The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-03-20
roBTY-nI0HrH CONGRESS FIRST
SESSION.
SENATE,

| sEHArs.
| WAanIssrss, Morch l9.-[Press. l.
AsSorisls and resolutions rom the cham
| b,r OF commerce OF Cincinnati we're present
| cd reiuoss'rarng against the construction
OF bridge across the Ksnawha river on
tho ground that IL would 90 an iutsrier-
enCo With commerce. Referred to commit
| Zee an commerce.
Mr. Hnrlson, from Toe committee on In.
dian shsirs, reported II inerpedient 10 ca
t.bllsh a military academy west of the
| Migsisalppt Tar the training OF Indian
| ysu.hs On soldiBrs.
Mr.. Miller, O. california, from Tho com.
miilee on foreign relations, In cOmplia1ca
with resolution iusiTuoting the commit
tee TO Inquire into and report what legsls-
| tiop, II any, was necessary 20 protect tire
lutsrts,s OF the United States ag0inst those
governments which excluded or restrained
| she importation OF American mea y. report
cd an original bill providing tor the inspto.
ton OF meats for expectation, and prohibit
ing the importation OF Gdulterated articles
OF food and drink, and authorizing the
| president to make proclamation IN Ger.
tain cases aud Tor other purposes. Placed
| on the calendar.
Mr.. Vance sra ed Tint The minority would
present ita visws at some future day.
81 Hoar called up the bill introduced
| BY him and reported iayorably from the
Committee on judiciary, fixing the salary Of
United States district judges at 5000.
| A long debate followed, and the matter
went over until TO morrow.
| The chair laid before the senate as I'M
| finished business. the bill TO aid IN the es'
tablishmsnt and support IF common
| schools
Mr.. Miller, New York moved TO lay thu
| bill aside to take up the house pleur0. pneu.
mOuia bit. Lps,-22 20 30.
NJ Shermsp. moved the postponement an
! til tomorrow. Loot
| Mr. Sherman said that while he Won d n t
| diacuss 10 he would cgll etser ton 10 some
OF It's provisions o. Sl5,0O0O0 apprOpri.
ated over 81 100000 would go TO the
souihern states ard out OF control
OF the national government. IL Was 70 BE-
for education, but what sort OF education
WnAt kind OF ideas were 10 I've promul-
gated? VINO should control In mat natter
llliteraoy was great evil upques iionahly,
but no measure could be more uDjus, than
10 give 10 The south such 40 enormous
amount Of money collected Tor the musS
part from tax payers ia The northern states.
He would not be willing 10 vote any large
amount oi money into the hands OF those
who he feared would not act justly ia tue
education OF the people for whom the
money wns intended. He was not willing
TO vote to the southern ttates m ney from
the public treasury for any purpose until
he had better evidence than bad
been given wlthin the last year or two
that the money 50 given woull be 20 II.
pended for the sdyantase Of the Uni'ed
States. He WAS not willing to give such
msney until the southern people were will
ing TO acsnowlec &c the rights conferred by
the constitution upon the citizens OF the
United States. He was not one u those
Who I %nG.Sd to naFi ,bs xen ,%i
government, put there was
serious question involved here. The peo'
pie OF the north, he thought, would strong
" oppose this disposition oftheir money.
Mr. Ingalls, said the vast Gums OF money
which the bill would appropriate were. he
thosght, very insesurely protected by the
bill.
Mr.. Salisbury opposed the bill. He dc.
clsred himself strict constitutionslist and
q d not see In the constitution any author
ity for this sppropria ion.
J Mr.. Logan enquired whether the bill ex.
cluded from its benefits such states ss did
not have the compulsory school school law
or discriminatsd in Its educational pre-
Visions against any special class Of citizsns
. He anderstood for instance, shat Kentucky
only contributed TO tho colored schools
such taxee as were collected from cClorec
citizens
J Mr., Blair said that he believed the pres
snt legislature OF Kentucky bad rspea'e The
law making that Discrimination. AS TO The
compulsory law, he thought that IL mad bet
ter not be made condition precedent Il
granting mony TO the states.
Mr., Ingalls, moved TO amend by epacily-
ing the school sge to be from 10 Is yaarc
. Mr. Blair remarked that it tba senator
had ever bssn in n colored school no woult
see how seriously such provision woult
IA 70 from the value OF the bill.
dr. Pugh said this proyiso would mate
rally aifsct thu educational interests OF thS
colored psople.
sivg educational measures, thOueht 1t un'
fair o appropriate money on this basia Of
illiteracy, bscause large numbers OF illi'er
st.s would 30 unable in any event ven 20 e take
! Mr.. Miller, OF CAlifornia-"Why should
J il not apply TO sll children OF school sge
white or black, illiterste or otherwisef'
Mr.. Logan said the bill introduced by
J himself was based on tho whole number o.
children in the United States. BY tho biz
bs'ore the senate colored men aud women II
} tho south of over 40 years OF age would b'
made the basic OF calculation pile receiving
nothing from IL. IL was IN instance pkrel'
lei with that by which the coIored people
we're made the basis OF representation II
congress, brt did not have representation.
MI. Blair had tho loor and was meeting
. objections raised to the bill, when Mr.. Hnr
rls inquired Nnctuot Nv Wou" S'Ne Wy so
motion TO ADJOURN.
, Mr. Blair replied he would do 80 on one
] condition, that before opening dsbste to
: morrow senators would read his speech O
Yesterday ~ he thought il covered 81
! poiuts OF objection raised against the bill
Mr.. Blair's speech having occupied sew
eral hours in delivery. this suggestion va
greeted with hearty laugh, in when mf
, Blair hiulseif good nsturedly joined.
A few amendments were made in the oil
anu the senate adjourned.
HOUSE,.
, WASHINGTON, March 10 Press]-Chsii
! man Cu-sin, OF the committee on forsig
affairs, reported ~ privileged question
I the following resolutions
} Resolved, That the resolutions referrin
to the death Of DR.. Edward Lasker. adop,s
by this house January 9th laet, were IL
: tended az tribute oil respect to the memo
J ~ OF an eminent foreign statesman, wn
had died within the United States and a
expression OF sympathy with the Ger ps
representative,
, Resolved, That the house having n
3 offioal concern with the rslatioo
! between the executive and Legislative
5 branches OF the German government
! doss not deem 1t requisite to It's dignity z
criticize the manner OF the reception OF IN
resolutions or the circumstances which pre-
/. vented their reaching their destination, a.
ter thew adj been communicated throug
the proper channels TO the German govern
= Curtin i'm medistsly demanded the pre-
l vious question.
Reagan hoped the previous question
: would not be ordered The house he
4 made ,po ogies enough fer having beca Il
Coz. of New York. moved TO lay N
{ whole matter on tine table. That was ID
wsy TO treat the German chhncellor.
The motion was lost-S3 TO rs.