The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-03-02
A CATHOLIC LOBBY
Captain Pratt Says One is Kept
in Washington.
THEHOUSE TAKES THE MATTER UP
Pratt Asserts They Manipulate Politics for the
Purpose of Getting Indian School ApprO-
priatiens-Bis salary DOcked.

WASHINGTON, March 1.-The Catholic
church and the charge that it maintains
lobby at Was hington to manipulate appro-
priations in behalf of Indian sectarian
schools, was the subject of an hours acri-
monious discussion in the House to-day.
The Indian appropriation bill was the
measure under consideration and the i'm
mediate cause of the religious discussion
was the section making an appropriation
for the Carlisle Indian school. 1t was
stated in the House that Captain Pratt of
the United States army, superintendent of
that school, in speaking of the attack made
IN the House against an appropriation for
the Indian school, had said: They were
made through the Catholic church, in pay
ing congressman to attack the national
schools because they are detrimental to
their 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 Co gressmen referred
TO, made lively attack on Captsin Pratt,
and demanded as a penalty for his utter e
ances that the $1,000 appropriation he
annually receives as superintendent of the
Carlisle Indian school, be stricken from the
bill.
He had many valiant defenders in the
House, however, and 1t was more his re-
lterated declaration by telegraph to-day
than the original newspaper statement
that finally led the House to adopt an
amendment cuating off his salary as super
intenvent. Several of his congressional
friends who doubted whether the superin-
tendent had made the statement attri-
buted to him, telegraphed to-day and re-
celved the following reply: "My remarks
were that the Catholics got more
than double as much of the
Indian school appropriations as
all other denominations combined
that they maintain powerful lobby IL
Washington and manipulate politics to ac-
compllsh their purposes. These were gen.
eraL statements, having no bearing what
ever on Individual members of Congress,
much less to Mansur, in whose general
views l concur
This was quite satisfactory to Mansur
but not very consoling to any body else, and
It's reading lad the effect of causing the
House promptly to adopt the proposed
amendment
The committee of the whole then rose
and reported the bill TO the House. The
previous question having been ordered,
1 A1AASAs VI AOOulu DdhOLd, uSHbn a
separate vote on Bowers amendment pro-
viding vacancies hereinafter occurring in
Indian agencies shall be filed by army
| officers. The amendment was adopted, l42
TO 81. The bill passed
McMillin, OF Tennessee, from the com
mittee on ways and means, reported a free
wool bill, which was referred to the com
mittee OF tie whole, together with the
views OF the minority presented by Bur
rows, of Michigan.
McMillin stated 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 Irvine and cotton bagging
and ties, which were referred to the COM
mittee OF the whole ana leave was granted
Payne, Of New York, and Dalzell, of Penn
/ sylvania, to present the views OF the min
GRITTY. Adjourned.