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Sen. Blair chaired the Committee on Education and Labor, where he renewed efforts to provide federal aid to public schools.<ref name=britannicabio/> Despite previous successful passage of such measures in the chamber, an effort in 1890 resulted in failure.<ref name=harpweek/> Unlike other Half-Breeds like [[Rutherford B. Hayes]] and [[William A. Wheeler]] who coldly turned their backs on Southern blacks, Blair viewed the defeat of his education bill in addition to the Lodge Federal Elections Bill of 1890 (introduced by [[Henry Cabot Lodge, Sr.]]) to constitute a betrayal of Republican Party principles.<ref>''Henry W. Blair's Campaign to Reform America'', p. 178–79.</ref> He wrote to renowned black leader [[Frederick Douglass]]:
Sen. Blair chaired the Committee on Education and Labor, where he renewed efforts to provide federal aid to public schools.<ref name=britannicabio/> Despite previous successful passage of such measures in the chamber, an effort in 1890 resulted in failure.<ref name=harpweek/> Unlike other Half-Breeds like [[Rutherford B. Hayes]] and [[William A. Wheeler]] who coldly turned their backs on Southern blacks, Blair viewed the defeat of his education bill in addition to the Lodge Federal Elections Bill of 1890 (introduced by [[Henry Cabot Lodge, Sr.]]) to constitute a betrayal of Republican Party principles.<ref>''Henry W. Blair's Campaign to Reform America'', p. 178–79.</ref> He wrote to renowned black leader [[Frederick Douglass]]:
{{cquote|It must, I think, have become evident to all that there must be a return to the fundamental issues which stir the heart and touch the life of the Republic or there is nothing except assured defeat for us next autumn.|||Blair in a letter to Douglass}}
{{cquote|It must, I think, have become evident to all that there must be a return to the fundamental issues which stir the heart and touch the life of the Republic or there is nothing except assured defeat for us next autumn.|||Blair in a letter to Douglass}}
====1885 election====
Blair ran for re-election in 1885, where the state legislature failed to re-elect him. He subsequently ran in the race to succeed himself, facing William E. "Bill" Chandler for the party nomination.<ref>May 22, 1885. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1885/05/22/103016999.pdf BLAIR AND CHANDLER.] ''The New York Times''. Retrieved November 26, 2021.</ref>
====Chinese Exclusion Act====
====Chinese Exclusion Act====