The Ontario Scrapbook Hansard

Ontario Scrapbook Hansard, 5 Mar 1914, p. 1

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ud 2 $ ooo iilcciuts o n acaditetni B5 ww seadid on n usn hnsdAE NTE TTCITETL TE RUENC id NANIC in sc aticanin w Ne warl o Ceve 4 roi -- rin oopromig o in netricne "e R 8 ;,THURBBW ,~MARCH 5, 1914. . BY MESSRS. FOY ons en ie o n Member Makes '%;,,, ~ent e L/ ® « , and Fails to Satisfy tn "2a, House * en tane ut I HE NOW REALIZES | | A } HE HAS ERRED; | * L Mr. Foy Intimates Action by | Government--Mr. Rowell | Concurs | w m mvn n marens ce .m im | Exnelied from caucus, read out of| $ his party, informed by the icader oi't the Government that he must resign! his seat in the House; this is the po-- eilion which Mr. Gustave Evanturel, member for Prescott county in t'ne' Legislature, occupies to--day. A lonely ' man, completely ostracized so far as Parliamentary intercourse is con-- cernced, Mr. Evanturel now {aces the problem of voluntarily resigning Uri bheing expelled and disqualified by his', fellow--members in the Legislature.! "This is a situation quite without pre--, cedent in the history of the Provin--| cial Azsembly, and it would be ci'.fi-; cult to find a puarallel among British} Parliamentary institutions. 1 & | Another chapter was added to the letter incident yvesterday when AMr. Evanturel read his promised Sstate-- | ment to the House. By way of ex-- j s 1 planation he acknowledged his wrong,i admittedl authorship of the letter :md# ho indiscretion in writing it, and ten--i dered his apologies to the House. That was not all. Hon. J. J. I"oy] was glad to have the statement and the g . spology, but he did not think it was| enough. The proof of the writing of | the letter was now before the liouse,t 'und the duty rested with the House and with the Government as to what| cught to be done. There was no other j course--open to Mr. Evanturel but tO' resign, and he should consider whe-- ther he should not do so. Mr. Ferguson Recriminates. Mr. G. Howard Ferguson (Gren-- ville) moved the adjournment of the MHouse to discuss the matter. H{e would not be denied his pound of fleosh, and yproceeded to charge Mr.] Nowell with insineerity in his tempcr-! ance motives because Mr. Evanturel had been retained as a member of the' party for two years. Iie commended' Mr. Evanturel for his courage for' having come out in opposition to his leader's proposals, and thought the| other members of the Opposition, who | Mr. Evanturel stated were of the| same opinion, should not wait until, they were forced to declare their po-l sition. lHe got into a wrangle with Dr. McQueen (North Wentworth) whom he styled as an '"adept at inter-- rupting." * "I have been learning from you," said Dr. McQueen. "And the honorable member may be sitting over a mine now," retorted Mr. Ferguson. '"'That's all right," replied the Doc-- tor. "Go ahead with the explosion." Bir, Rowoel) Concnurs With Govornment. _ _ Mr. Rowell in a dignified reply said

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