Arizona republican., 1901-12-04

save the mans own cnaracter ana ca pacity and the needs of the service.
 The administration of these islands should be as wholly free from the sus- picion of partisan politics as the ad- ministration of the army and navy. All that we ask from the public ser want in the Philippines or Porto Rico is that he reflect honor his country by the way in which he makes that countrys rule a benefit to the peoples who have come under it. This Is all that we should ask. and we can not afford to be content with less.
 The merit system is simply one method of securing honest and efficient administration of the government: and in the long run the sole Justification of any type of government lies in it's prov ing itself both honest and efficient.
 The consular service is now organized under the provisions of law passed in 1859 which is entirly inadequate to ex- isting conditions. The interest shown by so many commercial bodies throughout the country in the reor- ganization of the service is heartily commended to your attention. Several bills providing for a new consular ser vice have in recent years been sub mitted to congress. They are based upon the just principle that appoint ments to the service should be made only after d practical test of the ap- ohcant's fitness, that promotions fnould be governed by trustworthiness, dApta bility and zeal in the perform anee of duty, and that the tenure of office should be unaffected by partisan considerations.
 The guardianship and fostering Sf our rapidly expanding foreign com merce. the protection of American citizens resorting to foreign countries in lawful pursuit of their affairs and the maintenance of the dignity of the nation abroad. combine to make it es- sential that our consuls should be men of character. knowledge, and enterprise It is true that theservice is now, in the main. efficient, but a standard of excellence cannot be permanently maintained until the principles set forth in the bills heretofore submitted to the congress on this subject are en- acted into law.
 THE INDIAN.
 In my judgment the time has arriv- ed when we should definitely make up our minds to recognize the Indian as an individual and not as a member of a tribe. The general allotment act is
 
 the tribal mass. It acts directly upon the family and the individual. Under it's provisions some sixty thousand In- dians have already become citizens of the United States. We should now break up the tribal lands: that Is. they should be divided into individual holdings. There will be a transition period during which the funds will Tn many cases have to be held in trust. This is the case also with the lands. A stop should be put upon the indis- "ri,ninate permission to Indians to s,se their allotments. 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.
 In the schools the education should be elementary and largely industrial. The need of higher education among the Indians is very, very limited. On the reservations care should be taken to try to suit the teaching to the needs of the particular Indians. There is no use in attempting to induce agricul- ture in a country suited only for cat tie raising. where the Indian should be made a stock grower. The ration sys- tenn. which is merely the corral and the reservation system, is highly detrimen- tai to the Indians. It promotes beg gary perpetuates pauperism, and sti- fles industry. It is an effectual bar rier to progress. It must continue to :, greater or less degree as long as tribes are herded on reservations and have everything in common. The Indian should be treated as ans nsindividual-like the white man. During the change of III l,a I Ict1 frn-r cur; every effort should be made to minimize these hardships; but We should not because of them hesitate to make the change. There should be continuous reduction in the number of agencies.
 In dealing with the aboriginal races few things are more important than to preserve them from the terrible physi- cal and moral degradation resulting from the liquor traffic. We are doing all we can to save our own Indian tribes from this evil Wherever by in- ternational agreement this same end can be attained as regards races where we do not possess exclusive control every effort should be made to bring 1t about.
 ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION.
 I bespeak the most cordial support from congress and the people Of 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. It definitely decided that we were to become great conti- mental republic. by far the foremost power in the western hemisphere. IL is one of three or four great lano- marks in our history-the great turn ing points in our development It IS eminently fitting that all our people should join with heartiest good will i'll commemorating it. and the citizens or St Louis. of Missouri. of all the ad1a- cent region. are entitled to every aio in making the celebration a noteworthy event in our annals. We earnesriy hope that foreign nations will appre-