Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-03-02
In the House.

Dockery from Missouri. from the COM
] mittee on appropriations, reported the Dis
| trict of Columbia appropriation bill and it
| was referred TO the committee of the
whole. The house then went into COM
mittee of the whole, Bynum of Indiana in
the chair, on the Indian appropriation bill.
The Catholic church and the charge that
| it maintains lobby at Washington to
manipulate appropriations in behalf of In
| dian sectarian schools was the subject Of
three hours acrimonious discussion in the
/ house to-day. The Indian appropriation
| bill was the measure under consideration
and the immediate cause of the religious
| discussion was the section making an APP
| preparation for the Carlisle Indian school.
1t was stated in the house thatI Capt. Pratt
of the United States army, superintendent
| of that school, speaking of the attack made
| in the house against the appropriation for
| an Indian school said:
"They were made through the Catholic
| church which pays congressman to attack
| the national shoots because they are detri-
mental to their parochial schools which are
| given three times the amount by the gov
eminent that other denominations receive"
Congressman Mansur Of Missouri, Stock
dale of Mississippi and Pendleton of West
Virginia, who were understood by implica-
ton to be the congressman referred to.
made lively attack on Capt Pratt, and
demanded as penalty for the utterances
that the $1,000 appropriation which he an
nually receives as superintendent of the
Carlisle Indian school be stricken from the
Indian appropriation bill. The house was
powerless to express its displeasure il any
more forclble way than this, as Capt Pratt,
being an officer of the United States army,
his rank and place as captain are beyond
the reach and regulation of congress,
The superintendent of the Indian school
had many valiant defenders in the house,
however, and it was more his reiterated
declaration by telegraph to-day than the
original newspaper statement that finally
led the house TO adopt the amendment cut
ting OF his salary as superintendent. Sew
eral Of his congressional friends, who
doubted whether he had made the state
ment attributed TO him, telegraphed him
to-day to know his exact declaration. The
answer wired back and subsequently read
in the house was about as bad as the orig
inal statement. "My remarks said Capt
Pratt, ''were the Catholics got more than
double as much of the indian school appro-
priations as all denominations combined;
that they maintained 4 powerful lobby in
Washington and manipulated politics to ac
complish their purposes. These were the
general statements, having no bearing
whatever on individual members of con-
gress, much less to Mansur, in whose gen
eral views 1 concnr."
This was quite satisfactory to Mansur,
else, and its reading had the effect of caus-
ing the house promptly to adopt the pro-
posed reported bill to the house. The pre-
vious question having been ordered Picker
of South Dakota, demanded q separate vote
on the amendment providing when vacan-
cies shall occur hereafter in Indian
agencies they shall be filed by army Off
GERS detailed for duty by the president
The amendment was adopted. The bill
then passed.
Mcmillan, from the committee on ways
and means. reported the free wool bill,
which was referred to the committee of the
whole, together with the views of the mi
nority, presented by Burrows.
Mcmillan said he would call the bill up
next Tuesday.
Bryan of Nebraska and Turner of
Georgia, respectively, from the same COM
mittee, reported bills for free entry of bind
ing Irvine and cotton bagging and ties. Re
ferred to the committee of the whole and
leave granted Payne of New York and Dali
eel of Pennsylvania to present the views of
the minority on those measures.
The house then adjourned.