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M t degartuber 4 esns o """'A'T"'.-.' is q l ooo ;4', | » c .;4" » & -"' uo * 2 | EJ p yPe . * FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1913 Severe Criticism by Liberals in ' Legislature ' ,On Mr. Bowman's Want of Confidence " Motion Liberals Attack Lack of In-- "} formation in Budget--Mr. Rowell's Trenchant Criticism. i e | Defects in the Provincial Budget | * | were aired again in the Legislature | vesterday when an amendment to the I' motion to go into supply was moved by Mr.--C. M. Bowman. Taking the position that the Government hadi failed to make clear to the Housei what the estimated expenditure un-- der current and capital account as! well as statutory authorization would | | be, the Opposition took the ground | that the members should not be cali-- ' | ed upon to vote supply until this in-; | formation was given. | ' Mr. Bowman's comparison with the | | practice in the House of Commons, , | where the Minister of Finance pre-j isents & statement of every item of;, l probable expenditure, was held up as I the standard that was adopted in all | communities _ where representative ; 'government was -- established. Mr, s | Rowell showed that the figures of the ' | Provincial -- Treasurer were entirely , i misleading, and if proper accounting | ; methods had been used in pre-- | paring the financial statement for the _ year the prospective' deficit: for 1913--14 would be about ' $6,000,000. Mr. Hugh Munro (Glen-- garry), speaking as & business ; man, declared that the Legislature' should have all the details that would ordinarily be submitted to a meeting of shareholders of a company; that | good government was only good busi-- | ness." | The Tu Quoque Argument. Hon. Mr. Lucas said. that no aiter-- ation had been made in the method | of presenting the details of the public | expenditure over that of the late' Government beyond an amplification ; | of detail, while Hon,. Mr. Hearst de-- | | clared that the people had confldence; | that the Government would take the | | necessary steps to provide for the| Provincial services and would not be; afraid to pledge the credit of the j | Province to meet growing needs. , ' The -- amendmer t of Mr. Bowman was rejected by 59 to 16. It read as ' follows: Government Censured, _"In view of the fact that the finan-- clal statements and estimates pre-- sented to the House by the Govern. ment are so incomplete that it is not possible for the members of the House to properly estimate the total expenditure for the Year, this House should not be called upon to vote further supply until the Government lays before the House a fuller state-- ment of the tota} estimated expendi-- ture, which for the year 1913 amount-- ed to $4,694,676.79," in order that the members of the House may see what will be the prospective deficit on the year's flnf).n('iu,] Operations.n Hon, Ww. H, Hearst said the House had heard the arguments of the hor . 01'&1_116 gentlemen opposite i ain. W again and again, hat was bothering the lead-- er _ of the Opposition was the fact that the statement of the Provincial Treas. gl'_'fili'cidld not offer opportunity for that tim' It was no answer to say ep, [ _ "'ethods of the late Goverpn. | m were no guide; in fact, the Lib--