St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-18
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Senator Blair Harps on His Edu-
carionai Hobby.

Senator Blair Harps on His Edu-
cationai Hobby.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE senate
to-day listened to continuation by Mr.
Blair of his speech on the educational
bill. Mr.. Dawes presented more than
240 petitions from Massachusetts, stat
ing that more than S0O,0 600 gallons of in
toXicat ng liquor are annually exported
from this country to Africa, and pray
ing that under that section of the con-
stitution which authorizes congress to
| regulate commerce with foreign nations
this traffic should be stopped. The petit
ton was referred to the committee on
education and labor. Mr.. Chandler pre-
sented several petitions from Missis-
sippi. complaining of the suppression of
the Republican vote in that state. and
| representing that the ''sO-called legisla-
ture of Mississippi had recently en-
acted law for establishing new con-
StitutiOn for the state on the 18th of Au-
gust. 1S90-the same not to be sub
mitted to the people for ratification, and
that it was the aVOwed purpose of the
Democrats
TO EMPLOY FRAUDULENT METHODS
to deprive many intelligent citizens of
their franchise. Referred to the COM
mittee on privileges and elections. Mr..
Frye, from the select committee on the
Pacific railroads. reported back adj
versely the two Pacific railway refund
ing bills referred to it, and in lieu Of
them reported an original bill on the
subject with two reports. [The bill and
reports were covered in press dis
patches Sunday night.l Mr.. Frye ex-
planned the bill and reports at some
length. At the conclusion of Mr.. Frye'S
explanation the bill was placed on the
calendar, and MIR. Frye gave notice that
he would call it up on the 4th of March.
A resolution of MIR. Chandler. calling on
the attorney general for information re-
garding the recent assassination of w.
b. Saunders, United States deputy
marshal for the Northern district of
Florida, went over under objection.
Mr.. Beck presented the credentials of
Mr.. Blackburn for the term beginning
March 4. 1891, and they were placed on
file. A number of bills We're passed,
among them the following: To amend
the revised statutes concerning the
regulation of steam vessels. TO enable
the secretary of the interior to locate
Indians in Florida Oh lands in severalty.
Appropriating $4,000 for statue of
James Madison in Washington. Au-
iotlZiuS lllC pIeSiucuG W CUltItI UTcVtb
rank Oh officers of the United States
army for gallant services IN Indian
campaigns. Mr.. Platt gave notice that
he would call up the bill to admit
Wyoming into the Union at the earliest
opportunity. At2 O'clock the educa-
ti0nal bill was taken up, and MI. Blair
addressed the serate for three hours in
continuation of his remarks begun some
time ago. He said the educational bill
would
COMPENSATE THE SOUTH
in some measure for the passing of the
dependent pension bill (pow threaten
ingl which would distribute S2O,0Ou.O0O
to $50, 100000 year almost exclusively
in the Northern states. He expected
opposition 10 the bill from many South
ern senators, whose power was built on
the aristocracy that owned the labor
and the land in the South before the
war. He warned them that education
would be the entering wedge to the es-
tablShment of a new order of things,
even in Texas. Mr.. Coke defended the
state of Texas, which, he said, spent
more money on education than any
other Southern state. Mr.. Blair con-
tinued, but did not conclude his re-
marks. A conference was ordered on
the bill to take a census of farm mort
cages. The senate bill establishing two
additional land districts in Washington
was passed. At o'clock the senate adj
jOurned.