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Immediately the Premier called for the adjourned debate on. the second reading ot Hon. Mr. Do- herty's bill to amend the Agricul- tural, Development Act. This de. bate. had been previously adjourned b.otsaltsetoT. Currie wished to par- ticipate. ile had again to ask that itsstand .over, a request which was granted by Mr. Doherty. After these two incidents many men ask- ed; themselves it the old Simcoe county feud, "Drury TB. Currie. was going to hreak forth again. Amendment Out of Order. T,h6.Tol1upae of the debate was not'the only fortunate event of the any for the Government. Once The end of the debate came as l climax to another new bit of Par- lltunentary procedure, tor which this Legislature is celebrated. Charles McCrea. Conservative, Sud- bury, had led off during the after- noon, and had continued in the evening, his speech being a rebut- tal to the attack on the Conserva- tives by Attorney-General Raney last week. He concluded about 9.15. and Col. Currie, Conservative, Southeast Toronto, was expected to follow. Col. Currie announced that he had been ill for several days, and, besides, had an amendment to submit. Courtesy. he declared, de.. manded that a copy ot the amend- ment be in the hands of the Gov- ernment a few hours previously. Therefore. he desired to move the adjournment of the debate. Premier Against Delay. Yesterday was the Drury Gov- ernrnent'a lucky day. Horseshoes were pinned all over the Ministry. The debate on the Address, which looked as'thousrtt it might last at least a week longer, unexpectedly collapsed. Legislative business was given a. tremendous impetus. The public accounts were tabled late list night, and the Budget comes tomorrow. Premier Drury was willing to waive the matter of courtesy. "The Hausa must make progress." he ttti- nounced, and added that Col. Cur- rie had had nearly, four weeks in which to prepare. Hon. Mr. Fer- guson stated that he had never seen a request like Col. Currie's refused. Cries of "Go on" came trom other parts of the House. "This debate has dragged on for an intermin- able time." again stated the Pre- mier. not receding from his position. ' w. H. Casselman, U.F.0.. Dun- das, said he disagreed with the stand taken by the Premier, who later said the House and country were waiting impatiently for the Budget. and business must proceed. Then Col. Currie, seconded by Major Lewis. moved the adjourn- ment, and the House had its first division ot the session, a division The vote itself was remarkable for its cleavages. Mr. Casselman naturally voted against the Govern- ment. as did the following Liberals: Sinclair, Tolmie, McWhinney, Dew- art, Cooper and Brackin. Malcolm Lang, Independent, Cochrane. also was against the Government. on a. motion to adjourn a debate. The vote announced was 23 to GO against adjournment, but was changed to 23 to 49, as J. A. Pin- ard, Liberal. East Ottawa, had a pair with J. C. Brown. U.F.0., North Middlesex, though Mr. Pin- at'd voted with the Government, as likely wtfitld Mr. Brown. Col.-C1urrie then arose again. He said he could speak only three min- utes, and preferred to drop every- thing. including his amendment. Quickly the original motion car- ried, and the debate ended. Quite a Remarkable Vote. 'the IN QUEEN'S PARK .; , OBSERVE 3"" steps tor a more equitable and gust redistribution." Of course", the ttquest of Mr. Halcrow looked in- nuccm, but behind it lav u mm, litti,, bit of Practical oorui, __ Premier Urury informed Mr. Hal.- crow that the notions of motion had not been reached as yet. As a matter of fact., on Tuesdays the "Dimes of motion are generullv placed near the end of the order' paper. Next tho Premier called for the rontinuation of the debate on, the Address, and Mr. Speaker Par- liayent rose to make a ruling_ The ruling was. nothing more or less than to the effect that Mr. Hal.. crew's amendment was out ot order. He quoted a ruling from Bourinot. stating that it was not permissible to move an amendment to a question of which notice has been given on the order paper, and, further, that matter already under the consideration of the House cannot be the subject ot an :amendment. In other words, Mr. Halcrow, in his zeal to bring about, redistribution, had overreached himself. Apparently he had heard whispers that his amendment was out of order, and had sought to get it in order by withdrawing his pre- vious motion. In this case luck was once more with the Govern- ment. and, as on several previous occasions, luck was against Mr. Halcrow. Mr. Halcrow's Argument. _ __,__,_.,.., "maul, want Hamilton. asked permission to; siithdraw the notice of motion,': number two. standing in his name.; He asked the Consent of the House, to this withdrawal. since it. was; practically the same as the amendy men! he had moved to the Address: The notice of motion called upon; tho Government "to talits.the, neces-f It. came about in this way: Be- fore the orders of the day were cail- ed, G. G. Halcrow, Labor, East The member for East Hamilton also had done some digging into Bourinot's books. He reminded the Speaker that in making such a ruling he must have regard to the probability ot the issue being brought to the attention of the House within a reasonable time. He added that his notice of motion had been on the order paper since the second day of the session. The matter was ot such importance, he stated. that he ought to have some assurance that it would he thor- oughly discussed. Again nothing but silence came from the Minis- terial benches. Apparently there is no use trying to get any intorma- tion from the Premier about redis- tribution until his Budget speech. day's reference to this delicate issue did not amount to much in words, but the effect was quite far- reaching. "again the Ministry was enabled to shelve a discussion on redistribu- tion--a discussion in which every member feels competent to play his part. So far this session the sub- ject or n new arrangement ot con- stituencies has been carefully avoided by the members sitting to the right of the Speaker. Yester- As a matter of fact, the Premier's course forms good Parliamentary tactics. Had the amendment been allowed to stand the gates would have been wide open to floods of oratory on the debate on the Ad- dress, as 'all the previous speakers could speak again should they de- sire. It looks as though the Pre- mier takes the view that the time has come in the Legislature when each debate will occupy its proper time and place, instead of being scattered everywhere and any- where. There is no doubt now that a redistribution debate is coming., Another incident yesterday indi- cated a desire on the part ot the Ministry to get down to business. Again. before the orders. of the My, R. R. Hall, Liberal. Parry Sound, wanted to take another whirl at the Workmen's Compen- station Board, which on two pre- vious occasions had been debated at-length. The Speaker suggested that Mr. Hall had better take the matter up at a more opportune time. The Parry Sound man was (reluctant to do so, and stated em- {phatically he was out to make :some adjustments in the workings of the board. However. he accept- /ed the Speaker's suggestion. the Allouse being saved another long argument, involving, perhaps. a :half-dozen members. Most of the time yesterday was: occupied by Mr. McCrea, replyingl to the Attorney-General in the de-' bate on the Address. He was the eighteenth, and last. speaker. From the point of view of the dignity of the House, Mr. McCrea was a re- markably good selection. Political feelings between the Government and the Conservatives had been roused to fever heat last week. and it would have been an easy matter for some tire-eating orator to re- kindle the party blaze. Mr. Alc- Crea. however, did not make a political speech. He made a' legal address. Always under perfect self- control, always courteous, though often interrupted by the Premier and the Attorney-General. Mr. Mr.. Crea put the debate on a high pin- nacle. Of course. he hit out hard. but it was in argument. and not in abuse. Practically his whole speech was a review of the Backus deal, that is, trom the Conservative angle, and his conclusion was that the cards had been stacked in favor pt "the Minnesota millionaire with the compelling eye and the member tor Kenora to ride rough-shod over the people of the Province." He claimed that all the other bids on the English River timber limit were a frame-up on the Government. Hon. Peter Smith Delivers. A Legal Address. Then, when the debate was over. Mr. Dewart, with mischief in his eye, inquired blandly of Hon. Peter Smith when the public accounts would be down. Mr. Dewart's question led into more sentences which irritated Hon. Peter. "Well. sit. down and I'll answer it," retorted the Provincial Treaty. urer. showing a momentary trace ot anger. He said he would give the public accounts to the House Wednesday. but they were locked up. and if he could get his hands on them he would present them to the House' right away. "It is his business to see lhai they are distributed to the House tonight," pursued Mr. Dewari. "He ought to endeavor to find out where his misplaced public accounts are Who is secreting them?" This and some, more banter put everybody in good humor after the strained situation over the collapse uf the debate. Later the public accounts were given to the House. ' 'iiiiici'i,