Mr. BOLE.

I find in ' Hansard ' this morning that 40 pages are occupied by the hon. gentleman, 35 of these pages being quotations from the Election Acts of the Dominion, of Ontario, of Manitoba and of British Columbia and letters which have appeared and which a good many of us have read in the public press. But I think I am voicing the sentiments of a good many members when I state that the substance of the hon. gentleman's speech is contained in the last paragraph in which he says :

Under these circumstances and subject to what the leader of the opposition (Mr. R. L. Borden) may say, but voicing I believe the sentiment of every hon. gentleman on this side of the House, I will observe that if these sections to which I have directed attention, sections 1, 13, 17 and 28, be maintained, the opposition will exhaust their constitutional rights in opposing this Bill before this House.

I have no doubt that an hon. gentleman is within his constitutional rights in spreading 35 pages of extracts upon * Hansard,' but if you allow me to suggest I cannot see that it adds much to the dignity or the value of the debate.

Mr. BOLE.

Yes, unless he has been seven years in the country.

Mr. BOLE.

He was the Conservative candidate in the north constituency in the city of Winnipeg.

Mr. BOLE.

Yes.

Mr. BOLE.

I do not know. I have other affidavits here with respect to the same Mr. BOLE.

election, but as they are not pertinent to this case but apply only to cases of corruption I do not think it necessary that I should read them. I have other affidavits sent me from other constituencies which I have not now under my hand and which 1 have taken no pains to bring, as they do not pertain to the constituency I have the honour to represent. I am ashamed that there are people in that constituency who would lend themselves to this diabolical plot. These affidavits to which I have referred, I understand, will he used by others in this debate.

I regret exceedingly that I have had to inflict upon the House these affidavits, but, when challenged by the leader of the opposition (Mr. R. L. Borden) to give instances and state names to prove that there was bad work in connection with the voters' list in the province of Manitoba, I felt it my duty to answer the challenge and submit the evidence.