The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-19
M PosT INTELLIGENCER


49,
- -. - - usual
~ ar1iSt3c aptnsss a he Democratic
10y ~ bIunderine has bsen matter Of
luonusst testament. II d any eass Il fails
= lex u 1T into ths Are. Il csn cniy b
- - sons0n shat II sueh cass thers u
$1,000 ~. frs nor ehs h0pe u either.
his unfaiItnG Dsmocrattc facuIsy was
lnoly exempli6sd ID H. late stata conven-
tfpu q that party In 1IItnotA In several
rnsltcu1ors tkot ssats h II sadly demon
49, ecndition politically. and ths sitaa-
- h suek tbst shrsud and Isysl-hsadsd
upoufkfon mighs entertain : fairly well.
eeundsd hops of q least dividing The
boncrs with the Republicnns. possihIy -
euflng = eoat h The Unjsod States senate
- thoiK shAsss - thsre are state. con-
G1oMoo4 and legislative tickets 70 ssecf,
- - Ieg1siasuss = 70 CHOOSE successor
1oematoe 1arwel
Due tuss = - nick q Time this bourDcn
eeovontton mekes ntnny Of ITSELF ana
1sty ~ trailing thssf oun banner aud
bele1ing - ~ seeed thaf q The dark a6es.
- banner representing psssstiy coufsoi Of
o6uootscn and IL dounsstsc rslasions- They
mahs ~ ccntsntion 81 The Luthersns ana
ootholts against III eommon school sJs
IN ~ leadins festurs Of their platform.
Pflya1e schools Unconstitutional schools.
nnd honne instruction must b viewed by
- stass with equal favor a. the pubic
eeneola" A. present this demand mat
thy - viewed with equsi favor does mos
avowsaiy require thAt : part Of the state
fund shall - diverted from the ruhhc
pchocls and distributed pro rata. with the
private and the denominattonA schools
md N support OF home education, Duf II
this mrs. step wsrs succsssfui tne osner
would quickly follow.
- cunning schsme for the subvcr'
sion Of our non-ssctariAn. strictly Amers-
esn common school system, ths only char
aeeeristtc governmental idcs which We have
ben able 70 maintain AGAINST the agrees
ejve influence u foreign assimilation. As
"a Introductory step this opposition to the
non-sectarian public school 10 backed by
= epocions plea that the American system
unnecessarily and mischisvously interferes
with parental control. II this were tTne
- ~VtASN - ~ ssaBV sss"s ssSS ~ss~~'~-'
should - confined to couple Of dsnom-
nations 81 y nationality. II 10 not be-
lfeve4 that nativs Americans. or baptists,
Met1Cdists. Presbyterians, Congregation
alisttcr Episcopaiians are less sensitive
shout infrinssmsnts OF parental rights. or
1oae mindful OF their parentaiduties. oriess
capahls and prompt to perceive and resent
such infringsments, than are the German
1uthsrans and Catholics
But from none Of these quarters Is there
perceived any disposition for organised eff
fort, o. any expression Of individual opin-
lon, hostile TO compulsory, non-sectarian
common school law, Ia which the elemen-
toTy studies shall b taught In tho English
language during 81 least . portion OF the
school year. In this the passnts belonging
70 The clasees named do not seem TO see or
eppsehsnd any srievous interference with
thelr domestic rights Or prsrogatves.
They do not think that when child
y taught that baker spells baker.
and 70 write IN plain hand the unsectar-
Ian, non-commital statement that "A man
today In rich array tomorrow may be laid
HI clay or the Instructive but wholly In
ofondve iaot that two and three make five.
4 ~ no means impairs the value Of those
ooatxibutions 70 the child's knowledge that
1hey have been conveyed. II might b
omunonod that \ moderately bright and In