Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-26
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, Jan. &c.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, Jan. &c.
SENATE.
Mr., Hale presented the report of the
conferees on the urgent deficiency ap-
preparation bill and the report was
agreed to.
Mr.. Chandler secured the adoption OF
a resolution calling upon the attorney
general for report as 10 Whetht
there have been recent violations If
the constitution in Louisiana by the
exclusion from service on juries
in the United States courts of duly
qualified citizens on account Of color.
The Senate then took up the
Teller resolution. The debate was
opened by Mr.. Teller. the author
OF the resolution. He said he
would permit no man TO excel
h m in honor or in good faith. II
would do nothing" he said, "that
would bring about such condition OF
affairs as would be disgraceful, what
ever the opinion of the Senator from
Massachusetts (Mr. Hoar) may be OF
my opinions or convictions. The Mas
s,chusetts Senator tried to make it ap-
pear that my position was on parallel
with the making of ten dollar piece
out of a copper cent. Such a PROPOSE
ton I do not advance and l do not
think it would find much support in
this or any other legislative body"
Mr.. Teller said he would be willing
to retire from public life if by so doing
he could bring about an international
bimetallic agreement.
Mr.. Fairbanks asked MIR. Teller
whether the present Secretary of the
Treasury was now paying out only gold
in liquidation of the bonded obligations
of the government.
II do not know" replied Mr.. Teller,
"what the Secretary of the Treasury is
doing. My relations with the present
administration are not such as to ena-
BILE me to obtain information ofits acts. J"
Il have absolute information" said
Mr.. Fairbanks, "that the administra-
ton is paying the obligations l refer to
in le gal tender notes. On January l,
500 900, 900 of bonds matured and am
informed by the Secretary of the
Treasury that these bonds were paid
not in gold, not in silver, but in legal
tender notes."
eff that be 3d." said Mr.. Teller, 1--WE
might as well discontinue this debate
and take vote upon the pending res.
CLINTON now"
In response to statement by Mr..
Teller that 1862 100000 of bonds we're
sold for the purpose of maintaining the
gold standard, Mr.. Gear said that it
was we'll known that more than 5000,
100000 of those bonds were sold 10
meet deficit in the Treasury.
This statement was fatty contradict
cd by the Colorado Senator, who main
tanned that there was no necessity for
the sale of bonds to meet current ex
penses when there was plenty of silver
to meet pressing obligations of the gov
eminent. He said he had right to
speak here for the great masses of the
people and he took advantage of it, be-
cause he felt that the fastening of the
gold standard upon the country would
simply make of The plain people hewers
of wood and drawers of water.
hOUSE.
Without any preliminary business
the House went into committee of the
| whole and resumed consideration Of
/! the Indian appropriation bill. The
pending amendment was that to strike
out the appropriation for the Carlisle
Indian school. MIR. Sherman, in charge
| of the bill, defended the work of the
Carlisle school which, he said, was the
greatest industrial school in the country.
Everything wes taught there which
was necessary to make the Indian self
supporting citizen anywhere in the
world. His observation was that the
best Indian schools were those which
were not on the reservations. He said
the Carlisle football eleven had placed
81 900 10 the treasury OF taat college
! during the past season.
Mr.. Cannon expressed the opinion
that the Indians were not progressing.
1t was only in the Indian Territory that
their condition was relatively good.
He thought that education at eastern
schools would effect little.
MIR. Smith insisted that the Indians
should be given farms. which they could
not dispose of, agricultural implements
and teachers. Then the Indian would
be compelled to rise.to the civilization
around him or be crushed by it. The
present system kept him in helpless,
hopeless vagabondage. If the govern
ment would quit feeding the Indian his
grandson might be able to talk the
English language and support himself.
The motion to strike out the apprC-
priation for the Carlisle Indian School,
offered by Mr.. Smith, of Arizona, was
defeated, 1866.