Morning journal and courier., 1888-01-18
Fiftieth Congress--First Session
WASHINGTON, Jan. IF.

1 WASHINGToN, Jan. IT. | SENATE.-Mr. Platt offered 8 resolution in 1 structing the postoffice committee to inquire 1 whether any mail matter addressed to eena- l tors has been detained in the Washington | postothce and whether such detention has 1 been legal or illegal. He made an explana I tory statement to the effect that four hundred | copies of book mailed by Connecticut ad- vertls1ng firm to senators and memr bers of Congress, and on each of which eleven | cents postage was paid, had been charged thiTty-one cents extra postage because the l words "judicious advertising agents and ex- perts" had been printed on the wrapper and had not been delivered because such extra postage was not paid. In his judgment the law did not authorize this extra charge. The resolution was agreed to.
 In connection with the same subject MT. Sawyer asked unanimous consent for the inn mediate consideration of the House bill re- lating to permissible printing or writing on second, third and fourth class mail matter, J such bill having been reported back from the postof6ce committee without amendment. Consent was given and the bill was passed.
 The Blair educational bill was taken up and the Senate was addressed by MT. Bowen in support of the bill.
 On motion of MT. Dawes the bill reported from the committee on Indian affairs on January 9th in relation to marriage between white men and Indian women was taken up and passed.
 The Blair educational bill was again taken up and MT. Blair addressed the Senate in ad- vocacy of it.
 MT. Platt, noticing reference to the num- Der of children attending school in Connecti- cut, explained that in some of the towns in that State many children were being educat- ed in the Catholic parochial schools and were not enumerated in the tables of school attendance.
 MT. Blair said he was aware of that fact and mentioned the city of Manchester in his own State place where half the popula- tion was under the control of the Catholic church and the Catholic children were gen. erally educated in the parochial schools. Much of the opposition to the pending bill, he said, had come from that large body of people who did not believe in common schools as 8 system of education. That was apparent from the criticisms in the public press and it was question for the serious consideration of the American people. A national endorsement to the common school system was therefore of the greatest importance. The strongest opposition came to it from the great ecclesiastical or~ ganization which was the life and pith and force of the parochial system But yet that organization was not a unit on the question. Many, certainly some, of the or gans of the faith favored the pending bill and the church was divided on the question. The Irish World was strong supporter of the bill Nor were the adherents of the pa- rochial system to be found wholly in one sin gle church. But he did not wish to bring that question into the debate. One strong ground of complaint on the part of those who maintained parochial schools was that as a matter of conscience they felt bound to edu- cate their children under that system and that it was unjust for them to be taxed for the support of both.
 Without concluding Iris speech MT. Blair yielded to motion to adjourn, stating that he proposed to press the bill to an early con clusion, and at 4:15 the Senate adjourned.
 HoUsE.-Owing to the illness of Speaker Carlisle the Hon. s. s. Cox was unanimously elected Speaker pro tenn.
 MT. Mckinley, of Ohio, presented the res olutions adopted at the conference of wool growers, wool dealers and wool manufactur- CTS recently held in Washington, and they were ordered printed in the record.
 Mir. Wilkins, of Ohio, called up the bill to provide for the issue of circulating notes of national banks and after continued flibust. ering the morning hour ended by unanimous consent and the bill took it's place upon the calendar as unfinished business.
 MT. Crisp, of Georgia, submitted the re- port of the committee election on the Phoebe Carlisle contested election case and it was ordered printed. Leave was granted to the minority to file their views and MT. Crisp gave notice that he would ask the House to act upon the report before Friday.
 The Speaker pro tenn. laid before the House the Presidents message accompanying the reports of the Pacific railroad commis- sion The message was read and with the reports was referred to the committee on Pacific railroads and ordered printed.
 MT. Wilkins then moved that the House proceed to the consideration of the uninish- ed business and Messrs. Anderson and Weaver adopted filibustering tactics. It being evident that no progress could be made upon the bill to-day the House, on motion of MT. Wilkins, at 4:15 adjourn a5