St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-01
OPPOSED TO Greer.
The School Book Ring Issues
a Circular Against the
Wabasha Man.
He Opposed a Scheme OF
Theirs at the Last SEES
sion.
Merrill and Kiehle, as Usual,
Hold Precisely Identical
Views.
Noi+hor EpenY9 Nor TuppeI Are
Neither Greer Nor Turren Are
Satisfactory to Certain
People.

An attack on Hon. AllenJ. Greer,one
of the Republican candidates for speak
er, appeared in yesterdays Minneapolis
Tribune, the source Of which that paper
naively SAID was the educational quar-
tiers of the state"
Whether this means State Supcrin-
tendent Kiehle or the state school book
ring cannot be stated exactly, the two
beng so nearly of one mind regarding
rand that is to be made on the states
school fund at the coming session.
1t IS well, however, that the school
book ring bias declared itself so early
in the game. The people and the law
makers will be in a manner
prepared in advance. AS is well
known, the school book contract
which the state has had with ID. ID.
Merrill for so many years has at last
expired by limitation and the coming
legislature will be called upon to take
action in the matter. That this contract
has been good thing for Mr.. Merrill
10 one will deny, and SO it is not at all
strange that he and Supt. Kiehle are
both emphaticaIly III favor of some new
arrangement that will give this book
firm another long and fat contract.
Supt. Kiehle's annual report will
recommend that the state furnish text
books to all free Of cost. This
Will be the burden of the
state superintendent report, which
Will devote much space to proving that
the state sis rich enough to stand it,"
And d. ID. Merrill is even more firmly
convinced than Supt. Kiehle that the
state should 90 into the free text book
business:
Is it any wonder under the circum-
stances that it is difficult to locate the
source of the attack ON Mr.. Greer?
Are the educational quarters of the
state" located in the capitol or at the
corner of st. Peter and Fifth streets, in
the building occupied 10y the d. d. Mer-
Till company?
These are questions to which Mr..
Greer's friends will demand an answer
in view of the following from yeSter-
days Tribune:
Upon another candidate, Mr.. Greer. of Wa
basha, there has appeared an attack, said to
come from the educational quarters of the
state, " whatever that may mean. charging
on that candidate for speaker the defeat OF
the free text book bill of TWO years ago. The
Tribune saw it in the form of circular.
said to have been prepared for circulation
among the members of the legislature elect
from especially the southern part of the
state. II is probable that the circular has its
publication in the Minneapolis School Edu
cation in its Thanksgiving number:
a friend OF free books Tells the Random
Archer that the StockWel bill of Oh was
slaughtered in the education committee of
the house. a certain representative, mem
Der of the committee on education, had con-
gressiOnal aspirations. He also had the po-
itical trickster's instincts. He saw in this
opportunity Tor casting an anchor to wind
ward IN his district, so he passed word around
the 1dhpTpntS schools
such bill was gross injustice to them. The
echo came back and he became the mouth
piece. lie played all the variations on its
stops. and gave himself cut as the original
promoter of educational Justice. The free
book movement was thereby Strangled by the
hands Of him who should have been its
friend.
Hon. Allen J. Greer is graduate of
the state university and was for some
years a teacher in the public schools
and at one time superintendent OF the
schools of WabaSha county. He is a
friend of the public schools. as all who
know him are aware, lie may not be in
favor Of all the questionable Jobs that
are suggested in the name and OSten-
sibly for the benefit of education, but if
he is to be opposed for this the people
who pay the taxes and who believe
in the economical expenditure of their
moneys should know ii. In case the
VarionS rings and combinations keep up
their fight on Allen Greer nothing can
prevent his election. n few of the rings
that are opposing him follow:
The school book ring,
The Pine land ring,
The iron ring.
The Davis ring.
And the same crowd is bitterly OPP
posed to the election of Hon. o. b. Tur-
rell.
Either Lee or Boggs will be satisfac-
tory to all these combinations.