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F Was the Letter 83%;") re Figures Out a Deficit. 1 Ti) , In an ply Mr. Lucas Tt I? . Col Math _ . .wr rdin the let. . . egon said he desired to re tfi)', {stalhilr 'e"the'f,gvefl'2llf charged lent his statement of the iinaneisu tit :3, I? 1urd been suppress"? by the Provincial ook, which he had intended to give in 'B', ' Secretar or an oMeial in his departr he. discussion on the amendment-. The ' _ ', Y! nunl "humid" were $4,004,228; the f1rst .. . . . , 'upp teen." es, 8181.947; further su x:' 31:24:13)th the Minister to gtvo " targ/ee; 33.750; railway 'Jl'r'lhLl'lt ' i' fee Mr. Stratton made a statement, 385,33; $111121 tt '33,"; total, " " in the course of which he read a letter; $46-5 ik, l f, ma receipts were i', from Mr. Korman, the clerk in charge " t ' ' - Jyetn, estimated deficit iv of the correspondence in the depart-' gaudmofmi While '200,00o of the esti- Eé ment, which showed that the missing bonus ":11th were . balance of the n letter had been accidentally placed in H ','A"c (Si mber ttale of Mat year. f the wrong file, and was only ound M-,' oft tt . . M ttaid the Province had a ter the name of the writer had been'r tell, "tlh','lt'e,e,f, tl "" With " "it: , suprlied bi; Mr. Lucas. Mr. S§mtton1| ma e "int and ended with " "rpltur.) " sax that is hon. friend had en eavor- Bu f it,, ed to mislead the House, and declarcdl pplementaries Passed. 3 i that if Mr. Lucas could rave what he, T!" supplementaries, totalling $134.- 'trid, the House would deal with any 697.24, were paatred. On the main eati. _ omeial who had been ilty of the o s.', tP.eyutttndiUnu were offered on the T fence charged. He recalled that in 1808 l following items held over r-Mr. Thomp- Mr. Lucas had similarly left a mislead., Bott (Centre Simcoe), 8600 for table al- in im ression. b declarin that a ho-l lowsnce for Superintendent of Ref 'GlQ'J/ who hid ','e,tfl'lf for him in: tory for Boys; Dr. Barr i)'h'ildrt'll,"lt 's ~('entre Grey, was at the time of speak-l 000 for increase! of salaries of 'ii'nu'i'i' ' ing without a license, whereas he had at the same institution. Both were de- not that year even ap lied for a license. .clared lost on division as was also Col ' Mr. Lucas said the" getter in question Matheson', motion iiiihiiit the refo . . . _ had been in its place two days before it tory for boys bein r d "at. l was asked for in "the House. There were no £351is to f"2g,id Mr. 8trtrtton--Bow tLCM':': t amendments. on ") Mr. Luemy-1 am not un to answer, The House adioum but I may say that I walked into the J ed at 12.16. , department myself, asked to see the let. x ters, and have here the original me- morandum. (Ministerial laughter.) . Mr. 8tratton-That is no doubt the occasion on which the letter was mis. placed in being put back on the iile. , T Read the letter. "it What the Letter Was About. t Mr. Lucas said he had only a memor- F,' andum of the letter. It was written by g; the President of the Reform Association 5;; at Durham, and started that public J," opinion there was all in favor of giving i" a license to a certain hotel, but that (the defeated Liberal candidate having ibeen committed to another hotel, the commissioners had acted at his direction. I Hon. Mr. Latchford said that did not prove the charge at all. Mr. Whitney-Moy a man has been hung on no stronger evidence than that. Hon. Mr. Gibson said he had never l heard of a more flimsy sort of case. Hon. Mr. Harcourt-d-The clerk showed my hon. friend the letter. That is how it was suppressed. (Ministerial cheers.) i The matter then dropped. ¥--_----_----------L7,7 - "