Show HELPING THE INDIAN 1 j any py plan aich h has for or i its ob ewt the of the tte condi uon of the 9 in indiana and the ol ution of the vexed question of their treat the aftena attention lon odilie of the people Tr particularly aiu those citizens who are constant ay brougham contact wibb aba red men there is now before e congress cengr e es a measure known as the I 1 indian it is ceded that th at it will pass both boyst li duste e it has been proven that the indian Es Is capable of settling down and cultivating c tiva ting the land there arc are gumer o 0 oua ous evidences of this in in utah ane it is reposed by to give the indian a I 1 j good titio title to a alece pl ece 0 o k lana that no state or territory shall deny to him the thi jurisdiction aad nd equal protection 01 41 of tle that every indian who ado adopts ti civilized civilised civili sed life shill become a d ciu denof zen of the q atlis a 41 tini universal versa t ha rth laila Z ment of land to the tho indian I iff i s a proper course but it 4 M if Zoti fite a whether it willbe will be wie toiv him mm ati bouce the freedkin of the ballot it ia it he be should give soma guarantee of his fitness for receiving the franchise before it is accorded him that some inea sure aureia is necess necessary ary seems apparent although it ia is probable that the average indian would mabe make as good a citizen as some other men who the privileged of citizenship citizens bS but shamefully abuse them the advantages of education and association with while white persons would probably remove any obstacle in the shape of intelligence telli gence A in calling alien attend tion to td the granting of the franchise to indians indiana says that be he ia is started out under more auspicious circumstances circumstances et ances with bis his farm guaranteed by the government Govern government men ti than was the negro at the south buethe south ern era negro accustomed to intimate association with the southern whites was much better qualified fled for the suffrage than the indian there is probably a vast difference in disposition the de indian and ithe negro the 1 prejudice jud j ce against placing the negro negm on the th T same afo footing ot gitig with the white man waa was great and caused a deal of tr 1 oubre tan anis 9 has now died out his equality is recognized there is oo 00 valid reason why the franchise should not be granted to an indian who can pan give proper evidence of his this capability any more moio than it should be denied to any other per son |