The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-12
A PLEA FOR EDUCATION.
CHANoELLoRBoGGs GOES BEFORE
TIE LEGISLATURE

Georgia's Treatment Of Her Univer
sity said to be an Indication That She
is Going Backward 80 Comparisons
Made With Some of the Leading In
situations IN the Country
ATLANTA. Ca, July 1.-THE event Of
the day in the legislature was the address Of
Chancellor Boggs. and butlittle business was
transacted in either house. Tue Senate
passed a bill amending the game laws Of
Richmond county, and the following bills
were introduced:
By Mr.. Rice-To provide TO- the payment
of the wages Of employees Of corporations in
the hands of receivers. giving them priority
over all other claims.
By Mr.. Wick Of the Seventh-To amend
the constitution Of the state, so as to pro
vide for annual sessions OF the legislature.
BY Mr.. McCarthy-To incorporate the
Farmers Alliance Manufacturing and Mer-
chandise Company Of Jackson county.
By Mr. Henlerson-Io incorporate the
town of Lumber City.
The House consumed considerable time
in d scussiOn Of bill for the relief II
Samuel Morgan, one Of the sureues on the
bond of the old Bank Of Rome, which was
q StaTe depository Wubl IL Ahilt'l- iA' CHI
Inittee Of the whole, which bad the bill
under consideration, reported it back with
out action.
SPEECH OF TIE CHANCELLOR.
At II o'clock, toe hour for the joint ses-
sion, the Senate entered the II use cham
Der. Chancell T BOggs was intr duced bY
Preside duBignon, and for two hours
spoke eloquent appeal for the university
and higher education. He described the
condition of the university, wat the state
is doing for it and compared It with the
universities of other states the university
has had TO cut down its expenses by abolish
ing two chairs. Georgia es before the
world with the bad poicv and bad record
OF abolishing professional chairs in this age
of the advance and widening out of all
branches Of knowledge. He paid tribute
to South Carolina. Her white people had
planted themselves on the pr clple that
this is a white mans country, and the
white man shall control It. LApplauSel.
South Carolina has tweuty-seven professors
and eleven assls ants and the university
is the equal Of Oxford, England,
or any other on earth. JEFF
erson devoted twenty-eilht years
Of his sinking age to lay the foundation OF
Virginia's university. He said he would
be happy if he were assured that only three
things we're inscribed upon his tomb:
Author of the declaration of American
Independence.
Author Of the bill for religious freedom.
Founder # the University Of Virginia.
Cornell university, just enty years old,
has a corps Of nmety professors. "We
have to creep back into our shells"
GEORGIA GOING BACKWARD.
Georgia, in an age OF advancement, is
going backward. Georgia is not giving t.
the university single dollar. 1t gives her
5000 in interest for the surrender of land
worth $3.50, 900, for whica Georgia paid in
bonds $4,000. The state, according to
Gen. Thomas K. R. Cobb, got fully Sl50,00O
for that land S Georgia is not giving one
nickel to the state university. South Caro-
Ina's university gets S37 900 from the state,
5000 interest and 81 900 in matriculatlo i
fees This does not include the la d Grip
fluid and the Hatch fund No institution
In America is superior to the university at
Columbia
THE RACE PROBLEM
The chancellor devoted much time to the
discussion of the race problem, which he
thought a SCI ious menace TO the future Of
the south. he proposed that the problem
could be t be solved by the Higher education
of the whites and by the state. He spoke
of the education of the fegro race. I'VE
go beyond northern phianthropists. We
have ivided our apr priatiou for educa-
tionAl purposes half aud half with the ne
groes. If they are not gratitied they are
the greatest ingrates on earth. The white
race needs education. We need con- mon
school educatiol D., church education and
university education.
I'VE need them all. Inside Of 100 years
there will be 20, co., 900 A rcans between
the Potomac and the Gulf We need educa-
ton TO grasp this mighty race problem.
There cam. be peace. We have two great
examples The Anglo-Saxon had to sweep
the last Celt into his grave. The other illus
tration is near US. The proud Spanish
soldiery of the sixteenth century has sunk
into the Mexican of to-day, because of
the mingling of two races. He heard that
the negroes who pass through the academies
provided by northern philanthropists
and who apply for positions as teachers, are
better prepared than the white applicants.
We who pay taxes on S347, 200, 900 of prop
erty should see to it that our children are
as well educated as the negro children OF
this state"
The speaker dwet at some length on the
history of higher education in Virginia AND
appealed to the legislature t. do as muct
for Georgia as had been done in Virginia
AT the conclusion, a joint resolution OF
thanks, offered by Mr.. Patterson of Bib
was adopted.
TIE STATE ROAD LEASE.
The Western and Atlantic railroad com
additional amendments to the pending leas'
bill. The most imporranJ Of these was t
limit bids only 10 the United States, placing
no other restrictions Oh bidders. Tne1
further prop Sc to make full schedule o
the prope ty, rolling stock, etc, estimated
to belong to the stale, at the expiration o
the present lea'c. Tue members of tn,
committee think that the minimum pric
will fis fixed at S35, 900 per month. Tn
bill will be further considered tomorrow.
UNIFORM TEXT BOOKS.
In the House COMMITTEES ON education
this afternoon Mr.. McCartys uniform tex
book bill was considered. Speeches wer
made against the bill by Supt Slaton o
the Atlanta public schools and Prof attie
of Macon, who we're of the committe
appointed by the S ate Teachers AssOcia
ton to oppo Q the bill. There are thirty
two members Of the committee on educa
ton, and it is stated that only three or fou
are favorable TO the bill 1t appears to b
practically killed.
The Senate judiciary committee ha
agreed unanimously on a favorable repor
of Senator BarlieJts bill relative to tn
custody of United States prisoners by stat
Sheriffs and jallerS.
Her Wedding Robe Her Stroud.
CHATTAHooCHEE, FLA, July u-Th
young wife OF e. w. Scarborough died thi