The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-03-08
CAPTAIN Pratt REBUKEo.

me Caritsi@ Supsrioten fent-s Salary Cot
o6foe Siorriag NJ Cathoiics.
WAsHiSGToN. March 2-wneu the house
met. discussion OF the Indian appropria-
ton bill was resumed with the section
making an Appropriation for the Carlisle
Indian school. Tue alleged statement
that Captain 4 $ Pratt of the
United states army. superintendent
OF that school, in speaking OF the
attack made in the house against
the appropriation for the Indian school had
said: They were made through the Cath.
clio church. In paying congressman To at
tack the national schools because ,hey
are detrimental to the parochlai schools
which are given three times the amount by
Che government than other denomin atoms
receive" was read and Messrs. Mansuriof
Missouri. Stocxdale Of Mississippi; and
Pendleton OF West Virginia. who we're
understood, by implication, TO be
the congressman referred to, made lively
attack on Captain Prat. and demanded as
. penalty for his utterances that the
u, 900 appropriation which he annually
received as superintendent of the Car
Isle Indian school be stricken from the
bill The house was powerless to express
its dis pleasure in any more forcible way
than this, as Captain Pratt, being an OH
Ger in the GATED States army, was beyond
the reach and regulation of congress.
The superintendent of the school had
many valiant defenders, but they were out
to route when the following telegram from
him was read: "My remarks were that
Catholic got more than double as much of
Indian school appropriations as all other
denominations combined; that they main
tain powerful lobby in Washington and
manipulate politics to accomplish their
purposes. These were the general state
meuts, having no bearing whatever on in
dividual members Of congress, much less
on Mr.. Mansur, in whose general views |
copcur"
This was quite salts factory to Mr.. Map !!
sur, but it was not very conSoling to any,
body else, and its reading had the effect OF |
causing the House promptly to adopt the |
proposed amendent cutting OF Captain ,
Pratt's extra salary, which was agreed to,
% 70 81, and the committee rose and re- !,
ported the bill TO the House.
The previous question having bseu \
ordered, Mr.. Picker of South Dakota |
demanded a separate vote on the amend |
ment providing that when a vacancy \
should occur hereafter in Indian agencies |!
they should be filed by army officers de-
tailed for the duty by the president. 1t
was adopted, yeas Ia. nays 81 The bill
then passed
The Free Wool Bill
Mr.. McMillin, OF Tennessee, from the
committee on ways and means, reported |
the free wool bill, which was referred to
the committee on the whole, together with
the views OF the minority presented by
Mr. Burrows Of Michigan. Mr..
McMillin stated that it had been the in.
tention Of the committee to call this bill '
up for consideration during the latter
part of the week, but that owing to the
illness Of Chairman Springer he would
not call it up until next Tuesday.
Mr.. Bryan Of Nebraska and Mr.. Turner
of Georgia respectively, from the same
committee, reported bills for the free en-
try Of binding Irvine and cotton bagging
and ties, which were referred to the COM
mittee of the whole and have granted
70 Mr.. Payne Of New York and Mr. Daizell
OF Pennsylvania to present tho views Of
the minority on these measures The
house then adjourned.
To Safeguard National b ,nk..
WssHINaToN, March 2.-The senate
finance committee directed favorable re-
port to be made on the house bill for a bet
ter control Of and to promote the safety Of
national banks. In substance the bill
forbids the banks to make loans to its Of
Acers or servants unless the loan has been
approved By majority OF the directors or
executive committee, and also forbids
banks to allow their officers accounts 10 be
overdrawn. A new paragraph was added
as An amendment authorizing banks to en-.
large their circulation to the full par value
OF United States bonds deposited. so that
the bill must go back TO the house il it