Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-01-07

strong medicine for its copper lined
stomsch.
The grand closing scene oftbis Councils
ten years deviltry lie row being played 10
crowded Hobbies in the Council chamber
Despairing of being endorsed by the
people tie Radicals are pushing through
Council an ordinance which they intend
TO use for the purpose Of avoiding the de-
cree Of Judge Jacobs in reference TO the
coming charter election, and thus con
time themselves in office until the courts
decide the contest which will arise under
this ordinance. Was there eyera more open
confession Of guilt or greater effort to
avoid answering for misdeeds. 4.
In Regard to the school Board.
To ne Editor Of he Re0ister:
In your issue of yesterday, 9Th inst,
there is communication very appropriate
ly sddnssed ITO whom it msy concern,
signed Democrat" This communication
refers to our Board of Education, its polit-
ical complexion, and the special duties
that will deyolve upon it at its next meet
ing.
The public, we are sure, hiss laboIed
under the delusioD, or illusion, that in the
administration of our public school affairs
the political affiliations Of members Of the
Board have not been considered, or at
least have never been allowed to influence
or control their official action. 1t has been
supposed that under the oath OF Office taken
by them, each and all would have acted
solely and with reference scrupulOusly and
oOnscientiously 10 the best interests Of the
various schools committed to their charge.
1t is, therefore, with some degree Of sur
price, not uumingled with regret, that ne
find that this baneful spirit of par
tisanship has invaded even this
common ground, upon which it was
supposed all parties could unite. Repub-
licans and Democrats slike are interested
10 all measures which will give efficiency
10 our school system. Who shall say that
they are no., But does the public know
that out of eight principals Isl, 200 salary
EACH in this Democratic city of Wheeling
mot iacludiug the City Superintendent
and the Principal of the colOred school,
both Republican,, there is not one Den-
OcrdtP This statement, however, may
need some qualifications. There are two
lady principals, and wfat their political
tendencies or affiliations may be, We have
not been in a position to know. Bat be
the facts what they may be, is not this
something more than mere coincidence
II would seem so. and the alternative
a. L. IA. 20. 80
ton are not out Of the way. Either we
nave no Democrats, in the estimation Of
our Republican members of the Board, who
are qualified to fill any OF these posi-
TONS OF if there are any such
they have hesn altogether too modest
10 present their claims But seriously
1t cannot be possible that there are no
DemOerats-.f we are forced 10 uss the
word in this connection or women,
in this goodly city who are not sufficiently
well equipped in all or any Of the most
eXacting requirements or tests of fitness.
Certainly the days Of scholarly attainment,
measured by the standards now in force,
should not constitute an insuperable diff
Guilty 10 their fillirg aCc,p'sbly any posi-
ton within the gift of the Board. No; we
fear Democrat is right in his conclusions,
and that the Republican members Of the
Board have 10 times past been 30 sItDra,ed
with their Rspublioanism that they have
not been able TO see any good outside Of
their own political organization. The pub
lie ought TO know, however, if such is the
case, for the public pays the taxes, that
these schools sre net run in the interest Of
any political party, aad they should zee to
it that there should be something like
fair or equal distribution, other things be-
ing equal, of the good things in the gilt Of
the Board PARTISAN.
Wheeling, June 6, 1888.