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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, . TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 1902.
PASSES OLEO BILL
Senate Agrees to the House
Amendments.
NOW GOES TO THE PRESIDENT
Conference Report on Chinese Ex
clusion Bill Adopted Consid
eration Began of Sundry Civil
Appropriation Measure.
The fate of the oleomargarine bill Is
now In the hands of President Roose
velt. The Senate, after passing the
measure, took up the Philippine gov
ernment bill, -which was still under
consideration when adjournment was
taken. Just previous to this, adoption
of the conference report on the Chinese
exclusion bill was without debate.
WASHINGTON. April 28. After a brief
d'ecusslon today, the Senate agreed to the
House amendments fco the oleomargarine
bill, as passed by the Senate. The meas
ure now goes io the President for his sig
nature. An effort was made by Teller to
amend the measure so as to levy a tax of
10 per cent of the capital or aesets on
any butter trust that might be formed,
but it was defeated.
Simmons addressed the Senate In oppo
sition to the Philippine Government bill.
He urged that the Philippines ought to be
turned over to the inhabitants of the Is
lands. The conference report on the Chinese
exclusion bill was adopted.
Consideration of the sundry civil appro
priation bill was begun, but not con
cluded. Routine Proceedings.
When the Senate convened today, Harris
presented a telegram from the Kansas
Millers' Association, which stated on ac
count of foreign discriminations, with the
best wheat In the world at their door,
Kansas mills are not producing over
one-third of their full capacity, and unless
relief through reciprocal concessions Is af
forded, many mills will shut down Indefi
nitely, and some of them will be forced
to the wall. The telegram was referred to
the committee on foreign relations.
The oleomargarine bill, as it came from
the House, was taken up and Culberson
moved that It be referred to the commit
tee on agriculture. The motion was de
feated, 26 to 25.
Teller then offered an amendment to the
renovated butter section of the bill, as
passed by the Senate, defining a butter
trust, and providing that a tax of 10 per
cont shall be Imposed upon the products
of such a trust, and upon the capital and
assets of such a trust. The amendment
was defpated, 25 to 28.
Proctor. In charge of the measure,
moved that the Senate nonconcur In the
House amendments, and a conference be
requested.
Cockrell Interposed with a motion to
agree to the House amendments, and the
motion was agreed to without division,
thus passing the bill.
At 2 o'clock the Senate took up the
Philippines government bill, and Simmons
addressed the Senate in opposition to the
measure. Simmons confessed to a feeling
cf alarm for his own section of the coun
try over the prospect of the admission to
the United States of the agricultural prod
ucts of the Islands, for with the cheap
labor there, those products could be pro
duced In the Philippines more cheaply
than in this country. Simmons s,aid there
was no reason. In his mind, why Inde
pendence should be granted to the Cubans
and denied to the Filipinos. He said It
evidently was the purpose of the Repub
lican party to retain the Philippines per
manently, but he did not believe the sub
ject had been settled finally by the Ameri
can people. Personally, he had no doubt
that the Islands ought to be turned over
to their Inhabitants, as he felt they were
entirely capable of establishing a proper
government, although they may not be
capable of establishing and maintaining
such a government as ours. The Filipinos
by heredity, he thought, were not fitted
for our kind of government.
Simmons referred to the order Issued by
General Smith to make the Island of Sa
mar a "howling wilderness" and to slay
all male Inhabitants over 10 years of age.
"No order recorded in history," he
declared, "paralleled that order, except
that of KlngHerod. "I feel," he con
tinued, "like calling upon the great, brave
and humane man now In the White House
to probe these things J.o the bottom, and
at least to make them odious."
The Philippines bill was laid aside and
consideration of the sundry civil appro
priation bill began. During the reading
of the measure, Piatt of Connecticut In
terposed to present the conference report
on the Chinese exclusion bill. He briefly
explained that, after "a somewhat strenu
ous discussion," the conferees had agreed
that no definite limitation should be placed
upon the operation of the Geary law, as
re-enacted, but that It should remain In
force until otherwise provided by law.
In response to Inquiries by Teller, Piatt
explained that the operation of the law
In the Philippines, Including a registration
of the Chinese in the Islands, had been
placed In the hands of the Philippine
Commission, but the commission would
have no authority to admit Chinese to the
islands.
Without further comment, the confer
ence report was agreed to, and the Senate
at 5:10 P. M. adjourned.
POSTAL CURRENCY TAKEN UP.
Metcalfe Opposes Post Bill Plan and
Fathers a Project.
WASHINGTON. April 28. The commit
tee of postal and treasury experts lnvcstl
ratlng the question of establishing a
postal currency met today but adjourned
without action. C. W. Post, the author
of the Post currency bill, explained the
measure, and urged that the people need
ed some means for the Immediate remit
ting of postal currency, and said any plan
that calls for going to the postoffice to
send or receive such currency -was Im
practicable. For this reason, he contend
ed, the pending plan, which has been in
dorsed by the Newspaper Publishers' As
sociation, should supplant the -money or
der or postal notes.
Superintendent Metcalfe, of the money
crder system, objected to the form of the
plan, but not to its general scheme. He
conceded that some measure was neces
sary by which currency would be obtain
able at one's door, as It were, but said
the division of the business between the
Treasury and Postoffice Departments was
impracticable. He offered in Its stead
a Postoffice Department project which he
believed would better answer the pur
pose. His scheme is adapted from the
postal notes system of Germany, France
and Canada. Great Britain, he said, is
sues 70,000,000 of these postal notes, against
11,000,000 of regular money orders.
To Promote Education.
WASHINGTON, April 28. The Senate
today passed a bill "to incorporate the
general education board to promote edu
cation In the United States." The incor
porators are William H. Baldwin, J. L.
M. Curry, Frederick T. Gates, Daniel C.
GUman, Morris K. Jessup, Robert C. Og
den, Walter H. Page, George Foster Pea
body, and Albert Shaw. The object of the
Incorporators Is the promotion of educa
tion in the United States. The bill gives
the board power to acquire propertyob
taln grants, gifts, etc. The principal of
fices aro to be in the District of -Columbia.
President Slfrn; Legislative BUI.
WASHINGTON. April 28. The Presi
dent has signed the legislative bllL "Un
der .Its provlslsns, the 1000 or more clerks
who were temporarily appointed during
the war with Spain are given permanent
employment, and placed within the op
erations of the civil service law.
MURDERER TELLS STORY
Accidentally Shot Cousin and Then
Fled to the West.
HELENA, Mont., April 28. John F.
Greer, the man who, while under the In
fluence of liquor Sunday afternoon, gave
himself into the custody of Sheriff Jeff
O'Connell, confessing that he was wanted
in Virginia on a charge of killing a man,
told his story at the County Jail today.
Tne crime for wh'ch Greer says he Is
wanted is the killing of his cousin, Stark
Pierce. "We lived 12 or 15 miles from In
dependence, Grayson County, Va" Greer
said, "and one day, about four years ago,
Starlt nnil T wr nn tho Txrav hnrap from
town. We were fooling with our revolvers
on the road, and I had the Idea I had fired
all the cartridges In my pistol. When "we
reached the end of our journey, I in a
spirit cf fun, and believing that the cham
bers were empty, snapped the pistol at
Starke. To my horror a cartridge was
exploded, and Starke fell, expiring in
stantly. The shooting was purely acci
dental, but I "was frightened by the re
sult of my play, and at once left the coun
try. I first went to Seattle, and then
came to Montana, and have lived in this
state about a .year, working around Hel
ena and Boulder. During the years of
my life In the West, I have gone under
the name of Green, but my right name is
John F. Greer."
Officers FIsht With, BurRlnrs.
CHICAGO, April 28. In a pistol fight
between two policemen and five burglars
here early today one of the latter was
killed. Policeman O'Conner saw two men,
one of whom he recognized as a thler,
standing in front of a store on Archer
avenue, at Loomls street. When he ap
proached the men opened fire, fleeing at
the same time. The officer gave chase,
returning the shots. The firing attracted
Policeman Herman Maronde, who reached
the store just as three more men came out
of a side entrance. A pistol fight be
tween the trio and the policeman ensued,
and one of the men was shot through the
head, dying instantly.
Salt Lalce aiurder Trial.
SALT LAKE CITY, April 23. Peter
Mortensen, the contractor, charged with
the murder last December of James R.
Hay, secretary of the Pacific Lumber
Company, will be placed on trial next
Monday. The drawing of names for jury
purposes took place today, and in order
to prevent as far as possible all technical
objections In case Mortensen is convicted,
the state took the precaution today to
have Mortensen present In court while the
drawing took place. The Utah law pro
vides that the defendant must be present
at all proceedings in open court. Consid
erable difficulty In securing a Jury Is an
ticipated. Pioneer Shoots Laborer in Saloon.
JEFFERSON, Colo., April 2S. W. R.
Head, a large property-owner and pioneer
of this section, shot and almost Instantly
killed James McMahon, In Head's saloon.
McMahon was partly under the influence
of liquor and, being quarrelsome, attempt
ed to strike Head with a chair when
the latter shot him in the right breast.
McMahon died in 15 minutes. The dead
man was a laborer and leaves no family.
Well-Knovrn Colorado Physician.
PUEBLO, Col., April 28. Dr. Peter R.
Thombs, one of the most widely-known
physicians In Colorado is dead at his
residence here after an illness of two
weeks. A complication of diseases was
the causo of his demise. Dr. Thombs
served through tho war as an Army
Surgeon, acquiring enviable distinction.
He came to Pueblo soon after the war,
and was one of the oldest physicians in
the state. For several years, ho was
Superintendent of the State Insane Asy
lum. Dr. Thombs was 62 years of age.
A wife and daughter Burvlve him.
General Frank D. AsJcetr.
KANSAS CITY, April 2S. General
Frank D. Askew, who served through the
Cvll War with an Ohio regiment, and
who was brevetted Brigadier-General for
gallant service, died at his home here to
day, aged 65 years.
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Pay Director in the Navy.
NEW YORK, April 2S. Henry Taylor
Wright, a pay director In the United
States Navy, Is dead from typhoid fever.
Mr. Wright was born In this city, and Had
served In the Navy since 1864.
New York Newspaperman.
NEW YORK. April 28. Alexander Cook,
who for 12 years has been commercial
editor of the New York Evening Post, Is
dead at hl3 home in Brooklyn from heart
failure.
Ministers Believe Chnrch Too Strict.
NEW YORK, April 2S. Deep interest
has been aroused among the Methodist
ministers of this city, by the recent meet
ing of ministers in Chicago, when it was
urged that the church laws prohibiting
dancing and kindred amusements ought
to be modified to meet modern ideas of
the people at large. That a large number
of Methodist ministers of this city be
lieve that the church laws against
dancing, theaters, card playing, etc.,
do more harm than good. Is apparent.
There Is a large number of the con
servative element among the minis
ters, however, who think that a relaxation
In church discipline would work to the
detriment of morals. Rev. C. L. Goodscll,
of the Hanson Place Methodist Church
in Brooklyn, said:
"I think the sentiment In such at pres
ent that a general conference might amend
the chapter on amusements in the church
law so as to eliminate the prohibition
against such diversions as dancing and
card playing, which can, of themselves,
be conducted' in the most innocent man
ner." Several other ministers voiced similar
expressions.
Historic Ship to Be Burned.
NEW YORK. April 28. Flames will soon
destroy all that can be burned of the his
toric receiving ship Vermont, which for
more than a half century has been moored
at the Cob dock in the navy-yard, acting
as Uncle Sam's nursery for tyro sailors.
L. E. Lunt, who has purchased the ves
sel at auction, will have it towed to East
port, Me., soon, where It will be beached,
partiy broken up, and then burned for
the metal In her.
(The Vermont was built In Boston. Her
keel was laid in 1818. Work was not
pushed on her, however, and It was not
until 1818 that she was launched. Shortly
after the ship came to the Brooklyn Navy
yard, where she has been for the greater
part of the time since.)
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Calumet vfc Hecla Dividend.
- BOSTON, April 28. The directors of the
Caluiriet & Hecla Mining Company today
declared a dividend of $5 per share,
PILES CURED WITHOUT THE KNIFE.
Itching. Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles.
No Cure. No Pay. Druggists are authorised by
manufacturers of Pazo Ointment to refund
money where it falls to cure any case of piles,
no matter of how long standing. Cures ordi
nary cases in six days; the worst castes In four
teen days. One application gives ease and rest.
Relieves Itching Instantly. This Is a new dis
covery and la the only pile remedy sold on a
positive guarantee, no cure no pay. Price. 50c.
If your druggist don't keep it in stock send us
50c in stamps and we will forward same by
mall. Manufactured by Paris Med. Co., St.
Louis, Mo,, who also manufacture the celebrat
ed cold cure. Laxative Bromo-Qulnlne Tablets.
SIBLEY SCORES SMITH
PHILIPPINE CAMPAIGN OP GEN
ERAL DEEMED A DISGRACE.
Pcnnsylvanlan Expresses a nope In
Uouse That President Will Strip
Officer of Ills Uniform.
WASHINGTON, April ZS. Sibley (Rep.
Pa.) created a sensation here today dur
ing the general debate on the agricultural
bill, denouncing General Jacob H. Smith
for. the orders he issued in the Samar
campaign. He declared that General
Smith was a disgrace to the uniform he
wore, and expressed the hope that the
President would strip him of his uniform
within 48 hours. Sibley's speech wan en
thusiastically applauded by the Democrats
and was received with some evidence of
approval on the Republican side. The
speech was considered the more remarka-
TO BE HEAD OF NEW
COMMISSIONER OF LABOR CARROLL D. WRIGHT.
NEW TOltK, April 2S. Carroll D. Wright, United States Commissioner of
Labor, according to a Herald special from Boston, Is to be the head of the new
collegiate school attached to Clark University, In Worcester, over which Professor
Q. Stanley Hall presides. The establishment of the collegiate cchool Is simply
carrying out the Ideas of the founder of the university.
"Our funds are quite ample for the purpose," said Senator Hoar. "We are not
to charge any tuition fee the first year, but we will charge $25 for the second year
and $50 for tho third year. After that we may set any price we deem proper.
We arc simply carrying out the provisions of Mr. Clark's will. Those were his
Ideas."
Commissioner Wright will retain his position at Washington.
ble in that It came from a Republican who
left the Democratic party on the Issues
raised by the Spanish War, and who has
since been an ardent expansionist. Will
lams (Dem. Miss.) indorsed what Sibley
had said. j
Upon the conclusion of the general de
bate, low progress was made with the
bill, only 25 of the 49 pages being disposed
of. Cannon (Rep. 111.) succeeded In hav
ing several Items struck from the bill
by raising points of order against them.
One provided for an appropriation of $50,
000 for the purchase of stes, and the erec
tion of buildings for use as Weather Bu
reau observatories1. Roberts (Rep. Mass.)
offered an amendment to permit city and
county members of the House to elect
whether they would receive flower or
vegetable eeeds.
The conference report on the Chinese
exclusion bill was adopted without de
bate. This sends it to the President,
Proceedings in Detail.
This was District of Columbia day in
the House under the rules, but the reg
ular order was postponed until Monday
next In order that the House might pro
ceed with the consideration of the agri
cultural appropriation bill.
Curtis (Rep. Kan.) made a brief but
fervent defense of General Funston
against the criticism to which "he had
been subjected.
"The people of Kansas," he began, "are
proud of the bravery and daring of gallant
Fred Funston (applause on the Republl
can side)
??i.h?8 5eeil crl"cl3et hf rt
for an act which for daring of conception
and execution ranks with the greatest
feats of arms he captured the new George
Washington, Agulnaldo. If another had
accomplished what General Funston did,
the Democrats would have made him their
candidate for President."
He called attention to the fact that his
promotion had been recommended by Gen
eral Wheaton and General MacArthur.
both BOldlers of the Civil War, "soldiers
who knew more of war and the rules of
war than all the politicians In this coun
try combined." And his commission, he
added, was signed by the greatest Presi
dent we have ever had the soldier, states
man and martyr, William MeKlnley. (Ap
plause.) Feeley (Dem. 111.) submitted some re
marks in support of the contention that
the laws of neutrality were being violated
by this Government In allowing the ship
ment of mules and horses to South Af
rica by the British Army and against the
Boer Republics.
Sibley
Scores General Smith.
Sibley (Rep. Pa.) followed with a bitter
denunciation of General Jacob Smith. He '
said he had been an expansionist, and
defended the policy of the Administration
in tho acquisition of the Phllppines. Duty
and honor, he said, Justified our position
there. The commercial tveuare or tne a-
tlon demanded that we sh6uld control that
archipelago, which stands as the gateway
to tho Oriental world, tie men said:
"When I have heard the statements
made that we were cruel In the conduct
of that war, I'have had the opinion, per
haps, that the partisan was speaking.
But when I have read, as I have within
the past 4S hours, that a General wearing
the uniform of the Army of the United
States, one who stands under the shadow
of our Army, issues orders not to concili
ate a province, but to leave it a howling
wilderness and to kill all above 10 years"
old, then It seems to me that humanity
must have marched backward for 18 cen
turies and that Herod again appears. I
have read of Tlmour the Tartar; I have
read of Achilles: I have read of the Sara
cen scourge; but I thank God that since
the tragic scene on Calvary It has taken
18 centuries to produce a Smith. I have
read of the water cure. Can any man,
whose blood pours In his pulses, any man
who has read his Bible or who has been
reared at the knee of a Christian woman,
Justify the perpetration of such cruelties
upon another man who weara, the guise
and the Image of his Creator? And yet
we hear this man attempting to Justify
acts by which men are pumped so full
of water as nearly to drown them, and
then brought back to life by thumping
them over the stomach with the butts
of muskets. That Is not civilization; that
Is not Christianizing the world. I am
thankful that these are sporadic cases.
Against that as a man who belongs, I
hope, not only to the Republican ranks,
but to the whole brotherhood of man the
wide world around, t want the .members
of this House, on this side of the cham-
ber and that, to voice their protest against
all such measures.
Says He Sheuld Xose Uniform.
"A friend of mine said a few minutes
ago: 'Oh, I know you had better wait
ahd hear his defense.' I hope the Presi
dent of the United States will have the
courage, upon what the man admits, to
discharge him dishonorably from the serv
ice that he has so disgraced. (Applause.)
He admits that he issued the order to
leave the province a howling waste and a
wilderness, end to kill all above 10 years
of age, the Innocent with the guilty. That
man never ought to be permitted to stay
in the service of the United States until
the sun goes down. He Is a disgrace, not
only to the party, but to every man who
ever wore the uniform of the United
States, and he Is a blot and a disgrace
to our present civilization. That man
does not live who can justify such orders.
(Applause.) I care not bow adroitly hla
lawyers may frame their plea or how
subtle be their reasoning: the fact ad
mitted by his own mouth that he Issued
such orders Is sufficient for the hope that
there Is the courage, and patriotism and
the humanity and the Christianity at the
other end of the avenue that will not let
COLLEGIATE SCHOOL.
him wear the Federal uniform 24 hours
hence."
Williams (Dem. Mlas.) heartily indorsed
Sibley's onslaught upon General Smith,
whom he described as a "brute In uni
form." The house, at this point, received the
conference report on the Chinese exclu
sion bill, which was adopted, and shortly
afterward adjourned.
For Information About Orders.
WASHINGTON, April 23. Representa
tive Burleson, of Texas, today Introduced
a resolution calling on the Secretary of
War for Information as to whether Gen
eral Smith's order relative to the war In
Samar was based on orders Issued from
Washington, and requesting the transmis
sion of all orders issued from Washing
ton relative to the suppression of the war
in Samar.
Representative Conroy, of Massachu
setts', Introduced another resolution call
ing for information along the same lines.
It asked the Secretary of War for infor
mation as to whether General -Smith, In
issuing the alleged orders, acted on his
own responsibility.
AGAINST StfND AY BREAKING
Women's Alliance Protest Refers to
Roosevelt and Odell.
NEW YORK, April 28. The Women's
"rCnt innnl AMIarn of n Trwt1nrr fnr1rv Hp.
i elded to send an official protest to the
Daughters of the Revolution, which held
Its annual raeetms at Denver, because
the Daughters traveled On Sunday. April
SO. The protest will include a reference
to the published Itinerary of the Daugh
ters, which contemplated a trip to the
Garden of the Gods April 27. Protests
were also made against Sunday baseball
by tho Princeton University team, the
starting of Governor Odell on his Southern
trip on Sunday, the return of President
and Mrs. Roo3evelt to Washington on
Sunday, the sailing of the Meteor on
Sunday, and King Edward's attendance
at a Sunday concert.
The action of a Bucknell College base
ball pitcher, who refused to play ball
on Sunday, was commended, as was also
a Young Women's Christian Association
Home for Girls which refuses to allow
boarders to receive or make calls on
Sunday.
NATIONAL BANK DEPOSITS
Secretary Shaw Will Increase Them
After May 1.
WASHINGTON. April 28. Secretary
Shaw said today that on May 1 he would
Increase the deposits In National bank
rioniultnHrc hv tt (VWOnrt or J4.Aftfl.OIYV Hft
; win giate a few additional deposl
torles. It Is understood that further In
crease In deposits will be made after May
1, as thfc repeal of the war revenue act is
expected to result In a sharp decrease In
the Government re-celpts from the begin
ning of the fiscal year, when the law will
go into operation. ""
Church Will Say Nothing to Keiley.
WASHINGTON, April 28. An attack
by Bishop Keiley, of Savannah, on Presi
dent Roosevelt, In an address delivered
there Saturday, created great Interest
among leading Catholic authorities'. Car
dinal Martinelli Is out of the city, but
It Is stated authoritatively that there la
no likelihood of any action on the part of
the church as a result of the bishop's ut
terances. This view Is based on the fact
that the bishop Is an American citizen,
and has a right to give expression to his
views, so far as they are not derogatory
to religion. He always has been an ar
dent Southerner, and often has expressed
the most intense views regarding the
cause for which he fought In the days of
the Confederacy.
Ocean Trial of the Fulton.
NEW YORK. April 2S. Tho sub-marine
torpedo-boat Fulton passed Sandy Hook
at 7:20 A. M. today, on an ocean trial
trip, bound for Washington. The Fulton
was In tow of the Storm King. It is ex
pected that the Fulton will reach Wash
ington about Saturday.
With Horses for Cape Town.
NEW ORLEANS, April 28. The steamer
Mount Temple cleared tor Cape Town, to
day with 1100 horses.
TONGUE THEIR FRIEND
WHAT HD HAS DONE FOR INDIANS
- IN' CONGRESS.
Accomplished Great Reforms In the
Administration of AXalra In
Their Interest.
WASHINGTON, April 28. The people
of the East never did understand the
Indian. They conceive him to be a very
Innocent and very delicate creature, with
small Intellectual capacity, without force
of character, unable to rely upon or pro
tect himself, and easily duped by the
members of the "superior race." Enter
taining this estimate of him, they thought
it imperatively necessary that there
should be thrown around him the foster
ing arm of the Government, That hi3
property and business affairs should be
directed for him. That he should be pro
tected from his own shlftlessness, and
more particularly from the guile of de
signing white men. This sentiment, up
to a short time ago, permeated every
branch of the Federal Government. It
had affected alike the executive and ad
ministrative departments, the Indian
committees of both the House and Sen
ate, and practically all the Eastern mem
bers of Congress. It shaped the policy
and controlled the method of dealings be
tween the Federal Government and tho
Indian. The Government assumed a gen
eral guardianship over the Indian, and
withheld from him as much as possible
the management and control of his own
property. When one Indian, more thrifty
than the lest, through his own ef
forts acquired personal property it was
difficult to affect his control over this.
But whatever property was. acquired by
the Indian through any treaty was with
held and managed for him by the General
Government. If monfey was to bo paid
for land sold, the principal sum remained
in the Treasury and was doled out to
him In small payments, onoe or twice
each year, generally in the form of In
terest. The amounts were too small to
apply to any useful purpose. They were
insufficient to purchase a cow, a horse,
a wagon, or any agricultural Implement,
Too often they were Invested In a good
spree. If the Indian had land he was
prevented from selling or incumbering, or
even leasing It, except for short periods,
and under Government restrictions. Some
times he Inherited, through the death
of other members of family, tracts of
land, so large that he could neither im
prove nor cultivate, nor turn it to any
useful purpose. This land necessarily
laid Idle, was a benefit to no one, paid
no taxes, and. became an obstruction to
progress and the growth of the country.
Representative Tongue did not believe
in this policy. He believed that tho In
dian should be treated somewhat as a
man. should have more freedom of con
tract, should' be taught self-reliance,
business methods and the proper man
ner of handling and disposing of his own
property. He believed the way to teach
him to manage business was to permit
him to manage business with suitable In
struction, and under suitable super
vision. The way to teach him self-reliance
was to Induce him to practice self
reliance, self-confidence and self-dependence;
that he should cease to look to the
Government for an annual or a'Beml-an-nual
allowance, that as soon as possible
ho should be prepared to sever the lead
ing strings between himself and the Gov
ernment. He believed that the Govern
mnt should gradually be prepared to di
rect it3 whole Indian policy, not to man
aging the business and property of the
Indian, but In educating him and teaching
him to manage and control his own busi
ness and his own property and his own
affairs. He began at once gradually to
secure some legislation having this end in
view. He introduced a bill directing the
Secretary of the Interior to pay to '"such
adult Indians as were capable of manag
ing and taking care of their own affairs"
their pro rata of the money due them for
the lands sold to the Government.
Neither the Indian Department nor the
Indian committee took kindly to this leg
islation. It met with resistance, but more
through the personal friendship 6f Mr.
Sherman, chairman of the Indian com
mittee In the House, than otherwise, the
provision was Incorporated in the Indian
appropriation bill and became a law. Mr.
Tongue next Introduced -a bill to authorize
adult Indians on tho Silets reservation,
when capable of managing, their own
property, to sell lands inherited from
other members of their family, reserv
ing to the Indian SO acres for a home
stead. At first antagonized, this enact
ment was secured In the same way as the
other through the friendly disposition of
Mr. Sherman.
This session Representative Tongue pre
pared to Introduce similar legislation for
the Indians on the Grand Ronde reserva
tion. He applied to the department for
the necessary data. In the meantime Mr.
Roosevelt had become President. He had
recommended In his message the precise
treatment of the Indians for which Rep
resentative Tongue had contended. He
had said "that we should definitely make
up our minds to recognize the Indian as
an individual, and not as a member of
the tribe." Tho Indian Commissioner had
been thinking over the subject, and a
great change In the attitude of the In
dian Department became apparent. The
Commissioner of Indian Affairs began to
see that the time was coming to teach
the Indian to do business for himself, and
so, after consultation with the Indian De
partment and with the chairman of the
committee on Indian affairs In the House,
a provision was drawn and Inserted In
the Indian appropriation bill giving to the
Indians throughout the United States
substantially the same rights in the dis
position of lands that has been given to
the Indians upon the Siletz reservation.
The provision has passed both the House
and the Senate, and will become law.
This marks the era of a new policy to
wards the Indians. The Government will
cease to exercise Its extreme paternal
policy. It will cease to act on all occa
sions as the chaperone of tho Indian. It
will endeavor to teach him to manage
his own affairs by gradually permitting
him to manage them. It will teach him to
do business by gradually permitting him
to do business. It will teach him self
reliance and self-confidence by gradually
requiring him to rely upon himself and
upon his own resources. The Government
will continue to maintain and improve the
Indian schools, but the Indian will begin
to take his place as a citizen and as a
man. He will be Incorporated Into the
great body of American citizens. The
Government leading strings will be cut.
He will cease to look to the Government
for support, and rely upon his -own re
sources, his own Industry, his own thrift
and economy. The Indian reservation will
cease to be an obstruction Jn the path
way of progress, and will become a part
of the United States. In a short time the
"Indian problem" will be solved. This Is
a desirable change, and It has been due
largely to the influence and arguments of
the Representative from the First Con
gressional District of Oregon.
Roosevelt Ke-Electcd Commander.
NEW TORK, April 2S. The New York
Commandery. 'Naval and Military Order
of the Spanish-American War, held Its
fourth annual meeting tonight at Del
monico'e. J. W. Clous, United States
Army, presided. President Roosevelt was
re-elected commander of tho command
ery. -He sent a message in which he said
he regretted he could not be present in
person, expressed his best wishes for the
welfare of the organization, and assured
the members that they might rely upon
him to do anything In hip power to help It
along.
JTevv York After Transports.
WASHINGTON, April 28. The Eastern
Business Men's Association, of Ncrw York",
through B. J. Hall, its president, and D.
H. Ralston, presented to the President
J today a request that Army transports be
brought to New York for repair, Instead
o San Francisco, as has been tho prac
tice In the past. It was represented to
the President that New- York should have
the opportunity to do some of this work,
the assertion being made that it can be
done aa cheaply and as thoroughly there
as anywhere else. The President informed
the visitors that no doubt arrangements
could be made to have at least part of
the work done in New York.
Criticises Shaw's Speech.
LONDON, April 23. The speech of the
United States Secretary of Treasury
Shaw, at Pittsburg, at the banquet
April 26, in celebration of the late Gen
eral Grant's birthday, has thus far passed
unnoticed by the London press, with the
exception of the Globe, which 13 ex
ceedingly wrathy at such a responsible
person "tickling the ears of groundlings
with a speech full of menace to America's
only friend among the powers of Europe."
After quoting the speech, the Globe
continues:
"We are not greatly concerned either
for the threat or the crude vulgarity
which causes Mr. Shaw to apply it to a
particular power, but what Impresses us
with a sense of American decadence is
the manner In which the absurd speech
was received. Were an English Minister
of Mr. Shaw's position to make a simi
lar allusion to a foreign power, all the
chancellories of Europe would be con
vulsed. But England heeds it not a
whit, and the rest of the world shrugs
its shoulders and talks about diplomacy
in shift sleeves."
That's What It Means.
Buffalo Courier.
Whatever may have been the motive of
the beet-3ugar Republicans in joining with
the Democrats In voting on the Cuban
reciprocity bill, and however these beet
sugar folks may have hurt their own
cause in tho confusion of their factional
row with other selfish interests, they
helped to an excellent thing- for the peo
ple. The bill at It passed the House re
moves the differential duty on refined
sugar during the period of the reciprocity
arrangement. The National Sugar Refin
ing Company estimates that if the bill
becomes -a law in this form it will lose
from $$.000,000 to $8,000,000, which means
that exactly that much money will be
saved to the consumers of sugar in the
United States.
Concessions to Sngar Trade.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, April 23. The
Royal Mall Steam Packet Company has
announced Its decision to carry sugar from
here to London at considerably reduced
rates. Elder, Dempster & Co., recently
made an offer to carry sugar from here
to England free of charge. The planters
of Jamaica are still doubtful whether
these concessions by the steamship com
panies will succeed in diverting the ma
jority of the Jamaican exports from the
United States. They welcome them,
however, as possibly proving a new out
let for sugar.
Smelter Men "Walk: Oat.
HELENA, Mont., April 28. The men on
the furnaces at the East Helena smelter
quit work this evening, ahd Manager
Whitley said at midnight It was doubtful
If they could operate the furnaces until
morning. For several months representa
tives of the "Western Labor Union have
been endeavoring to organize the union
at the smelter. The smelter managers
have declined to recognize the union, and
this is the cause of the trouble. Thero
are about 500 men employed.
Strect-Rnilway Men Organize.
CHICAGO. April 28. The Daily News
today states that the motormen, grlpmen
and conductors of the Union Traction
Company, after secret work covering more
than a month, have organized a union.
Previous attempts to organize street rail-
way men In Chicago have failed, and the
success of the present organizers Is re
garded as of Importance, as the men will
Insist on better hours and pay. Only the
organizers know the names of the men
who have Joined the union.
A Slap nt Brodrlclc.
LONDON, April 2S. The first official act
of Rear-Admiral Lord Charles Beresford,
Conservative, after taking the oath In
the House of Commons today, was to
give notice that tomorrdw he would pre
sent a motion to reduce the salaries of
Mr. Brodrlck, the Secretary of State for
"War, and the Earl of Selbourne, First
Lord of the Admiralty, in order to call
attention to the act of direct responsbil
lty In the administration of both army and
navy.
"Arizona" A pa In Plenties London.
LONDON, April 28. "Arizona" was
transferred from the AdelphI to the
Princess Theater tonight, and was again
received with the utmost cordiality.
George Selwyn's farce, "When Denny
Comes Marching Home," was presented
as a curtain-raiser, and proved to be very
entertaining.
Will TJne Washington Mint.
CARACAS, Venezuela, Wednesday, April
16. The Venezuelan Government hag de
cided to use the mint at Washington in
stead of the Paris mint, as formerly, for
the coinase of bolivar silver coins, worth
about 20 cents. About 2,000,000 bolivars are
to be coined.
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