The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-03-04

Increasing Federal Judges Salnrics-The
Educational Blli-Mr. Spooner Defends
the Newspapers. Z.
WASHINGTON, March 3.-On motion Of
MIR. Hoar in the Senate to-day the bill
liking the salaries OF several judges Of
the United States District Courts at
$1,000 per annum was taken up for con.
slderation and Mr.. Hoar spoke in ad-
vocacy lit. The bill was passed, yeas
IS, nays IL. 's =, a! 49, ..
At $50 the Senate resumed considera-
tlon OF the Blair educational bill and was
addressed by Mr.. Spooner. He had
voted, he said, once in favor OF the bill,
not without some misgiving MS to its
policy. When it came again before tho
Senate he had felt constrained, after
lull reflection on the subject, to vote
against 1t, and now waS ence more pend
Ing, for action, he was impelled to vote
against it and desired to state his reasons
iot doing so with brevity and directness.
referring to the claim that the Re-
publican party was opposed to the bill,
lie read all extract from the Republican
national platform and denied that it
contained committal of the party to
The bill. He had no objection to Federal
all to states too poor to provide for
common school education but he did
not admit that the federal hand could
take Jurisdiction OF the school system OF
a1.Siaie. He did not agree with that and
dld not believe that any member OF the
Senate on either side agreed with it. 1t
could hardly with justice be said to be q
party measure; and lie submitted that
no proposition Of tho kind ought to be,
or 10 become Il party measure. He Ind
no difficulty with the constitutional
objections urged against the BILL He
admitted that the matter OF education
OF tho children Of State was within
the province and jurisdiction OF the
Slate. He agreed that it was for, tho
Slate, not for the Federal government to
declare what the school system Of a
state should be. No one would contend
that twas within the constitutional
competency OF Congress to declare what
should be the school age OF State or
pass q law (that it could eniorce) for
compulsory education in a State. But
did not follow from that Congress
might not grant lands or money de-;
rived IRON the sale OF lands to aid States
N educating their children. Such grants
o. land and Of money had been made
repeatedly. IS ll5.7iIisrsEgi a. u
i!e asserted his belief that since tho
oll' ~as introduced in 1880, there had
come over the country, North and South,
a:sreat change OF feeling rs to its exped-
.ehcy. One strong evidence Of that was
Tue attitude OF the newspaper press OF the
country during the discussion. It was
,aie ior the Senator from New Hamp-
sure, or for any man, to contend that tho
great newspaper press OF the country had
Entered into conspiracy in favor OF
ignorance. It's interest was the other
,na!. The newspaper press could no In
nfest against the general Of the people.
;iseou!I not have au interest against un.
;;sessal knowledge. II it had any special
th.erest tI on tho subject it was in favor Of
1ue proposition that eyory man and
woman and child in the United States
siIoaid ,i not onlytbe taught to read, }; but
papers. 20 AZ ,,77ll I55:.'.5:3s5i,Fi &
t Inc press felt the public pulse and
Hsnew si"w what interested tho public eye.
me did not think that the press had
,a;s su;asea correctly tho Information con.
sna a'ned in the Senator's (Mr. Blail's)
SpeSh; op; ue believed that no newspaper
tou'9 10 better service than to- lay be-
Soa.s sSre Us readers the entire speech Of the
"una.er. ara,.r. In learning, in research, in
Nus'!sls, IN statistical information, il