Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-09-11
Will join PaOCRESSIVES
RESIGNATION BECOMES EFFECT.
I'VE AT THE ERECTION or
THE SECRETARY.
SOCIAL service WORK
Declares the Progressive Party Needs
Him TO Work for lettering OF
Humanity.

WASHINGTON, Sept 1O,-Robert G..
Valentine, Commissioner Indian ar
fairs, today sent his resignation to the
Interior Department TO become effect
i've at the discretion of Secretary
Fisher, now in Hawai-. Mr.. Valentine
win Join the Progressive party.
Commissioner Valentine previously
was associated with Commissioner
Leupp, whom he succeeded.
In public statement today explain.
ing his resignation. MIR Valentine re-
ferred to his desire to work in tho
Progressive party is his only wish
for quitting office. lie made no men
ton Of the so-call4 Indian garb
order which he rSmulgated a few
months ago and Whit h raised a storm,
OF protest from officers Of the Roman
Catholic church. II forbade the wear
ing OF religious garb by the teachers
In Indian schools, il was claimed It's
effect would be to bar sisters Of the
Cathollc orders from schools on the
reservation President Taft sum
marily suspended the order A new
one Is about to be promulgated. Its
terms are not fully known, but II Is
reported it will probably satisfy those
on both sides Of the controversy Mr.
Valentine has defended the order on
the ground that it was in conformity
with this governments principle of the
separation OF church and state.
Commissioners Statement.
In part, the commissioners state
ment today was as follows:
MY work in the Indian office dur
ing the last seven years has been So
cial service work. Last winter, / felt
that the Progressive movement in
the Republican party was the begin
ming Of a new day in the betternenl
Of living conditions throughout the
country. At that time the movement
seemed to be about to re-humani2e
and re-vitalize the Republican party,
and, so surely so, that there was need
for every one who felt that this pro
cess was essential and that he could
be of help, to leave whatever other
work he was doing.
Now, however, the case is different,
The program Of the Progresslves has
been pushed aside by the Taft leaders
of the Republican party. AS the re-
suit of this denial of true progress,
the Progressive party has been born.
Whether defeated or victorious in the
coming election, it will serve its pur-
pose well 1t can meet only a defeat
OF degree; that is degree insofar as
only those who in realty believe in IT
fail now to fit their actions to their
belief and join its ranks as soon as
they honorably can"
Working for Successor.
since the formation OF the Pro-
gressive party, 1t has been known
that / was heart and soul for its cause,
and that | would vote for 1t. = could
not, Of course, take part in It's work
while at the head Of the Indian Of
flee. 1t was known that l was anx
ious to leave office, and, in fact, |
should have done so but for the obli-
CATION j felt not to leave the Indians
and the Indian service, If l could
properly stay until a successor could
be found.
I'm the Indian service, above most
other bureaus, the opportunity for
graft and political patronage are such
that the politician and the privilege
seeker will be increasingly active and
vigilance against them must be
equally active. In the wrong hands,
most of the work OF tpe last decade
can be undone in a few months, and