Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-08-30
LET MALONE DENY.
SENATOR RIDDLEBERGER on
MALONE AND THE BLAR
BILL.
HE REPLIES TO MIR. ELAM-WHAT
THE RECORD snOWS-A CLEAR
STATEMENT.
[Cor. of the Richmond Dispatch

position on the Blair bill. He show
ed me the records to which he re
ferred.
Senator, have yon seen the re-
marks of Mr.. Elan made in the
HOuee of Delegates 10 reference to
the record made by Ger AT Ma
hone and Yourself on the Blair edu-
cational bill ?
no sir, but several members OF
the House have told me of them
One sentence, am assured, Is Ia
these words: Embellishments state.
ments are of no consequence" and
in reply to an inquiry whether Gen
eral Malone had denied them, be
said : "General Malone pays no at
tenuOn to anything Riddleberger
says" | have read his recent card
In the Dispatch, which is very mod
crate, but he makes no reference to
the remarks made 10 the House,
Neither his speech nor his card can
change General MahOne's record or
mine on that bill. BY snppressing
dates he gives a shadOwy plauSlbil-
! ity to his statements, Du, the Com
0ressiOndl Record will convince Nir-
ginians very quickly whether my
statements are of more or less con
sequence than Mr. Elam's.
Senator, you told me some days
ago that you intended TO answer
SIR. Elam's speech and card?
Yes, Sir ; and for this purpose |
have the records on my table, which
| got from the Library last evening.
Would you object to making your
answer through me, so that it mag
appear IN the same paper that pub
llshed Mr.. Elam's card and extracts
from his remarks 7
No, sir | prefer to do so, and
thank you for Offering me the OPP
portunity. These books, which ]
want you to look at, will settle the
question OF veracity raised By Mr..
Elam's feeble argumentatlve en-
deayor to make record for Cen
eral Malone. You will see in this
bound volume of bills that the late
Senator Burnside introduced Sen
ate Bill No. 1873 February 10. 1880,
for the establishment and endCw-
ment of schools and colleges. which
was referred to the Committee on
Education and Labor On the 18th
of March 1881, General MahOne
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 Go.
1911 for reference TO the same com.
mittee, of which he was chairman.
| desire that you shall look at it
here, 30 that you can know the
facts to be as | state them.
Now here is the Congressional
Record of December ~, 1851, con.
tanning Senator Blair's answer to
me. He says: "This bill, AZ it
finally passed In 1884, was cOnsid-
erably modified. | cannot say tlat
Senator Malone favored those mod.
lfcatiOns. | think he did not. |
am not aware whether he opposed
the bill on its final passage, ana !
cannot say"
Now, in order to understand the
"modifcatiOR," | will give you sec.
ton 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 20 in with it.
Section 4. That such moneys shall be
expend cd IN each State 10y 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
snperintondent Of public schools, Board OF
Education, or other body in which the adj
ministration of the the public school laws
shall be- vested, on the part of the several
states wherein the expenditures are re-
spectively TO he made and whenever the
authorities Of the United States and of the
State fail 10 agree as to the distribution,
use, and application Of the money hereby
provided for, or any part thereof, payment
thereof, or such part thereof shall be sus-
pended, and If such disagreement continue
throughout the fiscal year for which the
same was appropriated it shall be covered
into the Treasury and shall Ice 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 1893
and section 4 was modified to read
as follows:
Section (. That the amount so appor-
tened to each State andIrerritory and 10
! the District Of Columbia shall be paid,
upon the warrant Of the Commissioner OF
| Education countersigned by the Secretary
of the Interior out Of the Treasury of the
! United States, to the treasurer of the State,
! Territory, or District, or to such officer "a
shall be- designated by the laws of such
| State. Territory, or District to receive, ac-
count for, and pay over the same To the
several school districts entitled thereto
under said Apportionment. The term
"school district" IA used In this section
shall include Cities towns, parishes, or
such other corporations az by law are
clothed with the power Of man'aing
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 D aud I, 1854, the
fourth section was u.Odl6ed so as
to read AZ follows:
Section 4. That the amount 80 appOr'
| toned to 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 aud Territories to
receive the same.
| now assert. and for tine 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 a vote in the Sen.
ate he opposed it. 1t was between
the time Of lts report from commit
tee and It's consideration by the
Senate that he seemed to be its al.
yOGate, but he opposed IL by n 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
lawvpra WOuld call "A tOO.Wllliug