Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-01-27

| ueHtltUty DlIi WIS duoPtS''
Without any preliminary business
the House went into committee of the
whole and resumed consideration of
the Indian appropriation Dill Ihe
pending amendment was that to strike
out the appropriations for the Car
Isle Indian school.
Sherman. Rep, n. Y. in charge Of
the bill, defended the work OF the Car
| Isle school which, he said, was the
| greatest Industrial school In the coun-
| try Everything was taught there
which WAS necessary to make the In
dian a self supporting citizen any
where in the world. His observation
was that the best Indian schools We're
those which were not on the reserva-
tions. He said the Carlisle foot ball
eleven had placed $1,000 in the treasury
of that college during the past season.
Cannon Rep. Ill. expressed the
opinion that the Indians were not pro-
crossing
Lacey. Rep. Iowa. eulogized the
work of the Indian schools.
Curtis. Rep. Kan, also commended
the work OF the non on-rcScrVation
schools.
smith. Ariz., insisted that the In
diaGs should bc given farms which
they could dispose of. agricultural i'm
plnments and teachers.
After some further remarks by Bar
rows Rep, Mass, and Callahan
(Okla.D the motion to strike out the
appropriation for the Carlisle Indian
school offered by MI Smith of Arizo-
ma. was defeated 80 10 o.
An amendment offered by Kelley.
Dem. s. D.. 30 increase the number If
Indian pupils at Flandreau. $. ID. To
500 and to increase the appropriation
there for SlG 900 Was defeated II ~ -.
The number of pupils provided for at
the Salem. oregon school WAS in
creased by 80 The action on this
amendment drew out an indignant
protcs, from Kelley. who paid his -
spects to Mr. sherman and Cannon for
looking with favor upon am amend
mcnt offered h> a memhcr on the Re-
publican sid. Of the House. Tn laitcr
REPLIED good uaturcdly but r~fctred 80
Kelley az "A "hantam rooster and usu-
ally 4 rather good looking amiahi"
man.
Kelley reiertpd with considerable
bitterness. 50 far AZ physical char
acreristicS went h. said. b. Thought
Cannon might make az respectable a
looking rooster as himself This Was
not The first tne Ne had been insu.trd
by tn" gentleman from Illinois.
IT may uot have ha3 the Legislative
experience ID the gentleman from me-
uois. said H. neither thank Cod
have as YET learned ruttianisln
blackguafdi%m ana ungentlemanIy
conduct Il grant that he is an adept
at cheese pairing. hut when il comes
to Danyille. III h- wants everything
in sight
Cannon dii NOS reply To this assault.
Eromwei, Rep, Ohio submitted
some remarks OH thp failure ~ the
senate u place III the urgent deficiency
bin an appropriation for the contirua
tion of the mail carrier service until
july D. He commented on the djscr.m-
ination against certain cities. notably
Cincinnati. in the matter Of carrier
service. In some cities there were aS
high as eight deliveries. He Thought
deliveries in excess of five, possibly
four We're unnecessary
Ouiee. Rep, \ y. said that the
mail deliveries in New York We're alb
eolutely necessary to get the mail out
Of and into the general office there.
H.. denounced as piece OF folly and
absurd parsimony the spirit which
had cut down the appropriation in the
current law
Belkuap. Rep. m Adams. Rep. Pa
and other members representing IN
larger cities all protested against the re-
duction in the carrier service.
Loud. Rep. Cal. chairman of the post
office commission made sensational
speech, or rather Il speech promising SEN
Sational developments in the future. tie
Was very hoarSe and could with difficulty
be heard above a whisper. Only the cir
cumstancts of the ease, he said. could in
ducc him to attempt to say anNthinE TO-
DAY. The question presented was Oh" tar
greater than the simple one of a delivery
more or less in New York III Chicago.
The statements Of the gentleman from
New York tQuigG,, said he were ahSo- +
IuteiX false and unfounded. That gentle
man had been having himself interviewed
charging that he tLoudD was responsible +
for the existing predcament; that h"
b.nud} had dcicd Congress and the post
Office department ana had forced tho de-
partmcnt /" cut off the carriers. such
criticism. said Loud Is beneath my
contempt The charge is made that the
post office appropriation bill this year
carried $160.0oo below the estimates. |
iuoW the officials of the post office de-
partmcnt back that charge, but assert
that il Is false
''Thcn You allegc falsehood against the
officials of the Department. interrupted
Quieg.
Let him take it who can bear IT," re-
Spundod Loud.
Loud affirmed that the post office off
cials had contrary to law appointed 2N9
additional carriers and created Il pros