St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-05-10
GREENWAY DODGES.
Manitoba Premier Playing a
Waiting Game on School
Question.
AGAIN SECURES DELAY
By Postponemsnt Of the Leg
islalature Immediately
on Reassembling.
OPPOSITION UP IN ARMS.
Premier Accused Of Shoulder.
ing Responsibility on to
Others.

WINNIPEG, Man., May 9.-The
battle now raging over separate
schools is to be further continued.
Upon the reassembling of the Mani
toba legislature today, Premier
Greenway rose and said:
Before proceeding on the orders
of the day, 1 desire to say this: When
asking the house to adjourn until the
present date, it will be within the
recollection of the members, 1 stated
in view of the gravity of the ques-
tions involved in the consideration of
Gated from Ottawa, we would require
sufficient time to consider the same.
1 am now about to ask the house to
order a further adjournment that
further consideration may be had. 1
am aware in making the motion that
the house do now adjourn, l am ask
ing the indulgence of the house, be-
cause, in making the motion, it would
require, if my honorable friends op-
posite insisted that / should give no.
tice, as it is not the intention to pro-
ceed with other business until the
matter is disposed of. I now desire
to move that the house adjourn to
Thursday, June 49,"
No sooner had the premier taken his
seat than A. F. Martin, leader of the
opposition, was on his feet, and for
two hours he spoke in opposition to
the premier's motion to adjourn. He
claimed that the duty of the govern
ment was to at once decide upon the
school matter. He was himself Cajtho-
lie and represented his co-religionists
there. The delay, he asserted, was
simply move to shelve the RESPONSE
bility upon other shoulders, and he
strongly protested against such tac-
tics.
Martin continued speaking until 6
o'clock, when Premier Greenway
asked him to move the adjournment
ofzethe debate until this evening, to
which Martin assented, and the house
adjourned.
At this evenings session Mr.. Mar
tin continued his speech, and was fol-
lowed by Mr.. Prendergast, who re-
GREETED the government had found it
necessary to take further adjourn
ment. Attorney General Sifton said
the remedial order, as submitted by
the dominion government, involved a
this they did not propose to do. There
were also great many other phases
of the question and further time must
be taken for consideration. The ques-
tion was then put: Shall the rules
be suspended?"
There was no dissenting voice and
the legislature was declared ad-
journed to June 13.
The action of the government NOV
ing for adjournment, it is said, is ex-
planned by the statement that new
points have arisen which demand fur
ther consideration. Some may think
this adjournment looks like sign
OF compromise, but the members who
are in the confidence of the ministry
one and all, support the adjournment.
They have been through the consti-
tuencies and have come back stronger
supporters than ever of national
schools 1t would therefore not be
satisfying to them if this meant any
back-down on the part of the cabinet.
They are happy, and therefore it is
evident the reasons which the govern
ment had given them must be good
OppS