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Bible, Roman Catholic and Protestant W nounced such legislati . ! c i ed such legislation, and had never been would be able to read from the same 8. repudm.tetil by the hon. gentleman, he held him But when the substitution of the book of selec-- | responsible for what The Mail had said during | tions for the whole Bible had been made the the campaign. What was the course taken by | | ?o-.-ermnent had concealed from the people the | The Mail during the last campaign ? Not the | 'l"ft that another clause in the bill that effected | mUd tolerant course which the leader of the this change Opposition advocated to--day. No, the Gov-- ABSGLUTELY DEBARRED ernment was then charged with being subser-- 5:?:::12 ?athohc children attending the Public = vient to the hierarchy. A pamphletgcalled [n thes rom p'a?rtlclpatmg in t.hls udv_an'tap:e. THE LYNCH--MOWAT CONCORDAT these days when the i d t s » Hanity were bet n the foundations of Chris-- | stated that the practical issue of the campaign care that at alt ':'vg l:ttm':l\cd]:' they should take | was between the RomauCatholic hicrarchy and Thens of thes ents the @ducation Depart-- | Protestants of all shades in the Province, and ose who called themselves the Lib-- hat th 4/ > ¥ [ eral party should iselves the Li that the effect of Mr. Mowat's return to power these nttick OS }"°t do anything to encourage T| would be the establishment of Roman Catholic Mnemlmem:': s M:e lt'hen' !ll;l.(fifed the following d| and Popish domination. That address, he ' T net ie sHa bulhe n?: ill ;:-- ; , | believed, was printed in The Mail office, and it but be forth with referred hnnc(i'"{ort?l?g (30:1}1!:5;11:'3:?(.;( a ";;LS Clll;culated feal .the Couser\fu.twe as the the Whote House with instructions £o aAinend the throughout the Province. In this House the same l{_v adding thereto the following scctions: _ "| leaAder of the Opposition had been unable to n'.i:.t!'i.rlxgrtcf':}:gl,.-(':fl:]'g!tn"} Education Department E'Od\lce a single ')rotest made by him in the the Public and .lhgilhvscl?oo{; ltll{:o'?o;::reet()l\l} ;:l]')l:g:}e:ln gfor ty m g lggislation Whic-h o it '-'251 hv:__,y Public and High ~chool shall be opened )J fiercely attacked during the campaign. But | gith the Lord's prayer and the reading of the | had he the manliness during the campaign to | L'l',ul\!"vil"h(.,';.-"] }::énl'.u'h'ull be closed with the Lort's (!| tell the people that this legislation had been | regulations. prayor now sanctioned by the said jo| passed with his tacit consent? No, but he | _ o. If the trusteos see fit they may direct that the | allowed his organ to say that the Mowat Go-- HMak inglex :lI:;_mi-:';p;m-:i»-,shulfi t;lkT Illlacc in clos-- l vernment were to be condemned and defeated 3 Instord pering the se . fefl s | ;'(m;t ::lx.."'",'."'_llu- t.'\'? portions of '.hes Stl:?'?p'l':';::dtc: hlt)z \| for P for which he, as leader of the Op-- ad on each or any day. | | position, .::_.;_\_:o!;".rs'n!lfi::a:'l be required to take &)art. in the }' wWAS EQUALLY RESPONSIBLE. . er referrel to in the second and third seo-- 4| That was a cowardly attitude for the leader of $ > ..\ the Opposition. (Applause.) No man was tions against the wish of a paront or guardian ex-- | | worthy of public confidence 'who did not prossed in writing to the trustcos of the school, take his full share of public responsibility. . 5 When required by the trusicos,, the Ton i Aund _ havi llow 'f hi friend i Commandments shall bo repeated at least once a n aving . allowe 18 riends _ in week. the campaign _ to use that cry, it ; 6. The trustees shall place a copy of the Scrip-- |.| was now a little late in the day for hin to 9 schools ""-;"' "'91':"'.""?"'""' the Public and High |"} come forward as the advocate of tolerance schools under their jurisdiction. + : y 7. When a teacher claims to have consoientious | | Having hoped to gain the treasury benches by serupies against opening and closing the school as | | his silence he now came as mild as any suck-- hercin provided, 'he shall notify the trustees to | | ing dove to talk in regard to matters for which that effect in wriiimi. th try was filled 8. The po:tion of the Scriptures read shall be 1e country was nile a} read without comment orexplanation, WITH INCENDIARY FIRES C-l 9.} the ( llz,-rx.\'mvu of u'ny d(-'ng)llln:nutiu? or tlhcir of bigotry and intolerance, Had it not been C authorised representatives shall have the right to | g ¢ u| give religious instruction to the pupils o?thch' fox: th)e b'°.°d sonse of the Protestant pe'opl'e of own denomination in each school house, at least this Province the country w?uld have been once a weoek, after the hours of closing of the || deluged with blood and the fires of presecu-- school liu the x\l'llcrlu)un. and if -t,r;o clergy men ?it '| tion would have blazed on every hiliside. The more than one denomination apply to give reli-- + a ns s gious instruction in the same_school house, the first point to w hich the leader of the Opposi-- trustoes shall decide on what day of the week the || tion referred was the j schoo!'hou}e :lhn.ll be at the disp(l)sal of th'e cleriy- ASSESSMEXT OF RATEPAYERS a{) men of each denomination at the time iereinbe-- | | + e s fore stated; but it shall be lawful for the trustees | | for Pub}lc schools and for Sep'amte. 'ChQOl:' and clergymen of any denomination to agree upon | | In the first place, a R9nlan Catholic might any hour of the dgy at which the clergyman or || prevent himself from being classed as a Separ-- !xista::Lltx;)ol;is&;lll;epu'e:s;fl:n;ti\')ciqu:)a'{ngé;'g :&lig;orl'x)s | ate school supporter by simply intimating that instruc 1 10 p 118 1 'D, * \| # s a vided it be not during the regular hours of the desire to the assessor. If he became a Separate school ; and the clergymen of several denoming-- | -- school supporter he might cease to occupy that tions may unite in giving religious instructions position by giving the regular notice. -- The to the pupils of all such denominations, | freedom of the subject had -- not THE MINISTER'S REPLY,. | been _ tampered _ with. _ The -- leader 'of Mr. ROSS said he was delighted at the tol. || the Opposition had admitted tlhaft. '}ihy erant tone assumed by the leader of the Oppo-- did he not say from some public platform ';:" sition, now that the elections were over, and || iDS the campaign that the p{mtlon °kbt' * that he and his party had paid the full penalty Separate school "supporter hac ¢ "°tl gen of the intolerance and bigotry that had char-- changed. Now that the re§1xl}t\p an election acterised their action and utterances during w0u]d not be a!k:cted }1'3 ls"i')'e A "'G°le°" con-- . the last campaigo, The hon. genticman must fx'rmmg the position taken by the Ov'elrnt:;tl:ni:'.l remomber now with deep humiliation, and in Then he referred to the POSl;IOII.Of !l-l;)° or sackceloth and ashes, that he was a party to and and tenaut under the law. It gas to l:'e- | countenanced that intolerance aud bigotry. mcn'xbered that the lcCtl?ll a eitlng l:nat \The hon. gentleman had assumed an equity iubJeCt was not new. _ It was merely explana-- and fairness of mind towards the Roman ory. 4 s Catholies which were very different from those || , Mr. MEREDITH--It contained for];};e first | lately appearing in the organ of his party-- || time the_prmclpllg tltlfa.t no af.g:-.eement tween The Toronto Mail. Scarcely three months ago || the partics sihuu. alfect 'm'xl:l- :ionl; i The Mail--which the hon, gentleman had not Mr. ROSS said that it had been a.cb:ov% et repudiated, he would beg to remind him-- ledged by all that the tenant was to be re-- Kgd spoken in the 'strongest _ terms garded as h against _ all _ legislation adopted _ at |) ; . THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY B previous years .respecting Separate schools, || while he occupied it, and was it not reasona h' \And _ inasmuch as | The | 'Foronto Mail || to say that he was the hb '{ho paid lt' e | was the organ of the party to which the hon, || t4X¢8 _and who was entxt}:' lt'°' td°."°t'§' khsi-l | gentleman belonged at the time it had de-- || 4n Catholic landlords who lived in Farkhi