Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-03-01
58th CONGRESS-.
Senate Considers the
Indian Appropriation Bill
Feature Of the Day Is the
Spec OF Mr.. Kearns.
cenudiates Statement That PRESIDED
IF Mormon Church SUPP orts Him.

Washington. Feb. 2S-The Senate
c,r,1 almost the entire Cay consider
in., ii,,ns IN III" lndiln appropriation
l,il which We're not passed on yester-
oat- and cXtrIIIe4i the session into the
light for the, purpose. There was quite
- I.r@tlt discussion Of the committee
amendment prohibiting the use Of
r,i,nl funds IN the support of Sectar-
"a, schools tn prov ,siou was modi-
sod So as L. allow Irdiars in the ter
r;tnry to us,- tier proportion Of the
f.nIe in sUopr.; Of such schools, and
~ thus a,n"ndrl was agreed to. Many
other features of The bill also We're de-
IA, d.
Another f.1tu~e If the day was a
epe4,.n br I<rarns Of i':nh on the Nor
con church. He charged that th,
,l.rrch had rOuirol o. the business Of
r-f;.h He ':-nied in erGrhatic terms
that he rad paid LorcnZo Snow. then
rir.it:cHt Of III" church for support Of
hi,llsflf COR Sott5iInr. \ half dozen bills
intended 10 r"mrGy the de fects in tn =
laws as 10 inspections o. steam vessels
,,hici: were. brought 10 the surface hv
HE disaster 10 the General Slocum in
NnH YORK. Wer" rassed.
When th. S.r';.te convened. today.
Enan. from the comI.:ittec on inter-
STAT. conner" reported Il resolution
authorizing tha; committee to conduct
an inquiry jntn railroad rates during
the approaching congressional recess
md il was .'rf 'gred To the committee
On contingent expenses.
Allison presented thn final confcron 70
report on th,. District of Columbia an
rropIati"n bill and it WAS agreed to.
He stated that the Hpusa had yielded
- the Srnat.. on th.. price fixed for &,
,p,iricipal binding in Washington,
which is g. 100 600. \ joint resolution
,resrr.trt! hr Fulton accepting the in
yitatinn ot the management of tho
Lewis and 'iar'l cXi orilion to be held
next summer at Portland. Ore. was
adopted.
A communicate was presented
from Former stnat rs Thurston and
Higgins. attorneys trr Judge Swayne
ir TIM. impnarhl'r"nt trial requesting 4
sufficient allowance to the judge to pay
the -Xnor@cS of III" trl.l including =
rntlreCl fees Tln communication was
rnreir, 4 10 the committee on the judi
"i;1ry.
The arti-poycamv resolution intro
,lurrd hv nuh0ls was then laid before
the senate lnd Kea"ns addressed the
S.nltc.
c'lltom rcnnrt u hill from the com
Mite on fo:"t.sn relations authorizin: :
Srrrtary Hay % the state depart
in'rlt 10 accept the decoration of tn"
Grand Gross 81 National Order Of the
1.reinn 81 Honor. rendered him through
The state department. by the govern
n,,.nt nr the French republic. Cullon
"eE'd fnr it's immediate consideration.
IInl. said that the senator from Wis
con2in uniformly had objected to al
bills Of that char aCter. and SpOOner al
t"r making Inquiry Sald he would be
c"'nn''."d To object t" consideration Of
IL" measure. ,'Ullom PROTESTED that the
Ill had come from the committee on
foreign +, lati,tls Of which SpOoner was
4 member ana ;hat there had been no
objection there. "When was it consi1-
c'rdr" asked Sroon"r. H declined to
Withdraw his objection and no response
was made To the question.
When E.arus concluded the Indian
appropriation bill was laid before the
Senat" Ind the committee amendment
relating to sectariun schools was con-
Si,lured
G1liingor referred to his former an
t"g"ni>m of sertari;tn schools. saying
that his opposiiion had been to schools
"f that character i'm general ana not
I" those of my particular denonina-
li"n. bnt nevertheless he had been un-
justly denounced by a Catholic paper
ia" bitter hatred Of the Catholic
Clulch." He said he had been very
much impressed by Bards statement
concerning propositions made to him
hy pr. Scharf and he expressed sur
i''S" that Il senator should have been
50 "pproat he'd
St"nc also referred to the revelations
made by Gard. saying that they We're
rather startling. He regarded the prop
"sitinn as ndefensible. diScourteous.
n"l honorable" He EXPRESSED conVic-
irn that the President had acted with
in his authority when he issued an or
Ter for tho uSe OF the income of tribal
innds in educating Indian children ht
missions or contract schools. tie
thnueht. however. that public funds
had been diverted to the support oi
S'rtariau schools. This he considered
wrong in principle.
rrnrosc made Il point of order
against ;tn amendment offered by Me
'umhrr To the amendment. but was
"N"r-ruled on both points. The commit
ice amendment relates to the tribal
innds while the McCumher amend
m"nt seeks to permit the use ri the
share Of Individual Indians.
Morgan after criticiZing McCunber
amendment. said:
We know that this is a movement or
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