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Ast N 1P " 'That he, the said HMHanna, had ac-- cepted the said sum of $500 from the said Taytor, thereby leading the said Taylor to believe that his claim would be satisfied, and that the said sum was paid in consideration thereof, and that the same was given for alleged politi-- cal and party purposes, as hereinbe-- fore.set forth; that the said Hanna manipulated the opening and granting of, certain coal tenders; that there Mr. Taylor's Aceusation "The application for the said fiat was greatly delayed, and the said George C. Taylor decided that it could not he procured through the or-- dinary and proper channels. There-- upon,. and on a number of occasions, he interviewed the said Hon. the Pro-- vincial Secretary, who took the grounda that the said company had no valid or legal claim. 'The said George --C. Taylor contended that they had a good Claim, and iinsisted 'on said fiat being granted, and accused the said Provinciat Secretary amongst -- other things 'as follows:-- ' s tollgl 20 OCCV V vVeEEEICIIL, "In the beginning of the year 1911 the said firm of Taylor, Scott & Co. made various efforts to procure a settlement of their claim without suc-- cess. Finally they applied to the Hon-- orable the Attorney--General for a fiat to enable them to commence legal proceedings. The claim then put for-- ward was for the sum of $19,463.02, made up of damages suffered through various allegod breaches of said agree-- ment. "In the year 1908 the said Taylor, sceott & Co., or Geotge C, Taylor, was requested to make a. epntribution to the party funds of the Provincial Conservative party of the said Prov--| Ince, then beins in otfice, or to the! Provincial Secretary aforesaid, and in; accordance with such request -- did} (-nntr_ibut(- and pay over to the said| Pr'mmcial Secretary the sum of $500; said payment being illegal, corrupt arl'(l' sn:l')\'erl:si\'o of good government. Ir io s qR & L i sum of 85300 Paid. '"In the: yéars 1907 and 1908, eér-- tain disputes arose between the' said parties, in which the said Ta&yvlor, sceott & Company daimed that &he Province was not fulfillifng ;111(]3y d not. fulfilled its _ said agreement, whereby they claimed to ibe vn"it'le(l to .damages. "The said _ disprute. = and others which rose from time to time, con-- linved @own to the 18th day of Nov-- ember, A.D. 1911, when same were referred to one T. +KE.--C. Thorné for| adjudication. 1 1 natl iayior, Scott & Company nn-' tered into a contract with the Hon.| William J. Hanna. the Provincial! | Secretary of the Province of ()ntarin,, for and on behalf of the said Prov-- iim"'. on the 20th day of July, .\.D.l | 1905. for the term of five years from the Ist day of September, 1905, to thp! Ist day of September, 1910, whereby| said company was to manufacture| washboards and other -- articles ag' therein set forth at the Central Pris--| on belonuging to the said Prm'in('e.f The said Province to-- maintain _and' provide the wood--working shop then | tnstailed in said priseon, and to supply| a minimum of eighty men, and if; more required, up to a total of nne-" third aof --the ,total prisoners.. yA hei said Taylor, Scott & Company td pay| thereéfor according to the schedule| set forth in said agreement, and fiso| in an agreement which was shbge-- quently come to between the . said parties. . % 1 uh wo° ORERTOCRPC OUZL WUUEIE O CD CR T C vunal, uninfluenced by political con-- sideration, as it should be--and it cer-- fainly. would not be influenced by bolitica) considerations as against hon. members named in the statement of my hon. friend--wounld carry more weight with the House and" with the Country than would any conclusion reached by the majority or the min-- ority of a committee having political r"""llf!.\' PC CC 3 FOserndpner s t nedeint .40 mm enne s o+ Phe Charge mendation of the Lieutenant--Gover-- N0or in «Council, and --would be com, petent to inquire into the matter in a t.horoughl.v impartial way. Having re-- gard to a past experience in such mat-- ters where political feelings and emo-- tions were involved, it would be de-- sirable for all parties to remove the i"\PStigatmn_ from surh infimannae sriry than would: any conclusion ched by the majority or the min-- ty of a committee having political lings, emotions and resentments.'" were involved, it would be de-- le for all parties to remove the tixatinn, from such influences. think the Judgment of such a tri-- E; Uuninfluenced by political con-- F n Prondfoot, a member lature for the electoral 'entre Huron, in the Ontario, -- Dominion -- of lare that I am credibly id I believe that I can satisfactory evidence: in Detail, m of five years from ptember, 1905, to the mber, 1910, whereby 'as to manufacture Nays--Anderson (Bruce), Atkinson, Bowman, _ Bliliot Ferguson (Kent), Kohler, McDon#@e |. McQueen, Mar-- shall, -- Mayberr. Munro, Proudfoot, Richardson, Rowell, Sinclair--15. Immediately after the vote was tak-- en the House adjourned, and the Con-- servative members gathered around Sir James Whitney and Hon. Mr. Han-- na and gave three hearty cheers. "Great ~delay in the prosecution or | adjustment of said claim was caused | bythe said Provincial Secretary cor-- | ruptly . and improperly endeavoring to .iubtain in the meantime a letter or "&écuntent from the said Taylor with-- |\ dr@gwing all charges made by the said Taylor in the premises. Y eas--Anderson (Essex i. Arim-- strong, Bennewies, Black, Brewster, Brower, Carscallen, Chambers, Cook, Crawford, Dargavel, Devitt, Donovan, Duff, Ebbs, Ellis,, Ferguson (Gren-- ville», Foy, Fraser, Galna, Godfrey, Gooderham, Grant, Grigg, Hanna, Hartt, Hearst, Hendrie, Johnson, Lucas, MceCowan, McCrea, McElroy, McGarry, McKeown, McNaught, Mc-- Pherson, -- MacArthur, Macdiarmid, Machin, Mason, Mathieu, Milligan, Mills, Morel, Musgrove, Neely, Nixon, Norman, Owens, -- Pattinson, Pratt, Preston (Durham), Preston (Lan-- ark), Pyne, Reaume, Regan, Shilling-- ton,. Studholme, Thompson (Peter-- borough),. Torrance, Westbrook, Whitesides, Whitney--64. ~. "In' November, 1911, after the then approaching general | elections were announced, the said George C. Tay-- "lor--insisted on said claim being dis-- posed "of before the elections, again making use of the same arguments on which the said fiat was granted. On the strength whereof he succeeded. through the said HMHon. Sir James Pliny Whitney and the Hon. the Provincial seeretary, in having the claim refor-- red to the said 1. EF. C. Thorne, as sole --referee, without appeal. his award to be made within 30 days from said date, and the amount found to hbe due paid within 60 days from satd date. The division on Sir James Whit-- ney's amendment to Mr. Proudfoot's motion substituting the Committee on Privileges and Elections for a Royal Commission was 64 to 15. The mem-- bers voted as follows for the amend-- ment: '"'The said referee was appointed on Saturday, November 18th, 1911, at 4 p.m. He made an award on the 24th of said month. without taking evi-- dence, whereby he found the said firm entitled to $21,068.03. This sum was paid on January 17, 191%. 'The said referee was paid $500 by the Province and $750 by said firm for his sgervices." "were grave irregularities in connection with -- the purchase of certain _ se}f-- feeding stokers, , and that the said Hanna had. otherwise acted in an im-- proper, cortupt and illegal~ manner, and against the good government of the Province and the administration of the public 4ffairse tRaraat! "This was followed by the service oi a petition of right by the said firm, wherein they claimed $50,000 dam-- ages, although their said claim, as presented to the department, amount-- ed only to the sum of $19,46%.02. A defence was put in by the Province disputing the whole of said claim, which was, according to the reports of the Government officials, wholly un-- founded. o1 the public affairs thereof." "All of these matters were laid be-- fore the Hon. Sir James Pliny Whit-- ney. Prime Minister of the Province of 'Ontario. and within a few days af-- terwards said fiat was granted, but on the understanding that it was not to be used for three months. The House was then in session. \ttempt to Have Charges Withdrawn.,