Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-19
FIFIY-FIRST CONGRESS.
The Senate Votes Deficiency
Appropriations.
RELIEF FOR STARVING REDMEN
Canadian Indians Fed at Uncle Sans
Expense-Hawley Hits the
Blair Bill Hard.

Associated Press Dispatches to THE HERALD
WASHINGTON, March 1S-In the Sen
ate today the committee on finance re
ported substitute for the bill agslns
trusts in the restraint of production
Placed on the calendar.
Immediately after the morning busi
ness consideration of the Urgency De
fciency bill was resumed.
An item of 81, 900 vas inserted in aid
of the Industrial Home Association O
Utah Territory.
An amendment was offered by Hale
authorizing the use of $1,000 for the re
lief OF the Turtle mountain band of In
dians at DEVILS Lake Agency.
HOW INDIAN TRIBES GROW.
Teller said when he was Secretary o.
the Interior he investig gated the case O.
the Turtle mountain Indians, and there
were then but 300 of them, mostly half.
breeds. That number had now, accord.
ing to published statements, swelled to
over 1900, but they were not American
Indians. They were Manitoba Chip
pewas, and if the doors of general distri.
button were thus opened to them all the
Chippewas in the country would flock
into the United States. The British
Chippewas should be sent back where
they belonged. He wanted to put on
record his denial of the statement,
whether it came from the pulpit or else
where, that those Indians had been i'm
properly treated by the Government OF
the United States.
The amendment was agreed to.
Amendments were also agreed to as
follows
For agricultural OK eriment stations
in Arizona, New Mexico and Utah,
$4,000.
For a preliminary investigation for
artesian wells for irrigation purposes
within the area west of the 9th meridian
and east of the foothills OF the Rocky
mountains, $4,000.
Making an additional appropriation of
$33 900 for the Fish Commission.
All the amendments having been dis
posed of, the bill was passed.
HAwLEY HITS THE BLAIR BILL HARD.
The Blair Educational bill was then
taken up, and Hawley spoke in opposi-
ton to it. Congress does not govern so
we'll that it should undertake to do every
thing, said Hawley. There were Dot
school houses enough in the city OF
Washington, where Congress had exclu-
sive Jurisdiction. Half of the children
had to attend school in the fore.
noon and half in the afternoon. Con.
gress showed that it could not run
the common schools of the District of
Columbia. He found too that Congress
was not a success in the management of
Indians, for he read svery day of charges
that the Government was robbing the
Indians, and he had read recently an
eloquent protest from the Chief of the
Cherokees that they were being crowded
out of their lands. He found that Con
gress was imbecile 30 far as the coast de.
fenses of the country were concerned.
The Government had few cast-iron guns
and had no protection against first
class or second.class ironclad. Three
or four years ago there had been nothing
but ruins of our former brilliant navy
some poor old broken-down ragged Grip
pies OF ships. Now the country was be-
ginning to have navy, but still
it was practically defenceless. He
found the Supreme Court loaded
down with neglected business, SO
there was practically a de
nial of justice all over the United
States, and Congress had not been able
or willing to reorganizs or relieve that
court. In short, he found everywhere
proof that Congress was not absolutely
wise. The bill was bad. It abandoned
the original theory of the Government
and launched the Government on the un
bounded sea of wild schemes. Il
Moody and Chandler spoke briefly in
support of the bill, which then went
over.
The House amendments to the Okla
homa bill were non-concurred in, and q
conference was ordered.
SENATE BILLS PASSED.
The following Senate bills for public
buildings were passed: Spokane Falls,
Washington, 100000; Walla Walla,
Washington, $4,000; Tacoma, Wash.
ington, 800, Seattle, Washington,
100000.
The Senate bill to establish certain
ports of delivery in Alaska. Territory
Mare island, Wrangle, Juneau, Land
Point, Kodiak and Ounalaska) was
passed.
Adjourned.