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= _ var - -'-T2'T"""" . .., " Ci; "Barsome that they could not givel 'r, . . anybody anything. , Tr. T "Many unmarried mothers have' q i no home. so the State would have to . establish homes in which to keep! ' the children. Is Ontario prepared to do that? Are you prepared to . -"-~ testablish individual homes for un- ' married mothers and bring up their children?" he asked. ' . ' Owe It To Children. . ( Mr. Brackin brought up the ques- - lion of deserted wives. 1oR1frle,,t.' the [ . ' fault was that of the mot er or t e tAmendments to Pensions Bill rather, the State owed it to the l, 1 . children to see that they did not suf- _ l I Are VOted Down m fer. A husband would run away; i, i _ perhaps to the United Stlates,ban;i it! t ' ' . was im ossible to bring im ac c. l, l Committee "Woupld that not put. a premium) kr -- on descrtion?" asked Mr. Rollo. _ Mr. Brackin thought not. If a: l . ONE CHANGE ACCEPTED man was so low as to leave his wife! ' and children for a possible pension) i ...__._.__. they would get, he would geseigthg'ml 'l I . . . n wa . He also objects to e l 1 _ Premier Willing to Make Ath . 'l/i7ityiid to a widow who was1 the' 1 ' . . mother of two and more chil ren, . Applicable to Natural'z' l but not to the mother- of one child.t ' ' . i "If there are two halides fthey1 get a , ', decent show in lite; u i on y one, I , ed Subieots ; it shifts for itself." he pointed out. . V The Premier thought that pétying. _ . . " . i r deserted wives wou put _ 7" .After considerable discussion, cel - l Ifgcginituom on desertion. There was' . tam amendments to the Mothers' ', no question, he said, hut that a great 'Pensions Bill, introduced by Mr. , many ill-assorted couples tteff', held 1/: . . . . ' I to other by the common a ec on or (IIT') "one voted down In the, ltligeii- children. Moreover, there were _ tI.egislature yesterday while the bill F 'two sides. in most cases, to desertion. - was in committee. An amendment} iand it was a question if the woman by P. Heenan of Kenora met the; lwho was the cause of the desertion iwere a fit person to take charge of same fate. i Ethe children. "Let us take one step Mr. Ileenan's amendment was tol, lat a time," he said, "and not three the effect that the clause stating! fsteDS and fall down." that widowed mothers of two or' Bring Husbands Back. more children were entitled to re- _ rt. R. Hall, Parry Sound, suggest- ceive aid should be changed to read ed that It 'irg,'i,vann"2m,t, getgtugy and ., bring bac - us an s w o a run widowed mothers of one child or away, and make them support their more. Mr. Curry's amendment in- wives. Mr. Homuth agreed with this. eluded this and also asked that land also suggested that they should where the bill read widows, the .make deserted children heirs to any Word should be changed to "moth- property the father might have. ers without adequate support"; Mr. Keenan and Mr. Curvy then that the clause relating to those we introduced their amendments, which ceiving aid that they should he were opposed by Hon. George Henry British subjects by birth, should he and General Ross. The two latter, changed by adding the words, "or were in sympathy with the hill, but, by naturalization": and that a felt that too much should not be; clause should be added reading that put it in at first. Mr. Dew-art said; "mothers" should include mothers that the Liberal party had taken a. of Illegitimate children. stand on the matter, and hoped he; Hon. Mr. Haney voted for Mr. Government would accept the sug-ll Heenan's amendment, and Mr. Ate- rrostions. Replying to a criticism mussen voted against Mr. Cttvry's from Mr. Henry, that members had amendment. not read the report on which the Later, Mr. Dewart asked the hill was based, Mr. Dewart said that ' Premier if he would accept the por- he had read the report. and had 'l tion of the amendment regarding drafted a bill based upon it, but had naturalization, and the Premier said not Introduced it when he heard that he would. The bill now stands for the Government was going to intro- third reading. duce a bill covering the problem. Bill an Experiment. M... Mr. Curry held that the act should . 1 _ include mothers of children and not , SANDY BILL AWAITS i only widows. Deserted wives should I be considered as well as the mothers I of illegitimate children. This view ITS THIRD READING was strongly supported by Karl Homuth, R. la. Brackin and Peter . ---------.----- Plieeign, and opposed by Mr. IRollo, MAKES IT r/,ii,r,idi,i?iii,rsieste,erri the remier. lion. George S. Ienry , , T , and General Ross, on the ground LH2CortFEtoM ONE HOUSE l that the bill was an experiment, and TO ANOTHER : it would not be wise to load it up ------------' i with too much detail at the start. i The Sandy Bill, stBpping the} Mr. Dewart held that Mr. Curry's 3' ' . ... . . '.') amendment embodied the stand 1s?o,rt-c"cuiti/ur ff "yy" m On taken on the question at the Liberal stario. passed (committee of the Convention, and tor that reason, he {Whole at the Legislature last night. said, the party supported it. iOne word struck out makes it legal . A standing vote was taken on the 1to transport liquor from one dwell-' amendments. I ing house to another dwelling house. A". .amendmem .10 make the knembers pleaded that this should municipality responsible for 25 per lbe legal, as in many cases sickness cent. instead of 50 per cent. wat, {developed in home-s, and liquor . voted down. Ewhich would be beneficial could be Should Avoid Aspersion, brought in from a neighbor's place. I . . Hon. TV. E. Raney pointed out the 3 Mr. H.omuth introduced discussion 'ti,iii'isii, of discriminating on illicit by bringing up the problem of 11letyy and legal traffic between dwellings. tlmate ctlldrem. who, he said, The bill now awaits third reading. l should be considered. Mr. Curry -_----- 3 agreed with this, and wanted to know "----------r----r-r-._-- ; why the bill considered only the children of widows. An illegitimate child, he said, might be of greater value to the State than those born C in lawful wedlock, and there should be no aspersion cast on such a chlid. . Dr. Stevenson agreed with 'this, ' view, and Mr. Tolmie said it was; - nat a matter of charity, but what the State owed to the children. Mr. . Rollo objected to the proposed [ . changes, as they did not want to . Joaq up the act and make it so cum- r _ _ - Fr fail. ,#_--___--_#