7610 OONGRESSIONAL REOORD-S.ENATE. JULY 18, of Nathan C. and Hezekiah J. Winslow, deceased~to ·the Com the American principleof separation of church and State which mittee on War Claims. is involved in making appropriations for or contracts with Also (by request), a bill (~. ~· 1"746) for the.relief of W. T. Sco agents of sectarian institutionsfor Indian education," etc. The ville and John Kouns, surVlvrng partners of George L. Kouns, memorial is extensively signed. As the appropriation bill .re deceased-to the Committee on War Claims. ferred to is now before the Senate, I ask that the memorial. be Also (by request), a bill (H. R. 7747) for relief of heirs of Henry lttid on the table. A. Shadel, of Ohio and Louisiana,-to the Committee on War The PRESIDENT p1·o ternpore. The memorial will lie on the Claims. table. Also (by request), a bill (H. R. 7748) for the relief of Ammon Mr. SHERMAN. I present a petition of the Miami and Erie McLa.ughlin, of Sciotoville, Ohio-to the Committee on War Canal Association, of Dayton,-Ohio, praying that an appropria Claims. tion be made for a canal from Lake Erie to the Ohio River. By Mr. COVERT: A bill (.II. R. 7749) fo1· the relief oi Alexan As the petition relates to an item of appropriation in the river der Stoddart, of New York-to the Committee on Claims. and harbor bill, and that bill is now in con.ference, I ask that the By ".Mr. RUSSELL of Connecticut: A bill (H. R. 7750) grant petition be referred to the committee of conference. in~ a pension to Eliza F. Tucker-to the Committee on Invalid The PRESIDENT p1·o tem1Jore. It will be so ordered. Pensions. Mr. SHERMAN. I also present a petition of Typographical By Mr. SPRINGER: A bill (H. R. 7751) for the relief of John Union No. 97, of Peru, Indiana, praying for the enactment of A. McClernand-to the Committee on Invalid ,Pensions. legislatatian providing for arbitration of the labor troubles. I By Mr. WHEELER of Alabama: A bill (H. R. 7752) for the do not know which committee has charge of the question of ar relief of John C. Thomas, Madiaon County, Ala.-t-o the Com bitration. mittee on War Claims. The PRESIDENT J)1'0 tempOre. The Committee on Educa tion and Labor, the· Chair is inclined to think. Mr. SHERMAN. I think a joint resolution on the ·Subject PETITIONS, ETC. was reier.red to the Committee on the Judiciary, and th,a:t that Under clause 1 of Rule XXII, the following petitions and papers is the proper oomrp.ittee to have charge of·the matter. were laid on the Clerk's desk and referred as follows: The PRESIDENT pro tempore. What committee does the Bv Mr. DALZELL: Petition of sundry citizens of Pittsburg, Senator from Ohio suggest? Pa.: against an income tax as affecting fraternal, beneficial so Mr. SHEHMAN. The Committee on the Judiciary. cieties-to the Committee on Ways and Meg,ns. The PR_ESIDENT p1·o tempo1·e. The petition will be referred By Mr. DURBOROW: Petition of James Muntan and others, to the Committee ontbe Judiciary. employes of the Chicago Tire and Spring Company, against the M.r~ McMILLAN presented the petition of L. C. Butler and passage of the Wilson tariff bill-to the·Committee on Ways and sundry tOt.her citizens of Bay City, Mj-ch., praying that ·fraternal Means. beneficiary sooieties, orders, or associations be exempted irom Also, petition of Clifford J. Ellis and ethers, of Chicago, ill., the proposed inoome-.tax provision of the pen.ding tru:iff bill; against the passage of the Wilson hriff bill-to the Committee which was ordered to lie on the table. on Ways and Means. He also .presented memorials of Rev. W. D. Cole and sundry AJso, memorial of John M. Mott and ethel'S, of Chicago, Ill., other citizens of Popple; of H. M. Post and sundry Dther citi fQr a national alphabet-to the Committee on Education. zens of Owosso; of R~v. H. H. Andrews and sundry othf:}r citi By Mr. HOLMAN: Remonstrance of the Knights of Labor of zens of Deckerville; of W. E. f{olt and sundry other citizens of Philadelphia, Pa., against the interference of the Federal Gov Bellevt,le, and of John Bratt and oundry other citizens oi Mill ernment between the employes of railroad corporations and those ington, all in the State of Michigan, remonstrating against the o01·porations-to the CoiD.Ill_ittee on Interstate ~d Foreign Com support of the Government in maintaining the present system "Illerce. of sectarian Indian education, etc.; which were ordered to lie By Mr. LAYTON: Resolution of the council of the city of on the table. Greenville, Ohio, praying Congress to make an appropriation Mr. DANIEL presented a l:llemorial of sundry citizens o.f .Nor for a monument in honor of Gen.. Anthony Wayne-to the Com folk, Va., remonstrating against thesupportof the Government mittee on the Library. in maintaining the presentsystem of sectarian InCU.an education, By Mr. RICHARDS: Petition of C. H. Mathews and others, etc., which was ordered to lie on the table. oitiaens of New Philadelphia, Ohio, against an income tax on fraternal and beneficial orders-to the Committee on Ways and REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. Means. Mr. FAULKNER., from the Committee on Territories, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 5293) concerning leases in the Yellowstone National Park, reported it without amendment, and submitted a report thereon. SENATE. Mr. PEFFER., from the Committee on Claims, to wh.om was WEDNESDAY., J -.uJly 18, 1894. referred the bill (S.1262) for the relief of Paul McCorm).ck, re norted it with an amendment, and submitted a report tl;lereon. Prayer by Rev. ISAAC W. CANTER, of the city of Washing ~ Mr. PEFFER. I am instructed by the Committee on Claims, ion. to whom were referred the bill {8.1718) for tb..e relief o.f Theo The Vice-President being absent, the President p1'otemp 01'C dore Teed, his heirs, legal representatives, or asstgns, and the took the chair. bill (S. 700) for the relief of Theodore Teed, his heirs, legal The Secretary proceeded to read the Journal of yesterday's representatives, or assigns, to report them adversely. It seems proceedings; when, on motion of Mr. TURPIE, and by unanimous that the last-named bill was introduced during the first session consent, the further reading was dispensed wi~h. of the present Congress: in August last, and Senate billl718, EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS. being the same bill substantially, was introduced during the present session. Both bills are reported adversely, and I move The PRESIDENT p1·o tem.pore laid before the Senate a com that they be postponed indefinitely. munication from the Secretary of War, transmit~ing, in com The motion was agreed to. pliance with the provisions of the act of Congress of February 1-.ir. PASCO, from the Committee on Claims, to whom was 16, 1889, information that there is in the War Department an referred the bill• (S.1069) for -the rellef of the estate of Thomas accumulation of files of papers which are not needed or useful Sherwin, deceased, reported it without amendment and sub in the transaction of the current business of the Department mitted a report thereon. and have no permanent value or historical interest; which, on Mr. QUAY, from the Committee on Public Buildings and motion of Mr. CoCKRELL, was ordered to lie on the table and Grounds, to whom was referred the amendment submitted· by be printed. Mr. ALLISON on the 9th instant, intended to be proposed to the He also laid before the Senate-a communication from the Sec sundry civil appropriation bill, reported favorably thereon, and retary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of appropria moved that it be printed, and, with the accompanying papers, tions required by the several Departments of the Government referred to the Committee on Appropriations; which was agreed complete the service of the fiscal year ended June 30, 1894, .to to. and for prior years, amounting to $10,076.31, and for the Postal Mr. BRICE, from the Committee on Public Building·s aud 8-ervice, payable from the postal revenues, $57,985.54; which, Grounds, to whom was referred the amendment submitted by .with the accompanying papers, was referred to the Committee Mrr ALLISON on the 9th instant, intended to be proposed to the on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. iH.Wdry :eivU appropriation bill, reported favorably thereon, and P.ETI'l'IO:NS A;ND MEM:ORIALS. _mov..ed that it be printed, and, with the accompanying ·papers, Mr. CULLOM. ·I present a memorial of citizens of Chicago · referred to the Committee on Appropriations; which was agreed and C~ok County, Ill., ;remonstrating "against ·the v..iolatlon of to. 1894. 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He also, from the Committee: on Pen-aiollB, to whom was re will take but three minutes to dispose ot all of them.. 1 ask that ferred the bill (H. R.l313} to increase the pension of John Sco~ the bills may be consideTed collectiveiy. reperted it. withou~amendment, and submitted a report therOOIL. The PRESIDE...N"T pro. tempore. The thr>ee separate bills.? Mr. BLANCHARD, from the Committee: on Public Buildings Mr; TURPIE. Yes, sir. and Ground&, to whom was referred the amendment submitted The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Secretary will read by by Mr. ALLISON on the 9th instant.,. intended t
was referred the joint resolution (S. R. 91) to provide for the zuela. . 1 printing of a digest of the laws and decisions relating to the ap By unanimous consent, the Senate, as in Committee of the pointment, salary, and compensation of officiam o! the- United Whole,. p:roceeded to consider the hill~ States courts, reverted it without amendment, and moved that The bill was reported to the Senate without amen.dmen_t it be referred t-o the Committee on Printing-; wh:j.ch was agreed ordered to a_thir-d reading, read the thiril time, and passed. to. The PRESIDENT pro temp01·e. The Senator from Indiana i.lr. DOLPH, from the Committee on COTIUIIerce, reporte-d an alsO' asks unanimous co:D.Bent. for the pres.ent consideration. of a amendment intended to be proposed to the s:undry civil appro bill the ti tie af. w hiuh will be read. priation bill· which was referred to- the Committee on Appro The SECRETARY. A bill (H. R. 7475) autho:dzing Commander priations, and ordered to be printed. Q R. Davis, United States Navy, taaaeeptadeeoration from the He also, from the Committee on Publie Lands·, tu whom was Kirrg- oi Sp:rin~ refm'red the amendment submitte-d by hlmsell on the- !7th in By unanimous consent, the Senatera'i in Committee of the siant, intended to b 5 propose-d to the. deficiency appropriation Whole, procee.ded to coDsider the bill. bill, repOTted favorably thereon, and maved that it be 1!eferred The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or to the Committee on.Appropriatfans-,and.be printed; which wns dered ta a third reading, read the third time, and passed. agreed to. !\1r. KYLE, fro-m the Committee on Education and Labor", to INTER.NAT!ON.AL GEODETIG ASSOCIATION~ whom was referred the amandmentsubmitted byb.imseifMarch Mr. GRAY. I am instructed by the. Committee on Foreign 12, 189-t, intended to be proposed ta the sundr-y eivil ap1Jropria Relations, to whom was referred the joint resolution (H. Res. tion bill, reported favorably thereon, and moved that it be re 126) authorizing the President to appoint delegates to attend ferred to the Committee on Ap-proprfatioM, and be' printed; the meetings of the International Geodetic Association, to re which was ag-reed to. port it without amendment, and I ask for its immediate- c-onsid Mr. HUNTON. I am directed by the Committee on Post eraMorr. Offiees-and Pos-t-Road&, to whom was recommitted the bill (S. By unanimous consent, the Senate, as in Committee of the 886) f~ the relief at the Iega;l repr-esenbtives af John Wigh:.t Whole-, pro-ceeded to eonsider the joint resoiution. man, deceased, to report it with amendments, and. submit are Thejointre.solution was reported. to the Senate without amend port thereon.. ment, ordered toathirdreading,read the third time, anclpassed. 1\fr~ VILAS. On_ belialf of the min_-ority of the committee, I The pr-eamble was agreed to. beg leave to submit the views of the mfuority on the bill just WATTS'S PAINTING OF ''LOVE AND LIFE." reported by the Senator from Virginia [Mr. HUNTON]. I ask that the views of the minority 1D1tJ ba print.ad, to accompany Ml.·. GRAY. I am instructed by the Committee on Foreign the report. Relations, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 4734) to author The PB..ESIDENT pro te-mpore. The report of the majority ize the Secrebry of State to accept for the United State.s of and the views of the mfnority will be received and printedt and America a p3.inting by G. ]'. Watts, Royal Academician, en the bill will be placed on. the Calendar-. titled" Love and Lifet-" to :~;eport it without amendment, and Mr. GAREY, !rom the Committee on Public Buildings aud I ask unanimous consent far its immediate consideration. Grounds, to whom was referred the bill (S. 2214) authorizing There being no objection, the Senate, as in Committee of the the purchase of sites for public buildings in. the· city of Spokane, Whole, proceeded to consider the bill. Wash.; in the city of Cheyenne, Wyo.; in Boise City,. ldaho, and The bill was reported to the· Senate without amendment, or in the city of Helena, Mont., reported it with amendme.nts~ dered to a third reading,. read th.e third time, and passed. Mr. DANIEL, from the Committee on -Claims,. to whom was The preamble was agreed to. referred the bill {S. 2203) for the relief· of Arthur Connell, re BILLS INTRODUCED. ported it with an amendment, and submitted' a report thereon. Mr. WASHBURN introduced a bill (S. 2233) to authorize the MEDALS OF HONOR, DEOORATIONS, ETC. construction of certain dams a-cross the St. Louis an,d Cloquet ·Mr. TURPIE. I am instructed by the Committee on Foreign Rivers,. in the State of Minnesota, and !or other purposes; which Relations-t to whom were referred the bill (H. _R.. } authariz.- was read twice by ita title, and referred to the Committee on 5525 Commerce. ing John E . .fohnson and others to accept, medals o! honor and .Mr. VILAS introduced a bill (8.22.34) to furthel' amend sec- diplomas from the Government of Spain; the bill (H_ R, 6424} to tion 2399 of the Revised Statutes of the United States,· which authorize Rear-Admiral John. G. Wruirer and Surg. Gen. J. . Rufus Tryon, of the United States Navy, to accept the decora- was read twlCe by its title, and referred to the Committee on tions of the "Busto C.el Libertador." of the third class from the Public'Lands. President ot Venezuelar and the bill (H. R.. 7,175 ) authorizing He nlso introduced a bill (S. 2235) prescribing the conditions Commander c. H. Davis~ United States Na.vy, to accept a deco- under which cases at law or in equity which have been before ration from the Kino-of Spain to reportthem fa bl •th t the Supreme Cot~rt and are afterwards pr_cceeding in a.circuit amendment. "' ' v 0 ra Y Wl ou courtm~y be agam_a:ppealed to the Supreme Court; which was I ask for the present consideration of the House bills just re- r~ ~mea by 1ts title, and referred to the Com.m1ttee on the ported. The Senate has. already passed bills which are identi- JuMdlclaDrAy ·NIEL • t d d bill {S , f th . 1· f -f J 1· cally the same. Thosa bills have gone. to the other Houser and r. . ~ ro uce a . . 2236, or ere 1e o ~ 1a it is not likely tha.t they will hff relllahed in that body far action. A. Lew1s, ex.ecut~lX of James Lew:l.St dec~ase~, late of Fr~denck r therefo?e: ask for- the present consideration of thes6 bills. County, Va;.; wh1ch was read twwe by 1ts t?-tle, and, w~th the There is. no Iegisl~tion i?. them~. They simply give consent to Iaccompanymg papers, referred to the Comm1ttee on Claims. members of the Life S&vmg S'H~VI:Ce to- accept m.edaJs of honor AMENDMENTS TO APPROPRIATION BILLS. and offie.er& oi the Nn:vyro accept ther decorations named. It Mr. CALL submitted an am~mdment intended to be proposed 'lfll2 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. JULY 18,
\- bY him to the deficiency appropriation bill; which was referred Mr. CAREY. I ask the unanimous consent of the Senate for 10 the Committe~ Oll·ApP,ropriations, and ordered to be printed. the present consideration of the bill (S. 1591) to provide for the Mr. ALLE~ ~ubin!tted. an amendment intended "to be pro reservation, sale, and settlement of certain lands in several of })9~ed by him tQ~ tlle sundry civil appropriation. bill; which was the States and Territories. ref~rred to the.Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be There being no objection, the Senate, as in Committee of the printed. Whole, proceeded to consider the bill, which had been reported Mr. PEFFER submitted an amendment intended to be pro from the Committee on Public Lands with amendments. posed by him to the sundry civil ap:propr~ation bill; which was The first amendment was, in section 1, line 9, before the word referred to the Committee on the D1strict of Columbia, and or- "years," to strike out "three," and insert "ten;" so a.s to read: dered to be printed. · That to encourage the reclamation ot arid lrnds, and the cultivation and J, E. JOHNSON. sale thereof .in small tracts to actual settlers, there is .hereby reserved, for the purposes and upon the conditions provided in this act, in each o! the Mr. KYLE submitted the following resolution; which was re States to which the desert-land law of the United States is applicable, 1,000,- ~erred to the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent 000acres of the surveyed public arid lands in said States, respectively, to be selected by each of said States within ten years after the passage·or this act, Expenses of the Senate: and from the date or such selection to be thereafter withheld !rom other dis Resolved, That Mr. J. E. Johnson be paid !rom the contingent fund ot the posal, except as hereinafter provided. Senate the sum ot w. 50 tor services rendered as stenographer during the special proceedings ot tlie Sena.te Committee on Education and Labor. The amendment was agreed to. ALBERT E. REDSTONE. Mr. COCKRELL. I wish to ask the Senator in charge of the Mr. PASCO submitted the following concurrent resolution; bill as to the propriety of now reserving 1,000,000 acres of land in which was considered by unanimous consent, and ag1·eed to. each of these States for ten years, without the lands being desig nated 01· selected, or anything of the kind, without their being Be it resolved by the Senate (tiL~ Hous~ of RepreBentativ~s concurring), That the President be requested to return to the Senate the bill (S. 1105) tor the known, and giving the State ten years within which to select relief ot Albert E. Redstone. them. PRESIDENTIAL APPROVALS. Mr. CAREY. For the simple reason that the lands are not A message from the President of the United State!!!, by Mr. reserved for ten years. It is simply to enable the State, if the 0. L. Pruden, one of his secretaries, announced that the Presi State sees there is an opportunity to cause a piece of land to be dent ha1 on the 18th instant approved and signed the following reclaimed, for instance, by a colony, thatitcan then go and make acts: the selection of the land; but the minute the land is selected An act (S.1860) to authorize Prof. Asaph Hall, of the United the time runs against the State, and then there is only five ye:-trs States Navy, to a.ccept a gold medal from the Academy of for their reclamation. Science of France. Mr. COCKRELL. I underst:l.nd that; but here is the point: An act (S. R. 72) to permit Capt. T. 0. Selfridge, jr., United A man wants to go and locate upon such lands as arid lands. States Navy, to receive a decoration conferred upon him by the There are a million acres already reserved. President of the Republic of France. Mr. DOLPH. He can do that at any time. The lands are not reserved until selected by the State. The bill does not prevent INVESTIGATIONS BY COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS. anybody from going and taking the lands until selected by-the Mr. PLATT. On the 13th instant the Senator from South State, and then five years are given. Dakota [Mr. PETTIGREW] submitted a resolution providing that Mr. COCKRELL. The first section reads: the Committee on Indian Affairs might visit the Lower Brule That to encourage the reclamation of arid lands, and the cultivation and Agency in the recess, and on the 14th instant the chairman of sale thereof in small tracts to actual settlers, there is hereby reserved- the committee [Mr. JONES of Arkansas] submitted an amendment Mr. CAHEY. At what point does the Senator propose to · in the nature of a substitute for the resolution as proposed by amend the bill. the Senator from South Dakota. I ask that both be laid before Mr. COCKRELL. I want to call the Senator's attention to the Senate! that they may be disposed of. the language, because I know he does not want it the wav it is The PRESIDENT pro tempore. If there be no further reso now, for it would work a wrong. It continues: • lutions, concurrent or otherwise, the Chair lays before the There is hereby reserved tor the purpose and upon the conditions pro Senate a resolution coming over from a former day, which will vided in this act, in each ot the States to which the desert-land law o! tho be stated. United States is applicable, 1,000,000 acres of the surveyed public arid lands The SECRETARY. A resolution directing the Committee on in said States, respectively. Indian Affairs to investigate the removal of the Lower Brule I suggest that there should be inserted there "said reserva Indians. tion to take effect when such lands are selected by said States." Mr. PLATT. I ask that the amendment proposed by the Mr. CAREY. There is no objection whatever to that. Senator from Arkansas, the chairman of the committee, may be Mr. COCKRELL. Some such provision as I have suggested read. should be inserted at that point. The PRESIDENT pro tempm·e. The amendment will be Mr. DOLPH. There is no objection to that. stated. Mr. COCKR"ELL. lf that bathe intention, then let that pro The SECRETARY. It is proposed to strike out all of the reso vision be inserted in the bill. lution after the word " Resolved" and insert: Mr. CAREY. The lands will not be tied up until the Shte That the Committee on Indian Atrairs be instructed, either by full com does select them; so that the amendment may be put in at that mittee or such subcommittee or committees as may be appointed by the point. chairman thereof, with the full power of such committee to continue dur 'l'he PRESIDENT p1·o tempore. Will the Senator from Mis ing the recess ot Congress the investigations authorized by the resolutions ot May 13, 18W, and February Z7, 1891, with the authority and in the manner souri indicate the exact point where he desires the amendment and to the extent provided in said resolutions, and in pursuance or such in to be inserted? vestigations to visit the several Indian reservations, Indian schools sup Mr. COCKRELL. I shall do so later when the amendments ported in whole or in part by the Government, and the five nations in the Indian Territory, or any reservation where, in the opinion o! said commit of the committee have been acted upon. tee, it may be necessary to extend their investigations. _The next amendment of the Committee on Public Lands was, Second. That said committee or subcommittee shall have power to send in section 1, line 13, before the word "years," to strike out tor persons and papers, to administer oaths, and to examine witnesses un der oath touching the matters which they are hereby empowered to investi "three" and insert "five;" so as to read: gate, and may hold their sessions during the recess o! the Senate at such Provided, That any lands so reserved which shall not be reclaimed within place or pln,ces as they may determine; and the necessary and proper ex five years trom the date of their selection, as aforesaid, or as to which the pense incurred in the execution ot this order shall be paid out ot the con State has not expended or caused to be expended the sum or $3 per acre in tingent fund or the Senate upon vouchers approved by the chairman ot said works intended tor the reclamation o! such lands, as now required by the committee. United States desert-land law trom claimants thereunder, shall be released from such reservation and become subject to disposal as other public lands Mr. PLATT. I ask, in behalf of the chairman of the commit of the United States, after proclamation by the President so declaring. tee, that the amendment be adopted. The PRESIDENT pro tempo1·e. The question is on agreeing The amendment was agreed to. to the amendment to the resolution. The next amendment was, in section 3, line 7, after the word The amendment was agreed to. "provided," to insert: Mr. PLATT. I now move that the resolution as amended be And where there is no ad verse claimant the decision ot the register a.nq referred to the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent receiver as to what are arid lands shall be final. Expenses of the Senate. So as to read: Tbe motion was agreed to. Sec. 3. That all lands, exclusive of timber lands and mineral lands, which will not. without irrigation, produce some agricultural crop, shall be deemed STATE RESERVATION OF ARID LANDS. arid lands Within the meaning of this act, which fact shallbe ascertained by amdavit of two or more credible witnesses, filed in the land omce of the dis· Mt·. CAREY. Mr. President-- trict in which such land may be situated a.t the time ot the selection thereof, The PRESIDE:::fT pro tempore. The morning business is con as herein provided, and where there is no adverse claimant the decision ot cluded. The Calender under Rule VIII being in order, the Chair the register a.nd receiver as to what are a.rld lands shall be final. recognizes the E'enator from Wyoming. Mr. COCKRELL. As to that amendment, I will suggest that ......
1894. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 7613 it would hardly be proper to let the register and receiver ap and arranging for the company to use underground power and prove the selection, without communic:lting with the Commis put on new cars. · ·· sioner of the General Land Office. I think the selection ought The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection to the pres· to be approved by the Commissioner of the General Land Office ent consideration of the bill? or the Secretary of the Interior, for the purpose of keeping the There being no objection, the Senate, as in Committ-ee of the _ records strait:rht in the Department. As a matter of course, if Whole, proceeded to consider the bill, which ha-d been reported there be no contest about the matter, it ought to be subject to from the Committee on the District of Columbia with amend- - the final approval of the Department. ments. The first amendment was, in section 1, line 6, after the Mr. CAREY. The trouble about it is that the committee con word "hereby," to insert: sidered the fact that the .five years commences to run against Required to cease to use on its lines running east and west each and every closed car that has been in use on any of its lines for three years or more, the State that undertakes this work immediately on the selec and shall substitute therefor new cars of the most aJ?proved pattern. Fail tion of the land. The difficulty is to get anything approved in ure t::> comply with the provisions of this section mthin ninety days from the General Land Office. For instance, in the selection of State the approval of this act shall subject the said company to a fine ot $25 for each and every day during which the company neglects or refuses to make lands it takes from one to five years. the substitution of new cars as herein specifted, which fine may be recov Mr. COCKRELL. I think that difficulty will be obviated in ered by the Commissioners of the District or Columbia. in any court ot com the near future and the work will be brought up to current petent jurisdiction. date. I do not think there will be any trouble about that. So as to make the section read: Mr. CAREY. Very well, then; let the amendment go out, That the Metropolitan Railroad Company, incorporated under the act ot though I think it is all right as it stands. Congress approved the 1st day of July, anno Domini1864, be; and the same is hereby, required to cease to use on its lines running east and west each · The PRESIDENT pro te-mpore. Does the Senator propose to and every closed car that has been in use on any of its lines for three years withdraw the amendment? or more, and shall substitute therefor new cars of the most approved pat Mr. CAREY. It is a committee amendment, and I think it is tern. Failure to comply with the pi·ovisions of this section within ninety days from the approval of this act shall subject the said company to a fine a good amendment. or $25 for each a.nd every day during which the comJ?any neglects or refuses Mr. COCKRELL. It is reve1·sing the general policy of hav to make the substitution of new cars as herein specified, which fine may be ing eveeything in relation to the public lands approved in the recovered by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia in any court of General Land Office. competent jurisd_k:tion. Mr. CAREY. If it were not for the two or three States that The amendment was agreed to. have arid lands it would be all rlght. The next amendment was, at the end of section 1, to insert: Mr. COCKRELL. I think there will be found no troubie SEc. 2. '!'hat the said Metropolitan Railroad Company be and the same is about it. If there should be found to ba any difficulty, we can hereby. remedy it by immediate legislation. In line 3 of thesime section, before the word "cars," to strike Mr. CAREY. Very well; let the amendment be disagreed to. out "their" and insert "its;" and in line 6, before the word The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Thel]_uestionison the amend "road," to strike out "their" and insert "its;" so as to read: ment reported by the committee, which has been read. SEc. 2. That the said Metropolitan Railroad Company be, and the same is hereby, authorized, empowered, and required to equip and operate the The amendment was rejected. lines of its cars upon and along all the streets and avenues or the cities of Mr. COCKRELL. After the words" act, and," in line 10 oi Washington and Georgetown, within the District of Columbia, where the section 1, I move to insert the words ''such reservation." lines of its road or any part thereof are now laid and operated. Mr. CAREY. That is satisfactory. The amendment was agreed to.
Mr. DOLPH. I suggest to the Senator that he also insert the The next amendment was1 in section 2, line 8, before the \vords words " and approval." "an underground,"to insert" a pneumatic or with;" so as to read: Mr. COCKRELL. Yes; so as to read: "from the date of such SEC. 2. That the said Metropolitan Railroad Company be, and the same is selection and approval." hereby, authorized, empowered, and required to equip and operate the lines of its cars upon and along; all the streets and avenues of the cities of Wash· The PRESIDENTprotempore. The amendment will be stated. ington and Georgetown, within the District of Columbia, where the lines of The SECRETARY. In line 10, before the word "from," it is its road or any part thereof are now la.id and operated, and as herein ::~. fter proposed to insert "such resarvation to take effect;" and after provided, with a pneumatic or with a.n underground electric system for pro tbe word" selection," in line 11, to insert" and approval;'' so as pulsion of such cars. to read: Mr. STEW ART. I should like to inquire of the Senator from To be selected by each of said States within ten years after the passage of Michigan whether there are any cars being run in this country this act, and such reservation to take effect from the date of such selection by pneumatic power? and app1·oval, etc. Mr. McMILLAN. There have been attempts t.o run cJrs by The amendment was agreed to. pneumatic power, and there are experiments occasionally in the The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend use of that system. But the bill does not provide that the com ments were concurred in. pany shall apply pneumatic power. It simply gives them au The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read thority to use the pneumatic system. the third time, and passed. Mr. STEWART. I understand that, but is it not a fact that Mr. CAREY sub3equently said: I move that the votes by all the experiments in the use of that power, so far as this coun which the bill (S. 1591) to provide for the reservation, sale, and try is concerned, have been failures? Is it worth while to des settlement of certain lands in several of the States and Terri ignate in an act a system which is a failure? tories, was ordered to a third reading and passed, be recon Mr. McMILLAN. I am not strenuous about the amend!llent. sidered simply for tbe purpose of correcting a clerical error in The bill only gives the railwB.y company" authority to use that the print of the bill. power. · Tbe motion to reconsider was agreed to. Mr. STEWART. It seems to me thatitwould be subjectto Mr. CAREY. I move to amend the bill in section 4, line 2, criticism in that connection to require the. road to adopt the before the words "and Kansas," by striking out "Montana," pneumatic system, when there is no such power in use. and inserting "Nebraska," so as to read: Mr. McMILLAN. I have no objection to striking out the That this act shall also apply to the States or Nebraska and Kansas, and provision in regard to pneumatic power. I think it is covered t,o the States that may be formed out of the Territories or Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma., and Utah, when admitted, etc. bythe bill. Mr. STEWART. The insertion of those words can not do The amendment was agreed to. any good. It is not a power which is used in the United Sbtes. The bill was ordere:i to be engross~d for a third reading, read The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Does the Senator from Mich the third time, and passed. iganconsent that the amendment may be disagreed to? ME'l'ROPOLITAN RAILROAD COMPANY. Mr. McMILLAN. I consent. Mr. McMILLAN. I ask unanimous consent for the present ThePRESIDENTproternpo1·e. Withoutobjection, the amend consideration of the bill (H. R. 6171) to authorize the Metropol ment is rejected. itan Railroad Company to change its motive power for the pro· The next amendment of the Committee on the District of Co pulsion of the cars of said company. lumbia was, in section 2, line 8, before the word "system," to I will state that this is a. very important bill for the District strike out "electric;" so as to read: of Columbia. The Metropolitan Railway Company has great SEc. 2. That the said Metropolitan Railroad Company be, and the same is difficulty, owing to the failure on their part to comply with the hereby, authorized, empowered, and required to equip and operate the lines of its cars upon and along all the streets and avenues or th~ cities of Wash provisions of the la.w. The House of Represen ta.tives has already ington and Georgetown, within the District or Columbia, where the lines of . favorably act-ed upon this bill, and it seems to be very necessary its road or any part thereof are now laid and operated, and as hereinafter that the question which has arisen in regard to the charter and provided, with an underground system for propulsion or such cars. to the propulsion of the cars should be settled immediatel v. The amendment was agreed to. Therefore, I ask that the bill may be read; and as the read The next amendment was, in section 2, line 10, after the word ing proceeds, I will answer any questions that may be asked in "completed,, to insert" upon its north and south line:)' in line regard to it. It is a short bill, merely amending their charter 11, after the word "year," to inse1·t "and upon its east and west '7614 OONGRESSIONAL RECOR.D-SENATE. JULY 18, line within two years," and in line 12, before the word " ap Mr. MITCHELL oi Oregon. O.o the ground of the statute of proval," to strike out the words" date of the;" so as to make limitations? the proviso read: ' Mr. McMILLAN. Yes. Providtli, That the change to an undergrouna. system shall be .COliJ.pleted Mr. MITCHELL of Oregon. What is the purpose of trans upon its north and south line Within one year, and upon its east and west . ferring the case now by law from one court to another? line within two years after the approval of this act. Mr. COCKRELL. Will the Senator from Michigan permit The amendment was agreed to. me for one moment? The next amendment was, in section 2, line 15, after the word Mr. McMILLAN. -Certainly. . "Square;" to insert: Mr. COCKRELL. The statute of limitations was pleaded and And also an extension from Ninth street west northwesterly on Florida sustained. Then, in a subsequent act, we put in a provision for avenue to Tenth street west: Provided, That on the completion or the ex t-ension trom N1nth street to Tenth street on Florida avenue, a.s herein pro feiting the charter if the company did not pay the judgment. vided for, the said company shall cease to operate that portion of its present Mr. FAULKNER. That is it. lines which extends !rom Ninth street west to Seventh street west on Florida Mr. MITCHELL of Oregon. Why do we not stand by that ~venue, and also that portion onSeventh street west north of Florida. avenue. action and compel the company to pay the judgment? And in line 23, aftel.' the word " such," to strike out '' comple 1\1r. COCKRELL. WaJt a moment. The company claim that tion" and insert" completions;" so as to make the additional if the case had been tried upon the facts at issue the amount proviso read: claimed would not have been given against them. Provided, There shall be completed an extension tllereof on East Capitol Mr;McMILLAN. That is a correct statement. streetfrom Ninth st?eet east to Fitteenth street east, around both sides of Lincoln Square, and also an extension from Ninth street west northwest Mr. FAULKNER. That is the situation. erly on Florida avenue to Tenth street west: Pro'IJideG, That on the comple· Mr. McMILLAN. I think the rights of the District, I will tion of the extension from Ninth street to Tenth street on Florida avenue, say to the Senator from Oregon, are fully protected by the as herein pro-vided tor, the said company shall cease to operate that portion of its present lines which exoonds from Ninth street west to Seventh street amendment. west on Florida a. venue, and also that portion on Seventh street west north Mr. MITCHELL of Oregon. I wish ·to ask another question of Florida avenue. And in default or such completions all acts or parts of in relation to the bill. I desire..to ask the Senator in charge of acts char'"..ering or extending the said road are he"l'eby repealed. the bill whether it is usual in chartering a company to give them The amendment was agreed to. . authority to issue bonds without any limit? The next amendment was, in section (4) 5, line 2, after the Mr. McMILLAN. There is a limit here. word " power," to insert: Mr. MITCHELL of Oregon. It is very indefinite. It is a In .all cases where the lines of one or more companies coincide unde~ limit lixed by the cost of the work, that is all. There is no limit routes authorized by Congress, with the route of the Metropolitan Railway Company, and where the nature of t.hemechanical power used by said com to the bonds either in the .aggregate or per mile._ There is l.la.DY :will allow; nothing of the kind. Mr. McMILLAN. I will read the language of the section. So as to read: M.r. MITCHELL of Oregon. I have it here in section 3. That the District Commissioners shall have the power in all cases where tbe lines of one or more companies coincide under routes authorized by Mr. McMILLAN. It says: Congress, with the route .ot the Metropolitan Railway Oom}>a.ny, and where That the said company is hereby authorized and empowered to issue 1t3 the nature of the mechanical power used by said company will allow, ·to per· bonds, secured by a mor,tgage on its franchises~d other property, to such mit the use of the tracks of the Metropolitan Railroad Company by othel' amount as may be necessary to pay the cost of the work to be done and of railroad companies in the said District upon such terms and conditions as the materials :required, and the expenses incident to the change to be ma.da said Commissioners shall deem just. as provided in this act- The amendment was agreed to. This is done as to almost all these charters The next amendment was, to insert as a new section the fol but not in excess of such cost. lowing~ That is the usual form. Sse. 6. That on and after oneyea.r trom the appvoval of this act the Metro Mr. :MITCHELL of Oregon. Is there no Otmountfixed in any pollt:J.n Railway Company shall pay to the District of Columbia, in addition of those bills? to an other taxes now required to be paid by said company, an annual tax Mr. McMILLAN. There sometimesisaroughestimate. You of s-,oa for each and every car operated by horses on that portion ot its lines known as the Ninth Street line; and on and after two years from the ap can not tell the amount in this case. You can not tell whether proval of this act the said railway company shall pay, in addition to all the road will cost $20,000 a mile, or $60,000 a mile, or $100,000 a other taxes now required to be paid by said company, an annual tax of $500 mile. It is utterly impossible to tell, because it all depends on tor .each and every car operated by horses on any Una owned or controlled by the said company. the character of the power used, and the expense of the conduit, The amendment was agreed to. and of the changes to water pipes, etc. The next amendment was to insert as new section the fol Mr. MITCHELL of Oregon. It is all left to the company. a Mr. McMILLAN. It has to belefttothe stockholders. This ing: is the same clause which is putin all suchacts. Thestockhold SEC. 7. That Qongreas reserves the powar to alter, amend, or repeal this ac.t. ers are not likely to issue any more bonds than they are com- The amendment was agreed to. pelled to issue. - Mr. MITCHELL oi Oregon. I should like to inquire of the Mr. MITCHELL of Oregon. Now, another question. I wish Senator from Michigan, in charg-e of the bill, as to the nature to understand the amendment of the Senate committee to sec of the case pending in the supreme court of the District of Co tion 5 on page 5. The section as the· other House passed the lumbia which the bill proposes to transfer to the court of appeals. bill read as follows.: That the District Commissioners shall have the power to permit the use What is the case and what is it about? of the tracks of the Metropolitan Railroad Company by otherra!lroadcom J\·fr. McMILLAN. It is an old claim for paving, running back pan.ies in the said District upon such terms and conditions as said Commis· a great many years, which has already been settled by the courts sioners shall deem just, etc. in favor of the company because of the statute of limitations. Now, the amendment reported by the Senate committee, and Now the company has given way on that, and has agreed to what adopted by the Senate, makes it read as follows: is virtually an arbitration of the whole-matter. That is to say, 'l'hat the District Commissioners shall have the power 1n au cases where the District .Commissioners and the company got together on the lines of one or more companies coincide under routes authorized by Congress, with the route or the Metropolitan Railway Company, and where the proposition to refer the case to the court of appeals for the the nature of the mechanical power used by said company Will allow, toper District of Columbia, the decision of which c011rtshould be final. mit the use or the tracks or the Metropolitan Railroad Company by other No appeal is to be taken by either side. railroad companies in'the said District upon sueh terms and conditions as This is the provision in the bill as it comes from the House; said Commissioners shall deem just. and the Senate committee has made no change in it. What is a man to understand by that language? What lines Mr. MITCHELL of Orego'n. The judgment wa.s rendered for does the word "coincide " comprehend? a very large amount. Mr. McMILLAN. It is intended to apply to the roads which Mr. McMILLAN. About $160,000. may be authorized by Congress-to reach the same points that Mr. MITCHELL of Oregon. It was a judgment rendered are now reached by the Metropolitan Company's tracks. There against the compa,ny? are several roads which might be brought in over the Metro Mr. :McMILLAN. Itwasajudgmentrendered in favor of the politan Company's tracks, roads which connect with it. The District against the company in the District courts, but on ap Senate committee has repeatedly reported in favor of allowing peal to the Supreme Court of the United States, judgment was one to run over the tracks already laid by another company. rendered in favor the company, by reason of the statute of limi There are three other roads which are run partially over the tations. T.his provision opens up the whole case again, and the Metropolitan tracks at the present time, and the object of put railway company is willing to give way and allow the court of ting in the last clause-- appeals finally to settle the controversy. Mr. MITCHELL of Oregon. Why notleave it as pl.'ovided by Mr. MITCHELL of Oregon. Was there any appeal? the other House? The House provision gives the Commission Mr. McMILLAN. There was, and it .was decided in favor of ers the ,power to permit the use of the tracks of the Metropolitan the company by the Supreme Court of the United States. Company .by other railroad companies oi \he District on such 1894. CONGRESSIONAL R.ECORD-SENATE. 7615• terms and conditions as they deem just. Why is not that suf- The amendments were ordered to be engrossed, and the bill ficient? ~ .. to be read a third time. Mr. McMILLAN. This is a new provision. Sucb-proV1s10ns The bill was read the third time, and passed. are generally objected to by railroad co~panies .. They do not MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE. think it desirable to have other compames runmng cars over A message from the House .of Representatives, by Mr. T. 0. their tracks. The power to make such requirements .should re TOWLES, its Chief Clerk, announced that the House had agreed main in Congress and be exercised with due discretion to th~ to the concurrent resolution of the Senate requesting the Presi interests involved. · dent to retur n the bill (8.1105) for the relief of Albert E. Red Mr. MITCHELL of Oregon. This .amendment is-to limitthe stone. power of the Commissioners, and yet it does n.ot limit it after The message also .announced tha t the House had passed the all. The word employed may be susceptible of one construction following bills: or 8nother. A bill (8.104) for the relief of Gen. Napoleon J. T. Dana; Mr. McMILLAN. I will say to the Senator from Oregon that ' A bill (S. 322) to place Dunbar R. Ransom on the retired list this covers all the cases that will be applicable to the Metro of the Army; and politan Company. We intended to protect this company, while . A bill (S.1513) for the r elief .of Maj. Gen. George S. Greene. opening the _way for othe~ companies ~o. us~ s~eets already used The message further announced that the House had passed a for street railways~ I thmk the provunon lB JUSt and ample. bill (H. R . 4809) to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy; Mr. MITCHELL ot Oregon. Is it intended to give authority in which it requested the concurrence of the Senate. , to oormit the use ()f the tracks of the Metropolitan {)()mpany by The message also announced that the House had passed :a the -cars of other roads which connect with it? · concurrent resolution requesting the Secretary of W.ar to fur- • Mr. McMILLAN. This matter has been gone over very nish the House with an estimate of the probable cost of com carefully in the interest of. the _District, and I do l_lOt q~ite pleting the improvement of Saugatuck Harbor, Michigan; in -see the point. the Senat?r-ls trymg to make. .The mtent10n which it requested the concurrell:ce of the Senate. is to allow ra1iroads wh1ch can not now enter mto the heart of the city to use the tracks of the ~e?'opolitan 9ompany to NAVAL APPROPRIA~ION BILL. a cer tain extent under proper restrictions to be ~mposed by Mr. GORMAN submitted the following repork Cona ress as need arises. It is to prevent the use of other The committ;ea of. conf-erence on the disagree:ing votes of the two Houses st~ts that are being demanded b_y differen~ new COJ?Pa?-ies on the am:endments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 6748) making appropria here which .eventually, unless w_e do somethmg of thiS km. d, tions for the naval .service tor the fiscal year ending .June 30, 1895, and for other purposes, having met, after full a.nd free conference have agreed to will gridiron all the principal ·streets and avenues 0 f t h e m ty recommend and do recommend to their respective Honses as follows: of Washingt-on. That th~ Senate recede from tts-amendmentsnum.be1"ed 18, 27, 28, "2\l, 35, .and 37 Mr. MITCHELL of Oregon, ls it not .a f~t ~at the bill as it That the House recede from its d.iBa.greement to the amendments of tbe
came from the other .Rouse gave the Coms1onBrs full power 1 .sem.te numbered s, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 21., 22, 23. 2!, 25, .ao, 31, 32, 33, i;O compel t he company to permit the use of its tracks by any . and 35, and agree to the same. Other rail way .company in the District"? Is not that the effect of -Tha"t the House recede from its disagreen;tent to the amendment of the . . · Senate numbered 1, .and ~<>Tee to the same With an amenUm.ent as f-allows: the House proviSiOn? In lie11 or the matter .stricken ont by said amendmflnt insert the following: Mr McMILLAN. I think that is not a fair thing to do to the "'That all o:mcers who have been -appointed to any cmps of the Navy :after · service in a dl!rerent.br:mch of the Navy, shall have all the benefits o! their company· ? previous service in the same manner as ir s~id .appointments werfl a reentry Mr. MITCHELL of Oregon. Why.not. . mto the Navy.;" and the Senate agree to the same. :Mr. McMILLAN. Because, for instanee,· the Metropolitan That"the House-recede trom its disagreement to the 11,mendment of .the Company may adopt a certain kind of mechanical power and Sen-a.tenlliD:bered2,and.agrootothesamew1th an .am"tJnd.ment. as follow~: . h to b th · li ., li Strike -out lines 1, .2, 3, and 4, an1l down to and including the word "trea,tr they would not t h en want orses e run over e1r ne • ment " m line 5 o1 said amendment· and the Senate agr.ee to the same.. we want rapi-d transit we can not have it with horses and elec- TI'hat the Honse recede from its disagree~ell't to the amendment of tho trici ty apnlied to the same line Therefor-e we put in the amend- Sen~te numbered 4, and agree t.o the same Wltb an .all?-endment as follow~: .1:' • • a1 , d b · d In lme 1 of said amendment, .after the word "Navy," 1nsert the wo rO. s "1n ment ' 'where the natu1~ of the mechan1e powei use · Y sa1 his discretion.;" :and the senate agree to the sa.ttJ.-e. company will allow/' which I think is a very proper amendment. "That the House recede from its disa.greem~nt to the ame.ndment of the Mr MITCHELL of Oreo-on. It occu!'B to me that the word Senate numbered 7, : an~ agree to the ~ame With an a_mendment, as to~low:;;: . • • , • · 0 th ht to b In lieu of the matter mserted by sa1d amendment msert the followmg~ "coinCide W111 not serve e purpose soug · e accom- ''For paying Justin McCarthy, contractor for building the dxy dock a ~ 1>lished. Port~oyal, S. C., 1n full for loss :and damage caused by the cyclone or Au· Mr Mc1.,.ILLAN What would -the Senator SUP'.Q"est " to eon- gust Z1 and 28, 1893, as ascertained 'byt.bfl.Navy De:partmflllt, $18,521.42. " - ·., .~e J. • 0 = And the Senate -agree to the same. nect..?' That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the H r. MITCHELL of Oregon. I should strike .out 'the whole Senate numbered 8, and a.grfl€1"to the same with an -amem'tment, as follows: -nr-o vision if I had my wa-u a bout it and give the Commissioners In lieu of 'the matt;e! inserted by said amendment insert the following: r . ' .J n' th - «DrydockatAlgrers,La.: Foxthepur:poseofcompletlngthepurchase of the pree:rse power that the other ouse ,gave em, ana no more additional lands necessary for the establishmflnt o:f a dry dock at Algiers, -and no less. La., cost o1' advertising, plans and specifications fm·said dTy dock, all.d ex- Mr. McMILLAN. This is drawn with a gre-at deal ol care, pel?-oos of judicial pr_oce~~:ings instituted f?r the condemna-tiGn~f such ad- . k 't · · th 1 · t t f th· bll·:e ditwnallands, $23,02~.03. and I thm 1 lS 1n e rea m eres o :e pu · And r,he Senate agree to the same. Mr. :f\UTCHELL of Dregon. I fail to see the exact purpose That the Houserecedefromits disagree~mmt tothe amendment of the Sen· of the amendment ate numbered 15, and agree to the same With amendments as follows: In line ' ... h 3 of said amendment, after the word "namely," insert the following: ".l!'or Mr. COCKRELL. Leo us av-e a .vote. sealing all the walls to remove existing disease germs and fGr antiseptically The bill was reported to the Senate as amended. tinish:ing and painting thflm, Temoving rotten wooden floors and replacing The PR!i.'SIDENT pt·o temporo. The auestion is on concurring them by tile with slate sid:ings imJ?ervi~us to moisture, s.cra:p~g a~d pain ~- • • r1 ·tt- . :f th Wh 1 ing all doors and woodwork, refittmg wmdows so as to be utillzed m ventl- lD. the amendments m-ade as m vommi ee 0 e 0 e. lation remodelli:ng cased wooden stairways .and renewing them with iron The amendments were concurred in. or other suitable material, i15,000; for construction of one ward of modern · sp~ce ~accommodate fifty Mr STEWART. I suagest0 to the Senator from NiichiD"an0 design of sumcient size and cubic air at _least i, · · , · • 1' 15 f ~ ti 5 It · th sick and wounded men, to be one story high Wlth suitable elevation and to that diStriCt court 1~ wz:ong 1n me . ~ s.ec. on · IS e be constructed of the same materi..al used for present hospital, $25,000;" and supreme court Df the D 1str10t that has Jur1Sd1ct10n. in line 14 of said amemimentstrike out" forty -four " and insert" sixty-n:ine; " M;. McMILLAN. I h ave no objection to the change, if it is anT~e~~~;r;,:~;~~~~~s disa!n'eement to the amendment of th-e a mistake. .L Senate numbered 19, and agree to the same with .an amendment as follows: Mr. STEWART. We should have a bet.,er .court. In line 8, page 24 of the bill, after the word "laboratory," insert th-e words Mr MciDLLAN. There is .no objection to that change. "r.nd department of instruction;" and the Senate agree to the same. . I ht t . be th t . f th n· That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the :Mr. HUNTON. t oug 0 e supreme eour o e IS· Senate numbered 20, an-d agree to the same with an amendment as follows: trict of Oclumbia. In lines 1 and 2 of said amendment strike out the word "temporarily;" and Mr. McMILLAN. I have no 'Objection to that :amendment. . It theSena.t~agreetothesame. . That the Rouse recede from its d.ISagreement to thfl a.mend.ment of the ought to b e c h anged · Senate numberfld 20, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: T_he PRESIDENT p1·o ternpo·re. The amendment will be In lieu of the matte? -stricken out by said amendment insert the following stated as a separate paragraph: ' . I ti 5 lin lw afte th d"th· " "ThateveryMemberorDelegateoiCongresswhosedistrietorTerritoryis The SECRETARY. n sec on , e o, · r e wor e, :now un-represented at the Nava.lAcademy by a cadet who is not an. actual strike out ''District" and insert "supreme,~' and after the word resident of the district shall be permi"tted on or before the 1st day of Sep " court" in the same line strike out "of the United States for tember, 1894, to reeomm-end a eanO.idate .for appointment a.s a cadet -at the . · f •C 1 . b' " d · · " f ... ,__ D' t · t ~ C Naval Academy~ and the Secretary o! the Navy shall nominate such eandi· the D.IStrlCt o · o um la an l.D.Sert 0 vu.e lS r1c OJ.. o- date for appointment to the Academy, subject to qualifications now pre· lumb1a;" so as to read: scribed by law. Snch·cadets, when appointed, to beJnaddiliionto thenum- If either party is dissatisfied with the co.m.pensatio.n tor ,such nse so fixed ber of cadets now allowed, an~ the sum of $5,500, or so much thereof as is by the Commissioners the compensation may be determined by the supreme nece~sary, is f?.ereby appropnated for the additional number of cadets court of the pistrict o'r. Columbia. · h~lJl t~""'!~~~~d~r~e to the same. The amendment was agreed to. That the House .recede from its disagreement to. Senate numbered 34, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: laid before the Senate the action of the House of Ropresenta In lieu of the amended paragraph insert the following: ·• Construction and steam macinery: On account of the.hulls a.nd outfits of tives-disagreeing to the amendments of the Senate to the bill Tessels and steam machinery of vessels heretofore or herein authorized, (H. R. 6937) making appropriations fo1· the Department of Ag 15 955 025 and !rom this amount there shall be paid all speed premiums upon riculture ~or the fiscal year ending June 30, 1895, and asking for new naval vessels earned previous to January 1, 1894, and which remain unpaid at this date, the amount of such speed premium in each case being a conference with t.he Senate on the disagreeing votes of the according to the official report in the trial or each vessel approved by_the ·two Houses thereon. Se0retary of the Navy." • Mr. CALL. I move that the Senate insist upon its amend And the Senate agree to the same. A. P. GORUAN, ments, disagreed to by the Rouse of Representatives, and ac JOSEPH C. S. BLACKBURN, cede to the request of the Ho-A;e for a conference on the dis EUGENE HALE, agreeing votes of the two Houses thereon. .Manage1·s on the part oj the Smate. The motion was agreed to. AMOS J. CUMMINGS, J. A. GEISSENHAINER, By unanimous consent, the Presiding Officer was authorized Manage1·s on the part of the House. to appoint the conferees on the part of the Senate, and Mr. Mr. MANDERSON. There were a gre::ttmanypoints of disa CALL, Mr. BRICE, and Mr. CULLOM were appointed. greement between the two Houses on the naval appropriation INDIAN APPROPRIATION BILL. bill. That is evident not only from the RECORD but from the Mr. CALL. I move that the Senate proceed to the considera conference report. Under the custom which obtains with refer i on of House bill6913, being the Indian appropriation bill. ence to conference reports, they might as well be written in t The motion was n.grced to; and the Senate, as in Committee Sanscrit as in the form which they assume when they come to of the Whole, proceeded to consider the bill (H. R. 6913) making the two Houses of Congress. It is utterly impossible to ascer appropriations for current and contingent ex:penses of the In tain from the reading of a conference report, or even from its dian Department, and fulfilling treaty stipulatiOns with various examination after it has been printed, what havJ} been the agree Indian tribes for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1895, and for ments or the disagreements between the two Houses. other purposes, which had been reported from the Committee I hope the Senator from Maryland [Mr. GORMAN], who of on Appropriations with amendments. course is entirely familiar with the bill, will explain to the Mr. CALL. I ask unanimous consent to dispense with the Senate what has been given away of the Senate's action in con fcr mal reading of the bill. ference andr what has been held to, and the main points of the The PRESIDENT p1·o tempore. Without objection the formal conference report, so that they may be understood. I know reading will be dispem:ed with and the bill will be read for ac particularly a matter that one of my colleagues in the House of tion upon the amendments reported by the Committee on Ap Representatives was particularly interested in, who came to me propriations as they may be reached in the reading. about it this morning, that is in reference to the appointment 'rhe Secretary proceeded to read the bill. . of cadets to the Naval Academy where there has been a failure The first amendment of the Committee on Appropriations to appoint from the Congressional district or someone has wa3, on page 1, line 9, before the word ''agents," to strike out been appointed from outside of the district. I am unable ~o "fifty-six" and insert " fifty-seven;" so as to make the chuse ascertain from hearing that report read what has been done m rca:i: that behalf. There are other matters of interest which I think For pay o! fifty-seven agents of India~ aflaira at the following-named ought to be explained, and I hope the Senator from Mal'yland agencies, at the rate respectively indicated will give us an explanation. · The amendment was agreed to. Mr. GORMAN. I can go over all the amendments in the bill The next amendment was, on page 7, line 7, after the word if the Senator desires: but I will answer the Senator in the mat ''agents," to strike out: ter to which he has just alluded as to the appointment of cadets And also provided, That the Pueblo and Jica.rilla Agency, New Mexico, is to the Naval Academy. The provision stands substantially as hereby abolished and consolidated with the Southern Ute Agency, Colorado. the bill came from the House in that respect, the Senate reced And in line 11, after the word "dollars," to strike out: ing :(rom the amendment off~red by the Senator's.colleag~e [¥r. And all provisions of law fixing compensation for IndilloD agents in excess ALLEN} l'equl.ring actual residence of two years m the d1strwt. of that herein provided are hereby repealed, and all o:tllces in the Indian Otherwise the prevision stands substantially as it came from the service not herein provided !or are hereby abolished. House. So as to make the clause read: As to the remainder·of the disa.greements, the first amend Providtd, That the foregoing appropriations shall not take etrect nor be ment was on page 2, which provided for the appointment of offi come available in any case for or during the time in which a.ny omcer of the Army of the United States shall be engaged in performance of the duties or cers who had been appointed to any corps of the Navy after Indian agent at any of the agencies above named: Provided, further, That serving in a different branch of the Navy, should have the ben the Commissioner of Indian Atrairs, with the approval of the Secretary or efits of their previous service in the same manner as if they had the Interior, ma.y devolve r.h~ duties or any Indian agency upon the super intendent or the Indian training school located at such agency, whenever in re2ntered the Navy. That provision the conferees of the Senate his judgment such superintendent can properly perform the duties of such receded from, as it only embraced eighteen officers. agency. And the superintendent upon whom such duties devolve shall give The remainder of the bill is substantially as it passed the bond as other Indian agents. Senate. The amendment was agreed to. The report was concurred in. , The next amendment was, on page 7, line 17, after the word HOUSE BILL REFERRED. "dollars," to insert "but no person employed by the United The bill (H. R. 4609) to esta.blish a uniform system of bank States and paid for any other service shall be paid for inter ruptcy was read twice by its title, and referred to the Commit preting;" so as to make the clause read: For the payment of necessary interureter.s, to be distributed in the discre· tee on the Judiciary. tion or the Secretary of the Interior, !flO,OOO; but no person emvloyed by the IMPROvEMENT OF SAUGA'l'UCK HARBOR, MICHIGAN. United States and paid for any other service shall be paid for mterpreting. The PRESIDENT p1·o ternpol'e laid before the Senate the fol The amendment was agreed to. lowing concurrent resolution from the House of Representa The next amendment was, at the top of p:lge 8, to insert: tives; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce. F'or pay of one superintendent o! Indian s::hools, $3,roo. Resolved lnJ the Rouse of Re]J1·esentatives (the Senate concurring), That the The amendment was agreed to. Secretary of War be requested to furnish the House with an estimate of the The next amendment was, on page 8, after line 2, to insert: probable cost of completing the improvement of Saugatuck Harbor, Michl· gan, und:3r the project of 1867, as modified in 186~ 1870, 1875, 188·~. a.nd the im For necessary traveling expenses o! one superint-endent of Indian scho:>ls, provements recommended in the report of the Chief o! Engineers !or the including telegraphing and incidental expenses or inspection and investi gation, $1,500: Provided, That he shall be allowed $3 per day for traveling year 1893. expenses when actually on duty in the field, exclusive of cost or transportar MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE. tion a.nd sleeping· car !are: .And provided, That he shall perform such othe! A message from the-House of Representatives, by Mr. T. 0. duties as may be imposed upon him by the Commissioner o! Indian Affairs, TOWLES, its Chief Clerk, announced that the House had disa subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior. greed to the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 6931) The amendment was agreed to. making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for The next amendment was, on page 8, after line 24, to insert: For the expenses of -the commission of citizens, serving without compen the fiscal year ending June 30,1895, asked a conference with the sation, appointed by the President under the provisions o! the fourth sec· Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, ap.d tion of the act of AprlllO, 1869, ~5.000. had appointed Mr. HATCH·, Mr. FORMAN, and Mr. WAUGH man The amendment was agreed to. agers at the conference on the part of the House. The next amendment was, on :p,age 15, line 15, after the words AGRICULTURAL APPROPRIATION BILL. '':Cor purposes of," to stl'ike out 'erection" and insert '' ed uca Mr. CALL. I ask the Chair to lay before the Senate the tion;" so as to make the clause read: action of the House of Representatives on the amendments of For 5 per cent interest on $200,000, for purpu.'les or education, per sixth the Senate to the agricultural appropriation bill. article of treaty of August 7, 1856, $10,000. · The PRESIDING OF.B'ICER (Mr. FAULKNER in the chair) The amendment was agreed to. 1894. CONGRESSION.&L RECORD-SENATE. ·7617 The next amendment was, on page 19, line 23, after the word The reading of the bill was resumed. The next amendment ''authorize," to strike out "in his discretion;" so as to make the of the Committee on Appropriations was, on page 30, after line proviso read: 15, to strike out: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to pay per For permanent annuity, for educational purposes, per fourth article of capita in cash to the Iowa Indians in Oklahoma the sum of :s24,000, appropri treaty of August 3, 1795, and third article of treaty of May 10, 1854, $1,(1()(). ated br ~he act of February 13, 1891 , as a. partial payment to them for !lertain The amendment was agreed to. lands in Oklahoma ceded to the United States, in lieu of expendrng the same for their benefit. The next amendment wa.s, on page 30, after line 19, to strike out: F or permanent annuity, in spo::ie, for e:lucational purposes, per fourth The amendment was agreed to. :>.rticle of treat-y or Sentembe...- 2!), 181 7, and third article of treaty of May 10, The next amendment was, on page 25, line 17, after the word 1854 , :J- ~ , 000 . • - 11 ninety-three," to strike out "and; " •in line 18, after the word The amendment 11 ..1 s ag;:·eed to. "ninety-four," to insert "and June thirtieth, 1895;" and on The next a mendment was, on page 30: after line 24, to strike out: page 26, line 3, before the word "cents," to strike out" four For interest, at 5 per cent, on ilLO,OO:>, for educational purposes, PQI' third thousand one hundred and sixty-two dollars and sixty" and in· l.',rt.icle of last named treaty, $2,000; in all, $5,000. - sert "six thousand two hundred and forty-three dollars and The amendment was agreed to. · - ninety;" so as to make the clause read: The next amendment was, on page 31, after line 2, to insert: POTTAWATOMIES OF INDIANA AND MICHIGAN, That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to For this amount due certain Pottawa.tomie Indians of Indiana and Mich· placa on the books of the Treasm·y Department, to the credit or the Chero 1gan, being their proportion ($2,081.30) or the perpetual annuities ($22,300) kee Nation of Indians, the sum of $!00,000, being the value or annuities of the due the Pottawatomie Nation under various treaties, for the years ending Shawnee Indians arising under their treaties of August 3, 17!!5, and May June 30, 1893, June 30, 18;14, and June 30, 1895, as ascertained by the judgment 10, 185!, transferred to the Cherokees by an agreement between the said of the Supreme Court ot the United States pronounced in the case of the tribes, dated June 7, 1869, under the provisions of article 16 of the treaty of Pottawa.tomie Indians of Michigan and Indiana against the United States, July 19, 1866, with the Cherokees, the said sum to be apportioned as follows, on the 17th day of April, 1893, and which annuities were not embraced in the namely: Cherokee national fund, $j(),OJO: Cherokee school fund, $35,000; JUdgment aforesaid, $6,243.00. Cherokee orphan fund, $15,000 ; interest on these several sums at the rate of 5 per cent per annum trom July 1, 1891, to be paid under the provisions of The amendment was agreed to. the act of April I, 1880. . . The next amendment was, on page 26, line 13, after the word 11 The amendment was agraad to. ninety-one," to strike out the following proviso: The next amendment was, on page 35, line 5,_after the word .PrO'Vided, That the restl"ictions in pa~ts issued to the Citizens' Band of Pottawatomies and Absentee Shawnee Indians over 21 years of age, are "that," to strike out ''this sum" and insert "the foregoing sum hereby waived subject to such rules and regulations as may be prescribed of $1,000,000;" so as to make the clause read: . by the Secretary of the Interior, with the approval of the President of the For subsistence of the Sioux ::md for purposes of their civilizatioil., as per United States, as to lands owned by them in severalty in Oklahoma, it be agreement ratified by act of Congress approved February 28. 1877,$1,000,000: ing understood tha ~ they shall only dispose of lands which they hold in ex Pt·ovi Mr. PLATT. It was impossible to· catch the meaning of the The next amendment was, on page 48,.line 20, after the word amendment from the reading of it. Will the Senator in charge "Arizona," to strike out" one thousand two hundred" and in of the bill please explain what is proposed by the amendment. sert': two thousand four hundred ancl twenty;" so as to make Mr. COCKRELL. There was the following provision inserted the clause read: by the Bouse of Representatives: For operating and rapail'ing'tllefiollr m111 a't'Plm:~. Agency, Arizona, $.~,4.20. Tl\at the Secretary of the Interior be, and be hereby is, authorized and di rected to negotiate and effect, if pr:wticable, an agreement With the Ogden The amendment was agreed to. Land Company, its successors or assigns, tor the surrender and relinquish The next amendment was. at the top o& page 49, to insert: ment to the United StJ.tes of all such right, title, and interest as it may be found to ha.ve in aud to any and all of the lands occupied by the Seneca Na For the erection ol a flour and saw mill at Shoshone Agency, Wyoming, tion of Indians in the State of New York. and to purchase machinery th~refor, 66,000. Mi~. PLATT. I am familiar with that matter. The amendment wag agreed to·. Mr. COCKRELL. '.rhe Ogden Land Company dates its exist The next amendment wa..s, on page 49, after line 14, to insert: ence back pt-iOl' to the Revolutionary war, or about that time. That all persons who are fu whole or in pari> of Indian bloot.l or descent Mr. PLATT. I understand all about the Og:.den Land Com Who are entitled to an allotment of land upon any Indian reservation under a.u.y law of Congress, or who claim to ba so entitled to land under any allot pany; but what is it that the amendment proposes to do? ment act or under any grant made by Congress, or who claim to have been Mr. COCKRELL. The amendment directs the Secretary of unlawfully den1ed or excluded from any u.Uotment or any parcel of land to the Interior to investigate the whole question as to the origin which he, she, or they claim to be lawfully entitled by virtue of any act or and the continued exi9tence of the Ogden Land Company, its Congress-, may commence and prosecute or defend any action, suit, or pro ceeding in relation to their right- thereto in the same-manner as ma.y1Je done membership, its capital in bonds and instock, and its contrncts by citizens ot the Unite · The PRESIDING OFFICER. That col'rection will be made, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The petitionswill be received in the absence of objection. The reading of the amendment and laid on the table, the bill having been reported~ will be continued. Mr. fJUAY. In pursuance of the suggestion from the Patri The Secretary continued the reading, as follows: otic Order of Sons of America in one of their councils, as well I I In the proper district courts of the United States, and sai.d district courts as of the memorials have presented, move that the further are hereby given jurisdiction to try antt determine any a.ct1on, suit, or pro consideration of this bill be postponed until two weeks from to ceeding arising within their respective jurisdictions, involving the rights o! day, in order that the patriotic ordm·s of the country may be any person, in whole or in part of Indian blood or desceut, to any allotment of land under any law or treaty; and .the judgment or decree or any such heard from. court in favor of any claimant to an allotment of land shall have the same Mr. COCKRELL. I hope the motion will not prevail, Mr. effeet. when properly certified to the Secretary ot the Interior, as it such al President. . . lotment ha.d been allowed and approved by him; but this provision shall not Mr. PLATT. It was my intention when we should reach the apply to any lands now held by either ot the five c.!.~d tribes. portion of the bill, which we shall come to prGtty soon, provid Mr. DOLPH. I wish to suggest that except in bankruptcy ing for denominational schools~ to make some inquiries with cases and in some other exceptional cases, the district courts reference to the policy oi the Government in that respect and are not given civil jurisdiction. Suits of this character are some observations on the subject. usually brought in the circuit court. The PRESIDING OFFICER.. The question is on the motion M:r. COCKRELL. It would be more appropriate to bring the submitted by the Senator from Pennsylvania, to postpone the suits in the district court in the beginning. This amendment consideration of the bill for two weeks from to-day. proposes to give express jurisdiction , and it was prepared by the Mr. QUAY. In order that the Patriotic Order of the Sons of Commissioner of Indian Affairs, so that there might be no ques· America may be heard from. That is part of the motion, and tion as to the place where the suits should be brought. on that I call for the yeas and nays. Mr. DOLPH. I think I am quite as familiar with the practice The yeas and nays were not ordered. in the United Str~tes courts as the Commissioner of Indian Af. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The questionis on the motion fairs. By this provision a question might be raised when there of the Senatol' from Pennsylvania. is an appeal in a civil case about where it. is to go, and all that The motion was not agreed to. sort of thing. The district judges serve as circuit judges, and The reading of the bill was resumed. try all the cases in the circuit court; but r think1 as a rule, it The next amendment of the Committee on Appropriations would ba better to make these cases triable in the circuit court was, on page 51, line 2, before the word " thousand,:" to strike as similar cases are. out'' twenty-five" and insert nforty;" so as to make the clause - Mr. COCKRELL. Very- well, let that go in. read: DOLPH. If there be no objection, let the word "district," Mr. For the service of not exceeding eight hundred and fifty prinl.tes, at $10.. where it occurs in the amendment, be changed to "circuit. t, per month each, and not exceeding seventy-five oftl.cers, at tii15 per month The PRESIDING OFFICER. The amendment will be each, of Indian police, to be employed in. maintaining order an.d prohibit sta.ted. ing illegal tram.c in liquors- on the severaJ.lndian reservations and within the TelTitory of Alaska, in the discretion of the Secretar~ of the Interior, The SECRETARY. It is proposed to stdke out the word "dig. for the purchase of equi.pmen.ts, and tor the purchase ot 1.-ations tor police- trict" where it occurs and insert the word "circuit;" so as-to men. atn.onration agencies, $140,000. _ read Hcircuit courts ol the United States." The amendment was agreed to. The amendment to the amendment was agreed to. The next amendment w~s, on page 51, after line 6, to insert: The amendment as amended was. agreed to. Telegraphing and purchase of Indian supplies: 'l'o pay the expense of pur· Mr. QUAY. Mr. President, I have a numbe1• of memorials chasing goods and supplies for the Indian service and pay of necessary em be::~ring upon this bill, which I have receivedinmym.a.il to-day, ployes; advertising, at rates not exceeding regular commercial rates, in and I ask the unanimous consent oi the Senate to present them spection. and allothe1· expenses.connected therewith, including telegraph· at this time. ing, $§,000. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the re The amendment was agreed to. _ quest of the Senator from Pennsylvania? The next amendment was, on page 51, line 17, before the wot•d Mr. CALL. No objection. "thousand/' to si.rike out "fifty-seven" and insert "seventy The PRESIDL~G OFFICER. The Chair hears no obiection, :fi.ve;n so as to make the clause read: and the memorials will be received. ' For this amount, for necessary expenses of transportation of such goods, Mr. QUAY. Mr. President, I will state that these memo provisions, and other articles for the various tribes of Indians provided for rials, I UDderstand, originated with the Patriotic Order of Sons by this act, including pay and expenses of transportation agents and rent of America and affiliated organizations. The one I have in my of warehouse&, ~,000. hand is from citizens of Clinton County, Pa.. The first signers The amendment was agreed to. I notice are the superintendent oi the public school& of that The next amendment was, on page-51, line 22, before the word county and the ex-superintendent. "thousand,'~ to strike out "twenty a and insert" sixty; nand in The memorialists state that they remonstrate against the vio- 1 the same line, after the word " dollars," to insert '' of which lation or the American pl'inciple of "separation of church and amount $35,000 shall be expended in South Dakota.; " so as to state," which is involved in making appropriations for or con· make the clause read: tracts with· agents of sectarian institutions for Indian educa- For survey and subdivision ot Indian reservations, and. of lands to be al· tion. _ lotted to Indians., and to make allotments in severalty, to be expended by They emphatically protest against the passage in its present the Commissioner of Indian Ai!airs under the direction o1 the Secretary of form of the pending Indian appropriation bill, as that bill speci:fi- ~~~~tenor, $60,000, of which.amount $B5,000 shall ~e expended in Sou.th Da- cally appropriates Government moneys for various sectarian schools or undertakings, and permits the Indian Department to T.he amendment was agreed to~ contract with others. Therefore, upon the bill itself, and par- The next amendment was, on page 51, after line 23, to insert: ticularly upon the provisions referred to, they ask that a yea- For surveying lands in the Indian Territory, known as those of the Five and-nay vote may be taken, beiieving that the citizens of the Civilized Tribes, in conformity to the laws applicable to the public domain, $5,000; and any unexpended balance of the sum of $25,000 appropriated by country have the right to know what Senators favor this class section15 of the Indian appropriation act approved March 3, 1893, is hereby of education for the nation's wards. made available and may be applied to the same purpose. They call the attention of the Senate very particularly to the The amendment was agreed to. resolutions of various church societies in opposition to the bill, The next amendment was, on page 52, after line 6, to in- and petition us to change the pending bill by adopting an sert: amendment similar to the one offered by Representative GEAR, To enable the Secretary of the Interior, in his disC1·etion, to negotiate which, in substance, provides for a system of Government through Indian inspectors of his Department with any Indians for the sur schools for advancing education among the Indians on the basis render of portions of their respective reservations, any agreement thus ne of the American free-school system, and the memorialists ask gotiated being subject to subsequent ratification by Congress, $5,000. the influence and votes of the Senate for "the Government The amendment was agreed to. schools only." The next amendment was, on page 52, after line. 11, to in- In addition to this memorial of L. M. Patterson and 60 others, sert: · of Clinton County, Pa., I also present the memorials of E. C. For the purpose of conducting negotiations with the Shoshone and Arap Miller and 51 others, ofHoutzdale, Pa.; of W. F. Werley and 25 aho Indians for the sale and relinquishment of certain portions of their others, of Lehigh County, Pa.; of E. F. Becker and 58 others, of reservation in the State of Wyoming to the United States, $2,000; and the Secreta.1:7 of the Interior shall detail immediately one or more of the five Lancaster, Pa., and of Rev. J. M. Spangler and 52 others, or Indian inspectors to make an agreement with said Indians: Provided, That Cambria County, Pa., all remonstrating against the present any agreement entered into for said lands shall be ratified by Congress be· system of sectarian Indian education receiving governmental fore it shall become binding. aid. The a.m.endment wa.s agreed to. 7620 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-. SENATE. JULY 18, The next amendment was, on page 54, line 5, after the word some portion of it is to be used for the support of what are known " ninety," to insert: as contract schools? And an additional sum or 13,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, Mr. CALL. The amendment, I understand, includes what are w reimburse such or the fifteen other settlers whose claims are held tor known as contract schools also. further proof, in such amounts as may be :round justly due them by the Sec Mr. PLATT. The Senator from Pennsylvania [Mr. QUAY] a retary or the Interior. few moments ago presented a memorial from citizens of Penn So as to make the clause read: I sylvania, the object of which is to remonstrate against the ap To enable the Secretary or the Interior to carry out the provisions or an propriation of money by the Government for denominational act ot Congress approved October 1, 1890 providing :tor the assessment ot schools for Indian pupils. damages resulting to nine hundred and Iorty-four1 settlers who went upon the Crow Creek and Winnebago Indian Reservation, in the now State ot South 1 have a similar memorial from citizens of Middletown, Conn., Dakota, between the .27th day ot February, 1885, and the 17th day of April, numerously signed, protesting against appropriations to secta 1885, and who were afterwards removed therefrom by the Government, the rian schools for the education of Indians, which 1 present at this sum or $116,119.19, said sum being the:amount :round due after careful exami nation by the Secretary ot the Interior and recommended br. him for pay time and ask that it lie on the table. ment in pursuance or said act ot October 1, 1890, and an additional sum ot The PRES! DING OFFICER. The memorial will lie on the 13,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary. to reimburse such ot the fit· table. teen other settlers whose claims are held toriturther proof, in such amouuts as may bE: found justly due them by the Secretary of the Interior. Mr. PLATT. In reference to this matter, I desire to say that I am, and have been for a number of years, entirely 9pposed to The amendment was agreed to. appropriating money for the support of denominational Indian The next amendment was, on page 55, line 5, after the word schools. I had hoped that the policy of having all our Indian "dollars," to strike out "the same to be immediately avail schools Government schools was to prevail, and that the num able;" so as to make the clause read: ber of Indian pupils in attendance upon denominational schools For the purpose or continuing and completing the appraisal ot improve would bs reduced as rapidly as possible. It is practically im ments of intl'Uders in the Cherokee Nation under the provisions or the act possible in an appropriation bill to reduce the appropriation for of March 3, 1893, 14,996. the purpose of carrying on these schools. To refuse to appro The amendment was agreed to. priate money in the pending bill for the denominational school~ The next amendment was, on page 56, after line 15, to insert: is to have the education of about one-third', more or less, of the Indian pupils of the United States stopped at once, without any 'l'ha.t the Secretary of the Treasury b~. and he hereby is, authorized to al· low to Eugene E. White1. of Prescott, Ark., late a special United States In· provision being made by the Government for their educa dian agent, a. credit ot ~165 on his two cash accounts, one for the quarter tion. ending December 31, 1887, and the other tor the quarter ending March 31, There has been some reduction in the appropriations for de 1888, and out of said amount to pay him the sum ot ~9.49, which is hereby appropriated. nominational schools. I am unable to ascertain from the bill, and I think none of the appropriation acts afford that informa- The amendment was agreed to. tion exactly, how much money is to be expended by the Govern The next amendment was, on page 56, after line, 24, to insert: ment in any one year for the denominational schools, becg,use To provide for the expenses o! the five commissioners appointed to take there is a lump sum ol $1,000,000 for the support of the Govern a census of the Old Settlers Cherokees, $5,000, the same to be deducted from ment schools, and a portion of that amount is used to support the amount awarded to said Indians by judgment of the Court of Claims, dated June 6, 1893, and reimbursed to the United States. the denominational schools. Certain denominational schools are provided for specifically in the bill, and I understand other The amendment was agreed to. denominational schools are provided for from the appropriation The ·next amendment was, on page 57, after line 6, to strike of a million dollars, as the Commissioner of Indian Affairs may out: make con tracts. For support of Indian day and industl'ial schools and the erection andre The amount paid for denominational schools rea-ched its high pair of school buildings on Indian reservations, and tor other educational purposes not hereinafter provided tor, including the par or the superintend est point in 1892, w.ben it was $611,570. In 1893 it fell to $533,- ent of Indian schools the salary of $2,500 with travelmg expenses as pre 241, and in the fiscal year which expired on the 30th of June scribed by the Secretary of the Interior, and pay of draftsman to be employed last it wa.s $512,435. Whether a further reduction is contem in the office of the Commissioner ot Indian Mairs, $1,070,000, $20,000 of which may be used tor the purchase of horses, cattle, sheep, goats, and swine, and plated for the present fiscal year I am unable to discover from poultry, for schools, and $20,000 for the transportation of pupils to and from the appropriations in the pending bill. There is a table in the Indian schools. . report of the Commissioner of Indian Afiairs showing the ex penditure for this purpose from 1887 to 1894, inclusive, which I And insert: will ask may be inserted in the RECORD as a part of my re· For support of Indian day and industrial schools and tor other educa tional purposes not hereinafter provided for, including pay of draftsman marks. to be employed in the omce of the Commissioner ot Indian Mairs, a\1,000,000, The Methodists, Presbyterians, Episcopaiians, and Congrega of which amount the Secretary of the Interior may in his discretion use tionalists have heretofore taken some official action declaring 15,000 tor the education of Indians in Alaska; tor the erection and repair of school buildings on Indian reservations, $40,000; tor the purchase of horses, that they will cease to t!l.ke aid from the Government in con cattle, she~p. goats, swine, and poultry, tor schools, $20,000; for collecting ducting the Indian schools carried on under their supervision. and transporting pupils to and from Indian schools, and also tor the trans This ha.s partially gone into effect. The Methodist denomina portation of Inafa.n pupils from all the Indian schools, except Carlisle, and placing or them, with the consent of their parents, under the care and tion drew out, if I may use that expression, in 1892, and the control of such suitable white families a.s may in all respects be qualified, Episcopal Church reduced the amount received from Govern to give such pupils moral, industrial, and educational training under ar· ment from $291910 in 1891 to $7,020 in 1894, gradually withdraw ra.ugements in which their propsr care, support, and education shall be in ing from the work. The attendance of pupils at Government exchange tor their labor, l33,000; in all, $1,09.,,000. schools and at contract schools is shown in table 1 of the report Mr. PLATT. I should like to inquire whether the lump sum of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and I ask that it may bo of $1,095,000isfor the support of Government schools, or whether inserted in my remarks. .Amounts set apart for various t•eligious bodies for Indian educationfo1' each of thejiscal years 1887 to 1894, inclusive. 1887. 1888. 1889. 1890. 1891. 1892. 1893. 1894. RomanCatholic ...... _...... $194,635 :0221,169 $347,672 ~,957 $383,349 ~4,756 $375,845 $378,345 ~lrJ::s~~i======:======Alaska Training SchooL...... ~Jtg4,175 ~~:! 4,175 ...... r.;m ····-········----~~~- ·-··········-----~~~- ...... -----~~!~. -----~~~------~:-~ . EpiscopaL ...... ···-··-·····...... 1, 890 3, 690 IS, 700 24,876 29,910 23,220 4, 860 7, 020 Friends...... 27,845 14 460 23,383 23,383, 24,7!3 24,743 10,020 10,020 Mennonite.··············-· ..... ······-·------.. ··--······ 3, 3~0 2:500 3,125 4,375 4, 376 4, 375 3, 750 3, 75:> ~x3~~~:~~-~~1-~~~~== ~~~~~~::::~~~~::=::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::: ~: ~~ ·····-5; 460- ·- ····5; 460- ·· ···-5;400· ···- ··5; 400· ······ s; 4oo· ·· ··--5; 4oo· -- ···- -5;4oo Lutheran, Wittenberg, Wis ...... ···--·------1,350 4,050 7,560 9,180 16, 200 15,120 15,120 Methodist ...... : ...... ------2,725 9,940 0,700 13,980 ·····-······ ...... ID':s }Io~'a~J'~~~::.: :::::·.:::::: :::: ~~======~= :::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::: :::::::::::: -·- ··· .. 275· ···· ·---eoo· ·· ----i; ooo· ···- ··2: ooo· t g: :C: ···· ···a;ooo Appropriation for Lincoln Institution...... 33,400 aa, 400 33,400 33,400 33,400 1!3, 400 33,400 S3,400 Appropriation for Hampton Institute------· ------20,040 20,040 20,040 20,0!0 20,040 20,040 20,040 20,0.10 TotaL.···------···------·--· ----a6~-a:ro,-i4 529,905 1 !:6!,640 I 570,218 611,570 533,241 \ 512,435 *Discontinued. t This contract was made in 1892 with the Board of Home Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church. As that organization di~ not wish to make any contracts tor 1893, the contract was renewed with Mrs. Daggett. ~------~-- ~ 1894. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 762'1 En.;ollment and average attendance at Indian s~hoots, 1887 t~ 1893. Mr. ·PLATT. The difficulty about it is that all these schools ENROLLED. are in operation, the children are attending them, and the build ings in many instances are owned by the denominations. The Kind of school. 1887. 1888. 1889. 1890. 1891. 1892. 1893. Government has no buildings at the places where the schools ------·1------are conducted, and to cut off the appropriations suddenly would Government schools: simply prevent the education of the children whoarenowbeing Training and boarding._ 6, 847 6, 998 6, 797 7, 236 8, 572 9, 634 11,126 educated in the contract schools. It will break up the schools Day ______------3,115 3, 175 2, 863 2, 963 2, 877 3, 481 __ 3, 589 until such a time as the Government can establish schools to take charge of the children who are now being educated in the Total------9,962 10,173 9,660 10,199 11,449 13,115 14,715 ------contract schools. Contract schools; That is the difficulty. If it were not for that I should be in ~~;r~~~~~~=~~~~~=~~~~=~~ r:~ r:~~ i:~ !:~ 4,: 4,~ 4,~~ favor of a provision that from this moment the contra~t-school Boarding, specially ap- ~J' · ' system should be abolished, and the entire education of Indian proprla.ted for ...... -i1\n-~- 679 ~ 1,309 1,344 _,_3_1 27 children carried on by the Government. But in thinking about this matt-er and considering it, as we have considered it, it does Total------4,371 1 5, 039 6,124 6,178 6,477 6,445 6,125 not seem practicable to discontinue the practice by a provision Public day schools ______------190 202 upon an appropriation bill when the system is in·operation, and ldission schools not assisted by Government; board- when it must either be appropriated for or the education of the ing and day pupils ... ____ ------.. ----· ------157 75 children cease. It depends largely upon the Commissioner of Indian Affairs . Aggregate ______14,333 15,212 15,784 16,377 1i,~Z:: ~~~~( 2},Mb whether the policy shall be restricted. He has a certain sum of Increase------·----- , , , money t-o expend for the education of children, not specially pro vided for in the act, and a portion of th~t sum goes to support .A VER.AGE A TTEND.ANCE. contract schools which are not specifically provided for in the act. The Commissioner can gradually withdraw these con tracts, and I believe the sentiment of the country, the sentiment Governmentschools:'!'raining and boarding .. 5,276 5,533 5,212 I5 , 644 I6,749 I7,622 I 9,058 Day ______1, 896 1, 929 1, 744 1, 780 1, 661 2, OBi 2, 165 of all denominations of Christians, is against continuing the sys tem of schools carried on bv the denominations. I think it is a TotaL ______------7,172 7,462 6,956 J 7,424J 8,410_1 9,709=, -11,233 great mistake that they were ever instituted at all. Contract schools: Mr. QUAY. Mr. President, in connection with the general Boa.rdii~g _---~ ______------2, 258 2, 694 3, 213 3, 384 3, 50-t 3, 585 3, 449 subject !.send to the desk and ask t-o have read a communica Day ______------· _____ 00! 786 662 587 502 473 342 tion to me from the officers of the Women's National Indian Boarding, specially ap- propriated for------486 478 721 837 1, 172 1, 201 1,113 Association and the Universal Peace Union. T.he PRESIDING OFFICER. The Secretary will read as TotaL ______3,348-, 3,958 4,596 j 4,803 5,178 15,262 1 4,901 requested, if there be no objection. - The Secretary read as follows: ~".!i~.:':lh~~~... ,, • ..,-.- ==== nnn-l. nnn rn--: 1 105 1~ 1823 ARCH ST., PHILADELPHIA, J-une 7, 189#. by Government------.:.:..:.:.:..:..:.:..:.:.:..:.------.:.:..:.:.:..:.~~ DEAR Sm: The Uninrsal Peace Union having examined the Indian ap propriations bill reported in the House of Representatives April 30, earn estly requests that you will present in the United States Senate the urgent ~re~=~======~~== ~~·-~~- ~~·-~- ~~:~~- ~ ~~:~- 1~:~ l tr:~~~ 1 1~:m protest of this Union against the propose-1 reduction, by !70,000, of the amount for day and industrial schools named as necessary by the honor able Secretary of the Interior, and also against the reduction by, $150,000, of This table shows that the highest number enrol-led in contract the approp!"iation neededJor the current Jiscal year, as well as against the schools was, in 1891, 6,477, while in 1893 it had fallen off about clauses hampering the use of educational funds when appropriated: . 350, .to 6,125. In the mea!ltime the enrollment in the Govern We also protest against the reduction, by $16,000, of the appropriation for ment schools was rapidly increasing, having increased from the Carlisle Indian School, and against the diminution of the total sum for all Indian schools, by over ~15,000, or more than ~1/lOO les3 than the amount 11,449 in 1891 to 14,715 in 1893. · named as necessary by the Secretary of the Interior. · I fully sympathize not only with the sentiment which seams All these reductions would, we know fr•Jm long observation of the needs of the Indian service, be disastrous to Indian education and civilization, and to be extending in the country that the Government should not . therefore this society, with Us wide membership and world-wide influence, aid denominational Indian schools, but in the wider sentiment as well as the many societies included in y01.1r. own constituency, will be that the Government ought not to appropriate money for any grateful to you for your infi!lence, efforts, and vote against these proposed institutions which are carried on by sects or denominations, reductions: · . Seco:nd. Permit us, sir, ~n the other hand, to ask you to present an ex especially with regard to the teaching of Indians. I do not pression of our profound gratitude that our Government seven years ago by think there ought to be two systems. legislation pledged itself to the policy of Indian education and civilization, I and this in order to fit our Indian tribes for the radical and permanent econ believe that the Government system is the right system, and omy of self-support and United States citizenship, and to say that it is be that all the Indian schools ought to be Government schools. I cause such a policy is the only economical one that we should regard the do not believe that the contract schools by the different de above proposed reductions, if granted, as in effect a criminal extravagance. 'l'hird. We beg you, sir, to say for us, in view of the true national econ nominations have been of the service in the education of Indian omy ot Indian industrial education and its resulting self-support, that, in children that the Government schools have been. It raises stead of a diminution of Indian appropriations, we would urge the small jealousy between the denominations, and more or less the dif increase needed to provide schools for all Indians of school age, and that we ferent religious denomina~ions seek to inculcate religious truths emphatically urge adequate provision for the retention of all the in.spe·ctors, superintendents. and field matrons, and for the continuance of all the facil according to their idea of what religious truth is. ities now employed for India.~ civilization and education, not one of which Now, in Alaska, for instance, where we are carrying on edu is yet more than a1equate; arid, lastly, that there ma.y be the usual appro cation, I think the education is conducted among and by eight priation for the expenses of the Board of Indian Commissioners, whose vigilance and uncompensated services have saved t-o our Government many different denominations, and there is continual jealousy and hundreds of thousands of dollars, many antagonisms, and been so import bickering among them. All this must have its effect upon the ant and inexpensive a factor in Indian progress. practicability and the effici:mcy of the education of the Indian We are, sir, for the Universal Peace Union, Yours, respectfully, children. I know of no reason why the Government should not AMELIA S. QUINTON, educate all the children, if it educates any, and I hope and have Pre$ident Women's National Indian Association. hoped that the policy 9f denoming,tional schools might c3ase. THOMAS J. WillTNEY, Vice-President Universal Peace Union. The matter has been discussed in the Senate before. I think FRANK E. CARSON, we h g,ve had assuranc3s here, and indeed from the Indian Com &cretary Universal Peace Union, Committee. missioners, that the denominational schools should as rapidly as Hon. M.S. QUAY, Unitet:l states Senato1·. possible be done away with and Government schools substituted Mr. PLATT. I should like to ask the Senator in charge of in their place. Practically, it is impossible to do away with the the bill whether it is true, as stated in the communication which contract schools all at once without serious injury_to the children has just been read, that there has been a serious reduction in tlie who are being educated in them, but the policy of doing away amount of money to be appropriated for Indian education. with them ought to be adopted by Congress, and they should Mr. CALL. There has been a reduction, but I am not pre gradually be ab:tndoned. pared to state the tohl amount of the reduction. There has "Mr. GALLINGER. Perhaps the remark made bv the Sen been a reduction in special cases where it is believed, according ator from Connecticut a m_oment agqanswers the question I rose to the statements of the Commissioner and the other evidence to propound. I wish to ask the Senator from Connecticut if before "the committee, that the schools are not well at_tendeC:l, there is any substantial reason why we might not provide that and that the expenditure is not required to the full extent•of no part of the appropriation of $1,000,000 should be used for de former appropriations. There are special reasons in each case nomina.tional schools. Would such a proviso attached to ·the which would have to be investigated beforean.vconclusion would appropriation work hardship or conflict with contracts now be arrived at with regard to th'-3 correc tness of that st9.tement. ma{le~ There have been reductions all along the line, 1Jut as to the 7622 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. JULY 18, schools, it has generally been in cases where there has been a With regard to the appropriation for the Carlisle school1 that nonattendance of pupils and the establishment of other schools, is a proper subject of inquiry here. The chairman of the Com which, in the opinion of the Commissioner and the committee, mittee on Appropriations will explain the reasons why the com render larger appropriations unnecessary. mittee acted as it did in this particular instance. I wish to say Mr. PLATT. The communication from the president of the a word in reference to the sectarian schools, as they are denom Women's National Indian Association and the vice-president inated. and the secretary of the Universal Peace Union makes the state Mr. PLATT. May I inquire a little further about the Car ment that the diminution of the total sum for all Indian schools lisle school? I can not understand that. The appropriation for is $315,000, or more than $231,000less than the amount named as the. Carlisle school has been cut down. The committee reports necessary by the Secretary of the Interior. It would hardly ~n mcrease of $5,000. The item in last year's appropriation act seem that a reduction of $315,000 less tha.n the amount appro IS as follows: priated last year for Indian education could be accounted for by For support of Indian industrial school at Carlisle, Pa., at not exceed diminution of appropriations in cases of schools where there ing $167 for each pupil, for transportation of pupils to and from Carlisle school, and for the repair of buildings, $105,000; with additional pay of mili has been a nonattendance of scholars. tary officer acting as superintendent, $1,000: Provided, 'l'ha.t not more than The pupils in Government schools increased in 1891, 1,549; in ~.ooo or this amount shall be used in repairing buildings: And providecl in 1892 over 1891, 1,981; in 1893 over 1892, J ,210. We have not fu1·tller, That no more Indian children shall enter and be educated and sup ported at said school who have not attended some other school for a period the figures for 1894. But these figures show that there has been of at least three years; in all, $106,000. a gradual increase of Indian scholars, and I do not think there ought to be such a reduction. The item on page 60 of the bill reads as follows: For support of Indian industrial school at Carlisle, Pa., at not exceeding Mr. HAWLEY. Is the appropriation of $1,095,000 made in &167 for eaeh pupil, for transportation of pupils to and from Carlisle school, the bill $231,000 less than was given last year? and for the repair of buildings, 3105,000; for additional pay of military offi Mt>. PLATT. No; less than the amount recommended by the cer acting as superintendent, $1,000; in all, $106,000. Secretary of the Interior. ~o I do not see why the appropriation is not precisely the same Mr. HAWLEY. It is $231,000 less than the amount named by as It was last year. the Secrets.ry of the Interior. · Mr. CALL. It is. There was no reduction for the Carlisle Mr. President, speaking frankly, I do not believe that such school. a reduction is necessary. I do not believe it is justified by Mr. QUAY. Will the Senator from Florida in charg~ of the the circumstances. With the report of an increase in attend bill state what was the estimate for the present year for the ance and the general protest of the people who make a special Carlisle school? What was the amount recommended by the study of the matter of Indian education and Indian progress Secretary of the Interior and the Commissioner of Indian Af against it, I think we ought to have some fair explanation as to fairs? why the Secretary of the Interior is cut down $231,000. He is Mr. COCKRELL. I will read the estimate: not to be charged with any undue sentimentality. It is not a Support of Indian schools, $1,000,000; transportation, $10,000; superinten mere fancy on his part that he recommends this sum of money.· dent, $1,000; repairs, !5,000; $116,000. It is to be supposed that this Administration selects a specially Mr. PLATT. It was then cut down $10,000 from the esti capable man. mate? Me. PLATT. The Secretary of the Interior cut down the Mr. CALL. Yes, from the estimate. amount $75,000. Some question was made here in regard to the appropriations Mr. HAWLEY. The Commissioner of Indian Affairs is a ca in the bill, as there always is1 for what is termed denominational pable man, and knows what he is about. As my colleague sug schools. The committee had before it the protests of different .gests to me, after the Secretary has cut down the appropriation denominations and associations from various -portions of the $75,000, then the committee cuts it down $231,000. country against any appropriations for what the memorialists Now, one of their red'uctions is in the. appropriation for the term denominational or sectarian schools. The present Com Carlisle school. That is one of the schools which are a credit missioner of Indian Affairs, as well as the former Commissioners, to American civilization. Capt. Pratt is like the law Gen. Arm have endeavored to prevent.any increase in appropriations for strong, of Hampton, a man marvelously fitted for that kind of what are termed denominational schools. The policy of the work. While he is full of what you may choose to call a senti Government does not recognize different religious sects, and the mental enthusia.sm upon this matter as Armstrong was, yet, like policy of the administration of the Indian Department has been Armstrong, he isemphatically a man of what in common par to malre no recommendation of appropriations for different de lanes is called horse sense. He is not wasting any money. He nominations. is making a profound impression upon a large body of Indian These appropriations are not to sectarian or denominational youths, who go back to their homes, and if 10 per cent of them schonls, but according to the estimate and the report o! the Com go to the devil after they go home the money is still wei~ in missioner there have been schools throughout the country es vested. tablished by citizens of the United States out of their own means, I think it is a shame for the American people to go backward in different portions of the Indian Territory. They aro chari openly by a legislative decree in this splendid work. These table associations, and in the absence of an adequate provision people are our wards. We have done a great deal of foolish on the part of the yovernment and for the purpoee, I suppose, work in endeavoring to take care of them; but we happen to of avoiding the very greatly increased expense of assuming the have been on the right track in this matter, and I am sure that entire burden of education, and to encourage by the policy of the Democraticpartywill make nothing in the estimation of the the Government these charitable efforts, contracts have bee,n morality and Christian civilization of this country by cutting made not with denominations, not with any particular form of down the Carlisle school, or by refusing to give the Secretary religious belief, but with citizens of the United States, made in of the Interior by $231,000 as much as he wants after he has re former Administrations and continued down frgm one Adminis duced his recommendation $75,000. tration to another. Ml'. CALL. Mr. President, it is obviously impossible to form No adequate provision being made for the education or the en any intelligent judgment of the correctness of the action of the tire body of the Indians, I presume it was found best) as was committee in this respect without examining each individual stated by the· Senator from Connecticut1 not to discontinue ab case. Whether a specific sum of money should be appropriat-ed ruptly the appropriations where charitable institutions of any to a particular school depends upon the efficiency of that school, kind undertake to take care of the Indian children but to pro upon the number of pupils now and prospectively in the imme vide an education for them without any knowledge, or any in diate future to be there, and it depends upon other schools. The quiry, or any reference to whether it was an Episcopalian, or a various circumstances connected with each school will vary the Methodist, or a Baptist, or a Catholic institution. Dealing with appropriation from year to year. So in the large number of it as an agency offering to educate these children as citizens of schools for which this appropriation is made it is impossible to the United States associated for these charitable purposes, and judge of the reasons whiCh actuated a majority of the committee not looking into the question whether they are of one form of without going to each particular school and considering the cir religious belief or of any fo1·m of religious belief, the law au cumstances attending it. thorizes the Secretary of the Interior and the Commissioner to The committee, however, acted upon the idea that t.he smallest make contracts for the education of these children. amount of money which was capable of being used efficiently Under this theory the schools were established; the preaent was the proper sum to appropriate in each case. It is obvious Administration finds they are in operation just as they were be· that unless we choose to go through the ·whole of the items, fore; and in the absence or any other provision andin the inter whether the aggregate amount shall be ascertained to be the est of economy it has been thought proper that these contracts correct amount or whether the estimate was the correct amount, shall be ma.de to do what? To carry out the existing contl'acts that was the judgment of the committee .as to each particular which rest upon the pledged faith of the Government more cr . school making up the aggregate amount! which was reduced. less . t 1894. . CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. __ 7623 Indialli.l the same things that they are taught at Carlisle. But, because it is This I understand to be the justification of these a.ppl·opria suPl_)Or ted by the American Missionary Associa.tion. it seamed to be sharing tions. The Government has contributed to. establish these the position of. Government patronage. So far as I lmow, I may be wrong. schools not in money but by appro-priating certain sums o! mo-:r;tey I am afnl.id that to one body of this country quite as much money, and perha.ps more, is being given as at an·y period of the history of the Govern to pay for the education of these children. They are m exls~ ment. If that is so, it ought n ot so to be. i know not what there m ay be in. ence and there is no adequate provision, and can not be, unt1l the t uture, but I do know this, that if we know how to work and wait, if some svstem shall be adopted looking into the future and taking we know how to sow the seed and be-lieve God will give the harvest, there is n (} quesnon allout the future. And, when you get over to that country effect in the future by which ii it is possible to do so you can pro where you are going to meet those loved ones and see your beloved Master, hibit these denominational institutions from their voluntary use there will ba no conlfort g1·eater than. to meet some one you have helped oi their own money going into those sections o.f the country and heavenward, homeward. Happy is t.be man or the woman that could have written over her grave the epitaph which I once readin the Basque Province educating the Indian children. of France; "Here lies Estelle, who. having spent her for tun.e in works of I find in·the report of the Superintendent of Indian Schools charity and love, Which she sent before her to Heaven, h.a.s now gone there the following: to enjny them.. '' In a previous annual reporb I said it was my opinion. that as a whole the Government schools were the best, in respect to real scholarship. T.!Wre That, I t~ is the explanation oi this appropriation. Schools are some very excellent contract schools, conducted by Presbyterians have been contracted f.or under an established policy of the Episcopalians, Roman Catholics, and Congregationalists; but none ot th em Government, having no kind of r eferance to any form of re are quite equ.1.l to the best GoveJ.:llm.ent schools, though a few are not much behind. It is safe to say- that the gffll.era.l average of the Government ligious belie!, not contracts with E piscopalians, nor with Pres schools is above the general average of the contract sc)'l?Ols. . byterians, nor with Congregation&ists, nor Catholics-, but con I have little sympa;thy with the complaint that" religious exerel.Ses take tract_, with any kind of association of character, and conducted too much time in the contract schools," and that in. the Roman C athollc schools "about all the children lea.rnar& prayers, the catechism. a.ud a little by m'en capable o! educating thes e people, to educate such a fancy work." I have h eard this charged ad rw:useam. In a f~w cases the number of these people as from year to year they may under cha1·ge has been justified by the facts; but in almost aJl cases. 1f I may ac take to take care of; but in no ca-sa where- there was- adequate cept t he statements made t G me, .bu:t little time in S{lhool hours _is occupied and in With such·ex ercises, particulaa-ly with tlia catechiSm. In a few i.Ils.tan.ces, I eduea..tion, no case now where-there are adequate oppor have found occas-ion to object to the amount or time devoted to the cate tunities for education in Gove-rnment schools do I und-e1·stm1u chlsm, an National Government is not only wrong in principle, but in violation of both lbe letter and spirit of the Constitution of the United States: Therefore, And they refer to the public schools- Re1olved, 'l'hat this General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church .* * * which the Democratic party has cherished from their foundation, nquests the missionary societies woG!ng under its sanction or control to and is resolved to maintain, without prejudice or preference for any class; decline either to petition for or to receive from the National Government sect, or creed, and withoat largesses from the Treasury to any. any moneys for educational work among the Indians. I wish that we might live up to those declarations of the two Following that action, the Woman's Home Missionary Society great political parties in the country in this matter. They were of the Methodist Episcopal Cburch, in its annual session at right when they made those declarations, and the Congress of Grand Rapids, Mich., in October, 1892, passed a similar declara the United States is doing violence to a principle which was tion. The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of the enunciated at the very beginning of the Government, when they United States, at Portland, Oregon, in May, 1892, passed simi take money from the Treasury of the United States and appro lar resolutions. Following that, the United Presbyterian priate it for sectarian purposes, I care not what church or re Church of North America, at the meeting of their General As ligious society is benefited by it. sembly in Allegheny, Pa., May 31, 1892, resolved- I wish to call attention to one of the most remarkable docu~ That we protest against all Government appropriations for the denom Inational Indian schools and tor other sectarian purposes as unconstitu ments in the form Qf a petition that has ever been presented to tional, and petition Congress to refuse all applications for such appropria the Congress of the United States. It is from the National tions. League for the Protection of American Institutions. They pe I will state that this denomination is not receiving Govern titioned, I understand, the Fifty-first, Fifty-second, and Fifty ment appropriations. third Congresses concerning the matter of appropriating money Mr. ·PLATT. Will the Senator from New Hampshire allow for sectarian purposes in connection with our Indian system. me? It is signed by hundreds of men from different parts of the Mr. GALLINGER. Certainly. country. I am almost tempted to read the names, but will not Mr. PLATT. According to the table which I have put in do so. I will call attention, however, to the officers: my remarks the highest sums paid the schools established under William H. Parsons, president; William Strong, vice-presi Roman Catholic auspices was in 1892, $394,756. dent; James M. King, general secretary; William Fellowes Mr. GALLINGER. That is correct. Morgan, treasurer. Mr. PLATT. The amount in 1893 was $375,845, and in 1894 it Board of managers: George S. Baker, George T. Balch, Henry was $378,345. It seems to have increased a little in 1894. The K. Carroll, Churchill H. Cutting, Peter Donald, Dorman B. Presbyterian denomination had its highest appropriation for Eaton, W. W. Hoppin, John Jay, James M. King, James Mc schools in 1890, which was $!7 ,650. Keen, George D. Mackay, Thomas J. Morgan, William Fellowes Mr. GALLINGER. And in 1893, $29,000. Morgan, William H. Parsons, John Sinclair, John D. Slayback, Mr. PLATT. And in 1894, $30,090. The Congregational de Josiah Strong, Peter A. Welch. nomination had its highest appropriation in 1889, which was Law committee: William Allen Butlet·, Dorman B. Eaton, 129,310, falling off in 189! to $6,250. Cephas Brainard, Henry E. Howland, Wheeler H. Peckham, The amount received by the Episcopal Church I gave when I Among the honorary officers I will name only a few: Charles was on my feet before, $29,310, falling off in 1894 to $7,020. Kendall Adams, LL.D., Madison, Wis.; Hon. Sherman W. The Quakers had the highest amount in 1887, $27,845,falling off Adams, Hartford, Conn.; Rev. Bishop E. G. Andrews, D. D. in 1894 to $10,020. The Methodists discontinued the work en LL.D., New York City, N. Y.; Hon. Hubert H. Bancroft, San tirely. Francisco, Cal.; Rev. William A. Bartlett, D. D., Washington, Mr. GALLINGER. And they never had very much. D. C.; Gen. Henry V. Boynton, Washington, D. C.; Rev. Bishop Mr. PLATT. They had $13,980 in 1892 and have had nothing Thomas Bowman, D. D., LL.D., St. Louis, Mo.; Hon. Addison since. Brown, New York City, N.Y., and so on through the list. I Mr. GALLINGER. That is correct. will ask permission to insert the petition and the names thereto Mr. PLATT. That is the statement of facts from. the table. attached as part of my remarks. Mr. GALLINGER. The entire appropriations received by A petition concerning sectarian appropriations for Indian education. the great Methodist Church in this country amounted to only [A careful perusal is respectfully requested.) about $30,000. That is all the money that they have ever drawn, To ths Congress of the United Stat*s: while the· one other church to which I have alluded drew in the The National League tor the Protection of American Institutions peti single year, 1892, $394,756, and a still larger amount, I under- tioned both sessions of the Fifty-first and Fifty·second Congresses concern ing sectarian appropriations by the National Government for Indian educa stand, is appropriated to them for the present year. · tion. But in addition to the religious denominations tow hich I have The league now addresses the following petition to the Fifty-third Con· alluded,- the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal gress concerning Indian appropriation bills. The league petitions against the violation of the American principle of the Churcl;l., sitting as the Board of Missions, Baltimore, Md., Octo· separation of church and state which is involved in making any sectarian ber 19,1892, has put itself on record against this system. The appropriations tor Indian education. Board of Managers of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary So ,The highest oiDcial bodies of the Cong~·ega tional, the Methodist Episcopal, the Presbyterian, and the Protestant Episcopal Churches have determined ciety of the Protestant Episcopal Church December 13, 1892, to withdraw their applications for funds from the United States Treasury, declared against it. because of the principle which they now see is involved in this dangerous The American Missionary Association of the Congregational practice, and they propose henceforth to support their own schools without Government aid. Church in the annual session at Hartford, Conn., October 27, The league petitions that the General Government now adopt a deflniteJ 1892, made a very strong declaration against the continuance of permanent, and uniform principle, in accord with the spirit of the Unitea these appropriations for sectarian purposes. They close their States Constitution, tor advancing education among the Indians on the basis of the American free common school system, in order that the dangers declaration by quoting a form of amendment to the Constitution involved in departure from the American principle of keeping separate and of the United States which they think ought to be adopted, and distinct the functions of church and stalie be no more fostered by any ac which I think ought to be adopted. I will read it: tions of the General Government. Olll.cers: William H. Parsons, president; William Strong, vice-president; No state shall pass any law respecting an establishment of religion, or James M. King, general secretary; William Fellowes Morgan, treasurer. prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or use its property or credit, or any Board of Managers: GeorgeS. Balter, George T. Balch, Henry K. Carroll, money raised by taxation, or authorize either to be used. for the purpose of Churchill H. Cutting, Peter Donald, Dorman B. Eaton, W. W. Hoppin, John founding, maintaining or aiding, by appropriation, payment tor services, Jay, James M. King, James McKeen. George D. Mackay, Thomas J. Morgan, expenses, or otherwise, any church, religious denomination or religious so William Fellowes Morgan, William H. Parsons, John Sinclair, John D. ciety, or any institution, society, or undertaking, which is wholly, or in part, Slayback, Josiah Strong, Peter A. Welch. under sectarian or ecclesiastical control. Law Committee: William Allen Butler, Dorman B. Eaton, Cephas Brain So it appears that four of the great religious denominations erd, Henry E. Howland, Wheeler H. Peckham. Honorary vice-presidents: President Charles Kendall Adams, LL. D., of this country have put themselves plainly and unqualifiedly Mad1son, Wis.; Hon. Sherman W. Adams, Hai'tford, Conn.; Rev. Bishop E. on record against the system which we are continuing to perpet G. Andrews, D. D., LL.D., New York City, N.Y.; Hon. Hubert R. Bancroft, uate in our annual appropriation bills. San Francisco, Cal.; Rev. William A. Bartlett, D. D., Washington, D. C.; Gen. Henry V. Boynton, Washington, D. C.; Rev. Bishop Thomas Bowman, I wish to call attention to the fact that while our great politi D. D., LL. D., St. Lollis, Mo.; Hon. Addison Brown, New York City, N. Y.; cal parties have made many declarations, which have been repu Hon. H. W. Bruce, Louisville, Ky.; Rev. J . G. Butler, D. D., Washington, diated in Congress first and last, they have not forgotten the very D. c.; President Horace Bumstead D. D., Atlanta, Ga.; Hon. George W. Cheyney, Tombstone, Ariz.; Hon. J. B. Chrisman, Brookhaven, Miss-.i.. James question that is now under discussion. The Republican party Fenimore Cooper, esq., Albany, N. Y.; Rt. Rev. Bishop Arthur 0. voxe, D. in 1876 made a very strong declaration in these words: D., LL.D., Bu1ralo, N. Y.; Henry A. Cram, esq., New York City, N.Y.; Presi The public school system of the United States is the bulwark of the Amer dent E. M. ~avath, D. D., Na.shville, Tenn.; Hon. J. L. M. Curllif, LL. D., ican Republic, and with a view to its security and permanence, we recom Washington, D. C.: Hon. Charles P. Daly, New York City, N. Y.; Hon. Noah mend an amendment to the Constitution ot the United States, forbidding Davis, New York City, N. Y.; Rt. Rev. Bishop William Crosswell Doane, D. D., LL. D., Albany, N.Y.; William E. Dodge, esq., New York City, N.Y.; ~~1:ER~~~~~~\~~;:ls~~~~~~~~~~~~oy~operty for the benefit of any schools Rev. George William Douglas, D. D., Washington, D. C.; Hon. Neal Dow, Portland, Me.; Hon. A. S. Draper, Albany. N.Y.; President Edward Dwight T4e Democratic party met in national convention in 1876, thir Eaton, D. D., LL. D., Beloit, Wis.; Ron. John Eaton, Washington, D. C.; Hon. teen day~? after the Republic3>n party, and not to be outdone by SamuelN. Elllot. Bentonville, Ark.; Hon. Joseph Estabroolt, Olivet, Mich.; President L. R. Fiske, D. D. , Albion, Mich. ; Rev. Bishop James N. Fitz their rivals they made a declaration in the following words: gerald, D. D., New Orleans, La.; Rev. Bishop Charles H. Fowler, D. D., LI:-. We do here reamrm • * • our faith in the total separation of church D., Minneapolis, Minn.; Rt. Rev. Bishop George D. Gillespie, D. D., Gran" and state, tor the sake a11l{e of civil and religious freedom- Rapids, Mich.; Presiaent Daniel C. Gilman, LL. D., Baltimore, Md.; ReY '- 1894. . ; J CONGRESSIONAL ·RECORD-SENATE;. I 7625-. Dr. Gustav Gottheil, New York City, N. Y.; Gen. A. W. Greely; Washing N.Y.; Rich~d M. Hunt. esq.. New York City, ~· Y.; President IJ'. T. +ngalls, \on, D. ~iRon. A. B. Hagner, Washi!lgton, D. C.; H~m. GeorgeS. Hale, D. D., Springfield, Mo.; Anthony Ittner, esq., St. Louis, Mo.; Charles P. Boston, .Mas~.; Rev. Tennis S. Hamlm, D. D., Washmgton, D. C.; Hon. Jacobs. ~SQ.., Indianf1.polis, lnd,; Rear-Admiral T. A. Jenkins, Washington,· Henry Hitchcock, St. Louis, Mo.; Ron. Gardner G. Hubba;rd, Was~in~ton; D. C.; "EastmanJohnson,esq., New York City, N.Y.; Rev. Herrick Johnson, D. C.; Rev. W. R. Huntington, D. D., New York City, N .. Y.; Rev. Bishop D. D., Chicago, Ill.; RossiterJohnson,esq., New York City,N. Y.; Gen. R. w:: .;John F. Hurst, D. D., LL. D.,Washington, D. C.; Hon. ThomasP. Jacobs, New J. ohnson, U:nited States Army, St. Paul, r.;1inn.; Hon. J. B. Julian, Indianapo )lartinsville, w. Va.; Morris K. Jesup, esq., New York City, N.Y.; Rt.. Rev. lis, Ind.; Linden Kent, esq .. Washington, D. C.; Hon. John A. King, Great Bishop James S. Johnston, D. D., San Antonia, Tex.; President David Starr Neck, N. Y.; Hon. T. H. Kirk, St. Paul, Minn.; Charles Lanier, esq., New Jordan, LL.D., Palo Alto, Cal.; Rev. Bishop Isaac W. Joyce. D. D., Chatta York City, N.Y.; J. B. Larimer, esq., Topeka, Kans.; Ron. Henry C. Lea, JlOOga, Tenn.; Ron. Horatio King,Washingt.on, D. C.; Victor F. Lawson, esq., Phil adelphia, Pa.; Hon. J. M. Longyear, Marquette, Mich.; Daniel Lord, Chicago, Ill.; PresidentS. D. Lee, Agricultural College, Mississippi; Ron. jr ., esq., New York City, N. Y.; Rev. George C. Lorimer, D. D., Boston, Qharles Lyman, Washington, D. C.; President Richard Mcllwaine, D. D., Mass.; R. R. McBurney, esq., New York City, N. Y.; Rev. C. C. McCabe, D. Hampden8idneyCollege, Va.; Henry G. Marquand, esq., New YorkCity N. D., New York City, N.Y.; John J. McCook, esq., New York City, N.Y.; Y.; Hon. Joseph Medill, Chicago, Ill.; Ron. George Roszelle Milburn, Miles1 Chancellor William F. McDowell, Ph. D., Denver, Colo.; Ron. E. B. McEl City, Mont.; President Edward C. Mitchell, D. D., New Orleans, La.; Presi roy, Salem, Oregon; Rev. R. S. MacArthur, D. D., New York City, N.Y.; dent James D. Mol'fat, D. D., Washington, Pa.; Rev. Bishop John P. New Chancellor Edward Mayes, LL.D., University, Miss.; Rev. H. Pereira Men man, D. D., LL. D., Omaha, Nebr.; Rev. Bishop William X. Ninde, D. des, D. D., New York City, N.Y.; Frank D. Millet, esq. ; NewYork City, N. D., Detroit, Mich.; President Cyrus Northrop, LL.D., Minneapolis, Minn.; Y.; Ezra P. Mills, esq., New York City, N.Y.; Hon. Bankson T. Morgan, Rt. Rev. Bishop William Paret, D. D., LL. D., Baltimore, Md.; Norman New York City, N.Y.; J. Pierpont Morgan,esq.,NewYorkCity, N.Y.; Hon. Paul, esq., Woodstock, Vt.; Rt. Rev. Bishop Henry C. Potter, D. D., LL.D., Leyi P. Morton, New York City, N. Y.; Hon. C. C. Nott, Washington, D. C;; New York City, N. Y.; John Harsen Rhoades, esq., New York City, N. Y.; Prof. J.· Edward Oliver, Ithaca, N. Y.; Frederick Law Olmstead, esq., Edward Richardson, M. D., Louisville, Ky.; Hon. Orvis Ring, Carson City, Brookline, Mass.; Ron. Alanson S. Page, Oswego, N. Y.; Ron. Isaac C. Nev.; Gen. William B. Rochester, Washington, D. C.; D. B. 8t.. John Roosa, Parker, Fort Smith, .-\rlr.; John E Parsons, esq., New York City. N. Y.; M. D., New York City, N. Y.; Gen. Rufus Saxton, Washington, D. C.; Rt. Ron. Charles A. Peabody, New York City, N. Y.; Rt. Rev. Bishop George Rev. Bishop John Scarborough, D. D., Trenton, N.J.; President William W. Peterkin, D. D., Parkersburg, W. Va.; Henry E. Pierrepont, esq., Henry Scott, LL. D., Columbus, Ohio; J. Edward Simmons, esq., New York Brooklyn, N. Y; S. S. Prentiss, esq., New Orleans, :La..; George L, Putnam, · City, N. Y.; Hon. Charles R. Skinner, Albany, N.Y.; Ron. James M. Smith, esq., New York City, N.Y.; James Pyle, esq., New York City, N.Y.;· John Bu.tralo, N.Y.; Hon. John P. Smith, Jonesboro, Tenn.; Chancellor Charles D. Rockefeller, esq., New York City, N. Y.; President Henry Wade Rogers, N. Sims, D. D., Syracuse, N. Y.; President Homer B. Sprague, LL. D., San LL.D., Evanston, Ill.; V.Henry Rothschild, esq., New York City, N.Y.; Francisco, Cal.; President Augustus H. Strong, D. D., Rochester, N.Y.; Rev. Ron. Russell Sage, New York City, N.Y.; Charles Scribner, esQ.., New York Josiah Strong, D. D., New York City, N. Y.; Ron. Joseph W. Symonds, City, N.Y.; President L. Clark Seelye, D. D. , Northampton, Mass.; Hou. c. M. Portland, Me.; President James M. Taylor, D. D., Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; Sessiom, Mount Vernon, Iowa; Albert Shaw, LL.D., New York City, N.Y.; Han. Jesse B. Thayer, Superior, Wis.; Rt. Rev. Bishop Hugh Miller Thomp Hon.James Shearer, Bay City, Mich.; Hon. Charles C. Smith, Rutledge, son, D. D.,Jackson.t..Mlss.; Jonathan Trumbull, esq., Norwich, Conn.; Presi Tenn.; S.FleetSpier, M. D.,Brooklyn,N. Y.; Edmund C. Steadman,esq.,New uentE. M. Turner, LL.D., Morgantown, W.Va.; Rev. Bishop John H. Vincent, York City, N.Y.; Hon. Lispenard Stewart, New York City, N.Y.; Hon. Mar D. D.,LL.D.,Bul'falo, N.Y.; J. L. Waite, esq., Burlington, Iowa; Rev. Bishop son S.Stone,Montpelier,Vt.; Rev.RichardS.Storrs, D.D., LL.D., Brook ·John M. Walden. D. D., Cincinnati, Ohio; Rev. BishopHenryW. Warren, D. D., lyn, N.Y.; President William M. Thornton, LL.D., Charlottesville, Va.; Ron. University Park, Colo.; Hon. Herbert W'elsh, Phila.delphia!.l'a..: Rt. Rev. Frederick Townsend,Albany,N. Y.; Prof. Moses Colt Tyler, Ithaca, N.y.; · Bishop Henry B. Whipple, Faribault, Minn.: Hon. William G. vv hippie, Little Cornelius Vanderbilt, esq., New York City, N. Y.; Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Rock, Ark.; Rt. Rev. Bishop o. W. Whittaker, D D., Philadelphia, Pa.; Gen. E. esq., New York City, N.Y.; Richard M. Venable, esq., Baltimore, Md.; Whittlesey, Washington, D. C.; President George T. Winston, LL.- D., Henry Villard, esq., New York City, N. Y.; Rev. Samuel H. Virgin, D. D., Chapel Hill, N.C.; President James Woodrow, D. D., LL.D., Columbia, S.C.; New York City, N.Y.; President Leslie Waggener, LL.D., Austin,_ Tex.; . Rev. Theodore S. Wynkoop, D. D., Washington, D. C.; Rt. Rev. Bishop Daniel Hon. Francis A. Walker, Boston, Mass.; Pror. Francis Wayland, New Ha s. Tuttle, D. D., St. 'Louis, Mo. ven, Conn.; Ron. S. V. White, New York City, N. Y.; George G. Wheelock, Some representative names of citizens who are members or adherents of M.D., New York City, N. Y.; Hon. Pardon C. Williams, Watertown, N. Y.; the National League: Robert Abbe, M. D., New York City, N. Y.; D. R. An E. B. Willis, esq., Sacramento, Cal.; Skipworth Wilmer, esq., Baltimore, thony, esq., Leavenworth, Kans.: D. F. Appleton, esq., New York City, N. Md.; Rev. John M. Worrall, D. D., Danville, Ky.; Henry E. Young, osq., , Y.; Ron. William H. Arnoux, New York City, N.Y.; Ron. J. M. Ashley, Charleston, S. C.; President W. C. Young, D. D.. Danville, Ky.; 0. F. Zolli Toledo, Ohio; President George w. Atherton, LL.D., State College, Pa.; kof!'er, New York City, N. Y. Darius Baker, esq., Newport, R.I.; President w. G. Ballentine, D. D., Ober lin, Ohio;· President J. W. Bashford, D. D., Delaware, Ohio; Ron. R. C. Bas Now, this is a very serious matter. It concerns the rights of sett, Seneca, Kans.; Ron. Newton Bateman, L.L. D., Galesburg, lll.; H. M. the American people so far as the appropriation of their mone:v Beardsley, esq., Kansas City Mo.; Birdseye Blakeman, esq., New York City, N.Y.; Hon. Cornelius N. BliSS1 New York City, N.Y.; Rev. Robert Russell is concerned. Notwithstanding the Senator from Florida has Booth, D. D., New York City, N.Y.; Cephas Brainerd, jr., esq., New York disclainied that these appropriations are made for sectarhn City, N.Y.; President Ezra. Brainerd, A.M., ¥iddlebury, Vt.: Rev. Edward purposes, I believe it is in contravention of the spirit at les.st of Bright,D.D.~ewYorkCity,N. Y,;MartinBriiDIDer,L.L. D., Beverly Farms, Mass.; Isaac v. Brokaw, esq.,NewYorkCity, N.Y.; Rev. Arthur Brooks, D. the Constitution of the United States; and were it not that wrong D., New York City, _N.Y.; Presi.dent W. Leroy Brown, D. D., Auburn, Ala.; would come to established schools which have been encoura ged Rev. James M. Buckley, D. D., Morristown, N.J.; Hon. Charles Butler, New and perpetuated by this false system I should certainly move a ' ~ York City, N.Y.; President Horatio Butterfield, D. D., Olivet, Mich.; R. A. Caldwell. esq., Fort Smith, Ark.; President James H. Carlisle, LL. D., Spar proviso to the effect that this money shall be used exclusively for tanburg, s. C.; President Franklin Carter, LL. D., Williamstown, Mass.; other than sectarian purposes. I do not believe the Congress of Prof. Charles F. Chandler, New York City, N.Y.; L. E. Chittenden, esq., the United States ca.n long stand upon the ground we occupy to New York City, N.Y.; Edward F. Choate, esq., New York City, N.Y.; Pear son Church, esq., Meadville, Pa.; John Claflin, esq., Brooklyn,~. Y.; Hon. day. There is alr~ady a gathering storm in this countr-y ag1:1,inst A. T. Clearwater, Kingston. N. Y.; President David H. Cochran, LL.D., this matter of app,ropriating money for sectarian purposes. Brooklyn, N. Y.: HenryS. Cohn, esq., Louisville, Ky.; M. A. Cohn, esq., That storm may break before a great whi.le upon the Congress Little Rock, Ark.; Charles L. Colby, esq., New York City, N.Y.; Prof. James F. Colby, Hanover, N. H.; James B. Colgate, esq., New York City, N.Y.; and the people Qf ,the Uni~d States. The principle is wrong. Rev. H. Price Collier, D. D., Brooklyn, N. Y.; Rev. Robert Colyer, D. D., That principle will have to' be reversed sooner or later, and in New York City, N.Y.; Washington E'.Connor, esq.,New,YorkCity, N.Y.; my opinion the ·sooner . it is done the better it will be for the James M. Constable, esq., New York City, N. Y.: Joseph Cook, LL. D., Bos ton, Mass.; Hon. Oscar H. Cooper, Austin, Tex.; Ron. Austin Corbin, New rights and the liberties of the American people. YorkCity,N. Y.; RearAd.miralPierceCrosby, Washington,D.C.; R.Fulton Mr. President, I have a single additional remark, and that is, Cutting,esq., NewYorkCity,N. Y.; E.KiethDargan; esq., Darlington, S.C.; that if I ca.n find time to formulate a motion to recommit this G. F. Darrow, esq., Ogdensburg, N.Y.; Ron. J. C. Bancroft Davis, Wash ington, D. C.; Hon. B. H. Davis, Olympia., Wash.; Hon. R. C. Davis, Louis bill with. proper instructions to the Committee on Appropria ville, Ky.; Amos B. Denison, esq., Keene, N. H.; ·ruchard H. Derby, M.D., tions, ~ith a view to getting rid of this abnor:mal and unjust New York City, N.Y.; Theo. L. De Vinne, esq., New York Ci.ty, N. Y.; Rev. condition of things in the near future, without doing detriment Daniel Dorchester, D. D., Bost.on, Mass.; F. Wayland Douglas, esq., In diana. polis, Ind.; Ron. W. C. J;>ovey, CarsonCi~y, Nev.; Prof. Henry Drisler, to contracts already made, I shall, when the bill comes· into the New York City, N. Y.; James B. Dudley, esq., Wilmington, N.C.; Rev. Senate, submit that motion. If I do that, as I hope to do, I trust James B. Dunn, D. D., Boston, Mass.; Rt. Rev. Bishop T. U. Dudley, D. D., that Senators will lay aside all prejudice, all prepossession, and Louisville, Ky.; Rev. Arthur Edwards, D. D., Chicago, ill.; President E. c. Eldridge, LL. D.. Troy, Ala.; Rev. Joa~hl.m E)l.mendorf, D. D., N~w York come to a conclusion that it is time at least that we made a start- City, N. Y.; Hon. Heman Ely, Elyria, OhiO; President Simpson Ely, D. D., ing pointin remedying an evil which has grown upon our sys Canton, Ohio; President Calvin Esterly, Los Angeles, Cal.; Julius Estey, tem and which, as I before stated, is in contravention o£ the esq., Brattleboro, Vt.; Sherman Evarts, esq., New York City, N. Y.; Hon. Enoch L. Fancher, New York City, N.Y.; Prof. Henry W. Farnham, New spi;rit. if not of the letter, of the Constitution of our _country. Haven, Conn.; Edgar H. Farrar, esq., New Orleans, La.; P,rof. w. Wayland Mr. CALL. Mr. President, there is not a member of the Com Fellowes, New Haven, Conn.; Hon. A. I. Felt, Seneca, Kans.; President A. mittee on Appropriations who does not agree with the Senator ~ H. Fetterolf, A. M., Ph. D. , Philadelphia, Pa.; President John H. Finley, LL.D., Galesburg, Ill.; James G. Flanders, esq., Milwaukee, Wis.; Hon. Da from Ne~ Hampshire [Mr. GALLINGER], that whenever it is Vid L. Follett, Norwich, N. Y.; Prof. Wm. Watts Folwell, Minneapolis, possible to do so, in defer~nce to the growing public sentiment Minn.; President EdwardS. Frisbee, D. D.,Aurora,N. Y.; Prof.JohnR. of this country, it would be better that all Indian schools should French, LL.D., Syracuse, N.Y.; Rev. E. M. Gallaudet, D. D., Washington, D. C.; Henry Wise Garnett, esq., Washington, D. C.; Hon. James Gayler, be under the direct control of the Government. He does not . New York City, N.Y.; R. Swain Gifford, esq., New York City, N.Y.; AJ differ from the committee in that respect, nor the committee thur Gilman, LL. D., Cambridge, Mass.; Rev. Bishop Daniel A. Goodsell, D. from him. The public opinion of this country, of the great D., San Francisco, Cal.; Rev. Dr. Gustav Gottheil, New York City, N. Y.; Hon.FrederickD.Grant,New YorkCity,N. Y.; Hev.David H.Greer,D.D., masses of the religious people of all churches, is opposed, I be-: New York City, N.Y.; President W. M. Grier, D.D., Due West, S.C.; W. lieve, to the policy of sectarian schools. . N. Haldeman, esq., Louisville, Ky.; Hon. Matthew Hale, Albany, N. Y.; The question however, is, What can the Committee on Ap- · Rev. John Hall, D:D., LL.~., NewYork~ty, N.Y.: J. Hooker~amersley, esq., New York City, N.Y., B. D. Harris, esq., Brattleboro, Vt., Ron. Wil propriations do? These contracts have been mad~; these schools liam T. Harris, Washington, D. C.; Rev. Thomas S. Hastings, D. D., LL.D., are established. Suppose you did establish a Government school New York City, N." Y.; President Hiram C. Haydn, D. D., Cleveland, Ohio; to-day rig-ht alongside of one of these denominational institu Hon. Rowland Hazard, Peace Dale, R. L; James M. Head, esq., Nashville, Tenn.; FrederickS. Hebard, esq., Cheyenne, Wyo.; President David J. Hill, tions, as they are termed, would the children be taken away un LL.D., Rochester, N.Y.; Robert H. Hinckley, esq., Philadelphia., Pa.; Wel less you used force? Would they nothaveadiscretion to attend eome G. Hitchcock, esq., New York City, N.Y.; Henry Holt, esq., New York them? Would it be proper for the Committ.ae on Appropria W.~:. ~ilirie~~~· ~: lf·:H:3~~~ 0~a~;~~x;.~g~r~~~yh ~. ~~!'~~.hw~1~'a tions or for the Senate suddenly to adopt a system in this coun Boy~ D. n., Minneapolis, Minn.; Prof. J. L. N. Hun"· LL; D, New York City, try to do away with all the schools which are to be found t.here CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. JULY 18, or leave them entirely to the spasmodic intluertces of private tions. made in this bill for the payment ot agents, as silall not be re quiredtor that purpose, iB hereby made available for educational purposes charity? · · h C 'tt A · t' · to be added tG the 51,070,000 already appropriated and used for the same pur To show the condition t e omm1 ee on ppropr1a 1ons I.S pose, i! required. in, and the Senate is in, I desire to reaO. upon this subject the The amendment was agreed to. statement of a man whose life has been devoted to the interests The next amendment was, on pag-e 59, line 24, before the word of the Indians and to Indian education, a man who favors the "hundred," to strike out" four" and insert" two;t' in th~ same idea that there should be no sectarian schools, but who states line, after th~ word "dollars," to insert "for construction of candidly Ule difficulties in the way of the subject, not only on school buildings~ 3,000;" and on page 60, line 1, before the word the part of Congress, but on the part of the denominations and "hundred," to strike out "fourteen thousand seven" and insert religious associatio~s themselves. In a hist.ory of the J>I'?Ceed "seventeen thousand five;" so as to make the claUEe read: ings of the conventiOn of the board of Indmn. CoiiiiillSSloners For support and education of eighty pupils a.t the Cherokee Training held at Lake Mohonk, attached to the Report of the Commis School, at Cherokee, N. C., at ln67 per annum each, ~13,360; for pay ot super sioner of Indian Affairs for the year 1893, on pag-e 1035, I find intendent, $1,200; for construction of school buildings, $3,000; 1n all, $17,561). the following in the address of Bishop Whipple: The amendment was agreed to. There is another matter that I hardly know what to say about. I am The next amendment was, on page 60, line 70, before the word sometimes afraid that we have made a terrible mistake; and then, again, it is always safe to stand on principle. I believe that eve:y Christian man 1n "thousand," to insert "and five;" and in the same line, after the the United States should avoid anything that looks like an alliance between word "dollars," to insert "for additional pay of military officer Stat-e and church. Almost all o! the religious bodies have voluntarily re acting as superintendent, $1,000; in all, $100,000; so as to make linquished the aid which the Government gi-v:es to their schools._ ~e school the clause read: at Santee Agency is not there to teach Presbyterian ~heology; 1t IS to tea.c_h Indians the sa.me things that they are taught at Carlisle. But, beca.nse it 1s For support of Indian industrlal school at Carlisle, Pa., at not exceeding support-ed by the American l'ClSSionary Assocla.tion,it seemed to be sharing $167 for ea.ch pupil, for trans-portation o! pupils to and from Carlisle school, the position o! Government patronage. and for the repair of buildings, $~000; for additional pay ot military o:fll· So far as I know, I ma.y be wrong. I am afraid that to one body of this cer acting a.s superintendent. $1,000~ 1n au, ;too,ooo, country quite a.s much money, and perhaps more, is being given as at any period o1 the history of the Government. I:t that is so, it ought not so to 1\fr. QUAY. Mr. President, on that amendment I ask the be. I know nnt what there may be in the future, but I do· know tbls, that, Senator in charge of the bill, if we can not have ihe $10,000 ad if we know how to work and wait, if we know how to sow the seed and be ditional estimated for by the Secretary of the Interior, to con li"6ve God will give the harvest, there is no question about the future. And, when you get over to that country where you a.re going to meet those loved sent to give at least half of it for the Carlisle industrial school! ones and see your beloved Master, th-ere will be no comfort grea.~er than to so as to appl.'Opi~iate $1101 000 instead Of $103,000? I trust there meet someone you have hell)ed heavenward, homeward, Happy1s the man will be no objectlim to that increase on the part of the com or woman that could have written over her grave the epitaph which I once mittee. rea.d in the Basque Province of France: "Here li&s Estelle, who, having spent her fortune 1n works ot charity and love which she-sent before her to Mr. C~ I shall not object if thaother members of the Heaven, has now gone there to enjoy tJhem." committee do not. He proceeds further on another page o! the report to say. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Chair understands the I never shall forget the time when: the Government pu:t in my care the Senator from Pennsylvania to move to amen.d the amendment Sisseton Indi.ans, who belong largely to the mission. of the Presbyterian o.f the committee m line· 7, by striking out the word "fi-ve" and Chln'ch. There was a eon!lict between the two Houses o! Congress. '!'here insertinO' "ten... was no confidence in the Indian agent. Money had been squarulered. On·e day some one said: "Bishop Whipple has been living near those Indians. M.r •. QUAY. Yes, and the· amendment is accepted by the Let us put the money in his care; he will not steal it." And. to my sur committee_ prise I found myself in charge Gf a large body of Indians outside o! my dio The PRESIDING OFFICER. Th.e ame.ndment to the amend cese. ' I telegraphed tha.t I could not take the responsibility.. I went to Washington, bu.t Congress had adjourned; and th"6 Secretary sard, "If you ment will be stated. do not take this money and help the Indians _they will starv~ to death." The SECRETARY. In line 'T, before thB word "thousand '' it When I reached the agency the old Indian, Srmon Anagmaru., rose, trem is proposed to strike out '"five" and insert~' ten; so as to make bling in every limb, and with tear.:; running down his ch.eeks, said: "For days and da.ys th& earth has been iron" and the sky iB as it it were iron, and the amount$110)000 we have cried, and G<>J. did. not hear or answer, and we ha.ve reached out The amendment to the amendm-ent wa.s agreed to. om hands a.nd w-e could not take hold of anything. We have looked into Mr. QUAY. It;nOve to increase thetotalft'om H$106,000' to the !aces ot the Christian m6ll at la.st, and I believe the Great Spirit has $111,000t so as to conform to· the ame.ndmen.t which has just been' saved us." made. I suppose that neither- the Senator from New Hampshire nor The amendment to the a.mendm.en t was agreed to. any religious denomination in this country would say that this The a.men-d.m.enta.s amended was agreed to. action of Bishop Whipple, a Protestant, opposed to- the continu, The reading of the bill was resumed. The next am~mdment ance of sectarian schools, was not exactly what ought to have of the Committee on Appropl'iation.s was, on. page 61, line 10, been done and that the schools established and the care of the after the words'' per annum," to insert "and said superintend In-dians, ~hich he carries with him, ought not to be suddenly ent shall give bond with approved security and act as agent of displaced by the Government. . th~ Santee Indians located at Flandreau, and while so acting The contracts made were certainly obligatory, and the exi~t shall be aJ.lowed aclerk at the yearly rate of $500, which amount ing contracts are now obligatory. They are not made by the is hereby appropriated." Committee on Appropriations; they are not mad~ by the Senate; Mr. COCKRELLA The committee desir-e that ameudme.nt to they are not made by the House of Representatives; they have· be disagreed to. · been made- by the Executive, the administrative department of ThB PRESIDING OFFICER.. The question is on the amend the Government. Bishop Whipple was sent thBre, a~d being m.enib there a missiona.ry to the Indians, he found that the mterests The amendment was rejected. of honest administration could best be conserved by a citizen of The reading of the bill was resumed. The next amendment the United States of chara.cter, and probably beuause of his re of the Committee on Appropriations was, in line 16, on page 61, ligious character and associations. after the word "dollars," to insert ''to procure a permanent So the committee have no responsibility whatever for these water supply fo'l' the school, $1,000, or as much thereof as may provisions in the bill, and I believe every member ol the com be necessary," and before the word "hundrod," in line 19, to mittee is favorable to the idea of an entire separation of these strike out ''twenty-nine thousand one," and insert "thirty schools from all sectarian or religious connections, but they have thousand six;" so as to make the clause read~ uo authority in thiR matter unles:; they encroach upon the ad For support and education of 150 Indian pupils at Flandreau, S. Da.k., at ministration of the Go-vernment in its executive functions an-d $16'Z per annum each, l!i2S,(Ji>O~ for pay of superintendent of sa.id school, $.l,500 arbitrarilv set aside the contracts which have been made. per annum; for pa.y o:l one assistant matron, $600 per annum; general re pairs and erection ot outhouses, $'3,000; to procure a permanent water sup For my'Self, I am entirely of the opinion that these schools ply for the school. 151,000, or as mu.ch thereo1 as may be necessary; in a.ll, ought not to be sectarian, just as Bishop Whipple was of that $30,650. opinion; but we find ourselves in this condition, and the commit The amendment was agreed toA disclaim any responsibility whatever for these appropriar tee The n~.xt amendment was, on page 62, after line 3, to insert: tions. They are made in pursuance of laws which are obliga For the rep3.1r.· o! the e.hurch and building used for school purposes on the tory on us and on the House, and to pay money contracted for San Xavier Reservation, in the Territory of Arizona, 151.000. and recommended by the proper- executive authority. Mr._ PLATT. I should like some explanation of this proposed The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on B>oO"T'eeing to the amendment. amendment. That is not a Government school, is it? · The amendme11t was agreed to-. Mr. COCKRELL. That amendment applies to an old Greek The reading of the bill was resumed. The next amendment chut·ch, which is said to 1?:) ~he oldest church in America. ~tis of the Committee on Appropriations was, on page 58, line 23, at a. question as to whether 1t IS not as old or- older than the build Fe~ It is in tel" the word "fund," to strike out- ing at Santa used connection with the schools. It is a building o.f rare a.Tchitecture~ and it needs some repairs. Ana also provided, That $3,000 of the amount hereby appropriated shall be expended in the construction of school buildings. tor the Cherokee Training The roof is covered with tiles, and repairs are needed there, School at Cherokee, N. C.: Provided) That so much ot th"6. appropria- and owing- to the length of time which has elapsed since its con- 1894. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 7627 -s.truction, th.e stone near t·he foundation is disappearing, and Sec:retary ot the Intertor, and in all respec.ts in conformity with such con· ditions, rules., and regulations-as to the conduct andmet_hods otinstruct.ion some additional repairs are needed there. The-building is said and expenditure or money as may fl:om t.illll} to time be. prescribed by him. to be a work of rare architectural skill~ The Senator from Col The amendment was agreed to. orado [Mr~ TELLER], who visited it in person, insisted that this The next amendmen.t was, on page 68r line 9, after the words amendment should be made, even ii the building were not used "Sec. 2," to insert: for school pur-poses~ T'.aa.t_ th.e Secretary or the Treasury is hereby au.thorlZced and directed to Mr. PLA.TT. The re31 object a! the appropriation:, then, is pl~ upon the books of the Treasury to the credit of the several Indian to preserve-a building which is one of our antiquities at the pres- tribes interested therein, the face v:lJUa of certain nonpaying State bonds or ent time? _ stocks., including certaJ.n..abstraeted bonds-described on pages 153 and 154' of Annual Estimates for the fiscal yea:7 ending June 3(}, 18:}5 (House Executive Mr. CALL. That is it. Document No.5, Fifty· third Congress, second session), to draw interest at The am-endment was agreed to·. the rate of 5 per cent per- annum, as provided by the act of Ap:r:ill, 1880; and The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Chair calls the attention thereupon sa.id State bands or stocks shall be coirtractsa and insert"' and the con.tracts For support a.ndeduca.tionoJ one·hundred·arulfi:ft:'l-Ind:i-a.n.I?u.pffila..t Mount so: made. shall oo on_ the. basis of the appropriations for· the pre Pleasant, Mich., ~$.150 per-annum each, $22,500;. tor paj put in the middle of a bill. The ratification ol the agre~ment ject to disposal only under the homestead and town-site laws of the United States, excepting the sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections in each Congres- _ with the Yankton Sioux is already contained on page 75. sional township, which shall be reserved for common-school purposes and Mr. COCKRELL. The Senator from Connecticut is not cor be subject to the laws of the State or South Dakota: Provided, 'l'hat each rect in that respect. It is very proper that those words should settler on said lands shall, in addition to the fees provided by law, pay to the United States for the land so taken by him the sum of $3.75 per acre, of go in on page 86, where they are. The first clause is a ratifica which sum he shall pay 50 cents at the tlme of making his original entry tion, and then we enact provisions specifically in regard to it. and the balance before making final proof and receiving a certificate of tlnal We put the enacting words in there to show that what follows entry; but the rights of honorably discharged Union soldiers and saUors, as defined and described in sections 2304 and 2305 of the Revised Statutes of is not a part of the agreement which is copied there. It is the the United States, shall not be abridged, except as to the sum to be paid as rule which has been pursued in all the other Indian appropria- aforesaid. tion acts. , The amendment was agreed to. Mr. PLATT. I do not believe the Senator will find an enact The next amendment was, on page 91, after line 13, to strike in()' clause in the middle of an appropriation act anywhere. out: Mr. COCKRELL. We thought we did find it in all of them. 'l'hird. That any person who was not the owner of land in any State or Mr. CALL. It can be corrected afterwards if the Senator Territory of the United States at date of passage of this act may make an from Connecticut desires. entry of the lands opened to settlement under the provisions of this act, al though said person may have heretofore made an entry under the provisions Mr. PLATT. Very well. ... of the homestead law: Provided, That said person is not otherwise disquali The reading of the bill was resumed. The next amendment fied. of the Committee on Appropriations was, on page 87, line 3, That the changes or said agr-eement provided for in tbis section shall be after the word ''confirmed," to strike out: deemed ratified and agreed to by said Yankton tribe of Sioux Indians when three-fourths of those who signed said agreement shall individually sign an As modified as follows: agreement assenting to said changes and accept and receive the payment First. That the sum of '10,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary to each, as provided to be :paid in article 7 of said agreement. be paid to the adult members of said tribe as provided in article 7 or said Fourth. That immediately after the passage of this act the Secretary of agreement, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not the Interior shall prescribe rules and regulations to procure the ratifica otherwise appropriated, and the same shall be immediately a;va1lable, and tion by said Yankton tribe of Sioux Indians to the changes in said agree shall be a.pplieci in carrying out the provisions of the said seventh section of ment, as provided for in section 1 ot this act, and shall without delay, upon said a~reement. And the sum or $11,475 shall be appropriated, as provided in a.rt1cle 15 of said agreement, upon the ratification of the changes of the agreement of said Indians to said changes, under such regulations as said articles of agreement, as provided in this act by said Yankton tribe of he may prescribe, open said lands to settlement, provided the settlers upon Sioux Indians. said land shall be required to pay75 cents per acre at the time of filing upon That of the first proceeds of the lands ceded by said tribe to the United same: Pro-vided, That the proclamation of the President opening said lauds States 1100,000 shall be set apart, not to be covered into the Treasury, and to settlement, as provided in section 3 of this act, shall be issued within shall be placed by the Secretary. of the Treasury in charge of the Secretary thirty days after the ratification of the changes in said agreement by said of the Interior, on his requisition, to carry into effect the provisions of the Indians, as provided in section 1 or this act, and that said proclamation third article or said agreement; and the Secretary of the Interior shall cause shall be issued giving at least sixty days notice of the date said lands will the said sum to be divided among the members of said tribe per capita, as be open to settlement. contemplated by the said article, a::1d such distribut.ion shall be made within Mr. COCKRELL. The provisions proposed to be stricken out thirty days from the opening of said lands to settlement; and if the whole ofsaid sum shall not have been received a.s proceeds of said lands, there relate to an entirely different matter from the treaty. They mainder shall be immediately distributed, when, with the sum before dis have no connection with the treaty, directly or-indirectly, al tributed, it amounts to $100,000. Aud the sum of ~500,000, the residue of the though injected into the midst of this matter. We therefore proceeds or said land, shall be placed to the credit of said tr~be of Indians, and shall bear interest at the rate off per cent per annum, saiO inte1·est to propose to strike them out, and the part which ought to be re be paid and distributed to said tribe as provided in articles 5 and 6 of said tained we put in as an additional section at the end of the bill. agreement: Provided, That none of the money to be paid to said Indians The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to under the terms of said agreement, nor any of the interest thereon,. shall }?e subject to the payment of any claims, judgments, or demands aga.mst saJ.d the amendment of the Committee on Appropriations. Indians for damages or depredations claimed to have been committed prior 'rhe amendment was agreed to. to the signing of said agreement. The reading of the bill was resumed. The next amendment And in lieu thereof to insert: was, on page 92, line 19, before the word" that," .to strike out That tor the purpose of carrying the provisions of this act into effect there "fifth;" so as to make the clause read: is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise That the Secretary of the Interior, upon proper plats and description being appropriated, the sum of $600,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, furnished, is hereby authorized to issue patents to Charles Picotte and Felix of which amount the sum of $500,000 shall be placed to the credit o1 said tribe in the Treasury of the United States, and shall bear interest at the rate of 5 Brunot, United States interpreters. tor not to exceed 1 acre of land each, so per cent per annum from the 1st day of January, 1893, said interest to be paid as to embrace their houses near the agency buildings upon said reserva and distributed to said tribe as provided in articles 5 and 6 of said agree tion, but not to embrace any buildings owned by the Government, upon the ment. Of the amount herein'appropriated $100,000 shall be .immediately payment by each of said persons of the sum of ea. 75. available to be paid to said tribe as provided in section 1 of Article 3of said Mr. COCKRELL. I move to amend the amendment by in agreement. There is also hereby appropriated the further sum of $10,000, or serting in line 21, after the name" Brunot," the words" and W. so much thereof as maybe necessary, which sum shall be immediately avail able, to be paid to the adult male members of said tribe, as provided in ar T. Selwyn." ticle 7 of said agreement. . There is also-hereby appropriated the further The amendment to the amendment was agreed to. sum of $11 475 which sum shall be immediately available, to be paid as pro The amendment as amended was agreed to. vided in articie 15 of said agreement: ProviAied, That none of the money to be paid to said Indians under the terms or said agreementi nor any or the T·he reading of the bill was resumed.. The next amendment interest thereon, shall be subject to the payment of any cia ms, judgments, was, on page 93, after line 2, to strike out: or demands against said Ifldians for damages or depredations claimed to Sixth. That every :(Jerson who shall sell or give away any intoxicating ba.ve been committed prior to the signing of said agreement. liquors or other intoxicants upon any of the lands allotted under the pro The amendment was agreed to. visions of this act shall be punishable by imprisonment for not more than two years and by a fine of not more than $300. And Article XVli ot the The next amendment was, on page 89, line 18, before the word agreement is modified by this section. 11 That" to strike out "Second;" in line 22, after the" words United' States," to strike out .:(except section 2301 of theRe- And to insert: vised Statutes, which shall not apply);" onpage 90, line 4, after That every person who shall sell or give away any intoxicating liquors or other intoxicants upon any of the lands by said agreement ceded, or upon the wotd ''shall," to strike out- any ot the lands included in the Yankton Sioux Indian Reservation as cre before making final proof and receiving a certificate or entry, pay to the ated by the treaty of April19, 1858, shall be punishable by imprisonment for Unit-ed States for the land so taken by him, in addition to the fees provided not more than two years and by a fine or not more than $300. by law, the sum of 13.75 per acre, one-hal! of which shall be paid within three years from the date of this original entry. The amendment was agreed to. And insert The next amendment was, on page 93, after line 16, to insert: "in addition to the fees provided by law, pay to the United States for the That any person who was not the owner of over 40 acres of land in any land so taken by him the sum of $3.75 per acre, ot which sum he shall pay State or Territory of the United States on the 1st day or January, 1894, may ro cents at the time of making his origlnal entry and the balance before mak make an entry of the lands opened to settlement under the provisions ot this ing final proof and receiving a certificate of final entry. act, although said person may have .heretofore made an entry under the pro visions of the homestead law: Provzded, That said person is not otherwise And in line 18, after the word "aforesaid," to strike out: disqualified. Prov-ided however, That each settler shall be limited to SO acres in amount, Mr. PLATT. Does the committee desire insist upon this but after the expiration of six months from the opening of said lands to set to tlement, may take an additional SO acres from any of the lands or said tract amendment? then subject to entry: An,d provided further, That after three years' actual Mr. COCKRELL. It was in the original proposition I think. and continuous residence upon said land from date of settlement, the settler It th~ shall, upon full payment of $3.75 per acre, receive patent for the tract was proposed by other H?use, and we had to strike !tout entered: Provided, That settlement shall be made under this act within where it was because 1t was not m the proper place. We s1mply thirty daysfrom date on filing on land. That the right or commutation is propose to reinsert it here. extended to all bona fide homestead settlers on the lands in Oklahoma Ter Mr. PLATT. Where does it appear in the bill asitcamefrom ritory opened to settlement under the provisions of the act of Congress, en- the other House? !~Jff~1flna;~~:~~i~~fi~~if:~~~ f~~f~rt~lf~e~nlo~~~~~~~~; ;;~re~~~ Mr. COCKRELL. On page 91, as t.he third provision. It ing June 30, 1894," approved March 3, 1893, and the President's proclama- 1;ion in pursuance thereof, after fourteen months from date of settlement, oucrht not to have gone in as a part of this matter, but as a reg upon the payment for the lands as provided in said act. ul;tion. If the Senator from Connecticut objects to it we shall So as to make the clause read: not insist upon the amendment. That the l::mds by said agreemeat ceded to the United States shall, uron Mr. PLATT. I doubt whether we ought to ms.ke a different proclamation by the President, be opened to settlement, and shall be sub- provision in the opening of one of these reservations from wha\ 1894. CONGRESSIONAL . RECORD-SENATE.- ~ 7629 is contained in the gene1·alland laws of the United States. There Perce Agency, by Robert Sleicher, James F. AJlen, and Cyrus Beede, on the part of the United States, and the principal men and male adults of the Nez has been a great deal of controversy over the quest_ion as to Perce tribe or Indians located on said Nez Perce Reservation, witnesseth: whether the e~tire land laws ough~ not to be changed in that respect. ARTICL.E I. The said Nez Perce Indians hereby cede, sell, relinquish, and convey to Mr. CALL. I accept the Senator's sug-gestion. the United States all their claim, right, title, and interest 1n and to all the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing unallott-ed lands within the limits of said reservation, saving and excepting to the amendment of the· committee on Appropriations. the following described tracts of lands, which are hereby retained by the said Indians, viz: Mr. COCKRELL. Let the amendment be disagreed to. In township 34,range 4 west: Northeast quarter, north half and southeast The amendment was rejected. of northwest quarter, northeast quarter or southwest quarter, north half The reading of the bill was resumed. The next amendment and east half or southwest quarter, and the southeast quarter o! southeast oi 94, quarter, section 13, 440 acres. was at the top page to insert the following heading: In township 34, range 3 west: Sections 10, 15, 36, 1,920 acres. AGREEMENT WITH THE YAKIMA NATION OF INDIANS IN WASHINGTON. In township 33, range 3 west: Section 1; northwest quarter or northeast The amendment was a.greed to. · quarter, north half of northwest quarter section 12,760 acres. In township 35, range 2 west: South half or northeast quarter, northwest The na.xt amendment was, on page 109, line 24, after the word quarter, north half and southeast quarter of southwest quarter, southeast "confirmed," to strike out: quarter section 3; east halt, east half of nort-hwest quarter, southwest quar First. The sum of $10,000 to be paid said Indians. as provided in Article II ter section 10; section 11; north half,north half of south halt, section 21; east of said agreement, as herein modified, is hereby appropriated out of any hall o! northeast quarter, section 20; sections 22, 7:7, 35, 4,200 acres. In township 3!, range 2 west: North halt, southwest quarter, north halt money in the Treasm·y not otherwise appropriated, a.nd the same be im and southwest quarter and west half or southeast quarter or southeast mediately available and shall be applied in carrying out the provisions or quarter, section 13; section 14; north half section 23, west halt or east halt said article. and the sum o! $100,000 shall 'be hereafter appropriated, w~~n said :Indians shall approve and ratify the amendments made by this act m and west half of northeast quarter, northwest quarter, north halt or south said agreement, which sum of money shall be deposited in the Treasury or west quarter, west half of east half and northwest quarter and east halt of the United States to the credit of the Indians or the Siletz Reservation as southwest quarter of southeast quarter, section 24; section 29, 2,700 acres. provided in Article II or said agreement. That ot the proceeds of the lands In township 33, range 2 west: West hall and southeast quarter section 6; ceded by said Indians $32,600 shall be set apart not to be covered into the sections 16, 22, 27; north half and north halt or south halt section 34, 2,880 'l'reasury and shall be placed by the Secretary or the Treasury in charge ol acres. the Secretary of the Interior, on his requisition, to carry into effect the pro In township 34, range 1 west: West half section 2; sections 3, 4; north halt and southwest quarter section 8; north half section 9; north half and north visions of Article II of said agreement and the moneys .shall be divided per half or southwest quart-er section 18; northwest quarter section 17, 2,900 capita among the members of the tribe as provided in said article. acres. · • · · · Ancl to insert: In township 37,range least: Section 20; section 21, less south half of south ·That for the puryose of carrving the provisions of this act into etrect there hal! of southwest quarter or southeast quarter (10 acres), 1,210 acres. is hereby appropriated, out ofany money in the _Treasury not otherwise ap" In township 36, range l east: South halt or sections 3, 4; sections 11, 12, propriated the sum of $142,600, which sum o! money shall be paid to the In 1,920 acres. . . . In township 35, range 2 east: Sections 16, 17, 18, 20; all of section 25 west of di.an.s in the manner and form prescribed by articles 2 and 3 of the agree boundary line of reservation; sections 26, ·27, 4,240 acres. · ment. In township 35, range 2 east: North half of sections 16, 17, section 27; north The amendment was agreed to. halt o! section 34, 1,600 acres. - The next amendment was, on page 111, line 8, after the word In township 3i, range 2 east: East hal! and east half or west half o! south 1 east quarter section 24, 100 acres. ' depredations," to strike out: . In township 34, range 3east: South half or sections 19, 20; north halt; north r- And pro1Jided furthe,·, That sections 16 and 36 of the lands ceded and half o! south half; southwest quarter and north half o! southeast quarter relinquiEh~d by said agreement are hereby confirmed to the State or o! southwest quarter; north halt of south halt o! southeast quarter section Oregon for the support of the common schools of said State under the limi 23; north half; north halt and northhal!ot southwestquarterandsoutheast tations p1·escribed by law. quarter or southwest quarter; southeast quarter section 24; north palt and southeast quarter of northeast quarter; north halt o! northwest quarter· And in line 12, before the word "mineral," to insert "the.' section 25; south half of northeast quarter or northeast quarter section 20; The amendment was agreed to. section 29; northeastquarteror northeast quarter and south half section 30; northwest quarter and north halt or southwest quarter section 31; northeast· The next amendment was, on page 112, line 3, before the words quarter; north halt and southeast quarter of northwest quarter section 32; uper cent," to strike out '"'four" and insert ''five;" in the northwest quarter; north halt or southwest quarter, section 33, 3,700 acres. same line, after the words ''after the," to strike out "ratifica m township 33, range 4 east: South halt of southeast quarter section 18; northeast quarter and traction northea!!_t or river in east hal! of northwest tion" and insert "passage;" and in line 4, after the word ''act," quarter section 19; fraction west o! boundary line or reservation, in section to strike out "by said Indians;" so as to make the clause read: 22; west half and southeast quarter-or section 35, 1,440 acres. That all of the money so he ~ d by the United· States to pay the delayed In township 32, range 4 west: Fraction In west half of northeast quarter payments shall draw interest at the rate or 5 per cent per annum after the of southwest quarter; traction in northwest quarter:or southeast quarter passage of this act. section 1; section 2; south halt or section 6; west halt and southeast quarter of northeast quarter o! section 9, 1,410 acres. The amendment was agreed to. . In township 31, range 4 west: South halt or northeast quarter; southeast The reading of the bill was continued to the end of line 12, quarter o! northwest quarter; northeast quarter or southwest quarter;· southeast quarter section 17; northwest quarter section 21, 480 acres. Total, on page 112. 32,020 acres. · Mr. COCKRELL. On page 112, after the word "shall," in ARTICLE II. line 6, I move to strike out down to and including the word It is also stipulated and agreed that the place known as "the boom" on "changes" in line 10; and in llne 11; before the word "sixty," the Clearwater River, near the mouth or Lapwai Creek, shall be excepted to insert "proclamation by the President and." from this cession and reserved I or the common use or the tribe, with full right of access thereto, and that the tract o! land adjoining said boom, now The SECRETARY. On page 112, line 6, after the word "shall," occupied by James Moses, shall be allotted to him in such manner as not to it is proposed to strike out: interfere with such right. Also that there shall be reserved !rom said ces P1·escribe rules and regulations to procure the ratification by said Indians sion the land described as follows: "Commencing at a point at the margin of the Siletz Reservation to the changes in said agreement, as provided for of Clearwat~r River, on the south side thereof, which is 300 yards below. in this act, and shall without delay, upon the agreement or said Indians to where the middle thread or Lapwai Creek empties int-o said river; run said changes. thence up the margin of said Clearwater River at low-water mark, 900 yards to a point; run thence south 250 yards to a point; thence southwesterly, in And in line 11, before the word "sixty," to insert "proclama a line to the southeast "!Orner of a stone building, partly finished as a church; tion by the President and;" so as to make the clause read: thence west 300 yards to a point; thence from said point northerly in a straight line to the point or beginning; and also the adjoining tract of land That immediately after the passage o1 this act the Secretary or the Inte lying southerly o! said tract, on the south end thereof; commencing at the rior shall, under such regulations as he may prescribe, open said lands to said corner of said church, and at the point 300 yards west thereof, and run settlement after proclamation by the President and sixty days• notice. a line from each-of said points. One of said lines running on the east side The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing and the other on the west of said Lapwai Creek; along the foothills or each· side of said creek; up the same sufilcientlyfar so that a line being drawn east to the amendment of the Senator from Missouri. and west to intersect the atores aid lines shall-embrace within its bounda The amendment was agreed to. ries, together with the first-above described tract of land, a sufilcient quan The reading of the bill was resumed. The next amendment tity of land as to include and comprise640acres;" for which described tracts of land the United States stipulates and agrees to pay to William G. Lang of the Committee on Appropriations was, on page 112, after ford, his heirs or assigns, the sum or $20,000, upon the execution by said line 12, to insert: Langford, his heirs or assigns, or a release and relinquishment to the United States or all right, title, interest, or claim, either legal or equitable, in and to AGREEMENT WITH THE NEZ PERCE INDIANS IN IDAHO. said tracts of land, derived by virtue or a quit-claim deed or February 14, SEc. 15. Whereas Robert. Schleicher, James F. Allen, and Cyrus Beede, 1868, to the said William G. Langford, from Langdon s. Ward, treasurer or the duly appointed commissioners on the part or the United States, did on the American Board or Commissioners tor Foreign Missions, which release and· l~t day of May, 1893, conclude an agreement with the principal men and relinquishment shall be satisractory to the Secretary ot the Interior, a~d it other male adults of the Nez Perce tribe of Indians, upon the Lapwai Reser- is stipulated and agreed by said Nez Perce Indians that upon the execution vation, in the State of Idaho, which said agreement is as follows: · and approval of such release and relinquishment the right o! occupancy of• Whereas the President, under date of October 31, 1892, and under the pro said Indians in said described tracts shall terminate and cease and the com visions of the act or Congress entitled "An act to provide for the allotment plete title thereto immediately vest in the United States: Provided, That of lands in severalty to Indians on the various reservations, and to extend any member or the said Nez Perce tribe of Indians entitled to an allotment the protection of the laws of the United States and the Territories over the now occupying and having valuable improvements upon any or said lands Indians, and for other purposes," approved February 8, 1887, authorized ne not already occupied or improved by the United States may have the same gotiations with the Nez Perce Indians in Idaho tor the cession of-their sur- allotted to him in such subdivisions as shall be prescribed and approved by plus lands; and · the Secretary or the Interior, in lieu or an equal quantity of agricultural Whereas the Nez Perce Indians are willing to dispose of a portion of the land allotted to him elsewhere; and for this purpose shall relinquish any tract or land in the State of Idaho reserved as a home for their use and oc patent that may have been issued to him before the title to said "Langtord" cupation by the second article of the treaty between said Indians and the tracts of land shall vest in the United States, and shall have a new patent United States, concluded June 9, 1863: . issued 1;o h.im of the form and legal etrect prescribed by the fifth section of Now, therefore, thts agreement made and entered into in pursuance of the act ol F;ebruary 8, 1887 (24 Statutes, 388), covering the new allotment and ' the pronsions or said act or Congress approved February.S, 1887, a~ the Nez that portion of the former a.llotment . no~ surrendered. It is turther agreed _. OONG"RESSIONAL REVORD-SENATE JULY 18, timt 5 acres at said traet, upon. WltiM thft ln:dla;n PrMbyterta.n Ckurch is lo 1s her~y appropriated, o;nt ot a.ny money in the Treas.u.ry not .otherwise a.p ea.tad, a;s long.oo sa.m.:~shaUl remain a..ch.'lll'Gh, Bh2.li be pMenred to. th-e trus~ propriated, the sum a! ~1,668;622. of which amount the sum of $1,006,000 shall tees of sm.r:tchur~ t:il.a.1; tll.& sa.i:d !Y acres sh:Mi not include improvements be placed to the credit of "the Nez PerceInillans of Idaho" fn the Treasury made by the United States; the said 5 acres to be selected under the direc· of the Dnit.ed States, and sha.ll bear interest at the rate of 5 per cent per wr tion of the Commissioner of Indian AffairS'. num. Said sum of $1,668,622, together with the interest on said sum of $1 • AR'l'ICLE. III- 000,000, shall be paid to said Indians, or expended for their benefit as pro~ videdinArticlesii, ill, IV, and Vlllotsa.td a.greem~nt; "out o.twhichsum the Ill consitl.ei'm;lon fur ttre Innds: ceded, so'ld, rel:inq'IIiShed, a;rui conveyed as· Seere~ry of the Interior shall pa.yto the hefm, administrator, or lega.l repre· l:itoresaid. th.e UIIited St&t.es stipnia-tes a;nlt a;grees to pay tO' th-e said Nez sentat1ves or. Wlllia.m G. Langford, deceased, the sum of $20,000. upon a re· Perce Indians the sum of $1,6~,2"J:l'OLX v. !l:f)o1! be-a.bltldge:d 9Cep1l a.s-"tG ~he s.um to be Ji)&id as a.loresa.id. n is :hrth.erstipl:tta.ted and.a;g:reed: ~t - are land$ b:y· this agree~ ce.lfud : That the Vem:l.Illissioner of Indian Afl'a.trs be, all.d he h~reby is, authorized shall not be opened for publ:ic settlement until trust patents tor the allotted to employ a Cl!lmp0tent sn:rveyor for a. perlod not ex~ two years, at a l:anrl.o::nmt~.llbzV'e been sha.ll be disposed ot as- follows: The Secretary ot the Interior SlHtll cause d!ans1 and shall draw interest at the ra.te of. 5 per cent per a-nnum, and said the said la.nds to be regllJ.a.ny surveyed and to be subdivideci into tracts o.t prinCipal and interest shall be subject to appropriation by Congress, or to 10 acres each, and shall oause the said lands to be appraised by a. board of application by the President of the United States !.or the payment of water three appraisers, composed of an Indian inspector, a special Indian agent, rents, the building of levees; irrigating ditches and l~terals, the :purchase of and the agent in charge of the Yuma Indians, who shall appraise said lands, tools, farming implements, and seeds, and for the education and civ1l1zation ka.ats or subdivisions. a.ndeac.h of them"andreporttheir proceedings to the of said Indians: 1:-'rovided, however, That none o! said money realized from Secretary of the Interior for his action thereon;. and when the~ppraisam:ent the sale of said lands, or a.ny-ot the interest thereon, Shall be a-pplied to the has- been apnroved the Secreta.l'y ot the ln.teriorshall cause- the S'll.id lands pal:ment of any jUdgment that has been or. :rnaq llereatter ba rende:red on to b& sold at-pulllic sa.le to the-highest bidder for cash, at not less than the clauns f'or damages because of depredation& committed by said Indiall3 app;:~;aised value-thereof, first havtng ~ven. at lea-st sb:tytlays' public notice priorto tlie date of the agreement herein ratified. or the t!.me; place, and terms of sale, llllmediately prior to such sale-, by pUb· That all of the lands ceded by said agreement wh1cli are not ausceptible Jieation in at least t.wo newspa-pers of general ch·cula'tion; and any lands or of irrigation shall become a part of the public domain, and shall be opened subdivisions remaining unsold may be reoffered for sale at ant subsequent to settlement and sale by proclamation of the President of the United States, time in the same manner,at t.he.discretion of the Sem·etary of the Interior, and be subject to disposal under the provisions of the general land laws. and i! noll sold at.such second offeti:nyforwantof bidders, then the Secretary That' the Color.ado &Ner lllrigating Compa.ny, which was granted a right of tJtre In.terlor• mmy sell. the. sa.me at, pct.vate> srue rur uo t less than.. the a :rr of \Ya,y tor anil'rigating c:a.na.l through the sn.id Yuma. Indian Reservation praised. valnCl. bylilieJ ae't of Congrnss approved February 15, 1893~ shall tre requ.:lred to be· ARl.ricLE IV. gin the eonst1mction of said canal through said l'ese1-vat1on Within three Tl'lP..t the mon-ey :realiZ-e-d bY the sa.Ie of the a.!o-re!mid lands shall be placed years from the date. of the passage of this act, otherWise the rights granted in tlie·Treasm-y ef the United S ta:telf, to· th~ cred'ftof the said Yuma. Indians, by the act aforesaid shall be forfeited. a.nd: the same, with inte:restl th-er-eof a.t.5 per c-ent per annum, shall be a.t an That the Secretary of the Interior shall have authority !rom. time to time times snflject to, ap.prop:dation. by Congress, ox to appliea.tion, by order of to fix the rate of wa.t.er rents to be paid by the said Indian& for all domestic, the Pre-sid'e-nt, rcrr theo payment of wat-er rents, building of levees, irrigating agricultural, and irrigation purposes, and in addition thereto each male tlitehes, lata-..al&, the eractton a.nd repair ot buildings., purehaoo at tools, adult Indian of the Yuma tribe shall be granLed water for 1 acre of the rand farming implements and seeds, and for the- edllcatmru IUlJL civ111Z":l.tioa G! whioh shall be allotted to him, it he utilizes the same in growing ru:ops, S.:JJ.a YUina IndiatlS. free of all rent charges during the period or te-n years, to be- computed ARTIOLirV. fro IlL the date when saidlrrigation company begins the delivery of. water on said~reservation... Upon the !il)pro-val att1le allotmenr.&l:r.ro'Vided f"or herein by the Secr.etary of the- Interfur he shall cause: pa'te:n:ts to-issoo therefor in; the nama ot the Tlte- amendment.was agreed fo.- allotte~rs, whl1clE pa.tentrs shall b& 0i'i the leg!tl eileen, and declare that tb.~ The n.ext mnelldment. was, on page 138, after' lina-12, to- strik:e UJUted, St~ does and wtlL hold tho land t.hn~ allot.ted fr..r. tha period of tmmty·ffve yea:rs in. tl'llatt !or tlie sme- nae- ana' blm~'t of' tlle Iildian to whom. out:. eueh' ad.!ottments stmn ha-ve- been made, or ill' ease ot'lus or her-decease, to SEC. !6: That to p tion, if the Chickasaw Nation could. get into the Court of Men handled in this way and heretofore all such drafts had been regularly paid. That upon demand tor the payment of said three drafts, the o1Ilcials Claims it could bring suit for and recover it, against the United ot the said nation requested time, saying they were not ready to pay them States. then. The sum of $240 was however paid on the six hundred and forty dol As was said by the Senator from Missouri, the facts here are lar draft, leaving a balance due on .this one of 11100, at the same time this draft was retained by the said Boyd, he saying that he would need it tor a in dispute. If they were not in dispute, if they were conceded, voucher for the amount he paid on same. That subsequently, and about we would have no right against the protest of the Chickasaw eighteen months after the making of the new contract between the said Nation to pay out its interest money upon the trust fund Sanders and the said Chickasaw Nation, as aforesaid, anq. atterthepayment of the $240 also, as aforesaid, on the said draft for $640, divers personal dis which we hold to cancel a debt which a man. has against the putes, quarrels_ differences, controversies, and dimculties, grew up between Chickasaw Nation. But the facts are in dispute, and therefore the said Sanders and B. F. Overton, the then governor of the Chickasaw I have proposed, in lieu of the proviso which I propose to strike Nation, who was a high-handed, violent, and arbitrary man; in consequence of these various disputes and di.Jllculties between the said Overton and the out, a provision directing the Secretary of the Interior to ex said Sanders, the said Sanders being in great bodily danger, and to pre amine this claim and report a finding of the facts t<1 Congress. serve tis life fled trom the said Chickasaw Nation; that his life was threat I doubt verv much whether the United States ought to inter ened, and his residence in the said Chickasaw Nation, where his wife and children then were was ftred into in the night time by a. body of armed men, fere even to that extent. If we pay this claim it is an admis the furniture in said house being riddled with bullets from gun and pistol sion of the fact that whenever any person has a claim against shots. • any one of the Indian nations which the Indian Nation refuses That. as a further consequence of these disputes and differences, the said Overton, by his high·handed and arbitrary threats and action, at and against to pay and we have any funds belonging to it in our hands, he the said Sanders, made the life of the said Sanders in the said Chickasaw 'may come to Congress and get payment out of the funds which Nation so unsafe that he dared not return thereto, and that he was com we have. • pelled to remain away, having every reason to believe, and this a.ffi.a.nt does believe, that his lite would have been taken if he had remained in the said Mr. Pre<;ident, I do not think that I need say any more about nation; thus making it impossible for the said Sanders to complete his said thisciaim. !have a large number of papers, affidavits,andpro contract, the effect of which was to deprive him ot the benefits and profits testsfrom the Chickasaw Nation declaring that they do not owe arising out ot his said contract. That the said authorities of the said na tion then refused to pay the said sum of $4,400, the balance due on the said it, that the debt of Mr. Munson is against an individual and not drafts, and have tailed and refused to pay the same or any part thereof ever against the Chickasaw Nation, if he has any debt at all. But I since, and yet so refuse. That amant, as the executive omcer or said bank, clonotwish to detain the Senate by going into the disputed facts endeavored In every way to secure the payment thereof, and tailing in this, then requested and urged the said authorities of the said nation to refund with reference to whether this is a justclaim against the Chicka and pay t-o the said bank tor the said Sanders, to secure the payment of the saw Nation. What I s3.y is that the United States has no right said drafts, the $5,500 contributed by the said Sanders to tho said authorities under the treaty and under the law to divert any portion of the to aid in the construction of the said academy, claiming and charging to the said authorities that the said Sanders had been ruined financhlly by his jnterest of this trust fund for any such purpose, and if it does it expulsion from the said nation, as aforesaid, and their refusal to allow him will have to restore it out of its own Treasury to the Chickasaw to fulfill and complete his said con tract. Nation. Alllant charges that the said Sanders was so made absolutely insolvent andha.s ever since remained so, and that in consequence thereof it has been Mr. COKE. Mr. President, the House of Representatives, impossible tor the said bank to recover from him the money due on said after an elaborate investigation of this matter, passed an appro drafts. priation in behalf of_Mr. Munson, in these words: Amant further says that the said three drafts, excepting the $240 paid, as aforesaid, are now due and payable toW. B. Munson, of Denison, Tex., who Provided, That the sum of $9,500 shall be subtracted from the amount to is the ex-president of the said First Nat.ional Bank, and became so in tlle be pa.id to the Chickasaw tribe of Indians on account of the interest herein following manner: When some years ago the said Munson, desiring to re provided tor and the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay the sa.id sum of tire from the banking business, and having arranged tor a sale of the said IB9,500 toW. B. Munson, of Denison, Tex. bank, these drafts having become a suspended debt, the purchasers re ~used Now, who received the benefit of this money? The Chicka to accept them a.s assets, whereupon the same were written off to the said Munson. That copies of the two of the said drafts, tor $2,000 each, are saw Indians. They received every dollar of it. They received hereto appended, marked Exhibits A and B, and together with the in it from a bank with which they were accustomed to transact dorsements thereon are made a part hereof. That the said draft for &6 !0 is the business of the nation. They received it on a draft drawn not in the possession ot the said Munson, but was. and aftla.nt supposes 1::; yet, in possession of the Chickasaw Nation, and therefore a copy ca!l not on their auditor and accepted by him. They r~ceived it on pa be furnished, the said authorities of the said nation refusing to either pay pers approved. at the time by the governor of the Chickasaw or return the said draft to the said bank. Nation, William B. Overton. I propose that the Senate shall EDWARD PERRY. hear a plain, lucid statement of the transaction given by Mr. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 28th day of June, A. D. 18;)2. Perry, -who was at one time president of the Denison bank. I [SEAL.] J. R. HANDY, ask that the Secretary read it. Notary Public, Grayson Oounty, '.Fe:e. The PRESIDING OFFICER. If there be no objection, the Mr. COKE. I hold in my hand the original drafts upon the Secretary will read as requested. The Chair hears none. auditor of the Chickasa.wNation, duly indorsed and accepted by The Secretary read as follows: him. I will state that the evidence shows that the money which 'l'HE STATE OF TEXAS, Grayson Oounty: was thus drawn for had been already earned by Sanders in teach Personally appeared before the undersigned authority, Edward Perry, ing the Indian children and carrying on the Lebanon school. who, after being by me sworn in conformity to law, on his oath says: That This is a statement of the facts of this case. The amount he was, from 1813 to 1888, the executive omcer of the First National Bank or Denison, Tex. That during a pa.rtof said time theomcials of the Chickasaw called for in this bill is the amount of these drafts with the in Nation ot Indians transacted the greater part of their finan<;ia.l business terest at 8 per cent according to the.laws of Texas when drawn. through the said bank. That R. H. Sanders, a. citizen or the United States, This is a statementoi the condition of the transaction. Since had a. contract from the said Chickasaw Nation to supply and conduct a large school in the said nation, known as the Lebanon Academy; that this 1880, which! believe was the date of the transaction, Mr. Mun contract run for five years, the said Sanders being paid by said nation un son has tried in every possible way to get some sort of settle der said contract about ~12,000 per annum as the contract price for supply ment. He has been endeavoring to get a settlement there ing and conducting said academy. That about one year before the expira tion of this contract the said academy was destroyed by fire, a.t wh.ich time and a settlement here in Washington. He has utterly failed to the said nation was indebted on said contract to said Sanders in the sum get any settlement whatever with those people. Then this state ot 155,500. of case is presented. Here is a man who was contracted with The said Sanders. bein~ anxious to have the said academy rebuilt, and to obtain a n-ew contract Wlth the said nation tor another term ot five years, by the Chickasaw authorities, by the governor and the other proposed to the authorities of the said nation that 1f the said authorities authorities. Here are drafts drawn in accordance with that con would rebuild the said academy and give him a new contract to supply and tract and accepted by those authorities; and they are unpaid, conduct same tor another term of five years, at or about the same considera tion as the old contract, that he, Sanders, would contribute to the construc and refusal is absolutely made to pay them. tion of the new building the said sum of $5 500. This proposition was accepted It is said that the fund out of which payment is sought is a by the said authorities as made; the said building was erected, the contract trust fund. Of course any fund is a trust fund in the hands of made with said Sanders a.s stipulated, and to the personal knowledge of af fiant the said Sanders did contribute and pay to the said Chickasaw author-" any party belonging to another. The interest on the securities !ties the said sum ot &5,500, and the said fund was used by the said authori that belong to the Chickasaw Indians was to be paid to the In ties in the construction of said building. dians themselves. We can not sue the Indian tribe. There is The said Sanders entered upon his new contract; had to furnish and equip the said academy, and in so doing and to conduct and maintain same had to no legal remedy against them. The only remedy that exists at 0 all is to apply to the Government of the United States, who are g:~~-ar~~:r~~ ~s~~ln~~~~i~~ ~sl~J>sa.i~ ~~~a~~~~N:>~o~rr~ ~~f~ the trustees of these Indians, and who hold money to be paid bank and the said Chickasaw authorities, so far a.s the same relat-ed to the said Sanders, was tor the sa.id Sanders to draw through the said bank on into the hands of the Indianswhosegovernment contracted with the auditor ot the said Chickasaw Nation against the sums due the said Sanders, the payee of the drafts, and whose children have been Sanders by the Chickasaw Nation under said contract; then when such benefited by the contract. That is all there is about the case. drafts were accepted by the said auditor the said ba:Q.k would make a1vances on such acceptances to the said Sanders on account. That on the lOth day Mr. President, it does seem to me that the Government ought ot December, 1880, the said Sanders drew three certain drafts on Robert L. to compel these Indians to do the honest thing in their dealings Boyd, the then auditor ot the said Chickasaw Nation..~}.or the sum of $4,640; with the white people of this country. The Government is the two of these drafts were tor 12,000 each, and one for ~o. which said drafts were regularly and in due course of business accepted by the said Boyd as guardian of the Indians. The Indians are permitted to contract auditor of the said nation, and was then by the said Sanders turned over to in a certain mode. They did contract with Sanders, the as the said bank on account. That these transactions were in conformity to a signor of Munson. Sanders did comply with his contract until method adopted by the said bank and the said Chickasaw Nation at the ad· his life was endangered, and he was run out of the Territory. ~ice and with knowledge and consent o:r the governor and omcials thereor. Transactions involving large sums ot money ha..l tor some time preViously The officers or the Chickasaw government admitted that the XXVI-478 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. JULY 18,. drafts= were properly drawn by accepting them aS' drafts which ments with, thQsa people. b:y whia.h their- lands may be settled must be paid as- so-on as.. they get mo.neyinto the:-trea-s.ucy. This and by which. thay-lnflY'" become. citiz.ene. of the United States, is all I" have to say at this-time aoout it. and it seems to me it is not a very wise step, and it is not a very MI. JONES of Arkansas. Mi.~. President, this claim iH dis wise- thing- for- us to inflame. the Chickasaws against the Gov puted byth.eChicrk.asaws~ The claimant ia a man. Iundersta.nd, ernment. of the United States:~ and against the commission. we ai ftna characte-r, a. business. man, and the president of a bank. ha~thete now by this high-hand.e.d.an.d.outrageo.ua proceeding He claim1:r that. this money-has--been due him fo_r a; number- of in taking: a part of theiJ:; money-and. divert.ing it to the payment years. It isrr?sit~vely deniettby ~he Chickas~J:W Natio.n.thatitis of even.. a. jus.t debt. · db.e, and I thmk 1t would be an 1mprope.r thmg fill" the Senate If thisia a.just debt. to M'r. ~funson, the. president of a national of the United States to under.take to•settle-a·litigated question bank, he is-a man o1 hig}:ulltal"acter, a man of-high intelligence, in this way between a claimant and..an Indian nation. whounderstands·howto take care af hiarights,and if thecourts Mr. COKE. I have-here: in-my hand. the drafts- drawn oaand are open let him sue. If there al!e no courts in. which suit can accepted by the auditor- of the: 8hickasaw· Nation~ Are- there be bxought"l am willing to vote. for the passage of a bill which any receipts against these drafts?- will allow him to SUEi in a. United States court anywhel~e, but I Mr. PLATT. Will the Senator from Arkansas allow me? amnot willing to have the claim settled h.ere in this offhand Mr. JONES of Arkansas. Certainly. • w&y. without e1famination, ~rod I. enter- my protest agains.t it~ Mr. PLATT. This claim is thir.tee-rryear Qld. M1~. IDGGINS. Even if the. money sought to be diverted to Mr. .TONES-of Admnsas-.. Fom~te.en years. the payment: of. this: alfeged debt were: not a tr-ust fund, l think Mr: PLATT. The Qhickasaw·Na.tion havahad.m:anayin that it simply an extraordinary proceeding to attempt in this manner Da.nk- during an that period, ami the bank has not attempted to garnishee the: United States for-the payment of this: claim. tQ take this debt out, and MrJ lSfunson is. trh~ p_r~e.sident of the As ave1y lawyer knows. the- Gover-nment is not subject to be b!tnk. ing sued in. that way, ia not subject to ga£n..ishment. You can Mr. JONES of' Arkansas. It. ta stated: in the affidaYits. of th.e. nats.to:g·the:pay of any o.ffieet~ of the Government, even though officers otthe ChickaBaw Nation that thts-ciaim-~navar been he: may be indebted to some individual; and it you could not do presented. to the nation~ It· haac been pl'eSdnted again and again it in that case, surely you should. not in. this, even if it were an by atturneysabout' the time-tlie: Ind:Um.approprii:Ltion bill was to absolutely·ius.t debt which.had been reduced to a- iud!?ment. be passed. · But the. p:ropusition ia not less: extra.ardlnary that the Senate I have:- personally· insp.ec te &B) to1 its d.i:B,msitio.D+ ~t. tmm it: ifr tmr he pmi: tn tne' Indi.ans. ~from. T.e::x;as.,. itr was st&Wd. that they were written off to This proceeding :i5 ..n:. the na-tt.U:e: at a_ ga.rnis:lmmltlt. a;gaimm the · M"IJIIB(1)1lf Bif.terwa.l~da. He simpl~ stands· h&>e, therefore, as the Chi:ck:asRW'Natfurr~ holder of paper dishonored as a security.,, and has no- higher Mr. PLATT. Is this a payment of inte1"8St: ta the hrdi:ms·? e.quity-tha.n. the pay.ee•himself. Mr- COKE. The ild:er:est.i.s. to; beip.aid to-tn:e.fudfans... M.c . .TONES 0f.A.clmn.Bas Let-me call attention to one other ~1r. PLA..TT"- '""The. in ~est" u-psn whiallt slr.alil be' p_aid !Elnu- ~1z in cmm:e:etiuntwi:th this case·, that Saunders failed to perform ail; to t1l:a' ChicklUm.W N.a:ti.xm.." his currtracts. with.. the. Chickasa:w Nation. H& was h-eld to have :MX. COKE. lt.is: w tlm.,Chinlms;;tW Natimr.,.. then.; viola ted evm~y · cl.a--im he had. on the Chickasaw Nation, and he Mr. PLATT. Is this payment to the Chickasaw Nation?- was dishonorably dismissed from the service, and among- the n.'l:r~ COKE: Tl:mt puts i1L still: cl:as:e1·. lifem· ia- a debt of the papers is a. statement from Saunders himself that ever.y dollar Cliieintsmv'Nati:an:,..a debiiwhieh we h~e nncaurt to go; into to the. Chickasaw NatioR owed him had. ·been. pai-d This money collect, and a debt f~r ' which. they have-, S:taoCL the clafma.n._t affi was· tOo be paid out of the money d1.le: .Saunde!'s afte:r a certain tcu~ about. thirteen year - date in thefuture. Saunders was discharged, and:the·C:hicka.sa;w Mr~ PALMER. WillLth.e Sena:tor from 'i?exas- aD.ow-m.e to.ask Natio.n owed him~ nothing. The-re ian-&. obUgati.Gn. in tlie s-pirit him a single question? or letter Gf the can.tract that this money. shouJ:d be paid, but if M:c. QO:KE. C'ertad:nfy. . . th~e were, this- auditor had no rig_ht. by his act to undertake Mr PALMER. :L as.k..tha SenatD:c upon. wlam pretext does th-e. to bind the-Chickasaw Nation, and the- Senate can not un.derta.ke Chickasaw Nation: :refuse- to ~ it1 to establish any suc-h precedent as tha..t an. effice-i'· ean do any Mr •. COKE... They just: si:mpty dcr not p~ it. such. unauthorized and unwarranted thing. ~ Mr. JON:EB of Arkansas. They say absolutely that: they do M r. BLANCHARD. lithe Senator· will allow me, in his re- m> owe- it. marks preooding those iust delivered, he. stated. that the courts Mr. COKE. Where does the Senator get that? ware open tn M:r: M.unsoa to-establiBh. his elaim in. an: action. at :M:r~ JONES af Al'kansas. Fl:OID.. the affida.vits of the: offi.cers; law. of the Chickasaw Nation. Mi·. JONES of Arkansas. Ioonet kn.ruv; that I said: that. Mr-.. COKE., Here, is their draft fo-r m-oney ad:varured· on the Mr·. BLANCHARD. l! understood: the Sena,to.r· to· say that. · faith of what the governor and the auditor of the Chickasaw I was going to say that the Senato1~ from Texas [111:r. COKE] de Nation said to. the bank in thadue course of business. Besides- nies that there is any remedy in e.om-t;. and'" up~n that point. I there ha to them? r have known. repeated instances- since I hav:e lre.en a; • Unite'd- Sta.tes. caurt:sJ an~wb.ere. down in. that eourrtry 1 whe.re- it member of the Senate when tbe Government of the- UniteiL · would be proper and regular to have a suit brauglit. But. what States has-paia claimaagainst Indians out of m-oneys due them- l emr.tend is that in. & litigated cas& like- this, 0ne which I sub· trust fun.ds.-perhaps nat against there Indians~ but against-so"IIIe! mit~ eu·far aa it lias been in.vestigate~ seems to· be· in favor of Indian tribes-. It h as been a very common thing to do. The- at- the· ~aw Nathm.an.d against the validity or legality of. this tempt to put this provision upon this awropl"iation bill has been. claim, against its justice and against its fairness, that it i& not suggested by the practice of the GoveromGIIt heretofore. :r:ig-lat..fo11 us ta se-ttle- it here· withou.t any investigation and.with- Mr. President, the transaction was an honest one. There is na aut knnwing aU the facts. man in the State oiTexaswirostarrds:highel"'than.-W~B.Munaon. Mr. COKE. I have j:ust· one· mere word to say, and that is I h ave hiS affidavit here, in which he makes a; p!ain statement that so- far as:the offer of the Senator frem Arkansas to create a of t he tr -- 7636 · CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENA-TE. JULY 18~ Mr. COKE. I called the attention of the Senator fro:tn Arkan am paired with the senior Senator from Michigan L.M.r. McMIL ----.88B to the fact, and he admitted it to have been herein Washing LAN]. In his absence I desire to withdraw my vote. ton for several years. Mr. GORDON. I am paired with the junior Senator from Mr. ALLISON. Very_likely; but that does not change the .Iowa [Mr. WILSON]. point I make respecting it. The amendment proposed by the Mr. BLACKBURN. I am paired witb. the Senator from Ne Senator from Connecticut submits this question to an investiga braska [Mr. MANDERSON], and therefore withhold my vote. tion by the Secretary of the Interior, one of our own officers, and Mr. GORDON. I will vote to make a quorum. I vote" yea." the chief officer having in charge the great questions relating Mr. DAVIS. In order to make a quorum I will vote. I vote to Indian tribes. ''nay." . It seems to me that where a dispute of this kind is to be settled, Mr. GALLINGER. I transfer my pair with the junior Senator and where there is a doubt as to whether this claim is due or is from Texas [Mr. MILLS] to the Senator from Rhode Island [Mr. not due, Mr. Munson ought to be willing· to allow the claim to ALDRICH], and I will vote. I vote "yea."• be fully investigated. ' Mr. IIARRIS. Notwithstanding my pair with the Senator If I remember the amendment as I heard it read at the desk, from Ohio [Mr. SHERMAN], in .order to make a quorum I ask it is proposed that the Secretary of the Interior shall make re that my vote be recorded. I vote "nay." port at the next session of Congress. So, if Mr. Munson has a Mr. CAREY. I am paired with the junior Senator from Wis just claim that we are bound to take care of, it is a difference of consin [Mr. MITCHELL]. I transfer my pair to the senior Sen three or four or five months. After the statement made by the ator from Nevada [Mr. JONES] and vote ''yea." Senator from Arkansas, and after the investigation I made, Mr. SMITH. Has the junior Senator from Idaho [Mr. Du reading every paper that 1 could find in connection with this BOIS] voted? case, I must say that I made up my mind that it is a doubtful The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Idaho has claim, and therefore I assente Mr .. POWER. The chairman of the committee, I believe, is DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAmS, satisfied that the amendment shall be adopted. . Washington, .March 29, 189l. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge receipt, by your reference, of the the amendment proposed by the Senator from Montana [Mr. lette1: of Rev. Odoric Derenthal, superintendent of St. Joseph's Industrial POWER]. Boarding School, Keshena, Wis., addressed to Hon. WILLIAM F. VILAS, .United States Senate, dated March 20, 1894, submitting an amendment to the The amendment was agreed to. · Indian appropriation bill, with a history of the school, requesting my re Mr. VILAS. I wish to offer an amendment to be inserted on port thereon. paO'e 66, after line 17. In reply, I have the honor to state that from reports of inspectors, special agentc;, and supervisors, recorded in this omce, the St. Joseph's school is a The PRESIDING OFFICER.. "The amendment will be stated. most excellent Indian school. The SECRETARY. On page 66, after line 17, it is proposed to The quarterly attendance reports show that the number of Indian pupils insert: cared for and educuted at this school is greatly in excess of the number provided for by the Government. For education and support of one hundred and fifty Indian pupils at St. In my opinion, St. Joseph's school is doing very good work tor the In· Joseph's Indian Industrial School, Keshena, Wis., at Sl25 each per annum, dians, and it is worthy of all the aid the Department can give lt ill regard U8,750. to increasing its par capita allowance and granting the number of pupils asked for. , . Mr. VILAS. Mr. President, the amendment I submit has I concur in the statement set forth in the letter of Superintendent Deren been fa.-orably reported by the Committee on Indian Affairs. tha.l, and respectfully request your favorable consideration of his request. The letter of Rev. Odoric Derenthal and its inclosures are herewith re It has been approved and is recommended by the Secretary of turned. the Interior and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and I ba Very respectfully, lieve it wiil have no opposition from the Committee on Appro D. M. BROWNING, Commissioner. priations. I shall, therefore, content myself by simply remark The honorable the SeECRET.ARY OF THE INTERIOR. ing in respect to it that this school has been established a long Mr. COCKRELL. The Committee on Appropriations made time, and has been conducted in a manner very satisfactory to no recommendation as to this matter because it determined not the Department. It has been supported largely by contribu to add any new schqols to the list of schools. The price in the tions. The price at which pupils are to be maintained is much other schools provided for in the bill is $167, and the price fixed less than the average current price paid. The school has for a in the amendment of tile Senator from Wisconsin is $125. long time maintained a considerable number of Indian pupils in The PRESIDENT pro tempo're. The question is on agreeing addition to the number which it is now propose.d by the amend to the amendment proposed by the Senator from Wisconsin [Mr. ment to award to it. VILAS]. I ask leave to insert in the RECORD a letter of the superin The amendment was agreed to. tendent of the school, a letter of the Secretary of the Interior, Mr. MANDERSON. On page 53, line 14, I move to strike out and a letter of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in respect to "five hundred" and insert "nine hundred and ninety-five;" so the amendment, and with these, unless there be more reason for as to read: discussing it, I shall submit the question for the determination One thousand nine hundred and ninety-five dollars. of the Senate: KESHENA, WIS., Jlarch 20, 189~. I have called the attention of those in charge oLthe-bill to th"e Sm: Inclosed please fiJld copy of an amendment to the Indi&n appropria proposed change. A bill appropriating $1,995 to pay John Pal tion bill, which lrespecttully submit, together with the following: mier for buildings and improvements at Pine Ridge Agency Ten ye:u·s ago we started at this pl:~oce a.nd have uninterruptedly carried on till the present day an Industrial Boarding School tor the training of passed the Senate early in the session. There is no question of Indian children. Om· labors have been hard and tiresome, frequently in the right of Mr. Palmier to re,cover from the Government the very discouraging circumstances, but they have been crowned with success, value of the buildings and improvements. The only quest.ion and I do not hesitate to pronounce our school one of the best in the Indian service. This can be prl)ven by the reports ot inspectors, special :~.gents, is one of amount. There must have been a blunder made else supervisors, and other om.cials, aU on file in the Interior Department. At where as to the amount. The amount that was certified to by the Indian educational exhibit a.t the World's Fair at Chicago we received the Indian agent, Capt. Brown, was $1,995. I refer to Report an award and diploma of honor tor our exhibit, testimony for which Will be kindly presented by Mr. J. A. Gorman, ot Washington. No. 56, made from the Committee on Indian Affairs in this, Con Our buildings, all of which have been erected at our own expense and for gress, justifying fully the amendment I have proposed. There the sole use of the Indians, have ample accommodation for 170 ·puptls; our certainly should be no opposition to it, and I hope the Senator average attendance has been and is upwardl!l of 160, and the enrollment about 190 pupils. Notwithstanding this number our school receives con in charge of the bill will not object to the amendment. tract compensation for only 130 pupils at l108 per capita. Mr. COCKRELL. I ask the Senator from Nebraska to read 01 course, ever since the establishment of this school we have been the items which make up the $1,995. obliged to add to what we received from the Government large contributions or our own in order to maintain the school and make it what it is now, and Mr. MANDERSON. The items are as follows: eveu ifwe succeed in securingwhatwe nowa.skfor, viz, an increase of funds Frame dwelling house, 1! stories high, 18 by 26 feet; with addition H from the Department, we will be obliged yet to supplement it With our own by 18feet ...... ------·----·------...... $1,200 :::unds. Whati we request is much less than is paid for nearly all the other Log dwelling house, 18 by 36 feet...... 100 schools specially appropriated for, as will be seen by referring to the ap· propriation bill. ~g~ ~~1~r~?.~r~ t~~~efeet :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: · ~ Every cent received by us is spent tor the benefit of the Indians. I can as- Forty acres of land under cultivation, inclosed with pole and wire fence 160 • sure you that a much higher purpose than mere money-making actuates us in our work for the Indian's welfare. The seeking or personal profits was Fruit trees planted and growing __ ·--· ...... _.. . ·-·-··...... 40 Breaking 40 acres of land at ~3 per acre·------·--·- ..... "·-·· 120 barred off beforehand by our solemn promises rendered ere our foot was set Digging one well, labor and material...... 50 upon the field given in our charge. Now that our people here have advanced so far on the road to civilization and Christianity we Will not abandon it, Personal labor on farm and buildings·---·------·-···-: ··----.. ·------200 but strive to secure every means for its further and better development and final pel"fection. Total ...... -----·--·-········------·-----...... 1, 995 I a.m confident that the Department, if asked, will substantiate all I have Mr. COCKRELL. Will the Senatoragain read thelastitem? said in regard to the school, and I respectfully request that when the Indian appropriation bill comes before the Senate you may aid us in placing the Mr. MANDERSON. The last item is for" personal labor on amendment for om· school where it belongs among the other portions of the farm and buildings, $200." bill. Mr. COCKRELL. I thought it was $400. Very respe ~tfully, yours, REV. ODORIO DERENTHAL. Mr. MANDERSON. It is $200, making a total of $1,995. Hon. W. F . VILAS, Mr. COCKRELL. We left this just as it came from the Qt.ber United States Senator, Washington, n. G. House. I have seen the papers the Senator has, but I am under the impression that there are some other reasons why the full DEPARTMENT OF THE !Nn:RIOR, Washington, March 30, 1894. amo:mtwas not put in. However, the amendment of the Senator Sm: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 26th from Nebraska may be agreed to and the matter reserved for instant, and accompanying letter from Rev. Odoric Derenthal, in regard to action in conference. an appropriation to maintain the Indian industrial school at Keshena, Wis. (Green Bay Agency). Mr. MANDERSON. I wish to say simply that Mr. Palmier In response thereto, you are respectfully advised that this school is now was upon these premises for twelve years. He is a very ex conducted under a contract approved by the Department for 130 pupils at emplary citizen .. Capt_. Brown, an army officer, who was the $108 per annum per:pupil, and is paid from the general app::.-opriation for sup· port of schools. Indian agent at Pme R1dge Agency, says: The accompanying report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, dated Returning t·o Mr. Palmier's claim for $1,995, I have to say that 1 consider 29th instant, to whom the matter was referred, contains the statement that it a reasonable claim. He has a very good house, barn, corrals, and other the St. Joseph school is a most excellent school, and that the number of Indian improvements which, of course, cost him some money and much labor to pnpils cared tor and educated is greatly in excess of the number provided for by the contract, and that it is worthy ot all the aid the Department can erect at this point. give it in regard to increasiLg its per capita allowance and granting the number of pupils asked for. There was no question in the minds of the Committee on In In view of these factsii have to recommend that an appropriation be made dian Affairs but that this is a very low appraisement of the to maintain this schoo as requested. improvements which were lost by reason oftheaction of the In The papers accompanying YOU!' communication are herewith returned. Very respectfully, , dian Department under the law referred to. I hope the com- HOKE SMITH, Secretary. mittee can retain the amendment in the bill. - Hon. WILIJAM. F. VILAS, United States Smale. a The PRESIDENT JY!'O tempm·e. The Question is or. agreeing 1638 CONGRESSIDNAL REOORD-~SENATE JULY 18, to the amendment of the Senator from Nebraska [Mr. MAN Many of the Senators knew him. The commission went there DEEBON]. and made an examination of the property and local conditions 'The amendment was agreed to. and all the cir.cumt)tances. Their report is here before me, giv Mr. .SQUIBE. I offer .an amendment to be inserted after t.he ing a:atatement in detail of all the facts ascertained, the names wat·d "doUars;'"in lin.e-25, nn page 49. . of the Indians1 and the amount of property held by them in sev The "PRESIDENT pro tempore. 'The amendment w1ll "be eralty, and every other feature affecting the question. The stated. com.mission being an able one, its suggestions and repurt are of The :SEURETARY. After the word. '-'dollatr13/' in line 25, page value. 49, insert: · Up to the pnesent time the Indians have i>een .unable to make -Tha.t~lands'heretofore'Canstltu:ting apart of the-Puyallup.Indi.aaLRes a disposition o! their lands, a:n.d in consequence they are the ervat1on-situa.tod near trhe:city-o! Tacoma, in-the counties of PierOOlmdK:ing, sufferers. Of course, you make an appropriation of $16,000 in State of Washington, now held in severaltyby'the.Pllyallup Indi-a;ns, patents the pending bill.for the_I>uyallup and other Indian agencies in ito whlch have hereto!ore been issued by 'the United States"to :said Indians, said 'I>llotents 'Containing cartain.resti:ictionB 'Upon thtHm.lMI.nd conveyance of that sta;te. You make provision for them on page 48 of the -sn.id .lands, -al-e hereby d~c1ared to be "the-property md tlre estate of each of bill: as follows: said allottoes or their heirs in fee simple, free and clear of each and li1VE1'Y .For general incidental expenses of the J:ndian serVice, including tr&veling ·restriotlon.as to the.sale, conveyaonce, or other-disposition o1 theEmle here expenses of agents _at seven agencies and the support and civilization of In .totore imposed 'by the Gavernm~nt of the Uni'ted States: .Provided, howevet•, -dians a.t Callville .and Pttyallnp agencies, and p ay or employes, '$16,000. 'Tlmt no sale Uf said lands shall be -vaJ.id Ullt111ihe-parties shall-a.Jlpear 'before the United States district judge in the district in which said lands al.·e.sit But if the Indians .had been able -to .sell their land they would uated, and thereupon submit to him all the terms lalld conditiollS of such proposed sale fm•;his nwravlll, and i1 approved by such judge, he shall in· have raised the sum of $700,000 for only a portion of the land, dorsa his approval on ·the :con-tract ar oth-er instrument evidencing -such only .about one-half, ior the sale of which they had made con s~; thereuponBuch sale .may be .executed and completed in accordance tracts. Thn-t would .hay.e giv.en to the adults, of whom there are -wtth·tlre-ter.ms.a.ml oorulltions·so S.'IJ.Pl:oved by said judge: Plt01Jidedfurther, allat the"purchase1ll'i:ce;agreed upon, .a.nd as bef nection oomeadvantage-talren of-the Indians. There are iu the doing business. They serve on juries1 and perform all the other .stn.tes of the:Eaat people-w.ho &re hUBy1ng themselves very hon duties of American citizenship . orably and 'Charitably in rooking -after the interests of the In !'have been amongst them .year after year. I have visited -dians. them. I know ·some of them personally, and that tb.ey are some Some of these people thought-that there was .a danger that the of them highly intelligent people. They h ave had the benefit Indi::ms.might be cheated and,defrauded out ol the value of their of schools for many years. They h ave one of t'he best conducted ;property or n large·par.:t oi the value, and remonstrances began agencies now under the Government. The agent, Mr. Eells, is ,to pour in. There was .a .cessation ·of the negotiation, and effm,ts an exceptionally excellent one, who has been there for a great were made to-prevent the Oong.re-ss of -the United -states from many years. approving the act of the S.tate. Thus the matter standP. That I will state what we wish to have done. We desire to h ave condition of affairs has beenE.aintained and exists at this da.y. these Indians empowered to sell their lands .under some suitable Now, what are the essential facts about the situation? Here .and .adequate provision for th-eir protec.tion,.for they are the is the city of 'l'acoma1 of 40,000 people. The boundaries of the wards of the nation still. We 'think the best plan to be adopted city are immediately adjuce.rrt to the Indian t'eservation. The is to allow the judge of the United. States district court to pass Indian resBTv:ation consisted originally <>f 18;050 acres, of which upon the question of the equity of :the :eon.tract-th.e reasonable 585 (originally 598.81, afterwards reduced on account of the ness of it. We think t'hat he, being·on the ground and knowing overlapping .o.f some claim which was allowed) belong to andare these men personall.Y, having been brought up in a city only 30 kept in a separate unallotted portion for cemetery, school, and or 40 miles distant from them, having known many of them for agency pu-rposes. The remainder, 17,463 acres, was allotted to years, and knowing an the conditions., is bet.tel' able to judge the Indians. How many allottees were there? Only 166 indi than-a.nybod_y else. vidual.Indians altogether 'vere .the patentees. We wish -to have Congr.ess allow the Indians to .have the ben The toJiai population, counting .men,· women, and .children, efit of their property. Time is rolling by, and the.Y are getting num'bered about 600. no usufruct from the vast body of lands un.c.uJ.tivated. They-are When this matter came up in the Fifty-~Jir.Bt Dongress in 1890 cultivating altoge.the:r ::about 1,800 or 1;900 :acres ou_t of the there was a great.dea1 af discussion about.it, and at that time a 18,000. The_Indians are not hard workers, md they ean not do ·c.ommissio.n was .:5ent there. On that ..commissi0n was a very the clearing without'financialassistl!.nce, Theycann.otimp:rove eminent jurist by the name of Judge Drake, now deceased. their own property unless they have the money with which to 1.894~ CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 7639 do it, and they can not raise. the money because they c.a,u not sell tee ta stand in opposition to as.omewhat similar proposal by the the land,. and tlrey can not e:ven lease it. former colle3..g ue of the, Stmator· from Washington [Mr. Allen]. I go now to the other-feature of ~he que&tio~. The '? APPOINTMENT ;rN THE MARINE HOSPITAL SERVICE. Mr. TARSNEY. There is an amendment reported from the Elihu R. Hought-Dn, o! New York, to be passed assistant su_r.. _Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. geon in the Marine Hospital Service of the United States. The amendment was considered and agreed to. APPOINTl\:IENT IN THE NAVY. The bill-as a1nended was ordered to a thh·d readina; and be- ing read the third time, was passed. "' Charles Poor Kindleberger to be an assistant surgeon in the On motion of Mr. TARSNEY, a motion to t·econsider the las.t N ~. vote was laid on .the table. . PROMOTIONS IN THE NAVY. IMPROVEMENT OF SA'O"GATUCK HARBOR, MICHIGAN. Naval cadets (line diVision) to be ensigns. ·Mr. ':CHOMAS. Ml!. Speaker, I ask unanimous. consent lor Joseph R. Campbell, George C. Day, Holden A. Evans, Luke the present consideration of a concurrent resolution which I McNamee, Frederick L. Sawyer, Charles L. Hussey, John R . send to the desk. Y. Blakely, Charles T. Jewell, Gregory C. Davison, Leon S. The Clerk read as follows: ThompsonJ Frederick A. Traut, John F.Hines, Fred. R. Payne, Powers Symington, Yates Stirling· , J·r., George Mallison, Joel R. BesolfJea by tae House of Rep1•tsentatives (the Senate concurring) That the Secretary of War be requested to turn1sh the House with an estimate Poinsett Pringle, and Benjamin B. McCormick. or.th~ probable cost of c~mpleting the improvement ot saugatuck Harbor, Naval cadets (engineer division) to be assistant engineers. - Mwhigan, unde-r the proJeet or 1867, as modified in 1869, 1870, 1875, and 1882 and the impro-vements recommended in the -report of the Chief of Enginee-rS John S. Porter, Robert K. Crank, Stanford E. Moses, and tor the year 1893, Appe:ndix l\:1M. R.frymond D. Hasbrouck. Mr. SAYERS. Be.fore consent is given I would like the gen- Naval cadets (line div-is-ion) to be second lieutenants in the Ma1'ine tleman to make some explanation of this resolution. - Corps. The SPEAKER. T.he Chair will state that the House passed William C. Dawson, Theodore H. Low, Walter Ball, Austin a House resolution on this subject, but the Seoretary o£ War R. Davis, John H. Rnst~ell, jr.,Charles F. Macklin, and Thomas reported that under the last rivel" and harbor bill no supple- S. Borden. mental estimate could be sent in except on act.ion taken by Con- PROMOTION IN' THE MAR"INE CORPS. gress. Mr. REED. Should n.ot this information be furnished to Can Second Lieut. Dion Williams, to be a first lieuterumt in the gress, ii a concurrent resolution is required? This resolution United St:.Ltes Marine Corps. provides that the information shall be furnished to the House. POSTMAS!CERS. The SPEAKER. The Chair thinks perhaps it should be so · J. T. Sherman, to be -postmaster at Newton, in the county of worded. Jasper and State of Iowa. . Mr. REED. I only make the suggestion. Are the estimates H. L. Getz, to be postmaster at Marshalltown, in the county furnished to both Houses? of Marshall and State of Iowa. The SPEAKER. Will the gentleman from Michigan please Parley Davey, to be postmaster at Ma.son City, in the county send the letter from. 'the Secretary of War to the il.esk? of Cerro Gordo and State of Iowa. Mr. REED. Probably it makes no difference. But if it re- Charles M. Furlow, jr., to be postmaster at :Madison, in the quires the action .of Congress it would seem that the iniorma- county of Morgan and State of Georgia. tion should .be furnished to Congress. James Carey, to be postmaster at Berlin, in the county of T.he SPEAKER. The Clerk will read that portion of the let- Green Lake and State of Wisconsin. ter.from the·Chlei of Engineers bearing upon this subject. John Winchester, to be postmaster at Pecatonica, in the T.he Clerk reaa as follows: county of Winnebago and State of Illinois. In returning the resolution or the Hou£e ot Representatives, I beg to say Andrew·Currie, to be post:mas.terat Shreveport, in the county that section B of the river and harbor act, approved July 13, 1892, provides of Caddo and State of Louisiana. "that, arter the regular or formal"report on any examination, survey, proj- .VJ.'lle, .n the ect, or work, under way or proposed. is submitted, no supplemental or ad Reuben W. Wood' to be Postmaster at Totten 1 ditional report or estimate tor the same fiscal year shall be made, unless or- county of Richmond and State of New York. dered oya.resolution or Congress." N. Holmes Odell, to be poatmasteratTarrytown, in the county The SPEAKER. This is a concurrent resolution for the pur- of Westc.:h.ester and State of New York. pose indicated, and the question is on its passage. Mr. CATCHINGS. I think it is all right in its present form. There being no objection, the resolution was considered and agreed to. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. On motion of Mr. THOMAS, a motion to reconsider the last WEDNESDAY, J~tly 18, 1894. vote was laid on the table. CUSTOMS DISTRICT, HARTFORD, CONN. The House met at 12 o'clock m. Prayer by the Rev. J. H. Mc CARTY, D. D., of Washington, D. C. Mr. SPERRY. I ask unanimous consent for the present con The Journal of the proceedings of yesterday was read and ap sideration of bill (H. R. 4452) for adding the towns of "11:anches proved. ter and Vernon, in the State of,Connecticut, to the customs dis USELESS PAPERS, WAR DEPARTMENT. trict of Hartford, Conn., and making the city of -Rockville, Conn., a port oi delivery. The SPEAKER laid before the House a letter from the Act The SPEAKER. The bill will be read, subject to objection. ing Secretary of War, transmitting, in accordance with the act The bill was rea.d at length, follows: of Congress approved February 16, 1889, a list of useless papers as on file in the War Department; which was referred to the Spe Be it enacted, etc., That the act of March 3, 1887, !creating the customs dis trict of Hartford, be amended by adding th~ towns of Manchester and Ver cial Committee to Consider the Question of the Disposition of non, in the State of Connecticut, to the towns ah·eady named as compris Useless Papers. ing said district, and that the town of Vernon, city of Rockville, in said State of Connecticut, within said district ot Hartford, is hereby constituted REFERENCE OF A SENATE BILL. a port of delivery within the meaning of said act o.C March 3, 1887, and the The SPEAKER also laid before the House the bill (S. 320) to act of which said act of March 3, 1887, is an amendment. authorize the Purcell Bridge and Transfer Company to construct The SPEAKER. Is thare objection to the present consider and maint!iin a bridge oyer the South Canadian River, etc.; ation of the bill? which was read a first and second time, and referred to the Com Mr. PAYNE. I would like to ask if this is unanimously re- mittee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. ported from any committee? LEAVE OF ABSENCE. Mr. SPERRY. I so understand it. The report is at the desk. Mr. DOCKERY. I ask to have the report read. By unanimous consent, leave of absence was granted to Mr. The SPEAKER.. Without objection, the report will be read. ADAMS of Kentucky, indefinitely, on account of sickness in his The report (by Mr. PRICE) was read, follows: family. as The Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, to whom was re· BRIDGE ACROSS THE MISSOURI. tarred the bill (H. R. 4452) adding the towns of Manchester and Vernon, in 1-.ir. TARSNEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to the State of Connecticut. to the customs district or Hartford, Conn., and mah-ing the city of Rockville, Conn .. a port of delivery, report the same back consider the bill (S. 1930) authorizing the construction of a without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill do pass. bridge across the Missom·i River at or near the city of Lexing The purpose of the ::bill is to add the towns of Manchester and Vernon to ton, 1\:fo. the customs district of Hartford, Conn .. to make the city o.C Rockville, Conn., a porto! delivery, and to extend to it the p"l'lvileges of the seventh section The SPEAKER. The bill will be read subject to objection. of an act entitled "An act to amend the statutes 1n relation to immediate The hill was read at length. transportation of dutiable goods, and for othe-r purposes," approved June The SPEAKER. Is there objec.tion to the present consider 10,1880. ation of the bill? The accompanying latter from the Treasury Dep:utment, of December 20, 1893, which is -made a part of this repor!i, S3¥S there is no objection to There was no o bje.ction. I the passage of the bill.