Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-02-15

prominent Burnetite, not wishing TO have
his young son study certain history IN
use in the schools there, on account OF
what he deemed the partisan and incor-
rect statements made therein, told the
lad not 70 prepare any lessons from the
obnoxious book. The boy obeyed. The
superintendent insisted that he must
continue the study as IL was part OF
regular course, prescribed in the rules
The father wouldn't have it that
way, and the trustees were APP
pealed to. They sided with the
superintendent, and the boy was sus-
pended from school. Then the law was
invoked and active hostilities began on
both sides. Mandamuses, iujunctlons
and appeals few faster than cannon balls
at Balaklaya. Hon. Is. NJ Baker, super
intendent of public instruction, gave It as
his opinion that the trustees were In the
right, and forthwith their souls exulted.
But It so happened that the board Of edu
cation had say. 1t sounded the death
knell of the trustees hopes, and left Col.
Martin undlsputed master OF the field.
Gov Ireland thought the matter Of suf-
ilcient importance to write out an elabo-
rate paper embodylng his views, IN which
Hon. w. j Swain aud Hon. j w. Baines,
the other members OF the board, con-
CURED. The governor took substantially
the same ground that the appellant
did. He quoted from the book
deeds History OF the United States)
to show that the statements were
colored to suit the federal side in the
late squabble between the states. The
Fort Pillow affair, for instance, was put
In way that would make the average
Johnnie Reb reader bowling mad. But
the governor, not content with scoring
good point, made mistake that even
some historical personages with
almost as much fame as the
governor Of Texas have made, |
10 the utter wreck Of their future that is
20 say he didn't know where to turn
Dose. He not only denounced the his
DRY IN question but by implication every
history that was ever penned He i'm
,lied that it was worthless study in the
by asking II the time of children
'ould not be more probably employed.
The manner in which he put the question
eft no doubton the mind OF the reader
What the belief Of the writer himself was.
The question naturally occurs Why
$ the governor so badly down on his
cries 1t was generally known that he
vas hostile to newspapers Except THF
iAzETTE), but why histories Is it
ossible that he harbors fear lest the
uture historian, in writing up this epoch,
hould allude to certain land measures in
which he figured, in way not comph-
lentary to his memory Some may con-
ider that this is rather far.ietched, but
is merely interrogatory. To return to
he main narrative, Col. Martin was left I
4 possession of the field. He had
owned the book, Baker and the trustees.
In the last issue OF the Burnet Bulletin
ppears the following
Whereas, John Ireland governor o. the
late OF Texas and chairman OF the state
oard OF education, has ruled that the stady OF
lstory 10 unnecessary In the public free
Shools of the state, therefore, be IL
Resolved by the board of trustees of tho pub.
c free schools OF the town OF Burnet. that
&c study OF Leeds United States History"
c discontinued in the public FREQ scho Is
Burnett for the balance OF the free school
,rm for 1886.
This is extremely disrespectiul talk,
nd it is now in order for the governor
, issue Il manifesto declaring the
rustees in contempt, Wouldn't 1t be n
God idea to send the rangers
p there and bring them down to Austin
l body, to show cause why the whole
" out shouldn't be put into the Travis
ounty bastile for using such COM
lnation OF sass and sarcasm to the wor-
hipful sage of Seguin2 The governor
eedn't do this simply because The GA
ETTE mentions it. 1t is only friendly
nggestion that he is free TO use without
aging for at so much line.