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Feb. 2 3. !HENRY NOW ADMITS RERUSED BY HENRY ' & Liberal Campaign Funds It's for Commissioner, Not Went to W. R. P. Parker, Government, to Decide, Premier Says + He Declares Cn the request of Senator A. C. As far as Premier George S. Hentry Hardy, Presfdent of the Ontario Lib-- and his Ontario Government are con-- * \ | cral Association, Premier Henty, in cerned, no further counsel will be ap-- | the Legislature yesterday, expressed _ pointed to the Royal Commission in-- regret that in a recent reference to quiry into the $50,000 Aird--Mada-- Beauharnois contributions he had in-- waska payment and the Dominion ;\g\'ortently coupled ithe Pé;sl(:;nt of Power and Transmission Company e Liberal Association w e re-- s # ade this per-- céipt of $3,000 in campaign funds pu.chas:._ Mr. I;I]enlr_'y;n;,dv th se ;Ze & instead of the name of W. R. P. fectly plain in the Legis ature.y $ Parker, Vice--President, to whom the day, when, in answer to an interro-- | Bcauharnois contribution had gone. gation from Hon. Harry C. Nixon, | _ The Prime Minister's regret, and the Progressive Leader, he stated -- em-- request which prompted it, were ex«-- phatically : | pressed in letters which passed be-- "I shnought I had made our attitude | tween Senator Hardy and Mr. Henry clear some days agzo. The Govern-- | during the past few days. These let-- ment appoirted a Commissioner to ters were read to the Legislature yes-- bring out the facts in connection with & | terday. the purchase by the Hydro of the s " . Madawaska power properties and | Se:ator s.beucr'.to He:") Mr. Henry with the Dominion Powsr transaction. | wa;gnaton Hardy's letter to Mr. Hentry The Commissioner was authorized to "AAy 4 Inickay: engage what counsel he saw fit, I My dear Prime Minister: havsgnothinz further to say." "In the reports of the debates of Mr. Nixon's imerrcsation was fout Lomee on Tusstiay (I hink) YOU | couched in the folld'\r.'ingalanguagez are reported as saying in connection "Is'rfore the orders of the Gay are with Beauharnois contributions where called, may I be permitted to draw to forie one whe supposed to have had * your ét'tcmian an item in this morn-- considerable subscription given to him, ing's Globe under the heading, 'Ex-- that 'he was not a piker like the hibit One x which reproduces the Ciesifent of the Eintario Liberal Asso-- | ('f;ver of the Dominion Power and clation.' That this refers only to the Transmilgion Company contract, subscription that was taken for the showing that the firm of Tilley, Johns-- Ontario Provincial Party of two or ton, Thomson & Parmenter acled for i mn and hate beeh tor many yesis [ || the Hyoro in this deal, which is under Ihe Pregiuent or ine ts "ta | inquiry, and in view of this disclosure the President 'of the association and, | may I ask uhe Premisr if he proposes s y.o_u know, was not t he party who | | to maintain his attitude in regard to received this contribution and, as a counsel or will he give direction ts wire\\ qo of fact, 1 knex nothing of it | the Efimmissioner that when our lino > o hok rivreg ow y i | counsel appsars before him on Thurs-- | _ "I have been President of the On-- day he should be accorded full recog-- itarm_leeral Association for so long | aj "ionva'h d rights of full participation | ihnt JC it &A _ sely well-knc_)wn fact Tifl'tho procsedings, without cost to the ! throughout the country, and it is most | Provi 9.,.T" e' ' unfair to me and. indeed, to yourself To UEA P i s l lnnn onl nnnmrmlnnenin | that such a statement should be made even in error and published. I think !I am entitled to ask you to explain on the floor of the House very shortly this error on your part and to make what amends may seem to be fair | to you." lPremier's Repi:+. | Mr. Henry wrote in reply: | *"My dear Senator: In reply to | yours of the 19th instant let me say I am sorry that in referring to the Beauharnois contribution of $3,000 to the Ontario Liberal Association I in-- ' advertently said this was made to the President of the association, when I should have said the First Vlce-; President. I do not think any one in | the House was misled, as it was clearly shown in the Beauharnois in-- ;vestigation that the payment was | | made to Mr. W. R. P. Parker. How--| ever, as I have never seen at any time | where you have dissociated yourself ' from, or expressed disapproval of, Mr. ' Parker's acceptance of this money, as did Mr. Sinclair, I quite understand how you feel there may be confusion in the public min on the matter, and I will be glad to e ~lain to the House that it was the 1 .¢rst Vice--President, Mr. Parker, and not yourself, the President, who actually received the: money"' .l