The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-03-19
SENATOR HAWLEY
Opposes the Blair Educational
Bill and Thinks
CONGRESS is NOT VERY WISE
In Much of its Doings, and Shows How Many
Things Needing Legislation are
Neglected-In the House.

WASHINGTON, March 1S.-The committee
on finance reported substitute for the bill
against trusts in restraint of production.
the morning business, consideration of the
urgency deficiency bill was resumed.
An item of s, 600 was inserted in aid of
the Industrial Home association, Utah
territory.
An amendment was offered by Hale
authorizing the use of 5000 for the relief
of the Turtle Mountain band of Indians,
Devils Lake agency.
Teller said that when he was secretary
of the interior he investigated the case of
the Turtle Mountain Indians and there
were but 300 of them, mostly half breeds;
that the number now, according to pub
lished statements, had swelled to over
nineteen hundred. But they were not
American Indians; they were Manitoba
Chippewas and if the doors of general dis
tribution were thus opened to them all the
Chippewas in that country would flock into
the United States; the British ChiDpewas
should be sent back to where they belonged.
He wanted to put in the Record his denial
of the statement, whether it came from the
pulpit or elsewhere, that those Indians
had been improperly treated by the gov
eminent of the United States. Amend
ment agreed to.
Amendments were also agreed to as fol
lows: For agricultural experiment stations
in Arizona, New Mexico and Utah, $50, 900;
for preliminary investigations for artesian
wells for irrigation purposes within the
area west of the 9th meridian and east of
the foot hills of the Rocky mountains,
S20,0 600; making an additional appropria-
ton of S33, 900 for the fish commission. All
the amendments having been disposed of,
the bill passed.
The Blair educational bill was then taken
up, and Hawley spoke in opposition to it.
Congress does not govern so well that II
should undertake to do everything, said
Hawley. There were not school houses
enough in the city of Washington, where
Congress had exclusive jurisdiction. Hall
of the children had to attend school in the
forenoon and half in the afternoon. Con
gress had shown that it could not run the
common schools of the District of Colum
bia He found, too, that Congress was no
a success in the management of the Indians
for he read every day charges that the gov
eminent was robbing the Indians, and h,
had read recently an eloquent protest from
the chief of the Cherokees that they wer,
crowded out of their lands. He found tina
Congress was imbecile so far as tn,
coast defenses of the country wer
concerned. The government had a few cas-
IRON guus and had 10 protection against
frst-class or second-class ironclad. Tire,
or four years ago there had been nothin,
but the guns of former brilliant navy ant
some poor old broken down, ragged GRIP
pies of ships. Now, the country was be
ginning to have navy, but still it wa
practically defenseless. He found the su
preme court loaded down with business, 81
there was practically denial of justice al
over the United States, aud Congress ha
not been able or willing to reorganize an
relieve that court. In short, he foun
everywhere proof that Congress was NO
absolutely wise. The bill was bad; j
abandoned the original theory of govern
ment and launches the government on a
unbounded sea of wild schemes.
Moody and Chandler spoke briefly i
support of the bill, which then went over
The House amendments to the Okla
homa bill were not concurred in and COZ
ference was ordered.
The following Senate bills for publi
buildings passed: Spokane Falls, Washn.
S100,0 900; Walla Walla, Washn., So, OOC
Tacoma, Washn., S100,0O0; Seattle, Washn
500, 900. The Senate bill to establish ce
tain ports of delivery in Alaska territor,
Mary Island, Wrangle, juneau, Ian
Point, Kodiak and Ounalaska passed. A,
iourned.