President M'kinley

Yesterday witnessedthe consummation of the hopea of thousaads of out citizens, as William McKinley, jr.,of Ohio. with aplifted hand, swore to support the constitution of the United States and to discharge the duties thal devolve upon him as President of the United States to the best of his ability, and was thereupon declared to be President of the United States of Aincriru. . Mr. McKinley enters upon this high office under circumstanees perhaps as trying as have reeted any man who has as8umed the position for many years. Business is stagnant; andthousands irre?pective of party affiiiations have voted for him, beheving that tne measures he is expected to favor and endeavor to enforce will bring back prosperity. Should he and his party iail to realize these expectations, it means just as big an overthrow at the end of his term as they had triumph thistitne. We may therefore expect, even though we did not believe in his patriotism, that seliish considerations will urge him and his co-laborers to do all in their power to overeóme the present depressed condition. In the selection of his cabinet President McKinleyhas given promii to the great Middlè We3t, which is 80 soon to fonn the seat of power in this country. We believe that the time is not far distant when New York, Pennsylvania,and what is now commonly known as the Kast, wil] linri it necessary to beg for ree (gnition as earnestly as the West lias hitherto done. The greal Missiasippi Valleyand the Pacific Blöpe during the years from 1880 to 1890 increased in population from 75 to 100 per cent and over, Montana. Wyo mins. Colorado, Northern Texas, Wesi ern Kansas, Nebraska, the Dakotas and Northern Minnesota increased over 100 percent; while only smull portions of the easteni state; increased as much al 2-7 per cent. Ie will not take many decades of tnis k nd of progresa to overeóme the great advantage that the East qow holds, and make the West the politica] battle ground of the nation. President McKinley bas resognized this, and kept himself and party in touch witta this section by making four of his seven appointments from tliis part of the country. We hope and trust that all the be.-t desires of those who have put President McKinley In piwer may be realized in his administration, and we believe that he enters the office pledged and consecrated to the best interests of the whole people. THE stand which the State of Nevada has taken on the subject of prize flghting is one that reüects no credit upOD her. .kvery person wlio ontemplatts the spectacle believes that Nevada bas taken a baskward step, and it may be interesting to note that she has been taking backward steps in otherlines, and perhaps the tendency to favor and support suoh institutions as these i.s what has injured the State. F rom 1S80 to 18'JO Nevada showed an actual decrease in population in almost every part of the State. A small section northeast of Virginia City made a gain of a little over 25 per cent; and a small strip in the western part, an increase o E less than 25 per cent. All the rest of the State, being at least 95 per cent of it, shows a deerease. So other State begins to make anything like such a showing, and yet this is the State that will give a $3,000 oflioial prize belt to a pugiltst, for advertisement. It may be advertisement, but we doubt if it will appeal to the class of people that will much benefit the State of Nevada. We present this week a sketch of Wm, Ñ. Lister, the Republican candidate for County Cominissioner of Schools, having given last week a similar sketch of his Democrat opponent It will be seen from these sketches that the candidates .for this oflïce are both men of high character and educationa attainments, warranting their aspira tions to this office, lioth have fougli their own way and have made a greate or less success of life, and it is a mat ter of good fortune to the people that both candidates are so worthy. "We take pleasure in presenting these, we hope, unbiased sketches of the men and trust our readers will judge be tween them with the best interests o: the schools of the county in view. ükoïhku 1) , in the Colorado Index, and we all know and admire 13., waxes wroth on the subject of ■ per It is at best a very poot standard to judge a school by. What we should ask, is not how rauch it costs, bat how much it is worth. Children can be herded cheaply; good teaching is expensive. A school costs more tlian an asylum, and a good school more than a poor one. The proper way to look at this question of cost is to carefully see if the state is getting value received for its money.- Michigan Mirror. Well said. Keeping children within the school house walls is not all of teaching. We wish those who are in charge of the funds realized it better sometimes. No two teachers are equal teaching ability, no two schools do exactly the same wort, The best is cheapest in the end.