The new North-west., 1873-08-23


The Helena HsralS of August leth con
tains letter signsd ''Justice," dated '"Ose'
Lodge, Aug. 18th, 1e7s." The keynote n
It 10 tho follswing, addressed 70 Jeoloret
woman Of Deer Lodge:
10 xiae AMsstes Turner:
Hou sre hereby notihed that under lhl
Montana School Law your child 10 not entl
tied 70 Q ploce 10 the public school. And
you ere hereby notified u cea0e Gendtrg HIN
70 school. % he will ~ Be admitted.
T1oAAs II. lRvug,
THOMAS AsPLIHo.
0RANvILL8 6fUART,
Directors school Dist. No. /.
On this text 'JusrlcE" expands into I
homily upon the question OF educating Al
ricsn children. There ore many good
thoughts in Il. many truths. much human
ity, and Il contains some nonsense. The
writer assumes Ne has found wrong thu,
should bs rightcd. That wrong ifit sxists,
10 on hIs 'front.' Bat instead Of lighting II
there he faces boldly ~ the rear snd ares q
volley into space. The letter was written
bv Maj. Cbss. 8. Bsgg, of Deer Lodge,
some two or three months ago, when the
incident occurred. He brought Il to the
NEw NosrH.WEsr for publication. We
took It for consideration. He rested the
blame, and made the attack, solely and
wholly upon the School Trustees.v An ex.
animation Of the School Law, and inquiry
Of several attorneys, convinced 10 the
occasion OF their action was In the School
LaW, which they were sworn 10 enforce,
whatever their personal views The Trus.
tees had no option, when protest was made
against the attendance of child of Afri>
can descent at the Public School: but ia
decide 1t ineligible TO attend. We read tho
law to ''Jusrlcs;" encoursg.d IN agitation
of ito provisions; proifcrcd our columns
and support-eS one eesdjeies. We pre-
sumed his object was when finding wrong
to right II. II that WAS not the object VIC
he'd NO interest ip it-no space 10 devote 10
Il If,ha. wss the object, the place to right
II snl.tbs way 10 right II WAS by labosing
for Q. amendment Of the Law. Agsipst j,
the attack should be made. and made 70.
,icnally, earnestly, respectfully, to accom-
plish tho purpose: not for mere gascouadc.
Maj. B. declined to change his line OF A.
tack. We then told him II he desired II
published We would do s0, but would cx
press our opinion cotemporaneous with ito
publication. He declined 10 have It ''neu.
tralized" in that way. II has thus, several
~ecks later, appeared In the Herald. which
says-
''The grievance of our correspondent. and
of bic people heard through him, 10 listened
to With more respect and attention than he
was able to 0l,tsin nearer homo. and bis
earnest protest at TIE sciiou of the school
suihoriiies Of bis town is accepted and pub
lished by the Nsrald quite ~ promptly -
II Il had not been ignored or cast eside W
the local print Of hi. own village: In view
public school Of other children Of mixed
blood, II 10 inexplicabie 10 10 Why this little
colOrcd bOy, Of no darker complexion than
some Of his (laic) schoOlmates aud playfel.
lows, should 6e especially singled out 9nd
uepiesl tho educational privileges Afforded
BY the public school. what excuse have
you for such discsiminaai0n, eentemen Of
he School Board Of Deer Lodeep IL there
ANYTHING more tangible than the pgetodice
Of race and oOjoS 70 bock this sctiou Of
yoarsl Won't the School Board ''s,se "
explaini" .-..
The Htrah 10 published In Helena, . town
10 Lewis sud Clarke county, In this Terri.
tory. Now. In view of the fact that In
Helena. tn ysars go, when there was, -
there 10 now, many moro African children
than there 10 In Deer Lodge (for there was
bat me here, and hs only I OF 8 yeass old.)
esisysS MN egpHsS = ~ 7Sssssss ~ ss6
vsss yeCxssd permission = sss6 aAsts skil1rss
= ~ Bss1s Psbis 6eAssi, would jeal ose
to belisve thst lis fspfsrooads abost Ne
Deer Lodge Board y . m,stsrs Of stupid
igpossscs and chassesips, pharisaial ny.
posusy. and that It bed better attend 70 ito
own IOWA affairs Than m,x IL that Of Others
less vulnsssble. yos. although paying
taxes. aud sall cootiouiug 70 psy tsses, ths
oolosed citizens Of ns1eus were refesed end
ne rsfsssj pesmissiou 10 SEND their childsen
70 she Public School, and after ssstaining
for . sins = SsIecs School, The eolosed pso.
pie Of that town felt unable 70 sussaln Il,
md ''ths little colored boys" Of Hslsos ass
growing up eutsss bred 10 Ne shadow Of
he HSrslS oGBes, unsdeeassd and osasacised.
The Montana School Law roads:
6Ec. - TAs sSsssaiss y sliilrss y A.
rtess dssessg aAsW u Ssosi9e6 ISr is ssIsrsls
,sAasis. Upon ths written Application Of ths
parents or 9oaEslisns Of as leaee ten such
chtldsen 70 any Beard Of Trustess. . sep
mate school shalt b established Tor the ed>
nsasiou of. such chijdreu, and the educasion
81 . less pumbeS may b peDyidcd for By the
Trustees, In separaie schools, 10 any 0thss
manner. asd lbo came laws, rules and Segu.
)ai!ons which apply 20 schools fOr white
children shall apply 10 schools tor colo!sd
shildssn.
Under this section the Deer Lodge Board
he'd bot one eourss of action 10 pursue: %.
3ss it every SchoobBoasd In Montana has
lone or would have done = Il did, and "
10 not know that there 10 child ofAfsiAs
lsscent astssdiss Public 6csool IN Nos.
ana tos0sy. TIE only question sbss ooald
,ossibjy have been involved which might
,avs entitled Charles TurneS 10 . seat u
he Public School, was - 10 whether Or not
70 wosld be adjsdged ths descent Of biz
mother. - African. OF. under the co0nos
~, Of bic father. who was . white psn.
That question wss not raised before ths
Board.a
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