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The Wingham Times, 1911-02-16, Page 3MON MAIIIIIT3 TELLING In Sucre Criticism of the Government. Hot Shot For Minister of Education. Administration of 4ustice-1 ndustrial Education --Local Option--Refores. tration-lmmigration ' and Colon- iaation, 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 brilliant 45onintite apeech, gave a concise and meeterin review of provincial prob- lems. His epeech, in part, was as foliates; 'Mr. Speaker, -It is fitting that the opening seutences of the speech of the Licetenant.Governor, which was Aimed in hie hands by his constitte tional advisers, should contain a re- ference to the demise of King Edward VII. wed to the far-reaching influence for .greel which he exerted throughout his whole reign. No British subject knows, no British subject will ever know, how great was the influence exercised by our late King, making for the peace of tin. whole world. His very, extended ties of affinity and consanguinity were doubtless used to advantage with all other European monarelis. - His was a reign that made for peace, that tended to bring about if in ' the age itself, at least the spirit of the age, when men shall beat their swords into ploughshares and their spears into pruning -hooks; and when the nations 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 IThette, which recently has done such splendid work and has removed forever as between us and the great nation to the South of us, a large number of irriteting and mischief. makine diffloulties. That reminds me, Sir, that we are nearing the cele- bration of the century mark of peace between thie nation and our cousins to thr South; a celebration in which 1 heve no doubt this Province and this Dominion will lake n fitting and prominent part. Netwithstanding the exasperating. recollections of the War of len, Canada and the United States have set the world an excellent example of how two nations with a 3,000 -mile non-fortressed , and , un- garriemied frontier may live at peace as neighbor nations oueht to. Lack of Content 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, dIir, that the most noticeable feature of the whole speech is its absolute laek of content, and particularly of intent on the part of the Government. Prison Labor. With reference to the question of prison labor, while there has no doubt been a great deal of laudable work 'done in the way of employing prisoners, yet, Sir, I would like to suggest to the Honorable, the Provin. mai Secretary, the idea of consider- ing carefully not only those whose Liberty is retrain,d and who are con- fined in our public institutions, but also those who were prior to their incarceration dependent upon them 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 te alleviate the suffering of those who formerly depended lesson them -if n part at least of the earn- ings of theee prisoners could he sent back to their families. Technical Education. ' The eext paragraph of the speech deals with a very important ques- tion, whieh I regret to say, is touch- ed very gingerly and uncertainly - that of technical and industrial edu- cation. The reference to this very important subject is as follows: "The necessity for and the advan- tages arising out of the adoption of a system of technical and industrial education are becoming more ebvious day by day, and you will be asked to make an appropriation for this pur- pose." This indeed is handling an ex. ken:10y itnportant subject in a very *on -Committal manner, One would gather from this vague reference to r, subject that the gray dawn of telligence is at last striking the So, vernment. With reference to this iJI-important question, contrast this *ague, indefinite, ill-defined and pon-committal position, Sir, with the d taken by this side of the House year. We, Sir, divided the use upon, this same question last jeomelen. The record appears at p.216. ?d the Votes and Proceedings. Our motion was as follows: "That in the inion of this Muse the penvinee nd the munitipalities, Should unite Iti (a) The establishment of teehnical *heels in the testes and cities in °nisei* to supplernent the praetidal 'raining Of the workshop. (b) An ar. itingernent at to the basis of support tor such schools as between the brovinee, the municipality and the interested hunitifacturers. (c) The -establishment in. the iarsrpt industrial inetxeS of teehriiell high admit,' .) That the powereaR the Munioiptid a- should be ihnkmigt SO As to en., we them to Alt Wilio alipport of such wetli." tkiiii, Sir, Wee ii Well-defined scheme, and, - had the Government accepted it and appointed a maned*, Edon to make the necessary inquiry and obtain the necessary information, something practical raight be the re- sult in the immediate future, I can- not help thinking, Sir, that if this Government had accepted this sug- gestion and had sent a commission out to ascertain all facts pertaining to the technical and industrial con, ditions of this province, the infornaa, tion thus obtained sirguld have fitted in with and would have been supple- mental to any information that the report of the Dominion Government commission may contain. The latter commission does well in. ascertaining industrial and labor conditions here and elsewhere not only in this coun- try but several other countries; but we, 'Sir, priding ourselves on being the banner province of the Dominion, . might well have acted upon our own • initiative, and as a result of con- current work ascertained naore min- utely the requirements of this par- ticular province. Then, 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 commission mov- ing from town to town and city to city throughout the province would have been distinctly felt and would have done very much towards crystal- lizing the views of municipal officers, 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 giver: the question of industrial edu- cation serious consideraton. Perhaps in thie province, considering we are a young country, the school of cul- ture has too much predominated. The marked distinction between our sehnol eystem and that of Germany, for example, is, that our continua- tion classes are still entirely scholas- tic, whereas Germany says to her children: "I will give you an education suf- ficient for ordinary life up to the end et your common school course. After Jut you must begin to think of this as a practical world, and 1, the state, will assist you in a practical Way, so that you may earn an honest living." The result is that continuation elasses in Germany become continua- tion industrial schools. Of these there are some 2,20gi attended by 350,000 pupils. After a two -year's course in these industrial schools the young man specializes and attends higher technical schools and insti- tutes. We believe it is the duty of the state to give to the child of the state such education as :nay hereafter make him the bret eitizen of the state. It becomes a very grave and important question whether this province might ntt. 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 livelihood. My contention is, Sir, that we ought to establish in every industrial centre an "evening, industrial school" to sup- plement the work of the workshop. These schools ought to be of such a general character as to reach out to all the lads 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 a position to take more active steps than it has done, and that the speech from the throne merely says: "That the necessity is becoming more obvious day by day for a sys- tem of technical and industrial edu- cation." Provincial Aid for 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 previa. cial grants to public and separate schools amount annually to $1.33 for ! each pupil attending the same; the grants to high schools and collegiate institutes to $4.66 per pupil; the grants to normal and model schools amount to $112.43 per pupil; the grants to Toronto University $126.36 per pupil. It is difficult to figure exactly what the average grant to agricultural colleges per pupil is, although some eubstantial aid is given; but, Sir, when we come to a very deserving class, the industrial school class, a far different story is told. This province practically says to the lad from thirteen to seventeen years of ago who is perforce driven from school to earn 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 UM, per pupil; we assisted 3,100 odd high school and collegiate institute pupils at the tate of $4.66 per pupil; we assisted 438 normal and model school pupils at the rate of $112.43 per capita, and we assisted 3,950 university students at a rate ef $126.00 per pupil. Thus does this province follow from stage' to stage ' -those who are financially able to attend our schools and col- leges thus to attain a liberal eduea-, tion; but when it corned to the lad! whom chill penury at an early age, drives to the Workshop, the province says to him, we are under no, morali or financial responsibility with refer- ence tO you and we will make no pre.' vision Whatever for your further edtt. cation. 1 say, Sir, that until sorne different sehe,me is properly worked out that will have due regard to tlite moral and financial responsibility oil this province With referenee to the! industrial daStleg the edncatiortrdi System of this ptovittce Will be lint ill -balanced and the state will not be doing *hat it should do for the large number of young Men and yoting Women we find in all our inditstriel centres. The Hydro -Electric Problem. ' Sit, I confess frankly that 1 have not as ininsh confidante in this inlet ceseful working Out 01 this schen% le. WINQUAM TIMFS,F41.131tUAUT 16 1$11 has, apparently, the framer of the sneneh from the throne, There hoe been already SQ much misconduct and mismanagement on the part of the commission AS not to justify the highest hopes with reference to the future. Last year we criticiied itt length the inequitable and uofair way in which the commission obtain- ed their easements, We have also heretofore dealt with the absolutely tyrannical legislation whereby the votes taken in fourteen municipalities upon one question were made to do service for an entirely different scheme. It will be recalled that by. laws were submitted in some fifteen municipalities in Western Ontario; the question then submitted to the ratepayer was, whether he was will - mg to pay a certain fixed figure for power delivered by the commission at the gide of his town or city. The ratepayer in that case was not called Ron to make any inquiry as to the original cost, or as to the cost 4:4 transmission but had only to decide the very simple question whether power delivered at the door of his municipality at a certain pries) was cheap power or not. That called for no investigation whatever upon the part of the ratepayers, and these by- laws were carried in some fifteen municipalities, Then, the Govern- ment entirely changed its scheme and instead of deliveringeat a certain figure, power at the gates of the immicapalities in question, it offered to sell power to the municipalities at Niagara at a certain price and to compel the municipalities to stand the cost of building and maintaining transmission lines, etc., let that cost be what it might. This was an en- tirely different scheme. Our view then was that when the Government end the commissiort entirely changed its scheme, the new scheme should have been submitted to the munici- palities and the ratepayers given the opporfunity of saying whether they voted yea or nay on this new seheme. 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 have been trusted ani the present scheme ahould 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 a 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 illustrationr of how it works out. For example, Brace - bridge the other day held a banquet ns a resuit of the successful opening of their power scheme. What did Bracebridge require to do? Brace - bridge was required to submit its scheme to the Ontario Railway and Municipal Board. a creature of the Government, and when their scheme had been approved of by the Muni- cipal Board, Bracehridge was obliged to sell its own debentures. They sold at 93 1-2, bearing, I think, 41.2 per cent. interest. Now, contrast this method of procedure towards ob- taining cheap power as, let us say, between Bracebridge and Welland. The province as a whole, Bracebridge ineluded, is compelled to furnish cheap money and cheap power for Welland, but in tern the province as a whole, including Welland, does not endorse Bracebridge, and does not assist Bracebridge in obtaining cheap power. The result is that Brace - bridge loses $1,50 per hundred on the sale of its debentures and pays 4 1-2 per cent. interest. whereas Welland loses nothing on the sale, and gets its money at about 3 1-2 per cent. There can be but one result of this whole scheme if successful; namely, that it will induce intending manu! lecturers to locate in the Niagere Peninsula rather than in the different towns and cities throughout the province. Nay, Sir, it may go se int' as to take away factories already existing in other towns and • chane them to near the Falls. I leave it with the Government to say whether as representing the whole province they think such a scheme is fair and equitable to the whole province., And this raises the further question; whether ix uniform flat rate would not be more equitable even within. the electric zone. Reforestration. regret that I do not find ani reference whatever to g very import- ant subject, perhaps one of the larg- est question which the Honorable, the Minister of Lands and Forests has to deal with, namely, that Of re- forestration. I think, Sir, the Gov- errunent hagbeen sufficiently long in power and the necessity of the censer. vation of out forests has been put so plainly, and so often, before the Gov- ernment from this side of the House that the public might now expect a well-defined plan of forest conservetiOn and of reforestration. Peopling the Northland. The honorable member for South Norfolk spoke of the population of Ontario. In that connection, Sir, I desire to raise the quei.iion whpflwr we are doing as a provwe nti 'bit might be done to obtain de, „ebb, immigrants; whether 'he province at all doing its duty tcswurde petpline our Northland? Sir, WO know whet the result of a vigorous Don:inter) immigration volley' has done for Iles West, and I think this Gesteemnent Might. Well take a leaf out f ths ir book and show more initietive, mod and energy as to the important rows, Mon ef obtainiog settlers for the fsr tile agrieultural Mods of North OH. tario, Sir, this Governm.mt in that respect ought to invaken mit of its sleep, and ought at once to itietituts an active propagnola in favor of peopling +our own Iiintertrind. We know something, Sir, of the • rapid progress of the Vt'est,'Cnigary, for ex. ample, last year boasted a population 01 32,000 or 35,000. This year she alaims 51,000. Similarly Edmonton's poptilation last yeat Woe about t),- 000. riote it is chimed that it is 30,- 000. The population of the agrieul- tu t lands of that province is In - sing in about the same propor- tion, This Government claims that we have as fertile lands in Northern Ontario as will be found in the West, why then, is not soniething practical and tangible being done towards se- curing nopulatien. That Three -Fifths Clause. was rather amused with the ideall expressed by the honorable member for South Norfolk with reference to local option. He expressed the idea that a grand work had been accom- plished for temperance within a cer- tain time past, because of the feet that 242 municipalities had in that time ,aclopted local option, that 593 hotel licenses had been cut off, and 16 shop licenses removed. This un- der the present law he said was a "splendid result." I would like to ask the honorable gentleman whether he is net falling into the logical fah lacy of proving either too little or too much? If it was a splendid thing under tha threedifths clause to have cut off 596 licenses, would it not have been a mach more splendid thing to have out off seven or eight hundred under a majority vote? What says the honorable gentleman? He sits silent, while the ridiculousness 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 side of the House have ever stood on safer 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 municipality 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 optionist. Prior to the sulaigission for the first time of the local' option measure, according to the present law John Brown's vote ' Was worth one -and -a -half 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 shnilar conditions the situation is reversed, and John Smith's vote become worth one -and -a -half of John Brown's. A raw that produces such results would do credit to a sleight- ; of -hand man, or a Japanese juggler, but it is not at all creditable to a British Legislature. The only sound I position to take, Mr. Speaker, is the on.s I stand upon, namely, "one man, one vote, and every vote of equal , value." I We have, Sir, divided the House for five successive sessions upon this I question, and we will continue to di- : vide.it until the tree principle of leg- islation is recognized and adopted. '1, Sir, have taken that position, anel , intend to continue taking that posi- tion regardless of who is hit. He : would ba 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 sn request. I repeat, Sir, ' that the dice should not be loaded • for or against either party. If a muni- cipality desires to adopt local option, the voice of the majority should rule. , If, after having had an experience of ! local option, that municipality de- • sires to return to the license system I 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 . its workings than any Government sitting in Queen's Park, be that Gov- ernment Liberal or Conservative. Trust the people, and allow the people to deal with the matter fairly. Education. . I In dealing with the Government's attitude with reference to industrial education I pointed out that this Gov- ernment has practically done nothing along that line. Perhaps, Sir, it is I well for industrial -education that they , should never take the subject up. If I no more intelligent direction is given to the movement by the Education Department than it has shown it the dealing with rural school education, I repeat, it may be it blessing if this Government never touches the ques- tion at all. 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- partment with reference to our rural schools is the most pronounced. Of all the flounderinss and blundering and sinning against 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 Departmet, Sir, could possibly have been more mischievoue as to results than the Education De- partment of this province. I make that statement deliberately, I make it plainly, with the full sense of the responsibility that the chn rite implies. When this Government, Sir, proposed to wipe min our model schools we, on this side of the House, gave them fair warning and told them plainly what any intelligent ten -year-old °bib' ought to know, namely, that if they at, one stroke wiped out the twain, el training qualified teachers for eus nubile schools, there must inevitably be a dearth of qualified teaehets. Af ter fiest, Sir, they had determined to abolish the Model &heals, wtsen tv found oar efforts,. to save them wet unavailing, we next Wesel cif eb Premier of this Province, the Mr, orable the Minister of Educatieo, le • to wipe out the model c.elitio.a it stroke. We urged that these she'll.. at least be a survival of the fine -t them, in order that a supply f pre perlys qualified teachers might be ea weed for all our schools. Thie, was the burden of our plea. What have saki from session to SesP'On ttpe•I this Stibieet is well known te In non able gentlemen in this 14 u Tn. will also recall a plen aloeg lies en made by the 'Ion, Mr, llnrceurt es i the Hon. Mr. Graham; but, d r. nonotab1e, the Minister 01 . seems always absolutely to knowledse. Ile seems, Sir, wise. eeptible to receiving even a 4. :T. idt: along educational linee. Nothi..a ou or wordd permeate his thinitiog hero ty. Session niter session we p intel out what must be the ineyita'b!e re• sults of eloshal the model seh.oIA; we also pointed out what is it knnan fact, that at least, twenty, pees.hty thirty 1$er tent, of our formal traitod aim do not remain in Ontario, but 1 the western previncea where out any further training, they are died to teach. The result is that nave cut off largely the basis of ply of teachers for our rural a-1004 and are spending Ontario money to train teachers, a very large percentage of whom do not remain within the province. 1 repeat, sir, this Government with reference to the rural schools of Ontario harmed againet light, sinned against warning, and sinned against knowledge. No class of people in the whole province are more anxious to give the very best education they possibly can to their children than are the farmers of the Province of Ontario; but, Sir, there is a limit beyond which they clarinet go. By closing the model schools this Government barred the door to many a poor man's son and daughter from ever entering the teach - lug profession, This fact is so well known that it needs but to be men- tioned to be recognized as truth in every part of Ontario, I say, Sir, the result of the stupid, stubborn, and 'blundering policy of this Government was absolutely inevitable and was eas- ily discernible ha advance. It has led to a deplorable and lamentable state of affairs. We now find twenty per cent. or more of the rural schools In our land „in the hands of teachers with absolutely no pxofessional train- ing whatever, and some of them with- out even a semblance of a non-profes- Monet certificate, and this, Sir, is a direct result of the stupidity and stubbornly adopted policy of this Gov- ernment. As an illustration, Sir, and in the Publics School Report of William E. Tilley, Esquire, Public 'School Inspector for the United Coun- ties of Northumberland end Durham, that there were last year seventy - r a 1 school teachers in these united counties. Two having first-class mei. ticates, 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 - teaching simply on temporary per - nits. Now, Sir, contrast this with ten years ago: From the same report I learn that in the year 1900 there were exactly the same 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 fory-six has professional thirds. There was not one single permit in .4thor county in that year. Last year we had not less than nineteen. That, Sir, is a fair average of what we find 111 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, Sir, 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 secure 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 natural consequence of the closing of the model schools. My arguments years ago was, and now is, that it was Ear better to have teach - ere, some of whom may not have had the normal school professional train- ing, than to adopt a system calling for a more expensive 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 s.uccessful work. These schools were easy of ac- cess to 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- fessional training. Instead, however, Sir, of continuing these model schools until at least a sufficient number of teachers were guaranteed for tbe pro- vince, practically all the model schools in Old Ontario were closed, with the deplorable results already re- ferred to. The net result is that the cost of education in the rural districts is increased fifty or seventy-five per cent., and on the average the char- acter and quality of the teaching is far lower than it was tea years ago. Summary. Now, Sir, I have dealt in a oureory 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 a forward movement as to the large question of reforestrae ton, perhaps the largest the Govern- ment has to -day to deal 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 find any indication of dealing comprehensively and systematically with that all -lin - portant question of industrial educa- tion. Nor, Sir, do I find any indica- lion of any intention on the part of ,the Government to take any steps whatever to relieve the serious condi- tion of affairs in which the rural school sections find themselves with reference to teat -hers. 1, for one, Sir, strongly urge upen the Government, in order to supp:y a sufficient number of teachers to reinstate in the mean- time at least the ne del schools of the province in order that duly qualified teachers may be furnished for the rural sehools. 1 stand, Mr: Speaker, where I have always stood on the "three-fifths clause" as to local op- tion. 1Vitich oredit has been claimed for the Honorable, the Provincial Sec- retary, by the honorable member for South Norfolk with reference to the enfdreernent of the liquot license mw, and he even had the temerity to se t sr to the enforeement of the law itt Xew °Merle! Doubtless he had in ins mind the fiasco of sending tete e Pinkerton deteetives up into ;hat north country, who collected n :ea- siderable quantity of liquor, tie n legally aold the sante, and then euted the purehasers for re-s,:lingl Thtt hollow humbug of pretendiaato put down the illicit sale of liqu #r in the north country is booming n seen. dal. Every man knows that it ono goad Canadian official stood on each train of the Government road, by which road alone liquor can be brought in to that north country, he could absolutely atop the traffic; but instead, Sir, the liquor is allowed to to in, and then the province 1$ put to the expense of sending a, gang 01 disreputable detectives up to make ff, farce of the edininistration of justice. Again* Sin we ore told, and the bout is made by Government sup- porters ad nauseam, that the Atter- ney-General's Department is, and has been extremely active, because of the isolated fact that years ago they pot out of existence a single poolroora. make the statement boldly, 1 make it with a full respbnaibility of the gravity of its nature, when, I say that there never was a time in the history of the province when the people of the provinc,e had so little faith in the ac- tivity, or rather inactivity, of the At- torney -General's Department as now. Never, Sir, since Confederation have there been so many absolute miscare riages of justice, and never have 430 many scoundrels gone unwhipped of justice as during the past five years. I do not purpose entering into de- tails, they are familiar to the public, - the Orangeville affair, the Kinrade in- quiry, and others, tarnish striking il- lustratinns, 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 1906, that this Government had actually raised the standard of the adrcdnistra- tion of justice. "The King's writ now run.,," throughout the province, shout- 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 runnin.g; while the King'swrit, under the di- rection of the Attorney -General's De- partment, lags lamely on the doge ea action. And yet, !Sir, the mover and seconder shout "Behold this great Government." The honorable mernben for South Norfolk went so far itt hig adulation its to say "there never was* 4++++.44.444933.7444-4.144.-++++4.4.4. 4. 4, 4. 4. 4, 4. 3 ARM %MA AA AAA liA41, OINICKAN Sir, let Inc ware him that for outi Unfortunately for this provincem etateent is entirely,. to* true. I Nuonwre,sersviercl,lypauerczeunzntif histhsteatentwuro. adopted lard year, this ebate has been somewbat curtailed. The firms* will not now be divided, but later during the session, on all these and other is- sues, honorable gentlemen of this House will have not only an 4:ip tunity for discussion,but of at and taking notice while the Divia Bell rings. THERE AR12 FEW PEOPLE IiY iimr ;lever Expsrianced A ElEADACHIE. Ileadaches cited all ages end both eases alike, but the female sex is nettle. :.ily the more effected through the higher nervous develgpment and more delicate oreinization of the system. 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