Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-25
INDIAN APPROPRIATIONS
Considered by the Members in
Committee of the Whole.
REPLIES TO SCURRILOUS ATTACKS.
Congressman Deny That They We're Under
Catholic Influence.
THE DolNGS OF A DAY AT THE CAPITOL

req. 2t-1uc dp-
preparation bill still continues to be the
subject of monotonous consideration in the
House, and will likely absorb the rest of
the week. The debate is generally of the
most uninteresting kind, and it is only
when the Indian agents come in for de-
nuncation by some of the friends of the
red man that the talk occasionally assumes
a lively character.
The spirit of investigation is still strong
in the House, and the first formal action;
after the meeting of that body to-day was
the adoption of resolution of Mr.. Tarsney,
from the Labor Committee, authorizing an
investigation of the operations and effect of
the eight-hour law in the Government. ser
vice. The committee is required to report
whether the continuance and strict enforce
ment OF the eight-hour law is desirable; by
what methods and to what extent the law
has been evaded: whether amendments are
required to secure its practical enforcement,
and whether convict labor is being used by
the United States or contractors on public
works, or the product of convict labor be-
ing furnished to any department of the
Government 1t will be observed that the
scope of the investigation is almost uD-
limited, and it is likely a searching inquiry
Will be Instituted to last many weeks.
sn,irb rssn,;es =, scn-ri,o,s Attach
"hen the house went INTO commlttee OF
the Whole on the lnolan appropriation Dill
Mr.. Bynum occupied the chair. Mr. Smith,
of Arizona, offered an amendment to the
clause appropriating $40, 900 for the purpose
of irrigating Indian reservations by pro-
rIuins una. !lis SUN snaii ue ueuucteu rom
IHe appropriations Inaae iof tne support Q!
1uuian Schoois sltuateu east ol lne missouri
river In advocating MS amendment ne
referred to what he characterlzed as
,"Ii 10 "Iue np upon ceiIaii IAN
deemed il nroper to criticise the Carlisle
school. 1t had been stated in this attack
that the members had been under Catholic
influence. He wasn not bv name alluded to-
but he was opposed TO this system of educa.
+ion without ever HAVING heard a word from
sucb source He on0osod the system of
education of Indians in the Fast because
he knew that that system was q failure. He
withdrew his amendment for the present.
HeTpou,bt IF P-,n.r to c,,tio,.e
-,
Nj enu1eUoii, VI nes' fhslniai "iose
name was mentlohed IN SuperinIendent
Pratt INTERVIEW, declared that he had
never peen approached, Directly OF indirect
~, by mint or lnnuendo, by any Satholc TO
induce hlm to crltlclSe the Carlisle School.
ne had crltlclsed that school because ne
haa oeneved IT proper to DO SO;
Al!Tr LEI dlsposlns OF 40 Oh lhe ou pages OF
'Ac q pili tno 0oiHn,,.Uoe iose' ,
on mo1lon OF MI. oayres, OF 1e1as: the
SENATE amenumenls 10 tne census denclency
Dill were non-concurred IN, and Confer
ence committee, composed OF Messrs.
Sayres, Holman and Dlngley, was ordered |
Inc House then ADJOURNED and the clerk !
announced that meeting OF the Demo /
eratlc members OF the House would De heid |
IN ,"c
In the senate MI Morrlll, from the Com
mittee on Finance, reported back to the |
Senate adversely Mr.. Coke's bill to amend |
the laws IN relation to the circulation of
banking associations, and 1t was placed on |
tne, calendar
MI: sherman, from the Committee on
ore!gh helations, reported a OH! TO pro-
Iect foreign eHhlblts at the World s Colum-
pan Exposition from prosecution for ex-
hlbltlng wares protected by American pat
ents and trademarks, and 1t was passed.
Mr.. Sherman also reported resolution
requesting the President, If not incompati-
Die with public interest, to inform the Sen
ate OF the proceedings recently had with
ine representatives OF tne dominion OF Can
aua anu OF the bfltlsh government as to ar
rangements Tor reciprocal trade with Can
ada, and II was agreed to.
Mr. Manderson, referring to what is
known as THE green goods business"
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