The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-25
SHARP TILT IN THE HOUSE
WHEELER HAS A SHADE OVER
FOSS REGARDING BRYAN
AND HANNA
NEW WAR REVENUE MEASURE
Senate Finance Committee ReDorts
Complete Substitute for the
Bill as 1t Came Over From
the House.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24-The senate
today devoted the day to the Indian ap,
preparation bill and made only fair prog
ress. The chief feature of TIE debate
was sharp attack by Mr.. Pettlgi e "
on the Dawes commission, which he said
was extravagant and was accomplis shi ae
little in the way of results. An inter
esting announcement made by him was
that he did not purpose to filibuster
against any bill The shipping bill was
not taken up, but tomorrow will witness
a speech on it by Mr. Depew. 1t then
will give way to appropriation bills, Mr..
Frye saying today he did not wish 10
delay them. At the opening today the
senate adopted the Pettigrew resolution
concerning the reported deportation OF A.
Mabini, citizen of the Philippines, to
Guam.
During the consideration of the appro-
priation for Indian schools, Mr. Butler
said he had visited such schools ana ob-
served that there were present taking ad-
vantage of the benefits children VINO we .e
not Indians and he asked what proper
tion of Indian blood was necessary to
secure admission to such schools.
Mr.. Pettigrew IS. D. expressed tie
opinion that the whole Indian school sys-
TEN ought to be overhauled. He was
inclined to believe that many Indian
schools in the East might better he abol-
ished, and in this connection he referred
to the Carlisle Pa.) school.
CORRUPT AND EXTRAvAGANT.''
Mr. Pettigrew made a vigorous attack
upon the Dawes Indian commission, as
serting that there was no more cor u 1T
or eXtravagant body in the service Of
the United States than that commits sion.
He attacked particularly the increas Sc
from $4,000 to $3O0,01O of the appropria-
ton for the commission. He believed
the work done by the appraisers of the
Indian lands could be done for 10 per
cent of what the government was ray-
ing for it.
Mr. Pettigrew offered an amendment
providing that the Dawes commission
shall file an itemized statement OF 8
expenditures to Jan. l, 1901, and annually
thereafter. The amendment was az
cepted, and an amendment making the
total appropriation for the commission
1924, 600 was adopted.
Mr. Wellington then at $50 p. m. forced
an adjournment by raising a point OF no
quorum.
TALKED NAVAL BILL.
The house today considered the naval
appropriation bill all day and completed
it with The exception of one para graph.
The item for increase of the navy will
I61lldlD dS IGpOTl6uy ucLuSly, Two boIlLC-
ships and two cruisers. Some opposi>
ton was manifested to any Increase Of
the navy and Mr.. Cannon Qll.) sounded
a note of warning as to the s-Ze of our
annual appropriations and added tn t
with the present appropriation 5000 0,OCO
would have been spent on our new navy
and we should stop.
Mr.. Rixey said that, if the building
of the navy was rushed along at an in
ordinate rate, in a few years new in
Ventions might make many of our new
ships obsolete. He was in favor of 60
ing slower.
Mr.. Wheeler Oem., Ky0, replying to
Mr.. Rixey, contended that the Demo
cratic party always had been in favor
of a strong navy.
us the gentleman aware interposed
Mr.. Foss, that William J. Bryan on the
floor of this house, in 1850, opposed the
further construction of ships?'
ROLAND FOR HIS OLIVER.
''William ]. Bryan retorted Mr..
Wheeler, ''is a great pure and able
Democrat, but he is not the Democratic
party" Republican laughter and cries
of, I'VE thought he was.D
'That statement eXcites merriment on
the Republican side of the house, ex-
claimed Mr. Wheeler, "because men who
recognize as their party shibboleth. and
main spring of action the will of one
Marcus Aurelius Hanna cannot under
stand how Democrats can recognize a
great and distinguished citizen and lead
er and at the same time differ with him
on questions of policy
Mr.. Cannon chairman of the apprcpria-
tions committee, said he was for a sur
ficient navy, but when it was sufficient
he was in favor of stopping. Since 1888,
when the new navy began to be built
1927, 100000 had been appropriated for
ships dncluding the provisions in the