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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1905
Page
42
The Senate spent hours debating the Indian appropriation bill and the Bard disclosures on disbursements from Indian trusts. Amendments sought to restrict sectarian school funding, challenge tribal fund use, and ease restrictions on land and funds amid warnings of trustee abuse and possible gains for sectarian interests.
Senate spent nearly eleven hours on the Indian appropriation bill amid debate over funding for sectarian schools and a Utah priest’s charge against the Mormon Church. Lawmakers advanced several amendments, including leasing reforms, Osage and Chickasaw-Cherokee provisions, and appeals to the Supreme Court, with broad discussion on Indian land and citizenship issues throughout the day.
The Senate discussed allotment and lease rules for Indian and religious lands in Montana and Oklahoma, with amendments to fund Catholic institutions and Native schools. Proposals included enlarging land set asides, funding for the Hayward Indian School and Lemhi agency buildings, and an appropriation tied to a Klamath agreement. The session also covered a reservoir land withdrawal bill in Minnesota and Utah land act creation, with the Post Office appropriation readied for committee edits before adjourning.
Secretary Hitchcock forwards a detailed statement from Commissioner Leupp on Indian funds used for sectarian Indian schools. Contracts in 1904 and 1905 cover St Louis Boarding School Pawhuska and St John Boarding School Grayhorse with per pupil rates and totals, plus seven NG schools including Holy Rosary Pine Ridge and others. Funds come from industrial school, general, and Quapaw education appropriations. no rations or subsistence were issued to sectarian schools in 1904 or early 1905.
Senator Cullom reported a foreign relations bill empowering the secretary of state to accept the Grand Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honor from the French government. Senator Spooner objected to immediate debate after inquiry, noting prior objections to similar measures. Cullom said the bill came from his committee and had no prior objection there. Spooner pressed for timing but did not withdraw his objection.
The Senate passed bills regulating steam vessel inspection with annual meetings in Washington for inspectors, setting required tests for boilers and signals, fixing inspector and officer ranks and salaries across districts, and defining steam vessels. Additional measures include clerks for Federal courts in North Carolina and a dam project on Rocky River Lyndon.
The House aired shirt-sleeve diplomacy as American ministers faced praise and pleas for higher salaries for diplomats. Deficiencies totaling 14,960,776 for the navy and 7,192,945 for the Treasury were cited amid broad bills, including homestead land changes for South Dakota and Colorado. Debate touched on president salaries, reforms to curb unauthorized contracts, and bills passed for land and school purposes in Saint Augustine and Quitman County.
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