The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-25
eoRMAN GOES FOR GALLINeER
HE ACCUSES HIM OF MAKING Az
A. p. A. FIGHT on 4 BILL.

The Matter Brought Up by the Of
ferIng of an amendment 40 a
Clause in the Sundry civil ApprO-
priatiOn Bill Making an Appropri-
alton for a Catholic HospitaI-GaI-
finger DiScInims the Animus Inn
puted TO Him.
Washington, April 2L-The Senate made
considerable progress to-day on the sun
dry civil appropriation bill. having dis
posed Of all the amendments reported 10
II by the committee on appropriations.
Some comment was made on the practice
attributed 10 the House OF Representative
OF appropriating sums only sufficient TO
cover the cost Of the service for six
or nine months in the year. and throw
ing on the Senate the responsibility and
blame Of swelling the appropriation bills.
The advice pronered by Mr.. Mills to
cure that evil was for the Senate TO pass
the appropriation bills just as the House
sent them. leaving to the President the
duty of notifying congress that additional
appropriations were necessary for the pub
lie service.
When the item for the hospitals in the
District Of Columbia came up an amend
ment was offered by Mr. Gallinger. rep,
by Mr.. German as aimed at the Provi-
dence hospital because that Institution
was under the charge of Catholic Sisters
OF Mercy. He confessed his amazement
that any party in control Of congress
should be so far swept away by Sc
cret anti-Catholic organization. He could
have understood how religious fanaticism
might be aroused on the public school
question, but he could not understand
how IT. could be directed against an
hospital because II happened TO be I'M
der the control of Catholics or of Prot
estants. Was the sentiment of prOscrip-
ton, he asked. to go that far? Would
good women, or good men, be prohibited
because they were Catholics from at
tending to children or others afflicted
with disease? a great many things. he
said. occurred every four years Wnen a
great presidential campaign was 10 be
entered on. Propositions were then pre-
scented and speeches were then made,
which would not be presented or made at
other times. Was II possible, he asked,
that the great party which expected TO
control all branches of the government af-
ter March next would enter a crusade
that would prevent Catholic from min
istering TO the wants Of the unfortu-
nate people of the district. He moved
TO lay the amendment on the table; and
that motion was agreed to.
Mr.. Gallinger explained and defended his
motion in Offering the amendment, and
said that it had no such purpose as Mr..
German suggested. And he was surprised
that senator. usually so kind, so fair,
and so just, would represent him as strik-
ing blow at the welfare and prosperity
of the Providence hospital
Mr. German admitted that he might have
misconstrued the amendment and said
that il was only because of his extreme
surprise at seeing the senator from New
Hampshire fall, to any extent, into the
line of religious intolerance that he had
made the remarks he had made His re-
marks were intended for those who were
pushing forward that idea of religious pro-
scription.
Mr.. Bacon, dem, of Georgia offered an
amendment for the payment to the Cotton
States and International Exposition Com
pany of Atlanta, Ga, of the uneXpended
balance-about $l3,0O0-of the appropria-
tion heretofore made for the government
exhibit there, as agreed TO.
The bill was then laid aside for the day.
When Mt PETERS bond resolution was
laid before the Senate ii was modified by
Mr. PETER striking out the clauses In re-
lation to government officers having been
interested in the matter for their own
profit. The resolution went over without
further action.
The following bills were passed:
The Senate bill 10 pay $4,000 to the
Richmond College, Richmond, Va, for use
and occupation and injury of buildings
by United States troops for eight months,
beginning Aprf. 1861.
The Senate bill apprOpriatng $4,000 for
light house at St. Joseph's Bay, Fla.
At 5:45 o'clock the Senate adjourned I'M
til tomorrow.
Mr. Warren, from the committee on
claims, to-day favorably reported to the
Senate as an amendment to the sundry
civil bill. an appropriation carrying a lit
lie more than 81 100000 for the payment of
the French spoilation claims that have
been adjudcated by the court of claims
and found to be due