Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-01-13

Education and Labor. On the Atm
of March 1881, General Malone
took his seat in the Senate, and was
placed on that committee. On De-
cember Goth of the same year Sen
ator Blair introduced his bill (No.
1917 for reference to the same conf
mittee, of which he was chairman
| deslre that you shall look at II
here, so that you can know the
facts to be as | state them.
Now here is the Congressional
Record of December %, 1887, con-
tanning senator Blai's answer to
me. lie says: "rhis bill, as 1t
finally passed in 1884, was cOnsid-
erably modified. cannot say that
Senator Malone favored those mod
ifications. | think he did not. |
am not aware whether he opposed
the bill on its final passage, and l
cannot say"
Now, in order to understand the
"mOdifcdtiOn," | will give you sec
ton 4 from the original Blair bill
of December 20, 1881, which Gen
eraI Malone supported in commit
tee, which, if it will not make this
explanation too long, | should like
to have 90 in with it.
Section 4. That such moneys shall be
expended in each State by the concurrent
action, each having a negative upon the
other, of the Secretary of the Interior, on
the part of the United States, and of the
superintendent Of public schools. Board OF
Education, OF other body in which the al
ministratiOn of the public school laws
shall be vested, on the part OF the several
States wherein the expenditures are re-
spectvey TO be made and whenever the
authorities of the United States and OF the
State fail to agree as to the distribution,
use, and application of the money hereby
provided for, OF any part thereof, payment
thereof, or such part thereof, shall be sus
pended, and if such disagreement continue
throughout the fiscal year tor which the
same was appropriated it shall be covered
into the Treasury and shall be added to
the general appropriation for the next
year, provided for in the first section OF
this act
In the Senate (Forty.eighth Con.
gress) the bill was numbered 39o
aud section 4 was modified to read
as follows:
Section 4. That the amount 80 appor-
toned to each State and Territory and to
the District of Columbia shall he paid,
upOn the warrant of the Commissioner OF
Education countersigned by the Secretary
of the Interior, out of the Treasury oil the
United States, to the treasurer ofthe state,
Territory, or District, or to such officer as
shall be designated by the laws Of such
State, Territory, or District to receive, ac-
count for, and pay oyer the same to the
several school districts entitled thereto
under said apportionment. The term
"school district" as used in this section
shall include cities, towns, parishes, or
such other corporations as by law are
clothed with the power OF maintaining
common schools PrOrided, That such dis
tribution or payment, after the receipt OF
said fund by the State, Territory, or Dis
trict, may be made to any officer designat-
ed by the laws of the State, Territory, or
District. for the disbursement of the school
funds to the teachers employed in such
schools.
When the bill was again before
the Senate, April 3 and Z, 1884, the
fourth section was modified so as to
read as follows;
Section 4. That the amount so appor-
toned 10 each State and Territory shall be
drawn from the Treasury By warrant of
the Secretary of the Treasury, upon the
monthly estimates and acquisitions of the
Secretary Of the Interior, as the same may
be needed, and shall be paid over TO such
officers as shall be authorized by the laws
of the respective States and Territories to
receive the same.
now assert, and for the second
or third time, that General Malone
did not support either of these bills
IN the Senate. | agree that he
gave his voluble support to the
original committee bill of 1881, but
when it came to vote in the Sen
ate he opposed il. IL was between
the time Of it's report from commit
tee and its consideration by the
Senate that he seemed to be its ad.
yocate, but he opposed it by a rec
ord OF absence when he was pres
ent. Mr.. Elan was not here. Ii
he knows anything of this matter
he got it from hearsay. He is what
lawyers would call a willing
witness.
repeat and say | can prove that
General MahOue was in his commit
tee-rOOm, and was informed by me
that the vote was being taken on
the passage OF the bill.
I ask only n reference to the
Congressional Record of April 9th
and 7th of 1884, where 1t will APP
pear that General Malone is mark.
ed absent in every rOll-call on the
amendments, and on the final pas
sage of the bill when ] knew he
was in the Capitol.
Let General Malone make his
own denials. General MahOne's
support of this bill was given be.
tween the time OF its report from
the committee and(the modification
"a period of over fhree months. %
His speech In its n ss,. s-;;n which
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