Show t THE DEAF MUTES i I The najaarnment or Congress without 4 with-out acting on the authorizing the 4i i I Vovernor to call the Legislature together i to-gether in rcisl session makes Govern Gover-n or Murrays veto of the Territorial ap it 1 propriatrjn billeffcctivo for this year No money can be drawn from the Territorial Ter-ritorial Treasury and none of the appropriations t ap-propriations for courts puplic improve meus sad charities can be made available A avail-able Vsdo not now propose to speak of the annoyance and hardships that the f i xnaltcioas veto has caused aed will 4 caas before it can be nullified except in one direction and that is in the 11 I matter of the education of the deaf mute liberal provision had been J madofor e kf mute department of 1 the Cciversity and these poorunfortu II l natesrrere in high glee that the public Ii i was Ecing to do what it could to supply t F ttedsficiency which nature had left + whenit deckxl to them the sense of d I hearing and the faculty of speech I it I The hope however was inspired only t b to be dashed and apw there is grist corresponds to the great joy of last i S r t aprino I I h There are is the Territory perhaps l 200deaf mates The census enumerators iJ enumera-tors found US on June let It SO ri Jfc 19 nor known that several were missed 1 I Hi and It ii not an unreasonable csticiate to place the present number 2OOH is not surprising that with very a fewcxceptioas the mutes ere poor It I I t is more surprising that without the I + abiltty to bear ort tk and practically I without education they have managed t to succeed At all in the struggle for existence ex-istence witti the mere fortunate Batas j I Ii Bat-as remarked they tare as a rule poo andnnablft tOj > uohasc the education a tpbich they stand in such need even I if they can iCbrd the time required U f + studying Ifeducated at all somebody i other than tbemsetres must bear the I J expense It THIS to do this that the I f Legislature appropriated at its last session ses-sion and as the Appropriation has been I t tiedaip it has been suggested that the t necessary provision be made by the respective t res-pective counties providing for its I ownas it now does for its other tdis I 1 tiesscd and afflicted people who are without the means to pay for their care and cpport We are not clear I that the county courts have the r I authority to do this but vo aro abeO I t lutelr certain that no fault would bet r be-t found with them for using portion oft of-t the public funds in the manner proposed pro-posed Prr H C White of the deaf I 1 xnuto department of the University is s ti deeply exercised over the matter he f fears that those afflicted as te is will r jiotixable to enjoy the advantages f i which Lave made him a man among I i I men notwithstanding natures cruelty I i Uhip He knows what education will do for ts mutes and understands how I t tt helpless they ue without itandhi3 t kind heart bleeds at the thought of Anyone 1 I 1 Any-one being deprived of what so essential 4 I essen-tial to bin solely on account of poverty I In its last annual report the faculty of i the University outlined plan which h I suns proposed to adopt in case the Ter eitorr went to the aid of the institution f with an appropriation It was To establish boarding place or home lorI lor-I j the pupils Df this department to be under 1 ihenuici surveillance it not control of the officers of the Unlrcriltr ad to have the teachers of the deafmute classes also live I t there with Uitir pupils This arrangement I if erected IT il be of great advantage to the pupil since tho will be under the con t ant care and tpltlon of their teachers and f be trtncd to proper Icmetnor and tooitl t politeness as well as In SLholastc studies and to a so be secure In a treat measure from acy c < IQ influence that it might not ben be-n the power qf the University otherwise to I prevent ThU plan carried out will also avoid ttlt inconvenience that must be Incl dent to ccniitc auo titcd with those with wbom he can have little or no communication communica-tion I Professor Vhite anxious to make a start towards putting this plan into operation but he cannot move in the matter unless the counties Trill go to the aid of the indigent mutes by paying for their board at the home If the conaties will pay for the board of those deaf mutes unable to lose the time and bear their own expenses perhaps twentyfive thirty the ofortunAtu who are noii deprived of an opportun ty to acquira an education would attend at-tend school The expense would be rifling and when distributed among r he counties would scarcely be felt by ny of them THE HSBALD hopes the everal county courts will consider th natter and if they can leg illy do slake sl-ake immediate and fararabe action n the suggestion so that at the e inning of the school year no deaf and l it I nmb child will be compelled to stay atof sbbool by reason of the poverty f ka parents a a J |