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The Liberal Leader was particularly critical of Premier Ferguson, charginz that he had broken his pre--glection promises that there would be no **politi-- cal interference" in the administration and enforcement of the Liquor Control | Act: that he had issued the educational ; : book, "Great Men of Canada," with po--. |litical intent; and that he had a 1929 'election up his sleeve--with everything ready to "press the button"-- and that he could not denyv it. Government policy in regard to rural Hydro. particularly the system of indi-- vidual long--term contracts now imposed on the farmer, was vigorously ds-- nounced. © C ks uic e i oo o. V Ne _ Wenke > RebACAEEL EY to walk off untouched. It was thi \first time that a widely advertised ; Leaders' Day resolved itsolf into a one-- man affair. Mr. Forguson, however, | will be heard from tomorrow --after-- ;'noon. and with him. preceding him, 'Progressive Leadoer John G. Lethbridge. who will pick up in the Opposition a+*-- ,tack where the Liberal Leador quit it yesterday. Heavy Bombardment. Mr. Sinclair's criticism of the Gov-- ernment was fired from a doz>n differ-- ent angles. While he failed to looss any bombshell of "wandering ballot" pro-- portions, he neverthciess had somcthing up each sleeve for his Government tar.-- get, and he hurled what he had with abandon. Culmination of his attack came in the shape of an amendment to the Address--a want--of--confidence mo-- tion. to be exact, "deploring the failurc 'of the Government to appreciate the difficulties of the farmors of Ontario, and condemning its indifference and activity in neglecting to afford that re-- lief to them which lies within its Liberal Leader William E. N. Sin-- clair had a big day in the Legislature yesterday when for upward of two hours he raked the Perguson Adminis-- tration and its verious departmental policies fore and aft and got away without so much as a single shot of retaliation. It was the first tim> in the memory of the oldest members of the Hous> that Opposition bombardment on +h opening of a debats has been left un-- answered by the Government. It was the first time since the present Ad-- ministration came into power that Prc-- mier G. Howard Ferguson has "held his punches" and allowed the cnemy 2? :valk off untouched. It was the re WE geble:s gtulle ELECTION IN 1929 AGAIN PREDICTED Sinclair's --Broadside RakesFerguson Policy And GoesUnanswered Liberal Lcad 'The cross--fire between Mr. Sinc ,/. ef LaunCheS and Gc;vernmcnt members started o most with the opening of his add tgorous Allack and "This," said the Liberal Leader, olitical Interference in Liquor Conirol Act En-- forcement _ Condemned and Government Policy T oward Rural H ydro V chemently Denounced | Premier _ Holds His the Punches -- Neglect _ of ject Farmers' Needs Is Re-- . peatedly Charged Mss Z//Cdlfle SJa ts varicus departmental and aft and got away uich as a single shot of ks "And I may tell the honorable meom-- b~r from St. Davids," retorted Mr. Sin-- iclair. "that it is godbd--bye for him,. since. I understand, he is to have a 'cf:omfortable position in the court of-- ices." ' Continuing,. the Liberal Leader de-- clared that the financial activities 0' ) the Government would not allow an:-- other session before an appeal to th« people. While there had been addi-- tional revenue of $6,533,000 in the past [' year there was only $359,000 surplus. This yvear there would be no $2,000.-- 000 from Hydro to prevent a deficit. _ Moreover, said he, the Prime Minister _ wants to go to the country before the Liquor Control Act "runs its course much longer'"; and a third reason why he should go before the people shortly / _ is that in the ncar future there would hnave to be increased taxavion to pre-- "_-- vent a deficit. | _ "Those," said Mr. sinclair, "are three ) reasons why this is getaway session. '_And the Conservative handbog_k f2 the election is already printed and in the hands of the party." Asks Frankness. He noted that election rumors had been rife, but that on Jan. 30 the Pre-- mier had said: "The matter has not been considered by the Goyemment."' He thought that the Premier should take the House into his confidence on his election dsocision. 4 "Of course," said Mr. Sinclair, "the Government does not have to consider the matter. The Prime Minister does the considering, pushes the button and away you all go." . o M Then Mr. Sinclair referred to the Bpeech from the Throne and pictured it as "the turkey the day after Christ-- was, with nothing on it and nothing in w.." He felt that he should congratu-- late William Morrison _ (Conservative, Yamilton East) for his ability in "drumming up" something to speak about in moving the Address. At any rate. said he, Mr. Morrison had furnish-- ed at least three chapters for the nest volume of "Great Men of Canada," for his address was chiefly on Sir James Whitney, Sir William Hearst and lHion. G. Howard Ferguson. _ _ 8 good--bye session--our getaway before ; the appeal to the people." ___ "You mean good--bye for you." inter-- | jected Hon. Jossph E. Thompson (Con-- servative. Toronto--St. Davids). "No longer," Mr. Sinclair continued, "is there the great Conservative Party. It is the great Ferguson Party. He is the leader. He is the policy. And you all pound your desks as soon as yOu hear his name." § s m"i"l'xe"wcc;;'?{';{r'nent membors greoeted this sally with the desk--pounding re-- ferrod to. S eoak > o In fact, the Liboral Leadeor continucd. every member gave way with soll-- abnegation. _ "Y¥ou fiastter ms," eountered. j _ "You've got used to it by ni Binclair retorted. Watlers's Reported Resignation. Mr. Sinclair continued, to refer to the report in The (Globe that A. V. Waters (Conservative, Cochrane North) had handed in his resignation. He noted that Mr. Waters had just come into the Chamber while he was speaking and hadn't been in his place to speak to this matter before the orders of the day. "Perhaps he doesn't read The Globe," said K. K. Homuth (Labor--Conserva-- tive, South Waterloo). "That's his loss," Mr. Sinclair shot "Good--bye Session." The cross--fire between Mr. Sinclair and Government members started al-- most with the opening of his address. e bruvdr now," Mr. Ferguson 'y/»/fé Mr. Perguson took a hand to pgpint out that the Speaker received resigna-- tions and forwarded them to the House. But, said Mr. Sinclair, the Spcaker eouldn't forward Mr. Waters's resigna-- tion if the Premier had shelved it in his office. This said he, was only further proof of the autocracy of the Prim: Minister. ie s But, he went on, there was at least one Government member who hadn't bean completely "self--abnegated." and this member was Foster G. Moffat (Conservative, South Bruce). For, had not Mr. Moffat "put up" to the Gov-- ernment the matter of high Hydro rates in Bruce? "However," said Mr. Sin-- clair, "if ever he speaks again, his speech is going to be looked over before deliverance. He'll eitheor tune in or keep quiet." < ; \ In reality, said the Liberal Leader, 'the two chief topics in the Speech were old--age pensions and the changes in the Election Act. "And both these were pressed on the Government by the Lib-- eral Opposition in this House, and brought in by reason of the action of 'the Liberal Opposition," said he. '"American" Seating Arrangement. The Speech from the Throne, Mr. Sinclair went on, had the usual para-- grapn about the prosperity of Ontario. But such prosperity, the Liberal Leader thought, was not due to the Ferguson Administration as suggested, but to the Ottawa Government. Champions Municipalities. Next he fired a shot at the Govern-- ment on the old--age pensions schemse. He declared that this wealthy Prov-- ince must not pass on a burden to the already overtaxed municipalities, but must assume the entire responsibility for whatever relief was to be given. Next he scored the Government for its proposals to establish tourist parks and equip them with cottages. '"You say you cannot afford to take up cot-- tages under the land seitlement scheme with the Dominion and Im-- perial Governments," he told Mr. Fer-- guson, "but you can afford to do it for the benefit of Yankees." "We're simply following the of the Dominion Government," guson explained.} ------_ ./ .. "I'm not interested in that," said Mr. Sinclair. "What I'm interested in is that you are taking away the livelinood from people of Ontario." The Govern-- ment, said he, was going into the tour-- ist business in direct opposition to some Ontario people who depended on it for their living. * & agie f Why, he continued, probably the Stars and Stripes would be flying over these tourist cottages, and the Govern-- ment would be installing bowling greens and golf links for the benefit of gentle-- men from south of the border. & Next he noted that in the Speech there was no mention of the Townships School Boards Bill. Probably the Pre-- mier had got tired of bringing it in and getting no support. | He noted that there had been a sug-- gestion of a change in the seating of the arrangement of the House, that the Premier proposed the American Con-- gressional system of seating. Surely, he thought, this was & strange preference for such an ardent Imperialist as Mr. Ferguson. But perhaps the Premicr foresaw the day when the people would reject him from office, and he planned to change the seating arrangement so that he might even then avoid sitting in the same Opposition berch as had Mr. Sinclair. f "I'll give you my personal assurance," Mr. Ferguson interjected at this point, "that after another election you'll be sitting just where you are." _ _ "Here you have the inside story of how the Government is run," chaffed the Liberal Leader,. . "What's the use of Ontario paying $76,000 a year for Cabinet Ministers when one man can do the job alone?" Addition of three new Cabinet Min-- isters, as prophesied by a Toronto even-- _ Mr. Sinclair read a newspaper story which pictured Premier Ferguson as hnolding down every Cabinet position at Queen's Park. one day last fall. Why Pay Cabinet? _ "With that," said Mr. Sinclair, "goes the thought that there will be no re-- arrangement of the seats." s ing paper, would, he declared, create a $100,000 Cabinet--a pretty expensive us example Mr. Fer--