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) _ Hardly forty members remained \to see the end, and it was notice-- able that controversial matters still on the order paper stood in the names of men not in their places. iF'or instance. there was the reso-- lution by Karl Homuth (Labor, !South Waterloo) calling for a pleb-- iscite on the beer and wine issue. 'That resolution alone was capable of consuming hours, if not days, of oratory. It was put on the order paper on February 6, and never called until last night, when Hon. Mr. Raney was leading the House. Mr. Homuth not answering to his name, being absent from the cham-- ber, the Attorney--General quickly called out, '"Dropped," and there was a sigh of relief. Following such unprecedented scénes as have been witnessed in this House comes an election cam--! paign. Words and phrases which; members have been compelled to| suppress in the shadow of the| Speaker's chair may be used with comparative impunity in the unre--| strained atmosphere df the | hustings, where appreciative fol--| lowers often cheer most loudly the' hottest verbal shots. The session in | itself was historical enough, butl now the fight has been transferred | to the country, and the country: may expect as bitter a campaign as was ever fought. There is no ex--| traordinarily big issue, unless by' some vague chance thes Conserva--; tives announce a new liquor policy,| and this lack of an outstanding| issue may be filled in by a recikless | ipdulgence in personalities. Other resolutions met the same! fate. The adjourned debate on Mr.| Sinclair's motion, which was a want | of confidence document on the Gov--| ernment's agricultural policy, was' withdrawn by Major Tolmie, in the | absence of the South Ontario member. With similar celerity the| adjourned debate on workmen's' compensation was withdrawn. For an hour or so the Legislature was in such an agreeable and amicable mood as to appear absolutely strange. Echoed in the Country. The long strain of 70 working days is over, but the thousands of harsb, and often cruel, words hurled across the floor since Janu-- ary 23 will be echoed throughout the length and breadth of the Province. Men left that Chamber yesterday and last night despising one another personally, mistrusting one another's word, and lacking confidence in one another's ability. Many of the usual amenities of pub-- lic life have been forgotten during the last three months. The lan-- guage of Parliament, restrained and dignified by the usages and rules of centuries, has been forced often beyond the breaking point. in short, the fifteenth Legislature lost much of the Parliamentary tra-- dition. The fifteenth session of the On-- tario Legislature finished its busi-- ness last night, and the prorogation ceremony will take place early next week. It was rather an inglorious ending for a session which will go down into history as one of the most acrin\gnious and most con-- fusing this Province ever saw. At 6 --o'clock little but a long list of more or lass formal matters re-- mained to be dealt with. The Op-- position psoposed to sit through until all the work was done. How-- ever, a night session was called, the first Friday night session so far, and then matters went ahead with a rush, or else were withdrawn. May Get to Personalities. O[pe IN QUEEN'sS PARK ~4% . OBSERVERs Of course, there is the charge of extravagance, the failure to give a redistribution,. and several other subjects which provide :ssues, but none of them will monopolize every platform. . Another question to be the subject of more controversy in the country than was hbheard in the House will be party government versus group government. Mention of this latter bone of contention can start an argument anywhere, and will be dealt with at length by campaign orators. However, ihe temper of the legislators as they left yesterday seemed to indictate that they would prefer to tell the people more about their personal opponents than about politics. Ontario is in for an old--fashioned political campaign, if the applica-- tion of that adjective implies bit-- terness, heated argument, and un-- certainty as to the result. I He Writes It Down. | As has been stated frequently,| scores of rows in the House have arisen through the misunderstand-- ing of verbal arrangements entered into between men of different par-- ties. Yesterday a new method was] adopted, which, had it been the rule | for the last three months, mightl have ~averted many a uselessi wrangle. Hon. Mr. Raney, in an--| swering a written' question about| the various lawyers paid by this| Government, said the information | could be obtained from the Public! Accounts. The rather brusque reply | brought Hartley Dewart and Hon. Mr. Ferguson to their feet to--| gether. | '"'This is clearly an attempt to evade the direct answering of a question," said Mr. Ferguson, amid other remarks. '"'The question was a camou-- flage," retorted Mr. Raney. . Next the Attorney--General said | he would give an appropriate an-- swer, since the Public Accounts do, not contain the names of legal| agents employed since November 1 ' last. Then Mr. Ferguson related a | story about a previous return asked | for from the Attorney--General,| which, he alleged, had been| quibbled. \ | "That is a deliberate untruth," commented Mr. Raney. The latter remark failed to arouse much anger in the Consgservative Leader, as it was the last day of business. Then Premier Drury smoothed things over by promising to get all legal names and fees since Novem-- ber 1, and putting them in the Votes and Proceedings. Fees and names previous to that Mr. Fergu-- son can get from the Public Accounts. The understanding was arrived at verbally, and then, as an aftertliought, the Premier added: He did so, and read out his mem-- orandum, and surely one under-- standing will not go wrong. Chasm Not Bridged. According to reports coming from well--informed sources the chasm which has existed betwee Premier Drury and J. J. Morrisc "I'll just write it down, so there won't be any mistake." has not been bridged as securely as the political clements of the U.F.O, would like. In some quarters it is said these two leaders are as far apart as they. ever were, notwith-- standing the sweet--sounding official statements issued more than a week ago. These same people prophesy that another break is quite likely to oceur as soon as the Premier gets properly going on the hustings. It appears that Mr. Morrison was invited to the U.F.0O. banquet Thurs-- day night, and at first accepted the invitation. The planners of the dinner, it is said, thought it would be excellent advertising and good politi¢al propaganda to have the two leaders at this dinner, and then and there bury the hatchet in pub-- lic. It was calculated that, follow-- ing such a reconciliation amid the cheers of the Government party, the TU.F.O. could present a perfectiy united front to the country. How-- ever, Mr. Morrison did not --attend the party. His reasons for not doing so he has kept to himself. but his absence spoiled what the U.F.O, politicians thought would be the finest one--act play of the cam-- paign. It is now taken for granted that Mr. Morrison will not stir the length of an inch to meet the Pre-- mier or the Premier's ideas. How much enthusiasm _ or organizing ability Mr. Morrison will contribute to the campaign is still a matter of doubt. Andy Hicks, the former TF.O. Whip, was another party adherent who was not at the dinner. Yes-- terday Andy referred to it as the '"Feast of Belshazzar.,'" but he had no concrete evidence that there had been any writing on the wall. More Liberal Meetings. TLiberal Leader Hay speaks at the North Oxford Liberal conven-- tion in Woodstock today, while \Mr. Dewart addresses the West Lamb-- ton convention at Sarnia. On Mon-- day Messrs. Hay, Dewart and Tol-- mie speak in Ottawa. On May 9 Major Tolmie will be at Mitchell. in South Perth, and Mr. Hay at Mount FEigin. in South Oxford, the same day. It is said Premier Drury will take about a week's rest before doing any campaigning.