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| _ Mr. Nixon said this was his posi-- ,Qon at the time, and it was his posi-- tion now. He: added: "While it is presumptuous to say what may hap--| pen at the convention of the Liberal| Party, or what may happen after, 1 | wish to say that I am not prepared | to underwrite the pledge of the j Prime Minister to fill the vacant j seats in Ontario." I |__"I am not seeking to evade my | | share of responsibility for the va--f cancies," declared Mr. Nixon, "but I am of the firm conviction that vacancies should be filled as they f a occur, and if ever again I sit on the treasury bench they will be filled or' I will cease to sit there. But to fill these vacancies now would be to hold a little election in itself, and not such a little one, either. It would be unfair at this time to ask candidates to go to the expense and work of putting on campaigns when | there is the possibility they might' never sit in the House, or, at the most, only one session. ' "This bill is permissive, but if 1| voted for it I would feel honor | bound and in good faith to carry it] through. I am not prepared to take | that position, I cannot support 1hei bill." J. J. Glass (Lib., St. Andrew's) | supported the bill because, with, prospect of a great offensive soon overseas, he believed an election ' neither desirable nor wise. Failure | to pass the bill would be a calamity, | Ian Strachan, Liberal Whip, de--| clared, as immediately after ad-; jJournment the election machinery | would be started throughout the | Province. | Opposing the bill, W. A. Dickson | (Lib., Perth) declared the Govern--| s ment was making a big mistake, and | H that he did not believe he had any ouse Prorogues right to sit beyond his term without Tomor 6 a vote of his constituents. J. M. M Cooper (Lib., Sudbury) declared row ornlng people in his riding would be shock-- The Ontario Legislature will pro-- ed if there were an election. rogue Wednesday at a morning sit-- Farquhar _ Oliver (Lib., Grey | ting when the Lieutenant--Governor South) said he had resigned from | will give Royal assent to legislation the Cabinet "because I didn't feel | passed during the session. There we should go on and on beyvond our | will be a session tonight. elected term of office." And he add--| The House passed departmental ed: "I'm not so sure my riding estimates totalling $7,425,246 . last ; wants an election, but I'd feel I night, only the Education Depa['}- ; stood on more solid ground if they ment remaining to be dealt with, ihad the opportunity to say whether Included in supplementary esti. ilhoy wanted me to continue." mates of $700,000 was the sum of | --Opposition to an elsoction was re-- |$200,00 as an additional subsidy for !portod by Morgan Baker (Lib., | certain -- mining municipalities -- in | North York) and 'P. A. Blakelock | Northern Ontario, which, in the | (Lib., Halton), and Hon. Peter | opinion of the Minister of Municipal |Heenan, Minister of Labor, said | Affairs, have suffered loss of reve. there was little public interest in nue through curtailment of mining f Provincial politics at present to and increased Dominion taxation of justify an election. There was no mines. issue, and though a third party was "tantalizing" the members into an | election, he didn't think many were | taking them seriously.