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A ta 3 Ill. N. S o . GOVERNMENT A - ight itting CAN FORCE , Is House Prospect was of the Ontario Legislature provide 0 o i that when second t in ornin I reading of a bill .. being discussed any member of -- -_------ ----_ e v- u - the House, provided he i . has the floor, can move In Five-Hour Speech Hon. George S. Henry that the vote on the second 66 q q " . he bil be Charges Rank Repudiation of Quebec {32:33 Bof the, rule the . O . Contracts and Favors "Negotiations" - Government coulél .folrtce a . vote, but at m1 mg no Suggests Progress by Way of Moratorium such motion had been _.-_..____... ------- l, presented. " l ------------tt==:=== "GOOD FOR 50 HOURS, UNOFFICIAL . . -"----r--r------- t_.--------- In detail, with clippings and rec-l . u . . ords, the Opposition Leader reviewed) HILE fy) ernment benchers murmured fili- one angle after another of the Hydro! buster, endless debate had thrown the Ontario situation until Attorney-General Ar-' . . . . . thur Roebuck called tor readings Legislature into an indefinite stalemate on from "Anthony Adverse." I Hydro contract cancellation at p, o'clock this (Tuesday) premiers Short Speech. l morning. . . The Premier introduced the bill tal, . At this h.our, after a 12-hour sesswn, members were the Hou.se with a speech of some tlt- l dozing in their chairs, chattering m groups, or reading teen minutes, in which he declared! the morning papers, while W. A. Baird, Conservative, Em the Government "PM not Sm" . . . rom its course, and was determined' High Park, continued the dreary debate, reading the on a second reading it the House radio speech recently delivered by Fred A. Gaby, for- sat until noon the next ltr: ' mer Hydro Chief Engineer. ht midnight the ','r?,e,eCs,..,,ttr,e'ty,'t Pr t t this h . f ll . ht , . was one-third of the way toward tub! . ospcc s a lb. our are or an l -nig sesSion. tilment,. Members and the galleries) Premier Hepburn earlier in the day had intimated inten- settled down to t-hehdrone of ttei/ . . ' c . u . " . and Conservative w isperers claim tion of keeping the House sitting until noon today thatthe Opposition was good for my! (Tuesday), if necessary, to get second reading for his hours. i measure cancelling the power agreements. Restaurant "Ontario's credit is not at sinker, . ', preparations are being made for morning "breakfast." '_Prerttier Hcpburn declared. as he norod .As the power battle raged on and on, corridors buzzed KY}? attack-h Iron} ll? 9-3105, of 't',r,1t' with speculation as to the probable duration of the im- 3,1325; eff;ZLQZ'QS.'39:35,";'23331; ?,asseccalso. with .rumor as to compromise which, it was '300 municipalities and the Four com- : thought might arise out of conference between Ontario's t1jj,i."cci, (Somme; b31313 are not in- ; . , . volvo - iitario's ere it is not in- . Premier Hepburn and Quebec's Premier Taschereau. vclved," he said. "Ontario's credit, The guessers had it that Premier Hepburn, after the will be et'sengrt,'niuv:d if the Govern- passage of his cancellation bill, would negotiate other time. presses a courageous stand." con . ' - ' There were precedents for changes atiiitrfacts 2W") "t ttiehldghgf, four Quebec corpor ircquired by public n:reessity. When 8 on erms It? e y n ario. . lBritain. he said. found that she could To Premier Hepburn's afternoon ultimatum, no not, pay the war debt to the United second readin -n . e Statcs--it, was repudiated in part. answered , .thg "fl. ttso,,",,",,',':',',) the Conservatives When she found she could not pay in qaq VI a ive- our spcec from Leader of the gm'd---eshe mm oft gold. For that Opposition Hon. George S. Henry. matter the Dominion was on gold. If he were Prime Minister, said Mr. Henry, he would _Cortu'aet Cancelled. favor reasonable negotiations rather than a "club in a I 111151158116 931%? Ontario 14981151- mai is " . . attire a canoe e a Niagara Fa s of t led fi t in an effort to perhaps postpone the delivery contract-the Electrical Development e power. "monopoly" of the Niagara Falls Opposition's Stand. 'ca-ia-circa-cc---------- power. Currently. under Ottawa's "No repudiation." was the attitude ory ropagan a. Farm Development let, vamcf'm of the Opposition on the power con. When Mr. Henry produced a sheaf mortgages made with Provincial tract issue. it was made clear early lit ot newspaper clippings to assist in mf.1t?? had been brolren down. the night, when Premier Hepburn his delvings into previous Liberal pub- "'r?'ere IS no intention on the part addressed g Hunt question to Hon Ile utterances, the Premier several, ti this Govcrnment to change one George Henry. . times interjected, "Tory propaganda."; intanof the course they have mapped What would Mr. Henry do about To Mr. mpburn's question as to} gut, ,,the Premier Sy't.tet:. Pro- the contracts it he were still Pro-f why the Henry Government had notl vinci??', Ontario was prepared to. 'ttier, Mr. Hepburn wanted to know.' taken steps to secure a moratorium,) negctiate with the Government F, "I would have negotiated with the) Mr. Henry replied: "Because we had; mg?" aboutathe matte.r and an arm- i, bondholders and attempted to set up: a little more faith in our Province! "a!1'ivf,"eg,','.'i'; 2?,i' ,.eylr',,tted,i,,,, i i . some form ot moratorium for a poet- than you have." _ id .7 ','Jltfi'geirtiest: tfe. Pj:,',',":, moment of delivery of power." re- Thirty-three members sat in the} 'tll Ev??? do. for the gum "in? l plied the former Premier. He then House as Mr. Ellis spoke. No inter- ("12m r 'i'tl'ot east; 'l, ormer done; simian that. although the present mptions were interleoted trom the their acts Ge .2 cf; 1erld1'llfe"en/'/, burden of power costs was great, a members. who leaned back listlessly ly at the 'lg; g eff; uld h b g was not lnsupportable. However. he In their ehalrs,save when the handful their htads if? on, il' o, h v35, felt that the bondholders would have or half a dozen Conservatives thump- ,' t.' . s ame. w. a, - sit here until noon tomorrow this bill been willing to accept a lower te t ed their desks at a high point in de ' " I l ra o bate Outside the lobbies were more l is going to get a second reading. The no Mr. Henry's charge that the alive, with members keeping fairly fe,"iri',',fs'f,"1, My"? Jg,'1a,,1,"e.f,; "! power cancellation bill was an "ini- close to the Chamber in case ot call. If the magisi "if; t 'l'fd?,,ugi' quitous measure." the Premier replied "Rank repudiation," former Pre-. W A Baird cpa_ d" "if" 111"?va that it'was "conceived in iniquity " tttier Henry cursed. as he summed: no /eli,rlt'drt1ti'1de'J,' tn: g '". ion"g . up his attack on the cancellatiggt n " otmn1ss '1 bill, which he declared to "be benea l T ' , the dignity of the House." / l ,