Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-11


p1 Th 49, are apout equai.
tne'e - personal element IN the contest
OF ~, WI. f1aultaln, VINO mas peen premier
" INC ~, 'umes.etH provinces lot thirteen
80, oiiu he-9 Lidue d very eHlcient ana
Pepuiar oIllclai, was turned down by the
Doul4LIoH government IN the organization OF
.ne provinces because ne is a conservative
anu TWO hoerals-Mr Bullyea and Mr.. For
Set-Mere appointed lieutenant governors
M M rldul o1in ana ms TRENDS were natural
~ llus MANI anu are IRVING TO make as
Hiucn touoie DIS possipie ior the nperal
government.
Old Fight Over the Schools
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ih7 most perpieN1ns OF all the questions
Is that which involves the educational sys-
TEN. 1t is the old struggle over the separa-
tion of cburcb and school o,d ,,o, I'LL .o-
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,'iei'oei 'he lung hsh' III Mahi'ooa "hich
began IN 1910 and Is not yet satisfactorily
settled. / have not the space to give de-
tails, but brief review of events in Mani
toba will assist in making clear the situa-
ton in the new provinces.
In 1870. when the province of Manitoba
was admitted to the Dominion the constitu-
ton provided for separate schools for Cath
oiics and Professionals, and a division Of the
educational funds between them This ar
with constant controversies, until Attorney
General Martin, in an official opinion ad-
vised that sectarian schools We're unconstd-
tu.ional and the Manitoba legislature
lies appealed to The government at Ottawa
which has power to confirm or reverse: but
for political reasons, it sent the question
to the courts. The supreme court of the
Dominion held that the action of the Mani
toba legislature was unconstitutional, but
the privy council in England, in 1893, over
ruled the court and sustained the territorial
legislature The Catholics then appealed
to the Dominion parliament for constitu-
tional amendment. The supreme court de-
cided that parliament had no right to inter-
vene. The question was again taken to
London, and the prtvy council said that 1t
tb ,o n ene adn Tbst BOD cale1
upon Manitoba to change its school system,
but Manitoba refused. This threw the
question INTO ponies ane ~ was one Oh
elected nriIne notnister in 1saN He took the
ground that friendly negotiation would ac-
complish more than controversy or coer-
cion and promised to NIX things UP In a
satisfactory manner
:. After LaurieTs. election the pope sent
Merry det Val. now papal secretary OF
state, to CANADA, ana ne arranged sort OF
compromise with Mr Lauren, uH0ef
which the Catholics may control the SCHOOLS
In any district Where tney nave MAJORITY
ana the Protestants also. IMs aTIange-
ment mas peen Satisfactory except III the
CITY OF winnipeg, "Here there Is AdIse
Catholic minority demanding separate
schools, with monks, nuns, Cnristian Broth
ers and members OF otner reigious orders
DIS fedCliSrs. Ho SSLooi Do<hi u 'i<iS oiiSi ~
to give the Catholics separate rooms ana
lay teachers, but Will not employ mohasIcs.
the archoisnop insists anu the Sa.noncs
nave eatapiisneo Inear own eohooi eS e.SIl
They have recently erected an expensive
building ana nave a large aitenuahGe. Inc
archoishop mas instructeo an Caeh9ic ram am,
Ines TO SEND their cnilareH theIe. Il - saao
That II the quesuon were ie,t TO the iayIn
II WOULD De easIy ao9usteu, put .ne as en-
plshop is uhcoIhpIos1ns anu ue.aus q
snare OF the eoucati0nat tuiio piopo uoii.e
10 the numper OF oa.notc sehooi popuia-
uon' ano no ques'io1s aSnou'
Education In the Territories
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Inc euucaiooi 0''. " ~ "
was based upon that OF MANITOBA the Cath-
olics having control wherever they had q
ma toritv and the Protestants vice versa,
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win pio'''o nc i'
Protestant or Cathohc, coulu nave sep
arate school II IL was numerous enough 10
PROVIDE suHiclent Huhper OF cHiidreh
That was the baslc law OF the territories,
and the commissioner OF educauon mas had
absolute control over both KINDS or schools,
including the selection OF teachers, text