Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-01-27

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right to an education; but this 10 not prac-
teal, therefore he was in favor of open
ing the schools to as many children as
possible just as soon, however, as we
try this by proposing some fair amend
ment the cry goes up from all the cities
"let the school law alone" That law as it
stands should be entitled ian act
to educate the children of the
cities and partially educate those
of the country" Mr.. Fall tells us the PEG
pie do not ask this, that it was not agitat-
ed. know that in my canvass along the
Mimbres and ella it was the burning
question. Here is letter I received from
the Mimbres,
"In urging upon you the necessity of
an amendment to the school law wish to
call your attention to the following fact:
Silver CITY has about 600 children of
scholastic age, receiving for the year 1892
from the general school fund $1,700, from
poll tax about $500, from liquor licenses
about $4,4OO, making $4,000. Eight
school districts on the Mimbres river re-
ceived from all sources less than $4,000
and have 600 children. There are 1853
children in Grant county, one-half of
whom are growing up in ignorance
Mr.. Veeder: "From the arguments
advanced have arrived at the conclusion
that the success of the cities was because
we had good school law on the books.
The question now confronting us Is not
whether we will have good schools
throughout the territory, but whether we
will have some good schools instead of
poor ones. No man who comes to this
hall should be sway by personal clamor
or by the Indignation of made up mass
meetings. The three men who signed a
proclamation as the people of England
had right to do that, but nobody cared.
Neither do / care for the cutlery and in
dignation of few Office holders. This
was not question on which We can
afford to take back step; if we have Sc
cured a few good schools then they should
be fostered and assisted
Mr.. Sanchez: This school law, &C
cording to the gentlemen on the other
side, seems to be the eternal law, the I'M
amendable law. According to these gen.
tlemen magma charta, and the constitu-
ton of, the United States may be amend
ed, but not this school law. Why! Be-
cause there is difference in an education
law and law to help rob the people and
which is framed for the benefit of the
bankers, etc. In the city of Albuquerque
they pay over $1,000 per year to teach
300 children. They seem to need 600
teachers. In Santa Fe they spend $4,000
to educate eighty children, and they have
ten or eleven teachers, yet if l ask these
gentlemen in the name of the ignorant
children, in the name of humanity and
justice, to give us part of this wasted
money, then there is q cry of hands off
the schools. If we could see behind the
curtain we probably would not find the
children being educated but other folks
who had learned too much.'
Mr.. Fall replied that the gentleman
from Taos seemed to want if he found
ore school house to destroy it. This
school law is complete whole-a good
superstructure on sound foundation.
Let it settle. In the language of the
adobe builders, let it "weather crack"
Mr.. Saint: 1.-THE gentleman from Taos
has devoted good deal of time to Albu-
querque. Whenever it comes to anything
about the poor people he reminds me OF
u lew llHeS.-
''The whale blows water while at play
The fairest flowers blow in May,
But the gentleman from Taos bio VS. all
day.
Gle is the champion of the poor man
That reminds me of another little poem
"Don Felix runs exemption,
And Hubbell runs a bar;
Don Pedro is jury man
And - it, there you are!
"They would makeyou believe they love
the poor man and have made this c. B
No. 10, their special cry; now they come
and plead the baby act and want time to
get in petitions. 1t is the only fund that
can not be used in the county for politi-
cal purposes. About six years ago
could have shown you over twenty vouch-
ers for school teaching with cross. Thank
God, it did not happen during the last two
years. Now, if these gentlemen had not
passed the exemption law the other day
would be willing to concede rs per cent
although would rot think it right. As
it is they getmore money out of the taxes
than they pnt in. With this exemption
law these people will pay nothing aud, il
they can pass this law, they will get back
from the licenses more than they pay in
taxes"
Mr.. Martinez: "Do you mean to say
all the people in the country are poor?"
Mr.. Saint: mo, sir; but of the $1,000
paid by Albuquerque on special assess
ments over $4,000 went into the country
and only $1,659 came to the town of its
share of the general fund. When the
license law was passed it was for the pur-
pose of suppressing the sale of whisky
The money was given the schools because
it had to be put somewhere. desire to
say word about the balance on hand in
Albuquerque. Now when those bonds
were voted this money was on hand and
nothing to do with it Immediately. So it
was put in bank at per cent interest
until used; and before the school build
ings were constructed the interest
amounted over $l,4OO. That is because
they are thrifty people down there. Now
when these school houses are completed
there will be only very small
balance left. This balance now on
hand has been accommodating for
two years. You might as we'll say give
paft VI tHlS uoHey W fdleLCld OrArllOna,
because those people help support our
saloons"
Mr.. Valverde: II will state that this
question is very important. II has been
in our hands for several weeks; we have
now expended whole day on question
that if considered on a business basis
was entitled in about fifteen minutes.
say if we did more work and had less talk
we could do something for New Mexico
Now we can decide on this question. 1t is
useless to go into detail now, and I think
we had best take vote, and therefore
move the previous question"
The previous question was then put and