The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-06-21
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Governor Click 10 still at work max.
Ing Q complete reorganization Of the
state institutions, and 30 far as appears
now for no other than party Teasons
Some Of the best men in the stale have
been set aside 70 make room fog his
Democratic friends. For one we do not
enter any complaint, as we knew this
would be the result In case Of MIR. Clicks
election. We apprehend, though, that
he Will ind he and his hungry friends
are carrying this business little too far
for even their own good.
We clip this from the Manhattan Ma
tloRalist:
When we announced the names OF the
new board of regents of the Agricultural
college it was stated, as if by authority,
that there was 70 be q general OVerturn-
ing, which We did not credit; but,
like the boy who had just come
IN contact with the jimsen weed,
we know more than we did then.
The board has met--the governor
thrusting himself into their councils
and removed Profs. II. L. Ward and J.
Z. Plat, and filed their places with two
Democrats. The conviction is almost
universal that they were remoVd because
they were the most active temperance
men in the faculty, and the places were
wanted for Democrats-Only this and
nothing more. Nearly all the talk
against these professors came from per-
sons who wanted some one else in their
places, or had private Crude against
them. There is no man In the college now
nauae hao hoan land VArnho hlu V,axSoa s-,tlI
be) who satisfied every body; but the two
professors who were decapltated we're,
We believe, as generally liked as any
member of the faculty.
Prof. Ward has been connected with
the college for ten years, has been
teacher all his life, and his standing in
the state is shown by the fact that a
week or two ago he was elected presi-
dent of Ottawa University.
Prof. Plat has been connected with
the college Since its OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
teen years ago, and Is more generally
beloved by old students than any other
professor. More than, any other mem
Der he has been pronounced Chris
tian. He has been leader in the prayer
meetings, and always watched over the
students with . fathers interest, per-
sOnally pleading with each one to es-
chew evil and cleave to the right. Even
the most rempart infidels realized that
he was not merely trying to earn his
salary, bat really wanted TO do them
good. He has spent his best years in
the service of the college. and has lost
none of his efficiency as the best drilleT
and teacher Of music ever connected
with the institution. and there will be q
general feeling of indignation as well as
regret, among the thousands he has
taught, at the action of the board
LATER.-The axe continues to fall.
Mark Reeves head is in the basket, and
T. T. Hawkes. succeeds as superinten-
dent of the mechanical department; L.
r. Elliott, land commissioner, gives
place to John B. Clifford. "a brother OF
Regent GiffordO j. T EllicoIt (regent)
takes the position of loan commissioner,
vice n. L. Ward, aAd q new chair has
been created for Mr. Kellerman, (a
brother Of Regent KellermAn). What
pickings fall TO the lot of Mr.. Leland,
the only Democratic regent unprovided
for when we go to press, we have not
learned. The six appointees are all
Democrats. The piteOus appeals Of the
''Glick Republicans were contempsu-
ously disregarded.