The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-02-18
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pending. '0 S'l'
w1A:sH1Neros, Feb. II. blouse.
Nj Mr. LIVINGSTON, ! !, Of Georgia, offere,
the following for immediate cona;d
Grafton: "ln view of the unres
ana extremely = depressed cond;
tlon OF the masses of the neonle aa,
House, " 'hS
Resolred, That we extend 70 tho -,
our sincere sympathy and prom;sf
I" 40 all in our power for relief IN
the line OF improved finance and "a
duced taxation"
hr. Taylor, of Illinois. objected
Mr. Dingley, of Maine: ss;d
ne thought the House had
better trasact the nh
ilc business and not cons;aan
buncomSe resolutions Mr.. Enloe
OF tennessee, reported and the
Rouse passed resolution call;no
on the Postmaster-General for IN.
formation relative to contracts made
unoer the maiis subsidy act. The
House then went into committee Of
the whole on the Indian appropriation
Dill. MIR. Peel, of Arkansas, moved
that the reading of the bill be dis
pensed with. MT. Pendleton. West
Virginia, objected and over an hour
was occupied in its readino
Discussion arose as to the
time to be devoted to
drbate, the majority and the mi
norlfy agreeing that debat should
be short. The Third party, how
ever, headed by Mr.. Watson. of
Georgia and Mr. Simpson, of Kansas,
wanted to be heard, and it was
finally agreed that debate should
not be restricted as to time. Mr.
Feel, OF Arkansas, explained the
provisions Of the bill The amount
tor the Indian service proper las,
year vas SS,o36.944, and this wear
S7,236,7S7, being reduction for
the present year of $SOO,l57.
Mr.. Stockiale, of Mississippi.
attacked tn pro' ision appropriatinu
SS"0.OoO for the transportation of
Indians to be- Indian >cbo Is In the
Fast and the $4,000 COO for In-
dian scho Is. The people in the
South, both white and colored we're
in rs bad condition as the Indians.
This discrimination was unjust.
The annual per capita expense of
educating Indian children al Car
Isle was $I33 The white and col
ored children in the South would be
very happy if they could get one
half that sum yearly for ednca-
,ion. The Indians were able TO
work and should be made to pay for
their own education. Mr.. Watson,
of Georgia, cited the distress of his
own people in Georgia and said he
would not raise his voice against a
fair, liberal and just appropriation
for the red men of the West; they
should be fairly dealt with and
should be protected by the govern
ment. He referred to the decrease
in price the farmers had suffered in
their products owing to the finan-
ciAl laws passed by Congress. By
the census every man, woman and
child was entitled to $1,000
and yet it had gone to
privileged centres, to banks.
Honopolies and railroads thrive un.
der these peculiar laws of the
United States He said that the
banks borrowed money from the
government at one per cent. and
loaned it out at from eight to thirty
per cent. M. Funston, of Kansas,
inquired why it was that if the ma
tional banking business was so pro-
Htable they had surrendered their
currency. MIR. Watson replied
hat it was because the bank had run
1p the premium of those bonds to an
enormous figure, and it was better
or them to be engaged in that bus
ness than to carry on their regular
banking business. Mr. Pendleton
West Virginia) opposed the appro-
,riation. Messrs. Rockwell, New