Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-10-10
THE NATIONS WARDS.


N"'"ttht ~ hand.
l,Nt MouAwR, ~. y, oct. a.Thls
morning Dr Rhodes reported back from
The business committee OF the fnrnds of
indian civilization the platform recon.
mendcd yesterday Announcing that mis
modified form II received tho unanimous
approval Of the committee. A genvral
discussion oi the different points ul the
phuorm was then commenced IL was
opened 10y llr LYMAN Abbott, Mho
touched on the question OF sottlng aside
evil treaties, No one hOiv,N ho aaid,
"deslfod 10 break any contract, Tho
hreaklng OF which would bring him
prout hut " we have made con,
tracts that are working injury 10 9th.
erS, q hAd promise Is better broken
than Kept us never right 60 do wmng,
MOI even v you have agreed to do wrong,
u a treaty w found 10 rcqulrc wrong do.
Ing, It should hc set aside. II We hnyen
millst0ne around the neck of an Indian Id
should bc our iirsl duty Go cut The cord ~
Dr Abbott spoke also ol the rvll OF the
reservation system as blocking all clvnl.
atlun aud urged its speedy abolition.
Mi, John llohort, superintendent ut m-
di0n schools undcr secretary Lamar, ru.
spondod TO a call upon him. Ills address
tad reference TO the management of In
alan educational aiftirs undcr the present
administration he said senator Dn,yes
aud IN Nbboti were approaching the
Same point from opposite directions
The senator would do rood iy whitipg
aud Keeping his words, the doctor wouid
keep faith hy not Waiting and not kcep.
ing his word, hut rnch sincerely drslred
to benefit the rcd inen on euterinu
Office MS u Democrat, he found the oNt.
cati0nnl Interests of tho country pro.
crossing, hui under no syslon. There
were various ktnds of schools on lid
reservations ANA GA, but The teachers had
not, ns rule, been eVlc, ted for thrl
fitness, Int 20 help the agent piece hla
salary OF Tor political rohsens, The
agent could make his wife aud daupt-
ter teachers or hia sou farmer.
or could make appointments to please
bondSnca, or the member of congress
who has secured his appointment.
"llow, was asked "WHs ibis Ia be rom.
edicdF' Fortunately he had onicrcd
Office under q CNil-scryirp Bdministril.
ton lie could not remove "A teacher h..
cause hr was n Republican, but when "a
vacancy occurs, because oi resignation.
death, or offensive portlsanshln, hn pr,,,
posed 10 appoint 4 competent democrat
His policy was 20 make no removals lie.
cause OF politics, but ever 30 many 10.
uoVals Tor inslllclenry. He had moi
made many changes because
u WIS slow administration
but ic proposed to thoroughly change mo
old plan by which tie whole business han
been controlled ny party politics, and no
knew tho conference would be prnttaod
that hereafter for the first time they could
rejoice iii the separation of the work az
Indian education from politics. Afier
securing good teachers, lie proposed Ia
secure pupils by compelling lhr heads ut
families to send their children 10 schoor
or lose thrlr ratonG, lle condemned tie
present system uf teaching. Tho list of
Textbooks 10 be found Ia Indian sehnols
y quarter Of nile long aud embraces
the works VI EVERY Republican school
book publisher Ia Che country. lie aid
Dot think much Of this pretended taxi.
book education he would teach tho
Indian not only the simple Tiidlments, hui
What may be called politics, the structure
oi NE government, hlN rights Of property
ana person, tile wrong system " his
fathers, aud hOR 30 work ana cari n Ils.
ing lie did not think much OF tencli.
Ing boys trades which They conld pnt
utilize Altar educating tho hoy. ho suf.
gested teaching them cattle rpisinV
allowing them 90 contract Win Whine
nieii 10 take herds on tbelr reservations
and return tlirm when called for, All The
work on the reservations " be done by
Indians, Ne also favored assistlna than
70 raise cattle Tor themselves. Mr. Obery
said In conclnsion; 81 hope 10 tDlkr
some radical changes, Tor belleyo tliat
only through the schnoi.h0Use cnn mo ~.
dian be led into the liglt OF uiflHgatiou.p
The address was punctuated wllh lroqnont
applause, and ~ ~ conclusion tho now
superintendent received warm words of
pH'ise Tor avoWfd policy ifon Gen. Arm.
strong, Commissioner AlcMiciiaol aud
srBator Dawes lip resolutions were
then ndoptcd unanimously. Hon Efaatns
Brooks offered resolutions concerning he
death " Mrs Helen Hunt Jackson.
Tributes Were paid q her memory hnd
~ her work 10 bpliali u me lndian, md
ne resolutions wera unanimously
adopted. ~ motion - Mr.. Oborlg, Tho
president of ibg conference vas author.
lied % appoint committee Of Gre gen
lenen aud tour indies, who should pre-
pare 90 addrras, 10 which tie resolutions
~ relation o The Indian case should 81
incorporated 10 BE- presented 10 lfcsident
Cleveland IN ilie afternoon the members
81 the conference were given al "a
cnrsion ~ mountain wagons 70 Lake
MinDcNaka
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Tho amount annually paid 10 school
f.aIf4 "a y.