Excerpt from Hon. David Glass, Q. C: Some of His Writings and Speeches In 1872 he was elected in the conservative interest to the House of Commons for East Middlesex, and sat in that House during the ensuing Parliament. In October, 1873, he, with thirteen other supporters, opposed Sir John Macdonald's Government on what was known as the "Pacific Railway Scandal." His speech in the House on that occasion was reported in pamphlet form, and had a very wide circulation. There was no invective against the Government in his remarks, but an argument upon the constitutional question before the House. The great speech of Sir Donald Smith, now Lord Strathcona, soon followed, and the Government resigned on November 5, 1873. In 1886 Mr.

Glass was elected for St. Clements, in Manitoba, and soon after, by a unanimous vote, was chosen Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, which office he filled to the end of the Parliament. While occupying the dual position of City Solicitor and Speaker of the Assembly he had an attack of muscular rheumatism. His doctors advised a discontinuance of sedentary employment. For two succeeding years he spent most of the time on the salt water, and became completely restored to robust health. In 1889 he visited the Paris Exposition, and in 1890 and 1891 passed a large part of his time in New York and Boston and the neighboring seaport towns. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.

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