Show t I MONtY fORiNoiAN SCHOOLS TWO AND A KALP IxI3ILIONS I FOR THAT PuRPOSE I II I i House Passes the Indian Appropriation Appropria-tion BillControersy Over the awaiizui BillContract Labor t i Washthtqn Dee 7The house gave today t the Indlan appropriation bill passing it Qstnl1tially as reported This is the third of the appropriation r I bills to pass and it clears the calendar > of the b1gtply bills although another an-other the agricultural will be ready and i todklng for attention by Mon dav daThe house passed the bill granting rIghtofwy through the San Francisco Fran-cisco laTest reserve to the Saginaw Southern railwayof Arizona Then Mr Payne Rep N Y called up the bIll xteridtng the lairs of the rnited States relative to commerce najsatiQn and merchant seamen to the afaifan Isfanils Mr McRae sofight at have the blll arrzndpl 50 1t9 to also extend to Ha a 21i thc IJlOjsiuns of the act of Feb 14 5 proliibi1 g the Importation of nl act labor but Mr Payne moved t4 previous question This motion was 1 < t and Mr McRae then introduced his amendment He asserted his con ution that the law concerning contract con-tract labor was just ns important to theIs anders as iiny other Mr Payne = then made the point that the amehdmel1t was not germane and flas sustained by the chair 111 lIIcRae appealed from the decision and Mr Payne moved to lay the appeal on the table This motion prevailed 6i to 44 I Mr McRae then asked for the ayes and I sacs and Mr Payne rather than prolong I pro-long the controversy withdrew the I blll i blllhe house then went into committee I or the whole on the Indian appropriation i appropria-tion bill I Ilr Sherman Rep N Y explaining I tlW provisions of the bill said that I S while the appropriation was in excess of estimates no items were appropriated appropriat-ed that had not been approved by the cxutlle authorities He said the prl1ripal increase was for Indian swol tore than 2OOOOO going for that purpose This amount did not in dude contract schoolp and the QUestion QUes-tion of sectarianism was compistely eliminated Nor did the figures include the Nev Yori end Indian TerritorY In dian3 whOle education is paid for out of their own funds Mr Lett Dem Ark spoke in om rntndation of the bill saying it had practically no new legislation in it Hp feiidtated the congress especially upon the met that the question ofectarjan ism had been entirely eliminated from r the appropriation bills He also gave i potiec of an amendment providing f money fo the edutaton of white chilll r ten in the territOry The children there ere entirely I without means of secur t 1 ing schooling and the country must r t either educate the children or allow them to grow up in ignorance or as outlaws I After extended debate on amendments amend-ments of 8 minor character the bm was passed substantially as reported r and at 4 oclock the house adjourned |