Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-02
PRATTS PAY CUT OFF
An Army Officer Sat Upon by
Congress.
His Aspersions Of the Catholic
Church Rebuked.
An Acrimonious Sectarian Discussion
in the House.
The Indian Appropriation Bill Passed.
Including Bowers's Amendment.
Anti-Silver Men Hold
Council Of War.
Associated Press Dispatches.

Associated Press Dispatches
WASHINGTON, March 1.-The Catholic
church and the charge that it main
tains lobby OF Washington to manipu-
late appropriations in behalf of Indian
sectarian schools, was the subject OF
much acrimonious discussion for three
hours in the house today. This Indian
appropriation bill was the measure under
consideration, and the immediate cause
of the religious discussion was the Sec
ton making an appropriation for the
Carlisle Indian school.
II was stated in the house that Cap
tain Pratt OF the United States army,
superintendent Of that school, in speak
ing of the attacks made in the house
against appropriations for Indian
schools, had said that they were
made through the Catholic church,
in paving congressman to attack
national schools, because they are detri-
mental to parochial schools, which are
given three times the amount by the
government that other denominations
receive.
Congressman Mansur of Missouri,
Stockdale Of Mississippi and Pendleton
OF West Virginia, who were understood
by implication to be the congressman
referred to, made lively attack on
Captain Pratt, and demanded as a
penalty for his utterances that the
$1,000 appropriation he annually re-
ceived as superintendent of the Carlisle
Indian school be stricken from the bill.
He had many valiant defenders in the
house, however, and it was more his
reiterated declaration by telegraph to-
day than the original newspaper state
ment that finally led the house to adopt
an amendment cutting off his salary as
superintendent.
WHAT PRATT SAID.
Several OF his congressional friends
who doubted whether the superintend-
ent had made the statement attributed
to him, telegraphed today and received
the following reply:
my remarks were that the Catholics
got more than double as much Indian
school appropriations rs all other de-
nominations combined; that they main
tain powerful lobby in Washington and
manipulate politics to accomplish their
UuIDOeos .luCbC WOAO 6OhOt0A ot6tC-
ments, having no bearing whatever on
Individual members of congress, much
less on Mansur, in whose general views
concur"
This was quite satisfactory to Mansur,
but not very consolinC to anybody else,
and its reading had the effect of causing
the house promptly to adopt the pro-
posed amendment.
THE INDIAN BILL PASSED.
The committee of the whole then rose
and reported the bill to the house.
The previous question having been
ordered, Pickler Of South Dakota de-
manded separate vote on Bowers's
amendment providing that vacancies
hereafter occurring in Indian agencies
shall be filled by army officers. The
bill passed.
TARIFF BILLS REPORTED.
McMillin of Tennessee, from the COM
mittee on ways and means, reported the
free wool bill, which was referred TO the
committee of the whole, together with
the views of the minority presented by
Burrows OF Michigan.
McMillin stated that owing to the
illness of Springer he would not call the
bill up until Tuesday next.
Bryan of Nebraska and Turner of
, Georgia respectively, from the same
committee, reported bills for the free
entry of binding twine and cotton bag
ging and ties, which were referred to the
committee of the whole, and leave was
granted Payne of New York and Dalzell
OF Pennsylvania to present the views OF
the minority. Adjourned.
ANTI-sILvER DEMOCRATS.
The New England and New York anti
silver Democrats and some of the more
pronounced opponents of free silver
from other states were in frequent con-
ference today, canvassing the situation
and endeavoring to concert meas
ures by which additional strength
might be secured for their eide in the
coming fight in the house over the silver
question. AS the result, as asserted by
several anti-silver Democrats, they have
sufficient Democratic votes to defeat the
report of the rules committee setting
the time for the consideration of the
Bland bill, provided the Republicans
stand by them. Inquiry made of
a number of Republican senators, shows
that thus far there have been no confer
ences among them, nor any agreement
for concerted action on the question of
consideration of the silver bill Pierce,
Bland and other silver men express un-
limited confidence in their ability to de-
feat, on vote, any proposition looking
to the shelving or defeat of the free
oi1yor hill