The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-12-06

IeTpIIBS. IL IL true tndL Iue beTNlCt ID flOW
In the main efficient, but standard OF
excellence cannot be permanently main
tained until the principles set forth In the
bills heretofore submitted to the congress
on this subject are enacted into law.
In my Judgment the time has arrived
when we should definitely make up our
minds to recognize the Indian as an indi-
vidual and not as n member of a tribe.
The general allotment act is a mighty
pulverizing engine to break up the tribal
mass. 1t acts directly upon the family
and the individual. Under Its provisions
some G0,000 Indians have already become
citizens of the United states. We should
now break up the tribal funds, doing for
them what allotment does for the tribal
iands-that is they should be divided into
individual holdings There will be tran
sition period during which the funds will in
many cases have to be>held in trust. This
IN the case also with the lands. A stop
should be put upon the indiscriminate
permission to Indians to lease their allot-
ments. The effort should be steadily to
make the Indian work like any other man
on his own ground. The marriage laws
of the Indians should be made the same
as those Of the whites.
industrial Education of Indians.
In the schools the education should be
elementary and largely industrial. The
need Of higher education among the IN
dams Is very, very limited. On the reser'
vations care should be taken to try to
suit the teaching to the needs of the par
ticular Indian There is no use In at
tempting to induce agriculture in coun-
try suited only for cattle raising, where
the Indian should be made q stock grower.
The ration system, which Is merely the
corral and the reservation system, is high
ly detrimental to the Indians. IL promotes
beggary perpetuates pauperlsm and STILES
L. offA al haf. tr.
progress. 1t must continue to greater
or less degree as long as tribes are herded
on reservations and have evs vthins In
common. The Indian Should 10 treated
as an Individual. like the white man.
During the change of treatment inevitable
hardships will occur. Every effort should
be made to minimize these hardships, but
we should not because of them hesitate to
make the change. There should be a con-
tinuous reduction In the number OF agen-
cies.
In dealing with the aboriginal races few
things are more important than to pre-
serve them from the terrible physical and
moral degradation resulting from the liq-
uor traffic. We are doing all we can to
save our own Indian tribes from this evil
Wherever by international agreement this
same end can be attained as regards races
where we do not possess exclusive control
evry effort should be made to bring It
about
Expositions.
bespeak the most cordial support from
the congress and the people for the st.
Louis exposition to commemorate the one
hundredth anniversary of the Louisiana
purchase. This purchase was the greatest
instance of expansion in our history. 1t
definitely decided that we were to become
great continental republic. by far the
foremost power in the western heml-
sphere. 1t is one of three or four great
landmarks In our history-the great turn
Ing points In our development 1t Is emil
nently fitting that all our people should
Join with heartiest good will in commemo.
rating It, and the citizens of st. Louis, Of
Missouri of all the adjacent region are
ertisled to every aid in making the cele-
bration noteworthy event in our annals
We earnestly hope that foreign nations
will appreciate the deep interest our coun-
try takes In this exposition and our view
of its Importance from every standpoint,
and that they will participate in securing
It's success. The national government
should be represented by a full and COM
plete set of exhibits. -t
The people of Charleston, with great en-
ergy and civic spirit are carrying on an
exposition which will continue throughout
most of the present session of the con-
gress. 1 heartily commend this exposi-
ton to tho good will of the people. It
deserves all the encouragement that can
Z be given 1t. The managers of the Charles
ton exposition have requested the cabinet
officers to place thercat the government
exhibits which have been at Buffalo.
promising to pay the necessary expenses
have taken the responsibility OF direct
Ing that this be done, for / feel that IL is
due to Charleston to help her in her
praiseworthy effort. In my opinion the
management should not be required to
pay all these expenses. l earnestly rec
nrraFf khat
once Ithe small sum necessary for this
purpose. f:ry
The Pan-American exposition at Buffalo
has Just closed. Both from the Industrial
and the artistic standpoint this exposition
has been I'M high degree creditable and
useful not merely TO Buffalo, but to the
United States Rrheterribie tragedy of the
presidents assassination interfered mate
rally with its being a financial success.
The exposition was peculiarly in harmony
with the trend of our public policy, be-
cause 1t represented an effort to bring
into closer touch all the peoples of the
western hemisphere and give them an in
creasing sense Of unity. Such an effort
was a genuine service to the entire Amer
lean public.
Science and Education.
The advancement of the highest inter.
ests OF national science and learning and
the custody Of objects of art and of the
valuable results OF scientific expeditions
conducted by the United States have been
committed TO the Smithsonian institution.
In furtherance of its declared purpose
for the increase and diffusion of knowl-
edge among mon"-the congress has from
time to time given 1t other important
functions Such trusts have been exc
cuted by the institution with notable fidel-
ity. There should be no halt In the work
OF the institution, in accordance with the
plans which its secretary has presented,
for the preservation OF the vanishing
races of great North American animals in
the National Geological park. The urgent
needs OF the National museum are rec
commended to the favorable consideration
of the congress.
Perhaps the most characteristic edu-
cational movement of the past fifty years
Is that which has created the modern
public library and developed 1t into broad
and active service. There are now over
1000 public libraries In the United States,
the product of this period. In addition
to accumulating material, they are also
atrtyinD hIr niz b.rt