The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-23
------------- NOT AT THE FOOT yOU,

NOT AT THE FOOT NOW.
 The ingenious and ingenious Regis ter seems to have some difficulty nowa- days in understanding what the Jour nal and Courier" means. During the last few days 1t has drawn heavily on
 it's stock of question marks in its en- deavor to interpret us. Of course we appreciate the compliment implied in the Registers careful study of our re- marks, but we feel that we are defic- tent in a very important respect when We fail to make our meaning clear to the Register. It has been our aim to so say things that even the wayfaring man could not err in understanding them, and it is source of satisfaction and pride to us that the wayfaring man has made no complaint that we have been misty or mystical. But it appears that the man who wrote in the bible about the wayfaring man didn't realize that the Register would in time arise and make havoc with the wayfaring- man test. It has, however, done it, and though we have stuck to the biblical test as long as possible the needs of the Register demand that we now descend from the biblical test to the Register test. The change leaves the wayfaring man one step above the Register in un- derstanding. We congratulate him on his good fortune. He has been long time at the foot of the class and he will appreciate the change. We wish him a pleasant rest while we try to do our duty in making our meaning plain to the Register. We were pleased with our success in making the wayfaring man see what was meant, and we shall not be satisfied until the Register can also understand us. When it does We shall be quite certain that there will be no further need for us to cultivate lu- cidity of thought and planness of ex- pression.
 When we said something about brilliant colored orator" yesterday we did not suppose that the wayfaring man could err increment. That he has not so erred is proved by the fact that we haven't heard from his interrogation box. But we have heard from the Reg ister's. The Register is in cloud of du- biety about the meaning of this phrase It does not see how an orator can be both brilliant and colored, and it also does not see how powerful a thing heredity is. The doubt which the Reg ister now has was inherited from the old Register which would never have thought of speaking of brilliant col ored orator. The new Register does not think of so speaking and it is amazed that anybody else should. It cannot see that the adjective brilliant, so chastely and grammatically used in our columns, relates to the mental quality of the col ored orator and does not relate to the color of his skin. The Register could perhaps understand if we should speak of a brilliant white Register reporter or brilliant white Register editorial writer, out it is utterly without compre- hension of a brilliant colored orator. So it falls to surmising whether the color of the brilliant orator is red, vel low, scarlet, bright green or bright blue. blue from its list.
 The incident is an impressive one both in it's revelation of the fact that the wayfaring man isn't the tail ender and also of the fact that the leopard is bound to be spotted. But we appeal to the brilliantly colored intellect that animates and guides the Register to make an effort in this matter. If it can- not at first attain clear sight it can perhaps have faith to believe us when we say that black, colored and brilliant are all good words and that if the Register should speak even in a double leaded. editorial of brilliant black (or coloreO orator it would do no harm. The wayfaring man would un- derstand what was meant even if the Register didn't.