The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1914-12-25
"A Vanishing Race"

their own account. His plan. is to
make the Indian a full-hedged citizen,
and to turn him loose to work out his
own salvation. The idea in our gov
eminent that the Red Man must be
kept on his own reservation, handed
out his rations, and kept constantly
under the thumb of the government is
to be made obsolete, according to Mr..
Lane, and he declares that "the or
phan asylum idea" must be abandoned.
The Secretary proposes to take a few
Indians each year from the different
tribes and make each stand on his own
feet. 1t may be long road to make
good Indians" out of live tribesmen,
but Lane never found any Job too big,
and since we have waited three hun
dred years to find cut what to do with
the Indians, it is refreshing 20 find
man at last who has the authority, and
is willing to exercise it, in an effort
to make real men and women out of
these wards. Mr.. Lane says that "ouT
hope lies in schools for the young
and in casting more and more respon-
sibility upon the matured, and letting
them accept the results" He adds that
"the man who can do for himself i
the man to be released" One cannot
read Secretary Lanes report, who,
takes up great internal questions, in
Guiding conservation, without Il fu'
conviction that President Wilson has
4 real statesman in CHARGE Of the IT.
terior Department.
Neutrality at Panama.
Colonel Cocktails at Panama, sent
shivers through the Washington gov
eminent when he asked for two sub
marines to preserve neutrality at he
Canal. The newly elected legislature
Of California is pledged to pass dras-
tic legislation aimed against tie Jap
anose, and the yellow men have shown
in their attacks upon German posses
sions that they are spelling for a
fight. Our weakness is at Panama
and the Japs know it. They are also
fully advised as to what they are like
ly to get in the way of adverse legis-
lation in California. Colonel GOathals
has undoubtedly found the Japanese
very annoying, and whatever other
reason may be assigned his purpose
las doubtless been to protect the Ca
nal against them. The Washington
government is trying to get ahead Of
California by passing a general i'm
migration bill that will cover the ia
1anese question, and which at the
same time will not be offensive to the
Mikado's Empire.
Prohibition and Suffrage.
The Democratic leaders in Congress
by letting down the gates so tnat the
prohibition and suffrage questions
nay be voted on, express confidence
hat they have plucked the thorn from
the side Of the Democratic party. TIL
leaders among the Democrats told
their individual members to ego it
FOR themselves" and the result has
been comforting to the party, but
rather disquieting to individuals. Thu
same condition has applied equally t.
the Republican membership 1t is ex-
pected that the partisans of these two
questions will now give more attention
to killing off individual statesmen, in
stead of throwing javelins at party or
CARNATIONS.
Investigations That Do Not Enthuse.
Senator Robinson insists that the
report from Mexico that the Caranza
government paid to United States
Senators $4,000 to bring about the
Withdrawal of United States troops,
should be investigated The Senate
never has taken the. report seriously,
and Senator Smoot thinks it should be
treated as so much "piffle." Senator
Norris is insisting upon an investiga-
ton of the Pennsylvania primaries, |
an dhe wants to get at the truth of
the stories tina. carloads of money |
were poured into the campaign to
elect Mr.. Penrose. The Senate does |
not take kindly to this suggestion,
either, a sit is rather against the pre-
cedent of things to investigate a win
ner. Still, this thing was done in hte
cases of Senators Stephenson and Lor-
inner, an dthe latter walked the plank
in consequence of having been found
guilty.
Americas Shipments of Sinews of
War.
Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska and
Bartholdt of Missouri
have introduced bills in Congress max