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maAroR 1. Jon. 63 oi . o tne s B Ne * h roap " I e i M CR | I CA f A LA :v hB A L ei ) '7'1"' / "' JINH F; nNnL -- 1 : m .,t South Brant Member Instances Some War--time Purchases . 39 f *TRAILER®" ADMINISTRATION 'Capt. J. 1. Hart of East Simcoe Re-' turns to His By--election Atta('ks----' Last Lamhbton Watching for Hydro. s----Disciplining DPruggists, l A glaring piece of extravagance--} one of the most glaring brought to light in connection with *the expen li-- ture on Government T{Tousc--was re-- vealed in the Legislature -- yesterday when Mr. Scott Davidson (South! Brant) drew attention to the item in' Public Accounts of $684 for sut flow-- ers for the Lieutenant--Governor's re-i sidence. He also p).nted out that there were entries toc "kiitchen l:ten-i sils, cutlery, etc., $250," and "kitchen | utensils, $560." Another item was' "fire--guards, grate--blowers, pokers,| @ ¢ etc., $837.50." Hoe had heard of sey-- ; eral poker games, but never of any~ | thing so steep as that. ] Dr., Forbes Godfrey----What's the| limit? ' Mr. Davidson--'Phers does not seem | to be any limit., (Laughter.) ' Continuing, the member for South | Brant maintained it was up to the | Government which was preaching | economy and thrift to set an exam-- ple in that respect. "Pays to Refuse Titics." These well--timed -- remazrzks were made during the resumed debate on the Budget. Following the practice of other speakers, Mr. Davidson re-l ferred to the honor of Enighthoad | which had been confersrea upon Pre-- mier Hearst. He had as high a re-- spect for tha Premier uis anyone in the House had, but, all the same, if he had refused that honor he would have thougsht even more of him. Prée-- | mier Hearst w~ould have been a much stronger man in Ontari> amd would have given the Liberals more trouble | to defeat h m next timg if he had re--| fusod that ti.'.s. ' 'The Officer Who Stays Home. i Mr., Davidson took notice of Capt.| Hartt's references io the West Sim-- coe campaign and remarked that he was "sick of this loyalty talk," "I1 have representatives ar the front," declared Mr. Davidson, '"but I don't go around bragging about it." He thought there were a gooia many of--| ficors going mbout who were drawing full pay and had no intentions. of Eoing overseas. '"The man who puts on the uniform for the purpose of putting money into his pocket and bleeding this country is even worse than the man who does not enlist, even if it is in the Province of Que-- 'bec." Trailer Government. The speaker, referring to the num-- ber of Liberal policies adopted by the Government, said the Hearst Ad--> ministration would be remembere® Tor years as "the trailer Government, because it always comes along in the trailer." Mr. Rowell, he . declared, was head and shoulders above any man in the Province "for his ability and for having the vision of suggest-- iug legislation for the uplift and bene-- tit of the people of the Province."> Agricultural Head Needed, Mr., John Grieve (North Middle--; gex) said the (Government merited the : condemnation of the electors for not ; ; being abreast of public sentiment _in-l regard to agriculture--the necessity for a competent head for that most' e Smporiant of all dopartments. under