The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-11
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS
SENATE.

SENATE.
Washington. April Io.-The senate took
| up the question OF seotarian Indian schools
| today but did not complete IL. Tho de.
bate W. very temperate and no reference
| was made TO the organization which has
been working in opposition TO sec,arian
schools.
Mr. Carter of Montana proposed 10
strike out provision directing that paoDey
should not be spent on sectar,an schools.
This led TO n general argument. In which
Senators Carter. Lodge Gray, Hoar. Haw-
ley. Allison and Gallinger participated.
An important bill passed at the close
of the day providing for II trans MISSISSIPPI
pi and International Exposition at Omaha,
Neb.. in 1898.
MIR. Call pem., T'la) stated In the SEN
ate today that inquiries had BEEN made
of him by Eugene " Debs and other
labor leaders as to whether the senate
Judiciary committee was taking any action
on the restriction of the power of Federal
judges.
Mr. Hoar Rep., Mass), chairman OF
the judiciary committee, said all the mem
hers believed some comprehensive leelsia-
lion in this line was needed and several
fully matured. Mr. Hill Dem, n. W
had special charge of the subject and Mr..
Thurston Uep., Ncb) had presented n
measure covering the whole subject RE
(Hoar) expected "A definite plan would be
presented to the senate later on.
Mr. Mitchell (Rep., ore.), chairman OF
the committee on privileges and elections.
reported a resolution providing for the
Payment of the salaries OF Senator Manila
and Clark of Wyoming from Mhrcn u
1898 the date when the senatorial seats
from those states became vacant lnst ,..
of from the latter time, when the senators
were elected, the resolution being hsces-
sary to validate payment airendy maze.
There was something of breeze Wheii
Mr. Cali presented q joint resolution ,op
corning the imprisonment OF MIS-; nn ~,
brick and requesting that tho president m
tervcne with the British authorizes ~
wards securing hsr rei ho Introduced here
and move to lay the resolution on me
a table" inrerposcd Mir. sherman. The
senate of the United states mas no Ju''a-
diction over the subject ,,tc
MIR call dissented from this proposition
and said he would insist on vote np ta
IT, The resolution was respohsNt ~ s,,,,
10 wide public sentiment IN inns country
and shere was nothing in 1t dlscourieonS
toward Gren, Britain. He thought me
course propostd by Mn Sherman "a"
Mr.. sherman insisted on his motion to
table. He said he happened 10 be IN Ehg
land when Mrs. Maybrick was cohvir,un,
on ihe question whether she ought 70 De
convicted But certainly II was not ii
subject to be brought mp here e,r.,
motion prevailed, but MIR. Cali asked Tor
n ron call, and then began a speech ~
opposition. Thereupon Mr.. sherman, sn,i
he would assent 10 a reierrmnpp , =" and
resolution to tho 1ihc!hr! co"i"''
'" TIE Consideration OF the Indian appro-
prNalon bill was then T Ti,ah onerea an
amendment providing that the memners
of any commission treating with lhsi ,a
shall be bona ilde residents Ct the ota az,
or Territory in which tie lnilans are TO ~
Gated. This brought out debate az W
Inc personnel OF indian commissions
Mr. Chilton Dem, Texasl, Mrgen , nra.
iudiciai TO the Indians, while Air. Lh', ,,or
INSISTED that outside commissioner "a,
ticularly from the East, were eos', ,y,r Vol
efficient. one cS'' hns spent $1,000 before
ma,tinp 10 work. These Eastern coil.hls-
sipns. made up through political i ~ s,,mds
were frit,erlng aTay tnr ~. Indians "
without doing anything lot ehe
M Mr. cannon in continuing his speech, s sn
verelv criticised the interior department !"
i's ro" pa,ner said il had been quite the
hshit NOT restricted to the SEMI w.
make charges AGAINST o e$ ee1erai,ins and
u ,oI..,n statements The senator PAID
t,,h,,.e 10 the commissioner OF Indian ~,
fairs and deprer nar % 'h irrea,,isrity OF
~. .,'a a. tn,ar,or department IN dealing with
,hc indians II protest" he said AGAINST
he that of1sia ds 3 wsoe esser the ne
eocretorv az the interior may not DO y
VIC man. but am incined 10 believe
he is not very wise. since the senator Iron,
down IN Georgia making speeches III IA
vor OF the gold standard and that me
speeches are actually converting people
10 the other way OF thinking"
Mr.. Cannon answered that In the 'Sa-
hara Of incompetency at the interior ue-
partmcnt' there were two excsptons.tnsj