St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-25
LINTON LEADS In THE FIGHT.
EDDY, OF MINNESOTA, AND GAM
BILE, SOUTH DAKOTA, DEFEND
THE CHURCH.
IS A BLOW To ROMAN CATHOLICS.
to Participate in the Annual
Appropriation.

appropriations on the Indian appro-
prlat1on bill for Indian schools should
go to Sectar1an schools. The only sec
tartan schools to which money now
goes are Roman Catholic in denomina-
ton, and the fight today was led by
Mr.. Linton. Michigan Republican,
who is the most pronounced and openly
avowed A. P. A. member on the floor.
In last years bill the appropriation
was cut down 20 per cent. with the
understanding that It should be re-
duced 20 per cent each year until it
ceased at the end of five years. The
committee on Indian affairs, pursuing
that policy this year. recommended
that this appropriation lie again re-
duced ~ per. cent, but Mr.. Linton
moved an amendment to the effect
that no portion az this appropriation
should go to sectaris.n schools.
In lis speech in sprrort of it he at
tributed the defeat of many members
two years ago to their refusal to abol-
1sh sectarian schools and predicted dis
aster to those who still stood out
against their abolition. He also re-
ferred Indignantly to the statue of
Pere Marquette, robed in the gown
Of Jesuit priest and decorated with
the paraphernalia of his church, which
is shortly to be erected in statuary hall
in the presence OF high dignitaries IF
the Catholic church. In the debate
that followed, Messrs. Cooper Rep.,
Wis), Watson Rep., o., Hainer Rep.,
Neb), McLachlan Rep., CALI and
Grosvenor Rep., o. supported the
amendment, while Messrs. Eddy Rep.,
Mimi, Gamble Rep., S. d. Walsh
Oem., N. W and Sherman Rep., o.
argued in favor Of carrying out the
policy Of reducing the appropriation by
20 per cent each year. The latter re-
called that Gen. Grant had proposed
the system. and that for twenty-five
years congress had encouraged the
churches to carry on this educational
work among the Indians. The Indian
bill was completed today, save for
single paragraph.
FIGHT LED BY LINTON.
The house, without any preliminaries,
today resumed consideration of the In
dian appropriation bill.
When the portion of the bill relat-
ing to Indian schools was reached, Mr..
Linton (Rep., Mich> made a speech
against the appropriation of money
for sectarian schools. He recalled the
fact that, two years ago, he denounced
the policy of appropriating money
for these institutions. He had warned
members then, and his warning had
not proved effective. The result was
the absence of men whose faces had
been familiar in the halls of congress
for years.
But" said he, "the storm of ballots
and the flood of indignation which
overwhelmed them will be but as a
zephyr and a rivulet compared with
what will happen, if congress persists
in this policy" He referred to the fact
that the state of Wisconsin had pre-
sented to congress a statue of Pere
Marquette, which was soon to be set
up in statuary hall. He would be the
first churchman there. cit may be-"
he continued, that Father Stephan
imagines that time when the statue
Of Pere Marquette, robed in the gown
of Jesuit priest and decorated with
the paraphernalia of his church, is to
be erected in the nations sanctuary,
tyred Lincoln, is a good time to force
quarter of million dollars from the
hands Of congress. But I warn him
that he is mistaken, and 1 warn mem
bers that the people will not tolerate
such an unconstitutional appropria-
ton of public funds"
Mr.. Linton then offered an amend
ment providing thai no money appro-
priated for the support of Indian
schools should go to any sectarian
school.
DEFENDED BY GAMBLE.
MI. Gamble Rep., S. d. defended
the appropriation for sectarian schools.
The government had entered upon the
policy of abandoning sectarian schools.
and was each year cutting down the
appropriation 20 per cent. In three
years the appropriations would cease.
1t would not do to withdraw all appro-
priations outright.
Mr.. Cooper (Rep., Wis., announced
his unalterable opposition to the pro-
vision in the bill appropriating so per
cent Of the appropriation of 1895 for
the sectarian schools. He had voted
against it last year, and would do 50
this, and for the same reason Public
money for sectarian schools was unre-
publican, undemocratic and un-Ameri-
can He did not speak as an A. P. A;
he was not an A. P. A, but as an
American citizen
Mr.. Eddy (Rep., Minn) supported the
provision in the bill and paid high
tribute to the missionary work of the
Catholic church among the Indians,
while Mr.. Watson Rep., o. and Mr..
Hainer- (Rep., Neb.) supported the
Linton amendment in brief speeches.
Mr.. Walsh Dem, N. " replied with
some warmth He did not, he said,
credit some gentlemen on the other
side with the high patriotic motives
they aScribed to themselves. This blow
was aimed at the Catholic church.
He was Roman Catholic, and as good
an American citizen as any member of
the floor. (Applause.)
He assured the house, however, that
if the appropriation for these schools
was entirely withdrawn that the chill
dren would be taken care Of The
Catholic church had never undertaken
a great mission without carrying it
out.
Mr.. Mclaughlin Rep, CALI and Mr..
Grosvenor (Rep., o. favored the Lin
ton amendment. The latter said he
had no feeling in the matter partisan
or sectarian, but he thought the time
had arrived when this appropriation
which always produced religious con-
md