Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-06-23
EDUCATIONAL FUND.
The Senate Passes the Bill to Aid
Agricultural Colleges.
DEPENDENT PENSION BILL.
Senator Berry Opposes the Con-
ference Report.
ATKINSON BILL IN THE HOUSE.
SENATE.

SENATE.
Mr.. Allison was excused from service on the
select committee to examine into the admins
trative service of the Senate, and Mr.. Plumb
was appointed In his place.
The following bills were reported and placed
on the calendar:
Senate bill appropriating $4,000 for public
building at Nevada, Mo.
House bill for the relief of settlers on the
Northern Pacific railroad indemnity lands.
QUESTION OF SENATOR'S SALARIES.
Mr.. ingalls, offered resolution (Which was
agreed toy instructing the committee on privi-
leges and elections to inquire as to the date
when under the law and precedents the sala-
ries of the Senators from Montana W Washington
and North and South Dakota began.
THE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES AID BILL.
The Senate resumed the consideration of the
agricultural colleges aid BILL and Mr.. Morrill,
offered substitute for the various amendments
pending on Saturday as to the division of the
fund between colored and white schools of a
state.
Mr.. Pugh (who had offered the first amend
ment on that po int said that he had examined
Mr. Morrllls amendment and that it covered
dt.
drew his own amendment and hoped that Mr..
Morrilrs would be accepted.
Mr Hale, MIR. Chandler and Mr. Gibson also
withdrew their amendments
MIR. Colquitt asked Mr.. Morrill, as to the pro-
portions in which the fund was to be
DISTRIBUTED BETWEEN CoLoRED AND WHITE
COLLEGES.
Mr.. Morrill, said tina. the proportion was not
fixed. That was left to the state legislatures
Mr
provides that in any state in which there has
been one agricultural college established under
the act OF 1862 and in which also there is or
may be an educational institution of like char
acter for colored students aided by the state
from its own revenue (however named or
styled there shall be a just and equitable di-
vision OF the fund to be received under this
act made by the legislature.
MIR. Blair made a remark to the effect that it
was from a southern Senator (Mr. Pugh) that
the proposition came to give colored schools
share Of the funds, and that no northern SEN
ator had thought of it.
MR. HAwLEY RESENTED THE REMARK
and said that the bill had originally contained
provision that no money should be paid where
distinction Of race or color was made, but
that the establishment and maintenance of sep
arate colleges for white and colored students
would be compliance with the act.
Mr.. ingalls, also resented Mr.. Blairs re-
mark: He frankly confessed that proposition
to disburse the fund among white and colored
schools could not with propriety come
from a northern Senator. His instincts
and his connections were against it.
The necessity could arise only in
southern state. The Senator from Ala
amendment to adapt the bill to a condition of
things which existed in the south. and he (Mr.-
Ingalls, cordially gave his assent to it.
Mr.. HAwLEY THANKED MIR. INGALLS,
for his speech. For himself he would have
but one agricultural college in each state, and
it would be for every person whom the Lord
made fit to go into the school That was the way
he would have it, but he yielded to this other
proposition because it seemed best ON the
whole.
THE BILL PASSED.
Some formal amendments were made to the
bill and it was then passed.
1t appropriates annually out of any money in
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated aris-
ing from the sales of public lands to be paid
to each state and territory for the more COM
plete endowment and maintenance of
colleges for the benefit of agricul-
established or which may be hereafter estab-
lished, in accordance with an act of Congress
approved July 2, 1862, the sum of $4,000 for
the year ending June 80, 1890, and an
annual increase of the amount of
such appropriation thereafter for ten
years by an additional sum of one
thousand dollars over the preceding year, and
the annual amount to be paid therefore to each
state and territory shall be $25, 900; provided,
that no money shall be paid out under this
act to any state territory for the
support and maintenance of q college
where distinction of race or color is
made in the admission of students, but
the establishment and maintenance of such
colleges separately for white and colored
the provisions of this act; and also provided
that in any state in which there has been one
agricultural college established under the act
of 1862 and in which also there is or NAV be
an educational institution of like character for
colored students, aided by the state from its
own revenue (however named or stYled), there
shall be Just and equitable division Of the fund
to be received under this act made by the
legislature.
THE DEPENDENT PENSION BILL.
The conference report on the dependent pen
sion bill was taken up and Mr. Berry made a
speech against it. The practical effect of it
would be, he said. to put 80 per cent of the
Union soldiers on the pension roll 1t was
really service pension bill and the chairman
of the committee on pensions (Mr. Davis)
could not deny that.
HOUSE.
The Speaker announced the appointments of
Messrs. Brewer, Butterworth and Sayers as
conferees ON the fortifcation bill
Mr.. Sherman (N.Y. asked consent for the
immediate consideration of the Senate bill
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