The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-11
HICAGOPLATF0RM PLANK
REASON GIVEN BY BAILEY FOR
SUSTAINING FREE HOMES.
Gallant Struggle Made By Friends of
the misunderstanding Bliss Held
Up As a Plagiarist of James Bu-
chanan-Indian Bill Gees Back to
Conference.

viding for the free entry of ceded In
dian lands, was today non-concurred il
by vote of 99-136. The friends of th'
free home clause made a gallant strug
gle, but they met the opposition o.
some of the prominent leaders on tn;
Republican side, Messrs. Dingley. Gros
venor, Dalzell and Payne and they
were further weakened by the fact tha1
many of the friends of the proposition
were alienated by the belief that, as
drawn, the amendment would work in
jury to the agricultural colleges of the
country.
The senate amendment for the rati-
fication of the Seminole. treaty was also
non-concurred in after the sub-propo-
sition offered by the conferees to ratify
the Iowa, Comanche and Apache treaty
had fallen under point of order. The
action of the house today sends the
bill back to conference with non-con-
currence on all the senate amendments.
DAYS PROCEEDINGS.
The house went into committee OF
the whole and resumed consideration of
the excepted senate amendments to the
Indian bill. The pending question COM
ing over from yesterday was the motion
of Mr.. Eddy (Rep., Mimi to concur in
the free home clause placed in the bill
by the senate.
Two hours and half of the four
agreed on yesterday for debating this
proposition remained.
Mr.. Handy CDem., Del) advocated an
amendment to the free home clause, so
as to amend the act of 1862 for the en-
dowment of agricultural colleges so as
to strike out the words arising out of
the sales of public lands
If this amendment was not made, he
declared that the 81 colleges of the
United States which now received
money from the sale of public lands,
would suffer.
Mr.. Lacey CRep., Ia.) gave notice that
he would move to concur with an
amendment to exclude from the opera
lions of the free home clause the trust
lands, aggregating about $4,000, 900
acres. situated principally in the Sioux
and Chippewa reservations.
Mr.. Morris (Rep.. Mimi antagonized
the interposition of Mr.. Lacey, referr-
ing to the fact that q. bill embracing all
reservations in this amendment had
twice passed the senate. In the last
congress-" said he, "the bill came back
here and died on the speakers table.
because the chairman of the public
lands committee (Mr Lacey then drew
this illogical distinction regarding trust
lands and because, perhaps, the speaker
of the house opposed the BILL.
BLISS A PLAGIARIST.
The debate was very spirited on both
sides. Mr.. Johnson (Rep., N. W ere
ated something of a sensation by charg-
ing that Secretary Bliss, in his opposi-
ton to the free home clause. not only
procured his argument, but actually
his language from the mes
sage of James Buchanan, vetoing the
bill, before the war. He fol-
lowed this statement with an attack
upon the secretary asserting that his
sympathies and horizon were
bounded by the Allegheny mountains,
and as a matter of fact he had never
been west of Buffalo.
CHICAGO PLATFORM.
Mr.. Bailey, the Democratic leader,
announced that he would vote for the
senate amendment because he stood
committed to it by the Chicago plat
form. AS an original proposition, he
admitted ne was against giving free
homes to the people He rated moth
ing more important than that the peO-
pie should have homes, but that they
should have them by their industry
and frugality.
But every man who accepted a nomi-
nation on a platform, he believed,
bound himself to redeem its every
promise, the smallest as we'll as the
greatest, and so he should vote TO-DAY
to redeem a pledge in the Chicago
platform.
ST. LOUIS PLATFORM.
Mr. Grosvenor (Rep. o., announced !
his opposition to the amendment. He /
explained the lengthy history of this |
legislation and the plank in
the st. Louis platform showed that !
MIS- present position was not incOnsis
.ent with that declaration. He thought |
that a free home bill should have |
strength enough to come into the !
house or senate and fall or stand on |
is merits.
Mr.. Dalzell (Rep. Pa.), also opposed |
he amendment. He denied the right |
If congress TO tax the farmers of
to give free farms to the
'armers of Oklahoma, North or South
Dakota and Minnesota.
Mr.. Grow (Rep. Pa.), whose name
S associated with the original home
stead law, warmly supported the
INDIAN TREATIES.
Mr. Dingley (Rep. Me.), closed the
lebate with a brief speech in OPPOSE
ion to the amendment. He called at
GlIlOn 10 the TACT lnaL all lIedIleS d
eding Indian lands by the United
states had been ratified by congress,
With the understanding that the pur-
hase money paid by the settlers
hould be used to reimburse the United
states. Never had a proposition been
made to purchase Indian lands for the
of donating them to free
ZONES. To his mind it was the act of
ad faith on the part OF those who had
Induced congress to buy these lands.
Mr.. Handy's motion to concur with
n amendment changing the law rela-
i've to payments to agricultural col
eges for the sale of public lands"
las ruled out on a point of order.
DEFEATED.
Mr.. Lacey (Rep. Ia, then offered
is motion to concur with an amend
lent excluding the trust reservations.
/ was voted down 10 to 1872 Two
Their amendments designed to protect
he payments to agricultural colleges
'ere ruled out on points of order.
The vote was then taken on the main
and the house non-con-
urred in the senate amendments
)-136.