The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-30

determined by the authorities to which
1t has been committed by the statute
precise steps to be taken Their general
character is sufficiently defined by the
third subsection of Section Y OF the Mani
toba act 1t is certainly not essential that
the statutes repealed by the act of 1890
should be re-enacted that the precise
provisions of these statutes should again
bodied in the acts of 1890 no doubt conn
mends itself to and adequately supplies
inhabitants of the province. All Legitimate
ground for complaint would be removed
visions which would remove the grievance
upon which the appeal is founded and If
it were modified 50 far as might be neces-
Their I.ordsh.ps viii humbly advise. her
Majesty that re questions submitted should
be answered in the manner indicated by
will be no costs in this appeal.
The Point In Controversy.
WINNIPEG, Jan. 29--what is known
the Manitoba school case has been a long,
tedious and expensive litigation. 1t has
kept alive much of the religious animosity.
It's settlement was much TO be desired. The
essential facts of the controversy are these:
In 1870 Manitoba was admitted to the Cana
dian confederation. It's first Legislature
passed a school law providing for Protes-
tant and Catholic schools, to be supported
by these respective religionists. But, in 1890,
the Greenway government passed an act
appropriating all school taxes to the sup
port of a common school system. When,
under this law, the city of Winnipeg sought
to collect school taxes from Roman Catho-
ncs they resisted payment, and began
action to contest the constitutonality of
the act contending that, under the Mani
toba act comforting provincial jurisdiction,
the Legislature had no right to take away
their rights of separate denominat iOnal
schools held by the Catholics prior to fed
Grafton
The provincial government replied to this
contention that the Catholic minority pos
sessed no rights to separate schools prior
to 1871, when the first provincial legislature
egazed them f fam and the qre9n n rhqs be he
Roman Catholic minority legally possess
separate school system prior to Manitoba's
confederation? The courts of Manitoba up
held the provincial government. The Su-
preme Court reversed the decision. But in
turn this Judgment was reversed by the
imperial privy council, SO that the final
Judgment upheld the provincial government
and practically exterminated parochial
schools in Ala init But the bex hole
toned the federal government to pass
remedial legislation which might allow the
eminent ,thereupon asked the Supreme
Court for a Judgment of interpretation, and
upon receiving the decision of that body
that the Roman Catholic minority had no
ground upon which to seek remedial legis-
lation, refused to entertain their petition.
The Catholics, a last resort, appealed
from the Supreme Court to the imperial
privy council, and the final judgment rem
dered permits reopenng of the case.
Will Precipitate General Elections.
MONTREAL, Jan. 29.-It is generally ex-
pected here that the decision given in
London to-day on the Manitoba school ques-
ton will precipitate the general elections.
The decision confers a power upon the
xxrcn y1yat yxyhi
and which no matter how exercised will
make enemies.