St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-04
THE EDUCATION BILL
Continues the Topic UppermOst i'm
the Senate.

the Senate.
WASHINGTON, March SIN the senate
Mr.. Beck offered a resolution, which was
agreed to, calling on the secretary of the
treasury to inform the senate how much, if
any, the actual payments and purchases of
the principal of the public debt since July
l, 1877, have been in excess of the require
ments of laws regulating the sinking fund,
and how the existing laws can be carried
out in relation TO said fund from this time
until the $3.50, 100000 of AZ per cent.
bonds mature. Mr.. Frye presented petit
ton from the citizens of New Jersey pray
ing for legislation for the legal protection
of young girls. Mr.. Evarts presented a
petition of the officers and trustees of saw
ings banks of New York representing $751;
100000 of deposits, praying congress TO
stop the coinage of the silver dollar. A
resolution by Mr.. Riddeberger to require
each senator to report to the secretary of
the senate his private secretary was adopted.
Mr.. Riddleberger said gentlemen on the
floor had been blackmailed bycreatures under
the name of private secretaries. The edu-
cation bill then came up, and Mr.. Harrison
favored the bill and opposed the Allison
amendment.
AN AMENDMENT BY MR.. HoAR
to the amendment of Mr.. Allison was
agreed to, providing that
In each state having white and colored
schools, the money received by such state
under the bill should be apportioned and ap-
piled in the proportion of 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 ad-
vantages To all children of whatever color or
race.
Mr.. Edmunds then moved substitute
for the amendment as amended, as fol-
lows:
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 apportioned and
paid out for the support of such white and
colored schools, respectively, in the proper
tion that the white and colored children be-
tween the ages of 10 and 81 years in such
state or territory bear to each other as shown
by the census of 1880. The foregoing pro-
vision shall not effect the application of the
proportion of said money to the support of
all common schools wherein no dist notion of
race or color shall exist.
MIR. EDMUNDS
addressed the senate i'm support of his
amendment. The children of both races
should have equal advantages and fair play
III states WDeT6 llic StpdIdle ocnOOl system
prevailed. Mr.. Logan said he was a sim
cere friend of the colOred race and had
himself introduced education bills in 1882.
1883 and 1884. By this bill the South got
the advantage. He then delivered a speech
on the vote of the South and said fraud
was everywhere evident. The Southern
white children would get the money apprO-
priated by this bill. He favored the Alli-
son amendment and proposed that the first
years appropriation be made $1,000, 900
instead of $1,000. 600. He favored COM
mission to see where the money went to.
Mr. Blair was willing to accept Mr.. Ed
mund's substitute for the Allison amend
ment, and it was agreed to. Mr.. Dolph
moved to amend by providing that the bill
should not take effect until two-thirds of
the states should accept its provisions. His
amendment was rejected. Mr.. Dolph
called for the ayes and nays on his amend
ment, and, pending the call, the senate
went into executive session, and when the
doors reopened adjourned.