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- i a, 'tr_Ammsusse.) We have been ' 4iliiitiilii ed here for the despatch of orderly and proper mm. tAp- I 3 , St 7._ with two rd the most import.. plume.) That is the first reason. The . I , partmenis of the Government un.. other reason 5 an equally strong one. ; "Irt.ttrented in this House: with pron- and tt is that every person knows that M,? one-third of the Cabinet reject. we cannot. possibly oppose the choice ed y tre people of the Province at tho of Mr. Evanturel as Speaker of this last general election. (Apniause.) House. (Applause.) He has been our 1 Nearly two-thirds. It not quite two- Speaker as well as the Speaker of Iron. thirds. of the members of this House gentlemen on the other side of the are sitting hero to-day with their seats House. and when I say that I am in attacked. with the right to their seats accord and expressing the sentiments altacked by prrtester, and under all the ot the hon. the Premier of the Pro-- t'trtumstanert, I ray. and I propose to vim, because when I allude to him in i I be brief, that this spend is unseemly; 'xhat language I merely allude to the; ' and I chaltentr,e contradiction cf the ideal which is proper to consider In the I i,'!'lrttrttnt, I make that our position is selection of any presiding omeer.l, l unparalleled not only in the Province tt was my happy position along witty i of Ontario hut in any country or calonv the Attorney-General two years ago , l which has been, or fre now. or ever wjit to expres' satisfaction at the choice , y,'.' again. under British rule and under of the Government then of. Mr. Evan- ' 'he .'ytttT of resttotnsihle 'r,ovptrtrnent tutel as Speaker of this House, and I 'll or have it in Canada. (Apn'ausp,', In am prepared to-day, without going into i) cation to the crippled state of the detail or taking up the time of pp. "in net es " appears here to-day 1 de- gentlemen unduly, to say that I reiter- 'il,"ie,t/,',ir,,r, fey to thp SUgEeStion that the ate with the strongest feeling the senti- M', rP,,inNion._a.s to the right of cer- merits which I expressed then; and if 'dl..'). l Our t'itizens to Vote shall be I do so it is because he has proved, tT/C/int/l,"",!', the Jude-s ct the land while occupying the chair of this min?" 2/0"" "WWW with the nd- House, the eminent tttttmm of himself as the . "l tcn of justice, and placed ir apreslding oit"teer. It had been expected f ands or the momma" by a. more or less numerous section of EL this House. some of whom may he this House before Mr. Evanturel was; hrt'uled not to y"t the right to sit elected Speaker two years ago that he (in? I", members. The aetion cf the would have been advanced to the Cab- ix weinment is not only unparalleled met, and I am hound to say BO far as int it fully justifies the protest which his'party services and his ability is con- I lay: thttvctteu. to make on these ceraied that he fully deserves that hon- twr, ctueVns "f tho day. And al- or. 1am prepared to repeat to-day my though we firtd in the leading news- language on that occasion, and to say IPP"', organ of the Govrurntrtont this that I am surprised that even after this l morning: an article Indiratir.rr to a lapse of time Mr. Evanturel's claims to tuutta!n exttn..t the "TWIN " the Gov- sit in the Cabinet have not been recog- OI'nment; while I do not use the word nized. As my friend from Oxford has obstruction. nor will l furnish anything said. we have had a. large number of of the kind. l say that we will illustrious men who have filled the office "mug" this session tako Pvrt'y' mn-or- with honor. They have, so far as my tunity whieh oor.stitut0mal Parlia.. recollection goes. been eminently tttted i motary Nadir? affords of volt-in: our for the position they occupied, and have protests and objections to the course carried away with them when they left which has been pursued by tho Cross the Speaker's chair the good wishes and ) Moment. but MY can go no further warm regrets of every member. Mr.» i than that. (Applause) Evanturei. I feel bound to say. , re- _ " ' . . markshly well equipped for the pos tion Endorses the Nomlnatiou. . of Speaker. We have proved the truth I Now Mr. clerk, we do not |l!'l.p('se to of the suggestions made by my hon. divide the House on the Srreakwrshio friend, the Premier, and myself two for two reasons. each one of which in years 880. as to what might be expected Itself would it" a good reason. hut. the of him. or rather I should say he has two combined are unanswerahle. Our proved the truth of the language used first reason is this: As I have already then. Being fully as well equipped as intimated. we protest against our bo. any of the hon. gentlemen who have i log summoned here in the manner and cooupied the chair before him, tUtd BO l under the circumstances and for the far as it has 'been possible he has ex- ) purposes which have been indicated by pedited the business of this House with- , ' the Government. But we have n duty out unduly hurrying it, and in this re- 1 l to perform to the citizens who sent us erect he stands at the head. (Applause.) l here as their representatives and we My hon. friend also alluded to a matter most not Shirk that duty. Therefore it which I had not intended reterrintrto-- is that, I say. we cannot carry out our that arising from. the creed professed Intentions unless this House shall first by arr. Evanturel, who he said was my. chosen . we, torconduct the the first of " creed to Ibe'elected to that business of mu House in a. mp9, honors-hie position. My hon. friend has forgotten that the Hon. R. w. Scott manner under our constitutional s!!!- ' teen And therefore under any cir- the second Speaker of this House I . , r think. was also a. member'of that creed cumstimces such as this. however in- But I a 1 d th th f . tolerable we might feel the situation to to th m g a a e has re erred to it, be. having regard to the welfare and r e reason that it shows that with _ p the people of the British dominione in interests of the people of elm; Frogs? North America,' and in fact elsewhere, my: tax it ptgitfri'ifet; 'lull' be race and creed are neither a. quatifica- chosen in 0rd r that the buckles. ot tion nor an objection to a man occupy- the How: h9 id be nducted in an ing high public positions-ot-ree- " . o12 co and that we in the Province of Ontario I