The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-15
D0INGS OF CONGRESS.
THE BLAIR EDUCATIONAL BILL
AGAIN BEFORE THE SENATE.
Senator Hnwioy Addresses the Body in
Opposition TO tho Proposed Measure
The House Takes Up the Urgency
Deficiency Bill.

WAsHisGToS, Feb. IA. - [Senatc. -
Among the bills reported from committees
and placed on the calendar were the fol.
lowing
To authorize the Secretary OF War 10
convey TO the city Of Austin, Tex. a tract
Of land for educational purposes.
To authorize the sale to aliens Of GER
tain mineral lands.
A resolution instructing the committee
on commerce lin reporting the river and
harbor BILL TO set out the important facts
bearing on each item was reported by Mr..
Jones, Of Nevada, and agreed 10.
Among the bills introduced and referred
was the following
BY Mr.. Cullom For compensation for
services Of female nurses during the war
OF the rebellion.
The resolution for an inquiry into the
case OF the inefficient mail service was
taken up, and Mr.. Plumb (who had in
PRODUCED III said that II Mr.. Reagans
argument Yesterday in defense OF the
Poetmastcr-G General meant anything Il wa
that that officer pleaded the baby act
thaihc was burlcncd with incompetent Re-
publican clerks. There was no restraint
ON the Postmaster. General rs to the dis.
missal Of clerks No Republican asked 10
have them retained. A. 10 the fact that
the scrvicc was had, inexcusably bad. had
beyond any previous record, there was no
question nj all.
lie sent TO the clerks desk and had read
several extracts from Kansas newspapers
showing the detective mail service in that
State, one Of theSe articles asserting that
all the departments in Washington had
'ouirun the limited capacity Of the Demo.
cratic party and another that the postoi-
fee officials write themselves egrcgious
asscs and complaccntly wave their ears
over that solemn truth"
After some discussion The resolution
went over without action.
Tho Blair educational bill was then taken
up "a the unfinished business, and Mr.
liawloy addressed the senate In opposi.
ton "a a. lie stid: In my judgment this
bill, glorious ~ the cause ~, fascinating M
the arguments Ia favor Of education always
are, u a hill creeping in 10 control interests
which from Plymouth Rock up 10 this day
have BEEN under local control aud wisely
~; II n u bill 10 promote mcndicancy. 10
cultivate bcggan: Il IN bill declaring the
failure Of local scli-goycrnmCnt In one Of
the supreme interests IL the
people. II falsely declares the bank.
ruptcy Of States which before our
very eyes are rich and growing; II
makes an Intellectual II not ialse prcichsc
10 Temporary action; Il " not for eight
year,, Il Is the beginning Of a permanent
policy; OF permanent new relation be.
tween the Federal government and the
States II never viii 20 back, and never
will diminish, but is influence will grow.
hope the bill will I've defeated. | wish
that. every senator would vote upon Il
Just exactly NJ he feels about IL, and not
M being bound by reason Of State lcgisla-
turc OF previous committals or anything Of
that sort The longer tho bin Is thought
OF and talked Of the weaker Il grows and
the ncarcr 20 constitutional right and jus
tice 10 the people and Congress are com
Ing. am willingto see the bill dcicaicS
by any constitutional means. whether by
the House, by the senate OF by the Pr,si
dent.
Tho bin went over III tomorrow.
The Senate hill 10 provide for an In
dian school al Caron City, New, wa
passed.
The following bills were also passed:
Appropnating $4,000 for the Sub
Tropical exposition at jacksonville, Fla.
For the rrlici Of David L. BERNARD an,
eighteen olhcn Of the United States arm,
who were on the Grccly expedition II
Tho Arctic regions, la Communication 70
fuel and quaner.l
Tho bill 10 provide ior the compulsor,
education OF the Indian children was takcl
frOm the calendar, and discussed at mucl
length by Senators Dawes, Teller, .Cockrcl
and Vest.
Mr. Teller who hal introduced the bIl
DECLARED tin opposition 10 the popular
ilcal! That thcfo was NO instance In th
history where the Indian aborignccs wen
treated
Nowhere else had their soil been rccoq
nizcd. Here their lands had bccn boush
and paid for. hut the American pcopl
had not been wise In their dealings vii
the Indians. II they had been, iher
would bc no civilized Indians to-day. m