Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-04-12
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most the entire session OF the senate
an amendment TO the Indian appro~
priation bin offered by Senator Jones
tdem, Arkl providing for continu-
anee Nt the government's employment
| OF contract indian schools under cer-
tain circumstances was under consid-
eradnn, The debate took a wide range.
the whole question Of sectarian schools
being gone over at length. The
amendment was pending when the
senate adjourned, Senator Churston
trepr Nehl, in change OF the
bill opposed the amendments
Tie deprecated any rc-openlug
" The question which six years ago
Jad been the subject OF disturbance
and serious discussion throughout
me country. rhe matter. he
thought, had been settled 1t that time
by the adoption OF the policy of redue-
ms appropriations Tor contract
schools 20 per cent each year until
the contract schools should have been
abandoned entirely Tie deemed Il
| the true policy OF the government To
carry on it's Indian schools without
reference to any religious sect
Senator Jones made strong appeal
1 tor the adoption of his amendment. He
declared II such amendment was not
adopted 96o0 indian pupils would be
without school facilities after the
! present fiscal year rs Il was we'll
! known the goyorumcnt schools were
entirely inadequate senator kylo
| Is. ID Expressed the opinion that the
proposition involved the mixing OF
church aud state and that was unde-
st@blc Senator Thurston said the
contract schools were established by
tho Catholic church for missionary
purposes He said the commissioner
OF Indian affairs had authority now to
purchase the buildings of the contract
schools, but the Catholic church. lie
string to continue the work OF the
schools, declined tn sell them
Ia the United States.
Senator Vest MOI pronounced
brilliant eulogy upon the Jesuits for
their work among tho Indians.
Il do not believe said senator
lodge lMassl, addressing the senate
IN brief reply to Senator Vest, that
It IL right 10 tax one man tn support
another man = religion +" llpon that
proposition senator Lodge maintained
II was not right To appropriate gov
eminent money to support any branch
of the Protestant church, yet when he
opposed the payment of money for the
support OF Catholic contract schools he
was called "bgot or an "insectivor-
Gus politician" 1t WAS plain by the
simple principle he said, that public
money should not be used for the sup
port of any sect or religion.
: Washington. April 9 After some
further discussion, the senate rejected
tn" scrtarian school amendment to
the indian appropriation bin offered
by senator Jones (dom., Ark) by
vote Of 30 To Ii without division the
bin then passed, che measure carries
about $S,Ili 900 An unsuccessful Of
fort was made To agree upon a date
for vote on the resolution relative
to the seating Of NJ, $, Quay as senator
from Pennsylvania The s,natc re-
} sumcd consideration of the Alaskan
e,Vtl code bill. Senator Hansbrough
rep n, ID proposed The following
amendment. 'Ihat no persona who
, arc not citizens OF the United States or
who prior to making location had not
legally declared their intention to be
, come such, shall be permitted to To-
cate, hold, or occupy OF convey mining
claims in said district OF Alaska, nor
shall any title OF mining claims ac-
| CURED by location or purchase
through any such person or persons
be legal" II was developed that some
mining claims had been located at
/, Cape Nome by Laplandnrs who had
gone 10 Alaska on relief ex-
petition to take care Of the herd
some Of these laplanders had made
1 application to become American eth
zens before the United States commits
sloner in Alaska rhey located claims
IN the Cape Mono district Later
:, they disposed Of the claims. Fhe
amendment caused considerable de-
bate before the pending bill was laid
aside
Washington. April . II was
dull day in he house. The
agricultural appropriation bill was I'M
der consideration and was made We
hiclo OF considerable desultory debate
on irrelevant political topics Good
progress/ was made with the bill after
the close Of the general debate An
amendment offered by Mr. Wilson
tldaho) was adopted providing for In
! investigation OF the beet method OF
discriminating the coddling moth
which destroys fruits on the Pacific
coast, also an amendment by Mr.,
stephens (Tex) to investigate as to