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6 "be tuught excep; through the medium of || gerous encroachments were made when TW8" information on the subject. That i & e ? ~ usade against. is x ia. [ on on vhe ° 1at intorma-- ::::lr :;:::i? glilltb. Eut':rhn. cr():xtnri:" was %-t;:,::holf' nf::%e'.::,?;c:a :Eh:hl: :;:lt:s';:);l" t | tion had been to the effect that the book he unjuast and utterly unjustifiable,. The || English. * 0' | had read from to.nl_w. House was--and he hon." gontloman-- then " read . a . lotter ifon, G. W. Ross--The hon. gontleman | brovassertion inf siteof all dentals actoally from the school inspector or res-- lil quite mistaken. What ho should tell | useqd two or thr/ da hm i rvte s a ys ago as a text book [ more geuieesss to Wesiern sthigore Aban Thiy L the Moure is that Tpe o Pvat be H9u9h | in the Public seoo! ut Uorignal | were tgo those in the east. A training school t,l}l,:: ell;{-on:h 'yl!':g . oDoe; t::: (:.(::,n r{n:;:, } Mr. Bosn asked the speaker to be definite was proposed to be established there, but || man want to drigé all the Roman éa'zholic; | as to his use of the term text book. it was stipulated that English should || jnto the Separate schools? l wi':"iw(gifllg::lg lto:ve'd' used as any other be the prevailing language. In Essex Mr. Clarke then proceeded to deny that Jir. Rom--J oD 45 County the children of French parenuf alre he or his friends were making a crusade gr:n:.mur?'" ust /ss a geogtaphy or m se ui nowledge of the i 7 i tw t s Hoghish ieuguageTiow are they to become [ thee the Goveromiene thet the question ob . coptinace (o migicize moboniss siieand ons conversant with our great languago except ,| Public schools, so far as they are affectea from Mr. Ross"s h a p s w A + us A A & peech, the general effect of oc sn n is nnsdtes Do | 2o i0 wom t be nc woomerer feeen6® -- Thih war t deny thabhe fud intended to Piviment am'l) ity d ns 4 'wise Policy. o. Murray, in --a 'brict sasd \?i ':)"r-o". throw odium upon the French tongue, (Cheors.)' If the policy of the Oppositgou 1 speec'h, rose t(; make an explunatiougabout. :llt::lx; '::) far as he was aware, he had not + » ? ic ' a a ti% rexsle bus Sepornes srtonie ait orer tRS | dering. the. Geuhte. . No segratind t st€ -- exinted The tneube. sen neccooind i Province. If we nre to be called upon to | that again race pl'.ojudic"s gwcre riised it entered the chamber, and proceeded to abolish tixe use of French in Public schools, | the Hofise and could no;, help belie vin ' _ mangle theGovernment side of the %'[ou'se in we would be introducing the worst phases of | that the * old crusade was being a aifi great 'style, warmly applauded by his friend, sectarianism and bigotry. The inspector | revived against his co--religionists ((sf,llofrs Mf" Tooley, and other gentlemen. Mr. Hess for North Essex could tell the opponents of | In his own town he was :gup Ofter of q,'e) said that he was a native--born German, but Freuch schools in the House that a great | Separate school, and had c};nu'ibutedh of ;'Ihfi: heBcn:xtI.lehto C'?.'"":"' hg had (l;fier{r:med' deal of offective work is being done for the | his private funds to that end. _ Those 4 a British subject, whereat his side of | good of the rising generation through | schools were doing good work, and the House cheered to the echo. ' Mr. Hess | ie womne ds "hroih Jnt | oove lont tike ty aelvotiennt | Uarmees tmsaracon in Uhoel mavvet B ol the oilidres of Croogh satinaizen| to the report of s serment fne smuoming | ncoieay "Reagured on ons oo | in his Sietrict apoice the linglish inupusge'| paper, aud sanl ho would give §100. 40 3 | ShithiS MoAesited . Hre Miitcter cof Mlue 1 and that fiuent{:' Mr. Baliour then stated Bhfrit.able institution if an o pe y 013 | cation to mention a single Public school in that he believed the crusade against Frouch | prove what was asserted iuy 5:';:0:6:-',::;1 I wl'xfch Ge'rn.mn was taflght. o P schools, from the language of 'The 'Mail | viz., that the French race bought a simzi'e The Mlms,ter ot Education jerked out downwards, was dictated by anti, hy acrc; in Ontario with a view to ousting the 1 Wa.'terloo.' to the Roman Catholic religion,. Kuo. ing | Anglo--Saxon race. A crusade was imnade * That was the only Pl"e.a" said the | the Freuch as he did, he was not afraid but | against him at the last election from a reli-- member for North Perth amid a roar of | the "\"8'_0-5"10" race \V?lfld hold its own, ' gious stuu_dpoint, !)ut he would say that the laughter frcmdbo't13 sides of the House. He and he did hope tuat instead of so many | party again arousing similar feelings would then repeated his statement and asked thousands of French Canadians leavigg | not gain anything fron a political stand-- why it was that Frenchmen were favored so Queboc, they would be induced urder a | point. C much mpre'tba,n (;erma.n's. Were t}ley bet* wiser fiscal policy to come back and assiini-- Mr. Davis admitted that the membor for _ (C" l,f'°k"'g~ he asked. W Sre th'oy nicer than late with us in building up a great country. | East Durham introduced the question in a theGermans? He thought theGermans made In his county Freuch schools were in every | moderate way, but at the same time it was , just as good citizens as the French, not to respect popular, und it did not lio in the | patent to all from the remarks of the Minis-- | "*Y better. He was willing to fight against mouths of honorable gentlemen opposite to | ter of Education that no wrong was done his uative country, if necessary, for his _ declare what was not felt by the people | against the Public school system of :hol present country. He wauted to have his who -- best knew _ the _ condition _ of + es hss children speak English, and to speak it ' | Province by the teaching of French in ths better than he could himseli, and these schools. There was every rsa-- | | j dap ies 68. » o > o French districts of the Province. All would therefore he did mot ask to hav soun to bclieve that French was in ' unil: that in the iPuablic_sciools. of" 148 .G s wve many cases necessary so far in the history o narnog BR aaql c 1oa pcerafs 0 German _ taught in the schools, At s s A Province English was the prevailing lan-- the same time he did not want Frenchmen of the Province of Ontario to convey ideus ras P a C nemt o B e guage, and more efficiently and universalily to bo treated better: than Germans. The to the children, and any one who argued ; M OE o s e 4 8 taught than ever be{ore in the Province. hon. gentleman then told an anecdote, and otherwise did not understand the genius of s & » s s rAe S Another feature brought out in the debate closed with an argument to show that education, (Cheers,) The member for tn s : * 8 o * » o was the democratic cnaracter of our Public both Protestants and Roman Catholics North Essex closed by an effective appeal a 5 i ol s PP« . schools, Ontario saying, ** Our schools are believed in the existence of a supreme or unanimity of sentiment on the question | | free to all creeds and nationalitic y o s s °. malitics. We --peing. of education, at the same time deprecn-w\g' will wive cequal rights 1 1. who ma & % the introduction of feelings antagonisi to | . ; & u,"l o wtay! U C s t H It was appropriate enough that Mr. the union of Protessants aud n -- ,, || "hOpi® o. seluis amongst us," He would Pacaud, after listening to Mr. Hess, should A » r again say that the Minister of Education | himself demand a hearing. He only was in Catholies for one common purpose, viz., the s -- I 8 y ( h 1 V*+*"* | . ought to convince the House that his de-- | the House at the time, of the three Fronch | development of a great nation. During his + f ; B * speech Mr. Balfour asked the leader of the patsiment was floiug every thing. . PogelOie o : | Canadian . members, Ne spoke . con. | 0[ osition why Mr. Cls 5 { wards giving the English language that | siderably fbotter _ English than _ that | pposition why Mr. Ciancy was absentir0Mm | ; prominence which it ought to get in the | which he had used in addressing the House | his seat. _ Was it not evident that the mom-- ? ; 5 & L 1 & ber for Kent was thoroughly counvinced of 'ublic schools of the Province. 1t was the ; last year, He said he could not say with the injustice of this :econgd zrus:ule against adthad of the truth to say that the use of . Mr, Hess that he would not like to hear his Roman Catholics and their institutions * the' French language was making any head« -- native tongue in this Province. He loved (Cheers.) * | _ way in this country. 3 his native tongue and liked to hear it every-- +. H. E. Clarke said there. had: been chl*E being six o'clock, the Speaker left the | where. § Helbehleveld thatldthe crulsade : i j AL. against French schools would never have :(l:c:le?::il;:ptr::eutn.tn.ous ihar he felt. bound ' THE EVENING SESSION. b%en heard of in the House if French mem-- position of his party, and he | | ipmelteg ty C i 4 o s « . hei | proceeded to give a resume of the discussion | | THE DEBATE OX THE FRENCH LANGUAGE bers had continued to throw in their lot | up to the present point. After that he coxtixvkD,. with the Conservative party. Once on a uddressed himseif to the Minister of Mr. Craig rose at 7.30 to disclaim that he -- time Mr. Robillard, the late Conservative Education. _ He raised a laugh, by re-- | Nad avy intention in introducing the motion member for Russell, made a speech in the ferring to Mr. Awrey as my friend, Lord | to offéer any insult to the French, and if , French language in the House which was Dundreary, of South Wentworth. The joke | _ that were done it came from the speakers | quoted ali _over the country, and had been 'p['operly prepared and went of | 00 the Government side of the House. which caused it to be remarked that very well, and Mr. Awrey stroked his ex-- | 'There was no desire on the part of the the French language had been heard cellent whiskers no more for the afternoon Opposition to prevent French Canadians !" the _ Legislature _ even. . of _ the Mr. Clarke proceeded to say that the Min.| from loving their mother tongue, but he BNCAf English--speaking Province of the ister of Education had "darkened the air| (Mr. Craig) decidedly objected to their Dominion. The Conservative party had with ponderous words," and thereby at-- | | Ketting privileges not accorded to other "NOt then protested against the use of the tempted to hide the facts of the case "from | VAtionalities. He was glad to hear that in French language. \When he (the speaker) the sight of the mental vision of 'hon ' a few years nothing would be taught in the . 44 been insulted in the French tongue gentiemen." -- The Minister of Education | Public® schools of Ontario but Eng-- while in discharge of his duties in the press had been charged with not making Euglish lish, the Minister of Education having | gallery by the same gentleman, not a mem-- the dominant language of the Province ;| told the House that instructions to that | ber of the Conservative §'d° of the House and what was the Minister's reply ?° Sim.| @fect were sent to all the schools of the ; had made a protest. Now they had lost ply a laudation of Frenchmen and of the| Province. He was glad to hear of the 1the support of the French Canadians and | French tougu>. Mr. Clarke discussed, too, | Progress made by the English language they had changed their tone. Mr. Pacaud for a few minut@s the question of Sep'urat; in the County of Essex, and that said modestly that he felt half iuclined be-- schools. He deplored their existence, but| the teaching of French was year by year | Caut® of his inability to express h."melf declared that things being as they were, he | getting iess. Coming again to the cate. | VCY wall in English to exasperate thoe Op-- was ready to fall in with them, and that he | Chism, he maintained that it was not a fig | POS!WON by addressing the House in French. had no wish to abolish Separate schools. | te°xt book tor the Public schools, although He controiled himseif, however, ana sat He contended, however, that while theso | there were some points in it which, from a | dOWn after pointing out that English was Separate schools existed all over the Prov-- | Yéligious standpoint, were in their own place making very rapid progress among the ince, these French schools really gave ad--| A4mirable. Mr. Craig then read a letter French Canadians of Essex County, as was ditional schools to the Roman (gu.tholics. purporting to give a different account of the instanced, in fact, by himself, who, unable In one or two places, he said, the Roman | Coudition of the Public schools in Eastern to utter more than a few words of English Catholics hud got the upper hand, turned | Ontario from that given by the Minister of when he was clected a few years ago., was out the Protestant teachers ard passed Education. now able perhaps to entertain the House by resolutions that all teachers in futurbi A chorus of voices here asked for the || Addressing it. should be Roman Catholics. Mr. Clarke | Damo of the writer, but Mr. Craig refused |, MR FRASER, charged _ the Minister of Education l to divulge it. \| THE COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS MAKES | with glorifying Freuch scho ols in the Pro-- | . Mr. Ross said any letter that was quoted Iv AX IMPORTANT SPLECH. \ vince, but that was no answer to the en-- l in the I:quae should be laid on the table. _ There was a lull in the House for a few croachments made by that race on the Mr. Craig, continuing, referred once more | minutes and a few shouts of ** question." Anglo--Saxon race. He would not agree to | to the Romuan Catholic doctrinal book which | _ Nobody else appearing desirious of rising, the abolition of the Separate schools, but l he had said on Friday was used as. a text |, Mr. Frasér rose amid considerable applause if thero were encroachments it was the _ boOk in the Pubiic school at L'Orignal, He |« and said that he wanted to say a few words. duty of the House to sos to it that this | h-d'not been quite so sure after Mr. Koss' || Then he proceeded to deliter himself of a should not be permitted to go too far. Ran-- | denial, and had !;nken'opcasiongltfo getfurther}| speech which occupied an hour and a | g~----~#------@x