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would have to disbelieve any deliberate
book of universal acceptance-the
American Encyclopedia.
Call Dem.) of Florida, in further cor
roboration of the statement, read some
extracts from a pamphlet by Clarence
King. rehearsing incidents of horrible
atrocities by the Spanish troops in
Cuba.
Morgan resumed his speech. He said
the American people had witnessed
those struggles for SO many years that
1t was enough to prove their faithful
adhesion to national duty. They could
go no further in their forbearance with
out a stain on the national honor. and
without doing injustice to the Govern
ment and people of the United States.
Morgan read copieus extracts from
United States Consuls in Cuba as to the
progress of the insurgents, and summed
them up by saying that the rising had
gone to the extent of a great public war,
and that the likelihood was that in the
end the Cubans would achieve their
liberty.
When Morgan took his seat Cbut with
out finishing his speech) White CDem)
of California offered a substitute for
the concurrent resolution declaring that
the Senate contemplates with solicitude
and regret the sufferings and destruc-
tion accompanying the civil conflict now
in progress in Cuba; and expressing the
trust that the Executive Department
will, as soon as the facts will warrant,
recognize the bellfgerency of those who
are in arms against Spain, and that the
good offices of the United States may be
prudently. peacefully and effectively
exerted to the end that Cuba may be
enabled to establish a permanent gov
ernment of her own choice.
The subject went over until to-mor-
row. when Morgan will continue his
speech.
The House bill to provide for the ex-
tension by five years the time in which
suits may be brought to vacate and an
null land patents to railroad companies
was reported from the Committee on
Public Lands, discussed briefly and
passed.
The Vice-President announced his
signature to the urgent deficiency bill
After a short executive session, the
Senate, at 5:45 p. M, adjourned until to-
morrow.
IN THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.-The peren-
NAL contest over the appropriation of
money for the education of Indian chill
dren at contract sectarian schools came
up in the House to-day in the course of
the consideration of the Indian appro-
priation bill, and was fought out in an
hour and half. The result was that
by vote of SO to ga the provision that
the Secretary of the interior shall make
contracts with present contract schools
for the education Of Indian pupils to an
extent not exceeding 60 per cent. of the
amount so used for the fiscal year 1895
was stricken out on motion of Linton
(Rep.) of Michigan, and an amendment
inserted prohibiting the Secretary of the
Interior from spending any of the
money appropriated for education in a
sectarian institution
Under existing conditions only Catho-
lie schools are in contract with the In
terror Department tie other churches
having abandoned their claims for pub
lie money.
In his speech in support of the amend
ment Linton attributed the overwheinf-
ing change in the personnel in the
House by the election of 1894 to the SEN
timent in the country against the ap-
preparations of public funds for sectar-
ian schools of instruction.
The amendment was advocated by
Cooper (Rep) of Wisconsin, Pearson
(Rep) of North Carolina, Watson Rep.)
of Ohio, Haines (Rep) of Nebraska and
Grosyenor (Rep) of Ohio, and opposed
h1- Of
Eddy Rep.) of Minnesota, Walsh Dem)
of New York and Sherman Rep) of
New York
Consideration of the bill was con-
cluded with the exception of the para
graph directing the purchase of title OF
the Ogden Land Company to the lands
within the Allegheny and Cattaraugus
Reservations in New York, and that
was postponed until tomorrow
By agreement between Sherman
(Rep.) of New York, Chairman of the
Committee on Indian Affairs, and Bab-
cock (Rep) of Wisconsin, Chairman of
the Committee on Affairs of the District
of Columbia, it was decided to postpone
consideration of the district business.
the special order for to-day under the
rules, until the completion of considera-
ton of the Indian appropriation bill,
the unfinished business on the calendar.
and the House proceeded, in Committee
of the Whole to further consider the
Indian bill
Hermann (Rep) of Oregon offered an
amendment providing that lands allot-
ted in severalty to Indians and held in
trust by the United States shall be sub
ject to the same taxes as are levied
against lands in the same county or
town, to be paid out of the United States
Treasury as long as the trust lasts
1t was rejected on point of order as
new legislation, raised by Sherman
Rep.) of New York
The provision in the bill inserted by
the Indian Commission giving the
Puyallup Indians authority to sell their
allotted lands in the Tacoma Reserva-
/ tion was stricken out on point of or
der that it was new legislation
A provision appropriating $1,000 to
| enable the Secretary of the Interior to
negotiate for the surrender or modifica-
tion of existing treaties was ruled out
on point of order.
A provision giving all children of mar
riages between white men and Indian
women the rights of the tribe to which
the mother belongs was also stricken
out, because it changed existing law
When the section Of the bill making
! appropriations for the support of
schools was reached there followed an
hours discussion of the sectarian school
matter, opened by Linton (Rep.) of
Michigan in opposition to the practice.
Linton read a telegram referring to the
approaching unveiling of the statue of
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