The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-10-11
INDIAN CIVILIZATION.
tbs CONVENTION IN SESSION
Address by the superintendrIt Indian
Affairs, in Which he Outline, hi,
Policy ca Insisn Education.
speeches by other HEM
bsrs kesoizt.sns.

- 80 NsNSNSS iot~NttN 9scN nom the
business eemaittee The platform re-
commended yesterday, announcing
That IN It's modified form Il received
the unanimous approval OF the com.
!nittee ct live representatives of the
HaFiops views which have found OK.
prabslou during tho conference. 4
general discussion q! ths diffarer
points OF The plsUorm wss tnsn eum-
sneEcec. IL wSs opened by Or, Lyman
Albeit, who touched on the question
or setting aside evil trealisS, mo one
hare" ne said, ''desired 10 break
any contract. the breaking OF Shinn
would bring him proit: but Ii
we nave mase contracts that arc
Working an injury to others, 2 ba8
pronIse ~ better broken than kept. 10
IL never right to do wrong, not even II
you nave agreed 10 do wrong. II q
tfoasy IS found 10 require wrene do
q milestone around the neck OF an In
dian by treaty cord, it should ho our
hrat duty to cut tho cord"
DIR. Abbott spoke also OF tho evil Of
the reservatioh system SO blocking sli
civili2sJion, aud urged lis speedy a6-
OlitiOu.
Mr.. John Hobart, superiuteadaut OF
Inclan schools under Secretary Ls-
mar, responded To CAL upon him.
N@ aoorese mad refereHce 10 tho man.
agenent OF indisn educational affairs
under the present administration, Hs
said 'senetor Dawes and Dr.. Abbott
were approaching tho same point from
opposite directions. The senator
would do good by waiting aud Keeping
his words. The doctor would ksep
ya'sh by not waiting and not Keeping
MS WORD, but each sincerely 6esi.ad 90
benefit tha red men. On entering NE
Office, ~ "a Democrat. he icund
the educational interests oe the
country progressing, bu- under
no 'ystam. There wero varioua kinds
OF schools Oh the reservations, and of,
pat the tsaehers had not, rs A rule,
hsen selected for their fitness, but TO
heip vhe agent piece his salary, or for
pol!hca, reasons, The agent could
nl@ke hls wife aHd daughter teachers,
or could make appointments 10 plsa3a
his bopdsmen or the MEMBER Of Con.
Eress who has secured his apDoint-
mont. chow was asked, "Ws5 this
to be .emediedY Fortunately he had
entered Offics under civil
service administration. He could
nos remove o teacher be-
cause No was Republicans; Int
Wh9n ~ vacancy occurs, because ut
Resignation, deGth or offensive parsi.
snnship. ne proposed to appoint com
p5tent Democrat. His policy Was To
MAKE 70 removals because OF poiticb,
out ever so many removals for inefli
ciency, He had not made lasny
changes, because 1t was slow admin
1stration, but he proposed Co thor
oughly change the old plan by Which
tho whole business has been con-
trolled by party politics, aud no knew
The conference would be gratified that
hereafter, for the frat time, they could
rsjoics in separation of tho
worn OF Indian educstion from poll
tlca Atter securing good tenchers ho
proposed to secure pupils by compell.
| ing the heads OF families to send their
chiloren to school or lose their rntluns.
He condemned the present system of
teaching. The list OF tsxt books TO be
found ID Indisn schools is q quarter of
milo long and embraces the works
or every Republican school book pub
Usher In tho country. He did not
think much OF this pretended text
| book education. He would teach the
Indian rot only this simple ruGimente,
| ~ fAAssf h.N 10 GilkVu N
| politics tho structure OF the roys.n-
neni, his riShrs oil property and Der
song, the wrong system of his fathe ra,
and hsw to WORK aud earn living.
lie did not think much OF teachin I
boya trsaes which they could not util.
We. Alter 9HUcetiug tho boys, he sug-
Sssged teaching thom catils raising
allowing them 10 contract with white
men 20 take herds on their reserva
tons end return them when called for
ali the WORK on the reservations to bt
sone. by Iudisns. He also Sc.
vored assisting thom tC
raise cattle for themselves
BY. Oberly said in conclusions: 81
nora 10 make some radical changoa
forl believe that ouly through The
school house can tho Indian re led iuto
the lighs Of civilization" The address,
Nas pIncJuated with frequent 40.
/ plauBti and at its conclusion tho rev
4 uportntandert received warm word s
! 81 praise for hia svOwed policy, froui
General ArmeI1ng, CGmmisaiouur
MoNinhae, and senator D8Hca. The
RESOLUTIONS were then adopted unan-
imnusly.
Hon Ersstus Brooks oiorsl rosolu.
, lions concerning the Gesth OF
/ Mra. Helen Hunt Jackson.
Tributes weTo paid to her memnr o
snd 10 her work Ia behalf of tho To.
dim, enc the resolutions were unGui-
m0psly adopted.
Ga motion Of Mr.. 0borly, tho nreh,-
don't OF the conference WAS authorized
10 apn0int committee of i've geptlb-
men aud four ladies', who should pro.
pare an address on which tho resolu-
Iona In relation 10 the Indian cause
should be Incorporated, wero pre-
sonted TO Ptesit0ut Cleveland. In the
afternoon the members of the confer
eno9 were given gu excursion by
mountain wagons TO Lake Mime.
wgka.