The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-04-24
AID TO EDUCATION.
OppU-iiiDn to the I,iIl In the Housc--Tleus
Of sir. Aiken and Others.
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WA-uI.n,pN, April II -Almo.,
everybody wa- -urpti,-i b. ,he decisive
nsjpri.y f,r IL. y air Educa.ipna. bill
in The senate. II. friend, ifus. :ha, this
will have 'avDrah!e e..ec, IN the house.
| am cpulideLl that the bii. vii! have
streuuou. opposition in tha; body from
tao cia,5ts .! representatives. One cia.a
| comprises the ultra republican sectional
ISIS who pretend that they are not will.
| ing to trust the States Of tie South with
the expenditure Of the appropriation
The other class is composed Of Southern
men, who cherish notIons Of States rights
| to which tie bill il repugnaut. This lat
tor Class is email, but representative Of
it hapnen. 10 te ,h. Chai!ma7 oi the
Committee Oh Education g position that
Til! make his opposition more effective
than j: otherwise coa!d be. Fs:e. 10
Colonel ID. Wyal, Aiken, OF South Caro-
iiua I asked him wha. the prospects Of
the Blair bill were in the House. .e
said II really do not know. The II
! mas never come before our committee
am opposed TO it and believe | could
Kill il IN the committee il | wanted to
oppose u by that method. But if Mr.
Willis vf Kentucky chooses 10 take
charge 0! i: in the committee add push
it through. perhaps no serious opposition
will ue offered and it may DO reported
| favorabiy to the House. Then | shall
oppose 1t there
"Wha: are your objections to the bill ?"
Il have mauy. In the frs, place.
don't believe this is a proper subject for
federal legislation Education Is the
duty OF IN. individual. 1t may exisud
,,arn..l
:y Il The state, but beyond tho State j,
has 10 business, to go for aid. Then,
there are some features of the bill dis
Ike. !, requires the s,rictest accoun. to
BE given in ircIueu, reports from .he
governor Of each state as to the manner
o: expcnding the federal appropriation,
The apportion nient Of it between whites
and b.acEs, the number Of pupils, the
book. used ani great many other things.
These reports 90 TO the Com mmissioner Of
Education. lie then makes from them
report TO the Secretary OF the Interior
who lays the matter before Congress with
such recommendations as be sees proper.
That Is going through too many bands to
suit inc. The bill will 40. Tighten the
burden of the schoo! systom on our peo-
pie for no State can receive from the fed
eral fund more than it raises from its
own people. Confessedly the main OBJ
ject Of tho bill is to educate tho negroes.
believe they are receiving their just
share Of the school fund in The Southern
States, and that it is sutficient for all
their educational Reeds as present"
when you say you are opposed TO the
bill, dc sou nic:::: the Bisis bill or the
general theory it embodies ?"
Il an opposed to any bill to give
national aid to education. The Willis
bill now before my committee is better
than the Blair bill. but am opposed to
anything of the kind"
do you think many Of the Southern
members ngree with you?"
them is favorable to some bill on this
question. have heard but one other
Southern Congressman express opposition
to the principle. That was Mr.. Tillman,
of South Csrolina."
Mr.. Willis, of Kentucky, who is en-.
thusastic on this subject says: II am
| confident that tho Till will pass the
House." Mr.. Willis will have charge Of
tho Blair bill in committee and in the
House.
General Dibrell, of Tennessee, thinks
there will be very few Southern vctes
| against tie bill.
Mr. Clements, who has done much
work for this cause since he eutered Con.
! gress. thinka the only trouble will be in
getting hearing for the bill, but thinks
that will be overcome, and the bill
passed at this session.
Senator Brown and Senator Colquit
say that the bill might have been made
TO please them better in some particulars,
but it is good measure as it stands, and
vii! be OF incalculable benefit to the
South. Senator Blair. after the most in.
defatigable labor for his bill in the Sen.
ate, has turned his attention to the House
He has received the most encouraging
| assurances from representatives of both
partiea and ali sections. The general
disposition Of the f:icnde sf .ha bill ie to
pass it without amendment. II it il
changed in the slightest particular there
is danger of starting back and forth be.
tween the Houses, and finally letting it
fall through. Senator Blair 6gures that
the total sums for the various States
during the eight years tor which tho
seveuty-seven millions provides, will be
as follows:
Alabama, s5,2Ol 900; Arizona, $780,
600; Arkansas, $2.434,O 900: California,
SG04 600; Colorado, Sl20.0G0; Connec.
ticus, $4,000; Dakota, $4,000; Della.
ware, 1882 900; Florida, $500, 900;
.ieorgia, Sc, ,24o. 900 Illinois, 81, 100000
Indiana, Sl.32O,000; Iowa, $560,OO0
Kansas, $4,000; Kentucky, 81. $50, GOO
Louisiana, $500 900; Maine, $264, 900
Maryland, 81 $50. 600; Massachusetts,
81, ,liI,0 900; Michigan, S7G4.0 900; Min.
nesota, 800 600; Mississippi, a 500 600;
Missouri, 81 ,496. 900; Nebraska q. 1892, 900;
Nevada, as, 1000; New Hampshire. $780,
CO, s6SO.000; New York, s2,625, COO
North Carolina, 1886 900; Ohio. ST..
5s2 1000; Oregon, 5000; Pennsylva.
MIA, 81, ,736, 600; Rhode Island, S297 900
South. Carolina, S4,428, 900; Tennessee,
"a 1920. 600; Texas, $500 900; Utah,
500. 900; Vermont, 81 IS0, 900; Virginia,
IS, ,l60, 600; Washington. Territory, SAn,-
900; West Virginia, 81 900, GOO; Wis.
consin, $500. 900.
Il - Thomas J. Davis, of Beech Island,
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