Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-05-27

STATE sUPE. OF SCHOOLS.
Ron. John ID. Sweeney, of Mercer, "a Can
djdate for that donor.

To ne Ef10r Of he Register:
IFWISBURG, w. VA, May 70, 1882.
We ask permission 10 say few words
through the columns of your paper in
favor of Hon. John ID. Sweeney, Of
Mercer county, our candidate for the
office Of State perintendent Of Free
Schools.
Ii has been from time immemOrlal an
established fact that for u government,
State. corporation, or body OF any
kind, 10 succeed, it must have cOmpe-
tent, energetic men at the head
of It's affairs. True success
i'm an organization is won through the
zeal aud merits OF good leaders, and it
is attained in no other way. When we
duly consider the matter, we can but
sec q great responsibility deyolving
upon the voters of our country, and our
State as well, IN the selection OF men TO
fll Offices OF trust and power, Every
man should inform himself, as well as
his advantages will permit, as TO the inn
porta0ce of the Office and the ability OF
The various candidates TO perform the
duties of said Office, and then he should
vote accordingly.
We earnestly ask the Democratic
voters Of our state 90 fayorably consider
the name OF Prof Sweeney in selecting
g man for the head of our public school
system. The writer has known Prof.
sweeney for q number of years and can
Jruthlu.iy say that he never met more
earnest, energetic man in the work OF
education or In anything he undertakes.
His motto is earnest effort and then
success. lie needs no eUlOgiZing;
his past record is before US and
speaks FOR itself. -Four years in
Jne State Senate q faithful
servant OF his party and the people;
SIN years as Assistant Principal of the
State Normal School at Concord. The
successful manner i'm which he has con-
Quoted said school the past year as Prln-
c.pa,; his past record rs an unwayeriug
Democrat, and his success as an organ
iE5r, are all the euConumS he needs.
by his earneStneSS which CharacterizeS
him, Prof. Sweeney has raised
his school the present year TO
standard never attained in
the past history OF the
school, TO d rank equal 10 or above that
reached by any other Normal school in
the state. The enrolment this year is
about TWO hundred and fifty students,
nearly forty per cent. increase over any
previous year IN the history of the
school. When candidate for State SEN
0t0r Prof. Sweeney proved himself to
Dee one Of the best organizers in the
State. Although the Republican OppO-
>iJiOu 90 the Democratic party was Bit
ter, he carried his district by majority
of 500 or 500 voters over the Democratic
nominee for Congress in said dis
trict. We think to elect Pro
lessor Sweeney 10 the Office
%. State Superintendent will mean ad-
vaucement IN the educational work OF
the State. When Hon. 3. ). Morgan
retlreS from the Office which he has
filed SO admirably we shall be glad TO
see him succeeded bY q man equally
equipped for the performance Of the
duties of the office. We have
that man in Prof. Sweeney. To
show how his friends appreciate
his WORK: in the County Couven-
tion OF Mercer county, on Saturday,
April so, lie carried mis- county without
dissenting vote. II nominated he will
SGQ strength 10 the Democratic ticket
OF the State, and If elected he will be an
invaluable pillar in the educational ma
chinery Of the land.
DEMOCRATIC VOTER,
Green6rier County.