, 1870-03-08
cf}MNoR scHU6ls In ILLINOIS.
How Much they Cost and What BE
- comes of the Money.
p.u,,.s cf nr. noore, Of Dewitt csnntJ' Ia
tbe ca CarslintleaA Ceurentloa.

the ChnSuiuuo1A VSa1cAauaS
rne {o1,ox,rg n ma1fs Of hl, MOOT, o. ~"
Wl.t County, IN TIA eon.A|1A'N"1
ase { I interest TO tax1oa, ,sm:,. o1s,,a,lv va
.,,na. a - 10 H,altp1 tven the Attorney HenelM u
tke once of ts,rf o. p1 nsstsS for
aoanlssaiansl omoa 70 +,ns.n .ithta tne cos;io, sf
ne tn Ixrts3asSss. Wa ~. want 20 e91n9e; W "
nsJ 1snt to adopt fo9saagt gtnes nsT TN neoois sfe
teenmrr d,ssatiened with tae'r pooo tcaoo!a "a
fs1s cinEai and Nev Futk-n NaT. 1otS sae.s =
esnget NAL ss insnd to az % rot want 70 ns
uEdeIaood % beirg opposed to tne tc nooi, ~ r.
TEN; bnt 10 snow taa1 tono eAA1ae s9oaa .nn 10
inmense amount of noEey TINT ~ sases,eo = NJ,
ocnI oi Puhlo Instruction has TtnN 70 e. oiecs es
ard eortIol It's trne that nao1ey do nos pasa a
tnrprx xu his ot1cu, hut II Il al Advised anu coa-
: rolled throu2h his Office. 4,,.,.,t
This sum Of money. subject 70 tae nA :,
" ". " .saiso. % IL Els iss7 wss ID isss
IL sos SD and IN 1859 Il amounted 70 the IA 'mense
sun Of 81 90l. l.sta-more than tlle enitfe "a 'eaae
III An7nonr. Ho9 nuch Of that n,oce y
handled By me Superintendent OF Public hass u''
ma aooaE. 1suppose very little port,su Or Or
#, hut it Il handled oJ under od'cers. coats
snpet'ctenaents Of scaeols, oy those fnsn w ,
cIeasing thelz salaries from 1851 70 1850
almost s1,too each In 1861 tho Average;
S,r4s In 1862 1t roee 10 tie erormuna son o.
sl,as4. This u the aaY i u doce: Is IS started,
tsaehefs togethef and tslt II nr; then i aoe. up
| to the equity Superintendent; then to the Sta:e
| STATS Superintendent, and the resalt oi 81 tnen
l9hora, Ia thta eEOrmous amount Of ta1tt, one
| tar o1 which IL al they ought 10 be ailosed 70
have: So..1 propose 10 denonst'ate that TO
| THE rrst the taxes Of 1869 and sec whst has
.un Of &, 800 was ra'sec for tcao and scho9l.
raid 10 tie teachers Thai, year tssss sl3; tiers
waa paia for school housss H. ~: saere VS.
70 cen. 70 snds
to b lsft n tic hands Of Township T1easartEs for
S;;ts ssT:s.ssa bedses tast nom !7saa.ses sna .
nsye ine sum OF t1 rs sl4 net jet accounted for.
deats in1os iii III CO.. a ~ ~
1tisfrue uese z oae e:ass M OF itetas thai ~ naY g.
embraced u IT, Ttat y fos fspalssn md nnd "oed;
II re possible that It y necessary to leave 10 tbs
hard. os the oMce1s, from one rear to auotter,
i re1sns .eso r. asd tssas sepS
| Them IL wood and janttoTs4
mention lnsse hing rot beosass ass; Am op.
| led 70 examine into th!a subject. and md where
his money Is gone; and - a1 add't:onai rsason
I moIe than any otne1s-1or Il Is Uot9 necessary To
nsvs change: Tne1 handle mora none1 than
Nv ssfs 1ss in tns, ,es. there wss r..ea
ss,sso,o2a OF 1hat sorn 81 i,93&s9o w.a used for
1cnop nouse purpoae&. ana $t,os2. .t4s for scho j!
% Town TTtasuIess, slis,44. ADD these Ill 70.
Qethsr and We ri f5,o.5, s4 Deduct tha: from
s4sso,ss and 70 naye . .sa514t, eyer T. m!Il!oa
money 10 accounted for as remaining IL the h.nns
q he ddereot Irea.nlerr; Dsdnet that tron tue
ctnntsa }ur nt st. It u true ihss tnat, or por-
don of It, il used urdouotedj5 IL keep'a5 tae
noS sr9 ,n ,,nitnra and ereTsth,nr5f rha.
u% M 4 c.nnnr Il ste1r. tn ~. a. m ref
onS on .,iee na. ;nsnrs rssn ~
1Ted At ntc1 which amor drtYe NJ 10 desnera-
ton pave 'e'-'' '-'@-'
t,Ye. nYfir7s IN Inc rnfnl districts, where ,neJ
ha1a "a MA their monev b, tns sxsat OF ,neis
TneF .,t p ~, saG Gs @ hi tna ns,shnorhoods and
scool aistrjcts that vii inyestgate tnese tnlcga
. Or tns. do!. HMa attempted tneT ase me- ssd2 3
Z Nsseir.'' f4,''sN ~ 49, ~''
n,,ees ;ees 10 50! to ,sasnrrs pas.s4aeei: I;
GouHf, an ~. 1tntf ndents. nni1 aie8 III: % Town
sah He1hsr snd - hsvs II al 81 ~ pedrct = tns
i liam tHe = an ia AMI "a hive Ieft II so5 ar
! BOT Of lhss money. :issosa i IN tie hands .
M,ce.asrv ma s,1ait rnrt,nn al Tnnay snnnld d
7 in IL lie TressurJ % of tie di1erent distr cts
- II IA fnh }NrItAr
u ih.se trorm Gus s amounts Of money Ire teo mGc
e b iii ID lie aands q aoy ,st q scnool ocef.
2! ne n ~ tss ,n na i .o t u
eaozs ~: r.; a. 5s1s5 q q r.; !as
- cfuaG IL tia rsrm 1oihsr @ eInenses:" but 1 Vi
y - - % 49,. ~. incoIH.Irsfai ,bte mn 81
~; na1 - eq 2h II s,1hharS ~ M r1,i9n
scsr that nnhody seconnss for az ali ia The
" / mafe il IA 1851. ss6p.4S3: in 1858. 9so7.5o;
ns'f nov aupuo,e ,hat oaaas to ineade "a
taat az psa @ out fof ne for sa'.
s:sos 81 aS9,s 1 isia;9I iof 5sP,S2S q ,sho;
:. dens snu cfedit ouahi alpays 10 6alatcs. Bat
d, don't 10 il Ne want = better nan to looE ATE
'oSes eoonomy I'd oE LIZA more I tnsn oJ aoJ M
~ ~ thar Ne have nad IL tna: once. N'' ~ -'''
a!n, ~SH aas ~ Sts 1sn, '1 41ana;.nrs
ID money, terrn m,1liors aud soTe odd hundreds q
ho9ssnds IN isSs5 Me rave sens * ss ca'.afS
:. sno every eod3 = ere mcaey :paIi So raEea !
na iss e.cn ses II Tha son
~ nm n ihe ,aE MID 10 is1a thai money fro,
1o se Te IA sasts ,ra ee
a d. terrible Wrone here. The SAME power should t
Nd med to send The cniltfen 10 school that ii use
:. ,n,i1op. That ra,t b. dopt, or thin commo
NJ SCHOOL sfstem is failure aEd q fraud On ere,
sSs Taes fsHa.f, a. .ss 5ss:s
N | Erholsrn that are StAytnp at homo IL tncreaAn
u. .M 1eor Insre wers 7Es tnas resef Tent in
~ y, trne9l A. ali. Whas did We do In lsss. Ne e.
IN neudtd il EEoeas and ne sent .i6 SO children
g 81 rm1ry.tnrer Ind seEen.tcntns daya sacn. NJ
nd 9s.9s mofe than We did In 1850. 1t sno " tn
ne the whole system IL really falling Into disr
RI pute. We 11pe1dea. IN 1861, $S,sois s10, and Y
Eent Is. .tss children to achool on An aversg
1e- s11t1-one srd four- tenshs daJs each. Nov.
I've this deuonaflhtet this: tnat We caanos ges :
led / tcholals 70 Ecncol n1 montns u me Jeas, ~
sys AN dtfccte, TIE average los tha thf
It'll yeSI5 being atxty'tssse dt1t, II 70 cannot q
,ce them there b. a1y power that We hSya got, h
x lei u, ID God1 name, NOT Tstse any ncto moe
ent | iran IL Sufficient to send them to scuool III
ley MpRth Of time. Iii R1eal TAsle OF tA1ea
II | 3a.bc Norcy enough to 8tuu each tcholAf six
| H1re MT nthI-nuW the average Is only tnI
eS | N1utht.
|atr This tchool thx IA one Of the ne2s!tst bufde
es~ ii ths county, AID 1t WILL not do for n to thft
7p; It on eGtirtiT. We mnst edor4.e eTetJood7. =
pie Ne must e. ncs'e tcsln In COMMON acnoos. sac
nty Am for forcing upon eveu cnAd Feasc
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