February 8, 1951 (21st Parliament, 4th Session)

Mr. D. A. Riley (Saint John-Alberl):

Mr. Speaker, before I launch into the main topic of my remarks today I should like to apologize for not having been present here for a short time yesterday afternoon. With some of my constituents who had journeyed here from afar I was attending to the business of my constituency. I especially regret my absence because I was thereby denied the rare privilege of being mesmerized by the golden voice of a great speaker, one who awakens reminiscences of the grand old days when oratory flourished in this land and in this very house. As the logical utterances of this hon. member are carried about the commons as in a silvery chariot guided by his dulcet tones-