Indians in North Carolina had become citizens and had votes, and
because those votes were cast against the powers that be, they were
willing to go all lengths, even to closing the schools, in order to
accomplish their purposes.

And this is to be more and more a vital question, as more and more
they are becoming citizens. We talk about "dirty politics!" Is it not
a proper name, when, in order to get votes, schools are to be closed
and children left in ignorance?

4. There is no earnestness of purpose in a majority of the Government
officials to protect him from wrong. To show exactly what I mean;
recently, in Southern California a lot of land grabbers took from the
Indians their land. When private individuals ascertained the facts,
complaint was made and an order was issued for their removal. The
time fixed was March 1st. On July 1st inquiry was made, and the agent
said the order had been carried out. But individual examination
showed the settlers to be there still, and five saloons open in
defiance of law.

In a similar way recently, the representative of one of our
philanthropic societies had arrested an agent who had committed a
crime. It was so clear a case that he was found guilty at once. Let
us hear this travesty of justice. The law required a fine and
imprisonment both. The fine was placed by the Judge at twenty-five
cents, which the Judge paid himself. The term of the imprisonment he
made one day, and told the Sheriff to allow the jail, in this case,
to be the agent's own comfortable home. Shall we be obliged to
constitute Law and Order Leagues to see that the laws of the United
States are executed?