Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1888-02-16
TIE EDUCATIONAL BILL.
Mr.. BLAIR'S MEASURE REACHES A
VOTE IN THE SENATE.

Mr.. RLAlR's MEASURE REACHES A
VOTE IN THE SENATE.
After Various Amendments Are Pre-.
ssnted and Rejected the Bill is Passed
by Vote of 80 to 29-The Vote in
Detail.
WASHINGTON Feb. 16.-When the Blair
educational bill was reached in the senate
yesterday Mr.. Hale spoke in opposition to the
measure, basing bis argument mainly upon
the expressed opinions of prominent educa-
tors that the bill would not accomplish the
object aimed at.
Mr.. Hale was followed by Messrs Morgan,
Butler, Call and Salisbury, each of whom
spoke very briefly.
AT 2:15 Mr.. Blair took the floor to close the
debate and sum up tho arguments in favor of
the bill. He denied tie assertions that popu-
lar opposition is on the increase. Such oppo-
sition as exists he attributed TO misrepresen-
tations as to the provisions of the bill. The
opposition of the press was due to tie pres
ence of Jesuit on the staff Of each journal
resisting the measure He admired the Ro-
man Catholic religion beyond all others, but
Jesuitism, If not crushed out would become
in the United States a worse foe than An
archism
AS Senator Blair concluded Senator Har-
ris gave notice that he would offer an amend
ment to the bill to change the title to that Of
"a bill to offer brbe to the states to reln-
quish tie rights Of local self government" "
The amendment, however, was not offered.
The yeas and nays were then ordered on the
Plumb amendment proposing to distribute the
money appropriated by the bill on the basis
of population instead of illiteracy The
amendment was lost by vote of 22 to 4S.
Senator Berry introduced an amendment
requiring reports as to the manner in which
the money appropriated is expended, and pre-.
vidinG that the money appropriated shall in
no case be paid where it is proposed to expend
it in the maintenance of mixed schools for
white and colored children. Lost, ayes, 25
nays, A.
After the rejection Of other minor amend.
nents the aye and nay vote on the bill was
then (at 335 p. my ordered. The ayes anc
nayes were called, and the bill was passed.
The vote in detail vas as follows:
Yeas-Allison, Berry, Blair, Bowen, Brown
Call, Cameron, Chandler, Colqu.tt Cullom
Daniel, Dawes, Dolph, Eustis Evarts, George
Hampton, Hearst, Hoar, Jones( ARK }, Mander.
son, Mitchell, Morrill,, Palmer, Pasco, Payne
Platt, Pugh, Quay, Ransom, Riddeberger,
Sawyer, Stanford, Stewart, Stoclzbridge
Teller, Vance, Walthall. Wilson Qa)-39
Nays-Aldrich, Bate, Beck, Blackburn,
Blodgett, Butler, Coke, Davis, Farwell, Falllk-
ner, Frye, Gray, Hale, Harris Hawley, His
cock, Ingalls,, Jones (Nev.), Kenna, Morgan,
Plumb, Reagan, Sabin, Salisbury, Spooner,
Turpie, West, VOORHEES,. Wilson Nd go
The pairs We're as follows-Gibson for, with
Chace against; Edmunds for, with CockrelI
against Sherman for, with German against;
Paddock for, with MoPherson against.
The bill appropriates annually for eight
years the following sums, to be expended to
secure the benefits of common school educa-
tion to all the children of the school age liv-
ing in the United States": First year, 81, ,OO0,-
600; second year, Slo000,O00 third year,
$15,ooO,oO0; fourth year. $4,000, 600; fifth
year, S1l,000,000; sixth year, $4,000, GOO;
seventh year, 81 GOO, 600; eighth year, s., ,OOO,-
600. The money is to be divided among the
several states and territories and the District
of Columbia, in proportion to iiliteracy-the
computation to be made according to the CEN
slls of 1880 and (afterward) 1890. There are
to be separate schools for white and colored
children.
No state or territory is to receive money
alnder the act until the governor shall have
filed with the secretary of the interior state
Inent showing the common school system in
force in the states the amount of money ex-
peIiueeA ulllls eIe plecSulllS SCHOOL year IOr
the support of common schools, the number
of white and colored children between the
ages of 10 and 81, the number of schools III
operation, the average attendance of scholars,
etc. No amount is to be paid to any state OF
territory in any year greater than the amount
expended out of its own revenues in the pre-
ceding year for the maintenance of common
schools. No part of the fund is to be used
for the erection or rent of school buildings,
but an additional fund of 81, ,O0O, 600 is to be
allotted i'll the first year for school houses
teither fer construction Or renting) in sparsely
populated districts-not more than $15O,O
for each building.
The vote by which the measure passed was
mut smaller than the one it received in 1885,
and if opinions change in the same ratio the
bill will probably be defeated the next time it
comes up in the senate When the previous
vote was taken the bill was passed by vote
OF 36 to II. Four senator's changed their
minds in the two years interval. These are
Senators Blackburn, Kenna, Spooner and
Voorhees,