The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-05-16
THE SUPERVISOR QUESTION.
Letter from Member of the board.

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EDITOR OF THE LONDONDERRY SITTER
Dear ut is hardly worth while to
enter into controversy now over the wis
dom or unwisdOm of the action OF
the County board of Education al
Newfane last week: but the new Super.
visor will have preiudices enough to meet
without laboring under the disadvantage
of misapprehenslon as to the causes head
ing to his election. Permit me, then, in
the interests of fair play to correct few
statements in your issue of last week.
| affirm in the first place that the '.job"
was not cooked up by Brattleboro and
Bellows Falls. | happen to know that
the members from these towns knew
nothing of Mr.. Hall until short time
before the election, when his name was
recommended to them as well as to other
members of the board. Being unacquain-
ted with him, they made inquiries con-
cerning him which brought out most en-
phatic testimonials in his behalf from
men fully qualified to Judge. The mem
bers from Vernon, MAJ lboro and Towns
hend had personal knowledge of Mr..
Hall and his work and did not need to
make inquiry. 1t is not probable, do
not see how it would have been possible,
for the result to have been different. if the
member from Londonderry had suppor-
ted another candidate.
1t was not denied that the candidates
from this county were good men, but ma
ny of the members of the Board felt that
it was their duty to elect the man who
seemed best qualified for the place wheth-
er living in this county or not, and they
believed that Mr. Hall not only possessed
all the qualifications cf the other candi-
dates but added the supremely important
one of a long, practical and successful
experience as a school teacher. They
may have been in error, but that they ac-
ted sincerely in the best light they had,
cannot be questioned.
Ii the county doesn't approve their
work it must elect wiser men next time
Respectfully,
A MEMBER OF THE BOARD.
The SITTER has no doubt of the
perfect sincerity of the members of
the County Board. 1t did not doubt
the honest purpose of Mr.. Cleveland
in writing his famous free trade mes
sage, but still it could not approve
the act, neither can it approve the
action of the county Board. 1t does
not believe that they were engaged in
a "job," but it does believe that they
were the victims of job, put up by
interested parties or, possibly, by
educational cranks, and the above let
ter furnishes strong evidence of the
fact, in that it shows that some one
worked for Mr.. Hall and that that
work was not done through the pub
public press but privately among
portion of the members. The origi-
nator, probably, we'll knew that if the
matter was publicly canvassed the
people would kick it into New Hamp-
shire, where it belonged. Hence he
Mas not known as candidate by the
people. On the other hand our citi-
zens who were put forth for the posi-
ton were announced through the
press and their candidacy open for
by the people, who are the |
sovereigns, or ought to be. One was
an open, manly contest the other |
dark lantern affair, a job.
The cry that not anything should
be said lest it heighten the unpopu-
larity of the law and prejudice the
work of the Supervisor is the voice
Of the demagogue. When party
convention through tricky manip-
ulations puts forth an unworthy can
1idate this always goes out with him
''Hist ! Don't say anything or you
will injure our party. Look out for
them the next time" Bah! Just so
ong as the people act in accord with
such advice will they be enslaved by
wire-pulling gentry. The SITTER ad-
vocates kicking, in such cases, so
vigorously that the schemers will
look out" the next time. Besides,
this board, composed of intelligent
men, should have known that this ac-
Jon would be severely criticised.
Vermont is not in the habit of going
20 other states for advise, even, GER
5ainly not for men to administer her
laws, and no amount of claims of SUI
oerior qualifications will wipe out the
INSULT offered the people of Windham
county.
AS to the member from Londonder-
y, who is conscientious gentleman,
he, for some unexplainable reason,
.otally ignored the unanimous wishes
Of his constituents and, seemingly,
set the creature above the creator
instead of worshiping at the shrine
erected by this constituency he set up