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issue ang before tho electors. 'In this last session before an clec-- tion all parties are searching for a real issue, while the Government in particular will be anxious to possess some talking point which will keep the popular mind from brooding over increased expenditure and heavier taxation. Hear Leaders Today. There is a chance that the air '|will be cleared today. The party Cheaters cniert the debate on Tae Aa-- dress this afternoon, Mr. Welling-- ton Hay going first, Mr. Ferguson second, and Premier Drury follow-- ing. Opposition members last night said they expected the Pre-- mier to reveal something of the Government's intentions in respect to redistribution and proportional representation. Two Speakers Heard. Yesterday the House hbeard the mover and seconder of the Address. John W. Freeborn, East Middlesex, started out by stating he might have some criticism for the Gov-- ernment, but one listened in vain for anything but praise, and in fifty minutes bhe managed to dis-- tribute his laudations over nearly every department and nearly every Minister. His conclusion was large-- |ly a plea for more business and less ,politics---a plea which is lHikely to go unbeeded when it is nearly time to get out the ballot--boxes. Peter Heenan was the only other speaker. Mr. Heenan represents Kenora, and the House knew it. He devoted all his time to an exposition of the re-- quirements of his own district, and said it was a question in His mind |if the award which gave that area to QOntario, and not to Manitoba, was in the best interests of all con-- cerned. Mr. Heenan got no nearer than that to the dangerous and controversial question of secession. Is It a Ginger Group? There was some curiosity yester-- day about the seating arrangements, now that Col. John A. Currie, reck-- oned a good fighting Conservative, has joined Mr. Ferguson's follow-- |ing. Col. Currie sits immediately |behind Mr. Dewart, so that in that section he will be in a ginger group such as he sought to form once in l:the Commons at Ottawa. Around ; him are Mr. Ferguson, Mr. Dewart, 'Dr. Godfrey, T. H. Lennox and | others whose past performances in--, dicate that they have no particular love for Premier Drury or his At-- torney--General. -- Col. Currie will doubtless find the company to his' liking. Among the visitors yester-- day was R. H. Halbert, Progressive M.P. for North Ontario, who was in consultation with groups of U.F.O. members. s m ie omm niren ineovommmiinis I