The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-15
a Bill to Reduce Om ce-hO1-
ders and Save Money.
Republican Troubles as
Washington.
MINI. and w. Va. still at it.
The Capital of w. Va. to bt
moved to Wheeling.
Suicide, Fire, Etc.

duced by Cummings, of Fulton, which will
do away with those provisions of the school
law through which, according to the official
reports, the people of thirty-four counties |
of the state, last year, paid taxes to the
amount of $l45, 1929 100 for the support !
of schools in the sixty-eight other counties, |
of which Cook county alone paid $87, ,34l.
93-lUO. The bill will abolish the offices OF
state and county superintendent OF edu-
cation, and require each county to raise
the funds for the support of its own schools,
and to maintain these for a ternl of not
less than four months annually. MrCum-
mings comes from a county which receives
for the support of its schools share OF the
fund raised by the taxation Of other coun-
| ties; but he says on figuring on 1t he finds
the amount applied under the present sys-
tenn for the maintenance OF the schools 10
that county is actually less than what is
| paid by the county under the general school
levy. The result of his figuringis to show,
to borrow his own phrase, that lin getting
| the money into the state treasury and get
ting it out again, about % per cent is lost
on the way before the money gets to the
schools" 1t passes from the town collec-
tor to the county collector; thence success
sively to the state treasurer, state suDerln-
tendent Of education, the town treasurer,
and finally the school districts, and all
along the route it is diminished by per
centages and fees and official expenses.
The bill will require the county boards to
make the levy, and will provide for direct
payment to the school districts. Should
lit pass it viii not only simplify
and reduce the expense of the col
lection and disbursement of school
funds, but will remove one OF the most
serious obstacles in the revision of the
revenue law and the adoption of the pro-
posed plan of raising revenue for state
purposes by license taxes and tax on cor
porations. The obstacle in question, If
obstacle it can be termed, has heen the
determination of certain members to op-
pose any revenue scheme which did not
provide for a state school-levy, under
, which the schools OF their counties would
a be largely supported by the taxation oi
other counties, They are anxious to have
farm lands exempted from taxation tol
state purposes, but were not willing tt
J give up the state scho0l-levy. So long as
for that 81 900, 900 has to be raised, in ad
dition to the necessary funds tor defrayine
the expenses of the state government, th'
proposed revenue system cann't be adopt
ed, since, as the estimates show. it woult
not raise money enough TOR both pur
poses. Mr.. Cumming > figures, showing
that on the plan of his bill the countle
which derive most advantage from tn
present system can more cheaply supper
their own schools, will doubtless g
tar toward removing the objections G
these memb bers to the proposed Ievenu
q system.
. WASHINGTON, D. c.. Feb, l3.-TlJ
louisiana committee have returned
i The members are unwilling to give an
ficial statement of their views, pendin
the consideration of the compromise pr
position. 1t is known privately. hov
~ ever, that the Republican members OF tt
~ committee, who were suspected OF Cd
servatism, are uutspoken IN advanced II
- lpublicau sentiments. They say that Il
terrible condition of affairs OF LpuisiaI
cannot be described. There is practical
a no Government there. Kellogg they fiji
Os weak rather than wicked. he has
strength, and could not maintain himse
dav ii the troops were withdrawn.
1t is evident to- day that the bill in 7
W terence to the Southern situation, agre
TG unop by the Republican caucus last mig
will tail TO become law, because of t
~ men,bers-Messrs Blaine. Poland, Gi
3. field and others, who are dissatisfied wi
- some of its provisions, and who decli
all. to be bound by the action Of the cauc'
sars There are enough of this class OF Rept
WIG WIG licans to defeat, with the aid of the DE
ocrats, the measure when it shall co
up for action.
n.. ST. PAUL, Mimi, Feb. l4.-As was
-. pected would be the case after the wi
eeth drawal last night OF both Ramsey .
p Davis, there was a scrub race OF kepu
can candidates for senator in the joint
vention to-day. Lochren. Democrat,
~ ~ Of ceived 63 votes, being within one OF
Hull Demncratlc strength, and ten too
3 far choice. The following was tine vote
:. 1.-The Republican candidates: Gordon
aair' (,ole %. w. ID. Washburn %, s. j..
ST., Mcmillan 9, +. +. Drake 2, 5. 2. Child
q. The rest of the Republican votes "
scattered among the different candida
4 for Contrary to usage the int convention
lhesi hes not adjourn when single ballot was
,rked pleted, but the voting is still in progr
our s Fhe Democrats feel confident Of elec
nave their man and propose to sit 1t out. re-
ceed 6 I'd later joint convention adjour
and to-day after taking the third ballot for
oung ator which resulted as follows: Loci
fSss hnsi 63. Cole IS, Washburn 81, scattering
$ and In all fourteen candidates have been "
right for by ,hesRepubiicans to day.
J woas sns CINCINNATI, Feb. l3. In the joint
rni-h, sion of the legislature at Charleston. v
, can can Virginia, TO day, the name Of j. N. c
What den, nominee for senator. was withdr
idress and j. J.. jackson was nominated as
III. new candidate. The vote was then t,
as follows: Jackson 81, Walker %, I
% =
~ WHEELING, w. Va. Feb. 13.-The
q removing the capital of the state to WI
ID ling within the next ninety days passed
house by a vote of 81 to %. The rs
bill passed the senate few days since.
only awaits, the governors signature q
Jl come a law.
- CHEYENNE, Feb. l3-Lieutenant
oo G. Smith, twenty-third infantry, sui,
e this evening at Fort Russell. No eau
~ assigned tor the act.
" ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Feb, l3.-Railroad
. sengers report sixteen business hous
Is ] Independence, Mo, burned Thu
:, night There is no telegraph Office ;
H. ~ dependence and no particulars are ol
c Web able.
thus re- WICHITA. Kan, Feb. 49, The B
on,se anS { states that last Saturday night the q
Of sgs- portion of the barracks at Fort Sill
- burned. Almost all the Indian pris
- -, held there eScaped.