Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-04-10
WILEY. ON BOOSTERS
He Marks Southern Indiana the
Genius. " Region.
TRACES DESCENT OF PEOPLE
Derived From Southern AppalaehIans,
Whose Race Of mountalneers He
Calls Last Remnant Of the
Indebted" in Country.
BY GEORGE CLINTON.

WaSnIngton.-Dr. Harvey w. Wiley,
who recently resigned as the govern
menfs chief chemist, was born in In
diana The doctor is very interested
In all Hoosiers, but he is little hard.
perhaps. on native Indianans who
We're born In the northern half OF the
state, He puts them in a genius
class" below that of the HOLSTERS who
were born nearer the Ohio river.
DR.. Wiley has produced a map OF In
diana on which he illustrates some OF
MS views with respect to intellectual
ity In the state. About where the old
national road crosses from east to
west be has drawn a red line, and
across the territory lying south OF this
line he has written in bold letters the
word Genius" Across the north half
OF the state appears the words Near
Geniuses- As a concession to two of
ms friends he has indicated what
might be called a lane extending
northward from the genius belt so as
10 include Kin Hubbard, better known
as Abe Martin" and George AIDE.
tthC uHOhHAdtH 0kO(Hs
DR.. Wiley exhibited this map Of his
own making the first time at a meet
ing of the Indiana Society of Wash
ington this week. He used II as a ba-
sis for most interesting talk which
he gave on the people of southern In
diana as he knew them thirty, forty
and fifty years ago. He pointed out
the southern half of the state was set
tied almost exclusively by mountain
GERS from the Carolinas. Virginia and
tennessee. The men and women, he
said, We're perfect specimens of ply
steal development He traced to this
stock many of the great men Indiana
has turned out. The Indiana genius
began to appear. he said, when this
hne mountain stock began to mix with
the people from the east and north.
The mountain regions OF Virginia.
North Carolina, South Carolina and
Tennessee. Doctor Wiley said. are still
the homes of the rugged people of the
type that settled southern Indiana and
from which Indiana geniuses have
sprung. He asserted that these noun
taineers of the Carolinas, Virginia and
Tennessee are misunderstood by most
persons. They are not degenerates.
he said. ION the contrary, they are
the best human specimens to be found
in this country today and probably in
the worl1. They have their peculiari-
ties. due to their environment De
Tense of their own family and of the
clan to which they belong is the first
thing that is taught them. They are
thoroughly honest, and all deeply re-
ngious."
According to Doctor Wiley there are
great possibilities in this race of noun
taineers. He referred to 1t as the
last remnant of the undetiled" in this
country, and pointed out that If in
some way education and culture could
be brought to these people, results
that would almost startle the world
would be produced.
DR.. Wiley said that while no one
would attempt to defend the shooting
down of Judge and other court off,
cials by gang of these mountaineers
in southern Virginia near the North
Carolina line. II was only fair to the
men who participated In that crime
to say that they are not degenerates.
and are not bad citizens in the COM
mon sense of the term. I'VE of south
ern Indiana birth may not like to ad-
NIT It," he said, but the men who
did that shooting In southern Virginia
are Of the stock from which we sprung.
In taking the law into their own hands
in defense of their clan. they were
only living up to a principle that had
been instilled into them and their
forefathers."
Our Apache Wards.
Secretary of War Stimson. in
response to a request from Con-
gress, has told the lawmakers
all about the Apache prisoners of
war who are now on the Fort Sill.
Oklahoma, reservation. There are 257
of the prisoners and IS Of the number
are borne on the morning reports as
scouts. Thirty of the Indians are
known TO have been engaged in hos
tilities against the United States or
to have committed acts of violation
against white citizens. Six of the
braves now held in check in Okla
homa were on the war path with
Geronimo and surrendered with that
great chief In 1886.
The secretary in his report gives
the names of the six Indians who
were known to have been on the war
path with Geronimo. After each name
there is an annexation to tell OF the