Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-05-01
co. sUPRRINTENDENCY AGAIN.

Enron REPUBLIcAs-Dear Sir Being inter
ested in the educational Institutions of our ooun-
ty, | have, as a matter Of course, noticed that
quite a number Of gentlemen, more or less com
petent, are willing TO serve the public in the
capacity Of County Superintendent, and taking It
for granted that the canvass before the public
would be conducted in a manner becoming men
who would aspire to that honorable position. l
anticipated and hoped to remain simply an inter
ested spectator. regret to say that for the last
three weeks | have noticed a disposition on the
part Of several Of tho candidates to combine
agninst the gentleman who bids iuir to be suocess-
fui, hoping thereby to defeat him and divide the
spell among themselves. There are certain dis
qualifications which IN such cases constitute
legitimate campaign capital First, non residences
second, lack Of u sufficient practice in teaching
third, a want of the proper moral qualification ;
fourth, and most important, n deficiency 10 the
proper evidence of a thorough education. Is Mr..
A. X. Read is not in the least deficient in any Of
these requisite qualifications, 1t became necessary
10 invent an objection to him. Believing 10 the
doctrine that the end ~justiies the means" and
having determined TO resort to any means that
will accomplish their ends, they have unblush-
ingly asserted that Mt. Read Is an lnhdel, and
that he excluded the Biblo from the schools at
0sceola. Now, had these charges been true, this
article never would have been written. Feeling
the injustice OF Nuctt cuhFkotf huu huONluk Nutif
falsity, | have suggested to Mr.. Read the pro-
priety of noticing them in a public manner. lie
replied that an opponent who was base enough to
stoop to such expedients was beneath his notice,
and that wherever he was known, such charge s
would not DO believed and could not possibly do
him any harm. While | agree with Mr.. Read
thoroughly in regard to his first proposition. |
can still zee why many wellmeaning, c%onscien-
tious people might be misled by these false re-
ports, and do an act under such misapprchehsion
that they woeld aiierward regret. In the inter
est of common justice, | deem 1t my duty to state
the plain facts.
| have known ST. Read for years, and can
safely say that Tor intelligence, morality, and IN
sullied honor, be has few peers, and no superiors,
among his opponents for the position. The
charge that be is on Infdel is an inexcusable and
indeieBsible falsehood. | have been intimate
with his views ever since his return from college,
and know whereof / speak, when | say that no
man living entertains a more profound respect for
the truths Of Holy Writ. As to the removal Of the
Bible from the Osccola schools, the facts are these /;
The schools Of that place are composed Of both
Catholic aud Protestant children, and Father
Lynch complained to the School Board in refer.
onoc to the reading Of the Protestant Bible to the
Catholic children In the schools. In Difference to
bis wishes, the Board took action and decided
that the further reading Of the Bible In the schools
DO omitted as au exercise and for this Mr.. Read
was in no way responsible whatever.
Hoping that my brother Directors desire to see
truth and justice done, | shall attend the Conyen.
ton, confident that the claims Of the several can
didatcs will be considered strictly upon their own
respective merits, aud Ia that case | shall not
feel apprehensive as to the result.
A DfHEoroR.
BunSsiDE, Pa, April is, 1878.