The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-22
IN THE SENATE.
The Indian Debate Leads to Discussion
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To-Day, ana woscote suggested tire ab-
serce oe a quorum. but Forxy-seyen SEN
asors responded TO the casl
TIE house josrs resJsctsog was passsA
fer tgre Suspension OF certain features OF
the law amhorszing the transgrrtasion OF
goods sfroslg1 the United Ssases 20 rhe
free zone of Mexico 80 tong as the Mexs-
can free sone saw exists
Alien, Pop, Neh.. sEssusgesf IN a shar,
arss personal CRITICISM or the fnancsal
irsson for @ nsght session to consider the
tia 90 Issue s.. eo160o OF sewer bonds for
wzxasrsy-urr cay. I'VE are going bond
crazy" said Alien. The president wants
bends. the secretary OF the treasury
wants bonds. TIRE senator's on both sides
OF ma chambe- want bonds" In the
course OF his ssreecss. Alien referred TO
the reports tiEs2 Telssr and Vest were
popuEsts, and he extended TO Them a cor
dal weleorne 10 the Popslist ranks.
The zrcosne tax question came ug, next
on Germans nsctica 80 reconsider the
senate approval OF the conference REPORT
osf the bs.1 ais1Fnsiiag the law Morgan
SAID q singular feature had crept into
this conferences rsgsor. that hal not been
considered by the other hotsse liz
changed the law 10 far as 10 exempt cor
pssraiions from furnishing kst OF the
salaries Of eznss5oyes. Vest defended the
conference changes.
German referred 70 the remark Bile at
tIsla.ie of the other branch OF congress on
the question OF corIoTasgons, and coGn-
pared the ccuFse Of the house on the tar
if bill with the course o< the house con-
fe-ers now.
Chandler said this disclosed the SERIOUS
dangers of conference coarEissse ees. Leg
sssatfczn was entcted which neither
branch OF congress had considered. This
casange was WORKED into a conference re-
port i'm the Interest OF great corporations
One class OF the corporation emyloyes
was about the had of congress today Ia
ing bgli Undoubtedly this was class Of
eEnpaoyes the great railroad corporations
did not wish To ravcut with the let CT
salaries for their work about congress.
on motion of Vest the motion OF Cor.
man to reconsider the change was laid
on tise table. yeas 81. nays 10.
The conference report on the pension
appropriation biz was agreed TO. IL re
tafns the provision usatStng Is the mini
mum for pensions 1t also retaSns the re-
peal Of the present law suspenifng tho
pensao1is of persons living outside Of the
country.
Tue Indian appropriation blfl WAS taken
up. The amensimeilt concerning the Cher
okee Irsiians was changed 10 as to make
january /, 1896, the tssre for renewing i'm
trqlders The sec.arian school question
came UP wsi,en the item of Indian schools
was reached. Cockren explained thai
the appropriation consm5atee had sought
10 take out Of the bin everything that
was Cathoaic. everything chat was Prot
es.ar;, and thus 10 separate churcis frcsn
state. and eliminate the de1omsnatsonal
questions. Cathokla schools had hereto
fore been omitted from the a,Ssl ana Tire
committee omitted the Lincoln school as
Philavielphia and the Hampton srhcol.
Virginia.. because they were f'rcsesta1st
schools. The bill also provided for the
government purchase OF INDIAN schools
now owned by vapdous DENOMINATIONS.
Lodge sasd the secretary of the interior
had recommended the gradual aaboastion
of sec tartan schools, and they nasi carried
out this policy. Hawaey urged that in
should be no abandonment OF Christian
telnhings IN government schools. He
would rather have school run by Jes,ssts
than to have one with no God In 1t at al.
wihlle Daniel was urging thai no one
denomination controlled the board OF the
Hampton school. CaM asked: Are they
not ali Protestant YES" said Daniel.
because this is largely a country OF
ProtestaGsts and there IS no reason for
dasfranchissng a very large class because
of that fact
Cockre9l, chairman Of the approprta-
tons committee. said he was Protestan;
or the protestants. but ne would nos
deny TO Catholics what he took for Prot
estants. Seven Catholic schools were
stricken from the house bin ana two
Protestant schools retained.
rs there any evidence" asked Quay,
''tlsat these schools are Protestant
Eyes, abundant evidence responded
Cockrea. They are IN charge OF Prot
essants, Just as Catholic schools are In
charge OF Catholics" lie said that a.
the fausoln school at Ph.ladelps4a a
CalthoEc child who sought to go 20 a
Cak&so.lc c1AIrch was told by a teache.
that ''EpiscopaiIau churches were good
enough for public pupils" In view OF ths
excitement throughout the country on
this subject, the comutltte has decfied sc
make a c1ean sweep or both Catholic and
Protestant schools.
Eoar made the point that these twc
schools were no more sec,arian than
were The West Point and Annapolis acaa.
en43es.
Ta~e -
f3ealIy authorizing the 1ntAan officers O
use $4,000 OF The amounts appropriated
in buying the abandoned schools.
Tt9ser st.d there was no warrant f.:
the statement mat TIRE nresen. policy oi
abandoning sectarian schools wcsIas elm
;r9ate rrroraiT.y and Christianity from tbs
schools They night rot fe saalgAt Caa
yzntsYn o- ciasr Sfeaoxnipatsonai ds~;r41es
bsst broad CArEStisn.ty. ''Arai n nj
cs.5srzNsrl.' sasi the CqsoyaFio senator. '%its
world would be s,csrer r We had lass Ge,
,r-rngfsatsors ard znore broad Csn-ssefarl4.y j
In cur c.surches'' Gaalsmge- read a Pre-
r.z~si speech on the s-->arat-on Of csslrxx
ard ssate.
\ yen asllf ray vote was taken OF atn-s
Cs,Tsnx ta. Han1ystoa and Tarcyln sc.soos:
vescas was regargsssi as somewhat ce &
esseA ersi afss ssbanssorsneuE fa&>si, yeas p
YsAys -. as so5aows:
Yeas Berry. Blackburn, BrEee. Cock
rsR, C,ote. Davis. Hanslo -sugs- Joass
Ark. Martin. Mfqchesi. Wis. Morgan
pasrlEs~. Perkins. Power. Roz-,s, s-@wars
7'aex. TurpLe. Was. Voorhees, axs
W-hLte-st
Nav~-fsate. Blars-harsa. Burrows. Cal
C-aawaler, Clark. Daniel Dixon. Dgszsxs
r>ss,,kaer. FRYE. cagl4Tage~. HavSey. Ff5sl