Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-03-11
Communicated.

A communication appeared in your col
umns yesterday which in the opinion Of
many should never have been written.
The writer Of it wishes the School Board
| to answer the question: whether it is
necessary to constitute.a competent teach
er for our public school that he or she be
a Roman Ca:holics' Now, ] am not one
of the board referred to, but have per-
haps as good right to answer the ques-
ton as the writer had to ask it. It is not
necessary that a person to constitute 3
competent teacher should be Roman
Catholic, and neither is it necessary. on
the other hand, that person to constitute
competent teacher should be a Protest.
ant The question of Mr.. FoIey's capa-
bility does not seem to enter into the
question to he answered. Supposing, for
the sake of argument, Mr.. F. were the
most capable man for the position to be
found it would evidently, in the opinion
of the question asker, efectually debsr
him from filling the position, If it were
known that he was Roman Catholic.
But, on the other hand, were the man
filing the position possessed of Mr.. F.'s
abilities, or even less, but Protestant,
sucn questions as the one asked would
never appear. Now the writer of this ar
ticle is not Roman Catholic, neither is
he bigoted Protestant, and he does not
propose to take up arms in defence of the
present incumbent, still lie docs Ike to
see fair play and justice done to all. If
the teacher Of our school was Protestant
and went through the usual religious Ger
emonlcs of school in Protestant form,
Of course the Protestant people who pay
taxes to support the school would not OBJ
course. But how about our Catholic tax
payers who seud their children to schsals
Would not they be as much justified IN
finding fault as our Protestant friend is
now? The propriety of using the Bible
in our public schools has been agitated to
a great extent, and much has been said on
both sides In New York the Catholics
demanded separate schools in which they
laight educate their children as they saw
fit, and we may come to the same state Of
things in Jamestown. If a wrong really
exists. the question asker has hardly gone
about in the proper manner to have it
righted, a fact which he may possibly dis
cover IN time.
As to the Outraged community" part of
his communication have but little to say.
The boy committed misdemeanor, was
arrested and fined for it. If the parties
who sold the liquor did the same, there
are laws on the statuL books tn cover
their cases, and the parties who hac the
boy arrested can have the liquor seller or
sellers arrested and fined. The mode of
redress is open to them, and as no one
las strings" on them, / for one should be
pleased to see them 'go in. !" p.
The jamestown Alert announces among
other items that collector for that paper
will call around for money due that paper.
Just to fill up their columns, which are
probably better filled Low than the edi.
tors purse will be mouth hence.-Bis-
marck Tribune.
Yes, and even then it will be better
filled than those Of the Tribune after it
has paid eff three thousand dollar mort
gage, that is this moment threatening to
crush II out of existence.
The Tribune is under obligations to
Hon E. P. Wells for copies Of all bills
INTRODUCED by him. effecting this locality
or the eneral interests of the territory,
and without exception they are measures
crsditable to him. Mr.. Wells has Ger
tainly made good representative, and it
is well that Stutsman remsins in this leg
islative district, for Mr.. Wells will be
wanted again in the legislative cnuncils
of the territory Bismarck Tribune.
Woster Republican.
Mr.. J. Il. Crum, late of Cedar Valley,
is now on his way to the far West Bef,re
leaving he ordered The Republican seas
to Grand Rapids, LaMour county. Dakota
Territory, his future postofice. By
slight errcr in personal heretofcre pub-
iished, we were made to say that Mr.. Cfatn
was COED man to lcse, instead Of ton
O ,oti !. mar to lose. He will be credit