The herald., 1895-02-22

/ The bill also provided for the Govern
ment purchase of Indian schools now
/ owned by varons denominations.
| Mr.. Lodge said the Secretary of the In
terror had recommended the general abo-
( lition of sectarian schools and the had
carried out this policy.
Mr.. Hawley argued that in abandoning
seetarian schools there should be no aban-
donment of Christian teachings in Gov
ernment schools. He would rather have
school run by Jesuits than to have one
with no God in it at all.
While Mr.. Daniel, Democrat of Vir-
ginia, was urging that no one denomina-
tion controlled the board of Hampton
school, Mr.. Call asked:
''Are they not all Protistant?''
"Yes" said Mr.. Daniel, because this
is country,of Protestants, and there is no
reason for disfranchising a very large
class because of that fact.
Mr.. Cockrell, chairman of the Appro-
priation Committee, said he was Pro-
testant of the Protestants, but he would
not deny the Catholics what he took for
Protestants. Seven Catholic schools were
stricken from the House bill and two
Protestant schools retained.
is there any evidence" asked Mr.
Quay, "that these schools are Protestant"
"Yes, abundant evidence, " responded
Mr.. Cockrell. "They are in charge of
Protestants, Just as Catholic schools are
in charge of Catholics -
He said at the Lincoln school at Phila-
delphia that a Catholic child who sought
to go to Catholic church was told by
teacher that "Episcopaian churches
were good enough for public pupils" In
view of the excitement throuhout the COM
mittee ON this subject, the committee de-
cided to make a clean sweep of both Cath
olic and Protestant schools.
Hoar made the point that these two
schools were no more sectaran than were
the West Point and Annapolis Academies.
Mr.. Pettigrew offered an amendment,
specifically authorizing the Indian Off
GERS to use $3.50, 90 of the amounts appro-
prated in buying the abandoned schools.
Mr.. Teller said there was no warrant fo
the statement that the present policy of
Abandoning the sectarian schools would
eliminate morality and Christianity from
the schools. They might not be taught
Calvinism or other denominational doc
"And, in my opinion, said the Colo
RADIO Senator, 1.-The world would be better
if we had less denomination and more
broad Christianity in our churches.
Mr.. Gallinger read a prepared speech
on the separation of the church and state
a yea and nay vote was taken on the
abandoning of Hampton and Lincoln
schools, which was regarded as somewhat
of test, and the abandonment failed
yeas, u nays -, as follows:
Yeas-Berry, Blackburn, Brice, Cock
rell, Coke Davis, Hansbrough Jones of
Arkansas, Martin, Mitchell of Wisconsin
Morgan Palmer, Power, Roach, Stewart |
Teller, Turpie Villas, Voorhees, and White. |
Nays-Bate, Blanchard Burrows, Call, |
Chandler, Clark, Daniel, Dixon, Dubois. !
Faulkner, Frye, Gallinger, Hawley Hoar,
Hunton, Kyle, Lodge McLaurin, Nc
MILAN, Henderson, Mantle Mitchell of
Oregon, PETER, Platt, Proctor, Quay, |
Ransom, Squires, Walsh, Wilson of Wash !
ington and Wolcott-32.
Mr.. Lodge offered an amednment for
the gradual abandonment of denomina-
tional schools within the next three years.
This amendment and others pending |
were not acted upon when the bill was laid |
aside.
At o clock, after hall an hours parlia-
mentary obstruction and roll call, the SEN
ate took recess until O'Clock to con-
slider the issue of Washington d. c.,
sewer bonds.
The night session was failure, no
quorum being dresent. After waiting |
until clock and no Quorum being pres
ent, the Senate adjourned.