Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1884-03-26

Ou mO61Ou OF mr. 11OAE G0uSa0918ElO0 OF
the bill to fix the salaries of United States
district judges at 5000 was resumed. After
short debate the additional section prehib-
iting nepotism in the courts was adopted.
The bill was then passed by q vote Of II yeas
to 10 nays.
The bill giving laborers in the employ OF
the government holidays on January LIST,
February %, July 4, December % and
Thanksgiving day with pay was passed.
At 2 o'clock the educational bill was taken
up. Mr.. Harrison in the course of remarks
ON the general object of the measure said the
southern States would be best helped by ju-
dicious appropriations to stimulate and en-
courage the noble impulse already manifested
to wipe out the rsproach Of illiteracy. rather
than by the large benefactiens proposed by
the bill
ME- George spoke In support Of the bill.
He said that Mississippi was doing all che
could in the way Of education. IF taxation
were raised in that State it would amount to
confscation, consequently federal aid for
educational purposes would be an act Of
benefcepce.
Mr.. Brown delivered q long speech In
favor of the measure. which he said dealt
with one of the most important questions
ever raised in the Senate. Il was nothing
but just right, he declared, for the whole
Union to help to educate the colored men
who at one bound were emancipated and
elevated to the full rights and privileges
of citizenship.
Mr. Sherman replied to the criticism of his
position on the bill. He referred to the
feeling still existing in the South against the
pie, feeling which was probably the nat
ural result of the circumstances attending
and following the war, and declared that af
ter mature rejection this question Of educa-
ton should not be left to the aetion of the
southern States. He did not say this in any
T. -
cause he felt that owing to the existence of
those prejudiees and influences against the
negroes the southern States should
not be- entrusted to decide in what
manner the money appropriated by
the bill should be used. The Senator
went on to point out what he regarded as
serious defects In the bill, his main objec-
the money shall be expended and the pro~
vision extending the appropriations over ten
years. He was prepared to support a general
measure containing wise and well guarded
restrictions for the extirpation of illiteracy
in all parts of the country and intimated a
preference for the House educational bill.
Messrs. Blair, Maxey and Hoar also took
part in the discussion.
At $50 p. m. the Senate went into execu-
tive session, and few minutes later adj
iourned.
HousE-On motion of Mr.. Brown, Indiana,
the bill to make it felony for a person to
fraudulently represent himself as an officer
of the United States or any department was
York, presented a petition nu .nerously signed
by business men of New York in behalf Of
the bill authorizing the construction Of
bridges across the Sound to Staten Island,
representing that the proposed railway CON-
nection would make available for storage and
~ - -a
the harbor of New York; referred to the
Committee on Commerce.
The House then went into Committee of
the Whole on the whiskey bill. Mr.. Potter,
of New York, spoke in support Of the bill,
explaining his change of views upon the
subject.
Messrs. Kelley, of Pennsylvania, and
Long, of Massachusetts,, made strong
speeches in opposition to the measure The
speech of Ex-Governor Long was pronounced
by both sides as being the ablest, most logi-
cal and conclusive speech made during the
debate on the bill
The succeeding hour was divided between
Messrs. Follett Foran, Jordan and Hurd,
all of Ohio, in advocacy of the bill. The de-
the committee rose.
A letter was laid before the House from
the Secretary of War In compliance with a
late resolution of the House requesting the
Secretary of War to keep Congress advised
of the progress of the foods in the Missis-
sippi river, in which he states that the water
in the river has reached the high water front
of 1882 from Vicksburg to New Orleans and
that a large number of people are by the
overflow unable to keep themselves and sug-
costing that he be authorized to expend not
exceeding $3.50 of she unaxpended bal
ance of money appropriated for the relief Of
by the overflow Ct the Ohio in the
purchase and transportation of subsistence
stores for the relief of the present sufferers
Mr.. Ellis, from the Committee on Appre-
priations, asked leave to submit resolution
carrying out the suggestions of the Secre
tary.
Mr.. Dunn, of Arkansas, said he yielded his
assent to the proposition on the distinct un-
that relief be extended wherever
the floods were.
Mr.. Ellis said the resolution read ''the
Mississippi and its tributaries" If the gen.
tleman understood English he would see there
was no distinction.
Mr. Dunn retorted with some warmth that
he understood English and he
also understood actions. When the foods
and to the committee and could get no relief.
When the floods reached Louisiana the mon
key squealed.
Mr. Ellis retorted that the monkey had
been squealing all the time and the gentle
man
At this point Mr.. Welles, of Iowa, inter-
posed an objection to the consideration of
tho resolution, as he said to put an end to
this confusion. On being appealed to to
permit vote he withdrew his objection, but
Mr.. York, of North Carolina, renewed it and
the resolution was withdrawn and the
House at 4:55 adjourned.