The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-02-25
Paternalism in Government.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24-Chandler, rising
to question of personal privilege, offered
q preamble and resolution stating that
Senator Call, Of Florida, charged him in
debate Thursday with personal response
bility for putrages on women and the
murder of children and the destruction of
the happiness of the households of the
south and the emissaries behind him, and
Z that Call, in addition, had inserted in the
official report the following paragraph,
which he had not spoken: 1.-THE blood of
Saunders, if the evidence shall show that
his death was in any way connected with
the prosecutions in the United States
courts, will rest on his conscience The
shrieking ghosts of outraged and murdered
women and children, the victims of the
wild lusts and passions of race who owe
Rll that they know of religion and civiliza-
lion to the southern white people and not
TO the Senator from New Hampshire will
disturb his sleeping and waking hours.
Like Banquo's ghost it will not down and
the ocean Will not wash his blood-stained
hands from the guilt of the rape and MUIR
yer OF these tender white women and chill
1ren.n
The resolution condemns such action as
Rbreach of privilege for which Call is cen
sured and orders the inserted paragraph so
+, added stricken from the report in the Con-
preSSiondI Record.
Call defended his course in the matter,
Y Inserting that he in debate expressed sub
stantially the same idea as expressed in
the additional paragraph. He simply
changed his phraseology as he had right
10 do. After short debate the resolution
went over until tomorrow.
A communication from the attorney
general on the assassination of Deputy
Marshal Saunders, was referred to the
committee on privileges and election.
The Blair educational bill came up az
unfinished business and Faulkner adj
dressed the Senate in opposition to it
Among other things, he asked ssis the
bill sanctioned by the provisions Of the
federal constitution! Are its provisions
which affect the distribution of the fund
between the states and between the races
Just and beneficials Is it the part of wis
dena practical craftsmanship for the
p'aonal government to embark on this
boundless sea of unrestrained
and unlimited legislation?n He took
the negative of these propositions and
went on TO argue in support of his views,
quoting from the debates on the constitu-
ton, from the decisions of judges and the
writings OF recognized statesmen. The bill
had been justified by its supporters on the
ground of relieving illiteracy, and yet
when the fund got into the states one third
more would be given to white children
than TO colored children ION basis of school
population), while the illiteracy of the
colored children is 40 per cent. greater
than that of the white children. That con-
tradicted the principle of the bill. Faulkner
said ne had perfect faith and absolute conf
dence In the present and future of the south.
f3e did not intend that the active, energetic
contemplating people of West Virginia
Should be held up before the people clothed
IN rags and crying out poverty and humilia-
ton. II the constitution did not prohibit
the passage of the bill, the sentiment of