March 19, 1902 (9th Parliament, 2nd Session)

Mr. BELL.

Will the hon. gentleman permit me ? That of course was the formal motion ; but was there not in addition to that a statement made by me, and repeated afterwards by Mr. Haggart, that the witness should be called because his testimony in our opinion would be important ? That, of course, does not appear on the record, for this reason, that the shorthand writers who made that record were instructed to put down nothing but motions and the evidence.