St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1879-10-25
.Tr. L.ssIscr Rises 10 Explain.
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In another column Of this mornings
Democrat appears al open letter from
the State Superintendent OF EducIt'nn.
We do not at all conctte that any IN
Justice has been done Mr.. Iusfcr, that
his position has been misunderstood or
misrcprcsented, but We publish his let
ter because, in the first place, we be-
lieve he will be sratitied to see 1t IL
print, and because, in the second place,
We know of 10 more effective way oI
opposing his pretcnsionH. 1t Will he
seen from. Nix. I.usilel remarks that he
abates nothing of these prrtCnSlons.
On the contrary, he ltncWs them IN a
still more explicit fashion. lie is am
mated, to be sure. Ivy au alEiable desire
to undo an error on the part OF the con
vcntion, and this point he elabOratcs
| with no little volume. Nj. Ins'Itr,
however, is fond Of hearing himself
talk, and the ordinary rules Of dcduc-
| ton do not apply TO him. The real i'll
; SEPARATION of his remarkable enterprise
! il the solemn conviction that no one
! save himself is competent to I'LL thr
! place in question, and the fascinating
! and abundant gas with which the
! proposition is embroidered is merely
! the result of natural causes.
! Mr.. I-ushcr is welcome 10 q hearing
! in these columns npon this occasion.
! Ii he thinks that We have deal untalllv
! bv him, or ii: any of hia friends feel dis
/ noseu TO think so, let him improve this
oppnltunity for explanation. His own
language. is we toN>Irue il, more than
sustains our claim hat ha has sought to
; dikparagp Mr.. Fay by insisting that he.
/ Mr.. Iushtr, Is the only person capable
of cnuductinE oar educational system,
and. so far as concerns tins aspect OF
! the affair, he furnishes all the testimony
we desire. With reference to the facts
! OF the case, however, 1t Is worthy uI
notice that Mr.. LuSirr acknowledge 5
! having prepared Il statement ni hIs
views, his services and Lis qualitirA-
tons, which, in the form ui Il circular
letter, he. addressed personally t" All
, the delegates. We may assume there
fore that the delegates went IN Baton
Rouge thoroughly saturated With this
fascinating, not 70 say tinrld pro,!ur-
ton. Yet it appears that with al The
facts before Them, the delegates tame
II permitted the educational ln>titu-
tintla OF louisial" 10 b~ sacrificed and
Mr.. I.uShcl's bulwalLs. a. it We're, 20
be swept away i'll the nomination OF
Another. ]. is the most violent of
: metaphors TO Ray t"Ht ,.hl' aH "dS d
minority candidate or that Mr.. l.u>Ilr!
a matter of fact Mr.. LuSIrr was the
minority candidate, and Nj. Fay :
nomination by acclamation expressed
the true sense of the Convention. IT n
majority of 24O had been opposed to
this proceeding, why did they not
speak out at the time' The truth is,
that Mr.. Lilshcr's friends had requested
the delegate who put that yentleman
in nomination 10 Withdraw him, and
this would have been done had not the
almost unanimous declaration in favor
OF MI. Fay rendered such ceremony
unnecessary. AS far as We could judge
there were about twenty-five negatives
TO the acclanihtory nomination Of MI
Fav-ilst twenty-five in whose bosonas
Mr.. Lushcrs circular romance still
found a Judgement. Even these could
easily have demanded aud obtained 4
; ballot, but the sentiment OF the Con
vention was unnlistakablt, and they
, accepted the situation.
This matter hardly calls for further
discussion. We have no doubt that
Mr.. lusher believes in every PROPOSE
tion he has advancedln the two hun
drcd and forty delegates who are burn
ing to nominate him; in his tranocen'
dent superiority as an educator; aud in
the teetotal ruin of the free school sys.
ten as a result of his retirement IL
private life. We are satisfied. we say
that he believes all this: but that only
Z goes to show that he has heretofore
missed his xqcaton, and that wllen t'it
. cause Of education loses him, a star o.
special magnitude aud h:illiancy vii
1 take its place in the armament Of
, fiction.