, 1875-11-13

! provtouHy ia tbs Affirmative. hoping thereby 10
ba abo 70 moro reconsideration n eomo future
| trns,
Air. Ensilsh thought that W. not s..cty the
WAY to acs,
Mn. or.YHor
| then made long argument 10 favor Of keepur
previous sctioa Of the i.osr} and Justified 1t II,
| uendsble.
TIE VOTE.
Final action Fas then taken on the majority
report, which rosuItod "A follomA:
fra'-1l'utlstAt. l:ngi!sh. Mnyne, Eohu, OLSON,
oltaeef. ised. Smith. Sullivan. Wsich, K,cnIssg-ii.
Hayt-clztko aud coYer-3.
4 NEW MOVE
| Mr. Heed wanted to Offer substitute for the
minority and majority reports. whlch hs olaimad
wta ger1nhue 10 tho occaslon,
af. nntltVan moved to suspend tho rulos and
a!io" het!on upon l.. This occAa,oned consder-
pendad' when Mr. Heed offered tho following:
| THE SUBSTITUTE.
Ktso'red, That tbs Cotnn.tlee on Tsxtpoofs sud
GonFse n Instruction prepare and report 10 thia
tho 1alIx Ut the blc in tn. public schools /. cacl
opening aud mornng aest.n thereof.
| MR.. BMITlf
Thought thht, II the Dible wAa to 10 read in tha
echoolss it ought to te explained, aa It was .
book that could not DO undesstood without e1.
p!anation, and Lo was in favor OF making tho
rule read: "to be read with commoats."
Mr fforne wanted to know what edition OF
| the f}lble waH to be rcat!.
Mr. kcod stated that shay knew very we'll which
editon was meant. The question was not now
echoos, and the schools were supported BY Ill,
Catholics. Jews, and iuadels, and though thar
did object TO having IL road. tho book ought 10
be Foad In tue public schools AZ mora! teacher.
MR. COVERT
aatd they ought to conRaer this question calmly,
at" ought tu SEQ that the great multitude Of
tax-paycrs md citizens whom they represented
wansod the Bible rcsd in tho public schools. He
Tucked upon this question without prejudice
1o thought the reading Of tho btbio vas
| neccssary for the vitality Of repnbcAn-
Ism, aud therefore supported It.. IIo had hoard
arguments a9ainss It. but thought it WAS not op-
pseHalon for the majority Of conscencos to rule
ovcr the minority. I1o thought 1t WAS ono of
thoao great qucstaona Which often come up in =
lepnbllc.. 1lc Baid Tint it Was hell that the
ning.ng o. M % Lynn aud tho reading Of n fow pas
sagcH III the Bible lad 10 effect. lie thought
other"ino. Children might llston indif1erently
shen, but they would remember them II,
a!ter yeats. It was an important matter
req hectar!anls'n, but he wanted to 500 the Diblo
restored in tue public hchools. There had never
boen aily petitions presented to throw tho Diblo
ons q, o. tue public schools; but they had como in
petition asking that the Dlb1o bo thrown out Of
the public schools. Tie Catholics did not aux It
thrown out. They asked n division Of tie school
funds merely which other denominations also
demanded. Ito believed that the Bible was
necessary IN the schools to make tho childron
good aud moral mon aud women. uo urged ita
restoration.
OPPOSITE VIEWS,
alt. Ole8on m1do 4 lung argument AGAINST tia
relnstating Of tho Bible III tho schools, os it
WAS opposed by largo number OF tax-pRying
citizens, including Catholics, Jews, aud others,
no Thought II 1t waa rond at all it should be
mi ,tk.t1.S Il "a
should it bo read without being explained IIs
held that the wloIe matter had been thoroughly
considered heretofore, aud ought not 10 be fur
ther ne.ot on nor. but to be left ~ 1t Htood
aIH. WEIGH
read list Of names Of gentlemen residing out-
s!ae OF tue citY. incuug Honlo WHO did not re-.
side III this county. who lad sgned tho pat1t1ous
Tor restoring sho Bible In tho schools. These,
parties, said they had becn shocked. bus ho lid
nocn shocked by hearing il uail by certain gen
t!eman in the Board that only q portion OF tho
!''blo nhould bo read In tha schools. Ho hold
in the Bible wero necessary for cdiacation. liz
thought any New England man would be shock
ed a. such statement fhyorog only reading a
PORTION. lie hAd hoard q paacgyric on jesus
aud ho could uot bee why they should
not read tho Eew Testament. Only 4
fow Of tho extremely projud,ccd reyercnl
clergy had accused tho nonbczs OF prejudice.
4AA0$ way "aA1G4 tAG ECuGuH AuOS9FLHu 10 a CGf-
tain rue. They nanted to mako tho public schools
unpopular In their dcnoninatonB. Theso we1o
tho men who abused tito members Of tho Hoard,
and those who Lad beard tho la1auguo III Ear
ter waB tue action OF certain Iow and intriguing
politicians. Ho thought they should take |
action regardless Of tho howlings Of those |
men men. no thought tho pes,tons aud quiet
Cd tie good breeding Of those who
were quic!fy diss.tistied. The republican
work IL Franco and Spain WAS oil tho work OF |
anil-blb'c mon. No poraon lu or out Of tho Board
objected to tho reading OF the Dlble III tbs
schools because 1t waa Bible. 1'hoy opposed It
from tho motvo alone thas thnse rese no por-
Sons IN tho schools who could sufficiently e1 paio
tue oll'icnlt passages, Which the board hold to
be necessary.
Mr. Clarke stated that the petitions consit-
cred were all. with the exception OF ono naue. |
slgnod M @ y reslaents aud taxpayers OF Chicago.
being cept,ous. and that ho had been afraid
tn face tho question. l4o was opposed to tue
reading Of tho Diblo In the schools aud read tho
ltey. III. DnsIcs's aodroas 1t the pLitadclphia
: iEr'scollal conference, which, he said, covered
NR. nIuTnAnnr
aam tho subject "as getting disgusting by tho
~ay i ts;. %as Dsln! PLACED before tho public
t
before tAe public. Only ono man had boon
shocked WHOM l!e read il iu tho papers. and ho
VI not in tho unlted Statos At tie time, but iu
Canada. Evory maa rho Ind any brainn OF
knowledge OF theology had congratulated them
~ having dono a thing which they
ought to have done long ago. le
wanted to know who Mere making this
trouble In Chicago. 11o then read tho petitions
frnol cottain :Heots. published previously In The
TRIBUNE. lao bad bsen rAisoi III truly Clrly-
Ian country. Nothing lii our country 1ccog-
nzed Christianity elthcr iu Constitution Or
AVS. 1Ie llad boon compelled to road tlo 1tible
while III school. but had not been ablo to digest
t til! after ycsrH. Mr. Hermann Raster had
1tsted to blu, that cent?. 1,ano lad boon paid
o Becuro names to tho potitious for restoring
hs Bible III the schools. lse held that thu read.
" OF the bible IT. tue schools wau nonsense.
10 believed in The Dib!e but only PORTIONS Of it.
'nl kept II a. hts houss. nnl allowed It to b.
cad bS his children. lie wautod tho SCHOOLS | ,
Eept .lee from sectaria1ltsln, In order to p1e.
CIT tue cry for division Of lilo
cl.aol funds The chl1ttreu could not :
understand it even II II wers read without erpla-
(btnn HI thn11pht hair baJ L. -. :