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The Premier went on to criticize Hon. Mr. Ferguson's noto of pessim-- ism mwhen referring to the Govern-- ment's elaborate good roads policy,. Rural Ontario, the Premier sald, needed good roads more than any-- thing else. He reiterated his de-- claration that he was not prepared to endorse the Hydro Committeo's re-- port in all its details, but ho agreed that it was vitally necessary to get power to the rural districts, not per-- haps as cheaply as the tawns and cities received it, but at a mprice the farmer could afford to nay. "There is a large program of legis-- lation," the Premier declared. In it would 'be matters pertaining to Labor, and in this connection he endorsed the appointment of a com-- mittee to deal with Labor malters. "It marks the fact,'" he said, "that the people are beginning to find that Mr. MacBride--I notice that the Government had been spending | a good deal of time at the U.F.O. pic-- nies and &hought, therefore, it would have time to get the information de-- slired. Premier Drury--Mr. Speaker, wo need a little recreation. Get Power to Rural Parts. a man is a good deal better than a sheep." Attorney--General Raney, he said, would proceed with matters rte-- lating to the consolidation of the law, and there would be amendments to the Election Act. He concluded with another appeal for co--operation.. '"The one thing I want to @wvoid," he said, '"is the in-- terjection of mere quibbling and use. less opposition when it comes to lacing legislation on the statute gookz. If we get the same saplendid co--operation this session as we had last session I believe we can make as good a record and place as good legislation on the statute books es was iplaced there last session.'"' M. 'M. MacBride, South Brant, interrufted to ask why the Govern-- ment did not, itsel?: secure the in-- formation and actept full respon-- sibility, instead of forming an irre-- sponsible commission outside the Housa. The Premier replied that the Governm.ent members were al-- ready overburdened with work and responsibilities. "I know,'" the Pro-- mier #aid, "that there has been tho intimation that we havo tried to govern by commission, but 4t is ab-- solutely untrue." He approved the principle of the: "old, tried Royal Commission of Inquiry." "It was necessary, howaver," he sald, "that the Government should raise a question as to the Hydro-- radials--a question as to whether the Province should grant fifty odd millions of bonds for Hydro--radial development. It meant, if we had gone into it, that the Province was entering & field so far held by the Dominion Government. It was not even a quaestion of competition be-- tween Provincially--owned railways and privately--owned railways. It would be a question of paralleling Provincially--owned -- raillways and publicly--owned railways under the management of the Dominion Gov-- ernment. Province Responsible | ***We have asserted that that mat-! ter is far too serious to go on with| with the meagre information at our hand. It is all vory well to say that it is a matter that belongs to the municipalities As a fnatter of fact, | in this proposition the municipalities were responsible if the thing was a success, and if the thing was a fail-- ui'i)o] the Province alone was respon-- sible." "the great Hydro--electric 'enterprise. ; "rne attitudeo of this Government, toward public ownership of the wa--. ter developments is plain. It is a plank in the platform on which vie were electod. We believo in public ; ewnarship of public utilities." | The Government's action in £8--| curing additional power during the power shortage last year, he in-- stanced, was an indication of belief in the Hydro project. And no one could tell, tho Premier said, how far that move on the part of the Gov-- »rument infuenced the linuaul elec-- trical clean--up on aAdvantageous terms. It had been rumoreé, he suid, that the company nad hoped to force such a power shortage in the Province as to force the hands of the Province. Legislation, ho calid, would be introduced t» vali-- date the electrical clean--up, and it | was a purchase that tho Govern--| ment could recommend to the House. | T7 Vaducr OF better could be secured | than a People's party. Much of the | talk following reécent utterances of Hon. Mr. Drury had upset the pub--| lic mind unnecessarily, "It almost incites the people of this Province. to believe that Morrison is going to| run away with the Premier," hei opined. "He'11 never run away with| him! Look at that Jaw, gentlemen., ifhy, there's np ~, 17 25. C0'liomen. ; Mr. Clarke touched upon '"broadening out" issue by ass Premier Drury that nothing b{ broader or better could be se than a People's party. Much o talk fO"OWihR' recent 1unttarana Further, the Conservative Leader had charged the Premier with class legislation. He had taiked much of the present conditions of prosperity on Ontario farms. Such talk, the speaker declared, was all for a pur-- pose; it was a part of a political game. His own Leader (Mr. Dewart), he continued, had found fault also, alleging "class legislation." As re-- gards these objections, he would ad-- vise the Premier: "Don't worry." In his opinion, there was no need for worry,. "I challenge any fair--minded man in this House," he stated, "be ho Labor, Conservative or Tdberal (that covers the bunch), to find much fault, or any fault, with the admin-- istration of the Konorable gentle-- man up to the present time." No Chance for Morrison. ' Ferguson had complained that he was the victim of a conspiracy on the part of Messrs, Dewart, Raney and Drury. '"That man in a con-- spiracy?" asked Mr. Clarke, point-- ing to the Premier. "That's the innocent farmer from Crown Hill-- the farmer who has risen to be the chief man in his native Province. Thank God, he's one of the biggest and most honorable men in the Pro-- vince of Ontario to--day!" were that party to weather the storm that threatened. Hon. Mr. The Leader of the Conservative wing of the Opposition, in the opin-- ion of the speaker, was "smooth" and clever, and able to play the poli-- tical game with any. His accept-- ance of the Leadership of the party remnant was a tribute to his "smoothness"; it had been taken in the face of certain charges publicly laid at the doors of the late Admin-- istration, and on the ground that "offensive leadership'"' was required The Conservative party had ac-- complished some good things in its day, the speaker admitted, but that was before the day of some of those now present. It had got along well enough until "the brush was cleared away." Its house was kept in a state of order to suit itself, and if it had loft some "rubbish" when it left that housoe, it might be excused because of the hasty nature of its exit or ths advent of Druryism. Some of the "rubpish" had been set out to public gaze; some of it had brought awhbout a good deal of dis-- cussion. Smooth and Clever. +2 00. Uiby 4e m e esn n IEEVET had been ready for action; all that Premier Drury had to do was to "press the button." "If I wers the Premier I should leave that button alone," declared the plain--spoken member from Northum'berla.ns.' "It might bring the whols binch back. Thank goodness, that button is useless. It had its day, but its day is past. Things have changed; I think, for the 'better." Sam. 'Clarke (Woest Northumber-- land) complimented the representa« tives of Labor who had --»spoke® Messrs. Homuth and Crockett, upon the reasonawble tenor of their re-- marks, especially in regara to the eight--hour day. If L&bor generally took the sams breadth of view, his opinion was that it would have & friend in almost every citizen of the Province. Hon,. Mr, Doherty, £6o, was to be congratulated upon his ef-- forts to secure the romovel of the British embergo upon Canadian cattle, an embargo that, in his opin-- ion, was not merely unjust but ab-- gurd. . In the matter of motherse' pen-- sions, Mr. Clarke gstated that the Conserv«.tlve party had been '"'talk-- ing for years'"' a@wbout that and sim-- ilar legislation. Now that Premier Drury had gone from words -- to dseds, Hon. Mr. Ferguson was com-- plaining thiat Conservative legislia-- tion had been purloined. He had said, practically, that evorything py oc c D8Y, "u cmd COlarke's c tuth--s CE ge N RA Lak® ut" issue by assuring vy that nothing bigger, alek sc 6 LC L DT parth, th d ds s & 010 Morrison is going to 1 the Premier," he never run away with that Jaw, gentlemen, o chance of such a the |