Morning journal and courier., 1890-03-21
THE FlFTY.FlRsr CONGRESS.

THE FlFTY.FlRsT CONGRESS-. A Motion For a Third Reading and | KngrOssment Of the Blair Bill Do. featea-Mr. mudd of the Fifth Mary ' land District Declared Entitled to . | Seat.
 WASHINGTON, March 2O.-On motion of MT. Ingalls, the educational bill was taken up at o'clock as the unfinished business. MT. Blair resented the motion as an inter- ference (without reference to himself or any consultation whatever) 'one who was not in charge of the unfinished business" He said that he "would take notice and govern him self accordingly"
 Mr. Bate alluded to some remarks of MT. Blair (in his opening speech on the bilD that reflected on the stats of Tennessee as in regard to her educational interest and assert- ed that Tennessee was not laggard, did not stand in the rear, but occupied 6 place in the front rank abreast not only of the times, but of her sisters in the Union. He said that he had listened patiently and pos litely to the speech for five or six days, but that he had then grown weary and sought refuge in the house of representatives, and buhb At Wob tQou tudb Luo E0QlAIkb 0o WAA0A he took objection were made. Mir. Blair closed the debete. He apologized to MT. Ingalls, for the heated remark he had made to-day when that senator submitted motion which was unusual, but he now un- derstood that that motion had not been made from an unfriendly feeling to him (Mr. Blair) or the bill. He desired that the question which was one between the children and the country itself should be decided on its sfn Hn- oErnI frv vyok0 aYn pending amendments.
 Mr. Hawley suggested that the senators had expected that the debate was not to close until o'clock and that, therefore, the vote should not be taken before that hour.
 Mir. Blair recognized the propriety of the suggestion, and set to work filling up the time by reading an essay which he had pre- pared on the general subject. He finished the reading of the paper (svidently lecture delivered to oolored audience) some ten minutes before 3 o'clock. MT. Blair occu- pied that ten minutes in extempore remarks.
 The senate then proceeded to vote on the bill and amendments.
 The first vote was on three amendments offered by MT. Moody of South Dakota to the effect that the illiterates among the In- dians shall be included in the calculations. MT. Blair said there was no objection to the amendments.
 Mr. Edmunds took the opportunity of speaking to the amendments in order to de- fend the constitutionality of the bill. He asserted that there was no moral or legal obs stacle in the constitution of the bill. He favored the bill for the effect 1t would have upon the new states and also upon the south ern etates. In the latter it would diminish the friction between the ignorant blacks and the intelligent aristocracy. Mr. Hawley prophesied that if the bill be- came law it was not merely seventy-seven million dollars that it would cost. It would cost hundreds of millions and would go on for fifty years unless the bill became 50 odious that an extra session would have to be called to repeal it.. The bill was against the spirit of states rights.
 Mr. Moody's amendments were agreed to-, Mr. Plumb offered an amendment to dis tribute the fund among states in proportion to population between ten and twenty-one years of age. Rejected.
 Tho senate proceeded to vote on the third reading and endorsement of the bill. When | the vote was concluded and 1t was known that it had resulted against the bill MT. Blair changed his vote from aye to no so as to make a motion to reconsider. The result was then announced as ayes 31, nays 37, as | follows:
 Yeas-(republicans) Msssrs. Allen, Allison, Chandler, Cullom, Dawes, Dolph, Edmunds, Evarts, Higgins, Hoar, McMillan, Manderson, Mitchell, Moody, Morrill,, Pettigrew, Plstt, Colquitt, Daniel, George, Hampton, Hearst, Pasco, Pugh-31.
 Nays-(republicans) Aldrich, Blair, Davis, Dixon, Farwell, Frye. Hale, Hawley. His cock, Ingalls,, Jones of Nevada, Pierce, Plumb, Sawyer, Sherman, Spooner, Walcott; (democrats) Bates. Berry. Blackburn, Blod- gett, Cookrell, Cole, Faulkner, German, Morgan, Payne, Reagan, Tarpie, Vest, voor. hees, Walthall and Wilson of Maryland-37
 The following pairs were announced Messrs. Butler, Vance, Paddock, Casey, Call Gibson and Brown, who were for the bill with Messrs. Quay, McPherson, Eustis, Ran som, Washburne, Beck and Cameron, who were against it.
 MT. Blair made motion to reconsider tn, vote, which motion was entered, and then, ,or motion of MI. Edmunds, the senate proceeded to the consideration of executive business.
 The senate at 4:50 adjourned till to.mor row.
 Before the reading of the journal Mir Outhwaite of Ohio called attention to the fac that there was no quorum present.
 The speaker counted the house and am nounced that there were but seventy-foul members present.
 A call of the house was ordered.
 Tho presence of quorum having beer disclosed the journal of yesterday's proceed. inzs was read and approved. The house then resumed the consideration of the Mudd Compton contested election case and wal addressed by Mir. Compton, the sitting mem ber, in his own behalf.
 MT. McComas of Maryland spoke in support of the claims of Mudd charging intimidation on the democrats of the Fifth Maryland dis. trict at the recent election. Every fair minded man in Maryland will applaud tho house in giving the seat to the contestant whe was justly entitled to 1t.
 Texas, on behalf of the minority of the com mittee on elections, offered Q resolution de clAring Compton entitled to this seat. This was defsated-yeas 145, nays 155.
 The absentees, or those paired and moi voting, were Messrs. Biggs, Bingham, Bro sius, Brewer, Brown of Indiana. Buckalew Bunn, Compton, Dsrgan, Clifford, Good son, Phelan, Randall of Pennsylvania, Key burn, Skinner, Smith of Illinois, Stephen. son, J. D. Taylor of Ohio, Turner of Kansas Turpin, Wheeler of Michigan, Whittihorne Wilber and Wilson or Kentucky.
 The vote was e strict party one.
 The majority resolution declaring Mudd entitled to the seat was adopted-yeas 15o nays 40.
 MT. Audd then appeared and took the oatt of office amid much applause from the gal lsry.
 Mr. Morrow of California moved that tn. house go into committee of the whole for the further consideration of the pension appro. prlation bill.
 MT. Hooker of Mississippi moved an ad journment. Lost-yeas 122, nays 153.
 Mr. Morrow's motion was then agreed to- yeas 168, nays 59.
 The committee immediately rose and thu house at 5:15 adjourned.
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