The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-03
Briefly Discusses Pensions, and Then Takes
Up the Blair Bill Mr. Ingalls, Pays
His Respects to Zach Montgomery.
The House Devotes Most of Its Time to
the Pension Appropriation Bill.
Mr.. Wilson Defends Commissioner Black, and
Mr.. Butterworth Assails the Democracy,
Particularly the Ohio Crowd.
THE SENATE.
The Eight-Hour Law and PensioDs--Debate
on the Educational Bill.


WASHINGTON, March Among the petitions
presented in the Senate to-day was one by Mr..
Hoar from workingmen employed in govern
ment workshops since the eight-hour law of 1886
was passed. praying compensation for overtime.
or reference of their claims to some tribunal
that may adjudicate the question whether they
ought to have such COMPENSATION. Mr.. Hoar
said he favored the request of the petitioners.
He believed the object of the eight hour law was
to test the soundness of the economic law
affirmed by the workingmen of this country, as
well as by many economic writers. that, on
large scale of manufacturing employment the
when working only eight hours day than when
working larger number. The increased vigor,
zeal and intelligence of the men working unden
such a SYSTEM Mr. Hoar believed would make
them better producers and more valuable citi
zens. The petition was appropriately referred.
Mr.. Van Wyck, from the committee on PEN
sions, reported, with an amendment, the House
bill to increase the pension of widows and de-
pendent relatives of deceased soldiers and sail
ors. The amendment provides for the increase
of the pension of minor children from So a
month
Mr. Van Wyck said he would ask an early con-
sideration of the bill. and would ask the Senate
to increase the minor childrens pension to S.
month instead of the 81 recommended by the
committee. He would also ask that insane or
helpless children should receive the pension given
to minor children beyond eighteen years of age,
so long as the disability or insanity should con-
tinue.
Mr. Logan hoped the bill would soon be taken
up. and that it would be passed. He thought,
however, it would be better that the points sug-
gested by Mr. Van Wyck-some Of which Mr..
new bill in the Senate instead of encumberiug
the House bill. Mr.. Logan also expressed the
hope that the arrears of pensions bin introduced
by the Senatorfrom Kansas ISIr Ingalls, would
shortly be reported and passed
Mr.. Van Wyck thought the amendments pro-
posed were directly in the line of the bill just ro-
ported, and should be incorporated in that bill.
He also said Congress ought to have passed. at
the last session, bill granting pensions to the
Mexican soldiers.
TIE bill reported by Mr.. Van Wyck was
placed on the calendar.
AT p. NJ, on motion of Mr.. Blair the Senate
took up the educational bill and Mr.. Call ad-
dressed the Senate in opposition to Mr.. Allisons
amendment. He characterized it as reflection
on the States and an abandonment of the prin-
ciples of our government.
Mr. Salisbury opposed the bill whether with
or without the Allison amendment If this bill
should pass. the Knights of Labor would soon be
coming here asking for money for people who
might be out of work, and with Just RS much
right as the demand for this bill. II we had a
surplus let us build navy or return the money
to the people.
Mr. Rddleherger opposed the Allison amend
ment, as did Mr.. Hampton
Mr. ingalls, said that if this money were to be
distributed, we should throw about it all the
safeguards possible. Who was to administer
this fund of $77 OOO OOOl The Secretary of the
Interior. Who was the Assistant Attorney gen
eral of the Department of the Interiorl One
Mr.. Zach. Montgomery What were his views
about common school education2 Mr.. ingalls,
read many extracts from a book entitled Drops
from the Poisoned Fountain; Fats that Are
Stronger than Fiction; by Zach Montgomery Of
the California Bar" Among the extracts read
were the following:
We promise to prove that our boasted New England
publicschool system now by law established
throughout the length and breadth of the American
Republic is poisonous fountain, fraught with hui
man misery and moral death. 1t is crime and pau
per-breeding system--a system which, being con.
ceived in crime brought forth in crime and nurtured
in crime must of necessity propagate crime.
This BILL too, Mr.. Ingalls, said, was for fund
to be applied to nonsectarian schools. He then
read from a speech delivered by the same Mr..
Zach. Montgomery before Roman Catholic
Sunday school teachers association OF California
in 1873. Mr.. Ingalls, would do Mr.. Montgomery
the justice to say that ne had declared the pam
phlel report was incorrect. but Mr. Ingalls, would
read certain extracts which Mr.. Montgomery had
not included in the extracts which he had
claimed misrepresented him. Speaking of the
telegraph, the railroad. and the newspaper, the
pamphlet report is:
They are the means of spreading false rumors and
moral sentiments that corrupt the minds of good
Catholics in this land Instead of reading the cor
rupting newspapers, teach them (the chidren) the
truths of the church, and that will them from
the whirlpool of Professionalism and heresy in all it's
forms The notion that Protestants entertain about
the progress that has been made in the Nineteenth
century wish to you to abstain from. The
Protestant theory of independence-mak up our
minds for ourselves in matters of region-are false
and damnabe in the extreme There is no such thing
as personal freedom in religion and morality. The
whole power lies with the successor OF SAINT fetes
Holy Pho Mono, and the Holy See of Rome.
These. Mr. ingalls, said. were extracts that had
not been denied.
Mr.. Blair opposed the Allison amendment and
said Mr.. Zach Montgomery had not yet been con-
frmed by the Senate. If that person had been
correctly reported, Mr. Blair hoped the Judiciary
committee (of which Mr.. ingalls, was memberl
would protect the common schools against him.
Such man, if the extracts were correct, Mr..
Blair looked upon as worse to the country than
the arch fiend himself. for we were on guard
against the latter person.
The debate was continued by Mr. Hoar and
Mr.. Hale. The latter, In speaking of the South
ern negro said he was in the Union army; his
sympathies were with the flag; he guided the
footsteps of the fleeing fugitives from Southern