The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-03-25

~ Iowa, 10 AVOID mingting poiiitcS Win
the election OF School officers, and as that
sentinen, has generally been adopted
and acted upon by the people, we do no,
think il will be ont OF place for an indie
pendent Journal to independently express
It's views upon matters connected with
the coming election. in which is involved
the choice o. linen 10 lake charge OF and
manage our school fund and school mat.
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We this week place all the aspiran;s
and candidates a, the head OF this page
In rotation as they were handed TO u.s.
Of the four candidates for School Fund
Commissioner we say nothing, either
for or agains, them. They cannot ali be
elected, the choice mGs, fall upon one
alone consequently the other three must
bear the defeat, ami we have no doub,
but they have ior,i'ude TO bear i, manful.
Ily--bu, the office itself we oblec, 10.
+, There is evidently lalneness in cur
present system of county organizations
in this rcspe"t-a surplusage of offices.
No one will deny Tut tha, the duties oil
School Fund Commissioner could BE-
placed upon some other county officer,
and lie not be ovcrhurdened. TIE con-
unuance of this office is useless ek-
pense and is exhausilng the fund which
should be applied to the education of
childreu-,o the support OF schools. In
der the present organizations, this office
could conveniently be placed upon some
other lunctionary and not occasion confu-
sion, but save 10 the use of schools the
salary now paid this officer.
The office Of Superintendent of Public
! instruction is truly the most important,
office in the State The duties are such,
that to insure the benefits for which it
was established, its incumbent should be
possessed Of ability, talent, and acquire
men,s. Through the hands OF this officer
passes the whole school fund OF Iowa,
and upon his prudence and discrestion
depends, in a grea, measure, the wellbe-
ing OF our schools TO his management, is
entrusted the most vital interests OF the
people. We therefore admire The policy
which separated his election from politics,
which placed the time OF his election AT a
time when no other State oiire was 10 be
filled. This policy was adopted that the
office might be filled by man compe-
ten, and qualified to the discharge of the
many and mportan, duties entrusted to
his care that rie people, uniniluenced
by party prejudices, might s.lec, man
whose claims were not based upon filial
service TO party, but On his own compe-
;eney and qualifications. As such is the
policy and such the requirements, it is
wei. that the people should examine the
credentials Of the candidates upon these
points before bestowing upon them their
SURFACES.
At present there is before the people
two applicants for this important office,
to wit: Mr.. JANIS H. EAns. oil keokul,.
and Isaac /. Stew ARr, OF VI. Pleasant.
We shall say nothing Of Mr.. Eads,
his competency or qualifications, further
;han TO request each voter TO inquire as 70
bis ability before voting for lin, and III
this We are free to say, that upon correct
information being had, Mr.. Eads will
lose nothing but viii be better supported
when better known.
OF the other candidate Mr.. l. /. Stew
art, We know nothing further than that
we received letter from him requesting
us to announce lis name as candidate
and that We have inquired as per nstrlc-
tons in his letter and find he bears
good coral character We have asked
man, times as % is competency, lat the
answer has inya.Jbly beea, ''.IS character
is unimpeachable"
Now this does not satisfy u.s. neither
should !, any consideraie man who de-
sires to preserve this office hom falling
into The category 81 party spoils, or o.
securing /. from the incumbency OF per-
son unfit to discharge he duties.
Many a moral man is no, fl, fer Prosi-
dent-many a man with an "unimpeach-
able character IS no; qualified 10 ill this
Office, and this we believe 10 be the case
with Mr. Stewart His character is a.
boye suspicion, bu, Judging from the let
ter t. Is, which we must SAY exhibited
the lac, that he can neither spell Tor