Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-03-09
Election of District Delegates.

Election OF District Delegates.
From Pittsburgh mGazette, March 81
There is considerable doubt in some
parts of the State as to the method
which is to be pursued in elect
ing district delegates to the National
Convention. There ought not to be
any misunderstan ding or confusion
in the matter. The delegates.at-large
and their alternates from any
given State are chosen at
a State convention called TOR that pur-
pose, while the district delegates and
their alterDates are chosen in the
same way in which nominations for
Congress are made. As the call OF
the National Committee expresses it:
Each Congressional district in the
United States shall elect its delegates
to the National Convention in the
same way as nomination for men,
Der of Congress is made in said dis
trict"
There is only one way, then. In
which district delegates to Chicago
can be regularly chosen, and that IL
in The manner just stated State con.
ventions have nothing whatever to
do with the eelect.on of district dele
gates. In the National Convention
of 1884 the Committee on Rules
sought to authorize the National
Committee to prescribe method tor
the election of delegates. provided
each Congressional district should
have the right to name its own dele
gate This proposition was amended
SO as to make specific the mode of ell
Getting delegates and their alternates,
and The mode is that expressed IN the
words used by the National Conven-
tion above quoted.
There ought to be no uncertainty
as to the method Of proceeding. ln
whatever way candidates for Con-
gress are nominated in given dis
trict, that is the proper method for
for choosing district delegate and
alternate to Chicago, There is no re-
striction as to time, each district be.
ing left to decide that matter for it.
self 1t follows. Of course, that such
Il thing as State delegation carrying
solid Instructions for any candidate
will bs rare, if not impossible. Each
district can instruct or not as it sees
b., and the great majority of the del
egates will probably go uuinstr ucted.
The Blair BIlI--HoW 1t Passed
The Senate.
In the lifted States Senate the
Blair educational bill was passed
yeas, 80; nays, 29. Of the 80 affirm.
ative votes. % were Republicans, in
Guiding Messrs Cameron and Quay,
and l6 Democrats Oh the negative
votes, II were Republicans and II
Democrats. The measure now goes
to the House
POINTS OF THE BILL.
The bill appropriates annually for
eight years the following sums, to
be expended to secure the benefits of
common school education to all the
children OF the school age living in
the United States" First year, ST.
000, 900; second year, $4,000, 900;
third year, $4,000 900; fou:th year.
sI3. 900, 600; fifth year, s11 900. coo;
sixth year, SO, 900 900; seventh year.
81 100000; eighth year, So, 10000
The money s to be divided among
the several States and territories nud
the District OF Columbia, aud in pro
portion to illiteracy-the computa
zion TO be made according to the cen
sus OF 1880 and (aiter wards) 1890.
There are to be separate schools for
white and coiored children.
No State or Territory is to receive
money under the act until its govern
ment shall have filed with the Secre
tary of the Interior staten show
lug the common school system iu
force 10 the State, the amonnt Of
money expended during the preceding
school year tor the support of coul-
mon schools, the number OF white and
colored children between the ages of
ten and twenty-five, the number of
schools in operation, the average at
tendance OF scholars, &c. No amount
is to be paid to any State or Terri
tory in any year greater than the
amount expended out of it's own rev.
enues iu the preceding year for the
maintenance Cf common schools No
part OF the fund is To be used for the
erection or rent of school buildings.
but an additional fund Of $1,000, 900
il TO be allotted ia the first year for
school bouses (either for construction
or renting) in sparsely populated dis
tricts--uot more than $l5, 900 for
each building.
SENATOR BLAIR IN TEARS.
When the vote wa. finally a1noun-
ced the galleries shook with ap-
plause. while the tears started 10 Sen
ator Blair's eyes aud slowly trickled
down his cheeks. He had been com
pletely wrapped up in this project
aud The reliet Of securing It's passage
by the Senate after Jhre, months
fight was very great. From such
sentiment a5 can be gathered il seems
doubtful whether the bill can get
through the House during the present
Congress.
The Glass Schedu lie.
Amnnp the PennsyIvania members.