The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-04-10
DsFENe0 AY SENATOR VEST IN An
ELOQUENT SPEECH
HIS EULOGY UPON THE JESUITS
For their Work Among the Inalans.s
Booker washinxeon's Work Amanx
the Negroes Along the same Idn~~
Teaching NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. u
House OF sy mpathy with the Re.z~.
Euiogies TO the Memory OF the I.ss>
Congressman Richard p. Bland.
SENATE

Washington April THE no<nAs-
feature OF the senate today was IA
eloquent speech BY Senator Vest. Ct
Missouri. supporting an amendrner,
to the Indian bills. for the educattsa
OF Indian children in contract. or s>~-
tartan schools
Prefacing his remarks by the STATE
ment that he had always been a prDt-
estant and had no sympathy wssh
many OF the dogmas OF the Roman
Catholic church. he pronounced q
brilliant eulogy upon the Jesuits Esr
their work among the Indians
In the course Of his remarks. Sena-
tor Vest paid tribute to Booker Wash-
| ington for his great work among TIE
| colored people Of the south. lie took
OF his hat metaphorically. he said. %
| Washington. Professor washtnxtsu
| had struck the key note OF the grcas
negro problem. he said, by teachinx
the colored youth how to labor This.
| he added. was the true secret If tn
| success Of the Catholics In their WORK
| among the Indians They taught them
how to work
| The great undertaking had gone for
ward until, said Senator Vest, -the
| American Protective Association. ana
the towards who are afraid OF it, hAa
struck down the appropriation fer
the continuance Of the work. He de-
| clared that he was ashamed that any
American should uphold such work Of
secret political society. He would
denounce Ii If Ii were the last act o<
his life.
| tive Association for adopting a re0-
luton demanding his Impeachment
II do not believe" said Senas~
Lodge, of Massachusetts,, addresz1ng
the senate in a brief reply to Senator
Vest, that II Ii right to tax one mna
to support another mans reIigfon-~ -
Upon that proposition, Senator Lodge
maintained il was not right To appre-
pirate the government money 10 SUD
port any branch OF the church
The vote was-Ayes, Il; noes, - -
quorum. and the senate adjourn -
4:50 o'clock y. m, with the ameIH5-
ment still pending
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
The house today paid tribute to the
memory Of the Late Richard PARIS
Bland, of Missouri, popularity knows
as Silver Dick Bland" who VA a.
member of the house for twenty =
years. Splendid eulogies OF the kl..
and career OF the champion of silver
! were offered by members on both sides
of the political aisle. At the concIus-
ion Of the ceremonies the house as a
further mark of respect, adjourned
A resolution was adopted calling up-
on the secretary OF war for infornra.-
ton as TO whether Charles +. Magooa
the legal adviser of the insular bur
eau. had ever rendered an opinioa
that, by the treaty with Spain, the
constitution was extended over Porte
Rico and the Philippines.
| Mr.. Richardson, the democratkc
| CT
for the consideration OF the following
| resolution:
Resolved, That this house viewx
with deep interest, the heroic struExk
of the republics Of South Africa -
: maintain their independence and here
sympathy in their unequal. but gal
. liant struggle"
That resolution should go to the
. committee on foreign affairs, observea
Mr.. Payne, Of New York the fiooR
leader of the majority.
Did i understand the gentleman On
object?" asked Mr.. Richardson.
Il did" replied Mr.. Payne
AT o'clock public business was sIls-
pended and the remainder OF the dny
; was occupied in eulogies on the Itfe
character and public services OF tn
late Representative Bland. FseIIn.
tributes were paid to the sturdy Ola
champion Of silver
Mr.. Clark, Of Missouri, said In part
2 Mr Speaker, Richard Parks CLAM
l was unique figure In American poll
tics The history o. the republic can
not be adequately or inteIIi.-entI,
written without assigning a high plaal
j and large space TO this unprete. tiotx
] Missouri farmer. Wherever nlons-J
circuiates or civilization abounds. his
I name Is familiar to the ears OF men
and Is spoken reyerentiy today bS
/ millions who never looked upon his
rugged face and to whose language ht
was an utter stranger. He belonred
TO that very small group Of Americas
4 statesmen who achieved impeffsha BE-
renown without reaching the preai-
dency. You can count them on tn
fingers OF your two hands vfthou,
counting twice, but whoever eIsa y,,.,
be excluded from that goodIy cor.
) pany by the inexorable test OF tir,~.
Bland will stand there trouort,r-