The record-union., 1898-01-27

On motion of Aldrich, the Senate
went into executive session, and ten
minutes later adjourned.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-The House
devoted another day to the consid
Grafton of the Indian appropriation bill,
most of the time being consumed, as on
the two preceding days, in discussing
extraneous subjects. By far the most
interesting 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 the estimated deficiency of
S160,00O to the urgent deficiency bill.
This subject has been agitating the
metropolitan cities ever since the or
der was issued for cutting down the
force on February 1st. A dozen rep
resentatives from as many different
cities protesting against the proposed
reduction, and urged an immediate APP
preparation. when Chairman Loud Of
the Postoffice Committee, and Chair
man Cannon of the Appropriation
Committee allayed the wrath of the
members by assuring them that there
was no occasion for alarm; that the
service could not possibly suffer until
June. by which time there would pe
ample opportunity to pass deficiency
appropriation bill. Loud used strong
words in his criticism of the Postof1ice
Department officials, and promised
some interesting disclosures later on.
The motion to strike out the appro-
priation for the Carlisle Indian School
was defeated after considerable de-
bate-29 to G3. Ten pages of the bill
We're disposed of to-day. The confer
ence report on the urgent deficiency
bill was adopted.
Without any preliminary business
the House to-day went into Commit
tee of the Whole and resumed consid-
GRAFTON of the Indian appropriation BILL
The pending amendment was that to
strike out the appropriation for the
Carlisle Indian School.
Sherman (R.) of New York, in charge
of the BILL defended the work of the
Carlisle School, which he said was the
greatest industrial school in the coun-
try. Everything was taught there
which was necessary to make the In
dians self-sutporting citizens any
where in the world. His observation
was that the best Indian schools We're
those which We're not on the reserva-
tions He said the Carlisle football
eleven had placed $1,000 in the treas
ury of that college during the past
season.
Cannon (R.) of Illinois expressed the
opinion that the Indians We're not pro-
gressink 1t was only in Indian
Territory that their condition was re-
latively good He thought that edu
cational Eastern schools would effect
little.
Lacey (R) of Illinois eulogized the
work of the Indian schools.
Curtis (R) of Kansas also COM
mended the work of the non-sectarian
schools.
Smith of Arizona 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
crl shed by it, The present system
kept him in a helpless, hopeless vaga
bondage.
After some further remarks by Bar
rows (R.) of Massachusetts and Gala
han of Oklahoma, the motion to strike
out the appropriation for the Carlisle
Indian School offered by Smith Of
Arizona was defeated-20 to 90.
An amendment offered by Kelley CD
of South Dakota to increase the num-
Der of Indian pupils at Flandreau, S.
D.. to 800, and to increase the appro-
preparation of $4,000, was defeated
II to 3i.
The number of pupils provided for
at the Salem (Oregon) School was in
creased by fifty.
The action of this amendment drew
out an indignant protest from Kelley
who paid his respects to Sherman and
Cannon for looking with favor upon
an amendment offered by a member on
the Republican side of the House.
The latter replied good naturedly, but
referred to Kelley as bantam
rooster" and usually a rather good
looking, amiable man."
The gentleman from South Dakota
was evidently nettled, as he retorted
with considerable bitterness. So far
as physical characteristics, he said he
thought Cannon might make as re-
spectacle looking a rooster as himself.
This was not the first time he had been
insulted by the gentleman from Illinois.
Il may not have had the executive ex-
perience of the gentleman from Hi
nois." said he, neither, | thank God
have | as yet learned ruffianism black
guardism and ungentlemanly conduct
| grant that he is an adept at cheese
pairing but when it comes to Danville,
Ills. he wanted everything in sight"
Cannon did not make any reply to
this assault.
On motion of Griffith (R.) of Wiscon-
sin, an amendment was adopted to ap-
propriate $4,000 for an additional
school building at Tomah. Wisconsin.
Bromwell (R) of Ohio got the floor at
this point to submit some remarks upon
the failure of the Senate to place in the
urgent deficiency bill an appropriation
for the continuation Of the full mail
carrier service until July 1st 1t was
well known, he said, that an order had
been issued to cut down the carrier SER
vice on February 1st. He proceeded
to comment upon the discrimination
against certain cities, notably Cincin-
natl in the matter of carrier service.
Quigg R) of New York, in reply,
maintained that the mail deliveries in
New York City We're absolutely nee
essary TO get the mail out of and into
great offices in that city.
Belknap CR) of Illinois, Adams (RD
of Pennsylvania and other members
representing the larger cities all pro-
tested against the reduction in the car
rier service. They had been over
whelmed, they said. with protests.
Williams CD of Mississippi made a
humorous speech, contrasting the con-
ditions now in his district, where the
inhabitants went six or eight miles for
their mails. and paid the same postage
a