The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-08-12
NON -SECTARIAN SCHOOLS.
TIE PROPOSED AMENDMENT rO THE
NATIONAL CONSTITUTION,
The senste's sub-titute for the House meud-
mont Agreed TO By n striot Party Vote
To bo Road for the Tbird Timo To-Day.

The senstc's substitute for the House Almond
mont Agreed TO By n rtrtot Party Vote
To bc Read for the Tbird Timo To-day.
WAsHINGToN, Aug. 1.-THE Senate this
evening resumed the consid deration OF the pro-
posed Constitutions amend mont In regard to a
division OF the school fund. The amend m ent
"a passed by the House Of Represent stives pro-
vided that no State shell make any law respect
Ing an establishment OF religion or prohibiting
the free exercise thereof, and no money raised
by taxation In any State for the support OF pub l.
Ito schools or derived from any public fund
therefor, nor any public lands devoted thereto,
shall ever be under tho control OF apy religious
sect or denomination. Nor shall any money so
raised or lands 40 devoted be divided between
religious sects or demo Ina ations. This article
shall not vest, enlarge, or diminish legislative
| power IN Congress. The Senate Committee on
the Judiciary reported an amendment to strike
out the House proposition and insert In lieu
thereof the following:
ARTICLE TO- No state shall make any law 70.
,Pec,ns ne ing an estsoshmea OF religion or prompting
ever be required ss quscatoan To- an ONCE or pao
lie trust under any state. No public property no
aa!sSIy o. %S GSltsd O'S states. 3 uns1 any
saa 5c irfs 9o made disrpS Ss
t,opa, tSr or otbsr ne sspPor Of any 'cnoo oduca
rcglous or sn.rellsious sect. orgsnlS,tln. or de.
Of 1nv religious or anti religious sect orssniSatioa or
oenominat shall be taught aud no such particular
Institution supported In wnole iu by such
osn credit s6 be made to any fsrpns or anti. 4.
ryE,ous n,n ssc,; 0rKin1ston or denonnaIion or 70
be construed to prohibit ,ns re,dln1 q the Bioe IN
inoair the rights OF property already vested
sEc 3 Congress snali have poser. b. appropriate
mcnt Of VIC stoas Of ths article -"' p'"''"'
Mr. Randolph Dem. N. JJ favored the adop-
Iion OF the amendment as It came from the
H4DreQpntaliVaa. Int 4
h"d heen endorsed 10y the press and tho people
ssye.ywheTe, s0s.ysr and Il adopted would silence
proposed by tue Judiciary. Committee
Spensa sIm rrsys questions, and 1t seemed
vexed question. It would only arouse a new and
unnecessary element OF uiscord. lie had no
ment proposed 10y the House. ana would sup
Tort that. There mad grown to he zeal wi hout
JUDGMENT IN regard TO popular education. which
cnalIeneed the attention OF Congress- and
he thought II time to stop and In
9uire wnat valuable lessons are taught
by example. Nndt would be said Ina the future
of tue Congress whlCh passed such an amend
mont as tnis, and the same year defaulted in the
payment Of the puDiio indeOtednessy As
Protestant he desired to enter his protest
hRainst TINS amendment, which was a nat con-
ttadicIion VI Itself az II provided no particul r
creed or tenets should be taught IN any school,
and then decl fed tnat II should not he con
strued to prevent the reading OF the Bible 10
any school or Institution. Had the Bioie be-
come non religious oook2
lhe question 6eins on toe amendment OF the
stnct party vote ~ follows:
YEAs-Messrs. Allison Anthony, Booth, Boutwell,
Burnsldr, Cameron tNi-). ChrisuAncy, CougllnR
Crsgn hdmunds, Ferry. ftenehuysen Harvey. hitch
cock. ire IN ais, Logan, McAilan. Mitchell. Nor.
Madirigh " Nest-.7.
NAfs-Nossrs bosy. Cockrel, Cooper. Davis Eaton,
Gordon. Kelly, Herman, Key, McCrt cry. AArey Nor.
WOO. lsncopn, kinsOm ami stuvensOn-l5.
Messrs. CliytoD. Wright Morton. Robertson,
Cameron (Pa.). sherman ana Window. VINO
would have voted In tho am rmative, were paired.
witn Messrs Merrimon, Dennis, McDonaiu, Wal
lace, Sauisorry, Thurman and Bayatd, who
would have voted In the negative.
The question then being ordering the Joint
resolution. as amenueu. to a third reading, IL
W. agreed to. by a vote of 2. yeas To rs nays
Mr. Edmunds :hen moved that the third read-
Ing OF the jOint resolution take place NOR
row at o'clock. and saiI he was frank TO say
thht he made the motion on account OF the SEN
ate not being full, and he feared tonight 1t
mlght be lost on account Of not having the
necessary two-thirds vote.
Mr Davis dem, ". Va raised the point OF
order that 1t took a twOthirds VOC OF the
senate To nx special order, and ordering a
third reading OF this resolution certainly was 10
the nature OF special order.
The presiding oficer Sir. Ferrvl ruled that a
majority could make an order that it be reed
tomorrow.
An appeal was taken from the decision OF the
Chair, out II was nnalIy Withdrawn, and the
Sena q, 10y a vote OF q yeas to l. nays, ordered
that toe Joint resolution be read q third time at
i O'Clock to morrow.