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'. We"-,'"'- _ 1 "i tAest.aneCtnftead " an land that Constitution was he not. Itttli an int-end upon the Constitution which the ease could not support! They took the mood that tho riuht to open trot " one provision within the meaning of that Act. and tho hon. gentle- man must. show good reasons to the contrar . and that the right was one that he could safely withdraw according to tho provisions of that Act. But to proceed. Mo (Mr. item) was Rotating out that it tho ballot was provided as e proposed. it would only atroe.t seven distinct munlc politics. Besides. he should give them some reason for tho introduction of his utens- are. Was he prepared to show that hotter Separate School Trustees could be secured! Was he prepared to show that in. tintidation was practised t Did he want to imply by " ts ii that Separate School elections moo new under the control of the Hierarchy and that only by a measure such as this cool they be emancipated from that can troll if so. he (Mr. Ross) thought that the pro- amblo should read that whereas the lint-tan Catholics Were under tho Hierarchy. therefore Her Majesty. by and with the in] rice and con- sent of the Legislature, ele., enacts that Separ- ate School elections should be by ballot. That was its intent and purpose. It plainly intimated as much. and he ttmut:ht his hon. friend in his London tstromholoarlyludlcarcd that was his opinion, and that some remedy should be obtained for such i- condition of oil'uirs. Could his hon. friend show that own on his own basin he could attain tho obioct he had in View! They were charged with receiving more than their share ot Catholic support. They reached that undorthe ballot system. "is hon. friend pro- raged tonpply the ballot to Separate $le ole n order that the election: should not be under the control of the hierarchy. and yet under the Ballot Act hoassertcd that the Mom iii Cath. ollcs showed sympathy to the (hvcrnment. Hot or cold. thin or stout. the same inference was drawn. the some coucluiioit was reach- ed by his hon. friend, that there was coercion. there was intimidation. there was injustice dom- to a litt'ut' body of iter Majerty's su'ojvcrs lint supposing thi- position Were revcrsttd: supporting a Roman Catholic, majority prevailed and that tin- Protestant School-i Were the Separate Schools. would the Protestants consider then-wives fairly tri-ated 'ttlegislation of this kind Wt'rt' fort-ed ttpon them! Supposing tho ballot were forced upon the Proto,tantsot Quebeccontrary to their desire. what. would be said of the Roman t'atholic mummy tin-rel Would it not be said-and no doubt his lioti. friend would be the tirst to raise his voice tuninn: legislation otthis kind-tttnt they ~ihoiild not Hilblllll to such legislation iinlms asked tot. by ll-tIVV..:,. But. besides. he naked. him my honorable friend any precedent for this.' This Province of (a... twin was not Ilic only Province in the Donna» ion in which educational ulli'ililllls were t'Oll- aidorcd oi griat mono-tit. i'oiihl hetinii one Provinci- in tlto ltotuinivtt whrr" the ballot had been applied to Separate School elections: Could he tind any State in the Union .'or could he quote the ctmmple of England. li'eland or Scotland! The tryrtettt of open voting pre- vailed everywhere: but. not wi' lISltilltliilK this. the hon. member proposed to enact this .i-gis- lotion. lie tltr. Mona) uottld wk the House to reject tho nil-awru; tirst. Incense there was no "ecvssity for its application. and, hi'l'oll'l, Ire, caiiw it "mild entail utiiiieousary i-xpe-nu . upon those " ho did not Jw/trc to itsallllll' that. _ CXPt'IlHi'. The mono-ire should be rcjeciol lit" i came it Wtta u Viol Men of the llriiish North . America Art. There was no demand for legis- " lation of this kind. altri tho prrsvni lust sum- ciciitiy covered the points brought forward by i the lion. iiii-viibin'. reject tho mans" necessity for its cause it Would upon those " ho expense. Thu m came it WM tt V America Act. 'I He would now coma to a hill introduced by his hon. lricnd trom North (ire). Tht, lubur of amending tho m'choul Act seemed to be divided up among tho tum. nwmbct's o, walla. The leader bud evtdi-nlly taken the honvk'enil, asheuyutaliydid, but the member for North Greg undertook to bring in n aumll bill-only a few lines-but one wluch, ho thought. would be admitted to be unnecessary. llc proposed that 'ho legislation or 1803 and sulmcqueut. yenrs should bochamed. aud that thuso em. ployed as teachers in Summit" Schools should "olotrgcr be allowed to tcach unlesas thov aub- mitted to tho sumo culmination no Public. Si hool unchcrs. In 1:55 the mullillt'ntiun of Sultan-ta tichooltetu%cts was pn-svrlhc-d by u Hoard ot iuxantiners. mud by tho Act of 1803 lny teachers were vxpouot to tulm tho mum in;- mnlnnllun us clerical teachers. This lvgi-Alution played as marl-era m HA: no Imam-r be allowed to mined to the 3.1qu " St haul truckers. In It tivparnttt Schoul lent-her Board of iuxatuitters. mu teachers were cxpuvurd mnlnnvion us clerical tttt Was ratittoei by the Con! mu] hm! hot-u actual "pm Follow] (mu-n. r-. litt " HP; .sururucd thut nu attack ot this Kiwi should tad In thu Int "t the lion. P' , , " for North Urey. in "I: discussion at the Act of lilo? no member In more noxious to maintain tho intoqrity ot the is N. A. Act than the hon. gentlunnn. Now he came to the Houau with no Act which would be diaullowml by the Danni-ion (govern- ment as soon as it was [and by the Minister of Justice. Further. he Would point out that. tho Guverntttent would not. only haw; tho ugh; lo disallow ll. but IO provide l'cllutdilll logislauon. He was no: uurpl'inud that um leader of the 9t" position, as a lawyi-r. Imd not. introduced ' this measure. but let; it to the member [or North Grey. What the latter member know Prey lo ul mnuern he did not know.bul. nsio inn lack t'l'llldlyi'it ability lino) had some exprnenco in the House n tow days ago. Tho laws now in force had been urciully and patiently consid- crcu by the greatest. minds in the country. and he questioned mo wisdom ot the member for Norm Urey in "lemming; to amend 'lyytlt, ll) Belem "peeling the Mauro to pass Ina PPr..1: ure tho men-bur Would have to prom two things -. tirst. that those who warp mumbcrauf the religious orders ot the It. ii. Church mu mh nor us teachers to those quart. nod undo: Rubin: Sclmol Acts, and try,r".ily. that the lnstrm tiou imparted in Itomnn Catho- Ile Schonls was inferior to that imparted in the Public Schools. _ . . -.-_--- 1* I \IUII'I LIVIIUUIR 'Cnevo mu m Toronto A training lnsllluto in connection with the Roman Catholic Church. When. he was lnfonncd. the curriculum was identical with the course ot study taken by Public School numbers. 'i new the! lwd " I had min-r h clerical lcnclu y tite. Cullfc'lc uetmt "pun t'V sumo examination ' In 1':fo the qual leuchcm was prom :wru. and by the Act {pound to who tho -rs. Thia1cgNhttion union Act of 18h7. or since. Tho bun. , thir, nnd lmL allow r Weir work Maxims MIL-lion 'tte Public .surprincd thut nu _ fail to tho " "t 'rth Grey. In mg 1897 no member - -t"'" " -- -e.- muoon V t' pmu . t . on bad token iil'lt',hl the High wings ottd tl.prptutnatitutapa. Intho IJeititiitllttt%tt m of the tumours held cor: Iticalel trout the vlnclnl Normal. In St. Paul's School one held tmthstario Certitlcate and another a Quebec. In St. Patrick's School one teacher held a Pro. vlncinl cesrtitieato. and in St. Mary's School two tttttCiti held curtilittatcd from the Province of Suva n'cotin. Out ot nineteen Christian Broth- urs in Toronto eight held Provincial ccrlill- mites, cilllcl' from ()ntnrio, Quebec or Noni Somalia. llo quoted Ottawa, Ht. ('nlhnrincs and ulllcl' citioa, showing that a similar condition of atraivs prcvniled. lo the various liotnnn Catholic 'l'rnining Schools [or [mimics ttvariy ull the Principals hcld lint-chum wrtilicntcs. llis hon. hieml did not pruuoso to proceed grudunily. but pruposud to cmnpcl nil these, teachers to Lulu- at course in um High nnul Normal School». He was. how- un-r. our" that tlie lions.- would not constant, to in» :nunaur'c of compulsion. From n report It the non. member WAS unable L0 prov; interior uuulmuumu in these teachers what could no prove with regard to ttte. training receiv- ed by no yils .1: these schools? The impression luul gone nomad that the lmining reevived in the .ieptrratt, Schools was interior to ', no Imm- mg received in lhe Public Schools. Ut this he could nut speak personally. as he had nut visit. ed tho runner schools, except. one-0.1m an act. ot com-low. but. he bud before him reports made by 1iiguafchool lune-aura In to the general c0icicncy ot these m-llools. In 1882 the luapecturs Were insll'llclrd to New and mum. on the geneml oftieioney of tho Public and Separate Schools. and the .\l ininrerquotcd Irroyy 10yreport.s "loge istit" rezoned ho learned UNIX. out of 159 female teachers of religious orders in tho Various Sup- nmlu Schools Ol Wow urn Ontario 46 held rogu- lur certitictttes and nine bud attended mo Noe nml 'rhool.and from this it was evident that th.ey \Vcro teachcrs of considerably pruning. spec-luvs unchan- and Marlins to the etrcct that. the work done in the Separate Schools and the uep0rttneut of the chihhun were uniformly good. In the communion for tum-hch enum- Iml ions t ht: pupils of the Sepurulc Behools ware reasonably succusslul. From Mndsny there reasonably aucccssfuL From Lindsay there Were stxtvoucandidatea for third-clings. eleven tor sccutut-class, three for intermediate and hUVL'll for civil service. while the Toronto con. tent sent thirteen for third-class and sixteen tut second-ohms ccrtiticv.tes. The following Wt't't' union: the extracts read by Mr. 1tos,:-- lhu'rie. Inspector Hurling. 1874:- s." l exmnined sent-d chases. Third Render. 1'htiatiatt Brother b11109, two boyn'und tour girl,'. Tlt, ir reading was excellent. prununeia. tiott, intonation. punctuation. tlctluitionis. all good to u deureo seldom w1uscsscd by the in tiny Canadian school. It was a pleasure to listen to these pupils. The boys were not. how- ever, l'qllltl to the girls." Poteruoru'-lntspector Mnrling. 1276 '.-. .. Mr. Donovan is doing good work and has some pupils who work very iuttttligenrly. it he rcsultof his Kortiml School training in vol)' nmnit'eat in the performance ot his scholars." Ftorn~ inspector Merlin". 1874 '.-- "'i'ltu children Wei-u mostly very young. I examined the 4thulusa in reading. geography und urithmetic. tho work wits nil nbot'c the average. some ot the arithmetic and much of the gi-egrzwhy being really excellent. The tttuAncss and munliness ot the pupils Were numb gratityiug. The lonelier is energetic and luv-rested in her work. The wheel is held in u ennui but neat and clean building behind the church." tiuultth-rttspttetor Huclmn. 1874 _ "'l'ucsc. school» oil'vr u striking contrast in or- ganisation and order to tho Guclnh Public nulnoois. Thins p:wticulamy true of the girls' school. which is remarkably well managed. Um: of the sisters. t3ister Mary Aloysius, was normal! n student n! the Nornml School. and is" vvstisuucrior person and u very clever teacher." U stciucls--inspccttw Btu-hum. 1375 _ "'l'hu order was good. I examuncd the best pupils tirtst in dictation. in which they failed, "ml afterwards in arithmetic. in which they were more successful. In (not they did better in arit'utttutiu' than the plums of the highest dv viaiou of the Godcrich Ucntral Suhuol." *V an... .. ..69...FT.. -. Mr. Housman tnrn'sd his attention to Mr. French's bill. wha h proposed to take from Sep- arate Schools the tigat of elect ing a member to the High School Henri. Mr. French, he said, must hare something to do with school legtsla- tion. apparently. er the Act would not. be Pot" tevt in all its details. lie wanted the House to repeal that section of tho Act that allowed Separate Schools to be rcpremmted on the High School Board. The amendment allowing this was made-in 1850. Mr.Frcnch was then in the House and a consenting party to the tuueud- mth then made. lie \vasnot. aware that he had made any objection to it ab that time. W hat change had come over him since then t My what process had he been instructed as to the amendment he then supported and tacitly voted tor t--ior the amendment had Passed unanimously. What was his reason tor "trrulttttincr this amendment? The "mull"? GAUY volud for t--tur the amend passed unanimously. What. was his Introdupiug. this titr.tendtyertrlc l'?; nectlon LirTGv.C.c.iplh/uo Suln Schools. tor it was showu that Calhoucs were taxed for tho n I up". "In... ...,.., tho maintenance of hools Grliio a while Nahum}