Evening journal., 1890-03-04
IN SENATE AND HOUSE.
Mr.. Spooner's Speech Against
the Blair Bill.
EDUCATION IN SOUTHERN STATES.

More Salary Tor District Court Judges. /
Voorhees, and the Alaska Seal Lease.
WASHINGTON, March 4--In the senate Mr..
voorhees, offered preamble and resolution |
referred TO the committee on financel re- |
citing that in the recent lease Of the fur |
seal islands Of Alaska to the North Ameri- |
can Commercial company all the forms OF /
law had not been complied with, and call |
ing on the secretary OF the treasury for |
copies Of all the bids and all correspondence |
with bidders, and directing the secretary.to |
refrain from executing or delivering the |
lease until the matter had been inquired |
into by the senate
Mr.. Mitchell offered resolution, which |
was agreed TO, directing the committee on
foreign relations to consider the advisa-
biiity Of raising the Turkish mission to the |
second class, and making tho salary Of tho |
American minister to that country Sl2, 900. |
More Pay for District Judges.
On motion Of Mr.. Hoar, the bill fixing the |
salaries Of United States judges at 81. 600 !
was taken up, and after some discussion
was passed.
Mr.. Hoar explained the provisions Of the
bill and advocated its passage, stating that
the salaries We're not uniform, and in many
cases were inadequate 70 secure good judges
The bill was passed by vote Of IS TO l5
MIR. spooner Compliments MIR. Blair.
The educational bin was then taken up.
and Mr.. Spooner spoke in opposition to It,
He said be had voted once for the bill and
once against it, and now he again opposed IT,
He complimented Mr. Blair upon his indus
try, courage and ability Ia his advocacy OF
the bill He denied that the Republican
party was pledged 70 the support OF the bill.
He could not admit that the Federal hand
could take jurisdiction of the school system
of a state and take it into exclusive charge.
Speaking of Mr.. Blair's alluson 20 the press
being in a conspiracy in favor OF ignorance,
he said that the newspaper press could have
no interest against the general interest Of
the people 1t could not have an interest
against universal knowledge. II IL had any
special interest on the subject IL was in the
direction that every man. woman and child
should be taught, not only 70 read, but to
read newspapers
The Press and the People.
That the press had not used more extern
sively Mr. Blairs able analytical and ex-
haustive speeches was due he Thought TO
the fact that the people Of the country were
tensely interested in favoring the bill In
the west and south there had been great
change in public opinion and Ia the attitude
| Of newspapers that had formerly favored
the bill. Mr.. Spooner spoke in terms Of
/ praise Of the provisions for common school
education In the southern states, and said
that the people Of those states had not only
been doing we'll in the education Of white
children but had been doing we'll in the edu-
cation Of colored children. He had seen, he
said, no stronger condemnation OF the
measure than the argument Of the president
ia his annual message, and which the soma
tor from New Hampshire considered as an
argument in its favor
The Presidents Words.
The president had said, 'Such aid should
be, as it always has been, suggested by
some exceptional conditions Were there,
Mr. Spooner asked, exceptional conditions
which justified the appropriation OF money
for school purposes to Kansas, TO Wisconsin,
to New York, TO California to Illinois, or
to Iowai II congress were TO offer to APP
propriate six millions for school purposes in
New York it would be laughed at He
commented upon the fact that this bill did
not contain provision which the former
bills had contained, requiring the school
books in use to have the approval Of the
secretary Of the interior He supposed that
its absence now was to be construed as a
concession TO the south in order TO obtain
votes for tho bill
Mr.. Blair remarked that that amendment
had been thrown in by the most persistent
Republican opponent Of the bill in order to
tantalize and assail the sensitiveness Of the
south.
Education in the South.
Mr.. Spooner continuing, and in conclud-
ing, said he thought education on the in
stallment plan was dangerous. and that the
effect of the bill would be to stimulate un-
duly schools in the south, and that when
the eight years ended (if they ever did end)
the southern states would object 20 raising
by taxation the sums that would then be
necessary to keep up the schools He be-
lieved that, with people as with individ-
uals, self help was the best help. He be-
heved that the tendency OF the day was too
much TO paternalism In government, and
that the policy OF the bill, IL entered upon,
would never end. All things considered,
the step WINS dangerous one, unless il were
a necessary step, and he denied that it was
a necessary step.
Warmoth's Nomination Confirmed.
The senate in secret session devoted near.
iy an hour to the consideration Of the nom.
ination Of Henry G. Warmoth to be col
lector Of customs at New Orleans. Mr.
| Dolph, who reported the nomination favor
ably from the committee on commerce,
made speech IN defense Of Mr. Warmoth,
and said that the committee had not found
the charges made against him by Louisiana
Republicans well founded. The nomina.
tion was confirmed finally by a vote OF 80 tc
IA A long list of other nominations was
taken up and confirmed.
Among the bills introduced in the senate
we're the following:
BY Mr.. Paddock (by request)-R Repeating
| the long and short haul clause and the pool
ing section Of the Interstate commerce act.
By Mr.. Dolph-Providing for obligatory
attendance atschool Of children in Alaska.
In the House.
WASHINGTON, March 4.-In the house,
Mr.. O'Donnell, Of Michigan, presented .
| petition Of the Seventh Day Adventists
having 25s, 900 signatures, protestinaagainsi
the enactment Of any law In relation to
| Sabbath observance. MIR. Bankes, OF Mass
achusetts, secured the suspension OF the
rules and the passage Of Joint resolution
authorizing the appointment OF thirty medi
cal examiners in the pension bureau.
Mr.. Perkins, OF Kansas, moved the sus-
pension Of the rules to put upon its passage
the senate bill for the organization Of the
territory of Oklahoma, with the house sub
stitute therefore. Lost
A Double Action Ballot Box.
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