The Cortland Democrat, Friday, December 29, 1899.
Educational Unification.
The commission appointed by the governor to unify the educational system of this State, has had another conference in Albany. Former bills, alternatives and even the regents' ultimatum were discarded and a new scheme devised, which is to be put in the form of a bill and introduced at the coming session of the legislature.
The plan agreed upon by the commission provides for the establishment of a department of education consisting of the University and the department of public instruction, as heretofore existing.
The executive head of this department is to be called Chancellor of the University, and he is to have all the executive powers now vested in the superintendent of public instruction and in the regents of the university.
The university is continued as the legislative head of the department, the present board of Regents remaining undisturbed as to its personnel with the exception that the lieutenant governor, the secretary of state and the state superintendent of public instruction are no longer to be ex-officio regents.
All regents above the age of seventy years are hereafter to be honorary regents and no vacancies will be filled until the number has been reduced below fifteen.
The functions of the board of regents have been increased by the power of passing ordinances governing the administration of the department of education, limited by statutory enactments. The department shall have the following five bureaus:
First, the Bureau of Public Instruction; second, the Department of Higher Education; third, the Bureau of Home Education; fourth, the Bureau of Law; fifth, the Bureau of Home Administration and Science.
The first chancellor is to be appointed by the governor within twenty days after the passage of this act, by and with the advice and consent of the senate. He shall hold office for eight years at an annual salary of $10,000
The present superintendent of public instruction is continued in office as director of the bureau of public instruction until the end of his term in 1901.
Gov. Roosevelt is said to be satisfied with the plan. It will allow him to appoint a chancellor for a term of eight years at a salary of $10,000 a year; also perpetuate Republican control of the consolidated departments. If the bill becomes a law the ex-officio regents, including the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state and superintendent of public instruction will retire altogether from the newly constituted board of regents.
Some of the regents are likely to make a sharp fight on the bill, but if it becomes a party measure, as is probable, it will pass the legislature in a hurry and receive the signature of the governor.
Milking Cows by Machinery.
As this is a great milk country and much "pulling of teats" is required to obtain the milk, our farmers will be interested in knowing that they are successfully milking cows in Illinois by machinery.
The machinery consists of an air pump worked by foot power, two pieces of rubber hose and eight suction bulbs which surround the eight teats of the cows to be milked. The eight bulbs resemble telephone receivers. They are nearly hollow, but in one place a soft rubber band nearly closes the opening.
When the teat is placed in the opening the pump starts, the suction causes the rubber lining to closely surround the parts, and the milk is carried to the pail four feet away. It requires three minutes to milk two cows, or at the rate of forty cows an hour. Speed is not the only advantage, as there is little danger of the teats becoming sore, as the rubber surrounding them is as soft as silk. Cleanliness is another advantage.
We told you so. It will not be a long time before everything will be done by machinery on a farm. Hens will lay by machinery, machinery will be placed in lots filled with seed, and by one turn of a crank out of the ground will jump feed, corn in the ear and rye and oats in the bundle. A machine will be placed in a meadow and by one touch of the button, as if by magic, up will pop thousands of bales of hay already for the market. Yes, machinery will revolutionize farming at no distant day.—Chenango American.
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| Mark Hanna. |
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From Our Regular Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 25th.—The most notable thing about the present attitude of the Hanna-McKinley machine is its apparent recklessness in arranging for legislation that will result in the extravagant expenditure of public money. They seem to take it for granted that the people are too dazed to see through their schemes, one of the most costly of which is the ship-subsidy job, which is to be started with an appropriation of $100,000,000, to be disbursed in ten years. This job was endorsed by Mr. McKinley in his message, and by the Republican National committee at its recent meeting, and it is to push it along that Assistant Postmaster General Perry Heath and Comptroller of Currency Dawes have been selected so long in advance of the campaign, and in absolute defiance of the civil service law, to prepare literature to be distributed by the national committee.
The principal duty of this Republican literary bureau for several months will be to try to fill Republican papers with demands for the passage of the ship-subsidy bill by congress, in order that the weak-knee Republicans in congress, who are disposed to balk on this subsidy business, may be made to believe that the press of their party is demanding the legislation. If this job goes through congress, and is signed by Mr. McKinley, it ought to and probably will make thousands of Democratic votes in the presidential campaign. And that isn't the only contemplated job. In fact, it looks as though the Hanna-McKinley machine, in its recklessness to spend public money in the Interest of its favored supporters, would furnish a first-class lot of vote-making Democratic campaign material.
Boss Platt has already half won his fight against Secretary Root as the nominee for vice president on the McKinley ticket, as Boss Hanna has publicly said that there was no disposition to force Mr. Root on the ticket, if he was not acceptable to the New York delegation. But Platt is not to have everything his own way, and it is practically certain that he will not be able to get his man, Timothy Woodruff, on the ticket. Hanna played a strong anti-Platt card when he got a boom started for Cornelius Bliss, who was Mr. McKinley's first secretary of the interior, and who is every bit as objectionable to Platt as Root. And he dropped a hint for Platt when he said that if New York wanted the second place on the ticket, it would have to present a united delegation at the convention; otherwise the nomination would go to some other state. Already, Attorney General Griggs has a miniature boom.
That Mr. McKinley does not regard his re-election as an assured thing may be judged from the fact that he has already partially made arrangements for an across the continent stumping tour, similar to the one he made last fall. The excuse is to be the launching of the battleship Ohio at San Francisco, which is to take place some time in September or October. Mr. McKinley will attend the launching on a special train, going by one route and returning by another, and will make rear platform speeches wherever the party managers may consider them necessary. Similar trips are to be made to the New England states, all of which shows that Mr. McKinley isn't expecting the walk-over that less shrewd members of his party are predicting.
Subscriptions to the fund that is being raised for the widow and children of Gen. Lawton, who was killed in the Philippines, are coming in quite rapidly. The total now exceeds $11,000.
The administration has refused to order Gen. Wheeler either to remain in the Philippines, where he is said to be much dissatisfied with the command given him by Otis, or to return to Washington. He got a friend to endeavor to get Mr. McKinley to drop a hint on the subject and that is the sort of hint he got. If General Wheeler returns, he will have to resign his commission as brigadier general of volunteers.
Senator Marion Butler, chairman of the national people's party committee, has sent a circular letter to each member of that committee asking for their views as to holding a national convention to nominate a presidential ticket. He thinks a convention will be held and that it will nominate Col. Bryan. Speaking of the convention, Senator Allen of Nebraska, who is a member of the national committee, said that it made no difference whether the convention was held before or after the Democratic convention, because it was already settled that Col. Bryan would be nominated by both conventions. Senator Allen says the Bryan electors will carry Nebraska by 25,000 majority.
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| William McKinley. |
PAGE FOUR—EDITORIALS.
The third chapter in the present almshouse controversy appears this week in the form of a communication from a well informed tax payer who asks s few pertinent questions in answer to the article of Superintendent Frisbie, which we printed last week.
No one is so lonely and forsaken that he cannot find some one now-a-days to give him a calendar.
Just a year ago McKinley issued a proclamation calling upon the Filipinos to lay down their arms and become practically the slaves of the United States, holding out no hope of self government. If he had, the present war of hide and seek would not be putting thousands of brave Americans in their graves.
It is estimated that, should the currency bill passed by the House become a law, the value of the government bonds of the country would be increased $65,600,000, so desirous is the gold bug following for the yellow metal. For a scheme to play into the hands of the plutocrats, this currency job takes all the honors.
Grip's Historical Souvenir.
There remain only two weeks now to get in orders for "Grip's Historical Souvenir of Cortland." It will be a much larger book than was anticipated and a publication which will never be duplicated. Over one hundred of the business and manufacturing places of Cortland and the manufacturing institutions and other interests of McGrawville are among the best features of this book. Beautiful half tone engravings take the reader into all of the leading stories in town, in every line of trade. Then there are views of pleasant suburban resorts as well as of Homer. Readers of the DEMOCRAT out of town will have to get in their orders in advance. They can order through the editor or the news dealers. They must send 10cts for postage in addition to the regular prices which are: Leather bound, $1; leatherette, 60cts; terra cotta paper, 35cts.
The canvassers in Cortland are Miss Mary Bowker, 6 Clinton-ave.; Mrs. Bowdish, 29 Pendleton-st.; Mrs. Dickerson, Townley-ave.; Effie Stevens, 11 Townley-ave.; Mrs. E. M. Eaton, Graham-ave.; Miss Mary Kennedy, 70 Clinton-ave.; Miss Clara M. Enos, 13 Owego-st.; Miss Adams, 36 N. Church- st.; Miss Eva Porter and Miss Ella Norton, Elm-st. Those who prefer are at liberty to leave orders with their booksellers. All advance orders will be served and only those who give orders in advance will be sure to obtain copies.
Happy Christmas Event.
What is known as the "Brick schoolhouse," just out of the village on the Groton road, was last Friday evening the scene of most pleasant Christmas festivities, the school, which has been taught by Mrs. Catherine Rocks, closing on that day with a program of literary and musical exercises appropriate to the season.
The children had handsomely decorated the room with evergreen, and the proverbial Christmas tree was well laden with presents for nearly all who were in attendance. The teacher and scholars were cheerfully assisted by the trustee, A. V. Smith, who takes a deep interest in the welfare of the school.
The spring term will begin March 7 next, with Mrs. Rocks as teacher.
HERE AND THERE.
Engine No. 1 of the E. & C. N. Y. R. R. is in the Lehigh shops at Cortland undergoing thorough repairs. She will be put in the best possible shape and repainted.
A man who recently advertised in a local paper for a wife received 148 answers. This amply proves that the good, old fashioned institution of matrimony is not wholly scorned by the modern woman and further, that "Judicious advertising is the keystone of success."
Holiday trade has been unusually large in Cortland this year.
Did you see anything green about Christmas?
Several loads of household goods were seen on the streets Monday, as of people moving on that, the most cheerful day in the year.
Many Cortland homes were made happy by Christmas gatherings and heavily laden trees.
Mr. M. D. Murphy gave a dinner at the Kremlin yesterday at 2 o'clock to about twenty of his friends.
The sixth annual New Year's ball at the Scott hotel, Scott, will occur on Monday evening, Jan. 1, with music by Happy Bill Daniels' orchestra of seven pieces.
Olney P. Chrysler, the motorman who was injured in the collision at the Homer-ave. crossing, was given a purse of $20 by the employees of the Traction company.
W. S. Freer will give his annual holiday party at his hall, Higginsville, this evening with music by Daniels' orchestra. Those who attend will have a pleasant time.
Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Gillette will entertain a large number of friends at their home on West Court-st. this afternoon. The affair is expected to eclipse all previous Cortland functions of the season.
The regular meeting of the University Center will be held next Tuesday evening, the speakers being Dr F. W. Higgins on "Hebrew Authority," Prof. T. J. McEvoy on "Grecian Authority," and Mrs. Kenyon on "Roman Authority."
Among the very many Christmas gifts which gladdened the hearts of old and young on Monday, none could be more highly appreciated than the beautiful tabernacle presented to Grace church by Lewis H. Randall of this village. The tabernacle is of black walnut and is a handsome piece of workmanship.
People in this locality never had a better realization of the sudden changes in the weather than on Sunday last. At two o'clock in the afternoon of that day a heavy rain was falling and in the evening—less than five hours—cutters were seen on the street. The snow came in time to allay all alarm of a green Christmas.
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