The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1884-04-26
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From Our Regular Correspondent
TIE EDUCATIONAL BILL

ucatlOnal Dill as amended ana pass
ed by the Senate provides that the
ST, 100000 shall be appropriated
in such way as to provide for
the equalization of school privileges
to all children ofschool age in all
States and Territories, without re-
gard to color or race, and gives
them an equal opportunity for ed
ucatlon. The expenditure is to ex-
tend over eight years as follows.
First year, 100000; second year,
s1O,OOO,Of0; third year, s15,000,OO0
fourth year, s13,000,0OO; fifth year,
$11 100000; sixth year, s9,Oo0,OO0;
seventh year, 100000 and eighth
year, s5,000,O0O.
The money is to be disbursed in
monthly installments By the Sec
retary of the Interior, according to
the ratio of illiteracy, to the Gov
ernors of the several States and Ter
tritories on certain conditions.
1. That none of it shall go to
any State or Territory that does
not have common school system
for all children, without regard to
race or color.
2. That 10 State shall receive
from this fund more than it act
ually cxpcnds for school purposes.
8. That none Of the appr"pria-
ton shall be expended for the
erection or rental Of school-houses,
but that accommodations for the
school shall be furnished by the
States.
4. That one-tenth of the fund
shall be applied to the education
of teachers and ia maintaining nor
NAL and training schools.
5. That each year there shall
be made to the Secretary of the
Interior by the Governor of each
State detailed statement Of the
disbursement of the school fund,
with the number of schools, aver
> age daily attendance, the relative
: number of white and colored chill
dren, and other information as tC
7 the use of the fund, and the con.
| dition of common school educa-
t ton in his State, and if it shall
be shown that the fund has been
4 misapplied, such State shall net
: be entitled to further aid until ii
S shall replace the money misap
). piled.
: A Democratic Senator who voted
$ for the Educational bill was asked
: if he thonght it would be passed
t by the House.
). "Without doubt" was his reply
''The Representative in Congress
: who opposes Government aid tt
Q education in this progressive ag'
t will not have a long political life
y He M'pHERsoN BILL.
y The Mcpherson bill authorizin:
) National banks to issue their note
. for the par value of United State
. - bonds held by the Treasury fo
y the redemption of the same is nov
e lying on the Speakers table, hav
u u ing been passed by the Senate an'
g approved by the House Committe
10 10 on Banking and Currency. On tn
;, third Monday of this month tn
,, committee will call up that bill
= and try to pass it, under a suspen
- - sion of the rules, but as this nc
~ IL ouires a two-thir,is vote the at
Il tempt will probably fail.
,o TIE CHARGES AGAINST MURRAY.
. Representative White Of Ken
Il tucky has written letter to MI
v Springer, reiterating the charge
If against Governor Murray of Uta
N and saying if there is any dout
of their truth in the minds Of tn
n committee it would be well to sum
/" mon number of witnesses whoi
8 he mentions by name, anon
rc them Hon. Walter Evans, commits
- sioner of internal revenue, and eS
~ Attorney General Taft. A. N
n Gibson has also written q letter
w Chairman Springer relative to Gov
rs S ernor Murray's testimony, in whic
It he says:"l am accused of bein
q. ~ paid by the Mormons to sen
h abroad defamatory dispatches cor
w cerning the past official record {
,Md I'd this champion GENTLE of moral
T. T. of Salt Lake City. With loft
NJ rhetoric he describes me as a btr
n of i'll omen with Eolian attachmer
,d Mr.. Gibson then goes on to say
;s the committee will exercise tn
N legal attachment provided by th
,s m House of Representatives and pc
ot NIT him to examine the witnesst
he will undertake to prove that tn
charges made against Murray Will
marshall of Kentucky are true, an
10 that he has prostituted his preser
=, ,o position to further the scheme {
w. ring slanders.
- PULLING WIRES FOR ARTHUR.
I'd Frank Hatton, the first assistar
~ acknowledgement, is considere
he the Presidents personal represel
a tatlve in the management of tn
is latter's personal canvass. Hatto
" has tried very hard to elect an A
rs thur delegation in Iowa, but he b;
be met with very fierce opposition
dt Public sentiment in Iowa has bee
I'd reused to an extraordinary degrt
oe to resent what the people there al
q q pleased to call Federal dictation. 5
rs strong has this pressure been tn;
,is a number of Federal officials in til
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