Show S q f t Z 1 T EDUCATION OF OP INDIANS I Catholics Want ant the Contract School hool Question Question Ques Ques- tion Washington Dec Dee 9 Cardinal D. Cardinal Gibbons Gibbons Gibbons Gib Gib- bons in behalf of ol himself and the archbishops of the Catholic church in America has submitted a petition to congress asking aking that the question of the contract school system to be reopened reopened reopened re re- re- re opened and that congress again go over the whole subject of 01 Indian edu edu- cation The petition sets forth at length the history of the tho Indian school question and th the legislation applying to it up to the recent provisions in appropriation appropriation appropriation ap ap- bills looking to the gradual gradual gradual grad grad- ual discontinuance of government aid to sectarian schools The petitioner asks that a congressional congressional inquiry be made in place of 01 the departmental inquiries in order that the merits and defects of contract schools and government schools may mayI 1 I be shown and not kept as a secret of I state concealed in the files of any det de de- department j t or bureau i Representative Sherman chairman I of the house committe on Indian affairs affairs affairs af af- af- af fairs is in f favor vor of granting the prayer that an investigation be made He Dc is of ot the opinion that as the Catholic church has made large expenditures for Indian education in the erection of buildings etc it is fair that congress know the tho exact condition of 01 slings Mr Sherman said today that he would probably take some action to brig about such an investigation bu bunot but not for some time yet |