Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-09-20

| CudnBt bcDcIdl AilhODt record or
mine on that bill. BY suppresSin,
dates he gives Sbadowy plAu>lhi
ity TO his statements, bn, Che Co1.
gressiOndI Record will convince Vir.
ginians very quickly whether my
statements are OF more Or less cou.
sequence than Mr.. Elam's.
Senator, you told me- some days
ago that yOn intended 10 answer
Mr. Elam'S speech and card
Yes, Sir and for this purpose
have the records on ms table, which
got from the Library last evening.
! Would you object to making your
answer through me, 50 that II may
appear IN the same paper that pub
hshed Mr.. Elam's card aud extracts
from his remarks
No, sir prefer to do so, and
thank you for Offering me me op.
portunity. These books, which
want you to look at, will settle the
question Of veracity raised TO- Mr..
Elam's feeble argumentatlvc en-
deavOr TO make a record tor Cen.
eral Malone. YOu will see in this
bound volume Of bills that the late
Senator Burnside introduced Sen.
ate Bill No. l33 February TO- 1850,
for The establishment and cudCw-
ment Of schools and colleges. which
was referred 10 the Committee oH
Education and Labor. Ca tie an
of March 1881, Central Alahonr
took his seat IN the Senate, and Wis
placed on that committee. Ga De-
cember 10th Of the same year S.n.
atOr Blair introduced his bii 30.
1911 for reference 10 tue "a ne CON.
mittee, of which he was challpoan.
| desire that YOU shall look 40 il
here, so that you can kuow the
facts to be as | state them.
Now here is the Congressional
Record of December -, 1861, con.
tanning Senator BlaiT's answer 20
me. He says "This bill, AS II
finally passed in 1881, was c0rsid
erably modified. cannot say at
Senate. Malone favored those nod
ificatioDs. Think he dii not. /
am not aware whether hc OPP .,rd
the bill on its final passage, ani
cannot say"
Now, in Or,ier to understand the
"modifcdti0R,' 1 will give You sec.
ton J from the orisinaI Blair 5lll
OF December 20, 1881, Nhcn Grn
eraI Malone Supported m commit.
tee, which, if il viii Dot make TN,
explanation too long, should Ike
to have 90 in with il.
Section j. That such moneys sla De
expended i'm each State hy The concul.rlt
/ action. each having q negative upon fir
other, of the Secretary of the Interior. on
the part of the United States. aad pi tla
superintendent " public schools. Boui ~
! Education, or other body IN which the ale
| ministration Of m" the public school lass.
shall be vested, on thr part OBJ flc several
States wherein the expenditures arc re-
| spectiyelV To be made and Whenever iic
authorities Of the United States ard NJ thc
State fail to agree a. to The di-iributiou,
use, and application Of the money hoiohy
provided for, or any part thereof payment
thereof, or such part thereof shall bee sus-
pended, and If such disagreement continue
throughout the fiscal wear for which the
same was appropriated u shall bc covered
into the Treasury and shall hr added to
the general appropriation for the next
year, provided for in the hrst section Of
this act.
In the Senate (Forty.cighth Con
gress) the bill was numbered 39S
and section t was modjfed to Rad
as follows:
Section 1. That the amount 50 ap9or-
tened to each State andyrcrrfory al3 to
! the District Of Columbia shall D.. p1id,
upon the warrant Of the CommisNoner NJ
/ Education cOuntcr,gucd bv the Secretary
Of the Interior. ont of the Treasury Of tie
| United States, to the treasurer of the State,
! Territory, or District, or to such ~ Iiccr as
shall be designated by the laws Of snch
| State, Ierr itOry, or District TO receive, ac-
count for, and pay over the same tc the
several school districts entitled thereto
nnGer said spportionment. The term
'school district a. used in this section
shall include cities, towns, parishes. on
such other corporations as by Law aie
clothed with the power of main'a.ng
common schools PrOcidtd, That sach dis
tribntiOn or payment after he r1osipt 81
said fsnd 10y the State, Territory. nr Dis
trict, may be made to any oniccrd e,iQnat
ed by the laws Of the State, Territory, or
| District, for the disbursement 0f The school
funds to the teachers employed ia such
schools.
When the bill was again before
the Senate, April aud :, 1881, tbe
fourth section was uodlfed SO as
TO read MS follows:
Section 4. I hat the amount So appor
toned TO each State aud Territory shall Le
drawn from the Treasury by warran. of
the Secretary Of the TTeasnry, upon fine
monthly estimates and requisitions Of the
Secretary Of the Interior, as the same NAV
be needed, and shall be paid over 70 such
officers as shall be authorized by the ltws
Of the respective States and Territories 10
receive the same.
| now assert. and for tie second
or third tune, 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. bat
when it came to a vote in the Sen,
ate he opposed it. II was between
the time Of its report from commit
tee and Its consideration by the
Senate that he seemed TO he it's adj
vocate, but he opposed / by a rec.
ord of absence wnen he was pres
ent. Mr.. Elan was not here. If
he knows anything Of this matter
he got it from hearsay Heis what
lawyers would call ton.wling
witness.
repeat and say | can prove that
General Malone was in his commit.
tee. room, and was Informed by me
that the vote was beng taken ON
the passage of the bill.
| ask only a reference to Tue
Congressional Record OF April J.h
aud eth Of 1891, where it will ap.
pear that General Malone is marx.
cd absent in every roll.call on tho
amendments, aud on the final pas
sage of the bill when | knew he
was 10 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 aud The modification