Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-02-24

greatness of the American Union. The bill
was passed.
The bills on the calendar were then taken
! up.
| The educational bill was placed before the
Senate and MIR. Gray took the floor in oppo.
sition to the bill. His opposition to the bill
was based on the belief that the measure was
unconstitutional and would interfere with the
States right.
Mr.. Plumb also opposed the BILL He re-
garded IT as an anatomy in legislation appro.
prlatlng money not for one year but for eight
years. He bad no doubt that at end of eigh,
years II the pabulum now provided was not
continued conventions would meet and dele
cations would be sent to Congress to keen on
appropriating more money. We must. there
fore, understand that in passing this bill we
were arranging for expenditures for genera.
hon yet to come. Large appropriations had
come to have something attractive in them
ana the appropriation of S77, 200, 900 was
seventy-seven times more attractive than the
| appropriation of one million. Mr.. Plumb
asserted that the bill was supported chiefly
because those senators who advocated il
hoped thus to make political capital, but that
| lew really favored it. He also said that if
there was any way to get rid of the bill with
out vote nine out of every ten of the sena-
tors would endorse the means to so dispose
OF 1t. de would not discuss the constitution
ality of the measure. IL was enough to know
that 1t was an unwise and UNIV arrantable ex-
penditure of public money. The South,
however, Mr.. Plumb was glad to say was
year by year increasing its expenditures for
education ana he believed that if left alone
and not encouraged 10 reach its hand into the
National treasury it would continue to in
fnr tha,
Mr.. Plumb was interrupted occasionally
BY Mr.. Blair and Mr.. George.
MIR. Call spoke in favor of the bill.
At o'clock the Senate went into execp-
tive session and when the doors re-opened
adjourned.
On motion of Mr.. Forney of Iowa, a reso-
luton was adopted granting leave to the ap-
preparation committee to sit during the ses-
sions of the House.
Mr.. Morrison of Illinois, from the COM
mittee on ways and means. reported a Joint
resolution directing the payment of the sur.
plus IN the treasury on the public debt; re-
ferred to committee of the whole
Mr.. Hewitt of New York obtained leave to
file the views of the minority.
Mr.. Ellsberry of Ohio, from the committee
on pensions, reported bill granting a pep-
sion to all invalid soldiers or their widows or
children who are dependent upon their daily
labor for support; committee of the whole
Mr.. Buchanan of New Jersey, from the
committee on claims, reported bill for the
relief of the survivors of the exploring
steamer Jeannette and the widows and chill
dren of those who perished in the expedi-
ton.
The morning hour was consumed in con-
sideration of the bill to annex the northern
part of Idaho Territory to the Territory of
Washington, but no final action was taken.
The House then proceeded to the consid-
GRAFTON of the business on the calendar.
The second bill on the calendar was that
forfeiting the unearned land grant of the A. &
P. Railroad Co.
On motion of Nr. Holman of Indiana, an
amendment was acopted providing that the
forfeited land shall be subject to settlement
under the homestead law only. The bill was
then passed without division.
On motion of Mr.. Morrison of Illinois, it
was ordered that Saturday of each week be de-
voted to general debate in committee of the
whole on the state of the Union, and then, on
motion Of Mr.. Morrison, the House at 3.20
adjourned