New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-02-18


ALsANT, Monday. Feb l5
In SENATE. - 600 are aTeed upon as the sal
AIRY OF esch Law Reform Commissioner ana the bill TO
allow Railroads uanspor, produce Tor the relief or
sufferers b. famine IN Europe lies on the table.
Stafe LHrary
Mr. JoxEs has reported bil making several very
liberal and praiseworthy appropriations for the increase
and improvement OF the state Library If $50 per
hsps 500 beside mileage due 10 men whose sole
duty open or shut gallery door for four or ire
months surely 500 % the learned and obi -ins cszen
~ho attends during long terms ior the whole year on
the miscellaneous library IL too little Goth would
have yielded that point
The members ot Che Ie Stature 10 this land pace
and plenty. humaI.iy meet this evening u consiler
what nay be done 10 alleviate the misery oi suffering
mi. ms 10 Europe
state Nornql Si31
Tie Annual Report Ot tbs school was ds,r .utet '1
day and enclose a copy which Rave carefully ref'
sni look upon 90 an ale argument In favor Of the p
si'ution. Il appears hat he County Superintendent
chosen by the supervisors haze the nonnauuns- ana
that each county may send .Tice a. many pupils as
sends members 20 the Assembly. The young men mist
be = the girls lbihsT must sign icciar1tcn tla hey
intend 10 teach youth. and come 70 Albany 70 qualify
Themselves for hatduty They receive money A. mileage
and no doubt exec lent and very suitable ccucaon
There are now 90 rrses and feneles % tLa school
also o teachers hey have ctfr - olrnies Of u
brary, also chemical apparatus, a.. thirty I'VE Irps
pay $50 year Tor their educatOr-ie resi- are seem
nely free They are taught enough u would take two
sticks lu Of u0nparel % tel II Az The year eEpen
dture is So COO and II p0cs can DC kcP- ont al the
direction and nominations surely the State $4,000 arr
not misspent The Charge for RoARD and mileage OF
students for the year % October last Is 1907 What
pity il Is that the wages OF youths thus educated could
BE- raised beyond the miserable average OF some I'D or
T. Counties such Ontario, St Lawrence Greene, SC
In the Hospital called the Seamens Retreat. 80 sail
aided during 1916; 1903 were cured. li2 ro.
heved and G. died thcre-mcn Of many countries and
afflicted with great variety Of complaints
Progress Of Temperance.
Mr. Wennan presented the remonsrance Of 1903
citizens OF Newiork, against the repeal Of the LAW
which allows the people TO retain and license, or to
abolish and refuse to license houses for the purpose Of
vending Intoxicating drinks in the several cities and
towns OF this State and desiring that It's provisions
might be extended 10 SewYork have looked over
the clerks desk-it very respectfully signed and
with very few exceptions the residence OF each sgner
is given. There are petitions from other places to the
contrary. Why so'
II one in four OF the people Of any town dssais
fed they call for new ballot and ne people r0f
Ieri.lators should be cautious When Rome was
very corrupt the emperor Galba tried 10 stem the tide
and IL swept him away. a bad portionlot the comru
nitv are evidently seeking political capital oni Of petitions
for the repeal of the Excise law ard should regret
much to behold their success.
Mr.. Benton has made a return OF votes. license
or 10 license" in the - Senate Districts In each OF
them the majority 90 mo License Tho smallest ma
iori,es Tor Temperance in Schohare and Delaware in
Orange and sullivan and in Erie-snd the largest in
Csyuga and Wayne in Kings, and IN Onondaga FOR the
four Districts Manhattan Island, there was no ia"
and hence no vote
COLLEGE and Common School Grants
The remainder Of the House Bill under discus
sion for hours snd being twothirds measure VIII re-
qu're more unsnimiy than the last As we remove
from before our youth distlleres End taverns, wond
not be well % increase and multiply the sources whence
they might derive useful knowledge
On this other subjects freely state my opin,
lie 10
q measure Mr. Bascom thinks be was nisropresented
IN former letter to this amendment but do nots see
where.
ON the question "a to special appropriations, grant
ing more money from the Deposit Fund % the Common
Schools Mr.. BEcKwrTH urged the giving more 70 the
latter because favorable 10 Democracy % educate
the poor mans snd the rich mans ehd together. lie
believed that II the Common Schools upheld and
supported, they would give the people literary and
scientific taste which would induce them n r1aintfin
co,eo, eud uuiycrsiil,- common
school Al time when such schools very poor and
when many OF the farmers believed that Il their sons
were educated they would not work Tbs latter idet u
not now prevalent lie did not oppo.e me grant lo'
so cool 10 scademies-he connected hcm win our
courron schools as part Of the system. In lct- the
HIGHER institutions had their lobby men mere as tney
have now-psricuisrlv those three colleges whch
obtained aid they asked only temporary aid and yet
$4,000 each have been paid to two Of them and $4,000
TO the other These grants had expired ana he proposed
not 70 renew them.
Nj Beckwith showed that the a students at Geneva
College receive each from the state, sl year and
its medical Students each S. year being so per siu
dent In three wears beside the medical gani-ths
Of the 3 students Al the University oi New ork gets
SIG wear beside 5000 10 medical graduates OF whom
,bore are 100 being 81 each 10 theu-and S,l year
10 those who also take degree In medicine &c OF siJ
in three yesrs-whle boy who is three years ~ com
mon school s allowed one dollar and Hour cents or ~
cents year. Take two from The common 3cnool'- me
one a farmer aud TRoDuCER-ha receives no tartner
aid from the state-the other n doctor and cos
s,fR has his education for his trade paid by the state
and has received if m Geneva College Tor three years
$40 l. this equal justice, or sound policy under,
stood Mr b. 10 oppose the continuation on the rants OF
5000 90 Geneva 5000 % the University OF New ofS
snd 5000 % Hamilton and 70 desire u odd The s2ltV
NOD 70 s a4asai pagss ~ aid u 10 ceTDiga sAoo's
bat 10 MONEY! lent out banks or Individual oi which
the schools are only 90 get The interest
Here diaer respectfully from Mr. Beekwith They
would take sa co. being par. Of The interest Of school
fund. from the colleges YEARLY-but they would not
give cent Of il 10 the common schools the teachers Of
which are 50 vretchedy paid Us ior instance 81 or 90
PER MONTH to the district school teachers IN 81 Law
renee they would PIT or ne igfrea a. Interest and
give the common schools the dividends OF that u
they had treated the colleges they propose to treat
the common schools but little good their donations
would have done thus Tar. The speeches seemed - me
10 warrant az the aid possible 10 be- given AZ once 70 Inc
whole Public Schools Of the State Tbs civilized world
rocks with abiding interest upon the vast experiment IN
this state OF Representative Government extended as
never was before Why add s2lo0 year, producing
$500 70 the schools in Isis when by giving $1,000 a,
once. you can assure them OF $4,000, in lsi7 Why
give three Colleges $4,000 OF the interest Of sehoo!
Fund and when you take il from them, give the Com
mon Schools only the interest Of that Interest u
Mr. TREADwELL, Of Albany. wanted 70 know II Il vas
not the Common schools that tOsiercd tue Colleges ana
Ac ademiesf Had there been no Common schools
would the Colleges have received equA support A.
bany County wishes 10 abolish the once Of County
SUPERINTENDENT the ten supervisors Of TINS CITY
voted for H. In % counties. Al 500 they get over
$4,000 year and what Is done for i The people are
waking up 70 this plan Of voting large sums 70 large
Colleges where the poor boy who walks the streets ~
ignorance cannot 90 and while the district scholar gets
But B cents He hoped that Mr B.odgeu would Win
draw his amendment and sllog that OF Mr. Basccm -
prevail
Mr. Bascom would give the schools only the interest
OF the interest Of % much Of the school fund
Mr. J. l.. sNrrH (who was the Leo candidate Tor
speaker ana y evidently well educated man as ne =
ausnt dcba.ar advocated the large grants 70 tae hfee
Coneges-a member OF the council Of the Snlfersiiy
had tod him tina, third OF students we're INDECENT ana
educated Traruii0usly. o., ,..-,. 49,.
NJ BAEyn. of Lewis was fgr M Bf'eors' Plan and
for elevatps the masses. In Mexico you md eoAezes
ana well educated clsss but the masses are degraded