Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-04

MuHWUH
Mf. Logan would NOT say. ia d,d NJ,
MINK, however, II was Tor want AZ sar
cation that the colored people abssa,nsA
from voting. Thcy were counted ,sher
eyer greater political power would eo,ne
70 INC White men liy counting thrm Tha,,
we're not counted ~ voters when eiectlo5,
wv came, No man said 20 TIC colored
! 'VpeiSi stand 40 and be countcd.v The
eahe pflhelple, MIR. Logan continued,
Ial through this school bill as rc.
ported rom The committee. The
cv'Viea people were 10 stand ur
anu pc counted What fort For money.
roi whom Was u Tor themselytsY OF,
no. u was the old story, and Northern
Inrn nad always been found In congress
Wiiilng 70 leglslate on the cOlorod man
Ior the benefit 81 the white man. n
money was 10 be taken from tho treasuF,
on tnc basis OF the coiored race, IN Gods
name let the c0lored people get their
proportion q " That was the object
oi ne amendment proposed by the sena.
.or from Iowa fMr. Allison), bns the
lDil would accomplish nothing AS Al
stood, because the amount was too small
what was 100000 600 the FIRST year when
distributed around among the statcsy AZ
present, 10 some portions Of the South.
school could not be kept open more
lhnn four months The provision Of the
OH would add very little 20 that. Hence
no LoPnn) proposed TO make the llrst
years appropriation $4,000, 900 Instead
OF $1,000 600, Increasing tho amount each
yehr Tor i've years and then decreasing
II until Ia ton years the amount expended
would be slsS,000, 900. This amount he
Thought would accomplish something
iiesidos HIS amendment included
separate fund OF AZ 600, 900
10 aid IN building school houses In sec
tons OF the country In which the local
community might be too poor to stand
all the expenses OF building,
Mr. blair was willing TO accept Mr..
Edmunds' substitute for Mr.. Ailison's
amendment, II was agrccdto.
Mr.. Dolph moved 20 amend by prnyid.
ing that the bill should not take effect
until two-thlrds Of the states should nc.
ccpi lts provisions II was rejected.
Mr.. Dolph called for tho yeas and NAYS
on his amendment, and pending the emil
the semitic went Into executive session,
and when the doors fcopcned adjourned.
TuE noUsE,
WASHINGTON, March lin the morn.
ing hour the house resumed In commit.
toe vi the whole consideration OF tho bill
To authorize the appointment OF u com.
mission 10 carry on the tests of iron and
steel and structure metals. After do.
bate and pending action The morning hour
expired. The house again went into com
mlttcc OF the whole on the pension 40.
preparation bin Mr.. Buttcrworih Of
Ohio took tho floor In order TO complete
the speech which he began yesterday, He
renewed his criticism OF the Democratic
party, and long political dis
oussion cnSued, after which Mr..
Breckenridge OF Kentucky guided
the discussion away from the channels Of
politics and brought II back to the con.
sldcration OF the general question Of the
pension system, He expressed himself
Ia favor OF llbcral pensions aud thought IL
should always bo the policy of the re-
public 90 pay generous pensions. Having
no standing army, II was the policy OF The
republic 10 say TO MI her sons that II they
fell their families should be taken care OF
and that II they were disabled they should
be compensated for the loss OF their
power 10 earn money But there
must be- some economy both as
TO persons and amount 10 was
not u matter OF Wise calculation lie
closed his speech with an eloquent per-
Grafton descriptive Of the beautiful Gene
tory at Lexington, which contained the
graves OF fathers, Sons aud brothers, who
had fallen In the opposing ranks In the
terrific struggle Of the war, aud uf The
peaceful llycs OF the descendants OF those
men who thought they had been divided
IN their love. "A an American repre-
sentative, he said, treating OF an
American question, loving Amer-
can people, aud denying that
taxes should be wrung from the people
except from necessity, ! have to vote my
own convictions, treating with contempt
any effort 20 lntlmldato or my purpose TO
Loud applause on the
Democratic side.
Mr.. Browne Of Indiana made ylgor-
ons defense of cx Commissioners Dudley
against the charge that he had conducted
his bureau with Wow 10 partisan adyan
tagcs, and asserted that all the time Mr.,
Dudley had been in Ohio he had not per.
formed or assumed TO perform the duties
OF commissioner al pensions, Pending
further action the committee rose.
Mr.. Bragg OF Wisconsin reported the
army appropriation bill from the military
committee, aud " was referred to The
committee OF the whole,