The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-11-02

Or. Nathan g. SchaeTcr. state SUI
pcrintendent of public instruction, adj
dressed the teachers at Yesterday az.
tcrnnon's session of the county insti-
tute on the subject of civil govern
ment. He began a few minutes after
, o'clock and SPOKE till adjournment
At 1. In the study of civil government
he would bring two subjects to the
front: /. The sacredness of the bal
lot. >. The willingness To bear a just
share of taxation.
II" would teach the pupil the LESSON
/ conveyed by William Pinkrcy when
that rugged and sterling patriot said:
! II am not worth buying, but. such as
, | am, the king of England hasn't
money enough to buy me-" DR..
Schaefter referred to the statement
made by John WanamdlSer that it will
! cost S60O00O fol the election IN this
state next Tuesday. Such an immense
! sum is ls large as it costs for royalty
in the old world That is piece of
information hc would not want taught
to the pupil. that it cost so much
money to pay the people for exercising
thcir right t. vote. And it costs $1,000,
coo, he said, to elect q president of the
United states"
Upon looking at himself i'm the mir
ror he always finds = great difference
i'm the expression Of his face between
the time he goes i'm the morning to
pay his taxes aud i'm the afternoon 10
draw his quarterly salary The best
form cf government to be found any
where IN the world is right here in the
/ United states. bur our system Of tax
| alton has many deficiencies. Then it
is our duty entering upon the study
| of civil government to study its ques
! tions from Il comparative point Of
Wow.
HAVE LEARNED SOMETHING.
W. have learned something of adj
vantage from Australia with its form
Of ballot. anG We may learn and i'm
| prove by a close inspection of the form
| Of government in Great Britain or
! perhaps among the monarchies Of
continental Europe. \ backwoods rep
r"scntatiVc in Pennsylvania may in
! troduCe a bill for the schools that may
! be disapproved by the state Superin
| tendent, but if the representative has
! big pull he can get it passed. This
! would not be possblc in England,
! where all legislation proceeds from
I the prime minister, and there is no
! chaECc for crude laws to be enacted.
| Emperor William, of Getmany. both
| reigns and governs: Queen Victoria
! reCCs but does not govern: the presi-
dent of the United states governs but
/ does not reian; and President Fa. re,
/ of France, neither reignS nor governs.
| These are the four leading powers of
! the world. The republic Cf France is
| at present lettering, yet the munich
| pal government of Paris. its capital,
| is ideal. If . new street is to be
| opened. the terminal points are fixed.
| a straight line is drawn between them
as the Car OF Russia did on the map
! when he wanted to show the route he
! desired for railroad between ST.
! Petersburg and MOSCOW. The prop
! erty along tie route of that street is
purchased by tn municipal authorities
and the finest of buildings are erected
! at public expense and rented. and in
! every case the public treasury by so
/ doing makes money. The hearts Of
/ every ward boss in this country would
| swell with joy if such system were
| in vogue here.
DIR. SCHAEFFER'S VERSION.
I 1T. 0ClldtlttI gave MS version Oh ln'
. boast made by the Ohioan3 that their
state has produced more presidents,
! cabinet officers and judges Of the su-
| preme court than any other state in
! the union. The governor of Ohio
| doesn't POSSESS veto power. conse-
quently he does not make enemies by
signing or vetoing bills such as the
! governor of Pennsylvania does and
L. Is,xs.
last him thu balance of his life. The
| Ohio governor may go around the
| country making friends while the
Pennsylvania man must be at his post
The speaker az the outset of his ad-
| dress referred to the fact that there
are three candidates for governor in
! this state. Cne party according To tn"
| other is the persOriiicatiOn of all that
is wicked and vice versa. lie thinks
| that the truth lies between these Two
extremes. Ofiiceholdins is like matri-
mony; those who are out want to en-
ter its portals and those vino are with
in want to stay there.
In conclusion he dWclt upon the sal
aries paid to teachers In some coun-
ties of this state, and LaCkaWanna is
one o. them there are districts where
tn" teachers receive less than it takes
to keep pauper az public eXpnse. He
dprecated this condition very much
and hoped The time is fast approach
ing when that can no longer be said.
steps i'm Language Work" was The
subject of Professor Green's Afternoon
lecture. Failure to collect material is
he said, the chief obstacle in the way
of the pupil preparing for "A compost
/ tion. In order that there maN be eX