This subject is one that has long attracted the attention, and I think I may say has, perhaps, greatly attracted the interest and adherence of the United States as that of any other Christian power in the world.

Let me thank you, Mr. Chairman, and you gentlemen of this conference, for the privilege of standing before you for a moment, and for this most cordial welcome which you have given to me.

It is the natural order that subdivisions should be wiped out before the grand divisions of the church can be united.

Immediately after the general average shall have been ascertained each competitor shall be notified that he has passed or has failed to pass.

The papers of every examination shall be marked under regulations made by the Commission.

A competitor who has failed to pass an examination may, with file consent of the Commission, be allowed reexamination at any time within six months from the date of failure without filing a new application; but if he be not allowed…

To test fitness for admission to the classified Indian service examinations of a practical character shall be provided on such subjects as the Commission may direct for physician, superintendent, assistant superintendent, teachers, and…

Each competitor shall be graded on a scale of 100, according to the general average determined by the markings.

Blank forms of application shall be furnished by the Commission, and the date of reception and also of approval by the Commission of each application shall be noted on the application paper.

The classified Indian service shall include all the physicians, school superintendents, assistant superintendents, school-teachers, and matrons in that service, classified under the provisions of section 6 of the act to regulate and…

By virtue of the power in me vested by the statutes hereinbefore mentioned, I do hereby declare and make known that all of the lands acquired from the Sac and Fox Nation of Indians, the Iowa tribe of Indians, the Citizen band of…

The officers of the United States will be required to enforce this provision.

Notice, moreover, is hereby given that it is by law enacted that until said lands are opened to settlement by proclamation no person shall be permitted to enter upon and occupy the same.

And warning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to enter or make settlement upon the tract of land reserved by this proclamation.

The compact of our Government is a rule by the majority.

Law has no other sanction than that with us.

Surely there is no other country where the springs of government are higher than here.

Will you permit me now to thank you again for this demonstration and for the opportunity to stand for a moment in your presence?