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* fm"';' MR & 2 AY y -- i _ y s ds Fhs 2uF4' . inson was in collusion with the Attorney--Gen-- § cral, was a suzgestion too monstrous to think about for a moment. /And to say that the matter should have bean held over was equally wild. Mr. MURRAY said the first intimation be | ot of the matter was this evening when he took , Els seat beside the member for South Essex. Ha | must say that he was not at all surprised at what « has taken place. He had cccasion himself to geto + Ottawa shortly after the last general election, and * a proposition was made to him, and such an in-- ducement as to be of vu-g considerable vaiue for him to go to the other: side. _ Me did not enter-- tain the idea, and on the other hand commn.unica-- ted with one of the members of the (iovernment shortly afterwards, _ He then mentioned to the member of the (Government that if there were any weak--knceed men on the Reform side no , doubt they would swing over. . He did not think there were any such, and he was happy to sea that when pressure had been put upon tgom they were able to resist it. It was well--known that these men under arrest were the party,backs of the Tories, and that they had gone over the country using their sinister moasures to influence the election. _ He knew they had been in South Renfrew, and they had tried <tc | romedy _ their' failure= -- there -- by offering | the member for that constituency money as a | bribe, He trusted that there would be a search» | mmnvesufiatmn into the matter, Mr. KERNS deeply regretted that the ciroeum-- stances had happened, but congratulated the Attorney--(GGeaneral on the course he had pursued. ' He hoped the subject would be sifted to the bot-- tom. Mr. CALDWELL was sorry to hear the in« sinuations made by the members for London and East Toronto, Hoe was sure that when the gentlemen came to consider the matter they themselves would regret that the insinuations had been made. sigkes Mr. LEES was surprised that any dis-- cussion had tollowed the motion. He considered it wrong that all that had been said against the men should go to the country before they had an opportunity of defending themselves. °© Mr. WATERS said the member for South Lanark had soarcely considered the matter or he would not have given utterance to the words he had. Wouid he have the charges go out tc the country and not a word said by the members of the House to express their indignation at such a crime. This was the gravest charge ever made in Ontario, and perhaps in the Dominion, with the exception of one which he would not name, The motion was carried, Mr. MOWAT moved that when the House rise it stand adjourned till three o'clock to-- morrow, so as to give the committee an oppor-- tunity to set. The Housse adjourned at 10:20,