The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-10

WASHINGTON, April 9.-The house to-
day after debating the bill to abolish
compulsory pilotage ON salllng vesse aS
engaged in the coastW1Se trade, oeIedleu
the measure by large maJorlty-oi-11i.
The District of Columbia appropriation
bill, which was recommltteQ carry III
March, after a protracted tight against
appropria tions for private and sectarian
charitable institutions, was brought INTO
the house today with the. speclhc appro-
priation stricken out, and containing, III
lieu thereof, an appropriation OF lump
sum for charities, to be expended under
the direction of the District COMMISSION
ers, with the proviso that no part Oh
the appropriation should go to 1nstltu-
lions in ecclesiastical or sectarlan con-
troll The features of the debate was
| vigorous
ATTACK ON THE A. P. A.
by Mr. Fitzgerald Dem.. Mass).
at has been stated" said he, that
members of the A. P. A. organization
never made any opposition to the appro-
priation for these institutions until the
night before, and then bombarded the
committee room and insisted upon the
appropriations for these institutions be-
ing stricken out.
1.-THE aims of this organization" he
proceeded. sis well known. Members Of
the house have been importuned, not in
the interest of justice, of freedom or OF
a broad spirit of liberty and American
ism, to oppose this bill, but because 1t
appropriated money for Catholic insti-
stutions / stand upon this floor, born
and bred Roman Catholic and proud of
it, and l deny the right OF any secret,
oathbound organization to come before
the legal representatives of the American
people and by its dark, deep,
UNDERHAND METHODS,
seek to deprive me and the members of
the religion which 1 profess of the honest
rights and privileges and dues of Ameri-
can citizenship. What apology is there
for Roman Catholic to live in this
country? Is one necessary? Look at the
deeds of bravery and heroism and states
manship that have been performed by
Roman Catholics. 1 challenge any mem
! Der of the A. P. A. organization in this
house or any member in sympathy with
it, to name any public duty in life or any
public duty that has been badly filled or
lily performed by members of the Roman
| Catholic church. In the great war of
the revolution, Washington had no firmer
/ friends or firmer supporters than the
| Roman Catholic members of his staff, and
when we look at the great naval struggle,
which was the pride and the glory of the
American people at that time, the first
name that springs to our lips is that of
an Irishman, a Roman Catholic. Captain
John O'Brien, who achieved the first great
naval victory of the war off the coast of
Maine It was not asked whether
Kosciusko or Pulaski or Lafayette were
Catholics when the thirteen colonies were
/
that time could you find any fanatics?
At that time could you find persons
STEALTHILY CREEPING AROUND
from one end of the country to the other
] in secrecy intriguing against mans re-
ligion? I know we talk about the
I people in these days. Why, sir, it is not
| to be compared with the breadth and
liberality and wisdom that We're exhibited
/ in those times. My friends, if we should
/ hou with EOplan6 account of
the Venezuelan matter, or war with Spain
on account of the Cuban matter, where
would the members of this infamous Or
ganizatlon be, where would they be
found? They would be found in the same
! place and under the same auspices that
they were found in the war Of the rebel
! lion, taking the steamers for Nova
Scotia to put themselves under the pro-
lection of Queen Victoria and the Brit
| ish flag" ,rt
Mr. Bartlett Oem., N. W in opposition
to the amended District bill. reviewed the
! fight that had been made against ap-
preparations for sectarian charitable in
situations. Instead of making such ap
preparations directly, he said, it was now
! proposed that congress shift the respon-
sibility to the shoulders of the District
commissioners by giving them lump sum
| equal to those appropriations, to be ex-
pended according to their discretion. 1t
was, he declared,
A COwARDLY COURSE.
/ Ihe provision, he Sa1c, was IN almost the
/ exact language of a plank in the plat
form of the American Protective associa-
! ton.
After some further remarks by Mr.
Wheeler Dem. Ala.l, McRae Oem.,
Ark) and Mr.. Grout (Rep. Vt.) the vote
was taken on the amended bill, which
was passed on rising vote-134-21.
Mr.. Sulzer Dem, n. Y) demanded that
ayes and nays, but his demand was not
seconded.
The house non-concurred in the senate
amendments to the postoffice appropria-
! ton bill and agreed to a conference
Messrs. Loud Rep., CALI, Smith Rep.,
Ill.) and Kyle Dem, Miss) were appoint
! ed conferreeS.
The house went into committee of the
whole, and Mr.. Grosvenor Rep., Ohio
BILL" reported from the committe on
ways and means. Mr.. Cook (Rep., Wis.,
! the author of the original BILL took the
floor in support of it. The '4filled cheese"
/ in the last few years. The product was
often
SOLD UNDER FALSE BRANDS
and was fraud on the dairymen and the
consumers There We're about 100 fac
tories which produced 1900 pounds of
filed cheese, an article manufactured
from the butter fat of milk and neutral
lard. The cost of the product was about
! four and a half cents per pound. The
bill requires manufacturers and dealers in
filled cheese to pay a license and the
conspicuous branding of such cheese.
! 1t is said that the bill on this measure
which virtually affects dairymen all over
the country, will consume several days
:, resolution was adopted calling on
Secretary Olney for information relating
| to any offer made by the government
| to secure the liberation of Mrs. Maybrick
now confined in an English prison under
! lie sentence for poisoning her husband
AT p. m. the committee arose and
the house adjourned.