The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-06-15

| crease the salary OF the superintendent
| OF schools from 500 TO sS,OOO. This prS-
| posed amendment started a row. Several
| members had spoken upon II, and then
| MIR. Cox Dem) offered an amendment
| abolishing the office OF superintendent OF
| Indian Schools.
Mr.. Cannon Ol) moved TO amend Mr..
Cox's amendment by including the ofhce
| OF Indian Commissioner I'm the work or
| adjustment. He said II the gentlemen
from Indiana and Tennessee believed that
the Office Of Indian school should be aDOl-
ished, "he wanted TO see them DO H.
and 80 them one better" by aboilshihs the
Office Of Indian Commissioner, ana let
Secretary Smith, who, hts frlenus say, -
the best worker In America, take Chatse
OF the bureau. Having expressed hlnlsel
Mr.. Cannon withdrew the amenuintht.
On Mr. Johnsons amendment the N0te
was 81 TO 81. Mr.. CoOmbs (Den', ~ >
made the point Of no quorum anu 'o'0
by tellers resulted: Yeas, ~ hagS, ~ 60.
Mr. Holman said that he would aSh Aoi
a vote ON the amendment in the House,
but MIR. Maddox insisted upon 'ne Poih1
of no quorum. and the call OF the Iol
was begun -. .o,.1a-
Mr.. Johnson gave notice to the gentle
man from Georgia (MaddoX) lha'' is"S
much as a vote By yeas and nays couiu %
had on this amendment In the House. ne
Gohnson) would require the presence Vi
a quorum to act upon any pIoPo9I'i'oH
before the committee, II Mr.. MADDOX III IN
sisted on the point at this time. ms
irritofed MIR Maddox, and he shouted
something back to Mr.. JohhSoii'lh re-
spOnse which could not be heard aoUEe
the din OF the chairman bdNel aIlu uiO
stentorian tones Of the clerk caiilhs tne
roll Mr. Johnson was standing IN lhe
aisle in front Of the clerks desk ana IN
a moment Mr. Maddox walked down lhe
aisle toward him, shouting that the Ten
tleman cannot bulldoze him. Two uepu-
ty serCeant-at- were AT lhe men
elbows and no collision occurred Al
though the situation appeared threatening
for a moment.
Mr.. Dockery, In the chair, was working
the gaVe and his voice 10 the utmost
limit in the effort TO restore order, ana
the two officials started to accompany the
two men TO their seats. Progress was not
rapid enough 70 suit the chairman, now
ever. and with a particularly emphatlc
bang of the gavel he said: The gente-
man from Georgia and the gentleman
from Indiana VIII be in order. 10
which Mr.. johnson responded, why MI.
Chairman, I've been trying Tor cdnr mye
minutes to get the gentleman from Geor-
ga in good order" This pleasantly uld
not strike the Chairman favoraoIy, lor ne
stated severely. THE gentleman lIOlh
Indiana will take ms seat i hhu IA
the rules Of the House" Whioh ne did'
and the calling Of the roll was continued.
one hundred and eighty-six members
answered. The names or the aosehleeS
ceedlngs in the committee OF the Whole
we're resumed Mr.. JohnsOn's amend
ment was defeated-ayes, S6; noes, 81
Mr.. Cox's amendment to abolsh tne
office OF Superintendent of indian SchoQls
and to eliminate the appropriation LOT the
salary thereof from the bill was de-
feated-8 to 10. ,
MIR. Gear (Rep.. Iowa. offered an amend
rnent prohibiting the expenditure %oI any
money appropriated In the bill IN SEE
tartan school and directing the Secretary !
Of the Interior 10 carry out the PulP -
OF the bill by necessary rules ana resuia-
tiOns. ~, -. .bo |
noint Of order that the amendment was
new legislation, and did not re0uce 20
nouditures and was therefore ODhohlVuo
10 the rules. The Chairman sustained tnS |
point OF order, and Mr.. Gear appeaiied
from the decision OF the chalI, sta,,me ,, |
that If overruled now al the PrVpVii .t.b |
he would move to recommt the vi ~, .ea -,te |
instructions to incorporate thc """
of his amendment ...,.,, ~ |
In the cOuIse Of the consideration "a
the appeal there was another ouloi 0"n @
of fghting between members no' NJ
violent as the former one, hoMTtte[f nf his ne |
Gear had a petition in support OF nl3
nosition. which he desired to nave reau
and printed in the Record. ,,o.c.oor
This led 10 cohireNeIaf ~ NJ
Nessrs Gear, Bynum ana SoIllHS' D - -
Understanding the attitude OF the ldtutI
TWO Mr.. Gear was insisting upon readIHs
the retition whereupon he was called 10
order r bv Mr.. Cultivate. Learning that
he could have the document printed IN the @
Record MIR. Gear was satisfied, ana the
Tbo judgement Of the chair as TO the
amendment was sustained-l35 to lO9.
." MIR. Bowers Rep, Cal) offered an
amendment me-, proviaing that after July l.
1896. no money shall be appropriated IyI
the TRANSFORMATION Of any indian puplN
- or from any school located elsewhere
than 'D on or near and convenient to the
ry,eservatlon y,is on which they live. and which
schools shall be under Government con on
trol or n part OF the public system or the
State T'bis was directed against the
Indian schools of the East. but 1t was
The committee rose, and, at o'clock,
the House adjourned.