New-York tribune., 1888-04-15
OLD ISSUES CALLED UP AGAIN.
TEE CONFEDERATE CONSTITUTION, REBELLION

OLD ISSUES CALLED UP AGAIN.
TIE CONFEDERATE CONSTITUTION, REBELLION,
SLAVERY AND so FORTH IN THE House.
WASHINGTON. April 14-The House went into Com
mittee of the Whole (Alr. McCREARY, CT Kentucky In
the chair this afternoon the Indian Appropriation
bill Mr. PERKINS (Kansas) said that the bill pre-
sented no new legislation; but 1t did contain pro-
vision for the payment of the Choctaw Judgment
The claim of the Indians had been referred to tho
Court of Claims which had rendered a Judgment
against the Government and that judgment had been
affirmed by the Supreme Court This judgment
amounting to So,eOO,0O0, was now drawing per
cent interest and he could see no RELIEF Tor the Gov
ernment except by an act of repudiation There
fore the Committee Indian Affairs had provided IN
the bill for the payment OF the judgment.
Thcn passing from the subject OF Indians Mr.
PERKINS addressed himself to the question OF the
tariff lie criticised tho Mills bill because, upon eA
animation. he found that almost every artcIe raiseu
by the American farmer was put upon the iree hSl
while whatever protection was left was let 1or cap
tal But this was not remarkable when tho compo
stion ot the majority of the Committee on Ways and
Means was remembeied The Republican members OF
the committee had had no choice In the MAKE w VI
he hill and the gentleman from Pennsylvania tMr
SCOTI1 had frequently been absent. The Dill mlght
be considered report TO the House oy he Npro5ef az
tves OF Southern states and when inc anu eI here
tofore entertained were considered, IL was h9t Ici"A
able that they had made no provision Ior % iaOVr ,t.
should own its own labor, should lash It's laDor anu
should sell its labor He sent to the cerk ScSn S
nd bad road for the purpose OF showing the Soutnh
Sentiment on the subject Of free trade and labor eA
tracts from the Confederate constitution, WncH hot t
10 an inquiry from Mr.. ALLEN CNlchlgahl as Io "A"
democratic platform the clerk was reading lro%Ii % ,u,
continuing MIR. PERKINS criticised the n Mls s. 1lii
ae striking down the products OF the held anu Puns
the iabnr of America r competition with the aborers
of the Old World, except, perhaps' III INC h"ne
6o & Ger" binding cotton Who got their Iron bands free
"f dutv while the Northern farmer must pay duty on
hoop IRON SSte SG eO1PPT tPers Would be no hypocrisy
hoped that the mask Of hypocrisy wouiu pe - m W
and the hdeous face of free trade eApoSeu WIN a" 40
While the Townshends sprlngcrs and Others haa
been allowed to indulge in platitudes, the gelsie%nin %
from the south had been admoDshed 10 aeGp 30 sun hs
hut he hoped that now they would ueHdnu " ~, D0
heard They gave the DE % Sev psS sboud be con-
suited After they had flbgsteTed against o
which proposed TO pay sl ho Hoyse HV should
surrender to them applause, tEouoht that II was
MIR. ALLEN (MssisslppD thought r 'hSs Ksnsas N,R
Perkins, could not get his head Out OF the cuPpoadI
and walk squarey up to the Issues 0i inc Tb y cntic
man from Kansas reminded him Of the story oI
the two men who when travelling wtn' 40 sionp op
in a room with a cupboard in #. In the night one
asked the other to look out of the window ana sec
what kind of day It was going 10 De- and he ste look %
ing around awhile exclaimed: 1t IS dark as hell ana
smells like cheese" augher dho o nto b doV
light of 1858 had got it into the cupboard OF rebel,
lion and everything was dark as neil anu s"onou VA
IL was 10 the credit of the Democrats of the House
that they had something better 10 tah aDotE a hdn '
and If any Democrat got up and instead or discussis
he hoped that he would be expelled from the Demo
cratic side and made 20 take seat Desae me gen'Ie
the cupboard whore the gentleman had his Laugh
The gentleman had read from the Confederate Con-
stitution Did tho gentleman know that 1t was twenty
years since that constitution had been adopeu
ft,,tin nd yCba 4
teiS of interest even the people he represented and
to the people represented by the gentleman who had
Mr PERKINS suggested that those gentlemen had sd
been born the constitution suggested, and he
simply wanted 10 know whether their sentiments had
changed on the questions Of free trade and labor
MIR. ALLEN declared that no man on tho ays ana
Means Committee was in favor Of slave labor. They
all had as much respect for white labor In this country
as had the gentleman from Kansas, any other per-
son who would vote against the bill -
How about black laborl7 asked Mr.. PERKINS.
Is rspsd as tSf Mr. iRa HdR2a'n' as "0 LABOR
How about votlngl7 queried Mr.. PERKINS
MR.. McMILLN (Tennessee)-They vote as they
MR.. PERKINs-How about the chain gangs in
MR. ALLENNI know this, that there Is law IN
Mississippi Arkansas that does not consign white
and II the gentleman were there don't know what his
prospects would be- Qaughterl 49, .,.... -. 49,.
MIR. ADAMS 0llinos) said that the object OF the
gentleman from Kansas IN quoting from the Confed-
crate Constitution was not to awaken bitter memories
man who reported the bill had believed in free trade
The proper to that would have been for them
10 saw that they had changed their sentiments but
that answer had not been made.
MR. JOSEPH New MeXcO addressed the commit
tee in favor Of the admission of NewMexico as State
into the Union
The bill was then considered by sections, on motion
OF Mr.. MACDONALD MinnesOta). An amendment
was adonted appropriang 10000 for the support Of
the members Of the Naturalization band of Sioux, IN
Minnesota who have severed their tribal rela Ions:
MR. NELSON (Mlnnesctal offered an amendment
providing that the Superintendent OF Indian schools
shall be appointed by the President BY and with the
consent Of the Senate He shall visit from time TO
time the schools in which Indians are taught. and
under the direction of the Secretary OF the Interior,
report 10 Congress what progress IS made at such
schools.
The amendment ruled out upon point Of order
raiSed nv MR. McMILIIN IcnneSsees) without finish
ing the coIsdcratonOf the bill. tho Committee rose
and the House, at 6s10, adjourned.