The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-23
The PROCEEDINGS. i


WASHINGTON, April 22-The presi.
dents vetoes of two pension bills were
laid before the senate.
/ Gallinger of New Hampshire. chafr4
| man of the pension committee, said he
regretted the president had seen fit to
| veto these bills. Captain Allabach's
military services were such that hs
might have appealed for a pension. but
I he did not do so. owing to personal
( Discrimination.
While Jones was a photographer ne
received a gunshot wound, reSulting in
total blindness, during the attack on
/ Longstreets lines. THE president re-
! fers to the trivial wound, said CAL
I linger. II will not discuss and sugges!
what is in my mind, that the message
! was written without knowledge of the
/ facts. The pension committee had mol
! proceeded carelessly and recklessly in
/ favoring pensions"
/ II hold" said Palmer of Illinois,
\ that when a citizen voluntarily asso-
/ ciates himself with the military forces
/ he becomes de facto in the; military
! service, and if wounded he has the
| same moral right to pension as anyone
| formally enlisted"
I The yetoes were referred t. the pen
| sion committee.
| Many petitions came urging action
4 in 'behlf of Bishop Diaz, arrested in
| Cuba. A resolution by Bacon (Ga.J
was adopted, requesting the state de-
partment for information as to tha
arrest and as to what steps had been
taken toward securing an impartial
trial.
| Hill secured the passage df the bill
designed to afford protection to pas
sengers on excursion steamers and
oarsmen attending regattas.i amateur
or professional, in navigable waters
of the country.
Sherman. from the committee on for
e.ign affairs, reported a resolution pro-
viding for the appointment of a special
committee Of five senators to proceed
to Alaska and inquire into the condi-
ton of the fishing industry, the pres
ervation of the fur seals, the develop
ment of the country and the fixing Of
the boundary between Alaska and
British North America The resOlu-
ton provides that the secretary of the
treasury shall place a suitable vessel
at the service of the senators when
they reach Sitka.
Mitchell CRep. Ore.) was then recog-
nized for a speech in support Of the
bin extending the present law pension
ing veterans of Indian wars so as to
include the survivors of the Georgia
and Florida Seminole wars, the Fevre
river Indian war in Illinois, the Sabine
Indian disturbance, the Cayuse indian
war and the various Indian wars IN
Texas, New Mexico and California,
Utah, Washington and Oregon, men
toned in the bill.
Mitchell appealed to the senate IN
the name of common humanity and
Justice to pass the bill at once.
Gray Dem. Del) objected to going
on with the bill. saying he wanted more
light on some of these Indian wars.
The bill went back to the calendar.
Consideration of the Indian appro-
priation bill was then resumed. Mr..
CcckrelI speaking in support OF ms
amendment to allow two years for the
change from sectarian and government
Indian schools.
Allen PopJ, of Nebraska, deprecated
sectarian bigotry. He said he was the
son of a Protestant minister but this
did not lead him to approve of any
prescription based on the religious as
sociations of a citizen He deplored
the fact that the flag Of intolerance
should be raised in the American con-
gress. after Professionals and CathoncS
had for 100 years served together in
the army and navy, in peace and IN
war. in the advancement of the coun-
try. Allen spoke of the great work
of the Catholic church, in carrying the
torch of civilization in one hand and
the gospel of Christ in the other.
PETER expressed establishment that,
with hundreds of denominations exist
ing. some senators sought TO: pick out
one denomination for eulogy. He be-
Heved the way to abolish q hurtful
policy was to abolish it. There was
no reason for delay in doing AWAY with
sectarian schools.
The vote was then taken on the
Cockrell amendment, declaring the
policy of the government to be against
sectarian education, but alloTing until
1898 for the entire change from Sec
tartan to government schools Inc
cotS rfTu5sd d fae IS s4 TO The qr { d
tailed vote is as follows:
Yeas-Repubicans Carter. Chand-
Ter. Elkins, Hansbrough, Hawley. Nc
MILAN, Mantle. Nelson. ?ettigrew.
Sewen, Sherman-11- Demosrats-Ba-
con, Bate. Blackburn, Brice. Caffery,
Chiffon, Cockrell, Daniel, Faulkner.
Gibson, Gordon, Gray. Hill, Jones
Palmer, Roach, Smith, Tur2ie, Vest,
Villas. Walthall. Whites. Popu-
Iists-Allen, KYLE.
observation-disclosures: Allison, Brown,
Burrows, Cannon, Clark, CullOn, Davis,
Dubois. Frye, Gallinger, Gear, Lodge,
MCBT1Qe, MITCHELL NOte-J, G NAiAS'-
Piatt, Shoup, Squire, Teller, Warren,
WoIcott -21. DemocratS-Gsorge - l.
PopuIists-Peffer, Stewart-2J
The distribution Of Cherokee moneys
and the extension of the services of the
Dawes commission occasioned lengthy
debate and final action twas not
reached. At the request of Mr.. Hoar,
he was given leave of absenfe for the
balance of the session. AZ 5:15 the
senate adjourned.