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FRIDAY, ,MA Rutd Ll.r-: 19m. M) tl(MllllEl)itt, VOTE B BEATEN ATTACKS 0N MR. RANEY The Budget debate, which had dragged through several weeks ot intermittent discussion, wound up in the Ontario Legislature last night with a burst of ttreworks. The three Leaders, H. H. Dewarr, Hon. G. H. Ferguson and Premier Drury, and Provincial Treasurer Peter Smith, followed in order in afternoon and evening sessions. and before crowded galleries delivered their orations on the subject of Provincial-finances. Hon. G. H. Ferguson, as usual, spent a. good portion of his debating time in twitting the Attorney-Gen- era! with being in a Government which lived off the proceeds from the iniquitous race tracks, and ott the proceed, from _l_iguor_saies. The Liberal Leader, H. H. De- wart. after charging mlsapplication of Hydro funds, flotation of loans contrary to constitutional usage, and reckless extravagance all along the line on the part of the Government, moved a want of confidence resolu- tion which was defeated "on division" upon the conclusion of the debate. The Liberal Leader demanded that the House in future be taker; more into the confidence of the Govern- ment in the matter of Provincial anames and urged economy. Goes After Mr. Bauer Premier Drury did not go out of his way to answer the generaliza- tions on reckless expenditures. but challenged Opposition critics to name the items of expenditure which constituted the extravagance. "I would rather have had a surplus," he confessed. "But I have no apolo- tries to offer for the work that has been done in the past year. I think our performance has been a mighty creditable one." And he went on and detailed the big items of increased outlay. The Motion, That Lost. Mr. Dewart's motion, seconded by Mr. Sinclair, reed: "This House con- demns the extravagant expenditure of the Government. involving, de- spite an increased revenue for or- dinary receipts of $6,173,- 822.58 for the past fiscal year, a de- ficit of $812,848.83, and further de- Budgr Premier Drury Says Govern- ment Has No Apologies to Make Ir N A. tst'str - 'iii.iit:'lii',:ii': A 2tsbR. "KAR' $°§N$ Its' oiistv, Winds Up 7'\ ",eeches by ge Leaders -rfiiii'rjiirdra1 Leader made sarcastic reference to the U.F.O. declaration of intended policy of "showing" the lawyers of the Province. "You found one lawyer a necessity," he de- clared. "for an obvious reason. One little lawyer is bosslng and dominat- ing you all to-day, and, like a lot of sheep. you are following your bell- wether. Never was such a raft of lawyers engaged as you have had to engage, because with your class sys- tem you had not strong and com- pitent legal brains in your combina- tion to advise you." Half Million to Lawyers. rum--- _-- Two cardinal planks there had been in the U.IP.O. platform. con- tinued Mr. Dewart--econom5r and the elimination of party patronage. Both of these principles, he main- tained, had been violated. plores the imprudent borrowing of large sums at excessive prices for long terms, notably the loans of $16,- 000,000 in December. 1820. and $10,- 000,000 in February. 1921, without any vote of this House appropriat- ing the same to particular works or' purposes. the last loan while the House was in session, contrary to, constitutional usage and the right otl the people, through their represent-) atives in the Legislative 'i%'t'ifiiiir,l, to control and direct the expenditure of public moneys." Extravagance Runs Riot. , Mr. Dewart declared that ob-' viously when the Government un- dertook the administration of af- fairs it was a time for careful and sane financing, yet the Government had inaugurated a state of affairs where "extravagance had run riot, and extravagance in the dif- ferent departments was unparalleled so far as I have known in my ex- perience in the House." Proceeding, Mr. Dewart question- ed the correctness of charging to capital account $6,664,000 for high- way construction. He complained that the manner of raising this amount, nearly $5,000,000 greater than in 1919, was not shown in the accounts. Hon. Mr. Biggs' concen- tration of business at Hamilton and Dundas in his own riding. he de- clared, "amounts almost to a con- gestion." He read over a, host of ac- counts from the Miniater'trridintr for Looking over the U.F.O. law list, Mr. Dewart found ten Judges and thirty lawyers had been retained in Provincial services, at a, cost of from one-quarter to one-half million of dollars this year. "Good lawyers in the House on committees," he said, "are better and cheaper than lawyers on innumerable commissions." To- day, he said, it was the people of the Province who were paying the piper for the UFO. determination to eliminate lawyers.