The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-03-26
TnE MANITOBA MUDDLE
Catholic School Question Reaches
On Acute Phase. -.
WILL IGNORE THE PRIvY COUNCIL.

Anti-cathoIics Dsoiare That They VIII Not
Obey the Order of the Governor General
TO Restore the pnrochIaI schooIs--Pre-
mior dreonway Talks Overwhelmingly.
WINNIPEG, Man, March 26.-The rom
edial order Of tho governor general in
council, calling upon the government of
Manitoba to restore to tho Roman Cath
olics their parochial or separate schools,
reached this city yesterday. 1t was nd.
dressed to the lieutenant governor, and
by him transmitted to the legislature,
which was sitting In readiness to receive
It, The legislature was crowded with an
intensely earnest gathering when the i'm
portant document was delivered. 1t was
yoluminous, and reviewed all the evi-
denoe taken before tho privy council of
England, which body declared that the
Catholics of Manitoba had grievance,
and that the governor general in council
had the power and authority to grant re-
, dress by remedial order.
The tenor and language Of tho order
leaves no opening for compromise. 1t is n
command to Manitoba to submit, and
plainly says that IL the legislature does
not obey, tho governor general, or more nc
curately speaking, the Dominion govern
ment, will enforce its authority. No def
nlte action WINS taken last night. After
fhe order hal boon read 1t was laid on the
table for further consideration.
That tho order will be rejected may be
taken for certain. OF the forty members
OF tho legislature only four or five will
vote against the rejection, these four or
hve being Catholics and representing
purely Catholic constituencies.
lar
Hast night, said; 1--WE earnestly desire to
act with the constitution, but let all people
know this trouble is not of our own max
ing We claim tho right to mako our own
laws, and this right we will not give up
without struggle. The governor gen.
eral order will be rejected in its entirety.
"A long step will then have 10 be made in
the perilous journey upon which the gov
ernment ut Ottawa has set out. The Do
miniun parliament will then be armed
with Jurisdiction to impose upon Mani
soba law TO which an overwhelming ma
sority of its people arc opposed.
ut will be wise for parliament as Mr..
Gladstone once said, to think once, think
twice. think thrice before coercing a loval
and law abiding community. Few in
numbers though they may be, they will
never submit to this unjust coercion. This
is n struggle for our rights. We are free
people, and we will not bo slaves. We will
pot have the laws which wc have passed
deliberately, and willful knowledge of our
own conditions, destroyed by body to
whom these conditions are unknown, act
ang without inquiry and without adequate
consideration"
A sensational feature of tho trouble was
che announcement that the Dominion cab
tnet, which has just passed tho remedial
order, had appointed one of its own mem.
Beers, Hon j. z. Patterson, minister OF
militia, to take the place OF Premier Green-
Eey This change Is believed by the Man
atoba government to mean that the Do
minian authorities want man as COVER
NOR more pliable to their wishes and who
Tiil unhesitatngly carry out their man
nato
Manitoba hns always contended that Its
governor should be Manitubn citizen,
and this unlocked for action has only
added fury to tho flames Hugh Macdonald,
Bon of the late distinguished Canadian pre-
pller, publishes an appeal for moderation,
%e pleads that .ronilct bo avoided and
peace restored by some form Of compro-
plisc. 1t is the first appeal of the dead
brcmier's son to be unhecded Tho temper
'of the people or Manitoba is now such that
only courageous man would suggest
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