The Ontario Scrapbook Hansard

Ontario Scrapbook Hansard, 9 Apr 1920, p. 3

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*A . '** +. s * ~ e ' Porar ATT Afl( Ts -- FLAVELLE SAYS P o CK ' _ 'VISHNICK WAS Legislature Feels That the ician' rges Are Physician's C.hadg l But States He Learned Fact-- «advise | x » | ® lil--advised | _ Only Through Dewart's Otaatns mmnennmmmemen mm nmemmen | * | _ With surprising unanimity Opposi-- | M# Charges .ffion and Government Leaders in tl;e ie rinnnmemnnen mm vies | Legislature yesterday joined in pub-- is deminctetion or os, ©. 46. Hincks OvERLOOKED _ ELECTiION ' 'for a published utterance int c:'}?-; f i en rortint Poace . \nection with the problem 0o 6 | }| & . | feeble--minded: that he '"had enougrz And D'd NOt KnOW That } |facts to bilow --up thf' Parliamen Stone Was TOf'y Buiidings.'""' Hon. Mr. Ferguson con-- | ! tented himself with such adjectives | Work p | as "reckless, irresponsible and un-- $ e warranted," 'but Premier Drury, in hi' e concurring with Hon. Mr. Fergu-' j § e son's protest, compared Dr. Hincks The matter of "vishnick." which sensationalism ""it'h_ }hat of a Bol-- ecaused such a sensation during the» QSh'Ifl--IS'{ tali:l)((:liu%?nagc'l'i':l; matter Hon. last general _ election, following 'Mr,nFler:'guson produced a ne'wspaperl charges by the Libera header, T1 'report and read to the House the.!: ' H. Dewart; K.C., came up for dis |statement credited to the doctor: | cussion by the Public Accounts Com. 'Why, we have enough facts to blow |. itt f Abbe "Legisiature x -- iup the Parliament Buildings. .\11'.; mittee of the Legislature vesterday | Ferguson commented: "Therg is :ti' morning. J. D. Flavelle., Chairman !whole column of sucl)l Smi:f't'ex' lfi:, eof the Board of< Ontario License ;::ijdecc"_?; {tr;{;gd.}:i}gfi';llaer;y?i:ttstéme- ; Commlssioners. recounted 10 the | ments of a reckless character of this cormmmittee the story of the vishnick ; | kind should not be allowed to go | sales, He admitted that no conces-- dgbroad. Public authorities who have | sions had been granted this year. 'charge. of the educational affairs of On representations made by Rab-- |the Province should see to it that the b1t Jacobs, the board had a pnointed puklic are not misled by men who, * . three Rabbis to act as special ven-- \from one motive or another, make dors, and in notifying them of their | most reckless assertions concerning appointments also sent a letter that ime condition of affairs in the Pro-- they would be responsible for is | vince of Ontario regarding the grow-- | suing but one bottle to each family | ing youth and the unfortunate men-- | for the Passover. An excention was {(ul defective." nrade in the case of very large fam | . s Illes, ~where two hbottles might hbe Has Bad Effect. | allowed. Later, upon the sugges -- |__ "Now, men of this character," Mr.j tlon of Rabbi Jacobs, the board had * \Ferguson went on unrelentingly, | appointed B. Stone to make arrange '"are dn the habit of getting on the | ments' for securing the "sacramental stump or soap--box, or any other | f wine". and to O.K. all orders to be |rostrum they can take advantage t presented to the dispensaries. of, for the purpose of securing pub-- | $ k lic notoriety and making sensationali Given Free Hand. 5'.:1'xe*ments c?t~irelyA}u_n_\}'arrantc'd '1"11_1 Apparently Stone was given a free | ;s'}cx'-«.l,lx'fidoogof.ile:'cwnlledut:?hmlg)?zu'g}l":g'l'li(-" gand in purchasing supplies for tiie «] C Do MLOlin® s i nNenmnadag oard: 1t was understood that ire ties who have charge of these things. | was to / buy .. only "'sacrame ita1 It is bound to have a bad effect on | wines." -- Not o uy No s ,.r.. publMe sentiment in Ontario and | His chapsenas" lUNl! Mr. Dewart made Canada, and even with the neigh. | .";s cha).xzes. said Mr lElavelle, did boring 'Repu'bllc, if the public press | i br:)grd think that un_\-'ti}mg p.ls" is to be filled with statements of 'v;r]as hemg Fie Iod. -- F')"(.'"'mg' so startiing and hysterical a type." A o .c TX Ine board iinmediately | (Applause from both sides of the | «t.am.elled all arrangements for dis-- ; Tiouce ) ' § .l'lbgtxng the wine, pending an in-- Premier Drury replied for -thci * vestigation. An analysis was order. Government. "I wish to concur with | f 'T,d' ar}d (he result had been that the f what my honorable friend has saia,' 03:,?' w.ast found to be about 60 | he stated. '"It is a very easy matter BFand 'pxloo ; oC NS _ practically for anyone desiring his name Lo be th'm Y, the evidence showed, though ' brought before the public, and with-- | i+ e labels had been altered to make out any very great sense of respon-- | 'appear that it was simply cherry sibility, to make startling charges. | M ce . %. In some cases there may be some | Mr. Dewart asked how many bot-- foundation; in others there may be | tles were brought in -- altogether. no foundation,. But, in any case, not f,M"' F'a'"'""' replied, _ '"speaking | until the Government has been ap-- is11 "LPimory." that avout £,500 | proached, has ibeen asked and has bottles were brought into the cfty._ . | refused an investigzation, is it jus;i--s Are Pn ool . "ery much under fi}u'ble to make a statement such as | the mark?" asked Mr. Dewart. , _ the one quoted. | Rema 'ere "C >(# ,_*"I think that while we are talk-- | AN r'l'xs fhore "Orhiy. ing about Boishevism and Anarchy, No," came the reply. "Your re-- this sort of irresponsible statement f marks at that time were crazy." A is just about as bad a form -- of dispute started immediately. Mr. i Anarchy as we could get. The effect Dewart did not like the Chairman's | of it is to undermine the confidence remarl;. and the latter retaliated by ; (.':f the people in Government institu-- 'de(']arlll.'l' that his truthfulness had I thons." + + Been questioned. When the taking of / n mm mm mss mm evidence started again, Mr. Dewart | + asked if two carloads _ were no!' brought in. Mr. Plavelle said that ; the first shipment was a small one, ; much short of a carload. Another | carload was brought in later. but} never opened. It was sent back to / Montreal. : The necessity of appointing spe-- | . clal vendors had disappeared when | importation was again allowed. The | & Arrangements made whereby those / & lving in boarding houses could get wine during the feast of the Pass-- over had not been renewed because of the row. -- ' Mr. Flavelle said he did not know s "'M %

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