lieve the n ouers misunder- stood the five-year limitation as con- ned in the terms of the eommis- ion. At all events, I am convinced At they made a wisuse of that Hmi- tation, and. excluded evidence. which was in the in iste of this house ae, in order that it might be in a position to properly estimate the men whose conduct was called in question. I had taken some responsi- bility as a member of this house in making charges against the deputy warden, the surgeon, and Mr. Wilson, the hospital overseer, but in making these charges I had no personal ani- mus against Wny of these men. I did not know the deputy warden to see him until after I had made the charges when be was pointed out to me on the street. I had never had more than half a dozen conversations ; with Dr. Phalan in my life and my i Finend eool to-day and en Sat urday; light local frosts to-night, . - Fuk be placed in the hands of those gen- tlemen when the commisgion was ap- pointed; and when the commission Was appointed that was done. On the 25th August, 1913, eighteen months alter I had verbglly made my charges to the minister and nine 'months after 1 had made them in writing, an Order in. Council was passed appointing George Miles Macdonnell, K.C., Frederick Ether- ington, M.D., both of Kingston, and Joseph Patrick Downey, of Orillia, as a royal commission under the In- quiries act to investigate and report. I am mentioning the time which in- tervened 'between my verbally mak- ing the charges and the appointment of the commission not in any eensori- In the house of commons on May |ous spirit. I recognize that at the 29th, the report of ths Prison Re-|time I made my charges verbally the form wommission was discussed by Pgovernment had only been im power Dr. J. W. Edwards, M.P. for Fron-|a very short time, and I appreciate tenac, and W. F, Nickle, M.P., King- [that the minister of justice like the ston. The fortaer "ripped up' the|head of every other department had commission while Mr. Nickle gaid|a great deal *o occupy his time and pleasant things about the" commis- attention. I find no fault in that res- sioners and their work. Hansard re-|pect.. . > ports Dr. Edward as follows: Without making any detailed coni- ment at present on the personnel! of the comission, I want to say that it is open to objection on the ground that Mr. Downey, who holds a posi- tion under the Ontario government, Was appointed 4s one of the commis- sioners. I also question the wisdom of appointing to that commission two gentlemen from the city of Kingston. Of course, I am only expressing my own view, and, in fairness to the justice department: 1 may say that at the time the names of the commis- sloners were first mentioned as ap- pointees, I saw no reason why they should not perform. their duties pro- perly and wsll. But 1 think I w'll show before I get through that they did not fulfil their duties properly, and that from the very outset they prevented evidence from coming out which ought to have come out, and AT _PHE SITTINGS OF THE COMMISSION./ acquaintance with Mr." Wilson was very slight. Mr. Wilson had been ap-| pointed by this government. I made the charges zgainst these men re-| | gardless of thir creeg or polities be- cause I belleved their conduct should be investigated and because | theught it was in the public interest that the fullest inquiry should be ide into the manner in which tha: institution was being run. I have nc person to fominate for any of these positions if they were to be vacated to-morrow: In view of the fact that I have preferred charges agains. these men I would not think of sug gesting any persons to take then places. The effect of the five-year limita- tion, in the way in which the com missioners looked at it, was to ex clude a great deal of evidence which could have been given by the presen inspector, Major Hughes, because the - time when he was best acquainted with the institution was when he was chief keeper. The fact that he was not' allowed to go back beyond five years simply prevented him fron, giving the evidence which he other wise would have given and which |} think would have been in the inter est of this house to have had present ed to it. Before taking up the report itself, T want to read a short extraci from an article in the Toronto Globe which was written just after the com mission had aeld a few sittings: : a in; J fi ahot or ry a Tortie--will build i ! 3 at dtug stores. ess, oF by mail on receipt | Charges That (he Deputy Warden . 06.90. 81 Outharinct | = or avored His Own Religion. --Dr. ot Mahoot's Drug Store." Edwards Gives Some Figures, two for of price. Sensational Savings This is the greatest dress bargain which we have ever Been able to secure. There may be times when J udge by the prices here below whether you should attend! § You want drug store goods when it's inconvenient to go to the store for them. No need of doing without. Just Call 59 For Drugs That Mr. Edwards: It is my desire to make my remarks as brief as is eon- sistent with & proper presentation of facts which 1 think should: be placed before this house. Before entering into a discussion of the penitentiary commission, I wish to make"a few general remarks leading up to that. I live about three miles from the vil- lage of Portsmouth, where Kingston pgnitentiary is situated. In conse- quence of my nearness to that village and that institution hon. gentlemen will understand that it is only na- {tural that I should hear from time to time of the doings in that peniten- tiary. After the change of govern- ment in, 1911, complaints were made to me by guards and ex-guards of that institution and to those com- plaints were added specific charges 25 doz. Print and Gingham House Dresses, all sizes, regular $1.50 to $2.00. i Saturday 98c. all new colorings. Regular $2.50 to $4. Saturday $1.48 20 doz. Ratine and Bedford Cord two-piece dresses, rich new shadings, worth from $4.00 to $7.00. Is our number and it connects your home with a drug store that handles the best drugs, medicines and sundries. We will send you 'Just what yon want and the delivery will be prompt. 'At Best's The Satistactory Drug Store Sunday hours, 2.30 to. 5; 6.30 to 9, 30 doz. Novelty Lawn, Coatee Dresses, cley erly designed in BE i made by a gentleman who had occu- pied several positions in that insti- tution, covering a period of some- that the report which has been laid on the table of this house is, so far as the charges I made are concerned, The Kingston Invest igation thing like twenty years. I refer io Major Hughes, who at the time of flijthe change of government was ac- {{countant at the penitentiary and who Now is the Time to {l{|bas since that time Ween appointed [tations to the sguare inch than any ' iilone of the inspectors of peniten- document ever tabled in this house Get Your Spring Foot- / tiaries. I felt that these charges (since there was a parliament of Can- inl wear at the Right Place. {jcoming from such a source from an jada. Saturday $2.98 { SALE STARTS 9A. M. :Cash--No telephone orders accepted. : ' iteacy's The Busiest Store in Town a. mass of misrepresentation, I will 20 further and say that their report, in 50 far as it deals with the charges I made, contains more misrepresen- "All the influences are toward: suppression in the Kingston peniien tiary investigation. Convicts do no dare reveal unwholesome facis knowing their own helplessness un der the men they may expose. Ap plicants for pardons tell what the authorities want told and concea what they want to conceal. Ex-con viets in respactable positions do not want the dark chapters of their lives | published. Those who are poor know j they may be arrested with impunity on hollow charges at any time, ana that they are open to varied persecu tions. This mikes them fearful of offending the authority they have learned to dread. On the commis- sion, too, there is an obvious: desire to suppress and whitewash. But in spite of all these influences enough is leaking out to show that a prison is a prison." This extract from Globe very adequately depicts the sityation. IL could quote from a number of other papers but I do not think it is necessary to do so. The prisoners who might have given evi dence were afraid to do so for fea: that their chances of getting out on parole would be lessened or for fea) that remission of sentence would be lost to them. The guards were in al holding the position which he 1 might read the terms of the com- | held and corroborated by other of- 'mission, which are as follows: {| ficials, were of such a nature that 1 (a) The State and management Crees tishould lay them before the minister of the Kingston penitentiary: tof justice. I did so verbally and (b) The conduct of the officers and later on, I think about nine months | employees of said penitentiary, so far before the commission was appointed [4s the same relates to their official {1 placed my charges before the min-| duties, and [jister in writing. 'I may say that. on (¢) Generaily, the subject of tlie |jthe night of March 29th or on the)conduct and administration of peni- {{mofning of March 30th, a convict | tentiaries, including such methods us {iby the-name of Chartrand effectad's [may conduce to the permanent refor- { partial escape from the prison and [mation of the convicts, and, without the night watchman, a man named |prejudice to the punishment which Smith, was suspended on the first of | convicts should properly undergo and April. In conmection with that at:|without undue burden upon the pub- tempt to escape, Smith came to me|lic funds, tend to mitigate as far as on the day of his suspension and may be found possible the sufferings complained that he did not think he entailed by their confinement upon was getting a fair deal, that the day | those dependant upon them. liilguard on that particular part of the I wish te draw particular attention iii {prison was more responsible fer the|to the following paragraph: illeseape than he and was still on duty. 'Provided that the inquiries under {1 wrote to the department. and asked | paragraphs (a) and (b) shall not ex- | for an investigation, and on the 4th [tend back over a longer period than Hi of April McConville, the day guard, | five years, oxcept in so far as the was suspended. comuiissiondrs may deem it desirable, The minister appointed Mr, sin the public interest, to inquire into Hackett, then his private secretary, I}any particular matter Or matters an- believe, to make an investigation into Jtecedent to su-h period. iy that escape. 1 subsequently wrote In regard to the five-year limit, fo the department asking for a copy [Which I may say was repeatedly in. of the report in regard to that inves: [Yoked by the commissioners to shut tigation. On the 3rd September, | Out evidence in respect to the charges 1313, 1 received _a letter trom Mr. 1 had made; I recognize thyt it may Hackett, which Lwill not take up the | dave been, and no doubt was, put in time of the house in reading, but the |PY the minister of justice without substance of which was that he had |?nY intention of 'shutting out avid. not had time to make a detailed re: |®nce in respect of the charges f had port, but that in course of time he]mdde. I took the ground at the first would do so and send me a copy.|Meeting of the Commission that the That summer I went out West, and | Minister of justice did not and could coming back after some weeks I|N0t mean that the five-year limit was made a second request and was in-|'© apply to the charges I had made. formed that Mr. Hackett had only]! argued that the Minister must haye made a verbal report. On the 2nd |considered an livestigation of the of December, 1912, 1 sent the follow- |°harges I had made in the public in- ing letter to the minister of justice, | terest, or frwise he would not which I want to place on "Hansard" [have sent/those charges to the com- bécause it is intimately connected nissan To ) niestigated; and that with what I shall have to say later, the charges ware in the public ins "Hon. C. J, Doherty, M.P., Minister |€rest, and if it was in the public in- ' terest to investigate those charges---- rr Se cd beg to request|2nd the best evidence of that was your serious attention of the follow-|!he sending of those charges 'to the ing charges which in my opinion commissioners--I could not donceive warrant my asking for the removal of Placing a linitation upon the com- from office of Deputy Warden ]|Mmission which would preclude and O'Leary and Dr. Phelan, surgeon, of vent -- siigation 2 eile Portsmouth penitentiary. 1 charge Bate. Thac was the Jing or ert sion Deputy Ward:n O'Leary "(a) With petty and persistent] _. i od Had No Power | ££ pd a 0 v th | - I ¥ ih # persecution of guards ange keepers; Locomotor Ataxia, Heart Trouble "(b) With political sanship: (ec) With testifying falkely at in- and Nervous Spells Yielded to Dr. Chase's Nerve Food vestigation "Reid at they prison; It would he easy to tell you how "(d) With congerting with ex-con Dr. Chase's Nerve Food cures loco- viets; "(e) With gross neglect 'of duty motor ataxia and derangements of heart and nerves, but it may be more refulting in attempts to escape; I charge the surgeon, Dr. Phelan: '"(a) With gross political partisan- satisfactory to you to read this letter. Mrs. Thos. Allan,' R.F.D. 2, Som- bra, Ont,, writes:-- "Rive years ago 1 suffered 'a complete breakdown, and frequently had palpitation of the heart. Since that illness I*have iad dizzy spells, had no power over my limbs (locomotor - ataxia) and conld not walk straight. At 'night 1) would have severe nervous spells, with heart palpitation, and would shake as though I had the aguve. | "Trusting that tite foregoing will 'felt improvement after using fhe focerie ng that onfion. {first box of Dr. Chase's Nerve Food. "I remain, yours sincerely, J. ¥. jo after continuing the treatment, Bdwards." can. now walk, eat and sleep well On December 4th, the minister of have no nervous spells and do not justice in aeknowledgige my letter require heart medicine. I have told asked if I would be willing that the several of my neighbors of thé splen- ald be placed before the did results obtained from the use of had accused. 1 answer Dr. Chase's Nerve Food ats ally 1 thought that' Dr. © ase's Nerve Food, 50¢ i box. Ct and right, but that I @ for $2.00, all dealers, or Edman- At the charges should son, Boles & Co;, Li Teronte, Try our store for your wants. of Boots and Shoes for spring. * You will find by trading with us that you will get: - better - vaiue for your money than else- where in the city. Give us a trial and be eon- vineed. things that were done by the com- mission. One of the gentlemen that I made charges against was Mr. Wil- son, the hospital overseer, who was appointed by this government. The penitentiary commission placed an advertisement in the Kingston pap- :ers asking any and every person who had any charges or complaints to make to come forward and present these charges to she commission. That 'was signed by the three com- missioners. That had a very good much the same position; they knew [00K on the face of it, and the pub- that they were mrgely in the. hands ' lic, reading X said +These en Lure of the head officials of the institution janxious to gé¢ at the fac po they have who mighit report them for triviallinvited men to come Srward and offences and make it very uncomfort- { Make complaints. 1 went before the able for them. From the beginning commission and I told them that bhe- of the investigation that was very | tause of reports that bad come to me manifest. . Men who had expressed |! felt it my duty to ask them to i4- themselves very openly, pointedly ate Sanain charges against the and substantially in regard to the of- | Hospi Sraeer. . ficers against. whom my charges were The hospital gverseer, | have Hoan made were very close-mouthed when (0d, Would not get out of bed a it came to the matter of the inves- |Ni&ht to attend sick convicts. There tigation. This statement applies not |'S & rule provided for the hospital merely to the guards and under of- oyerseer and for his: assistant, AC» ficials of the institution, it applies cording to which they are Suppose to a certain extent also to a genile- | © take turns about at night, one man who was responsible for the |Sta¥s up ® hight aug the otfier an. principle charges which were made; other n ht for Ihe SXpregs purpose that is Major lughes, the present in- of being convenient to. the convicts, Spector. I do not know whether the | 5° that it 9ne of them should be- larger salary which goes with the [Ome ill he could call upon. the hos. position of inspector as comparea pital overseer or his assistant, who, with that received by the accountant i ney thought it advisable, gn Jad anything to do with it but there nk t e Surgeon ut tog ey the Was something which had an effect ih A hi. as by hi me. hy upon his stiffness of backbone that dl fs 8 ees aL Beers 1 is supposed to be very characteristic | 2P® Ee , " , in hp families. I say that because |!" ¢ODsequence the convicts were 1 want to impress upon the house the fact that if you want to consider this repeft fairly, if you want to arrive at # correct conclusion, you can only do 80 by properly estimating the posi- tion in which these men were placed There was a certain amount of -in- thmidation of the officials of the in. stitution aswell a8 of the ®onvicts which tad a tendéncy to prevent evi dence from being brought out. When you add to that the fact--and I will prove that it is a fact--that the comi- missioners at the very outset showed a disposition te shut out evidence and to act as a whitewashing com- mission, you will understand that it lnade the position very difficult ana it warrants me in coming to this liouse "fd placing some facts before you in order that you may under- Stuud the true condition of affairs in connection wish this institution. The commissioners never seemed lo realize the pesition they occupied. They were appointed to investigate and inquire, but from the Very our- set they seemed to regard themselves 4s a court trying a certain case, As I understand their position, it was their uly - to investigate and in- Quire, obtain all the evidence pos- sible and lay that evidence before this house. It was up to this house to act as a court and judge of the evidence, excluding what it did not think was of value, taking into con- videration whi*h it did not consider Lo be of value and arriving at a pro- pér conclusion as to what should be done to improve the condition of this instifution. But the Sominisstioners seemed to regard it a r duty not only te ry = by nd of evi- ends, bus lt Sh Sane hom: ves and to as ju want WF point out some very peculiar the Torontc Cs . ain If SS : JENKINS' You must have at least one set for that room We have them in all shapes, sizes and prices from $1.85°to $10.00 for 10-pe. sets. ROBERTSON'S, Rick Cut Glass Merchants and Citizens. obliged to remain in their cells_-and - suffer all night. I thought that was a matter that should be investigated. I am not one who thinks that con- victs ought to be treated like people outside of prison; I know the frst thing is to punish them for the of- fence they have committed against society, but 1 do say that they ought to be regarded as human beings and ireated with humanity. fore I get through I think I will beable to show that some of these convicts have been ireated worse than any man in this house wowld treat his horses, -his cattle, or his dogs. I believe that i would have been guilty of neglect of my duty-if I did not place that in- formation before the minister, +n also believe that I would td doing my duty as a representative of the people if 1 did not place these facts before the house as I under stand them. What did Mr. Maedoh- uell, the chairman of the commis. sion, do when I went before him and placed my complaint in writing against Mr. Wilson, and asked him to call three persons to 'give evidence in regard to the charge? Did Mr. Macdonuell say: Certainly, that is what I have been advertising in the papers for; I shall be glad to do so. Not at all. He did his best to per- suade me not to press the charge against Mr. Wilson, and he wanted me to write to Ottawa about it. I (Continued on Page 9.) 26c--Boys' Khaki Bloom- change your main service wires on Prin ers, 2 to 10 years. adjoining streets. S956 Sh Ww Those who have already entrusted us with their work will be looked after so that no interruption in - power and light will wecur. eg We respectfully Solieit your orders which will haye prompt and eareful attention. --- se We are prepared with the stock www LL Bogs' Cotton Jerseys, long or short sleeves, 20 to 32." : 15c--Boys' "Cotton Stock- ings, black and tan, 6 to 91-2 inch. nts $4.00. HW. Newman Electric $1.95---Men's worsted go Phone 441: Home 1376. 79 Priticess worth from $2.50 to eR 32 to 42. 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