The San Francisco call., 1896-02-21
Incidentally Tries TO Boom Nc
Kinley Against the Protest
of Others.
FLYNN AFTER HOKE SMITH
High-Salaried Inspectors Declared te
Be His Personal and Political
Body.Guard.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 2O.-The
consideration OF the Indian appropriation
bill, the principal topic before the House
to-day was marked by two incidents-one
of interest, the other of Importance In
the general debate on the measure, Will
son (R.) of Oaio, departing from the text
before him, made speech advocating the
passage of protective tariff bill, i'll the
course of which he had read from the
clerks desk extracts from the speech of
Major Mckinley at the Marquette Club
dinner, Chicago, February II. Efforts by
the friends of other Presidential candidates
| to head Off this advertisement OF the Ohio
candidate on the floor of the House were
unavailing.
| When the committee of the whole
reached the paragraph in that bill provid-
ing for the pay of the five Indian inspec-
tors, a motion was made to reduce their
salaries from $4,000 to $25Oo. That had
been done IN the last two previous bills,
and the action of the Indian Committee in
fixing them at the figure named in the
statute establishing the Office met objec-
tion on both sides of the chamber.
The general pension appropriation bill
was sent to conference on the disagreeing
votes of the two houses and the Senate
amendments to the diplomatic and consul
lar bill were agreed TO. This now goes to
the President for his signature.
| Willis (R.) of Delaware reported favor
ably from the Committee on Agriculture
the Senate joint resolution directing the
Secretary OF Agriculture to purchase and
distribute seeds in 1896, as was done in
former years, and asked immedi late action.
An objection by ErdmanD. )of Pennsylva-
MIA sent it to the calendar.
On motion of w. A. Stone (R.) of Penn
sylvania the House refused to concur in
the Senate amendments to the general
pension appropriation bill and it was sent
to conference.
| Mccall (R. } of Tennessee reported favor
ably resolution to investigate the work
ings of reciprocity treaties and it was
agreed to.
3 The Senate joint resolutionsrequiring the
Secretary OF Agriculture to purchase and
distribute seeds as in former years was
reported favorably from the Committee on
Agriculture. 1t went to the calendar on
objection to unanimous consent.
The House bill was passed on motion of
Fletcher (R) of Minnesota, directing the
auditing officers of the Treasury Depart
ment to reopen and pay the longevity
account of Leutenant-Colonel w. A.
Jones, corps OF engineers. U. S. A.
Allen (R.) of Utah presented the mem
orial OF the Governor and Legislature of
Utah. asking that SO much of the counties
of Coconino and Mohave, Arizona, as lies
north of the Colorado River, be added to
the domain of the State OF Utah. Referred
to the Committee on Territories.
The House bill authorizing railroads in
Indian Territory to acquire additional
land for depot purposes was passed.
Sherman (R.) of New York called up the
Indian appropriation bill, and its consid-
Grafton was begun in committee of the
whole. The total amount carried in the
bill is $S, $50, ,995; less than the estimates bv
$I19,436 and less than the appropriation for
the current year by $132, 762.
| Pending the consideration of the bill
message from the Senate was received
announcing the passage of the diplomatic
and consular Appropriation bill with a few
unimportant amendments. On motion of
Hit, chairman of the Committee on For
eign Affairs, the amendments were con-
Cured in.
Consideration of the Indian bill being
resumed, Little ID. of Arkansas addressed
the committee at length in favor of a
change OF government of Indian Ter
ritory.
Wilson (R.) of Ohio contended that
wnat was wanted was education for the
Indians. Then he succeeded in intro
ducing the Mckinley "boom" by saying
that Congress would never have money
enough to educate the Indians until it
passed a good old-fashioned Republican
protective tariff bill. To prove that Gov
ernor Mckinley had not abandoned his
position in favor of the American system
OF protection, he asked the clerk to read a
| portion of that gentleman's remarks at
the Marquette Club dinner on February
II. This at once awoke the friends of
other Presidential candidates and consid-
erable confusion prevailed. Bennett fR.) }
OF New York shouted: II object. I make
the point of order that it is cut of order. !"
| The chair Payne)-The point OF order
is overruled.
W. A. Stone (R.) of Pennsylvania in
cline to the belief that the chair has made
mistake; the caucus does not begin
until o'clock tonight. [Laughter.l
The clerk, LampsoD of Ohio, began to
read the speech, but was interrupted by
Brewster (R.) of New York, who made the
! point that the extract was out of order
because it introduced politics into this
hail." which was greeted with loud
| laughter.
The reading was continued and was
greeted with applause from members who
| agreed with the sentiment expressed.
| Proceeding with his remarks, Wilson
declared. amid applause, that down deep
in the hearts of the American people the
question of protection as the National
| policy was forever settled.
| After further remarks by Wilson gene
raj debate on the bill was ended and read
| ing of the bill for amendment was begun.
Flynn (R.) of Oklahoma moved to strike
out the item appropriating $4,000 for the
salaries of the five Indian inspectors pro-
vided for by law. He stigmatized them as
"Hoke Smiths personal political body
guard" The fact that the committee re-
porting the bill had restored the salaries
of these inspectors from S25o0, provided in