Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-14
CONGRESSIONAL.
Reagan Defends the Administration Of
the Postofice Department Be-
fore the Senate.
Discussion in the Hense oysr a Bill Pro
hIbiting Lottery adv Rising IN the
District of Columbia.
Fiftieth Congress.
THE SENATE

general and agalnSt the British eXtrAdl-
ton In particular was recognized In the
shape OF large and very handsome fora
harp placed on his desk this morning By
the Irish society called the Clan II
Gael.
An address of the constitutional con.
7ention Of Dakots, favoring the division
of the territory and the admission of the
southern portion as state, was presented
The folio wing bills were reported from
committees and placed on the calendar
To provide for the erection of public
buildings by contract to honest bidders.
To enable the Secretary Of the Interior
TO utilize hot water now running to waste
at Hot Springs, Ark.
For q commission on the subject Of the
alcoholic liquor traffic.
The following bills were introduced
and referred: .- g..
By Mr.. Sswyer-Authorizing the ap-
pointment of railway mall superintsnd-
ents.
By Mr.. Vest-To fix the number q
documents printed by Congress, and
known as "The Usual Number" at 700;
and to specify the number OF certain
documents to be printed.
The Senate then proceeded to consider
alton of the Blair educational bill, and
was addressed by Mr. Plumb in opposition
20 1t.
1t was not only notable that the south
WAS divided on the question and that the
msiority of the southern Senators were
opposed to the bill, out it Was even more
notable that not Q single one who had
spoken in favor Of the bill had said Ii was
necessary. He asserted that the average
education in the southern states was not
one-third Of that In the northern states,
and that of Alabama did not average one
quarter of that of Kansas. He could not
support the bill because 1t was not de-
msnded By public sentiment. He could
Iot support it because it levied taxes
Qpon the people of Kansas to educate the
youth of states as able to do 1t themselves
as Kansas. He could not vote for 1t be-
cause the basis on which money was to
be distributed was false one, and be-
cause state powers and federal powers
could not exist in the same bAillWick as
the federal powers would absolutely de-
stroy the powers of the state. The state
Of Kansas had spent 81 1000, 900 last year
Cor education, while the state of AIbamsa,
with its resources and wealth, had spent
less than S600,0 and yet the Senator
from Alabams, MIR. Morgan, wanted to
place on the willing backs of the people
of Kansas another million to make up for
the shortcomings Uf his own people. II
there had been the same spirit shown in
Kansas as in Alabama, Kansas would have
neither school houses nor churches, nor
railrs de-, nor population. II the bill
were to pass the money should be distrib
uted, not on the basis of illiterscy, but on
she basis OF population, or of the number
of persons of school age within the sew
ersl states. And he would offer an amend
nent to that eftsct.
Toe bill WAS laid aside and resolution,
in regard to ineficiency of the postal sur
vice tAk-n up.
Mr.. Reagan addressed the Senate in
defense Of The administration Of the Post
Office Department, and argued that the
Senators who had AFraigned that ad.
miuistratlon had been nislsd by false
clamor, or else th.t in consequence OF
the economy and conspicuously good
management Of the department it had
been thought necessary for political pur
poses to Offset its effect by getting up
charges OF Inc fl;iencY. IN the course Of
his argument he undertook to repel the
assertion that very numerous removals
from Office in the department had been
made for political motives, aud he gave
number Of posImAsters who had letE Office
by Resignation"
Mr.. Hosr asked Mr.. Reagan whether he
really clsimed or believed those resigna-
lions we're voluntary or were not CON-
msnded by the President.
Mr.. Reagan replied his only source Of
Information on the subject was the report
Of the Postmaster General, in which he
spoke Of these as voluntary resigna-
SONS" There had been few removals
for political reasons, and these few were
for active offensive partisHGship.
Mr.. Hoar remarked tbat the statement
showed a very extraordinary instance Of
voluntary designations Of Office.
Mr.. ResgAn-No doubt the Postmaster
General hiss done 8 great many things
which seemed extraordinary to the SenG-
cor from Massachusetts,.
Mr.. Hoar-A great many.
Senators Chase and Aldrich endeavored
without success to get Reagan TO state
Why the Postmaster Of Providence, h. l.,
had been removed fr> m cfilce IN face of
the fact that the management of the
postoflce had been highly approved by
the Postmaster General.
The res luton went over.
A bill was passed for the relief Of A.
B. Morton, Postmaster at Dallas, Tex.
Adjourned.
THE HOUSE.
Washington, Feb. lS.-Under call OF
states the following bills and resolutions
were introduced aud referred:
By MIR. Peel of Arkansas, authorizing
Eke election Of a delegate from the Indian
Territory to the Fifty first Congress.
BY Mr.. Rogers of Arkansas, donating
lots belonging 70 the United States In
Hot Springs to that city for school pur-,
poses.
BY Mr.. Townshend Of Wisconsin, per-
hitting the farmers and producers OF
tobscce to fell leaf tobacco in any guam
Nty to unlicensed dealers or to any per-
son without restrictions, and repeating
SlI laws Inconsistent herewith.
By Mr.. Brewer OF North Csrolina-A
resolution instructing the committee on
ways and means TO report what progress
Il has made in the consideration Of bills
repeating internal revenue taxes, and 10
state st what time such bills are likely TO
ba reported to the House. In case the
committee Is uDsb!e TO agree upon these
bills 1t is instructed to report that fact 10
the House and the bills shall be placed On