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7 _"-,' 't J; _ a"; 2...2.-1 '_-u.-.------ _ . O' _ . t _ '..ttif.1 _ q . . "q t I i ' COMMISSION, smxmc FUND BILL ', , F,i' _ . " OPPOSED BY NICKLE V l "Tr-"""'-.""""'"" . Illi IRE WOR ' Third Reading " Given to F5 Eight Bill: for Variety . VI ----- 5 i of Purposes 9". . . I gewart Enters Protest l T"iTTiTr"ih bill rt) 'i' . By a vote of 20 to 19 t e I O . 1 Against Continuation of b. Mewhinney, Liberal, to permit C., the a ointment of a "competent if Hydro Pro-be manna; Road Superintendent in if _ F West Bruce, failed to stas.tr.ryTond {fLLOYD HARRIS MAY RON reading yesterday in the Legislature- i" i IThe bill was opposed thy til? Minister ' .._---------- lof Highways, Hon. F. C. Biggs. Bev-j Ci. The Hydro-electric Inquiry Com- 1"iatVii1,tr,t1,i'g."'ke strongly in favor: liaission would not finish its work be i Third reading was given to the! aiore the House rose; in tact, evidence ,bill to admit D. M. Denberg as a' jregarding the Chippawa Canal con- ilawyer in Ontario. W. H. Price ' Itruction would be heard at sittings 1(,erytry,1t,ier.ra,r,1ytlfr). moved the commencing on Max 12, was the 'i'rertef.'s1.2th" heist. hut found ew sup ', glistement ot Premier Drury to the _ Third readings were given to twoi 'ittetrituature yesterday, following an "bills respecting the city of Windsor;', ?,4nquiry by H. H. Dewart (Liberal. inn act to incorporate the village ofl it'Bouthwest Toronto). The Premier "rirton -Beaeh; an act respecting 'lliaaid that he believed that a. report {Kingston' village of Portsmouth and 1E'in addition to "1058 already made, ,ithe Kingston. Portsmouth and 't,-htutylic, dealing with the financial .Cataraqui Railway, and an act to if relations between the commission (amend the Pharmacy Act. t'i9nd the Government, would not be ', Considerable discussion took place .,teady before the House rose. ion the resolution of Hon. Peter ' Mr. Dewart made vigorous pro- .Smith. Provincial Treasurer. to pro- Ttest against this state of affairs. de- 'vide a sinking fund for bond issue: [Violating that he was absolutely op- (where such fund was not otherwisei i) posed to any commission being al- tprovided. The debate turned on the , lowed to run any irresponsible course tinanoial status of the Proyince, iii) ' l after the House had risen, when f) _W. F. Nickle, TCC., Kingston, was 'w, was dealing with a political question. vigorous in his criticism of the claim, i, . 'of the Government that such a sink- T No Justification. . ing fund would retire the debt of the! "'. There was no justification. he Province. It would do no more than; {went on. for the commission ap. pay a debt with a promissory note,'; pointed by the Government continu-l he argued. r ting to exist after the Government, _ ---..-.....-.--....-..-l _reteognizing the political situation. had gone'to the electors. Was this commission to continue to run its . course when the Government itself did not propose to continue? - Hon. G. Howard Ferguson, Con- servative Leader, took up the pro- r test, saying that the commission had 't i been appointed following allegations ' made in the House by the Minister without Portfolio (Col. Carmichael), , and that its most important duty :had been the investigation of the . Chippawa construction. Yet it was P. only now arriving at this most im- ' portant work. He suggested that, k' after all the work of investigation carried on by engineers and account- . ants. could it be a fact that the view reached by the commission was that never had it found a more etReient corps ot engineers in any organiza-i tion? 3 . Mr. Ferguson said he had "been: told" that Lloyd Harris was "flirt; ing with the possibility ot being at ; candidate in Brantford in the elem! _ tion." He did not know what truth: there was in the story, but probably, ' " Hydro was to he the issue. l,