St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-06-20
LEGISLATURE BY EMPHATIC
VOTE INDORSES PREMIER
GREENWAY,S REPLY.
NO SEPARATE SCHOOLS.
PREMIER,S DEFIANT REPLY
CARRIED WITH BUT TEN
DISSENTING VOTES.
TAYLoR,s TRAVELS TO END.
VIII Receive Sentence Saturday,
Firemen to Meet ut Crooks
ton.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
WINNIPEG, Man., June 19.-The
debate in the legislature. on Pre-
mier Greenway's reply to the fed
eral governments order to restore
separate schools was concluded to-
night and the vote taken. Twenty
five members voted for the premier's
reply and ten against it. Mr.. Prem
dergasts amendment, to the effect
that the order of the federal gov
ernment be obeyed, was defeated,
for tito thirty-one English) against
Mr.. O'Mallley Conservative moved
another amendment, the substance
of which was that the Ontario sys-
tenn of separate schools be adopted
in Manitoba. This was defeated, six
voting for and twenty-nine against
it, the French members voting with
the majority. Premier Greenways
reply will now be sent to the gov
ernor general.
Reports from Ottawa today that
the French members there were try
I ing to force the dominion govern
ment to re-establish separate
schools did not tend to allay the
strained relations existing between
the two factions in the house. Mr..
Prendergast's amendment, that the
house should reject Mr.. Greenway's
entire reply and refusal, was de-
bated this afternoon, Mr.. Meyers be-
ing the first speaker. He claimed
that the house had always been con-
ciliatory and open to reason, but the
opposition offered no compromises;
they said what they had done was
just and right, and they did not in
tend to recede from it. He illustrated
his position by saying that the mi
nority had been given seed grain,
and after two years use it was
found to be mixed with French weed
and thistles, and the province had
resolved to take it from them and
give them good seed instead. He
was convinced that in all the nego-
tiations in Manitoba separate
schools were not discussed and were
not provided for, and held that Man
rights in passing the schools act in
1890
The supreme court and the Judicial
committee of the privy council had held
that the disuse of the British North
American act respecting separate
schools in any province did not apply
to Manitoba. The same authority was
conclusive as against the claim that
Roman Catholic school property had
been confiscated under the act of 1850.
He held that Joseph F. Martin was
responsible for promises made during
the bye-elections in $780, and not the
province. The political power of the
Roman Catholic church was a standing
menace to the freedom of Canada and
the stability of the government He
claimed that the executive commmittee
at Ottawa, while bound to hear the
appeal of Catholics were not bound to
make any remedial order They had
power to discuss the appeal, but had
not heard and decided the question on
it's merits. The decision had been
come to on account of influence exer-
cised by Quebec members and the
power behind them. The Manitoba
government had wisely held that If
the Dominion authorities, for their own
information and at their own expense,
wanted information, the local govern
ment would be ready to give it. He
hoped that the Dominion parliament
would not deal with the question this
session, but secure all the information
possible