Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-11-30
Vinegar Never Catches Flies

s;r . Sums.
Although the school election Is OVER,
We cannot refrain from Preaching a
short sermon from the above text.
The language Is that "f Prof. Beelor,
the Superintendent 81 Schools. and il
appcar- III t"e O'Y"V'an @! sunday,
th' .ith int. APPEARING asst docs IN
"co.d tyie, 1t may he regarded a, the
d.ltcgAt" act and u,tcrancr OF Mr..
h'rlcr. and ~ no means the ha>ty
word ii passion which the Judgment
almost invariably !lsarproye-, and
which from that CAUSE j. III some de-
gree cXcu,ab!c under the plea that
poor. weak human nature j. at hest
iallihle.
The decided opposition OF taxpayers
to an increase oil the present heavy
burden OF public debt indicates that
there are at least two sides to the
question which Prof. Beeler d>poses
OF in few in.olent h0urishes of his
pen. \ difference Of opinion, honestly
entertained and respectfully pre-
scented, Is entitled to careful consider
alton, and almost invariably receives
IT, but intemperance OF language
arouses an antagonism that ohscures
the judgment and sets up a barrier to
concession and compromise. Every
man worthy OF the name of American
citizenship prefers to do his own
thinking on all matters of public in
terest, and when anybody who he
places in 4 position Of trust from
which is drawn an acceptable salary,
rises up, passes judgment on his acts
in advance, and mathematics him
for something it is assumed he is una
bic to form an intelligent opinion
upon, then the stubbornnees of human
nature at once establishes an antago-
nism which, far as it goes, is destruc-
ton of that harmony OF feeling and
unity of purpose so essential to thrift
in community.
The employer, under any circum-
stances, is slow to excuse dictatorial
tone from his employe, and especially
is this true, when the methods of the
STRIKER" are envoked to enforce the
demand. 1t is quite probable, in this
instance, that the parent has quite as
deep desire for the welfare of his
children, as the Superintendent OF
Schools, or those drawing salaries in
common with himself. 1t may be
that they are quite as anxious for the
child's moral and intellectual ad-
vancement as those influenced by sor.
did motives instead of flial affection.
1t may be that they have been
taught by that exacting task-master,
Experience, TO understand precisely
the difference of cost in clothing
children for the outdoor ordeal of at
tendance at school in winter and
summer, and to these parents no
cuss-words" will convince that it is
counter balanced by the inconvenience
OF the teachers, in an interruption of
salaries for time. 1t is no excuse to
affirm that the exigency requires the
use OF plain language. Even the
ox-driver knows that it is only cattle
which have been punched by the goad
emphasized by vigorous volleys of
profanity, that require continuance
of that means for keeping them in the
middle of the road. 1t may be posi-
BILE that parents would devise some
means for keeping their children "off
the street" and from acquiring the
Il" language OF the street slums," and it
may be barely within the range of
human endeavor to keep many of
these children at study in the several
excellent private institutions of learn
ing in our city. should that dreadful
thing happen, the public schools close
from inability to keep them open.
If the learned Professor will accord
to others the same privilege he claims
for himself, to judge of the utility Of
any given line of policy. and state his
measures in language devoid of Of.
fence. he may retain friends, secure q
respectful hearing, and demonstrate
the possession OF these qualities which
constitute the true gentleman-gentle-
ness of speech and a difference for the
opinions of others, who may have even
better means for arriving at q just
conclusion from the peculiar circum-
stances by which we are surrounded
than himself.