The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-10-14
The school Question In the Ohio
Election.

From the Cleveland Herald Of Yesterday
The Western Reserve has spoken on the
School Question and its voice rings
throughout the State to-day. The heavy
Republican vote given is directly tracea-
bic to the existence OF that issue in the
campaign. II was that which brought
out the reserve vote oil the Western Re-
serve. 1t was that which won over
Democratic voters to the Republican side.
1t was that which crowded the polling
places in city and country.
The currency issue appealed 10 the
heads Of citizens. The school issue went
direct to their hearts. Where ten hest
tatingor Indifferent voters were impelled
to go to the polls because Of interest in
the maintenance Of sound currency, u
hundred-aye, more than hundred,
were influenced by the determination to
shield our public school system from
threatened danger,
The people OF the Western Reserve be-
lieve in common school education. With
very Jew exceptions the men and women
OF the Western Reserve towns, villages,
and farm houses, received their eduCa-
ton in the free public schools. The lit
tie red school house is dear to them. Its
memories are entwined about their
hearts. For all they are and all they
possess most Of them are largely indebted
to the training received in the country
sChool.houses, which were supported by
the taxation Of all, and whose doors were
open to all-the rich and the poor alike,
without distinction Of politics or creeds.
The little red houses at the cross roads
have in many cases been elevated and
expanded into buildings of palatial
dimensions, and the character and
scope Of tho education given have
also been elevated and expanded, but
there has been no change In other re-
spects. The public school remains as be-
fore. Its dOOrs-whether narrow and
low or wide and lofty-are open to all
alike. The child Of the millionaire sits
next the child Of the street.scraper, learns
the same lesson from the same books and
no distinction exists between them. No
sectarian Creeds are known-no political
divisions recognized within the school
house walls The people Of the Western
Reserve love the memories OF the little
red school.houso Of the past; they love
aud are proud Of the larger and better
schoOl.house Of the present, They would
have stood around the old school-housC
with their rifles to defend 1t from It's foes,
They rally to the defense Of the public
schools Of to-day with their ballots
There Is no occasion nOw for the rifles.
The figures elsewhere given tell with
eloquenCe unmatchable the whole story,
The people of the Western Reserve
turned out in their might and rallied to
the defense Of the public schools. In
city and country it was the same, Party
lines were for the time ignored, and lie
long Democrats went to the polls an
nouncing openly their purpose to vote
the Republican ticket Gust once" that
the insoent demands Of The priestly enc.
mics Of the public school system mightbO
met with an emphatic negative.
So far rs the verdict Of the Western
Reserve is concerned, as given on Tues
day, it was, before all other questions,
that It's people "stNnd by FREQ education,
"Our public school system, the taxation
"of all for its support, and no division Of
"lhc school fund.-" That verdict was
emphatic,