The Portland daily press., 1898-01-27
LOUD USED STRONG WORDS
Letter Carrier Deficiency Aired
in the House.
DEPARTMENT OF
FICIALs SEVERELY CRITICIZED.

Chairman Loud Promises Some Interesting
Disclosures Later-Carlisle Indian
School Gets Its AppropriatIon-Teller
Resolutions in the Senate.
| Washington, January 26.-The House
devoted another day to the consideration
of the Indian appropriation bill, most OF
| the time being consumed in discussing
extraneous subjects. The most interest
| ing feature of the day was the debate on
the question of reducing the mail carrier
service in the large cities owing to the
| failure of the Senate to attach tho esti-
mated deficiency of 100000 to the urgent
deficiency bill. A dozen representatives
| from as many different cities protested
against the proposed reduction and urged
an immediate appropriation. which
Chairman Loud OF the post office commits
sion and Chairman Cannon OF the apprD-
priation commission, allayeh the wrath
of the members by assuring them that
the service could not possibly suffer until
June Is, before which time there would
be ample opportunity to pass deficiency
appropriation. Mr.. Loud used strong
words in his criticism of the post office
department. officials and promised inter-
esting disclosures later on. The motion
| to strike out the appropriation for the
Carlisle Indian school was defeated efter
| considerable debate-29 to 65. Ten pages
of the bill were disposed of today. The
conference report on the urgent deficiency
| bill was adopted.
Washington, January 26.-Without any
preliminary business the House today
went into committee OF the whole and re-
sumed consideration of the Indian appro-
priation bill The pending amendment
was that to strike out the appropriations
for the Carlisle Indian school.
Mr.. Sherman in charge of the bill, de-
Tended the work of the Carlisle school,
which he said was the greatest industrial
school in the country. Everything was
taught there which was necessary to
make the Indian self-supporting citizen
anywhere. His observation was that the
best Indian schools were those which were
rot on the reservations. He said the
Carlisle football eleven had placed $1,000
in the treasury of that college during the
past season.
MIR. Cannon. Republican of Illinois, ex-
pressed the opinion that the Indians were
not progressing.
Mr.. Lacey, Republican Of Iowa, eulo-
gized the work OF the Indian schools.
Mr. Curtis, Republican OF Kansas, also
commended the work of the non-reserva-
tion schools.
Mr.. Smith of Arizona. insisted that the
Indians should be given farms which they
could not dispose of, agricultural imple-
ments and teachers.
After some further remarks by Mr..
Barrow, Republican of Massachusetts,
and Callahan OF Oklahoma, the motion to
strike out the appropriation for the Car
Isle Indians school, offered by MIR. Smith
of Arizona, was defeated 90 to 65.
An amendment offered by Mr.. Kelley,
| Democrat of South Dakota, to increase
the number OF Indian pupils at Flanders,
South Dakota to 800 and to increase the
appropriation there for $4,000, was de-
provided for at the Salem, Oregon school
| was increased by fifty. This action on
Ethis amendment called out indignant
protest from Kelley, who paid his respects
\ to Mr.. Sherman AID Mir. Cannon for
Hooking with favor upon an amendments
| Ou6r6Q Dy u u15tupCI DAO 1sopttosACSSA
| side of the House The latter replied good
naturedly. but referred to Eir. Kelley as
a 'sbantam rooster" and "good looking,
amiable man." Mr.. Kelley retorted with
considerable bitterness. So far as physical
characteristic went, he said, he thought
Mr. Cannon might make as respectable q
| looking rooster as himself. This was not
| the first time he had been insulted by the
| gentleman from Illinois.
1T may not have had the legislative ex.
perience of the gentlemen from Illinois,
said he, ''neither, l thank God, have as
vet learned ruffianism, blaokguardism
and ungentlemanly conduct grant that
he is an adept at cheese pairing but when
1t comes to Danville, ILL.,, he wants every
thing in sight. =
Mr.. Cannon did not reply to this as
sault.
Mr Browmell Republican of Ohio,
submitted some remarks upon the fail
ure of the Senate to place in the urgency
deficiency bill an appropriation for the
continuation of the mail carrier service
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