Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1905-02-02
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From our Reguldr Correspondent
Washington, Jan. 2Sth, 1905.

Congress from Missouri, selected a
more popular theme for his wit in
the advocacy of higher pay for the
school teachers of the District Of
Columbia than he frequently has
the fortune to exploit. There are
few men or women in the United
States remembering their own
school day who do not believe the
teachers who drilled knowledge in
to their heads were entitled to
higher pay than they got, and of
that great army who have been
school teachers not a dissenting
voice to the teachers right to high
er pay could be found. Camp
Clark himself belongs to this army
and in language vivid if not Ad-
disonian he described to the House
of Representatives his experience
and opinions. He informed Con-
gress and the country that he was
a teacher at fifteen and the Presi-
dent of a college at twenty three
years of age. If Macauley were
still alive he might add Champ
Clarke to the list of his warnings
to the eminent and consultations to
the obscure" with the explanation,
Bryan and BOnaparte were scarcely
in it with Mr.. Clarke for they
were twenty-four and twenty-five
respectively when they had achiev-
ed fame while Mr.. Clarke was
president of Il college at twenty
three. Inasmuch as Mr.. Clarke
was president only one year it may
be presumed that the college saw
in time the injustice it was doing
the nation in keeping him out of
politics. The school m'arms did
not get the increase of salary de-
manded but they had saved money
enough to buy bouquets for Mr..
Clarke and his desk at the Capitol
was covered with their tributes of
appreciation.
President Roosevelt continues to
make speeches and write letters to
everybody and on every subject.
1t is almost marvellous that any
man can talk and write so much
and make 50 few breaks. \ depu-
tation of Episcopal bishops charg-
ed with anti-divorce thunder called
on him yesterday and he told them
in substance that he was with them
i overything that tended to the
promouun Of family ties and home
stabilities and large families. The
President has been twice married
and is the father of six children. so
that doubtless he feels equipped to
have heart to heart talk with the
nation on its martial affairs when
ever the opportunity presents.
The Washington clergyman who
said that while he was an ardent
admirer of the President he could
wish that Roosevelt was not so
bent on being the ''Father of us
alp is probably not surprised to
find him expressing himself on the
divorce problem. Having under
taken to adjust strikes, trusts, rail
roads, the tariff, the navy, the cur
rency and the size of our families
he probably regards divorce ques-
ton as "dead easy" but as a Sena-
tor said: "The man who is com
petent to talk about divorce is the
man who has procured divorce or
tried and failed, and a happily
married man has no more right to
dictate divorce laws than bachelors
have to make rules for the care Of
babies" Whether this is logical
or not is different to say but the
Bishops regard the work of secur-
ing the President as an accomplice
in virtue of the most important ac-
complishment in their conference
here.
Two Farms for Sale.
The undersigned offers for sale two