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-- i e ,|# e io HI' ne ":l ~ "l'eir'eufA dtor oge i"l': on the lmgunt ' ' n Sir am Bec ad proposed to Three Other Bids. ; spend on Hydro--radials. Naturally, Mr.---- McCrea _ declared , that he was closely questioned as to his Berths 46 and 49 of the Quetico figures, but he refused to be side-- Forest Reserve had gone to the tracked. He claimed th ;w"n'CIarke COMpany only mer A ,l'&c ea. e claime e 0081'. Of three other bids had been entered, the Oregory Commisston would. be one of which was from Mr. Backus. a small thing compared with the +He accused the Government of hav-- investments it was probing. ing adopted strong--arm methods to Then came the usual crack at bring the Shevlin--Clarke Company to Mr. Ferguson, whom the Attorney-- terms, and -- said that the action General accused of saying a depart-- taken had left '"one of the greatest 1 :1 i had o blots upon the honesty and integrity mental IMAMT AY i cost tWe . or of the Government of -- Ontario." three thousand dollars whereats the Further, he charged that _ Mr. total expenditure was but $58.30. Backus was paying only $9.50 for| He supposed a lot of Conservatives | timber similar to that for which the believed everything their Leader Shevlin--Clarke people woere paying' said. $20.10. 1 « Hint at Campaign Fund At about a quarter after nine last * psigh Pss night Hon. W. E. Raney finished | Next Mr. Raney switched to a 'his SpEECH on the debate on the Ad«] lengthy defense of the Backus deal, dress--a speech delivered in three and what looked at first like a parts, and lasting in all about three serious scrap began. This deal had hours and forty minutes. . Yester-- been criticized by Gen. Hogarth of day was devoid of much of the ex-- » Port Arthur, and the Attorney-- citement that made Wednesday's General went out of his way to tell 'session historical for the Legisla-- the House that Gen. Hogarth now ture, but still there was plenty of spent most of his time in Okla-- entertainment, and the chances of homa. Several times . Mr. Raney | 'a fighting row kept the House and | had to appeal to the Speaker, who the crowded galleries always inter-; ruled against interruptions. . Col.}! ested. The Attorney--General again | Currie tried to ask a question, and | carried a relentless war into the the Speaker told him to take his| Conservative camp in generai, and seat, while the Attorney--General | against the member for Grenville, said he preferred to answer no Hon. Mr. Ferguson, in particular. | more questions. He compared the _ It was as severe an arraignment Backus deal with Mr. Ferguson's | as has been heard in politics in reputed offer to the Spanish River 'years. It was presented more in a Company for 4,000 square miles of legal than a Parliamentary manner, pulpwood lands, adding that the the reading of lengthy extracts Span'sh River Company had fin-- 'from official docum(its, the ex-- anced on the strength of a letter planation, the argument, and the from the former Minister, now Con-- 'appeal to the House as to a jury. servative Leader. During an in-- | i aver | terchange the -- Attorney--General Conservatives Nervous. | mentioned something about cam-- Mr. Raney had the Conservatives paign funds, which brought Mr. showing nerves. They did not like} Ferguson to his feet with an indig-- it, and they fidgeted and whispered | nant Gdenial. "Campaign funds among themselves and interrupted , came from somewhere," retorted and tried to appear amused. The| Mr. Ranoy. Attorney--General was merciless in' Mr. Raney denied any secret, piling fact upon fact and argument sinister motives in the Backus bar-- upon argument. To give Hon. Mr.! gain, and added that the Conserva-- Ferguson credit, he sat there| 'tive criticism had suggested impro-- through it all, when he was not in--| prieties. This and many interrup-- 'terpoiating, but his followers Werei tions again forced him to ask for 'less faithful. Gen. Hogarth of Port:i protection "against the member for Arthur remained with his Leader| Grenville. I know he is nervous." \ most of the time, but Col. Currie,| T. H. Lennox took up the task of Herb Lennox, and others of the\ asking questions, but was told, ginger group found it convenient to "¥You may not ask that question, be .out of the Chamber at somei 'nor any other quesuon_" critical periods. | Cash--and--Carry Patronage. Imnisters Are Delighted. | The Shevlin--Clarke Co. limits, ! Of course the U.F.O. members| sold by Mr. Ferguson when a Min-- }were out in force to cheer their| ister, formed a good subject for ,Attorney-General. Premier Drury . Mr. Raney. He told how J. A. |stuck closer to his desk than has Mathieu, Conservative, M.P.P. for 'been his custom. His face showed Rainy River, was Vice--President of that he was pleased -- greatly | this company, and how an utterly |pleased. Mr. Drury has not yet at-- inexperienced young man, McDon-- tained statesmenlike control of his 'ald, had valuated the timber berth mobile countenance, which seemed | without seeing it, and practically Ito reveal the thought, '"Well, the| had done the same thing with other hides are now going on the fence,| berths, by which the Shevlin--Clarke !and they are not our hides. They! Co. had benefited. Much of Mr. are Tory hides, and all is well."| Raney's statement was taken from But the man on the Government' the evidence in the timber probe. side who obviously enjoyed the Mr. Ferguson interrupted to admit loratorical pounding the most was. that it was the "grossest piece of 'Hon. Peter Smith. Yesterday had | misrepresentation ever practiced on 'been set aside as Hon. Peter's day,| -- the department,"' but the admission \when he would deliver the Budget did not save him from the wrath of speech, but he gladly gave way to the Attorney--General. Mr. Raney see and listen to Mr. Ferguson get |charged that Mathieu, who was not his medicine. Hon. Peter led the 'in the House yesterday, really had U.F.O. applause, and after most! been given a present of more than I'occasions on which he pounded his' \a million dollars. The deal was !desk he indulged in a whole--souled dubbed "gross cash--and--carry pat-- laugh, which must have been irri-! ronage," and "perhaps there has tating to his friends opposite. Hon. | been nothing in Canada to com-- Peter may be strongly U.F.O., and | pare with the relations between he may have been a Liberal once, | Mathieu and the member for Gren-- !but there is not much doubt he| ville." never loved the Conservalives, andl A Ne ' » 3 he laughed at their discomfiture. 377 ns H.'.dm Poliey. ' significant remark was uttered Defends the Inquiries. | by Mr. Raney in dealing with the Mr. Raney defended the Govern--| . Nipigon power controversy. He ment's appointment of commissions. . was telling of the attempts made to Outside the three main inquiries, get Mr. Allstead of the Great Lakes on -- timber, Hydro--radials and Paper Co. and Sir Adam Beck to-- Hydro--electric, the total cost had gether on the price of power. "And been $57,043. One of these had this is no novelty--friction develop-- cost $9,500, and it had returned ed," he asserted. Further, he an-- $81,000 to the Province, and oppo-- nounced that the Government |site this he set $28,000 paid to one might override the Hydro Comis-- ! Toronto lawyer by the late Admin-- sion and fix the price of power at ' stration. Coming to the Suther-- Port Arthur and Fort William. This 'land Commission, he said it had price would be the same for both cost less than 4 per cent. of the in--| o es places. He contended the Govern--