Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1888-05-08
WASHING TON TER.
HOW TEHg INDIAN SCHOOL Es
r'E'sSe. AG4oSs.
General Gossip os hnfeTesf so
ScarSeEt.
WAsHNGfoN, d. G.
April 39tiI,. 1888

+ To THE EDITOR CT TIE Arp
As the House will be bowling anC
: ciawing abont the tariff Tor eooo
many more days to come, and is
throwing u great many pressing and
important matters behind, Tine pros
rect for passing the original Indian
School bill through that body is not
of the most satisfactory character.
Therefore Senator Stewart proposes
to jam 1t through in this wise:
The Indian Appropriation bill has
passed the House and is now pend
ing in he Senate. To this bill
Senator Stewart has offered the
following amendment: That the
Secretary OF the Interior be, aud he
! isshereby. authorized to accept from
the State OF Nevada any lands, not
less than two hundred acres, which
NAV be donated by that State to
the United States for the purpose
of establishing an Indian school, if,
in his opinion, such land is suitable
for that purpose, and also TO receive
rom that State, or any corporation
or pc son, any donation that may
be made for the purposes OF said
school.
SEC. .. That the sum OF fifty
thousand dollars be, ai.d is hereby,
a3pr opiiatcd, out OF any money in
the Treasury not otherwise appro- |
priated, to be expended by the Sec |
rotary of the Interior for the erec-
ton of buildings and such other /
matters as he may deem proper, IN |
establishing school for the educa-
ton of Indians OF Ormsby County, !
in the State OF Nevada, under such /.
regulations as the Sec.9tary o. the
Interior snail prescribe, whenever
the land shall have been donated
and accepted in conformity TO the
first section OF this act.
This amendment is a copy OF
the bill which has already passed
the Senate, as you know, with the
exception that the amendment
provides that the school shall be
situated in Ormsby County, instead
of Carson City. OF course this
means notliing more nor less than
that the school shall be situated on
the site already purchased and Sc
lected for it, but the change was
made so as to comply with sug-
gestion OF The Secretary OF the In
terror and Commissioner OF Indian |
Affairs that the bill ought to give
ttlt ioi ibei DulCSi liiUiC SCotfc u tiic |
country in which to select 4 site
for the school. Nevertheless it can
hardly be expected that the Secre-
tary OF the Interior would not he
willing TO accept the eite already
by the Indian School Com I
observation-disclosures. YeTington, !
Lee and Adams. As the Senate
Committee on Indian Affairs have T
already reported this Indian School ,
favorably, they will {
have no objection to doing likewise !
with Senator Stewart's amend y
fact, Senator Dawes,
Chairman of that Committee, has O
,iven Senator Stewart assurance I
hat his Committee will so act. I
Therefore the passage OF the a.
nendment with the appropriation
dill through the Senate may be
AIKEN to be settled fact. =
With this amendment, and per- y
laps several others, tackled On !,
o the Indian Appropriation bill as
t came from the House, it will !.
rave to 60 back to that body for
is concurrence. Now you will re- :
MEMBER that the House Committee :
n Indian Affairs has already re-
o'ted the original Senate bill fav- .
ably, and there can therefore be
% doubt that the Indian School
mendment will meet with the an 81
roval of that committee, and then te
ne proposition for the establish ei
heat of an Indian School in O, MS "
y county, Nevada, will lie put on 10
s passage bv the House. As all d.
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