The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-16

| WASHINGTON, February 15.-Mr. Beck
introduced bill to reimburse the States
for interest paid on moneys expended in
lion. Referred.
HALE on THE BLAIR BILL.
The Senate then resumed consideration
| of the Blair Educational bill and was adj
dressed by Hale in opposition. The his
| tory of the BILL he said, and it's discus
| sions in the Senate were most interest
! ing. Unlike some measures which by
| their inherent strength gained support
| from time to time until at last all OPP
| position disappeared, this bill had de-
veloped new antagonism at every stage
of its consideration.
In the Forty-eighth Congress, when
the bill first passed the Senate. the OBJ
iections to it had been mainly from
Senators whose strict construction of the
| Constitution led them to believe that
the provisions of the bill violated the
fundamental propositions of that great
instrument In the Forty ninth Con-
gress the method of the distribution of
the great fund covered by the bill had
been assailed. and the discussions at the
present session had showed practical
objections to the bill wider and deeper
and going to its entire principle. 1t was
| the hard fate of the bill that as time
! went on less and less necessity was seen
| for its enactment, and more and more
objections were raised to its provisions.
He was bound to say that it had aroused
expressions of public sentiment North
and South on the BILL and the renewed
evidences of accord with his colleagues
vote against the bill last Congress had
not been unwelcome. In this connection
| he referred to an editorial article in
! the Portland Press and to the statements
of several distinguished professors
of colleges and school teachers in various
parts of the country adverse to the BILL
and noticing particularly the dictum of
| Gen. Armstrong, of Portsmouth, Va,
that the. bill would destroy in the South
| ern States that education which comes
/ J.
after a full consideration. with a pie
| thora of revenue and an accumulation
| in the treasury, that the Government
| should embark in the task of distributing
then the State of Maine, instead of being
taxed to help other States ought to re-
ceive portion of the fund, and he there
| fore favored the amendment offered by
+! Mr.. Plumb, which covered that provi-
| sion.
| A paper contributed by constitu-
| tional lawyer on the constitutional OBJ
iections to the bill was read by Mr. Nor
gan, and after brief speech by Sauls-
| bury against the bill the debate was
closed by Blair in a final argument in
advocacy Of the bill. Much of what
had been said i'm the discussion
had been, he claimed, entirely outside OF
the real question at issue. As to the
idea that the passage of the bill would
destroy the principle of self-help, it was
the interest absurdity. What generation
he asked. ever educated itself? The bill
had been characterized by college pro
fessors and college presidents as bill to
promote mendicaney. These college
professors and presidents We're them
selves the most consummate beggars OF
the face of the earth, and Gen. Arm.
strong was the greatest beggar of the
whole 1t was because college presi
dents we're smeb accomplished and sue
cessful beggars that there was such
superior education in this country, an,
1t was because Gen. Armstrong was
great and successful beggar that he ha,
established an Institution at Hamptol
which was the glory of the State and o
the country.
He closed with contemptuous allu
sion to the educated, cultivated, cold
b!ooded college professors of the North.
The debate closed at 3 O'Clock, and tn
Senate proceeded to vote on the bill an
amendments.
Mr. Plumb offered an amendmer
providing that the money should b
annually divided among the sewers
I States and Territories and the District O
Columbia in proportion to their popu
latisn. between the ages of ten an
twenty-one. as shown by the censu
Rejected-yeas. %; nays. 4s-as follows
Yeas-Aldrich, Allison, Beck. Blu
Ter, Cockerell. Cullom, Dawes, Fa
well, Frye, German, Hale, Hawle.
Hiscock, ingalls,, Jones of Nevada, Maj
derson, Morgan, Plumb, Sabin, Telle
Wilson of Maryland-21.
81 Nays-Bate, Berry, Blackburn, BIai
Blodgett, Bowen. Brown, Call, Camera
Chandler, Coke, Colquitt, Daniel, Davi
Dolph, Eustis. Evarts, Faulkner. Georg
Gray. Hampton, Harris, Hearst, Hoa
Jones of Arkansas, Kenna, Mitche
Morrill,, Palmer, Pasco. Payne, Pla
st Pugh, Quay. Ransom, Reagan, Riddl
berger. Salisbury, Sawyer, Spoons
Stanford, Stewart, Stockbridge, Turp
Vance, Voorhees,, Walthail and Wills
of Iowa-4e.
The pairs announced were Chace a
Gibson, Vest and Edmunds, McPhers
and Paddock.
Mr.. Berry moved to amend by striki
out of Section the portion that requil
the Governor of the State or Territory
file with the Secretary of the interior
statement showing the common sch