The sun., 1890-07-25
THE FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS-.
SENATOR MORGAN REINThODUCIS y THE
SINAIE StLTkN mn.

House with Formal Amendments.
wAsH1YGToH July 81 - The Senate met Mt II
A. NJ, the N'co-lrcsdcnt in the chair.
Among tho lis ROT orted and rlHced on tho
caleniur was n House Hill gaming It reneion
to the only daughter Of Revolutionary SOL
der David Wilkinson
Mr.. Morgan Dem. ALA introduced bill TO
Ak tho limit of vnuc aud 10 provide for the
free coinage Of silver and II was referred 10
the Committee on Finance. 1t iecites that the
market vnlue Of liver bullion Ia rapidly mp
preaching the vslue Of gold ON tho standard
relation fixed hy the laws of tho United States,
and that there is no provision Of law for the
coinage OF standard silver dollars or the pur-
chase OF silver bullion by the Government
when tho value Of silN or bullion exceeds 81 for
b7lL grains OF pure silver 1t therefore pro-
yides that the unit OF value in the United
States shall be tho dollar OF 4l2i, grains OF
standard silver or % $40 grains OF gold; that
those coins shall 10 legal tender for nll debts.
public and private, and that any owner OF sill.
yer or gold bullion may deposit Il ut any mint
20 be formed into dollars or bars for his bene-
at, and without charge.
Mr.. Morgan called tho special attention OF
the Finance Committee to tho bill, which. lie
said. was tho same rs had already received
majority OF II in the Senate. lie Introduced
it because he was C nvinced that i'll tho rapid
advance of the rrico OF silver bullion in tho
markets of tho world the time was not far dis
tant, to sRr tho least OF it, when silver aud gold
bullion would lie on par with each other
When that time did arrive the law as It now
stood would not permit the Government to buy
silver bullion II there was any shade OF appre-
citation in its price beyond the price OF gold:
and there WIS no provision OF law for tho coin-
age OF any silver except that purchased before
silver had reached that point. In view OF what
appeared to 10 in the air. as we'll as on
land and on sea. In regard to the
Immediate future OF tho country. he thought
that 1t would be well enough to mako some
proviso so that silver or gold bullion would
not be withdrawn from the United states by
other Interested Governments and boarded UP
In their great banking institutions. The
United States Nigh. thon find itself in very
unpleasant predIcament-weakene in ono OF
its great elements OF strength at n time when
The senate then resumed consideration Of
the Indian Appropriation hili, the nendlng !
OF 81 0 coo for the prosecution 81 suit In Noith
Carolina TO en- orce certain rights Of the Cher
Mass after consultation with Mr.. Ransom
modified the amendment so as merely 10 ap-
already incurred in the suit, and 1t was
agreed to.
Tho next nE,cndme mt to provoke discussion
600 Tor the support of Indian schools to jO.-
600. i.cluding tho construction of school
Nil Vest Dem.. MOI opposed the amend:
ment as the introduction OF system intended
TO abolish deeromGntl0nal education among
the Indians. He spoke OF an official visit which
he made to an Indian agency seven or eight
years ago and OF his observation OF the work
diaps. 4 schoo building which had been
erected there by the Catholic Church WAS then
not permit tho Jesuits to teach any If the In
were fixed. The Jesuit- had succeeded better
OF ndsns d % WResver H preude uV III That
the proner, word he might have against the
Society OF Jesus. he had 10 say that much as TN
Mr.: Davis Rep Mimi Clso oo opposed the
Ole snG mssionares H @ at the Baehee t' a. agency
thropc ladies', the Misses DreXel Of phiqdei-
pended in II school building recently COM
pleted, These men were now to be told not
put on thar reservation In competition with
them. but that they were to have no contract
been IN
between the Commissioner Of Indian Affairs
Rnd the persons in authority IN the enter
Mr.. Vest explained his position to ba that II
the Catholics we're doing better in educating
In favor Of the Catholics; and that II the Pres
byt erians or the Baptists were doing better, he
vas in fav9r Or q then them But he was conyinCed
nomination could be; Nc, other denomination
balism' had received religious jmpres;
SSnS not eate at wbeRer ms be- he oasd dd
religion or superstition. The Indians were
Catholics, and would remain Catholics. There
peculiar personal influences direction
coward particuleE Protestant denomination.
members had a, distinct leaning to The Baptist
Church. through o personal regard Tor one or
WIZ her hH Dea
certain extent and there were some English
missionaries In Alaska who seemed TO have
The discussion was continued by Mr.. Teller
!Rep.. Col.l. who also smoke Of the Catholics as
and by Mr.. Jones Dem. Ark who ridiculeI
the, idea. Put forward by the Commissioner Of
educaon Tor indian shden 70 al as mnSe
them leaders OF thonGht.' and snid TINT 1t
was much more important, for them TO learn
cattle, The cheap contract schools, Mr.. Jones
argued ought to be maintained, and no feeling
OF sectarian prejudice ought to be- allowed to
had shown disposition 10 forward and spend
more money and exercise more thought and
other churchrR or DENOMINATIONS had done.
The amendment vas then agreed to-.
were to strike out two tens. one OF SS330 for
the support and education of sixty Indian |
pupils at 81. JoSeph's Normal School At Rens- |
eelaer, Ind, and ono Of Si25O0 for one hun
arcd Indian children at the Holy Family Indian
School ut Bluckicet Agency. Montana.
All. Dawes stated tho reasons why the COM
mittce recommended these amendments. The !
comm itteo desired, he snid not TO 20 any fur
ther than tho Present condition OF aflHirs in
Rppro 1riatirg Government money Tor the
nlaintenanc" OF schools Of particular religious
adopted. he eNStin Glstate al things in that pnr-
ticulHr would be precisely what it was Inst year
eXceut Tor the lrterveping tom of sl2.50U Tor ,
luO Indian Inie NJ st. Honilace'S Industrial
School ~ tanning. Hl. Mr.. Dawes went on to
speak OF the relatively largo nppropriniiCns
made for athOlic Indian schools, the M ount
for 1889 being S,i6Uru rs against i2Ot.OOU ior
schools OF all other denominations. When the
present management OF tho Indian Iiureau
Camo into power II encountered pubic sentl-
ment ~ fei"r"noe TO that great discrepancy
which had come vary nrRr procipitatIng IN ,
angry aud unavoidable diRrussiun oi the great
question Whether IN" 30 i"rnment shonl! be
CONNECTED with pH'o hial schools AT Gil.. The
present Indian liul"iI was in In or OF di, o,c-
ing the tioyeruucut absolutely from them ali;
but had iCHnd il imUossibic 10 do so. in
order to nTot rIlCA discussion iho
policy was Hdohe OF maintain nE tile
CONDITION ofthrgS pre- salr rs 1t was, but II
not enla girE tho c"nnurii"uoI hot Ov, rnmcnt
with drnOmlnuiIOnuI IS, lruls, lnrt untiry Iyus