Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-01-23
must aid these institutions, let it be done

must aid these institutions, let it be done
with money, not school land.
Mr.. BENNETT pleaded for the little
frame schoolhouse on the prairie. True,
provision was made for giving another sec:
ton in place of the one donated, but the
land would be of inferior quality and less
Mi. HAvREvOLD looked on the public
school system as a sacred thing, n did
not wish to have its property taken for
other purposes
must be cared for, and there was no other
way to do it. There was plenty of land,
and the few sections asked for by the
state institutions would make little differ
Mr.. DOUGLAS said thar, as these in
stitutions had been granted a huge block
authorized, they should sell a part Of it If
they needed aid. He said he had a right
to give money to any church, but there
was no way Of j%ustifying him it he put his
hand into some other mans pocket to pro.
cure the contribution.
Mr.. OLIVER challenged any man to ex-
coed himself in love for the common
schools. He had two boys at home, and he
would cut off his right arm rather than
%endanger their chances for an education if
death should take him from them. The
! side he took might not be the popular side,
but he believed it to be the side of the peo-
pies interests, and he would not be "ghost-
ed" into favoring or opposing any measure
in order to obtain popular favor. There
| was no money in the state treasury, and
| there was no other way of giving present
aid to institutions which would be a credit
to the commonwealth.
Mr.. Brooke stated that he-a democrat
had been elected county superintendent by
republican votes, and he would yield to no
l ~ ~ lava for tho frAn Snh0nlQ A0 no.
lieved he knew what the people wanted,
and he would do nothing to interrupt the
progress of higher education.
Mr.. BURTON remarked that Grand
Forks wa also asking for a school section,
and that, although the people at home
might "monkey" with his political spinal
column, at the present time that made no
difference. He had thought that sufficient
safeguards had been thrown around the
break through, and he would vote to pre-
vent it.
Mr.. DOUGLAS read from the constitu.
ton that the public Institutions could be
given no more land, and that the school
lands can, under the constitution, be used
only for the purposes for which they were
Mr.. SKINNER also read from the consti
tuition to show its intent mat school funds
and property could not be diverted to othel
purposes and that the state shall make
good all losses. He looked with fear or
the energetic effort to take school lands fol
any other purpose. Out of regard for thu
old soldiers, he had voted, against his con
victiOns, to give a school section to thu
Lisbon soldiers home, but he would go nc
further in that direction. AS to the agri
cultural college, he had to seek for SOM
time before he could find a pupil from hi
county who would attend the school, ant
he doubted if others had been as success
full as himself. The people were too boo
at present to send their children ava.
!, from home to attend the state institutions
even if the expense was light. The com
mon school was within the reach of al
He believed in beginning at the foundation
instead of at the chimneys of the educa
tiOnal structure.
Mr.. Williams moved to adjourn.
Mr.. OLIVER moved that when adjourn
ment take place it be to l p. M. Monday
Lost-43 to IS.
Mr.. Oliver moved the previous question
and, on roll call, the bill passed-S5 to "a.
The same gentleman thereupon move
to reconsider and to lie on the table, whic
was carried.
: Senate bill IS, to return certain and i
Grand Forks county to the Elk Vale
Farming company, was brought up for pa
sage.
: Mr.. KEARNEY asked for informatio
regarding the measure, whereupon M
n Burton stated that the land had bee
:, granted for a normal school at Larimor
. Such school had been placed ELSEWHERE
9 n the company was clearly entitled
have the conditional gift returned. Th
: bill passed-59 to l.
Adjourned.