, 1875-02-12

mort bv Writing for tho Commercial. He wss
deeply offended that bis claims for the appoint
,ncps wrre not recognized ly ts1o bQasa Of Mon.
of Education, tho charge that they had brought
nbott tto appointment Of tho new Librarian
hy frntld. 1Ie asked fnr Committee OF lnvcBtl-
rntnn. whicl, was granted. he was mule the
yickers lasghing-stock in tho Uoarl OF EdH-
cation aud with tho public. During tho four
ycnra Of air. 1'eolos administration. sickerH
ncted tho rart Of n aunr!ng puppy. ycrsng oi1;
now and tl.o,, Whenever lao san n chnmcc, and
looking out for An opening. Whom Mr. foois
rosiGneI, TO accart a:, appointment III ChlcnEo,
Iiekerh won. for tho position aEa'1' with M ~"
malignant enorKY, and with tho all OF h4s l'aIl-
tholstic frlrnas tho chief Of whom Vas tle
President Of the l}narl OF EducGinn Int sey.
erat weeks ho worked tecretly. diving with hls
flienn iuto wlAslly-ta'oons, bca: -garie''r' a,u
brewesies. taking strnignt whisky over IalfA-
Rtroct bars, lutsot'-hp!ins., aud plcaEm,E
n,ciaDors wherever he could find them; r.
and vuon lis candidacv. came to the
enlfaco there waa 'tntoa pi oteHs hSa'nh. lfsi.
hs appointment from every newspaper ~ tAe
city, excerpt tho ono on which l.o WAS omp1osedi
rs d writcr. Ills plans. however, Wero 10 wel!
laid in utlyanco tint ha carried tho Board of
Educaton iv ono yoto, aud Tho manner III Wliicll
that ono vote was b.alpel WAC most d1sgrHce-
FIJI proceeding. Then ho openod on his pro.
tccessor to whom ho attributed lnreo part OF
tho oppoBttIon against HIM. and has keot up
lunninG re over h'ncc. 40 sickolb has no
knowledge at, or experience IN. library n1hhHEc-
mont it is 10 woI,t1ur that his adratnlatTaslnli
The rast year lsuH hocu n ead failure. For tito
rask six months one Guild hardly oien tncin-
natI paper without soeing tho indignant inquiry
WHY il tho Public Library not cpenf' llo
has boon more than year in rea,rAIlKMs tho
books anl tho circulation las dwindled down
till lie has becn ashamed to publish tho sin
tisics. In his report. just sssncd (Which
tho law required him 10 lssao In July nstl, no
| seems to be at lis cid tricks Of "go!nG l2r h's
| Predecessor in his usual undcrnnudeA md
malicious way. For instance. lo says that in Tue
| reports oY TINT officer "an important fact was
h,tt,lcn under tho term German and French lit
crnt,1rc-that 'a.:se portion of this reading Was
| 1lclion." How hidden? I hapnen to have the
reports Of that ol}lrer and | real in tl'e Fifth
AEuual Report, page e., this: "Tho tabto Of
t,crnan md Frouct, readers is not nnlike
thai OF Englisi, renders. They eelccs large-
" from tic light and. Popular litofa'
! t,iro Of those languages, OF which tho Ii
brary now las III excellent collection.
| Vtckers prctcnds that hiA predecessor, by thit
| PROCESS Of hiding away tho statistics OF fofeis1
iuton, made tho reading Of fiction appear h.iisl
| or than 1t really was. whereas tho rreviolfE re-
,o:ty Of caBE i.cation haSn expressly sfatel taas
tho circulation of "EnEllah prose fc:lon ant
Juveniles" WIS u per cant.
! It Ia l1nr,ecessary to nDsice othor INSTANCES OF
| ylclicrs' ignorance and malice ltaincA IN t!1t
dispatch. Tho only circumstance s'hicli makes
Tim matter worthy tho slightest notice IN Chicago
Ia that somebody las go much interest in th'
subject ns to send special 10 T'iE IH1nuSl
from C1Nc1SNArl.