The Ontario Scrapbook Hansard

Ontario Scrapbook Hansard, 20 Apr 1923, p. 4

The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

. -------- _ .._. --- ,____.,- _--------" . - ' s I. . '. . . PS, ' s , LPI T , CC'. I r, a tl _ . one OBSERVE ifli.iit,l,tl. IE . , b ,.'" ' a 1m F, - Mllalt' * - .2 i ' with» WW'W'Z t IN UBENS asllllli'ssltis , 11tlEE Lee, .o,di tribution unless they had the . . in 'tttty,' events crowded thicrkhly i,',',',";'""')', to what kind of rediBtribu- having to do with workmenis com- o Legislature last night. 6 it." it would be. Party politics was pensation have appeared day atte break had to come some time. For l,,'r,7s'l and uppermost in the minds of day. r i a week nerves have been over- Shir. Ferguson's men, and the coun- "5521:3121 than eight motions was , wrou ht, could tr . second. . an wor men's com - not sander: human natural" er. 3-'We are preparedhas Liberals, tol sation is one of those subjects tt e tr rs n mac tr see that redistribution will come} House can discuss at great length Toward 10 o'clock Premier Drury about. no matter if we have to sit; Anyway, Mr. Dewart Dressed G entered_the redistribution debate, here until (lhristlnas.'l' declared tMr It? drteturnf Hanging in his name _. . and ma eh a r, amid the app ause o wo' ew tom on. Walter R . . as the fl',,',',,",,'::','":'),','"',',':,".'""',?, 'JY/d. He said Liberals would :. 'the information that the return 23;: 4 as r . plan no obstacles in the way, out tready, and could be brought down " l, tMtaitt described the Obstruction as a would do what they could to put' in "fifteen minutes." Mr. Roll tyranny ot words, " tyrtmny we. the redistribution bills into effect, icould not tell why it was no: 7 find ONION" unable to break, ex-l Moan" they were along the lines Ebrought down, and looked rather .' ' cent by an appeal to the sovereign; of 'pmgress. Mr. Hay saw a great. helplessly at the Premier. Mr I ii; 5:03". .r, DPODOBG to break it in! deal of stubbornness among the: 'Drury frankly admitted tho dar, 'cl' s, Mrtb3r. " I Corrscrvativos, but he pleaded for: ernment never took up the motions' 5,, hen again: We will appeal 2/ "on". sort of oo-operation. Liberalil for all these returns because the i the country under conditions as imiild welcomo H. declaration for a3 feared so much time would be takeiyi'i T F 'tlla,'",',",;,),,'"',,':',':',,",,',',?,,,',',").",',',:,',',') fight to " tinish, or 'e.'tl.Y plan br, 'ttp with debates. N l "ttply "a e s u on ,"p which the warring groups' could gel 3 Ot course Mr. Ferguson was ati ' . set to the people. togothor. ! once on " feet, dealing with 11135 . Long Fight Is Over. i F'ollowing tho premier game lift; f,','.,',",',,',?,,", topic (of! blami'h'g the Gov..; s,'t Ferguson, who again song 0 ins-l r e ay. . . M. Mac-i , is 12132318; 'tle,,.',',",',:"",,",,"",)',"',:'. tify tho tiictitstt of ohtrtruction. He i Bride next had to adopt his favorite! if arrangement of seats for the next knows ho will huvo to tu." comm"? mode ot procedure by moving the] election. Dissolution will come able explaining along this line be-'; adjournment of the House to inter--2 soon, perhaps on the date set by tore election day, and he is very Ject his side of it. Mr. Dewart then! . the Premier, May 4. Obstruction desirous of getting the explanations stated that, BO tar as his motion! won the day, because there is no made as quickly as possible. ML: went, he would not precipitate anyi method under the Legislature rules Ferguson pressed for the di1eltrtrei, discussion. It was information hel by which organized, determined of the bills immediately. and after: wanted, and he thought the seven; , blocking tactics may be overcome. some violent argument the Premier} others might do likewise. The ex-I .. When the Premier uttered his ring- made the necessary motion. Re-i, Liberal Leader quickly sounded the: '. - ing sentences about going to the distribution had blown up. At. once. 38700 members, and all agreed. The country. the Conservatives, who there was an, exodus from the, Premier 'satrerly grasped at the op- . have been doing all the futtting, House. The Conservatives were; portunity, called the motions, no. Joined in the cheers and applause. jubilant. l 't'tr,',',t,t', were made, and eight ot; They have won their round, but can in Air of Relic! i t elm carried in three minutes, i, . they justify themselves with the! t ' . i Iappreciate courtesy when it isi, ' people? The Premier is sure theyi All Irl all, a great air of roller: extended like that, ' added the Pre-i , cannot, and he will not be slow to; was noticed when the Premier had, mier, and he and Mr. Dewart grave-l, - carry his argument to that effect to made his announcement. Homily-rs 1y bowed to one another, as thoughi J every corner of the Province. were. thoroughly tired of a tow: {it were the beginning of a strong) . Premier Drury candidly confess- duys obstruction. Loss ot sleep: land lasting friendship. The incl-f ed that events of the past week had and attacks of nerves had had their: I dent provided the one green isle; It given him unusual tribulation. "The cite-ct. and It was impossible that till the Premier's sea of trouble: 1' . IPS.,',',':,?,),',','.', developed has come as! business could proceed 111 an order- 'Help had come from a quarter he; 2 ' a great surprise and disappointment), ly manner. As has been stated be- . least expected. Courtesy Week! "at to me. I had hoped, and honestly) fore, few. members in their own; mooted the Legislature, but not tor', il hoped. to get a.- tair measure of re-l hearts desired redistribution at this. more than fifteen minutes. , , distribution and appeal to the coun-l stage. They seemed to have come! ----------------------., j. try in a reasonable time." He hadi to .the conclusion that such 1.etrits-l ' fought and hoped against the intro-: , lation had no place 1n the dying: .3; . duction ot any closure measure, but! days of a_Parliament, 1sl1en nothing ' the right of free speech should not bl" tlett.iotos/s.tallytd about. Re-l at" be abused, but, unfortunately, they: distribution, .tt is claimed, is for it, ll could not control a tyranny ot Parliament in its firgt or second; f, force. session, not the fourth, when the', 'i'jr "The events of the past weeki votes figure tiO prominently ini, g have been territically painful to men's minds. In any event, the die; at: me, more painful than anything I is cast, and the private members: it; have gone through, and I have seem more or less secretly pleased: FQ l taken my share ot knocks in my They know now where their fUhttr'; 5 l lite." lie, and can make their plans ac-; _ f, 1 hHe kept the House guessing as to! cordingiy. 3!. w at was coming by statin thatl , ' , if the Government could not accgept an i Mr. Dewfrt Helps Premier. .'iriv, iultimatum from one-fourth ot thel By a bit ot clear thinking Hart- i [House to gerrymander the Prov- ley Dewart trot.a conSiderable part _.', , ince with the minority vote. "There ot the voluminous order paper I comes a time when patience is ex- cleared yesterd.ay, an act which was ' hausted," he went on. "I propose greatly appreciated by the Premier. " _ tonight we shall tro on with the It seemed rather strange to see Mr. A' ' estimates, letting redistribution Dewart voluntarily. tro to the aid ot if stand," a sentiment which was met the Government, Since he has often a with "No, no" from the Conserve- manoeuvred things to place them in .9 tivea. an aaglT/1'd'rrSitg"'/it; At the ' ' open as ot t e House the Govern- 'N Liberals Willing to Stay. ment introduced three important "" Earlier in the evening, after Col. bills, among them being some ,Ilr J. A. Currie had concluded his up rather sweeping changes in the . huh? tspeech, which consisted mostly Workmen's Compensation Act. On .' . ' otpeleeted readings, Liberal Leader the order paper no fewer than eight I _ Hay pleaded for co-operation to tind notions for the return ot documents] alt 1 some way out of the impasse. He . . l characterized the Conservative lac-I a tics as a melodrama, and a dcter-' ia mined effort to make it impossible . t to get legislation. At the same . . s,Qt' time, Mr. Hay stated emphatically ,4 that [the redistribution measure . i - should have been introduced earlier in? in the session, and should have . a - stood wholly and clearly above an B , else; . He charged that the Conser- . Ill _ retires did not want any kind of . . a

Powered by / Alimenté par VITA Toolkit
Privacy Policy