New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-25
MONEY FOR THE RED MEN
PASSAGE OF THE INDIAN BILL BY THE
SENATE
RESTORING APPROPRIATIONS FOR TWO ADDI
TIoNAL ROMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
WHICH WERE STRICKEN OUT
BY THE COMMITTEE.
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passed the senate late this afternoon without oppo
sition The minority II had no particular o.
lection 20 any Of The items in tile measure but fouha
IL easily practicable N delay business ior eshech Or
twenty legislative hours without appearing 70 resort
openly D. obstructive tactcs.
The passage Of the indian bill leaves clear feh
10 the managers Of N. Tariff bill and the only obstacle
they can possibly VIII BE an active but mis-
guided demand the part Of the Committee On Coni-
meroe and us friends 10 have the River and Haroof
bill put through before vote Is reached on tbe peho4hs
measure Tie Finance Committee viii resist any
effort 70 displace the Tariff BILL FOR few days
time and it IS 20 be hoped that the Republican sena
tors generally will sustain them IN that purpose, even
at the temporary expense Of measure with 50 many
local and personal interests involved In 1t as INC
River and Hsrbor bill. General debate On tle
Tariff bill Is expected 10 be renewed tomorrow WIN
speeches from senator Vance, and perhaps 0eh1''f
Carlisle.
The only feature Of the discussion to-day on the
Indian bin wss the reversal Of the committees action
In striking out appropriations for two adAuonh
Roman Catholic schools among the Indians MI
Dawes said that the senate Committee was anxious 70
avoid any deromnations sQuabble BY maintaining
the status quo The House had provided for two ne"
Roman Catholic schools. and tle appropriation had
boen stricken out 70 restore tho equilibrium Most
OF the Western Senator'S, however, were In favor %
more schools, whether UNCONVENTIONAL or GoVeFnn7hI
and with te aid Of substantially tho Whole DGho
cratic side the paragraphs stricken out Of tie BILL Nv
the committee were restored
The amendment hat provoked discussion was
one increasing an appropriation Of 100000 tor tic
support OF Indian schools 20 $4,000 including the
construction Of school building al Backfeet Agency
Montana.
Mr. Vest opposed the amendment as the Introduction
d system intended 20 abolish denominat.onal eoucar
ton among the Indians. lie spoke Of an Oihcal Ns''
which he had made 70 an Indian agency seven or eight
80 fc On
catholic Church IN educating the Indians. school
buhipg which had been erected there by the CatAohc
Church. then unoocuped because the agent wouIo
not permit rhe Jesuits 10 teach any Of the indian
chiIdrsD HIS opinions on the subject were hxcd-
The Jesuits had succeeded better than any other people
living Ia the education Of the Indians Whatever pFeu
aoe ~ that was the proper word he might have against
the society 0, Jesus, lie had 10 say that much DC an
educated Protestant.
Mr. Davis also opposed the amendment, AID spoke
o. the efforts OF the Catholic missionaries az the Black
feet Agency These good people. he said. had applied
TO the Misses DreXel, Of Philadelphia, and had o.
tanned 10000 which they had expended IL school
building recently completed. These men were now
10 be tod not only that there was 70 DC GoveTImcL'
school put on that reservation IL competition win
thou but that they were 70 have no contract whatever
for the education Of the Indians, had been pllLH
I'm plied in the correspondence between the C0mrs-
soacr Of Indian Affairs and the persons in authority fl
the enterprise.
Mr. Dawes suggested that the discussion would
more properly take place on some subsequent amend
mcnts.
Mr. Vest explained that, if the Catholics were Going
better in educating the Indian, than other denomiIa
tions lie was IL favor OF the Catholics, and that Il
the Prosbytertsns the Baptists were doing better
he was IN favor Of them. But he was convinced ths
the Catholics were far efficient among the Indians
than any Protestant denomination could DC.
The discussion continued BY MI Teller, who
also spoke Of the Catholics the most successful
educators Of the Indians; and by Mr.. Jones, OF Ar
kansas VINO gave figures % show the great cfeIeAce
ia expense between the Government schools for In
dams and those carried By the religious dca0rna
tons.
After some remarks By Mr. Mitchell the amendment
was agreed 70.
The next amendmen to provoke discussion were u
strike two iems-one Of g. $50 for the support and
education Of sixty Indian pupils at ST. Joseph
Normal School At Rensselaer, Ind. and one Of sl2.oOj
for one hundred Indian children at the Holy Family
Indian schoo at Blackfeet Agency, Montana
Mr.. Dawes stated the reasons why tie committee
had recommended these amendments. Tic committce
desired, he said, not TO 60 any further than inc
present condition Of affairs in apprOPrating Govern
ment money FOR the maintenance Of schools Of par
t.oular religious denominations II the amendments
were adopted the existing state Of things IN That
particular would be precisely what II was hst year
Every contract with the varlous denominations had
been renewed on the old terms except a. 10 one
SCHOOL and the reason why the contract with that
school was not renewed because had taken
pay for sixty students while 1t lad oaly forty.
Mr.. Davis inquired 70 what denomination that school
belonged
Mr.. Dawes said he had abstained from making
inquiry He DID not desire 10 know 70 what dc
nomination IT belonged. lie corrected the remark
which he had made that the adoption Of the amend
Inents would leave the status quo the same as last
year. and said that that would be tie case except
for the intervening item Of 1880 for one hundred
Indian pupils at ST. Bonlfaces Industrial school at
Banning Col. The committee had thought 1t proper TO
leave that item in, for which he would after
ward state.
Mr. Dawes then went on 10 speak Of the relatively
large appropriations made for Catholic Indian schools,
the amount for 1850 being 1856 0OO Us against S2Oi
900 for schools Of all other denominations When the
present management Of the Indian Bureau mad come
into power II had encountered public sentiment IN
reference 10 that great discrepancy which had come
very near preciptating angry, Improbable and
unfortunate discussion Of the great question whether
the Government should BE connected with PaIOcAia!
schools al all The present Indian Bureau was III
favor Of divOrcing the Government absolutely from
them al but had found 1t impossible TO do 50. In
order to avoid such discussion, the policy had been
adopted Of maintaining the condition Of things pre-
cisey was but Of not enargng the connection Of
the Government with denOminatiOnal schools.
That policy had been supposed to have allayed the
agitation all sides, but there was an active Catholic
bureau Of Missions In Washington which was very
ea-nest IN pushing Catholic Indian schools tho Gov
ernmont. The Indian Bureau having declined 20 eli
tor into contract for the three schools In Indiana
California and Montana, this mission bureau had Son>
10 the House OF Repre- scntatves and had obtained c
Insertion of those three itsms. The senate COMMITTEE
OIL Appropriations had thought that it would allo"
the item for the California school because belonged g
the mission which had been work IN Southern Call
fornia for l25 years. The committee had shrnk from
doing any thing that might awaken religious discus
sion on the subject Of Indian schools That was IL,
reason why 1t had recommended the striking out Of tn
two items for public schools in Indiana and Montana
II they kept the bin. the Epscopalans and Tn
Methodists and the Baptsts would say that they ha,