Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-11-01
SUPERINTENDENT MORGAN
HIS Faithful Service Commended by the
Teachers of the State.

His Faithful Service Commended by the
Teschers of the State.
To The Editor ofths Register.
1 ask small portion of your spics to
notice briefly communication that ap-
pesred in the Intelligeneer of the 23i inst,
entitled SCHOOLS in Politics." The wri-
ter seems TO be very much exercised over
q supposed attempt of State Superintend-
emit Morgan or his friends to capture the
teacher vote" He refers especially to a
circular containing some commentators
OF Sups. MoTgan's work and vigorously
objects t. the use therein of certain resClu-
tons passed by the State Teachers Asso-
citation at its meeting at Mountain Like
Park last July.
iufer from the manner in which the
| InteRigencer'S CORES pO1dent writ % that he
| is q teacher and Yves present. at the State
Association and was member of tie Com
mittee on Resolutions. Ifsuch be the case
it ia certainly strange that he can object to
the use of those resolutions in the interest
of Superint endent Morgan $ re- election, for
it was we'll understood there by Democrats
and Republicans alike that those resolu-
lions were prepared and passed with that
very use in view. OF course, Supt. Nor
gan himself was not aware Cfthe nature of
the resolutions until they were read before
tie Association.
Suppose the resolutions had been con-
demnatory. Would they not have been
used sgsinst Superintendent Morgan?
Most assuredly they would and rightly so.
Nothing should have greater weight in
the nomination or election of school Off
GERS than the expressed opinion Of the
teachers. This expression OF the West
Virginia teachers is highly commendatory
of Superintendent Morgan and will have
its influence in the coming election Just as
| it should have.
The Mtelligencer's correspondent states
that the Committee on Resolutions was
composed of two Republicans, two Dem,
ocrats and A. L. PurintOn" Does be
mean by that that A. L. Purinton has re
political belief? If 10 he either wilfully
misrepresents or else does not
know A. L. Purintop. Prof
Purinton was the Republican nomire, fol
State Superintendent of Free Schools in
1880. His Republicanism YVES rot ques.
toned then Tor is it now. He advocated
those resolutions in a ringing speech that
was heartily Spplsuded by the entire ,dy
of teachers pr, sent. Prof Purinton is a
Republican and pal san, but not such q
partisan as to be blind to the interest OF
the schools of the State.
Just word about Superintendent Nor
GYMS appointments of institute instructors.
His sIcYser in the htelligencer says be hiss
shown undue preference tor Democrats in
this State. / 90 not know the political
opinions of very many of the
instructors, but 1 do know that
Superintendent Morgan was opposed in
the Democrat;c convention by few Demo
Gratis more JEALOUS than disc eat, tecaufe
he has given 81 many institutes TO. Rspubli-
caDs.
If there is such a thing as It ZACH er
vot - apart from other voter, Sup Mo-
gan does not need to ciptute it. He a.
ready has il No true teacher or friend c;
education, l care not what his po' Tics If,
Knowing the man, will vote for Supt. Mol
CANS opponent. l 90 not care to discui 6
that now, but will mply say that in this
phase of the SUI set mrca Interesting il
formation may b. had for the asking.
MOUNTAIN LAKE.
October %. ISIS