The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-22
REDUCED TO ACRES
Cannon'S Plan for a Huge Ground
Map Of the United States.
THEN THE SCHOOL QUESTION
Appropriations for Secrarian In
s;ltutlons = In the House the
Election Contests Are the
Exciting Features.

Washington, April 21.-Pugh present
ed the minority report of his colleague,
Morgan. on the Pacific railway bill.
Pugh read a note from Morgan, who
was about TO leave the city. saying the
minority report was directed against
three bills introduced for the Pacific
railway readJustment, and not merely
response to the substitute bill just
presented by the committee. which bill
said Morgan's note, was never seen
and discussed by me-"
Cannon presented a resolution for a
huge ground map covering CPS acres. to
be located near Washington, showing
the entire topography and geography
OF the United States. The Mississippi
river would he shown by an actual
stream three feet wide and 1000 yards
long. Cannon said he would have the
map include ''cruicified Cuba" and also
leave sufficient space to the north to
permit the addition of other countries
which might choose to join the union.
The bill was referred to the committee
on public buildings and grounds
The Indian bill was then taken up
and the debate proceeded on the claims
OF lawyers for services in connection
with the Choctaw settlement. Chand-
Ter moved an amendment TO the provi-
sion for the payment OF the attorneys
of the Cherokee old settlers requiring
the balance due to the western Chero-
kee Indians to be retained in the treas
ury and allowing the person making
claims for legal services to sue i'm the
court of claims. 1t was defeated by
Is to &c.
The claims were then agreed to with
out division and the provisions relat-
ing to Indian schools was taken up.
The pending question was on the
amendment heretofore offered by Cock
rell. declaring IL to be the settled policy
OF the government to make no appro-
priations to sectarian schools, as soon
as provision can otherwise be made for
Indian children and directing the Sec
retary of the interior to make such
provisions not later than 1898.
Gallinger opposed the amendment as
an unnecessary modification of the
policy to a sub-government for secta-
rian schools. and urged that no Indian
children would be denied education by
reason of a speedy change.
Pettigrew. in charge of the bill, said
an immediate abandonment of the con-
tract schools would leave a number of
children without schools. The senator
said he was willing to accept the Cock
rell amendment. THE continued ap-
preparation of public money for sects.
rian purposes" proceeded GallingeI
''is a violation and a reproach TO the
letter and the spirit of the constitution
OF the United States. i believe that no
appropriation for sectarian purposes
should be made"
George opposed any delay in giving
up sectarian schools, which were a
standing violation of the constitution
as well as a manifest injustice to de-
nominations now receiving government
aid.
Kyle spoke of the schools now in op-
Grafton and the justice of allowing
them to surrender their work gradu-
ally.
Thurston regarded II as a fundamen-
tai principle that the public money
should be expended only for public
purposes and only by the public Off
GERS and instrumentalities.
Gray said he never learned that the
foundations of this government were
not broad enough for equal justice and
liberation to all. The senator sent to
the desk and had read an article by
Ireland on church and state
and commended it's patriotic utter
ances.
Teller favored dealing with the ques-
tion here and now and thus compell- !
ing the government 10 meet the re- |
quirements for schools without further |
delay.
At $40 p. m. the senate adjourned.
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