The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-02-21

with such religious schools as existed
among the Indians.
Lodge said he did not think that Con-
gress ought TO appropriate money for
Presbyterian schools, Episcopal schools,
Methodist schools or Baptist schools. and
he waited for any Senator to say that he
was attacking those sects. He wanted to
see an exhibition of that sensitiyeness
which was displayed. when he claimed
that Congress ought not 10 appropriate
money for the only church which now
received Government money for schools.
He no more attacked the Roman Catholic
church than he attacked the Baptist or
Presbyterian or the Episcopal church.
he said no sect as such should receive
Government money and he believed in
that principle. He was not TO be deferred
from saying so by the cutlery that he was
illiberal.
Teller denied the statement of Wilson
that the large amount spent on Indian
education had been without any good re-
suit, and Pettigrew sustained Geller's
view, saying that there were now in the
gallery some highly educated Sioux In
dams.
Hoar (R.) of Massachusetts,. eulogized
the Catholic church for its adhesion TO the
constitutional right Of all Christian bodies
TO stand on an entire equality before the
law. He understood that the leaders and
r
nized that policy. He had heard the emf
nent pulpit orator who had just been
called TO the head of the great Catholic
University in Washington CDR. Conaty)
declare in farewell speech to the people
Of Worcester, Mass, where he had been
living for twenty-five years, his devotion
TO the authority and principles OF the
constitu, ion OF the United States, and say
that he owed his right to be a Catholic
and his right 10 advocate his religious
faith TO the humane ana just provisions
OF the constitution of the United States,
which declared slI Christian bodie. on an
equality.
Mantle (R. of Montana argued against
appropriations for sectarian education,
and offered an amendment appropriating
81, 000,0 600 for the purchase, lease, repair
and construction of school buildings and
for the purchase of school sites for Indian
pupils.
Gallinger modified the qualified assent
which he had given to Wilson's assertion
that there was not an educated Indian in
the United States He did not mean 10
be so understood. What he meant to
give his assent TO was that for the very
large expenditure of money made for In
dian schools the result was disappointing.
Allen ridiculed the idea of payment of
UNCONVENTIONAL schools as q union OF
church and state, and said that just as
well might the payne OF Union gen.
eral who rode in the storm of battle at
the head OF his troops and who was q
Catholic be called union of church and
state.
The bill was laid aside without action
on the school amendment, unanimous
consent being given 10 have the vote
taken on Monday at P NJ.
Platt (R.) of Connecticut mentioned 8
bill relating to legal procedure in the Ter
ritories, which he wanted to have passed q
few DAYS ago, but to which Hill had OBJ
jected. He expressed the hope that Hill
would not object to it again on Monday
next, when he would again call it up, as it
affected the case of four men who had
been sentenced 10 be hanged in the In
dian Territory next Tuesday.
Senate bill to grant a right OF way
through the Fort Spokane military reser-
walton IN Washington to the st. Paul, Min
neapolis and Manitoba Railroad Company,
was passed.
The Senate then went into executive SEES
sion and at $50 adjourned until Monday.