The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-22

that the National Board OF Health
comes in under the regulation OF COM
merce clause. Still the coAstitu ional
obj.c ions to admitting this to be true
are no stronger than the admission OF
that construction Of tho general we
fare clause, sanctioned by Mslifon,
Monroe and Jackson, which admits Of
Federal aid to education. How abjut
the Smithsonian Instiiute2 Will some
one familiar with the other side OF this
question give us the name OF a sing Q
Senator who opposes national aid to
education, who aleO has ever opposed
any appropriations 10 the Smithsonian
Institute, or to the G. illogical Survey,
or TO the New Orlesns Exposition, or 10
explore the North Pole, or to send
supplies 10 the Chicago fire sufferers,
or the yellow fever sufferer, or the
overflow sufferers OF three years ago,
or to the building OF the new Con-
greesional Library Building. / am
unsble TO undsrstand why any
Sou hern Senator or Representative,
having the true intere,ts,of his people
at heart, should sickle at an appropri-
alton for which there is such an sccu-
mutation OF pr6osdents. Among the
bills pes,ed ia the session of Congress
begi nniDR November 10, 1918, and
closing March 3, 1919, was an act TO
proyida for the civil zAtion Of the ln-
dau tribes adjoining the frontiers, by
which tue President was au' hor'z ID to
employ suitable psTtons 10 teach and
encourage them in agriculture, and
10 instruct their children in reading,
writing and arithmetic. What treaty
testified the appropriation signed by
Monros2 What coDs'itut oDal clau 70
justified grant of public lands
to the a'ylum Of the deaf and dumb
In KeniuckyP Tni5 was PISSED in
1926. We have foreboIne 10 discuss
the concessions Of those who oppose
national aid TO education. the aparc-
priation OF the fae OF public lands,
o. d 30 The jtion tax, is exattlv on q
par with the appropriation OF any
other money, ss il al comes out OF the
United Staes Trta'ury and goes to
This object, irs cad OF The current ex-
penfes and the public debt OF the
government. The people sre begin
ning TO see that the objections to this
me eurs are more personal then coz
sli,ut.onal or economical. In two
yosra, 1885 I'd 1885, We have scent
moro thau 1000 .0O0 for pensions
All Of this ne Sly goes North. Why
should we rejecs an appropriation
which is delired to ot3et, to EMAIL
* ent, wha' the ger 'fl government
caused US to lose BY the war; the rIa'
sons t. mai o Us ieje,t il should car
tainly have been ttrorg enough omake
Garland and Lunar and Wade Hamp-
ton and George and Pueh and very
neatly all the other Southern 6tnstor5
also ri Ct it suppose they know
something of constitutional Law. |
tupposs they are good Democrats. |
eupoofe taey know he needs OF the
sontberl people. | suppose they
knew what they we've about, and l
prefer TO follow them in preference to
the four or five Sou hern Senators
who v)ied against this measure.
p ogresi is the prevailing idea, and it
is time to break locss from the bond
age Of tentime ntal politics. We need
more business ssnIe in politics, less
narrowness andIa broader statesman
ship. And every sign indicates we
are going 10 have all Of these things