Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-27
THE HOUSE SWATCH DOG. FIGHT
ING APPROPRIATIONS.
AFTER THE DAWES COMMISSION
HIS POINTS OF ORDER MAY STRIP
THE COMMISSION OF POWER.
Haskell Institute Addition Bill Passed
-Pawnees' Request Denied-A
Private Pension Veto Over
ridden by Vote of 1877
10 52-The Senate.

Washington, Jan. 26.-(SpeciaI) The ap-
pIopriation for the addition to the build
ing of Haskell institute at Lawrence, Kas-,
was passed by the house to-day without
objection, but the proposition to permit
the Pawnees to draw $4,000 of their trust
fund was defeated by Cannon, and a Wig
orous assault on the continuance of the
Dawes commission was made by Holman's 5
economic understudy. When the house ad-
journed this afternoon, two points of order
made by Cannon were pending. One is
against the proposed appropriation of $780,,
COO for expenses of employing clerical and
other assistance and all other expenses
necessary to the proper discharge of their
duties" 1t was shown by letters that one
of the commissioners last year acted as
secretary without extra compensation, and
that the treasury department refused to
pay Il certified account of $50 incurred for
clerical services. The other point of order
rests against the provision that the appro-
priations for salaries and expenses of the
commission for the fiscal year ending June
30, 1897, and prior years, shall be applica-
BILE for each and every purpose enumerat
ed. In the course of a rather spirited de-
bate on the subject, Cannon appeared to
become reconciled to the salary of the COM
mission, but insisted on his point of order
clerk hire, and other expenses of the COM
mission OF course, without proper pro-
vision for these expenses. the commission
is powerless to do anything, and unless the
statesman from Illinois is squelched at to-
morrow's session, the bill will probably go
to the house in scuttled condition, as re-
CARDS the Dawes commission.
Representative Curtis. of Kansas, made
an eloquent and forcible defense of the In
dian boys and girls who attend the Indian
schools. He declared that where the In
dian was given a fair show, and not sent
back to his tribe in the barren regions of
Arizona and other territories, without in
ducement to live different life, he soon
became an ornament to society and ceased
to be a burden on the government. His
remarks were in reply to several caustic
illusions madeA by Cannon to the nutility
of the system of educating the Indians.
Have not the Indians developed great
powers in football?" asked Mr.. Grosvenor
of Ohio, of Mr.. Curtis.
Il believe they have" was the reply.
And is not football considered in our
modern colleges the highest test of culture
and civilization?' Uaughter)
amendment which produced howl of
laughter, recalling as it did. the recent
exposure. in connection with the notorious
seeley dinner in New York. It provided
for an appropriation of 81, 900, ,000. 900 for the
education and civilization of the Seeley
savages, of the Manhattan reservation.
The house greeted the reading OF the
amendment with a hearty laugh. Mr. Hart
man made no remarks upon it, and it was
ruled ruled out put on the point of order that it was
The house overrode another of President
Cleveland's pension vetoes to-day by a
vote of 1872. The bill pensioned Jonathan
Scott, of the Sixth Iowa cavalry, who is
oSy of prg per ma kas at the rqt
on the ground that the disability for which
not contracted in the service
nsssId a bill IT to satisfy satisfy peculiar claim was
crat. of Georgia. 1t was the claim of John
F. McRae a deputy United States marshal,
for keeping thirty-six African slaves land
IN 1853; until they could be shipped back to
their homes in accordance with the pro-
visions of the laws for the suppression of
the slave traffic. The amount was 1852
One of the first items in the Indian an
preparation bill. which was considered in
the house to-day, was the item relating to
Sherman. of New York, offered an amend
ment granting them $4,000 of their trust
fund for the improvement of their farms,
to be paid them by the secretary of the in
terror. The amendment was recommended
by the secretary of the interior and the
committee. but every item of appropria-
tion. whether it comes from the govern
ment or not is jealously watched by Can
non. of Illinois, and he objected and de-
manded division when the affirmative
side carried it. 1t was rejected by a vote
of @ to 26 Mr.. Curtis offered an amend
ment to the Quapaw paragraph, providing
that the Indians may lease their lands not
exceeding three years for grazing purposes
and not exceeding ten years for mining
and business purposes. subject to the ap-
proval of the interior department He eS-
planned that there was doubt in the mind
of the department what construction to
place on the law as 1t now exists, and this
amendment was intended to clear lIp that
doubt and give Quapaws the same rights
that are exercised by the Indian tribes adj
joining the Quapaw reservations, as was
intended by the wording of the last bill.