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k > | : f * j ' Fe b \3"' > Pro \A 'é\\\ 3 f 4 j | ¢ -- HINTS MINISTERS DINED -- 4/ | l | CE A lsnt eiommniiive snn irrrmsommenatin on nrventeianieranttrnt n rcreiecrantieced cce t ..__.._._ ' K: ' " F' h 0 | {'Ion. J.iS. Mzrtin. Minister of Agri-- / ; 'ro'd culture, immediately protested. "J ' | ; W )R'f erL' (el t';@d would like the honorable member 3 ¥ est aises Liv y Row to be more explicit," said he, '"'in -- ht what he says of members of the 4 f § e , || Cabinet being in attendance at din-- o t } Irt LegM!datur GOUO"R 'ners where liquor was served.'"' ] ©a Mr. Fisher--The honorable Min-- M "t | ?efllt. c e'nbe" Demand }ister may not have attended, and it * ' RW :' x || may be that it is not likely that he K ; Wp l(-';'td Charges or"would attend, § R [ * | § Mr. Martin--I have been living at a § C llk r a w al' dfld! the King Edward Hotel for three 2L okk * been at an > _0 Spea er years and I have never 4 Y 4} » Qlld!flet Hls; dinner where liquor was served. f *L Accusa[u)n | Hon. George 8. Henry, leading the "5@ | | Government in the absence of Pre-- : en mmz n m ow . .o { lmier Ferguson, emphatically de-- 4 § Y Nee conutensceyntenedipetin suin capmer chtes n snn nige S imeageneteneranies (tectan L ; DECLARES PREM'ER ' | manded that Mr. Fisher either bg' j =--» f y | _' more explicit and name where an t?.: f COULD END SCANDAL when the dinners took place "¥nd YJ vedeg \_ what members were there or with-- ~ M j draw his statement. F f Another tempest on the liquor Mr. Fisher--The sltories I allude to question, this ti tar were concerned with functions at | i naup l time allegations of @A) which the Prime _ Minister WAs ; scandal involving Premier Ferguson present. ' x and members of the Cabinet, was Mr. Rbaney----Where is he now ? ' @ <4 stirred up in the Provinci: es Mr. Fisher--I believe the thing & 3 Tast ji 4 rovincial House! ' could be stopped. 1 think all that a C ast night by Harold Fisher, Liberal| is necessary is a word to the man-- f ,.;} member for Ottawa West, in con-] agement of the hotels that it meets 5 %-3( A tinuing the debate. | _ _ with disapproval of the Ministers. ' uo4 While Mr. Fisher did not say| mean tolisgl;r{l;:)?):: Prime Minigter 24 | so speclfically._ he hinted that the! has been at dinners in hotels where aA h | Premier and his Ministers had been| liquor was served? !He must be ex-- w : | in attendance at dinners in hotels,| Plicit or withdraw. ' x particularly in Toronto hotels, where| '"Withdraw! Withdraw!'" chorused m | uqu(:.r had been served. "The Prime| the Government members. ' ;Mm;sre_r and his colleagues are not Mr. Fisher--1I will specify in this i unsophisticated, not always inno--| WAYy. There is evidence to the peo-- f F cent; they know what goes on,"| Pleé who go to these dinners that * ) said Mr. Fisher. |_ something is being supplied on the . |_ Immediately Cabinet members| _ Premisés. It occurs in places where l were on their feet insisting that Mr.' people come from all over the Prov-- | <% .'-f"?hf"' either be explicit in his ince, and creates a scandal which | wA | charges or withdraw them. Hon. G.| 4oes more harm than the seriousness f is | S. Henry, leading the Government| Of the thing warrants. s 'in the absence of the Premier, was Attorney--General Nickle--I must _ | particularly insistent. Finally -- Mr. a'sk the member to state specifically s ~ lFisher. stating that, while he nad| Wh@ther I attended such a dinner 4 not said exactly that the Ministers with knowledge of what was going E knew what was going on at the din. on, or to withdraw the statement 1 t ners they attended, he had declared' against me. i T ;}{]:t}wm?}?: pl??xlr;i?enai; tghqufuncltiorgs]} Ex¢mpts Attorney--General. 4 gs, agreed o es YY + r A w f f d g withdraw his allegations. | ast!z;.erl\sshetyl'xe "Heglriolrz:.]bl';n:lk?rd" +¥ w ' y .' Mr._ Fisher brought up the liquor | torney--General is concerned . 3 "9l question at the opening of his speech. M H an 4 | P 1 r. enry again demanded a 5 Th'e Prime Mjnlster," said he, "is wholesecle withdrawal. l app..n'ren-kl')' willing to abus? the pro-- The Speaker ruléed that Mr. Fish-- *A hibitionists, He should take a stand er's words were a reflection on the . and say something to the lawbreak--| _ Ministers and that he must h & . ' y ;:'rs; Thfe duty of the Government;|; _ plicit or 'wlthdraw A 'C S¥ s to enforce the legislation or re-- --«I Hhavey' . pe_al it. Something would be a(i-lcolni-l anlx\'ri;\el;i%,::'rot {hgac\:gi;etall:ld ";St phshe:d if the Prime Minister would was going on. If that is our;-e;:xlti § say: 'There is a law on the books" I must withdraw 1 in e C at d $ id some of you may not like it, but ir;4 | most others present tmt?x sa(;.l e j _ the ngme of good government, it is? | did know it Dand me'rlnber: (i;rfmterl;: £ your duty to observe it.' P § § ) 3 "I am in sympathy,"" said he, "with U'Cbc:::fltnhlad heI:'ter Fiape, "MH y *¥ the Attorney--General. It is not easy ve or bas mage un hh i for him to enforce # this la.nv(x2 e'}\fiy th'e i in o io eP oif ind ds up MS wel $ liquor law has been enforced perc.) ,'Ee',',':.utr'; g;) t'o (he country on n oi H3d fectly. His position is much more sox-(x-i' Xndfiorgrn{g?nté'ontrol, Cive § diffic a £ +. s Conservativ 1 lack ult because of the apparent party is going to the country fin P@e ack of sympathy of the Prime Mi y Ananced | ister and the outspoken lack 2; ;'Y the liquor interests, I'm sorry. But -- 8 !sympathy of members of the Go et them try it. They may get away y g > | ernment." v-- with it once---- , s Mr. Raney--No, they won't. | Scandals" in Hotels, --'"but not a second time, for I'm "'One of the scandals about the | AtmIy Convinced that the Province Province is the talk of what is gOln'; does not want mote liquor.'v on in some of the hotels, particular? Referring to the joint developmen ly in hotels in Toronto. The Prime |0f OftAWA River power, Mr. Fishe 3 ; Minister could put an end to this in stated that such was necessary i a short time if he would say to the the full measure of benefit from th« ' + s hotelkeepers: 'This must stop!' and im oi t OOE nmessed. _ Com sY then try to help them stop it----lend menting on the 8t. Lawrence Rive: | [} them a few secret service men. I""'"a"o"' he expressed the belief, ir # ' We hear of dinners 'that take _ |Spite of the Premier's encouraging i place in the hotels, some attended by remarks, that Ottawa could no 4 the Prime Minister and other mem. | move any faster than the Unite« .; bers of the Cabinet. 'The Prime Min. --| States wanted it to. & ister and his colleagues are not alto: T. A. Thompson (Conservative . # gether unsophisticated, not a1 i North Lanark) cOntinued t > j always d the debate nnocent, and they know what and Karl Homuth (Ind N »» goes | ndependen on-- Labor, South Waterloo) moved th ;s;g'jlgg:r';mont. The House then ad