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The Government counsel and 11., . B. White, counsel for E. W. Backus._ 'Dressed witness closely as to whethuI or The Telegram editor had men- tioned the fact-that information had already been received from Mr. Porter at the time this request was made. As far as he could recollect, said Major Lewis. no such state- ment had been made. The interview had been very brief. , Never Saw Them Before. On the suggestion of Mr. Mc- Carthy, the commissioner asked Major Lewis if he had ever seen these documents before. Major Lewi---No. Mr. McCarthy-That establishes my position that the telegrams were never relevant. ( in the Judgment of the Appellate Division the telegrams were return- ed to the commissioner with direc- tions that they should be admitted as evidence only to aid the specific task of the commission. The courtl ruled out their admissibility as far. as they threw light upon the source or the information upon which} Major Lewis based his charges. But! as the commissioner had not set forth his reasons in the form of al stated case and as there might be occasion when the telegrams would be relevant as to the matters under inquiry. the court returned them with the above instructions. Chief Justice Mulock thought that the .production of the telegrams and P,e, die in evidence were within "tto scope of the "Publie Inquiries Act." 1tusgisiature Passes 75th Day, t 11 Days More Than ' i. Record Length '; i MUCH YET TO BE DONEi . Hopes are being expressed at1 Queen's Park for an ending of the' Legislature session at the end of this i week, with formal prorogation in the l middle of next week. Legislators} face the hardest week's work of l the session, with morning, afternoon and evening sessions, with Public 'Accounts. Legal and Private Bills 1' lCommittees holding their few re- t mainlng meetings concurrently with 1 House sessions. I The fairly numerous remaining 'items of more than ordinarily con- l tentious nature will compel a real et- t l fort on the part of the Government land the members. and drastic cur- Itailment of discussion. The Radial, E Bill has yet to come back to com- imittee for approval; the Lake of' t [the Woods Control Bill is not ya l through second reading; the Lennox i charges will be open for discuttsioni, when the Public Accounts Commit- tee's reportis brought in, and lastly, _ there is some prospect of a debate l' on the Lewis charges when Com-r missioner MacIntosh sends in his I report. ' Already the session has exceeded . Iall previous records by 11 days. So Ifar this session the legislators have assembled on 'ti", days, as ',r'm,5t,'i5f, with 64 days last session, w ich, .created a record up to that time. I Whatever the cause, the length i of sessions under the Drury Govern- Iment has practically doubled in i comparison with the old days, under the Hearst and "Whitney regimes. one reason undoubtedly being the fact that there are three distinct groups in the House. _