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| WEDNESDAY. MAY T. 1913 4 ';M""m__fi-_m-fi__w * FALSIFIER," "TRAD fes® » UCER," "STANDS THERE WITH A FACE OF BRASS" Reeeeeetrageaate ns o 02 .l s ecrry mcA ns mss amen us oc cnamntcnpnan ie en l Gnaa' ' # # # # 6 | The Premier Indulges in Vitriolic Lan-- 1 e 1 slature guage in the Debate in Legislat l on the Proudfoot Charges. | | * » i"Arc You Going to Allow Such Conduct ?"" # _ _ Asks Mr. Rowell of Speaker, and Sir James ' Makes the Reply. | | | wioeninifrapirnsensse ie ind igitghcaecedics e ht c roegs ! Mr.-- Prondfoet-- ha: xml'l"mrlulml' to refresh his memor "m statement _to the Committee on At this point Mr. Ferguson inter-- L Privileges _ and -- Mlections that he rupted Mr. Proudfoot, and stated that & he could not see the point the speaker !'\"":" ecarr) his onjections to ithe hoped to obtain by reading such pP"ocediire sof «the : committée to A1V€ pepisties. _ "Why not _ table -- them?" House s 1 in ;h. resumption of the Legisla-- said r"'. Ee | "We can table anything now, re-- | ture after 'a. teon days' "'"""".mwm plied Mr. Proudf{oot, "but we couldn't proxietGCay, C ""'m;'.,'r 'M: .( SALCC in committee.,"_ This retort had such : Huron vlaced his entire pl»'?»l!lnll bhe-- [anseffect upon the Opposition -- band | fore th« »i.v '.:wl.m-.;.,. and Ivr'inl'r § '.h"' !Hm\ they ceontinually. pounded their { f""M' "" the "'I."\I:I""";_' \l||'~Ah;."v.-':::"lg "d-«skx which was quickly returned hy ris ights a a member, 1 h 1 P : M El""*ll":'r,'r:&l.l' n exbhaustive review 'fl"' "'"\.(l"""""" S""'."' response . to t C s | Uinaudibleremarks _ from _ members l of the entuire situation, and '_"":l"s ;'I'lu- speaker was finally foreed to ask | public property the contents of ?'l"! the members to observe the rules of :l'"". from Thorne to-- Maisonville| 'debate and consider the digzgnity of Er'nnx was unnceremoniously rejected by! the House, es the commititee last week . eapr old | Mr. Proudfoot sboke for over 'Iwo An Undfair Report, I hours. At times he was subjected to "How, in the face of the evidenee acrimonious interruption, but presery.-- 2 adduced and the statements mads Db\ ?w.i through all the trying ordeal an the Provincial secretary, can the |even temper. -- There was, however, «l-;t'mnuln-v '1'(-('4»|-d .~<|u:l)' a statement ! no interruption as he read the Thorne lhalt no evidence was Sorthcoming to I letter: on the contrary, ar anxious and support the charges?" Mr. Proud{oot ::l!':n-:l apprehensiye look came over "Sl\'.t'tl. "I say that such a report is 'zl".\'- countenanees of many. members unfair, and not in aqccordance with t on the Government side, who ceased the evidence taken.~ How can it be {rom reading or conversation and sus-- i""""d ".Iill there was a full inquiry? ponded wiiting to catch every word of ; daa ","U""".\' of the members of that :lin' Fatelul document . W'""_"I"H' must have peculiar con-- | Publice interest centred largely in ceptions as to (what' a full inquir J-zln proceedings of the day. At an means, They: must think it means early hour the galleries were filled, the shutting out of much of the evi-- and lang before the debate commenc-- | denece." * ed there was not a foot of, vacant | Proceeceding Mr. Proudfoot _ read space on the floor of the House. section 158 of the 'criininal _ code-- i At the openinz of the House the * ~| "E¥veryone is guilty of an indiviable | Lieutenant--Governor arrived minus | offence and liable to a [ine of not less E:]w' usual trappings of State, and gave |than $100 and imprisonment for a consent to one hundred and fifty-- ;'f'l'lll not exceecding one year, who ".'nu-w bills, representing the result of 'l']"""""' an offer. proposal, gift, loan the legislative efforts of the _ HMHouse or promise, directly or indircctliy, to ! for the session . Phis brings into |any official or -pvx'x--n in the employ f operation the new laws t ha have ;»u" the Government, etce." "Were we been enacted, and prevents inconven-- | find Taylor had a contract with the | lence io public business, no matter \ Government, which extended over q ; how jong the dehate may now be pro-- ]l)t'l'iml of years, thortly after the con-- f f tracted . :tl"n% was started there woere disputes ENRC Bebate : Onencd. ;;)(-"\'w'-n them until the matter was t (fifftally Clmga l, On the motion by Mr. G,. Howard iS(:"l::\.\. ::;:(d'":i_:.i.i":lh'.\,I,A'.l:';]'i 'h'_"""" I | ® avrior was in ;l;,.\;:n:"nn u'.;-..unx!i'; to 2dopt .H'.-- re-- | when he offéred "the moliey 'to Mz | port of the Committee on Privileges | Hanna. ' P ]u;nl Elections . that the Proudfoot | } & %('hu':r's "have no foundation in fact," ;'\" Indictable Offence. the usual notree was w©aived, and \ho_ | "How does this affect Mr. Hanna "" ;\\'hu\« question was thrown open to j be asked. "Section -- 69 of the code | debate . ;nmlu-s him liable to an indictable of -- | _ _Mr,. Proudfoot supported his argu-- | fence. We were not permitted to en-- \ ment by opinions from E. F. B. John-- ;quirr- how the $500 were given to him. %stnn, H. H. Dewart, George H. Wat-- f"'(' have it standing elearly before ;snfv. \! .I\T ("H\'\'a-vlli and _ Sir .\lh'l_l ' us that the evidence was being guard-- :A)l«*r\\"'lh-. in W h"'|1~'lhf'.\ declared t ed, because the man who took meone: 'thn( the evidence relative to the--coal} ,l'rum Taylor is as guilty as Taylor is \tenders should have been admitted * Y s * 3 | n vig & s # under the othepr section. during the investigation. It was also ' "Then if we w ht ints 1 | 'dm'l;n'ml that a witness under-- such ;stum-(w %I\}\\\'i : (. .m 6. ne eclfcum cirecumstances should be I'F'l'nl".[('d' ' " "e;» h'\ the money was # beiiterrrtieaeneieeNe en mm 2200000