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! In the afternoon the commissioner; $ announced that he had gone over all . ioamis large nuniber on then whigh ~ (New SRopulistions, AnifOSstly s em whic General Elliott told of the ne :.l}:tmé::;l) '};'?'121': Ovt,}:;lg n']':'m'}m ;' ':vh l'?isula.tions which necessitate an a::: ever * which 1 O e any, how-- plicant for a position producing three u\nee','u"l}:c:;lé"? was satified were per-' references and signing an affidavit one 0n which 1}'1'3'3,';'; i;;ngo:}:)ire WESI to thletegec: that he had never been . Spe * / convicted of a criminal offense. Hon. "'_)':ll'iobll);]:icre g-giam 'ralsed his objec--| G. Howard Ferguson rather scorned (he Matter w eing admitted, sa.ylng' the affidavit idea, implying that any for telegrs h"s a very important one crook would sign an affidavit as to theret graph companies, and he was.l this unsullied reputation for honesty. on ore, obliged to ask for a stated! 6 Concerning the case of former P o } | perator H.. H. McCutcheon, which mal;(hee oi h OO en abreed not to has been dealt with exhaustively by -- M 'qplence'"a,ffie \;ioufin;:dx;ts ull:til the committee, the Commissioner had 4 _ Mr. Laidlaw had said he did not know at the time ?.?,?1 o Ine Apbelni O ie apnlitn-- | of his employment of the matters fard 1to n:ee -S{)ar;:l;me Division in re--| relating to him that came limcllt in\ f u. case. committee, and said he relied on left for Fort Frances. | Mr. Hammond's recommenda.tion.l The commission and s | _ He was unable to discuss in de-- legal gentlemen left l; some of the| tail the Lloyd Goerdon affair, or the wort Frances, whoe f last night for | record of Stella Bailey, or Mrs. Col-- be resum ,dL s, where the inquiry will l lins, all of whom have been men-- Mr. [.(mlfm.'"""d"y morning. | 'tioned in evidence. Again, he said J'Jv'enixm'd'reil(-" ,_ on l?ehalf of 'The| 1thax had he personally been ac-- opening of '_8l'vlm.. s't'ate(l at the! quainted with facts as brought out CRhat \\g'aldr '.e,"e"'i'f'-' s proceedings| + 'at the investigation, he would not vious 'he: uns asgertion at a pre--| have permitted their activitiese on cnncvaen Fin ies thagt John R. Robinson | behalf of the department. In reply was on his way to Japan was without| to a question by Sam Clarke, how-- foundation, whereupon the commis--| ever, the General said that it would sioner said he assumed the reference| be impossible to enforce the act wt \M' Waldren to be large!y jocular. | without men to go to these places sal [fh' Laidlaw asked that in fairness | for the information and evidence. 5';anr3','nlf fbrin?n{)rr'pdnz,%ire"d some | After G?nera'. tElliott.dlmumct':))x- * * To : a ons nson. W. W. Dunlop went on, and was sub-- _ Mr. Waldron, however, objected to jected to lengthy examination as to ie introduction of evidence, excent the rea,sotn andhtihe nece:sity a!;dihfl j ect of all s questions o C-- in the regular way, and the com-- oc?xjtcheon when he was brought up \ missioner refused to admit the tele-- 'from the jail to the Inspector's of-- [eNaIO e' P fice and his statement taken ver-- |__Mr. Percy Bretz, City Editor of batim. Mr. Dunlop steadfastly !The Telegram, gave evidence as to maintained -- that McCutcheon was handling. some. 'of Mr. Sabislon's privileged to leave the jail in the 'copy. He was unable to throw daytime and he was entitled to much further light on what had be-- e * come of the Porter despatch. % now if he were adhering to regu-- C. W. Knowles, an editorial writer lations and to his contract with the of The Telegram, also gave evidence, authorities, and stated that he had _ advised At one time the Attorney--General against the publication of one of arose and determinedly announced 3 imated --th his intention to put a motion to the the articles which int e at commitiee A Git Huston had business dealings with lop's exami(rle;ti ng ort Mir Dun-- Backus. | Mr Ré.ney mai%';aicr,lzdawgg rrlxtotfl:zt ] levant. Mr. Ferguson mentioned \'"gag," and Mr. Lennox heatedly ; protested, whereupon Mr. Raney said, in apparent disgust, "All right, | go on for a month then." DOPED LIQUOR Before the committee started evi-- dence, taking Captain Collinson, who | had been previously mentioned in » \ evidence, asked that he be given the ; right to be heard in view of the fact | that his name had been published I broadcast. He remained all through B t | the sitting for thait purpose, but tihg | =| time of the committee was occupie Gen. E"lOEt Te"S How. (:10 | to the full limit wlthlot'hear ma.ttexi-:. | The Attorney--General and commit-- leggers POIS(?I'IS Rume | tee members agreed, however, that | Detectlves { it was only just he should be heard | e o o en fanrnmrennc ies ' later. i Bad liquor, "horrible stuff," as |former --Commissioner--General El-! | lott described it, was in some meas--| !ure accountable for the frequent| 'falls from grace of operators assist-- ing the department in the enforce-- ment of the Ontario Temperance Act, | according to the Commissioner's statement -- before the Publ'ic Ac-- counts Committee of the Legislature ; yesterday morning. General 'Elhott and Inspector of Prisons W. W. Dun-- f lop occupied the whole morning ses-- sion, lasting from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The ex--Commissioner was unable, + in reply to the questions of T. 1. Lennox, K.C.. to discuss the various instances of bribery and other of-- fenses that have been broughtfioué. & before the committee, but con n'e | himself principally to administrat vg. . matters, departmental policies an d' ; so forth. He was unacquainte , personally, he said, with the specific cases which hayv, been mentioned. He relied almost exclusively \lpoin the good faith and experience of lht? * ' inspectors in the matter of appoln ents. ¥* mThe former (iom.r:tisgtotn?; t}?:g 3': » e, as is se mittcch, Pnat the enief diffculty , 'of O.T.A. enforcement was to ge liable work that was s t on io ee victions. '"Decent > SnoagrgirA Caid. * Capparently became U enc °'1'his. I should judge, wWaSs t'l';mwe(:s.ult of having to go into these l?o; l¢'1h.res and dl'lnlfct poi::i;?t':?c'l"q&"e'; They committed offens -- iwou{d not, have done under other , 'conditions.' -- / R * M n