The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-04-03
NEGRO IN THE SOUTH
His Condition Discussed in the
House Yesterday.
FOUR RHOURSWARM DEBATE
Over Appropriation to Howard
UNIVERSITY.
SuNDRY CIVIL BILL PASSED
FOUR HOURSWARM DEBATE
suNDRY CIVIL BILL PASSED
The Conference Report on the Resc-
lutions Recognizing Cuba to be
Taken Up by the House
To-Day.

| Washington, April 2.-The question
of appropriating public money for pri-
vate or seetarian institutions, which
was debated for several days during
/ the consideration of the District of
Columbia appropriation bill in. connec-
ton with some appropriations for char
| liable institutions in Washington, was
again fought over for four hours in the
House to-day.
| On the former occasion the contest
was managed by Mr.. Linton, Michi-
| gan Republican, who is one of the
| pronounced A. p. A. members in Con-
| gress. That contest was successful by
vote of 143 to 1876. The bill was re-
committed.
To-day the bone of contention was
| the Howard University, coiored instr
tuition of Washington, for which an
appropriation of $50, 800 was inserted
| in the Sundry Civil bill yesterday on
| motion of Mr.. Evans (Rep., Ky).
| There was no opposition and no debate
on the item yesterday. To-day Mr..
Hainer rep, Neb.), in whose tenl-
porary absence the amendment was
adopted yesterday, rallied his forces
against the appropriation on the ground
that 1t is both a private and sectarian
institution, school of theology being
maintained by the University The
appropriation was coupled with pro-
viso that 10 part Of ii should be used
for religious teaching, but Mr. Hainer
insisted that It could not be denied
that II was, i'm a sense, a religious in-
stitution.
Mr.. Cannon, Mr.. Evans and other
members who supported the amend
ment. on the other hand, declared that
they were opposed 70 appropriating
public money for sactarian institutions,
but argued that the proviso freed it
from this criticism.
Politics, of course, were injected lib
orally into the debate Mr.. Savers and
Mr.. Hepburn were especially promi-
nent. Each insisted that his party was
more particularly the friend Of the
black man.
The House voted I29 TO 105 to retain
the appropriation, thus. in a measure,
reversing it's action when the District
D'd' NNS IA1l el1&ai NJ i4lE sbAE
shows that 107 Republicans, 10 Dem
ocrats and three Populists voted for
the amendment, and 55 Republicans.
AZ Democrats and three PopuIists
against it.
The Sundry Civil bill. ais amended
was passed.
Tomorrow the House wil take up the
conference report on the Cuban reso-
lutions.
Mr.. Hainer. in his speech, said the
Howard University was an institution
for the higher education of colored
people. Why should colored people
be given higher education at public
expense if white people were not?
What excuse could members give? He
favored higher education but the gov
ernment had no right to single par
ticular sect, race, creed or social class.
Fayoritism had no place in any intel
ligent republic.
He charged that the institution was
engaged in missionary work in Africa.
Il submit" said he, that our mission
ary work had better be done at home.
We cannot justify our action in appro-
priating money for eyangeliZing the
people of Afica." This was simply the
nose of the camel entering the tent.
This was an insidious attempt to COM
nit Congress again to principle that
had in the past taken millions upon
millions from the Golfers of the govern
ment for the benefit of sectarian i'm
stitutions. Members had told him that
there were colored voters in their dis
tricts and they could not afford to
vote against the amendment. That
was a low estimate to be placed upon
a race that had given the country
Frederick Douglass and Booker Wash
ington. That race does not want cajol-
ing. 1t wants its rights. The colored
people want to be treated as men and
women, because they say SO. To
give them charity would be to
depress them, to make them servile,
to bring up race of BARRIERS, walters
and boot-blacks instead of seif-re-
specting, independent men and women
No good friend Of the colored race, he
asserted, would favor charity for them.
Mr.. Cannon, in support of the amend
ment, said the appropriation for the
Howard University was first made in
1850, on motion of Mr.. Monroe, Of Ohio.
The appropriations committee rcjec-
ted the appropriation because the uni-
yersity contained theological chair,
but when the amendment was offered
with the provision that no portion of
the money should be used directly or
indirectly for religious purposes the
amendment was freed from possible
objection. From the standpoint Of
broad patriotism, he believed that this
race, who were once slaves but were
now free, though still ignorant, as a
means of self-defense and for the de-
Tense Of the white people Of the coun-