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"Ts' r' , C y, _ 1llilllfirirfi"-iilllll,lir5.' APRIL 10, 1920.. ' Party Leaders Agree on (ii,i,ir,_ Many Members Disapprove . . l . o Point of Housing , of Bill to Invalidate I I I Policy l . City By-law The introduction for second read-l Although Brr. J. w. Curry, K.C. ing of Hon. Mr. Nixon's Housing? (Southeast Toronto), stood alone in Act found Government and Opposi- , support of a bill which he introduced tion Leaders in accord on the prin- to invalidate early closing by-laws, ciple that there should be some limit the House permitted the bill to go on to the borrowing power of Munici-w to the Municipal Committee. As it 11331 Continue for thousingf plumesies. was opposed from the Labor benches Don t e suggesion o rem er . , tDrury, however, the bill was given and by Mr. Curry's Leader. Mr. 'second reading and will be amended, Den art, its chances of getting 'if necessary, in committee. through committee appear to be In introducing the measure Hon. none too bright. Mr. Nixon explained that it was a 1 Hon. Walter Rollo led the critics duplicate of the present measure. iand pointed out that it was a seri- except that the guarantee of muni- tons thing to legislate away some- cipal debentures ie substituted for f thing for which workers had fought direct Government loans. Major ifor years. He said the early clotr. Tolmie said he thought the ratepay- ing by-law was a measure in the in- em ought to have some governing terest of the retail clerks, and it power, the whole matter should not should not be taken away from be left to the discretion of a Gov.. ) them. ernment otficia1. 1 While Mr Curry's bill was gen- Mr. M. M. MacBride (Brantford) ' feral in its proposed jurisdiction, put tho housing Situation strongly in". Dewart pointed out, it was before the House, and pointed out aimed s'pecitically at the city of To- that it housing debentures were to ronto. Toronto merchants, he said, be submitted to ratepayers they had declaredin favor of early clos- would be defeated. 515100 ratepayers ing, and only a comparatively small in the maianere Ian lords. . number of fruit stores were in op- Hon. Mré erguson favored the bill position. The City Council, he said, as it "of,'.!,!.:..-,,......,,-.., had passed it, and a County Court '"-"-'---------------, had held it valid. He did not be- , -, lieve it was the place of the Legis- HAVE wr YET NAMED lature to step in. . In House corridors -it is said that ; strong representations have been LEADER th? OPPOSITION; made to the Government on behalf ' ot the Niagara district fruit-grow- l ers, who claim their industry will - ' i suffer if fruit stores are not per- FATE OF FIVE THOUSAND DOD-S mitted to remain open. When the LABS STILL TO BE '; measure comes up in committee it SW 2 would not be surprising if there were some measure of compromise It is for the Government to de- giggifrmlt fruit stores to remain, cide who gets that 85,000 a year. "m"'-""""-------- L which is the pay of the Leader of the ' (Opposition. Neither H. H. Dewart, ' Leader of the Liberals. nor Hon. G. Howard Ferguson. Leader of_ the 1 Conservatives, has yet.treen 'ot1if,iiylhv, l lrecognized as "Opposition Leader.' Both are Opposition Leaders. and it| is understood that the Speaker. recognizes them as party Leaders in l the House, but will refer to neitherl as "the Leader of the Opposition. ' Now the Government, through the l Premier. must decide. The question, cannot be long left in abeyance. The :salary is there and someone must! 'draw it. Members to the right otl ithe Speaker might he content toi see the two Leaders on the left draw for it. but that might not be satis- factory to the Opposition membe? . O I O O I Minister " Non-committal I Regarding Guelph Speech Before the orders of the day were . called in the Legislature yesterday, * Dr. Forbes Godfrey (West York)! rose to ask Hon. Manning Doherty, "' Minister of Agriculture, if he ap- proved a "political" address made by Mr. J. J. Morrison, "founder of the U. F. o. party," in the O. A. C. at Guelph. In his address Mr. Mor- rison' was reported to have said that the Premier was "forced" into coali- tion with Labor because he lacked a majority in the House. "I am constrained to believe," re- "plied the Minister, "that Mr. Morri.. son never delivered at the College . at Guelph a speech ot any kind which had any ptrlitica1wisrtiiticianee.r' . although M75 Godfrey pressed for . a declaration of approval or disap-l proval ot. the remarks credited to' Mr. Morrtson. Hon. Mr. Doherty tte-i _ mum! to enmity in. reply. , f I