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| Te.b"uax\i %% -- ) Heighington Move _ ,,.} [".3¢s aso" the Premier _ _Legislature memwers received a rud& _ eral (Colonel W. H. m"")"""mm": jJolt when the Hon. George 8. Henry jured in a motor accident, and we declared, and later repeated, that the . are glad it was not serious. But 1 death of the Hon. J. R. Cooke was / hardly think that, had Mr. Price been doubtless hastened by the "gruelling" | killed, he would have wished his death & womm=e. to Which he had . attributed to opposition and criticism f _ gesccmung been subjected at [ If o 10 * the Hydro some time on my motor journeys C . hey n drge, n se 'to and from St. Thomas I should We us . hi avoghie, |nawe the misfortune to meet with, a T se memWwanng | on boneon't -- Loust y colleagaes _ won't blame any Opposition criticism s e . 4 t i.> Heighington, who for my passing." . WiKT.. _ ogffl yverbally washed his / § . Wikes . U| nands of the statee -- WPC®AWA! Suggested. :{"-'fgz; _ _ _ dA# ments of the At this juncture Premier Hepburn 2o | Leader of the Op-- faced Mr. Henry and said: "I think T. | position in respect it would be a fine gesture if my hon-- § to Mr. Cooke'®m -- O"5bDle friend would withdraw his ref-- 1 "*! death, creh:cc.;; "In this r, Honry rose to reply, but dig no G. S, HEDFY: _ tynato lncig':: retract. "I want to give my friend th: said Mr. Heighington, "coming as it real facts and not what he reads from does at the first of the session, I want NCWSP2P¢r clippings. I was in close to make it clear that each member association with Mr. Cocke during the is responsible for his own words. 'The -- IN9U"Yy and will say that, following & Prime Minister may have put too rigid the gruelling examination by counsel & construction on the meaning. But appointed by the Government, he was I wish he would not use the general n a state of physical collapse." The phrase 'the Opposition' when it may former Premier then reiterated his be. be traced to a more direct source." lief that his passing could be attributed The Conservative member's words to the criticism levelled, were absolutely indefinite, but his ref. . . L "L> 2t (Dis juncture that Mr. erence. beyond question, was aimed at Heighington rose to dissociate himself | the Conservative Leader. Liberals U MY. Honry's remarks. | pounded their desks in appreciation of The House adjourned in excitement ( Opposition embarrassment. and a Conceorvative caucus followed. | The statements came after Premier m t Hepburn had risen to express the keen i regret of the Government at the pass-- 'ing of Mr. Cooke and two Liberals : who had been elected on June 19--Dr. Paul Munro in South Wellington, andg g.;odore Legault, member for Nipis-- The Leader of the Opposition rose & and paid his tribute to Munro and Legault, stating their passing was & \ distinct loss to the Legislature. His remarks then turned to his old friend, Hon. J. R. Cooke. He spoke of his devotion to the cause of Hydro,. His next words electrified the Chamber: "I am convineed." he said. "that the death of Mr. Cooke had some connec-- = tion with the inquiry he was attending at the time of his death." % "He felt very keenly the criticism levelled against him," Mr. Henry con-- tinued. "His concern regarding Hydro was striking very closely to himself. This criticism had no doubt some con-- nection with his untimely passing." Mr. Henry took his seat, and the members settled down to hear the ad-- dress on the motion to accept the Ad-- dress in reply to the Speech from the , . Throne delivered by W. L. Houck, Ni-- | agara Falls, and the words of the sec-- | onder, E. A. Lapicrre, Sudbury. Questions of Privilege. Immediately Mr. Lapierre had taken his seat amid applause and desk-- s thumping, Mr. Henry moved adjourn-- ment of the debate. Premier Hepburn 4 was on his feet in an instant to raise questions of privilege, first on the mat-- ter of loyalty to the Crown, and, sec-- only, on Mr. Henry's statements con-- . s cerning the death of the former Hydro chief. "I tried," the Premier declared, "to pay fitting tribute to two members of the Legislature who had passed away and to the former Chairman of the * Hydro, Hon. J. R. Cooke. \ _ "The Leader of the Opposition," | continued Mr. Hepburn, "whether for | cheap political reason or because he | did not know the true situation, sought 'to infer that the death of Mr. Cooke | was as a result of Government criti-- cism. If the Leader of the Opposition lacked the knowledge, I am going to 8 inform him properly." f Premier Hepburn then produced | clippings from several Toronto news-- ip..perc. and read accounts which stat-- |ed that Mr. Cook»'s death was due to | internal injuries when he swerved his | motor car in an attempt to avoid | something on the highway, and ' crashed into a culvert. 4 A