The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1879-10-11
Correspondence Baltimore County Onion.

bALTlMOHEy OcIODer Otn, loIJ.
Mcssrs. Editors There is an editorial in the
Maryland Journal Of last week containing replies
to several counts or charges made against Mr.
Isaac, President of the School Board, by cores
pondents in your valuable paper. | hold that the
public acts of every official should be subjected to
the closest scrutiny, that his official conduct be-
longs exclusively to the people whom he serves
and that they have perfect right to publish all
they know with reference to his public transae-
tons. | also hold that you the publisher Of u
paper intended to enghten the people and sup
ply them with information which they should
know and ought to possess, would be derelict to
the highest duty you owe to them should you
through personal favor or hope of future reward
withhold these matters from them and indifferent
ly cast them into your waste basket. The present
relations between you and the gentleman referred
to, each being regularly nominated candidate
for the same office, should not compel you to close
up the columns Of your paper against any CORES
pOndent who possesses information he desires to
publish if it is considered necessary for the people
to know it. This would be q very unfair proceed
ing on your part, which, if you practiced it, would
necessarily lead the people to suspect that The OPP
posing candidates pocket owned you. Should
you do this you would not be true to the parties
who put you in nomination. An editor, who is q
candidate for office, to keep his paper absolutely
silent about the official acts of his opponent, when
those acts are considered reprehensible, would be
considered an anomalous one in the annals of po-
litical canvasses. hold it is great deal too
much to expect from you. You would be false to
your hosts of friends and false to the public whose
best interests you faithfully serve by doing so.
The opposing paper would by such means have
q very undue advantage over you. It's columns
would TEEN with correspondence misrepresenting
you in every conceivable form, as they have been
overlooking with misrepresentation fer the past
few weeks. Your public acts are subject to criti-
oiu . aualI k,,4 -
them has yet been found anything but what YOU
may feel proud of and your friends also. 2
Two OF the charges given in the Journal 1.-THE
first and third shall briefly refer to- the Others
l know nothing of. The first states:
"The firstcOunt in the indictment, briefly stated,
charges that the entire School Board is Democratic
that Mr.. Isaac appoints none but Democrats in the
schools. When confronted with the fact that the
Judges of the Circuit Court appoint the Commits
sioners and the trustees employ teachers that two
thirds of the teachers are ladies, and there are
many Republicans as Democrats holding respou-
sible positions in the schools, two of whom are
nominees on the regular Republican ticket he
tamely replies that the only reason for haring any
Republicans IN the schools Is because there are not
enough Democrats competent to Jill them
This would seem at first sight to reute the charge,
but little investigation, think, will prove the
charge correct. The part in italics is not worth
considering because of the urking thorn concealed
in it. As to the other part of the reply I should
like to be informed who canvassed the lady teach
ers as well as the gentleman to find out whether
they are Republicans or Democrats. This could
not be done without some effort, and performing
it creates suspicion of wrong doing. The trus-
tees do not appoint all the teachers "a of the 207
teaching last year were appointed directly by the
Board of School Commissioners and the remain
ing 1913 had to be confirmed by them before they
could teach. The Judges of the Court had to ap-
point Mr.. Isaac or he could neither confirm nor
oppose the confirmation of any teacher.
The third charge is
"NO. 3. That 'Mr. Isaacs' school report is short
on the State school fund.- and insinuates that he
has pOcketed the difference, 3d. 1S9, when under
the law the Treasurer makes out this report PAYS
out all money on his individual check, and is
bonded to the amount of $4,000 for its safe keep
ing"
OF the $l3,1S9 affair know nothing, but of the
remaining part of the reply l hold know some
thing. This reply states that the Treasurer makes
out the school report, pays out all money on his
individual check, and is bonded to the amount of
$50, 600 for its safe keeping
During the time between the death of the late
lamented Examiner Or. Kepler) and the appoint
ment of the present one Mr. Isaac settled with the
teachers, which certainly needed the paying out of
some money. lie was not Treasurer and he had
not bonded to any amount for the handling of this
money. think too this is the only time Balti-
more county teachers had been paid off % per cent
discount of their salaries in certificates of ndebt-
edness, and | have not seen in any report since
the slightest alluson to the certificate transaction
[ have shown that the President of the School
Board sometimes handles school money, and not
the Treasurer always.
Mr.. Isaac is very arbitrary and unjust man.
few years ago some of the teachers claiming
Christmas Eve a holiday did not teach on that
day, but they had to submit to a reduction of one
days pay from their salary. Subsequently the
subject was submitted to the State Board of Edu-
cation for opinion, and they declared the whole
day legal holiday, which / hold entities those
teachers to that days pay. know one who has
not received his yet.
ONE Who WISHES Your SUCCESS