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ACCUSED OF FAVORING
The CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
SENSATIONAL CHARGES MADE
AGAINST THE PRESIDENT,

Violated Its Own Precedent and
Pledges in Order to Favor Certain
Mission schools for Indians-sIoney
Refused the Protestant Schools
Politics Mixed Up in the Affair.
New York, Feb. 2.-The New York
Evening Post to-day published the fol-
lowing:
In spite of the technical denials.. the
fact remains that President Roosevelt
primarily authorized the payment of
trust funds to Indian Catholic schools.
The Washington correspondent of the
Evening Post, in a special dispatch, de-
clares that this money was obtained on
representations Of Charles J. Bonaparte
and others.
William HI. Hare, the Protestant
Episcopal missionary bishop of South
Dakota, has prepared a statement
showing the republican administration
at Washington has violated its own
precedents and pledges in order to ia
vor the Catholic mission schools for In
dams Money was refused to Protes-
tant schools, but, on petitions quietly
circulated and signed by only a minute
fraction of the tribes concerned, was
paid out to the Catholics. This charge.
which is specific and fortified by docu-
mentary evidence, lends added weight
to the accusation of Senator Bard. Of
California (republican), that this mon
ey was paid on the promise of Catholic
support for the republican ticket In
twenty doubtful congressional districts.
Professor e. L. Scharf Of the Catholic
university at Washington, admits dis
cussing the doubtful districts with Sen.
ator Bard and promising 'communica-
ton with influential Catholics.
The Outlook of this week says edi-
torially that there were as many names
to petitions against as for this diver
sion Of trust funds to sectarian ends.
The Post also prints a statement from
Rt Rev William H. Hare, Protestant
Episcopal missionary bishop of South
Dakota, in which he charges that the
law prohibiting government aid to sec
tartan Indian schools has been evaded.
and that money has been paid out to
the Catholic mission schools. Bishop
Hare's statement is dated Sioux Falls,
S. d., January s. He describes the
pecuniary embarrassment on the part
Of the schools following the abolish
ment Of the contract system Of govern
ment aid, and recites his efforts to- se-
cure some measure Of relief from its
rigid application.
1T was urged said Bishop Hare,
that when rations and annuities had
reached the Indian country and pa
rent who had child in a mission
boarding school consented that the
child's fair share Of the rations for his
family should be turned over to the
said mission school, compliance with
his wish could not fairly be held to be-
an appropriation to a sectarian school
/ yentured to present this view Of the
case to the commissioner of Indian af
fairs. He rejected it. I then carried
the case to the secretary Of the interior.
He upheld the decision Of the commits
sioner. I then took the matter up tos
the president, who referred the matter
to the attorney general Mr.. Knox.
The bishop then quotes Attorney Gem
eral Knox's reply to the president,
which upholds the Indian commissioner.
Bishop Hare says because Of this action
he had to sell two mission schools at!
considerably under their value. He
states further that he was greatly sur-
prised last September when he learned
that the same executive officers made
large contracts for conducting mission
boarding schools, and that eight of
them had been made with one denomi-
nation. OF the total amount of the
contracts $1o2, 7S0-all but $4,32O was
for the benefit Of one denomination.
Bishop Hare then appends a list Of
contracts made by the United States
Indian office with various sectarian or
ganizations for the education Of Indian
children for the fiscal year ending June
30 next. They are as follows: st. Jo-S
seph school, Roman Catholic, total for
year s1S,360; st. Louis school, Roman
Catholic. $9,375; st Johns school, Ro-
man Catholic, $S,125; Immaculate Con-
ception school, Roman Catholic, $1,000;
Holy Rosary school, Roman Catholic,
$21 500; st. Francis school, Roman
Catholic, $4,000; st. Labre's school, Ro-
man Catholic, s6,4s0; st. Mary's school,
Roman Catholic, $500; Foss Boarding
school, Lutheran. s4,S2o Total, s1o2. .7So.