The Indianapolis journal., 1895-12-24
APPEAL TO VOTERS
PREMIER GREENwAY ISSUES AN AD-
DRESS TO MANITOBANs.
LEGISLATURE Dissolved and nm Elec-
ton Fixed for Jan. 25-School
Question the Issue.

WINNIPEG, Man., Dec. 23-The Mani
toba Legislature has been dissolved and an
appeal to the country will be made on the
school issue. Polling will take place on
JAM 15 and the new house meets Jan. Is.
Premier Greenway, in an address on the
issue, says: II assert that our people are
perfectly competent to deal with their own
educational concerns and / resent the i'm
putation that they have treated any por-
ton of the community with injustice or in
a spirit of intolerance. / protest against
the proposed action Of the Dominion gov
ernment in inviting Parliament to DESTROY
our school system without investigation and
in ignorance OF the circumstances"
Continuing, the Premier says: THE
menacing attitude assumed by the Dominion
government with reference to the educa-
tional legislation of the province has made
1t necessary to take the sense OF electors
upon the question thus forced upon them.
On the 21st of March last the Dominion
Privy Council hastily issued a remedial
Manitoba TO restore the separate school
system as il existed prior 10 1890 To this
the Legislature declined to assent. On the
Sth day of July last Mr.. Foster, speaking
for the Dominion government in the House
of Commons, stated that a communication
would be sent TO the Manitoba government
TO ascertain whether the settlement OF the
school question could be made, and, in event
of a refusal, a session of the Dominion Par
lament would be called 10 meet, not later
than the first Thursday In January next.
when the Dominion government would in
troduce and press to a conclusion such
legislation as would afford an adequate
measure OF relief based upon the lines OF
judgment OF the Imperial Privy Council and
the remedial order of the 1st OF March,
1895. A similar statement was made about
the same time in the Senate by Sir Mac
kenzie Bowel, the Premier of the Dom
inion. From the utterances OF the Domin-
ion Cabinet, and from the facts known 10
all who have watched the cen
troversy. is is clear that no;hIns
system OF schools will be accepted
as an adequate measure OF relief To the
communication forwarded I'm pursuance OF
the above announcement by the Dominion
government of the 9th OF July last invit-
ing the Manitoba government TO take such
action as would remedy the alleged griev-
ances OF the minority, we have replied,
definitely and positively rejecting the pro-
posal 10 re-essablish separate schools in any
form and expressing the intention to uphold
the present uniform no1sectarian system.
asked to iesislate upon this subject, IL is
OF the utmost Importance that the views
OF the electors OF the province should be
clearly and Enthusiastically expressed III
your votes are Overwhelmingly In favor OF
the stand taken by the government, there
Is no doub. that the views OF the members
OF the Dominion Parliament will be ma
feria,ly affected thereby and coercive legis-
lation may be altogether averted."
cited over the announcement OF the election
dates to-day. and there viii be hot fighting
In political circles during the next three
ueekn.