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The Legislative Chamber has never been as crowded as it was yesterday. It has never before presented so colorful a picture. Long before noon queues were forming at the entrances to the galleries. Before 2 o'clock the more favored guests, ladies in particular, were being seated in the Chamber proper, and were contrib-- uting wealth in hues of raiment to the kaleidoscopic spread of color be-- fore the throne. Clamor for Admission. In the Speech itself they were perhaps disappointed, for it made only passing reference to the coun-- try's decision for a change in the present liquor laws, and-- carried really nothing of a startling nature. But they followed all the old and time--honored ritual leading up to the Address and beyond with un-- feigned interest, and the movements There was a constant clamor for admission to the ceremonies, and a qu%rter of an hour after they were under way people were still milling in the corridors of the build-- ing, pleading at entrances with on-- duty officers for a glimpse of the writing of a new leaf in Provincial Parliamentary history. Chief interest of the guests centred in the first official appear-- ance in tne Chamber of his Honor Lieutenant--Governor W. D. Ross: in the much--heralded election to the Speaker's chair of William David Black, Conservative member for Ad. dington; in the initial performance by Major Alexander C. Lewis of his duties as Clerk of the House; and in the Spcech from the Throne, which, despite press advice to the contrary, was presumed by many present to have several "jokers" up its sleave. Ontario turned from the sixteenth to the seventeentr page of her Legislative history yesterday. ;& new Lieutenant--Governor, a new Speaker and a new Clerk of.--tRe Assembly loomed large in the 3 o'clock cere-- muules at ineo Parliament Buildings. Otherwise, the formal opening wase the afd, old story redone, with Pre-- mier G, Howard Ferguson incon-- spicuously, yet deftly, steering the shi» of State over the shoals com-- monr to any inaugural, to a brilliant and sutcessful conclusion. sSpeech Not Startling. BLACK IS CHOSEN AS NEW SPEAKER PICTURE IS COLORFUL AS NEW LEGISLATURE BEGINS FIRST SESSION rowded Assembly Hears New _ Lieutenant--Gover-- nor Read Speech From T hrone, Which Contains Only Brief Reference to Government Control Bill \ ho rsd ay, FQ_\, § it« . _ Following the Address the Prime Minister introduced the bills neces-- sary to place the business of the House oficially in motion. Adjourn-- ment of the House until this after-- noon, when Major 'P. Ashmore Kidd and Dr. Paul Poisson, respectively, Wwill move and second the Address in réply, was then moved by the Prime Minister; In the election of Mr. Black as Speaker the public had the oppor-- tunity several times of guessing as to "what would happen next." The Lieutenant--Governor conveyed to the House on his arrival that he could not meet the Legislature without a Speaker. He retired, and Premier Ferguson, seconded by Hon. George 8. Henry, promptly essayed the task of moving Mr. Black's election. The Clerk put the motion. "Aye," said the House. Tribute to New Speaker. of the Lieutenant--Governor and party to and from the Legislative Chamber, were the cynosure of all eyes,. The new Speaker came from re-- tirement in time to hear the Prime Minister pay a neat tribute to his '"fair mind" and "keen judgment," and to the experience, gained from 16 years of Parliamentary life, that would make him a worthy follower of those that had gone before. "A model guardian of the libertics of this House," said Mr. Ferguson of Mr. Black. A further note of ceremony was the presence at the buildings of two-- score of policemen under the direc-- tion of Chief Inspector Pogue and Inspector Majury. They kept the crowds jostling in the corridors in order, and they directed the stream of trafMe toward the Legislative Chamber. Several detectives mingled with the throngs, but they did no business. The riddle ran on. Mr. Black graciously replied to the compli-- ments. What next? asked the au-- dience,. The -- Lieutenant--Governor was summoned. e heard the news of Mr. Black's election. He ascend-- ed the throne, the Speech was given him and he read it. The inaugural was over. Preceded by a troop of Royal Canadian Dragoons, commanded by Captain M. H. A. Drury, his Honor motored to Queen's Park, and there, prior to entering the Chamber, in-- spected a guard of honor selected from the Royal Canadian Regiment and under the command of Captain W. 8. Fenton. Blowing bugles; the booming of the salute. from guns from the 53$rd Battery, stationed in the rear of the buildings in charge of Lieutenant C. Q. Ardmore; the bark of command and the rattle of the guard's accoutrement lent to the scene a military touch, strictly in keeping with the attire of his Honor's party, and none the less pleasing to the hundreds of people clustering about for an unofficial "peek" at the ceremonies.