Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-03-21

The Senate Vote I'm Detail--Mr Haw.
Iey's Startling Financial Statement.

The Senate Vote I'm Detail--Mr Haw.
Iey's Startling Financial Statement.
sadly disappointed man yesterday was
Senator Blair. The vote had been taken on his
education bill and was being footed up when
the New Hampshire advocate Of more schools
walked down the center aisle of the Senate
chamber and looked at the total which Official
Reporter Shuey had made. He was back along
side of his desk before the Vice President had
more than opened his mouth to announce the
result and then said: Mr. President. | desire
to change my vote" The clerk called his
name and he responded No" That was done
that he might move to reconsider the vote by
which his bill had been refused third read
ing and engrossment. There was much ap-
parent interest in the vote on the bill, but no
one paid the slightest attention to the two
hours OF speeches on it that whiled away the
time up to o'clock.
COUNTING THE COST.
Everybody listened, though, to the remarks
made after that hour under the fve-minute
rule. Most startling and impressive was the
brief speech by Senator Hawley He proph-
esled that If the bill became a law it was not
merely 81, 100000 that il would cost 1t would
cost hundreds OF millions and would go on for
fifty years unless the bill became so odious that
an extra session would have to be called to re-
peal II. The bill was against the spirit of states
rights. He did not want to have the secretary
OF the national board of education sent into his
state. The town committees and school boards
were capable of taking care OF the schools and
he wanted the national government to keep its
hands on. He went on to read a table of appro-
priatlons to be made tor the next fiscal year,
showing an aggregate of expenditure Of
SJ23OOO,OOO against estimated revenue of
s45OOOOOOO, making deficit Of $4,000, 900.
THE OFFICIAL RECORD OF THE VOTE.
The vote as it stands IN the Record is as fol-
lows:
Yeas: Republicans -Messrs. Allen, Allison,
Chandler, Cullom. Dawes. Dolph, Edmunds,
Evarts, Higgins, Hoar. Mcmillan. Henderson,
Mitchell, Moody, Morrill,, Pettigrew, Plat,
Squire, Stanford, Stewart, Stockbridge, Teller,
Wilson of Iowa.
Democrats - Barbour, Co.quitt. Daniel,
George, Hampton, Hearst, Pasco, Pugh-3I.
Nays: Republicans -Aldrch, Blair Davis,
Dixon. Farwe!l, Frye, Hale, Hawley Hiscock,
Ingalls, Jones of Nevada Pierce, Plumb, Saw
yer. Sherman Spooner, Wo!cott.
Democrats-Bate, Berry. Blackburn, Bod
gett, Cockrell, Coke, Faulkner, German, Gray,
Harris, Jones OF Arkansas, henna, Morgan,
Payne, Reagan, Turpie, Vest, Voorhees,, Wal
thall and Wilson OF Maryland-37.
The following pairs were announced: Messrs.
Butler, Vance, Paddock, Casey, Gibson, Brown
and Call, who were for the bill. with Messrs.
Quay, Mcpherson, Eustis. Ransom, Washburn,
Beck and Cameron, who were against 1t.
The Soldiers Chances.
To the Editor of THE EVENING STAR:
If before making the sweeping assertion in
The STAR of March IS that our army is bad.
and it will never be otherwise as long as the
influence of West Point prevents the private
soldier from aspiring to command" H.M.E.
Glanced no
Register for 1890 he would have found that in
the line of the army, taking first the cavalry
arm there are eleven majors, ten captains
three first heutenants and four second lieuten-
ants appointed from the army'-that is. hav-
ing secured their commissions while serving as
private soldiers i'll the regular army; i'll the
artillery there are one lieutenant colonel seven
captains and one second lieutenant; in the
infantry there are two ma jors forty-eight Cap
talns, twenty-four first lieutenants and thirty
nine second lieutenants all having risen from
the grade of private soldier. Many Of these
promotions we're for some distinguished serv-
Ice. The preponderance of second lieu
tenants is due to the fact of SOL
diers availing themselves of an act OF
Congress approved June IL, 1873, which saws:
''All vacancies in the grade of second lieuten-
ants shall be filled from the graduates of the
military academy as long as any such remain in
service unassigned; and any vacancies there
after remaining shall be filled by promotion of
merltorlOus nOn-commiss toned officers of the
army" Since then there have never failed to
annually present themselves tor examination
from fifteen to twenty non-commissioned Off
GERS, and there have been on an average from
tive to ten successful candidates each year, who
are now enjoying their commissions, and every
year the number is increasing.
The military record of one of the brightest
and most highly esteemed young officers in the
army today reads: Private, blacksmith cor
poral. sergeant and first sergeant, troop NJ,
eighth cavalry, June IL, 1879, to August 6, 1884:
second lieutenant. 9th cavalry, August 4, 1884
He Is but one of many who have begun at the
lowest round and are now not only well re-
ceived IN the army but are made to feel that
they are entitled to much consideration from
the honorable manner in which they have won
their commissions.
As for H.ME.' S remarks on the navy that is
subject of which know nothing and in con-
sequence refrain from making any comment.
M.F.