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Best general references: James Bryce, American Commonwealth, I, 134-137; J. G. Carlisle, The Limitations of the Speaker, No. Am. Rev. 150: 382 et seq.; A. B. Hart, The Speaker as Premier in his Practical Essays, No. R. Q. Mills No. Am. Rev., 149: 664-670. T. Nelson, The Powers of the Speaker, Atlantic Mon., LXIV: 64 et seq.; Arena, V, 569-579 (Apr.); Johns Hopkins University Studies, XI, No. 2, The Speaker of the House of Representatives...
...before the House. (a) A member's recognition, depending on will of speaker is prerequisite. (Atlantic Monthly, LXIV, 71.) (b) He can refuse to let his eye be caught by a member likely to be hostile. (c) He can refuse to recognize a man personally obnoxious. (Hart, Speaker as Premier, p. 384.) (2) Method for considering measures is ineffective. (a) Its condition, that a bill must be finished in morning hours of two consecutive days, or go on calendar as unfinished business, put it at mercy of speaker. (3) Method of obtaining from the Committee on Rules...
...growth of the Speaker's power is a part of a general tendency in our governmental system to fasten responsibility upon individuals: Hart, Speaker as Premier, Practical Essays...
...Gladstone finished a translation of Horace's odes on the same day that he resigned his office as premier...
...elementary education in the schools of Toronto and later entered the Toronto University where he was graduated with distinction. For some years he practised law previous to entering the Legislature of Ontario. There he took a prominent position as a leader of the Reform Party. In 1871 he became premier of Ontario and soon after he was elected to the Dominion Parliament. In 1873 he was chosen Minister of Justice for the Dominion in the Cabinet of the late Alexander McKenzie. In July last, he was elected by an Irish constituency to Parliament. Mr. Blake's long experience in public...