St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-29
WASHINGTON.
SLAUGHTER OF THE BONDED
WHISKY BILL.
Kasson Likely to Go to Berlin-Blair,s
Bad Statistics-HOw Sargent
Was Appointed.

Bad StatiSticS-HOW Sargent
Was Appointed.
WASHINGTON, D. c., March 27.-The very
pronounced manner in which the
BONDED WHISKY BILL
was slaughtered, astonished alike Its sup
porters and opponents. Notwithstanding
the strenuous efforts exerted in its behalf,
the bill lost fervor more rapidly than any
measure which originally had positive
strength 1t was reported from the ways and
means committee the first of the session OIL
the 47th congress by Mr.. DunneH ana
passed the House without opposition. When
it reached the Senate Mr.. Window, hoping
to defeat Dunnell's reelection, character
ICED the measure as a more stupendous lrauu
than the ''Credt Mobilier'' and instituted MS
whisky investigation. His speech, Whlch
was largely circulated in Minnesota operated
to lay Dunnell on the shelf but when Win
dom's reelection was sought he was hoisted
with his own OunnelD petard and Sabin
won the Senatorial prize Sabin has become
chairman of the Republican national com
mittee while Window wanders on the Eu-
ropean continent The bill was badly man
aged and its possible merits jeopardized by
the unconcealed employment OF Ex-commis-
sioner Raum as its manager on the hoor, al
though he had signed the required pledge OF
an ex-member that he was not interested IN
pending legislation. Political jealousies
within the Democratic party also operated to
its disadvantage as it was believed by some
| A. ed In
certain favorits candidates for the Presiden-
cy.
ANNOYED.
The anti-monopolist members are much
ANNOYED at the defeat of Mr.. Payson's mo
ton this afternoon to consider the report of
the public land committee recommending
forfeiture of the California and Greg an Rail
Road land grant.
KASsoN FOR BERLIN.
In as much as Mr. Kasson of Iowa has de-
clined denomination it is believed he will be
offered and will accept the Berlin mission to
succeed Mr.. Sargent.
BLAIR'S BAD STATISTICS.
Senator Vest made a very pointed attack
on some of Senator Blair's educational stat
istic to-day, assisted by and analysis prepar-
ed by the superintendent OF schools in New
Jersey Senator Blair's report states that
''seven and one half million or five-twelfths
of the whole number of children and youths
in the country are growing up in absolute ig-
norance of the English alphabet. This
seems incredible but these are figures, CIV
ing the schools statistics of the leading cities
of the country Senator Blair says:
in thirty-four of these cities from 80 to 81
per cent of the children are not enrolled at
all: that's they will never know how to read
or write Senator Vest showed that these
portentous figures were obtained by deduct
ed the number of pupils enrolled from the
school census which includes in most states
all persons between the age of or and 20
or 81.
According to this, n, 200 in Chicago, 81,
900 in ST. Louis and 81, 900 in Cincinnati
will never know how to read or write, where
as the greater portion of these are youths over
fifteen wears old who have been to school sew
eral years or children of five or six years who
have not yet begun to go to school. In New
JERSEY the number of children who, accord
ing to Senator Blair, are growing up in alb
solute ignorance of the English alphabet'' is
90 600. The state superintendant's analysis
shows that of this number 5000 are only five
years old and the greater part of the rest are
over sixteen, while of children of eight, nine
and ten years only one per cent. is not en-
rolled in school and of children from eleven
to thirteen the number not enrolled is very
small.
Senator Wade Hampton to-day not only
spoke in support OF the bill but commented
generally on the course of his colleague.
Senator Butler, in opposing this bill while in
the last congress he supported similar meas
ure Mr.. Pugh of Alabama supported the
bill, and Mr. Call, one Of the two constitu
tional giants from the everglades, made his
second speech defending the constitutional
tv of the bill, and Mr.. Lamar got the floor
lust before adjournment and will make his
speech tomorrow.
Senator Harrison made an amendment in
the nature of a substitute, providing that ma
tional aid shall be apportioned among only
the States where the illiteracy exceeds ten per
cent, which would shut out "a states and all
the territories except New Mexico; fixing FIVE
wears instead of ten is the period that aid is
to be given and providing for the apportion-
ment among the local communities according
the school census and not the school attend
ance. Senator Blair gave notice as an APP
preparation bill is to be introduced Monday he
should try to get vote Friday and should
ask the senate to set date if necessary to
obtain this. About one-third of the senators
have already committed themselves in favor
of the bill.
sARGEANT's TRANSFER.
It is stated to-day that the nomination Of
Mr.. Sergeant as minister 10 Russia was the
subject of a heated discussion in the Senate
Yesterday. Southern senators, notably Mr..
Gibson of Louisiana, were conspicuous in
there opposition until satisfied by prominent
members on the republican side that the
transfer was not in the slightest degree a
concession to the the disdainful treatment
this country had received from the German
chancellor Senator Edmunds, speaking
for the administration, gave the tacit assur-
ance that it was the intention of the state
department to leave that mission unrep-
resented for long period. If Bismarck
choose to regard such action on the part of
the government a snub he was welcome to
draw that conclusion. 1t was the only dig
nified course the administration could pur-
sue which would enable it to retaliate on
Prince Bismarck for the repeated Sights that
have been put upon our representative. This
considerably modified the southern men, but
it is doubtful even with this explanation,