PERTH, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1936.
NO 2.956
SIXTY-SECOND YEAR
Distinguished Catholic Canadian in Perth How Canada Won Justice in Education
T I,„1, in
Absorbing Lecture by Mr. M. J. Quinn
order of Ontario had built its I I F. \ alue of close orgamsa fought on the single issue of asut power by were bluff obtaining justice sistance for Catholic schools. In tradition tly demonstrated by eloquen con, •overeducation tact thse Government for Catholic when it zmalysed iation the Assoc inand power own its of hdent \vas demonstrated by Mr. Martin issued a diagram n and the positio to its defeat .1 . Ouinn, a Catholic gentleman fluence, contributed e strength of relativ the showing the of issue the iroin Toronto, Canada. and chair- by making this cn and- Ca01 otestants, angem patty nt ernme Go\ The n. electio man of the Catholic Taxpayers' m showed . The diagra tholics with 110 seats A ssociation of Ontario, at a lun- \vent to the poll tants, of l Protes mass the genera 11. cheon tendered to him on Mon- and lost all but 00, repre2,500,0 as ering numb iaAssoc the of ign campa The day by the Catholic Men's Luned its objective, sented by a black column - four cheon .Club, at the Australia tion had achiev as 750,000, passed but it had also done _something inches high; Catholics Quinn Mr. Hotel. n one inch a colum by represented lasting the to be which would through Fremantle on the Maas 30,000, emen and high, Orang lower Canada; it had 1.)ja, on the return journey to benefit of about line a black by r nted Order, eprese e the Orang Canada, after attending the -Ca- discredited inch in an of h one-sixteent Prothe ruled s alway had which tholic Education Congress at vince of Ontario. and which had height. The circular added that .1delaide. never allowed an official position, 20 per cent. had been added to for figures Assoyers' Taxpa lic Catho The even one so lowly as that of the ascertainable disany for allow to en Mr. O rangem ciation of Ontario, said poundkeeper, to be held lw any()Mum was formed five years one who was not a metriber of the crepancy, and that this addition ago, with the object of obtaining order. The Taxpayers' Associa- had made their relative position justice from the Government for tion pointed out to the people of on the diagram actually discernIts efforts Ontario that this not only ex- ible. Catholic education. nt suc- cluded Catholics, which was its brillia with were crowned The annual procession of Orpassed main purpose, but also those Pro- angemen, which for -many years ent enactm legal a by cess testants who were not members had been so strong in numbers only a few months ago. That the Orange that it would take three hours to The Catholics of Ontario had of the order. 1.. pass any given point, had drop.111111.--0410--411110-1P.O. 1111,410-110.--4111.--4NP..11 striven for sixty years to obtain ped in the year following the a share of the taxes which they for es puritos last election (last year) from tional educa paid for ls, schoo own 18,000 to 8,000. This year 6,003 their of p upkee the had taken part, and, said Mr. but, though some Governments Quinn. he fully expected that had admitted the justice of their tepped side-s year it would not exceed next s alway they , claim 3,000. the responsibility of doing anything. claiming that public opinA t the conclusion of Mr. ion did not favour such a move Quinn's address. His Grace the and that they could not take the Archbishop thanked him for the risk of running up against the interesting and valuable facts he Most of wishes of the people. had placed before them. Before the Governments, however, were Mr. Quinn came, lie said. Cathopredominantly Orange and openlics here had known the injustice ly 'hostile and . contemptuous. of their position and had hoped that they would eventually obMr. (..)uinn explained on Monthe refute to tain redress, but they did not was day that it have a definite aim. Now, thanks claim that public opinion W a S to Mr. Quinn, they had that aim, against justice to Catholic schools Asyers' Taxpa they knew how to proceed in and that the Catholic The d. They forme light for justice, been their had ion sociat would organise their efforts on organisers were convinced that public opinion had never declared COUNTESS CHRISTINE DE HEMP- the lines of Mr. Quinn's Association, and they would not rest itself on the issue. and, in fact, TINNE. until their objective had been obIt was announced in the last issue could not do so, as it had never the Countess on tained. been informed on the merits of of "The Record" that return, would give two or three her the to d applie This the case. of women ic Cathol the lectures to (At the Education Congress. a general body of Catholics as well Perth. We regret to announce that, meeting of laymen passed a resothe to and owing to indifferent health a s to Protestants. lic very severe demands which the cli- lution forming "The Catho and open the into g By comin has made on her strength, and l'axpayers' Association ,of Ausmate putting all the facts of the case to the extensive travelling of her tour tralia," and pledging themselves the Counbefore the public at meetings. it has become impossible for to the vigorous, loyal and cons which had lecture the deliver newsto tess and letters r and by circula !inttous support of that Associabeen arranged. paper articles, the Taxpayers' arrive by boat on Decemwill tion until the remedy for the inShe Association soon gained the sym- ber 3, and for the week of her stay justices and hardships imposed pathy of the fair-minded Protest- will be the guest of the Loreto Sisters conditions— existing ss will ,zatisfv herself with by the ant majority, and with the sup- The Counteion supfinancial of lack by d of the Catholic institu- create an inspect port of the Protestants and their tions in and about Perth. She will-be port for denominational schools own people they were able to de- arcompanied by mernlep,: of the ex- and the diverting of all money tc feat the Government of Ontario ecutive (:f the Catholic Womm's State schools—had been found.) in the election of 1934, which was I,eague.