The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-01

w KNOW" replied Mr.. Morgan,
h this is a movement on the part
of the sectarians to get control of these
funds: the priests are at work: the
priests OF all denominations; they go
TO an Indian and tell him you are 60
ing to hell if you don't send your son
Billy Bowlegs to our schoo and give
us an order on the treasury for pay
ment. We are seeking TO do by indi-
rection what we should do by direction.
1t is all merely beating the devil around
the bush"
Defends His Amendment
Mr.. McCumber said his amendment
would have the effect OF alloting in
IDENTITIES to individuals as are lands of
n e Indians. He also said the provi-
sion had the Endorsement of the interior
department.
Mr.. SpOoner found in the indorse-
ment another step for the removal of
restrictions upon Indians that had been
calculated to protect them against de-
parchment and speculation. He re-
ferred to the decreased period allowed
for the alloting of Indian lands as a
fraud and said the proposed amend
ment is an a~bdication of truSteeShip for
which the Indian is not prepared. He
declare there are very few Indians
who would not 500 be penniless if all
restrictions are removed upon the
alienation of lands and funds. The In
dian had never been able to cope in
business with the thrifty or cunning
white man, and he denounced the syS-
tenn as a cruel and merciless aban-
donment of protection of the United
States towards its wards.
w are simply opening the doors to
the cupidity of the white man in one
guise or other" said he, and added:
This would put an end to the indie
pendence of the Indian" AS adopted
the amendment reads:
That no portion of the funds as an
propr1ated by this act not the principal
or interest of any Indian trust or tribal
funds held by the United States for the
benefit of any Indian tribe shall be avail
able nor be expended for the support of
any .Sectarian or d~enOminational school.
owner or beneficiary of any interest in
such fund who may desire to educate his
ward, child or children I'm any school
other than a government school may
In a written order signed by him direct
that any portion of the interest accruing
TO him or may be allotted TO him from any
such fund be paid to the school in which
such child or children may be educated.
In connection with another feature of
the same amendment. there was a gen.
eral debate of the leasing operations
which was participated in by Messrs.
Bailey. McCumber and Hepburn. Mr..
Hepburn declared unmitigated evil had
arisen out of the leasing system, the
principal result being that of making
leases for the Indians. He expressed
n opinion that they should be made
to work their lands. He said that in
the northwest holders of Indian lands
lived as barons, holding white men to
till their lands.
Kearns Attacks Mormons
AnOfhar faaf,rr0 Of fIo Aorr moe -
speech by Mr.. Kearns. of Utah on the
Mormon church. He charged that the
church controls the politics and bust
ness of Utah. He denied in emphatic
terms that he had paid Lorenzo Snow,
the president of the church, for sup
port of himself for senator. Speaking
of the tithing system, Mr.. Kearns said
that no account was mad of this vast
sum of one-tenth of all the incomes of
the Mormons and that the president of
the church expended it according to his
own will. He said the hopelesSness of
contending in a business way with this
autocrat was perfectly apparent and
continued:
It will astound you to know that every
dollar of United States money paid to
any servant of the government. who is a
Mormon is tithed for the benefit of this
monarch. Out of every one thousand dol
lars thus paid ne gets one hundred dol
1L - 49,
true of money paid out of the public
treasury of the state of Utah to Nor
mon officials. But what is worst of all.
the monarch dips into the sacred public
school fund and extracts from every Nor
mon teacher one-tenth of his or her earn
ings and uses it for his unaccounted pur-
poses and by means of these purposes and
the power which they constitute he de-
fies the laws of his state. the sentiment
of his country and is waging a war of
notification on the public school system
so dear to the American people. No right
thinking man will oppose any person as
a servant Of the nation or the state or
as a teacher in the public schools on &C
count of religious faith. AS 1 nave be-
fore remarked, this is no war upon the
religion of the Mormons, and l am only
calling attention to the monstrous man
ner in which this monarch invades all the
provinces OF human life and ~endeavorS to
secure his rapacious ends.
A half dozen bills intended to remedy
the defects in the laws as to steam YES
sells passed.
The following bills also passed: Pro-
hibiting the selection of lands in lieu of
lands held in forest reserves; 1ncreas-
ing the pensions of soldiers who lost
limbs in the service.
.Joshes Minnesota Indians
While the senate was considering the
Indian bill tonight Mr.. Platt (Conn.)
discussed in a humorous vein a claim
for the payment of Pretty Bear n
numerous other Indians of fanciful
names. who, in 1861 rescued Mrs. Julia
Wright and others from the Sioux In
dams. He ook the position that the
claims were perennial and objection
was useless.
A point of order was made by Mr..
Spooner TO an amendment to authorize
the president to designate such Indian
tribes or tribes deemed sufficiently adj
vanced in civilizations to be prepared
to receive and manage their individual
shares OF the tribal funds, and there
upon to cause the money held in trust
for such tribe or tribes in the treasury
to be allotted in severalty to the MEM
bers thereof. The point vas sustained.
Lands for Montana Catholics
Mr.. Clark (Mont.) offered an amend
ment to increase the amount of lands
set aside for the use OF Catholic insti-
tutions in Montana from 160 to $40
acres to the Society of Jesus. and from
80 to $50 acres for aeh of the sisters OF
Charity of Providence. and the Ursu-
line nuns. 1t was agreed to. An amend