Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-09-13
LET MALONE DENY.
senator RIDDLEBERGER ON
MALONE AND THE BLAIR
BILL.

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ICor. of the Richmond Dispatch.l
WASHINGTON, Jan. II call
ed OH Senator RidGleberger in his
room at the Metropolitan Hotel to
day and had the following inter.
view in reference to the difference
between himself and Mr.. Elan on
the subject of General Mahone'a
position on the Blair bill. He show.
ed me the records to which he re.
ferred.
Senator, have you seen the re-
marks of Mr.. Elan made in the
House of Delegates in reference TO
the record made by General Ma
hone and Yourself on the Blair edu.
catiOnaI bill ?
No SIT, but several members OF
the House have told me of them.-
One sentence, | am assured, Is liz
these words: "Riddleberger's state.
ments are of no consequences" 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 in the House.
Neither his speech nor his card can
change General Mahone's record or
mine on that bill. By suppressinI.
dates he gives a shadowy plsusibi
itv to his statements, bu. the Con-
qressiOnal Record will convince Vir-
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
MIR. Elam's speech and card
Yes, SIT 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 1t may
appear IN the same paper that pub
hshed 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 verscity raised by MIR.
Elam's feeble argumentatlve en-
deavor to make a record for Gen.
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 4th
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.
1jl) for reference 10 the same com.
mittee, of which he was chairman.
| desire that you shall look at it
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 Blair's answer to
me. He says: "This bill, as it
finally passed in 1884, was coDsid.
erably modified. | cannot say that
Senator Malone favored those mod.
lfcatiOns. | think he did not. /
am not aware whether he opposed
the bill on it's final passage, and |
cannot say"
Now, in order to understand the
"mOdifcdtion," | will give you sec
ton from the original Blair bill
of December 20, 1881, which Gen.
eral Malone supported IN commit
tee, which, if it will not make this
explanation too long, | should like
to have 20 in with il.
Section 4. That such moneys shall be
expended in each State by the concurrent
action each having a negative upon the
othe Of the Secretary OF the Interior. on
the part of the United States. and OF the
superintendent 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
Stf es wherein the expenditures are re-
spectively 10 be made and whenever the
authorities Of the United States and Of the
State fail 20 agree as TO the distribution,
II 8, and application Of the money hereby
provided for, or any part thereof payment
thereof, OF such part thereof. shall be sus-
pended, and IL such disagreement continue
tb onghout the fiscal year for which the
same was appropriated it shall be covered
into the Treasury and shall be added 20
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 1903
and section 4 was modified to read
as follows:
Section 4. That the amount 90 appor-
tened to each State sndirerrtory and TO
the District of Columbia shall DO paid,
npen 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, &C
count for, and pay over the same 10 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 malntaing
common schools : Provided, 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 designIt-
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 5 and Z, 1884, the
fourth section was MOdl6ed 80 az
TO read as follows;
Section 4. That the amount 10 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, az the same may
be needed and shall DO 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 The second
or third tune, that General Malone
did not support either OF these bills
in the Senate. | agree that he
gave his vo'uble support to the
original committee bill of 1881, but
when il came TO a vote in the Sen.