Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-18
WASHINGTON WORK.
THE SENATE AMEND AND PASS TIE
EDUCATIONAL BIZ.
Republicans and Democrats Agreeing on
the Measure---Necessity of Doing Some.
thing to Overcome Ignoranee---The Ma
tional Board of Trade Retires from Its
Iabors.
Senate.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.-The House Joint
resolution providing for adjournment from
December 22d to January 5th was disagreed to
q to 81. The only Democrats voting in ia.
vor of adjournment were Mcpherson, Ransom,
Vest, Wallace, Withers and Davis of Illinois.
The only Republicans voting nav were Blaine,
Hamlin, ingalls,, and Plumb.
The vote disagreeing being announced,
Burnside moved that when the Senate ad.
lourned to-day it be to meet Monday next.
Burnside subsequently withdrew the motion.
The bill appropriating S250,O00 for rebuild
ing the custom house at Pensacola passed.
Bills were introduced and referred by Sena.
tor Wallace establishing uniform system of
bankruptcy.
Senator Blaine offered resolution directing
the committee on judiciary to inquire into
the expediency of increasing tbs number of
judges OF the supreme court to thirteen.
Agreed to. After consultation with several
Senator's who had entered, motion was made
to reconsider the vote by which the Senate dis
agreed to the joint resolution for holiday
adjournment
The pension appropriation bill as referred
to committee on appropriation was reported
favorabIy and debate ended
Senator Cockrell opposed a clause making
the rate of interest paid by the treasury on edu-
cational fund four per cent, when money can
be borrowed at three per cent.
Senator ingalls, did not regard this as an
ordinary case of borrowing money. The
question was not how little interest money
could be borrowed on, but how much we are
willing to give to q beneficiary object. He
would favor paying ten per cent.
Allison said there was no legality in taking
proceeds of public lands, and patents should
not be devoted to this purpose any more than
proceeds from taxes on tobacco and spirits
The bill was in effect an appropriation of pub
lie money. Allison would rather see it made
large enough for immediate production of
good results.
We owe nothing to posterity. Posterity can
tBke care Of itself. Perhaps the greatest gift
we can give prosterity is an educated genera.
ton. Let us make sufficient annual appropri-
ton, leaving future Congresses to do the same
if they see fit.
Senator Morgan advocated Teller's PROPOSE
tion for direct appropriation instead of perma-
nent fund at interest. The latter would not
advocated Tellers amendments, and endorsed
Ingalls, remarks about patent fees.
Pendleton supports Teller's amendment and
says he would not carry Goals to New Castle,
by adding to the forciblc argument of the SEN
ator from Kanas. We were in crisis, owing
TO great increase of i1literate voters. This
crisis should be solved at any effort. After
further debate Teller's amendment was adopted.
81 yeas, so nays
After being further amended, the bill was
reported to the Senate and the amendments
made in committee of the whole were voted
on. The vote on Teller's amendment noticed
above was-yeas, 28; nays, 26; and it was lost
The Ficc-President was not occupying the
chair. The other amendments made in the
committee of the whole were adopted and the
bill was read the third time and passed-vcas,
II; nays, 10. Adiourded till Monday.