The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-25

J NCc1S tiSO HdS O OONANSs NeA@A~N
! The Indian Defense association
which fought to maintain the reserva-
ton system. and published q newspaper
| for the advancement Of its views, but
l think that has disbanded.
THE character of the Indian legisla-
! ton during Gen. Harrison s adninistra-
/ ton is not easy to define. The main
! question was that Of increasing the APP
! preparations for the schools. They were
increased, perhaps. as fast as 1T could
/ be reasonably expected. But another
| thing that the Indian very much needs
| is some extension of the courts, to pro-
I tect his rights. on one hand, and TO
make him amenable to law on the
other. Ny Judgment is that plan should
be carried out by the appointment OF
police justices by the federal judges,
and the protection and Judicial admin
/! istratioa of the Indians should be in
| trusted to these branches of tie federal
courts.
Il believe moreover that the sooner
the Indian is treated like any other
man, the better. / am in favor of max
ing them citizens. At one time there
were some complications in the Five
Tribes which made it difficult, if not
impossible, for us to force them to take
that action. But. if they are ready for
citizenship. we ought to be ready for
it. The whole Indian problem would
be solved in moment If the nation
would treat the red man as we treat
any other.
The result of experiments. on a
large scale. have shown the Indians to
be amenab BILE to government, to be good
soldiers and Industrious workers l do
not believe in any mans power to sit in
his own library and form an priori
conception of what is the possible de-
velopment of somebody else. Let every
man, white, black and red, have free
chance to grow and make what he can
of himself The result alone can de-
terrnine what his power of growth and
development is"
"Do you think the Indian is treach-
erous?''
mo. He has been, on the whole,
more trustworthy in dealing with the
whites than the whites have been in
dealing with him. And as to that re-
mark about a dead Indian, apart from
further considerations, the statistics
conclusively show that it costs the
government great deal less to edu-
cate the Indian and make him self-sup,
porting than it does to either kill him
or support him in idleness. As far as
work and the desire for work are con-
cerned Indians are like most white
folks-some do and some don't like to
work. There is as much difference be-
tween the different tribes of Indians
as there is between the different classes
of whites. They have made very good
police, good agriculturists. they have
been successful in caring for stock
and, where they have had the proper
advantages, they have made them
selves efficient in mechanical and in.
dustrial pursuits of various kinds.
''The social future OF the Indian may
be foreseen in his incipient tendency
to intermarry and gradually be alb
sorbed IN the white race. That he
will continue to SO intermarry more
and more | am convinced. Tn
doubtedly there are many such mar
riages contracted at the present time"
How are Indians taught religion?"
"The Catholics have extensive mis-
sions among the Indians, and so have
the Protestant denominations. Hither-
to, most of the schools have been mis-
sionary schools. AS they become sec
ular schools, carried on by the feder-
al government, the churches will have
to concentrate their work on churches
ular education. In the east the
Hampton school in Virginia is private
enterprise, having relations with
the government, which sends In
diaDs there and pays for their
tuition. 1t has to raise fifty
thousand dollars every year in order to
carry on its work, and there is no bet
ter cause ever presented to the people
than this school. There is another
school under Capt. Pratt at Carlisle,
Pa. Then there are a number of
schools in the west, besides the schools
on the reservations themselves, and
which are cared for by the government,
also schools of private enterprise. In
these schools the Indians are taught
the rudiments of English education,
also industrial pursuits. But some OF
the schools carry out the industrial
training better than others because
they are better equipped.
Judging from President Cleveland's
administration, think that during the
next four years he will carry on the
dissolution of the reservation system
and the giving of land in severaltv,
but he viii do that somewhat cautious
ly. He will push forward the work Of
education as rapidly as congress will |
give him the means to 90 il. He re-
CARDS education as the key to the |
whole situation"
do you think the Indian bureau |
should be an independent depart
ment?'
NO; / think II is better TO keep Il a |
branch of the department of the in /
terror. | do not see any advantage I
that would accrue 70 the Indian by 4
making il independent But l think a /
great deal more regard should be paid
to the independence of the Indian
than has been done in /
the past" GEORGE J. MAxsox.
Good for His Health.
Bro~n-ls Jones as lazy as ever?
Jancson-No. Since the birth OF his
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