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m rrmrrreces=nonmmmmamanmeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeiiiii | - March 27 , | W Mr. Morrison drew {from Walker the " 1e en e e . dmission that to John Hicks a| Misled and used into giving publicity wighbor, be had said after the dis--| to statements contrary to fact. He. figeabouturs-&m%h«ne.he objected that, contrary to custom, no said "something like": "I'll get| warning had been given to the Min-- Bl'l_mlnx yet. ister concerned when the-- charges That being the case, you started| were being made in the House. He out to make allegations against Gun--| . said Mr. Macaulay, could have settled ning's character," said Mr. Morrison.| the whole matter then and there. The "I want to seo that affidavit of PFife's| Minister considered that Mr. Munro that you mentioned in your letter." had "pledged his position as 'a mem-- Affidavit Handed Over. | «ber, his seat in the House," on prov-- Waiker said he had handed the af.| {DE {hat highway funds had been mis-- § fidavit to Fife's wife, and it had never t.hne' tudt Tke 4A :9.10"5 charge, onfi been returned to him. He Was re-- | m over ∓ogvmm big_ headlines | minded that Fife had denied ever | fhaq "exploded before the thing was \ making the affidavit, and was asked'| piven him to e s inetht'e PA \ "Who's telling the truth?" i | SALd Mr Mu"fflg""m thak mot %c1a'rledflm. 80 hel}) me GOd." he dC'{ mouax hw m W' md t.hgge Asked why he had parted with the Mumb:ew?ud m?fi?rydw Ihls serigxrs' document, he said: "I didn't think | charges, which occupied nearly half Fife would double--cross one man and ' the front page of 'IE)be Globe"'r con-- . eem ~-------- cluded the Minister. o i n&:mtru,{n around and double--cross Mr. Munro first regretted the Min-- * ister's absence from the House on the t cath 23 ie ag popcraing d s w d det'h" theby!'rt::ince had had not known before the sit_ never n l'lllded l.!lelular | u mat' he wo methods of bookkeeping, whereby fmnfie the clm_md pe scalled on to payments for hlr:eol Gunning's truck | _ He did not consider the investiga-- xg mw as am-tl::e in Pife's [ tion unwarranted, said Mr. Munro, reely uyin'msrl:uhm le to .hnl:wlex:-' and he believed that it had served a € [ uon over to themoonedv T good purpose. Perhaps it had not orma ernment. proved the charges, but it had dis-- He admitted, however, that if he had closed that a foreman was employing m':uhl:l hf.\'l'lrl clrcun&t:nces he _ himself through the names of other J > e made charges. | people. Such a circumstance not only He agreed that he had learned the "gives rise to grave suspicion, but cireumstances in the course of the | opens the door 'to all Sorts of fraud That be and dishonesty." About twenty people M | nand :m 3:8 "Uu; case, why did you | had been entered on the payroll as 1an" ered h. mikitns the Lib-- | contributing labor, when, as a matter § | SE s thig . Macaulay, Walker | of fact, they were selling something en t he had done so, but agreed | or getting rent. The door was opened y jJJ that h:I had ('!"ml'. declaration sub* |;o "jilegal, wrongful practice, and the | ;}3';;'" y, and delivered it to Mr. i?'hole thing left in the hands of the \ "You were egged on to political en-- | '"G"AR io terprise in January, although you knew | | «as t think the work of the commuites ong re there w raud nor in o dishonesty." continued the Minister. ' R." mngtmb%ex; ?.n vain, and has disclosed Mf »why were you silent, who put pres-- |'MAWSLDAL sure on you?" Nobody had, said Walk-- . Macauias conlanidéed bhe JTreeu-- er. Nobody had "overpersuaded" him l larities had since been corrected. He Letter to Premier / e the m l::r:eiounedw' yar h & mem| 0. d He admitted that Mr. Foley had tod- helped him prepare his letter to the Premier, and that he had copled sec-- tions which had been dictated by the lawyer. He denied that he ever had' told Mr. Munro that money had been : "o paid to dead men for highway work.| > : Powell, the man in question, had died e after the payments had been made.| As for "fictitious persons," he would| not swear to it. } As for the payments to John Brown. . Treasurer of -- Talbotville United . 2 Church, he knew that the church shed | had been rented for storing mad' & equipment, but he did not think this excused "falsifying pay sheets" so that | payment® was made for team--hire.} | But so far as public appreciation of | graft charges was concerned, he ad-- 4 mitted that that was a different mat-- ter. t Mr. Morrison re--entered the exami-- f nation to press his effort to prove hard feeling had existed between Walker and Gunning. Walker admit-- ted that there had been a certain s amount of hard feeling. "And this was the method you used to get even?" After long hesitation,| * he said, '"Yes." Cameron Sutton of Taibotville testi-- fied concerning work done on the f highway by Gunning's sons. He would not dispute statements made by Gun-- ning ooooemhghethe time the sons td 2e & ue nigp Ripere hod | w last week, but @2':: talking with R Walker about it. To a Liberal ques-- tion, he said that he never had seen Mr. Munro before. | William Hicks, Talbotville farmer, recalled that at "corn--cutting time, s fall before last," he had heard Walker : promise to "get even" with Gunning. | The last witness heard, Mr. Ma-- caulay said: "Well, this brings to an ® end this mare's nest. Mr. Munro has made a statement to the public of this Province that he had been mis-- led, and used--." _ Here Mr, Munro > b?'d a denial of the statement. 'that Mr. Munro had admitted being