Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-06-30
Prof. j. A. Cox.


On last Saturday we received a
lengthy communication from the late
superintendent of our city schools,
which he desired us to publish in the
Herald. Feeling that we are not I'M
der special obligations to Mr.. Cox for
favors conferred and that we could
supply our patrons with more inter-
csting reading matter. we declined
to do so and returned his manuscript.
He very promptly forwarded if to the
World, in which it appeared Wednes-
day.
Our neighbor was inclined to look
upon it as a scoop and expressed
the hope that we might profit thereby
Just why Mr. Cox feels so sore we
cannot comprehend. Prior to the
election of superintendent by the
Board of Education there was not a
word in the Herald that could by the
most strained Interpretation be con-
strued as derogatory of him. While
we differ most radically from him in
some of his methods, for the sake Of
the schools, we kept silent. And just
here it is not amiss to state that we
expressed our sentiments to him.
The chief cause of complaint is an
item which appeared in the Herald IS
sued Immediately after his discharge
in which we stated that he (Cox)
"charges his defeat to Hon. Geo. M
Bowers, Mr.. Luther Miller and the
editor of the Herald. In the same
item it was averred that 1.-The Herald
man had no idea he would be so re-
garded, as there was number of gen
tlemen present who applied their
hatchets vigorously and feel that they
did it"
Had it not been for that charge,
made publicly and without just cause
we should have permitted "him to rest
quietly under his fathers own vine
and fig tree three hundred miles
away" but being plqued by the in
gratitude of the man, we did refer to
him in such manner as we considered
appropriate and have no apologies to
make.
When solicited by prominent citi-
zens, Democrats and Republicans, to
use our influence against him, We
more than once positively refused to
do so and again were n-conmittal
And we feel sure every member of the
Board would willingly state on oath
that we did not approach them at any
time upon the subject The honor of
his dismissal rests just where we plac-
ed it-upon his own shoulders.
The Board of Education is compos-
ed of honorable men, discreet men,
men who are competent to form their
own opinions, and men who are not
swayed by every passing breeze. AT
ter mature reflection they decided up
on a change and that is all there is of
it.
The choice expressions "traitor,"
personal malice" political in
trigue, base hypocrisy etc, are
characteristic of the man who utters
them. He says he entered into no
schemes, political or otherwise, when
it is we'll known to all that his con-
slant boast was that he voted for his
friends; that while resident of this
city he had voted for as many Repub-
licans as Democrats for local offices,
which divests his case of the charge
that his removal was political, and we
are perfectly willing to let him rest.
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