The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-05

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Fair .'Divvy"-H(rrison's Views-Hen-
derson of Iowa Gets u Going Over.
WASHINGTON CITY, March lin the SEN
ate Wednesday Edmunds offered the follow
ing substitute for Allison's amendment TO
the educational bill
And in each state and territory in which
there shall be separate schools for white and
colored children the money paid in such
STATE or territory shall be aprortioned and
pail out for the support OF such white and
colorel st hools respectively in the proper
ton that the white and co,ored children be
tween the ages of 20 ani p years IN su h
state or territory bear 10 each other, as
shown by the census of 1888 The foregoing
revision shall not a re the application OF
the proper proportion of said money to the
support of all common schools wherein no
distinction of IA {. or color shall exist
Ths substitute was agreed to after Ed
munas had made >peech in which he
sad there was nothing in the constitu-
t.onal objections to the bin, and presented
figures showing that tie bulk OF the school
money in the south was devoted to the eda-
cation OF white children 10 the detriment OF
the col1red children
Logan 50 spoke on this quest ton He re-
ferrel TO the alleged SUPPRESSION of the col
urcd vote aud its consequences in increasing
southern repres, ntation in congress, and
said the same principle ran through this
school bin as reported from the committee
The colOred people were to stand up
and lie counted. What fo-t For
money For whom Was 1t for themselves,
Oh no. IL was the old story; and north
ern men had always been found in congress
wiling TO iegislate on the colored man for
tie benefit Of the white man If money
was to be taken from the treasury on the
basis OF the colored people, in Gods name
Jet the coored people get their proportion Of
it That was the object of the amendment
proposed by the senate: from Iowa Al
ls1n.l But the bill would accom-
plish nothing as it stood, because
the amount was too small What
was S7,0l0n00 the first year when dis
tributed among around the states AT
present, i'll some portions OF the south, a
hool ooull not Is kspt open more than
four months. The provisions OF tie bill
would add very little 20 that Hence he
lLoLanI proposed 10 maSe the first
years appropriation sl0,0o0,0J0 instead OF
s. go, 0ju, increasing the amount each year
for five years, AMI then de -reasing it, until
in ten years tn amount expended would
| b. SIS, 10000 Thi, amount was
enough to accomplish something. Be
sides, his amendments included separate
iuui of :. 10000 . aid in the building OF
! s'hool-houses in se tons OF country in which
| the local community might lie too poor t.
| stand all the expense of building Schooling
| could not lie got without sCh'ol-houses. But
| tn, general government SHOULD supervise
this thing in some way. He lLoganl favored
| commission for that Purposa-nOt u
| prescribe what should I've taught,
| or to interfere with the schools,
but to see where the money went to
| Senator Harrison said he believed that a
/ condition Of things existed in the south that
needed to be rene lied, bat it could not b.
| done by the forceful intervention of federal
| authority There were two great agencies
| that would ameiioTate the condition OF these
/ co.ored people-oAe the force of public opin
| ion. the other education within the states
! Holding these views he was sincerely solicit
! Gus for the extension of federal aid
| to education in the south. This should b
| done in such a way as to stimulate thu
! kindly impulses of the increasing number
! OF southern men who were disposed 10 ele
,.ta Tho coIo,.d race The + IN r,-o,,arIv
| made the southern states and their officer:
| the Instruments nj this oraat work Thai
| would bling them into kindly relation:
| with the colored race. He Mr. Harri
| sonl would leave the fund to be ad
ministerial rs all a3uaatinnaI funds of all tbs
| s+ata- ,rara commissioned th. hands NJ
rho naonle of the states If the sontharr
| people should fail in this great trust-tbe
| l-raatast eyer eriysn to a neonle-he Tor one
| vanld ha onrosad To fnrthar arnronriatI,ns
| I'm II thew should uroye faithful then thi,
| country wnuld b., fairly entered on the
work nf solving one OF the create i pro5leIa,
! that CON roDte1 the r4puhIir
Norwood of Georgia. caused great
| laughter in the house Weclnes Law by a satir.
| icnl speech in answer to Henderson of Iowa.
| The question up was the pension appropria
/ ton. Norwood said that Henderson had
| made his .p-e,h while the union men and
| cx-confedarates had been marching abreast
without n single struggle, to do justice u
| the survivors of the union army. Then the
! gentleman had stepI forward, arrested
| the column AMI smiling upon the con
| federatas as gently Is BrutuS had smiled
| upon Caesar when he had invited him tC
take rest at the foot OF Pompsy's column,
| had proceeded to address them in PERSIA
siye strain, ending the speech with the decla-
| ration that h would rather spend an eternity