| Show MANITOBA AND CATHOLICS the attitude as aa umed by the oatho catho lio lie officials clale in the manitoba school question Is that the of catholic Cat bollo parochial schools from the publio public funds is in constitutional and therefore the province should be compelled to proceed as the dominion government has directed it to do it Is pointed out that when manitoba became a province most moet ot of the denominational schools were catholic and were supported by the public that this latter condition was continued by express ex press provision in the constitution that the immigration of orangeman orangemen Oran gemen brought the agitation for a change and that the orangeman orangemen Oran gemen are the same in principle as an the A P an AB in the united states it may be true probably oro bably ir if that the school referred re erred to is constitutional in the dominion a fact which bears beara witness of the astuteness of catholic leadership in politics politic otherwise its enforcement would not be sought or resisted except through the agency of the but though con it still is unjust even from rom the be catholic statement of the question which appears in the be dispatcher and this places the officials clain of that denomination in the attitude of insisting on the perpetuation of an injustice in order tu to reap financial advantage it Is ad in bitted bitted that by immigration the sentiment in manitoba to is changing to one opposed to denominational sup gup port from the public treasury hence while the support which the catholics demand is constitutional they surely must recognize that the enforcement of that demand is the speediest ediest way to effect a radical change in the clod for hedged about as it may be even in canada the he powers of govern ment rest upon we the consent of the governed and when the majority of the people of manitoba want to do away with the objectionable feature as they seem to do at present it will not take lake many years to effect the constitutional reform ultimately such a proceeding must result in the discomfiture of those who insist on the odious provision vip loi unless they are successful in regaining the political power which they seem to have lost in the profir as looking at the situation as it now presents itself there to is every prospect of a change in the Adani system the catholics ine insist iston on public taxation supporting their schools bools ao the non catholics persist in fighting the measure the steady growth of public sentiment entime nt is in favor of the latter class aes hence benoe more here can be but one re is suit alt to the content contest the abolition of the denominational system as a public policy ain it is one of the relics of european methods method which has baa not been readjusted and broadened to most meet the conditions in a free land As to the statement that the supporters of the nonsectarian non sectarian system are similar to the A P As in this thie country it may be said that if it were understood that the members of the anti catholic society were being taxed to support the private institutions institution a of their opponents they would got get much more sympathy and aid from the people of the united states then than they do As it 1 io the catholic Cat belio attitude in manitoba offers some justification for opposition to it and the appeal to antia P A sentiment in this country is not likely to reap much of benefit to those who make it the trend of progress in canada is to place the catholics in the same position as other denoma denominations batione W where here they will not handle for sectarian purposes the funds raised from all classes by state author ity |
