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f f « A m VVQJn¢$Aa\( ' P: 7 %. v ® dn WPP pN c hee 1 , ammmmmmmmmmnnenn s en en e e e e ie ie iee e ie eemreeonnmenmaesmanm ammmanmeaammmmmmenmememmmmmmmmemmmmmmmmmmmmmmmnmmmmmmmmme W. J, Owens, Conservative, Southeast |\ 1 Toronto; J. A. Pinard, Liberal, East _ | Ottawa; Edmond Proulx, Liberal, ' t Pvrescott; D. M. Ross, Progressive, , | North Oxford; W. E. N. Sinclair, } o » . | Liberal Leader, South Ontario; E. P. i( | Tellier, Liberal, North Essex; A. G. p| Wallis, Liberal, Algoma; W. G. \ | Weichel, Conservative, North Water-- ;|loo; E. R, Wigle, Conservative, (|Centre Huron; F. W. Wilson, Con-- ; ) servative, Windsor; W. G. Willson, , | Conservative, Niagara Falls. * | The Vote Against It. # & & ) > y Those voting against the amend-- ; ni\entswe{re:EA. Armstrong, Conserva-- | | ez zzzn e l .. lllkrrk l claclllllle $ »| tive, South Essex; Aurelien Belanger, | | & " *# 4 ' Liberal, Russell; W, D. Black, Con--l Hydro Chairman Tells How Agrarians Angled j servative, ngton; * . Cham-- ' bers, Conservative, South Oxtord;' i 66 f Sam: Clarko, Diberai" West No ord; | for Him, and Says "Doherty's the Corpse, _ i ' umberland; Hon. Thomas Crawford, B : £ SAmind a . 1 onservalive, Norinwest Toronto, o4 Not Beck"--Amid Teapot Dome and Blind : A. Elliott, Conservative, North Mid--| ; & dlesex; Harold Fisher, Liberal, West | | Bond Scandals HYdro Remalns Pure Ottawa; G. V. Harcourt, Conserva-- io esn l tive, Parry 801'1{1d; W. H. Ireland,' | Conservative, West Hastings; John '| | w . H. emp, Progressive, Lincoln; | J. G. Lethbridge, Progressive, West OF ALL FINANCIAL COMMITMENTS: Middlesex; F. G. McBrien, Conserva-- k oi coogs -- : vakks HXHMENRENGE z: x3 f tive, Southwest Toronto; C. R. Mc-- party. Mr. Doherty declared that Keown, Conservative, Dufferin; J. R.| | Introducing for discussion the Sir Adam had risen frantically to ' Mark, Conservative, North Victoria;| | Hydro estimates for the ensuing the hook, which Sir Adam denied, Harry Morel, Conservative, Nipissing;| |.._.,, «;. taale / Piln= t adding that, in view of recent reve-- ; George Oakley, Conservative, River--| |"°**~ Sit _-"?"*'"' Beck, (,/fm.rm.a,nl of lationg, he was never so thankful dale; L. W. Oke, Progressive, East| |the Provincial Hydro Commission, 'of anything in his life than the fact Lambton; 1'3{0n- &; lIl':i. Raney, Pro--| |announced in the Legislature yester-- that he had not bitten. girae,h;i'i(':' Co:ss;rvatfve.nIgi'g'?)rxlm'ten:é; %&I' |day that Chippawa was now taking "Unfair and Dishonest." E. Rowe, Conservative, South Sim-- |Care of all its financial commit-- In opening his address, Sir Adam .| coe; Frank Spence, gonservatlve, ments, including sinking fund al-- -- referred to the earlg oppoaiti&:lttit: ' .| Fort William; Aaron Sweet, Con-- TA C s . Hydno, remarking, however, tha' : servative, Dundas; N. W. Trewartha l'lo"ame. Amid .Lppl?.usg he added | |y 04 not attained the "persistent, in-- Conservative, South Huron; G@° D ;tha.t there was some likelihood dur-- sistent, unfair and disgshonest" pro-- Sewell, Progressive, North Norfolk. \ing the year of a reduction in the portions that it had latterly. h}al'; tormy |\ present average cost of wer of condemned the distrust that + stormy """""T"" in .l.lf'",mx' s 5: 's € k .O 1 p0~-, c questioned the ability and the vision Halifax, April 1.--"Tyrannous and |$15 a horsepower on the Niagara i n foad ocms of Hydro engineers, because, pos-- . | coercive, a breach of m})c'red promises ) system. sibly, they were of Canadian rather ' 'gtI;?utxi)(l)e;ggle:ntdoT vHJalq:fln::(:l:) lf;?-fg?}; | _ _It was Sir Adam's first address to than other nationality. |fair play and justice," were some of | | the Legislature since his return, and While "disgusting scandals" 'the words used to describe Bill No.||for over five hours he proceededl, were rocking the continent from | ~--_--<oommmmmmmmmumemm---------------- )\ afternoon and evenIng, GE@lNg With one end to the other--"to the * 52, the Church Union Bill, now be--| '|\every aspect of Hydro affairs over south of us it is oil, and to the ing considered by the Legislature of Ethe Province. The Gregory report north it is the treasure of the Nova Scotia, when the representa-- ll'oomed large in his references, people of the Province of On-- tives of the opposing religious sec-- and, although promising a full tario'--Sir Adam proudly pro-- tions met on the floorlof the As-- | printed reply later he dealt with claimed that in 20 years of sembly Chamber last mght before \ what he termed the '"personal"' | Ooperation, in the handling of p the Private and Local Bills Commit--| | cnarges in that document, including ' millions of money, not a breath ' tee to give their various argument$s] |ins, majisious' one that he had | Of Suspicion of wrongdoing or $ to the men who will pass on the | misappropriated $1,100,000 of power misappropriation had ever been . United Church of Canada ACQ . funds for radial purposes. Of that ,| uttered in connection . with f On the Othe;ip}:'gggi'st g;%mi)nrigf 'amount, he said, $300,000 was in re-- Hydro. leaders in the Me it-- spect of Hydro Commission, and "I am not ashamed to be the one byterian Churches told the commi the balance Was esd by 1 ber of that Commiswion," he émbers and the gallery assem-- | _| /C ane s passed b; he | mem of t s tee mem C argest that has Drury Governiment. said, '"who has been on the Com-- 6 bly, which was the larges a | miseion for 21 years. I am not even ever before crowded into that sec-- | 1924 Revenue $9,500.000. | n ations ad * \ i he Province Building, that | | } ashamed of the insinu made tion of the 1 was the l'ogical | _ Speaking directly in reply to & against me by the defunct Gregory the DrODUt_?ed Uml(ixr:ion sot religious | | question by Hon. D. Carmichael, Commission, insinuations which and natural ;'."0 Country, and that |former Hydro Commissioner under . were nothing more or less than legal progress in tMs ess to all peoples| . the Drury Government Sir Adam _ or technical. No one has raised or justice and fAMM®SS Tont considera--| |82id that, whereas in 1923 the esti-- pointed a finger at an act of cor-- would be_thei °*'with the efficient | | Mated revenue from all plants on |ruption or wnrongdoing or miscon-- tion, in keep l}gth 1ahn ! the Niagara generating system was duct or negligence on the part of a working out 0 mebI; continued to-- $8,845,000, the revenue for 1924 single man or member connected The he&rmsl' pa | would be $9,500,000. with this organization since its in-- morrow morning. ___ nds Of this $9,500,000 of revenue ception.'"' ' e > , $6,200,000 would be required for The subject of Hydro criticism, he | 'interest, $1,217,000 for sinking fund, said, was "one that has brought age ; !$410,000 for depreciation, and $1,-- to some of us.'" Apparently Hydro's * 280,000 for operation maintenance opponents, who seemed to be among and repairs, leaving an estimated the 'people with the most money, surplus for the year of $400,000. In had originated the propaganda to f \the same connection, Sir Adam re-- influence the minds of the people | ;r.xind.ed 1t9h°e1 H;)use of r;iilcontr%dié- away from their own project. E ion in 21 of some o on. . C. * Drury's utterances, when Sir Adam _ Carmichael's Bomb. § predicted that when Queenston was Dealing with the resignation of delivering 2$§0,000 horsepower the Hon. D. Carmichael from the Hydro average cost would be $15. In Commission during the session of ; 1923, when the plant was delivering -- 1922, Sir Adam said that that bomb only 227,366 horsepower, the aver-- | was exploded when both he and his age cost was $15.03. | child were ill art a S;ut{xernfi:mcmir, . _ He referre o . Car-- i DPruryism Cost Fifteen Millions. lrme?:l:;,el as the member for North Sir Adam severely condemned the A ------=--..--= wetse:> * { late Government for its attitude of es erter f \ criticism and interference in con-- ; Grey, which prompied D. J. Taylor, | t nection with Hydro matters, and | the North Grey member, to point out | f made the statement that its career | the error. _ _ . . ... : in office had cost the Hydro Com-- | Well," said Sir Adam, "it is Grey |, mission, one way and another, $10--, |a@n¥way, and the subject made some | 000,000 or $15,000,000. Every single ; Of us greyer than we would other-- '"insinuation" contained in _ the lwme have been. Gregory report, he said, would be || Mr. Carmichael, he continued, had answered in printed form in due | projected _his resignation without § course. | ever mentioning the question of mis-- ' There were exceedingly warm ex-- !U'USt to his colleagues, although he : f e changes between Sir Adam and Hon. | knhew he could have had at his dis-' # < Manning Doherty, Progressive Lead-- iposa}l every official in the Hydro or-- n + : er, arising out of mention of the lgamzatxpn to d_elve into any mattersi 'well--known offer to Sir Adam in |concerning which he had a mistrust. f '1919 of the leadership of the U. F. O. { Dealing with the Gregory Com-- ' | mission's '"insinuations -- and they | J %: , +