The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1892-03-25
GMDemuerat-StM
JOIN L Z LATEST.
Defeads the Catholics frsm the Charge
Of Being Lobbyists,

his second speech Tins session,
while The Indian appropriation bill
Was before the House. A Capt.
Pratt, U. 5. A. in charge of the
Carlisle school, was accused of
slandering the Roman Catholics,
who control many ofthe Indian
schools. lie has alleged that the
Roman Catholics maintained a
powerful lobby in Washington, TO
manipulate politics. 1t was charg.
ell that he had specified members
OF Congress who had been IN.
tluenced by Them 10 make speech.
es in their behalf. A bitter dis.
cussion arose over The a%ppropria-
ton for Pratl's salary. In the dis.
cussion, Mr.. Wilson, Of Washing.
ton, read a dispatch from Capt.
Trait. III was as follows:
"CAELIsLE, Pa, March l, 1892.
"My remarks were that Catholics
got more than double as much In.
dian school appropriations as all
other denominations combined
that they maintain II powerful lob.
by in Washington and manipulate
politics 10 accomplish their pur-
poses. This is n general statement,
having no bearing upon lmiividu.
al members, much less 10 Mr.. Man.
sur, in whose general views | con.
eur. r. II. PRATT"
MI. Pendleton, of West Virginia,
is among the members whom Il
was alleged Pratt had named. 1t
will be remembered that Mr.. Pen.
dleton was deprived of his seat in
Tom Reeds Congress. Gen. Man.
SUI is a great talker, and Mr.. Stock
dale, Of Mississippi, takes much in.
teresl in the education Of The ne.
gro. Marcus Aurclius Smith is the
delegate from Arizona. They took
an active part IN the discussion
over the school fund in The Indian
Appropriation bill. Late in the
day John Allen appeared in the
main isle. Asa member of The
Committee on Indian Affairs, he
had no difficulty in securing rec
ognition.
Mr.. Chairman" said he, 81 wish
10 disclaim, Tor the committee, any
sympathy for The statement al.
legged to have been made by Capt.
Pratt. No, one of these gentlemen
has been paid by Catholics, or any
one else, to speak against thi, In.
dian Appropriation bill. My friend
here from West Virginia Mr.. Pen.
d%leion has spoken a good deal Oh
this bill, but he was never pail 10
do it. His action is easily explain.
ed. A ruthless Republican MA.
.lorily stopped him from speaking
very early in The last Congress.
He is behind on talk and must
catch up. [Great laughter. All
OF you know that nobody has to
pay our friend from Missouri Gen.
Mnnsur] TO speak at any lime on
any question. lie doesn't require
any pay. Rencwed laughter.
And here is my colleague from
Mississippi mr.. Stockdale. He
has an annual ;obon hls hands here
when the Indian Appropriation
bill comes up. 1t Is to Tell The peo.
pie Of tins country what we are
doing for The education Of The ne.
gro down in Mississippi. lie has
10 d. it on this bill, and therefore
nobody has TO pay him. %Increas.
ed laughter. am sure, MIR.
Speaker, that there is neither pay,
malice, nor Catholic influence be-
hind the speeches OF any Of these
gentlemen.
81 believe nv friend from Ari.
IONA Mr.. Smith is not named on
the list of Offenders. lie, too, has
talked on This question a good deal.
The Republicans over there are
responsible for this. lie can't vote
talking is all he can do in This
House. If they had let Arizona
into The Union last year, we'd be
rid of him now, and he would be
over in the Senate doing his talk
ing. [Great laughter. The Re-
publicans have kept him in here,
and as he can't vote he's bound TO
take it out in talking. AS long as
his present status continues We
may expect 10 have Il good deal of
talk from him."
Here Mr.. Allen pulled out of the
pocket of his walstcoat Il clipping
from tie New York Press. 1t rep.
resented The Emperor William of
Germany as a parrot and Bismarck
as a bulldog. 1t was based on the
old-lime story of the parrot and
the monkey, with The inscription,
"We've had a hell Of a tlme."
Holding up the cut, Mr.. Allen
sad: "By The tire we are THROUGH
with tins amendment Pratt
will probably be prepared to ap.
preciate a picture That ! cut out oil
paper this morning. This is the
picture OF a very badly ~lefaced
parrot that had annoyed n bulldog
a good deal by too much talking.
[Lanshier.] Gentlemen who are
near enough to see The picture can
see that The parrot has but one
tail feather left, and that is
broken; that ONE eye i gone, and