The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-03-21
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Mr. u air whether ever that had secured Ia
oolorod people the rights chat had beer
sought 20 he glyen them.
AIR. Blair replied he did not think 10 h so
but ono res on was because thu colorsd PEG
pie ~ere not educated. II the sol red
people were more intellirent they
would not he found deprived o
their rights I'm that retpeot. There
was 40 other moans than education open IL
aid the nolorsd people to tho right Of suf.
lrssa. We had abandoned all other means
VIVA, had We done TO protect tho ballot
boz since 1876? IL this were political
question ut oil, which Mr.. Blair dlsclamed
what better course could republican ssns.
TOYS consistently tsks than one which
would secure To the colored peopla the edu.
cation which would enable them 10 assert
TOR Themselves their rights, tho right 10 81
srciss iree ballot. Mr.. Blair reminded the
republicans o. tho education OF the blacks
IN their party platforms, nome Of which he
read, and inquired whether tina repuhl
cnns sre willing TO htsnd by them. lie
read from The inaugural address o. Presi
dent E,fhtl1 ir which II stated the nation
vas responsible Tor tho freedom aud eniras-
ohsemsut Of tho colorsd ~ ople and wLs
equally responsible for sealing thoy vor,
prepared by education 10 oxefcss tbs
rights Of iroemen.
4 vote waa takon on Mr.. Iugals' amend
ment, specifying scholastic age. Lost.
Mr.. Plumb noyed Nh amsndmen, which
wouli vquiro that the several ststsl
should eIpend on education for iho first
i've year, OF tho operation Of the bill
! nmOunts equAl 10 amounts received by
them ssyernlly from tho nationsl fund
There was no pfetente. Mr. Plumb said
that Mnsthohus'tts, ConAtu iGut or New
| York needed this money, aud he did not
| think state that did not provide for the
education oi its own people would benefit
ny ooing provided with II by other people
Reform In that direction had 20 cono from
within.
SIR. Jones, Of Florida, enqnfsd OF Mr..
| Plumb whether he DID not regard IL - a
benefit tho granting by the general govern.
ment OF public lands in aid Of education.
| Mr. Plumb replied that whstever argu.
mont might be drawn in favor Of tina, view
would apply onlr to commodities entirely
new. Kansa9 wa, concerned. It's peopl.
themselves bad built go school.housrs,
Schools bad been 20 that stale the sign by
| which 4. conquered Mr. Plumb thought II
bad nrPcsaent Tor the federal government
TO undertake this kind OF AID. 10 would
| load 10 constant Omissions OF inquiry into
application money, gnd II thst application
should turn out unsatisfactory 10 would
| noslly result that the fundamentally III
applications would b. taken from thu are
and reeumed' by the general eoyernmert
He belle ed the best plan 10 let zach -tsit
attend to its ogn education.
Mr.. Hsmplon ssid the southern stAtel
extended 81 600 600 for public schools
Mr. Blair stated that tho education re-
port shows the expenditure to be over
! sl3 SOC, 0C0.
M Logan said Ohio slone spent 5000,
COO annuslly for its public schools.
Mr.. Plumb objected - illitefaoy being
| "A k.- toll 90 .f o. H.
that would put premium on Ignorance.
Il would be giving to a sfaio money not &C
cording e. tho number OF pcfsons II
kept VI school, but The number u did nOl
keep there. The school should he br1ugh,
clore to home; II should made n nsighb3f'
hood sffar-thst wsg its proper placs-
there nnd no place slss would IL flourish
Mr. Plnmb showed great progress by hi
own state Kansas and this plan.
SIR Blair admitted the high stand takef
by Kansas I'm regard 10 education and he'
| great development, he said, showed wha'
could he done by due regard to education
He rssd from statistics to show that thu
southern state, taxed themselves for puhli'
soso ols substantially as much az did thu
Nsw England states, taxing into considers
ton their capsoity to pay.
Mr.. Vest declared the bill to be hster
oKenous and . mixture Of stats and ma
tional instrumsntaiities, He had not, hs
said. heard . word on the dsmocratic side
OF the obAmb Der In dsfense OF states rights,
violated BY the bill, He felt lonssoms nos
| on that side although q few days ego thsre
had bsen . great clsmor about the right oil
states. II there wss any warrant o. ell In
the constitution for a MEASURE NJ this chs
| sctsr IL was to be found In the clsuse rslat.
Ing TO the general welfare, which, ~ Sanchc
PsnzA has said about sleep. covered mon
oil over like blanket" But II found
under that clause or any other the evil
should b.: national aid, rem'
strumentslitv slons. This case wa.
not such a cas-. nor did this bill furnish
such fundamentally. On the object Of ed
ucs ion the oolored people, Mr.. Vest
thought, much sentmept,lity prevailed.
Rules for educating the Csucaaan race
would not work in sducsting negroes any
more than they waulI work ~ the eauna'
dian day school which held 500 Indians
hut ths 500 wore only on hand on ration
day, the remaining OF days being
| so to 100 yet the yovernmsnt paid $500
Tor teachers Of that school.
Mr.. Garland ssid be fs { no uneasiness in
voting for this bill. He thought 1t proper
csss for the interposition OF tho genera
yovernment Tho southern sintes, he con.
tinued, had done the very best they coult
lor common school sductnon. " W
Plunb's amendmsn. should pAss 1t would
kill the bill as to some states. DO thought
Mr.. Plumb's position incorsisteDt, Tor only
q day or two Agr thst ssnstor had secured
the passage OF a MEASURE which took tbs
national government into Kansas to ersdi
cate the foot and mouth disease from cattle
The MEASURE now before the senate affected
a very much mora serious disease thar
that. a disease sffscting human beings.
Mr.. Ingalls, criticized the bill az defectivs
in seversl particulars.
Mr.. Blair said the senator wss bringing I
microscopic and tslescopic examination II
bear on It.
sting sizes O00, 900 might well be examined
microscopicAlly and telescopicAlly, also
horoscopically and polarisoopicsllv, or by
another "ecopical' method that could II
applied. The amount was large enough n
warrant Il. This might be called verba
criticism or a narrow view OF the subject
out If the bill passed AZ 1t stood II woulc
fail from verbal defects to accomplish III
object. IN
Mr. Allison thought the bill pro
ceeded on wrong principle. II
began by giving the fret yenr q large ap
proprisii,n and reducing the amount veal
by year. II should begin with small sp
propriation aud increase year by year ~
needed. A large amouft could not he al
vsntageously used the tirst year Ahotsei
objection was thatit gives money to sisie'
hat did not need II. Iowa spent annual y
about sc, 900 600 for its puelic schools and
did not need any aid. He thought thu
states having n large colored population
should be helped to educate II aud had n'
doubt OF the DO yer OF congress TO give tina
help. but why give aid to Massachusetts oil
any other state that did not need III
Mr.. Allison also opposed any appropria
ton that would extend beyond one year.