The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-07-12
ACQUISITION OF PRIVILEGE.
Split in the National Educa-
tionaI Society Averted.
LEGALITY OF THE ELECTION
or Officers Disputcd...A Brccze Al.
most Created In tho Assembly.
a Violated Constitution.
Papers Hcad Yesterday.

ST. PAUL, July ll.-When the fourth
days session Of tho rthirty.tlith annual
convention Of the National Educational
Association opened DR.. Hewett, Of Ohio,
arose on aquestion Of privilege to deny
a published statement regarding his
candidacy for the Presidency. It bus
been reported that he,woull have taken
the office II given him, and considerable
feeling was expressed against the action
OF tho National committee in chosing
for President ono whose connection
with the Association was considered as
comparatively recent. This matter was
said to be about to create a splitrin the
Association, and 80 itproyed, After DR..
iiewett's statement the matter was
STAYED of for few minutes by Hon.
Joha Hancock, OF Ohio, Offering a reso-
luton endorsing compulsory education,
which WAS referred to the Committee on
Resolutions. Alex Forbes, Of Illinois,
then got the floor on a question OF privi-
lege aud read from the constitution of
the Association to prove that the method
Of election OF officers had been illegal,
and was therefore null and void. He
offered series OF resolutions setting
forth this statement, and moved that an
election OF officers be now held.
ALMOST A BRgE2E.
His motion was Immediately seconded
and he spoke in support Of it, claiming
that proper and legal methods were nee.
essary for the strength and continued
prosperity Of the Association. The con-
stitution provided for an election by |
ballot, which had not been granted, !
neither was there any record OF any
election nor OF the announcement OF It |
by the President. His speech was
heartily spplaudcd. President Garfield
said he wished to make a statement
He explained that the present conttitu
tion had been adopted for small body,
and was in many ways unsuitable for
the greatly augmented numbers OF the
present organic ton. The rapid growth
OF the Association had compelled the
waiving of many constitutional provis.
ions, and it would now be practically
to carry out nil OF the exact
provisions OF the constitution. de ar.
gued strongly in favor Of the adyisability
OF the action taken, saying it was better
to maize mistake than to make thous.
and i'll trying to obey the letter of the
law. For the reasons given he declared
the motion and resolutions were out Of
order: The chair called for the report Of
the President OF the Educational Coun.
Gil, and the matter was dropped for the
session and probably for the meeting.
The first paper Of the morning was on
Organization and System, versus Orig.
lnality and Individuality in Teacher and
Pupil" by Henry Sabap, Of DesMoinps.
Charles W. Bardeen, Of Syracuse, New
York. opened the Discussion on the same
subject. !
The race problem was the subject for
the evening, and the first address was by
Hon. A. A. Gunby, Judge OF the Lou.
lsiana Court, who said, among other
lhings:
"The true solution OF the race problem
on q just basis lies in restriction OF
suffrage and the only Just restriction is
an educational qualification. Education,
sound and thorough. benefits the negro
in every way and particularly renders
him less liable to be involved in race
riots, as proved by experience. II the ne-
gro was enabled to exercise the right Of
suffrage intelligently, nll danger and
apprehension of race trouble would
cease. This qualification should be
adopted by the General Government,
md the came Government should give
the negroes the means OF education, as
an act of simple justice, to qualify them
|or the burdens and responsibilities OF
[ull citizenship, which the Government
placed on them to subserye its own
snds."