Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-03-04
FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS,
First Session,
SENATE.
WAsHIHcroH March .

d.
The Presidents message on the treatment
of the Chinese in the West. was referred to
the committee on foreign relations.
Mr.. Frye presented petition from citizens
OF New Jersey praying for legislation for
legal protection of young girls. Referred TO
the committee on District of Columbia
Mr.. Evarts presented petition from saw
ings banks praying for the suspension of the
coinage of silver. Referred to the committee
on finance.
MIR. Riddleberger offered resolution which
was agreed to, requiring each senator to re-
port to the Senate the name of his private
secretary. In introducing the resolution
MI Rlddleberger said that some men were
holding tickets of admission to the Senate
floor who would not be admitted to the par
lors of the gentlemen if they were known as
Mr.. Rddleberger knew them. Such tickets
were SO issued to people who received no pay
except admission TO the Senate floor to black
mall gentlemen, to libel them in their news
papers. Mr.. Riddleberger said he knew of
a case. We knew what had been said in
the House of Representatives about Eads'
being on the floor of that House, He asked
II 1t were permissible for him (Riddleberger)
to state that while Eads had not been on the
floor of the Senate, he had three henchmen
papers and one democratic newspaper
who came to secure information on which to
libel senators Imagine man having a
ticket to the Senate floor in the pretended
capacity OF private secretary to a Senator,
which senator had his own son as his private
secretary, who drew pay, while the other, the
creature, was compensated by ticket.
Alter the adoption of the resolution, Mr.
Hoar had it reconsdered and so amended as
to have the names sent to the secretary of the
Senate
The education bill was then taken up and
Mr. Harrison spoke in advocacy of tn. bill and
N opposition to Mr.. Allison's amendment.
The amendment offered by Mr.. Hoar to the
amendment of MIR. Allison was agreed to.
providing that in each state having separate
white and colored schools, the money re-
celved by such state, under the bill, should
be apportoned and applied in proportion of
the illiteracy of the two races respectively
until an equal sum per capita shall have been
appropriated from the national and state
funds and declaring the object of the bill to
be to secure equal advantages to all children
OF whatever coiOr or race.
Mr.. Edmunds then offered substitute for
the amendment. As amended, the substitute
is as follows: And in each state and territory
white and colored children, money paid in
such state or territory shall be apportioned
and paid out for the support of such white
and colored schools respectively in proportion
that white and colOred children, between the
ages of 10 and 2l years, in such state or ter
ritory bear to each other, as shown by
the census of 1880. The foregoing provision
shall not affect the application of the proper
proportion OF said money to .he support of
all common schools wherein no destination of
race or color shall exist
Mr.. Edmunds then addressed the Senate in
support of his amendment.
Mr. Logan said there seemed to be greater
desire to be considered the champion of some
kind of bill that would be called an educa-
tional BILL than to have one that would pro-
duce the result contemplated. Mr.. Logan
said the bill would accomplish nothing, as it
Stood because the amount was too small
What was seven million dollars when distrib-
uted around the States? At present in some
portions of the South the schools could be
kept open more than four months. The pro-
visions of the bill would add very little to
that hence lie Uogan) proposed to make the
first years appropriation ten million instead
of seven, increasing the amount each year for
five years and then decreasing it until in ten
FVhio tiiC diuouut thpchucu Ue -lOO,-
100000. This amount was enough to ac-
complish something.
Mr.. Blair was willing to accept Mr.. Ed
munds substitute for Mr.. Allison's amend
ment. The substitute, he said, would remove
all the objections that had been made to this
amendment. 1t distributed the money on
the best attainable basis of white and colored
ginning the white one more than the blacks
and vice versa. As to Mr.. Logan, Mr.. Blair
knew that the colored man had no more earn
est well wsher than that senator He (Blair)
appreciated the deep obligation that the col
ored race was under to MIR. Logan. He ad.
mitted that the amount appropriated by the
bill would not be sufficient but it would, he
hoped. do much good nevertheless.
Mr.. Dolph moved to amend so as to pro-
vide that the bill should not take effect until
two-thirds of the States should accept its pro.
visions.
Mr. Blair opposed the amendment and it
was rejected. After some further remarks,
the yeas and nays were ordered on the Dolph
amendment, on which the visa verse vote had
been taken, and pending the call, the Senate
at 4.54 p. M. went into executive session.
At so the doors were reopened and the Sen
ate adjourned.