Show CARING FOR INDIANS House Committee Consider Question of Abolishing Several Agencies TRIBUNE SPECIAL Washington Dec HThe House committee on Indian attain has Just decided to adopt the sustention of the Secretary of the Interior looking to the abolition of a number or Indian agencies In the Went and putting the business In the hands of the superintendents superin-tendents of the Indian schools who as Is well known are In the classified service serv-ice It will be remembered that the Senate committee on Indian affairs took similar action last winter only to rescind It a little later There In little likelihood that either house will stand for the change desired de-sired by the officials of the Interior Department although It goes without saying that Indian agents should be In the classified service and trained In methods for handling the Indians upon humanitarian principles and with a view to the strictest economy President Roosevelt Is known to have said recently that he believed It would be boot to put army offlcerB In charge of Indian agencies because In most cases In th pant such officers had made excellent records In that capacity Opposed to this Is the strong desire Upon the part of the Indian office to retaIn efficient hnd honest Indian agents under the Civil Service principle prin-ciple of rewarding merit and preventing prevent-ing the removal of worthy men at the behest ot politicians J who care more for theadvancement of partisan < ehds than they do for the promotion of the Governments Gov-ernments true interest |