The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1910-12-03
PRESIDENT CONSID-
.ERING NOMINATIONS
Especial - silver otsts.)
Possible Appointments.

| Especial - silver otato.)
Possible Appointmsuts.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.--The presi
dent is understood to have under con.
sideration the names of several west.
ern men for important appointments
Chief amog these, perhaps, is Senator
Sutherland, Of Utah, who is being con-
sidered very seriously for q place on
the supreme bench. The senator has
acquired reputation for legal sagaci-
ty, and there are many persons in the
capital who think he would be particu-
larly well suited to wear the ermine.
A number of candidates are in the
field for the portfolio of Judge Bal
linger, but the secretary Of the In
terror continues to assert that he has
no intention whatever of resigning and
as his actions seem to indicate that
he has also made preparations to fight
| it out on the present lines, it is quite
possible that great deal Of good
cabinet timber will have an opportuni-
ty to season while longer. However,
they do say that Senator Flint, Of
California, could have the place If he
would but say the word, and there
are those near the White house who
have selected him for first place
in the running. He has declared that
he was not in the race, and it is we'll
know that his one ambition now is to
settle down to private life and prac-
tice law in Los Angeles.
Making Better Citizens.
Practical education is what the
country needs more than it needs the
"higher education" Too few men
and women are taught to be prctical,
which after all means to be self help
full. The bureau Of plant industry Of
the department of agriculture is the
ing q work Of which more ought to be
known in helping the people Of the
south to realize larger benefit from
their efforts, and showing them how
best to enjoy their surroundings. Dr.
Is. A. Knapp, practical scientist and
q humanitarian, has charge Of the
Farmers Cooperative Demonstration
work and in his Macon address, which
should be placed in the hands Of every
citizen of the south, he makes these
very sensible and pertinent remarks:
Gin attempting to raise the condi-
tion of the colored man we frequently
start too high up and in talking Of
the higher progress talk right over his
head. When talk to q negro citizen
/ never talk about the better civiliza-
fi0n,s hnf about n haf&ar chicken. n
better pig, white-washed house. Out
of the $50 negro schools, seminaries,
colleges, etc., in the south three years
ago very few were carrying out fully,
to my mind, their proper mission.
Many of them were trying to teach
Latin and Greek, which would be Of
very little use to most Of them. I
know Of a colored section where there
were 5000 colored people settled dur
ing the war and school was started
in 1864. They have been carrying on
that school and it is costing $26, 900
year. The managers of the school
came to me year before last and said:
'The condition Of those people Is
worse than it was when we took hold
Of it. Go down there and see what
the matter is.' I found they were
teaching every child that knew any
thing at all to get away from that
country. They were not influencing
the people on the farm or helping
them at all. They were cultivating
their lands with little steers that
weighed about 500 pounds. Their sole
income was from cotton, and have
it from the cotton ginners that the av-
erage income Of each family in that
section was only $50 . year. went
to the gentleman that held the purse
strings and told him what the difficulty
was. I said: 'Ycu are doing great
wrong. Why don't you get at the
people themselves and teach them
something practicalp In fact, We
were all wrong about it. Until We
took hold Of the demonstration work
the idea was prevalent that q man on
the farm did not need any teaching
Now we realize that the problems
which are up today and need solution
should be presented to him; and it il
Just as much the part Of our obligation
in our great system Of education tc
establish lines of study for the man
ON the farm as for the boy that il
developing to be the future doctor, the
future lawyer, or the future preacher
1t is also realized that the great force
about readjusts tn eworld originates In
the home. Home conditions will ulti
mately mold the mans lfe."
Washington Has Convention.
So many important gatherings ar<
held in Washington that the CORES
pondents are unable to do more thar
merely mention most Of them. Tht
city suffers from sort of convention
tits. And yet in the opinion of thu
people participating, each convention
is one Of the events Of the century
and the movement it represents is on'
Of, perhaps, the only movements whiel
will uplift mankind and hasten thu
coming of the millennium.
OF course, these conventions ant
, movements are all highly important
but the newspaper men get rather
used to receiving advance notices tell
ing them that "p-obably the most i'm
portart meeting ever held in the in
terest Of. -. !. in this country will
) take place i. =. !" and SO on. Witl
this as a starter, it naturally follow
that cit il expected to arganize
body national in its scope which vii
make its influence felt everywhere.
The proceedings hearalded with sue
unbounded enthusiasm usually prov
to be SO dull that the auditors hav
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