Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1886-03-05
"Brindle" Kelly Making it Exceed.
ingly Interesting for the St.
Paul Courts.
The Time of Congress Taken Up By
the Educational and Pen
sion Bills.
Omaha Being Favored With Snow
StOrm-MinnesOta Farmers
Convention.
SENATE.

THE EDUCATIONAL BILL AMENDED, NEAR
LY DOUBLING THE APPROPRIATION.
WASHINGTON, March 4.-Mr. Conger took
the floor on the educational bill, on which,
among other things, he said: "The south
of today is not in all respects the south as
she stood before the world twenty-five years
ago. Never was the discontinue and ruin
of country more complete. The exhaus-
ton of Prussia under Frederick, OF France
under Napoleon, was not more thorough.
Succeeding her military overthrow, she
witnessed all her local institutions, indus
trial, financial, educational and religious
all the organized forces of her society
shattered and pulverized, their very foun-
dations torn up and destroyed; complete
wreck, her political rehabilitation COM
mitted to her former negro slaves, elevated
not only to be freemen, but enfranchised
and entrusted with political control"
The conditions referred to, Mr. Gibson
said warranted the legislation of this bill,
as temporary expedient to meet a great
public exigency. The aid offered should be
regarded not as daily bread, but as me-
dium for grave national disorder.
Mr.. Logan moved an amendment increas-
ing the appropriation to a total amount of
$136,000,000 in ten years.
Mr.. Logan spoke in favor of his amend
ment IF we are going to do any thing"
he said, 1--WE should have the nerve to do it.
Before we get through with this educa-
tional subject, we will find that we should
have expended S25O,000,0OO, and will not
be surprised if it proves to be double that
sum-
After some debate, Mr.. Logan increased
the limit OF expenditure under his amend
ment to $3.50, instead of 500, for each
school.
Mr.. Van Wyck failed to see how the bill
would be Of much use to the comparative
ly poor'-those comparatively unable to
bear the burden of taxation unless sufi-
cient amount for school buildings was pro-
vided for. Mr.. Van Wyck said: "The
comparatively poor can receive no benefit
of the $77,000,O00, because, to begin wit h,
they could not build school houses. You
are, therefore, appropriating solely for the
districts already able to provide for them
seves-putring money into the pockets of
the wealthy. There has been a leader
with the right impulse, but the followers
were rebellious, Of old.' Laughter.
Mr. Voorhees, said the senator from
South Carolina (Mr. Hampton) was too
modest to say what he (Mr. Voorhees,
would say: That the people Of South Car
olina had SO far followed the distinguished
senator (Wade Hampton) as to make him
governor in way that ''stuck," and the ne
groes had made him such governor.
Mr.. Van Wyck was glad of that, too, and
glad to know that Mr.. Hampton was bold
enough and brave enough to stand up in
advance and advocate the principles thai
had become so important feature of the
constitution.
Mr.. Van Wyck disclaimed any unkind
ness by his remarks.
Mr.. Logan's amendment was adopted
and the debate for the day was closed.
Mr.. Platt said that, owing to the desire
OF many senators to express their sympathy
with his colleague, Mr.. Hawley, on his sac
affiiction (the death of Mrs. Hawley), ht
would now move an adjournment of the
senate; this would give the senators an op
portunity of attending the funeral service.
The senate then adjourned.
HOUSE.
THF PENSION DEPARTMENT UNDER DIS
CUSsION.
At the expiration of the morning hour
Mr.. Cannon, of Illinois, moved to lay aside
the pension appropriation bill, for the pur
pose of taking up the urgent deficiency
bill. Mr. Cannon stated tina: the object OF
his motion was that the deficiency bill
might be Immediately passed, in order that
the work at the navy yards, which had
been stopped, might be resumed, and that
the men who had been thrown out of EN-,
ployment might again obtain work.
The house refused-yeas, 103; nays, 14S-
to proceed to the consideration of the de-
ficiency oil, and went into committee of
the whole (Mr. Crisp, of Georgia, in the
chair on the pension appropriation bill.
Mr.. GrosvenoT, of Ohio. took the floor in
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