Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-06-23
NATIONS CAPITAL.
The Senate Passes the Biliny Bll and
Takes Up Education.
sommisstonsgs At Large to the World .
Fair-Bopd Purchase 0avirgs.


offered yesterday by Edmunds for . COM
mittee Of seven to take into consideration
the state Of the administrative service Of
the Senate and to report What measures
should be adopted in respect to the greatest
efficiency and economy Of the service, was
taken up and agreed to.
The HoUse bill supplementary To the act
OF March 22. 1882, in reference to bigamy
vas taken up. Ii provides that ali funds
or property lately belonging to the Mormon
church shall be devoted to the use and ben
eft Of common schools in that State.
Butler offered An amend nent, dsvoting
the funds TO the endow ment Of institutions
Of learning in Utah and for that purpose,
turning them over TO the general board OF
education Of the church Of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints, subject to rules and
regulations to be approved by the Presi-
dent of the United States and not 70 be
used in the disseminating, teaching, up
holding or propagAting the doctrine and
practices Of poiygamy or plural marriages.
A vote on the amendment resulted
Yeas, .; nays, "a. The nine affirmative
votes were given by Bate, Berry, Butler.
Call, Coke. Harris. Ransom. Teller and
Vance. All the negative votes but one,
Mr.. Payne's, were given by republicans.
There WAS no quorum voting and Mr.. But
ler. in view of the vote taken, withdrew
the amendment.
voorhees, moved to postpone the bill till
the second Tuesday in December next. By
that time, he said. the supreme court
would have reached termination - the
litigation now pending.
Voorhees, motion was not agreed to-
yeas, 90 nays, %. Messrs Hawley, Plumb,
and Teller voted With the democratic in the
affirmative: no democrats voted in the neg
a.ive,
The bill was then passed without . di-
vision. There were some formal amend
ments made to it, which will require con-
ference.
Morrill, moved to proceed to the consid-
eratian Of the Senate bill to establish An
educational fund. and apply the proceeds
Of the public lands and the receipts from
certain land grant railroad companies to
the more complete endowment and support
OF colleges for the advancement of science
and industrial education. The motion was
agreed to, and the bill was taken up. 1t
provides for the segregation in the treasury
Of the fund received from the sale Of pub
lie lands, and from the moneys paid into
the treasury by the Pacific railroad CON-
panies. Out Of this fund sl5 900 . year 10
to be paid to each state and territory for
the more complete endowment and main
tenance Of the agricultural college now es-
tablished, or hereafter to be established.
under The act of July 2. 1862; this pay ment
to be increased $1,000 annually for 10 years,
until the maximum Of the $4,000 .is
reached which q than tn ha tba IN of
annual payment.
Morgan and Reagan argued against GER
tain provisions Of the bill Chose prescrib-
ing a curriculum as deviations from the
original agricultural college bill, and ~
tending to enlarge the powers Of the gen
eral government, and to abridge the powers
of the states.
Morrill, replied to these structures and
gave his assurance that the bill would not
change the character of institutions already
ests blished.
A long discussion ensued. IIxwley and
Hale opposing the idea of fritiering away
the fund among half dozen or more
schools in each state. and rather favoring
the encouragement of only one or two COL
leget
George argued that that resolution would
DO injustice TO the states where the colOred
population outnumbered the white popula-
ton. The state Of Mississippi had acted
fairly in the matter of the existing law for
agricultural colleges; but that amendment
would require s3 to be paid to the coored
agricultural college in Mississippi for every
- paid to the white agricultural college. If
insisted upon, the Legislature of Missis-
sippi must equalize matters by Withdrawing
its appropriation for colored agricultural
colleges.
Hale suggested that if the colofed pop
ulstion in Mississippi stood in the relation
of three to two Of the white popuistitn. it
might be the colored people who would
withdraw approximations from the whites.
George expected such q remark.
IIale-Then have not surprised the
gentleman.
George-Not At all. II Was impossible
to get through with the discussion of this
bill without the waving Of the ensanguined
garment.
The bill AMI amendments went over,
without action.
Edwards offered amendments to the sun
dry civil bill-to pay to the widow of Chief
Justice Waite $3.50 equal to the balance
of his salary for one year appropri-
sting s25o0 for tablet in the interior of
the Washington monument, stating briefly
the history of the structure. Referred to
the committee on appropriations. Ad-
ionrned