Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-20

Con ideratiOn--The House Votes a Ten
Days Holiday V-cation--The Rights of
Assisted Railroads to mpensation for
Carrying the Mails.
Senate.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.--In the senate Mr..
Sherman presented memorial of the
Western Extract society of Cincinnati.
asking that monthly publications be car
ried by mail at the same rate as the
weekly.
4 batch of petitions was presented for
increase of pensions to one-armed and
one-legged soldiers. A number of bills
were introduced and referred, among them
one by Mr.. Harris to repeal the tenth
section of the act to prevent the introduce
ton of contagious diseases into the United
States.
At the close of the morning horr Mr..
Sherman endeavored to bring up the bill
relative to the entry of distilled spirits.
Mr.. Plumb objected, and consideration
of the Indian appropriation bill was re-
sumed.
MIR. Plumb offered an amendment pro-
viding that the appropriation for the edu-
cation of Indians at Carlisle shall cover
also the cost of their transportation. In
his remarks upon the amendment he ex-
pressed the opinion that the government
was educating those Indians upon the
wrong plan, and that the education given
does not materially increase their capacity
for self-support. The true plan would be
to teach them the arts and 'employments
of civilized life, and then let them 90 out
and be absorbed in the community instead
of sending them back to the reservation,
| where there is NO useful occupation for
| them, and where their common school edu-
cation is useless.
Mr. Dawes contended that the education
given at Carlisle and Hampton is of a
practical character, and said every Indian
educated in those schools and sent back
| among his people is a silent teacher of
| civilized ways and a pledge OF peace.
Mr.. Logan did not believe in sending
teachers to the Indian tribes, but he was in
favor of teaching young Indians useful
trades and then sending them out to be alb
serbed into the community as citizens. He
would also have them enter the army, for
he thought they would be good soldiers.
As to the tribes he would give them sheep
and cattle SO they might lead q
pastoral life, learn to live in houses, and
gradually become civilized. He had
visited some agencies last summer, and be-
came convinced the attempt to maintain
schools there was waste of money. At
one agency where it was said there had
been school for four years, he could not
find an Indian man, woman or child who
could speak English. At another agency
where there was large school house of
hewn stone, amply furnished, the chief
told him the school did harm by spelling
the children and making them
dissatisfied with their surround
ingf at home. At another place
the school was twelve miles from the
Indian schools. The records showed SOW
enty-6ve scholars attended. The chief,
however, said there had never been five
there on any one day, but they had got
some of the women and children to 90 in
and look at the pictures, and entered them
| as pupils. The government was also pay
| ing to maintain farm" at the agency,
He stopped at the "farm'' and found it to
be just ninety steps square, and contain
| ing crop of three rows of corn.
| Laughter. He had also seen thirty-five
pounds of stone taken from barrel of
| sugar supplied for the use of the Indians
Mr.. Saunders said he had had much ex-
perience among the Indians, and he be-
lieved the present system would result in
good to the Indians, and no harm to the
whites, but he concurred in the view of the
teaching of trades should precede the
teaching of letters.
| Mr.. Plumb's amendment was agreed to.
Mr.. Dawes offered an amendm emit appro-
priating $4,000 to enable the secretary of
the interior to complete negotiations with
the Sioux. Agreed to.
Mr.. Case offered an amendment which
was agreed to,providing that Seminoles still
ii Florida shall receive their share of the
money appropriated to pay interest due
that tribe under treaty stipulation.
Mr.. Logan offered an amendement
providing that any discussing officer OF
other person who shall present any vouch-
or, account or claim to any United States
officer for approval or payment, contain
ing any material Misrepresentation
of fact. shall not receive payment
or credit for any part of such
claims. This being in addition to exist
ing laws. Agreed to.
The bill then passed, and unfinished
business. the civil service bill, came up.
Mr.. Sherman obtained unanimous con-
sent to lay it aside in order to take up the
bill reported by him yesterday from the
committee on finance, extending the time
for the withdrawal of distilled spirits from
bonded warehouses.
Mr.. Conger thought the tendency of the
bill would be to encourage over produc-
ton of whisky. It was measure in the
interest of the whisky men, and at the end
of this extension another would be asked
| Mr.. Ingalls, moved to amend the bill by
adding provision that from and after the
expiration of three years from entry any
distilled spirits now in warehouse. per
cent. interest be collected upon such spir-
its, to be computed down to the time of
withdrawal. He asked Mr.. Sherman what
effect the bill would have upon the revenue
for the next two years. He understood
that on the Both of June last there were
3o.oo2,00o gallons of whisky in bond, of
which about 6OOOO,OO0 gallons were held
IN kentucky alone.
Mr.. Sherman sa,il it was true about the