Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-12-18
CONGRESSIONAL
senate.

slant to January 9th was disagreed 10.
The Democrats generally voted in favor
of the recess. aud the Republicans gen.
orally against.
A motion OF Burnside to adjourn to-
day until Monday raised q storm OF
..No, nov and he withdrew IL.
Wallace introduced q bill fora uniform
system OF bankruptcy.
Blaine offered . resolution directing
the Judiciary Committee to inquire into
the e1psdiency Of increasing the num-
Der OF judges OF tho Supreme Court to
thirteen, which Was agreed to.
The Pensions Appropriation bill was
referred to the Committee on Appropri.
aticls.
Consideration was resumed Of the Ed.
ucational bill. and o general debate be-
gan.
Cockrsll opposed the fosr per cent.
rate, when the Government could Dor
row at three. -.
ingalls, said It was q question. net
how little interest the money could be
borrowed on, but how much money We
are willing to give to o benefcsnt object.
He would rather pay ten per cent.
Bailey agreed to this. He would have
| tho whole fund expended to educate this
generation. We were paying of the
debt for the benefit OF the future at the
rate OF 500, 600. 900 annually. He I'D.
yocatsd the amendment Of Teller yester-
day.
ipRalls said the interest would amount
to $50. 900 per annum. not enough to
buy slate pencils for the children OF the
country. It 10 idle to talk OF curing the
disease OF illiteracy with sec, 900 Q year.
Every illiterats man in the country was
a me- and danger to free institutions.
It was our right and duty to appropriate
Q large enough sum to cope with this
danger at once. We owe nothing topos.
teriiy; postsrity can take care OF itself.
Perhaps the greatest gilt We can give
posterity 10 an educated generation. Let
US make 9 sufficient annual %appropria.
ton, leaving to future Congresses to do
the same II they see at.
Bailey thought the fund would grow
speedily, and loon be large enough to
meet the views OF the Senator from Kan
sss (Ingalls) and those who thought
with him. He believed II our duty to
establish q secure and permanent Provis-
ion for the education Of the people.
Morgan advocated Teller's PROPOSE.
ton for q direct appropriation. instead
o. q permanent fund at interest. The
latter would not add to the present State
facilities.
Mcdonald advocated Teller's amend.
ment.
Pendleton supported Teller's amend.
ment. and said he would not carry Goals
to Newcastle by adding to the forcible
argument OF the Senator from Kansas.
We were in a crisis. owing to the great
increase OF illitsrate voters. This criiia
should DO solved at once. Any increase
in the scope Of governmental operations
was repugnsnt to him, but tho import
ance OF tho object in view led him to
support the bill.
Alter further debate Teller's amend
meut was adopted-3l yeas to 80 nays.
TIT strikes out the clause setting apart
th. proceeds Of the lands and patents as
q government fund, aud provides that
for the first ten years said proceeds shall
be paid to the several States according
to the population over ten years OF age
who cannot read and write.1
Morgan's amendment. authorizing
that colleges be established under the
Act OF 1862 and to found technical and
industrial schools for females, wal
agreed TO.
The bill was then reported to the
Senate and Teller's amendment was lest
on q tie vots-28 to 28-ths Vice Prcsi'
dent being absent.
Teller said the bill was now IN ex'
preston OF sentiment and not Of q prao.
tical idea. aud KirkwoOd now opposed
the bill AZ worthless.
Mcdonald opposed 1t as inadequate.
Other amendments adopted and the
bill passed-4l to Clones. Mcdonald,
Salisbury. Vest. Voorhees, and Williams
voting no..
Adjourned till Monday.
House.
The morning hour was dispensed
with, and the House went into commit.
tee or the private calendar.
At $40 the committee rose and the
House passed several pension bills.
On motion OF A,nsley q bill passed
amending Section 1852 OF the Revised
Statutes. 30 as to limi; the sessions OF
the legislative assembly Of several Terri
tories to sixty days duration.
A motion to adjourn to Monday was
lost-52 10 80. Adjourned.