Daily Kennebec journal., 1884-04-08
PORTY-EIGHTn CONGRESS.
First session.


Bills were introduced and appropriately re-
ferred.
Bv Mr.. George, to extend the duration of
the court of Alabama claims.
BY Mr.. Wilson, to provide for the payne nj
of the amounts that may be found due to
postmasters under the act of March Soth.
The Senate then on motion of Mr.. Blair
resumed the consideration of the education
bill.
Mr.. Brown spoke in support of the bill in
answer to the opposing argument made by
Mr.. Morgan, Saturday.
Mr.. Voorhees, followed, saving the seeds of
discord had been sown early in the history of
our nstional government, and this was a
measure to wipe out the last vestage of the
results of the discord. The measure
came from the right quarter, from New
England. and Mr.. Voorhees,, not only as a
western senator, but with the blood of the
south in his veins. could support it.
After further remarks by Mr.. Jones, of
Florida, and Mr.. Vest. Mr.. Hoar's amend
ment was taken up, providing that the
amount to be distribeted for the first year be
81, ,000, 900, the second year, SIC, 900, 900, the
third SIS ,000, 900, and then yearly decrease
at the rate of S2.000.000 yearly until the
expiration of the eighth year, when the ap-
preparation shall close. The amendment
was agreed t0-3S to II.
Another amendment of Mr.. Hoar's was
agreed to. providing that equal opportunities
of education be given to all the children of
the States.
An amendment was offered by Mr. Sher-
man. providing that money shall be used only
for common schools not sectarian in charac-
ter.
Mr. Morgan inquired if the provision was
aimed at the Catholics. Mr.. Sherman re-
piled that it was not aimed at the Catholics,
Methodists or Presbytarians especially, but
it was his idea that money should be dis
bursed only for non-sectaran schools. He
himself believed that intelligent Catholics
were coming to the conclusion that many of
their ideas about common schools were erron-
eous. Mr.. Hoar remarked that in Worcester
city, in which3 he lived, there were no more
stsunch friends of common schools than the
catholics. The amendment was agreed to
32 to IS.
The first of the amendments heretofore Of
fered by Harrison was taken up. 1t provides
that no State shall receive any of the benefits
of the act until the governor of the State
shall file with the secretary of the interior An
annual statement showing the attendance at
the schools and expenditure for them.
The amendment met with considerable op-
Butler suggesting that it was not at all i'm
possible that the secretary of the interior
might use money as a corruption fund, while
Plumb thought the danger greater that the
governor of the State might use it for politi-
cal purposes on his own account Several
attempts to amend the amendment were
voted down, and the amendment was agreed
to.
The motion of Mr.. Logan was agreed to,
striking out the section which permitted the
States having less than 5 per cent. illiterate
to use their money for normal schools or in
dustrial education.
The bill being in the committee of the whole
was reported to the Senate. When Mr.. Lo-
gan offered the amendment appr0priating
50 900 900 az school house fund. Disagreed
Is to 25. The bill being ordered to a third
reading, Ransom said he and his collegue
had received instructions from the legislature
of North Carolina to vote for the bill. 1t
was then read the third time, and passed
The vote was as follows:
Yeas-Blair, Brown, Call, Cameron Of
Wis, Colquitt, Conger, Cullom, Dawes,
Hampton, Harrison, Hoar, Jackson, Jones,
Jones of Fla, Kenna, Logan, Mcmillan,
NJ anderson. Miller of New York, Morrill,
Pike. Plat, Pugh, Ransom, Riddleberger,
Sawyer, Williams, Wilson'S.
Navs-Bayard, Butler, Coke, Groome,
Harris, Hawley, Morey, Miller of Cal,
Morgan, Pendleton, Saulsburv-l1.
The bill as it passed appropriates ST. ,000,-
900 to be distributed among the States in
to the iliteracy on the basis of the
census of 1880; the payments to extend over
eight years. The amount to be distrib-
uted the first year is 81 200, 900; second year,
SO ZOO, 900; third year. 5000, 900; the
sums then diminish at the rate of 81, 900, 900
annual until the Sth, when the appropria :
tiOn cease.
The Senate at 11.55 adjourned, the chair
first laying before as the next business in
order was the bankruptcy bill.
On motion of Mr.. Jordan of Ohio joint
RI solution was passed directing the secretary
of the interior to deliver to the Cincinnati
law library complete set of the reports of
the U. S. supreme court, and Of the circuit
and district courts, two complete sets of the
revised statutes and sundry other public doc
uments.
Under the call of States the following bills
etc. we're introduced and referred:
By Mr.. Wood of Indiana, a resolution
cdilihg on the secTetaIy Vi state iof lHIoTina-
tion concerning the threatened confiscation
of the American college in Italy.
By Mr.. Dingley of Maine, a resolution
calling on the secretary of the treasury for
information as to what light dues, tonnage
charges or other equivalent taxes are imposed
on American vessels entering or clearing
from foreign points.
By Mr.. Clardy of Missouri. for better pro.
tectiono life on steam vessels
By Mr.. Keifer. to dispose with the use OF
models in the patent office.
BY Mr. Lowering, of Massachusetts, grant
ing pension of eight dollars month to ali
soldiers and sailors who served sixty days in
the late war, and were honorably discharged
Mr.. Stockslager, of Ind, moved to suspend
the rules and adopt the resolution making
the bills for the erection of public buildings a
continuing special order for April 9. Mr.
Stockslager said that the committee on pub.
lie buildings had reported thirty bills which
we're on the public calender, and there were
twenty four Senate bills on the speakers Ia
Bile. Unless this was adopted it was doubt.
full whether any of them could be passed.
The motion which met with strong opposi-