The morning times., 1897-02-23
SCHOOLS FOR THE INDIANS
But Eight Senators Voted Against
the Contract Amendment.
PENSION VETOES DISCUSSED
Mr.. Morgan Compared the Aggre-
gate Amount of the Special Pen-
sion Bills With the Payments to
the Bond Syndicate-The Loud
Bill Denounced.

After Senator Daniel had finished read
Ing Washingtons farewell address yester-
day afternoon, the Senate resumed the
consideration of the Indian appropriation
bill
The pending question was the committee
amendment making temporary provision
for contract schools for Indian children
the vote having been ordered for l O'Clock
Yesterday The amendment was agreed to-
yeas Al, nays 8. The negative votes We're
given by Senators Brown, Cannon, Chand-
Ter, Gallinger, Lodge, Peffer, Platt and
Thurston.
Mr.. Hill of New York presented the ere
dentials OF Thomas c, Platt as his successor
in the Senate from March next.
An amendment was offered by Mr.. Gal
lIngcr of New Hampshire, and was agreed
to- declaring it to be the settled policy of
the government hereafter TO make no ap.
propriations whatever for education in any
sectaran school.
Another amendment was offered by Mr..
GaIlinger, declaring that all appropriations
for contract schools shall absolutely 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 legisla-
ton, by Il vote of rs to %.
Mr. Galiinger attacked an amendment
of the committee, appropriating 5000 for
the purchase of 800 acres at not over S25
| an acre, as an Industrial farm at Flandreau,
S. ID. He did not think farming lands
out there We're worth any such price.
Nfr Dnt dot "a
but action on it was postponed A similar
item for the Indian school at Pierre, S. d,
was also postponed.
A message from the President, vetoing q
private pension bill (for Maria Somerlat,
| the widow of private SOLDIER, was laid
! before the Senate and was attacked by
| several Senators 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 syndcate;'
| Mr.. Galinger referred TO MIR. Clereland's 5
| Vetoes of pension bills as trivial and
| foolish and Mr.. Hoar asserted that such
| private pension bills had never been ques-
| toned until the modern method of finding
| fault with them came in vogue
| The veto was referred TO the Committee
| on Pensions.
Mr.. Chandler OF New Hampshire re
| ported back from the Postoffice Commit
tee the Loud bill to amend the postal
| laws, with amendments, and said the Sen
ator from North Carolina MIR. Butler)
would submit a minority report III oppo-
| sition TO the bill.
| Mr. Cullom OF Illinois asked Mr.. Chand-
| lcr whether he expected the Loud Lill
| would pass at this session.
Mr.. Stewart OF Nevada broke in with
a declaration that it would not, as it
was the worst bill that ever came before
| Congress. He objected TO the reading
of the report.
Mr.. Villas member OF the PoStoffice
| Committee made a statement in coHnec-
| ton with the report on the Loud bill
That report, he said, favored one cent
letter postage. He was in favor OF that,
| provided the other reforms proposed in
the bill were carried out.
Mr. Butler made some bitter remarks
! against the Loud bill, which he denounced
as infamous. - The way to effect econ.
omy in the postal service, lie said, was
to reduce the rates paid to railroads, oil
| for the goyernme mt Itself to own its own
postal cars and pay the railroad com
panies for hauling them. The bill he
declared, would create newspaper trust.
Mr.. Chandler declined to talk against
suctr an uncorked Populist'' as the Senator
| from North Carolina.
4 resolution was offered by Mr.. Allison
and was agreed to, for daily sessions
at II a. m, from ana after Wednesda y
next The Senate, at p. III adjourned
until today.