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Acres Claims Two Accounts Given House of Quebec Contracts Diverge ASKS ATTIHTUDE OF MQUESTEN IN POWER DFAL A. H. (Holly) Acres, Conservative member for Carleton, projected a new angle of the long and contro-- ¥ersial Hydro argument into the Leogislature debate yesterday, wher he invited Hon. T. B. McQuesten to make known his stand on the Que bec power contracts. "I am going to watch how he votes on the bill to validate the contracts," Mrs. Acres warned, as he emphasized that not only the House but the Province at large was anxiously waiting to see what stand tne former Hydro Commissioner would take. IN CLASH WITH NIXON Since the debate had opened, said the outspoken Carleton member the House had heard two entirely different stories about the power situation --one from Arthur Roe-- buck, former Attorney--General and a member of the late Commission, and the othor from Hon. W. L Houck, Acting Chairman of the new Hyvdro body. Both could not be right, claimed the speaker. Could Reveals Facts, Belief. Mr. McQuesten, he asserted, had supported the repudiation of the original Quebec contracts and now, to all intents, was supporting the second contracts which virtually re stored the first set--up. While M:t McQuesten was no longer connected with the Hydro administration, h» cou!d, in Mr. Acres's opinion, reveal !x;tcresting facts about the situa tion. "I have long waited to see wha* Mr. McQuesten will do," said Mr Acres. "He endorsed the former Commission's action. He still sits in the Cabinet and yet Premier Hepburn has reversed the decision of the former Commission." Mr. Acres, on the broad claim that all members of the Cabinet were "rubber stamps," played his wrath up and down the Treasury benches and gave a series of verbal blows to eacin pat of approbation while a delighted House loudly groeted each successive sally. _ He scored the Liberal "spending policy" during the election and was at once rebuked by Hon. Harry Nixon, Acting Premier, in a blunt denial that there had ever been a toll--gate for party funds. Hits Lack of Relief Plans. The member for Carleton set the tempo of his address the moment he rose to his feet and opened an attack on the Government on the ground that the Speech from the Throne did not contain the slightest suggestion that the Administration planned works for the relief of un-- employed. y "All we hear about is the Budget, how they are trying to balance the Budget, while thousands have lost their little equities in their homes," he complained. March 7 "I eoe he shakes his head, but he can shake both wavs," he added as members applauded. He claimed there was not one member of the Cabinet present when the new Hydro contracts were signed and none knew anything about it until the bill to validate them was tabled. Mr. Nixon re-- winded him that the Conservative Covernment never tabled the old contracts. Then he leaped to Ottawa and scored Premier King for not having stood behind the power export bill Instead of getting a private member to enansor it. "Why, I was told down in the Ch--tean Laurier that the Minister oi Lands and Forests had been down tn Ottawa lobbying with Quebec members to get permission to ex-- port power. Hon. Harry Nixon, Acting Pre-- mier, leaped to his feet. "If the honorable member has any courage at all, he will make a charge and there will be an investigating com-- mittee, I deny it most emphatically. 'There is not one word of truth in It and his attitude is most contemp-- tible," he said. Doubts "Ganging Up." He said it was disgraceful the amount of money the Liberal Party spent at the last election. "Of all the money that was spent during the last campaign, the Liberal Party has a sin to answer for," said Mr. Acres, and as desks were thumped there rose above the din: "Does any one deny a toll--gate was used?" "We had Conant, this dictator. come im and say 'I did it' and change the Government's policy It's the first time I ever heard of the Prime Minister taking dictation from anv one." he said. Returning to Hydro, he again charged that the power contracts vere in negotiation at the time of the election and fired the first of a series of shots at the Treasury tenches by expressing doubt that ©Hepburn, the dictator,." would per-- mit certain members of the Cabinet to "gang up" on him. He scored the Government for breaking faith on its election promise to go back to Niagara for power, He said he didn't accept ex-- planations that. the power policy was not changed until after the election. "It makes no difference what the Prime Minister says, the public knows and we know that ne-- goliations were carried on for months to renew the contracts," he added. "He is a stage performer and Hollywood is waiting for him to go down there and attract tour-- Ists," he added. Doesn't Accept Explanations. He charged that there had never been as much misrepresentation about Hydro since the Government took power as during the present session and in that he held the Pre-- mier largely responsible. All the same, Mr. Acres emphasized, he liked the Premier, he was a good orator and a good fighter.