The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1890-03-06
CONGRESSIONAL D0INGS.
THE SENATE.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-In the senate
Mr.. Chandler presented a petition from
Union county, Ark, representing that
at the state election there in September,
1888, a systematic reign of terror pre-
vailed; that armed mobs paraded the
county night and day, torrorizing
whites and shooting and whipping col
ored voters; that schools and churches
had been demoralized and ballot boxes
carried off. and asking for the protection
guaranteed by the constitution.
Twenty-six pension and private bills
were passed, and at Q o'clock the Blair
bill was taken up, Mr.. Reagan speaking
against its constitutionality. After a
brief secret session the senate adjourned.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-In the senate
Mr.. German presented resolutions from
the Maryland legislature asking that
$2O0. 900 exacted by the confederate army
under Gen. Early from the authorities of
Frederick, Md, be refunded by the gov.
eminent.
On motion of Mr.. Sherman Senator
Ingalls, was elected to serve as president
pro tenn of the senate during the absence
of Vice President Morton, while away
on his proposed trip to Florida with his
family. Mr.. Ingalls,, after taking the
formal oath of Office took his seat as pre-
siding officer.
The senate then took up and discussed
the bill granting pensions to soldiers and
sailors incapacitated for the performance
of manual labor, and granting pensions
to dependent relatives of deceased SOL
diers and sailors. The bill went over,
and the senate, after a brief executive
session, adjourned.
WASHINGTON, March 4.-The bill fix
ing the salaries Of the several judges of
the United States district courts at
S. 900 per annum, was debated at some
length and finally passed by vote of 80
to Is.
At 2:2O the educational bill was taken
up and Mr.. Spooner spoke against it.
He said he had voted once for the bill
and once against it, and now he again
opposed it. He complimented Mr.. Blair
upon his industry, courage and ability in
his advocacy OF the bill. He denied that
the Republican party was pledged to
support the bill. He could not admit
that the federal hand had taken jurisdic-
ton of the school system of a state, and
take it into exclusive charge. Speaking
of Mr.. Blair's allnsion to the press being
in conspiracy in favor of ignorance,
he said that the newspaper press could
have no interest against the general III
terest of the people. 1t could not have
an interest against universal knowledge.
That the press had not used more ex-
tensively Mr.. Blair's able, analytical and
exhaustive speech was due, he thought.
to the fact that the people of the coun-
years ago, intensely interested in favor
;po ho hill Tn tho Woot onl Co,fh
there had been great change in
t%de Of Sp'n'G newsp ana that as had
formerly favored the bill. MIR. Spooner
spoke in terms of praise of the provis-
ions for common school education in the
Southern states and said that the people
in those states had not only been doing
well in the education of white children
but had been doing well in the education
of colored children. Mr.. Spooner, in
At the conclusion of Mr.. Spooner's
speech Mr.. Blair obtained the floor to
reply to some of MIR. Spooner's argu
ments and the senate, after brief exec
utive session for the consideration of ex.
ecutive business, at $50 p. M. adjourned
WASHINGTON, March 5.-The resolu'
ton offered by Mr.. Voorhees, referring
to the release of the fur seal islands OF
Alaska and directing the secretary of the
treasury to refrain from executing or de-
ivering the lease until the senate inquire
into the matter, was reported adversely
from the finance committee, and was
indefinitely postponed.
A bill was passed appropriating $50, OO(
for monumental column to comment
crate the battle of Trenton, N. j.. anc
bills appropriating 500, 900 each for pub
lie buildings at Dover, N. H., and
| Nashua, N. II.
At 1 o'clock the senate went into secret
session and expelled everybody but sen
ators and senate employees from the gal
lery floor of that wing Of the Capitol.
The senate in secret session confirmet
the nomination of Henry G. Caldwell az
| judge of the eighth judicial circuit, tx
succeed Judge Brewer.