Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-01-24

& lr6w ususe q ~ slaas Lesisia-
W 1udhus h = - knowA that Il isa
ES01oGie bcdy indsed; Il has 10
565 ~ : ~ shl1l 1cas from svey
1IS od6pl honsain ~ state, end from
n 1opuns iNskitutioa asdsd - 0e
H1Se SCHOOL ssnions and tnas
= x dlrseten shall ceetify 70 me
$500 of public instruction that
Sg111nns e the act have besn CON-
~. The stats pays for The dags;
~ WhiSGls = estimated q coee her
oooo 1or H. nsut expsnditufe. Mr..
S0n. q Beaver, who fathsred the
=. saeGossod b . fsllow.msmber, who
Soool q NE cot, that Il would b
nss mSine q ~ state to aboliah the
oh1lo scAool system entirely and place
S Vuxk In ths hands Of The parochIA
koo1s q Rome.
IN hardly needs this addiA ,nal no
- . uhow that Mr.. Brown y mot .
- Blown. Hh Dag resolution demon
toAes this clearly. That Il was sup
x>sd he majority Of Tie House b sur
11uang, ,accastomed though wssrs TO fool.
q ls|islasion. We do mot ~ that the bill
s - 3 single merit The cost b the least
1wit. Ths Stats b able to spend ESQ.,
~ ~ nAes, II flags viii work Il any
1T; but Il will need good deal moro
=(1un than appears upon the surface OF
- peopOsltiou, to convince the people
- lagS VIII usefully fly over tho public
during the hours Of their sessions
= which even s, sSss, 06Rg0s se y : so.. lux
~, we. belIsve, afford itself at It's pos :,
"a upon IT, buildings and it, vessels.
/ H fag b sraissd upon The capitols OF the
u1Aks and nation, Ne presume. during
1 - sssuions, and It u probably this habit
4 sNAaoh has persuAded the weak minds Of
I ~ Legislature that it.should fly also from
4 ~ public schools during their sessions.
Ehsy ~ that II win encourage devotion
- ths nag in the young idea. Perhaps
& 10y Judge this from the patriotic emo
1iuns which stir their hearts a. they -.
nble under its folds. But IL the good
I ~ - done 70 The children b measured
ye IL good that ID done to the legialators
gnhlie opinion will not be persuaded thai
= annual appropriation Of quarter d
Il = nillion dollars, for schools and flags, Il
sney peo1tably spent.
OF ccurss this bill secured o majorit.
= H. House through the fear OF mem
- fhat . vote against 1t would subjec'
4 1hem 10 : charge Of lack OF patriotism
] ma they were willing TO spend an,
nmouut Of the states money rather thai
1nduce such IN imputation. They woul'
h 1o&h9 - thought silly than unpatriotic
A lbEgetting Aat wisdom can never be un'
1a&x1otic.
Ths constant exposure of flags upo
- public schools u much moro likely {
onke away from the children any warmt
0e omotiom at their contemplation, tina
U - cultivate Il; BY making them common
NJ Ne have got along for hundred year
8 without such supposed stimulus TO pa
81 eklotism, and II . decided reflection upo
thak oe the children to suggest that the
z nned 3 more constant contemplation {
- neg than their fathers did. to NAL
em equally patriotic.
Il this psaposltion did not come froI
- Legislature It Would ba too silly Il
& Aotice. It hardly adds to its folly tbs
81 ~ Legislature overstepped its power
&irectirg that Haglees school houss
Y nhould have no state appropriation; sine
that IL secured 70 them by the state cor
efituti0n. And II Legislator Brown hs
my sense at al he would have seen thu
his proposition to abolish school hous
ehAt did not raise tbs flag, was direct
q line with the hostility to the publ
schools which be went out OF his way
eharge upon the Roman Catholic churc
Hs Joins hands with It in opposing pu
- schools; he would abolish them b
eeps5 faeless; they because, In the
~ 56dsment, goddess.