The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1867-03-21
For the TRIBUNE.
For the TRIBUNE.
The County School Superintendency.

disposed. My physician, on his first
visit, pulled out his watch, took my wrist
IN his hand, looked wisely at the watch,
and from his lips came these cabalistic
words: $50, 100, llO-um; bad! The
signal officer at the front ''fags bad news
I thought. been taking anything"
Sharply to Inc. pointed my emaci-
ated finger at the Plot of January 10Th,
G. S. The wise man read. Ny listening
ear caught the words: School matters,
'nineompoop, Smut Machine, ''''brain-
less aspirant. At the last groaned in
voluntarily ''Ha, I see! Deleriuna
.Scribendi whats that, wondered;
mortal p ''Pres. No. Is, Sol. gr Nor.
Keep quiet, Don't write. and Escu-
lapius took his hat, cane land fee) and
departed.
I've again drawn my-quill, having re-
covered from my indisposition, I feel
more confident now but to have discov-
cred all at once that you were a nincom-
poop, villain, underhanded assailant and,
worst of all, an aspirant for the Superin.
tendency-would'n mt it have knocked you
off your pins, reader? Icould have sus-
tanned all but the insinuation of political
aspirations. What, am [ a Manitowoc
County Politician? Isn't it sickening
Bah! Silence, as an answer to argument
is polite, perhaps, but | proposed dis
| uincrly TO make my charges an issue be-
tween Mr.. c. and myself, for the public,
| and he joined issue on them. Now Mr..
Crowley, with the array of legal talent
surrounding him, cannot be ignorant OF
the plain principle of law that allegations
undenied, are admitted to be true. q
| ignorant of it the gentleman who non
plussed Collector Nelson with the infor-
nation that he had bougb. the PHO
press six years ago for taxes, could en-
tighten him. So, having denied only the
| count relating to examinations IN his
| 'answer," we can consider the remaining
allegations as publicly admitted. l am
satisfied if you are Mr.. G. that the ques-
ton, so far, should go before the public
on that issue. But | have not quite done
| with you yet. During my eonvalescence
/ have been visiting few schools,
here and there over the county, and max
ing inquiries everywhere. Since taxes
are so high-oiat they, Mr.. C?-I am
little solicitous to discover where "a
thousand -a-year" goes to, and what re-
turn we taxpayers get for it. What l
state [ am able to prove, and will, if Mr.
c. desires it. may, possibly, whether
or no!
have found, or heard of schools whose
doors Mr.. c. has never darkened, even
once in three years and not a few of
them either. / have found .fcc more
which he has graced with his presence
once during his incumbency; others twice
some three times, none more than three.
The latter class is the smallest Rcmem-
Der that under an abominable common
school system teachers change, almost in
yariably, with the terms, so that in each
country school district there are, in each
year, at least two distinct schools. A
conscientious man, performing his whole
duty to himself, the schools and the coun-
ty, would feel it to be incumbent upon
him to visit the schools of each teacher.
Mr.. c. has no such compunctions. l
presume that when he draws his quarter
ly $3.50, he lays the hattering JUNCTION to
his soul ''Well done, good and faithful
servant. We'll dra,cn, | grant If you
permit me the space, Messrs Editors, l
would like to review the Superintendent s
answer to my charges. There are several
points which make it truly remarkable
paper.
First, its dignity. Mr. c. throws him
self back in his editorial chair, lays his
right hand upon his heart, and with his
left pulls dilapidated shirt collar into
an erect dignified position, snoothes his
wrinkled front and says: [, Jere Crow
ley, Superintendent of Schools for Mani
towoc County, ex-Public Printer, Wire
puller-in chief of the Democratic party of
Manitowoc County, Dispenser of Presi-
Dental Bread and Butter for these diggins,
&C., &C., tell ye these things; THEREFORE
hn1. = IL
that it is impossible for Mr.. G. to prevar-
icate-to draw it mildly. Mr. c. is I'M
doubleday correct in his estimate of HIM
self and the party to which he appeals in
thus assuming what most persons would
hesitate to admit, for that party contains
the only persons who could possibly be-
lieve him. Indeed, the very act of re-
electing is good evidence of permission
given Hill. to draw upon their gullibility
at any time and to any amount 1t is
only in this view that we are enabled to
discover the point, where, after disposing
of an unimportant charge, Mr. c. with a
burst of magnanimity towards that much
abused public, says: ct is but just
to the public to say that none of them
(the charges) have any foundation in
fact" How sublime faith is here mingl-
ed with sublime condescension!
Secondly, its gentlemanly tone: In
reading it stranger would undoubtedly
be struck, first with its remarkably re-
fined expressions Upon discovering
that these terms emanated from Sup