Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-03-04
BLAIR'S BILL.
The Senate Further Discusses the
Educational Measure intro
dnced by Blair.
PETITION FROM THE SEVENTH
DAY ApvENTIsTS.
An Actress Of The "Casinv'' Gem.
piny El6pes With 4
MiIiiOnaire's Son.
81 TELEGRAPH TO the NEWS.
EDUcAIieSsr uuJ.
II Again Comes Before the Senate
That BnIlot-Box.


| WASHINGTON, March S.-In the
Senate Voorhees, offered preamble
and concurrent resolution, recit-
ing that In the recent lease
Of the fur seal Islands Of
| Alaska TO the North American
4 Commercial corrpany certain pro-
visions OF The law had not been ebn1-
piled with, and directing the Secte-
tary Of the Treasury to furnish the
Senate with complete copies Of all
bids for the lease, with accompany
ing papers, all testimony, memoran-
da, arguments, letters and cores
pOndence, with orders that the
Secretary refrain from executing or
delivering a lease TO the American
Commercial compony until the sub
ject be inquired into by Tie Senate.
He asked TO have the resolution
referred to the Finance Committee,
as that committee meets tomorrow.
So ordered.
The Senate then resumed consid-
Grafton Of the Blair educational bill,
and was addressed by SpOoner. He
had voted once in favor OF the bill,
not without some misgiving as 70
its policy. When il came again be-
fore the Senate he felt constrained
to vote against it, and now, as It was
once more pending for action, he
was inlpelled 10 vote against it and
desired to state his reasons tor doing
so. He agreed with the Senator
from New Hampshire, as to the
necessity Of
EDUCATION AMONG THE MASSES,
and could not withhold tribute OF
respect and admiration for the in
dustry, courage, ability and con-
stancy with which that Senator had
pressed the subject on the consider
alton Of the Senate and country.
Referring to the claim that the re-
publican party was pledged 10 the
support Of the bill, he read an ex-
tract from the republican national
platform and denied that il contained
a cOmmittal Of the party to the bill.
IL could hardly, with justice, lie
said 10 he a party measure, and he
submitted that no proposition Of the
kind ought TO lie or become 4 party
measure. He agreed that it was for
the States, not for the Federal Gov
eminent, to declare what the school
system of the State should he. He
asserted his belief that since the bill
was introduced in 1850, there had
come over the country n great
change Of feeling rs to its expeii-
ency. One strong evidence OF
that was the attitude OF the press OF
the country during the discussion.
In the Northwest several leading
Republican papers bitterly opposed
the measure. Several Of the south
ern States were opposed to it through
their Senators, aud leading news
papers Of the South were no longer
in favor Of it.
SpoOner went on to speak in terms
Of praise Of the provisions for
COMMON SCHOOL EDUCATION
In the Southern States, and said
the people Of those States had not
only been doing well in the educa-
ton Of the white people, but had
been doing well in the education Of
the colOred children. He had seen.
he said, no stronger condemnation
of the measure than the argument
Of the President in his annual mes
sage, and which the senator from
New Hampshire considered as an
argument in its favor. The Presi-
deaf had said: ''Such aid should be,
as il always has been, suggested by
some exceptional conditions" Were
there, SpoOner asked, exceptional
conditions which justified the ap-
preparation Of money for school pur-
poses TO Kansas, 10 Wisconsin, to
New York, TO California, TO Illinois,
or to Iowa? If Congress were TO
offer to appropriate six millions for
school purposes in New York 1t
would be laughed at. He believed
that with people, rs with individu-
ais, self-heip was the best help. He |
believed the tendency Of the day
was too much paternalism in the |
ami the policy Of the |
bill, if entered upon, would never
end. All things considered, the
step was a dangerous one, unless il
were a necessary step, and he denied
that it was n necessary step.
Adjourned.