The times., 1900-12-21

Commission to negotiate with the Five
Civilized Tribes. was passed without COM
ment
Mr.. Cannon made a point of order
against the appropriation Of S1.500 for
operating one portable sawmill for the
klomath Agency Greg. Mr.. Boutell. in
the chair, overruled the point Nj. Can
| non moved TO strike it out and demanded
| division, the motion being defeated
ayes, 3; nays, "a.
The matter OF Indian education as
usual, engaged the attention of the COM
mittee for the greater part of the session,
but no change was made in the bill as re-
ported. Mr.. Cannon gave some figures
showing the growth and cost of the edu-
cation of Indian youth. In 1887 it was
Sl210. 600, and for the year ending June so
next it would be s3070,376, The number
of Indians in the United States. by the
Census of 1890 in round numbers, was
24S 600 OF these 80 600 were in the State
of New York and Indian Territory, and
therefore not included within the pro-
visions of the Indian bill. The number of
children enrolled in the Indian schools,
he said, was q 56S. In the District of
Columbia the number of pupils enrolled
last year was about A. 900, and the amount
expended for school purposes in the Dis
trict was 81, 3S1. 1926. Less than half the
number of Indian children we're instructed
at cost of twice as much the children
in the District.
Messrs. sherman and Curtis. in charge
of the bill. explained that whereas the
schools in the District of Columbia were
day schools. Indian schools were largely
boarding schools, where the pupils were
maintained and clothed. and all their
travelling expenses, and of superintend-
enee, were paid from the appropriation for
education.
An gfgna linz INF n IN IL in
the annual salaries of clerks of United
States courts in the Indian Territory
50 500 and requiring them to account for
all fees received by them. The committee
rose and the bill was passed.
On motion of Mr. Hull the House again
resolved itself into Committee of the
Whole, with Mr.. Grosvenor in the chair,
and the Military Academy bill was taken
under consideration. The first reading
was dispensed with and the reading for
amendments proceeded with few inter-
ruptions.
The only item in the bill outside Of le-
gitimate appropriation for the Academy
is $4,000 for a centennial celebration TO
be held on the Attn day of July, 1901. No
point of order was raised against this.
Mr.. Gaines of Tennessee, who had been
listening to the arguments in the Supreme
Court on the constitutional questions in
volyed in the Philippine and Porto Rican
cases, under the latitude allowed in gem
eral debate on appropriation bills. gave
the history of the insertion in the Con-
stitution of the phrase law of the land"
This had been originally proposed, he
said, as ''the law of the States" and
changed before being incorporated in the
Constitution.
Mr.. Bailey of Texas asked Mr.. Hull If
the officials at the Academy had the pow
er to expel cadets for hazing
Mr.. HULL can only say that two ca
diets were expelled last year for that Of
fence. Colonel Mills has issued the most
stringent regulations against hazing, and
thinks he has broken it up.
Mr.. Bailey-I am not one of those who
think it is necessary to make brute OF
a man in order to make 4 soldier of him.
Cadets who indulge in hazing ought to be
expelled. and the professor who fails to
expel an offending cadet ought to be dis
missed from the Academy. If the prac-
tice cannot be suppressed the Academy
ought TO be suppressed.
Mr. Hill Of Connecticut-And the Naval
Academy.
The bill was read without substantial
change and reported to the House, by
which it was passed.
Mr. Hopkins then reported the Appor
tionment bill from the Committee en- Cen