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C l '.':-f «| Parliaro®nt of Ontario _ c 'art of Ontario o-- I \~ e . | $EE070 PAguiament--rirst SESSION. ... at oo "he is e § / a Trurspay, Dec. 21. ({(% _'i'l | _ The CLERK took the chair a; three i 'a | o'clock, e | _ Hon, Mr. BLAKE real the following . | ; | statement :-- : f.! r-- § GQGerntlemen Oof the Lenislati»» Assemh'» s }f* ' . : | _ His Execiiescy thre Lieut..Governor com|{ _ | wands me to acquaint you that the Hon. f 6 Richard William Scott, member for the cify i ; | of Ottawa, and also Speaker of the Legisla-- & | tive Assembly, has been appointe Commis-- . [ sioner of Crown Lands of the Province, and | , | that bis seat in the Assembly having theraby IMB * | become vacart, the appointment of another i ® a ?pealégr ivs rendered necessary, It is there ;" o ore 12 ' CS ': 1 .", 7;; ' 'Asuro "..'. +5 J U .'. i;"?lfi « h | forthwith choose a ftand proper person to be [{ _ 9 | your Speaker, and that you do presont him M whom you bhave so chosen to His Excellien y W . | the Licut.--Governor in this House, to--mor-- | n | row at ore o'clock, for His Excelliency's ap. M a $ probation,. t e o ELECTION OF A NEW SPEAKEER, * i Hon. Mr. BLAKE said--I proceed to per-- o . | form the daty that has fallen on me--that of | 14 oraciing a person to the chair, rendered va 1¥ "l' cant by the acceptance of Mr. SHhot# of an | | . °_ | office of trust and emolument unrder tho } [ Crown. I do not propose, in the present un-- J 1 | organized condition of the Houss, that we | 6 1 | should on this occasion discuss the question [ WW ? | of the organization of the Administration | . M e | I will make but a simple statement on this | § subject,namely :--that the organization of the | weiiee . | Administration has been completed, and that 1 | Mr. Mackenzsie--whom, at the earliest ; 1 moment, I had reqvestod to unde:fake tho [( , | arduous furctions of the Tressurership, and [{ p | whom I could not induceto do ro, has yielded [R . | to my solicitations, and is now Treasurer. Ns3 | Mr. Gow has accepted the office of Provinci 3 6 ; |] al Secretary, In reference to explanations [| : . | asked by me on a former cccasion, 1 wili 5& give them whenthe House is organized to-- ||, §§ , | morrow, The explenations will be full, per-- + haps fuller than usual, and I believe they [ wiil be ratisfactory to my friends and ths | country. IEnow beg to move that Jamess ; : § George Currie, member for Woelland take the _| chair of this House as Speaker, fHe has had W ecnsiderable legisiative expericnce in the olfi I Province of Cansda, and I bhave no doubt he , will maintain his own t.l;\sj'.xilj sad thas of |f this House, 'The short experionce we have [M had of him in the conduct of that portion of the business that has falleon to his share in this House proves that he will be an accopt-- I able person for the pocition to which 1| verture to hope he will be clected. l | _ Mr. PARDEE seconded the rominal ion.. _ | | _ Hon. I. S--MACDONALD said he did 1 ;t rise to object to tho member for Welland. fl§@ | ;He bad the honour, a few days ago, to pom--» g immate to the chair a gentlemsn who held a t high position in the Conservative party. [/ % He hailed the proposed change with ur-- k3 mingled satis/action, because of the con-- ~K duct of the late Speaker -- conduct CL4LA~ which he did not think Mr. Currie [{ would be guilty of, nameély, lobbying againat E the very party that had elected him, He & would not at present say anything respecting {[! the new appointment. p Hon, Mr, CAMERON ro--echted the state. e ments of the member for Cornwall He, :%* hoped the new Speaker would not endesvour (h sR to interfere in the political organizations of |[l the House. He believed that Mr. Currie ) %{, would exercise impartial condact in the i. > chai.l'. « | ;'" § R Mr, PARDEEregretted that the member for % Cornwall should have thought it necessary to s cast reflecthonsupon a gentleman who conld not % be present to defend himself--a& gontleman {&~. who stood high in the country, and who if M on the floor of the House was quite able to [ _ _ defend himself. _ He was not aware that the t late Speaker was guilty of the conduct al-- 'fz leged against him, He had been elected by } _ 'y a majority of this House and -- he iJ _ (Mr, Pardee) believed that his present cou 8 : s was spproved of by a maijority of this\ House. He had pleasure in seconding the . motion, 6. Mr. RYREERT congratulated the membé for Welland upon the position in which he was about to be placed. £o Hon, Mr. BLAKE did not think fit all, | this time to reply to the statcments thak had been made; and he hoped the House kwould proceed at once to the election 0 & | spe'ker. y ;{ | The motion was then put and carrie@" unsnimously, and the Hon. J. G. Curric, wa§, eonducted to the Chair by the Hon,. Mr., Blake and Mr. Pardee. ( ~ e Mr, SPEAKER briefly thauked the House, for the honour conferred upon him. He. rould strive to fulfi] ubics ol_ MB