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Ontario Scrapbook Hansard, 25 Feb 1925, p. 1

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e o. ~ _ . C m e ie e mm i * l o * Ppiaye. .l A F PPED! y> . o Sf % * 6 f .e b z Nmo \\ . Wedaes d a Feb. 4 % s q';j;f-..:e;--l';h.' uTT T T T{ra& tw i uy _ _ _ ) In describing what Idered f 6 L .L. c in id en Ir Om' --r C uy Agorarenk 99-- _ "to be the difficuities m"ih?'é:':':;i'i" ; . remark, because the last time I--eAW , ment. of the O.T.A., Mr. Ha.ne:.r ' J one my honorable friend came t0o M® -- }{ said that it was the fact that the | 'and asked me if I had one. || youth of the day had come to the ' IS TAY[AOR,S ADVICE l'hf"";tge"'","'""'"\"d-" was promDPt*. {\ attitude _ of thinking that it was | % y forthcoming. '| "sporting" to know wher * \ ' Mr. Doherty--It was forthcomin®, |a bottle of liquor and to °e':_<;yse; and I have never got it back. '| flask, and at gocial functions it was | _ _Mr, Doherty declared himself OP-- ) fairly common to see these young; I;pOSed. to the proposed sale of 4.4 ||\men passing their flasks of "rotten "beer in Ontario, on three grounds: liquor," and then associating with * | | That the proposal was worse by far the daughters of Ontario. | 'than a sane measure of Government f PI'O ressi | control in that it would re--estab-- Scees Violations Everywhere. gressive Member _ Ac--)| | tish bars; that he had no option but : | _ The issuance of preberiptions by + to vote against the measure e~ , ragt Ccuses Them Of VOtlng Party, ' icause his constituents had support= ; 'Egémhc;a.:'%nlzeoge:;n::b::ubethaéno;\;:'l: NOt Tem | | ed. the Ontario Temperance Aot by | tion that an island situated in the perance | |three to one in the plebiscite, and h9 + | plligs might well attempt to blot miviemeamedecneninitancecmroue | _ felt that if he did otherwise he must . y s 1 | k ¢ s t out éevery ounce of liquor, but On | resign his seat; and, thirdly, "b€¢-- | |irario, situated in the 'centre of DRURY IS AGAIN |.cause I believe the word of the Prime o C RAP PED ini 3 | North America, with liquor avail |' Minister of this Province should be ble from the East and West, was mwx._ai_._=. |\-- maintained as sacred. I believe all NC ; not in such a favorable position for (Of the six speakers. wh L,, ; ; _ |_ classes of people have a. right to look the experiment. | six spceakers who particl--| }o the word of the Prime Minister as pated in the debate on the Address| being absolutely final." | Describi'n%' co;ld&t.'ion;o(l)l:eghe:or; | ;,l\ v't.h.(' .l.o:islatm'v _w'-st'm'(lu}'. throc' Mr. Ferguson--Hear, hear. ' ;?}'::' ~bhoerdgi'c :r:.eters. eWhich, h%asai(:l,l ;l;m:z:tl\th':xlg;(:l:(c; e:;:;ulnst the Uo(\jwI Fate of U.F.O. | were drinkinghdens, artxd.;;lt;.houbglh' € 8 sed 4. eer amend--| y r s \ they were perhaps no ceable xrfu»m.. t""', declared themselves in' l"alsi-t I"nmgtlt)';] L&%Ct"t\ar?(;?lr?;;'htfg;' '|from the highways, their location | .,.uu}. and one did not deal with theg V:'OAndf"ll'cd :'L't .U:la,t h'P remain%d &., 'COUM always be ascertained .-by the hrh'?i;'uxc who declared ¥sy U.F.(").l member in ihe faceo 6\' all ; .| number of parked automobiles in the | tiavor of the Covercuent s UsEIWEE 17 |< |the --whiriwinds that 'had blown from vicinity. Te went on to discuss the ; e Government'si proposed ; | Liberal, Conserviative and Progres-- problem of "short--circuiting" of ex--. ::l)).\n(lr||ont to th(: U.nt:wio Temper--| tSlvc qu'a.rzPrs over the old Farmer port liquor, and speculated as to> :('_"f'\f'tté'"" i a o wW. S, Haney, Con--| |njignment. But these whirlwinds, whether Hon. Jacques Bureau had s u].{\ Pl-"u';-'(il'l(;'\ 'fml '\l\ o.it Lambton, | l he said, while they were of no mo-- refused the assistance thgt had ; for . Korth: Iv'<<(\x""|'|'l Lfn.al'_n.\em'hcr' 'ment, did destroy half--good material, _ ;| been requested of him by the On--| known Lhelr:-- intentio hose who made iand only a good "oke" shingle on .| tario authoritiee in order that he it \x"'-w' X("\\l'" 'i;'l-:("]l-t';-\(':tc '""'";)'S' 'the U.F.O. roof like himself could Imight embarrass the Government. 4« + K C, --1J',.V,. mer ts £ j a for Hast Lambton; Hon. Man;:ir:;; 'bm(?(?m(ilf:'":it tt}':eem';roposcd change l'fBut on the Other Hand--" } i.;f':l],"";\'-\(:r: d 19. 4 ',';.f"T""fr , for Iin the Ontario Temperance Act, Mr. _ _| _ "No human being on earth," Mr. ereséive maen ber To NXar aylor, Pro-- ; Oke said that the people felt that Haney said, "could possibly enforce sns ember for North Grey. the Prime Minister was not doing the strict loetter of the law on the Attack on Drury. what he had said he would do. "Per-- statute 'books by reason of the con-- The two Farmor. imembBers; pyr. [ Sonally, 1 am woine to vole against _ |ditions I have pointed out. . And Oke and Mr. Tayilor. supplied the ,any measure presented to this House | despite al} the criticism --that has most interesting inaterial in what for stronger liquor. 1 feel. that 1| been levelied at this Government, I\ was a rather dead day at the Legis-- Woul(?n t be doing my duty if I g'd lhave never heard anybody say that lature. 'The former accused his r'o}-. n?t}"surglmrt btthe yill of the people the present Attorney--General has ]mr-x' leader, Hon. E. C. Drury, of dis-- T e ols n ngoe, :go% :g'nestly tried "to :enforce the oyalty to the U.F.O. cause in s c Opposed to Drury, » A wA« , ing to form a new }'rngr(".}j\lfl.l\l)::l'; l e e } Mr. Haney had some suggestions and went on to declare that 7.\1r' M n e w aer t oyee 4 uq | for the Government, however, in its Drury's head had latterly ;,qumed' or, less oDDOSeq to Mr. Dr ry and hl_S | proposed step, among them the fol-- an abnormal size. h o ideas. He said he would deem it }lowing: Restriction of the handling Mr. Taylor, amid the applause of | his duty to uphold or object to any _ | of its sale to the hands of born Brit-- the Conservatives, stated that un-- 'nmd'su're "? t-he ieiee as he HLLOHE L Ii"'h subjects, so that the .Vbeverage questionably the votes of the anti-- m the best interests of the peaple. \ might not be used as a blind; Gov--: femperance people had gone to thc! "I ... i".D*°t feel that I would be doing 1ernmen't inspection as to purity; re--| U.F.O. party in 1919, the wets, he |that at this time if I went over with' | moval of that feature from the , said, in their belligerent mood, being c c o .fne"'nd's th? Pro,g'rt'abslves, 5 25 'O'T"'\" which. he termed "'a jORe! willing to take a chance on anybody. 'C('"Sf'r.'dtl'"'s or L'h" Liberals, so I law," that the man who consumed | He added that undoubtedly the am goins "f' stay a United Farmer,| 'h's bottle of liquor should be fined Drury Government had suffered l (?'ten i'? I stand alor!e. Even if I do | $10, and the man who kept his in his from the same considerations, and ; Stand alone, it won't be an unusual! \| pocket $200; discretionary powers declared that the temperance people lpoirtion' .for iat farmer. for the Magistrates in O.T.A. cases; of Ontario who had been voting ' 1'":' Oke said that they would be restoration of the principle that a politics ahead of temperance had to })eased !o k.now o one the' n Bow. !man s o e o ie e s damllT wake up. 5r§§n§431'i'x]1"1'{§,'§d ?E)}w{(t)ge gfififihpzow' '-i and long jail sentences to the indi--| s \ +. 8 Y © rm--| vidual who sold lHiquor which, Urges Flat 'Ram for Power. f '{;rs platform, and had not gi\{en' Ialn-.'uy;is. proved tloq be po.sonou:.pon J. A. Sangster (Liberal, Glen.]| ; Bimself over to the Progressive/|| He belicved the Government's garry) resumed the debate yesterday| | PATtY: He said he had his permis-- [ amendment woulid suit every person 'cafternoon. Producing a large map' | sion to say that much. He claimed| | | in the Province except the extrem-- 5(0 sh'ow Hydro developments in thei thflt lawyers had: no right to re-- | ists on either side. ; Province, he went on to say that the! | °C'V® $300 a day for their services, \ ts [{y(:ro fd:\;op]or?mpnt in the castern ?n;'inethoughtl'.d gogd j ciommon,sensc r' For \gflcultllral Dc\-clopnlent. [ part. 0 6 Province seemed io. be a n cou administer depart-- After ~complimenting t | 'neg)g(etcrl to _ some extent. After ments as well as lawyers could. of the Livbera}; party oi tgg v{:ae;dlsg !'}'lwa'rmg what the Hydro had done to Hancy for 4.4 Beer. had covered all matters of impor-- H\';';;L':_l'; gs:aryfl. he wondered _ if w S Haney.. C f tance in his speech, E. P. Tellier ,"' 2. ° ario were in Ontario at:; be t 'W T I.):a onservative mem-- (Liberal, North Essex) made a plea all. urged that some effort ber £or es mbton,' upon resum-- for scientific development of agri-- should be made to give the people in m%'e thle cllebate at 8 o'clock, delved culture in Ontario. Mr. Tellier said | | Minister of Agric nnhm--t}' forme" ~ Ithe purpose, he explained, of gho fOf | party systein, and-- reminded ~the liing the 'An griculture, after twit-- the people Of .hi d, of showing | Progressives that the Liberals had A y ministration with its un-- c ive s constituency ex-- an honest--to--good > ! successful efforts to capt 3 actly where he stood and why he ; 5 man who cmrore hy Waterloo from k. k capture South proposed to vote for th NY their leadéer--a man who wrote hi: c . K. Homuth, for-- > § e Govern-- briefs sitti im merly a supporter of the U.F.O ment's 4.4 beer amendment. | riefs'sifting on an cim;gfump on hi Government, but now an Indepemr.. |,_ l mmarked the decline in senti-- ! ty ons o dent Laborite, proceeded to compli-- > Fnept behind the Ontario Temper-- , {back of his farm. _ He also urged ment the Ferguson Government for ance Act from the time of Hon. W." ,that taxation be reduced. having assisted in the unemploy-- }".'}{%ne){s attainment to office, stat. | Mr. Telliér did not believe that ment problem by contributions of "'5'.' at it K&E; iWe'll known t'};na.t "he | | bootlegging and "blind pigs" would work rather than doles, to which he w;v{a., . %ro ' ; on fanatic. Mr. | | be eliminated by 4.4 beer. The beer, declared himself bitterly opposed. j afgey(.)raf sgut r taht once began to[ sold in the "blind pigs" was 9 per; Coming to the O.T.A. issue, Mr. 1tr}11<1 rg C g lnrgethgdentorcement ot' cent. beer, he said. Though he de---- Doherty conceived that Premier Fer-- hafire Deen 'qug est.ivs ttha.t would | |ferred discussion on this until the , guson had committed the supreme usls of} .the &'S a.nii;h oI the prin-- | |bill came down, he added that,} \blunder in a series of blunders in 1;}?08;" methods hpe s ard nquisition. 'speaking as an individual, and not' connection with the liquor cquestion |challenge to every fair-'mbindmme- & | |as a party man, he was going to vote , { in moving for 4.4 per cent. beer. He zen of the Province ed citi-- | |for the bill when it came before the: | could _ not follow Attorney--General R iEHouse. { [to weep peoplc sovsr the beat wae'y,. 1| " ue e it 'Rebates on Gas Tax - hy e best way is | & A ; * : |\to let them get half--drunk," ;'n'; *I firmlybbeheve, he said, "tha.t,! _ While discussing the proposed ta.x" ic_haracterized ithe. whole of Mr. my honoravbe ut'riend the member: on the sale of gasoline, D. J. Taylor [Nickle's reasoning as being "as | from East Wellington (Mr. Raney) (Progressive, North Grey) drew | straight as a corkscrew." )|g@id more to ruin the Ontario Temper. from Premier Ferguson the informa-- Mr. Ferguson--What do you know gnceb_lAct }nd'flcxle estimation of rea-- tion that farmers and fishing--boat 'a.bout corkscrews"? sonably minded men than any other _ owners who used gasoline would | _Mr. Doherty----That is an unkind person or consideration. {%ake andaflldavit_as to the amounts mangirints t 4 * ey used and send it to the Treas-- | urer and ohtain a reggtg j

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