Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-17

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Dill, If il passes, TO be not TO stop with
handing over the money TO the states snd
territories, to be administered by them in
their own wEy in Scccrdance with the re-
qairt menrs of their respective school sys-
tens, bus 10 assume Jurisdiction over the
common schools ol ell The states, tske
hold Of them, participate ia their admin
islrEtiop,a and place them under the super
vision aud greatly uDder the control CT
the Secretary OF the Interior. The de-
sIres ard Intentions OF leading Republican
Senators sud their estimate of me msap-
ing and Specification Of this bill has never
been concealed. The construction have
given this Dill is fully in line with the
views they have eXpresss On the subject.
VINO voices the sentiment Of the Republic
can pAIty more thoroughly or with great
er fidelity than the distinguished Senator
from Ohio (Mr. Sherman) End who has
better right TO speak for if than he? l
read from @ speech made by that Senator
in s. former debate on this same Gill:
''If the United States have the right to
appropriate the money, they have the
right TO Gay upon what conditions the
money shall be expended. II they say
We will sid the south, Or the southern
ShALCss ~ SGuCalG LlE4I l1lllEIGtG
then the United States have the power
and right TO set out the principles and
conditions or limitations of thst grant.
The greater includes the less; and If the
power is given to make these appr0pria-
lions at all, the power is also given to say
for whose benefit the money shall be eX-
pended, how il shall be expended, where
and when, AND how appOrtioned, and for
what purposes. This Slss Gear d PROPOSE
tiOn ss Can be shown in Euclid or any
other mathematical work"
TIE power TO appropriate money IN aid
0? common schools in the states carrissl
with it the power, ssys the Senator from
Ohio, to follow the money, see to itsRp-
plicstion and prescribe the methods and
instrumentsliiies Of its expenditure and
disbursement. What does all this mean
but that the national government, ifst has
the power to appropriate the moEsy. has,
slso the power to control and Regulate
snd administer the schools SO far az the
expenditure Of this money is concerned.
That the Senator's proposition is correct
cannot for che moment be doubted. On
the same line read from speech Of Mr..
Baysrd made in the same debate:
sIn 6 public newspaper OF large III
flaence, ably and irtelligently con-
Quoted, Ct which one of the pro-
pristors and perhaps one OF the
editors is one of our most honored
assC clates in this body, mean the senior
Senator from Rhode Island Mr.. Anthony
dad a careful editorial On the sue act OF
this bill, which l commend to the consid-
GRAFTON Of the Senate. After discussing
the Blair bill, IS it IS called, after the
distinguished Senator who presents il for
the consideration Of the Senate, the
writer says:
srae more honest, as the more truth
full way CT putting 1t, would, perhaps, be
TO cay that the necessity has arisen from
the exercise OF ultrs c0nstitu ional but
necessary authority, and thst it is logi-
cal consequence Of the emancipation and
reimbursement CT the negro, these be-
ing the inevitable results Of the WsT
OF the rebellion. Il is not 81 gll lEreIe-
want, however, to inquire whetherthe
mesns will secure the end. The commit
tee fi1ds that iYe-tWelfths Of the school
population Of the country are growing up
in ignorance of the English alphabet;
tast in eighty-six cities, containing 8
school population of over 2, 900, 900, over
one-third never enter schoolroom. New
York city has III, 200 children not en-
rolled at al, and Of school population
of $50, 900 thsre is an average attendance
OF only 1900 Some of our New En-
gland villages exhibit statistics which are
simply appalling. The south excuses
herself on account Of emanclDation and
poverty; the north explains herself by
the .Dundation CT foreign population
Whatever the causes, and they are clear
enough, the facts are to be admitted aud
faced. Tae prevailing sentiment is that
the state shall no longer be responsible
for tAe education Of her child
reD, but they shall be edu-
Gated by the national government, the
state doing so much as Congress shall re-
quire. This is to be understood, how
ever, when the federal government IN
dert.kes this business, as of right and
duty 1t has assumed, and the states have
conceded that it mas full and sovereign
authority. 1t will be bound TO look out
for the general welfare in this behalf,
according to its best judgment and high
est wisdom. The schools must conform
to its idea Of virtue and its standard of
education.
Mr.. President, concur in tie result
Stated by this writer. But be-
lieve that the logical results OF this bill,
should it become law, are fairly stated,
and that if those who consider that it is
wise and right, that 1t is justihabIe in
them as members of the government, and
suSj sct to the cath to support ihe consti-
tuition, If they shall consider Ii wise and
right to accept this opp! opriation in the
form and manner III which It has beep
rendered, let them consider fairly ,hat it
is done in disregard Of that mode of pre-
serving liberty and promoting the general
welfare. which was ordained by the
founders Of this government, in the char
ter which they have lettfo our guidance"
This extract from Senator Anthony's pa
per, expressive Of the views ne epteI-
tanned, and Endorsed By NJ. Hsyard in
his speech against this bill, es 4 correct
and logical exposition Of the effect and
results OF lts passage, shows so plainly
that it can not be misunderstood the
meaning and signification attached to the
bill by Senator Anthony. It is unneces-
sarY to consume time with other quota
tiops TO the same effect from speeches of
Republican psrty leaders, for, with a pos
s!ble occasional exception, it is well
known that all Of them entertain the
views quoted from Ser etols Stermsn and
Anthony. The views Of the Republican
supporters Of this bill and the arguments
they have made N advocacy of Il possess,
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