Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-19
FlFTY-FlRST CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON. ID. c., March 10, 1890.
Senate.


Senate.
Immediately after the morning business
the consideration of the urgent deficiency
bill was resumed.
The remainder OF the amendments
placed upon the bill by the Appropriations
Committee were agreed to. and severai
others added appropriating small SUMS
The bill was then passed.
The Blair educational bill was taken up
at 2 o'clock az unfinished business, anu
MIR. Hawley addressed the Senate In oppo-
position TO II.
Mr.. Hawley summed Up the situation by
saving that TWENTY-FIVE northern States ana
NOT want the bill. They had no need OF II.
They would be ashamed to say that they
wanted money. In fact, they would be
giving more than they got-perhaps every
one Of them. Seven southern States nau
two senators each opposed to the bill as
tinctIv- and expecting to vote against II.
That made twenty-nine States that dld not
need the bill. and it left twelve or thirteen
more TO be accounted for. OF the sixteen
southern States seven had both senators
opnoeed TO the bill. and the other nine
were about equally divided. The majority
of the senators from the States that were ior-
merlv slave States and for which the pm was
intended. were to-day opposed TO tne OH.
The great body of the northern people were
willing TO do anything in the matter that
would be reasonable; but they would De
ashamed to be called stingy III trying 10
force spoon victuals" upon the South
Az TO theappropration of $4,000. DOCTOR the
construction of school-houses, MIR. Hawley
spoke Of the old practice OF the house
raising bees in the rural parts OF New Eng
land, and said that the school-house Where
ne went to school and where an inteulgen'
Scotchman taught all the children. IN
Guiding the Young men who read tuently
the pages OF Virgil, had not cost for ITS
erection more than IS, and it was an ex-
cellent school. II was mighty easy. he
said. to keep schools down South. Socrates
had not anv school at all, and yet he was
the greatest teacher of Athens. Inc
pleasantest way TO keep school III V M
South was to keep it out OF doors. Al
that was wanted was shelter from the
rain. The bill was the verdict that the
theory of the State and Federal govern;
ments as understood for one hundred
wears was failure, That was what the
bill meant. 1t meant that the people un-
der the old organization had oeen
found incapable of performing the
ordinary duties of civilization. Ihere was
ment, it said, had failed. But yet, ne asked,
what central legislative body could DO
better in managing the affairs than the
forty-two local congresses could DO rlgnt
among their neighbors? Had Congress
surplus of wisdom? There was surplus
of revenue in the Treasury which Congress
did not know what to do with. 80 lar as
he had been able to read. a continuing sur
plus revenue was misfortune to any state.
| 1t seemed that Congress lacked the
courage or wisdom to cease raising
| that surplus revenue and while II
| remained it was a perpetual temptation:
Congress did not govern so wei that !.
should undertake to do everything. III ana
not know how to get along with the steam
railroads in the District of Columbia,
which occupied the streets without per-
mission and without compensation. There
were not school houses enough in the city OF
WASHINGTON (where Congress had exclu-
sive iurisdiction) so that large number
| of the children had TO ride and tie
! half to attend school in the forenoon ana
| half in the afternoon. SO that Con
| common schools of the District OF
| Columbia. He found, too, that Congress
| was not success in the management OF
| Indians. He also found fault with 1t in the
| matter of the coast-defence OF the navy, 10
| the needs of which it was Just waking up,
| and of the over-crowding of the Supreme
| Court. In short, he found everywhere
| proof that Congress was not absolutely
| wise. The bill was bad enough, and went
A
| on State rights and on State duties. But,
as somebody had well said, 1t was not the
| distance it travelled. but the direction In
which il went that was Objectionable. IL
abandoned the original theory OF govern
| ment and launched the Government on an
unbounded sea of wild schemes.
Mr.. Moody offered some amendments 10
the bill, which. he said, would render IT
fairer to the State of South Dakota, and
L I. &c in cunnnrt l..
MIR. Chandler also argued IN favor OF the
bill.
AT the close of Mr.. Chambers speech
Mr.. Call obtained the floor, and the bill
went over until tomorrow.
The House amendments tothe Oklahoma
bill were presented to the Senate and were
| non-concurred IN.
A conference was asked, ana Messrs'
! Platt. Cullom and Jones of Arkansas were
| annointed conferrees on the part of the
Senate.
Anumber of Senate bills making the az
cregate appropriation of Sl,2s5,OO0 for
| mblic buildings in New England and the
| Northwest were passed. While these bills
were being rushed through with less than
dozen senators in the chamber, and with
even 6 smaller number of spectators In the
galleries, one of those spectators partly
rising, undertook to express his OPINION
that the dependent pension bill ought TO
receive the attention of the Senate. He
was pulled back into his seat by COM
panion. and as he remained quiet, no
notice was taken of his attempt to instruct
| the Senate as to the course of business.
| The House bill granting the Denison
and Washington Valley Railroad Company
the right of way through the Indian Terri
tory. and several bills of local interest
were passed. and the Senate, after
| o'clock adjourned
House of Representatives.
Mr.. Rogers. of Arkansas, presented {.
telegraphic protest from the president OF
the Coiored industrial-Fair Association of
Arkansas against the proposition to tax
cotton-seed oil. Referred.
Mr.. Conger, of Iowa. presented the reso-
luton of the Iowa General Assembly in
favor of the bill requiring the producers OF
compound lard to label their article. Re-
| ferred.
At the expiration of the morning hour
the House went into Committee OF the
Whole on the pension appropriation bill
Mr.. Morrow, Of California. IN charge OF
the bill, which appropriates S9s AZ, 46l; ex-
planned its provisions in detail, and IN
| reference to the general subject OF pen,
sions said that it might safely be assumed
that the number of pensioners would
reach its maximum about July l.. 1891,
| when the expenditure would be $ll2,Oo0,-
900. On that date under the existing law
the number of pensioners on the roll
would be 750,0 900.
Mcssrs. Sayres Of Texas and Perkins Of
| Kansas occupied the remainder OF the at
| ternoon in speeches upon the general policy
1 of past and present Administrations ID re-
| card 10 pensions.