The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-12-07

10 tue llLeItSt OF economy 10 the goy
ernment, and humanity, fairness and
justice TO oar people.
TIE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.
The report OF the Secretary Of tho
Interior presents comprehensiyS
summary OF the work OF the yari9rs
branches Of the public service con
Ir,cted with hIs Department, and ~.
suggestions aud Recommendations
which 20 contains for Jhe Improvement
Of toe service should receive vnDr
careful consideration. The CXLibft
mace OF tue condition Of our Iutigr
population aud the progress # Tie
work Jt their eulightenmcnt. G1twftn-
Staudisg the many emb1I.lss-
meuts which hinder the bet
ter administration I this important
branch of the service is a gratifyt1S
and hopeful one. The funds apprUpri-
ated Tor the Indian service for he is
cal year Just passed, with The available
income from Indian land AMI trust
moneys amounting IA AL 20 $780,
10 IS were ample for The service under
ttc touditi0a- auj restrictions % laws
re-u.1iii- tLttt expenditure. There
=, juafus,; = 54.EcC- on n8ud or June
-, 1856, OF = ,>UJ, j-j.dJ, OF which
Il so, 1G3.2i are permanent funds
Ike purposes, aud the rcma nder s.
- 255 % Is sui.j ect TO be carried 70 the
surplus fUud Is required by law. The
estimates aS presented iCr appgCpr-
atiOns Tor the ensuing fiscal wear
amount 10 SJ,GOS, SIS "a, OF cl4z.sS3 20
less than those laid before CC1-,ess
last year. The present system OF
az ncieS, While absolutely necessary
ana well adapted for the manage
ment of Our Indian affairs and
for the ends in view, When il
u was adopted, Is IN the present stage
Of Indian management inadegu1te
Standing alone Tor the accomplishment
OF an object which has become pressing
in its impJrtance-the mere rapid tran
sitiOu from tribal organizations 10 Citi-
Zenship OF such portions of the Indi-
ans as are Incapable Of civilized life.
When the eXisti1g system was adopted
the Indian race was outside the limits
of organized States and Territories,
and beyond the immediate reach and
operation of civilization, and all efforts
were mainly directed 10 the maInte-
nance of friendly relations and the
preservation Of peace ana quiet
on the frontier. All this
is now changed. There is no such
thing as the Indian frontier. Civiliza-
ton. with the busy hum of industry
and the influence Of Christianity, sur
rounds these people at evely point.
None of Jhe tribes are outside OF the
bounds OF organized government and
society, except that the territorial
system has not been extended over
that portion of the country known as
| the Indian Territory. As a race the
| Indians are no longer hostile, but may
be considered as submissive to the
control of. the government, as lew OF
them are troublesome. Except the
/ fragment OF several bands al are now
gathered upon reservations. 1t IS no
| longer possible for them to subsist by
/ the chase and the spontaneous prCduc-
| lions OF earth. With al abundance Of
| land, If furnished with the means and
/ implements for profitable huShandry,
\ their life of entire dependence upon
/ the Government. ratiOnS from day 70
dav is no longer defeDSible. Their in
/ clinations, long fOstered by defective
system of control, is TO cling TO the
[ habits and customs of their ancestors,
! aud struggle with persistence a4dlnss
/ the change Of life which their altered
! circumstances press upon them; OUJ
/ barbariSm and civilization cannot
| live together. IL is impossible
that such homogeneous conditions
should co-exisI on the same soil. They
are a portion of our people, arc under
/ the authority OF our government, anu
have peculiar claim upon and are En-
titled TO the fostering care and PrOtec-
| ton of the nation. The government
cannot relieve itself OF this response
bility until they are so far trained and
civilized as to be able wholly TO mar
/ age and care for themselves. The path
IN which they should walk must be
/ clearly marked out fer them, anG they
j no fGh n I'D
familiar with the way and competent 70
assume the duties and responsibilities
of citizens. The progress OF this
I great work will continue and Ut the
present slow pace and great expense,
unless the system and methods Of
management are improved to meet the
changed conditions and urgent de-
mands of the service lthe officials h2y-
ing general charge ana supervision II
many cases of more than 5000 Indians
scattered over large reservations and
Ourdenec with the details of accOunta-
bility forfuuds and requiring more time
to look after the industrial training
ing and Improvement Of few
Indians only, the many are
neglected and remain indolent and
dependent, conditions not favorable
for progress in civilization. The COM
penSation allowed these agents and the
] conditions OF the service are not CAL
culated to secure Tor the work men who
are lifted by ab. lily and skill to prop
eTly plan and lntelligently devise the
methods best adapted 10 produce the
most speedy results, and permanent
benefits; hence the necessity for q sup
Elemental agency or system, directed
10 the emf of promoting the general
and more rapid transition of tribes
from habits and customs of barbarity
to the ways of civilization with
an anxious desire to devise
some plan of operation by
which to secure the welfare of the In
dams and to relieve the Treasury so
far as possible from the support OF an
Idle and dependent population. re-
commended in my previous annnal
message the passage of a law author
iZing the appointment OF commission
as an inStrumentality auxiliary ~
those already established Tor the care
of the Indians. IL was designed tlSs
this committee or commission should
be composed of six intellige anu
capable persons, three to be detailed
from the army, having practical ideas