The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-04-04
FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, April 8.
The chair laid before the Senate a message from
the President similar TO that read In the House
yesterday In relation to protection Of the 1evees Of
the lower Mississippi.
Among the petitions and memorials presented
and appropriately referred were the following;
| By Mr. Wilson, Joint resolution of the General
Assembly Of Iowa, urging in view Of the rapid
absorption of public lands 1T for settlement that
Congress take immediate steps to recover the nn-
earned portions of lands granted to RAILROADS.
By MIR. Hoar, petition of 5000 citizens aid
soldiers of the Western States connected with the
| National League praying that pension of at least
| So month be given to each honorably discharged
soldier and sailor of the late war.
Bills were introduced and appropriately referred
| as follows:
By Mr.. Frye. by request, to authorize the APP
marine engineers to examine and report upon new
designs for steamships.
Also by request, to authorize the construction of
q merchant ship upon new designs.
By MIR. Mcpherson, to amend the patent laws.
By Mr.. Conger, to provide for government control
of Sault Saint Marie canal.
By Mr.. Call, to provide for the establishment Of
silk culture bureau. "a
A resolution was offered by Mr.. Groome and
agreed to instructing the committee on the library
to inquire into the e1pedency Of purchasing from
the Lewis family the sword worn by General George
Washington upon the occasion of his resigniDg his
commission to Congress at Annapolis on the Esd Of
December 1888.
Mr.. Blair moved that the Senate dispensing with
the calendar of cases lunobjected toy proceed at
once to the consideration of the education bill.
Agreed to, Mr. Cockrell saying that he would not
object to such motion this morning but gave notice
tnst ID future ne should object to interruption Of
Mr.. Pendeton said his Judgment was clear as to
what should be DONE His sympathies and sensibili-
ties were impelling him In another direction. This
was bill to appropriate $lO5,0O 600 for educa-
ton within the States. If $500, 100000 had sui
feed for the expenses of the government hereto
fore. additional taxes must be levied to meet this
expense. Ii we were wise, we would, in the first
sec ion of bill, impose the tax which the second
SSSsloh o sxpenSs ne sympatnized inly with the
es experienced by the Southern pc Pile, and appre.
cated the Statements made by DR.. Mayo and others.
MIR. PeDdlet N paid a high tribute TO the energy
and impartiality of Mr.. Blair, as chairman of the
committee on education for the willingness he had
shown to have the bill amended in any
Mr.. Pendleton agreed fully with the remarks of
the Senator from Missouri, Mr.. Lamar some days
ago. regarding the advantages of education to men
as citizens OF free Republic. If the alternate
were between this bill and the literacy complained
Of he would be strongly inclined to favor the BILL
The senator from New Hampshire Mr.. Blair had
said the government had power to perpetuate itself.
He had said that the education of the citizens was
necessary TO the perpetuation of our form OF gov
eminent. In making that statement the SEN
ator had gone beyond the 10th amendment to the
constitution. The government had no such power
10 Perpetuate itself as intimated within the limits
of the constitution.
MIR. Beck entered upon an elaborate argument on
the tariff. The so-oalled Morrison bill had forced
me republicans to avow that they opposed any and
all reduction and would permit relief to the
oVer-burdened taxpayers. If Congress would
enable the South to buy her cotton machinery free
from tariff taxation, the South could educate her
children. He was unwilling to devote the surplus
in the treasury to educate either negroes or whites
what he wanted to do was to remove the burdens
from the people Of all the States, 30 they could
attend to their own education. But if it was to be
done, Mr. Beck thought he would vote for a fund to
be set apart to sustain the education scheme of a
tax OF say per cent on all incomes above $4,000.
According to newspaper accounts Vanderbilt's
income would yield to such fund as much as
Mr.. Williams had no doubt as to the constitution
atty of the measure, and if he had a doubt he
would give the benefit Of 1t to the poor struggling
human beings living and dying In ignorance and
vice. Mr.. Williams saw no difference between the
giving of lands and of money for such a purpose
Whose land was it? 1t was the peoples. Referring
to MIR. Sh rman's remark that the Southern States
cauld not be trusted with the money Mr.. williams
said that that Senator over-estimated the race
question in the South Every man who knew the
the negro in the North than in the South
Mr.. Bayard secured the floor, but yielded for
motion to adjourn.
Adjourned
HOUSE.
In the House today on motion of Mr. G. D. Wise
Of Virginia, joint resolution was passed author
1zing the Secretary of to loan flags and bunting
to the mayor of Richmond, Va, to be used at the
fair to be held in aid of the Home for Disabled Con-
federate Soldiers.
resolution reported from the committee on &C.
counts authorizing the employment In the door
Keepers department of the House of q force of la
borers to fold spseches gave rise to some discus
Sion In he course of which reference was made to
the fact that this being Presidential year, every
folding %oud Be " Vas s (
naIly adopted.
The morning hour having been dispensed with
the House at 1916 went into committee Of the
whole, Mr. elborn of Texas in the chair, on the
Indian appropriation bill. The pending question
was on an appeal from decision of the chair yes
terday declaring in order the motion made by Mr..
Throekmorton of Texas to strike out a clause ap-
propriating $4,000 for the pay of five Indian
spectors and to insert proviso abolishing the of
nee Of Indian inspectors and authorizing the Sec
rotary of War to detail five officers of the army not
under the rank of captain to act Indian inspect
ors.
After debate the chair reiterated the decision
made by him, stating that earnest consideration of
the matter only brought him more strongly tocon-
cluson that his ruling was correct The Judgment of
the chair was sustained, ia to IA, and the motion
was agreed to- 81 to 81. After consideration of As
OF the OF pages of the bill the committee rose.
Mr.. Cox OF New York presented memorial OF
the New York Mercantile Exchange and merchants
and citizens of New York, protesting against the
passage of any bill which will enable the govern
ment to receive trade dollars In any other way than
by purchase at its market value as bullion. Re-
ferred.
Adjourned.