, 1876-07-23
OUTRAGEOUS SELF.C0NTRADICT1oy
MIR. Storoy.s TITO Papers (Both Daily) on the
Cook County Normal School.
STOREY DOWN ON D, S. STOREY UP WITH D. 8.
WENTWORTH. WENTWORTH
NOW ON THIS,

}. STOREY UP WITH D. 8,
WENTWORTH.
.. now ON THIS.
o:Frotn the 7im-s. paornlno
edition. Juiv %,
COOK COUNTY NORMAL
SCHOOL.
Il To-day the COUNTY
s|school Board will, for
J. the third or fourth time.
III, the election Of a
Il Princi pal for the County
d School at Englewood.
-t'Thns far there is !, dead
-flock, the Commissioners
four for Afr,
81 Hentworth, the present
I Principal, and four for q
lnau named Phelps, at
or OF late, at the
f|hcad Of the Normal
-|School in Winona.
81 1t may be US we'll that
eIthe public should under
e. stand that this whole
! movement originated in
ria denominational con-
sIsplrAcy to obtain possess
rEsion OF the Englewood
! School, or 10 close it m.
t This denomination is one
E which holds all secular
: and free schools as the
+ invention of the Devil.
.Ibut which is entirely
willing to control public
a|sctlools and Boards Of
Edacatlon whenever. it
can meaning the Irish
8 eatholics]. In view OF
t its deadly hostility to ali
sFfrec, secular schools, its
: purpose in aiming to Sc
cure control OF Educa-
+ tional Boards and OF the
Prlnci ipalship OF public
> schools may logically be
regarded as including, no
friendly intent. The
, move made to obtain this
deno1ninational control
OF the Normal School
falled; and now the prob
able intent is to secure
tiits destroyal. 1t has sud-
: denly been discovered
that the Enslewood
: school is e wholly useless
J Ias well as expensive af-
fair, and that the best
/ thing to do with it is to
shut it up. This Storey
! advocated q few days
lago.] The attcmptcd
|election Of Phelps is
'Iprobably only u blind
towering the real purpose
I|of closing the schools or
else it Is with the view Of
fgettinT q man In there
i who will permit himself
ito be male the instru-
ment OF the partisan de-
nominational clique who
|are bis advocates,
A more unfit man than
Phelps could not be pre-
sented. Hec is a gross
and diseseditable failure
where he is, and would
]not be likely to be anY
better at Enslcwood in
icase be were given the
position. 4 letter from
u high official in Aiinne-
sota, q man whose CON
IIspicuous Official and 80
|cial position guarantees
the truth OF his assertion.
and who is so situated
that he knows Phelps in
t | m a te ly, denoi,1.ces
b i'm in un1neasured
terms The letter saYs
that Phelps, as PRINCIPAL
OF tile. Normal School at
Winona, and as an cdu-
Gator in Minnesota, Ilus
beena - decided failure.
and he is q pretentio,la,
|orerbcaring, oyerrcach-
ing lumbng:" Laxt win
tor the Minnesota Lec;s-
|l0tnre refused a further
appropriation on PhclDs'
account; sand" saws
the letter, ''tlle Jour
nals of both Houses tor
the last six years will
show the low estimate in
which be il held by prom
lnent Minnesota cduca-
tors" lie has lately
been bcaten in a discrcd-
table law case, wherein |
ne sued a teacher for
lone books he had given
her, and whose result !
,as been welcomed BY |
he public Us showing
I'M up in his true light
lie is noted for intrir-
ling, and il not generally
'egarttcd as financially
'esiablc. ''1 don't mean
% say says the prolni-
tent N Minnesota Official,
that he is a thief, but /
would intimate vcry
strongly that he is 4
mighty good tinancicr for
himself. " In fine, the
etter shows unmistaka-
'ly that Phelps is played
,ut in Minnesota, and
hat he il, in every re-
pect, wholly untitled for
he position for which he
: urged in Cook County.
.hcee facts are knownby
Us supporters in the
'oard; and hence the in
erence that they either
:lsh to break M the
'ornal School, or else
!, |iat they propose to use
helps for some sinister
urpose.
ii the support of Phelps
! unjustitiablc, the at
acks on Wentworth, the
resent Principal. are no
:ss so. No stretch OF
ling has been epared
! order to defeat him.
be public hare 6eea cs-
tred that Ae,s iiiiterate
Read what Storey said
him d week ugo in the
Lher coulumn1, that he
opposed by three
'urths OF the people of
nglcwood, and that
le educational results
:hicyed BY his school
e worthless. AL this
pt0ia, downright. nsa-d
9nant lying. Mr.. Went d,
orth Is one Of the best I
1o.vn and most respect .
educators in the State.
here is not q man OF :
" prominence in etiu-
tionat matters who has .
IT Writton him letters OF
dorsement az to his
st courec, and OF SYM
THY with reference to :
e crucitlxion he is en-
ring at the present
ne. ~ In place or being :
popular at Englcwood,
e fact il exactly the re-
rse. He is extremely
'pular among all save !
ose who have religious :
sectartan prejudices !
ainst the public schools J
q late meeting held In .
lglewood to take action (
his case, resolutions 3
respect aud sympathy |
: him were presented '
i intlorsed by several
people So far )
results are concerned. ]
is the fact that his
E1ievcments are second