Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-01-01
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
Events of Interest from the
Seat of Government.
BY j. Il. JONES.
n Vanishing Race"

K Lane is going to give the Indians
chance to become something OF
consequence on their own account
His plan is to make the Indian a full.
nedged citizen and to turn him loose
to work out his own salvation.
The idea in our government 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
orphan asylum idea" must be aban-
doned. The secretary proposes to
take few Indians each year from
| the different tribes and make each
stand on his own feet. 1t may be a
long road to make good Indians
out of live tribesmen, but Lane never
found any job too big, and since we
have waited three hundred years to
| find out what to do with the Indians.
| IL 10 " HiIu q man az
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 "our hope lies
in schools for the young, and in cast
ing more and more responsibility
upon the matured and letting them
accept the results" He adds that
the man who can do for himself is
the man to be released" One cannot
read Secretary Lanes report, which
takes up great internal questions, in
Guiding conservation, without a full
conviction that President Wilson has
real statesman in charge of the in
terror department.
Neutrality at Panama.
Colonel Goethals at Panama sent
shivers through the Washington gov
eminent when he asked for two sub
marines to preserve neutrality at the
canal. The newly-elected legislature
Of California is pledged to pass dras-
tic legislation aimed against the Jap
anese and the yellow men have shown
in their attacks upon German pos
sessions 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
likely to get in the way of adverse
legislation in California. Colonel
Goethals has undoubtedly found the
Japanese very annoying and what
ever other reason may be assigned,
his purpose has doubtless been to
protect the canal against them. The
Washington government is trying to
get ahead of California by passing a
general immigration bill that will
cover the Japanese 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 that the
prohibition and suffrage questions
could be voted on, express conf
den that they have plucked the thorn
from the side of the party. The
leaders among the Democrats told
their individual members to Ego it
for themselves" and the result has
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rather disquieting to individuals. The
same condition has applied equally to
the Republican membership. 1t is
expected that the partisans of these
two questions will now give more at
tention to killing off individual states
men, instead of throwing javelins st
party organizations.
Investigations That DO Not Enthuse.
Senator Robinson insists that the
report from Mexico that the Carranza
government paid two United States
senators $4,000 to bring about the
withdrawal of United States troops
should be investigated. The senate
never has ldhcL the IcpOTt ScIlOuoiy
and Senator Smoot thinks it should
be treated as so much "piffle." SEN
ator Norris is insisting upon an inves-
tigation of the Pennsylvania prima-
ries and he wants to get at the truth
of the stories that carloads of money
were poured into the campaign to
elect Mr.. Penrose. The senate does
not take kindly to this suggestion
either, as it is rather against tn
precedent of things to investigate
winner. Still, this thing was done in
the cases of Senators Stephenson and
Lorimer and the latter walked the
plank in consequence of having been
found guilty.
Americas Shipments of Sinews
OF War.
Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska and
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