New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-07
MORE HOLMAN "ECONOMY."
THE JUDGE PLIES HIS KNIFE ON INDIAN
APPROPRIATIONS.
PECULIAR PROVISIONS OF HIS BILI-NIGGARD-
Illness. CHARACTERISTIC OF THE IN
DIANA STATESMAN. CROPS OUT
IN EVERY DIRECTION.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE. ]

| IN EVERY DIRECTION.
| TBr TELEGRAPH THE TRIBUSE1
| Washington. May 6.-"Well they are after me
| again." said Judge Holman. with sly chuckle. to
Trib Inc correspondent yesterday
| "Who after you, and WHY asked the cor
| respondent
| "Oh. all these good people who interested In
the civilization of tho Indians They say that l
| propose to abolish the Office OF Superintendent OF
| Indian Schools, and must therefore be hostile to
| Indian education and so on"
| rs that an unnecessary Office" asked the cor
| respondent
| why. there is a division OF education in the
( Indian Bureau. and army OF inspectors and
examiners and what not outside. so that there does
| not to be n crying need for a Superintendent
| Of Indian Schools" responded the chairman of the
| House Committee on Indian Affairs.
| An examination of the Indian Appropriation bill,
| which brought into the House of Representa-
| tives from Chairman Holmans committee on Mon
| day. and Of the printed report by which 1t
companied. shows that the measure is Justly liable
| to criticism In many respects other than the one
to which he drew the attention Of The Tribune cor
| respondent
"Maam." said Major Bagstock take ]. BIS
word for this, for Joe is de'lish sly" Whether you
| take Judge Homans word for 1t not. he, too.
| is sly and his slyness peers forth from nearly
every page OF this Appropriation bill 1t is full
| OF pitfalls and provisos egg is Of meat. For
example there is n proviso at the end OF the para
| graph making appropriations for the pay Of salaries
| of Indian agents which consolidates agencies.
| and then continues. land all provisions of law fix
| ing compensation for Indian agents In excess OF
that herein provided hereby repealed. and all
offices In the Indian service not herein provided for
are hereby abolished"
This proviso aboshes the office OF Superintendent
of Indian Schools. and also apparently the Board OF
Indian Commissioners. established by the act OF
April TO- 1869. because the usual appropriation for
| the travelling expenses OF these Commissioners. who
serve without salary other compensation, is
omitted. But Judge Holman. after asserting that the
Office Of Superintendent OF Schools Is unnecessary
| one. contradcts himself further by providing
that the Superintendent OF Indian Schools shall
receive 'the salary OF $500 with travelling
| penses. prescribed by the Secretary OF the In
terror" the amount 20 be paid from the apprOprla
ton for "the support Of Indian day.and Industrial
| schools" etc. In other words he abollshes the
Office. but retains the officer salary 500 year
| less than he is entitled to receive under existing
| law In this relation Il should be mentioned that
| neither the Commissioner Of Indian Affairs nor his
| superior. Secretary Hoke Smith, both OF whom
strove 10 pare the estimates closely as possible.
| recommended either the abolition OF the office the
reduction OF the salary Of the Superintendent OF
Indian Schools AZ tho time that Judge Hol-
| man saddles the expense Of School Superintendent
upon the appropriation FOR the support OF day and
| Industrial schools. he proposes 70 cut that fund
$1,000 below the estimates OF the frugal Hoke Smith
|
fiscal year and he also proposes 10 hamper the use
Of the reduced fund by a proviso that will almost
| Inevitably result In injury TO the schools
Niggardllness crops out most extensively I'm every
direction. For example the Appropriation for the
Indian School at Carlisle. Penn. is cut $1,000 below
| the estimate. and the total amount 10 be appro-
/ priated on account ~ all Indian schools IS s3l591
less than the appropriation for the current fiscal
year and s27i.GO5 less than the amount that the
present Secretary OF the Interior regarded neccs
| sary for next year or course the natural and in
evitahe effect ~ such reduction will be seriously
s SO Gepe most important branch of the Indian
| The same policy that has been adopted In regard
10 the schools has controlled I'm nearly every other
branch and the result Is that the total amount APP
| proprated II the recommendations OF Chairman
| $4,000 less than the estimates submitted by a
| cannot be fairly suspected OF "A tendency toward
extravaganza II he and his friends are TO be be-
In his report accompanyinns the bin Chairman nan
, - r.i,'nj " -, p, rs resoscng
these moderate reductions given. but an inspcc
salaries Of seventy-ive officers and so prlvates OF
! Indian police. The pay Of each officer T. reduced
each private IS cut from sl3 to so month or more
than p per cent Iy this magnificent stroke Of
feet saving of nearly 5000 n month account
Of thG 'aa b o nes ysh Whether hs ban
OF ihe service which is most nsrssSaTy nna M
be scen II is pretty safe TO assume that II the In
| dian policemen were voters IN Judge liolman's dis
| irict no such proposition would have emanated
Another provision IN the bnl is to scale. down"
| principal Of these funds consists OF certain "ab
STR ed b. sGse Gs about ns hs
time that two members Of his cabinet also disap-
wSS Sn S, d S certain IN the neS
with money that belonged TO the Indians. and which
benefit. Despite the fact that part OK the securities
were stolen, or 'abstracted while IN the custody
| -hfrbf et.oIf
other securities have refused either 70 redeem or
h ke on h hf p b S Shos 1 SnS the 10
erest has been regularly appropriated and paid at
Mo7S3S It was 6 per cent. on sG6,6Gs it 81. per
The pending bill provides that the Indians shall
receive erea %, on t ee 652 Of ,t the Treasury D
thereafter shall receive uniform rate OF per cent
sba become on h apery of @p the 'n n me a M
this shrewd arrangement respecting which the In
%ns 1tbogh The "I repart saws tbn Ge w S
| seem 70 be entirely Just to themuthe Government
4 saving OF an equal amount is to be made by
the removal OF the Indian warehouse from New
York to Chicago That has already been done by the
regarded "a ample. but In his passion for provsos
'I3conomisi' Holman has embodied It In the Appro-
pratlon bill in these words:
Tint the office for purchasing goods and supplies
and the pripcpa dePo on shall be estaRshea at Chi
Ne expects to call the bill up for action In the
House this week.
VARIABLE GIFT TO PEABODY MrSEUM
Boston, May 1.-THE trustees Of the Peabody Mu-
scum OF Ethnoogy In Cambridge. have received
letter from Augustus Hemenway Offering them.
behalf of the trustees OF the estate OF Mrs Mary
Uemenway the Incompatible collections OF archae-
illogical specimens gathered during the last seven
wears by Frank II. Gushing and DR. j. Nsilter
Fewkes in Arizona and New Mexico. The trustees
OF the Museum have accepted the loan
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