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e > DA V ___, MONDAY, MARCH 21, 1910 t " P | _ *A TA C ue on en miks _ e .. *7 ' '1 O _ | HouWse of Commons. She wo :w..v MA LN C , toque and ruff, and was costumed in : 4 . a dark brown suit. 'Neither she nor i her companions had tickets of admis-- IN LE[.}I L ! sion to the gallery, but as there was | no crush and a number of applica-- | tions from those without invitations, k Tok id lc cneemmmrncrcioe the door--keeper had 'been instructed o i not t(()l ins'Ii'silt upon ticketsdbeing pre-- *4 * sented. e woman had, therefore, Bl'ltlSh no dgifficulty in securing entrance. Mr * SUfiragette LOdged T';) G.h Lee, thetholusekee;per, stated ' i that he was entirely in igncerance of PrOteSt at Prorogatlon' what appeared to have been a care-- fully--planned interruption, and was Comep oi ae oo ad not suspicious, as the woman was a * stranger and was not any of the , known leaders of the suffragette CAUSED MlLD SENSATION_ movement. Mr. Allan Studholme, the Labor member, who was prevented from introducing his bill to grant the e ane suffrage to women by reason of fail-- ure to get a.hsecondor, said he knew lt nothing of the occurrence, and was Left BUlldmg BefOI'e Attendants not prepared to approve _ of such | £ R h d H methods, | eachne er. : Many in Attendance. | The prorogation -- ceremonial -- was smmmommemaon more largely attended than usual and, in addition to the members and guests Demanded "Justice to Women" From Who occupied seats on the floor of the chamber, the galleries were well Licutenant -- Governor -- Closing filled with visitors. The 9th Battery, ~ + S under command of Major Brown, Ceremonial of Ontario's Parliament fired a Ssalute of ten guns to -- mark ----Many Bills Assented to--Speech the arrival of his Honor at the Par-- f lewes . [ liament buildings. The guard of honor .From the _ Throne--Proceedings 'was furnished by the 48th Highland-- Largely Attended. l' ers, and the escort by the Royal Can-- iadian Dragoons. | | Contrary to usual precedent, pro-- | | rogation took place in thn'mormng.l ; s | Notwithstanding, the occasion _ was | The voice of a woman was heard '\one of social significance. Among | in the Ontario Legislature on Satur-- the prominent Iladi(:;)s in aitften(lfalc{]'?} . . c nar 41 i were: Mrs, J. M. Gibson, wife oT &# da.u, probably for th(.,' first time in the Licutenant--Governor, and the M,sspsi history of the Province. It was the Gibson; Lady Whitney, Miss l~'ny.i voice of a suffragette, and for the | Mesdames Crawford, H"!]ldfif'- Cl')""hjl moment threw the House i . ~rane, Lucas, and several members sternation yze into con wives,. A feature of the ceremony was! iFhe wensationa! incid £ d the number of memibers present. | sensational inciden occurre i \ jJust as his Honor the Lieutenant--Gov-- Prorogation Was Announced. { a ; ernor had conclude{ C p The Lieutenant--Governor entercd ; the Throne prorogning the roond yep. |the chamber with The Premicr. snd | alaedl guing the second se8-- | was accompanied by a number of Offi-- | sion of the twelfth Parliament of cers of the garrison in military dress.} Ontario. Everything had gone along His Honor _ _was uniformed as a} smoothly in accordance with long--es-- field officer, discarding the customary ; tablished precedent. Th is o Meapie Rrioer j j y * e ceremonial For nearly fifteen minutes Lieut.-- was almost over. The guns had Col. Delamere, the As?iistant (',ler}ll{ of boomed; the _ militia the House, enumerated the one hun-- through their ev ;ltith Thad Sene dred and fifteen bills passed by the f tTheir evolutions, The floor Of --fegiglature since the fifty--three to the legislative chamber glistened which his Honor gave his assent two with the handsome uniforms of the '--weeks ago. All of the mnam]lros }r{o- military men ; f p r ceived gubernatorial approval. His the ladies n\;,nd} e dn SOns Ao Honor then proceeded with the vale-- ie ladies. Members, Judges, church| 'qictory from the throne. after which dignitaries and _ educationists were i Hon. Mr. Lucas officially announced seated on the floor of the House. All,;|the prorogation of Ontario's Parlia-- was in due form and in accordance|. "®°"t with the sanctity and eclat of the oc-- ' , speech From the Thronce, casion, till the interruption occurred.!' The speech from the Throne con-- Wanted "Justice to Women." | gratulated the House on its business-- | | | like despatch in dealing with matters ' The woman was seated in the|{which had come before it. It be--| Speaker's gallery, immedifately oppo--| _»:»D('lge his fH(t);lol"s &_wp}'(;\'al t'ff the nxl' i t s x ue c is ension 0o e principle of agricul-- site the Throne. She. rose .1mmed1d,te-' tural instruction in local centres and | ly on the conclusion of his HOHO"'S, the increase in grants made to this' address. Everyone was so thunder-- | basic industry. | struck that she was allowed to finishl thAppreqiqti()n wdas t('xDreFSOd 0:""; 3 p c mat | e provision made to encourage the| her sta'temont, hem're anyone .atteth'fi immigration of farm labor and do--| ed to interfere. She spoke in ('learl mestic help, and the enactments made j and modulated tones. ;jto facilitate the operation and ex-- j "There is one thing that you have|| tension of the rural telephone SyS-I {orgotten," she began, addressing | tem. | herself directly to the Lieutenant-- || _ The Milk and Assessment Commis-- | Governor. "IL object to this Parlia--;| sions . were congratulated upon tho! ment closing without doing Justice ;| good results of their investigations, to women. Women are just,as much,| and satisfaction expressed with the i entitled to vote as men. I hope that|| further legislation to facilitate the| at your future meetings you will do|| work of the Hydro--electric Commis--| more justice to the cause of women,. |;| Ssion. t This is all I have to say at pregent.! The power given to the T. & N. O.; Thank you." ~-- !| Railway Commission will, it was: There was a murmur in the House:]| pointed out, engable the construction ; as the woman concluded. 'Sir James;|cf branch connections where the Whitney, evidently annoyed, turned || rapid development in northern On-- to the Sergegnt-alt-Arms and _ said,.| tario shows them to be necessary. "Will somebody please ask that per-- ; § s son to withdraw'" The Lieuten:mt-g Bars Closed Christmas Day, Governor, who had risen, stood still.| _ His Honor proceeded: "I am glad for a moment, gazing at his fair in-' to notice that the license act has quisitor, while the whole House was || been amended by providing that hore-- on the ~qui vivq. A couple of thv,' after no intoxicating liquor shall be attendants hurried to _ remove the;| sold in this Province on Christmas woman, but she had alreéeady started '| Day, this promoting to the sanity and to go, and,, followed by (two. female | sobriety of this great festival." | companions, promptly left the build-- After enumerating certain of the' ing. -- & Hweas wl ,billsHpassed. his Honor congratulated | the House on "the continued increase Had Suffered Imprisonment. ' in the financial resources of the Pro-- The woman, who has since been | vince," which would enable the Gov-- identified as Miss Olivia Smith of | ernment to further '"'improve the »ub-- London, England, was unknown to | lic service and undertake various any of those present in the gallery.| projects for the development of the She is a nurse, and had suffered im-- | Province." prisonment for disturbing the British M meeeakantmenaantammiaaninmimiace