Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-06-20
A WARM DISCUSSION.
All About the Care Of the Noble Red
Man.
Workmen Visit seniis--views On uoei-
Prices and Money Gossip.

Prices and Money Gossip.
WAsnIgcToy, june 19.-(Spccial =
Every days debate On the Indian ap
propriaticn bill made the debaters more
furious until they got into O state Of mind
and INDUCED in o loose expcctoration OF
speech which seems to have laid the foun-
dation OF some permanent animositics. 1t
IL not easy to classify the different fac
tions, but in q general way the division
between tho two parties Is but cross by
the long standing divisions between the
men Of tho east and the men Of the west
tho hunanitarians and the men Of the
bortler-those who believe that education
will do everything for any race Of people
and those who start on the old theory Of
superior and inferior races and hold that
book learning is thrown away on the in
ferior unless 1T goes along with q much
larger amount Of practical education in
agriculture and tho mechanic arts. Judge
Holman has said from the start that he ex
pccted q furious attack on this years bill,
and assurctily he has not been disappoint
ed. The elimination came on the sched-
ulc fixing tho salaries Of superintendents
and teachers, and tho two days battle
thereon reminded old habitues of the gal
lery Of tho scenes in war times. Hon. Hen
ry T.. johnson of Indiana made an attack
on his colleagues SO frantic and venom
Gus that it had to be reduced to it's low
est terms before appearing in The Record,
and even then it was bad enough. Mr..
Quigg Of New York followed with one Of
his dry and sarcastic yet somewhat sophie
morical speeches, in which he ''ycnturcd
to hope that the Democrats would vote for
the amendment of the gentleman from In
diana Mr.. Johnson) in spite Of his Ian
guage in reference to his colleague" (Mr
Holman). And this completed the job Of
making Mr.. johnson perfectly furious.
As to just what followed no two specta-
tors agree, and of course The Record does
not show it.
Indian Appropriations.
Suffice it to say that there was general
rising on both sides of the house and u
crowding toward tho right center, where
Mr.. Maddox of Georgia sits, who had criti-
ciscd the critic. AS Mr.. johnson advanced
toward him with upliftcd handsome
say with clnchcd flsts-Mr. Cannon, with
u peculiarly dry SMILE intcrposed with
some conciliatory remarks in II low tone
and in less time than il takes to tell it
IlicTD WIZ ~ uuflllH lTOul VI
tho speakers desk, and the thing was not
Strengthened out until tho chairman per
cmptorily or'iorcd u roll call on tho amend
mcnt.
Frantic Fury.
Tho Democrats in nearly every instance
stood unflinchingly by their committee,
and tho net result il that tho appropra-
tons for the Indians arc very materially
reduced. Some interesting facts were
brought out by tho discussion, chief among
thcm tho concession by western members
that Indian wars arc practically ended and
that hereafter nothing worse than slight
local outbreaks arc to DO expected. The
great question as tOwhcther Indians ought
is DO educated on their reservations or in
distant schools was argued with very great
ability by some members and by Others
with frantic fury and denunciations that
wero laughable. 1t was clearly proved
that it was Of very great benefit to the civ
ilized tribes Of tho Indian Territory to
have their leading men educated in tho
east, but us to tho scmicivilizcd and no
madic tribes it was finally conceded that
homo education was tho better.
Judge Holman's theory has long been
that young Indians of tho plains when ed
ucuUtu III Ullt ttlSb aliluSO IT.
lapse into tho ways of their people when
they return to their reservation, and on
this point Tom Reed fully agreed with
him. There has been in the debate II deal
of high philosophy on the distinction be-
tween practical and theoretical education
for Indians and incidentally for other
people. Mr. Everett of Massachusetts,
took tho bold ground that it is very easy
20, a no, ,l, fn., for hnt
ton in life. If this bill is to be taken as
aprecedcnt and If the opinions expressed
in regard 60 it are to rule, hereafter the In
dams will DO educated ut home.
A Free Trade Argument.
Tho discussion was so long and n good
deal of it so heated that for wonder the
most anxious Democrats succeeded in for
getting tho tariff bill for awhile, but just
tho same tho senate was doing its share in
tho line of furnishing sensations and sur
prises. Perhaps the greatest surprise for
many days was that furnished by n dele
cation of the skilled workers in the Tren-
ton pottcries. They appeared before tho
committee and declared that they wanted
the wares they wero manufacturing put
on the free list as the only way to bring
their employers to terms. They asserted
that ut the time tho factories We're shut
dawn there We're moro orders than could
be filed, and that tho latest cut of % por
cent in wages would, If submitted TO, put
their compensation 10 per cent below that
naid in ENGLAND for tho same work. They
presented figures showing that salaries OF
SD per week had been reduced to SIS, and
that as rents and other expenses now are
they could not live upon their wages. All
this was denounced, of course, by the
other interest as palpably false and fool
jsh, but Just the same it furnishes the OPP
posing senators fresh material with which
to contradict each other. The debate on
the wool schedule was the first inlwhieh
eastern and western Republicans, silver
men, goldbugs and Populists have been
thoroughly united and equally emphatic.
Even Senator Stewart emerged from his
cave of gloom long enough to attack the
doctrine of free wool, but Of course soon
relapsed into his standard argument that
it makes no difference what prices are SO
long as the people have no money.