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t 3 > e eneina 'W 1 TTV "'"" I * c i a M 5 v v -- poor *» THURsSDAY, MARCH 7. 1912 C ¢ & "He quoted Sir Wilfrid's remarks in| . M AJ 0BITY 0 the House of Commons to show that nothing was begrudged to Manitoba. The entire solution was more than a N question of mere money. "Finan-- cial terms were not a corollary of the boundary question," _ thundered f c eurer earrectrrneeemraey Sir James. Manitoba could come at any time and ask for an adjustment of terms on a claim which had been = admitted years and years ago. Sir Government Votes Down Op James also supported his argument iti A with quotations from the speeches o * pOS|t|0n ReSOIUtlon. | -- Hon. Wm. Pugsley and Hon. Frank | Oliver. The fact of the matter Was| «--_--___--____-- | that Ontario was getting 768,000 acres | of land for all time, and would never ; have to construct one mile of rail-- STUDHOLME WITH LATTER. way. Statement Was Untrue, mesysy is Before Mr. Rowell closed the de-- bate, Mr. Elliott rose to say that the ; t statement of the Primo Minister that' Heated Debate Marks C|Ose Ofi his amendment had been sent from i 1 Ottawa -- was -- "absolutely untrue." ; Boundary Dlscussmn' But Sir James interrupted with the ; remark that 'he "would like to know ; us | how many speeches the hon. gentle--. | man wished to muke on this matter," bSir James Charges That -- Elliott Mr. Rowell Closes Debate. | Amendment Came From Ottawa Terming -- the Prime Ministor's; h speech as "calm and judicious," Mr. : ----Premier Declares Government Rowell said the position of the Gov--; Protected Interests of Province. ernment had hbeen to preclude the members of the House from passing' judgment upon the rights of Ontario uce in the premises. He explained the' purpose of his mission to Ottawa. By a vote of 72 to 22 the resolution and refuted the chu_rg'c that the introduced some days ago by Mr. N. amendment upon which the. House o s would be asked to vote was inspired [y. Rowell, K.C.. Opposition leader, from that source. The fact wa's that calling upon the Government to pro-- it was made to conform to the terms test against the Manitoba boundary ol'uthe h;ll] .boro;'e _the S;)mnfmns, He & reiterated his criticism that for seven i lliethent and .declare --for * 'laraer years, while the settlement had been share of the territory of Keewatin, was pending, the Government had not relected in the Legislature yesterday, taken steps to acquaint itself of the and the amendment of Mr. R. resources of the territory in\'o.lved, m 3 r C (K1 isf * and it was an "exercise of the rights «_ GCamey, expressing . satisfac-- of the executive which the Legisla-- tion with the boundary _ settle-- ture should not permit or condnne."l ment, accepted. Mr. Allan Studholme "\Vel ha\'e niu opportu(rllitév toJmake, 'ote rith > s any claims," interrupted Sir James.| voted with the Opposition. The fle '"The hon. gentieman LhMows se the' bate, protracted beyond the preceding Province of Manitoba knows -- that| day, was not without humorous in -- there were no claims made. I»Iow' cidents. At the opening of the sitting could we make claims? Mr. Speaker gave a written opinion What Ontario Should Get. on the point of order raised on "If Ontario got the same readjust-- Tuesday, in which he declared that the in C ment as Manitoba is getting it would discussion of financial terms was ir-- mean $500,000 more from the Dom-- s inion Treasury," continued Mr. Row-- relevant to the principle of the main ell. It was not Sir Wilfrid Laurier resolution. He then proceeded to or Right Hon. R. L. Borden whom show that the second amendment in-- they \flrll()uldpr(;riti('rizo tml.daivt'hbut the f P ste 7 t l Vcan hy Mr. EHiok (West Middig-- lerests of the Provinae of dontaris sex) Tor the same reason could not and whose duty it was to protect her be allowed to stand. Sir James k rig?;}s in hall ;'ircuir_nstances, T * % 4 *'Upon the plain facts of the case M himnes po.mtod oul that he }?ad h the Government of Ontario has ne-- taken no objection to the introduction xX glected its duty, as it has done on of Mr. Elliott's amendment, although tax reform and other things," said '"in the strict sense of the word it Mr. Rowell in conclusion. has no right here." Condemns the Government. Amendment Irregular. Mr. Alllan hStudholme said, in his M 3 opinion, if they wanted to ve t In vigorous terms the Prime Min-- fige-mne strip to a privategirailwgfr ister denounced the procedure of the it would not take it. . He condemn-- Liberals in the House, and twitted ed the Government for not having Mr . Rowe!l fqr gplng to Ottawa and taken any steps to gain information imbibing inspiration at the feet of about that part of the country. the political Gamaliel, and coming * Speaker Hoyle caused some Amuse. bacyk with a resolution that Sir Wil-- ment when, after declaring Mr. Ei-- frid Laurier would never have at-- liott' is ] tempted to place before the House of ooo mendment ; lost. and> the mendment to the main motion bys Commons. Mr. Elliott replied that Mr. Gamey carried. | sdded * such a statement was absolutely un-- :uu(;sti,a i) carried, h'hd( ded, The true, and the change in his amend-- on is now upon the main mo-- C w f tion (Mr. Rowell's)." "Carried on the ment was brought about by the re-- ; same division," h R C + y * $ » e said, amid roars ceipt of a copy of the bill which the of Liberal laughter Right Hon. Mr. Borden had intro-- f * duced in the House of Commons, Budget To--day. 7 f h finan-- zgicr;;jeu'set?rllz(xlltth}?adaclgetenatr:ade in e Hon. T. B. Lucas, in the absence q f of Colonel the Hon. A. J. Matheso favor of Manitoba. § Mc son, Sir James said Mr. Elliott's amend-- Provincial Treasurer, will deliver the M Budget speech this afternoon. He ment was close to the border line of + 3: ig © will be followed by Hon. A. G. Mac-- but he did not wish it $ -- A. G. Mac irregularity, bu 4 ( Kay 'Tor.the Opposit: ruled out of order, although he wish-- pposition. ed to point out that it was entirely smmmmenmmmmmammmemmecmmmn different from the copy which had been sent to him. He denied thatl there was any suggestion that thei Ontario Government did not push its' claim. The people knew that the Government had done the very best in the interests of the Province, 3 which was only what had been ex-- pected of it. Sir James Quotes Liberals. There was no word in the entire. debate to show that even the Liberal members at Ottawa, who connived at the settlement proposed by Sir Wil-- frid Laurier, had intimated that the division was an injustice to Ontario. t