Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-02-03
rae rDu0A4IdAAI B1Iss ii 'cNaR.

THE EDUCAzs1sAL BILss II -eKsR.
The excellens measure which y seed thro""''
the Natioaal Eouss Of 2ernesentstiTes at TIE las
session, by which the net proeeeds c: he C
IAnds were forever eonseT5t' rnd &c y agt.
for the education o. the peoule," vssnot passed
by the senp.e, but is y per9ins in las cham
ber. Meantime, Senator 70 il, Of Vermont, .
member OF The Co -e'ttss on Edusation and L.
bor, to which the In vss referred, IA Leen
anxious to fp' ther cid, by ,he oIc;5e g q the
land sales, o. A. c. tural Colleges, ;blishod
in the reveal s..,..ss b. National aid, M ly of
which, It is found, are inspaiciens.y endowed,
and not in q condition to effectucny rlb5erse
the purposes of their establishment. Tl'is DEF
ollption applies, smong msuy Others, to the To-
bsitution which received De'aware's cs-~s Of Gas
National distributon-our DelaEitso oo''cse AZ
Nowsrk. 3 20 rr.t afrr. 1900.
Bot. those objects-that Of the Houce BIZ,
and OF Mr.. Morrll'c amendment-are ezce'le.s,
and II is hoped they Rave been harnon I'd, %
that & measure sci ing both Will be adop' CO te-
fore Congress adiourns. Recently Gcm-nit.ee
of prominent educa ors, including T4esifeat
whits, OF Cornell Univeasity Prof. ,soW =,
OF Kentucky University Prof. Cooke, O. 7, -
gers College end Prof. Pcr' ,r. OF Dsl@,sere
College rpsnt stne tins 4. Was ins On, sr-
ranging with tho Educational Committees Of
the two Houses, the detcils of a compromise
bill The design was TO q ssre 2 measJ-e which
shou yield, at once, some assistsaco 70 the
Colleges, and give them Ultimately an ample en-
dowmsnt but which should. al the came time,
establish the general comm N scaed system Of
the several States as the I.tticu'a- and pc. lae-
nent beneficiary OF the pubrcland fund. In
other words, while keeping in view. for tle fu-
ture, the % conservation" Of the proceeds re-
ceived from the lands to the ''education of the
people, it is proposed to apply. fer few yeas,
Aporticn of tho proceeds to the Agricultural
Colleges, an object net directly contemplated by
the original bill, but not Inconsistent with it's
general purpose.
The compromise proposes to give to the 30
called Agricultural Colleges" Zone in each
State. or IL there be more than one, to diVi is
the amount an TO ats Gowmsnt, addition
al to that already provided by TIE n-':onal dis
tribution, OF s625, 800. To do this will require,
al the present rate Of land saies. abol. twenty
years. BY consuming, as the bill I-oPcsss, one-
half the proceeds Of all the sales. The other
half is to 60 to the commcn Ectc ols cftha re5 --
al States, Is wls proposed ty shs Hcrse bill for
the who'll OF It and il . be distr;r ID, f9r tho
first ten yer.s ui.h Teger; &C The til i =
htersy. 1t is estlmstei tas in ..=,- g ta5
am-un. 70 bs distrihI & 10 cur srhool1, se1.l,
the tste Tund, world IN two yea',, " :, as
si0tsn,e, be doubled. Wa now have Z -rt
sec, M. ger yer to di'Slis o. . ID to-, n { 4.
lime sd, world q re 600, { - !;
soa. .ire n Nye, sa.l ye-4 er, a. ine
'uvettec ui, o1ld crn,'
1. .wo7 ttisexsellsns mef ,uts wfic;; the Leg,-
laGu-e, On 80 deg, U IA ,itlo-sg resolved cds
Hsrstcrj rua tspres n,ctlve ia Cone :sss te re
quss ed 10 support. We l. lst hey , IL DO 60,
and that thei support, with G. c, others, viii
secure AIS speedy rs-sage. Il W DO OF I'M
nen7e Sc. Tice 20 The ps,rle Il 'be STATE.
1HE Sc MEG C:irr#t u Y.
At tha Miu e-oN- : .if, =. = o,sd' ',
George Crs7, E-a., c: New c. lie, oll . :. e.
olution, as iollors:
That a. dili ion o: New c stle coua'y is
the only pr i able Solution C Is ysxsa que
tions Oh increa .'epre- ,r.a = 30, ien.o-s'
OF the county bull inn, eJio' co o 70 ba
tional ameadmenG to lois = oc., =. =. - ?r5
tie State Lee!llature'
tt losol -lor III. G-ey 1lly az, CO :,
aud it W. ultimately uIarirorsly iopted, and
t.essrs Gray, ,(of New @. stle,) V'p,. NcCanliey,
(Wilmington,) R. G. Cochran, f.. I, -garE, an
L. Reynolds, (AIiddletown,) aproi,saa the m
mi.tee, provided fer. cubsequf -tl7, It was 90
solved thaj .he line 9 tho Clnic.iana vsr, sni
White Clay Greek, should be the t,ivilisn, thus
leaving the old County with I-andywine, O. .ist-
T..
new - containing New Ca re, White { Y
Greek. Pei ader, Red Iion, Ct. g = az and Il
Doc ri-' :.
Upon thi.. we shoula Ike to i-otis c! that
Comp"tee: e. When the e.. -. 'tY.atr.s
ed, dc you expect 10 have tas Ca. T. lew ceq-
tie, o Mideistot q 4 CD II act sS New Co. IL,
do the people Of that toan gu. .,o4. NJ. cra.'s
movement? (S.) J: not at Nj dec do she
people Of that locality desire divided cs-nty ?
(4) Do the people Of New Castle prefer . tla-
vel fifteen miles to Midtletown. to theh, Cor g,
and County offices, rather than five miles, 10
wru'ngton7 90 In joining New CT lie and
Mid6letown, in an effoIt fer division, isn't oce
of them running the risk OF being disar .atsl2
(6.) Theline OF ChristianA ard White Cry Creek
being proposed as the division, how many pee
Pio VI NOW Ohetlo huuufeu u To 10 Dc uIoWn
into the lower Cornty7 how ny OF White
Clay Creek7 how many OF Pencaler3 hcwraany
OF Red Lion ? As choice between Nj IletoWn
and Wilmington, what pro2oi lion or the vecple
Of these hlndreds, will fn1 tHe former cst
convenient? As choice between the old [up-
per) County and The new Qower) how many in
these hundreds prefer the la,ter2 (7.) Ifama-
joiity of the people of sny Iudred which it is
proposed to cut of and throw in.o the new co..,,-
ty, desire to remnin IN the old, W their ch ice
be regardedS
As the Committee is in charge of the whole
question, these intersogatogies, which we re-
specifically present them, pro, il f2sms to US,
worthy OF their attention
JEJUGf' LID 3 -UHP.GoE-.
At Mr.. Gray's sus gesslon, it wa resumed, At
Middletown, tnGt "a C'Nis'on OF lew tie
county is the only pa t:abie eo'u on Ct
the yexed question: c' tlc or ca K, L -z.--
"tion, and removal Of the coca, t5''t 2s7.
Here are two yicisat a asr=pt.Sna. H., i
division the "orly" soltion :cr this Hem.nd sor
increased representation? It won e. s5i h :.