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P T se m e l".'"' Pss o e en n s . '." * S i nnamage s f sB -- 2RIR&IEIN i T thing?" he asked. Mr. Morrison P J < M ' ' 'k ' | ;?x:,?egd that when the Executive felt | o V e { that any legislation was wrong, as ' Ex q ' this certainly. was, ttkile Executive $ » . ke similar action. y B' SURPR]SED ' Wq}l\}\('iet:va':\t representative Govern'. | ment, and not Government _ by * | proky," he declared. The V. 8. 0: f | had gone into politics to establish | | the personal responsibility of the | electors and to secur® real respons-- k. } ibie Government, and it had not for-- f 4 on Severstimmens uis entonss | '| saken its pre--election aims. . , l roral . § Says U.F.0. Executive Was Premier Not in Favor s | | Responsible for Letters | | of Move for Recall | Ai from a newspaper article | He Wr0te .' ltO It{gi 1(1??fi(tt that four U.F.O0. mem-- nrninemiacrennenss 1 \ \bers admitted having signed the T * ' irpcall. Hon: George S. Henry asked TO EDUCATE THE PEOPLE' \Premier Drury in the Legislature | yesterday If, in view of what he con-- smmz zen | \sidered a unique and serious situa-- o | | tion, he had under consideration an}t' Thinks They Must be Taught |amendments _to the Election -- Ac %\Vhi('h \VO'."d "prO\;lde agiaiiln%atn'dnt:;' i ini \ference with the free w is n Necessity of Voicing lon of the members of thig House: ( uLt 'Thp Premier's answer was a terse Opinions "No," f | _J. M. Webster, U.F.O. member for e n Nes \East Lambton, who was named Mr.--J.s J. Morrison, Secretary of iam(m.t': the fo;u'.: det(ilare}r}ogit :NOY::]T\ e ras J n 12e ~ C t?la VF.O.; who r:eturnod to the %ggrs"idfs hf';fi;d lsigned the recall he| city yesterday morning from Chica-- | had not known it was a reporter vv:ho'; &£0, was probably the most sur-- |\ had addressed the question to him.| ® prised man in Toronto when he [41 aid not know fie was A report'er,tt learned of the furore his letters had | Mr. Webster declared, "and I want| ore nis letters had | to tell him if he is in the gallery now | created--in Legislative circles during | that I consider it was none of hlS; his absence. | business." 5 i8 "Our object in sending out a cir-- Loh AY> \'\"d(m'f'm' ?orth Qnta';]tloéi |another of those named _ in | cular letter to the various clubs | article, stated frankly that he knew | through the Province was to estab-- 'it was a reporter to whom he was| lish the personal responsibility of |\speaking, and he had told him, be-- the individual elector," declared Mr. \eause he was not ashamed of having > Morrison, in a statement to The |sign9d the U.F.O,. recall. Globe yesterday. | e m«--mapamameageess Acmmmamammnaaea sn '"'This is not a new procceding with | us. We are doing it all the time, | because we want to keep the people | informed in regard to what is going | on, and to develop a sense of re--| sponsibility on the part of the clec--| tors. We also want the members to consult the people. Those wr)reI | planks in our platform, and we :n'o' simply putting into practise what| we preached in the formative years. ' Executive Was Responsible. | f , "I am--accused of being a boss and ' a Cictator, but I did not send out | those letters on my own initiative or | responsibility, but by direction of | * the Executive. The Executive was | in absoluté accord in taking action. | { It is true I am a member of it, but' ® | all were consulted and I am mercly | € the mouthpiece." l ~ Continuing, Mr. Morrison seaid: '"'They ask, Who is boss? I'll answer! that. The people are, and they must / rule. They are the last court of ap--| s f peal. We may have to educate them | to the necessity of giving oxpresa.'on! to their opinions, but in our great | s system of democracy no CGovern--| ment can go very far wrong that | c keepse in close touch with the com--| j 5 mon people.'" | Did Not Write Hall. | . Referring--to the charge made by$ fMr. Hall; M.P.P., of Parry Sound.i that he had received a letter from f the Secretary . of the U.F.O., Mr.} > »Morrison salid: "I never wrote himi in my life," K received no com--| 'muriication of any kind from this | » offices' $ | In concluding, the Secretary 3 | stated that "the weakness of the old s w | system, where members were elected for four years, and being given an ) absolutely free hand did very much ' . as they liked. They failed to keep in touch with the electors, and as a wom**"* result much of --a@ harmful nature was crystallized into legislation--all : of which would have been avoided R had the members kept in close and * constant touch with the electors." Merely Expressed Opinion. Mr. Morrison pointed out that during the regime of the Patrons o%| industry such letters were constant--| * ly sent out to the farmers at home.| He handed the letters that have caused the trouble to The Globe's' representative, and drew his atten-- | t tion to the fact that, while the situa-i tion had been clearly stated, and tha | Executive's opinion of that eitua-- tion, the recipient of the letter was . not asked to take any action, one way or another, about the matter. [ "Party organs daily print their views of legislation that is coming f up; why should not we do the same 4 on inb n ns e Bc c ind 505 00 10 im s o on 5 o i 74_'--__--.--__-------_