The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-04-10
COURAGE!

The result of the municipal election in
Milwaukee is to the final outcome what
the first Bull Run was to the civil war.
The enemies of the public schools were
united and had a perfect organization.
For almost year they have been prepar-
ing for the conflict and they have won
the initial battle. They have shown a
spirit of hostility which no concessions
will placate; they have shown a purpose
which no one can fail to interpret; they
have clearly defined the issue and it can
no longer be Unsecured. Let no one
hope for any adjustment of difficulties
by negotiation or compromise It is a
war to the death.
The friends of the public schools are
confronted with an enemy who have al
ready shown the power of discipline and
the capacity for diplomatic intrigue.
They have adroitly thrown the offices to
those mercenaries who always act for
hire and whose strongest motive for
action is pillage. Thus they have appar-
emily strengthened the cause for which
they contend by attracting the support
of those who cry for bounty. But an al
lance with these men will eventually
prove source of weakness. Those who
made the purchase will despise the men
they bought. The mercenaries will de-
SORT at ba fret sniff Of 1apcror Tho Win
tory won by this combination has thor
oughly aroused the friends of the public
schools and they will from this time forth
be active.
II is evident that the time for temper
izing has passed. The opposition now
intoxicated with success will hesitate at
nothing. There is not a greedy Office
seeker in the state who will not rush to
their support. The perfect organization
which went to the extent IN Milwaukee
of making the pulpit political rostrum,
will be extended throughout the state
They are animated by single purpose
and party questions are wholly ignored.
The friends of the public schools must
understand the situation clearly and
thus prepare to meet it. When this is
done all danger is past.
The opponents of the public schools
could not nave selected another place in
the state for the initial conflict in which
the conditions for their success were as
favorable as in Milwaukee. The proper
ton of parochial schools to the popula-
ton is greater in Milwaukee than in any
other city. The leading church papers
of the state are published there, and to
the influence of the papers was added the
personal efforts of the editors. Milwau-
kee has a class ofpoliticians whose greed
for office can not beapproximated by any
other city In the state, and they will
readily jump into any movement which
promises feast. The republican plat
form was such an apparent straddle
that 1t failed to inspire any enthusiasm.
With all these drawbacks the only Won
der is that Pecks majority was not TO-
900. The state can be carried for COM
pulsory education with hostile majority
| OF 10000 in Milwaukee. The reverse en-
countered there is blessing in disguise.
1t has warmed the people into fighting
| mood. !. 1t has demonstrated the necessity
OF organized effort. 1t has put an end
to foolish attempts at compromise. THE
war has actually begun" and the friends
OF the public schools are preparing to
show their strength. When the state at
large is heard from, the decision render
Ell at Milwaukee will be overwhelmingly
reversed.