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I a solution ist We si.' zkirka Water- 1ee,riiiile" pe3Arret'8 had Marinade "Public omiership," he "eoiiiiiiiied, "will die & natural death it the public Meaning the resolution. the speaker asserted: "Your resolution is a pure fishing expedition. similar to that in 1921 or 1922. when we spent over, $109.0_0q to say Hydro was all right. ment that m" antagonistic to it at Ottawa." In mph! to Mr. Muir. he said: "We had to buy 'ebec power or we could not buy our mt." "t hope before the House clo es," said the Premier, " will have some- thing to submit to you that will show we have made real progress under the present Prime Minister and Gov- tii'i',fl'f,','t at Ottawa. that is worth w e." lot this Province is continually fed {with suspicions by those who are op- 'posed to it." Referring to the last gfew years under the regime of Mr. lMagrath. Mr. Maguire and Mr. Cooke. the Premier said: "As I have already (pointed out. they are men of ability. lot good repute and known to have a sgrasp of the situation. and yet you isay we ought to examine every con- l tract made in these years. If we can- not have faith and confidence in the men we appoint to these positions. lwhom will we get to serve? No busi- lness is ever carried on by advertising ieverything you do out in the market (place, All through the lite ot Sir lAdam Beck there was a constant lettort to get Mm-a make this state- :ment that the effort is still on to get ',the Commission. I will show how l closely the members of the Opposition (are identified with it. If we cannot (have confidence in the men we ap- ;point to our Commission without all 1their affairs having to be continually i investigated, no man with any thand.. ling would ever take a position from Premier, in which Ontario had urged immediate progress. The reply re- carved, Mt. Henry Mated, was. in meet: "We are not prepared to do anything tor you " this time." Antagonism Alleged. the because the Government " Ottawa had been magma: in 1928. He read a. series ot tors which had been ' exchanged between himself and Right Eff} ' W: L._ AMackenzle King, then In asking for the adjournment ot the debate. Premier Henry said: " am quite prepared to take all blame attached to my administration. to my predecessor in office. He will stand out as a man who has treeomtplicihed a great deal, and I am proud to have "The Government has submitted to a Commissioner two purchases of prop- erty with considerable assets-an en- tirely diiterent proposition to the con- tracts we have ma.de with regard to electric current. These two purchases were submitted to a Commissioner for careful thought because we are loath to turn the whole thing into a tlshing expedition and have the whole of the Hydro affairs aired for the benefit of those who are opposed to it. We are going to give you the time ot your life in this House. We will expect you to come forward and repeat what you have been saying on the hustings." Mr. Nixon-we cannot do that. The Speaker won't allow it. The case is sub judice. Prepared to Take Responsibility. US. »." assettgd the speaker, "is _ r".. v. Univ WVCL'II" ( ment. the Premier asserted: "My com com is for Hydro. I live it in my life l and actions, which is more than can i be said for those across the my, and ot their Leader who is outside. He speaks about being in favor of public ownership and Hydro, but says no i word that bears out that statement. ( Those who are associated with it . know that an attempt is being made to besmirch the reputation of the Commission and to suggest there is something of a political character in I relation to the activities of the Com- mission. I challenge you to bring forward any one report that would I prove anything in the nature of I pcli:ical interference during the years l I have been a member of this House _ and a member of the Government or (since I took office." a 4.. vv IAJ'IHV W We cure of the needs ot the people of this Province." Giving assurance that the Hydro inquiry had not been restricted because ct fear on the part ot the Govern- mmw nu hum}, . -- been associated with him during the years I was one of his 1ieuteriants. We will justify every contract enter- ed into with regard to Hydro to\take cure of the needs M Hm ~---' -> Payment to Drury Played by Sinclair And Branded Illegal Fees In,, "I think." he said, "that the honor- able gentleman (Mr. Drury) was fool- ish in not taking the money when he was in office. He did not appreciate the money he was spending. Because a man is in public life, he does not make money out of his position. From that point. it would be far better tor him, in fact, to remain in private lite." Premier Henry, in explaining the transaction, contended there had been no attempt at, secrecy. and that it had been understood by Mr. Drury and himself that the warrant issued would be published in the regular way in the auditors' report at the end of the fueal year. Asking why this payment of what 3 he termed "public money" should be: kept, "sceret." Mr. Sinclair wondered," how the matter could be hoped to bef kept quiet, inasmuch as the despatch: of the cheque must have been known; to some sources. "This payment," he added. "may well shake confidence in: the Government to the breaking-l point." I "I have always criticized payments by special warrant," he elaborated. "Payments should go in the estimates " be voted in the House." , The head of the former Farmers' Government had left the money with the Province as a donation. and now had no strings on it. "The payment is illegal," he stressed, "because he gave the money to the Treasury, and abandoned all claim to it. It is illegal because. if a claim existed. it is out- lawed. It is illegal because it was paid by special warrant, and not pro- vided for in the estimates or in any vote of the House. Branding as "illegal" the recent. payment by the Ontario Government ct M.000 in back pay to ex-Premier Drury, Opposition Leader William E. N. Sinclair. in the Legislature yester- day, said that the "economy talk'" of the Henry Administration, under such cir_cpmstances. was useless. SECRECY IS DENIED BY PREMIER HENRY Back-Pay Remittance to ex-Premier Makes "Economy T a l k" of Government Use- less, Opposition Leader Declares