Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-03-04
CONGRESSIONAL.

WASHINGTON. March 3d.-In the Senate to-day
the bill fixing the salary of Judges of the United
States District Court at 5000 per anuum was
taken up, and after q discussion was passed by
a vote OF SO to is.
The Senate then resumed consideration of the
Blair education bill, and was addressed by
Spooner. de had voted once in favor OF the
bill, put not without some mlsglvings as to its
policy. When it came again before the Senate
he had felt constrained TO vote against it, and
now as it was once more pending for action he
was impelled TO vote against it, and desired to
state the reasons for so doing.
He agreed with the Senator from New Hamp-
shire as to the necessity of education among the
masses, and could not withhold a tribute of his
respect and admiration for the superb industry,
courage ability and eOnstancy with which that
Senator had pressed the subject on the consider
alton of Senate and country. Referring to the
claim that the Republican party was pledged TO
support the BILL he read ar extract from the
Republican National Platform, and denied it
committed the party to the bill.
1t could hardly with justice be said to be
party measure. he argued that it was for the
State, not for the Federal Government, to de-
clare Whist the school system of the State should
be- He asseried his belief that since the bill
was introduced in 1881 there had come over the
country great change OF feeling as TO its eXpe-
diency. One strong evidence OF that was the
attitude of the newspaper press of the country
during its discussion.
In the Northwest several lesding Republican
papers bitterly opposed the measure. several
of the Southern states were opp ssed TO it
through their Sena Ors. Leading newspapers
of the South were no longer in favor of it.
SpOoner went on to speak il terms of prsise
of the provisions for common school education
, in the southern States, ami said the people of
those States had not only been do ng well in
the education OF white children, but mad been
doing well liz he education of eolorad children.
He had seen. re said no stronger con ldemnation
of the measure than the arguments o. the Presi-
dent IN his annual message, and which the
Senator from New Hampshire considered as an
argument in his favor. The President had said,
Such d should De as il always has been, sug-
gested by some exceptional conditions" Wee
there, Spooner asked. exceptional conditions
which justified az appropriation of money for
school purposes to Kansas to Wisconsin, 10
hew York, 10 California, to Illinois or to Iowa?
If Congress were to offer to appropriate six mil
lions tor school purposes in New York, it would
be laughed at. He believed with the people as
with inividuGls, selt-help was the best help.
de believed the tendency OF the day was TOO
much for paternalism in the Government and
never end. All things considered, the step was
q dangerous one unless IT were unnecessary step,
and he denied that it wssa necessary step.
The executive session then adjourned
IN THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, March Sd. = In the House
UDonnell of Michigan, at the request of the
Seven Day Adventists of the United States, pre-
sented a petition bearing 2j3.00) names, pro-
testing against the passage of any bill in regard
TO the Observance OF the Sabbath. The petition
was referred.
A joint resolution was passed authorizing the
appointment of thirty additional medical ex-
amineTs ior the Pension Bureau.
Perkins moved a suspension of the rules and
put upon its passage the Senate bill for the or
ganization of the Territory of oklahoma with
the House substitute therefor. The motion was
lost.
Houck called up the contested election case
of Feathersto1e vs.. Cate.
Houthwaite. in advocating the case of the
contestee exhibited what is known as double
action ballot-box, which was the box the
Republicans assert was used in twenty-one pre-
cincts, and which enables the precinct JUDGES
to cast aside the vote of any precinct they may
see fit. He showed the manipulation by which
the Judges could deceive the voter and lead
him to believe his ballot had been properly de-
posted. He quoted from the returns of pre-
cinct in which it is alleged these boxes were
used, in order to show the vote for Feathersione
far exceeded that for Cate, and he further as
serted there was not particle of evidence in
the case to show that such box was used at
the election. The ballot-box had been brought
into the case by an attorney for the contestant,
but nobody had told where it had come from.
Pending further debate the House adjourned.