The Ontario Scrapbook Hansard

Ontario Scrapbook Hansard, 30 Apr 1921, p. 4

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V Q. . rr ' . ,____;.1. F " a. A Bufiiiy coitttdenee in some ---' o inion deal of the members of the U. F. o. waSI c'iltgusthe gifJi-gguftmit a',', not sub- somewhat shattered on the vote mandated taken today." Mr FerguSOn wanted the report "I am not condonintr the making t "-1 evidence before the com- ot reckless statements, particularly 01 ice rinted and, after a short against this House, when public men "i as ".03 Mr bewart added in his are not ready to hack up such) d sous: "at that the committee rr statements." said IV. H. Casselman,l amen1 lmhave power to sit during I U.F.O. member for Dundas. " 1eu/hdic." . want to protest against the making t (Eggforé the vote was taken Mr. IB . of reckless statements by public Cassclman made an explanation. "1 men. . want it clearly understood," he said. , Mr. Hall Starts Something. "that I do not condone the making of the kind of reckless statements T lt. R. Hall, Parry Sound, took a that Mr Burnaby was guilty ot , fling at the Attorney-General. and 1'Qtin"t'r . but at the same time I _ said that he should have taken some don't think we should prPSS this action, when Mr. Burnaby told him, matter to the extent of haling him - as he is said to have done. the day before the bar of the House." , are: he made his bribery speech.' . at e was going to make it, to find , . . 'tllt, who the person was who offered. Ml . Burnaby Before F) t e bribe. He agreed with Col. Len- . . 3'1, l lei?'.',',','."', regarding the stand of Legislature Committee F, ' ' t e. 7.19.0. members in voting . . o isla- Y? t against the Chairman's ruling. "If t By a vote of 12 to gritvhifeéézg and 'o's, I had be ' Mr. B b 's lace lire .Committee on . . . ' _ th ' ('tl? m l I urna y p Elections declined yesterday to sus- b. L.',",, "y/e members "would not tain the ruling of Chairman It. L. " thtee et .me slide out. Pt Hall Mimi-kin to the effect that lt. IV. E. . th n i',"t"iy."f,, something bs saying iBurnubv. President of the Ifnited . . at t e DJ .0. members stood to- lli'arniers of Ontario, must divulge t Brother whether they were right or it" the 'committee ths, name of the _ ""335 Cas l d l 1li,'e.i1'.'i)/lla"i Wm, called on him in his , . "gleam, 'ti'C,'h',"l emanded a 're- 'oiiiee some months ago and offered G ' ii/ti/l',',: //'le,'/U,7."', a good den of him $1,000 a year if he would assist JI ii/ii,' 1TpJan/!u'"r'd',er/,U!, All!" Casstl- him in landing the job of Purchasing "Thore are iii; may. f h Agent for the Ontario Government. I , Ir '90 , cxem tofmem 91m I'. t O} The U. F. o. President stated that l ' mend ,', said up H'rilm "at state-i [The Globe's report of his utterances . i not s",', tit" s/ r. it ' but thnt Il at Kettlebv. in which he announced . I C . the ii'iaatt'i,rLt,y,vfet:e,lsy: who said "he offer .of a bribe, was suhstan- J side of the 'r',ltog,tlt.'tc."g-,"it,ig,n, on his itially correct, except that portion of ' pealed to the S mike?" IT all:- git which might be interpreted to re- . . Speaker ordered taut the girl". t o fioct on past Governments. IVhon be retracted. I a menti the individual in question ?/ii/,1, made " . 1 Th. Promio _ _ " the offer to him in his c, cc. = r. - "'9 I Supposed t'l',"i'i,2"gt /,'"t,e2e'c1/g,t) Burnaby said he had told him that _ , l, Aviio"tiikr' thev believe in it I: 'noot.tha', he would use his infiuence to see . 'attribu-tes oi' sincerity and decency, that he did not get the job. "than (, Ordinary House decency demands the man walked out, somev. hat net . ' 'l retraction." P tied at the point-black refusal, J. J. ' , _ Morrison, U. F. o. Secretary, had , i . Cheers and Jeers. asked what was the matter wit}; _ . "In consideration of e C him, and then, Mr. Burnaby P.1 I seemed to have rm an;h 'u1cu,e..t, yesterday, he had related the details , ' ' body, I withdraw that statement," of the proffered bribe to Mr. Mor- . l, said 31;: Hall. amid cheers and Jeers rison. . com tie members, and th q ' a ' can". for order. 0 Speaker TI? Initials only Ci, 3 John O'Neill supported the views', Mr.' Burnaby first questioned the at» ', i of those who hold that the House' Jurisdiction of the committee to In- iittr, i should take some actiion, and ob-' terrogate him on the point at issue, If; 1 jected to persons going around the; ;inasmuch, he said, as it did not " . , f country talking without due sense, _ 'iartect, the honor or integrity of any "s ' 1 ot responsibility. [member in the Legislature. It was t F ' .' J. M. "'ebster said he 'believed la personal offer to himself, he . . that the lid should have come off pointed out, and he had refused it a, j at the committee, and that the kettle and taken steps to see that the in- ' .. i, should have been allowed to boil over.! dividual never got the job. He had 'i J, W: Curry said that he opposed, gone so far as to communicate the 1 m? C:hsirman's rulirur at the com-) initials of tho man and the last letter r r Imam: because he thought he was of his name'to the Attorney-General, _ :Wlffmg m law; that neither the com- but had never told anyone, not even m'ittee nor the House had the right Mr. Morrison, the whole name. The _ 3"" make Mr. Burnaby answer the iinitials and fast letter, he said, were , :qucstlon. lo. S. F---y. " P". Curry is Angelica. l Mr. Burnaby stated his grounds F l fl . for refusing to divulge the name. ' l tome member interleeted a re- Besides taking issue with the com- . {ma}: that roused Mr. Curry's anger. imittee as to its jurisdiction in the _ 'tion 1J,,"g,"l'dtht,t wants to ask l ques- .matter. he said that, as there were l _ 1iiii"iim"tv"hri'd h: 1:021: and I will sit ionly himself and the unnamed m- C, go to the other QM0 ngf so. I will 1dividual in the room when the offer ' _ when i' feel -i n",', Y) 0 the House ;was made, he had no other evidence have anv obli 'lt' ned, and I Wont to substantiate what was said. Any berg: on' thi '7V ans from any mem- statement he might make, he feared, ' '30." I " side ot the House if I might he made the grounds for a . , I Karl 1Iomuth, South Waterloo libel action against himself. _'.' ~ ysgldpthey were all proud of the way} Premier Supports Chairman. a. . it e remier . ' . ",3 {The name 2iSdvtte.e'ng,gyg,t,tee,f R In ERR-9' however. of Chairman _ T lThe House should g (ie: _ Brackin's explanation that a state- , , tro on record, he 1e t made . ath 0 id t ly (held, as being surprised that n n on O C 1.1 no e _ . gin Mr. Burnaby's ositi h a. man made the basis for a libel action, , 'such a thing. p on s ould say il'/,?, lBur?:{by 1,y."a'R,': rgfhusied to ' Mr. Brae .. vu ge e name. e a man 'Bumaby, f/ioi,u'x'l1tairg2t "if: 11:2; ruled that he must, and his ruling , maintained that the committee had' was upset on two votes, the first one _ no authority to ueteti i . t on a Show of hands by 9 to 7, and the voluntarily s'i.allU1 his ngehtim' har, second one on Mr. T. H. Lennox's c had. therefore. accepted 5131313?" demand for the ayes and nay: by a _ diction of the committee My! vote of 12 to 9. The Premier voted ' Brackin also said a word 0t: , in: to sustain the Chair, and a minority. - for the Attorno --G pra se: of Farmer members on the commit- 1 e said, had himselbf V333} yhro, he tee voted likewise. l . fm the committee ('/lmv/'lrehdnArtagx of Correspondence between the Pre.. T, General to the stand to i rney- mier and Mr. Burnaby was Produc- F. . dence. tr ve evi-, ed in which Mr. {Burnaby had [ I _ Mr. Drur ' , divulged the jnitials o the individual _ ' , effect of "trhvemaadhU'e',t,ty"tth The with a. view to stopping him from _ would be to make th H e said, getting the position. It came out in , ' - a ouse ridi- evidence that on the day ibefore he .. ', made the statement at the picnic 7.: . . '\' "

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