Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-01-08
LET MALONE DENY.
sxyAToR RIDDLEBpRavR on nAHoNE
AND THE BLAIR BILL.
Y. psplies 70 Mr. Tlam-What the Record
shows-A Clear Statement
Notes.

I,m ON the subject OF General
v...ues position on the Blair hill. lie
...a. no the records 30 which he
r.,u3
st0r have You seen the remarks of
v- Lam made IN the House Of Dele
...u reference 10 the record made by
d Malone and yourself on the
cdacaUouM bill?
>.. sir. bat several members of the
'. lNc told me of them. One sen
t.. I avn assured. is in these words
.lebcrgcss statements are of no
.u.ncc.' and IN reply to an in
D.. Watcher General Malone had de
-.l them. hc slid: General Malone
f.,- no attention to anything RIDDLE
.nor savs have read ms recent
D.l 100 tie Dispatch. which is very
r rate. but he makes no reference 20
81. remarks made IN the House. Neither
speech nor bis card can change Gen
rI Malone Srccordor mine on that bill.
Iy ,upuros>lng dates ne gives a shadowy
raulnuty % his statements. but the
uJr,s1Duli ~ o0rd viii convince Nlr-
cuaus very quickly whether my state
ueGts are of more or less consequence
tllu Mr. EiamS.
senator. yon told me some days ago
that Won intended Go answer Mr.. Elam's
speech and card2
Yes. SIT and for this purpose ! have
the records on my table, which got
from tie Library last evening.
Would Won object t. making your an
fwer through me. so that 1t may appear
81, the same paper that published MIR,
ams card and extracts from hls re-
marks?
NO. sir; prefer TO do so, and thank
won for Offering me the opportunity.
These books. which ! want You 10 look
g.. Viii settle the question Of veraclty
aG ty SIR Elan feeble orgumcnta-
t.e uieayor % make record for Cen
rrl Nahouc. NOuNill see IN this bound
volume o. bills that the late Senator
Burnside introduced Senate BIZ No. l33
IDwarv lU, 1850, for the establishment
s,l endowment of schools snd colleges,
which was referred TO the Committee on
fucauon and Labor. On the 4th Of
March. 1881, General Malone took his
SEAT in the Senate. and WAS placed on
that committee. On December 10th OF
tie same wear senator Blair introduced
li. bin 90. l5J for reference to the
same committee. OF which he was chair
man. / dc-r, that you shall look at 1t
here. 20 that You can know the facts to
=. as / state t0em.
Now here is the Congressional Record
OF December D.. 1857. containing Sena-
Cor blair's answer 10 me. he says
.. The bill. as 1t finally passed IN 1881,
was considerably modified. l cannot
say tlet Senator Malone favored those
n m0l.lcatious. / think he did not l
g. not aware whether he opposed the
ou It's final passage, and L cannot
8 Vow. in order to understand the
n d" u1Iifeut0u. | Will give you section
81 from tie original Blair bill Of Deem
Il r I'D. 1881. which General Malone
u ru0Icl in committee, which, II 1t
s. . not make tins explanation too long,
= shllld like to have 20 III with 1t.
4 S..t.u 4. That such moneys shall be- ex-
4 having q negative upon Tie other, II tho
u ..,--ry ~ fle Interior, on the part OF tne
t-- states. eud Of thc superintendent OF
schools. BoarI oi Education. or oiher
il sim which The administration 81 the pubic
"A. ..l laws shall he vested, ON the part OF tho
.fn- NLn rlu tAt expo N4lINie- hic 4t-
II .r.....te.y t1 10 made; ord whenever the an-
II ....l- % Tie United states al1 ~ the Nte.e
q FL. a-res Is o. The disulhut n, use, ana az
.st.... % The money hereby provides for, or
a .r..t .rereuf payment thereof or such part
"a .-- . shall te suspended, aud n suru dis
Il fs..neut continue throughout the fiscal year
a .u... r th. -aIne was appropriatct 10 shall be
II .-.r..l .a.u the Treasury aad small be added To
general appropriation Tor the noIt year,
) ...l-i ;or ia he nrst section OF this act.
In the Senate (Forty-eighth Congress-
b lll was numbered 39S and section
Was mortified 10 read as follows:
Session That the amount So apportioned 20
Ell. state ana Territory and % the Dlstrict OF
..,rU Is shall Pc paid, upon the warrant OF
ft.. CONAN. --llrcr of Education, cOunterslgnod
b. .t.. Secretary ~ the Interior, out OF the
4 -..r.u q tl- Cuted states, to the treasurer
Of 'l. -..te. Territory. or DISTRICT OF 20 su,n
G.. .er a- SHALL Doe dcagnaied hy TIE laws OF tu.n
e.at.. Territory. or District 10 receive, account
f- .r.I .qg ....- tro same to the several school
r.-,.i el,it' ei thereto under said apporuon-
,rs.L Ihe term "s-hooi district az USED IN
,-- section shall include cities, towns, parishes.
or -l-n .,rHr corporations as 10y raw ore cio'uet
r.-l t.e lover of maintaining common schools;
J- That slcn distribution or payment,
t.,r- .tr receipt q said fund by mo Slale,
r.....-r ~ District may be made % any ofricer
f...-.s-.l uy The Jaws OF The state, territory,
a. r..-r-f for ihe di-bur-ement OF the scuoDi
f4... ta me teachers employed ia such SCHOOLS
Whom the bill was again before the
Senate. April . and +, 1884, the fourth
section Was modified so as to read as iol-
loa-:
~..-.aA That the amount 80 appor,loned to
e..t State arf Territory shall ue Drawn iiOih
O.. Treasury ny warrant oi the secretary on llo
--......, utai M. monthly estimates and re-
..,- % f... Secretary Of the Interior, a. tho
sane may Pee needed, and shtlI ho paiu o'v. ~
ru.l or-ei- a- -laA Doc autho. i1el iF .he avs
~ ono respective states ana IciiI'oI'"' Z" ~
ce.st ttc same.
now assert. and for the second or
third time. that General Malone did not
eurD.rt either Of these bills IN the
Sanat.. Iarce that he gave his void
lI. -upport to the original committee
hin of lool, but when 1t came 70 'Hto
IL the Senate he opposed 1t. IL was De
tween the time OF It's report IRON con-
ui,i-e anu It's consideration ry 'ne
Senate that be seemed to be It's SdVo.
cate but he opposed it by record OF
shsaoce when he WAS present. MI
Ham was not here. If he knows any
tbing o. this matter he got 1t from near
saw He is what lawyers would CAL
tOO-wiihng witness. .L,4
repeat and say / can poVe tha'
General Malone was IN his c''uinl'l -
room. and was Informed by ne tha' me
vote WAS being taken on the passage Ol
tie ball. /,..,o,..,s
I ask only a reference TO Ae Co9gres,
sionai Rccord Of April 5tl ana 'In .' oi
1854. whore it Will appear mat GENERA era
Malone is marked ob@caf III o'g ay a'li
cali on the amendments, nd on tle nn s
!. pas.age Of tine blll when knew nc was
=, in the Capitol IL D
i Let General MahoU make ms own
Xdenials. General Maiones support oi
b,s I'm was Gwen btveen the time OF
- report from the committee and the
No. 'tlcetionOa peiod q over three
mont His speech in ii favor from
j Mich the two line were eatracted was
~ delivered alter Al his opposition and
after the bill had been twicepas,sed, by by
the senate and when he WIS looking 9,.
only 10 the election OF Genr '. Assem- rem
Div 70 make him his own successor. me me
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