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*®hen he referred to the Hollinger @tsaster, expressin«g the hope that out fl the inguiry, would come something at would avert similar catastrophes in years to come. Next he spoke of the condition of health of the Kart of Oxford. He was, said he, a great man, who had served his day and eneration and left his mark on the gfltish Empire. Continuing Mr. Sinclair turned his mttention to the Speech from the Theone. Hoe fermed it "@a wonder. ful> product," '"the overnment praising the Government." There had been praise, he con-- tlnfled. for every Government de-- partment with the exception of Hon. a mere trltle:--f--or'i;;\;b years ago there were seven empty seats. i He -- congratulated _ Joseph P. Furngey (Conservative, Kenora) on his address in moving the adoption of the Speech. It was, said he, delivered in a non--partisan way, and its thought regarding Northern On-- tario was information to members of the House. Then he spoke »f the remarks of Horace S. Colliver (Con-- servative, Prince Edward) in sec-- onding the motion. Mr. Colliver, said he, had omitted any refernce to the policy on which he had been defeated, and any reference as to how that policy looked to him now "He may have had reasons," the Liberal Leader added. In his opening remarks Mr. Sin-- clair noted that theve was one vacancy in the House, but this was praising the Governimeni. . There had been praise, he con-- tinxed. for every Government de-- partment with the exception of Hon, Dr. Godfrey's. Perhaps this was be-- cause the Healith Minister was awa; at the time. """it speaks for itself," said Dr. Godfrey. "It was silent," retorted Mr. Sin-- clatr. 'u'he'Speech from corntinued, tooi | hil chi'dbood days, remi Mother Hubbard rl bare cupboard. The ecupboard, contained nor a bone. The Speech had a Interprovincial Contf The Speech had a reference to the Interprovincial Conference, but, said Mr'? Sinclair, it was strange that in tha regard the only thing mention-- ed4 was the constitutional question which was a matter of dispute at the present time. He read a . press re-- port saying that the Ontario Govern-- ment meimmbers "brought back their o ¥views" from the conference. fitumily." be commented. -- "For Government is too set in its views to have them changed." LIt was also suggested, said Mr, Sinclair reading further reporte, that thte Federal authorities be debarred from future interprovincial gather-- ings. He wondered just how high up in Ontario Government ranks were the men who gave such information szothe press. , There wase a refernce in the sech ihat suggested that Mr. Ferguson wanted to get back (to the old -g'fi{onial -- doctrine -- a doctrine <hat had proved. > the _ un-- !doing of _ Right Hon. -- Arthur Meighen, and, which might prove the . undoing of 'the> Ontario Pre-- mfer. 'The Government wanted to stitk to the pact of Confederation. Old--Ago Pensions. { 'upboard Was Bare. reminded NimMm 0i 4& rhyme about The Speech, like the nell h« Ni U ns the the Lhe W es w But surely, . said Mr. Sinclair, it should recognize that changes, ad-- vancements, evolved in the passing of time. The Government had not stuck to the old Confederation dic-- tum as to the number of members in the Legislature, the time of ses-- sions. It seemed strange that such a& matter should be touched on in the Speech from the Throne. There was only one objective for such a reference that he could see. The Government seemed to be "playing politi¢s" into the Speech. Mr, Ferguson's Sitence. Mr, Sinclair dwelt for a few min-- utes on the question--as referred to in the Speech from the Throne-- of Ontario's constitutional rights to water powers, He did not know, he said, thit any one was trying to do away with the rights. In view of Mr. Ferguson's present silence on the St, Lawrence question, it was funny, he claimed, that Mr. Fergu-- son should suggest, through the medium of the Speech, any need of protecting them, Just to "Beat Oittawa." While intimating he would with-- hold most of his fire on the Fergu-- son policy of research, Mr. Sinclair charged that the Primeo Minister was prepared to spend $1,000,000--as an-- nounced--merely to "beat the Fed-- eral authorities to it." In the same ironical mood, the Liberal Leader celaimed that the Throne Speech "cupboard" owed its "bareness" to the fact that the Gov-- erument had "loaded everything on the band wagon before the last elec-- tion." At that time, said he, there Mr, Sinclair referred to the re-- cent submission to the Supreme Court by the Federal authorities of the seven questions dealing with St. Lawrence development. He under-- stood, he said, that the questions had been agreed to by the Ontario Government. "No, no," interpolated Mr. Fergu-- son. "I understood," said Mr.--~Sinclair, '"that Mr,. King asked you to in-- clude any questions you thought should go in." "In answer to our protest," said Mr. Ferguson, "he referred the pro-- test to the Minister of Justice, who said we might include anything we wanted. But we were never consult-- ed on the question in the first place," '"'That seems to be the whole trouble with the Government here in Toronto," said the Liberal Leader. "It kicks if Ottawa doesn't consult it on everything. Why should Ottawa consult the Ontario . Government, anyway, on Federal affairs? I have a distinct recollection that the Fer-- guson Government does things with-- out consulting the Legislature or the people." Mr, Sinclair suggested that Mr. Ferguson put his St, Lawrence power question before the public in a pure-- ly business way. and not tinged with politics, In that event, he would find every one in the House, Tiberal and Conservative alike, standing by him in maintaining the rights of Ontario as to water powers. *There was no reed, he gibed, of inserting political . pinpricks in the Speech from the Throne. Just to "Beat Oitawa." had been bribery of the people by the Government on the main issues ----300 mites of highways construc-- tion: promise of reduction of the motor license fces. "And the Government got that all back,'" said Mr. Sinclair, "by having father, mother, sister, brother, and even the cook take out operators' permits. Some families paid _ qut six and seven dollars to save five." (Laughter). Income tax and amusement tax Income tax and amusement tax | reduction and the unborn _ liquor law were other mediums through which the Government bribed --the people, said Mr. Sinclair, '"But some-- times.""' he added, "these things promised before elections have _ a funny way of coming back to the . promiser, Evon now, we read that| the theatre owners have been tak--| ing the tax that was taken off and have been putting it down in their pockets: and that the Premier--if he finds the thing to be true--will put the tax back on again. Well, I don't know what good that will do,' un-- | lace ha wiU have it to take off again | less he win havy on the eve of t have it to take off ag of the next election." Sat 3 y, zetie |Toro | wrot ! let r f had G1lor The New ( Mr. Sinclair gave other reasons for the bareness of the cupboard. Me said that the Cabinet apparently thought it could do the whole work of the Legislature. He s¥id, in thig connection, that The (Ontario Ga-- zette was now being used solely as an advertising medium for the Cabi-- net members and their friends. He said that it had now become "the great public journal of the Conser-- vative party in Ontario," maintain-- ed at higher advertising rates than ever before, with estates, etc., pay-- ing the bills. He twitted the vari-- ous Government Ministers for ar-- ticles they have contributed to this new" Gazette, . saying that the "Santa Claus of them all" was pub-- lished --on Christmas Day, when Pre-- mier Ferguson's "research'" remarks to the C.M.A«+*were given in full. A ed at ever ing t ous ticles "dressed--u printed at public of s to _ **They used to run this Province on $6,.000,000 a year,'" he said, ""but othe men who ran it that way didn't run it with bowling alleys. You nigsht have found an odd bottle of ; Seotch with them, but not a bowling i alley. Why, words scarcely can ex-- press it Maybe the Cabinet was down on the alley all winter and had no time to nrepare any information for the Throne Speech." f "Even The Globe,"" said the. Lib-- ral Leader, "got jealous of The Ga-- ette. Another newspaper started in 'oronto? Oh! Oh' Why, they even rote an editorial on it, But just pt me say that if ever a newspaper ad cause to write an editorial The ilobe had it an this occasion." Mr. Hinclair dragzed in the Tory 'onvention _ at Winnipeg by the eols at this juncture. He referred o Mr. Ferguson as having got' hrough a Provincial election with lying colors, and as having patched in -- gseveral -- eontroversial -- matters. 'Then, ' he said, "it looked as if the head was al} ready to have the crown dropped on it. Well. the head «ot out teoe Winnineg, but the crown Cidn't drop on it." Liberals hbanged benches as their Leader procesded to read an Oshawa naper's story of the Winnipeg "fire-- works": its eulogy, in general, of the Meishen speech, and its biting story of Mr. Ferzuson's appearance--his look, "like a million dollars," when he started to spea'k, and his "ten--cent anpearance'""' when he had finished. More Liberal bheqach banging! \Tr. Sinclair's sarcasm grew to witherins pronortions when he in-- ferred that the '"bareness'"' of the Throne Speech cupboard may have been due to the Cabinet Ministers' interest in the baowling alley in the Administration Building. No In view of the fact that the pres-- ent alley had cost the Province $7,-- 445, he suggested that the Adminis-- tration Building should not be call-- ed the East Block or the Whitney Block or the Henry Building, as 'ome have named it, but the "Bowl-- 'ns@s Allievy Block." (Laughter.) He referred to the ban on "after-- noon tea.'" '"'"Witn 4.4." said Mr. Sinclair, "you had to sit down and couldn't stand up. But with tea you car't sit down and have to stand up." cussion of the Liquor Control Act and the administration of Strong Man Hanna. % He referred to Mr. Ferguson's election speech in Newmarket in Oc-- tober, 1926, in which a "strong man" was mentioned, and the liquor con-- trol policy described. e 9: "Was Mr. Hanna the man the Pre-- mier had in mind then?" Mr. Sin-- clair asked. "Yes," said Mr. Ferguson,. _ "And you had already discussed it with him?" "Yes." 3 "Well, here's what Mr. Hanna has to say about it," Mr. Sinclair con-- tinued, and read from an interview in which the "Strong Man'" stated "it all happened in less than two weeks," and declared that he was approached to take the position only ten days before the announcement, Next Mr. Sinclair turned to dis-- Powling AMlley, C.M. d--up at in e of some n The ( »dzette, speech, he termed it, expense to the general tp