Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-10-10

there IS no attempt at Illegal voting.
In a vacant space about the Judges
the voters appear one at time and
each Announces orally the candidates
for whom he wishes to vote. Thus
the will Of the tribes is asccrtained
and all that is left for the Judges is
the simple adding up Of the votes.
Wages seem really better in the ter
ritory, where there is no walking dele
gate TO take care Of the interests Of
the downtroddcn workingman, than
they are in Chicago, where
there Is every conceivable kind Of an
inndstrial organization. Miners above
ground receive 81. 90 a day ana those
below ground arc paid $2.41. Wages
in other lines Of work are much the
same. Farm hands are rarely paid
less than 81 a day. And it would
seem thai tie cost Of commodities is
little If any higher than in the states
adjoining the territory.
In the Cherokee nation schools are
the particular pride Of the people. One
half Of all the revenue derived from
the funds IN the hands of the gov
eminent is applied to the support of
the schools. 1T is invested in ; per
cent. government bonds and the in
tercFt is paid with unfailing regular
ity. There is n Cherokee orphan
asylum, 4 national male and female
seminary and 100 primary schools
scattered about the country. The
teachers in these schools are paid SO
pupils If the tendance falls below
that number the school is diScontin-
rcd ana the next ncighhorhood which
can furnish the requisite number Of
children is supplied. If the number
rises above sixteen, the wages are
increased till the teacher may receive
$50 a month In no case may she re-
cciyc more, but IN cases where the
number Of pupils is too large for one
teacher to manage, there may be two
employed, and in that case the pay
Of each is fixed at the same figure
$50.
The government provides the teach
crs, and all the books ANA appliances,
The families are required to provide
The SchoOlhOuSeS, thc fuel and the
water required At the beginning Of
the term the teachers are permitted
to make Il rcqtliSiti0n for the books
and other articles they will need, and
1t often happens that ambitious teach
crr take all the available property
there Is on hand, leaving those who
come after them but the residue,
which is neither desira bic nor valua-
BILE.
In the beginning the two national
srminarirS. ono for males and the
other for females, were built exactly
alike. When an Increased attendance
rendered additions necessary, both
buildings, situated some miles apart,
were enlarged together and their SIM
ilArity still preserved. But the semi
nary for girls was burned down about
three years ago. and the council then
erected for them n modern building
in the suburbs of the town. But the
columns Of their old house still stand
a silent testimony to the Indians idea
of architecture,
The laws of the Indians of the five
tribes are made by Il council of two
houses, much Hike the assembly and
the senate of other legislatures. The
lawmakers are chosen Ivy the people,
mt open elections, and the whole SNS-
tenn is the perfection oi' the tribal
mode of selection. In the ma in they
are pcrmittru to govern themselves.
There is little desire on the part Of
the government to Interfere with their
private affairs.
And there is another view to take
of them. In war time some of the
best service rendered to the national
government in the armies of the west
was by Indians from the territory,
And the men who were leaders then
are still leaders Of the people.
What the future of the members of
these five tribes will be no one .Can
see, But that they have proSprrcd
above tho degree accorded to others
of The race is = patent fact. 1t is not
to the credit of the government that
the results with other tribes has been
ny no means SO Gathering.