The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-29
Gravity of the Questions In
volVed in the Remedial
School Order.
CLAIM OF THE CATHOLICS.
They Declare the Dominion Is De-
termined to Dodge the Threat
ened Crisis.

- w LINN Ii EU. MANITOBA, NdrCn To-
Premier Greenway made an official state
ment to the Manitoba Legislature late this
afternoon on the separate parochial school
question. He commenced by stating that
MS government saw no reason whatever
why 1t should change its position in re-
gard to the school system of Manitoba
national schools for all and no separate
schools.
The receipt of the message from Ottawa,
with copy of the remedial order made by
the Dominion Government, raised consti-
tuuonal questions exceeding in gravity
and Importance, to his mind, any legisla-
tive question that has heretofore arisen in
any legislative assembly in Canada since
the day when the Canadian provinces were
confederated. These questions affected not
only the province of Manitoba, but every
province in the Dominion. In view of
these facts, the Government had decided
to ask that the Legislature adjourn until
May in order that ample time may be
given for full and deliberate consideration
of the whole matter.
The Premier's remarks were received
with cheers, and the motion to adjourn
will be agreed to tomorrow.
AC OdtHOllCS CudrRt tHdU t0lS Is al dI-
tempt to shirk the issue, but it is denied
by the Government. They say that the
order from Ottawa is an unprecedented
one, and must be well weighed, or there is
danger of disruption of the confederation.
The Premier was asked by the Associated
Press correspondent whether the Dominion
Government would be likely to take this
proposed adjournment of the local House
as a refusal on the part of the province to
act in the matter of the order. He replied
that no such construction could be put
upon the adjournment inasmueh as the
Provincial Government was taking the
order into consideration, and there was no
likelihood that the Dominion Government,
having three weeks of session before the
Provincial House meets again and sends
its answer, will act in the matter before
hearing from Manitoba.
Sir Charles Tupper's resignation and his
attitude on the school remedial order is the
subject of much approving comment here.
The Premier said that his course was
sound and honorable one, and was evil
dence also of PROFOUND political sagacity.
Briefly stated Sir Charles Tupper's conten-
ton was that the Dominion Government
should have gone to the country on this
important question and should not have
called session at all. The Government
has now opened communication with GER
tain eminent constitutional lawyers and
has submitted to them for their advice
some of the chief points affecting the iuris-
dittion of the Legislature.
The Orange Lodge of Manitoba, in ses-
sion here, to-day adopted the following
resolutions:
RESOLVED, That we view with the greatest
alarm the present state of affairs which exist
between the Dominion and Manitoba. And we
desire to express our approval of the stand
taken by our representatives in the PROVINCIAL
Legislature in Manitoba, our rights and priv
leges brooking no interference by the Central
Government in our educational affairs and we
call upon all Professionals to support no candi-
dates for the House of Commons or the Legisla-
ture who do not openly and unqualiiedly
pledge themselves to determinedly oppose any
and all attempts toward the closing of our pub
lie school system and the imposing upon us
and our children the accursed system of sepa-
rate schools.
Resolued further, That on account of Mani
TOBIAS central location in the chain of prov
inces which compose the dominion, and having
naught to bind us to either, save religion and
language and that Inherited desire to main
tain the connections between the colonies of
British America and the mother land it must
be apparent to any statesman, British or Cana
dian, who will endeavor to check Manitoba by
illegal interference, either in the management
OF its schools or other internal affairs, by break
ing the central link of the chain, it must
naturally divide If not endanger confederation.
The Orange Grand Lodge also passed
resolution declaring it was advisable that
public convention representative of all
grades of religious and political opinions
be held in Winnipeg at an early date to
voice the sentiments of the electors on the
maintenance of the public schools.