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30 400 freehold. but they refused 70 do so: hess
.t,,,.ina snd pslduin preferred thatthls genersi
o;souahscs ton should remain ANY man ~. ~
oct enough Of the votes OF the qaarr.nssp ~,
nry be member OF Parliament io' = Id
glasgow although he does NOT own 80 crno
Here, he must have a landed e''S'e
sterlinglI c.o,,r,snt acting in
- r,esume. with the private sentiments
ofIo-d iobn Russell and his clheagues-s
"a. -, an imoerfect measure, hope II VIII De-
enc law because $50 men cannot oe 10 es'py
,,y,urt.d end barCsined viii as malor"y OF o.
numbering among thea Is OF the sAiafiel 'S'' ah''
of the Crown. A. .,.sr,,tl,, tho T.oe;s-
Nc. .birerv vas fer more simple aud efficient
,borS, /, now A plain member would need 70 re-
yrsin n year or two a. political schoo, % enaoie
-, 90 comprebend ho% things are done here.
Roth houses met at nine IN the morning, Twelve
1ears since, and the gallery Of the Assembly was
cren To u hoover chose 70 occupy H. Now they
I'm N seislate al three 2. %. and sit till nine, ten,
~ Iwelve AT night and sometimes till two next
y,orning. no person can enter the gallery OF the
Assem- bly or 20 below the bar, unless ne is provided
Win member ticket The House thus selects It's
audience ] would prefer the old way to tho new.
In the House of Assembly of New York, as in
Congress not less than a majority OF the "hoie
bod\ il a Quorum for moAt purposes. In Canada,
bers and the Speaker form quorum tor ali Pur-
poses. 20 that 4 out Of 81 may blnd the Who'e'
Messrs. LsfoDtaine and Baldwin desire 70 retain
this peculiar feature Of the Constitution.
The United States have but one Chief Justice
England has two Chief Justices Canada has ioar'
one of which, Mr. John B Robinson, presldes IN toe
Queens Bench Court here.
In conjunction with his shire wd and astute school,
master Bishop Strachan, and in strict conformity
with the views Of the British Ministry In the old
Tory times which views were unfavoraoe 10 Can
sdian prosuerity, lest it should weaken tue desire
for British connection and protection, Mr. hooinson
governed Upper Canada many years a1rol'iy
managed the fec BILE and conceted Governers guar,
tered on the colony of England, kept back useful
;mnrovemeDts. DISCOURAGED immigration, and
through clumsy Senate OF their own manufacture,
bsfied every popular effort at reforming very de-
feciive Institutions.
When the Union Of the Canadas was under con-
siderstion in England, Mr.. Robinson went 70 Lon
don and wrote a book against 1t, prophecyins that
the United Legislature would soon eXhlolt " n ma
"jorfty uhIch will be held together by common
"desire to Sc parate the Colony from the Cro@h-a
"party, consequently, whomit would be impossible
& to conciste by any concession within the bounds
"of right"
His owp friends headed by his brother, w. B.
Robinson. AID by Messrs. Draper, Sherwood, Mac
Nab and Boulton, got office not long aiter-they
steady resisted sll improvements, thus increasing
disconte and paving the way for Reform leaders or
seusrstion Messrs La'ontaine, b aid win and their
friends .uccee ded Messfs. Draper & Co. in Janu-
Ary 1913 they have done come better than their
uredecessors. but not much. They take their am
pe salaries aud tell their chagrined supporters that
there are but two alternatives Baldwin K Co. or
the Tories.
Itseems 10 me that, whether the measures OF
the ore bay or the other be fairly considered, aud
whether Their real desire be to preserve the Colony
for the Crown or to promote its separation rom It,
the course pursued by both IN refusing to afford pro
per guar for the equal administration oil JUS
tice, the reform OF garins abuses, the enforcement
Of economy and the establishment OF Tree lnstltu
tons, clearly shows that the effect Of their several
Administrations shouid there be no change Of 1eG'
su,es ms Session, is to excite wsiodnded dlscon-
tent, and prepare the minds OF the COonlsts Tor
Annex alton, as the only efficient remedy for exist
ing defects Ill their il sutut'Ons.
/ have heard Others take that view oil tllngs
MeFns. Robinson and Strachans management
here and tie ignorance and misrue which long pre-
vailed ia Lower Canada, did much to prepare men 8
minds for a great change in 1897.
In 1910, Mr.. Robinson proposed that the Popers
Of The Special Council simple despotsml should
be erfe,,ded and node ddtqnate to all the ends Of
good GoUtrHmeHC In Lower Canada.
lnls44 "thefsrming faction" united with Mes'rs.
Pspipeau aud Viger, and in 1850 some Of its mem
I
In 1870 it was proposed 70 give Upper Causdl
elective munich Jal nsIitutons lie your Boards OF
County Supervisors, but Mr.. Robinson declared
| that there was "no room for such con,nvance.
He preferred the rule OF the Tory msgisracy OF his
own o uoiatmen ut, backed by garrison Government.
Nv de sire would be TO rec tree institutions es'
tablished in Canada, based Oh general intelligence
and the golden rue and, waiting the results, |
would postpone indefinitely all Discussion on tire
ques lions Of British supremacy or American an'
nexatiOn.
But 80 m atters stand here, "men's minds are
unhine ed" as Mr.. George Garrett said in 1884,
While the permanent interests Of the million sre
sacrificed to the caprice or policy OF party leaders,
those leaders will be paving the way for organic
! changes whether they fnresee the results or are
but puppets of more artiul men, This will be the
! case here, as we go now, whether Robinson and
! SuachRD, or LalontaiRe aid Baldwin or coaI-
ton of the four, happen to be the instruments
| ROGER SHERMAN.
Debt and Rerenue Of COnddd. The POsfOcc and M Van
0etrs.. Pubie Wofks. Income from iarT0Selsats
The WeieHd Canal RereEus.. III Is m1de a job g...
The So Laurence CdndI. RdsGu Canal. Port Deer
Hayboy Loans and Iaferest.. Canadian CdPftIiisls
| -. Torres and RefoJMe's.. ms and Osts.
| Canada Correspondence Of The Tribune
TORONTO, Friday, June p, 1850.
! Although England continues to aid Canada with
loans, the provincial finances are not in a sound
state. The official accounts, SO far as the public
are allowed to see them, indicate degree Of waste
ard extravaganza in the management Of money,