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"CAN'T," SAYS HENRY Premier, in Legislature, Threatens to Clear Off Order Paper Threat to Ban Needless Queries Angers Tories could ask further questions to cover the point. The Leader of the Opposition ob-- jected to the Speaker's views and was informed that the ruling was not de-- batable, and if they thought a ques-- The House was in a turmoil for a few moments until Speaker N. O. Hipel took a hand and restored order. There was little or no warning of the vitriolic exchange. The Speaker of the House had risen, and. as he had promised on Thursday, read his ruling regarding objection of Colonel W. H. Price to the manner in which Opposi-- tion questions had been answered,. He ruled that the Government might an-- swer questions either orally or in The storm which followed was the bittersst yet expcerienced during the prosent session of the House. The Premicor was labelled in fiery words as a "dictator," as instituting "an Iron heel rule," and Hon. George S. Henry, Leader of the Opposition, in his bost fighting form, declareda they would sit in the Chamber twenty-- four hours a day and ask a thousand questions if necessary "to put the Premier in his place." "You can't do it!" shouted Hon. George S. Honry. Premier Hoepburn appeared to revel in the stormy going. "Yes, I can do it," he shot back. "It was done in the past and by Sir James Whitney, when he wiped the order paper clean after N. W. Rowell had cluttered it up. We'll do it all right if we see fit." $ Coloncl W. H. Price jumped to his foet. "I see we're going to have a con-- stitutional fight on our hands," he declared. "Wo're going to stop this dictatorship. We won't stand to be dominated by a dictator." i "Heil Hitler! Heil Hitler!" Liberal back benchers shouted. as the Govern-- ment side burst out in desk--thumping in evident approval of Fremier Hep-- burn's stand. Speaker Restores Order. HE wrath of Opposi-- tion _ front--benchers burst forth in the Ontario Legislature yester-- day when Premier Mitchell F. Hepburn threatened to wipe the order paper clear of all questions if Opposi-- tion members persisted in directing voluminous -- in-- quiries "for the sole pur-- pose of embarrassing the Government." Premier Enjoys "Storm." "It's quite clear," declared the Pre--| mier, "that questions are being placed on the order paper for the sole pur-- --~--"Yes, and I was telling you a moment ago and I meant it," was the Premier's prompt retort. "Who's threaitening now?" asked Premier Hepburn. "I'm not threatening, I'm telling you," returned Mr. Henry. pose of embarrassing the Government. I want to point out to the House and to the people of the Province how costly some of these questions are. '"We have as many rights in this House as the Government. We're not going to sit here under any thrcat. If we sit here twenty--four hours and ask a thousand questions, we'll put the Premier in his place." asked which will necessitate five stenographers working for five weeks,. The honorable member from Parkdale has asked a question regarding short-- term bonds which, I am informed, will require sixty typewritten pages to answer. Another question has been letter clearly shows that the Opposition intends to clutter up the order paper to embarrass the Government. If that persists, I will pass an order wiping a&ll the questions off." Former Premier Henry jumped to his feet and declared: "You won't get far if you are at-- tempting to embarrass the Govern-- ment," the Premier went on. *"We are going to take drastic action if the Opposition persists in cluttering up the order paper with questions not in the public interest." "Why not in the public interest?" "Why not in the put in Mr. Herry. Alleged Letter Read. At this juncture the Premier read a portion of a letter allegedly written by Colonel Price to John Chick, defeated Conservative candidate at Windsor, in which he ({Price) declared the Oppo-- sition wanted to ask as many ques-- tions as possible. _ Cl "I resont the insinuation," Premier Hepburn fired back. "The letter I read was one written by John Chick of Windsor, and given to a mutual frond, who passed it along to me. The "And just about letters," interject-- ed Colonel Price, "I have here a let-- ter addressed to the Hon. Georg: Challies which, he says, has been opened and then marked, 'Opened as departmental mail.' I have felt for some time that a lot of letters are not getting to their proper destina-- tion. If that is the case it might be necessary for us to have our mail directed to our homss." This portion of the letter is as fol-- lows as read by the Premier: "We want to ask as many questions as possible. If we have concrete facts, we can cither attack definitely or make charges or weave it into a speech. Sometimes you only have a suspicion, but it is enough on which to place & question on the order paper. "If one can show more costly ad-- ministration in some places as well as patronage abuses, it will be very help-- ful. As the session is approaching, please answer soon. I will be obliged if, during the session, you will continue to send on what you run across from time to time." March ib The measure, Gdesigned to protect the famous infants from exploitation, had a rather tempestuous Journey through the Ontario Legislature. In-- troduced by the Hon. David Croll Minister of Public Welfare, it mx with considearble antagonism from members of the Opposition. mainly on the ground that the Minister was tak-- ing unto himself too wide powers ot control over the estate and persons of the five babies. Premier Mitchell F. Hepburn, dur-- ing second reading, informed the House that the Government's only desire was to protect the babies, and that the bill would go through with-- out an '"i" being dotted or a "t" crossed. Opposition members remained silent yesterday as the measure re-- ceived third reading. Third Reading Is Given to Measure Providing Guardianship "Quints" Bill Passes House A BILL--unique in Ontario Leg-- islative history--received third and final reading yesterday, and, when approved by the Lieutenant Governor of the Province, will pro-- vide an air--tight guardianship -- for the famous Dionne quintuplets for-- the next seventeen years.