The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-07


Chote7E claim. disaprTeve1 ~ the Prssa-
dent. but also the Southern war claims.
which the president had not mentioned.
and had given the committee nc o7por-
tunit~ 10 pass on the bEn-
Evans and Wellington Pleaded Tor fne
Southern war claims. ard the latter anca-
dantatfv said that he had heard thar q
Republican and Democratic EneFn5e O
the appropriations committee nad ass2TeNi
the president that II he vetoed the 0il thsy
wo1la see that the house passed saen a
bill as he wanted.
In reply Cannon replied that he prepared
the new bin because there was not tine
for the committee 80 name new oles ails
had omitted the Bowman act claims oe-
cause they could not be put on . nlis
originating In the house. under the rules.
This provoked q tIns-it until Ganno
yelled: Il do not believe the house cares
10 foiIovT the lead Of the gentleman from
Maryland" ard Wellington retortsd: the
house will not go wrong If il does IN this
matter" and was called 10 order by the
speaker.
The vote on the passage OF the bill Was
Yeas IL. nays 20. wide margin over the
necessary two-thirds 10 pass a bill under
suspension OF the rules.
The conference report on the sandry
civil appropriation bill was reported by
1dEHVG. AAE GD4@N bR1S1 10 A< re 20 aAsC
senate amendment. which authorized Hens
on the arid lands ceded 20 states BY the
Carey act 70 cover the cost Of reclamation.
after ar amendment had been added. al
the suggestion OF Lacey. vesfing the sols
authority to make the Eens In the states
The bill was sent back for a further con-
ference on the public building amend
naents the house rejecting motions 10 ac-
cept them.
The house further insisted on its origin
al proposition IN the naval bill, and sent
IL back 10 conference.
The conference report on the postoffice
appropriation bin was adopted
In explanation Of the Indian appropria-
tfon bib conference report. which he called
up, Sherman said that the house conferees
had given notice that II would never ac-
cept the 'sold settlers" or Cherokee claims
provision. but had offered to refer the mat
ter 10 the court Of claims, This the SEN
ate conferees refused. and compromise
was reached. instructing the secretary OF
the interior TO retain the money, SO that
the question could be decided in the next
session. The compromise to end appro-
priatlons for ssctarian schools on July l,
1877. inspired eloquent speech from F1tz-
gerald He asserted that millions had
b. en- spent in building Indian schools OF
the understanding that they would re-
GSlNS government ald- Allai0IS OF tue p.tf-
erty Of the Catholic church was TO be de-
sfToyed without justice or fairness: hum
dreds of children were to be turned adrtft
without means for their education. In
Massachusetts, the people we're pursued by
a secret un-American order. and. while
the Catholic church had never interested
Itself IN politics, IL might be driven TO
adopt the same methods employed against
It. The resolution for the acceptance OF
the Marquette statue, which was PASSED
by the senate unanimously. had been
smothered in the committee OF tire house
against his protests.
Cooper, replying, said: II deny that this
government has any right TO take my
money 10 teach the Catholic religion TO
Comanche or the Methodist TO a Modoc.
II Is no part OF the duty OF this govern
ment 10 teach ar Indian that the pope is
.nfallible Other churches have yolun-
tariiy relinquished such appropriations. Ii
the Catholic church Is such a patriotic
institution as its cardinal in public let
ter has recently declared Il to be. it VIII
cease asking money from the government
to propagate its religion"
The report was disagreed 10. S. 10 60.
and the bill sent back 20 conference.
The conference report on the District
OF Columbia appropriation bill was agreed
10 and the bill sent back 10 conference.
ana at % the house took 4 recess until
70 o'clock Monday.