The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-03-03
FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS.
THE CLAGGET-DUB0Is CASE STILL UN-
DER DISCUSSION.
An Exceedingly Spirited and Acrimonious
Debate Preoipitated in the House Dur
ing the Col sideration Of the Indian
Appropriation Bill,
THE SENATE.

iii 0IALNEA
AsuINGToN, March 1.-Aiter the
transaction of routine business, the
Idaho election case was taken up, ana
Senator Sanders addressed the senate
in defense of Claggett's right to a seat.
Senator Morgan made a legal ana
constitutional argument against the
right of Dubois to occupy seat IN the
senate. Without action on the case
the senate adjourned.
THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, March Tine
.Catholic church and the charge that
il maintains q lobby at Washington TO
manipulate appropriations IN ps nan
of Indian sectarian Schools" was 1ne
subject of three hours acrlnlollous Gus
discussion in the House today. me
Inuiau appropriations Dill was .he
measure under consideration anu tho
immediate cause of the rellgious us
cussion was the section making al
appropriation for the carlisle IIoian
school. IL was stated in lhe tlouee
that Capt. Pratt, U. 5. A., supeflhten-
dent of that school, speaking VI an aV-
tack made in the House aSalhsC Vhe
appropriation for the Indian schooi'
said: IT,
"They were made through The
Catholic church, which pays CON
eressmen to attack the national
Schools because they are detrimen'ai
to their parochial schools, Whlch are
given three times the amount by the
Government that other denomlha-
tions receive" ,,..,
congressman Maasur of Missouri,
Stockdale of Mississippi and Pendle-
ton of West Virginia. who were uh'
derstood by implication to be the CON
0ressmen referred to, made a IVely
). attack Oh Capt. Pratt and demanded
as q penalty for the utteranceS IN al
the ST 900 appropriation which ne an,
nualIv receives as superlntei dent OF
the Carlisle Indian school be stricken
from the Indian appropriation Dill
The house was powerles5 to express
it's displeasure in any more f0rcinle
Way than this, as Capt. Pratt, pelhg
an officer in the United States army,
by his rank and place as captain, was
bevond the the reach and regulation
of congress. ,.
The superintendent of the Indian
school had many valiant defenders IN
the House, however, ana III was
more on his reiterated declaration ny
telegraph today than the original
newsoaper statement that finally le"
the House to adopt the amendmehS T.
cutting off his salary as superlhlehu-
ent.
Several of his congressional frlehds
who doubted whether he had made
the statement attributed to nm Vele-
praphed him today to know LIS eXact
declaration. The answer wired back
and subsequently, read in the House
was about as bad as the original
statement.
"My remarks" "telegraphed Captain
Pratt. "were that the Catholics got
more than double as much of the In
dian school appropriations as all the
other denominations combined; that
thew maintain a powerful lobby in
Washington and manipulate polltlcs
to accomplish their purposes. lhese
were general statements, having no
bearing whatever on indiVlduai mem
,bers of congress, much less TO Mansur'
i'm whose general views L concur"
This was quite satisfactory TO Man-
sur. but it was not very consoilng to
anybody else, and its reading had the
effect of causing the house promptly
to adopt the proposed amendmeht.
The previous question having been
ordered, Mr.. Picker of South Dakota
demanded separate vote ON the
amendment providing that when va
cancies shall occur hereafter in Indian
agencies they shall be filled by army
officers detailed for duty by the presi-
dent. The amendment was adopted
and the bill then passed.
Mr.. McMillin from the committee
on WAYS and means reported free
wool bill which was referred to the
committee of the whole together with
the views of the minority as presented
by Mr.. Burrows. 49,,
MoMillin said he would call the bill
up next Tuesday.
BRYAN of Nebraska and Turner of
. Georgia, respecti ely, from the same
committee, reported bills for the free
. entry of binding twine and cotton
bageing and ties; referred to the com
o mittee of the whole, and leave wa1
granted Payne of New York and
DalzeIl of Pennsylvania to present the
views of the minority on those meas
ures. The house then adjourned.
THE ANTI SILVER MEN.
WASHINGTON, March 1.-The New
England and New York anti-silver
Democrats and some of the more pro-
nounced opponents of free silver in
other states, were in frequent confer
ence today at the House, canvassing
the situation and endeavoring to con-
.coct some means by which additional
strength can be secured for their side
{ in the coming fight in the House over
the silver question. AS result OF
these conferences, it was asserted by
several anti silver Democrats that
thew had suffi, lent Democratic votes
to defeat the adoption of the report OF
the rules committee, giving the time
for the consideration of the Bland Dill,
provided the Republicans stood by
them.
Williams of Massachusetts, when
asked whether they had any as,
surances that the Republicans would
stand by them, replied they h ad not,
and did not know what the Repub-
linans would do.