Thursday, March 21, 19S9 Critical Review of the Legislative Session by A Newspaperman what the Stuarts would have called "the good old days." dea44r deekied to h"ut eff the de- Paker. rated A. M. Manaoa'a-Orease in share capital be rfer- bnte at the earliest possible rao nveni. The "thumping" majority of the government swwnped the fifsiUon but they have yet to net the verdict of the people. Sfeon Attirney-Goneral Pooley went off the deep end with a resolution out of order. , . , rt;d to tbe Lieutenant-Governor By the second week of the- feeJ WWhlhtil for approval. sion, T,. D. PattuUo, A. M. Man- On the vote on his amendment son and Capt. Ian Mackenzie had Mr. PattuUo was supported by became known as The Three five ConaervaUvea and more I Musketeers," but, by the time the Tories would have supported him order papers were thrown in the had they dared. splash when he sought to censor air, the government leaders look- Premier Tolmie, from whom so moving picture advertisements in , ed as relieved as if they bad much was expected, was unfor-the prows. Mr. Pooley may be! escaped three batteries of artil-, tunateiy indisposed throughout left safely in the hands of the! lery playing on them from differ- most of the session. This pro-presaof tbe province. jent angles. ' bably account for the epidemic Dr. II. C. Wrinch advocated One of the most arojusing fea- of cold feet that set ia amongst a measure of state health inur- tures of the session was the atti- the other ten cabiwMt ministers, aaee as an adjunct to the Work-' tude f the new mlol.teni. Some- 0ne with tlle Xolmif ,mm .Mwimwugn . ine n.,P. ,,.u .inu.rai is Government that iU members 'moolha." KiHierumeai agreea w me ap- '"c iu luai s lainisicr can ao poinUnent of a royal commission j anything be likes without being When your appetite is poor, when you are cold and tired is just what you need to buck you up Sslu Afttt Harold F. Ritchie Co. Ui, Toronto of a 25 iier cent increase for the next five years, as provided for in the PattuUo measure of 1034. Tho Leader of the Opposition rointw.l out that this meant a Io. of S300.000 in revenue and usked that the ratio established by him between tht- northern op-eiators and tlioHe on the lmr THE DAlhi NEWS Jn the southern interior for f ive 1 fEWZmSIMZ&imm 'SmSmmmmm more year, alore will oe nearu.j Up to the third week In Febru- 0f this Question next .year. jary the country had been looking) Stewart Railway I vainly for the wonderful Tolmiej The only really new measure measures that were to "keep the brought down was the" Canadian! 'boys nd girls at borne" and had jforth.iitern Railway Lill, fath- 'centred its hope of st things j,y r George A. Walkem, : tMi the Sneliv Lut. Hooe irone r trrk.---......, ;;rnV n TT " - i the budget came down wrapped CM v . ',' brother Bm SOine a political speech dealing with ,,nMttlA frit,nu. a charter to ; the past and not the future. It's if , fnm aiewart . rr. , , funny how Tories always l" 1(to y,,, ,lH,e r(w eountry. Liberal Point of View of Doings of Government and Op- back mtaead of forward. ; tMXvrnmeti woald not di- posiition at Victoria During Past Two Months of Mter the usaai flood of ora-! ui ll i rir.8 frV.mls ttre Law .Making; Pattullo in Limelight - to7, Jl0" ot . , anTt t wie wonders what the people I and it did not . lyln IMget , Van, ou ar lMk .(.out Harry siauti up very " wen. u seemeu , , Wnitn, n . nn n . . . .A.I.. mil. .. . . . . . ... WW-' ana Ull cJianuary ine URSb fctfSSIUU Ui Hie Aim jeyiaiabuic 10 a lew paunea nere anu. Vancouver haa always resen- Of British Columbia opened to the roar of guns and With there and a prop or two. in fact j.,, ail competition as an more fuss and feathers than was the Liberal custom. in "w. amt no nave outlet t.. the Pacific Ocean from The members of the Tolmie government did not know lJLJj1 to it8;th Wnriand anotherhw . '"tJV. -CV B? heT. II VI V " V I VI1U vy. kiiv j v.-wuaib. vlUVCniillCIll IUU lO UIKC II Most of the new7 ministers are still wondering what u back to the shop for repairs. was all about hurting l'rince Rupert only. ii, i; .e (jovcrnmeni i.s Finditm it beyond patching was j g0Ttmmtl and is gQ. mi 1 : f l T : . 4-1 1.. nil thct thp nnlv mra VI a nw . ine uuusuinuiiii: xeaiuie ui uie swiNSiuu was tiie bijicji- . -, i.ngsu sion . . . i j at jtiv lump iimn sum slim tho ttitm ura imu ara consirwuve wont aone y me w y toads th;:r opposition, to ably led by T. D. rural districts will stilf coasiiiet Paitailo, meW for Prince Rap- one mill too nuh ert. Eveo m the om occasion jher art to be no more by wnen me arrBuw accui uw op- icUoaB. for cAiuet minister poMUOD oi noNrrng up ioe aouto, f- k-fcW, -h wvr ,,f th.ni.. ivreu uut wi inr iuuuitiiiucB t to bull.! , ;in fact. j . . ,aU.i tbey Oa.HOeOf poaitiOifoXaaw a cabinet shuffle fiU. from ,ent t?..23 ..lcut of umaieainjwoTor iwonoora-awi JB the government wa the wrangtog . arose -imply b- afrmid to ute coulUrj.. cause raiHltiert eold not explain what they pjbK d doing UTOi the money. i' Oi'iVc' den.e a '.C ;.! i-ctil.- .n :ne g'j.'er:.Tnent bee use r.'..tr;:.A: int.. a ..m: ai t wilb a r.a.'j .-j.'.duat.- giving its aten.ot.-r a rconi.j'uiy of seiiu.g ail of the government'.-, Und.i up t-vi.iiWj.w up to r'ebruao 2S at tilt; u.-uai :t. plu.s a cm- mi.v:"!. jf ':o per cent. Mi iV.tjliu snowed tnat this coDitui-m"ii on U wh ! jsos "The government wan La ut go as far as it likes without beiiiK checked bv the ueonle." aid .VI r AVant Ute WMfernroent wants is p-ttullo. 4d-Jfeffc ''ehwue for mil- n v- , opposition. in tno house, his absence anfor ind hosnitaU. Of course this meant bring! rig down an amendment t thf I.iimor Act cutting ihe municipalities' stiare of pro- cent, but a little thing like that is nothing in the life of a few! weeks old Government. One wonders whether the estimates of the Minister of Finance ever will be taken seriously again. One regrettable feature of the session was the epidemic of inattv.i ng the ... - V J UCIUK UUC Wf III-IICIfcIIs i . . , ... . , more Money building ny B. C. Government (johf. but it is not going roads iiMHscriminateiy it is going to show the tii-r.mination. ! , i f nntimiiitv the mail rime Kttpert and build w alio war Bnnfds bridge. t ia contemplating an aerial survey. Atltn appropriation is cut in half and there was sincerity in every tone of Brt Kergin's voice ' when he stated that he would resign rather A ban have his constituency --" penatieed to the tune i oe powie axcounui lor me iai PreB,ier Tolmie announced thai """" , ; of $24,500. full year of Iibernl government s manv m three being off duty. C-PR and tbe C-NR were Apprpri.tions for Tory rid- anoweo a rewwue -urpius .- prepared to ?0 abelld with . com e eav; ng omy eigni , are J.OOO, while Lib- rrr .r a t.,t: : 521.18648. 0 carr Wh,,e l1Kh U V plete 4Urv-ey of tbe resoarcea aa eral ridings are penaliEed S-J5.-I a. e-t.maie ?.t,.57. jace44 te 1&cJfic Grefil rge DUt in B. C. prior j rst oigguii Worn Iteihw. In this coi- thepreaent army of sleven. 0m wonkra how ong the, cvi x-uuu. neeti1 Ae prater intimated e,KUl crry wn ana "petk barrel" and "big stick" ..i tiie opposition, when h- nUMt tn V-, adjoumment of two dam. u. mKi- ni c- t a ;fri'jd df 40 years will cost the ptoBeVjl.mOOO. . . , . . 1" v vuiwiuu win Lau; liiv; U 18 doubtful whether the v. iw joj Government wi Brinee Rupert as a side- three or the eight were doing the, Another amusing feature of " T6 Tories don't to cow. le. ring . I , soem the session waa the guidance hke Prince Rupert. ffTb Lfder of tb Oppoajtoon t0 Breen miniter8 On the On fae second day of the se- 'r ,0B for tBeir floor of the House by 0e ex- shutting off debate bu Ws kindly offer was not on perjenced Opposition front bench. W PattuHo'swantofconfidwsce th ny enthuaiaani , , pre8enting their estimates '' ' was apparent that the " mf mwreating iMInlAers did not seem to think" it g -ermnent was prepared to ue th 8e'n w" over , neceasary to explain what was to i M Mir tn .si.. the effort of Mr. PattuUo to nrc.. .. .... . . - - ine qone wiin me money tney. aa- position. Two weeks later this the public in the bill incor-fked Houw. to vote .ws again made dear when dis- poratlng the North West Tele- After' futile attemnu t ,t in The charge drove the gevern- Kaniteops and KaslcSrocan eic- -the Opposition insisted that the men to caucus, when thev eri- tions was silenced when the BiH be amended so that any in positbn informed the Govern-; ment. in tones that indicated! "more of sorrow than of anger" that It was usual to tell the people what was to be done with the millions asked for. "Tel! us what yuur polity in and we tMit-gqt'fllnY faater,' ofaady Mr. PatituMo. Lodking in vain for some sign of a real policy, the Leader of the Opposition asked when the Woniierful policies to "keep the girls and boys at home" were to eome down. For once the Premier was pros ent and he retorted "We have been is office for only six think the last election is still on. "You have been here for sixty Ihey are going to wake up about i years," shot back Mr. Pattella, . . u j . four years from now and realue "and von told the neonle af this j-anurt on tbe situation. Dr. they refused to answer uuextions .. . . uvinv. f.ui.-ui ini.t.ii.. fmm tko nnrj,.itun they were thing done Meantime, lilje had been heard from lion. Joshua llinchllffc, minister of education, but event ually he brought down an amendment to the Public Schools Act, the most Imp6rtant item of which provided that "asslsWd school dis triets shall tax themselves three government, which snlemnlv make a supposed to ix Piuvine that you knew exactly ??Bithe bu',B of Brilleh i wha.t .to do.. btlng bout won m1Ue,buttheopoition agreed to quite hurt when the leader of tbe the measure as they wonted some- opposiMon suggested that the peo- ,BW . ..... , erxui eonomons. ..... W 1 AM 4 ha I IliB rsn 1 iiM- I Hma m9 L. UM.A.I.Ik pie were entitled to know what waa " w- iw iriwuic being done. Probably this atti- ,r,"""w,t tttd relief to small and significant aigns of the Sss- tude was largely due to the early noWer" ' Somas reclaimed binds sion waa the tremendous gain in resolution regarding orders-in- that to tho holding 80 popularity of the Leader of the council, forced through by the acre8 or !esbot refused to j Opposition. af- renaie 10 me larger noi- ir. 1'auuuo nas never couriPil 'firmed the principle that: der. moat of whom are specu- personal popularity but he is "It is the ftiallenable and unre- , . . . ,BOlnf to have it thruat upon him Istricted right of the lieutenant- iniB "eMMHI in oimie uov- whether he likes It or not. lie mills on their assessed value for ' governor-in-councll to deal with ernmenl Krantefl reiiei to the is referred to by everyone as the purpose of applying on the orders-ln-council as he sees fit." ,,re hoWer w"'eh WH en- "Duff," just as Sir Richard Mc- teachers' salary." I in other words, the Tolmie cab- hnce the,r holdin" h 50 ride was known as "Dick," and This heavy tax on rural districts inet can do no wronir. and. if It ac!?- when the page boys speak of him wh o much too much that the over should muVa a k,i, u The Leader of the Opposition as "Duff," it is popularity in- lion. Joshua was persuaded to doesn't want anvone to know about in Proteatl against this rebate deed, reduce the tax to one mill, which it. British Columbia is buck to Pinted out that the "trugglln; . :seuier trying, to carve out a home for his family had to help j meet the most of this rebate wnen i he needed assistance much more than the speculative holder of very valuable reclaimed land. The plea fell on deaf ears. j The Government amended the Forest Act to permit of the existing Timber Royalties being hiirir'l for unother year, instead Heart Trouble Hands and Feet Numb and Cold Mrs. Wm. Fowler, Auburn, Ont, writ: "Several yean aco I was troubled with my heart and nerves, so baj, at times, my hands would Unome numb and cof.l., I took doi-tor'i medi-cine, for a while, but it did ro little or no Eood. I hiipprned to eca coast In; retained n thu heavier1 sdrtled' snd started Ulting thnn growth in thn south coa Id stand a higher . royully. lion. 11. W. Hruhn, speaking for the Government, foreshadowed an j effort to retain the present rates . t nnM n f I rmiliiiiiMil ttr Bmiw tin.. and Bince then I Iwre bad no rrturn ui my trouble." Trice tOo- a lox at all druxtciaU and dealeri, or tnailrd dirrt on receipt of priue by Tlie T. Milburn Co., Ltd., Toronto. OnU Fimd -Bn&k Sale En COATS SUITS AND Dursssics, ALIi AT PINAL PRICES CLEAN SWEEP s .Saturday UNDERCURRENTS SILK HOSE, FINAL SALE i'RICIW NOW Your Final and Lasl Chance to Save at This Big Sale CHILDREN'S VTOCKINRS, UNDERWEAR, ETC AT GREAT lilfi REDUCTIONS FINAL CLEARANC E OF ALL HATS. NOW IS THE TIMF, BUY AND SAVE! 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