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__ WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28,. 1920. t : j ' W' #i'A $ . % | rmemmmmmmeenee .. n eermsigee arge omm ce eme ic ue courcmat usvemimentveec ioi es l__ T How M.P.P.'s Lined Up On the Referend | How M.P.P.'s Lined Up Un the RKeferendum l * The twelve members of the Legislature who voted against the McCreary resolution calling for a reférendum were : Labor-- MacBride, Halcrow, MacNamara ; Conservative--Hon. Geo. Henry, Hon. (Gen.) Ross, Lennox, McCrae, Ecclestone ; Liberal--O'Neill, Pinard, Asmussen, Rennie. : | On the Hill amendment there was no support except from the , Conservatives, and that party had one bolter, J. R. Cooke (North [ Hastings) voting against the amendment. Eighteen Conservatives voted for it, and U.F.O., Liberal and Labor solid against it, with a total of 79. Only 22 members voted for the Brackin amendment and 75 against. Brig.--General Ross was the only member outside Liberal and Labor groups who voted for it. The others voting for it werd : Liberals--Dewart, Sinclair, Hay, Brackin, Mageau, O'Neill, Pinard, Lang, Cooper (Welland), Ramsden, Evanturel, Marceau, Cooper (Torontc), Stover, Rennie, Asmussen ; Labor--MacBride, Homuth, MacNamara, Swayze, Halcrow. R The members not present were : Hon. G. Howard Ferguson, > Dr. Forbes Godfrey, W. H. Ireland, W. J. Bragg, D. Racine, Green-- law, J. B. Johnston, H. McCreary, W. J. Johnston, L. W. Oke, D. M. Hogarth, John Joynt. % __--_--m"--__» s rmgmeom<~><il n any grounds. Protracted and Animated | erendum . 0 i ; | £{ the Conservative, Debate Results in a G s rre ebate RKesults in a Great Labor and Liberal groups. The Trlumph in the House Farmer members voted solidly for --Referendum --Pre-- on each of the three occasions. f mier Drury Promises Ac-- They had no bolters. ; + On the vote on the main § I uon \resolution, Charles Swayze | re * 9 \Labor member for Niagara lBRACKlN AND HILL ' | Falls, was inclined not to vote c VOTE WiITH GovT. \ at all, but when he did it was ; memmeainss | for the referend 1 | TOr e referendum. ) | 'Hartley Dewart Attacks iLabor for Resolution. j _ The Labor members as a group ! Newspaper EdltOl' and | were in favor of the resolution from HOD, Ml'. Rowell se HOD- 'the start. Jos. E. Thompson, Con-- servative member for Northeast To-- : George Henry Accuses |Fonto, who salf ho would wore for Attorney w General of iboth amendments, evidently got & * > imixed or the Brackin amendment I Qulbblmg « .'an'd voted against it. doromnmmamrmmmnne iPl-emier for Investigation. > Ontario asks the Dominion ' Premier Drury, in his address Government for a vote on the \closing the debate, said he had no . * f ] as soon objection to a committee 'being ap-- 1mportat10n o 1quor pointed to investigate and report on as pOSSible' After the two the O.T.A. during the recess'faftfir amendments had been defeat-- 'glsufgsifi';(e This committce repre. i ' 1 tative of all the groups in the 3 ed in the Lenglatu.re last nlght FSIIr;e(I)qu;et'v ang replied that he saw no the McCreary motion favoring | objection to,.that . ooo nucall 1 He also declared emphatically to the referendum carried by a ]me House: "If 'the:/ Donunion G«L\I jori i ernment does not implement this ma]Ol'lty Of 73' the :VOte belng * éwish of the people this Government 85 for and 12 against. The iwill implement it." fed 'Asst The galleries were crowde as 'movers of both amendments, [ night, the people ,.emdmmg ""3'3' i i the division had concluded at 11.30. R. L. Brackin, I:llgera':h (Vvt:eit ;All the party Leaders spoke. Ir\'lr. or e stat-- Dewart gave it as his opinion that Kent)' WhO malo 14 | thee Bill 26 did not apply to Ontario. : ed case, and H. P. Hill, Con-- { A Trick Ballot -- servative (WeSt Ottawa)' W.hO I Speaking of the ballot on the last m o v € d t he Conservative lreferendum, Px]'oemierd Drul;'y said ' A * > that it could be said with reason amendment calling on the Gov-- * lth:t it was a trick ballot, and the ernment to assume full re-- Igll)('lmgi(t;\irfig}.ment must take the re-- ibili for the mo-- Hon. 'Mr. Raney arose to a point 5 SponSIblhty' vo.ted !of privilege at the close of the de-- { tion on the main vote. 'ba"" Faw the word cquingle, he hag ithdraw the word "qui e" he ha & E&Ch amendment was lde- }prlied to theiAttorn:y-General. It * .. s in connection with the test case & feated decisively. a tg Y":) '8 ' S dbimitied in Manitoba. _ Mr. Raney f i eir oppo-- j the act passed in that Provi [ * s |membel's continue inst I;'ef ' 31'3, 5,01:00. The case reac;gd rtltcxi i gition to the last agaimnst a = ' highest court-- November 22, 1901, He