The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-21
OLD SECTARIAp ROW
SENATE ONCE MORE STTRS UP THE
QUESTION OF CHURCH AND
STATE.
INDIAN APPROPRIATION BILL
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT RE.
VERSES THE SCHOOL POLICY
FIXED UPON LAST YEAR.
NO FINAL ACTION AS YET TAKEN
Labor Commission Bill Displaced
by a Close Vote to Take Up the
Pending Measure.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2O.-The senate
had a lively session today, apparently
relishing the work in open session after
the protracted struggle behind closed
doors on the treaty. At the outset a.
resolution by Mr.. Cameron, of Pennsyl-
Van1a, was unanimously adopted, ex-
pressing sympathy with Greece in the
present continental conflict Mr.. QUAY
sought to bring forward the bill for
commission to look into labor prob
lens, but it was soon displaced by a.
vote of 81 to %, to take up the Indian
appropriation BILL The latter measure
LED to two animated discussions. first
on silver and then on sectarian schools
A provision that certain Indian pay
ments snail be made in silver, in ac-
cordance with treaty requirements, led
Mr.. Allen to comment on a. provision
for '6O-cent dollar coming from gold
men on the appropriations COMMITTEES
The discussion brought up campaign
"reminiscences. The sectarian schools
question was revived, Mr. Lodge
(Mass.) asserting that the senate com
mittee had reported an amendment re-
versing the policy of last year for the
abandonment of sectarian schools after
July 1, 1897. Senator Gallinger opposed
the amendment and Senators Hawlev.
Teller, Pettigrew Allison, Allen and
Hoar supported it on the ground that
the government facilities for Indian
education would not permit a sudden
change. The debate on this item on
the bill was not concluded
Senator Cameron's resolution express
sing sympathy with Greece, which was
presented early in the day, was as fol-
lows:
Resolved, That the senate of the Tinted
States: being mindful of the sympathy Of the
United States, expressed for the Greeks at
the time OF their war for independence now
extends like sympathy TO the government
OF Greece with its Intervention in behalf of
the people Of the neighboring island of Crete
for the purpose of freeing them from the tyr
peace with the blessings Of Christian civil
cation to that distressed island
Mr.. Burrows secured the passage of
resolution directing the secretary Of
the treasury to appoint commission
or three persons to inquire into and
report upon the amount exceeding the
contract price of constructing the rev.,
enue cutter Walter Q. Gresham
On motion of MIR. Quay (Rep., Pa0
the bill for non-partisan commission
to inquire into the problems of labor.
agriculture, and capital was taken up
Mr.. Plat Rep., Comm opposed the
bill as measure to select g. commits
sion to instruct congress upon the char
acter of legislation 1T should pass Mr.
Allison, chairman Of the committee on
appropriations, appealed to the senate
to allow the conSidera ton of approp-
riations, and asked Mr.. Quay especially
to let the commission bill go over He
then asked unanimous consent to take
I'D the Indian aEDrOnriatiOn
Mr.. Quay objected and said that the
bill was in charge Of Mr.. Perkins(Ca
If he consented to have 1t go over, Mr.
Quay would consent. He called atten-
ton to the fact that it was being
pressed by the great labor interests OF
the country. Mr.. Perkins said that IL
the opponents Of the bill would con-
sumo as little time as its friends a
vote would be had In thirty minutes.
Mr.. Aldrich said he considered the bill
utterly impracticable. After consider
able sparring the Indian appropriation
bill was taken up, "a to Is.
INDIAN FARMERS.
The first amendment that caused de-
bate was that providing that Indian
farmers should be chosen from the
uated giving the preference to COM
petent Indians. 1t was opposed by
Mr.. Chiffon Dem., Tex.
Mr.. Pettigrew said that the amend
ment was designed to prevent the Sc
lection of farmers in Georgia Missis-
sippi and other Southern states to
teach the Indians Of the North how to
farm.
Mr.. Chiffon moved to strike out the
provision directing the employment OF
farmers from the state in which the