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! -- ;'4 : k- »_-i.m j--'.-,' M .'-». Roe s s S ow o' ,, !"' checommeinte u;vo'the h'! 1 Iuble ; --DLULNTENA NNMMIANFT _ °* z mmfiw I am burking evi-- '4'- | , 7 A,,.h ;' ra 1 . P w 't . ! d"""DDL,' cce # f luae, s 4 y # B THBEMAEHE ma ainBs i | | * \--~ _'"*Weil, you will hear me say it. I . AN \intend to let you hear what I have ' 6 h JLL ; | 'to.say because I intend to say it," ] said Mr. Proudfoot. ' & Again Mr. Lennox said he thought ~ f "o o esn tole Mr. Rowell's questions should be 4 4 M answered, but in view of his ignomin-- ' 3 * s » i ig-- ious defeat a moment ago he feared f r. Lennox s Fairness Dis ho might be overruled. ' * £s « "I dispute your ruling," continued | r ¥ tasteful to Conservatives $t. Ferguson. i e 'fv' '"Take a vote," said Mr. Bowman. ? g. f ty --marnaaa« | eaten Again. p i ¥i8 4 f s 4y * C The «Conservative members were : ::; COMMITTEE IN UPROAR with Mr. Ferguson, and the Chairman s | 9 * | lamented, "Charlie, I am afraid I am | ~ ie e a + 1 beaten again." 1» 3 munesaianasauaskians t Other incidents occurred during o ) the sitting, which time after time was i > Chairman's Rules Upset and Latter in an uproar. Mr. Rowell finally: $ 18 withdrew his remark about manipul--, $ <# Turns to Liberal Member With ation of the accounts until he had an 8 £ Remark, "I Am Beaten Again'-- opportunity of seeing the books of ip the Audit Department, which will be y . & N.0. Accounts. next Tuesday. Cmm cenemmmmmnrmnennennmmetmennecensencns }\. The session of the Public Accounts i "NTARIU IS AFIRE | ' s ;" Committee of the Legislature yester-- | ! ' 3 day morning was above the average | F"R HY"R"-R "IALS' ; for acrimony. The blockading tactics | , éA f } € of members of the Government to i enc ie 1 impede investigation into the Pro-- C _ vincial Treasurer's financial state-- i ) 3 ment resulted in a deadlock for al-- Depu'(atlon of 1,000 Men Ask _--_ _ _ most two hours, during which time Vernment for Ald bw | 4 i' Mr. Rowell and Mr. Bowman made GO 3 every effort to have the Provincial in rumeen ol anvnfenmtenee w s . * Auditor answer their questions. € , ~ '"We are not going to have the i 9 f is accounts of this Province manipulat-- | SlR ADAM BECK S APPEAL 38 3 ed without saying something about | . 3 it," declared the Liberal leader. * " Tg ( "I protest against Mr,. Rowell say-- Premior Hearst Makes No Promise and | _|_ _ ing that the accounts of the Province ; i Bvi a : are manipulated," retorted Hon. G. Points to Hard Financing--Ex § w S Howard Ferguson with some show of dence of Benefit of Hydro Service e _ heat. '"When he suggests that these ~ to the Province. o _ _ accounts are manipulated by a mem-- A _ 2R " ber of the Government he is making weesensemmemmmomemmmmmmicmne 4 it *€ _ _ & cowardly aspersion that he would & | Eege: -- o not make on the floor of the House o Direct Provincial aid in the shape \g n on his responsibility as a member. of a bonus of $3,500 per mile was \Aul i. Not an Item in Receipts. the demand made of Premier Hearst x $ _ »xr. Rnowelt made his positton clear and his Cabinet yesterday afternoon _ before the committee. He wanted by a deputation one thousand strong, f x the excerpts from the Auditor's books representing the Hydro--electric Radi-- 5 / showing the receipts and expendi-- al Railway Union of Ontario. Mayors, * | tures for the year, to show that the | a Heev and yE _ _ item of $544,000 credited as interest lex--Mayors, wardens, Ceres ts 5 _ from the Timiskaming &/ Northern Councillors thronged the corridors of § 4 b Olr;:jaréo Raitllway should not be in-- the Parliament Buildings to support | oi _ cluded in the receipts, and conse-- the memorial presented by Mr. T. J. 1 g | ' ::gr;t":;d'the deficit was larger than.; Hannigan of Guelph, Secretary of | ' Mr. Ferguson cortended that the' the union. it Liberal leader was asking for infor-- tony EF & mition that the public accounts A Conventional Reply. | i . contained, and what he wanted now The Premier made a conventional || S > _ was a new set of accounts prepared i d shut | e -- by the AlUditar. reply. _ No Governmentf c;:ulH o J Mr. Rowell insisted that all he s its eyes to the benefit of the Hydro-- s wanted to know was if the Auditor electric scheme as it had been de-- € prepared the statement from his own veloped in Ontario. The work had 4 books. been fostered and assisted by Sir $ é' 1 Mr. Clancy said the accounts con-- . James Whitney. The late Premier | ies the books of the Audit Office, but Mr.| er subsidies should be granted by tl}e & Rowell wanted the question answer--| Province to private corporations. "I | fhe ed as he had asked it. ' stand on the same platformd as L?lt' | es James Whitney," declare r. | § Appealed Against the Chair. ' Hearst, "that no further flnancltz:l { P Chairman Lennox thought t ald to railways shall be given, in the k a reasonable request,' andg tml;tis 'xl?' older: parts of the Province at all M Rowell was entitled to an answer to. events." He pointed out that when k. his question. Mr. Ferguson appealed | the Hydro--radial enterprise was first | K against this ruling, and on a show of launched no request had been made &# -- hands there was the astonishing of the Government for financial aid,| % spectacle of the Conservative mem.-- but that a Provincial guarantee | ! bers _voting against the chair, while should be given to the bonds of the the Liberals. on the other han d; sup-- municipalities. The question was one a ported Mr. Lennox. Following thisl of great importance. It not only in-- B xir. Rowell persisted in a&~series of volved the granting of the subsidy, questions, each of which was turned ; but the financing of the subsidy as f down by the Chairman, who confesk-- well, and then there were compen-- 4 ed himself to be the servant of the |sating advantages, which might have x majority. to be considered, to those parts of the > Mr. C. M. Bowman (West 'Bruce) Province more remote from the radi-- and Mr. Sam Carter (Guelph) hbopy, al lines. He and his colleagues were supported Mr. Rowell in their pPro--.| deeply interested in the scheme and | tests against the treatment that ag! in the great work the Hydro--electric being accorded, and for a, whil Power" Commission was accomplish-- both Mr. Bowman and the Chah-ma,e se DVe wl nead your memorial, were belligerent, n consider your arguments, and do our : best to discharge the great r = '?urkimr Evidence, { bility that rests upon us in advanc-- _\ Mr. Proudfoot objected to Mr. Fer.! ing the interests of. the: Brovinge'ts, Es:* _|guson' continually burking evidence,| Led By a Pipe Band. *~ n 6 K ichltbl:.('tllltght d kFerguaon to his ¢ The debnt@tioti which was let by | ® t w e remark, "I don't : 7 was led } on't propose | _ |a pipe band from . the tham ¢ -- «* y -- Scouts, was introduced by | --