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A" o vtgunypers ie neerenhels * ie in hh /o h ol o | (TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1915. k'y--«- f -- a,,\"i.', "gn;c .' .&:' % o _ N. ESSEX ELECTION P S oR oT | Paul Morand's Case is Again Discussed | | Wrewnn ammeman e nen m | | WHY HIS REINSTATEMENT ?. | Mr.Severin Ducharme Makes Pertinent Remarks--Is supported by Mr. Rowell and Mr. Proudfoot--House| to Divide on Certain Estimates, ; I For an hour yesteorday afternoon the Legislature heard a revival of the exigercies of the Conservative party during the last general election in the riding of North Essex, and the action of Hon. W. J. Hanra, Provin-- rial Secretary, in reinstating Mr. Paul Morand as License Inspector for the district, after his resignation . had been required during an investigation by the Public Accourts Committee ' last session into his business relations with certain hotelkeepers. It will be remembered that at the time the facts were disclosed that Mr. Morand, acting on behalf of a can-- ning company, of which he was prac-- tically the owner, had borrowed cer-- tain amounts from Wolf Gangfeller, an ex--hotelkeeper, and from Paul Kirsch, a hbotelkeeper. This was de-- clared to be in violation of the rules of the department, ard Mr. Morand resigned his position forthwitii and before he testified before the Public Accounts Committee. Later in the year he was reappoit¥%ed, and an ex-- plaration was made at the time by Mr. Hanna that this was done in re--| sponse to a widely signed petition,. and following Mr. Morard's application for reinstatement. More Than Passing Interest. Mr. Severn Ducharme (North Essex) thought the details incident to this rerewal of confidence in Mr. Morand a matter of more than pass-- ing interest. In asking for a return of the correspondence, he poirted out that Sir James Whitney had promised to separate the administra-- tion of the liquor yceonse law from )')olltfcul influence. Mr. Morand had trarsgressed in that respect and had neen obliged to relinquish his posi-- tion. From what was happening in North Essex prior to the late general election there was a likelihood of Mr. Morand being a Conservative candi-- date and he was given back his posi-- tion,. Mr. Hanna, in his most _ urbanse manner, expressed delight that Mr. Pucharme had asked for the corres-- pondence, and for his anxiety that . the liquor _ license administration should remain untarnished, as it had been for the last ten years. Agrea-- ing that the return should be made, Mr. Hanna proceeded to cite -- the facts, which he thought "were ap-- proximately ecorrect," apparently con-- tained in a Adoucier of papers before | him, that Mr. Morand had resigned . for an unwitting violation -- of the | rules of the department. Subsequent-- : ly the department had received . a resolution from the License Board ' asking for Mr. Morand's reappoint-- ment, and this was supplemented by ; a petition from a number of promin-- ent residents in North Essex. The resolution was dated April 29, the petition received on MaAy «4. and on May 28 Mr. Morand was placed back in his position. A Serious Transgression. Mr. W. Proudfoot (Centre Huron ) did not look upon the matter quite as complacently as the Provincial Sece-- retary, and went on to show that Mr. Morand had seriously transgressod the policy of the department, and the evidence of Mr Fudo Saunders, Chief License Officer, before the committee was to the effect that Mr. Morand's