Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-06

French Canadians. who are devoSt Cath
oiics. Where the two peoples live side BY
side. a. they do In Montreal, they seem to
n axe N pretty nr harmony Ths sisys pop
are separate schools and public officials are
about equally divided between the two
races and the two religions But when the
two races emigrate to the west there oc-
ours every now and then . serious locking
Of horns.
From about 1895 to 1898 there was
mighty row In Manitoba over the school
cue stion. The Catholics then had separate
schools. separate school systems sepa-
rate school inspectors and the Qusalifica-
lions for teachers didn't match In tho two
systems. Since English Protestants flock
ed into Manitoba more rapidly than French
Canadians, the FORMER finally secured con-
troll and won their fight against separate
schools But In Saskatchewan and Alberta
the Catholics were not only In a minority
when these provinces were admitted but
they were fairly well satisfied with a COM
promise that had been reached on the
schoot question. This arrangement was
that when the Catholics had sufficient vol
ing strength they could declare the local
schools to be Catholic schools But this
wasn't so radical a proposition after all.
ana simply meant that religious teachers
OF the faith might enter those schools at
the end OF the regular session and keep
the Catholic pupils an extra half hour or
longer to receive religious Instruction Pu-
pills Of anothsr faith could leave II they
~SSAt w. thciG were the Sam9 &Cn0Ol In
spectors for all the schools and the quail
neations for the teachers were the same.
everything was going as merrIiy as the
marriage bells. when the conservatives
the territories.
The Two Leaders.
r. w. g. Haukain Is the conservative
leader In this section, as Oliver Is chief
OF the western liberals, and Il is claimed
.hat Hauitain was party to the compro-
mise OF ie02. which he proceeded to attack
IN isV4. People say 50. anyhow, and that
Illustrates the purely political nature Of
this last raising of the religious issue h,
Ine dominion. 1t had no apparent effect
Inc presence of cross over a doorway
on one OF the Canadian buildings gives a
side light on this question When the ill.,
erals are in power they won't remove n rnr
rear OF OFFENDING their Catholic friends
and when the conservatives come In they
ieaVe IN place to win them Catholic
votes. Boiled down. the race and religious
issue Is convenient for the conservativas
Just now because Sir Wilfred I.aurier IL
Dotn catholic and q French Canadian
Inc leader OF the opposition. r. L. Bor-
oen, Is the premier's direct opq,,site ana 4.
Quit on Fairbanks lines Incidently ~ 4.
VI interest that the Canadian government
pays the leader of the opposition n salary
e .sr 20 that OF dominion cabinet minis
Borden 10 give all his time to making
1n.nss disasreeable for the party In power.
" think of John. Sharp Williams dra wing
$o;UV a year for raising cain.
frank Oliver liberal minister Of the In
terror Is In striking contrast to the oro,,n
oi pubic men IN which the French-sSana
oian Laurier and the truly British BORDEN
are central figures. Oliver drove into the
nt,ie frontier trading post that once was
Eomonton In Red river ox-cart many
Yea Years ago; His young wife rode beside
MN. and that was all of their honeymoon
Journey. oliver was q practical printer
ana ne soon began to publish an animated
handbiii, which he. with serious lack of
modesty. called newspaper Since then Ell
monitor has grown. and so has Oliver. finan-
GRANNY and otherwise. And he is no man for
russ and feathers. He is square and ne is
a. politician, and I'm this instance the cora
bination Is distinctly harmonious The Of
nee OF the sheriff at Edmonton a part of
the appointiye patronage. In Canada. is now
niied by conservative Oliver could turn
him out with lift OF the finger But he
hasn't found time to SO exert himself He
IL strong party man only in the big
things He doesn't seem to see the little
ones The river and harbor appropriations
here are used largely for political purposes
Oliver might be car II he choose, but he
has also overlooked that bet Most of his
time Is devoted to attracting immigration
and winning popular approval. And he GER
tainiy has been success along those lines.
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