The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-07-21
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faith toward him in matters pertaining to
the appointment Of a county superintend-
ent, last spring. Lest there be those that
consider silence equivalent to admission,
/ venture TO offer a few statements in re-
ply.
The sole power Of appointing q SUPER
| intendant, in case of vacancy, is vested
in the state superintendent. If he ap-
points an honest and efficient man for
the position, all patriotic and intelligent
citizens viii approve his action. In the
case before Us the apPointee is n gentle
man Of acknowledged ability, and Of long.
and successful experience as teacher.
whose name stands in the state superin-
tendent's records as that of the recipient
OF the first life state certificate ever is
sued to a teacher of Nanitowoc county.
All honor, then, to Supt. Whitford.
Supt. Whitford did not make this ap-
pointment to please me. Mr. Brown
knows that had no right TO ask any per-
souaI fayors Of Supt. Whitford. In tie
whole matter acted merely as the rep
resentaGve Of the teachers and of the ed
Ucational interests Of the county, and
considered it my duty to give the state
/ superintendent as correct information as
possible. I expressly informed him that
! had no favor to ask, except that he APP
! point a man well qualified for the posi-
/ ton.
Last winter when I had decided TO re-
/ sign, teachers and others began to express
| their Opinions with regard to a successor. |
/ 1 found that most of our prominent citi-
. zens and most OF our best teachers and
among them .. s. Brown, were in favor |
+ Of Mr.. Maggie. As for me personally.
/ SUpt. Whitford knew, Mr.. Brown knew, |
and every one with whom [ conversed |
| on the subject knew that { considered
| AIr. Nagle the best man fer the position. |
/ Nobody ever heard from me that / since /
/ changed this opinion. When Mr.. Brown /
himself became a candidate, I distinctly |
! and repeatedly told him in the presence /
OF others that he was not my first choice, |
but that 1 should favor his appointment, |
if Supt. WhitforI decided that the ap-
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honest O man Brown is not honest |
enough to mention this important fact |
in his communication.
As there seemed to be no prospect of |
| securing the appointment of Mr.. Nagle, /
Mr.. Brown became our candidate. If !
he, when lie was in Madison, had cared /
TO examine the petitions and recommea-
dations which had been sent to the state /
ba ..-.,r71I I,,,-,
name attached 10 Lat enc paper and that /
is the letter of recommendation for Mr.. |
Brown. If Mr.. Brown now cares to I
know the truth, Ii Will be easy for him to
| find ii. Supt. Whitforl IS authorized to /
show Lr. Brown any written conmuui-
cation which may be in his possession.
[ have no secrets in thi7 matter.
Mr. Brown pretends that certain cir
! cumstancas look suspicious to him. He
claims to see q connection between my
acts and last springs election. Now, Mr..
Brown does not believe q word of what /.
he says Little politicians may think il
| TO their advantage to arouse this truth
seekers suspicious; but he is not quite
as stupid rs he pretands to be- Mr.
Brown knows that notice of the spring
! examinations was given IL / eDruary long
/ before The democratic county convention.
He knows that the last, a supplementary
| examination, was held on the first OF
April. He knows that this last examina-
ton was attended by over SIXTY appI
cauJs, while the number usually expect /
ell at that time i about twelve Or fifteen.
He knew that IN consequence Of this OK.
animation ! had a grea5 amount Of work
TO finish during the first two weeks in
IN L.
one Of the applicants ana the most fire.
quent visitor at my Office. What this
would-be moral prodigy Brown does not
seem to know is that it is best to adhere
to the truth. Further, Sir. Brown. if he
does not know i already, can easily find
out that my letter recommending him
was sent to Madison during the first week
IN April when the contest for county
Judge was already decided and when, /
could have recommended Mr.. EarIe
without prejndicing anybody's election.
Then Sne bad advice be says I gave him.
l did tell him that l thought it was IN
necessary tUE MIN to go TO Madison. [
beAeTe s-iI that Journey TO Madison
would not have dcae bIr Brown any
gooa. Il Ec claims to possess sufficient
Intelligence Tor q county superintendent
he should certainly be able 20 Judge for
himself rs to the propuety Of such z
simple act rs going tC Eelisou. Many
other statements Ct his are too ridiculous
to merit an answer. Cor instance, that [
! sought TO have Mr.. NGgie appointed the
FIRST Of March and to have the fact kept
a secret until ti3 Grst Of April. Only
such q student Of civil government as
Mr.. Brown is can explain how anybody
can hold county Office for one month
without peoples knowing it. Does any
intelligent person expect ne to reply to
all this nonsense
6Ir. Brown accuses me Of having call
ed him to my house for the purpose Of
leading III. into temptation. The fact
IS that Mr., Brown was one Of my friends
He was q frequent caller at my house
de was admitted into the circle Of nv
family and took part IN our CONVERSE,
tons. i did not then know shat il him
| was baEboriDS SPY and reporter Of the
Tribune. Suffice It to say that during
al the caa5, testing OF aag.ons
which he toGk pant '''~- Z ,.,ll il |
t4IlS --.oIe was never any |
...u that caused that would be
| model product Of moral education, 1Ir.
Brown TO raise his eyes to heaven III holy
horror, or that caused him to shuE my
house as 8 place Of temptation. He also
accuses me IiUr no other purpose, as
can see, than that Of getting sympathy
| Of having spoken in Z disrespectful man
uer OF the people Of the north side. 1
can 10 more than deny the charge. Many
Of my best friends reside on the north
| side.
Mr.. Brown says ''the early precepts of
a mother still living, and the adm0niGons
OF father, dead these many years, en-
ablad ne too withstand these tampta
| tons" What 8 wicked man Brown
would now be If he had not received
those parental pEecepts and admonitioDs.
have 10 doubt that Browns parents did