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Mr. Sinclair sat down. The Premier declared '"This comes entirely as a surprise to me. I have never heard of it before, nor has any mentber of the Government. The Government wili see to it that all the methods at its disposal will be nsed to purge the situation of any corrupt or improper practice, and all the machinery of the law wili be put in tnotion to re-- veal the, truth in this matter. I will be glad to confer with my honorable friend and arrange the fullest inves-- tigation, and that promptly. I_ am sure that every member of this House is grateful to the honorable member for brinving this serious matter to the attention o the House, ind will co-- operate with him in the fullest in-- quiry." * L O "I thank the Prime Minister for his assurance.' replied Mr. Sincliair. "It is important that this be dealt with properiy and thoroughly." News to Mr,. Birkett. Thomas M. Birkelt, M.P.P., Oft-- tawa South,. issued a statement prior to the evening session of the House. pointing out that the ballot incident was unknown to him up to the time Mr. Sinclair '"sprang it" in his speech. arprise, Says Premicr. "It is absolutely the first 1 have heard of anything like that," he told the press '"'There has been no word of it from either organization, Liberal or Conservative. 1 want to help in any way possible to bring about the most thorough investiga-- tion." # ue n i 6 B sc 6 S o 390 3 o i 4 ns 6 P s 6 3 s 6 4 6 P es 6 2 s t 9 Sm onl d ttn. 0 d lt t it 60. ttin 00 t 00 0t 00000000 ct\cr\ov\ol\;\ % Sinclair paused, Premier wual asked if the Liberal Leader id like to hear from him now. The text of the amendment to the motion for an Address in re-- ply to the Speech from the Throne, as sponsored yesterday by William E. N. Sinclair, Lib-- eral Leader, and seconded by Altex. P. Mewhinney, North Bruce, is as follows: "That ali the words in the mo-- tion after the first word 'that' be struck out. and the: folowing substituted therefor: * "This Mouse regrets the fail-- ure of the Government to an-- nounce in the Speech from the Throne that legislation will be introduced at this _ session authorizing an -- agreement be-- tween the Li(-u(gnam-(;m'(,-rum-- in--~Council of Ontarie and the Governor--in--Council of Canada, under Section 2 of 17 Geo, V., Cap. 35, Canada, the Old Age Pensions Act, 19275 " 0 The Amendment \\) G',AV\QSAA\'/r \'C\) . Sinclair on Offensive Outpoints Government In Debate of Leaders Furnishes Sensation of Day in -- Ballot Allegations, M o ves _ Amendment Favoring Old--Age Pen-- sions, and Slashes Right and Left at Administra-- tion Record DOESN'T FORGET _ THE 'STRONG MAN' Liberal Leader William E. N : gation."" ' ~ ¢2. 4 0 0 o j0%. ] Sinclair stole Premier Ferguson's} T ropressive Leadler Spoahs ks I thundcr in the Ontario Legislature & C pc J . o be' t In between the Liberal Leader yvesterday. Not only was hbe 106| anq the Government Leader came "big noise" in the debate opening.| John _ CG. Lethbridge, the new but the "big stick" as well. i Progressive pilot, making his maid-- is s ine pig| en. Gebate speech, arguing the Not content with springing MS| pq question of Ferguson v. Drury, "wandering baliots" sensation, Mr.} directing further fire against the Sinclair terminated the best speech | Lilq'unr Control Act administration. s ; ake| which, ae alleged, was '"efficient" the House has ever heard hmr\Adx(rl\ i# i onu:.y in the sense of selling liquor with an amendment to the ress; and not controlling. which. in effect, will place the mem-- | F Mr. Lethbridge stressed the point rec rd as to "'hetller or notlt:)at th.e whole uct'wasa.sa]es promo-- ?:;Zs ((;'2\-'e:;?nent fas been gullty p;p| tion piece of business and that the neglect in its failure to legislate this | bo&err{;gxxgrlllt. ** wlell as the brewers i --as englons la,n istillers . who t}new their session for old--age pensions. :v»ihol.e weight behind it before the '\Criticism All Along. election, realized _ it when they All along the way, Mr. Sinclair | btought it in. Mr. Lethbridge claim-- clubbed the Ferguson Administra--{ e4 that the Legislature should fix tion, and from every «':onceiva.blel"he amount of liquor purchasable by 's q LIOD Cl l'u_. navrvy his fpermit; and that '"'Strong Man" Han-- Alt along the WAaYy, Slf. oHUMWL-- clubbed the Ferguson Administra-- tion, and from every conceivable . angle Not only did he carry his warfare to Mr. Ferguson and vari-- ous Gepartmental activities of his Government, but to subordinates just without the Queen's Park confines. In this connection, *"Strong Man" Hanna, Chairman of the LMuor Con-- trol Board, who, he charged, was paid $20,000 a year to "rubber-- stamp"' appointments made by pat-- ronage committees, felt the full weight of his sarcasim. Mr. Sinclair varied his criticism. 1t ranged from "bowling alleys"' in the Administration Building to an appeal to the Prime -- Minister to keep politics out of the constitu-- tional issue with respect to power rights. At times it was feathery in substance, but fun--provoking. Other times it was heavy, compel-- ling serious consideration. But at all times it was, to say the least, exasperating, if not galling, to the Government, and, although Premier Ferguson occupied most of the even-- ing sitting in "shocting" effective counter--punches, he failed to roll up sufficient points to earn him a ver-- rogressive Leader Makes Good Impression, and Ferguson Reply Falls Short of Usual Effec-- tiveness--Day of Sur-- prises in House dict. Liberal Leader. whose sensational revela-- tion iu the Legislature yesterday of the finding of ballot papers on an Ottawa street will bring an invest-- gation. fri> a single individual buy, as proved, 1,000 bottles in a month's time. _ _ na .n his effort io offset the effect of the Onposition argument, Mr. Fer-- guson painted in glowing terms prac-- tically every line-- of Government achievement during the year closed. He forecast the appaintment of aA éUpervisor of the ordinary public' hospitals in the Province; the addi-- tion of two new cars to the Educa-- tional Department's system of travel-- ling schools for the North. He de-- fended the Liquor Control Act ad-- minisiration, lengthily and warmly, but he maintained a stout silence on the "bottle shortage" cry which has been raised by the press of late, and which was echoed in the House yes-- terday earlier in the debate. His sarcagm was 0t lacking either, and Fe foresaw that Messis. Sinclair and Lethbridge, "like political Siamese twins." would be under one roof, roorer or later, despite all their ar-- gument to the contrary. WYWILLIAM E. X.. SINCLAILUL, NX should not have authority to let FORCES INQUIRY