The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-08-08
SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 1867.

oAIoKDAf, AUGUST l, 1867.
Prayers by the Rev. CHAPLAIN.
The Journal Of yesterday was read by tn,
Secretary. "
Mr. CQIi5URN, from the Committee O,
Aosepce reported leave Of absence for Mr.
Bartholomew till the 4th of August.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
The Convention now resolved into Com
mitee of the Whole, Mr. MCCLURE in tl,t
Chair, and resumed the consideration of the
repost NO. lO) from the Committee on Edu
cational Institutions and interests.
The CHAIRMAN stated the question
pending when the Committee rose yesterday
to be on the motion of the gentleman from
Goodhue, (Mr. Bollcs) being an amendment
to the amendment of MIR. Billngs-striklng
out from the section the words "a and all in.
structions in said schools shall be in the Eng
lish language"
After debate, in which Messrs. LISLE
BOLLES, SHELDON, BALCOMBE and
others took part, giving out q dsposi-
tion to amend the article by reducing it to
general principles, and leaving the details for
the Leg stature
Mr.. Killings and Mr.. BOLLES with.
drew their amendments for
Mr. Isle, who offered a substitute for
the whole article. consisting of two sections
and prescribing, first, that the principal of all
funds arising from the sales or other disposi-
ton of the school lands and other property
granted to the State for educational purposes,
shall forever be preserved inviOlate and undi.
minshed, and the income shall be faithfully
applied to the specific object of the said origii
nal giants; and secondly, that the LegisIa
ture shall make such provi-ion by taxation
as with the aid of the income of the School
trust fund, shall provide for an efficient sys-
TEN of Common Schools throughout the State,
but 10 religious sect shall ever have any ex.
elusive right to the control of any part of the
School fund OF this State.
Mr.. BAL ES, Mr. HUDSON, Mr.. BAL
COMBE, and Mr.. MORGAN hoped the sub.
stitute moved be adopted. 1t was a copy
of the Ohio Constitutional provision on this
subject.
Mr.. WILSON, suggested that the substi-
tute would leave too great latitude for favor
iteisms of the Legislature, and referred to the
State of Wisconsin, where, for the want OF
suitable restrictions, a very large amount of
their school fund had been lost through the
corruption OF Stare officers. Minnesota had
a larger fund, prospectively, than any other
State ever had, and it should be taken care
Of
Mr.. PECKHAM preferred the substitute,
but would be obliged to oppose that as de-
fective in that it did not inhibit the district
system. He was for the graded system.
Mr.. NORTH was for system of County
control of the lands, and stringent provisions
against squandering the fund.
Mr.. MckUNE was in favor of putting the
control Of the fund as near the people as DOS
siblc. He desired another reference of the
article, with instructions to report a propo-
sition, that counties shall control this matter
Mr.. GALBRAITH submitted that a coun.
ty control Of these lands within the county
W impracticable. Some of the smallest
counties might have the largest po ulation.
1t would be system with ten thousand heads.
Everybody would have control, and what is
everybody's business is nobody's. What we
wanted was, to put the money into fund
for tile use of the whole State, the proceeds
to be divided, not according to the size of the
SVuney vi ui>I1iCt, Uut dCCotuhuS w VIC "uua
Der of children to be educated. Then to
cast such safeguards around the fund, as
might forever prevent squandering. His plan
was that the money should be furnished, and
the State pledged for its safe keeping.
Mr.. Isle concurred.
Mr.. NORTH proposed to insert in the
substitute an additional section, to the effect.
that sthe School lands in each county shall
constitute separate fund for the support of
common schools which shall be disposed of
in small parcels to the highest bidder, and
the proceeds kept, loaned or invested IN the
county in such manner as shall be provided
by law"
Mr.. GERRISH and Mr.. KEMP opposed
the county control.
Mr.. BALCOMBE suggested that the lands
ought to be appraised before sale.