreeeed by the honorable member for Borth Norfolk wash reference to local option He expressed the idea that • grand work bad been a000m- plished for temperance within; • cer- tain time past. because of the fact that 90 municipalities had in that time adopted local option. that 666 hotel homes held been cut ad, •ad 16 shol, licenses removed. This en- der the present law he said was • "splendid result." I would lib te ask the b000rable genikntt•a whether he is not lalling into the lotical fel lacy of proving either too lithe or too much? If it was a splendid thing under the three-fifths clause to have cut off Sats licenses, would it not have been a much more splendid thing to have cot off seven or eight hundred under a majority meet What says the Honorable gentleman? He site silent, while the ridicsilouaoee and the ab- surdity of his argument is apparent even to himself. He pledges himself to stand where he has always stood, namely, for the three-fifths clause. We, Sir, on this aide of the House have ever stood on miler ground. We have maintained that so long as the vote taken in any particular munici- pality has no bearing as to results outside of that manieipebty that it should be treated as an ordinary municipal vote, and that a majority should rule. Examine the present Act, and see what anomalous and ridi- culous results it leads to: In a certain town you have two voters, John Smith and John Brown. John Smith is a local optionist, John Brown is an anti -local optiogist. Prior to the submission for the first time of the 'Deal option measure, according to the present law John Brown's vote was worth one -and -a -halt times John Smith's. The moment, however, lo- cal option is carried, notwithstand- ing that these same two men are liv- ing and voting in the same town un- der similar conditions the situation is reversed. and John Smith's vote ``become worth one -and -a -half of John Brown's. A law that produce; such resultb would do credit to a sleight- ot-hand man. or a Japanese juggler, .but it is not at all creditable to a British Legislature. The only sound position to take, Mr. Speaker, is the o: • I stand upon. namely, "one man, one vote, and every vote of equal value." We have, Sir, divided the House for rice successive session: upon this question, and we will continue to di- vide it until the true principle of leg- islation is recognised and adopted. 1. Sir, have taken that position, and intend to continue taking that posi- tion regardless of who is hit. He would be a mean local optionist who would ask to have the dice loaded in his favor, and he would be just as mean a friend of the trade who would make such a request. I repeat, Bir, .at the dice shquld not be loaded far or against either party. If a muni- cipality desires to adopt local option. the voice at the majority should rule. 11. atter having had an experience of I heal option, that municipality de- sires to return to the license system in preference to local option, again the majority should rule. The people who live under a law for three years, • day in and day out, know more about it• workingsthan any Government sitting in ueen's Park, be that Gov- ernment Liberal or Conservative. Trust the people. and allow the people to deal with the matter fairly. Education. In dealing with the Government's attitude with rdetenee to industrial education I pointed art that this Gov- ernment has practically done nothing along that line. Perhaps, Sir, it is well for industrial education that they should never take the subject up. 1f no more intellisent direction is given to the movement by the Education Department than it has shown in the dealing with rural school education, i repeat, it may he a blaming if this Government never touches the ques- tion at alt. Of all the mismanagement that any Department in the known world ever was guilty of, I venture to say that that of the Education De- portment with reference to our rural ;,hoot is the most pronounced. Of all the floundering and blundering and sinning agatmt device ever known, I know nothing to equal that of this Government in the manner in which it has dealt with our rural schools. No Depsrtmet, Sir, said possibly have been more mischievous as to reealts than the Education De- partment of this provinoe. I make that staWnent deliberately, I make it ideally, with the full wase of the reeponaibility that the charge implies. When this Government, Sir, proposed to wipe nut oar model 'Moots we, oe this aide of the Hoe.e, gave them bur warning and told them plainly what any intelligent ten -year-old child ought to know, namely, that if they at one stroke wiped out the means cf training qualified teachers for our public schools, there must inevitably b. • dearth of qualified teachers. Af- ter fins, Air, they had determined to abolish the Model Schools, when we found our efforts to save them were unavailing, we next begged of the Premier of this Province, the Hon- orable the Minister of )Iducstion, not to wipe out the model schools at one stroke. We urged that there should as least be a survival of the fittest oil them, in order that a supply of pro- perly qualified teachers might be en- sured for all oar schools. This, Sir, was the burden of our plea What i Dave said from session to session upon hie .uhjeet is well known te honor Ale gentlemen in this House They •.11 w s• •eeall a plea along this lige sande by the Aon Mr Harcourt and the Her Mr Graham. but, Bit, the Honorable the Minister of Education wane • hes!, absolutely tmpervionr knowledge Ile seems. Sir. unser .ptibe '• receiving even • single idle .!ons educational lines Nothing could it would permeate his thinking fend •v Session lifter session we pointed .vt what most he the inevitable re soh of -rowan the model schools we aloe perm oat what 1s • known !set, that at Lest, twenty. pr►.s.biy thirty par wast of Aur semi trained Seabees do tot reesala NanOntario, but ge M the western winces where Seabeeswithout say further tr ings they are ipsalified to Mach. The result is that we have tat off 'largelythe bads of .sas)aop��, d teachers fr aur rare ..bods, sod w spending Ontario money to train teachers, • very lame percent .e of whom do not rmtain within the province. 1 repeal. Bit, Ibis Government with referees to the rural 'Moots of Ontario sinned against light, sinned against warning d arinsed against knowledge. No class of people in the whole province are more sartiosa t. Sive the very beat education they possibly can to their children than are the tanners of the Province of Oetario; but. Sir. there is a limit beyond which the7 cannot go. ley etestsg the medal schools this Gowersawt barred the door to many a poor mea'• son and daughter from ever entering the teach- ing profession This net is so well known that it needs bat to be ' ee- tioned to be recognised as troth le every part of Ontario. I say,Sir, the result of the stupid, stubrn. and plundering policy of this Government *as absolutely inevitable and was eaa- tty discernible in advance. It has led to • deplorable and lamentable state of affairs. We now find twenty per cent. or more of the rural schools in our land in the hands o1 teachers with absolutely no professional train- ing whatever, and some of them with- out even a semblance of a ten-prots- sional certificate, and this, Sir. is a direct result of the stupidity and stubbornly adopted policy of this Gov- ernment. As an illustration, Sir, I find in the Public School Report of William E. Tilley, Imre, Public School Inspector for the United Coun- ties of Northumberland cod Durham, that there were last year seventy ru- ral school teachers in these united counties. Two having first-class certi- ficates, twenty-seven with second- class, twenty-two thirds -mostly re- newed, and not less than nineteen schools were being taught by people having no professional training— teeaae�hing simply on temporary per- mit'. Now, Sir, contrast this with ten years ago: From the same report I learn that in the year 1900 there were exactly the aame number of rural school teachers in these united coun- ties, namely seventy. Of these, two had first-class certificates, twenty-two had second-class, and the remaining forty-six has professional thirds. There was Dot one single permit in either county in that year. Last year we had not lea. than nineteen. That. Sir. is a fair average of what we find all over the Province of Ontario, and this is the result of the policy delib- erately adopted by this Government in spite of all warning we could pos- sibly give them. In my own riding, Bir; in the early January of last year. there were no less than fifteen rural schools vacant, and the trustees and inspector were busy scurrying hither and thither in an endeavor to seeure any person regardless of qualifica- tion, to act as a teacher. Complaints come from all over the province along the, same lines. This scarcity of teachers is the natnr•1 consequence of the closing of the model schools. My argamenta years ago was, and now ia, that it was tar better to have teach- ers, some of whom may not have had the normal school professional train- ing, than to adopt a system calling for • more ezpejeive training and result- ing in the fact that one-third of our schools are in the hands of untrained teachers. I may add, Sir, that I have always had great faith in the work of our model schools; they were in charge of competent and experienced men, men of five, ten, fifteen, and twenty years' actual experience, men who were trained in what is by all odds the best of all universities—the ' university of actual experience. They were doing efficient and successful work. These schools were easy of ac- cess 1e intending teachers. A poor man's son or daughter was not oblig- ed to leave home and reside for a year in one of our cities to obtain pro. 4saional training. Instead, howerier, Sir, of eontinuieg these model schools until at least a sufficient number of teachers were guaranteed for the pro- vince, practically all the model schools' in Old Mario were cloned, with the deplorable results already re- ferred to. The net result is that the coat of education in the rural distriete is increased fifty or seventy-five per cent„ and on the average the char- acter and quality d the teaching is far lower than it was ten years ago. Summary, Now, Sir, I have dealt in a cursory • way with the leading subjects which are either mentioned in, or omitted from, the speech from the throne. I regret to say that I find in the speech no guarantee, nay, Sir, not even an indication of • forward movement as to the large question of ',forestre- ben perhaps the largest the Govern- ment bee today to des/ with. I find no indication whatever of the adop- tion of an aggressive colonization system looking to the peopling of our own northland. Nor do I fired any indication orf dealing comprehensively and systematically with that all-im- portant goestioe d industrial educa- tion. Nor, Sir, do i find any indica- tion of any iutentiee en the part d the (lovernmeat to take anysatteeppse whatever to relieve the serious eoodi- tioo of affairs in which tete rural school sections find themselves with reference to teachers. I, for one, Sir, ntrongty urge upon the Governeat, in order to supply a sufficient number of teacher. to reinstate in the mean- time at least the model .ehtools of the provinee in order that duly qualified teacher* may be tarnished for the rural .eboots I stand. Mr. Speaker, where 1 have always stood en the "three-fifths dense" as to local op- tion Much credit has been claimed for the Honorable. the Provincial 8ee- retary. by the honorable member for South Norfolk with reference to the enforcement of the leper license law and hs even had the temerity te refer to tete enloreemsnt of the law in New Ontario' doubtless ire had is his mind the fiasco of sanding Yankee Pinkerton detectives tm Into that north country wino eolLrted a the aidera.blee.antity of iigser. thee 11 soled tie parrharn farlegally geld the same. sad arweeIIl e. This hollow htmnbug of preteadhgls pet demi the albeit seas of lige*, is thesaeth is�.harasdog • dee! issd .filial silted em eisb !°k' :, e . r wit os of the .l� tt� d. M =tit i• to that north ho assid abwluttly stop the J0 Chub instead, Bir, the liqueur L allewed he go in. and then the provisos is pelt to the expertse of aesding a gong of disreputable detectives usp to utak, • !arae of the aduttaistratiou of Janis. Agsui. Bir, we are told, and the boast is made by Government stip• porters .d nauseam, that the AMsr- nsy-41.oral's Department is, and has belle *oligopoly active. berms* of the issisbd fact that years ago they pat amt d existence • singk poolroom. I 'sate the statement boldly, I maks it with a fell respowibility of was gravity et its nature. when I nay that there never was • time in the history of the proviso, whoa feta people o1 the portals* had so little faith In the tivity, or rather inactivity, of th. AS- toraeyOasereh's Department u now. Never. Bir, nines Confederation have there boon so many absolute miscar- riages of portico, and never have so many soosndrels gone unwhipped tit tenth, as daring the pant five years. 1 do not purpose entering into de. tails, the, are familiar to the publie— the Orangeville affair, the Kinrade in- quiry. and others, furnish striking 11- lustntions. The Department seems to be absolutely overcome with inertia. How well. Sir, we all recall the boast of the Honorable, the Provincial Treasurer, during the session of 1106, that this Government had actually raised the standard of the administrae tion of justice. 'The King's writ now 'run.." throughout the province. shoat - ed this distinguished gentleman. Sir, the general public are strongly of the opinion that it is the other fellows that are allowed to do the running. while the King's writ, under the di- rection off, the Attorney -General's De- pertmhent, lags lamely on the stage of action. And yet, Sir. the mover and seconder shout "Behold this great Government." The honorable member for South Norfolk went so far in his adulation as to say "there never was • Government like ours in the world." Sir, let me assure him that for once I unreservedly accept his statement. Unfortunately for this province his statement is entirely too true. Now, Sit, pursuing the course adopted last year, this debate has been somewhat curtailed. The House will not now be divided, but later during the session, on all these and other Is- sues, honorable gentlemen of this House sill have not only an oppor- tunity for discussion, but of sitting and taking notice while the Division Beli rings. 111/E .BEST REMED • ForWomea—Lydia E. Pink bam's Vegetable Compou Beltsville, Ont.—" I was so weak and worn out from afemale weakness that 1 concluded to try Lydia B. Pink. hem's Vegetable Composed I took several bottles it, and I gained strength so rapidly that it seemed make ADM wo of me. I can do good a day's work as 1 ever did. 1 sincere) bless that at I made up my mind to tats your medicine for female weakness, and I am exceedingly grateful to you for your kind letters, as I certainly profited by them- I give you permission to publish this anytime you wish."_ Mrs. Ai,sawr ici rrr, Belleville, Ontario, Canada. Womeneverywhere should remember that there is no other remedy known to medicine that will cure female weak- ness and so successfully carry women through the Change of Life as Lydia Pinkham'sVegetable Compound E made from native roots and herb., For 30 years it has been curing women from the worst forms M female ills— inflammation, ulceration, die placements, fibroid tumors, irregulars. tier. Periodic Patna, backache, and inervous prostration. Ifyou want special advice writs forlttoMrs.Ptak111am*LysujIamh It fs free and always hoWal. ONTARIO'S POLITICAL LEADERS, i (From The Globe, Jan. 27th.) The opposing leaders in the legis• 'shore made their declarations of pol- icy in concluding the debate on the address in reply to the speech from the throne. It is in th-se contests that the keen, insight, sound judg- ment, and statesmanlike grasp of the Opposition leader beoome most clearly apparent, and his incisive strength as a debaterI fully a most telling effect. He was fully conscious of the serious- . nese of his words when emphasising the loss of public confidence in the Attorney -General's Department and the pernicious influence of the easy escape of malefactors.• The opposing policies as to techni- cal education were brought int- clear I contrast, although Sir James urged du need of waiting for the finding of the eommisaion. The fact that nothingis done for the children who at tweve. thirteen, or fourteen years of mast leave school for apprenticeships was condemned in the strongest terms by Hon. Mr. MacKay. Industrial 000tinuation classes for these and girls would sustain their menta development, perfect them in their chosen work, and make them more useful members of society. This foes of technical education would not pro- voke the antagonism of workmen suf- fering through competition for em- ployment, ares would not deprive chil- dren of the full benefit of menta • training during their school years. The Lull persuasive effect of the Om poeition leader's logic was telt in be- half of the class of children most it need of technical training. In educational affairs, u in other important functions of Provincial gov- ernment. ise showed not cnly a tbor- oagh familiarity with administrative principles and details, but with the results of virions lino of policy oa • the public directly affected. The e ing of model schools oleo and the great expense entailed on prospective teach - Ord had produced a system not at all responsive; to the needs of the Pros • vises. As' a result it was impossible to obtain a supply d oompeleat teaebera. Turning to the complete omissions of_ the speechrom the throne, Hon. Mr. MacKay dealt with the motioned absence of any -attempt to form a reforesting polio and the lack of a system of colonization log New Ontario. The House was un- usually attentive during the Oppo�s- tion leader's address. but it tx in the Province at large that s.sob reviews of public affairs have lesli' elect. Bir James e -.s vigorous and deter- mined as usual, and happy in tets general good fortune enjoyed by the Province. Ills continued tendency te revert to ancient political history n•g- gested that. as was said of an Ameri- can statesman, his future is mainly behind him Eoonotnte reasoning has never been his specialty. Whoa las said the Province got nothing and the Dom ninn much in taxation from Us- nil/rants m.migrants he was innoeent of the feet that they pay indirectly their share of the supplementary wrongs tet am many corporations, and the scarcity value given to some of the •stets d the Province by inereseea in tion Mr James defended the fifths clans. against Hon Mr Mae Kay - Sethend for the British a,d.'* -1 majority rale, and dwelt on the fav- orable avorable features et Pseeiaeial dowiop- ment with vigorous emphasis. The two epseelws. eoennendably baud, weighed the opposing loaders fa the balance Alike in discern', in soar - age, in rlelermieattes, and 1n oslsi danee, the Opposition' leads 'hews extend a m r in ewusie na.ir- a g. ie .•erpesl es.ian of pebfye soeda. and in appreciation of the chub- wsvissow of Orsernoseabil tamale. oVoss da. 1. 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