The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-11-15


meni ~ ths indiaut ana asks eni
10 tftai che peopis ~ cuba aaa Porto
Riss snd ihs Philippines snt better
Ths fsinfis read ~ ihe resent 81
naai conference " the indian Hlghts
Assofa.u1 tt iaEs Hohont y vi
40 nni Inspire mneh .pnhdenr' To- uuf /
hiness sf present io severn colonies .
Tho men NHo mot In This conference .
are r1n..r.afye able and wen kncwn .
| rblg 4r.f.s time and money in 7
lenurs 90 protect the lndians Mr. on /
lhIIan IIr many years q missionary ~ I
lthr Episcopal church 10 the Chippewa .
lIud.ius who lately rose IN insurrec-
ItIuu Minnesota. told the conference. F.
|tbat these Indians belonged 10 one Of
1.-The few tribes that had never attacked
ltho white settlers. and had done so re-
GENTLY. because their grievances were
IintDlerablc Ne stated that the United
States Commissioner had "uplifted
their hands to God, aud solemnly
sworn that certain agreements would
De- kept by the government" The In
dams yielded their lands. aud the gov
eminent refused to keep the promises
of the Commissioners.
The MOhonk Conference declares
that there has been marked improve
ment In the treatment of the Indians
in some ways but II says, Indian
agents and Indian inspectors have been
lappointod without training or any evil
dence Of their fitness for office" The
report says also I'VE have appealed
to successive administrations 10 rene
dy these abuses, and the abuses still
continue"
The man who is not lingo, asks
with President Elliot. IL the Ameri-
can people after hundred years Of
paternal government over the 100000
Indians on American soil have not
made success of It, how can II hope
! to govern with wisdom and safety
= 500, 600 Cubans. and 100000 Of FIJI
E pinos2 II IL has cost $500 600 600 10
D regulate these few Indian tribes on
9 our own territory. what will Il cost Ia
regulate these distant colonsts?"
The only reply that can he made is
that we shall govern them more just
ly than they have been governed. II
does not follow that because we have
not governed the Indians properly,
that we will not give the Filipinos
p better rule than the Spanish have done.
The political Bosses are better rulers
, than the Dons. 4 bad man often makes
I good citizen" The philosopher,
Emerson mentions the case of man
, In a small, town who kept an excellent
= hotel. sold pure liquor. subscribed the
: largest sums to the building OF
7 churches, encouraged dog fights, was
I generous to the poor, lived scan
a dalous private life, helped generously
I IN extending the town improvements
and on the whole was good citizen
. So Il may be that our weakness and
wickedness as a nation In governing
other people may, ON the whole, be
better than the best government of the
; Spaniards. We may boast OF our
superiority, as the old native did who
in former days. claimed precedence
over other natives. because he wore
. pair of trousers with only one leg,
a., while the others had no trousers what
ever. Charles Lamb asked II a very
wicked angel was not really better than
the very best man. So local politician
in the States, who cannot make a lV'
ing at home, may be quite superior
= to any Don in administering the law
to the Filipinos. The gold seekers OF
california were n sorry lot in 40. but
they worked out of 1t a magnificent
commonwealth. President Elliot need
not despair.