Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-05

asked him about the matter. go
take it," said Spooner and then when
the kicks come l viii lecture you hard
and say | know nothing about it." Mr..
Dolliver needed no second hint and
soon had his goods installed in the
room. A number of the older SEN
ators (%including Mr.. Spooner, who was
complained to- talked plainly of the
nerve and gall of the brand new senat-
or from Iowa but the later only smiled
pleasantly on them from the depths of
his room, where he can be found to-
day.
Washington, d. c., March 3.-Con-
gresham Lacey had another one of
his busy days last week and as a re-
suit six more good public land bills
passed the house. He secured the
passage of the following measures:
One granting the right of way to the
Central Alaskan Railway company
through the San Francisco and forest
reserve.
Providing for surveys OF O lands
in Alaska.
Providing for the adjustment OF in
deninity lands in Montana for the ben
eft of the settlers.
Granting the right to buy land for
cemetery purposes to the town OF But
falo, Wyoming.
Extending the time for the complet-
ing OF the irrigating ditch of the Colo
RADIO Cooperative company.
Providing for the sale of a tract of
former Seminole land in Florida.
This is the brisk way in which Ma
jor Lacey usually does business on the
floor of the house. There is scarce,
ly another man in that august body
that could secure the passage of six
bills of relative Importance in n
day. The members Of the house, how
ever, have complete confidence in
Major Lacey. They know hat as
chairman of the committee of public
lands he thoroughly understands his
subject. Mr.. Lacey is an indefatiga-
BILE worker and usually likes to clean
up his business before the house in
this speedy manner. There is no
member who spends more time on the
floor or keeps better track of the pro-
ceedings. He does not make many
long speeches, but is more noted for
the pr%opounding of short, crisp ques-
! tions of a rather stumping nature.
The house orators usually dread to see
Mr.. Lacey rise to question them if he
is with the opposition, since they
know it will be a poser.
Very frequently, however, Mr.. Lacey
gets warmed up to his subject and eX
pands into a brilliant little speech tc
which the house always listens with
J tN,o. r. IIO ryor Iol ;rto ~ s,,tarocf
ing discussion the other day when the
Indian appropriation bill was up. Ma
ior Lacey is interested in the Indian
question and is especially anxious to
see the red man given all the advan-
tages of education possible. The ques
ton of certain reductions was up ant
Mr.. Lacey arose and said: 81 thinl
there is a mistake in this idea tt
strike out the appropriation for the 10
cal Indian school. This is one-fiftl
in fact a little over one-fifth of the en-
tire sum-. Now, it seems to me tina
what ought to be done is to increas'
constantly the facilities for the educa
ton of the Indian at home. When tn,
Indian boy or girl in the day schoo
in the locality in which he lives, &C
ing home at night, the whole famil,
gets the benefit of the teaching. TIL
boys and girls study at night and thei
parents are benefited with the chill
dren. 1t certainly does not follow tina
e because there is any lack of industr
or increase of crime in a tribe tn
school system is to blame for it.
e is true that education is not a cur
ALI but it is essential. Col. Pratt, c
t the Carlisle school, struck the keynot
of the Indian question when he sal
that we should carry education to tn
S children and that the attempt to kee
the Indians separate from the whit
race should be abandoned. His theor
S is that the Indians educated at tn
Carlisle school should never be ser
y back to their reservation, but shoul
e remain as a permanent part of til
n civilized population of the countr,
n There are only about 100000 of then
They al readily be absorbed in tt
a entire population of the United State
1t and the effort to keep them as a sepa
e ate organization is a mistake. We {
a not attempt to do that with any 9th,
n portion of our fellow citizens. "
u have immigrants from many foreie
'e countries. We do not try to keep the
separate and distinct. They ming
y with our people without trouble, al
II the mingling of Indian blood with o,
~ race has proven itself not to be i
u furious. We have found in localiti
~ where the Indian has gradually b
= come absorbed in the great mass
the white people that the descen,
ants of these people are of the hig
est order of intelligence. They ha,
many of the qualities of both race
To promote the breaking UP of Il
ne tribal relation education is the fiji
essential STEP"
he - :
~ The Iowa ladies who attend,
=. the convention of the Daughters
u. u1 the Revolution at Washington la
~ week are pleased at the election
Mrs. Maria Purdy Peck, of Dave
~ port, as state regent. Mrs. Peck w
elected unanimously and it is gener;
s, ly considered that the selection is
IN most admirable one. Mrs. Pc,
en- speaks in the most optimistic mann