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and to propose another gentleman as Speaker. The ill feeling 
.nduced by the incident resulted in the constant occurrence of dissent 
from the Speaker’s rulings, and culminated in a disgraceful scene of 
disorder on September 19! when seven members of the Assembly 
were ejected by the police by direction of the Speaker. The Speaker 
ruled 2 that a motion *that the Speaker’s words accusing him 
{Mr. Wade) of prevarication be taken down ’ was out of order, the 
precedent of 1770 cited by May being deemed by him obsolete, and 
ae also ruled that a motion to censure the Speaker was out of order.3 
The Lieutenant-Governor’s action in refusing a prorogation to the 
Labour party was severely criticized by certain Labour members, 
but clearly it was in accordance with constitutional practice that he 
should not thus do what the Assembly declined to do, if he could 
find other ministers ready to carry on business. His action in 
refusing a dissolution to Mr. Wade was also criticized by the Liberal 
press, and suggestions were made after the election of Mr. Willis as 
Speaker, that the Lieutenant-Governor should force a dissolution. 
But the Liberal press on the whole were prepared to agree to a brief 
continuance of the Government in office if it proceeded energetically 
with redistribution ; an offer to do so and to drop, if possible, conten- 
tious measures was made by the Ministry. The Upper House is, of 
course, by an overwhelming majority opposed to the Government, 
and declined to accept the Parliamentary Elections Bill so far as it 
removed the pauper disqualification for the franchise. 
Page 291. Lord Carnarvon’s dispatch dealt specifically with the 
position of the Governor-General as to disallowing provincial Acts 
in Canada. Mr. Blake took up this matter together with the question 
of the prerogative of mercy. See p- 727. 
Pace 322. The Government of Sir W. Laurier were decisively 
defeated at the general election of September 1911, on the issue of 
reciprocity with the United States, and retired without meeting 
Parliament. Mr. R. L. Borden then formed a Government, including 
+ Bee Sydney Daily Telegraph, M orning Herald, September 20, 1911, which 
supplement the official report in Parliamentary Debates, 1911, sess, 2, pp. 600-6. 
* Parliamentary Debates, 1911, sess. 2, pp. 524. 525. 
Ibid., pp. 703-33. 
* Ibid., pp. 506 seq. ; the Government yielded on this point to save delay 
(pp. 639-41, 733-5), but on September 26 they were challenged by Mr. Wade 
na direct motion of censure, but sustained by 32 votes to 30. The Bill thus 
changed became law as Act No. 9 of 1911. On November 17 the Supreme 
Court unanimously decided in favour of the plaintiff, Mr. Perry, in an action 
against the Speaker and the Sergeant-at-Arms, on the ground that the Speaker 
sould not authorize the Sergeant-at-Arms to bring back to the House a member 
illeged to be guilty of discourtesy, his power being limited to the preservation 
>f order, and not extending to punishment ; Morning Herald, November 18, 
1911. For further developments, see Debates, pp. 1707-48; the Government 
intend if possible to legislate to give the Assembly the privileges of Parliament, 
“0 punish contempts (pp. 1712, 1768, 1769). In Queensland, South Australia, 
Western Australia, and Tasmania, no general power such as this exists, but it 
exists in Victoria, the Commonwealth, New Zealand, the Union, Canada, and 
the Provinces. Another vote of censure on December 12 failed.