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BY R. T. HARDlNG + .--.w $ # a sompmnimbemeinercezame Disregarding Cabinet Disap-- # # ' 4 f Says His and Premier's proval, U.F.0. Member Statements About Backus Rushes Bill Through _ Retainer Conflict e opragad ge *A & 6 roremees U.F.0. MEMBERS "BOLT inrdbnehon t e rovrge on ntevecarnees In one of the oddest votes of the Only quick manoeuvring on the ;osswn, L wW. Oke, U.F.O. member part of Hon. G. Howard Ferguson or . East 'La.n,xbton, carried _ his and W. F. Nickie staved off in the fiteain _ 'Poilers® 'Act smendmen!; Legislature yesterday both direct thrqugh the committes stage in the questions and a statement by the Legislature last night. The effect Attorney--General relative to.. the of Mr. Oke's bill is to exclude from speech of Major A. C. Lewis, North-- the inspection prdovisions of the act east Toronto, made recently in the boilers of 25 horsepower capacity House, concerning the alleged mur-- and under, used for horticultural, der of Capt. Orville Huston. and agricultural purposes. Before the strategists got in their Members Oppose Cabinet. work Mr. Lewis made a request of Picayune as the issue might seem the Government that the Attorney-- at first glance, the point was de-- (General should take up with the Law bated for well over an hour. The Society of Upper Canada the state-- opponents of Mr. Oke's amendment ment of R. T. Harding, K.C., made went daown to deteat by a 35 to 21 under oath before the MacIintosh vote, in which the whole of the Commission, that he had had no con-- Ministry opposed the great majority nection with E. W. Backus, of the private U. F. O. members. On Statement Not True. the Opposition side, Messrs. Nickle, Mr. Lewis, before the orders of the Clarke, Curry and Sinclair voted day were called, referred to the with the Premier and his Cabinet, sworn testimony of Premier Drury while Hon. Mr. Ferguson and the before the Timber Commission -- in b?lance of his following supported s A Mr. Oke. which the Premier was reported to * ols 5 y have said that as soon as it had been hir. U'}\e said that the Threshers brought to the attention of the Gov-- A.ssoc@atlon was strongly opposed to ernment that Mr. Harding had rep-- 'he inspection regulations which resented Backus' interests he -- was were a source of expense and annoy-- asked to sever his connection with ance to them. He pointed out that the Timber Commission. -- Mr. Lewisf previous to 1918 there had been no-- said that if a solicitor could go into inspection, with no bad results, and the box and make a statement that| ne h'mted broadly that in any case was not true, and according to the the inspection as carried on since Premier it was not true, then there 1918 was far from being efficient. should be an investigation by the| His chicf_ antagonist was the Law Society, and the Attorney--Gen--| Minister of Labor, who reiterated eral should instigate such investiga-- | his previous contention that it was tion. one of the most dangerous pieces of Attorney--General Raney explained legislation to come before the House. 'that Mr. Backus had asked Mr. Hard-- Will Concede Nothing.: § 'ing to perform certain duties. Mr. p 3 s Harding had come to the Govern-- Premier Drury, members of the ment in connection with these dutles, Cabinet, and others jJoined in Sh® dis, 'and was at once confronted with the cussion, and finally it was proposed [situation and immediately declined | that Mr. Oke somewhat madify his |to act in connection with these duties.| amendment. so that there would at I least be inspection at the factory or 'Ferguson Blocks Statement. of American--made boilers coming Mr. Raney said then that he would into Canada. . Mr. Oke, however, put a question to Mr. Lewis. He be,| maintained that what was desired gan to refer to Mr. Lewis' now fam--| was complete elimination of inspec-- ous speech, when Mr. Fergueon arose ; tion. ' and said that while it was the right | The committee became all tangled of a private member to ask a ques-- up in its efforts to dispose of the 'tion of the Government, it was not! bill, Hon. Mr. Rollo first moving !the right of a member of the Gov--| that the committee rise, in which ernment to ask a question of a private| event, it was pointed out to him, two member. | previously endorsed bills would also . The -- Attorney--General said he| be killed. Finally a standing vote would make a statement, and maybe| . was taken on the call of the Chair-- 'the Toronto member -- could reply. | man, '"Shall the bill be reported?" | | \ Again Mr. Raney started to go over en' !the ground, when Mr. Niclle inter-- : vened. Was not this matter still s under the scope of the Commission of Inquiry? The Speaker ruled that: * it was an old Parliamentary rule that| 'matters subjudice could not be dis-- / % 'cussed in the House. That ended the | iincidem. El V ( : % REVISE LIST OF J.P./'S. Answering an inguiry in the . House yesterday as to whether the . Government contemplated having a & revision made of the list of Justices of the Peace this year, Hon. W. E. * Raney, Attorney--General, said that t \the Government would take the mat-- ¢ lter under consideration during the recetss, ° y k * *