The Washington herald., 1910-09-08
AT THE HOTELS.


1T is unfortunate that Mayor seidel.
Of Milwaukee. refused to receive Col.
Roosevelt on his visit 20 that city" said
a. L. Morsell. a patent attorney OF Mil
waukee. who IL here on business. and is
at the Shoreham. Mayor seidel NAV
feel personally aggrleved as a Social
Democrat at what Col. Roosevelt said
about the doctrine Of that party. but he
should have remembered that he Is the
mayor Of Milwaukee, and as such at the
head OF not only Social Democrats but
also Republicans. Democrats. and al
other political parties. It is more than like
~ that Mayor seidel took the advice Of
some OF his friends IN the matter.
hardly think he would have declined 70
receive Col Roosevelt II he had followed
his own inclinatlons"
Speaking OF Mayor Seldel's administra-
ton. Mr. Morsel was full of praise for
the same, and said: There is no ques-
ton about Mayor SeideTs ability as an
executive. He is giving eminent salts
faction 10 Republicans as well as Demo
Gratis, and Milwaukee has a better city
administration than il has had for many
years. Mayor Seidel has abolished a
number Of superhuous Offices. and has in
troduced many changes in the city gov
crnment. and thereby cut down expenses
without curtailing efficiency.
Senator La Toilette. said Mr. Morsen.
is unquesdonably a man who stands
well with the masses. even though the
interests are against him. or. seem to be
against him. and in all likelihood have
used every effort 70 defeat him.
Being asked whether the present admin
istration IS popular in Wisconsin. Mr..
MorseH said one could draw his own con-
illusions. taking the cue from the Ia Fol-
lette victory.
Col. R. S. Weaver, OF Atlanta, Ca, a
collector OF rare postage stamps. who is
at the Riggs. in speaking Of his hobby
last night said: Among the rarest Of
postage stamps are the hcmely Confeder-
ate issues used on letters transported
through the South in the early days Of
the civil war. Nearly every one Of them
IS unpleasant 20 the eye yet they are
treasured specimens in the collections Of
those fortunate enough TO possess them.
AT the beginning of the war" con
tinued Col. Weaver, no regular Confed-
crate stamps were on hand, and the post
masters were authorized to receive money
in payment for the postage on letters 10
be forwarded. Small change was scarce,
ana in order 10 facilitate matters postmas-
tiers issued local stamps OF their own de-
sign and sold them 10 patrons number
at a time. These stamps could thereafter
be presented 70 the postmaster in pay
ment Of postage.
Confederate provisional stamps sne
envelopes include 14f different varieties,
and the majority are held al a very high
premium. or many varieties. not more
than one specimen is known. though il
is not at all improbable that Others o.
some Of these raritles are now resting on
old wartime letters. slowed away and
forgotten.
50 scarce are the stamps" concluded
Col Weaver. and so rarely do they
come up for sale, that the standard cata-
logues do not mention the prices at
which they are held. When a specimen
does come 10 light. il usually changes
hands at a private sale. and thus not
even expert collectors are always aware
Of the approximate value OF rare issues.
Discussing politics. Col Weaver said
that IL is his opinion that Col Roosevelt
viii take the convention Of 1872 by
storm and capture "the delegates. the
machine. and the steamrolieT. too
President Taft is a fine judge. but for a
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courage TO do. and 10 hurt. If such be
necessary 10 improve conditions and
thereby f:=ther the welfare Of the people
An educated Indian is like a man who
has lost his bHthright-he no longer IN
derstands the magnificent traditions that
belong 10 the dignity OF his race and
tribe. according TO Jesse F Williams, a
Cherokee Indian. who was seen at the
National last night.
What would happen 20 the nature Of
the white mans child" continued Nj
Williams, If he were taken from his
mother before he was old enough 20
walk. kept among a people alien 10 his
own race tin he grew up. and made TO
learn another language. another history.
another faith?
And yet that is just what the govern
ment does with the Indian babies They
are dragged away from the squaws and
brought up among the white men 10 look
upon their race as inferior: they are
made TO believe that civilization IS some
thing that only the white man under
stands; that the Indian is an aborigine.
a savage
What is the result Of this enforced
civilization The papoose grows to man
hood. returns 10 the reservation with the
nature of a white man. and with the
heart Of an Indian spoiled by this educa-
ton. Everything that would tend 10 keep
up the traditions Of the Indian race.
which are as heroic. as poetic, as fuI
Of fine sentiment as the white mans
race, IS carefully avoided in the education
of the Indian.
He returns 20 his tribe and his chiefs.
10 his mother and his father. ignorant OF
the history and the faith Of his own peo-
pie. TIE chiefs have consequently no
confidence in the young man who came
back 10 them full OF the white mans eG-
utation entirely ignorant Of the Indians
attachments and beliefs OF course, the
United States government Is inspired by
motives Of undeniable good in educating
the Indian, bur the latter is not improved
by this education, because Il alienates him
from his chiefs, his people, and his own.
If there could be some way by which
the white man could educate the Indian
10 respect his own race. instead Of i'm
pressing upon him that he is the on
spring of savages. I believe that would
be a compromise quite worth while"
DR. William y Parker Of PhnadeInhia-