The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-10-16
,,.o Sruool Question in the Ohio E!ec-
ty~.m ,nr Cleveland Hcrald.l

ty-.l, ,h, Cleveland Hcrald.l
r,,. W,.,,-r Reserve has spoken on the
',,.r u1s>,ipn. and is voice rings through
..,.,.. ~,.'c.o -lav. The heavy Republican
,,.,ra j. directly traccabic to the exist
.n..t. Tia! issue IN the campaign. III was
.,lir3 0;onsht out the reserve vote OF
49,. Western Reserve. II was that which
~ AVER u-nocra'ic VOTERS to the Repuoli-
$3.50. !. WAS that which crowded the
,..'en, places il city and coun'ry.
rf,.-,, carr, ncc issue appealed 10 the beads
-. r;,;.-r, In. school Issue went direct 10
.,.~ ta.r.>. Where ten hesitat!ng or in
a.a.r,r, yo,c:s were inp"lcd 10 60 to the
.'i. he,n;.r II interest in the maintenance
- . ,oDnd currency. huudred-aye, more
Nan hun1rcd-were influenced BY The dc.
,.rn,ir1t,on 70 shield our pubnc-school syS.
I'm from Threatened danger.
IN, noble oil the Western Reserve be-
is,c in coIutnon-school education. With
ynry ;.w exceptions the men and women OF
,b' Western Reserve towns, villages, ana
,.,rn.holl,,.S received their education in the
,r,.. uut,lIc schools. The little red school
hnr.,, j, dear 10 them. It's memories are en-.
.yy,pcd aDou, their hearts. For all they are
and All they possess most of them are largely
indebted tor the training they received IN
-hr country scnool.houscs, which were sup
,.,r.eI bv the taxation Of all. and whose
door, were open 10 ail-the rich and the
noor alike. without distinction Of politics or
Cr,Tt. Thu little red houses at the cross
roads hav" in many cases been elevated ana
expanded into buildings OF palatial dlmen'
siODs. aud the clarac'er and scope OIL the
education gwen have also been elevated anu
expanded. bui there has been no change III
other respects. Tue public school remains
a. before. lis doors-whether mario" ana
low or wide and lofty are open 10 ali ahke.
The child Of the millionaire sits next the
child Of the strcet->craper, learns the same
lesson from the same books, and no dlstlnc-
ton exists between them. No Sectarian
rreeds are known, no political divisions re-
coyn,zed, within the school-house walls. The
leople of the Western Reserve love the me
morieS OF the little red school.house OF the
past they love and are proud OF the larger
and better school.house of the present. They
would have s.ood around the Old school
house with their rifles TO defend 1t from 1t;
foes. They rally 10 the defence OF the pub
lie schools OF today with their ballots. There
is no occasion nOlc tor the rifles.
The figures elsewhere given tell with clio
ouence unmatcba le the whole story. The
u.oplc Of the Western Reserve turned out II
their might aud rallied TO the defence of TIT
public schools. In city and country it wa
the same. Parry lines were for the time lS
norcd, and lftlory Democrats went to th
polls announcing openly their purpose Il
vote the Republican ticket "just once
that the iu>elent demands of the eueme:
Of tie pubic school system might be me
with an emphatic negative.
So lar as the verdict Of the Western Re
seIyciS concerned. as given on Tuesday, i
Vas, before all other questions, that its PEG
u" sand nv Tree education, our public
school system, the taxation of all for its sup
port. and no division Of the school fund
That verde, vas emphatic.