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December 2 . , < To the Pri y C il | Drastic Clause Removed From Succession Duties Act Amendments Introduced in Legislature--Last--Minute Change of Heart by Cabinet Seen as Significant MORE FUN THAN FRILLS AS EARLY SESSION OPENS : ' (By DOUGLAS R. OLIVEKR.) * } (staff Writer, The Globe and Mail.) | Somebody goi cold feet; that's certain. The original draft of the | Succession Duties Act amendments which the Hepburn Government : has before the Legislature at the present time called, it is understood, | for abolition of the right of Privy Council appeal on ail Treasury i > matters,. Bui the printed bill, as distributed in the House Wednes-- | day, was minus this drastic provision. A hastily summoned and in-- | formal Cabinet meeting of Attorney--General Conant and barrister-- members of the Government late Tuesday night is said to have pro-- | duced the violent opposition that eventually overrode original recom-- | mendations. ! All of which might or might n'ot"r'wcnlieth Legislative Assembly, | suggest that the oft--boasted dis=] Premier Hepburn and Opposition ' position of the present Liberal Ad-: Leader Macaulay furnished most of j ministration at Queen's Park to'lhn entertainment with sly cracks sever aged constitutional lmks'undlubouv bicycle--courtin' days and the eut sharply away from tradition possible political motives behind and ceremony may not be as seri--| the recent district grave--robberies ous or sincere as it is cracked up | These two immaculately groomed to be. True, Lieutenant--Governor| and smooth--tongued _ gentlemen Albert Matthews officially opened | passed verbal bouquets across the Wednesday's session -- without _ &A ) House to each other with a careless, Chorlev Park in which to entertain, | almost rapturous abandon utterly but there was, nevertheless, A ) belying their inward feelings, ond measured, ringing note to hlS!complotcl_v masking whatever prus Throne Speech, and a quict dignity | sic acid and thin--bladed knives they to gf't'(lk"!' Norman l!l[""\ Sll').SP-'mny have up their sleeves for {fu-- quent conduct of affairs which ) ture and less--co--operative occasions * smacked cleanliy of Mother of Par--| Color was missing from the liament teachings and of things | usually kaleidoscopic scene, except British. They effectively challenged | for the pinch--backed, stiffly creased increasingly bandied opinion that ' post--war uniforms of the Governor's fascism is at the door and Ontario | two aides; the daily purchased may be shortly going to the bOW'lnosegay on the morning coat of wows. Muskoka's Frank (Judge) Kelly, More Fun Than Frilis. s y ; y " nf n There was a lot more fun fhan' ;xl?adt ;;;eglg?i":;)c::fi :}txl;mfifiar?lrv ,Sgg:rl: be paid $20 a day for their delibera-- formality at this hop--off of the of Colonel Fred Fraser Hunter with tions--an expenditure from Old Man all the ser;.:uous appeal gi fvt'elmple Ontario's purse that could be ob-- bells of Pesahawar an Wi2lt |viated by the simple process of ad-- Wuzzi in which he won "the bits ted by & ad 4 » pag jJourning the present performance o' hammered brass. i i k over until mid--January or February Bridge Game Broken Up. $ and making the regular sessional Morning coats were almost as indemnity do for both shows--and much at a premium as the once-- that payment is all to the merry, customary, barked salute of attend-- because October election costs still ingy 18--pounders, and were far less keep cropping up. noisier. Because of the fact that / Mr. Hipel had to be re--elected to G°M@AL Mr. Croll on Hand. a second term, and Hon. Colin A. The once centre of Provincial Campbel!l, Sault Ste. Marie by--elec-- controversy, Arthur W. Roebuck, tion victor, had formally to "take did not attend, but his seat--mate. his seat," House proceedings were to--be, David A. Croll, was very | s lengthier than usual, but directed much to the fore, his handclasp as | by Clerk Alex Lewis, the main-- friendly, his smile as infectious, as | spring who makes all this business {ever, and with nary a thought, to | go, they moved steadily to a satis-- all outward appearances, of the' . factory, sober, finale, witnessed in | o ~ most casual fashion by crowded| | tempestuous sea into which they P galleries and by at least a half¢ made him walk the plank last dozen ML.A.'s who had had to | ; spring. break up an important bridge game! i _ Cameras clicked incessantly after In a near--by lounge to be on hand' the affair was over, with green for the first curtain. | | members posing in the best County Macaulay's Moods Changeful. ' | Council faslji.on. Th_e Px_'emier and With the anticipated co--operation |!"° _ Oppos""on_ chieftain draped arms about each other as if they of Mr. Macaulay, the Government, | belt s > . | believed in the old Frothblowers as vouchsafed by Mr. Hepburn, 'slogan of '"The more we are t hopes to wind up this emergency | _ ; ces r 0s ( i | |gether the happier we'll be." About session sometime tomorrow. One' {4:20 p.m. the House was cleared can't be sure of that objective,| | id the mo ' T2 1 | a M ppers--up for the morrow however, because Mr. Macaulay's | \ were tossing b M | > ssing brooms and sweepers moods are subject to overnight | | npout the place. Outside in th transformations, and ever--mindful| | °°°4" < 4 ve s * 4 \corridors a perennial groucher as he is of his strong--armed ejec-- mumbled : tion from the House last year--an iTt's a q 8 e "achievement" to which he saw fit "It's a funny thing we can't have to refer Wednesday--he may keep 3 tea tz:rty: ot::.d t'}l"he Tories are the boys sitting until some one's itm;: in ;fie:t style PC cornek layin Doomsday. i In any event, the legislators will