St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-12-29
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one, the best method is to do so b,
the results growing out of it, and tn,
effects produced from those results
and one Of fact is better than a thous
and theories. Now, the theory, as
urged by The opponents Of this bill, is
that if the Secretary does not travel
through the State, and see the Super
intendcnts, they will become careless,
and if the head does, the subordinates
will also. Is that the case They
have been travelled among, meetings
have been held among them, and mon
cy been spent for them, and what are
the resultsl ! refer you to the Re-
port Of the Secretary for the facts.
Coming from that officer, who is cog
infant of all the facts, it deserves con-
sideration. There is no provision for
paying the travelling expenses of
County Supcrintendents. His cxpcn-
scs have to be betrayed in travelling
to all parts of the State, and | will
ask the Board to cons der the results
Of these visits, and ask if it had paid
the cost? Cannot the Superintendcnts
confer with the Secretary at the seat
Of government, as well as if he visits
them all through the State? How
many Of their suggestions can he rec
ollcct in travelling over the State
Can he not get them better by having
them presented to him at the seat OF
government?
Mr.. Hildreth said the gentleman had
supposed case that does not exist.
He snpposes that we are to pay the
Superintendent per-diem for meet
ing the secretary att these meetings,
but we have no idea of doing so. He
supposes that if we do not pay them,
the Secretary will not be able to meet
them. He must travel through the
State into the several districts, and
will be likely to call upon the Super
intendents, or they upon him. 1t has
been suggested that all the informa-
ton necessary can be got from the re-
ports Of the Snperin.endents. He
had looked through the abstract of
these reports, and did not believe they
reflected generally, the sentiments OF
the people of the country. 1t was
not the case in the report from his
county. lie could explain that re-
port. His opinion is that the people
of his county are in favor Of the law,
and that it is popular with the teach
ers, and the majority interested in the
cause Observation-Disclosures of those
who care for school matters. The only
features objected to are the expense
of supporting the County Supcrintend-
ents. and the want of power Of sub
districts to build and repair school
houses, and they are not insurmounta.
bic. The school system may become
popular, and will be, if permitted to
remain upon our Statute Books.
Mr.. Garfield said: We are told that
the expenses of the Secretary go for
nothing. If thought he made no i'm.
preston in his visits throughout the
State, would go in for putting him
out. But he cannot do this duty WITH
out doing good. We cannot tell the
elect Of It, After quoting from the
Secretary's report upon the point of
visiting the Superintendents and
schools, he remarked that the l4th
section of the bill was of little use
He would be willing to leave these
matters to the discretion of the Score.
rotary, to do as he thinks best. Let
him go where he thinks his services
are most needed Bat the idea is that
We don't need him to travel through
the State. ! say we do need him to