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» (Rax '."J':.\'.a'-'e.""';"fi'%"'l,. eCE or '.fima'! T.* j \ Cns e ¢ 3 ' Te muntt XPROPRIATION POWERS Do ' for 150 Years. | 'E : © The Oka --matter had been a source' CURT AILE]] IN HUUSE of trouble and annoyance to the Gov-- ernment of Canada for a century and f a half, and the Prime Minister, Sir iess cl is A ues Wilfrid Laurier, had taken great in--| [MUNICIPALITIES REFUSED LEAVE terest in endeavoring _ to secure its| [\ ---- P0 ACT oN SIX MONTHS' settlement. . The _ department was) ¢ | NOTICE filled with records in connection with | | * ' the matter, and both Mr. Smith and| iesns cescb memmntcomcites himself in preparing the case for the| | 8 ho y T4 x I ijs Indians had occasion to consult these i in ,th(' garly ; hours ".f NC ed"t'hd'd) [ these records and the officers of the| morning, when the various C]dUh('Sl department. The _Prime -- Minister | amending the municipal act, ixgcludin;;. had stated that the Government would | the much--discussed "Gooderham bill," l be glad to render every assistance to were considered, Hon. W. J. Hanna counsel for the Indians, in order that pocak on toPkd itruCKk C si¥i 1 their case might be fully and fairly; ha d _tl)(- §o.ct|'un hrrlft &;.. ou _ & .""'f. "C1 | municipalities -- powe! to register | presented to the courts. The trial of | S AInSL operties notice of expropri-- | the action was concluded some con--: f'f.'"n" wll):;('}\ "'(;llld 'be operalti\'c lfm.l siderable time hbefore he was elected ; :i\{mrll'lonths; t ' to the Legislature, and an appeal 'The Provincial Secretary -- pointed | which had been taken by Mr. Smith j out that the clause as it uriginally! on behalf of the Indians was stand--| came to the House in a bill from the | ing for judgment when the change of | city of Toronto asked for this rightt Government took place in September, | for a period of twelve months. The| 1911. Mr. Rowell was advised of thei Municipal Committee reduced it to | judgment in January, 1912, and Mr. six months, but even as it stood the | Smith at the same time advised himl clause was anomalous, and would in~| that the Minister of Justice had writ-' volve hardship in its logical applica-- | ten that no further proceedings shouldx tion. There was an absence of any | be taken until he could look into the provision for compensation to a pro-- ; matter. | perty uwnvfr wll:l(»se })rn(ljdmg'{)s t wm('ie! 6 ** or e period mentioned. | No Retainer from Ottawa. | Tt}i]idclal:,l;', ;:.las badll).\' drafted. In emphasizing that there was no Mr. QOOde"rhan} .a'greed' w1tl'1 the retainer from the Dominion Govern-- Provincial heor(:tanh . T.\e: 'I'PdSt 'h't ment, Mr. Rowell pointed out that Sir c""ld.ht'p(t "r'!lld"j')tll'i]l '{)("Cd.\lct)'?' (V\z;s Wilfrid Laurier went out of power in[ that such a bill wor e PrOpPeLIY September, 1911, and he was not elect-- drafted. ed a member of the ligistlature un-' | T in n in til the following December, so he could not have received instructions | from him at that time. Yet that mat--| ter was not important, as, if any re--| tainer existed, the work done under} it had been completed before the change of (GGovernment in 1911 and before he even thought of entering | public life in Ontario, and the only ! work covered by his firm's accounts, |done after he entered the House, was ldone upon the express instructions of' M cvmmese atte isnn esnt enc ainitnmmeneteemmmrntrrmemrmigtrengse W \the Missionary Society of the Method-' * |ist Church, as already indicated, in LengIalure urging the Government to appeal. l | \__His correspondence in connection | to Prorogue | with the appeal extended to Hon. A.' (s.4 & E. Kemp, and to Mr. J. A. M. Aikins,| 1| on Friday a prominent member of the House of | § 4 nnniemnls : Commons, and a member of the Board | I | of Missions of the Methodist Church. Atter a session extending A Red Herring Charge. l over ten weeks, the Legislature The whole object of the hon. mem-- f agjourned _ shortly . after s | ber for Grenville in springing _. the | o'clock last night for pporoga-i oi a tw or uie use popie's as | tion at 5 welock amiday atter. | -- ublic atten-- -- p cfSH tion from the Government's record by | 2:;)&(,[0:,";:0 "es';"_m f'"s been | making a misleading and false charge amount or m,.w);\. W',L(,"_'_ 'adrfg f a C -- A < :Velxt)llls?.m giving a fair opportunity for Cioste, amm'vatmn on. the bari In connection with his retainer as ;:.We]?,f"""bffrs' And there counsel for the Sault industries Mr. tl(lan -)Lu'l 9: timae." waoe NPe§s Rowell said he was first employed | s Oe C oliy: Ume.. since ine by the late Government to assist in d"d,me" Mession.in 140s._ in --or-- protecting the interests of the Pro-- or to get through the work on vince. and his fees were paid by the the ordaer paper the House sat corporation, as agreed between it and j <ANnOL, 4 ; O r1i00k Weqanesqay the Government. _ These fees were morning and _ met again at fixed by the Attorney--General, now | noon, to sit through until aiu Lieutenant--Governor. "I or my firm | work was completed. never received a dollar from the Sault' (Eommnnenicnlie enc ritnit ie on en i en t al ts ons o company for services rendered to the " *n es« Government. the amount of whiohs en nmmmemmmmomnmmmmmm ons 4 had not been approved by the At-- torney--General." His firm had sub-- sequently been retained as solicitors for the corporation. Mr. Rowell add-- ed that if there was any part of his professional work in wihch he might not unfairly take some pride it was * the work he did in connection with the reorganization of the Sault companies. Let Them Investigate. Although the Speaker would not permit. Mr. S$. Clarke (West Northum-- berland) to continue the debate, he |. was able to say that Mr. McGarry's|| ' strictures on Mr. Rowell's connectionl 1 with the Lake Superior Corporation |, ' were futile. } The fact was, he said, that the re-- vival of the Sault industries was one |, of the acts which the late Govern-- ment should properly . claim great|, credit for. The whole matter was the |, product of jealousy on the part of |. Conservative mermbers, "If my hon. friend thinks the leader of the Op-- position guilty of any wrongdoing, I say let him bring a charge in this| House and we will support it and give |-- ; him every facility to probe his state-- | ' ments before a Commission.'" : 1 | Cmmmeevemnrvenmmennmnmeminmencemvemmennmer \