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"My friend from Pennsylvania [Mr. Mahon] says there has been no cɔmplaint of late years about children being taken away from the Indian reservation and sent to remote schools in the East. The gentleman labors under a misapprehension. If there is anything that creates dissatisfaction and wretchedness on your Indian reservations, it is this snatching away of the Indian children from their homes and their parents. You hear that complaint all along the line in the Indian reservations. The Indian is devoted to his children.

"Parental affection is a universal instinct, and a strong one among the Indian tribes. I was told a few years ago by a Mennonite teacher (the Mennonites are great missionaries and eager to benefit mankind) that he had been sent out by his people, living in Kansas, to establish a school at an old abandoned fort called Cantonment, in the old Indian territory, and he had gathered around him quite a large number of children of the Arapahoes and Cheyennes, neither of which tribes, as gentlemen know, are very highly civilized yet.

"He told me there never was a day that he could not look up at the windows of his school room without seeing some mother or father or some other relative of the children looking in for the purpose of seeing that their children were safe. And when I was at Rosebud, S. Dak., an old lady came, as the agent, Mr. Wright, told me, a distance of 90 miles, footsore and weary, for the purpose of seeing her little girl. He told me that she made this weary journey twice a year for this purpose of seeing her little girl at the school at Rosebud.

"This old lady came to the door of the school room, and her little girl came out to her. They went out upon the prairie and sat down. They did not seem to t lk much to each other; but after they had sat there together for half an hour the child returned to the school room and the old mother got up and started homeward on her weary journey. Now, gentlemen, consider the agony of the old mother if her little girl was taken away by the agent of some Eastern institution in the name of philanthropy, when the little one would even, if in after years she returned to her, be lost to her. Is there any philanthropy in this? [Applause.] I venture to say that no well-authenticated case can be found throughout all your Eastern Indian school system where any Indian father or mother has voluntarily surrendered a child. In the name of common humanity let the Indian children be educated among their people, elevating at once the whole tribe.”

It was this feeling of humanity that prompted many charitably-disposed persons to found schools near the homes of the Indians. The Government, instead of building houses and employing teachers at all points, simply availed itself of schools established by individuals and paid to the proprietors of the same an amount much less than it would have cost to have established Government schools.

It is no more an appropriation for the maintenance of a sectarian school than if a parent should send his child to a Presbyterian, to a Baptist, or to a Catholic school and pay the regular tuition, &c., therefor.

It may be asked why the Government does not build school houses, employ teachers and conduct its own schools, instead of patronizing private ones. The answer is very simple; it would not be wise or economical to do so. These schools at no distant day must all give way before the advancing column of civilization and settlements, and it is best that the Government should not, by an extravagant expenditure of money, prepare permanently for a thing which in its nature will only be temporary.

The fraud that is attempted to be practiced upon the voters of the country by

publishing what, it is pretended, was a vote for and against the appropriations for the support of sectarian institutions, is a shameful and barefaced one. We have shown that no such appropriations were incorporated in the bill, but even if it should be claimed that the appropriation of money to enable the officials of the department, to patronize such institutions was such, still the vote published had no connection whatever with such appropriations, but was upon a motion to lay an appeal from the decision of the Chair, upon a question of order, upon the table.

Mr. Geary of Iowa, after the bill had been reported by the Committee of the Whole House, moved to recommit the same with the following instructions:

Resolved, That the bill (H. R. 6913) "making appropriations for current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department and fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1895, and for other purposes," be recommitted to the Committee on Indian Affairs, with instructions to report the same back to the House forthwith, amended as follows:

Striking out all of the bill relating to the Indian school, beginning with line 8, on page 50, and all of pages 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, and 58, and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

For support of Governm nt Indian day and industrial schools, and the erection and repair of Government school buildings on Indian reservations and at places where the Government has established and is now maintaining Government Indian schools, and for each and every purpose necessary in the judgment of the Secretary of the Interior for the establishment and proper conduct of such schools, $2,225,000: Provided, That pending the establishment of such schools on Indian reservations, the Secretary of the Interior may in his discretion, during the fiscal year 1895, authorize contracts to be made with established schools not conducted by the Government, for the education and support of Indian pupils and to pay therefor from this appropriation; and the Secretary of the Interior shall report to the first regular session of the Fifty-fourth Congress, in detail, all expenditures made and authorized by him under this appropriation: Provided further, That nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the sending of Indian children, at no expense to the United States, to schools not conducted by the Government.

Mr. O'Neil of Massachusetts made a point of order against the proposed instructions. The following proceedings then took place:

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Mr. O'Neil of Massachusetts. I make the point of order, Mr. Speaker, that this amendment is out of order for the reason that such an amendment is new legislation, and would therefore not be in order as an amendment to the bill while being considered in Co umittee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. being so according to the uniform rulings of this House, a motion to recommit, with instructions to report a certain amendment, is not in order if the proposed amendment would not be in order as an amendment to the bill. That has been held uniformly by Speaker Carlisle and other Speakers.

The Speaker. There is no question of that.

Mr. Burrows. If it was not in order in committee, of course it would not be in order now.

Mr. O'Neil of Massachusetts. I make the point that it is new legislation and not in order; that it changes existing law and does not retrench expenditures.

The Speaker. It seems to the Chair that this is new legislation on the subject of Indian schools. Does the gentleman know of any provision by which such legislation may go on an appropriation bill except when it reduces expenditures? Mr. Cannon of Illinois. Wherein does it legislate?

The Speaker. It provides

Mr. Cannon of Illinois. It appropriates.

The Speaker (continuing):

For the support of Government Indian day and industrial schools and the erection and repair of Government school buildings on Indian reservations and at places where the Government has established and is now maintaining Government Indian

schools, and for each and every purpose necessary, in the judgment of the Secretary of the Interior, for the establishment and proper conduct of such schools, $2,250,000.

Mr. Cannon of Illinois. Then I just want to call the attention of the Chair-
The Speaker. And then it says:

That pending the establishment of such schools on Indian reservations the Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, during the fiscal year 1895, authorize contract to be made with established schools.

That authorizes him to make temporary contracts for the establishment of schools.

Mr. Cannon of Illinois. Yes, sir. May I call the attention of the Chair to one thing because I think the Chair has not examined it or the bill itself. This resolution provides for all the Government schools that the bill provides for and for a part of the contract schools temporarily that the bill provides for, the Chair will find; and if there is legislation in one there is legislation in the other. And the Chair will find, further, that there is only appropriation in either.

Mr. Burrows. These contract schools are already provided for by law.

The Speaker. These are contract schools; but this proposes to give permission to make contracts from other schools.

Mr. Cannon of Illinois. Ah, but this provides for contract schools in any degree if no Governmeut school be near.

The Speaker. Then you propose legislation to go beyond this appropriation?
Mr. Cannon of Illinois. Oh, no.

The Speaker. It must be one or the other.

Mr. Cannon of Illinois. We do not legislate at all in that resolution within the meaning of Rule XXI. We only provide in that instruction for the expenditure of the money appropriated here for the coming fiscal year, nothing more or less, and no broader in that respect than the bill itself.

The Speaker. As the Chair understands it, under the present law, under provisions contained in appropriation bills, the Government is engaged in supporting the education of Indians by contracts with existing schools.

Mr. Cannon of Illinois. And by Government schools and contract boarding schools.

The Speaker. Does the proposition contemplate abandoning the making of contracts.

Mr. Cannon of Illinois. So far as this particular affair provided for in the resolution is concerned, I will say to the Chair no, because then it provides an appropriation of money for Government schools, and provides that while school houses are being built that the Secretary of the Interior may contract for the education of the children with established schools not owned by the Government. Even if the permanent law did provide for contract schools it is in the discretion of Congress, in whole or in part, to withhold appropriations, although the aw might be an inch thick. But this resolution does utilize for the coming fiscal year a portion of this money for contract schools. But suppose it did not utilize any of it, it would merely be a failure to appropriate for an object that the Government has heretofore appropriated for.

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The Speaker. The Chair thinks so. The Chair thinks that the scope and intent of this is to get away from the contract schools and establish schools by the Government. Therefore the Chair holds that it would not be in order as an amendment, and not being in order as an amendment, it is not in rder by way of indirection, b cause that which cannot be done directly cannot be done indirectly. Mr. Cannon of Illinois. I respectfully appeal from the decision of the Chair. The Speaker. The question is, Shall the decision of the Chair stand as the judgment of the House?

Mr. Springer. I move to lay the appeal on the table.

Mr. Burrows. The gentleman has moved that the appeal be laid on the table, and of course that is not debatable.

The Speaker. It is not debatable. The previous question has been ordered, and all collateral questions must be decided without debate after the previous question is ordered.

The Speaker. The question is on laying the appeal on the table.

The House divided; and there were-ayes 171, noes 35.

Mr. Cannon of Illinois. I ask for the yeas and nays.

The question was taken on ordering the yeas and nays, and 35 members voted in favor thereof; not a sufficient number.

Mr. Burrows. I ask for tellers on ordering the yeas and nays.

Tellers were ordered, 40 members voting therefor; and the Speaker appointed Mr. Cannon of Illinois and Mr. Holman.

The tellers reported—ayes 47, a sufficient number; so the yeas and nays were ordered.

The Speaker appointed to act as tellers at the desk Mr. Houk and Mr. Holman. The question was taken; and there were-yeas 158, nays 58, answered "present 1, not voting 135; as follows:

YEAS, 158.-Abbot, Alexander, Allen, Apsley, Arnold, Bailey, Baker Kans., Bankhead, Barwig, Bell Colo., Bell Tex., Berry, Black Ga., Black Ill., Branch, Bretz, Broderick, Brookshire, Bryan, Bunn, Bynum, Cabaniss, Campbell, Cannon Cal., Capehart, Catchings, Causey, Childs, Clarke Mo., Clarke Ala., Cobb Ala., Cobb Mo., Cockrell, Coffeen, Cogswell Conn, Coombs, Cooper Fla., Cooper Ind., Cooper Tex., Cox, Crain, Crawford, Davis, DeArmond, DeForest, Denson, Dinsmore, Dockery, Donovan, Draper, Dunn, Dunphy, Durborrow, Edmunds, English Cal., Enloe, Epes, Everett, Fithian, Forman, Fyan, Geary, Goldzier, Gorman, Grady, Graham, Griffin, Hall Minn., Hall-Mo., Hammo d, Hare, Harris, Harter, Heard, Henderson N. C., Hermann, Holman, Hooker Miss., Hunter, Hutcheson, Ikirt, Izlar, Kem, Kyle, Lane, Lapham, Latimer, Lawson, Layton, Lester, Livingston, Lynch, Maddox, Martin Ind., McCulloch, McDannold, McDearmon, McEttrick, McGann, McKaig, McKeighan, McLaurin, McMillin, McRae, Meyer, Money, Montgomery, Morgan, Neil, Oates, Ogden, Outhwaite, Page, Patterson, Pearson, Pendleton Tex., Pendleton W. Va., Pickler, Pigott, Price, Reilly, Richards Ohio, Richardson Mich., Richardson Tenn., Ritchie, Robbins, Russell Ga., Ryan, Sayers, Shell, Sibley, Snodgrass, Somers, Sperry, Springer, Stallings, Stevens, Stockdale, Strait, Straus, Swanson, Talbert S. C., Tarsney, Tate, Taylor Ind., Terry, Tracey, Turner Ga., Tyler, Walker, Warner, Weadlock, Wheeler Ala., Williams Ill., Williams Miss., Wise, Woodard.

NAYS, 58.-Adams Ky., Aldrich, Baker N. H., Bingham, Blair, Boen, Bowers Cal.. Burrows, Cannon Ill., Cooper Wis., Cousins, Curtis Kans., Dolliver, Dolittle, Ellis Oregon, Funk, Gardner, Gear, Hager, Haugen, Henderson Ill., Hepburn, Hopkins Pa., Hudson, Hulick, Hull, Johnson Ind., Johnson N. Dak., Kiefer, Lacy, Linton, Loud, Loudenslager, Mahon, Marsh, Marvin N. Y., Northway, Paynter, Pence, Perkins, Post, Ray, Robinson Pa., Settle, Shaw, Smith, Stephenson, Stone, C. W., Stone, W. A., Storer, Strong, Sweet, Tawney, Thomas, Updegraff, Van Voorhis Ohio, Waugh, Wilson Wash.

ANSWERED "PRESENT," 1.-McCleary, Minn.

This vote upon a question of order has been falsely published as a vote in favor of appropriating Government funds for the support of sectarian institutions. The campaign liar has certainly started out early and with renewed strength and courage.

THE FRIEND OF THE SOLDIER.

The Democratic Party and its Relations to the Union Soldiers and Sailors and the Pension System.

From forum, tribune, and in legislative halls the enemies of honest administrative methods have hurled at the Democratic party the accusation that it al ways was and is now the enemy of the o'd soldier, and that the very existence of the pension system in the future depends upon the restoration of the Republican party to power, thus perennially insulting the intelligence of the great public conscience for political advantage solely, as each campaign approaches, and striving to befog the public judgment in the consideration of a simple question of the honest administration of the law.

To the charge that the present administration is unfriendly and ungenerous to the Federal soldiery, let us address ourselves. With alacrity can the Democratic party take up the gauge of battle on these lines and go before the country upon the record with supreme confidence in that sense of fair play, love of justice and genius for the right inherent in the generous and intelligent manhood of the nation, that will not be swerved by the howling dervishes of misrule from its approbation of honest public servants who exemplify in the proper administration of the laws of the country that "a public office is a public trust."

The attitude of the Democratic party is best voiced by the sentiments contained in the National Democratic platforms from 1864 to 1892 and the several State platforms which urge liberal pensions to be granted as a right in accordance with the law and not in violation of it; and also in the friendly and generous sentiments of President Cleveland, expressed towards the deserving volunteer soldiers, which abound in the many messages that from time to time he has sent to Congress :

CLEVELAND AND PENSIONS AND THE DEMOCRATIC RECORD IN CONGRESS.

Actions speak louder than words. What have the Democratic President and party done since the war to make good their promises, to show a sincere sense of the sacred debt due the defenders of the Union and merit the confidence of a grateful, generous country? The United States statutes furnish the proper answer.

(1). Cleveland approved the act of Aug. 4, 1886, increasing the pensions of 10,030 cripples, armless and legless veterans, from $24 to $30; $30 to $36, and from $37.50 to $45 per month.

(2). Act of March 19, 1886, considering the past alone, increased from $8 to $12 per month the pensions of 79,989 widows and dependents on the rolls at that time, as well as the tens of thousands who have since been placed there. These 79,989 certificates were issued by a Democratic Commissioner of Pensions without one cent of expense or a moment's unnecessary delay to these deserving beneficiaries, and with no hindrance to other just claims pending before the office.