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THE -- GLOBE. Opposition Chieis Resent Attempt of Government DECIDE TO RESUME DEBATE. ON TUESDAY TUpon Premier Drury's shoulders is laid the blame for the Legisla-- ture's failure to make expected pro-- gress with the debate on the ad-- dress in reply to the Speech from the Thronse. F. Wellington Hay. Acting Liberal Leader, declared in the Legislature yesterday that . the Premier had not adhered to a cer-- tain arrangement which would have disposed of three speeches on the first afternoon. Discussion on the subject was preceded yesterday by a flat refusal on the part of Hon. G. Howard Ferguson to proceed with the de-- bate when the order was called. 1 was contrary to all precedent, he said, to call a Government order on Friday and he had no expecta-- tion of being called upon. When the Premier asked when Hon. Mr. Ferguson would be prepared to con-- tinue, the Conservative Leader re-- plied, '"On Tuesday." Opposition Not to Blame. Hon. Mr. Ferguson pointed out that following the last two s_esslp_ns an attempt had been made by the Government forces to create the im-- pression that it was the Liberal and Conservative members who were re-- sponsible for the length of the ses-- sions. "rather than the fact that th/e Government as a rule have never been ready, and when they do get ready most of them do not appear to be able to answer questions on | the legislation that they bring down or to take responsibility for it." The Conservatives, Hon. Mr. Fer--| guson said. had intended to. confine their contribution to the de-] bate to the remarks of their Leader. "But," sald he, '"in view of what has «ranspired and apparently what is going to transpire, I am not pre-- pared at the moment to glive that undertaking.'" Liberal Leader Apologizes. It was the Livberal Leader's turn, and he apologized, in the first in-- stance, for the length of his re--| marks yesterday. But the length of that address was the result, Mr. Hay) said, of his discovery that Premier| Drury, instead of finishing his speech | in the afternoon with the speeches of | the Liberal and Conservative Lead--| ers, had not intended to o so, but to| continue at the next calling of the| order. For -- reasons of his own,l said Mr. Hay, the Premier ap-- parently was "unwilling to carry| out the arrangements we had made, the day before." | Adjourn Debate Until Tuesday. 'The brief passage. however, was not allowed by H. H. Dewart, K.C., to close without driving home the lConservative Leader's thrust about the unpreparedness of the Govern-- ment. -- Picking up the order paper, | with its already long lis: of ques-- 'tions. he asked: "Is not a member fof 'the (Giovernment prepared to 'answer any question on the order | paper ?" Hon. Mr. Drury, in reply, |said that answers to some of them \ would be ready noext week. Apologies and explanations being completed. the Premier concurred in an adjournment until Fuesday after-- neon, when Hon. Mr. Ferguson will resume the debate, to be follewed by the Premier. to Place Upon Them Blame for Protracted Sessions of Legislature-- Wellington Hay Apolo-- gizes for Length of His TORONTO. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 13 us 2C Z7 I100G0T. Mr. Rollo said he understood only Canadian labor was to be employed hired through Government Emplov-- ment Bureaus, and the wages wou!ld be the prevailing rate in that district. _ Premier Drury promised the contract before tha T '"Some member of the should know," retorted '"'The Government is responsible for the T. & N.O. extension. Has th® Government seen to it that the fair wage clause is in the contract?' ask-- ed Mr. Ferguson. "Why ask m ister of Labor. J. C. Tolmie, Windsor, asked Mr. Rollo if the fair wage clause was in the agreement with the contractors. '"You're asking the wrong Minister," said Mr. Rollo. * Hon. Mr. Ferguson wanted to know if the Government had done any-- thing to correct the impression of emplayment at Cochrane given by the Premier's announcement that the T. & N.O. extension would relieve unemployment, when, as --a matter of fact, very little work could be pro vided until the snow was gons. Th Premier replied that what work had already been provided had reliaved the situation at Cochrane. Asking Wrong Minister? Government Reminded of Re-- sult at Cochrane of Em-- ployment Promises Premier Drury said that only @ few days before he had received 2 report from a Federal official of the Department of Labor that there was no distress and that conditions wer® good at Cochrane. A little bit of fun at the expens® of the Government, and Hon. Walte: Rollo in particular, was indulged in by Opposition members of the Legis-- lature yesterday, when Joseph McNa-- mara asked if the Government had taken any steps to enlighten Labo: that work was not to be had on th« T. & N.O. extension at the pres®ent time, and if 'the Government was warning the unemployed to keep away from Cochrane, where men for that work were hired. '"Has the Government warned th® army of unemployed not to g» there?" asked M MceNamara, Hon. Mr. Rollo said that he had never heard of hundreds of men flocking to Cochrane to get work until Mr. McNamara had read @ FPress despatch to that effect, preced-- ing the putting of his question. '"No; because we did not know was necessary," replied Mr. Rolio half be voted at once sented in estimates is understood to be about $7,000,000, of which amount the Hydro asked that approximately NaW "Is. 2. u. m l s According to contemplated pro-- cedure, the House wlill be asked to vote as interim supply an amount of $1,500,000 to the HMydro Commission for Chippawa development purposes. The Chippawa aggregate to be pre-- sented in estimatas in unAapatnaa L« FERGUSON TWITS ROLLO G. Howard--Ferguson, who had been participating in the discussion. '"I would be glad,'" he said, "to expedite in any way the Hydro situa-- tion. I am glad to know that the Prime Minister evinces some desire to do something for the Hydro, and to do it right away, because the pub-- lic are wondering what he is going to do for Hydro. They know what he has been doing to it, and they are wondering if he is going to do any-- thing for it." Announcement by the Premier in the Legislature yesterday of needed haste in the debate because of pend-- ing urgent consideration of an inter-- im vote to the Hydro Power Com-- mission brought a -- sarcastic reply from the Conservative Leader, Hon. _ before the House. _ said he understood only me?" replied the Min-- Government Mr. Fer-- to bring it 1922.