Show Arkansas Outrages in the Senate WASHINGTON Feb 20 Chandler presented pre-sented petition from Union county Ark representing that at the last state election a systematic reign of terror prevailed that armed mobs paraded the county day and night and terrorized the whites and shooting shoot-ing and whipping colored voters that ballot bal-lot boxes were carried off and asking for I i the protection guaranteed by the constitu ion The introduction of this petition was the cause of an extremely personal debate between Chandler Harris and Berry The petition with several others from Arkansas Arkan-sas was finally referred to the committee on privileges and elections Stanford from tho committee on public publc buildings reported a bill appropriating 5250000 for a public building at San Jose Cal number of pension and private bills were passed Also the following public bills t Providing for a steam vessel for the use of the civil government of Alaska appropriating ap-propriating 50000 for the vessel and11000 for annual expenses The bill to amend the act to prevent the extermination of furbearing animals in Alaska was on motion of Merrill indefinitely nitely postponed The Blair educational bill was taken ups a up-s unfinished business Ingalls inquired as to the time when the bill was likely to be disposed of remarking that it stood in the way of many important measures and gave notice that he would insist that its consideration be proceeded with with dispatch Reagan addressed the Senate in opposition opposi-tion to the bill He bi described the bill as offering a bribe of 579000000 te the states i they would consent to accept it as the price for the distribution of the right of I local selfgovernment and imposing on them the humiliating condition of approving approv-ing by an affirmative act the legislative policy of the bill In the interest of the cause of education to prevent the federal government from being converted into a I I despotism and to avoid an additional fruit frit ful cause of sectional strife and agitation he hoped for the defeat of the bill by the Senate Wilson of Maryland also argued against tho constitutionality of the bill Butler offered a resolution which was agreed to authcrizing the select committee on the five civilized tribes of Indians to investigate in-vestigate the status of the negotiation be tsveen the United States government and the Cherokee tribe of Indians in relation to reation the Cherokee outlet After executive session adjourned |