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sW o . ~ w--'------m _ y--G "to treat ~the ~petty i judiciary of, Ontario as civil ser-- vants, the Premier came on with a ; detailed resume of the accomplish-- ments of the Government, inciden-- tally defending the much--discussed '"Backus dea)}." Challenged to an Election. . 'A FHon. Mr. Ferguson issued a brief challenge to the Premier to-- appeal in the general election to the same electorate in the same manner that returned him to power four yvears ago, but the Premier let pass his | reference ~to proportional repre-- sentation and the transferable vote | without answering it. (*: In response to criticism that the !present had been & destructive, |rather than a constructive, Admini-- stration, the Premier detailed a Ajdozen and one items of social legis-- y lation which had been enacted, and !asked if that record looked "destruc--, 'tive.'"' He ventured the opinion that ; ©@ the. Government's record in respect, of beneficial legislation would stand favorable comparison with that of any previous Administration. Hon. Mr. Ferguson in his address |\ had-- charged the Government with |not having the courage of it3 con.-- viections. | _ t'Three years ago," declared Pre-- ]micr Drury in reply, "my honorab:e friends left us a radial -- situation| rs C l J 4 _ + . We appointed a commissionl y J PX 1 J d J 1. e ) . to investigate, because we thought} *) _the people of Ontario ought to have DR UR in their possession facts regarding a f project which would uiltimately cost : $200,000,000. The commission made 'F' . URE its report; the Government took its ; as A l, l a stand in the face of fierce opposi-- | tim}; the Government took its life | € 6 3 3 F O T in its hands to do that. :l F O R I L e o o ;Claims Endorsation. t % | _ _ "It is interesting to note that the :Premter Challengeg Con- | people on the most favored of these | o | lines during their --recent vote en-- . |_-- servative Leader to dorsed the position of the Govern-- | o \ ment taken on that question. It is t Relleve Electorale of 'interesting to note that the new t & IC'hairmun of the National lines, as S us peénse, and Hon. a& practical railwayman, has sized up s lthe situation, and that he announced HOWflrd'C'laIlenges Gov- a policy, and that that policy coin-- cided exactly with the policy laid E ernment Leader to an down by this Government in August o A of the year before and retained by e# Election Under Same this Government ever since. «', * | _ _"Is that a question of a Govern-- CO A d 1t t o n s as Four ment shirking responsibility in lead-- Al ership? Is that a question of a Years Ago Government not having the courage | of its convictions? It required po-f litical courage and it showed leader--| f TORY CHIEF MARKS flgip, and the march of events has! . shown that the Government in its| , RANEY FOR "HIDING" announced position was _ correct. | 0 Time will yet further show it." , | --""'-------' From Hydro--radials the Premier f | . Challenging Hon. G. H. Ferguson, ::hmu?% tohg\x'it H°"£ G. H. Fargu& : ¢ | on his as yet unannounce : ;Leader of the Provincial Conserva-- temperance policy discovery, pictur-- Etives. to make known to the elec-- ing him as a political chemist, bend-- E torate his stand upon the issue of ing ?ne inig}l]'xit ov;et't his tes:l ttu?e:t. aW % 2 4 8g 3 pouring in his mixtures, and at las § !prohloition, Premier Drury, speqk exclaiming, "Bureka! I have got it." | R | ing in the Legislature yesterday, de-- But the Conservative Leader must' E. lcla.red in ringing tones that Mr. 'have buried his discovery in an ice-- € Fer uson owed to the eople of the be!'g' in A]aska." commented Premier Proiincc an announce!;nefit of his Drury amid laughter, '"because the e l f * Province had heard nothing of it cBt: position with respect to Ontario's since." ; e dry law. Pays Respects to Curric. | | _ *"'The country has a right to m the Con: tive Leader he f know,'"' emphasized the Premier, passreodmon ?o 'I?I?)sne.n-;&r.'el"erguson's C "where my honorable friend stands. | latest recruit in the ranks of his f The country can stand an announce-- . I;egiglati;e i(tfllgw!ng, Johrc'u1 tAh C;u:'- ; ahn. rie, Southea oronto, an e lat-- |ment against prohlpition', *n y Al ter's first utterance in the Legisla-- I nouncement for modification of the ture came in the midst of the Pre-- & present prohibitory law. It cannot * mier's references to himself and his ut 'stand for hints; it cannot stand for election platform, Mr. Currie asking 5 silence on this important question. | if it were not correct that the elec-- s |It cannot stand for a policy which | torate of the riding had endorsed { says to the 'drys': 'I am not touching * that platform. h | the law," and gives the wink to the (_'ontmuing on O.T.A. matters, the i wets, which means, 'I will enforce Premier deciared tha; .what Ontario - 'it slackly if I come into power." noiw' yzeogod w;}s stabxl:'té':rgethiaa'&- y f ministration of tempe > s. Yraile |Two Leaders Have the Floor. "Let us admit it is ap great experi-- | "~T§ The Premier and Hon. Mr. Fer-- || ment," he said. '"It is an experi-- | guson occupied the whole of the ment whose success or failure de-- afterncoon in their speeches on «the pends on the stability of enforce-- ¢ debate on the Address in reply to ment." : the Speech from the Throne, and, The Premier hoped that the people €. * although they had all the incentive of the Province would settie down "@ S which crowded galleries give, to a fair trial of prohibition, rather f neither gave the House anything new than restlessly hoping for a change. in the way of administrative ideas. He hoped that there would be no | Their omissions were more notable, indication from the people of a de-- perhaps, than any statements that ; sire for a change. Then, as he R - '"were. made--Hon. G. H. Ferguson launched into his call upon the Con-- -- } concluded his speech without mak-- servative Leader to make known his ing his long--awaited declaration on temperance stand, Hon. Mr. Fergu-- 7 !().'I'.A.. and Premier Drury gave re-- son interrupted, laughingly, "I will 4 |distribution matters a wide berth. | tell them; don't you worry.'" |_ After the Conservative Leader The Premier concluded by read-- . | had concluded an address critical of ing and answering a sheaf of recess |the Government for its timber pol-- platform utterances by W. F. Nickle, dey, its commission-appoinung pro-- K.C., Kingston; Hon. T. Crawford, lcli\"lt!es «Ats "extravagance" all along Northwest Toronto; Hon. Mr. Fergu-- |the Jine, and> particularly in road ' |\| son, and others of the Conservative building, and what he termed the | rty, declaring 'his belief that for | f tendency on the part of the Attor. ) t s ue ¢ a 1 s