New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-01

Of the s Sonngea under the Of the University
nine eoTtorate powers exercised by less than
Tmeratnfe fund. and the capital Of the United States
violate T Se res shall be respeSyey preserved in;
Schools the BE Dpe ID to, to the aa Of
q dollars the aRa 5ss
Of Of appropriated TO- and made Of the capital
Sen Ss NaSST nor school fund
thereof shall use It's property credit any public
reciy or indirectly in aid or Maintenance. Other
tnah Tor examination or inspection. of any school
the control or direction Of any religious denomina
TRIM or s IN Which Any denominational tenet or doc
schools in insti,utSns subject to The Visitation and
Inspection Of the State Board of Charities.
THE FIRST THREE SECTIONS ADOPTED.
The Convention resolved to give seven hours to
the consideration Of the amendment. and to take
vote upon ordering 1t to a third reading Tues
day next Mr.. Hollis. chairman of the Committee
on Education, opened the debate with an exposition
OF the leading features Of the amendment. The
first section then considered Mr.. Campbell
moved that this section should be amended by add
ing TO 1t the sentence, Whose education Is not pro-
vided for by their parents guardians" Mr.. Hollis
said this was an unnecessary section. and 1t was
defeated. and. after some further debate the first
section adopted
makes the members OF the Board of Regents con-
stituonal officers and thus prevents the passage by
Haw.ey offered an amendment providing that the
Of h may S or diminish the |
section To state precisely the boundaries OF the au
Mr. Haweys amendm ,nt times Unless such an amend
ment was made to the section an the powers the
The convention at the evening meeting adopted
claring that the University of the State OF New
which may may be Increased. modiled or diminished by
the Legislature, shall BE exercised by not less than
section declaring that the educational funds shall
be maintained intact was adopted without amend
ment.
The convention then took up Section 4. in relation
to appropriations for sectarian institutions Presi-
ton shall apply 10 schools in institutions subject
to the visitation and inspection Of the State Board
motion in fiery speech. He declared that this SCI
tion would enable religious denominao to obtain
public money for the support OF their scctarian
schools.
A CUNNINGLY DRAWN CLAUSE.
The clause has been most cunnngly drawn,
said he. but It's meaning Is unmlstakabe. 1t means
a diversion of public money TO the support OF sec
tartan schools That the people Of this State Will
not stand. II It Is put in this Constitution 1t VIII
sink the entire Constitution. Moreover. the section
violates the agreement made before the convention
met. that public money shall be asked for sec
tartan schools
Mr. Choate said that Frederic r. Coudert and
George Bliss had both distinctly stated that they
had objection TO an amendment shutting o II
schools from public funds. What would become OF
the State law which provides that sectarian text
books should not be used In schools receiving puoc
money? Ii could not exist with Amendment IN
the Constitution authorizing the use OF pubic money
for institutions which might be hotbeds OF re-
iirous instruction Had the convention the effront-
cry TO 90 before the people with such an aW ehu-
ment? The charitable institutions We're "ortiy.
especially the most important ones ihoss oil ,he
Catholic Church have led the world IN chafi'aDe
enterprise. Let the State give money ior tle sup.
and maintenance Of tnese instuTm cs pu. If
the Roman Catholics wished their priests ana nuns
to enter their schools. let them pay for II; II TIE
Episcopal hurch wished to teach the young IN us
institutions its peculiar doctrines Iet tneiil pa! I
it; they could AFFORD to- No child should be taught
religoi, al The expense OF the State. The children
In public schools were irolcctou I'm,
those in the other educational institutions receiving
Mir Cassidy offered a substitute FOR Section
provdinS that no school not wholly owned by the
state or subdivision thereof, shall receive sac
aid He said that II was against tne syn !. w ~.
no Teceving State aid but It could
refuse to give aid any except It's own scnooisii
the phTas Sas Tage and could be easily eyadea
proposed 3, strike out were objected 10 by seven
Wr Peck asked who authorized Mr. Coudert ana
Mr. Bliss to barter away ne ~ iai'h' "o"'' anu
Mr. Iauterbash offered r., +, an MR. Choate so that
read as follows This section shall not apply in
orphan asyi ,6n r or incidental SST1gfp ony
MIR. Lau,erbach made NJ sPf hoate declared he
this amendment when men convention then. without
acting on any Of the numerous amendments 10 '"'9
The Republican delegates to the conyenton hslG
caucus this afternoon ana deDa.en w .; so az 10
provide that bin might be passed over ng
Veto by majority vote IN b9th houses So % anober
nancus on Monday night upon the legislative APP
! port.onInent amendment