The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-26
rs TO PROSPERITY
ANOTHER DAY OF GOOD-NATURED
POLITICAL CROSS-FIRE IN
THE HOUSE.
SOME HARD KNOCKS GIVEN
INDIAN BILL NORMALLY UNDER
DISCUSSION, But VERY LARGE
LY IGNORED.
ATTACK ON THE CARLISLE school,
Amendment to Strike Out the Ap-
preparation Pending mt the
Hour of Adjournment.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-Under the
parliamentary fiction of discussing the
Indian appropriation bill the house de-
voted almost the entire day to a politi-
cal debate, in which the main question
was whether prosperity had come to
the country as a result of the advent
of the present administration. AS the
speeches were limited to five minutes
each, many members participated, and
partisan spirit kept the interest keyed
up to high pitch. The acrimony which
usually characteriZeS such debates was
almost entirely absent, but, although
good natured, some hard knocks were
given and received. Mr.. Smith, the
delegate from Arizona, made an at
tack on the system of educating the
Indians, and Mr.. Walker moved to
strike out the appropriation for the
Carlisle school. No vote was taken on
the motion today.
without any preliminary business.
the house, on reassembIing, went into
committee of the whole to discuss the
Indian bill. Mr.. Richardson Dem..
TENN adduced some figures and finan-
cial authorities to prove that prosper
ity had not yet appeared.
IF prosperity has not returned"
asked w. A. Stone (Rep., Pa), how
does 1t happen that in all the indus
trial regions men are employed and
that they are not supported by charity
as they were under the Cleveland adj
ministration?
THE trouble with the gentleman"
replied Mr.. Richardson, is that his
premises are all wrong Labor Is not
employed in all the industrial regions.
In New England $4,000 workers are
now out on a strike"
Mr.. Grosvenor, Mr. Stone, Mr.. Ding
ley and other Republicans all arose to
reply and in the confusion Mr.. Rich
ardson called out that he had no desire
to interfere with Mr.. Stones guber-
material boom.
Il am glad to have the Endorsement
of that side" retorted Mr.. Stone smil-
ing.
Mr. Grosvenor cited the wool-raising
| industry and examples of what the
Dingley law had done.
Mr.. Dockery Dem, MOI in discus
sing the cotton mill strike, contended
that the strike had been urged by the
operators in order that they might dis
pose of their surplus stock. The trouble
was we were enormously over-produc-
! cling in this country and in the face
of that fact the Republican party was
restricting and narrowing our markets.
The political debate continued for an
| hour, the Republicans maintaining and
| the Democrats denying the existence of
| prosperity. Those who spoke were
Messrs. Walker Rep., Mass), Terry
Oem., Ark, Sims Dem, TENN,
| Cochran Dem. MOI, Knox Rep.,
| Mass.). w. A. Stone CRep., Pa Han
| dry Dem., Del), Northway Rep., o.,
Jones Dem, Wash.). Lacey Rep.,
Io), Norton Dem, o., Bell Pop.,
COLI, Underwood Dem, Ala.) and
! Wheeler Dem, Ala.).
Mr.. Smith Dem, Ariz.) made an at
tack on the present system of edu-
eating the Indian. He declared that
| the Carlisle and Hampton schools were
| a mistake; that an Indian could not
! be civilized by teaching him to read
and write and sing a psalm. The In
! dian, he said, must receive an indus
trial education; but 1t must be given
| him in the vicinity Of his home, not in
| the East. In this bill he said 50, 500, 600
| was wasted.
Mr.. Walker Rep., Mass) agreed with
Mr.. Smith that the present policy was
unsatisfactory, illogical and impracti-
cable He moved to strike out the ap-
preparation for the Carlisle. school.
Without voting on the amendment the
committee rose and, at SIS p. m, the
house adjourned.