Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-03-19
TIE RECORD On I'VE EDUCATIONAL BILL

For second time the Republican
Senate has passed The Blair Edu-
cational bill. and tor second time
it goes to q Democratic HOuse.
There it was killed before, and
there it will be killed again, unless
all the signs fail.
On Friday the bill passed the t..
$. Senate 10y "a recorded vote oil 80
to t..
In substance, the bill as it passed
the Senate provides that for eight
years after its passage there shall
be annually appropriated from the
treasury the following sums in all
of common school education IN the
states and territories and District
of Columbia and Alaska-the first
year $1,000, 900, the second year
$40, 200, 900, the third year SiJ,OOO,
900, the fourth year Sl3,OOO.OOO,
the fifth year 81 100000, the sixth
year $4,000, 900, the seventh year
100000, the eighth wear s5,OOO,-
900, making $4,000, goo; besides
which there is a special appropri-
alton of $1,000, 600 to aid IN the
erection of schOOl.hOuses in sparse
" settled districts. making the
total fund S79,O0O,OO0. The money
is given to the several States and
Territories ain that proportion
which the whole number of persons
in each who being Of the age OF ten
years, and over, cannot write,
bears to the whole number OF such
persons in the United States, ac-
c0rding to the census OF 1850 until
the census figures Of 1890 shall he
obtained, and then according to
the latter figures. In States hay
ing separate schools for white and
colored children, the money shall
be paid Odt in support OF such
white and cOlOred schools, respec-
lively, in the proportion that the
white and colored children between
10 and II years old in such State
bear to each other by the census.
No State to receive the benefit Of
the act until its Governor shall file
with the Secretary of the Interior
a statement giving full statistics
of the school system, attendance
of white and colored children,
amount of money expended, &c.,
number of schools in operation,
number and compensation OF teach
ers, &c. No State or Territory
shall receive in any year from this
fund more money than it has paid
out the previous year from its own
revenues for common schools. If
any State or Territory declines to
take its share of the national fund,
such is to be distributed among the
States accepting the benefits Of the
fund. If any State or Territory
:Hisapplies the fund, or fails to
comply with the conditions, it loses
all subsequent apportionments.-
Samples of all school books in use
in the common schools Of the
States and Territories shall be filled
with the Secretary of Interior.
Any State or Territory accepting
the provisions of the act at the
first session of its Legislature after
the passage Of the act shall receive
its pro rata share of all previous
annual appropriations.
The bill passed the Senate by the
following recorded vote democrats
in italics, viz
Yeas-Messrs. Berry, BIdclbwW,
Blair, Bowen, CdU, C0iqad, COnger,
Cullom, Dolph, Eastis, Evarts,
george, Gibson, Hoar, Jackson,
Jones, of Arkansas, henna, Logan,
Malone, Henderson, Miller Of New
York, Mitchell of Oregon, Morrill,,
Palmer, Payne, Pugh, Ransom,
Riddlcberger, Sawyer, Spooner,
Vance, Van Wyck, Voorhees,, Wat.
thai, Wilson of Iowa,-35, of
whom 10 were Republicans and 10
Democrats.
Nays-Messrs. CockrcH, coke,
Frye, gray, Hale, HCrris, ingalls,,
Jones of Nevada, Marcy, Plumb,
Teller, Wilson, of Maryland-l2-
six Republicans and six Democrats.
The pairs announced, and the
way the members would have
voted, as stated in the Record, is
as follows democrats in italics);