M ® 4 & # * * > \l\)eA m esA a \ . & 6 a much thinner"piece of literature \changes, it was now found out that ; &. put up for consideration." As he 'a section of Toronto's Hill district %» had stated before, he thought that had been left out, and that _ ap-- the mover and seconder of the Ad-- . parently Col. J. A. Currie, who lived f dress had difficult positions to fill be-- in the section not in any riding, had § o cause of "the meagreness in material | voted himself out of a vote, He ' in the Speech." thought that Mr. Cm;tt':e shoulc(l1 jafilé . & s his ward comimittee, an i Speech Resembles 4.4. Un that the Government should The Speech from the Throne, he f;)éo}:.il;z bring in an amendment to $ continued, was a very brief record , look after the district missed, Any-- j of what the Government believed it | how. he said, the bill did not really , had done. Eut it was probably |"a | mo'x;\ redistribution. It just meant handbook before an election--some-- | m(')'ro city and fewer rural ridings. / thi:_lg. with WlliCh the eclectors will be He referred to the Highway Tra{-- & . easily fooled. o Y /A ap44 e a '"It bears," he said. "a very close tic Act put through in 1925. It ha essm hlanc & Wwaer Intaple been made law that after Jan. 1 resemblanc to 4.4 beer--palatable, eS s A ust hold either y y refreshing and non--intoxicating." 1926, motorists mus hol . j "&And no kick in it." said Mr. chauffeurs' or operators licenses. | R.'.n'c.\' f T 'And yet there was no m:u:hine:'_\: to : ; **I ".'m glad to see," Mr. Sinclair grant such """'"S('.S :'nm'c\"e.}'l"; 1:\@0-»10::' continued, "that the Government says ist was a _!'(lW VlOldtOlfl- h h 'H-'\!d"f- . + "tln:, prosperity is returning." other case. _.-:'aid' he, '"of ~tl '3_; "xl o 'What's that?" askoed Mr. Fergu 'dster of the Crown being above 1Nn? | | son. | Legislature." He felt that Hon,. ,\;r.t t "Prosperity," Mr. Sinclair repeat-- Henry might not wan" to.onf:)rceftre t s ed. "I say I am glad the Prime measure before an election for fear . » * Minister recognizes prosperity, be-- of creating dissatisfaction. y cause before Oct. 29 that word was Hion. W. E. Raney, House Leader| L not in his vocabulary." for the Progressive group, was the 3 4 He went on to deal with matters next speaker on the debate. Mr. | referred to in the Speech from the Raney paid some complimentary 4 * Tme / Throne. First was the work of the references to the speech of Mr. Sin--| :A']L':;im}lmral Iixquiry fCo}x]nmittoe. «lair, commented on the iliness of | 'The farmers," he said of this, '"are , "Terk he Legislature, W. H. looking for something more than rql:-fle%;'lém({ft}t]en ,zpf;ko to the mat-- j reports. They are looking for defi-- ter of adjourning the debate. nite, concrete action." | * It was stated in the Speech that| Proferred -- Adjourmment. le;.Eislation relative _ to _ township | Mr. Raney stated that he bad ap-- \ . ;scl.oql moards .wl(»uld. be brought in | proached Premier Ferguson with | to st'nnulate discussion on the pro--| meekness and with deference, sug-- . | posed changes from the section sys-' gesting that in view of the fact that tem. This was brought in before | Mr.) Sinclair's speech would likely jand opposed,"' said Mr. Sinclair.i occupy the greater part of the after-- |\'The Prime Minister is not scared of noon,. the House should rise at its 4 . the O.T.A., but he is scared of thls."' (.m;d'u';w}] Mr ",.m,gn_h,(m;g reply | _ Mention had been made of prog--| -- had been to the effect that he, Mr. § \ress in the study of the bilingual] Raney, should continue the debate. s -- "I 'ask, Mr. Speaker," said Mr. f problem. "But nothing in the way Raney, "that the Premier reconsider & of a report," said Mr. Binclair,. "Ag his decision. Frankly, I may say that MJ it was in the beginning. is, and ever I am prepared to move an amend-- 4 shall be.'" 'ment to the Address, and I am will-- + ' > |ing to enter into a bargain with the l"For Political Effect." Premier and pass a copy of my A Coming to Hydro--Electric affairs, gf}rnfl:u*l_rp@n: actjos.?"tixe In{uuso to him ; Mr. Sinclair emphasized that it in-- |'"].'.'rh';'.'f'"']"" e l L l en. amd * 1 volved a big question, in which not .' |,, '}','fi t at \"x'.'l"';]""';"',"' o o anae g § | only the Ontario and the Dominion on e d n in s . wwith cavsandA tantne| 7 \ ga R any bargaining with regard to the, Governments were interested, but [@ebate: ~As a maller of courtesy, 1| j also the United States He stated ; 'mia':'ht 'ho il.l'.k'"nf':{ to '('fmcur ".vif-i'x"w'n'." \ f that if some people were trying to ihonorable friend. But I do hof pm-'.g § create the impression that Ottawa 'pose that the Leaders of the "~,Dp0_ f was delaying progress in Hydro mat-- sition groups should -- strins their| ¢ ¢ ters, it was purely for political effect. publicity out." Tss ui i "What of the Liberals of Quebec?" 0 | s ; asked F. H. Keefer. Aceused of "Publicity." } "I'm not a Legislative Secretary," At this juncture the Premier in-- replied Mr. Sinclair. '"You might as ferred that a great deal of Mr. Sin-- | 3 well ask me about the Liberals in clair's speech had been carried by| & England." The Toronto Star before the speech ; When he read from a lett'er on ; was made. "If that isn't publicity," f Hydro matters which, he said, had> said the Premier, "I'd like to know R & been sent by Mayor Fos;;r toR thJe what it is." Provincial Government, Hon. : t Firm denial to the statement was Cooke, Hydro Commissioner, wanted _\ @given by Mr. Sinclair, who-- said: to know if the letter hadn't been '"My speech isn't in The Star, be-- sent to the Fedcral Government. "As cause I didn't give it out to any one." . for the Minister of Power," said Mr. \Under the fire of gibes from the } Sinclair, turning toward him, "there i Government side of the House., he 4 is no more zealous passer of the \ admitted that he --had been inter-- § f f buck to Ottawa, and God help the }Vic_zwod by a Star reporter, and * Hydro--Electric." Mr. Cooke retort-- | might have synopsized a few of the s ed that Mr. Sinclair was evidently | points in his address. ' trying to deceive the House. _ Mr. | But if I haven't the right to speak Sinclair replied that if Mr. Cooke {to a reporter," said Mr. Sinclair, f didn't see his point he couldn't help 1f{"0\'v'ing indignant in the face of . % "his inability to think." f:overnment laughter, "for God's 4 Legislative Revision isuke let me know what right I have." ) ' e \ Sees No Pressure, ' Going on to refer io the starute R us * , Revision Committee, Mr. Sinclair PESo e to Mho fray, Mr. HRanes ' read reports of a meeting of the said it was no question of publicity f committee to show that it had been io anything of that kind. There | working to repeal statutes passed in xf:" no mdlclatlon, he claimed, of the House. Immediately Mr. Fergu-- gmss:r% 01? ht 1e House. 'There was i | j son and Mr. Nickle sought to deny order aa T O'X's ?1"3"1'355, on the: * a that the committee had any such (1i% mg)tiggr'tl nd he woulid press & sorpt atian 1 r1at the House stand g power. The situation, declared adjourned until 3 o'tl § Mr. Sinclair, "is, in my mind, un--}| da';', u h o'clock Wednes-- f g constitutional in th'e extrame. I'ts' "All Lask," said Premier Fergu-- . duty is simply to codify the laws.} son, "is that th 4 e A » e House give a few The Commission has no right to sug--, hours to Government busi gest to this Legislature thatr acts! have been overcrowded :fl?figs}: ]X';: shpulld lbe"changed. It is a malicious : of former sessions because we al. ' 7 principle. ; lowed the work to pile up on us. |» Fault of Redistribution, | fiIirglgeat.lthat a couple of hours to-- i 1 t y # He thought that in the Speech O ""L be no bardship on. any V there should have been mention of y ' j the redistribution bill. 'This bill, | Division Is Taken. | a said he, had 'been put through the |__Mr. Raney stuck to his guns, how-- | House on the last day '"in indecent ever, and called for a divisio f s haste." As evidence, said he, of how the House Fifty--seven memr'lb of ' carefully members had studied the us ers