Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-07-19

THE SENATE.
Warm Debate over the Indian APP
proprlntIon mn.


Washington, July ls.-ln the senate
today house Joint resolution was passed
authorizing the secretary Of state to
accept from q. Il. watts. r.. A., a
painting entitled Love aud Life" ex-
hibited by him at the Worlds Fair.
Mr., Carey called up the senate bill
to reserve for ten years. in each of sew
eral states. l.O0O.000 acres Of arid land
to be reclaimed and sold In small tracts
TO actual settlers. and II was passed.
The bill applies TO the same states az
the desert land law and also to Mon
tana and Kansas and to the states that
may be formed out OF the territories OF
Arizona. New Mexico, Oklahoma and
Utah.
The Indian appropriation bill was
then taken up. a petition from citl-
zens OF various counties in Pennsyl-
vanla protesting against the American
principle of separation of church and
state involved in the applications for
a sectarian school In the Indian APP
preparation hill was presented by Mir.
Quay, who also moved that further
consideration of the bill be postponed
for two weeks so that the order q
Patriotic Sons OF America might be
heard upon 1t. The motion was lost.
The paragraph appropriating A,095.000
for educating the indians provoked the
criticism of MIR. Platt against the poll
cy Of giving aid TO indian contract de-
nommational schools. He favored tho
adjustment Of all sectarian schools and
the establishment OF government
schools In their stead. MIR. CAN said
that the government recognized no
sect. but finding that various charitable
organizations had established them-
l,,.
made contracts with them 40 gav2 the
expense OF erecting schools without
considering whether they We're Eplsco-
pal en- Mohammidnn, Conversational
or Catholic. MIR. GallnRcr Republican.
of New Hampshire. protested against
government aid to sectarian schools, es-
pecially when one church received 20
much more than the others. There
was already a gathering storm In this
country against appropriating money
for sectarian purposes, and that storm
would break before long on the people
and the congress OF the United States.
MIR. CAN agreed that government
schools should aupersedc seotariau
schools whenever II was possible to do
so, but II a government school was set
down beside sectarian school there
was nothing TO compel the children "a
attend It. The committee amendment
was then agreed TO.
An amendment offered by Mr.. Quay
increasing the appropriation for the
Carlisle school from 100000 to $4,000
was agreed to.
An amendment was agreed TO appro-
printing $1,000 for the repair OF the
church and building used for school
purposes on the San Xavier reservation
in Arizona.
The conference report on the naval
appropriation bill was presented nni
agreed to.
An amendment was proposed by Mr..
Dubois. Republican, OF Idaho. and
agreed to, directing the secretary Of
the interior TO contract for the CON
structlon OF an irrigating canal on the
Fort Hall Indian reservation In Idaho
the cost to be paid out Of money be-
longing to the Fort Hall Indians
An amendment was proposed by Mr..
Platt Republican, of Connecticut, d.
recting the secretary of the interior
to thoroughly examine the claim OF w,
b. Munson Of Denison. Texas. against
the Chickasaw nation for S95Uo In lieu
OF the provision OF the bill subtracting
the sum from money due the nation,
without investigation. Agreed to.
The appropriation for building and
repairs of buildings at agencies was In
creased from $4,000 to $4,000 and APP
propriating $3.50 for the St Joseph
indian Industrial school in Wisconsin
was agreed to.
Tne house having disagreed to the sem
ate amendments to the agricultural
appropriation bin, Senators Call. Brice
and Cullom were. appointed conferees
on the part OF the senate.
An amendment was proposed by MIR.
Squire, Republican, Of Washington. au-
thorlzing the Puyallup Indians hold
ing lands IN severaity on the reserva-
tion near Tacoma, Washington. TO sell
sufficient portions OF their lands 10
raise money TO improve the remainder
At G.10 the senate went into execu-
tive session without acting on the
amendment, and at 500 adjourned.