The Saline County journal., 1891-08-06
A Great scheme.

Prof. G. Y. Roop, royal, rollieking
and rotund Roop, returned from
Pratt on Friday evening, where he
conducted Q normal institute OF four
weeks duration. Judging from
newspaper reports he succeeded In
stringing several bright new lsurels
upon his already extensive wreath,
end we are heartily glad Of It, because
he deserves them. He received
from our bindery on his return, the
reports Of the past year neatly
bound. He says these reports are
made and kept In order that the
little boys who now go to school
may, when they grow up and run
for office, refer TO their school re-
cords when their regulations need .
q friendly push TO help them along
TO the realization OF their ambitions.
Roop Is q great man, and his present
scheme OF keeping q permanent re-
cord will incur either the everlasting
gratitude or the permanent dis
pleasure Of the rising generation.
We had q dream the other night.
II was the year 1921. The Hon.
Thomas Biones and General Will
liam DeSmythe were running on
opposition tickets for mayor Of Sa-
lima. Thomas had q brilliant record
e. alderman from the 18th ward for
seven consecutive terms, while Will
liam had served with distinction In
the State Militia. Thomas was the
author OF the only effective dog ordi-
nance ever passed by the council,
aud was highly esteemed by his con-
stituents for his success In securing
all manner Of improvements for his
bailiwick. The doughty William
had wreathed his name In imperish-
able renoun by his deeds Of yAlor In
q bloodless county seat war out west.
Both had spotless records, as far a.
the world knew, and were equally
popular. One day General De-
Smythe, who WAS q member Of the
school board, rummaging around In
the archives OF the city schools
found q musty old volume Of school
Records Of 1891" He opened Il and
run his eyes along the page devoted
TO the 5th grade Of the Central School.
He smiled. He looked again to re-
assure himself and then he wrote
few words on sheet Of note paper.
Then he hastily turned over few
pages and found the fourth grade Of
the Elm street school. cha! Tom
Bjones I've got you on the hip" he
whispered a. he transcribed the
record to the sheet before him. He
then vended his way with . consid-
erable degree Of haste TO the ten
story brick building occupied by the
DAILY JOURNAL, which paper was
his staunchest supporter, and the
next morning there appeared on the
frst page and under scare head the
following:
AHIs RECORD n BAD
ALDERMAN BJoSEs Shows UP ~ HIS
TRUE LIGHT.
"In looking over the school records
we found the standing Of both our
for Mayor. On general
Willie DeSmythe, who
now seeks the sufffsgss Of the |
people Of this great city In bis race |
for the high and honorable ONCE Of |
Mayor, stands 100; while his OPP
ponent, Tom Bjones, the notorious |
old trickstsr who mlsrepresents the
18th ward In the city council, ranks |
only 43. As q great philosopher |
once said, "the child II father to the |
man." You have the records Of the
past before you. Take your eholce!"
General DeSmythe was triumph |
zntly elected, and served the city |
well, while the alderman from the
18th, aftsr an unsuccessful attempt |
10 burn the whole school library,
vent crazy from very grief and cha
grin.