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Henry and Nixon To Address House Before Vote Taken _ _ With one or two exceptions, ye---- terday's and this (Friday) morn-- ing's contributors to the wind--up of the debate came from the baci-- bench brigade. At midnight the line--up of speakers had been: A. N. Nesbitt, Cons., Bracondale; Dr. M. T. Armstrong, Lib., Parry Sound; Goldwin Elgie, Cons., Woodbinc; Douglas Campbell, Lib., East Kent; Hon. George H. Challies, Cons., \ Grenville--Dundas; Harold J. Kirby, Lib.. Eglinton: Samuel Lawrencs, [E CEAQCE, Kast Hamilton; Dr. A. C. Trottier, Lib.. Essex North; L. P. Wigle, Lib., Essex South; H. N. Carr, Lib., Northumberland; W. J. Gardhouse, Lib., West York, and W. L, Miller, Lib., Algoma--Monitoulin. Sees Services Neglected. Early Morning Recess Fol-- lows Agreement Between Two Leadors -- Nesbitt Attacks Budget BACK--BENCHERS HEARD Only two more speakers, Rbir. HMHenry and Provincial Secretar; Nixon, are to be heard before the division. Nothing of a sensational nature had been voiced since the HMHouse sat at 3 yesterday afternoon. If any-- thing startling has been held in re-- serve, it was expected to come from Mr. Henry, and from Mr. Nixon, who was believed to be ready to announce prompt implementation of the various recommendations con-- tained in the Madden Royal Com-- mission report on the recent rioting in the Ontario Reformatory, at Guelph. Back--Benchers Heard. If revenues from three items, liquor, income tax and succession duties, were added together, the total would show an increase of $7,000,000 over the 1936 revenue from these sources, Russell Nesbitt (Cons., Bracondale» declared, in re-- suming his adjourned Budget ad-- dress. This was the amount of the alleged surplus for the present fiscal year, he declared. Mr., Nesbitt maintained that if an extra $7,000,000 had been dug out of the pockets of the people on At 1 o'clock this (Friday) morn-- ing the Budget debats in the Legislature was suddenly adjourn-- ed on an agreement reached by Premier Hepburn and Opposition Leader George 8. Henry. these three items alone, then he was justified in assuming that es-- sential services were being main-- tained,. but #@uch was not the case. "We find that the increase in debt which we have noted and which is in part admitted, with enormously increased current expenditures, and with greatly increased revenues, the starvation of essential services has reached very large proportions, in fact disgraceful proportions, in many departments," declared the Bracondale member. As a result of the surprise move the Legislature will sit this (Fri-- day) evening. in the light of experience, proved about as reliable as the promise to reduce the cost of administration by a like amount. . s o In 1934. the present Prime Min-- ister promised a 50 per cent. reduc-- tion in the Provincial debt, con-- tinued Mr. Nesbitt. That promise, Summing up, Mr. Nesbitt said| that the Government had dismissec hundreds of worthy civil servants: had neglected vital services; had failed to keep any of its pre--election pledges; had undermined the dig-- nity of the Legislature and had in-- troduced the vicious spoils system into the civil service. Charges Political Strategy. Goldwin Elgie (Cons., Woodbine) argued there was a lot of "political strategy" in the Government's Pro-- vincial subsidy scheme. "It placates to some extent," said he, "the mu-- nicipalities -- which . were _ robbed originally, and it is a pretty strong bid tor votes in all municipalities. But I don't think the people will tall for it. Their faith has been shaken. As the matter stands, the subsidy is only a one--year arrange-- ment. A Government which broke faith once, on the income tax re-- bates, will do it again." Protest-- ing the so--called income tax "steal" from the City of Toronto, Mr. Elgie sait that this municipality had piloneered in the levying of income tax. The Dominion Government followed suit, and after the habit became pretty general. "An in-- come tax is sound in principle," said he, "and may be equitable in appli-- cation. But it was too handy a source of revenue for the present Government to overlook, and the municipalities were sacrificed on the altar of Government expediency. To make the sacrifice less painful the Government gave assurance that the victims would be reim-- bursed for 1936, and year by year thereafter on a basis equally fair. But Toronto's refund for 1936 was based on her income tax returns for 1934, one of the 'lowest' years in history. Consequently, in 1936, she was 'short' to the extent of ap-- proximately half a million dollars, and the subsidy for 1937, which has been handed out, or promised as a sop, will fall far short of what a municipal income tax would have produced." Farmers Get Benefit. Douglas Campbell (Lib., East Kent) in a forceful speech devoted almost entirely to _ agriculiural problems and their application par-- ticularly to West Ontario, estimat-- ed that Kent County had benefited to the extent of approximately $200,000 through legislation passed by the Hepburn Government since assuming office. Mr. Campbell took occasion to announce that the Department of Agriculture is installing a modern seed clearing outfit In the experi-- mental farm at Ridgetown. It would prove of exceptional advan-- tage to many farmers in his area, he said. % If the people of Ontario knew of the political juggling that went on in connection with the finan-- cial affairs of the Province there would be almost a rebellion, con-- tended George H. Challies, Gren-- ville--Dundas, Provincial Secretary in the Henry Administration _ Mr. Challies said he could not reconcile Liberal statements of fif-- teen months ago that nc more Que-- bee power was needed by Hydro with Hydro's actual purchase of 400,000 horsepower from that Prov-- ince. In a lengthy discussion of various angles of the new power contracts, Mr. Challies tangled on different occasions with Attorney-- General Roebuck, who happened 9 A direct charge that farmers' sons from near--by districis and young men from "across the river" were given liquor and brought to Point Edward to start the recert riot there in connection with the strike at the Holmes Foundry, was made in the Legislature last night by Sam Lawrence (CCF,, Hamil-- ton East). sA to be leading the Government forces at the time. § The Hamilton member urged At-- torney--General Arthur Roebuck to launch an inquiry immediately into the origin of the trouble. Dr. A. C. Trottier (Lib., Essex North), in discussing the separate school legislation, said if tne rest of the Province had the spirit shown in Windsor in dealing with the matter, there would be less controversy in the press. It was more a political split than a re-- livcious one, he argued.