Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-06-07

settled in the courts. Its prosecution
would not merely distress the closing
years of the life of Mr.. Stanford's widow
Chat was personal question which
might not be considered in the per-
Torrance of public duty, blu.
it would postpone, imperil, en-
barrass, and perhaps entirely de-
stroy that great benefaction. If
there was socialism which had truth
or justice in it, was the socialism which
devoted the wealth of the rich to the
education of the poor. He maintained
that the government of the United States
ought, as soon as proper legislation
could be devised and enacted, to put
the question at rest and say that, with
out affecting in the least the govern
ment'5 claim against others, the devo-
ton of Mr.. Stanford's wealth to the ed
ucation of the poor of the Pacific coast
should take immediate effect, without
embarrassment and without delay. He
hoped that the judiciary committee of
the Senate would deal with the question
at once and that the Senate would do
the same.
Mr.. Black burn opposed the resolu-
ton as unprecedented in the fact that
it directed inquiry to be made into
claim already asserted by the proper
officers of the government. He appre-
hended that all Senators shared in Mr..
Hoar's admiration of Mr.. Stanford for
the devotion of his vast estate to pur-
poses of education But the question
was whether Mr. Stanford had given
his own property and his own estate,
or whether he had diverted SO 100000
which did not belong to him and did
belong to the federal government. The
attorney general was reported in the
public press to have already taken the
preliminary steps to test the question as
to whether it was Mr. Stanford or the
government that had furnished the SIS
100000 that went to the building and
endowment OF that great educa-
tional institute on the Pacific seaboard.
This was the first time he had ever
heard of an attempt being made by
either house Of Congress to stay the
hand of the law officers of the govern
ment.
Mr.. Hoar asserted that there were
great many such precedents.
Mr.. Blackburn repeated that he had
found no precedent for what was here
proposed and he protested against it.
Until yesterday no Senator knew that
the Attorney General of the United
States had taken any initiatory steps to
enforce the claim. But the resolution,
Mr.. Blackburn said, went further. If
it should be ascertained and reported
by the judiciary committee that the
government had no equities in the mat
ter and that its claim should be relin-
pushed and set at rest, that report
would not stop with the claim against
the Stanford estate alone, but would
apply to the claim against Hopkins,
Huntington and others.
The discussion was continued until
some time after the usual hour for tax
ing up the tariff bill, and then the reso.
luton went over without action till to-
morrow. The tariff bill was then taken
up and set speeches were made on the
agricultural schedule of it by Senators
PETER, Gallinger and Carey.
When Mr.. Carey finished his speech
Mr. Harris asked unanimous consent
in order to avoid heightened sessions
that for the remainer Of the agricultu-
raj schedule the debate be limited to
five minutes to each Senator on each
paragraph ard amendment. He added
that aft, consultation with some Sen
ators on both sides of the chamber he
INDUCED the hope that such agreement
would be reached, and he thought that
If reached it would avoid all necessity
for any controversy about the length OF
sessions. There was a general DISPOSE
ton manifested on the republican side
to accede to Mr.. Harris's proposition
but, ultimately, after q heightened col
loquy, objection was made by Mr..
Quay, and the whole matter fell
through.
HOUSE.
Resolutions from the committee on
printing were agreed to, ordering the
printing of 5000 copies of the report
of the committee of education for the
year 1912 at cost OF So, 800, and l0,-
900 copies of the statistical abstract OF
imports from foreign countries for 1894
at cost Of 81 $50.
The report Of the committee on ven
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