The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-22
sEcTARlAN INDIAN SCHOOLS.
Senate Votes to Continue Aid to Two
Protestant Institutions.
Senator's Insist That All Churches Be
Cut on From Benefits Corporations
Not to Be Obliged to State the SAL
ary OF Employees.

washington City. Feb. M.-Tbe house
devoted most OF the day 20 the considera-
tlon of the senate amendment 10 the
consular and diplomatic appropriation
bin appropriatlng 500. 900 for the con-
stTuction of a cable to- the Hawaiian
islands. Ryan. Basxlete ans SickIes
spoke an favor Of the amendment which
Was defeated by a. vote of ia TO la2,
sixteen Democrats voting for the cable.
Hooker. Dem, Mississippi. opened the
debate In opposition to the Hawaiian
cable appropriation. BY the terms OF
this amendment, be said. the government
was TO own. control and operate this
Hawaiian cable. Such proposition had
never been made before. Private enter
prise could construc; this cable IL ii so
desired.
storer deprecated making this matter
a party question. but be said he realized
that it was only in this way that the chair
man OF the committee ON foreign affairs
hoped to defeat this project. Party lines
had been broken In the senate when
this amendment was yotesf into the bill.
He called attention TO the necessiy for
the cable. as expressed in two Of Prcsi-
dent Cleveiand's messages and the rec
concentrations OF Mr.. Bayard when he
was secretary of state. That was when
there Was Democrat at the head of that
department. Things were different, now
that there was a secretary In the state
department. who rose above or below
parry. accordingly as he was viewed.
Still II the administration was now OPP
posed to this cable. the manly thing for
r<fe.x,n ~. Il
messages to congress saying hss had
changed bis mind. In conclusion Storer
said that a submarine cable was now as
much necessity TO the navy as cleo
tric signals which connect the pilo,
house with the engine room Of battle
ship.
Draper. Rep, Massachusetts,, said he
favored this cable as a preliminary step
towrd the annexation OF the Hawaiian
islands.
HerusanFs Rep, Or, declared that TO
the Pacific coast the question of a cable
conrsctlon with Honolulu oyerzshatiowv.i
and transcribed all others, save only
that OF the construction Of the Nicaragua
canal. The peopie OF tsse Hawaiian ISL
afsas gave us 20 per cent of their trade
More Of our ships entered the port of
Honolulu than any other port in the
world last year, Liverpool nut excepted
Aside from thu commercial reasons for
the construction OF the cable. there were
patriotic and public reasons
Har'ter, Dean, o.. thought sfas ca bic
should be laid by private capital. and, he
concluded. private parties had appeared
before the committee and asked for a
charter for this purpose.
Ryan. DEM. thought this Democratic
house could well afford in the csosinsg
hours os the session 10 show as SYM
pcsthy wsth merchants desiring to extend
our trade by voting an appropriations for
the contraction of this cable
Sscktes. Dem. earnestly supported The
cable 2IuTo<@t-oEi- He was compelled TO
appeal from the judgment of the house
committee on foreign affasrs 90 sg4aa OF
the SENATE Committee. AS an American
he had a platform OF his own He ia
vcred annexation. As q Democrat, he
found his warTars. In the policy of JEFF
feraon. Who annexed Louisiana, and OF
Jackson. who annexed Texas. IL party
lines tramsneled him on q question like
shis. he would break them asinder, as he
hasi done before. There could be no par
tisanshtp In Asnerscanssn ''Mr. Speak
err Stckies concl1B!ssa, my span of life
has not much longer to run. yet isope
20 live To see the star of the re,n1lyfic uf
qhe Pacific add .ts tropical spie nssor to
the star OF tue Western lisgI-SfSaere." :"
loud applause on the Republican szIe.)
McCreary CLOSED the tschate. and in TIE
course OF his remarks densei that C1eve-
lard had ever iuxtorse2 a proposition for
tire construction OF a Hawaiian cable by
tho government. He had merely favored
the incorporation OF company 10 hay
such a cahae
The vote was then taken on HITS mo-
ton that the sTosise agree To the senate
axYasutlfnsnt. IIpst dorua ap1sf the yeas
ami nays and tha roll was ca1lai HIS
uso;3an was lost, Ia ~ la
The vote was practically a party ore.
The Republicans ana PoPulisfs voted for
the building OF the cable, and the DEM
ocra,s against IL The following Demo
Gratis voted for the cable; Bartlett. "
Y: Canasneiti. Cal: carnon, Cal: Cock
rall. Tex; English. Cal: Geary. Cal, /:
Harris. Kan: Ikift. o.: Livingston. Ga. /;
MsEuirs. Gal: MesSann. III: o'Neiil. Mo. /:
RYAN. y. Y: SgeIi, :. c.: Ssckles. " T..
and Whiting Mich.
without division. the house. on notion
o. Mrf,rcary. nun-cancurrei IN he amend
n.ent ard a further conference was CT
dsrei.
Ellis Reg. Or. presented tire oonfer-
ersce report ga the hii - provide for r.
examination ard classification of certain
mineral lands IN he Northern Pacific
grants in riaho and Montana Caualr-
ssi orpaSa5 the report because It did NOT
include California and other states er-
titled 70 similar reitef TIE report vas
aGreess 10. ara TIE house them wen; irfo
committee Of the Whole arat cons E3eres.
,hs, general deficiency bill. Brsckinridge.
Dem Ky, who vas IN charge of the
bill. saasie preitaslaary statement az TIE
appropriation carried by the bin which
sSSrexxse~t S. SIS. .sssS. An amendment xas
agreed "a transferring - fhe Columbian
Museum al Chicago certain portions of
the STATE department sxhth4t al the
Worlss falr. Reeesineisse also offered
en- amendment 10 ray Great Britain sg25-
esa eS accoant of the BeFtnS ses awards
of sne Paris tYibana1, whSeb went over
without action. After c.Enp}et!ng u -
tee Is pages cf fhr Rlsi. NJ 80. an3er a
special order gnase ssnse lays ago. xhe
hsas8ss ilSseEsa - euIngaeS oa the life ARD
rssf1tc services oS ths lafe Senator Stock
hvssge. Tnen. at o'eioeE. as a further
a