The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-22
ALIENS VERY SHARP CRITICISM
RATHER STARTLES THE
SENATE.
RAPID SPREAD OF A CRAZE"
AN ATTEMPT TO SCALE Down AL
LOWANCES TO AIDED SEcTA-
RAN SCHOOLS.

voted itself to business to-day, and would
have completed the Indian appropriation
bill had not an acrimonious discussion
arose on the Indian school question. 1t
brought out wide range of debate on the
separation of church and state in the
courts, of which the expressions were gen.
eral that the Government should entirely
abandon denominational schools.
On an aye and no vote an exception was /.
made in the case of the Indian schools at
Hampton, Va, and Lincoln, Philadelphia,
on the ground that they were not strictly
was still under consideration when the
Senate adjourned. During the day two of
she Senators-elect from the Carolinas, ex-
Governor Tillman of South Carolina and
Marion Butler of North Carolina, made
their first appearance on the floor, and
their credentials were presented for terms
beginning March next.
The financial question did not come up
during the day except indirectly in speech
by Allen authorizing an issue of sewer
bonds for Washington, D. c., and dealing
with recent financial conditions.
Just sixteen Senators were in the cham
Der when the session opened, and Wolcott
(R.) of Colorado suggested the absence of
quorum. The jingling of the Senate bell
hurriedly assem- bled the Senators and forty
seven responded to the call for quorum,
two more than the required number
Irby CD of South Carolina presented the
credentials of Mr.. Tillman as Senator from
South Carolina, for the term beginning
March next.
Turpie offered a resolution from the
Committee on Foreign Relations express
ing the high appreciation of the Senate as
to the distinguished honors accorded by
the Mexican Government on the occasion
of the obsequies of the United States Min
lister, Mr.. Gray, and directing the Secretary
of State to forward copies of the resolution
to the authorities of Mexico. The resolu-
ton was agreed to.
The House joint resolution was passed
for the suspension of certain features of
the law authorizing the transportation of
goods through the United States to the
free zone of Mexico, so long as the Mexican
free-zone law exists.
Allen (Pop.) of Nebraska engaged in a
sharp and personal criticism of the finan-
cial situation as an incident to Harris
resolution for night session to consider
the bill to issue 100000 sewer bonds for
Washington, d. G.
"We are going bond crazy" said Allen.
''The President wants bonds, the Secretary
OF the Treasury wants bonds, Senators on
both sides of the chamber want bonds"
In the course of his speech Allen referred
to the reports that Teller and Vest were
Populists, and he extended to them a
cordial welcome to the Populist ranks.
The income-tax question came up on
Germans motion to reconsider the Senate
approval of the conference report of the bill
amending the law.
Morgan said a singular feature had crept
into this conference report that had not
been considered by either house. 1t
changed the law so far as to exempt cor
porations from furnishing a list of the
salaries of employees.
Vest defended the conference changes.
The employees he'd asked for it.
German referred to the remarkable atti-
tude of the other branch of Congress on
the question of corporations, and compared
the course of the House on the tariff bill
with the course of the House conferees
now.
Chandler said this disclosed the serious
dangers of conference committees. Legis-
lation was enacted which neither branch
of Congress had considered This change
was worked into" a conference report in
the interest of great corporations. One
class of these corporation employees was
about the halls of Congress to-day laboring
to secure the passage of the pooling bill.
Undoubtedly this was class of employees
the great railroad corporations did not
wish to report with the list of salaries for
their work about Congress.
Vest said the conferees had not gone as
far as conference committees had fire.
quently gone.
Hale said he agreed that the change was
germane and proper.
On motion of Vest the motion of German
to reconsider the change was laid on the
table-ayes 81, noes 10.
Consideration of the Indian appropria-
ton bill was then resumed. The confer
ence report on the pension appropriation
bill was agreed to. 1t retains the provision
making Sc the minimum for pensions. It
suspending the pensions of persons living
outside of the country.
The amendment concerning Cherokee
INDIANS was changed SO as TO make jan
uary L, 1885, the time for removing in
truders.
The sectarian school question came ny
when the item of Indian schools was
reached. Cockrell explained the Appro-
priation Committee had sought to take out
of the bill everything that was Catholic.
everything that was Protestant, and thus
to separate church from state and elimi-
nate the UNCONVENTIONAL question. Catho-
lie schools had heretofore been omitted
from the bill, and the committee omitted
the Lincoln school at Philadelphia and
Hampton school, Virginia, because they
were Protestant schools. The bill also
provided for the Government purchase of
Indian schools now owned by various de-
nominations.
Lodge said the Secretary of the Interior
had recommended the general abolition
of sectarian schools and they carried out
this policy.
Hawley urged that in abandoning Sec
tartan schools there should be no abandon
ment of Christian teachings in Government
schools. He would rather have school
10, 10 bo,