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DURHAM, Ni Cij OCT.1U1, 1884.
Price
BLAIR EDUCATIONAL BILL.
PROMINENT FEATURES.
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Senate and
"Be it enacted by the
House of Representatives
of the Uni-
Congress
years next
the sum of
eighth year
lars; which
,t(Hl States ot America in
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iKSPinhlfd. That for eiffht
after the passage of this acl there shall
ln nnnuallv aimronriated from the
Ar i
money in the Treasury the following
sums, to wit: Tie first year the .sum
of seven million dollars, the second
year the sum often milli on dollars,
the third year "the sum of :ifteen mil
lion dollars, th fourth year the sum
of thirteen million dollars, the fifth
vear the sum of eleven million dollars
the sixth year the sum of nine million
dollars, the seventh year
seven million dollars, the
the sum of five million do
several sums shall be expended to se
cure the benefits of common-school
education to all the children of the
school age mentioned hereafter living
in the United States.
"That no State or Territory shall
roivA nnv nf the benefits of this act
w v --T n
utitil tVift frnvfirnor thereof shall file
vauv. T
with the Secretary of the Interior a
statement, certihed by him, showing
the character of the . conimon-school
system in force n such State or Ter
ritory: the amount of money expend
ed therein during the lasi; preceding
school year in tie support of common
schools, not including expe tiditures for
the rent, repairjor erection of school
houses; whether any discrimination
is made in the raising or distributing
of the common-school revenues or in
the common-school facilities afforded
between the white and colored chil
dren therein, and so far as is practi
cable, the sources from which such
revenues were derived; the manner in
which the same; were apportioned to
-the use of the common schools; the
number of white and thejniimber of
colored common jschools; the average
attendance in each class, ani the length
of the school term. No money shall
be paid out under: this act to any State
or Territory that shall not 'have pro-
1 vided by law a system of free common
Schools? for all of its children of school
age, without distinction of race or
Color, either in the raising or distrib
uting of school; revenues or in the
school '(facilities afforded: Provided,
That separate schools for white and
colored: children shall not be consider
ed a violation of this condition.
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"That the instruction in the com
mon ; schools wherein these moneys
snail be expended shall include the art
pf reading, writing, and speaking the
English language, arithmetic, geogra
phy, history of the United States, and
such otiher branches of useful knowl-
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edge as may, be taunt unaer local
I
"Thait a part of the money appor
tioned to each State or Territory, not
exceeding one-tenth thereof, may year
ly be applied to the education of teach
ers forjthe common schools therein,
wnicn sumjuay uu eieuueu iu iutwu
iainingl institutes or temporary training-schools
or in extending opportu
nities for normal or other instruction
to competent and suitable persons, of
any color, who are without necessary
means to qualify themselves for teach
ing, and who shall agree in writing to
devote jhemselves exclusively, for at
ieast one year after leaving such train-ine-schools,
to teach 'in the common
schools! for such compensation as may
be paid other teachers therein."
REVIVED.
'The old contest between Clay and
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Calhoun is revived, and we who fol
lowed Calhoun to destruction should
now turin and follow Clay to resurrec
tion." iTo do it vote for "Blaine and
Protection." - - '- k
Here j is the way one man puts it;
"Democratic success means free trade.
Free trade means 30: per cent reduc
tion . in 'wages. Reduction in wages
means jthe panic and revolution."
That isia thing not merely for work-
i hut for. all - classes to takei a
good second look at. I
POLITICAL SMALL TALK.
The Prohibitionists are; badly frightened at
the assertion of Mi
I heard the result oi
felt that the
history
Richard A. jPrcctor
In 1 5,000,000 years all the water will hare
appeared from the globe. J
An eminent English divine once
the
Raid: "When
oo I
back
battle of Water
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of Europe had 'gone
fifty years. The same may be said of Southern
manufactures if the, free-trade cranks get on top
Avalanche.
Memphis
Two German-Americana
Clu
poll
is he?
ding.
estnut Strjjet Philadelphia, yesterday t
litics. One of them said i "Cleveland !
that
dis-
Vat
He is
is lie? V at lias
...
an excuse.
county office
A Missouri man Who refused to
were walking down
alking
Who
doue
he
was chased into a swamp and then
run for &
hunted but with dogs and guns and made to ac
cept.
man
Western politics' get after
;J ntti nf tlia wot fTWi-nit
vWhen
he's got to come i
Free Press
'You say 'virtue is its own reward" remark
ed the indignant tramp, and "that jhonesty is
bound to win." l!pok at me ; did I ever run
oflF with' a millionaire's daughter? ' Did I erer
fail for ten millions ? Did lever go to Con
gress? Was I ever!' a Sunday-Scliool superin-
tendent and fpresident of a savings bank ?
sir, Mv life! is a perfect picnic of honesty,
what's my reward? i A cold hand-out witi an
ortlftr to irooutin the street and eat it, I'm
going to quit this honest racket and be a, politi-
fiWin or something" fPittsbure Chronicle
Telegraph. r!'-"'
Had ther Democrats in coneress followed
Morrison and Mr. Hurd there would now
doubt of the success
Cowardice never Wins a
Courier-Journal.
Now this is hard. Is it
Barnum, of "seven mule"
erratic editor of Louisville
to "cork up" j for a while.
of the
No,
and
Mr.
be no
Democratic nominee,
battle. Louij ville
not possible for Mr.
reputation; to give the
some encouragement
He is telling altogeth-
defeated Mr.
duty, punishted Mr,
refusing hini a renomination, put
Hurd
for re-election, and
er too much truth to the square inch, for Demo-
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Eastern States. ! where the
battle ! must now be
cratic party broke ita
fought. When the Demo
pledge to the wool growers,
Converse's motion to restore! the
Converse for making it by
up Frank
made Mr. Morrison
report its
the chairman of tbe committee to
National platform, it finished its chances in
Ohio. Now it is fighting to carry Eastern
States by fraud.'. j -. - -';;!-. . 's '
a safe rmtDicTios. That Blaine will be jelec
ted President in 1884 and that in 1888 Butler
will be nominated as the candidate of the Dem-
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ocratic Party for President'
York did not say who he should vote foi for
President ( Dem. paper.1! Neither did Scale.
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Come again.