The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-04
Bla,r's Voice.


The voice of Mr.. Blair. the New Hamp-
shire senator of educational bill fame, is
heard very often in the Senate in these days
1t will not be heard there at all after March
4. The people Of his state having become
tired of him have elected Dr. Gallinger to
succeed him. And it is fully time that he
was retired TO private life. His crank pc
culiarities are becoming more noticeable
every day. He appears to have lost his
mental grip and become queer in his upper
story. In season and out Of season he calls
attention to his educational bill, although
he is well aware Of the fact that 1t is dead
beyond resurrection.
In our dispatches yesterday there was a
synopsis Of the previous days debate in the
Senate on the Notifications bill. He op-
posed. of course, any appropriation for for
| tifications, contending that it was not ne
cessary for this country to provide defenses
for her great seaboard cities. He ridiculed
the idea Of any nation attacking this coun-
try, and offered his educational bill as q
substitute for the Notifications bill. He de-
clared that the thing TO do was to put in
telligence into the bayonet, and he said the
way to do that was to pass his educational
bill
But he does not propose that his system of
education shall be confined to men and wo-
men. He wants the beasts of burden edu.
Gated also. and to that end he offered few
days ago a bill which provides:
That for the purpose Of increasing the
happiness, usefulness, and value of domestic
| animals, and for the prevention of cruelties
inflicted upon them by reason Of the ig.
norance now so general in regard to the no.
tons and dispositions of the dumb crea-
lures in whose usefulness and value the
| people are SO deeply interested, and for
whose condition and happiness they are re-
| sponsible, that there be established in con-
nection with each of the colleges of agIi-
culture and the mechanic arts which is sup
| ported or assisted by the United States, O
normal school department for the instruc-
| ton OF pupils and teachers in the natures
and dispositions OF animals, and in the art
| of their culture, training and Improvement
for human use, and that in such department
| provision be made for practical experiment.
and illustrations in the training of animals,
as well as IN the science of animal life and
economy in Its relation to the welfare of
both man and beast
There is only one thing for Mr.. Blair to
do after leaving the Senate, and that is to
get a place on the staff of Col. Shspard's
paper. He and Mr.. Shepard would be the
crack team of cranks. And their paper
would soon get large circulation. 1t
would be read seriously by all the cranks in
the country, and would be regarded as a
funny paper by thousands of Other people.
Were it not for his beautiful and ambiti-
Gus daugh ter, it is said that Hon. John
Young Brown would not now stand half
the chance he does Of securing the nomina>
ton for governor of Kentucky. But the
young lady has mapped out and enthusi-
astically sustained his campaign, and seems
so determined to see him win that she has
won the interest and aid of some of the
most influential men in the state. She
| deserves success