The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-25


cEa@a that none OF The appropriations n
me Indian appropriation oili for indian
scnoo4s should gJ 70 sectarian schools
The only sectarAan schools 10 which
money now goes are Roman Catholic IN
denomination. ard the fight today was led
- Linton, a Michigan Republican who is
the most pronounced and openly ayOged
"A =. A on the 7oor.
The house when IL met resumed
consideration OF the Indian apprOpr.a-
don blN. The amendment Of Flynn.
of Oklahoma, - pay the $500 annuity
due 20 the Seminciss 70 she Indians them
selves through officers designated By the
interior department was adopted. F2ynn
alleged that under the present plan The
money wenS 10 Gov Brown and the In
clers received Gue bills good al Browns
stores
provision OF the bin. making the acts
OF the state OF Washington relative 10 the
removal OF restrictions as 20 the sale of
the allotted lands Of the PuyaIlup Indians
elective - far as the government OF tle
United States was concerned, was stricken
out on a point OF order
Mccall. Rep. Mass, made a point Of
order against a provision that al Indians
born Of d white man and an Indian
woman should inherit the property and
the aaGuItihs Of the mother. tie con-
t@ndes- that the provision would repeal the
Ffth citizenship on their marriage 10 white
men and prevented the latter from acquir-
Ing Indian rights. Curtis. Rep. kan,
argued that the provision simply con-
strUe the act Of IssS. but the chair sus-
tanned the point OF order and the provis-
Ion was stricken out
When the portion Of the bill relating 20
Indian schools vas reached. Linton. Rep.
Mich. made a speech against appropriat-
ilg money Tor sectarian schools. He re-
called the fact that two years ago he had
denounced the policy Of appropriating
money fer these Institutions He had
warned the members then, and this warn
ins rad Dot proved effective. The result
was the absence of men whose faces had
been familiar IN the halls Of congress fer
years But" said he. "the storm of bali
lots and the food of Indignation which
oyerwhelnled the country win be but as
zephyr and a rfvulef compared with what
H-in happen IL congress persists in this
policy" Re had read a great mass Il res
olutions from churches and other sources
protesting against appropriating money
fos contract ssctar.an schools. Every
member Of the house. Mr.. Linton said.
knew that the pending bill carried s2o.eo0
for secfarfan schools. every dollar Of
which would so into the c5ffers Of one
church. over 4.o0D children were educated
n these schools. II could not be argued
The Roman Catholic church would take
care Of its ogn. II was powerful enough.
II had a right to, but not with public
money 1T may be thar am thought an
extremist on this subject" said ne. but /
know when | am right. and / know the
people are with ne" Both political par
ties. he declared. were pledged 10 the COM
piete divorce OF church and state. He
knew. he said. the nature OF the. pressure
upon members: he knew the lobby was at
work. bat that would not deter him from
doing his duty
He referred 10 the fact that the state of
Wisconsin had presented 10 congress a
statue of Pere Marquette. which was soon
70 be set IN Statuary hall. He would be
the first churchman there 1T may be-"
he continued that Father Stephen mag
ines that time when the statue
or Pere Marquette. roked in the
gown OF Jesuit priest and dec
Grated with the paraphernana OF
his church. Is TO he erected IN the nations
sanctuary. made holy by the presence Of
the martyred Lincoln. Is good time 10
force quarter OF a million dollars from
the hands Of congress. But I warn him
that ne is mistaken. and ! warn the men,
hers that the people will not tolerate such
an unconstitutional appropriation OF pub
lie funds"
Linton then offered an amendment pro-
vidlnE that no money appropriated for
the support of Indian schools should 20 TO
any sectRrsan school.
Gamble. Rep. 5. n. defended the appro-
priation for secfarian schools. The gov
erument had entered On the policy OF
abandoning sectarisn schools. and was
each year cutting down the appropriation
- Per cent. In three years the appropria-
tion would cease. II would not 20 10 with
draw all the appropriations outright.
Cooper. Rep. Wis. announced bis un-
alterahle opposition 70 the provision in
the blll spproarjaunE - per cent. Of the
appropriation OF 1895 for the sectariaR
schools He had voted against IL last
year and would do so at this session. and
for the same reason. Public money for
sectarian schools was uu- Republican. un-
Democratic and un-American. He did not
speak as an a. T. \. he vas rot an A. p
A bat a an American citizen. II the
support of the government Was with
crawn. the Catholic church would support
her schools as the other churches 5ld
There were e9o - Catholic Couutfpt-
cauts. II each ore paid 5 cents year
Sssl go would be realized. Mr. Cooper con-
clG1ed rs quoting the clause - the con
Eilugtio8 relating u religious freedom
written by Thomas jefferson. waich ne
said Jefferson was more urouH of than
anything be ever wrote. even the Declara-
tion ~ In3apeutenre- C1one~-z remarks
Ners warmly applaudsi hy the galleries.
aa3 a scattering Of members on the noor.
Fsady. Rep.. MINI supported the oro,F-
sioa in the b.1 ard paid a high tribute to
che missionary work ~ the Catholic
churches among the Indians. while Ws,-
son. Rep. ohio. and Ha,ner. Reo.. Nea
SUPPORTED the LAnton Amendment In a-ses
speeches
walsh. Dem. y Y. Replied with Soma
warmth ffe Sa8 not he sala. credit some
gentlemen on the other side R-ith the htqa
patriotic motives they aS~~she,i 20 -hs-rr-
selves Thss b1ow was aimed ~ the Ca+ho-
Nr church He was a Roman Cathe1f,
and as good as American citizen as any
member on the floor tAppiauaef he -
sarad ire house however that IL the ar
pranraatfcr, for these schools was entirety
vr{shdrawn the children would ha taken
undertaken great mission without ~e~-
rs4ug il out Wafsh' 3 assurances tha+ +Aa
rhu~ch would take care % tire chHf-a-
VS. greeted with applause and induced
pearSap- R@p.. Neo,. who had offered an
,,,e e-ssssiszrf ta increase the a-orcr-tari.,-
=, ax 20 read erectteu or purchase ~
s...s~,,S 10 then withdraw hls Amendment
s~htar,. Rer. Cal. and Grasv~rcr. Reo
- favo~es the Ianton Amendment rhs
,.+.@- as he has no feeling in the ma
-. '...~.fsan O. seetsrfsn. bat he though.
- +f~.s tas arrived When ths arproprfs-
-, wrs,feA always n-oduc~s religions
asr,exersv sn1 contention. coa}3 ~ sts-
-. ,t.,,rsss vxssero11t s@sparfizinC the sufe--