Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-03-28

| hHterate among our population Were
prepared properly TO assume the grave
responsibilities that rest upon them.
ruGH SUPPORTED qng BILL,
Vest opposed it and criticised the
statistics compiled from the census
Which had been furnished by Blair,
! Harrison said Ii seemed TO be con.
coded that Ii there was any obligation
existing for the propositions in this
bill, 1t was because of the emancipation
of The slaves, Yet we are distributing
this money all over the Union, even
10 states whose senators toll. us
they were well able To take
cai- of their own children. Weshould
apply plaster to the wound, and not
wrap up the whole body. lIe would
therefore move an amendment that
the aid should 60 only TO states which
should not have less than 10 per cent
| iilit.racy, and prescribing that the
state assessment for education should
not he lesseped 10y any reason given by
the bill.
After executive session the senate
! adjourned.
HOUSE.
Washington. March " The morn
ing hour WIS dispensed with, and the
house went into committee of the
whole, with DORIS heimer in the chair,
on the bonded extension bill, and Ran
dali spoke in opposition 10 1t.
The house in committee struck out
| the enacting clause of the bonded eN.
tension hill 10y l3l 10 81, and then the
| house by vote of yeas 1856, nays So,
confirmed the action OF the committee.
Blackburn, in making The 81 sing
argument in support OF the bill, depre-
| Gated any discussion founded In
prejudice ON the one hand orsympaihy
| on the other. He did not tnink the
speeches in opposition had been en-
! tirely fair. Gentleman had sought to
! invade the sacred precincts of the
committee room and give 10 tie house
their crude ideas. couched In
susricion IA to how the bill ever came
before the house. Pictures had been
drawn OF the minority picking IL up
in their arms and bringing IL INTO the
house in The face of The opposition Of
the majority. If the gentleman from
Arkansas Dunn WAS familiar with
rules of the house, lac would not need
10 be reminded that the gentlemen
should not invade the committees
room. The record showed the bill
came here fairly. The chairman OF
the committee on ways and means Il
one on whom, if any one, the critic
would fall. He had report
ed the bill, saying he was
instructed by the committee
to do so He had said it was unani-
. nous report, though there was no mi
n0rity report. That was the letter ol
: the instructions the committee had
5 given him, and he blackburn hoped
no one would be prejudiced by those
: unwarrantcd feelings which unwar-
ranted suspicion had prompted. Pass.
ing lheu to more direct advocacy ol
the bill, lie agreed that in common
Justice and fairness congress should
Grant the relief asked for. The gov
: eminent would not los,
a single penny and 1t;
financial condition was such IL dld mol
need tie money involved, aud he sub
mit,ed to business men aud to pracli
= cal lawmakers that no objection cuuld
be reasonably lodged against the peli
ton OF the people. 1t had been sale
The passage of the bill would result II
n repeal OF the internal revenue sys
, tenn. The gentleman from New You
, Hewitt he doubt spoke from his hon
, est convictions, but he spoke 70
himself alone, and no cth
a er man who spoke Il
= sunpolt of the measure had views sim
liar To that The fear that the In
would lee repealed had led certain ger
tlemen TO oppose The bill. They wei
afraid of the congress OF the Unite
states. The tax would be never II
mitted. unless it We're done by me
n who sat here. He could not see VIII
1 the biil should be rejected, except a
= the dirtation of prejudice AM
: f,naticism. Would the government
: force the maker of whisky l
/; exnort his goods? Who would b
benetilted? The large holders, VIII
s had the capital to meet expenses 9
It transnortation, while the poor ant
Ii small holders would become the we
$ tins of forced sale, Was there fair
n ness or logic in that proposition ~
Il wns no advocate of the repeal OF I'M
Il internal revenue system. Ihefc ha'
e never been an RDalhema ur ours
L against that system wilci
has been too bitter Tor mn
To repeat, but 1t was here, ana u was
choice between evils whether h
would repeal that system or vote u
r revise the tariff, He WAS not an anvo
Y cate for whisky; lie was not an aavo
q cate for that policy which wo,lld 400
y tho American market with cheal
ii whisky i'm order that the eounlr.
\. might be treated TO whisky NJ I'VE cent
n n drink and salt and sugar at ny ecehI
o n pound. The gentleman from rem
+ sylyunia (RandaiD had said tn
;. course of whisky legislation hha peei
"a In lie interest OF monopoly, anu Una
y he onpnsed IL because IL wa nohol
II DIV, lie Blackburn sincerely thank
II al God that with the aid OF "A seafci
!. uarrnnt there was 1T last discovered
!. nne monopoly on the continent Q
o which the gentleman VS. nor w.
- champion; lie was delighted 10 IN
n there was one thing which secured VI
;. peptlenlan's opposition 10 niohopo,S
a Probably it was explained on IN
grnund that IL was not locate
sn the genllenian's sec
Ion AIouo,,oIy indeed. j
this bill were rejected the ohiy ,,,sur
ir IRE of protection when uis.',.s'
Al would secure would be that pioiec'iV
=. which would be found III seeking ~
i. from foreign governments, ~hlen .isi
i own refused 10 accord them. lie az
:. NO, believe the bill went far enough
ii he did not think any PERIOD o. iinii.p
!" ,ian shn,,ld lac iixednt all The repre-
"a santatiyes Of the whisky interest," ha
y come 10 congress setting iofih u, , 10,
=. est case and asking, on lar Bouu ,,o a.
,r est principle toget reilei' NY NE ~,