Show f poor dacut s 0 aw A teli 0 1 A OW Z 1 the if claims unit gling een closer often be it in the tile far the tion to the indians that them a ver r I 1 bry am t aro A ro readily of coureas com reas of india blood and leg broadly king pat isolation making the india a citizen ley of greater rill benm is likely to be kept before that body forth p R in indian administration I 1 f TRE poor indian this thin 44 time honored sd phrase must 1 1 L go int into B the a d discard T the american indian la Is not P poor either tt or I 1 in patriotism goods wol worldly lilly goods or ambition I 1 to get head ahead or r in other requisites a of t the dr desirable drable fit citizen far some same of the tribes the F five ive civilized na film and the asagra are already d citizens the rest of if the deserving india indians may my possibly soon boon be made elti citizens m b by congressional legislation the indian Is jsn t living off either nor Is he losing his bis identity b bv intermarriage with the pale face ace 10 lo le via the coming indian 1 1 id the revised version of the old phrase th the only good indian india Is 11 the dead indian india was the R vay RY Y the frontier ex pressed the general contemporary american america idea of the desirability d ash ashbia bIt of the red man be a man and broe her A As tt race the id indians are utterly 1 an fn corrigible a despite all I to r reclaim 11 im tile them they remain a saw savages g ra wild 11 men of the wil wilderness dines untamed rd den M leens of the woods and eien when em individuals of ibar race 1 n anre is aiken lou from the inmate forests and educated and ad to cul fund lured re ahny relapse at the fl firby t eunity late into savagery eav agery and R then rn they b become ome more barbarous the than original both barbarians vans 1 essentially a wild animal like the t wolf at and the catamount the indian be has ul always a ro roved rod d and ad will nl 1 waya way continue to toe role untamed retained in the forest wesley 0 H howard rd former justice tf b of the supreme court of new thus us states tile the case of those than who still continue to dial lie the indian on the other hand bond the filc rols of the indian india n mol and they are many amby believe that the so called indian problem should humid im be behalf for bv making the in tile dlana esaa a part of the american people instead of keeping them apart ne as allen aliens end semi outcasts under tile the name of words wards ot if the nn nation this case for the indian 1 Is the file one md adopted by a earn com cittee representing his fi lends its chairman was vas the rev itea roe fine card cloud an a omba indian and a gratin at ate of yale university among its members were S M br tas tile hie was inka ington agent of the indian rights so as soc tation the right richt nor HOT if H L burleson protestant episcopal pl P 1 bishop of if south dakota john W clark dacre wry tary of if the national ind indian a assoria film mra men revalued T bounta zit kata kale SO sa li secretary cOts of if the society ot of american indians the HOT re thomas C monett moffett superintendent u peri n ten dent of the ha pros pre indian india mission work and the ile hev aran francis 1 9 white whit domestic fier of the protestant episcopal board of missions ai mrs ramada bonnin secretary of the sort sod ery of the american indians beff believe eee that over paternalism on a the part of it lie united star states government nt ts is off III fling the initiative of the indian she wants hire enfranchised and believe heli erea he ran can take caw ahle of himself 1 f mrs mr bonnan zit kale go 1 IB the tha wife of capt raymond T bound n U 8 A of erpich ir ch and ad st slona d deacent ct c t S she is herself 1 IB a full blooded blended S sioux an and d a direct descendant of sitting buir bair self determination for ram hither I 1 ii som eming is a cco nip Us lied one or of the leading proponents of meal i ains par for th the indian frill 1 for 11 1 instance li 11 one bus 1 who I IS has I a ir trace of the lineage ot at tile the re red d a man Ith assif robert elect latham owen senior far senator from a oklahoma m T whose mother the was kamiss chisholm of tebe the cher cherokee k ais nation atlon As the ser sec iss detary r of the ahe board ot at education of the he cherokee nation united states indian india agent for the fine fhe civilized tribes and owner and editor of the periodical the cherokee lore chieftain the senator benator lias done notable work rk tor far the arnie F ot of equal on rights the best beat service he be has hag rendered however Is 1 tn being 0 tint hat he Is for surely rural any a one who oho has bus m made ad a fortune us be nn an up to date data fb farmer or Is the of a bank and has got blin himself self elected to the uni united b ad states senate has he furnished a dam demon n station str atlon that he be is well adapted tor for taking care of himself william 11 I 1 ism NN let balting 4 of if oliero k kee P parentage event ma he a was boni om in 1 in I 1 the ble old indian ind no territory on his graduation from the charr cherokee ee clale seminary till ry he went to ant wilty d ty which gave him the degree of 1 L B no he became in 1898 1396 the at torney for far the cherokee nation and ad represented presented rp it in ID the winding up oil of its ita tribal affairs in washington lie he was a delegate at large to the national battered democratic consention coment conen lon tion at baltimore in 1112 besides sering as a member of the present to congress agree mr me H hastings la Is the regular fl torney attorney for the chero charm kne kee tribe in all its public relations charles daugherty carter was born near stagy bogy depot in an old fort of the choctaw nation indian territory he attended att dad as 3 a boy the chickasaw labor academy near I 1 T lie its boiled on a ranch much as a 11 cow be bov for far a while allo and the then became a cle bleik it in a store star mr C carter mae rose rise to to mn ari high place in th the councils a ls 0 of f the chick bass asals serving sahig as school superintend ent it and ad mining bolles and occupy ing ailous other P positions a he Is n alak ak bill director of ahe ardmore dl bank la his ban home town n of r ard ardmore or okla bud and te amb emb he 1 is th the member er of lain congress greas reopens ible his tor far the indian enfranchisement bill probably the force mot most to be reck need boned with till among the indians of the present day Is if the ratu returned ined soldier the indians li alfa sent young brown braves into the and 2000 into the navy they proved to be gorgeous themen and brought home borne d cora lions galore lint but the main point I 1 Is hat the army experience of the men has proved tor far mot most of them the moat met im 1 portent educational factor of f their ra ca rears commissioner sells refused to permit them to be grouped as indiana indian in service units mutts ahr 1 volunteered 1 or were drafted as fridh ideals and were am allocated on as such to cOm companies Panics bud and mid regiments mente the result was IRS that but for far a war vear or two they if lived d pret 1 bety I y the lie life of the white told lern ep with white milt men man tor far emotional companions these men will III never ever be until they are am citizens i cut cato sells sell the IRS united state indian commissioner unis loeur he haa faith in the red man lie ile slavs tile the time be haa come for discontinuing the guardianship of all competent in I 1 to the rod end that every indian as a soon a as ar he ims has been determined to be as competent to transact hla his own on busl bast ness ne ca as the average white roan man shelf shall recalls full c control it of his property and have all I 1 I 1 his big leads lands and moneys turned mer com to him after which he will DO a lonser be a ward of the government T this is new and tar reaching ruing pe licy deo declaration ot of policy it ime means imes s the till dlinn of a new era cre in indian adenine t tian it means that the competent frill indian will on no 1 longer B ger ine be tr treated id a as half we ward rd and it 1 half if elt citizen 1 ran it means appropriations by tile the goler gobern aral and more self respect and lode inde pen Pera dince horm tor for the ich indian it means flume the ultimate absorption of 01 the indian race into the loody body politic polier a of the a na film it me meana in short her I 1 the begin beef e ning of the end of the indian 1 d A pr b tern lem in covil carrying diz out thi this s policy y I 1 cherish the hope that all real friend ends of the indian race wilt ali lend land their that old aid and he hearty arty r co a a operation perot I 1 on A As fast fait as they become barome competent IR the a al indiana rolmes are am placed on A individual footing finding receive fee patents to their lands land and ad are turned loose in puran pursuance ce of this poll policy patents base a e been beed I 1 sued issued a 1 in tile the lost lat these years more mom than were issued in the preceding te ten vears earn nw no iso matt matter e whether hether the indian gets the franchise ren chiSe or not he Is rapidly be coming ing a fictor in the nation here are some facts indicating hla his progress pros ress As to the present day educational j social and domestic conditions condition ot of the indians it appears appear a from commissioner corn elsil oner sells report the that 61 out of 84 OW elf children are in school that tha 43 out ot of 54 fand families lea live in ii houses that there ther are S only paga mans that indian are churchgoing that speak rii Blish that are an literate tn in Eg eglia english lib that wear orm citizens clothing that are eld citizens sens and ad that are a vote voters m the h S united tied tata has ban rese rescued ed to ile L some CO acres of lead land which alb if f tar tu t sa s1 w would uld make awk FL a region bors more than to twice m as abarge large as the state of new york it Is very com commentz conse menth nathe i f to 0 say that if this lead land 1 Is worth rth they rise raise about worth of f crops crop ar sell bell short about worth of bin ih e stock annu annually alli without depict ing their flocks flock and herds gather in about a year fire from brother booths hutsn as landlords landlord sell all about bout fa worth of land a year or me receive v about 1 tl I TUO TOO roda a y vear r as interest on trust at funds on treaty account and in the last me at I 1 year bout about 20 were more f from men indian flo money oey rain min real eral royalties and hard we work k the letter latter item rime alone amounting to about fa more than adult indians indian Z are new ow self if supporting and ad lets less than 5 able bodied adults receive rations nation with or without labor equivalent la 1 1 in tact fact the le aa claar 11 are afeei now w so BO p em that b they were or able e to w invest aas about 25 in lib erty arty L loan bonds bond or approximately 75 per ser capita pim which Is tar far better t than h an the rho par for capita pit how I 1 k of 0 many my of the states besides investing about 1 00 in war saving stamps |