The record-union., 1896-04-23
Which Provides Against Appropri-
ations For That Purpose.
The House Enters Upon the Consider
alton of the General Pension Bill
An Effort to Secure Consideration
of the Bill Providing for the Elec-
tion of a Delegate in Congress
From Alaska Meets With Objection.

| Senate to-day the discussion of the
question of sectarian schools for IN
/ dian children was discussed for a
couple of hours. 1t ended in the adop-
tion of the amendment offered by Cock
rell of Missouri, The bill, as it came
from the House, appropriated $l,l3o,UUU
increased by the Senate to Sl,3oo,
000-for the support of day and indus
trial schools for Indian children. This
appropria ton was accompanied, how
ever by provision absolutely prohib-
iting future payment for education OF
Indian children in sectarian schools.
| Cockrell's amendment was substi-
tute for the provision declaring that it
is ''the settled policy of the Government
| to make no appropriations whatever
| for the education of Indian children in
any sectarian school, just as soon as it
| is possible for provision to be made
fol their education otherwise" 1t also
provides that the Secretary of the Inte-
rior may make contracts with the pres
ent contract schools during the fiscal
| year 1897 to half the amount used for
the fiscal year 1896.
| This amendment was agreed to-yeas
So nays "A.
| The remainder of the day was used in
| the discussion of various matters in
connection with Choctaw, Cherokees,
Creeks and "squaw men," Without
| finishing the bill, the Senate adjourned.
| Petitions from Baptist churches in
relation to the arrest of Bishop DiaZ, a
naturaliZed American citizen, by the
| Spanish authorities in Cuba, were pre-
sented by half dozen Senator's and re-
| ferred, and a resolution requesting in
formation on the same subject from the
State Department was offered by Ba-
con Dem.) of Georgia and agreed to.
| The Senate bill authorizing the Sec
retary of the Treasury to provide for
the safety of passengers on excursion
| steamers and oarsmen taking part in
I rcsattas, amateur or professional, in
navigable waters, by detailing revenue
cutters to enforce such rules and regu-
| latiOns as may be adopted to insure
safety, was passed.
Sherman Rep) of Ohio, Chairman of
the Committee on Foreign Relations, Of
! fered resolution for the appointment
| of committee of five Senator to pro-
! ceed to Alaska after the adjournment
/ of Congress and to inquire and report
on the condition of the fishery industry,
/ the condition of the fur seal fisheries
and the measures that should be
adopted to promote the progress and
development Of the people of Alaska.
The resolution was referred
Mitchell (Rep) of Oregon addressed
| the Senate in favor of bill introduced
| by him, and reported back favorably
| from the Committee on Pensions exc
| tending the Act of July %, 1892, which
grants pensions to the survivors of the
! Black Hawk, Creek, Seminole and
/ Cherokee Indian wars, to the survivors
( of those who served in various other
wars from 1917 to 1886. The bill also
/ includes the widows of survivors, The
estimated number of beneficiaries un-
der the bill. Mitchell stated, at 1881
( Under objection the bill remains on the
calendar.
The Indian appropriation bill was
/ taken up, and the amendment offered
| by Cockrell Dem.) of Missouri allow
/ ing the contract Indian schools to be
continued until 1898 in cases where, if
they were discontinued, the children
/ could not be educated in Government
schools. but prohibiting it absolutely
after July. 1898, was agreed to by a
Z
( Yeas-Allen, Bacon, Bate, Black
/ burn, Brice, Caffery, Carter. Chandler,
Chiffon, Cockrell Daniel, Elkins, Faux
ner, Gibson, Gordon, Gray, Hansbrough,
Hawley, Hill, Jones of Arkansas. Kyle.
! Mcmillan, Mantle, Martin. Mills, Mitch
/ ell of Wisconsin, Nelson, Palmer, Petit
grew, Roach, Sewell Sherman, Smith,
Turpie, Vest, Villas, Walthall, White
IS
Nays-Allison, Brown, Burrows. Can
non, Clark. Cullom. Davis, Dubois.
/ Frye, Gallinger, Gear, George, Lodge.
Mcbride, Mitchell of Oregon, PETER.
Perkins, Platt, Shoup, Squire, Stewart,
Teller, Warren, Wolcott-24
The Cockrell amendment is a substi-
| tute for that provision of the House
bill which prohibits payment for edu-
{ cation in sectarian schools, and which
directs the Secretary of the Interior to
make all needful rules and regulations
to prevent such payments
AT p. NJ. the bond resolution was
! laid before the Senate, and went over
informally under the unanimous cor
/ sent agreement.
Consideration of the Indian bill was
| proceeded with. The amendments of
/ the Committee on Appropriations strik-
ing out the two items for Indian pupils
at Hampton, Virginia, and at Lincoln
institute, Philadelphia, were disagreed
| to. and those items remain in the bill
/ A long but not very important or in
! teresting debate was carried on up to
the time of the adjournment over ques-
tions connected with allotments of lands
to the Indians in severalty in the Indian
territory. Cherokees, Choctaws. Greeks
and "squaw men" were discussed The
/ bill went over without final action.
| The Senate at $50 adjourned until to-
morrow
IN THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, April %. - The
House to-day, in Committee of the
Whole, entered upon the consideration
OF the general pension bill reported
from the Committee on Invalid Pen
sions. It's provisions were explained at
length by Picker tIaep.) of South Da-
kota, Chairman of the committee, who
occupied two and half hours in MAX
ing his speech.