New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-04
4 DENOCRATIC nov SEQTfTCE.

The campaign Of argument against The con
slituiional amendments l. ended. \ campaign
Of lies is fully T1dcr way. on the theory that
election is so near the truth cannot catch up
with the fll-"hoods until after IN" votes are
cast II has been discovered by some person
with great genius for finding out things which
are not 50 that "ihc amendment prohibiting the
granting Of any aid 10 scctarian institutions
was not designed. perhaps by all who voted
for IL 10 prohibit aid to orphan asyurns or
other homes for dependent children, yet This
aid is prohibited in express terms. ii Ger
tainly was not Intended TO prohibit this aid.
and what * more neither in terms expressed
or implied is il prohibited. Section II of Arli-
Gle VIII of the new Constitution reads:
Nothing In this Constitution contained shall pre-
vent the Legislature from making such provision
for the education and support Of the bind the deaf
and dumb and juvenile delinqucnts as 10 II may
aeem proper; or prevent any county. city, town or
village from providing for the care support mamie
nance and secular education OF inmates OF orphan
asylums. homes for dependent children or corTec-
tionAl institutions. whether under public or private
control. Payments by counties. cities towns ana
villages TO charitable. elcemosynary. correctona ana
rcformatory Institutions wholly OF partly under pfi-
vate control. for care. support ana maintenance
may be authorized. but shall not be required b!
the LEGISLATURE No such payments shall be- made
for any inmate OF such institutions VINO IS not re-
ceived and retained therein pursuant to the rules
established By the State Board OF Charities. such
rules shall b. subject TO the controi OF the 'slS-
laturc by general laws.
That would appear to settle the subject. But
IL seems that there was "duplicity on he part n
the partisan majority" ana after the amend
mcnt quoted passed another amendment
was "smuggled" into Article IN. Section Of
,l,o oil al ni her
than for examination or inspection, Of any
school or institution Of learning wholly or in
part under the control Of any religious denom-
nation Now this section was meant TO keep
the public schools entirely out Of the sphere Of
scctarian controversy, and was so understood
by all parties. Mr. Frederic X. Coudcri, Dem
ocrat. and Colonel George Bliss Il Republican,
who both appeared rs special representatives
Of Roman Catholic interests. expressed their
entire approval If the prohibition q The use of
public money for scctarlan schools and only
contendcd for It's ju1irious use under proper
restraints and according 10 The rules of the
State Board OF Charities III charitable insitu-
tons which might be- under sccarian control.
Their wishes were graiiiicd by The provisions
Of Article VIII, section II.
But the wise Democratic campag ncr has dis
covered that they were fooled. Notwlthsiand-
ing the plain staten mt of that article that
nothing In this Constitution contained shall
prevent the Legislature from making provision
for education in such institutions, he has found
out that the school article does prevent 1t from
so doing. His argument is that all those asy-
lums and hospitals teach their inmates AMI, rs
they have schools and impart secular education,
the school prohibition applies To them. even
though the section Of the Constitution dealing
with the asylums specifically says it does not.
This deep student Of constitutional law. who