The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-11-04
TIE KENosHA TELFGRAPH
KENosHA, WIS, NOV. A, 1875.
COMMUNICATIONS OF EDWARD
Soaring AND ALEX F. NORTH.


Soaring AND ALEX. T. NORTH.
We publish this week communications
from Edward Soaring and Alex. r Nor'h
in relation to the article, "School Books,
which appeared il. the TELEGRAPH Of the
2tst of October. As we could not give
these communications place in the
Telegraph last week and feeling that the
article, school Books might do Mr..
Soaring, as Superintendent of Public
instruction, some injustice. we said in the
editorial Frequent Change of School
Books, in our issue of last week
We think Mr.. Soaring and Mr.. North
do the article, "School Books" which We
did not write, more injustice than the
article does Mr.. Soaring, inasmuch as
the article implies that the Superintend
ent of Public Instruction had failed to
prevent the too frequent changes of
School Books, rather thar that their
frequent changes ARE due to his action"
But as the Superintendent has no power
except to use his influence, to prevent
too treqent changes, and as the Article
may imply that he has failed 30 use his
influence, and as we can not publish his
communication this week, we will say,
we hope no one will vote against Mr..
Searingon account Ofany injustice which
may be done him in the article "School
Books"
Having thus done Mr. Soaring full
Justice, as we think. before election, We
now publish the communications OF Mr..
Soaring and Mr.. North that they may
speak for themselves.
Though we did not write the article
complained of, it appeared as editorial
and we are justly responsible for it. We
are not however responslbly for what the
writer may have thought or intended to
say, nor for what Messrs. Soaring and
North may say of it. We do not know
what The writer may have thought or in.
tended to say only by what is said in he
article, and as we abide by thai, we. shall
not let Ms rs. Soaring and North mis-
represent il, even unintentionally. with
out calling their attention to the misrep-
resentations.
Mr.. Soaring asks US "Do you really
think it just-even in .apolltical cAmpa-
ign-to make such statements concerning
me asthose in the article entitled "School
Books" in this weeks Telegraph ?
He says he prepared report recon-
mending and Il was one of those who
successfully urged upon the Legislature
the passage of law in accordance with
the Recommendations of the Report-a
law that believe, and the great major
1ty of the educational men of the State
believe, exactly adapted to remove the
evil, to remedy which you say. have
done nothing!"
Mr. North says:
"I think you unlntentionany do an
injustice to our present State Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction by imply
ing that the frequent changes of text
books in our schools for others, is due
to his action s
In the foregoing Prof. North and Su-
perintendent Soaring do US injustice
There is nothing said Implying that the
frequent changes of textbooks is owing
to theactiou of the State Superintendent.
And we have never said, nor 10 it said In
she article complained of, that Mr.. Scar
ing, or the State uperintendent, has
done nothing to remedy the evil. Of
course the law gives Mr.. Soaring no
more power to prevent the too frequent
changes OF text books than it does us or
any other man. But it does give the
State Superintendent by virtue of the
Office more power by his influence than
it does us or any other man, and by Mr..
Searing's own showing, he has used shat
power with others to the extent of securing
the passage of q law exactly ADAPTED
to remove the evils"
We admit that there may have been
some injustice done Mr.. Soaring by i'm
plying that Mr.. Graham, as State Super
intendeat. could and would remove the
evil, and in the following sentences
"Why is this evil on the increase all over
the Slater Because the man at the foun-
tain head from which should flow the
pure stream of educational honesty and
justice, is not the man for the place, as
past experience so fully proves" And