The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-04-16

WASHINGTON, April AFTER the trBns
action of unimportant business the senat'
resumed the consideration of the educa
ton bill.
Brown spoke in its support in answe
to opposing argument made by Morgan
Saturday.
voorhees, followed, saying, On a meas
ure so non-partisan as this he could NEE
with men and all political parties. Thi'
bill, he said, should be received with ia
vor by all sections and parties. The seed!
ofdiscord have been sown earlv in the his
tory of our national government, and thi:
measure is to wipe out the last vestige O
the results Of that discord. The measure
came from the right quarter-from New
England-and Voorhees,, not only as 6
western senator, but with the blood O.
the south in his veins, could cordially
support it.
Hoar's first amendment was then taken
up, providing for the amount to be dis
tributed. The first amount to be S., 600,
900, the second SIC, 600, 900, the third SIS,
0OO, 900, and then diminish the rate So,
100000 yearly until the expiration of the
eighth year, when the appropriation
shall cease.
WASHINGTON, April 6.-The president
has had prepared for him a complete
record of the heroic death of his wife's
father, Capt. Herndon, of the United
States navy, who lost his life in 1857
while in command of the mail steamship
Central America. Capt. Herndon might
have saved his life if he had chosen to
by taking place in one of the small
boats, but he filled them with passen-
gers instead. He gave his watch and
ring to passenger, with the request
that they be sent back to his wife,
and after the last life-boat
had left the vessel he went to his cabin
and put on his full uniform, then he
came on deck again, entered the pilot
house. and was seen standing there when
the vessel disappeared beneath the
waves.
WASHINGTON. April 6.-Mrs. Hunt,
widow of the late minister to St. Peters
burg, arrived in Washington yesterday
morning, going Immediately to the home
of friend, Mr.. and Mrs. Poe, with whom
she will remain some time. Mrs. Hunt
intends making her home in this city for
the future Her house at the present
time is rented, and is occupied by repre-
sentative Skinner of New York. Miss
Nellie Hunt will stop with her aunts, the
Misses Hunt, who have been here fort
night to await the arrival of the family.
The four SONS of the late minister are
here. and the arrangements have been
made for the funeral to take place at St.
Johns church tomorrow at II o'clock.
The amendment was agreed to by SO
yeas and IL navs Another amendment
of Hoar's was agreed to, providing that
the equal opportunity of education be
given all children of the States. An
was offered by Sherman pro-
vidins that the money shall be used only
for common schools not sectarian in
character. Morgan inquired if this pro-
vision was aimed at Catholics Sherman
repried that it was not aimed at Catho-
lies, Methodists, or Presbyterians. espec-
tally, but 1t was his idea that public mon
ey should be disbursed only for non-sec-
tartan schools. He believed that the in
telligent Catholics of the country were
coming to the conclusion that many of
their ideas about the common schools
were erroneous.
Hoar remarked that in the city where
he resided there were no more staunch
friends of the common schools, as a rule,
than the Catholics.
The amendment was agreed to by 80
yeas and IL nays. The first amendment
heretofore offered by Harrison was taken
up. 1t provides that no State shall re-
ceive any benefits of the act until the
Governor of the State shall file with the
Secretary of the Interior a statement
showing the attendance at the schools
and the expenditures for them.
Several attempts to amend the amend
ment Of Harrison were voted down. and
the amendment was agreed to. The bill
being completed as in committee of the
whole, it was reported to the senate and
read three times and passed by the fol-
lowing vote
Yeas-Blair, Brown, Call, Cameron (of
Colquitt, Conger, Cullum,
Dawes, Dolph, Edmunds, Frye, Garland,
George, Hampton, Harrison, Hoar, Jack
son, Jones, Jones (of Florida), Kenna,
Logan, Mcmillan, Manderson, Miller (of
n. W, Morrill,, Pike, Platt, Pugh, Ran
som, Riddleberger, Sawyer, Williams,
Nays-Bayard, Butler, Coke. Groome,
Harris, Hawley. Maxey, Miller (of Cali
formal, Morgan, Pendleton, Salisbury
IL.
WASHINGTON, April S-The first bill
taken up was one to authorize the ap-
pointment of commission by the Pres
ident to run and mark boundary lines
between the Indian Territory and the
State of Texas, in connection with
similar commission to be appointed by
The State of Texas. Bill passed.
The next bill passed was one declaring
that the supreme court in every territory
shall consist of a chief justice and three
justices, and providing that
every territory shall be divied into four
judicial districts; and district courts shall
be held in each by one justice of the
supreme court.
bill requiring the governor of any ter
ritory to be resident of the territory to
which he is appointed at least two years
preceding the appointment.
Opposed by Kasson on the grounds
that it changed the plan by which the
United States had control of the terrific
ries.
Maginnis strongly advocated the pas
sage of the bill He said there was
growing indisposition to admit any new