New-York tribune., 1894-06-18
HOLMANISM AND THE INDIA US
SCHOOLS CRIPPLED AND GOOD WORK
STOPPED.

DELEGATE SMITH. OF ARIZONA. MAKES AssER-
TIoNs AS TO INDIAN EDUCATION. WHICH
ARE PROVED FALSE BY THE RECORDS.
IBY TELEGRAPH TRIBUNE,
Washington. June I1-Despite the fact that sew
eral of the mischlevous provisions or the IN
dian Appropriation bill were eliminated IN the
House OF Representatives. by the interposltlon OF
points Of order before 1t left the Committee Of the
Whole. the fact remains that passed 1t Is the
worst measure OF the that ever sent to the
Senate aud the Appropriations Committee OF that
body will find 1t necessary virtually to reconstruct
the entire bill. II does not mercy need amendment
here and there. for It is bad all the way through.
The manner In which the Carlisle Indian School has
been treated Is a fair sample OF the treatment re-
cclved by the Indian schools The appropriation was
reduced $1,000 below the official estimate and no
| reason whatever given by the lnd!aa COM
mittee for the reduction. 1t Is true that one mem
Der OF that committee-Deegate Smith. OF Arizona
did indulge in a number of misstatementS In regard
10 that and other Eastern schools. in which Indian
pupils are educated and trained. which were CAL
cuatcd to deceive and probably did deceive ana
influence the votes Of members OF the House VINO
wer: not familiar with the actual facts Mr. smith
is the same statesman who declared In the House
OF Representatives February lG, 1891. when
prOposltlon 10 bald slaughter houses on certain
Indian reservations under consideration, that
III this is for the slaughter OF beeves. tho slaughter
Of nIans the slaughter Of white people shall
object To- II unless you exclude the beeves and the
white people" In the debate on "Wednesday this
humane. Christian statesman made bitter attack
on the Carlisle Hampton ana other Indian schools
IN the Eastern States in the course Of which he
said.
The records Of these Eastern schools show that
when Il man goes back ne cannot associate witn
those he left on the reservation He Immediately
becomes h Ts Iman ~ me wsois o1 9 oc3t a1 o OF
the education you have given him, or Csc ne starts
olt in9 career n ot cfe re hai fpi becsmes % os the
girls turned out Of these schools when they 20
back.
Mr. Smith appealed to "the records Of these
schools" which so far from supporting his asser-
tions directly contradict them. They are also re-
futed bv Bishop Hare OF the Protestant Episcopal
church who after years OF careful and patient OBJ
acrvatlon nud investigation declared that W per
cent OF the pupils turned out we'll So far as the
Arizona Indian pupils at the Carlisle Indian school
are concerned Superintendent Pratt in private
letter 70 a Tribune correspondent under date OF
June T. lS9i. wrote
Some OF our pupils returned to Arizona DO badly;
dians AT the san Carlos Agency are the Carlisle
pupils Of this have constant evidence We
never had hut i've females from Arizona: ana un-
fortunately hcy were full grown and OF oaa mar
acer before thcy cane WE are 9ten b hiI,s i,oSea ia
LEFT the Indian agent ana those on the reserVa-
ton.
captain Pratt has had more than twice many
years experience among Indians as Delegate Smith
has and moreover. has constantly enjoyed far
better opportunities OF knowing them. And yet to
hear the latter talk would think he knew all
there Il 10 hc learned. In his speech on Wednes-
day he undertook to enlighten the House OF Repre-
sentative on the subject of the Apaches. Here are
some choice sentences from that speech:
In my opinion. those Apache Indians must be
treated hy this Government differently than any
Ishmaelitcs Of Gods creation. From tho most
ancient timcs Until now there never has been day
All the world ara the hand Of all the world against
HIN Nothing hg' fear w rTs h s rSe S,sa hone
Of cviirng nat ndisn = ,Ss' a. 6,sht as n, ins
hope OF clvzns his 1000 me n, ,n see bim
He s absolutely incapable OF the emotions that we
feel He Is savage in every instinct. ..ao, g..
Like sentiments and opinions were Expressed by
tuo fears AGO and drew from Sup, rlntendent Pratt
the following statement in a communication TO
II he viii come here Will take him 10 forty,
six excellent homes In Eestern Pennsylvania and
show him forty-s1 Chlriahua Apaches whom Ari-
that reason in 1886 sent them East as prisoners.
These forty-sx Apaches have been taking care OF
themselves and have cost the Government nothing
for the past four years They are as happy and
contented as any people and most 2t them have Te
"a we'd under the principles of education that this
particular Government School brings to bear
Here are concrete facts which completely de-
mosh Delegate Smiths airy propositions that the
civilization Of the Apache Is absolutely impossible
that the hope OF cvillzng that Indian is Just rs
bright as the hope OF cyilizng his food the rattle.
feeling the emotions that we feel -
But the aiority in the House OF Representatives.
took Smith at his word and voted 10 cripple the
Carlisle school by cutting $1,000 from the appropra-
tion recommended as necessary by the secretary
of the Interior That school was estapished IN
1879 with liI pupils from dinerent indlin trloes
and the average attendance has risen TO about oo
During the summer vacations great many OF
the pupils find homes among the FARMERS IN tne
Cumberland Valley. and this outing system mas
proved a most useful adjunct OF the school In
which many trades are taught as well as letters
Hundreds OF pupils who have received their eiuca-
tior and training at Carlisle during the fifteen
Years since the school was established have re-
markably few exceptions their education and train
selves with all ns hundreds OF pupils gathered
sayaeery and ba rbarsm and civilization the school
did not furnish single case for the courts until
e. had been I'm existence more than dozen years.
when one OF the boys was committed to a reforma-
tory FOR the theft Of suit OF clothes Ihe de-
pertinent OF the pupils has ben uniformly excellent
Carlisle or placed among the farmers where they
were entirety free from the control OF the school
That this school has earned the confidence and ID
The friends OF indian civilization s atested BY the
fact that OF the 10000 worth OF land. buildings
ana other improvements in 1892. more than $1,000
had been voluntarily contributed by them. The
Gifts Included n farm OF lj7 acres valued at $1,000;
n bows dormitory and gymnasium costing about
s2s 90: n steam plant costing about 81. 900; an ad
dition TO the girls dormtory which cost about
5000 and n%eer ugb OF sm"er Sa Shts haeyer grpsPt pa2
,," 0t l, Witch he could prevent Congress from APP
proprlatins would be contributed by the philan
thropic men and women who had already given
Snprecation OF that work. lie would be as likely
az any other living TO take that broad states.
yT% or 'Tg nforunatey however other
indian schools besides the one at carlisle are 10
be crippled ne Soi Sa b haV sgnest hope Of private
aid can be entertained.