The daily critic., 1890-07-24
COMMISSIONER MORGAN RlDICULED.
Several Senators Highly Eulogizo the
Catholic Educators.
EOGB'S REVISED FORCE BILL READY.
The Raum Investigation The Committei
on Rules Takes Action House Pro
ceedings 0ther Matters.

-NA''t'N ~ h'ttI ieoaANA AiAN AbllNW-
ing bills: House bill for the construc.
iion Of bridge across the Savannah
River; Senate bill for the construction
of a bridge across the Willamette River
at Albany, Ore. Senate bill to provide
an American register for the steamer
Marmion.
Consideration of the Indian Appro.
priation bill was then resumed.
The amendment appropriating S10,-
GOO for the prosecution Of a suit in
North Carolina to enforce certain rights
of the Cherokee Indians In that State
was modified so as to merely appro.
pirate $4,000 to pay the legal expenses
already incurred in the suit. Agreed to.
The next amendment TO provoke dis
Cussion was one Increasing an appro.
piiation OF 100000 for the support Of
Indian schools to S150,000 including
the construction Of a school building ut
Blackfeet Agency, Mont
Mr.. Vest opposed the amendment as
the introduction of a system In
tended to
ABOLISH DENoMINATIoNAL EDUCATION
NNlOUE Alt 1HuAhuSs 1lt EUOht VI hil
official visit which he had made to an
Indian agency seven or eight years ago,
and Of his observation of the work Of
the Catholic Church in educat
ing the Indians. A school.building
which had been erected there
by the Catholic Church was
then standing there unoccupied. be.
cause the agent would not permit the
IacttfNu 20 teach r,r ~ L.. II.
dren. His opinions on the subject
were fixed. The Jesuits had sue
CeedCd better than any other people
living in the education of Indians.
Whatever prejudice Qf that was the
society Of Jesus, he had TO say that
much as an educated Protestant
Mr.. Davis also opposed the amend.
mont, and spoke Of Catholic mission.
aries at the Blackfcet Agency. These
coed people, he said. had applied to
these philanthropic ladies-the Misses
Drcxel Of Philadelphia-and had OBJ
tanned 500, 600 which they had expcnd.
cd In a school building, recently com
plCtCd. These men were now TO be
told not only that there was to be a
Government school put on that rcserva-
AANAA III AAtAA INAAtAbAA WIN NAANAAAf bAt AhAN
they were 10 have no contract whatever
for the education of the Indians. as had
been plainly implied In the correspond.
ence between the Commissioners of
Indian Affairs and the persons In au-
thoriiy In the enterprise,
Mr.. Dawes suggested that the discus
sion would more properly take place on
some subsequent amendments.
Mr.. Vest explained his position 10 be:
That If the Catholics were doing better
In educating the Indians than other de-
nominations he was
IN FAVOR OF THE CATHOLICS,
and that If the Presbyterians OF the
Baplists were doing better he was IN
favor them. But he was convinced
that the Catholics were far more ef-
ficient among the Indians than any
Protestant denomination could be. No
other denomination could take their
pace. because the Indians, like an
other people emerging from barbarlsm,
had received religious impressions that
were permanent lie did not care whether
II might be called religion OF supersti-
tion. The Indians were Catholics, and
would remain Catholics. There were
tribes which had Received from some
peculiar personal influences a direction
toward a particular Protestant de-
nomination. He knew tribe
IN Montana nearly all of
whose members had distinct
leaning 10 the Baptist Church
through a personal regard for one or
two men who had gone among them,
lived with them, and adopted their ira
ditions 10 a certain extent, and there
were some English missionaries in
Alaska who seemed 10 have been created
for that very work
The discussion was cOBiinu al by
Mr.. Teller. who also spoke Of the
Catholics as
THE MOST SUCCESSFUL EDUCATORS
of Indians; and by MT. Jones the
ATkansas, who gave figures 10 show of
fTeat difference In expense between the |
Government schools for Indians and
tho carried on by the religious de-
He ridiculed the ideas
put forward by the Commissioner Of |
Indian Affairs as 10 the necessity Of /
high education for Indian children so /
as to make them LEADERS Of thought, -
ard said that Il was much more Inn
poTiant for them 10 leave him %
carry on farms, build houses and raise |
cattle The cheap contract schools |
Mr. Jones argued, out 70 be maintained |
and no feeling Of sectaTian prejudice /
ought 10 be allowed TO operate against /
a church simply because Il had shown /
a disposition to 90 forward
AND SPEND MORE MONEY
ard exercise more thought and labor /
ana diligence 10 the good work Than 1
other churches OF denominations had |
done
Mr Dolph replied 10 Mr. Jones. aud /
gave 6gures as 10 the cost Of the Gov /
eminent Indian schools in Oregon aud /
elsewhere 10 refute the charge Of eN-
iTayagance.