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!"® Alderman Morrison of Hamilton raised a little excitement in the com-- s mittee when he referred to a pro-- posal of Mr. McCrea to eliminate particular municipalities as a '"bribe" extended to these places to with-- draw opposition. Mr. McCrea had' suggested that, in view of the op--| position emanating from particular;' localities, Hydro municipalities and | Toronto be not brought within the | scope of the bill. When Mr. Mor--| rison used the word "bribe," T. }{.! Lennox, K.C., sarcastically inter--| rupted: '"'That is a bribe, is it?'| And -- Mr. McCrea added: "If the Alderman views that as a bribe, I want to tell him I suggested it on the floor of the House." No Decision Reached. Sir Adam Beck was present, re-- presenting the Hydro--electric Com-- mission; Mayor Church, Controller Maguire, Corporation Counsel G. R. Geary and Wm. Johnston, repre-! senting Toronto; besides representa-- tives from Hamilton, Guelph, Sar-- nia, Peterboro', Woodstock, Wind-- sor, and other municipalities. The committee finally adjourned without having reached any decision with regard to the bill, and will assemble again next _ Thursday, by which time it is anticipated the contending parties will have conferred and per-- haps suggested some modification of the bill. "*Who is asking for this bill any-- way*?" demanded Controlley Ma-- guire. '"Not the people. And it is the people we are asking you to safeguard. There is not a member in this room, even Mr. McCrea, who, if he made an agreement, would not exact that agreement to the| last item." Speaking particularly of! « Toronto's interest in the M«;Crea, Bill, the Controller said, with re--| gard to the proposed purchase dealt: ! "We would never have entered that| purchase deal if we had thought| that such a bill was ever going to be | seriously considered by this Legis-f lature, and we cannot conceive how | a public representative can ask | that that be done." | I e e eaeai t 43 Alleges Corporation Promotion. s . » % \ l l RI)(\\ $ '\PR[]J 33. l )ul- It was the corporation interests, | proceeded Controller Maguire with unusual vigor, who were asking for | this legislation. "Tell 'them," he f said. "as you have told other people: N 4 * 'Wait until normal times return.' im 4 Do not let them ask this Legislature to legislate millions in their inter-- / est." Toronto as a municipality, he | declared, did not ever intend to hand | over its powers to anybody other | 3 than the people with regard to in-- | o -- creasing rates. : | < When T. H. Lennox on ons occa--| sion asked the Controller if hei | erinsmmnpon romgrimerenmmemgny knew why the T. 8. R. was losing [ u. * money, Mr. Maguire retorted:; "I Bitter Fight to Prevent Pas-- will tell you why. It is a question fM C 8 of bookkeeping. They buy power | from the Toronto Electric Light Sage 0 CuUrea's that they own, and charge the rail-- --_-- way up with $25 a horsepower.'" Proposal Mr. McCrea said that, as far as se in ie e rramrntieniyeccony Toronto was concerned, the Legisla-- ture could exclude Toronto. "But A CORPORAT'ON MEASURE we don't want Toronto," he said, | "to dictate to every other city in I es the Province." § * | Mr,., Maguire very emphatically Hamilton, London and Petel'-; declared that Toronto's past ex-- b 3 Off A l L U | periences with the Ontario Railway P | n h Board were not pleasant, and it \ oro cials e p | did not desire to have to go to that | i | body with regard to its street rail-- With Toronto | Tay. fareg. | e m | Bays Committee a Quibble. | _ _Controller Maguire proved him--| Ald. Morrison® of Hamilton de-- self a bonnie fighter at yesterday's | clared that the whole committee \session of the Railway Committee' meeting had been a quibble. Con-- \of the Ontario Legislature, when | troller Maguire alone of the oppon-- {the McCrea Bill, vesting in the On-: fl?at.i'e gelmgt;ig' h?:fd beef}Yg'Eliougg itario Railway Board supreme autl}-g not help listening to him," he said, |ority in the regulation of electrlc' "he shouted so loud." |railway fares in the Province, was| Following references by Mr. Ma-- |up for consideration. While thei lsglg'lis?a:gdu-lbey "t'}lllélogl& t?:ttovigzldcogfil | opposing forces appearing before the' fers of the T.S.R. '"in the dying? | committee were . numerams «@and days" of the railway, Mr. Lennox ]'their arguments well prepared and asked, "What if we do not mal:'e'; |delivered, Controller Maguire, prac-- i{l dopfir;trii\;%nu&txi)llieggp't'irrgz)%{t 2::; K |tically alone of those speaking about the 21st. That is Toronto. It iagamst the provision, was given at-- is Hamilton I am interested in, and | tentive hearing. By shouting his ours does not run out until 192%8." | |arguments, the Controller made | It was at this juncture that Mr. Je . s | Morrison used the word "bribe'" in ihxmse!f heard.mer the din of the' connection with the suggestion to |committee until all the corner con-' eliminate certain of the municipali-- | troversies and informal fac.tlon dis-- | ties, and he was promptly asked to | putes had yielded to superior vocal | withdraw. '"I will, then, gentle-- [Folums , men," he said, "take the word bribe feal