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- _ V, ""P"a6Nb" to the spirit ot the Sc] Act. Under the act, he Catholic. Archbishop ot 'I forced to pay certain ol the public schools of the as a shareholder in the C ter as a corporation. held Catholie diocese. that 5 public schools. T"'t""""U5Co m seumg separate school debentures as compared with those of the public schools." "The principle of the present law should be, and I think it is, and I have heard it again and again. that the Catholic who wishes to may give his support to the sepamchool." he stressed. "There is not a single Roman . Catholic who desires that there should; be provision in the law that will have as its result that a single dollar or, Protestant money should go to the R0- ', man Catholic schools." _ No Share in Taxes? He further questioned whether the. Legislature is going to deprive the; whole Roman Catholic population and separate schools from sharing in the' taxes paid by corporations. in regardi to the snirit or on» Em---, . - _ In the dying moments of the third session of Ontario's Seventeenth Legis- lature---between 2.30 and 3.30 yester-f day morning. to be rl?,x,.t"itc-A,,.u,rteu,,e,,n!' Belanger. Liberal member for Russell,) delivered one of the most telling"' speeches of his long Parliamentary; career. bringing a tired House sharply! to attention. and earning, with his zip-5 peal for "British fair play" in the dis-i tribution of taxes between the public] and separate schools of the Province, {Premier Ferguson's declaration thatthe 'cntreaty was the most "logical. clear ; and forcible" he had ever heard on the N question. I By force of circumstance. the Rus- isell member had to choose the fag-end , i of the session to launch his appeal. But; ihe made the most of it, and before he fwas through he had sleepy members i wide awake. and the Treasury benches, gin particular. paying rapt attention to, I his charges. _ T"suen or Prejudice." i "Separate schools are as much com-' mon schools as public schools," he said. I "We should get out of the shell which' is getting too narrow. the shell and strait-jacket of prejudice which does: not permit equal treatment under the, law to separate schools as to the pub- lic schools." u... w acparate schools as to the pub- lic schools." Mr. Belanger pointed to the unequal advantages ot selling separate school debentures as command with Hun-- " ONTARIO KEEPS MONEYS? MURELIEN EELANGER . ELECTRIFIES HOUSE BY FAIR PLAY PLEA "Equal Treatment Under Law to Separate Schools" Urged were " not a single Roman rho desires that there should m in the law that will have ult that a single dollar of money should go to the R0- an -..1.-_I .. 1 to launch his appeal. But most of it, and before he he had sleepy members and t.he Treasury benches, 2te Separate Schools act, he declared. the' up ot Toronto can bel tam of his taxes to: of the city. because; I the Catholic Regis- y I. held by the Roman ! that share goes to; 3 In a brief reply on the issue raised, Premier Ferguson said: " am sure ithere has never been a more earnest .appeal on the question than that put .fdrward by the member for Russell. He has undertaken. in his opinion, what is right. and that it to educate public ;opinion. and if he persists in that he may_achieve his end in due course. "If the honorable member can per- suade the House and the people of the Province as a just cause. that is his right and his duty toward his ovm people." he continued. " have listened to representations a number of times. and from the legal profession and the clergy. There has never been any one who has presented his views more logically. clearly and forcibly than has my honorable friend." tive of religion and race. an equal opportunity be afforded for education at our hands. That is the system of education under which we administer our ttttairs and the legal structure laid down a number of years ago. The de- partment is endeavoring to keep with- in the law. "The policy ot the Department of Education, and in accord with other citizens of the Province. is that it iv the duty of the State and the desire ot those of the administration of the law that for high and low. irrespec- the of religion and race. an pmml ,,,_r-_--- v. _... ULRCIH'C School Act. up to now. These circum- stances have arisen. We are not rush- ing the Government to apply a remedy immediately. but we want you to realize the hardshins we are working under to give our children education. We stand equally before the Speaker's chair, and before the Minister of Education. this Government and this Legislature know- ing this a moral right to which we have a claim." May Achieve His End. 1118 mg question was, he stated, whether the Province was going to keep moneys to which the separate schools had a moral and legal right. " leave the remedy to you." he told the House. "We wo not ccmplaln of the Separate qr,Neue,t An' ..- A, ---- -. Tile big question was '.. 027/47. Ptle. an equal