. The biography and public services of Hon James G. Blaine : giving a full account of twenty years in the national capital . lapse of time in which it had been in force, the amount ofdues which had accumulated under it were vast in w^as nothing against the validity of a debt to admit that itwas very large. All through General Logans career we have seen evidenceof his high appreciation of the importance of affording thebest educational advantages for the masses ; and he has neveromitted an opportunity in the course of his public life toadvocate measures for the increase of popular
. The biography and public services of Hon James G. Blaine : giving a full account of twenty years in the national capital . lapse of time in which it had been in force, the amount ofdues which had accumulated under it were vast in w^as nothing against the validity of a debt to admit that itwas very large. All through General Logans career we have seen evidenceof his high appreciation of the importance of affording thebest educational advantages for the masses ; and he has neveromitted an opportunity in the course of his public life toadvocate measures for the increase of popular learning by everyavailable means. Finally, in 1882, he worked out what hethought was a practicable system for accomplishing the desiredresult, and he formulated his views, which he presented in theSenate in March. The measure has become known as Logans Bill to appropriate the receipts from internal reve-nue taxes to educational purposes. It was referred to theCommittee on Education and Labor, of which Senator Blairis chairman, and up to the present time has not been actedupon. The full text of the bill is as follows :. LOGAN IN THE SENATE. 655 Be it enacted, etc., That from and after the passage of this actthe entire income derived from the internal-revenue taxes on themannfacture and sale of distilled spirits shall be appropriatedand expended for the education of all the children living in theIJnited States. Sec. 2. That the money so received shall be expended jt?ro ratain the several States and Territories, as shown by the census of1880 and each succeeding census. Sec. 3. That the education hereby contemplated shall includesuch instruction as is provided in the curriculum of the publicschools of the country, and also the establishment and mainte-nance of normal schools, teachers institutes, and instruction inthe industrial and mechanical arts. Sec. 4. That any State or Territory, before receiving the ben-efits of this act, shall be required, by local enactment, to makeobliga
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