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SECOND READING FOR SANDY BILL GIVEN IN HOUSE The principle of his bill, he said, was incorporated in the O.T.A. It was only to be expected, he argued, that if the people did naot want liquor sold in Ontario they would not want it procurable by circuit-- ous methods. He said he admitted that bone--dry prohibition was going Mr. Dewart had much to say about export, and thought that it should be dealt with by the Govern-- ment. He was informed by Mr. Raney and the Premier that the On-- tario Government had no jurisdic-- tion. It was a matter for the Do-- minion. CLASHES IN THE DEBATE Mr. McCraoe thought the bill should come into effect immediate-- ly, and argued that, as worded at present, it would prevent anyone from having liquor in his cellar. If it was put into force immediately, he said,. it would bring about a practically '"'"bone--dry'"' condition. Then the people having had that experience would know what they were voting for on the referendum. Premier Drury replied that before the lifting of the ban on importa-- tion the people knew what "bone-- dry'" meant, and could therefore now vote with a knowledge of it. Another reason he advanced for not putting it into forde before the re-- ferendum was that the referendum vote might indicate that the people wanted importation allowed. If such became the case, then the Sandy Bill, which would compel all liquor in Ontario to be shipped to Montreal before it could be brought in again, would be ludicrous. Hopes for Co--operation. Measure Provides for the Stoppage of All "Short-- circuiting" Another step toward "bone--dry" legislation for Ontario was taken in the Legislature yesterday, when the '"Sandy Bill," which would stop '"'short--circuiting'"' within the Pro-- vince, was given second reading. Th bill would prohibit the delivery of liquor in Ontario from distilleries or breweries in Ontario upon orders mailed to Montreal and returned to the Ontario producers. Hon. W. E. Raney gave an expla-- nation of the bill and defended it against criticism from Charles Mc-- Crae, --Conservative member for Sudbury, and H. H. Dewart, Liberal Leader, With the latter he got into a few arguments, Premier Drury himself gave a clear view of the purposes of the bill and added to the defense by Mr. Raney. Urges Immediate Enactment. In introducing his measure Mr. Sandy opened with a tribute to the efforts of the late Premier, Sir Wil-- liam Hearst, on behalf of temper-- ance. He hoped, and, he said, had reason to believe, that the same as-- sistance would be extended by the Opposition in the case of the Sandy Bill as had been extended by Mr. Rowell in the days of the Hearst Government. Raney and Dewart Exchange Words--Premier States His Position } FRIDAY. APRIL 30, 1920. Concerning the desires of the numbers of foreigners who might be contemplating coming into Can-- ada, he said it would be wiser to legislate for bone--dry prohibition now, and then require them to live up to the ideals of Canadian citi-- zenship rather than lower Canada's standards to meet theirs Because public sentiment supported the in-- tent of his bill, and because expen-- diture on liquor was money wasted, he urged it upon the House that his bill should receive hearty endorsa-- tion. P Contingent on Referendum. | Carl Homuth, Labor member for | South Waterloo, agreed that if the [ people said they did not want liquor l shipped into the Province, the only thing to do was to pass the Sandy Bill and give them what : they ' wanted. But certainly no . man would want the Sandy Bill to pass ! if the referendum were defeated. It | would simply mean legislating ad-- | ditional costs on _ liquor shipments into the pockets of the railway com-- panies. Mr. Homuth insisted that there must be careful scrutiny of the provisions of the temperance | legislation being enacted, so that the I citizens of the Province might | know just what they were permitted to do and what they were not per-- mitted to do. to work hardship on many citizense who had used without abuse . the right of drinking liquor as a bever-- age. He thought, perhaps, it was not going too far to say it was going to work a hardship on certain classes. But all advanced legisla-- tion had been brought --about through some persons making sacri-- fices. Mr. McCrae, Conesrvative mem-- ber for Sudbury, said he was ap-- prehensive that the legislative geed planted in "Sandy'"' ground might require a great deal of wet to bring forth fruit. Although the Pro-- vince admittedly had no jurisdic-- tion in interprovincial trade, the the very introduction of this bill, &nd the support it would be given ; by the Government, was a declara--| tion, having the approval of the Attorney--General of the Province, that this House had power to pass legislation set forth in the bill. ; In Advance of Public Opinion ? Mr. McCrae said he would sup-- port the bill if clause nine. were omitted. Clause nine provides that the legislation contained in the bill shall not come into effect until after the referendum is taken and the law resulting from it is effective. He argued that if the bill went into ef-- fect now it would stop the storing of liquor in cellars, and then, having & period of "bone--dryness," the peo-- ple could vote intelligently on the referendum. He maintained that, even if a person wished to import, the provisions of the law stopped it by making it unlawful to transport or carry liquor within the Province. He was of the opinion, however, that "bone--dry'"' legislation was in ad-- vance of what the public opinion of the Province could stand. He madse a reference to the U. F. O. platform as containing a plank that its policy was to give the utmost temperance legislation the Province could. Acting on People's Authority. ~'Mr. McCrae said thousands who @esired importation of liquor voted Premier Drury, interrupting, said that the U. F. O. pledged itself to carry out thoe will of the people to the utmost, but not to act without their authority. on the last referendum to get rid of the bar. He wanted the bill put into effect at once to give the people an opportunity to see what "bone--dry" legislaion was, and then they could vote on the referendum If they wanted it continued. (9reg Premier Drury pointed out that they had had that condition be-- fore the ban on prohibition was lifted. . Hon. Mr. Raney, who then took in tha.Aartein 'nf ine 'bill --said that t