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P Claiming that the Government had appointed more committees and com-- ' missions in its career than had been ga.!)pgin_t_ed _from _ Confederation to "There is a feeling with the public that there is just a little too much tyranny exercised by the central au-- thority over the general . officers throughout"the Province," said the Conservative Leader. Tyranny was The Conservative Leader wound up this passage--at--arms by telling of attending a function the . week before by invitation oft the Lieyten-- ant--Governor, and, to his surprise, seeing the Attorney--General there smoking a cigaret. '"*My advice to you is to avoid the appearance of evil," he said, while Mr. Raney re-- torted ironically that Mr. Ferguson had "made out his case." Naughty, Naughty. 1919, Mr. Ferguson a.gaixi '(;a_!'l-lé.-illit; verbal battle with the Attorney--Gen-- eral. HMe next turned his attention to mining matters and criticized the, Government for "wiping out' going, concerns because of arrears of taxes. One mine actually in operation and producing had been forfeited to the Crown because of arrears of $9 in taxes, he claimed. Operating mines had been excluded from former for-- feitures. As the result of actions like these the mining markéet, like the lumber trade, was uneasy because of the instability of titles. He criti-- cized, also, the plan adopted by the Government for settling the country. '"'*Tour hide will be on the fence, all right,"* replied Mr. Ferguson. '"The successful hunter is the still hunter. T am not running with the dogs. The whole row," he went on, airily waving his hand toward. Cabinet benches, "will melt like snow before the summer sun." & Mr. Ferguson said that in On-- tario 77 lumber concerns had been organized, and 56 had gone to the wall. But a half dozen others had been able to pay fividends, "and yet lumbermen throughout Ontario are 'chars'ed with being timber pirates. and that attitude is encouraged and abetted by the present Administra tion by its attitude toward lumber-- men's operations and treatment of the industry." Critical of Backus Deal. .~~Mr. Ferguson then went into a Tong explanation of the Backus con: tract, and scored the Government on that deal. He denied that the sale had. been advertised for three months, and said the Attorney--Gen-- eral had written a letter to the Min-- ister of Lands and Forests on Oc-- tober 1 that the sale should be pro-- ceéded with. This was the letter the Attorney--CGeneral had succeeded in suppressing at The Telegram trial, said Mr. Ferguson. Hon. W. E. Raney made a quick deniat of this, and declared _ that what Mr. Ferguson had said was elther ignorantly -- or deliberately false. Mr. Ferguson retorted that he hoped before the aession was over to show that the Attorney--General not only. had suppressed this doeu-- ment, byt made it a practice to suppress documents. Mr. Raney in-- quired whether this would be done when Mr. Ferguson "puts the hides on the fence." Still Nailing Up Hides, Hon. G. H. Ferguson, Conserva-- tive Leader, who spoke for about an hour and a half, devoted almost all his time to dealing with affairs in the North country--timber and mines. After two and a half years, he said, there had not come from the Timber Commission any. sug-- gestion of any value to the Province for the administration of forest re-- sources. Dr. Judson Clark had said the report was all wrong, and upheld the Provincial accounting system, Mr. FWerguson assorted. & Lumbermen and financial backers were becoming uneasy, the Conser-- vative Leader claimed, and the re-- sult was that a deputation of prac-- tical men bad conferred with the Government a couple of months ago. Mr. Fergus@on went on to cxplain that the lumberman received credit on the title and license he held, and if that title were questioned for every little difference that might arise, the banks no longer would be prepared to consider it as a suffh-- cient security. s their '"irresponsiblé, uttera.nces" on these and other océhsions the elec-- torate would, at the ing election, hold them unfit to oc@@py the Trea-- sury benches. 8 Conservative Leadoer Entcrs Fray. ble. uttera.nces"' on océhsions the elec-- the ing election, to oc@lpy the Trea-- beftiinl, i atatthind ciemtactas A SA +4 " 2aoy siana for from one to four years as the Council sees fit, The idea is that a person may know in advance what his assessment will be for a fixed term, in 'the same way that a person knows what his rent will be when under leaso. It is claimed also that the change will prevent increase of debentures to stabilize the ASsesaman+ E en en . N a by--law saying that may stand for from years as the Counrit HORIDNA nA ifi n ie d ds 3 s 34 4 Judge power to correct arising out of gross error there has been a change dence. Another bil} intr him, respecting municipa proposes that the Cannai i. °P, Ifill, (,'.onservatl\'o, West Ottawa,, introduced a bill amending the law as to contributory negligence, so that where negligence is involved with wcontributory negligence the damage shall be apportioned -- be. tween the parties.. He also intro-- duced a bill to amend the Municipal Act, giving parties suffering damage on municipal property by negligence of the municipality power to issue a writ after the present statutory limi-- tation of three months by permis-- sion of a Judge. _ Dtr. H. 4. Stevenson, Labor, Lon-- don, introduced a bill amending the| Ontario Voters' ) #t o y U oc ze ARuady: several bills making m in existing laws were in private members in the yesterday and given firs .: L. Brackin, Liberal, introduced a bill to pre1 port of gravel from the St.__CIair River, Dr. FIXITY OF AssEssmENT s ooo e t e ene. P TEELY Premier Drury, on the other hand, said the debate was left over at the distinct request of Mr. Ferguson. With both sides disclaiming re-- sponsibility for the adjournment, the dispute petered out. BILLS INTRODUCED WOULD ALTER LAWS Before the debate there was -- a short discussion as to who was re-- sponsible for the House adjourning from Friday to Tuesday. ~Mr. Fergu-- son read an article in The Brantford Expositor which, he claimed, seemed to show that he was to blame. Had he been told on Thursday he was to be called on to speak on Friday, that would have been a different matter. He had been called upon without notice, he said, and it had not been the practice to continue the debates on Friday, If the Gov-- prnment was ready. it could have hag business to proceed with. He maintained the duty of the Government was to submit itself and its record to the same people and under the same :circumstances as brought it into power. "I challenge you to accept that position and sub-- mit yourself to Ontario as the Prov-- Ince in political units now stands.'" "If we are to have no rearrange-- ment of the electoral units in the Province of Ontaria, no readjustment of representation, then I say to you, you have no right to resort to the unfair position, by political chican-- ery, of attempting to secure an un-- fair advantage against either one or the other parties in opposition." Challenge to Election. inevitably the badge of weakness. After recalling to the attention of the Government the fate of King Charles I., Mr. Ferguson added:>: "I would advise the Attorney--General to remember the spirit of Oliver tCr-m'nwell is still alive in this coun--, t'y." } After criticism of the roads and unemployment policies of the Gov-- ernment, Mr. Ferguson closed his speech with a reference to the pro-- posed new representation in the Province. H. A. Stevenson Proposes Alteration in Voters' List Act aAssessment gross error, or where n a change of resi-- er bill introduced by & municipal taxation, the Counci] may pass y EL w4 {uxc's given first reading ht one en ie Sb e ue l m the bed of t"}--{e '.onservatl\'e, West d a bill amending e tw 222. i. to prevent the ere introduced by & 00 C o eRRist the assessment minor changes West Kent Legislature