The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-02-25
NEW ENGLAND'S ATONEMENT
SENATOR PETTIGREjV ALLUDES TO
OUR TREAIaxENT OF THE INDIAN.

History of the Anglo-saxon Race-Sena-
tors Chandler and Hoar Take Him to
Task-The Latter Pities the Man who Be.
fouls the Nest In Which He Was Born,
Washington, Feb. 24.--In the senate
to-day a long discussion was carried
on by Senators Gallinger, Allen and
Jones, DEM, of Arkansas, turning upon
the question of overcharging the In
dians on reservations for goods sold by
Indian traders. During the debate
which arose over the question Of at
torneys claims on the western fund"
to the amount of $500 ,366-the commit
tee amendment proposing to confer
Jurisdiction of the subject on the court
of claims.
The amendment was severely criticis-
ed by Mr.. Chandler, who was respond
ed to by Mr.. Pettigrew, in charge of
the bill, and who spoke of New Eng
lands solicitude for the poor Indian as
partial atonement for what New Eng
land had done in her early history
against the Indians. The blacklist
page in the history of the Anglo Saxon
| race, he asserted, was the treatment of
the Indians by the people of Massachu-
setts. In illustration Of this charge,
Mr.. Pettigrew quoted largely from
"Abbott's History OF King Philips
| War;
| Where was the senator born?" Mr..
| Chandler asked, in a derisive tone
II judge from the senator's manner"
| Mr.. Pettigrew responded, that he can
answer his own question"
| (The Congressional directory gives
Mr. Pettigrew's birth place as Ludlow,
| Vt)
| The presiding offioers (Mr. HilD re-
marked with mock gravity)-'"The
senator from South Dakota declines to
state where he was born" General
laughter.)
Mr. Pettigrew Gndignantly):-"T
remark of the chair is, of course, vol
untary on his part, and is perhaps a
| little out Of order. But as the senator
from New York will not be long with
us, we can endure almost anything
from him" Naughter.)
The presiding officer-"The senate
will have to endure the senator from
South Dakota" Iaughter)
Mr.. Frye, rep, of Maine, made a sug-
gestion as to "the bird that fouls it's
| own nest"
Mr.. Pettigrew's speech was replied to
| by Mr Hoar, who spoke Of it with
| great show Of indignation as ''mous-
ing in the ancient history Of New Eng
ho 10
4 who had just spoken" (and whom he
had begun to speak of as my friend)
! had studied more history for his speech
than he had done in all his life before.
Laughter)
"The treatment of the Indians by
Miles Standish,'' Mr.. Hoar said, "had
occurred $50 years ago, and yet that
was the only argument Of the senator
from South Dakota had been able to
oppose to the attack upon the amend
ment." 1T can only" Mr.. Hoar added,
(facing Mr. Pettigrew and speaking
with all the scorn he could lend to his
language) "pity the man who can find
in history nothing but the material for
befouIing the very nest in which ne
was born. I do not wonder that the
senator from South Dakota declined to
expose himself by answering the qnes-
tion of the senator from New Hamp-
shire, as to where he was born"
After this stormy session, no attempt
was made to get a vote on the amend
ment, but Mr.. Allison, chairman of the
committee on appropriations. called at
tention to the backward condition OF
the appropriation bills, declaring IT to
be absolutely necessary to have night
sessions every night till IL or u o'clock.
And he said that he would make that
proposition tomorrow.