Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-10-04
LET MALONE DENY.
SENATOR RIDDLEBERGER on
MALONE IND THE BLAIR
BILL.
HE REPLIES TO MIR. ELAM-WUAr
THE RECORD SnOWS-A CLEAR
STATEMENT.

1Cor. Of the Richmond Dspatch.l
r WAsHINGTON, Jan. IL call
ed on Senator Rld6.cbrrgcr ~ hi
room at the Metropolitan Hotel to
5 day and had the following inter
) view in reference 10 the dllercnc,
r between himself and Mr.. Elan OF
the subject of General MahOne'
position on the Blair hill. He show
. ed me the records to which he ne
} fcrred.
( Senator, have yOn seen tie re
marks of Mr.. Elan made in the
House of Delegates in reference tC
the record made by General Ma.
hone and Yourself on the Bair cdu.
catiOnal bill 2
No SIT, but several members OF
the House have told me Of them.-
One sentence. am assured, is IL
these words: Embellishments state.
mcnts are of no consequences" and
in reply ioan inqnlr, whether Gen.
eral Malone hal denied them. he
said "GcuerM Malone pays no A..
teuuon 10 anything Rlddichcrger
says | have read hlS recent card
ia the Dispatch. which is very mod.
crate, bnt he makes no reference TO
the remarks made IN the House.
| Neither his speech nor his card can
change General Mlhoae's record or
mine oa That bill. by suppressin
dates he gives shadow plausible.
ity TO his statements, bn, the CON.
greSSiOndi Record will convince Vir.
ginians very quickly whether mI
statements are OF more o. less con.
seq renee than Mr.. Elam's.
Senator. yOn told me- some days
ago that yOn intended Ia answer
Nr. Eldm'S speech and ard
Yes, SIR: and for this purpose |
have the records on iny table, Vhlch
got from the Library last evening.
Would you object 10 making your
answer through me, 50 that il may
appear IN the same paper that pub
llshed Mr. Elam's card and extracts
from his remarks
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 veracily raised b Mr..
Elam's feeble argumentatlvc en-.
deavOr to make record tor Grn.
eral Malone. YOn will see in tins
bound volume of bills that The late
Sena or Burnside introduced SEN.
ate Bill No. 1873 Febr1ary 10. 1850.
for the establishment and rudCw-
ment of schools and colleges. which
was referred to The Committee on
Education and LIbOr. Ga the l,h
of March 1881, General Mahonc
took his seat 10 the Senate, and was
placed on that committee. On De
ccmber Both OF The same year sen.
ator BLAIR Introduced Iii, bill go.
ljl) for reference 10 the sane CON.
mittee, of which he was chairman.
desire that you Shall look at 1t
here, so that you can know the
facts to be as | state them.
Now here is the Congressional
Record OF December -, 1857, coh.
tanning Senator Blaii's answer 10
me. He says; "ThiS bill, as il
finally passed in 1884, was corsid.
eraOly modified. cannot say lat
Senator Malone favored those mod
lfcatiOus. 1 think he did not.
am no aware whether he opp >cd
the bill on IT'S final passage, AMI |
cannot say"
Now, in Order To understand the
specifications will give You sec
ton from the oIiginal Blair bill
OF December 20, ISL, which Gen
ersl Mahone supported IN commit
tee, which, if It will not make tin,
explanation TOO long, should Ike
/, TO have 90 in with il.
Section (. That such money. shall De
expended ia each State 10y the concurrcn
action, each having negative upon th,
other, of the Secretary Of the interior. o.
the part Of the United States. and OF m,
superintendent of public schools. Board o
Education. or other body in which the al
, ministratiou OF the the pnbic school law
shall be vested, on the part of the seyera
States wherein the expenditures are re
: spcotiyely 10 be made and whenever m,
, authorities of the United States and Of th,
! State fail % agree as 10 the distribution
=, use, and application Of the money hereby
PROV ided for, or any part thereof, paymeh
thereof, or such part thereof shall be -ns
pended, and if such disagreement confirm,
throughout the fiscal year for which ia,
same was appropriated il shall ho covered
r into the Treasury and shall be added {,
the general appropriation for the mex
year, provided for in the first section o
this act
In the Senate tForly.eighth Con
gress) the bill was numbered 39S
e and section I was modifcd TO read
as follows:
Section :. That tho amount 20 appor
tened to each Stare andyrcrri'ory and Il
the District OF Columbia shall ice paid
upon the warrant Of the Commissioner oil
Education countersigned by the Secretary
of the Interior. ont Of the Treasury Of IL,
United States 10 the treasurer Of the State
Territory. or District, or 10 snch officer a'
shall be designated by the laws of sucl
-frfa O.. M,
. count for, and pay over the same 10 the
several school districts entitled thereto
= under said appOrtionmcnt. The tern
SCHOOL district az used In this section
/ shall include cities, towns, parishes, ol
such other corporations as by law
clothed with the power Of maintains
common schools : JrOrid,d, That such dis
tribntion or payment after The receipt o
raid fHnd 10y the State, Territory. or Dis
, trict may be made 10 any oiiccrdcsignat
ed 10y the laws Of the State. Territory, ol
District for the disbursement of the school
, funds to the teachers employed in such
schools
When the bl'l was again before
the Senate, April , and :, 1881, the
) fourth section was hOdliicd SO as
10 real ~ follows:
Section +. mat the amount 80 appor
toned tocich state and Territory shall b.
drawn from he Treasury by warran. OF
the Secretary OF the Treasury, upon the
monthly estimates aud acquisitions Of the
Secretary Of the Interior rs fhc same may
be needed, and shall be paid over to such
officers AZ shall be authorized by the laws
Of the respective States and Territories to
receive tho same.
| now assert. and for the second