The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-05-04

LdIIS, Solouel II. IL TdtL OIL Iuo Saf-
Isle Indian School, Alice Fletcher,
General Whittlesey, Hon. Darwin
r. James and other members of the
Board of Indian Commissioners, Rev.
DIR. Lyman Abbott and Rev. Dr.
Theodore L. Cuyler. Senator Evarts
was a constant AMI deeply interested
attendant for years, and the late
General Armstrong of the Hampton
School and also the late Senator Daw-
es, of Massachusetts, gave the con-
ference at many sessions the benefit
of their ripe experience, wide knowl-
edge and keen sympathy in the, cause.
of Indian betterment.
One of the first "platforms adopt
ed by the conference declared in IA
Ivor of the enlargement of the sys-
tenn of Indian elucation, including
a plan of industrial training, for the
principal Of self support, the abolish
ment of the free-ration system and
other pauperizing methods, for the di-
vision of land in severalty and the
introduction Of all Indians into full
rights of American citizenship. In
the promotion of such reforms as
these, with others that have suggest
ed themselves from year to year, the
conference has devoted itself up to
the present time, and has had the sat
isfaction Of seeing many Of them ado
pied.
In 1895 another series of annual
assemblies was inaugurated at Lake
Mohonk, these being in the interest
of international arbitration and world
wide peace. These conferences are
held in the latter part of May, or the
first week in June, and their fame
and influence have become even great
er and more wide-reaching than the
meetings in behalf of the Indians.
Among the leading spirits in these
arbitration conferences from the
first have been such distinguished men
as Edward Everett Hale, Robert
Treat Paine, Benjamin F. Trueblood,
Edwin CHM and Edwin D. Mead, all
of Boston; Everett p Wheeler, Aus
tin Abbott, Marshall H. Bright, Prof.
John B. Clark, Walter S. Logan, Sam
uel J. Barrows and DR.. William
, Hayes Ward of New York; Hon John
I. Gilbert, Malone, N. Y; Hon. w.
! % nd I'm
B. and Phillip c. Garrett, Clinton
Rogers-Woodruff and Joshua l.. Bal
ly of Philadelphia. Senator George
F. Edmunds was the presiding officer
for several sessions, and the famous
diplomatist, Hon. John w. Foster,
former Secretary Of State, guided the
deliberations of the conference in
1902 and 1908. Among the regular
attendants and participants in these
assemblies have been large number
of judges of the higher courts, many
well-known clergymen, group of
leading journalists and editorial writ
ers, and the presidents Of many col
leges and universities, including Vas
sar, Bryn Mawr, Smith, Bowdoin
Lafayette, Amherst, Union, Hamilton,
iSwarthmore and Brown.
In the ten years since they began
these arbitration conferences at Lake
Mohonk have supplied the initiative
land the stimulus for much that has
been accomplished in the interests of
arbitration between nations, and
Through their discussions and publ
'catiOns have been a powerful factor
in the education of public sentiment
along these lines It was several years
before the Gar of Russia called the
Peace Conference at the Hague, out
Of which grew the Hague Tribunal
that DR.. Hale urged the establish
ment of such an international court
in an address at Lake Mohonk and his
plan was heartily seconded, discussed
and urged by other prominent men al
several successive conferences until
the "dream' came to a glorious reali
cation. Since the institution of the
! Hague Court the conference has de-
b. voted a part of it's energies to secur
t ing the widest possible recognition OF
= its mediatorial office by the nations Of
= the world and has been highly sue
= cessful in its efforts. The conference
l has also concerned itself with sucl
e subjects as an arbitration treaty will
Great Britain, the relations of com
Y merce and industry to peace, the hes
5 methods of promoting public opinion
/ lin favor of international arbitration
land kindred topics, on all of which i