The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-02-25

len. with savage emphasis. what con-
| Germ il is e the presiding officer how
long The senator yields? I am not here
| ID be bsdgered by the presiding officer
| of this s+nate, and l hope it will not
cccGr ssain."
The presiding officer made no response
and Mr.. Alien vent on with his speech.
closing with sarcastic thanks to the
presiding officer for having allowed him
t. speak.
Pkv.MEES GET MONEY.
Mr.. Chiffon Dem, Tex made a con-
test against the committee amendment
for raging the Pawnee Indians $4,000
OF trus; funds bat Z. was agreede to
"a to IS The old controversy over local
claims against the fund OF the old set
tiers and western Cherokees was re-
newed at length. The committee amend
ment referred the claims to the court OF
claims. When Mr.. Chandler criticized
the amendment as unfavorable TO the
Indians, Mr.. Pettigrew declared that
this New England solicitude as 10 the
poor Indian was an atonement for what
New England had done against the In
dian Having made a martyr OF Miles
Sandish. the Indians had been put on an
island in Boston harbor and starved 10
death. The blacklist day in the his
tory Of the Anglo-Saxo1 race was that
Of Massachusetts, treatment of the In
dams. No chapter in the history of
slave land in darkest Africa was as
A. e &c
declared the senator.
Mr.. Hoar made an earnest protest, de-
claring that Mr.. Pettigrew had been
misled by false representation.
Thereupon Mr.. Pettigrew drew forth
q mass Of historical details, read cir
cumstantisl accounts of early atrocities
against the Indians in Massachusetts.
Senators Hoar and Lodge followed
with evident disapproval and made fire.
quent Interruptions. AS Mr.. Pettigrew
is a New Englander by birth, Mr. Chan
der asked:
"WiH the senator say where he was
born?"
PETTIGREV Is A BIRD.
Mr.. Pettigrew saiG an answer was I'M
necessary, as the purpose Of the ques-
ton was evident.
And has the senator ever heard about
that bird?" queried Mr.. Frye.
Here Mr.. Hill, who was in the chair,
stopped Interruptions by a rap of the
gavel and then caused a shout of
laughter by announcing in droll tones:
''The senator from South Dakota de-
clines to state where he was born
Mr.. Petiigrew responded that the
chairs remarks were uncalled for, but
as the gentleman was about TO retire
from the senate, he could be endured for
the present.
Mr.. Hill, during his droll tones, ans
wered:
The chair will endure the senator
from South Dakota"
Mr.. Hoar made a calm but earnest re-
ply, saying that this appeared to be an
effort TO divert attention from a propo-
sition in the bill which would not bear
inspection.
Turning to Mr.. Pettigrew, the senator,
amid oppressive silence, said:
81 can only pity the man who can find
in history nothing but the material for
the fouling the very nest in which he
was born. 1 don't wonder that the SEN
tor from South Dakota declines to ex-
pose himself by answering the question
of the senator from New Hampshire as
to where he was born
ALLISON WARNS AGAIN.
Mr. Pettigrew made no reply and at
tention was diverted by a statement
from Mr.. Allison, chairman of the ap-
preparations committee, who sounded
another warning as to the status of ap-
preparations bills.
Beginning tomorrow the senate would
have 10 sit until IL or y at night every
day until March 4. Even the six bills
now behind could receive only one day
each.
The postoff1ce appropriation bill was
reported and placed on the calendar.
A disagreement on the army appropri- |
alton bill was reported and a further
conference ordered. a conference re-
port on the bill amending the timber |
culture laws was agreed to.
Sir. Morrill, withdrew his notice of a |
speech on the Cuban question tomor-
row, owing to the pressure Of appropri- |
alton bills, some Of which. he feared, |
might not get through.
House bill was passed for the use and |
acceptance of reservoir sites by states |
and individuals.
Ii was $50 o'clock when the senate