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Asked by Hon. Mr. Haney whether. under the date Conservative Adminis- tration. there had not existed the same provision for securing convic- tions under the O.T.A., Mr. Lennox replied that the same type of men had not been employed by Hon. w. D. McPherson when Provincial Sec- retary. " oairie touriiriiir6rthr"r Mao. since when did you send out instructions that no man was to be employed on this work without his character be- ing looked into? - -.- .. . Attorney-General-af the honor- able member will put his questions on the order paper, they will he answered. Following the .interruption Mr. Lennox stated that the County J udge, to whom he thought appeals should go, was a more detached omcial than a Police Magistrate, being re- sponsible solely to the Dominion Government. Outside of one or two instances, he ttocaared, cases result- ing in convictions before Magistrates had not averaged much more than ten minutes in length, yet in many "My honorable friend ( Mr. Raney)," the member for North York continued, "has 'been practising at the Bar for a. longer time than I have -.." Mr. Evantr--whictt bar? Mr. Lennox-Both'. (Daughter and applause.) A cases sentences running up into years had been imposed. "Instrucuons" to Magistrates. Reading a letter sent by the At- torney-General to the Magistrates of the Province, Mr. Lennox said that the latter omcitLIs 'were quite capable of interpreting the statutes without advice from the Attorney-General, who had seen tlt to send written "in- structions" to them in July last. The word "instructions" brought from the Attorney-General a demand for retraction. "I cannot and will not do that unless I am forced to do so," was the response. "What right has the Attorney-General to direct the Magis- trates of this Province?" . Continuing, the member for West Kent quoted what he. considered to be numerous instances of injustice under the OKLA. He did not believe much good would come from appeal to the County Judge on the evidence taken hy the Magistrate. His sug- gestion to the Government was that there should he tho right of election to he tried by Magistrate or County Judge. and from that verdict there should be no appeal. . M. M. MacBride. South Brant, who 01mm] the debate yesterday, ex- pressed the opinion that for 50 years: past legal minds had made a muddle of tcmperance legislation and its ettforeemcnt. He had looked for better things with the coming of law-makers who were not law- yers. Complaint and criticism com- mon in the Province because of the 0.T.A. were due entirely to the mat- ter of enforcement. he felt, and not to the act in itself. B mums, PEllittrtyNir"" SUBJECT OF CLASH AMONG LEGISLATOF Demand Made That Rev. Peter Bryce be Compell-, ed to Give Up Chairman-\ ship of Referendum Committee and Give Alli His Time to Pension Work GROSS INJUSTICES CHARGED BY M.P.P.'S Charges of maladministration of the Mothers' Pension Act. launched in the Legislature by T. Magladery. Conservative member tor Timiskam- ing, brought on a discussion which lasted throughout the greater part of yesterday afternoon. Various members Joined Mr. Magladery in condemning what they believed to be laxity on the part. of members of 1 the Provincial Board, and the par- ticular demand was made that Rev. Peter Bryce, Chairman of the board, be compelled by the Govern- ment to relinquish his chairmanship of the Referendum Committee and devote all his time to mothers' pen- sion work. The member for Timiskaming made special reference to two wid-' ows with children whose tinancial position he said he knew to be seri- ous. One of the widows he had ref- erence to, who had six children, had received only one cheque since the act came into force. The other. with two children. had received with none. Members Disappointed. He voiced the complaint that the act was not being administered as members bf the House had hoped it would be when they gave it support in the Legislature. Of the 60 or 70 widows in his district entitled to pensions, he believed only 16 had ever received the promised cheques. Interrupted by Premier Drury, and asked if he realized the serious- ness of the charges he was making, Mr. Magladery replied: "Yes. I am making a. serious statement and charge against the department ad- ministering the Mothers' Allowance Act." He declared to the House that the investigator chosen by the Government for his district of Timin- kaming was the lobbyist ot the La- hor party in the House all last ses- sion. He had met \Vm. Stevenson, the investigator, he said, wandering, about the streets of New Liskeard. completely lost. it was lamentable. he declared, that a man who knew absolutely nothing about the North country, and who admitted he had never been north ot North Bay, should have been chosen as Inspec- tor tor a North country district. Mr. Magladery asked for a full investi- gation. Finds Ready Seoonder. Endorsing the statements of the member for Timiskaming as to the delays in the issuance of pensions, M. M. MacBride, Brantford. de- clared he was quite prepared to move or second a, motion for the appointment of a. committee ot in- vestigation. He believed that po- litical connections had iattueneed the Government in the appointment! of some Inspectors, and protested that male Inspectors should be chosen at all to inquire into the at- .fairs of the needy widows. H. Hill, Conservative member .tor Ottawa, pointed out that for three weeks he had a resolution on the order paper asking for certain in- formation concerning Mothers' Pen- of the