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. --------------------, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 't The Conservative Leader, who Hon. G. H. FergusonMakea was at all times colorful and vigor- . . ous in-hls refutations of argument Bitter Attach on Shevllnt and denunciation of the Govern- . . ment's actions in what he termed a Clarke Bill Before hegie. "political settlement," opposed the . . compromise. The Shevlln-C r e lature--Calh, It "Politi, people, he said, had been forcedaarlfd n b . , . ' .. cal Settlement -- De, ic/11yifi rddodu'"1te,r,eiet1t; atlothtaur,5) tends Own C our" $o°utfi°fifvé"tiffi'iiiti'itat'i'ie'firéi?' - ------ In his speech he declared that if . STRONG INDICTMENT the Government was correct in its contentions as to the amount of BY HON. W. E. RANEY money th.at had been stolen from V the lrovmce, or out of which the Provxnce had been defrauded by the Timber controversies, and Sherwin: 11r"i,1),t1-,f,1,yi1y,y, Company. it had Clarke Lumber Company affairs red is") Ie/tit/e'." something like 83'000'000 sounded once more throughout the C ll . ' _ _ Legislative Chamber yesterday when aTs It Empty 'ictory. . Attorney-General W. E. Raney knegv 'tehyutosyy:,i:y, Which it brought forward for second reading seize a political) ngggiiiugfm to his bill to validate the $1,500,000 was in its hand, the Government settlement with the ShevlinANarke if" forced a settlement. He asked firm. The debate lasted all "tort rel-10:12: sdlgrsa' Government had noon and evening, and bids fair to it was 301111; t,aj'(l,.1te,)1,i',t.yuty, that - F consume many more hours of the crime" in ordex' to win aiuemi'lg time of the Legislature. "NOW 1190" those who were op- As usual, the Attorney-General 23059302 '/tiVle/iie,,tsa? . and Hon. G. H. Ferguson, Conserve; that the 1er/tfrRT,1/t1"iot"lit,1d,, lay tive Leader, were the two principals or too little?" asked the Xaogg}: in repeated cross-tloot. encounters Gtyyal c1ustieally. which occurred during their respect ter 'Tp/ual,'.."),?,::, state Ile mat- . tive speeches. belief is that. "it/ti"t11T1""gsu'ip'ji,it.ij, . ave Presents Strong Indictment. . _ 22:: dhone m the end and would The Attorney-General presented a' were j,'?,'k'l'n,,,2at these transaction. clear-cut indictment against the fled and tl ido, the over-run Justt.. timber policy of the former Govern- have rec IT department would not ment, and pressed home facts and Hg", amen-ed. fitrurett as to cuttings. overrun. and erabl . = r. Fel'g'uson caused consid- receipts to support his contention e amusement 1n the House by . of maladministration. -He favored repeated references to Prentice the settlement because he he}! no _ Drury's personal and intimate desire to force the Fort Frances friend, E. w. Backus. The Backus company to the wall and create ad-t _ l interests, the enemies of the Shevlin- . ditional unemployment in the North f Clarke. people, he intimated, had country., been hurriedly enlisted on the side.