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Ir. Ferguson announced that the deutenant--Governor was expected t 4.30 p.m. And then other business was call-- 1i and the House was calm and aaceful once again. Then the House in Committee passed the bill clause by clause,. It was reported, given third reading. Probabty, he went on, there was in the minds of some members the thought that he might be banished from the committee, or locked up in jail or in the tower. "But,'"* he declared, "the Premier need not ex-- pect that I'll run away. I'm going to see this through." Expects Good Meals. '"'Now I get a rapping over my at-- titude," he continued. "I may be carried away in the black Maria," he smiled. "At any rate, I'll get my meals from the best sort of place I can." '"Yes," retorted the Liberal Lead-- er, "I don't intend the Privileges and Elections Committee to make -- a monkey out of me." '"You'd rather make a monkey out of the committee," said the Premier, sotto voice. Mr. Ferguson stated that he un-- derstocd from a report of the com-- mittee meeting that Mr. Sinclair did not intend to give evidence. Was that correct? he asked. "Anything goes here," Mr. Sinclair. "The Premier think I'll not be at the ec I'll be there, and I hope -- when the ballot boxes are ed." Mr. Sinclair--You'll find out all that in the morning. The Iiberai Leader went on to defend his actions since receiving the ballots. "And now," he added. "I set a pretty spanking from the Premier." "Order, order," laughed Govern-- ment members. NP 4--Aiiintcbndiiiiats c dci hA .213 bq]- Since he had received the -q;ld lots, he continued, it had hec...".w,w that instead of just nineteep.. "l\'i'ng were "several times nineteen 3 l.oun .n x Colgnel Price--Were the ballots marked ? ,pp 7t know to this day who the offender was Mr. Ferguson--Did my honorable friend get an affidavit from the man who found the ballots. Mr. Sinclair----No. The offense was "Ofi'findir}g the ballots. " lon't know offender was ' -- Mr. Ferfne "of arguing my law with the At-- t'"'"ey-(i'veneral. But I have no mis-- fiving of arguing my law with the Premier. -- How could I charge an ']'ffgns? unless I know the offender? All About It Later. o€es here," retorted 'The Premier seems to he_ag the committee,. to sit in --inspect-- ! bers alike appeared to get consider-- table "kick" out of the Napanee paper's chronicle of the mecting, and when "beer inspector" was men-- tioned by Mr. Sinclair, a deep-- throated "There's a real job for you" floated up from one corner of the Chamber. Mr. Sinclair ventured the oplnion ; that, in view of the fact that"°C. W. \ Hambly, a former supporter of the Government, had taken a prominent part in the meeting, the interests of Conservative party workers had been well taken care of. The newspaper story, as quoted by Mr, Sinclair, in part, follows: -- Liberat Leader Sinclair provided the Legislature with a little laugh-- ter yesterday afternoon whoen he read from The Frontenac Express of Feb,. 14 the story of how the em-- ployees of the Government liquor store in that town were selected by the Conservative Association Execu-- ; tive of Lennox--Frontenac, and when he drew, in reply to the newspaper article, the assurance from Attor-- { ney--General Price that he had | neither authorized the meeting nor been responsible for its "leaving out" of representation the Frontenac end | of the riding, "Oh, no--o--o0!" chipped Aurelien Belanger, Liberal member for Rus-- sell. "I've no doubt,"' said Col. Price, "that when all applications for po-- sitions come --into the board--and I presume there are Liberal applica-- tions as well as Conservative--they are given due consideration by the board. You don't expect a good man to be turned down because he is a Conservative, do you?" | Conservatives Not Handicapped. "In the final analysis," said Col. Price, "the Liquor Control Board has the appointment of all these of-- ficials."' Until the Liberal Leader mentioned the matter, he had never heard of it. WHEN LEADER ANSWERS LEADER COMPLIMENT MAY BE IMPLIED PRICE DENIES RUMORS Premier Ferguson Admits Liberal Chieftain Is Capable| of Good Effort "if Directed Along x Right Lines" | Tho Hawkers, Peddlers and Tran-- sient Traders' Bill was given second reading in the Legislature yesterday without a volley of discussion being fired, Premicr Ferguson pointed out that there would be ample opportu-- nity for the thrashing out of the pros and cons in committee, and the measure was peacefully advanced one more stage. Legislature Has Merry Mo-- ment Over Appointments in _ Lennox--Frontenac Becond reading was also given to a proposed amendment to the Local Improvement Act. and to the meas-- ure -- respecting Lac Seul storage. When this latter came up Hon. Wil« liam Finlayson, speaking at length, explained that the bill was providing the necessary legislation involved in developments on the English River. He described the project in detail. The scheme, made public following a conference some weeks ago, is a joint affair between the Federal, On-- tarto and Manitoba Governments, _ 'BEER INSPECTOR® IS COVETED OFFICE UNDER LIQUOR LAW Opposition and Government mem-- The Sinclair--Ferguson embroglio SA'&\'/ Fc_\o i« t iz 1 was recalled during the discussion of the suggested amendment to the Local Improvement Act. Mr. Sinclair, discussing the measure, wondered if the Premier would grant that he was capable of some good effort, "If directed along the right lines," re-- torted Mr. Ferguson. A score of private bills were in-- troduced yesterday. A measure re-- specting the Genaral Synod of the Church of England was introduceGg to provide the legislation necessary for the consolidation of funds de-- cided on by the Synod, Aurelien Belanger (Liberal, Rus-- sell) yesterday brought in his bill to amend the Theatres and Cinemato-- graphs Act, a measure he had fore-- cast in his address in the House last week. The bill proposes the appointment to the Board of Censors of some one to classify filme with a regard to their being shown to chil-- dren. It also proposes additional matrons at theatres during the at-- tendance of juveniles. "On a question by Mr. Dorland as| to why the Frontenac end of the rid-- ing was not represented, Mr. Ham-- bly rose and stated that the meeting was called for the purpose of select-- ing employees for the Government liquor store in Napanee, and that the Hon, W. H. Price, Attorney General, authorized the meeting to be called, and the Frontenac end left out of it. How the Story Runs. Minister of Health Gives In-- teresting Figures on Dis-- tribution of Serums "A lengthy list of applicants was then read, Mr. Dorland asked that the qualiflcations of the applicants be discussed, but it was not thought necessary by the rest present. Bal-- lots were then passed and all appli-- cants voted upon for the position of Manager. Albert Reid had a clear majority over all and was declared elected, and the election made unan-- Imous. Harry Rooney was elected serond man in a }1';~ manner, and Waiter Higgs third man. . Elected Beer Inspector, "C. W. Hambly then read the ap-- plications for position of beer inspec-- tor. These were only two in num-- ber,. Fred Edgar and George Wal-- ters. Ballots were then passed, and Mr. Walters, having all the votes but one (laughter from the House), was then declared elected, _ _ _ It was the biggest year in the de-- partment's history as far as issuing of diphtheria toxoid and smallpox vaccine was concerned. It also marked the in-- auguration as a "standard practice" of the issuing of the scarlet fever serum. This serum was introduced the previous year, but only 1,000 or 2,000 people at tltle.tmost were able to avail themselves of it. 7 "Quite a few returned soldiers with splendid records had made ap-- plication for a position, but they did not receive any votes whatsoever." DIPHTHERIA TOXOID ISSUED LAST YEAR Hon. Dr. Forbes Godfrey, Minister of Health, announced yesterday that his department last year issued diphtheria toxoid to 133,847 persons in Ontario; the Dick serum for scarlet fever to 15,-- 905 people, and "S. P." vaccine for smallpox to 278,840 persons. _ _ _ _ TO HOST OF PEOPLE