Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-10-23
MOHONK INDIAN
CONFERENCE

Mohonk, Lake, n. Y, Oct. "a
AT the palatial mansion of Albert X.
Smiley the Lake Mohonk conference
OF Friends OF the Indian and Other
Dependent Peoples today began its
twenty-fifth annual conference which
will continue three days. Affairs
in the Philippines, Hawaii. Cuba and
Porto Rico will be considered. as
well as the welfare OF the Indian
tribes OF the United States. DIR.
Andrew s. Draper. the distinguished
scholar and savant. Is the presiding
ofhcer. Among the important mat
ters TO be taken up is that of the
treatment TO be accorded the red
skins OF Indian Territory under Okla
homa statehood. Francis T.. Luepp
commissioners OF Indian affairs. will
conduct one session In person. the
speakers to include only officials in
the government Indian service.
Self government In che Philip
pines will afford a fruitful subject
Tor discussion. the speakers on the
program including Arthur T.. Odlin.
formerly judge OF the Philippine
court OF first instance: Paul Charl-
ton. OF the bureau OF insular affairs:
Congressman NJ. T.. Driscoll. OF New
york; W. Bourke Cochran. of New
York, and w. A. Jones, of Virginia;
Thomas Lawler. of Boston: C. II.
clark. editor OF the Hartford Cou-
rant. and DR.. Charles C. Cregan. of
New York.
Religious work among the Indians
will be considered by many church
dlgnitarie3 of wide experience, in
Guiding Bishop Joseph Johnson. OF
California; Bishop w. II. Hare. of
South Dakota Bishop f. r. Hendrix
OF Missouri; DR.. Charles l.. Thomp-
son, OF the Presbyterian mission
board; John J. Delany. OF the Cath
Ollie Indian missions. ana DR.. r.. T..
Chivers. of the Baptist missionary
association.
Matters concerning the material
and spiritual development of the Ha
waiians will be taken Up by Bishop
Henry Restarlck Hon. Frank NJ.
Hatch, DR.. NJ. b. Emerson and A.
Lewis, Jr.. all OF Honolulu. and Con-
gresham Charles T.. Littlefield. of
Maine, Arthur l.. Bates, OF Pennsyl-
vania. and George Il. Lilley, of Con
neC.icut.
Many other prominent men are
expected TO address the conference.
including several congres lmen, army
and navy offers. clergymen and ed
itors of prominent newspapers AMI
periodicals. TIE only Official recog-
hition given the twenty-Afth an
niversary OF sei'e conf renee will be
an address by DR.. Merrill f.. Gates.
secretary of tie United stateI board
of Indian mlssioners. who will
review the quarter century's work OF
the conference.
Albert Keith Smiley the founder
and host OF the Lake Moh1nk con.
ference, was born in Maine. March
II, 1928. As Quaker. nc early be-
came greatly interested In the In
dams and ether dependent peoples
as well as In the establishment OF
universal peace, and to carry out his
plans for great annual conference
ne bought large property I'm Ulster
county, New York, embracing thou.
sands OF acres. on which he erected
magnificep. mansion where. since
1882. hundreds of people have gath
cred each autumn as his private
guests to discuss Indian questions
Each spring since 1894 a similar
conference has been held to consider
international arbitration. He has
been a member OF the board OF
United States Indian commissioners
since 1879. OF late years he has
made his winter home i'm California.
and in 1898 he presented a library
building and adjoining park to the
city of Redlands. Cal. He is
member Of the board of trusteeg OF
several educational institutions. in
Guiding Brown university. Bryn
Mawr college. New York Normal
school and Pomona college. Pomona.
Cal.