The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-04-18
WASHINGTON NEWS

(From Our Washington Correspondent
The change OF sentiment through
out the country upon the parcels post
is indicated by the Record of the
house and senate, in the large num-
Der of petitions that are being pre-
sented asking for the establishment
OF such a system. 1t was only a year
ago that volumes OF petitions upon
this subject were almost unanimously
opposed 10 legislation favorable TO
this innovation in our postal system.
Mr.. Hepburn OF Idaho, doesn't think
much OF the parcels post, TO use his
own words, he has declared that, III
Won want to send the districts outside
OF the big cities back into the wilder
ness, just establish such a ridiculous
system as this, so that every man Will
have to send to Chicago or some other
central place for his daily bread by
and by. Nobody will support stores
for the purpose OF trading off eggs for
sugar. The result is that we will
have none OF the small, beautiful cen
tiers that we call villages and towns.
and we will have two or three big
trading points at which commerce
will seek to supply the who'll body or
the American people"
And now 1t may be true, as charged
by Congressman Ferris OF Oklahoma,
that Poor 10" Is being exploited In
American politics, but that the Indian
feels that he Is a part Of the great
scheme OF government is indisputably
demonstrated by his activities in the
National Capital, and the representa-
tives OF all the tribes from Maine to
Washington have been making their
annual pilgrimages to the seat of gov
eminent, and have become so self-as-
~sertive that senators, congressman,
cabinet officers and the like, aIe quite
uCCuHlOultu 10 tSlhB bpii JbPb 'hNAp
to head in AS the correspondent
for the Register came down past the
white house n few days ago. he was
attracted by a crowd, and upon in
curing the reason found that a mod
ern gasoline juggernaut, in rounding
a corner, had caught a Montana In
dian unawares, and one of the rubber
wheels of the modern car had run
over the foot of the dusky pathfinder,
whose people had trod the trails, and
were the owners OF American high
ways long before modern man had
dreamed of railroads, telegraph lines
or benzine buggies. 1t Is rank in
justice for anyone to intimate that the
Indians welfare is not safeguarded
and protected by representatives In
congress from those states where
large numbers OF the red men still
reside. In the subject OF education,
and the care and protection of the
ME OF the different tribes, the Con-
gressional Record of recent date
shows that the most earnest thought
of Congress Is given to the affairs of
the aborigines, and page after page
of the Record shows the closest at
tention to every detail entering into
the handling of Indian affairs. Mr..
Stephens of Texas, is chairman Of this
committee because OF the fact that he
is a member of the majority, but the
real brunt of the fight lead by western
congressman to help the Indian tribes,
has been borne by Mr.. Burke Of South
Dakota, the ranking republican mem
Der OF the committee. and in whose
state there are many Indians. The
Oklahoma congressman, particularly
Messrs. Mcguire Ferris and Carter as
well as M. Miller of Minnesota,
Messrs. Campbell and Jackson of
Kansas, and Warburton OF Washing
ton, were instrumental in framing In
dian legislation along the lines most
beneficial to Americas first settlers.
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EGAN pLEASES