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twhootn carried otf prize» from the English pupils in subjects in their own language. it tho education in these schools wt" exclusively French how could such things take plant! But. cont inqu tho apt-ulcer. we do nut for all that chomw to bu compelled to tgurrendor our Brivilo-gos and our language. although French small-m are of the opinion that it is in their lnlerosts. cututnerclnlly _tttul otherwlsc.) " nearest "on!" IN taxous'u " A FltLIM'il manhunt. Mr. Eunturel aways received it good hear. in: Whenever he "tldrcsero the House. but nct'er since he took his sent in the Home one his hearers so delirhied us toulay wrt h the n r. rid eloquence and grnce wit h which he can run-en: his facts tum his appenhl. To be sure, no subject WM. one that might well he calmed by on orator of his stump. concerned as it one with a defence of the privilv4ea. immunities (Hill innguugc ot tho race to wlmu, he belongs. He did it well, and deserved richly the rut- phiuse and the cheers with which his tutllies and " satire Worn greeted. The member tor Prescott. 'spenking no wed and so exact in what wastohim a foreign tongue. would put to shame thine who would deprive his children of the opportunity of learning their father's tongue. Mr. Eventurolbexan by denyin that he and hia FroneheNietiirturs shirLed 5w debate on the same subject holdlnst week. their View being that their case was safe enough in the hand: of gentlemen on the same side of the House to which he hunt the honor to have n lent. At a time when newuuupcm in Ontario are abusing the language and religion of Quebec. the press oftholattc: Province am silent and donut choose to retulinto. thus showing the lib mity of the Province. [to did not court a 'u'll'llrii'ld on this subject. but he was unfortunately" coin- veiled to take a stand and to present. tho mum of the achoolain Prescott and Russell in View of tho motion presented by the hon. member for East Durham. " was to him unaccountable how Mr. Craig and his friends could take for their authority newspaper clippings and hem-toys no against the reports ot inspectors and the odinirnhle and patriotic speech of the 1 Minister of Education. "are Mr. Evonturel l invited the Home to consider the real condition i of the French schools arraigned by the "prel- , tion. I not} ".ftsehtha! French pupils in I no l Comm; in tho qucsuon Separate schools. Mr. "on: Mr. Meredith haul heard 3 to the tttect tlyk tur. righ "I would tho Govvrntuent my to tho youux men and young women teaching those children that the tongue of their fathers. the language" their nation" literature. must not be spoken in the Public schools of Ontario. The Govern. ment would not take tho narrow ground that the Anglo-Saxon YW' Donderous and vom. blo mm was. should a the only one taught or used in tho Public schools. What position. asked the hon. Minister of Education. did tho great Uongervative puny m-vnpy w-dny? It was found attempting 1oeontineoutatlithin (he Une, of in narrow policy than would not " low hr: yo., grow to any prestiqo among . .1. ... '- _....l. ,, - -A .n I. . . i _ .. ,7 ____, .._.-. MI """'"N the other Provinces of the. Fiaiioii', and would militate strongly against the prosperity um growth of ttw country. tApplnusc.) not my In any of their sculurs. " Your tongue in proscribed. You must not we the tomnm yuu learned at your mother's knee." Nor wollld tho Umvurnmcm: gay to tho young men .........-.u--~ t i.. ..,u I :"llll- u,tui cxclc. 'EVVI' thrill? "it": .0 Mills} £1.33." ftottt . (out rim: trt' i .s.lt l . . 'ild 'ls'Jvl.rllil..'..d or tho dopuztulohl , and tho inspectors of Separate schools reported (renor- aliy that tho ammunition to use the Public school text books; was growing all the time. Hom gentlemen canto down with their nos- trains for the ills of the body politic. mm. instead of remedying them, they only made it more 'titlicuit to remove what mull uvilu actually did exist. The position taken by tho Government was the only remuable and digilitlod polllion they could take. "in the Government would lzvuauu-u."uu V. ...... w _ Separate schools would be thaws-mt to use en. tlrely the. text books authorised for the Public "shoots. Hin ground for believing thie Wu that. even now in ninety per cent. of the Seunruln schools of Ontario the text. books "unnamed for the Public schools wen. used of their own motion-o - triyttttet--etulsi.tt Eastern "Marin. of the ll?, U'ltool-c Hum-c. in no fewer [hull 3010f thank-in "lt but view-n niu- PING" H"mm 1'91""qu "Tie . - _ - A ...... .....t svtt I- MR. EVANTUREu G'overntmsu.t wanted "TtRr" gentleman they would Ipponl vegan! the Government were :rgoncy.as they had been equsl rgeuey in thou past. lApplause.) man an the Mor ot the House when mat what the. resolu_tion moi: of - Ontario sed for the Public ir own motion-ttt . "Marin. of the 1Y2 thrm 101 or theru--itt lean? a' KrtatA0n musing: an. w speak it. There is not a cue): Judge or lawyer belonging to the bar of Quebec. but. can speak the Kurdish language ttuentir. iChecrs.) Mr. Evnnturel then, in ringing tonne, drew a. vivid Rictnro of the early settlement ot Prescott and ussell by settlers from Quebnc. "They Went." said he "into vour cestern wil- derness. They were poor and had to spend all I their energies in hewing out homes for them- .sclvos. Tho men who are now elders in my ', own constituency cannot tspeak either English i or French very well. but their children are now L able to speak both Frcngh and English.nnd tho lwo languages tr? side by side as in tho .Province ot Quebec." Ho proceeded then to ; chnrga Mr. Craig with speaking of what he knew not. stating that. his 1 information was buried on articles contri. buted by n Nail correspondent who visited Prescott duriuctho inst mononucleo- tion. The tcport furnished to the pnper in question srttls' a subtimeefrort of the inanima- lion. There isnnother spy there now. an: tor nil he knew he (Mr._('rnigl got his last inturma. Mott from him. Whosent him more? The t speaker said that lifts purulon was nut, far trom .. F-- -..-.. r....- ' mum." n...» 0.. at... I Hymn-c- mau- _.-.-- 7...: V-" ' , . where he was speaking. I'arttitt. now to tho I cause of the agitation azninst French schools. Mr. Evanturel twked what " pt the bottom of all this agitation: Simply nothing more nor less tlmnthnt. the leader ot the Opposition was driven, to make nntngoulatn to French schools a plank in his platform for tho next. general election. He wns told that he had nothing to expect from the Catholics and the French. lint there is another {tide of the question. pro. ceeded the speaker. nnd here he quoted from the French Tory organ in Ottnwn. This paper. and in tact till the Tory pyphrsi.dowp there,mid he. charge Mr. Mownt with being the enemy of the French race. They say. "Did nut Sir John give you n representative in the Cabinet! Did l, Air. Mount do that! Oh, that Mr. Meredith l were in power and the tirgt, thing he would do would he to give It French Cnnudiuu it sent in tho Caloiuet !" it'lurers and lnttghter.) That, was tho View taken by tho Tories down east nnd the kind of literature which they scatter over Itusselt and Prescott with a View to damage the Mowat Government. Mr. I Evautuvel recruited a visit paid to (Jlongnrrjy by the tender of tho opposiuoa. aceompunie by 1 Mr. ()lmplentt. The views expressed to tho ', Ultrmntotttaneg in his apt-om tt ere mere quite ', dim-rent from those exprtssod to the French of i, (timignrry during speeches delivered there. 1 "Mr. Meredith." he continued, "spuko in such terms that many of his audience followed me, nukin . if he were u ('atholie priest." (Laughter and '/lid/.l.ci lie told the people that the main- tcnarcc of Separate schools und the rights and I privi 1srrstsottuo French race was necessary tor tl.e unitiention of the [tort-inion. Ills tune in dim-rent now, whilothe Tory papers eon- tinuv to tell the people that the Minister of Education has the l-n-neh rite-e under his heel. This was the game by which they hoped to get in power. Did the Opposition menu to propose that the French tumuliuns should park up bag and baggage and lenvo Ontario? 'l'ucysltould remember that Were itnnt tor French Canadians the Union Jack would not be (lying on the Citadel of Quebec. (Great cheering.) 'I here was a great temptation to Iylye' the country to be taken. It Was but u I tew.. few your?) when hot") ette's J'uxi4 was Nir.t'rcixtnou. in i-nllmr ludinnnnt terms. denied that tho mutton had anything to do with Separate sclrouls. and it mu not tair to l bring such a matter up. i Mr. Hardy desired to correct. tho vlcw Multan by Mr. Mi-i-odith regarding the sec- ;tlons of the British North America Act. ,prewrvirut to Roman Catholics Separate schools. Ho read the clauses and cum. un-ntutl on ouch. arguing in a lucid mun. ner that It Mr. Meredith's interpretation were sound it would be "ANY no ztb0lish Ht-lmrnu- schools nnd the nrivileges guaranteed by llh Act. The letter and the spirit of the Act are otherwise giving") Roman Catholics rightsthut ammo; ue logisiateduway. It any attempt were mudo to do Bu those Infected would nun-u! to the Privy Council of Uttnwu. which would undoubtedly sustain them. Then Mr. Hardy touched up Mr. Mcrodith. "He talks about his conscience." said the speaker. Whom was it for tho last uixtocn Your" (Chet-rs.) Was it not dumb. dead and mm- lyucd! ((Elmcrs.) I think tho poonie 'ol thin country will underutnnd his eunuch-nee [8 they curried across the Atlantic. but yet the French stood true and they were supported in this by llmcleruy. {Chan-r9.) We are. said Mr. Evan. turel, fund ot speaking the English language. and it is " pity we cannot speak it better. The mum way with you, who should also learn our hunguuxo. It was not very creditable to the universities that .ur.Urttig.agvatiuttte.oould not the ol her day understand the title of a French book without thennl on. dictionary. (Laughton) 1 hope. he said. that we shall hear no "no.0 ot tliinuuestiurt, and so tar as we are eoncorttesd we, inland to Bpt'tUg French as much as we pin-use. Otmu upon a time an eirort was put forth to animus" tho language of inc Aetuliar.s. and with i In; and tn View the cruel course wa l :nul'huvd of ittt.'yt,i',y,r "IOHIH'IS and fathers rum their chill run by placing the Atlantic ba. tweet, thorn. Hut they met in Acndlnngam. spoke Ihcirown lunguuueuml prospered. and tho leader ot the Doniumm Government lately made one of the descendants of thcse 'oruolly treated Audium u Senator. (Great appltuua.- VOTED DOWN. THE My": coxnxvzn AND THE AMENDMENT irilru'i'r'U. Mr. Craig then said that he would withdraw the muliun if Ilm leader ot the Government would give him nnollwr opportunity of plae. Ing'it 1tetore the House. - __ 7 7 Mr, Frtuscr, who is (or from well, and there, forc, tumble to enter into tho tubule. merely said [but Air. Craig had acted not Terr fairly and not very couragrously in bringing tormtrd the tvotion on such an occasion. lie and his cu-religiouisls ntiected by the motion ought to have something to my on Separate lchoohl. in which they were lnxcresmd. but they were I-rccluded by the rules ot the Rouse from mov- inyCtut nmondmnnt to the motion. firtrr7ir'1iqrif.rnFr'itFi1rjihy policy as he now ', proposes he will come back to lhia House at. aha next election without a corporal: guard. (Cheer-s.) l Mr. Clancy took a hand in. and indeed from his tirttt remarks it scanned as it he were going to vole against the women. during which Mr. Creighton became more serious than usual. '; The member for Kent. however. gradually be. come more pronounced. the gist of his speech brim: that if he thought the motion was framed with a new to but religious prejudices he would vote against. it. Iledid not, view it in that light, and although not !'ymparhirintr wit h the spoeches deln'erod on the aubject on both. sndes of the House he would vote for tho mol "In. Mr. Caldwell took the ground that " the momma of Mr. Craig were brought on in any other "my than u a V020 ot want. of con- f1dtttet he would vote tor it, but. he would vote ugmnsl H, The. rule was then taken as follows:--. YYAsrW.r? h. Clnncy. Clarke,tr. E. (Toronto) Cruz. Gammon, Omen. Eon, French. Hm Hudson, Ingram. Korns, Lees. Marten Meuchum. Meredith. tMetcalfe, Miller. Monk, Morgan. Oslrom. Preston. llnrke. Smith (Fron- tenaeltewttrt. 'l'ooley. Whitney. Willoughby. Wood iHas.tines),,'W.vlie-i0.., .- .. .. "w- ...........,.V,, "'.'"'"' .... NAws--Ailiur, Armstrong. Balfour, Banan- tyne. Bishop. Blczard. Bronsnn. Caldwell. Clarktti,Welliruttorit. Cotttttee. Duck. Dance. Davis, Drury, Kvanturel, Ferguson. Field, Fraser. Freeman. Garson, Gibson (Hamilton), Gibson (Huron). Gilmour, Gould. Graham, Maroon". Hardy. Lyon. McKnv. McLaughlin, McMahon. Mack. Master, Morin, Mowm. Murray. O'C,onturr, Pucnud, Phclpiu. Raysido, Ruhillard. Itoo "lurom. Ross Niridlcttx'. Smith (York). Snider. Sprague. Hiratton, We. tors. Wood tltr'---'.':". Tho motion to go intocomtnittoo of aux-ply was then carried, but it being bo'cmuklho Speaker was recalled and the House row for recess. EVENING SESSION. AN AMOUNT OF MINOR BUSINESS DISPOSED " ---MR. rimxcn's SLANDER BILL. After tho six o'clock adjournment tho Home went into supply. passing several items. Mr. French took ism-option to III item in the public accounts. which showed that lion. T. w. Angiin was paid $3,000 in connection with the Municipal Cututuisr;ion. and in dealing with the sumo subject. Mr. Creighton pointed out that the work of tho commission was practically its . lusts to tho House. Mr. Mowat, however. ex- pluim-d that the report of the commission wa- n valuable one, and involved a good deli ot patient inquiry by the commission. 'rumn uuuuxus. The following additional bills were read a third tinto:-- ltespectitut Damage to Lands by Flooding in the new distr'wtts--Ar. "only. _ .. H To amend mo LG, FEEL-'6': Act-Mr. Free. man. LAW or BLANm-zh'. The House then went into committeo on Mr. French's bill to amend tho law of Sunder. which created a long and animated discussmu. the ovmtuiesiotsrr of Crown Lands and Mr. Meredith 11.eile, hands to slaughter the measure. Ar. French. however. stuck bravely and almost alone to the bill. but it ""350 m-nlped and curved that when the committee rose cvnn its oromotercould not recognise it. The debate was somemnes amusing. and throuir1"ytuttcod:eture1ly conduclczl. Suva-at other bills were advanctd n stage. l titer which the House adjourned at10.30. AROUND THE HOUSE. ITEM. Ob' THE HOUSE, DEPARTMENTS AND vonxmons. Dr. Bell. of the Geological Survey: Mr. Bell, editor of The Mining Journal. -' 'll Messrs. Caldwoll. Murray and Bronson. v. "Is. wait- ed on the Government to apply fo grunt. .! $1.000 to assist in defraytng the ox use ot, . terrainittCtho members of the A "icon 1n- atituto of t Mining Engineers who . -1oct.i.i Ottawa next August. They wii, .3.' the mining sections of tho Province. couol'no DF.t'U'1'ATE0.N. A deputation from Colsouvg and vicinity also Interviewed the (loverntm-nt in the intorestsot the Cobourz. NortltumbeNand k Pacitic mil- War. Thor were an follows :-S. Clark. Mayor. A. Mulholland. T. J. S'aplcs. Peter 1ict'nlluttr, C'obourst: J. Bowman, "cave. and George Mitchell. Deputy "were. of Hamilton; W. _§obstct'. Iteeve, t'is.urins Sargent, bounty cove. and Wm. Mulholluud. Second lleéiuty Reeve. of Ilnltlilmuul: Col. Rogers. Grn ton. and Messrs. Bmvsloy and Gnllnghcr. 1vtu"a. worth. The proposed road will run from Co. bourx through oN"urtttv,tttluwlattd County to tho Iron mines in ltt-lmont. and Manhunt Town- ships. The deputnt ion asked for a grant of $2.030 per mile towards the construction or the run .