Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-04-11
The Election of Members of lhe
Board of Education.


Boar d OF Education.
Yesterday morning the Journal devoted
leading editorial to "the STATESMAN and
he School bill OF Mr.. Ross" 1t was an |
Itended crushing reply to a STATESMAN |
ditorial of the preceding morning on that
ubject, which was elected by most viii
ainous article in regard to the Democracy
IF Columbus. In tone and temper, this
editorial is decided improvement on the
one the STATESMAN had commented on. On
Wednesday morning, the Journal said that
Mr.. Ross bill provided that the present
Board of Education shall be supplanted by
a Board of nine members to be elected
by the city at large on the first Mon
day in May" 1t denounced this as
sinfamous." and as ''the handiwork of the
lowest political filth OF Columbus, which
it is now proposed to foist on our citizens"
| This we controverted. Referring to this
bill again on Friday morning, the Journal
contends that the purpose of the bill is ito
deprive the youth of Columbus of the
means of education for political capital" :"
chat it is 'to overturn school system that
is loved and almost perfect" Now. it such
we're the purpose contemplated even indi-
rectly, we should oppose it most bitterly.
We are always ready to go as far in favor
If good school system as any person dare
20. The Journal comedies that 'the pres
ent Democratic nominees for School Direc.
tors are good men," and protests that sit is
not with those men" that it is ''dealing;' :
but sit is with the authors OF
Mr.. Ross bill and its defenders
1t asserts, as a reason why it de-
sires 1.-THE continuation OF the present sys-
tenn, that it compels each party to brins
out its best men," A further reason why
it prefers the present system is, that "th
election occurs on a day ,ohen the uoters aoil
look at the qualifications Of the candidate Jo
School Director, and not at his qualifications a
a politician - that ST either party brings ou
q candidate ,oho is not qualified for the position
the rank and file aoiH not be driUen to his sup
port"
Observe: The argument (if argument ii
the proper term) of the journal is, that /
you shall keep the election of Members O
the Board of Education separate from the
election of other candidates-if the election
shall be on day by itself-the people
will see to it that qualified men ar,
elected, without regard to party
considerations = that if the wrong
sort of men are nominated by the dominan
party the people will not elect them. Thi
is not our allegation. 1t is the Journdls
but we indorse it as correct. Now, is i
likely that the people would be less influ
Ienced by political considerations in tn,
election of the members of the Board o
Education on the Second Monday in Apri
than on the first Monday in May ? Is ther
anything in the month of May that EN-
bitters them more as partisans than doe
the Second Monday in April? Is it NOR
involved in party excitement? If ther
are no such considerations to engende
partisanism, and we contend ther
are not, then the accusation is most mali
cioas that it is the purpose of Mr.. Ross
bill to overturn our school system an
thereby cheat the youth of Columbus out Q
proper education, and the charge is with
out one palliating circumstance, that it
''the handiwork of the lowest political fit
of Columbus, which it is now proposed t
foist on our citizens"
In this connection, we would remin
Democrats that Members of the Board @
Education are TO be elected in the Second
Fourth, Sixth and Eighth Wards on Mon
day, and that they should see to it that tn
Democratic nominees, all of whom are wei
qualified, are elected.