New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1892-07-20

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more: of the spirit Of narrowness and
selfish exultation.. Even Ingersoll, un-
believer that he is, might read such a
man a lecture on charity and on the duty
that one owes to another, that would
bring the blush Of shame to his cheek
if spark Of manhood were left smould-
ering within him.
Frequently we have been told that a
newspaper should not be afraid to speak
its views, nor should it deviate from
what it believes to be right. The Re-
VIEW is honestly endeavoring to do this
in all that comes up, be it scandal, poli-
tics or school matters.
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No one should be on the school board
because he is Turner, Lutheran, Catho-
lie, Methodist or Congregationalist. He
should be there simply because he be-
lieves in the public schools as an Ameri-
can institution, teaching American loJ-
atty and love for the government under
which we all live and thrive. We have
no time for any other doctrine than that.
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The claim is made since the election
that if there hadn't been so much lying
on the side of friedman and Frank that
there wouldn't have been such big
meeting, ,and yet the friends of neither of
those gentlemen knew anything of a
school fight until Saturday morning.
Why, then, was there so much agitation
at certain places by the other side on the
night before?
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The Review has stood by Mr.. REIN in
every matter in which he has been inter-
ested and proposes to do SO this time.
We have confidence in his fitness to
make good member and we do not be-
lieve he will do anything to injure the
public schools as some in their excitement
have dared to say. Neither do we believe
that, had he known what was being done
to advance his cause on Friday evening
that he would have countenanced the
the methods.
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The REVIEW wants to be fair to all
who took well-meaning part in the
contest. The Lutherans who were pres
ent were led into it because one of their
men had been put in nominatio and
he is good man too-and because they
had been made to understand that great
issues were at stake. They are large
portion of our tax-paying citizens and
are entitled to an equal voice with all
other factions, if factions there must be.
They were honest and justified in their
advocacy of Mr.. REIN, and under ordin-
ary circumstances no one could justly
criticise them. As it is, it is only the
alliance of conflicting elements which
they were drawn into and which was
started by others outside Of their society
with motive that is open to censure.
For that they were hardly to blame, not
knowing at the time the real object Of
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One of the excuses given by the agita-
tors for the unnecessary demonstration
of Saturday evening was to the effect
that the Turnyerein was running the pub
lie schools. The REVIEW has absolutely
no interest in the success of any society
but it would like to call halt to all
such prattle as this of the politicians
who out of their desires to win are
shrewd enough to bring to their aid the
various church societies who are at war
with the Turnverein. It is true the ma
jority of teachers as well as the superin-
tendent belong to a certain society. That
makes no difference. As long as the
schools are properly conducted and pro-
duce good results, no fault should be
found whatever. The moment the pre-
dominating influence attempts to isntil
its own ideas into the school instruction,
then should objection be raised and
not till then. This has not been done
80 far and there is no valid excuse to be.
given for the issues raised in the recent
fight. It was a contest solely of men; a
contest of selfish interests that never had
as its motive the advancement of a sim
gle principle or the betterment Of any
department of the schools. The REVIEW
is panied therefore to be compelled to
report its occurrence in New Ulm. Since
our earliest childhood days the public
school has been held up to us as the foun-
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