The age-herald., 1901-12-04
Congress on this subject are enacted Into

Congress on this subject are enacted Into law.
 The Indians.
 In my judgment the time has arrived when we should definitely make up our minds to recognize the Indian as an in dvlduai and not as a member of tribe The General Allotment Act is a mighty pulverizing engine to break up the tribal mass. It acts directly upon the family and the individual Under its provisions some sixty thousand Indians have already become citizens of the United States. We should not break up the tribal funds. doing for them what allotment does for the tribal lands; that is, they should be divided into individual holdings. There will be 8 transition period during which the funds will in many cases have to be held in trust. This Is the case also with the lands. A stop should be put upon the indiscriminate permission to Indians to lease 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 In- dans Is very, very limited. On the reser- vations care should be taken to try to suit the teaching to the needs of the par h. tempting to induce agriculture in coun- try suited only for cattle raising, where the Indian should be made stock grow CT. The ration system, which is merely the corral and the reservation system, is highly detrimental to the Indians. It promotes beggary, perpetuates pauper- ism. and stifles industry. 1t Is an efrec- tual barrier to progress. It must con- tinue to greater or less degree as long as tribes are herded on reservations and have everything in common. The Indian should be treated as an individual-like the white man. During the change or treatment inevitable hardships will oc- cur: every effort should be made to min imize these hardships; but we should not be cause of them hesitate to make the change. There should be a 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 physical and moral degredation resulting from the liquor traffic. We are doing all we can to save our own Indian tribes from this evil. Wherever by international agree ment this same end can be attained as re- gards races where we do not possess ex- elusive control, every effort should be made to bring 1t about.
 St. Louis Exposition.
 I bespeak the most cordial support from the Congress and the people for the St. Louis Exposition to commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of the Louis iana purchase This purchase was the greatest instance of expansion in our his- tory. It definitely decided that we were to become a great continental republic, by far the foremost power in the West ern Hemisphere. It Is one of three or four great landmarks in our history-the great turning points in our development. It is eminently fitting that all our people should join with heartiest good will in commemorating it, and the citizens of St Louis, of Missouri, of all the adjacent re- gion are entitled to every aidw in mak- ing the celebration noteworthy event in our annals. We earnestly hope that for eign nations will appreciate the deep interest our country takes in this ex- position, and our view of it's importance from every standpoint, and that they will participate in securing it's success
 Charleston Show.
 The people of Charleston, with great en- e-gy and civic spirit are carrying on an Exposition which will continue through out most of the present session of Con- gfess. I heartily commend this exposition to the good will of the people. It deserves all the encouragement that can be given it. The managers of the Charleston Ex- position have requested the Cabinet of ncers to place thereat the government ex-