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rirral a -- 4 t % C ~ ' Hon. Manning Doherty said he " # ® , ' 'could understand Mr. Forguson ask-- , lrteen (100 f ing for the papers, but he could 'not s 3 \lxindersta.nd Mr. Gaby bringing theln;- KM d T 299 7 e r. Ferguson remaining on his a J . 24 feet, theguAttorney-General asked | en an rue # htllm: "Who do you think is l'unnmgl n - this committee?" f * inalienable right of every Brit '"'Don't be so irritable," said *Mr.| sh o sForguson. "It's an awful pity when | :,-i,:ubbji?t amapagoiiraingieye n' the Premier goes away and leaves y "twelve good men and true' you alone. There can be only one ob-- | is being assailed in the Legislature. ject in refusing to have these papers | liobert McLeod, member for Stor-- identified--to provide a few -- days' } mont, has a bill to increase ihe num-- delay."' | ber of jurors to 13. Despite objec-- Mr. Ferguson argued that the| tions, this bill was given second read-- committee had always been re--| ing and passed to the committee garded as wide open, with power to | rtage. Members of committee may hold a full investigation into any | -- have solicitude for the feelihg's of matter any member wanted to bring recused persons and defeat the bill: up. . to prevent them being subjected to| After some more cross--fire between the danger of being tried by an un-- Mr. Ferguson and Mr-- Curry, Mr.! lucky number of their peers. Ferguson said 'that when an official Mr. McLeod's bill would increasso was summoned before the committee to 13 the number of jurors hearing it was generally understood that the ; evidence in important cases. The resolution need only provide a| Attorney--General was not exactly in groundwork for the inquiries. 'l'hisi accord with the proposal of the bill. was the first a'ttcm'ptnhe had ever| Although the 13 jurors, under the seen, he said, ta "burk" an inquiry. | terms of the bill, were to hear evi-- W. E. N. Sinclair, Liberal member dence, one of them would drop out for So_ut,h Ontario, then took a hand. _ at the jury chamber, and it was sug-- He said It did not stand to the credit! gested on behalf of the measure it of the Government to send seven would effect great saving in court Cabinet Ministers into the committee expenses in obviating insta'nces to delay an investigation on purely where a single juror's illness neces-- technical grounds. Hon. F. C. Biggs sitates rehearing of all the evidence. resented this, and said he 'had a Mr. Raney said that, while it was l'lg'Y;lqtl'O bte present to represent his a proposal for which much might constituents. be said in favor, there were certai Mr. Raney then moved that Mr. drawbacks. Provision -- had bteérl Gaby produce documents according made in all courts for 12 jurymen to the subpoena, and when this was| _ not 13, and each one of the 13. think-- carried Mr. Gaby head his subpoena. ing he would be the one to drop out It called for the production of papers would pay less atiention lo the case, and correspondence in connection * *R * with the Chippawa scheme. It was then suggested the com-- Is--| mittee should meet next Wednes-- Hon' Mr' Raney Te'!s Legls . day morning, and that nothing lature Gen. Elliott | should be done in the meantime. R & ' \Mr. Ferguson moved that Mr. Gaby should appear at this meeting with eSlgns | his estimates and correspondence. | ' MAKE CH a "The Attorney--General said he had | f no objection to this, but added that, ANGE ON MAY 1 if the House took any action in the | T C c s f matter of ia,plpolnttir;g A lcom%iltxteei Attorney--General Raney told the »r a commission to investigate ip-- | Legislature yesterday that General pawa, the Government reserved the lliart y w right to suggest that the Public Ac-l * H. M. Elliott, Commissioner of Pro-- counts Committee should proceed no; * vincial Police, whose term expires further with this particular inquiry. | on May 1, would not continue in his _ Objection was also taken to Mr.} duties on account of ill--health. Mr.} Ferguson looking at the documents r > s r h Lott's 1 before the next meeting, and it was aney said that General Elliott's} decided they should remain in the health had been such that he had| cn'stqdy of the Hydro--electric Com-- been contemplating asking an ex-; mission. ; tended leave of absence. At the| _ * vresent time he was unable to attend | to his duties on account of bad " health. F 1