Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-04
Furthera Discussion of the Schedule
L if the Senate.
THE DISTRICT APPROPRIATION BILL
Substitute Amendment for the Tun-
mel Test Adopted.
SEN ATORs ON EDUCATION

When the Senate adjourned on SATURDAY
afternoon, shortly after The Star went u
press, an agreement had been reached be-
tween Mr.. German and the repupicahS
who have been discussing the District ap-
preparation bill that final vote shoulo oe
| had on the bill before adjournment today.
| The understanding was that the general
debate on the bill should cease at $50
o'clock, and that the discussion should
| then proceed under the five-minute rule
until the measure should be disposed OF,
unless there should some exceptionally
| important matter arise, in which case MT.
German promised that the time Tor gen.
eral debate should be extended
Five pages Of the bill were passed on
| Saturday, and when the Senate began WORK
upon it today, the fourth day OF s,n' 100
| ton, the amendment appropriat1ng $to,ooV
for a new business high school Dulldlns
| was still under discussion, at the bottom OF
| the twenty ninth of the Bills nlty-seVSH
pages.
The Tunnel Test Appropriation.
When the bill was laid before the Senate
at 1:15 Mr.. German asked to have the
clerk go back to the item appropriating
| $4,000 for an investigation of the local
water supply He said that the criticisms
| of Senators Chandler and Aldrich Of the
language of this amendment were well
| founded. This demonstrated the value OF
| discussion. He submitted substitute,
which separates the appropriation into Two
parts, allowing $4,000 for the purpose of
| testing the aqueduct tunnel and it's capac-
| lty for conducting water into the new
reservoir.
In addition the sum of 500 is given for
an investigation of all of the other sub
| jects included in the original amendment.
Thus the same amount OF money Is given,
| but the test of the tunnel is made sepa-
10
| of a higher dam at Great Falls, etc. Ihere
| is no designation of the means by which
| the tunnel test is to be conducted me
substitute amendment was adopted with
out q vote.
The Tax Penalty.
Mr.. German also went back to the tenth
page to the paragraph reducing the tax
penalty from two to one per cent, which
was passed over the other day.
MIR. German offered substitute for the
amendment reported by the committee,
which was embraced in three lines. Inc
| substitute was the amendment offered by
Senator Gallnger after consultation with
| the tax assessor and collector. 1t is to the
| same effect as the other, but longer and
more in detail as to the methods of comput-
! ing the penalties on taxes in arrears. The
| substitute was adopted.
THE School Schedule.
| The school schedule was then taken up
| and Senator Chandler took the floor to
debate the Aldrich amendment. He said
| that he was not quite satisfied in his mind
| as to tile value and need of Industrial
| schools, and he was searching for light.
He believed that though the Business
| High School is now established. and will
| go or ina rented building, even if the ap
| preparation for' new quarters were not
granted. the passage of the appropriation
would be a legislative declaration that the
| school should continue He proceeded to
address himself question
technical education and spoke In partic-
uiar of the declaration of Mr.. Villas on Sat
| urday that he was proud of his New Eng
| land birth. Mr.. Villas had expressed his
surprise that the New England Senators
were opposing the appropriations for higher
and Industrial training. Mr. Chandler read
writing upon these topics, and in copclu-
| sion said that he would not now vote to
! strike down any institution now estab-
| iished in the District.
Senator Harris Advertisements.
Senator Harris expressed his astonish-
ment at the scope Of this discussion. The
practical question, he said. is whether the
government shall continue to pay an an
| nual rental of $500 for inadequate quar-
| ters or shall construct new building
| Every motive of economy would suggest
| the latter. Else the Congress should abolish
the school What Senator, he asked, would
| rise and vote for such an act as the dis
| continuance Of such fine school as this
has been proved to be? lie said he woul1
| Join any one in an effort to give ample ap-
preparation to open the doors of the COM
| mon schools to every child in the District.
| He characterized the debate as a bubble
| and "latitudinarian aggression That Was
| wholly Improbable.
| Senator Daniels View.
| Senator Daniel said he would support the
| amendment for a new business school
building, and expressed his surprise at the
assault that had been made upon the high
| Grade Of education of the District, and at
| ne source from which it came. There is
| 30 burden of taxation which the public
| ears more willingly than expenditures for
| education, and this is true of industrial
| schools as well as of primary institutions.
| He scorned the idea of hesitation being
| found in billiondoilar Congresses when it
| came to an item OF S100, 600 for new build
| ings to a splendid school, which he called a
| mere globule dropped into the bucket of
the general enlightenment The Senator re-
ferred to statistics furnished by the super
| ntendent to the committee on appropria-
| tons to prove that the schools need more
| money from Congress. There should he
| more high schools, he said, and Congress
| should strive to make the local system of
public schools model for the country.
| Senator Gallnger followed with a few
| words in favor CT the committees amend
nent. He said he had examined the bill
| very carefully and had come to the con-
| rluSiOn that the ScneQule OIL HioueS
| ed is so arranged that ample school facill-
ties will be granted in all the grades to
| every child of school age III the District
He favored the business high school,
while. he thought, boys and girls could get
| = better and more practical education than
at the main high school. This Is very
moor time, he concluded, for the Senate
to wipe out and cripple existing schools
Mr., Aldrich's Amendment Lost.
vote was then taken on Mr.. Aldrchs
amendment, turning the 100000 over to
the Commissioners for furnishing buildings
for primary schools There was evidently
a large majority against the amendment
| and II was declared lost without a division.
The appropriation for the new building
was then passed. The other committee
am endments were passed without question,
End Mr. JAllison'o offered q new amendment,
|appropriating $4,000 for new eight-room
| building, to be located in the eighth d.
| vision B, which, was agreed to.
Mr.. Aldrich entered the chamber at this
time and gave notice that he should insist
upon a separate vote later upon his amend
ment about the Business High School.
The school section of the bill went
through without. further change.
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