Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-09-16

Institutions of the state and Of the United
States. All teachers in the public
schools shall be properly qualified, and
persons of good moral character. Moral
lty as recognized in the constitution Of
the United States and the state shall be
taught. Scientific instruction on the in
furious effects of alcohol shall also be
taught ..
Sec. 10. The English language shall
he taught in all the public schools. The
Spanish language may also be taught.
Provisions shall be made by law for
teaching the principles OF the constitu-
ton OF the United States aud OF the state
i'll the common schools.
Sec. 1l.-All common schools, and all
other educational institutions receiving
support from any public fund, shall be
under the absolute and unconditional
control and management Of the state.
Sec. l2.-Nelther the legislature, nor
any county, city, to"n, township, pre-
cinct, school district, OF other public cor
poration, shall ever make any appropria-
ton or pay from nypublic fund or moneys
whatever anything in aid OF any church
or sectarian society, or for any sectarian
purpose, or to help support or sustain any
school, academy, seminary, college, uni.
versity or other literary or scientific in
stitution controlled by any church or Sec
tartan denomination whatsoever; nor
shall any grant or donation of land
money or other personal property ever be
made by the state, or any such public
corporation to any church or for any Sec
tartan purpose. No sectarian tenet, creed
or church doctrine shall ever be taught in
the public schools. This section is hereby
delared TO be irrevocable without the con-
sent of the United States and the people
OF this state.
:. To-pAY's FORENOON SESSION.
When the state. constitutional conven.
ton had assembled this morning Hon.
Frank Springer arose to q question Of
privilege and sent to the clerks desk and
had read several extracts from the edi-
torial and telegraphic news pages of the
Las Vegas Optic. The statements there
in made contained about as much mis-
representation as it is possible to crowd
into so many lines, and Mr.. Springer
proceeded to characterize them as they
deserved. Col. kynerson, Gov. Ritch, Col
Heman, Mr.. Jaramillo and others spoke
to the same question, ind for an hour the
atmosphere glistened with shafts and
darts Tor The Optic and its correspondent
here, w. B. Sloan, who sat at the report
ers' table and took it all in. A steno-
graphic report OF the speeches on this
subject vas secured for the New MEXICAN
and will be given the public in to-mor-
rows issue.
A special committee composed OF
Messrs. Springer, Ritch, Heman, lara
milo and Rynerson was appointed to i'll
vestigate the matter. Judge Sloan claims
that his telegraphed reports concerning
the convention have been garbied and
doctored by the Optic people, while the
editor of the Optic is reported to have
said that many of the false and mislead-
ing statements appearing OH the editorial
page of that paper came direct from Judge
Sloan's pen and were published precise
y as written.
The special committee to investigate
the subject held its first session ut noon
and put the Optics local representative
through u rigid examination. 1t will
hold another session tonight and will
present its report to the convention to-
morrow.
The convention then went into COM
mittee of the whole and resumed con-
sideration Of the report OF the article on
judicial department.
There remained seven sections more
Of the committees report to be acted
upon when the noon recess was taken.
The contest over the question as to
whether the supreme court judges shall
be elected 10y the people or appointed by
the governor is still on. The appointive
plan was carried by vote OF Il to 70,
but when the article comes up on its
third reading and for final adoption in
open session there may he modification
OF this action. 1t is probable also that
the probate courts will be given limited
jurisdiction to the extent OF causes in
volving less than $5O0-practically the
county courts recommended by the COM
mittee, only under another name. 1t was
decided that the district judges and the
clerk OF the supreme court shall be elect
ed.
Just prior to the noon recess Hon.
Frank Springer, by unanimous consent
presented minority report from the
committee on educational department,
which was received and placed OH the
calendar to come up with the majority re-
port, above printed, which was presented
by ex-Secretary Ritch. The report Of
Tered by MIR. Springer is as follows:
MINORITY REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON
EDUCATION.
Section /. Provision shall be made by
law for the establishment and main
tenance Of uniform system of public
schools, which shall lie open to, and SUI
ticient for the education Of all the child
rem in the state, and shall he under the
absolute control OF the state and free from
control and no other or differ
ent schools shall ever receive any aid or
support from public funds. No sectarian
tenet, creed or church doctrine shall be
taught in the public schools.
Sec. 2. The principal OF all funds ais
ing from the sale or other disposal OF
lands or other property granted, donated
or Entrusted to this state for educational
purposes shall constitute u permanent
school fund and shall he forever pre-
served inviolate and undiminished, and
The income thercirom shall be faithfully
applied to the objects of the original
grants, donations or trusts, subject to the
provisions and restrictions OF this const-
luton. But no part OF such funds, nor OF
any other fund created by law for educa-
ional purposes, shall ever be applied
toward the maintenance, support or aid |
)f any school or other institution in the |
Of which any religious Or |
other sect hasdny, part, or which is not |
under the absolute control of the state. |
The provisions of this and the last pre-
;eding section are hereby declared to I've