The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-21
THE CREIANS RECOGNIZED.
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the government had been plainly de-
clarcd in the bill of last year and was re.
gardc'l rs the true American policy, and
that was that no appropriation should
be made for any sectarian schools
The amendment WAS defended by Sena-
tors lIawley and Teller, on the grounds
that the schools would have to he CON
tinued for another year or the children
would have to he turned away.
Mr.. Gallinger sided with Mr.. Lodge
and against Senators IIawley and Teller
In tie course OF his remarks he said that
very church but one in the United States
refused to take money from the Govern.
ment for sectarian purposes.
What church does not refuse:" was
asked.
The Roman Catholic Church." Mr..
Gallinger replied. Il do not mean to AZ
raign that church, bnt am absolutely,
irrcvocably and eternally opposed to vot-
ing dollar for education in sectaran or
religious schools"
Mr.. Hawley defended the amendment
as little letting up on the declared
policy of the Government. He was not II
Catholic, he said. but it was IL faith hon.
estly held by IN immense. number of PEG.
pie. 1t was II church of tremendous or
ganization and executive power. The
two houses last session were IL little mer.
cful i'll the matter of permitting Indian
children to learn to read under IL Catholic
priest for Il little time, until other schools
could lie organized. That WAS all that
was proposed in the Observation-Disclosures
children should not he turned ont of
school, and that efforts should he made
to establish non sectarian schools. He
never had such prejudice against Catholic
schools as that he would not prefer to see
I.s.- .l,tt Il Il
them run the streets as loafcrs
Mr.. Pcttigrew, chairman of the Indian
committee, defended the amendment and
declared himself tired OF the contcmpri
bile prejudice of the Indian Rights Asso-
citation.
Mr.. Gallinger protested against this
Characterization.
Mr.. Hoar euogized the Catholic Church
for its adhesion to she constitutional
right of all Christian bodies to stand on
an equality before the law. He had heard
the eminent pulpit orator who had Just
been called to. the head of the great
Catholic University in Washington, DR..
Conaly, declare ina farewell speech to the
people of Worcester, Mass, where he had
been living Tor Twenty-Five years, his de-
votion to the authority and principles Of
the constitution of the United States
and say that he owed his right to he IL
Catholic and his right to advocate his
religious faith to the humane AID just
provisions of the constitution of the
United States, which declared all Chris
tian bodies on an equality.
Mr. Allen ridiculed the idea of pay.
ment of denominational schools rs Il I'M.
ion of church and state, and said that
Just rs well might the payment of IL Tn
ion general who rode in the storm of bat
tie ut the head of his troops and who was
Catholic, he called II union of church
and state
The bin was laid aside without action
on the schoo! amendment, unanimous
consent being given to- have the vote
taken on Monday ut p. m.
After II brief executive session the Sen
ate ut 80 adjourned
ANOTHER SALARY GRAB
When the House adjourned this after.