The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-20
BLAIR HINTS AT A PLOT.
THE OPPOSITION CHARGED TO THE
CATHOLIC CHURCH.

u OSCAdTdSAOu 4ntJ Lu0 country OOD' Z
Want a President from the Banks
of the Tiber-The Senator in Favor
of Gratuitous Circulation of the
Congressional Record.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.-In the Senate
this morning the resolution heretofore
offered by Mr.. Chandler calling on the
Attorney General for information as to the
assassination of w. B. Saunders, a deputy
United States marshal in the Northern dis
trict of Florida, was taken up, and Mr..
Pasco proceeded to address the Senate in ex-
PLANTATION Of the facts and circumstances of
the case. Mr.. Pasco had not concluded his
statement when the hour of o'clock ar
rived, and the educational bill came up, as
the unfinished business Mr.. Blair, how
ever, yielded the foor to Mr.. Wilson of
Iowa, on whose motion the Senate bill ap-
propriating Sl00,0 for public building
at Font Dodge, Ia. was taken from the
calendar and passed. Mr.. Call called at
tention to the fact that this was the fourth
public building bill PASSED for Iowa at this
session.
On motion of Mr.. Stockbridge the Senate
bill appropriating 100000 for a public
OuAulilR hI mlCu., was taken from
| the calendar and passed.
BLAIR RESUMES HIS SPEECH
Mr.. Blair then resumed his argument in
| favor of the educational bill. Incidentally
| aluding to a sentence occurring in the
report of the democratic superintendent of
education In Georgia, Mr.. Blair asked why
should not the bill become a law The Re
| publican party, he said, was pledged to it.
| Many able and distinguished demo
Gratis were in favor of it.
President Harrison had declared
the necessity of pr lviding for popular edu-
cation as this bill did. There was nothing
to hinder it, he said, except the opposition
Of those who build up, in this country, an
| opposing systematic parochial school sys-
| tem-to the destruction of the schools of
| the country. lie spoke of those who ''are
! engaged in secret, and in open Vaccinations
| against the bill and who comprehend how,
if this bill passes, it will give the great
future of the republic to the public
schools" 'While it interferes," he said,
with the rights Of no one, while it does not
interfere with chose who claim membership
of the TO- 600, 000 it is, nevertheless, an asser-
| tion by the nation of its will to educate
| their children in non-sectarian schools. But
more of that hereafter, if necessary. Occa-
sionally / am obliged to let out little,
which policy obliges me generally to sup
press.
| A CHARGE AGAINST THE CHURCH.
This bill, if it is to fail, will have been
killed by packed committees, the
individual members Of which
have been threatened by auathemas
from their church if they venture to sup
port it. And | give notice to those who
propose to kill this BILL by indirection and
by fraud and by tricks unworthy Of any
| other lobby around the capitol, that they
have blows to receive as we'll as blows to
give. This country is not to be given over
to those who would teach civil allegiance
elsewhere than within our own borders,
primarily, and subsidiary civil allegiance
only to the United States l speak of
but fraction of the great body of our
citizens; for the masses Of that same body
OF American citizens are true to the flag,
and do not propose to elect President who
resides on the banks of the Tiber."
| Taking up the report Of the school super
| intendent of Tennessee, Mr.. Blair remarked
IN tone of sarcasm that he supposed that
| the senators from that state would be in
the chamber in a week or two. At all
events, what he said would be all In the
| Record No matter what the press did, the
Senate had the Record, that glorious little
paper Of their own.
FAvoRs ITS PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION.
| Ii no ohOuld no W ULlB senate IOr
the next thirty or forty years he meant to
make an effort to have the Congressional
| Record distributed to the people of the
| United States gratuitously to the number
of at least 100000. The Senate needed a
paper. If it published paper itself and
| circulated it gratuitouslY, it could reach the
people with the truth-but not until then.
The private press, said he, that runs only
| for its own emolument, and has to make
money! and that leaves out the most
| truth especially If it is unpalata ble)
| is q poor press to rely upon,
| This great American press of ours is a
| source of more mischief in this country
| than there would be if we had no press at
| all. There may come a time when dog
| fight will not be more important, in the
opinion of this press, than a great school
| bill; but that time has not been reached
| Coming back to the statement which he
had been about to read as to the condition
Of the public schools in Tennessee, he ex-
pressed the wish that some page would send
| the Tennessee senators a copy of what he
was going to read.
| GROWS HUMOROUS.
His remarks having been suspended SO as
| to allow message to be received from the
| House, Mr.. Blair expressed the hope that
he would not be interrupted any more by
such small matters daughter.
| Mr.. Dolph asked him if he would yield
| for motion for an executive session.
Mr.. Blair-O. no. unless l em obliged to.
l have got only two days left. Executive
sessions seem to come with unaccountable
frequency at this time. We had two of
them yesterday. / hope the senator will
not press that motion now. What I am
saying is too interesting [Laughter.1
Mr.. Dolph did not insist on motion for
an executive session, and Mr.. Blair went on
with the reading Of reports and letters as
to illiteracy in the south, commenting upon
them as he went along. Finally, at 4:45
o'clock, he yielded for Mr.. Dolph's motion,
and after an executive session the Senate,
| at Z 40 o'clock adiourned