New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-08-23
THE CAUSE OF SCIENCE.

SERVER IN THE Clli -OV"'i"i'OA' ~
LOGICAL TOPICS.
rrRoM SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT or THE TRIBuNE.I
MONTREAL. Aug. 22.--Just twenty five years ago
the American Association met here as 1t Will do To-
morrow for the advancement of science, ana
stray COPY of the programme OF regular EXERCISES
and irregular side-shOws and diversions vi tno
earlier occasion has been preserved III IS prih'cu
on single sheet and contains map OF the city' /"
plan of the Court House where the sessions weIo
held and some other information prepared ny .ho
local committee to make the wise men happy uurlnV
their soiourn and impress them with the srahucui
of the commercial capital of British America ~
morrow the members Will be presented WIN 1''io-
fully prepared and tastefully printed Handbook ior
Montreal and its environs and II they glance o'ei
its 143 pages they will ind abundant PROOF oil "n'
indeed WAS pain before that they are entertainer
bv no mean city Many of the SCIENTISTS "ho
assisted at the former meeting are here again. anu
the changes they will observe are strlKlhg
Dnrinp these twenty five years the cry mas
doubled its population, and in comparison Win INC
old man shows that its inhabited area mas Deeh
almost ouadrupled. The compact ola town which
nestled close to the river bank has risen ana over
flowed the successive terraces which marx inc
level of the st Lawrence in geologic time, until IL
sweeps around the base Of Mount Royal Where
the great Windsor Hotel stands on Dominion
City. was then wide reach of open pasture land
Well.shaded avenues extend in every direction be-
tween rows of detached stone villas, surrounded by
annie lawns and the entire outlying residence
ouortcr wears an air Of substantial domestic COM
fort which is refreshing to behold. II the wise men
will 90 down to the riycl front they VIII appreciate
the business enterprise upon which these comfort
able homes have been established.
Iookinp down f.om the heavy cut-stone wall
uDon ITS clean whaIyes and into the basins they
will see steamships of the largest class lying 800
miles from the ocean. Only hght-dIaught salilng
vessels could reach this point III the ola times Lut
the river channel has been deepened TO welcome
the commerce of the world, and now thirteen
regular lines of steamers trade to TINS port 10
say nothing of the river steamers and occasional
ocean steamers which belong to no regular line.
The thronrng bargcs, schOOners, prOpelleTs ana
steamers in the basins of the Lachine Canal are
part of the feet of 600 inland vessels which
arrive here during a single year from the upper
river and the great lakes. twenty-five years ago
the nrecarious southwark traffic was carried on IN
winter over the ice when the river was frozen 10
bear it. and now the wonderful Victoria Brldge
connects the city with the valley OF Champlaln
and the Hudson and the entire railway system OF
the States. The striking evidences on every manu-
of commercial and industrial activity will interest
lions of mechanical ana economic science and
statistics and all will be pleased with the dignihed
architecture of the civic buildings and the stately
structures Tor relg ious, benevolent and educational
PURPOSES Those who sound III WIND ana limo
will climb the tower Of Notre Dame ana looking
westward to where the noble cdlices OF gray lime
stone are seen against the rch forest green OF the
mountain SIDE they viii agree that no American
city Offers grander prospect.
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But amid all this progress and marked develop
rent are evidences quite rs significant of unvary-
inc social conditions and stubborn conservatism in
all matters where the sympathios and antipatlics
which have their roots in Ieligion come into
plav. Two populations the French Catholics and
English Protestants live together i'll amcahlc bus-
ness relations to-day but they form societies as dis
tinct and separate they did twenty-five, or three
times twenty five, years ago. Community OF pusi-
ness and political interest and purpose has not
awaited to fuse the two into any thing ike homo
oeneity Just as the Ottawa and st. Lawrence
mite at this island and flow together to the sea,
each in its own channel, with definite dividing
line between the blue current of the one ana Inc
turbid waters of the other, so the tvo faces meet
and move forward together without mlnglng
Intcruarriages are comparatively rare Men WHO
have daily dealings III the market OF Exchange are
practically strangers Ill private ne ING N'dliI!
OF these inherited pIeudIceS ana sentiments -
amazing. The consuming zeal which LED the old
Catholic missionaries to martyTdom Is stII mani
tested in the rapt expression OF the dail' Worship
uers before the shrine OF Our Lady OF LOurdcs
while the numbers of black rObed priests, ana the
long professions OF nuns winding through the busy
streets are evidences Ol il heultN al ueNolon
winch iDoks like an anachronlsm III the midst CT
the absorbing materialsm OF the present time.
The great bulk of the city wealth ana CONNER
cial energy as well Its commanding pOitlcaI
influence, rests with the English Protestant MI
nOrity. 1t is business necessity IQr the frencn
Catholics to be able to converse IN Engllsll, but
French remains the language of their hresdes
One cannot help feeling that below all the super
fetal courteses which prevail i'll the streets. there
is a snoulderIng sense of wrong, suppressed re-
sentiment against the conquerng race; which lor-
bids ass M atIOn. Orange riots anu the VITA com
motion over the burial OF OulDOTd would seem 10
iuacate that here are possibilities OF violent
collision constantly present. On the Otnef haEd,
the native good sense and law abiding temper OF
both and long history OF peacciu intercourse,
tend to dispel the fear of such calamity, Here
is "A social problem worth investigating by the men
On one subject at least all classes and
conditions OF have come together IN
perfect union and accord, and that Is
the advancement of science in general, ana
the hospitable entertainment OF the members OF the
American Association III particular. Inc inherent
sections have been gned to various convenient
halls in the central building Of McGll college, the
Presbyteria College and the Peter Kedpath
Museum while the Egyptian Room III the Windsor
Hotel has been furnished as general headquarters
for the Association The session Will open to-
morrow with ceremOniOus welcome by Mayor
Beaudry of Montreal aud his Honor the Lieu
tenant-GOveTnOT OF Quebec, on behalf OF the fTOV-
ince DIR. j. w. Dawson will formally accept the
pTesid ency of the Association for The year and the
vice presidents will deliver the usual addresses
before the various sections. The address OF The
retiring president will be delivered in Queen Hall
in the evening. An unusually large gathering IS
expected. The hotels have all been turning people
away into private houses for several days and al
ready $50 new members have qualified.