The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-10-03

sectarian prejudices and to create anti
patty on the part of the Catholics
against the administration. The DEM
ocratic assertions are based merely up-
on the fact that the commissioners of
Indian affairs has given notice that he
will not, after the present fiscal year,
increase the annual contracts for mis-
sion schools at the various agencies
throughout the country. There ara
three general classes of Indian schools,
They are tIl the government schools,
which are non-sectarian; ~ The mis-
sion schools, partly supported by the
government, and sectarian IN charac-
ter; and t3l the mission schools,
wholly supported by church
societies, and. of course, seetarian. BY
authority of congress the commissioner
of Indian affairs each year sets apart
certain fund for educational purposes
among the Indians. The greater por-
ton of this fund goes to the govern
meDt schools. An amount, at the dis
erection of the commissioner, Is annu-
ally awarded under contract TO the
church missionary societies for the
maintenance of their Indian mission
schools at the agencies. The third
class OF Indian schools, those supported
wholly by their churches, do not re-
ceive any aid from the government. No
more attention is paid to these schools
by the officials of the Indian bureau
than there is to churches on the reser-
vations. Even that class of mission
schools aided by the government is
directed and controlled entirely by the
respective church societies. All that
the government Goes, through the sec
rotary of the interior and the commits
sioner of Indian affairs, is to award
them certain amount of money each
year on contracts for the maintenance
and conduct of the mission schools.
| The awards for this purpose have an
nually increased since 1885.
During the fiscal year ending June
30, 1885, contracts amounting to S174,-
| $40 were awarded the various sectar-
ian missionary organizations for mis-
sion schools among the Indians. The
next year the amount was increased to
sos, TIA, and in 1888 it reached $685.
] 824. During the fiscal year just closed
| June 80, 1899. the government expend-
| ed S476, 100 for Indian mission schools
under the direction of sectarian socie-
/ ties. During each of these years the
Catholic societies have received more
than half of the amount. 1t has been
expended under the direction of the
Bureau of Catholic Missions. The
/ Presbyterians, the EpiScopalianS. the
| Methodists, the Lutherans and few
other Protestant denominations have
been awarded school contracts. In
1886 the Catholics handled Sis. 343,
and the Presby terians came next with
only SS2, 995. In 1885 the Catholic
missions expended $194 1856 for the
government. and the amount allowed
the Presbyterians was increased tt
$37 $40. For the year ending June 80
1888, the Catholics received S221 ,169
and the allowance of the Presbyterian;
was reduced to $50, goo. During thu
fiscal year just closed the Catholic mis-
| sions were awarded SS47 .672. the Pres
byterians got S41 .625, the Episcopaliani
S12. $50, and the Methodists g, 725.
The contracts for the present fisca
year were awarded by the republican
administration through Secretary No
bic and Commissioner Morgan. No
only has there been no discrimination
againsts the Catholics, but their yearl.
allowance for Indian schools has beer
increased. The president, the secre
tarv of the interior and the commits
] sioner of Indian Affairs are all Pro
testants, the latter being Methodist
J Out of a total of $506, 904 set apart 70
Indian mission schools for the fisea
J year ending June so, 1890, the Catho
7 lies have been awarded contract
: amounting to 1856, 491; the Presbyter
iaDs rank second, with S47 $50; tn
EpIScopalianS get $40, 116, and tn
] Methodists SO $50, other churches &c
small amounts. AS was the case dun
7 | ing the entire democratic administers
} ton. the Catholics have been awarde
more than half the annual fund. Blu
Commissioner Morgan has notified a
the church societies that after thi
, year they need not expect an increas
in the total amount for the schools
It is not improbable that som
/, sort OF REIMBURSEMENT may
6 made by which the allowanC
l / to the Catholics will be slightly II
: duced and the awards to the other sc
cieties correspondingly increased.
l is possible that the allowance of a
/. of them may be reduced and after
! few years the entire system of award
: for mission schools may be disconti'
ued. The commissioners believes tia
I the government should conduct tn
! Indian schools, just as the sever;
Z states conduct their schools for whit
! children. The present plan of aware
ing contracts for mission schools
various churches and missionary 81
cietics is inconvenient and has man
] bad results, among which may be il
cluded sectarian jealousy. The forth
coming report Of the commissioner
will doubtless contain some recon
| mendation in the direction indicates
and it is probable that all of the India
mission schools before long will hay
3 to depend entirely upon their respe
: tive churches and missionary societit
Z for support. The result will probabl
: be a newer, better and more extende
/ system of government schools for tt
Indians at all the agencies an
throughout the several reservations.
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