The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-08
STANFORD'S PILE OF MONEY.
HOlT Wants the Suit Against the
Estate QuaShed.

the Estate Has Been Devoted the
Ground on Which Hoar Bases His
Appeel-Blaokburn Objects to the
Resolution-The Discussion Of the
Tariff Bill Then Resumed,
Washington, June Z. 1t required
twenty minutes of the morning half hour
to secure a quorum. in the Senate today
Then MIR. Hoar offered resolution di-
recting the judiciary committee to inquire
into the Justice and equity OF the claim of
the United States against the estate of
the late Leland Stanford, and to report
as soon as possible whether it was expe-
dent that such claim shall be forthwith
relinquished and put at rest. 1t seemed
to him, Mn Hoar said, that the govern
ment ought at once 10 consider
the question of absolutely reliquish-
ing and putting the claim at rest,
He did not suppose that anybody
had ever seriously imaginated that
Senator Stanford's estate was liable for
the debt of the Central Pacific Railroad
Company to the government. But
W neither there was a technical claim, or
whether there was claim founded In
law and equity. Mr. Stanford's great
estate had been devoted to purpose. 1t
was one of the most illustrious examples
Of public beuefaction. He met their late
esteemed colleague in the south Of France
the year before last-a few months before
his death. and when the disease which
terminated his life was already becoming
master. and MIR. Stanford had then ex
pressed his feelings in relation to the
great property which he had accumulated
and declared, in his simple fashion, his
simple religious faith. He said that he
did not care much for the creeds~os the
churches; but that Of one thing he was
certain, that the Creator Of the universe
was benevolent and benefcent and had
designed all his creatures for happiness.
WANTED ALL MEN COMFORTABLE.
He said that he believed that with the
great resources of this country. every
American citizen ought 10 have, without
severe and degrading labor, the neces-
saries and comforts of life, and that his
children ought to receive a good educa-
tion at the public charge. Mr. Stanford
had spoken of the devotion Of his property
to that great end, and had expressed the
hope that every child on the Pacific coast,
of the poorest as well as of the richest,
should receive good education.
1t was not whether the government
had q claim against that estate or not, IL
was certain that it would take twelve or
fifteen years to have it settled in the
courts. Its prosecution would not merely
distress the closing years of the life of
MIR. Stanford's widowAthat was the per-
sonal question which might not be con-
sidered in the performance Of a public
duty-but it would postpone, imperil
embarrass, and perhaps entirely destroy
that great benefaction.
SOCIALISM WITH JUSTICE IN IT.
If there was socialism which had truth
or justice in it, il was the socialism which
devoted the wealth of the rich to the edu-
cation Of the poor. He maintained that
the government of the United States
ought, as soon as the proper leg
islation could be devised and en-
acted, to put the question at rest, and
say that, without affecting in the
least the governments claim against
others, the devotion Of Mr.. Stanford s
wealth to the education OF the poor Of The
Pacific coast should take Immediate effect
without embarrassment and without de-
Law. He hoped that the judiciary COM
mittee of the Senate would deal with the
| question at once, and that the Senate
would do the same.
BLACKBURN OPPOSES THE RESOLUTION.
Mr.. Blackburn opposed the resolution
as unprecedented, in the fact that it di-
rected an inquiry TO be made into claim
already asserted by the proper officers of
the government. He apprehended that
all the senators shared in Mr.. HOars ad-
miratlon of Senator Stanford for the de-
votion Of his vast estate TO the purposes
of education. But the question was
whether Senator Stanford had
given his own property and
his own estate, or whether
! he had diverted SIS. .O00000 which did not
belong to him, and did belong to the fed
| eral 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
/ Senator Stanford or the government that
/ had furnished the Sl5.000, 900 that
/ went to the building and en-
/ dowment Of that great educational
! 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 government.
MIR. HOar asserted that there were
| great many such precedents.
| Mr. Blackburn repeated that he had
| found no precedent for what was here
/ proposed anu nc pFObCbbeu against IL.
| 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 II II should be ascertained and
reported by the judiciary committee that
the government had no equities in the
matter, and that the claim should be re-
linquished and set at rest, that report
would not stop with the claim against the
Stamford estate alone, but would apply
to the claim against Messrs. Hopkins,
Huntington and others.
THE TARIFF TAKEN UP.
The resolution went over without
action till tomorrow.
Then the tariff bill, which had been de-
laycd nearly a quarter of an hour was
taken up, and set speeches on the agri-
cultural schedule, which had been
reached yesterday, were made by Messrs.
/ PETER. Gallinger and Carey IL was
nearly 2 o'clock when Mr.. Carey finished
his speech.
Then Mr. Harris, in parliamentary
! charge of the bill, asked unanimous con-
sent, in order TO avoid heightened ses-
siOns, that the remainder OF the agricul-
/ tural schedule, schedule @, and en- sched-
ules II, ] and Spirits and wines, cot
! ton manufactures and laX, hemp ana
/ jute, from page 43 70 page 6s), the
/ debate be Limited 10 five minutes
| to each senator on each paragraph and
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