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One of the most interesting discussioua of the week although bearing no pulitical significance perhaps arose uron Mr. Mulook’s bill to prohibit members of par- liament from drawing mileage allowance ior attending Sessions in cases Where they have travelled upon railway passes. There was a unanimous assent to the principle t'mt members ought not to draw money for disbursements which they have not made. But from a dozen different ataudpoiuta a dozen members found ob~ jections to the bill. Nearly ewryone who spoke expressed a willingness (not surprising) lo support Mr. Muluck’s prop- osition if in place of the present- system of passes all the railway companies in the country shall be obliged by law to carry members of parliament free. The out.- cOme of the discussion is likely to be leg- ialntion of some sort. Just what can, not The Budget debate will continue to- morrow. Sir Richard only dealt with the financial aspect on Friday and will re- sume his reply to-morrow by a thorough exposition of the government’s fiscal 'policy and the general state oi the coun- try. A spirited debate in which a number of members on both sides will take part, is expected. The government are driven to bay and feel that they are on the verge of the precipice. The opposition, on the other hand look upon this as the oppol'o tunity for which they have waited filteen yearsâ€"â€"the utter collapse of National Policy promises the utter discrediting of protective principals. If the country does not become seized of the financial and commercial condition of Canada be- fore the debate cloees it will not be their fault. After the immoderatc credit which the geyernmeut had taken to itself for reduc- ing in 1891 the duty on sugar it came oddly from Mr. Fo’scer that he should conclude his speech by relmpoeing a duty of half a. cent a pound upon all raw sugar and making proportionate increases upon refined sugar and manufactures into which sugar largely enters. Sir Richard Cartwright never spoke in better form than when he rose to reply to Mr. Foster and never showed more clear- ly the complete grasp which he possesses of the finances. In the matter of the country’s liabilities he put the Finance Minister through a. pretty stiff eXumana- tion. Mr. Foster had estimated the lie- hilities which are likely to become a charge upon the Treasury during the next four or five years as amounting to someâ€" thing over nine million dollars. These included something over four inilllion dollarsoi railway subsidies already voted and five million dollars for the deepening and completion of the St. LaFreUCe Canal system. Sir Richard. howevei. called at- tention to the fact that many most im- portment matters were omitted in this ltatement. He wanted to know for in- stance whether Mr. Foster did not con- sider the $750,000 a year which the gov- ernment had granted to a. Fast Atlantic Service as an obligation; whether the Trent Valley Canal which the govern- ment have time and again pledged them- to, and for which a. contract has this year been let amounting to half amillionâ€" whether this project was not in the same way as the St. Lawrence Canal system an obligation on the government. Then there was the $2,500,000 granted by Dr- der in Council so the Hudson Bay Rail- way 00.; was that not an obligation? The Chignecto Ship Railway too with its annual charge of $170,000, should that, he asked, be included ‘2 As for railway subsidies the statement of the Minister of Railways the other day had been that the amount which had. been voted by Parlia- ment, and still to be earned was between eight. and nine million. Altogether in- stead of obligations of $0,000,000, as esti- mated by Mr. Foster, Sir Richard found about twenty millions to be more nearly the sum to which Mr. Foster and his government have pledged themselves. 25 for the debt of the country it has increased concurrently wuh these deficits; but then large increases of the debt have been a normal condition under Conserva- tive rule. In the years 1893â€"4 and 1894-5 the debt has been increased by $11,802,â€" 000. So that on the 30th of June next; the net debt will be $253,480,000 as com- pared with $140,008,000 when the Con- servatives took office. These are salient points of this ygar’s Budget. putting the best face possible on the mat- ters, he cannot reduce the deficit to a less amount than $4,500,000. \Vhile for the year which will commence on the 1st of July next, he was obliged to prophecy a deficit of $1,700,000. This last, moreâ€" over is when will.result even if the rev- enues increase as he expects and the ex- penditures decrease as he promises they will, and after the additions which he has just made to the taxation have been al- lowed for. What a. state of things for an exponent of the National Policy to reveal. Mr. Foster had a. difficult task befiore him this year when he presented his anâ€" nual Budget. With deficits on all sides of himâ€"he, the successor of a line of Conservative minislers who have boasted of surpluses, and described deficits as prowf of incapacityâ€"what; wonder that his speech should have been lifeless and labored. Clever it undoubtedly was and specious, but then cleverness can only go a. certain distance and cannot disguise the fact the rational finances are in a worse state than thev have ever been be- fore. The deficit. for the year ending 30m June last he was forced to admit amount- ed to $1,210,000._ For the current year, NEW ADVEfiflSEMENTS @Mâ€"Eifi 12m. { 3mm: Our Ottawa Letter. imp HILL. Thursday, May 9, ’95 A four year olxl stallion,“Romnnofl’," by Rod- geu; dam by OldRuric (imp. t. b.) A sure foul gamer, good mover. Terms easy. B. QUETTON S' '. GEORGE Oak Ridges, April 17th. 18%. a. young lady of great personal attractions angrubility as an actress. The confipany come well recommended, and the entertainment will be found one of an elevating and intellectual character. Another prominent member of the company, who takes the part of Pauline in Delicate Ground is who will take the important character of Shyluck in the Merchant of Venice. The following illustration does but scant justice to Our readers have a chance to enjoy an unwanted treat by attending the two em tertainments to be given by the Townsend Shakesperean Company this week. V The Hudson Bay Railway subsidy was brought up in the Senate the other day and Sir Mackenzie Bowell made an ex~ planation with regard to a recent Order in Council granting the company $2,500,- ‘000, His explanation substantially sup- ports what has already been published. He admits that this wild cat scheme has received from the government this huge bonus. Now, from all signs, it appears that Sir Mackenzie and the government want to back out of their pledge. The idea undoubtedly was that the transaction should not become public until after the election had taken place. Then with a bodV 0f supporters fresh from Victory and a victory to which this Hudson Bay job would have largely contributed, the goth eminent hope the character of the trans~ action would be indulgently regarded, Of course things were desperate or this means of raising funds Would not have been attempted; they might have been too desperate even for a fund of $250,000 in which case the government Would have been in the position of gamblers who had staked all (and their honor which they were willing also to east upon the (he did not, perhaps, amount to much.) Before elections members of parliament, even supporters of the government are some- times squeamish. This has turned outin the present case and so utterly indefenci~ ble is the pledge which the government entered into that they do not intend to carry it out. be predicted. Meanwhile Mr. Mulock has been amply justified in bringing the question to the attention of parliament and the reflection must force itself- upon any outsider who listened to the debate, that if members regarded a. little more the dignity and duties of their Iosition, twenty‘eight members would not find it necessary to discuss for an afternoon the question of passes, and on another occas- ion vote silently to whitewash a Lang gegin-Caron or ancotte. The Townsend Company The following is _a. good representation FLORENCE TOWNSEND AS PORTIA. FOR SALE 003' STANCE TOWNSEND, MR. HARRY TOWNSEND, “MW ‘HNHHHHWHUMM iG‘reo. McDonald: FINE - HARNESS - A - SPECIALTY. fiARNESS SHOP. Everything up to date and prices as low as possible for good work. Repairing promptly attended to. Special attention given to Facing and Repairing Collars. All work guaranteed. 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