Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-09-27
LET MALONE DENY.
SENATOR RIDDLEB HRGER ON
MALONE md THE BL1iR
BILL.


HE REPLIES 80 Mh d. AN-WIiAI
THE RECORD SHOWS CLEAR
sTATEMhNT.
ICor. of ihe Richmond D.spatch.I
WAsHINGTON, Jan. IL call.
ed on Senator Rld6leberger in his
room at the Metropolitan Hotel to
day and had the following inter
view in reference 10 the difference
between himself AID Mr.. Elan on
the subject of General MahOue's
position on the Blair bill. He show
ed me the records to which he re-
fcrred.
Senator, have yOn seen the re-
marks of Mr.. Elan made in the
House of Delegates in reference to
the record made 10y General Ma
hone aud yourself on the B'dir edu.
cational bill
No SIT, bat several members Of
the House have told me OF them
One sentence. / am assured, is IL
these words: Embellishments state.
menis are of 10 consequences" and
in reply iOan inquiry whether Gen.
eral Malone had denied them. he
said : General Malone PAYS no AZ.
tenll0n to any thing RiddlcOergcr
says have read his recent card
in the Dispatch, which is very mod.
eEate, but he makes no reference to
the remarks made IN the House,
Neither his speech nor his card can
change General Mahonc's record or
mine on that bill. By suppressin
dates he gives a sha lowy plau,ibil- !
ity to his statements, bn. the COR.
greSSiOndl Record will convince Nir. |
giniaDs very quickly whether nv !
statements are of more or less cOn.
sequence than Mr.. Elam'>.
Senator, yOn told me some days |
ago that yOa intended To answer
Nr. Elam's speech and card
Yes. sir; and for this purpose | |
have the records on M table, which I
got from the Library last evening. /
Would you object to making your |
answer through me, 50 that it may /
appear IN the same paper that pub
lishcd Mr.. Elam's card and extracts |
from his remarks
No, sir ; | prefer to 10 so. and /
thank you for offering me the OPP /
pOrtuuity. These books, which /
want you to look at, will settle the F,
question Of yeracity raised %, Mr. |
EIam's feeble argumentafIve en-.
deavor to make 4 record for Gen.
eral Malone. YOl will see IN this
hOInd vOlnme OF bills that thu late
Seua'Or Burnside Introduced Sen.
ate Bill No. 1873 February 10. 1850.
for the establishment aud rndcw.
ment of schools and colleges. which
was referred to the Committee on
Education and Labor. On tine ith
of March 1881, General Maaone
took his seat ~ the Senate. and vas
placed on that committee. Ga De
cem6er Goth OF the same year Sen.
atOr Blair introduced his bill 80.
1jl) for reference 10 the sane com.
mittee, of which ne was chairman.
desire that you shall look at it
here, 50 that you can know the
facts to be as | state them.
Now here is the Congressional
Record OF December -, 1851, con.
tanning Senator Hlair's answer to
me. He says; "ThiS bill, AZ il
/ finally passed in 1884. waS consid.
erabIy modified. cannot say tat
Senator Malone favored tno~" mod
lfcatious. | think he dad not.
am nor aware whether he opposed
the bill on It's fual passage, ana
cannot say
Now, in order 10 understand the
"mOdfcatioa,' 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 90 in with II.
Section (. That such money, shall he
expended in each State by the concurrent
action. each having "A negative upon the
other, of the Secretary OF tue Interior. on
the part Of the United States. anl ot the
superintendent of public schools Board of
Education or other body in which the ad-
ministration of the the public school laws
shall be vested, on the part of the several
States wherein the expenditures are re-
spectively 20 be made and whenever the
authorities Of the United States and Of the
State fail to agree a. to the distribution,
use, and application Of the money hereby
provided for, or any part thereof, payment
thereof, or such part thereof shall be sns-
pended, and if snch disagreement continue
throughout tho fiscal year Tor which the
same was appropriated it shall be- covered
into the Treasury and shall he added 10
tho general appropriation for im next
year, provided for in the first section Of
this act.
In the Senate (Forty.eighth Con
gress) the bill was numbered 39S
and section t was modifcd to read
AS follows:
Section !. That the amount 80 appor-
tisned TO each State audlrcrriory and to
the District Of Columbia shall be paid
upon the warrant Of the Commissioner Of
Education countersigned by the Secretary
Of the Interior. ont Of the Treasury Of the
United States, To the treasurer Of the State,
Territory. or District, or TO such officer as
shall be designated by the laws of snch
State, lerF itOry. or District TO receive, ac-
count for, and pay over the same to the
= several school districts entitled thereto
under said apportonment. The term
school district az used in This section
shall nclude cities, towns, parishes, or
such other corporations as by Lass are
clothed with the power of maintain Z
common schools : Proridfd. That such dis
tributiOn or payment, after the receipt OF
said fnnd by the State, Territory, or Dis
, trict may be made 10 any oficerdcsgnat-
ed by the laws Of the State, Territory, or
District, for the disbursement of the school
funds to the teachers employed in such
schools.