Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-22
HIGH MINDED FELLOW.
Writes Blackguarding Letters and Con-
ceais His Identity.

ceais His Identity.
| Taking advantage of the opportu-
nifty the Union offers to ANONYMOUS
correspondents to indulge in coward
ice and blackguardism. one who
signs himself *. Y. L." contributes
column of rot to the make up of that
sheet this morning. THE ARGUS
| comments on the unwarranted re-
moval of Miss Kane from the corps
of teachers through the A. p. A. in
tiuences after Is years of faithful and
| efficient service, is taken as the provo
cation for this screed on the part OF
| the nameless individual who for
| want of something better adopts the
last end of the alphabet as a non de
plume.
| While THE ARGUS would perhaps
maintain its self respect more be com
mingly were it to ignore the mutter-
ings of the Unions correspon dent
Ientirely, in view of the fact, how
ever, that in his distorted efforts to
say something contemplate he has
| Ignored the true position of THE
ARGUS, it may not be amiss to repeat
the position maintained in these col
umns in the issue following the ac-
ton of the board in removing Miss
Kane without cause and wherein these
remarks appeared: None will dis
lpute the propriety of the rule which
gives graduates of the public schools
an advantage over applicants for
positions as teachers who are not,
l L l.,
lpolicy to inaugurate such plan
where il strikes a teacher who has
served in the public schools faith
fully for l3 years As Miss Kane has,
land whose record as Il teacher can
not be aSsailed.''
1t ought not to be necessary for
THE ARGUS to submit further argu-
ment in support of its own position
than the reproduction of the above,
setting forth as it does its position,
which *, that public school graduates
should always be given precedence
in the choice of teachers over all
others, yet it deplores and condemns
n bigoted, narrow, unreasonable and
inconsistent policy such "a tail-ender
advocates in the Union, to which the
board of education has Welded to in
| the NiSt VI MISS Ndllt- lIt'l lhtt
lady been a candidate for position
in the public schools side by side
with an applicant of public school
Training The ARGUS would say
favor the public school teacher
levery time. But when Miss Kane
became teacher such a rule was
not in vogue nor had it ever been
isuggested. The imaginary dangers
Ii 1 4 L. l..
schools as to necessItate the forma-
ton of secret societies to 30 to the
front and run things had not then
arisen, The days OF an armory in
leverv Roman Catholic church with
batteries turned on every public
school house had not yet dawned.
SO Miss Kane received her appoint
ment. and she has proven herself
worthy of the confidence placed in
her for many years. 1t is a very late
day to apply such rule to Miss
Kane's case The ARGUS holds. after
she has been permitted to serve these
many years, has adopted her profess
sion and demonstrated her fitness and
devotion to it. The rule should in a
word be applied at the beginning
not after IS years of service and then
| as Il mere DItItNI ~ way ltI
teachers of A. T. \. parentage.
Dark Lantern Methods.
The ARGUS furthermore, feels ii Il
duty to speak of the way the dark
lantern methods of the A. p A have
been carried into the board of educa-
ton meetings, and where the direc-
tors shield their votes and acts from
! he people who send them there to
guard their interests. The public
school is public institution, the
school directors are public servants
and they should he guided in their
acts as school directors by their OBJ
legations to the people-not by their F.,
obligations to the 4. p. \. organiZa- |
ton. The ARGUS considers itself as |
staunch a friend of the public school |
system as any oath bound member of |
the secret A. p. A. organization. and !
would be as quick to defend it from
attack were the occasion to arise. and |
if such emergency were to arise it is |
a safe presumption that .'N. Y. H.. )"
and others of his ilk who attack |
through anonymous communications |
would not be found in the front rank |
of a fighting army.