, 1874-12-01
4 Most Extraordinary M rina!alcia! State;
mont by lhe Provincial Treas
A Province with a Surplus Of Five
hai|!lqp Dollars in GoId.
The Wholesale Corruption Un-
earthod by the Late Elec-
tion- Trials.
:ptetal Correspondence If TAe Chicago Tribune.

lfatsac!!on OF ba!ncss III tho City Of TorontO 0lle
4rcGy" II :Kclar-thcp md since prominent lca,l-
cr OF sho ccarcrit par,y of cforncra-srono III his
1la:o IA tho House iqauer Of tho Opposition, aud
hrc with Gacllo foreo and in,retuosity Tho chargn
At tho Mlnators, that they lad deliberately insultcd
tho chtiro agricultural cosu OF Ontario by conycnng
The legislature before tho farmfrn ha nnshcd nclr
faplostng" The objection wis laughed nt, hut yet
waa felt to bo 80 Bgpslblo th3t, einco Tint time,
tho dalo for calling together tho Ontario aud
Tho other Provincial Legialanrcs h2a been placed
60 late In Tho ycar thai tla iarcr-law,nakcra may
hafcly cont upon bong ablo 10 finish their la.ors
lusbandnen aroro they ore expected 10 assnrno tho
togq Of tho legiHator. WtA ethsrs this nn4oihtsdly
was Tho reason why tho present. tho fourth and last,
session Of tho Ontario Legislature, has hccn called 60
la:o in tho year. It convened fow digs ago, aud,
since that snso las accumulated bpt iisttc.
Till; 1.s:0iBLATuRE,
or, term it, the Parliament of this Province, H.
presume, very ssrilar III Its composition to tho lcgisla
tive budes Of tho Western Suites. There aro largo
number Of lawyers III it,-in fact d minority Of ia
goody proportion Of representative agrlcuurissa, and
also porhaps dozou country morchants and lumber
ncn. Tho intelligence Of tho body ID fairits pcrson
mel good rho lealer OF tho Ilonao " Mr.. Mowa(t, who
was tho Judicial nencl hcforo ho agreed at tho re-
quest Of ha political fcpds to deseo4d into tho
OF politics. Io Is fine, Echolarly gentleman, apt and
ready all occaslonB, unA has evidently loft behind
him tho Dcnch that judicial faculty which distin-
guighca him when settling tho dncplt ya.io9 That
IN ordinary courae beforo him. lie ia par
tisau-but tho right side. uo came into tho Re-
form panty At the time 1t mao tta Bweoping victory
md has been earnest gatheror Of tho louvoz and
/ leAea Of olacial ouolumcnta ever sncc. Tho
Opposition, which delights to alylo itcelf "Her
Ma1csts's Loyal Conservative Opposition
| with capital letters, IL in piti1u!o
minority. day aiucc, they tcmptcd dvision. Not
withsandiug tho fact that they snclred Tho votos OF
two MniBtera!isa, thoy could count but 16 In
Iougo ottucarly 100 melnbp1s Sill, tleso gentle
men manage to make most considerable stir occA.
sional.y while tho Opposition press headed by tho
ihee, iach1y9oso and bov|snt, py turns, md sl tb
parIy par ?'S o. '' aA0 - 'D' f'''t' S''u '' t1e
| TIE WORK or THE 6Iss1nv,
IA lslai, tho lieutenant Governor Of tho Province
a s1or nna sir looed G inen
dress foresha{lqwln what ha faithful Mnstcrs would
proposs for TUG consideration Of tho doso during tue
bunged pscceof Euglish, s,ifcsent to send that Don
Quixoto among tho lscrat. Richard Grant White, sor-
to 1 IT, hsn sr a q m
roius will bear placing betoso the readers of TIE
Tho nrst topic touched upon was tho uniyersal
prosperity Of oil clnsaes Of the population Of the
Province. which could hardly fail to DO source Of
ny by tho tuulcoua encouragement Of railroada and
other nbllo undertakings, IN promoting the general
progrcsa aud Development Of tho country Tho settle
mont Of tho vc1cd question Of tho uortllcrly and
westerly boundaries of tho Province. by reeourac
to .arhitrs:ion fl nost referred 10; aud tbs
rccent eontoreneS 1t Ottawa, noted. This IL,
practically TO keep up the machinery that has teen Id
u5 bs as asa aT
at work for months psst-havo their report ready, and
legislation will 10 had during THO session, with view
view OF Tho approaching legislation hcro will 10 Nh
ac passed Tor tue purpoao Of leaa}usng inequultes
craey sompy Wit The s md sit The resus
''as asy to tss @ thS " iii iii ~ si s.o s .ovs
to the act under which tito magnificent surplus Of this
sotlato lie Statutes. Tic aaht between ts provnco
md Qucbec over tho diYsion OF tho assets belonging
Confederation, they vera tho only Two mor,bcrs,
seems likely to 20 on for another year. Tie onario
Goyernnelt are ready, but tho quebec officials ars
| THE FINANCES or TIRE PROVINCE.
Theirs !a probably no Province or State tho Amer
regard asra az Ills frosnaa u
Ontario. ltia little bewildornG to peopo tha
to hG:T Of large s5psss Ssrau ee year
nsassy i.aoo,Sooe in sola IL ono D'te seas te
noting their own local iEpro'aments. ,1t1nus cause
feeling or doubt and surprise to rise In tho breaa OF
llc OfttioltlGu pcOpG lHD O0HGu 6L3tG6.
wlothcr such things rai be, when, in roky sow.gon
ontariu, among tho rnenterprisug Kanucks, Local
Government, ruling Province containing a,o0o,oO0
houlS eau count confidently on surplus last year,
over I'LL necessary expenditures, Of from ot-aif u
o. million of gold dollars And yet
What Change may in tiine thp prist Of our
dream, know nat; hut no have good authority fol
but 70 got down to few detala: Tho auancial year
Of tho Province coscs on the 5Ht ef Decp.nbcr,-ih,,s
rendering IL impossible at this ino 10 state exactly
what tho 4xDcuGIturGU rccpfHtn fIox
For THO first nilo n.ont4. thu Uaauce,Hhoct presented
the following eaeelent showing ltecepts, 4l3,al9
Showing Oasnce in faSor o{ q saboS4a.
There ara also included In tho expenditure items sey-
sassi assa aea they s are IL 'sia tae osSt. M
tr9 at IT, II Thun s1pss4 for
i,iss an1es W. ,Ian!sial fosa,Fuad '''ps and
glf,s from tho Government out Of tIs surplus. Thp
poolc, III tiino past aye provided u'oro tan enough
Sarry on tho Local GoSsrnnont, and nav bcasod
posr VI such materials, on a,fh principles, az
to commentaries tho payment back 10 tho noyore!ga
people d Any Of il,e fruits Of ta1-uyc5. The III
ge,i1y of oIce.h"lders s generally e1srte u quito
THE rRr1:ATEs
yldw. 1hat i 10 NY, ihey actually slow dssIlhs
IT, s thv s hg 0ss sss l
$sU7e7a for tlsenanii va they ure put ss7
5 u ss ;sso i II i s ss &c s S,p esss
|
brought to completion al LII proocy p,blio improve
lnenss. II will e reeolluckel tint tho vast canaul-
proTcmeltu projected a uudpr wny aro at tue o4rensc
6t tho orncsa! Dominion Government. Tho a,1m 10
tl20,ooo; and os hs, sloS,ooo IL il, the s!aru Of
,syo'o H. q s',ns appfonrats, ~. not aren't. n
pieton Of iii necessary rI,hlio bnldlngs. leaves
tho Province IN tls condition Of aho merchant
| who haH figured lhlnga down to aurh .,lccty
that ho tan calculate, pretty accurately M
th9 ,opSoings apd iucomtngs Ct lia lllsiuess. Thc
<3,0ouGlo ann..aty, which includes tho payment of
sl00ooo to tho Railway su'sdy Fund: W Tho lst Of
next january .he snrplua at command Of sAe ProYn-
eial Government will tpytainy enlaintto
''' FIVE M1LLtnn un1LAnsl
Tho AnuMal Income Of tho Province has been cBli-
atn.! at s3,o01,gu0 rar year, but, Il It 10 nut at
0uO will 1e readily seen thst ti.e surpli1 e
peulIturea, wll g si0oooo. Add tiSeach utcvcdjng
yoar tn the magnificent surplus already piled up, h
who eau forsBhalow tho rssult7 III co.1rao tlcra
,q hssa royS,oase T. na9s ,n spr s S1nqpEnSs
10 10 liz asutAa.,ee Of mu,!cailee In tho slaps Of
bonscs Ia ,nilways mud 1u tho payment f bouiltea to
Etj In