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SATURDAY, MARCH lr, Hon. Mr. Haney Dislikes . y MacBrIde s Way of ";, Questioning l _____- ' "Questions and answers theret . usually a pazeifle and unentertaini (e item of routine business in t Legislature, yesterday provi something of a flurry when Attm nay-General Haney asked M. h MacBride, Brantford. to put in the form of a motion for return hi: question as to the number of lawyers, 'employed by the Government over a period of two or three years and the expense involved in that con- nection. Wants to Bury It? Mr. MacBride objected, stating he thought he was entitled to an an- ' swer in Just the way that had been,' requested. Hon. G. ll. Fergumni entered the lists. and asked the Ata ltornoy-General if the situation (AP, ithat he did not desire to give an Hinswer which would go on the iYotes and Proceedings, and thereby jlm available to the general public. ( :The Conservative Leader bluntly i' ascribed to Hon. Mr. Haney a. dc- _ sire to make a return that would be buried in the King's Printers and never reach anybody. Question Is Answered. I Although the Attorney-General .had stated that the information in- ivolved a. lengthy process of delving :ihroughr departmental documents, Ilion. Mr. Ferguson was of, the opin- ','ion that it was readily obtainable. iAny Minister, he said, could write down all the names in five or ten minutes, after which it was only a matter of adding them up. The matter rested when Iron. Mr. F Raney moved to have the question stand. One Act Introduced to Cod, soiidate Existing t Legislation l Legislation which will tend toward the simplification of the law with,' respect lo the preparation and revi- sion of voters' lists was introduced in the Legislature by Premier Drury yesterday. The measure, together with three others before the House, is to be dealt with by a committee. According to the Premier's expla- nation, the bill is intended to set out :in one act the law with respect to the preparation and revision of vot- ers lists as it now stands, both for . municipalities and territory without municipal organization, so that when the bill is passed it may be printed in pamphlet form and distributed to the municipal officials who are con- cerned in the making up ot the lists. Proposed changes. said the Pre- mier, were entirely in the interest of greater simplicity and savirg of up pense and trouble. For example. the sending out of quantities of voters', lists lo persons who may be dead, or who have no further interest in the, eloo,tora1 district, has caused a. great: deal of expense and trouble. Per-f sons entitled to receive copies would'; get them on request by paying neces- I sary postage. I The forms, too, have been simpli- tied. The Revising Otftcer is given Ste right to make changes in Part ne.