The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-23
The Proceedings.

Washington, Feb 22.-Despite the
rainstorm, the galleries of the senate
were crowded when the session today
opened, but the attendance of senators
was unusually small. On the Demo-
cratic side of the chamber, there were
eight senators in the seats, while the
journal of Saturday was being read,
and on the Republican side u. The
reading was closed at 12:15, and then
the absence of a quorum was sug-
gested. The roll was called and was
responded to by 80 senators and then,
in pursuance of the order made a few
days since, Senator Daniel (Dem., Va.)
took a position by the side of the vice
president and proceeded to read Wash
ingtons farewell address, in commem-
grafton of Washington's birthday.
The reading occupied one hour, and
at its conclusion the consideration of
the Indian appropriation bill was re-
Sumed.
The pending question was the COM
mittee amendment making temporary
provision for contracts for the Indian
school children, the whole having been
set for 1 o'clock. The amendment was
agreed to-yeas, Al; nays, s. The mega
tive votes were given by Senators
Brown, Cannon. Chandler. Gallinger,
Lodge, PETER, Platt and ThurSton
-
credentials of Thomas c. Platt as his
successor in the senate from March 4th
next.
An amendment was offered by Mr.
Gallinger (Rep., n. h and was agreed
to, declaring it to be the settled policy
of the government hereafter to make
no appropriations whatever for edu-
cation in any sectarian schools.
Another amendment was offered by
NJ. 20 r-ir,
priations for contract schools shall alb
solutely cease and terminate at the end
of the fiscal year 1898, but it was ruled
out on a point of order, that it was
general legislation, by vote of 2S to %.
A REAL ESTATE QUESTION.
Mr.. Gallinger attacked an amend
ment of the committee appropriating
$4,000 for the purchase of 320 acres at
not over SIS per acre, as an industrial
farm at Flandrau. S. D. He did not
think farming lands out there was
worth any such price
Mr. Pettigrew defended the amend
ment. but action on il was postponed.
a similar item for the Indian school
at Pierre, S. D., was also POSTPONED.
In the course of the debate Mr.. CALM
ger criticised some of the minorities in
the bill. Mr.. Pettigrew retorted that
in matters of small appropriations: il
could better be commenced in matters
or greater Importance. 1t should be
practiced in connection with the mill
lions that were appropriated for the
construction of ships that would NOT
float: in the building of battleships
that We're rusting away, and in striking
out the appropriation of so, 900, 900 for
fortifcations that in view of the treatv
r-h "a Il
Mr.. Gallinger said he shared the feel
ing that we ought not to go too deeply
into naval appropriations in view of
the depleted condition of the treasury:
but he did not believe he was violating
any of the secrets of the senate when
he said there was very little proba-
bility of the treaty of arbitration being
ratified. at this session of congress at
least. Mr.. Gallinger understood very
we'll that the senator from South Da
kota took very little interest in the
naval bill for the reason. situated as he
was. he could. in case of attack. take
to the Black Hills for safety
The bill was laid aside
The message from the president We
toing a private pension bill for Matria
Somerlat. the widow of a private SOL
dier, was laid before the house and
was attacked by several senator's
Among others, Mr.. Morgan sneered at
the idea of the small aggregate amount
of all the pension bills passed at this
congress as compared with the amount
paid to the bond syndicate"
Mr.. Gallinger referred n Mr. Cleve-
lands vetoes of pension bills as trivial
and foolish and Mr.. Hoar asserted
that such private pension bills had
never been questioned until the modern
method of finding fault with them
came in vogue.
The veto was referred to the COM
mittee on pensions.
Mr.. Chandler (Rep.. n. H.) reported
back from the postoffice committee the
Loud bill to amend the postal laws.
with amendments. and said the SEN
ator from North Carolina (Nr. ButIer)
would submit minority report in op-
position to the bill.