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great benefit TO the people Of the coun
try, as know they have been in my owl
state and district. Much as L am dis
posed to carry out the announced prln
ciples Of my party's platform, much a
1 am disposed to aid these gentlemen VIII
are familiar with this subject and who's
constituents, they tell me. are clamorlnl
for this bill as a matter to which the.
are in justice entitled, I cannot be ex
pected to support the measure unless
can know with the greatest degree of Ger
| tainty possible that the interests OF m.
people and my state will be promoted b!
the measure; for we have our schools o
mechanical arts and Neurological school
which are in part supported by these ap
preparations.
L cannot be expected to support thi
measure until 1 have received the assur
ance that the bill does not take away
from them these rights which they have
enjoyed since 1862 and which have beer
finally confirmed by the act of 1890
Mr.. Eddy-Allow me to say that
Here the hammer felI)
Mr.. AIaddox-I yield the gentleman from
Georgia C1fr. BartletD five minutes more
the gentleman from Georgia that his pos
| sible opposition to this bill is owing &c
his apprehension that In some way Il
may deprive the colleges of agriculture
and the mechanic arts of the revenues
which they have heretofore received.
wish to inform the gentleman that ]
represent a district which probably has
more farmers in it than any other agri-
cultural district in the United States.
Mr.. Bartlett-DIost of my constituents
are farmers.
Mr.. Eddy-I will say further that we
have in the state of Minnesota the finest
agricultural college in the United States.
1 will say further that from the Seventh
district of Minnesota. there are more per-
sons attending that college than prob
ably from any other congressional dis
trict. I am therefore particularly anxious
about this matter. These lands, the gent
leman must remember, were originally In
dian lands, the proceeds of which have
never gone into the public land fund out
of which the revenue of the agricultural
colleges is derived. But in order to settle
this question beyond all controversy in
troduced in the bill the proviso After
wards, upon consultation with Henry H.
Goddell, the chairman of the executive
committee of the agricultural colleges of
the United States, he specifically request
ed me to strike out the words which have
been stricken out in the original bill and
to substitute the amendment. I have in
my possession = letter from him from
which 1 will read. Mr.. Henry II. Goodell
says:
Amherst, Mass, March 9, 1900.
Dear Sir: So many inquiries have been
made respecting the effect upon the Nor
rilI annuity of 1890 by the passage of the
free homestead act that a word of expla-
nation seems necessary. The funds from
which the Merrill annuity is paid are by
law derived from the proceeds of the sale
Of publications. The free homestead act
gives away the public lands and thus cuts
off at once our income. There are at the
present moment in congress two free
homestead bliss II and n. r. 1886 The
one in the house contains the following
proviso: That in the event of that the
proceeds of the annual sales of the pub
lie lands shall not be sufficient to meet
the payments heretofore provided for ag-
tons such deficiencies shall be paid by
the United States
1.-The following amendment has been ac-
cepted by the author of the bill and by
the committee on public lands, to which
the bill was referred: After the words
heretofore provided" strike out ''for ag-
ricultura4> college and experimental sta
TONS" and in place thereof insert ''by
an act of congress approved August so,
1890, for the more complete endowment
and support of the colleges for the benefit
of agriculture and mechanic arts, estab-
lished under the provisions of an act Of
congress July ?, 1862 " The bill is now on
the calendar of the house. This amend
ment will be offered 10y the author OF the
bill and supported by the full committee
If the bill thus amended passes, it will
place the Morrill, annuity on an absolutely
secure foundation. The senate bill IS. ID
! does not contain this proviso. It would
seem the part of wisdom 10 notify your
representatives, both in the house and
senate, of the situation of affairs.
HENRY H GOODELL.
Chairman Executive Committee Associa-
ton American Agricultural Colleges and
Experimental Station"
Now, the gentleman will bear IN mind
that this appropriation for agricultural
| colleges is based upon a legislative fiction
1t provides that $4,000 shah be appro-
priated from the receipts OF the sales of
| the public lands. Now, the gentleman is
aware. if he has given the subject of the
sales Of the public lands the same investi-
cation that I have, that the sales of pub
| lie lands do not begin to pay the appro-
| priation which amounts to something
over a million dollars in round numbers
| for these agricultural colleges. Conse-
quently, if this bill passes, I assure the
| gentleman from Georgia. upon my respon-
| sibility as a member OF this house. that
instead of being detrimental to the agri-
cultural colleges Of the United States it
viii place them upon an absolutely secure
/ foundation.
! Mr. Bartlett-Of course I have not
| studied the pu5nc land question to the
I same extent as the gentleman from Min
nesota (AI-. Eddy.) We have no public
| lands in Georgia; and It has never fallen
! to my lot since have been member of
| congress to investigate this subject. he
cause I have not been a member of any
| committee demanding OF me such inves-
| ugation. The vote which I before cast
| against this bill, as the gentleman from