Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-04-03
HOUSE And SENATE.
.D.bato o. The Appropriation for H9T
ard University.
uuSGms rlGnr AGAINST H.
The Pcs 'ofllc, Appropriation nIll his.
cu,scd In lhl Senalo-Ittman
Opposes Capitalization

wAguSurDN, April Q - In the
Hou.r The sunify civil bill was ,aton
up. Under an arrangement entered
iato Hainor tR'p, NeI) vas yiyeu an
opportunity u altacs tue amendment
adopted yesterday npproptiatlug $685..
900 tot HowHti univrtslIy.
IL wa. Hainer who led the success.
fol Tight against appropriations Tor
ssclarian charl,abl" institutions IA the
District OF Columbia appropriation
biil.
Halner explained that the smenI.
mput was adopted ytsicti,y while he
va. Temporarily absent ifUm the ha ID,
aud without opposition, Ia way
whicn made II seem probable that u j.
not ubulEiOuB 10 the appropriations
committee. THIS was private inst.
luton aud every ca dii pefsOn must
ADMIT that II was also suClarInn. H.
read from the ptusptCiu. oil the insli.
tuition u show tnht II was - Cuustiau
university aud maintained M It's most
favored department n school OF thcO'-
pry. Tnis was mn institution Tor tue
further education Oi the cUllfui pee.
ulp. Why should colOfud people be-
given an education AZ public expense
" white people were nlt2 Hs favored
higher education but the government
hsd no right 10 single Ott a particular
tect, race, creed OF social claes.
Thfs wHe an insidiOus attempt n
commit Ccngtess agaiu 80 principle
that had Ia tue inst taken million,
upon millions from the collects VI the
government Tor the benunt NJ srclAfiar
Institutions. From 1871 10 1899, IN tn
District VI Columbia alOne f,a,uOJ,O0t
had been gwen 10 tcctarlan iusti,u'
tons. A. much moro had gone 10 sec
tartan schools.
Memoirs had toli him that thcri
were cllutcd voters IN their uisiricu
ami they could not AtlIti 10 vote
against the nmtndm0ut. This was
low estimate 10 be placed upon fac'
u,ut had given the country Fteieflci
Douglass sud Booker whshingtJn.
Evans (Rcp. ky,l VINO hal ttiefet
tho amendment anu who had chafgI
of the time In opposition 10 Haiuof
yielded u Bartlett Dem. y. w :
member Of the appropriations commit
tee. Tho gentleman from Nebraska
Bartlett said, MT content with defeat
log cue appropriation bill through the
indulgence Of tbe chairman Of appru
pFiatiOus, had made an atttck on thii
bin, la which he advocated the pro
srfipgiOn OF every form Of Christian
religion. Hts feelings toward In'
Roman Catholic church led hin
today 10 attack tho unfortunate rae,
liberated anu raised 10 its feet by TN
mortal Lincoln, In whose honor th
o. H. use yesterday appropriated $4,000
tOf tue purchase OF tne mouse In wnicf
hu rad lived. Proceeding, ne de
bounced ~ terrible aud mOnslrous thu
fin de steele doottiuO being advance,
Ia the House that we should denounc,
CuTistiani y aud couple every appto
ptihIion uiil with n provision tnat DOT
dollar Of u should go TO the iutlhtranc,
OF a Christian purpose.
Cannon followed IN support OF th
amendment. Transportation for tn
Howard universi'y, ho said, was nts
made g. 1850, 90 mott n OF Monroe q
Ohir. Tue apptupnh ions Commute
rejected tue apptuuri,t ON because tn
unlveTsiiy contained thVolORlcu
CHAT, but when the amendment wa
offered, with the provision that n
portion Of tue money should bo use
diTtc ly or indirectly Tor religious pui
poses, tue amendment was feed iron
POSSIBLE objection. From tue sta d
point Of bfUaI IatrlUtism lie believe
that tho rave vino wet' once slave
but were now ice, though Htill isnOl
ant, 81 means ~ rel 'duignte aud IA
the de'un'o 10 tho wnitv people Oi th
county, sn uld be encouraged IN indu
Try anu cIucatiUu,
SAytts (Dem., rrI.l also supporte
the amendment anu dtlteI into
sharp political discussion with Tsgai
to the respective claims VI the Nv
patIle, 10 the friendship Of the cOlore
people.
sayep called attention 10 n
fact that In tho South cOlofed All
white meu worked side by siIe. II
Uemp cratic party In tho South hu
been tho real friend VI the coloI'
people. They tOld ready NV 10 vol
Iuis MONEY. lie haG No doubt that