New-York tribune., 1891-02-15
TIE INDIAN QUESTION IN THE HOUSE.
III SCUSSIOV or THE APPRoPm ATIoN BILL-NR'
CILNELAND.s sILNEN LLrrLE DEDELD ~.

III SCUSSTON or THE ArPRoPH ATloE HII.'-''i''
CLEvEL\ND'S SILVER LETTER DRAGGED ~
Wa>li.-t,n, Feb. lille llpuc - day went IH''
Committee ~ the Whole t'!r. pin%.r. q MliH'' I"
the cham on the !ud.an Appropriation ''!l' d" '''
general debate Nr. smith, Of Arizona. gave ' N'"'
upon the solution of tl" indian problem. NA'h i'"
talked about educating the Indian, tArou-h " medium
Of The .c.,oIhoI,c They m.-, well a.h Of cii' "'I
,r.", ou hor-rback Civilization must come H'''
through clfdcpcudcnt". IL must com" through
knowledge that they must a'gur' subsistence I"F
rhcu.clvc, AID families and every dollar appropriated
for indian schools was the money OF ui' Government
absolutely thrown away. The Indian mI-' ne uA"
4 farmer a -h"cp la-.r or "a cattle rli-rr t"nr" %"
could II, made q otl,u. The IudiIH question -h'ul
le settled hy the pl0U-eiI and bot T. tl' ~i'.i-
book He Nir. smith lad gone Nc~t believing u
Cooper, conception # an Indian. iio had found tAr
Indian n nasty. dirty. lousy v1eal0nd. who "ouli
not work Nj the Indian wanted Wa enough to
cat Tho Ind.an mu-s BE- civilized by making him
work. The most dan. 'rJrs Igdigr TO-DAY ou the
plain Wa the Indian Who had lad the aivauti-cs %;
education Al the schools.
Mr. Blanchard. Of Louisiana. contcrdcd Tint the In
dian va, capable Of education AID civilization, AID.
in support Of hi, cout"utlou quoted from various
port, Of committees appointed 10 inquire Into thc
Indian question "a -hoW that the Indian couii %, as
iilcd and Induced t. woIh. Il VA, tic dutg of the
Government not To cNtusui, thc Indians, bat T. help
them ~ become farmer, and Christians; and II the
country failed IN that duty IT would. Na,on. De-
a. re- p,uSblc for tire failure al individual would
be for the -ln, hc had committed.
Mr. Pierce Of Tcuucsc' made Dr. of political speech.
in which denounced the action oi %" maJoty Of The
House during tho pr.-cui C1us.c--. rrc r.ccut ca'
ton had shown that The people had not lnd"r,'d i!At
action, which he'd broken down the u-Ago, and prtc
tcc, of the House ana which had ncgc ii the burden
oi taAaton Touohu- upon the silver qn"-ii'n he
said that the people Of the country had au opinion
upon that subject which would not down even al ~"
dictate, OF cN President Cleveland.
Mr Glo-vrn'r oi ONO. ln implying - the t.Ni",
man. ,dd that tAc democratic party mad never dh"i
- Talk. Affirmative act 0u. NoN tn,'c rolled rip,,
the pathway oi hat party question upon whoa u
woud have 10 tlle affirmative acton. Hid ths -''tlc
man from 1ruuc--c" sir Pierce forgotten iuu %"
Democratic President had denounced iu uurlrnime
terms mi, whole Iudlc u unlimited silver 'rr1-"
Had b" forgotten mat thc F~i'".t man iu the il'm'
caiIc pag,y-d,npuao.d the f.c" aud unlimited coinage
81 silver fraud and ~ ndir The nu" had '"H'
when every Democrat W"ld do "hh ht i1 i".' ",'.
Groycr cleveland seat n h- Li- free trade i'- -
that -tarcd the country The lctt"r OF 'h" dU N'r'
yc-,"rdiy had -iaril"d DO" WOE" ''.Ir H"" I' "'
buc, and bow i.for' the superior -titr,aIaH ,p aaI
Inc alter Influence aud power of ii, man T'' d'.,I
80 bee honest a. ti;nc when fraud and GRID 'riF V'
the mask behind which th Democratic party "t- -'".N
General debate being completed. the llll "a real
hv rara-rapI- fog amendments. Mater rtu along
smoothly unul about ;hid Of the meat mr." md t'r'
UttIr breeze by making motion to ,trl," ont ' It-'
word Of paragraph and ~eHdius - the cIrih o,,h
and asking 9" have read a pee" paper a'llti' "lt-n
i-tc to ~ '"'ppia- b i.cor' or, .cn,engt %i 'lG I
the point that the gentleman Wa not addrc,rlns MN
~olf - the question before the committee. The p1,ll
Of order ~, sustained 10y the chair, "h.rcnpi W..
Fith.an took AN appeal and proceeding To r''d t"'
,,pio article Wa, again called to order.
}r. Hcc.iuridr'. u NiLan-a-, moved that ihG GIH
tl,uln ic permitted 70 proceed no order ana , li''
beng aIeci to, Tire rilins Of lIe 'r'ce va, a,'lt
begun Int il wa, ntcrrp,H h' anojhcr p., po.lt, ~" ~
th. appeal and ~, decision A. sustained 90 To i.
wldut dipags Of ti. ! tle comn'aa ,,rn n',r o., Mr.
The naval Appropriation hI Wa on mo'l"h o' 'i''
tcle, Of Naiuc, sem 10 conference.