The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-19
THE LAW OF ASSOCIATIONS Another Victory For Premier COmbeS. HE LEADS THE DEBATE Tells of His Experiences in
 Congregational School. Says Therein is Taught That There is 8 Vast Difference Between
 Bourgeois and the Labor
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Paris. March 1S.-sThe Chamber today devoted it's entire sitting to finishing the debate on the law refusing the authoriza- ton to male religious congregations, con tinued under the law of associations. The House finally adopted the report of the commission against the authorization by a small majority.
 The announcement that Premier Combes would speak caused every seat on the floor and In the galleries to be occupied. The premier argued that the suppress sion of the congregations was not a sup pression of the liberty of teaching. The State had the right to regulate public in- struction, to look into It's character and forbid the teaching of doctrines contrary to republican principles. This was what the State was doing. Liberty of teach ing said M. Combes, was not an im- prescripible right. It was a concession by the State. The only question was whether this concession should be made to the religious congregations whose teachings during the last fifty years could be judged by its results.
 The, Premier then said that he had allowed the charge that he had been himself a member of congregation to pass unohallenged, but 1t was now time to state the facts. He was the son. he explained. of poor parents and it was necessary that he should go where edu- cation was least costly. He attended a small seminary intended for poor chill dren and he had learned there that there was an abyss between the bourgeois class educated by the congregations and the laboring class.
 Hatred Instead of Love.
 Instead of love, fraternity and unity among the people, the teachings by the congregations brought forth hatreds and alienated the people from the republic. It was time to take measures to end this propaganda.
 The congregations were doing all in their power to destroy the Republican doctrine and to show any weakness towards them would be unpardonable. The country had encouraged the govern ment's policy in all the recent elections which resulted in favor of a Republican policy. The existence of the congrega- tions was a contradiction in a country regulated by the principles of 179s. They were the instruments of a counter revo- lution and they must all be pushed aside by a single vote, which would endorse the entire policy of the government. This action would be contrary neither to the spirit nor to the letter of the law.
 There is nothing in the law" con- tInued the premier. which restricts you to a separate discussion and vote on each of these demands for authorization. There is a principle at stake The government has done its whole duty The majority cannot disavow 1t, for by so doing 1t will render 1t impossible for the government to complete the task"
 The chamber voted the adoption of the committee's recommendations by 300 to 257. This vote implied that the chamber refuses to discuss the articles on the re- port, but adopts the conclusion of the report in favor of rejecting applications for authorizations by all teaching congre- gations.