, beckoning to him.

i gentleman who comes into House to represent the good old dis-

- very first instance, after his intro-

- 1,9 come right over to us; but?! ‘ course that wouldrft do.

_ powers and energies 0,1’ "19 h“

“ of Minister of Public Works; ‘ Premier and the Minister of‘ A8"-

l-wall over which he can see

11.6. 19 ' '

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LOQUEN

,111ashing {Criticism of Government Policies,

REPnESEnTXTlva II

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DURING DEBATE ON DRAFT Anon ass. IN A BRILLIANT

SPEECH HE DISCUSSES EVER¥ DEPARTMENT OF PUB. . _LIC AFFAIRS AND POINTS OUT SINS OF OMISSION AND I COMMISSION OF THE SAUNDERS GO

THE PAST YEAR.

“Folio is the speech delivered _by Dr. " J. ‘P. MaeMlllan in the Legislat". 1- on. March... 21st, during the deba - on the Draft Address:

Mn, S okerzfll am sure -it would be ajgr at disappointment to my hon. frieldsbn the other side" of the House if 1 allowed this Speech to go through without making some 're- marks o ‘ 1t._ To begln.with, I may take s, - out of the Premier's book, when he ticised tile ‘leader. of- the ‘bppositioxvfor saying there were ‘very few "tters in this Speech to discuss, an Yet it took him two hours or ‘ore to discuss them; the Premiere : ‘thatit was more or ' less of‘ ar vscademic discussion and gnoug n require very much time, yet I thin he took _o_ver two 1nd a half hou _ to discuss it. So, with my reputat on, Ixdo not know how long I am - lng to take!

In begirlni g I want tolcongratu- late the movlr and seconder’ of tho reply to the ddress. Probably "they tildes well a it was possible for them to do ith the material at their command 'I‘l1e Hon. member for Georgetown and the Hon. mem- ber fofméuml. rside ---bl;oke new ground for them elves‘ as they went slough-especially my k151i‘ friend from Summerside I do not know whether this Ho ' ever heard a dis-

Adafiisnd Eve, and~l0 their relative rates of speed, but'!11¥.ll1011. friend m Summerside 910W“ be“ yond doubt that o ‘for them was- "justabout as fast ‘H!!! 01319!‘- I Athink that u about. fyfar as 111s discussion on speed so A1139 mfldfi 1111111111" EPW111123”. W11“ ‘o ‘sslitliera were coma; _ "were circumscribed by ll!- "which hey could» not so

aopportunity in replying this A11- [dress because the chances were 111111 ‘he would never have allot! 01' 611111109 b of doing so. I wonder if h ll 81111118

into the far distance; if BIB 15.8-

fierhaps he sees in the future the g. s of a _ gubernatorial mansion open s flllfl

The Belfast Bye-Electlqill ’

I also lvish to welcome ule 111111- this

trict, oIBelfast. I suppose he is b11011‘? as~near to us,-wilere he sits noTvv B-i we shall cver get him. He did, liliulh“

, duction to the House, make a 111°". _ i

Tim. bye-election _ pign was *1

. vcryq-eruarkablo one. ‘It took all t 0 ¢nm‘nndcd by tho Field Marsha

‘ who couples the responsible pbsltiolil ‘ of that

culture, and the whole rank and file . of their followers ln.the_ llcusc. 1°" ,gether with those who are outslfl! 1 the llouseflbecause at no meeting in , u,“ “mpalgn was it going to bc mid that any one qhtbe 1111111119!!!“ eitlou would have to close that meet- lngwflney were. so. 5011""! "l" flgeyflwere always able to brill! m‘ “speaker after - - If"! "F! 1m‘ on two at the end of the meetinil- 111 Qfdgg-lo convince tile 111111119 431W uur- friend here shouldv-he elected. And they completed “It 10b; Wi- "l"

mode by some of the Mlllllkfl '1' he Crown who whet wdald 111W" he goodold district albums 11' My gu-ogoioet anyone _but _s_ Iol_ ' wer of the Sounder’; Go- mulch! ~ hm ho fault to..flud with 911° ‘A “dfiloiflst. Vlrhrmeuid they. u.‘ one session o! e legislature. ect enyegq but Q fallow" °' ‘h’ overnmolitl .1110 election, Mr- ‘ qr, meant _llntllllil~ Th‘ "u o; u.- tfl-M 11" 1"‘ l1 one WWW“ 9'" ‘h’ h“ ' (lemon M 311°19'55- n‘ , w not in mmlflfln

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cussion which car i?! ‘us back to .

ll-louse have

man of. never

the Premier seysis lust as good a ispeech as any that has ever been presented to this House. j do not know what his standard o!‘ goodness or excellence is, but I submit that if there .was no one onhis side of the House to whom he could have sub- mltted this Speech hfor correction, either as to facts or diction ho might at least have taken it up tqthat hon- gentleman who used to sit be- side him in the seat ‘which I now occupy, and who was so very criti- cal of those thlngs~ in fo__rl_n__er Speeches from the Throne. Surely he does not forget the way in which the _Hon. Senator TMacArthur ‘used to criticize those ‘lhillfls. Yet here we have, in the very first utterance in the speech of His Honor. Frank R. I-leartz, Lieutenant Governor, "on opening the Second Beleloll 0! 111B Forty Second General Asaembbrou Tuesday, 19th March, 1929;" and, in the paragraph immediatelyjollow- ing: "Mr. Speaker and gentlemen of tho Legislature of Prince Edward Island: At the beginning of the fie.- oha Session of the Forty First Gen- eral Assembly," etc. Isthls the For- Ly-flfgfl r" ' Assembly or the Forty-second? You can "go right through the Speech in the some way and find similar evidences of care- lessness which are inexcusable.

_ Should Have Had Help!

The Premier says he prepared illls Speech himself. I may say t0 him "well if you did. it is no cred- it to you." If that is the best thB-t the Premier of a Province can hand out in the way of choice B81311» 1"

. xwuld fbave_»been better.,_4l1_p,l_i__l01l11¢.- ' body elseassisted him in ‘tile mortal.“

It- is incorrect and clumsy; it is length without breadth; because, a.i_’- terall, there. 41s nothing in thl Speech pertaining to this M81811}- uro except a foreshadowing of. a. few bills that are. to beapresented $0 118- The rest is a summary of the con- ditions in the Province. Things that it- iswdifficult to see have an relev- ancy, matters with whichtho Gov- ernment have nothilld, 1"; 1111 t0 d0. are put into a Speech‘ from the ‘Throne and elaborated on by the Premier, evidently for the. purpose o! trying to impress the people of this Province that the Government has had a lot to do wit-h them durin 1-136 past year. If the P11111181‘ 111d ed briefly over those matters, it might have‘ been easy for me to go on quickly also: but he has elaborated on them in such detaii,_for the evi- dent purpose 0i 111811918 P991319 be‘ eileve that some of the credit must be due to the Government, that it is necessary to answer at least some of them. ‘ '

There are one or two non conten- tious paragraphs in the Speech, the first relating to theracovery of Hi8 Majesty tho"KinB, in which we I78 all in accord. The sentiments Q! the been utflea by the mover and secondcr and others who have already swktll in this debite- Lf wasjeclly wonderful. during the iline brute Bevel-clan’: moat serffibs 1111195.; to learn justfhow great a hold he had upon the world in 811161‘!!- wo knew, of course. that his 1X18!- tion in the-civilised world was rathli‘ uniljpe, because hi; fllrone, hl-l rule. was one of those very 19W $11M" “TM. till-ouch illilhaken by thetlinnoli o! GreatWar; and a good many of the other »fol'_rns_of government _did not 1w, “mu m, end of the war. B111 not

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without some». and, dim ¢11'°“'-*" ~19 with the government of Great

prittln‘ QM with .its splendid, Milli! orollialnwlt 1a only to shame q feeling personal satisfaction that r say tlint 1 know o! 110011.11: till-t has happened within our history It lent ~DO¥¢legrIut4tril1af to the edicsl profenicn. It il 1mi- versnlly clsnovleliped that the. 111v- 1118 of. e Mflfllh tlimlli M1111’ nuswni lssogepmiiy iii-china years, whose constitution ultielNl-ltilllefl minim . we in. micro nus will

ever hope "m; wfwsinsli, I 1011M- 11 surmise we hm t!»

tolhlallilillilli- P‘.

YERNMENT DURING

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session o1 this Ingislwtlm; the Hon. Judge Warburtou. as has been said, was indeed-om of nature's noble- men. It was a. characteristic of that splendid family, whose sincerity and friendliness is proverbial; and the late Judge Warburton was no excep- tion. 1 He performed" thenduties of every office with greatcredit to him- selfmand with satisfaction to the Province; and besides that he will leave to posterity his worktthe His- tory of Prince Edward Island. which

bored and revered for many years tn come. ' '

The late l-Ion.__Mr. Bell wasjlso a splendid man; q, rnqn, as has been said, of stmng will and intellect. At one time. as we know, he was Prem- ier of tau Province, 1 think it was the seconder of the address who said thethis Government was the best that this Province ever had-and thereby storied s discussion of course, We had heard _t_l_lat before. The-itse- mier came out to support him; but of course he does not say that the Bell Government was the best, be- cause- I suppose, he is looking now to his own reputation. All that the could say was that it was as good as and Government of the Province. At any rate, those two hon. gentlemen did their duty as they saw it, and ‘they leave. behind them memories of men ‘who had c._ great number of friends. The late Mr. Bell, in‘ his very last act, showed his friendship formhis native Province and‘ ‘for his native County in -one of the best ways that any man, whether he be a

‘ __ “it can ever be said of him that hewsstod any money; but if he was, able to save, the sick oand the poor" of Prince County are now going- to benefit, by it; and that is a great tribute to, him. (Applause),

The Late Mr. Agnew

Another gentleman has been men- tionedr-the late Mr. John Agnew. He was chairman of the Prohibition Commission, and while there occu- pied- rather-a ‘contentious position. I must say-that he was a very fair, squaro- man. Many years ago, Mr. Speaker, he occupied the honorable position which you now occupy. He was a splendid man in every way, was the Hon. flohn Agnew,’

The late Hon. Lauchlin MacDon- ald was probably nearly the last‘ of _t_i_le Old Guard. I know of one other -I do not know whether there is a second or not-of those men who oc- cupiedseats in this House-over for- my yeirs ago. Donald Allan MacDon- ald of Boston _ was a. colleague "or the Hon. Lauchlln MacDonald and I think the ‘only one left now of those who sat in this House over forty years ago. Those cull-eating links between the lament and the past are nearly all gone. We see them pes- sing in private life and we have ex- amples ot- them in public life. .

Fitting reference‘ also was made by the Premier to the passing of Mr. R. Ii. Montgomery. Mr. Montgomery was: personal friend of \lnin'e; I know that he was u good official while he was e. clerk of this House, mum sorry to liésr '51 m: m- lilll. ‘

. but year I took occasion in speak- ing to make reference to Mr. Ben- jamin Rogers, the Clerk of the House. I did not wait until his death,

reference to ‘him. I am glad now that I did. because he was an silic- but laflicsr. I have no doubt "that the gentlemen who has been ep- pomteg to succeed bin. Mr. Trainer. will also be an efficientclergl I not- ion that tbmfilholzietlur appoint-

ceunlmls iiluto vltbiml! time. osmium eve all mum»! Downed Miller» l nlhldopaenllnlvbmegosyq u; Prvmler Nougat-BIA“!

lemming;

of itself will make his name remem-'

Public, V nor uqthcan sbolvit, Ida. -. u»:

v an 0111c» o! this 8min. to nickel

mmlsveremscuetillomoinrot llilsiimvleuncism '1l1eP1-e-~ moi-amp 11in! been».

ask him if he has lived up to those public statements? He says he never makes iiiateiiient on the floor of this House which he cannot prove. There ls one “ ‘ement, Mr. Speaker, that he cannot prove! In fact he does just. the lsamellas we did and his practice now is the same as I have liW8Y5 indicated to him; that as much as political parties would wishrto make every appointment among returnedsoldiers, there are_ others who, of necessity, must be” considered at times. ‘Ihat is the rea- son why other than returned sol- diers received appointments. But the Premier always came out and said what s desperate thing -it was to appoint any except returned soldiers. Nov, when no has the Ip-

TnaOTcuARmTTarl-oww _ p"

Y on.

himself; and "Attorney f‘ ‘ In- manP-whoever that hon. gentleman was. It ls one of the remarkable tblngu-sbout__thls present Govern- ment that it ls very difficulty; find who is <tbe ' Attorney ‘ General, or whether there is an Attorney Gener- al or not; because» you may read the newspapers, and one time it is "Attorney General Inman"; if YOU read the Moncton papers, it is "At- torney General J. J. Johnston”; and if you read the press report about cases in the-Court, it is. “Acting At- torney General Campbell," or “Act- ing Attorney General Trainer." I don't know whether there is an At- torney General here at all or not; but I- "wil saying, that ii’ we have an attorney General, I think he

' ' »-+ . . . ,.,=.-.... .. ' HON. DR, “xi P. MJMMILLAN

pointments u. his own hands, he he- lies hiiown words.

Mfitlme Trade coloplmlooel-

With reference to the conference of Marltinie Prlfiiinces delegates at ‘Toronto, I may say thatifiild not have the opportunity, as so many had. of attending those meetings. I believe the object of the conference was a. good one, and as a. result I understand that ibis House will be asked to vote part of the salary of a 'I"rade Commissioner with headquart- ers in the City of Toronto. The pe- culiar thing about it, if I understand the Premier arlght, was this: It is doubtful whether we can ‘expect to get very much benefit from that ap- polntmentJ I understood him to say that it wts only in poor years, when the crops _were poor, .suoh_as last

event we could not hope toreap very much. benefit unless we kept our of quality. I agree with the Premier in that" statement, and I think it for Summerside, who gave a speci- lflc instance with regard to potatoes flerweight. It is most unfortunate ‘that such things will happen. The‘ liar instances of buyers having to go over so many oarloads of potatoes land elimina lbushels from those carioads, I sub- =mit that that should not be neces- isary, and that is one of the great ‘dangers to which this great potato too'bed that some people will always iry to make aiew paltry cents, oft- [of a. whole industry. It is very diffi- cult, I imagine, for inspectors, no competent they are, to dealvwith pveryr individual shipment, and must be left to the individual honor poi tho- shippers. It is unfortunate as out, got into the press, and in the end move seriously detrimental to Claim at flttbwl.

‘the next paragraph refers to the ajtbttawe. Tbs Premier dealt at great length with this paragraph and ‘year. Illa might have it, all It learn lav will. an! ‘H161

lit by that appointment. In that products at the verydlighest point was made also by the hon. member {shipped into the city of Boston und- i

Imover of the address gave us simi- ‘ te so many hundreds of I

industry is hfijgxpooed. It u really ‘en at the expense of the reputation matter how many there are or how ‘there ts no doubt that a lot of this I said, that such instances creep tau/nib! M! llmleulsr product, “vigorous presentation" afoul-claim all mithu had done during the bolt

year, that we would expect to bene-

should be acting on some of those ras"e's. I "do not see the l eeessity of having to pay others to do the work

drawing a salary for the position. Just now the Premier is ‘not in his seat; and I supnoseqthe Minister of Agriculture is "Acting Premier." It may be more important to go to Ot- tawa. to address a Women's club, or to go out to the PacIFcMCoast or somewhere else, than stay at home, and carry out the duties of the At- torney Generars office. The Prem- ier said he would sooner have a man “loll it out to him straight" than make an insinuation or draw, infer- ences. Unfortunately I havethe hab- it of telling it to hlm'"straight;" and when I did tell it to him in that way at a meeting at Vernon River, he was one of the maddest men I have seen in a long while. I con- gratulated ‘him at that time on the great trip-he had to British Colum- his, and! said the only unfortunate thing about it was that he came back. (Laughter).

MR,.R. H. cannon know who wouldn't be mod.

DR MacMILhAN: Well, if he had taken some of his foilowers- with him l" ‘think it would ‘have been a good idea. A prolonged holiday for the hon. gentleman who interrupt- ed me might be a. good thing.

MR. GORDON: Go yourself!

pa. MacMII-AN: Unfortunatly 1 am not in a position to take one of flhose triN; and when I do make. ions it will uotbe at the expense of the people of this Province. (Ap- plauso). A man may rise to high po- sition, and-ho‘ may be entitled to o holiday: but r elaimthat his action

I don't

as any other action.

Before I forget it, 1 want to con- gratulate my hon. friend from Mon- tague onbeingelectcdtu the ,. n- sible pmition of a member of His

i“i.‘lct"iilfléer' wiillg‘ thine 'l§ 54min“

in that regard is Iropen to criticism -

orb-o

pointed out by the leader of the 0p- position when he wad spfllullf "l1 ‘this subjectfthaf. there ls only one

‘way in which Prince Edwlrd Island can hope to get m increase in sub- sidy. If that one way has not been adopted duringftlle past your, then lit is useless for the Premier or any imembgr of this Government to come into this [louse Ind try to convince ithe people That every eflortrhas been ‘made to get an increase in subsidy ‘during the past year. The only way iin which an’ increase can’ be got is

lby following ' the recommeudati

‘of tho Duncan Commission, and that means that there must be n general

readjfistmvllt o! the subsidies of alliwh1ch he um u, m, "lumen, to dc- ""1" ‘"1" l" °"

the Provinces. And I claim that, this Province, us the one which i1 most vii-lily interwtedn-at the present time, is properly the Province which should make the first move, take the initiative. and try and get together

l a meeting cf the Premiers in order

that there may he a. final readjust- ment and l final settlement o! this veied question.

.1

Mr. _Ba a Questioned

I am glad__ the Premier lswrnow in

.his place. as he should be. l would ask him if he made any effort in this

regard, at following the only logical course io get an incl-vase in subsidy during the past year. If he did, then he probably has accomplished some- thing. If he did not, we may expect that he will comeback to" the House next year and make the very same statement. He comes inio this House with glowing reporisof the‘ way in which he and “Attorney General Ihmanf’ pressed the claims of till: Province at that great Dominion In- ter-Provineial _Conference at which there were so many subjects discus- sed, and so far as we can judge, at which no conclusion at all was reached.’ I would ask the Premier if he nude an effort do get together the’ different Premiers of this Do- minion in order to have an Inter- Provlnelal Conference arid inter- Provinclal understanding, or to ask a final adjustment oi’ our claims be made such as was recommgllyifii by the Duncan Commission during‘ the past year. Will my-hon. friend an- swer?

(The Premier ‘did not reply).

DR. MacMILLAN: Then I sub- mit, Mr. Speaker, that the statement ill‘ {hi Speech from the Throne, that this Government pressed our claims “vigorously” at Ottawa during the year, is_ meaningless The Premier visited Ottawa, a. short while ago, and after he had fulfilled the prime object ofhis vlsit—-which was to ad'- dress the dlinadiargwonlerrs Club- llflncidently saw some members of the Federal Government about some matters. Ls this what this paragraph‘ in the Speech refers to? Did he try io get the cc-operation of the Prem- iers of the other Maritime Provlilc- cs? Did he try for the co-operation of Premier Gardiner, who, at thei end of that conference of 1927 said he: would be glad to see Prince Edwnrdl Island get another $200,000? or Pre-' mler Broumlee, of Saswatchewanni who also expressed sympathy with? iliile Prince Eaward Island, the small‘ sister of Confederation? Don't you think it would have been a sim- ple matter for this "little aister," through its Premier, with all those men expressing so much sympathy, to at least get a conference togeth- er, In gel. this thing settled? Does tile Pl-omlol- think that ‘putting a paragraph like that in the Speech without being ahld‘ lo substantiate it in any particular, will be accept-I able m lhefiiooplor He says it is a strange thing that no matter what the Liberals no they get no credit, for‘ it, Probably it is just because so , many things are done in this W11!‘ they are put on paper, and when they are‘ ulllllvzed there is nothing in them. '