The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-11-21

was equivalent to formal notice
from the benefciaries of high tarif
and trust license that they were
ready to accede to the presidents
demand for reform. 1t remains to
be seen, of course, whether the inn
piled promise will be made good"
but in the meantime tho people have
fixed things 80 that tho party will
be wholly responsible for tho acts of
congress for ccnsidera blo time
responsible for the support that the
president receives OF fails to re-
ceive at the hands of the senators
and representatives.
But while this appeal may have
helped some in the western states
it was really not necessary in this
section. The people. of the west
have liked Mr.. Roosevelt from the
first. They take to this kind Of
craftsmanship. They have faith in
his purpose and bility. He appeals
to their vital temperament. His
honesty attracts them. His genuine
democracy suits them. These are
the causes behind he-.big gains of
the republican party in the west,
even addimtting that the utter re-
pudiation of Organism by the pro-
gress of events is we'll as the verdict
of the polls has tended toward a
return to old political lines in the
former ''silver states.'
tits certainly incumbent on the
western republican representative
in congress to stand by the presi-
dent if they seek to stand by their
constituents.
New York Evening Post: We
feel that the Chicago Methodist
preachers. in resolving that the
press should abstain from printing
caricatures of the president, have
mistaken both the press and their
man.. Certainly the president does
not imagine for a moment that MIR.
Opper's rough riding ''Teddy'did
anything Ito foster spirit of con-
tempt for those in authority, "and
none but the unco guild and the
cartoon of any sort may lead mis-
guided individuals to the commiss-
ion of act Of personal violence
Such twaddle was natural during
the great grief, not unmixed with
hysteria, which followed the
assassination of Pres ident Mckinley
Today it wears a ludicrously belat-
ed look. If these reverend gentle
men could borrow from the enemy
of us all the gift Of looking
through the roofs of the houses they
would see some thing to their
professional profit. They would
sec throughout the country some
millions Of cont ented citizens
chuckling over the latest caricatule
of the president. and if they turned
to Washington and looked through
the roof Of; the White House they
would probably 500 the president
chuckling over the latest travesty
of himself. Unless the Meth odist
clergymen of Chicago are of glooml-
or stripe than the brethren Of their
cloth generally, they would join in
the chuckle, too, and Danish black
visions of a .. sacrilegious press and
of impending assassination.
The conference Of the affiliated
academies and high schools at the
University of Chicago had an emf
nent]y practical outcome. In decil-'
ing to appoint d commission OF
educators to propose a plan whereby
the time now required for prepare
tory indy may be reduched the
conference was not only in line
with the tendency of the times,
nut also with the opinion Of the
best educators of the country.
Considerably too much time IS
now spent in scholastic preparation
before the college graduate may
enter upon his chosen life work.
In this day young men choosing a
business career are entering into
positions of trust end responsibility
in the United States much earlier
than they did quarter century
ago. But the college student
must spend two or three years of
his full manhood rounding out a
curriculum which may OF may not
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