Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-24
CONGRESSIONAL.
The Senate Discusses at Length the
Agricultural College Aid Bill.
Conference Report on Same Agreed To-The
Speaker Appoints a Committee on the
Fertilization Bill.
SENATE


WASHINGTON, June 23.-The senate
resumed the consideration of the agri-
cultural college aid bill, and Mr.. Morrill,
offered a substitute for the various
amendments pending on Saturday, as to
the division of the fund between colored
and white schools of the states.
The following bill was reported aud
placed on the the calendar: House bill
for the relief of settlers, etc.
Mr.. Morrill' $ amendment was
adopted. Some formal amendments
were made to the bill, and it was then
passed. 1t appropriates annually out of
any money in the treasury mot otherwise
appropriated, arising from the sales of
public LAND, TO be paid to each
state and territory for more
complete endowment and maintenance
of colleges for the benefit of agricultural
and mechanic arts now established or
which may be hereafter established in
accordance with an act of congress
approved July .. 1862. the sum of
SIS 200 per year, ending June so. 1890,
and an annual increase of the amount of
such appropriation thereafter. for ten
years by an additional sum of $1,000 over
the preceding year, and the annual
amount to be thereafter paid to each
state and territory shall be S25 900, pro-
vided that no money shall be paid out
under this act to any state or territory
for the support and maintenance of n
college where distinction of race or
color is made in the admission of
students, but the establishment and
maintenance of such colleges separately
vi sfn he
held to be in compliance with the pro-
visions of this act, and also provided that
in any state IN which there has been one
agricultural college established under
the act of 1862 and in which there is also
or may be educational institutions of
like character for colored students,
aided by the state from its own
revenue, however named or styled,
there shall be just and equitable division
of the fund TO be received under this act
made by the legislature.
The conference report on The depend
ent pension bill was taken up, and Mr..
Berry made a speech against it. The
practical effect of it would be, he said,
to put 80 per cent. of Union soldiers on
the pension roll. 1t was really a service
pension bill, and the chairman of the
committee on pensions couldn't deny
that he believed that under the opera
ton of the pending measure the annual
pension roll would be $500 600 600, and
the cry would still be for more, and yet
no Northern senator or representative
dares to stand up in opposition to the
pension bill. Northern Democrats and
Northern Republicans contended with
each other as to which could 20 farther
est 10 satisfy these demands. If any
to oppose the pension bill, was assailed
by both friends and foes; he was
told on one side that he would injure his
party and on the other side he was de-
nounced as a traitor, who had no right to
announce any opinion on the subject of
pensions. He did not believe in that
staid and deliberate manner of the |
legislation. He was opposed TO such an
indiscriminate payment of pensions, and |
he was opposed to the pending bill, which |
was a service pension bill in disguise.
Mr.. German also opposed the confer |
ence report, as did Mr.. Vest.
Messrs. ingalls, and Teller advocated |
the reports. Finally the discussion closed |
and vote taken. The conference re-
port was agreed to-yeas, "a; nays, 10. |
A conference was ordered on the for |
LITIGATION bill, and Messrs. Dawes Plumb |
and German were appointed conferees on |
the part of the senate.
After a short executive session the sem |
ate adjourned.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, June 23.-The speaker |
announced the appointment Of Messrs. |
Brewer, Butterworth and Sayers as a |
conference committee on the fortifica- |
ton bill. The house then went into |
committee of the whole on the District |
of Columbia business.
The committee rose without final ac- |
ton on the bill. The conference on the |
general pension appropriation bill failed |
to agree. The house insisted upon its
disagreement to the senate amendments
and then adjourned.