St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-29
THEREBY GAINING TIME
Dc minion Authorities Can
Make No Further Move on
the School Question.
THE SITUATION is SERIOUS
Says GreenWay, but Manitoba
Does Not Intend to Back
Down.

iclliel OiStuWdy Hldue oil OlllCldl
statement to the Manitoba legisla-
ture this afternoon on the separate
or parochial school question. He
commenced by stating that his gov
ernment saw no reason whatever
why it should change it's position in
itoba, W.: National schools for all
and no separate schools. The re-
ceipt of a message from Ottawa,
with a copy of the remedial order
made by the dominion government,
raised constitutional questions ex-
ceeding in gravity and Importance,
to his mind, any constitutional ques-
ton 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 pro-
vince of Manitoba, but every pro-
vince in the dominion of Canada. In
view of these facts the government
had decided to ask that the legisla-
ture
ADJOURN TILL MAY 9
in order that ample time may be CIV
en- for full and deliberate considera-
ton of the whole matter.
The premier's remarks were re-
ceived with cheers, and a motion to
adjourn will be agreed to tomorrow.
The Catholics charge that this is
an attempt to shirk the issue, but
this is denied by the government.
They say that the order from Otta-
wa is an unprecedented one, and
must be we'll weighed or there is
danger of a disruption of the con-
federation. The premier was asked
by the Associated Press correspond
ent whether the dominion govern
ment 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 believed that no such con-
struction could be put on the adj
journment, inasmuch as the pro-
vincial government was taking the
order into consideration. There was
no likelihood that the dominion gov
ernment, having clear three weeks
session before the provincial house
meets again and sends it's answer,
will act in the matter before hearing
from Manitoba. You can depend
upon it," said another minister,
that the dominion government is
not going to touch this school ques-
ton any sooner than it has to. The
important point in the matter is
whether the reply Of the provincial
house will or will not be final, and
whether the reply Of the dominion
government will or will not be final
will not act until the reply from
Manitoba is received. 1t is too i'm
portant a question to hurry over"
TUPPER'S RESIGNATION
and his attitude on the schools rem
ediaI order is the subject of much ap-
proving comment here. The premier
said his course was a sound and hon
orable one, and was evidence also of
profound political sagacity. Briefly
stated, Sir Charles Tupper's con-
tention was that the dominion gov
ernment should have gone to the
country on this important question,
and should not have called a session
at all. The government has already
opened communication with certain
eminent constitutional lawyers, and
has submitted to them for their ad-
vice some of the chief points affect
ing the jurisdiction of legislature.
The opinions of these gentlemen will
doubtless have a bearing on the
policy that is adopted by the gov
ernment before the house reassem-
bles in May.
The Orange grand lodge of Man
itoba was in session here today, and
adopted the following resolution on
the question:
Resolved, That we view with
greatest alarm the present state of
affairs which exists between the do
minion and Manitoba governments.
And we desire to express our ap-
proval of the stand taken by our
representative in the Manitoba legis-
lature, our rights and privileges
brooking no interference by the
central government in our education
al affairs; and we call upon all
Protestants to support no candidate
for the house of commons or the leg
islature who will not openly and
unqualifiedly pledge himself to de-
terminedly oppose any and all at
tempts toward the breaking up of
our public school system and the inn
posing on us and our children the
ACCURSED SYSTEM
of separate schools
Resolved further, That on account
of Manitoba's central location in the
chain of provinces which compose
the dominion, and having naught to
bind us to either, save religion and
language and that inherent desire
to maintain the connection between
the colonies of British America. and
the motherland, it must be apparent
to any statesman who will endeavor
to check Manitoba by illegal inter-
ference either in the management
of it's schools or other Internal af-
fairs, by breaking the central link
Of the chain, it must natural1y di-
vide, if not endanger confedera-
tion.''
The Orange grand lodge also adopt
ed a resolution declaring that, in