Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1896-06-18

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branches of congress who are del
egates to the convention caused
much gossip. 1t is regarded in
Washington as certain that the
st. Louis convention will not de-
clare for gold alone, although
many gold men are delegates. Ii
is equally certain that it will not
declare for silver. Its financial
plank is likely to mean gold, but
to be SO worded as not to drive off
the conservative silver men of the
party.
The naval appropriation bill
which onlyEreached the president
the day before adjournment was
in its most important features a
compromise between the house
and senate. The house wanted
four battleships, the senate two;
the bill provides for three. There
was red-hot fight over the
clause authorizing the secretary
of the navy to contract for armor
plate at a given price. 1t being
found impossible to reach an
agreement, the whole clause was
struck out of the bill and a clause
instructing the secretary to make
no more artnor contracts until
further action by congress insert
ed. Members of the house do not
consider that the senate naval
committee got to the bottom of
the armor plate business and they
propose to do some Investigating
on their own hook next winter.
The long and at times the bit
ter contest between the senate
and the house over that portion
of the Indian appropriation bill
which deals with schools was fl
nally settled by a rather clumsy
compromise, which declares the
government policy toward church
schools to embrace education in
general instead of the education
of the Indians only. 1t would
take a smart to tell just what was
meant by that declaration. The
substance of the compromise is
contained in the clause which pro-
yides for the continuance for one
year more of government aid to
the sectarian Indian schools, to
which was added another mean
ingless provlsion--that the school
funds shall be as nenrly as posi-
bic equally apportioned among
the schools of the various denom-
nations. How meaningless this
is may be judged from the fact
that there is practically but one
denomination interested.
Disinterested people think the
senate acted wisely IN deciding
not to Interfere with the scu1p-
tors quarrel which has followed
the awarding of the contract for
the Sherman equestrian statue to
Carl Rohl-Smith, of Chicago. The
right of the senate to meddle with
the matter was at best a question:
able one.
Senator Stewart insists that
Senator Teller, Of Colorado, will
be the next president of the United
States, and when asked to explain
the foundation on which he based
LIS. dSSCl llOu lC lJuL Oll IlS lIoSl
owlish look and said: "Wait and
see. | don't care to enter into
particulars while the Matching
process is going on. It might
have bad effect"
Secretary Carlisle's statement
of the bond issues under the pres
ent administration, prepared for
the senate committee charged
with making an Investigation,
was this week made public. 1t
contains nothing that can be
called either new or startling, and
of course, claims that the admin
istration did the best it could
under the circumstances. The
committee will begin the inyesti-
CATION in a few days--probably
next week--and it will be public.
The condemnation of the idea of
making it secret was too general