Birmingham state herald., 1896-02-25
LODGES BOND RESOLUTION Sidetracked by the Concurrent Cuban Resolution. MORGAN RESUMED FLOOR The Second InstalIls- of His Speech Aroused
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 S HE WILL FlNic HIS SPEECH TODAY
 tJs By a Vote of : to GA the House Decided Against ropriating Money for Sei Jul ,an Schools in the
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MORGAN RESUMED FLOOR

Washington, Feb. A.-ln the senate today the bill granting a pension of $200 a month to the widow of the late secre- tary of state, Walter Q. Gresham, as brigadier-general was amended to make the amount $100 per month and passed. The resolution heretofore offered by Mir Lodge for investigation by the finance committee of all the facts and circumstances connected with the sale of United States bonds from 1894 to 1896 inclusive was taken up and a substitute for it was offered by MT. Peffer enlarg- ing the scope of the inquiry and direct ing it to be made by select committee of five senator's
 MT. Harris moved to amend the sub stitute by striking out the provision for select committee and allowing the in- quiry to be conducted by the finance committee.
 Discussion of these amendments con- tinued until D. m., when the Vfce-pres- ident laid before the senate the con- current resolution for the recognition of the Cuban belligerents, and MT. Morgan resumed the floor. The continuation of MT. Morgan's speech did not arouse particle of the excitement and enthusi- aSm which the first part of the speech last Thursday. together with the other speeches of that day, aroused. It was much of a historical review and was in- terspersed with the reading of too many letters and reports to attract attention and to arouse enthusiasm. The most forcible parts of the speech were these:
 Mr. Morgan expressed his astonish- ment that in view of the Spanish atroc- ites in the island this grand free re- public could sit indifferently by, know ing the facts, and not unsheath the sword and strike to death the brutal monarch who inflicted them" And he declared that the American people to m f,rthar In their fOrhparanC6 without a stain on the national honor." He will finish the speech tomorrow.
 When MT. Morgan took his seat MT. White, democrat, of California offered a substitute for the concurrent resolu- ton, declaring that the senate contem- plates with solicitude and profound re- gret the sufferinss and destruction &C., companying the civil conflict now in pro- gress in Cuba, and expressing the trust that the executive department will at as early day as the facts will warrant, rec ognize the belllgerency of those who are in arms against Spain. and that the good offices of the United States may be pru- dently, peacefully and effectively exer- cised to the end that Cuba may be en- able to establish permanent govern- ment of her own choice.
 The house bill to provide the extension by five years of the time within which suits may be brought to vacate and an- null land patents to railroad companies was reported from the committee on pub lie lands. discussed briefly and passed. The vice-president announced his sig nature to the urgent deficiency bill After a short executive session the sen- ate at 545 D. m. adjourned until tomor- row.
 House.
 The perennial contest over the appro- pration of money for the education of Indian children at contract sectariau- schools came up in the house today in the if consideration of the Indian appropriation, and was fought in an hour and a half's debate. The result was that by vote of 93 to 64 the provision that the secretary of the interior shall make con- tracts with present contract schools for the education of Indian pupils to an ex- tent not exceeding 50 per cent of the amount authorized for the fiscal year 1895 was stricken out on motion by MT. Linton. republican, of Michigan, and an amendment inserted prohibiting the sec retary of the interior from spending any of the money appropriated for education in a sectarian institution. Under exist ing conditions only Catholic schools are in contract relations with the interior de- partment, the other churches having abandoned their claims to public money. In his speech in support of the amend ment MT. Linton attributed the over- whelmng change in the personnel in the house by the election of 1894 to the senti- ment in the country against the appro- priation of public funds for sectarian schools or institutions. The amendment was advocated by Messrs. Cooper, repub- lican, of Ohio; Hainer, republican, of Me- braska and Grosvenor, republican, of Ohio; and opposed by Messrs. Gamble, republican, of South Dakota; Eddy, repub- lican, of Minnesota; Walsh, democrat, of New York, and Sherman, republican, of New York.
 Consideration of the bill was concluded with the exception of the paragraph di- recting the purchase of the title of the ogden Land company to the lands within the Alleghany and Cattaragus reserva- tion in New York, and that was post poned until tomorrow.
 Speaker Reed announced that he had signed the current deficiency and diplo- matic and consular appropriation bills.
 At 5:10 the house adjourned until to- morrow.
 Shipwrecked Sailors Rescued
 New York Feb 2I.--The Mallory line steamer IamDasaS, Captain Burrows