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Ret e s O Petan t Imw C W eo P eemmn -- ETY Li pesss e se s _ 4 s ---- ---- es f P § f'RIDAY, APRIL 4, 1919. . 64 f Knowledge -- of Round---------- o __ 99 & Robin" Asking for In-- crease in Sessional In-- demnities Denied by On-- tario Government Ontario's Legislature must have its daily iaugh. The debate on women's dress provided it on Wednesday. Mr. William McDonald's resolution urg-- ing that the number of members in the House bo reduced provided the | mirth yvesterday. The member fori North Bruce attacked the Senate, | and said its members were old fogies I who were beyond redemption. He{ urged, however, that the reforms be | started nearer home, and that the' number of representatives in the Legislature be reduced from 111 to 89. The debate took a serious turn troward the close. Mr. Allan Stud-- holme, the EHast Hamilton Labor man. put an end to the merrimem.f ____ _ and caused both the Prime Minister, | : the Opposition Leader, and thae | Whips of the two parties to take the | S:bate in deadly earnest. This sud--| n transformation occurred all be-- | cange Mr. Studholme averred that a | '"'rormmd robin" was being circulated | amonk\ the members to ask the (Gov-- t ernmeint to increase the sessional in-- / demnity. | Before this matiter -- had been| cleared up half--a--dozen members| were drawn i nto the debate. | Sir William Hearst; Mr. Proudfoot, | the Liberal Leader; Mr. Charles Mc--| Ewen, the Government Whip, and | Mr. G. C. Hurdman, Liberal Whip, | declared that there was nothing in | the statement of Mr. Studholme, and ' that it was the first they had heard | of it. The Labor member's state-- | ment drew Mr. W. H. Fraser, lhei North Huron Liberal, into the dis-- | pute, for, he alleged, the newly--elect--|} § ed representative had been canvassed | at noon to put his name to a '"round robin." I Mr. Fraser promptly declared that | "Mr. Studholme is mistaken." whilei f the members of both sides thumpedl their desks noisily. He explained | that he and another gentleman had | -- been discussing the proposal to in--| creage the indemnity of the members l at Ottawa, and he had been told that | should such a thing be wanted in the i Legislature, if the Liberal membersl all signed a petition the Government| would grant the request. If such a | procedure was called a "round robin" j he knew nothing of it, as he had | never heard of the term before. | "That bears out what 1 said," shouted Mr. Studholme. | : -- News to Government. Col. Machin was the first to rise and declare that he, as a Government member, had heard nothing of the '"'round robin'" referred to by the East Hamilton member. The Government Whip, Mr. Mc-- Ewen, said that he had never heard of the suggestion until it was made on the floor of the House. ( -- Mr. Studholme stuck to his guns, and said there were members who could back him up. He refused for some time, bowever, to give the name of the member, finally stating it was the member for North Huron. .L m If the Government Whip knew noth-- f ing of it he should have. '"There is absolutely no truth in that statement, no matter who . it came from," hotly retorted the Gov-- ernment Whip. + ® Mr. Hurdman then rose and add-- ed his denial to that of the previous 6 speakers, 'of ever having heard of 8e such a proposal. ; | '*fi Sir William Hearst said that hei y had never heard of the "round rob-- ind ; in.'" No one had suggested that the hn indemnity should be increased, nor . es : nad they since he was Prime Min-- ---- To