Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-09-27


ssrv in practical politics, and il is
quite true that 1t Is necessary to
be practical in politics as everywhere
else. This is nothing more than saying
that i'll politics, as everywhere else,
the best way to do things is to do them
in the best way. But when commit.
tees usurp and abuse power they be-
come machines, and when this power
passes into the hands of some one
particular autocrat he becomes what
is colloquially called "boss When
such a machine and such a boss are
pltted against the people machine
politics and boss politics are not the
kind to win with. That, we
think, has been sufficiently dem
onstrated. If Mr.. Croker doubts
it let him refresh his memory with
The World Almanac. And this indi-
Gates one of the distinctions aud diff
ferences that Mr.. Croker does not
always keep in mind.
The statistics OF other cities sup
port the figures published, showing
that the primary schools are the cen
re of pressure not only in New York,
but throughout the country In edu-
cation as elsewhere the rule holds
that there is 'room enough at the
top. In the schools there j, room and
to spare The high schools are well
attended, but nowhere overcrowded.
The upper grades Of the grammar
school, contain few children IN com
parisou with the thousands who crowd
around the doors OF the primary
schools. Taking the country through
it Is doubtful if one in 800 OF those
who enter the first grade of the prlm-
AIRY schools completes the high school
course. The great maJority--a majo-
rity that will not be far from - per
cent for the schools of any city-drop
out before going through the higher
grades of the grammar schools. The
demand is for primary educa-
tIou-tor a knowledge of reading,
writing and counting And it
is literally a demand. The great
pressure on the lower grades-a pres
sure they are nowhere prepared to
sustaIn-shoWS how great Is the anXl-
ETY. among the masses to secure the
KEYS OF knowledge. The pressure of
poverty,the eNigencleo OF precarlous
living, shorten the school LIE OF the
average child to few wears spent IN
the lower grades, But IN this
time he eau learn to read newspapers,
magazines and books and 80 to 60 on
life. Tha, is indeed the ultimate OBJ
ie,t of all scboois--to make self.edl-
cation possible. SO that it cannot be
said that the State is wronginy chill.
drea if it gives them opportunity to
leprn no more than the rulimcnts. If.
however. it denies them that. it denies
them everything, has no right to
hold them responsible either for 10.
noranca or the results Of Ignorance,
-
They keep on telling stories about
the late Justice Patrick Gavan Duffy,
whose death was lately chronicled in
of the Tammanv organization of tha
first ward in New York CITY he used TO
say as often as national election came
around: As goes Patrick Gavau Duffy,
so goes the first ward as goes the first
ward, so goes the city of New York
as goes the city of New York, so goes
the state of New York; as goes the
state of New York. SO goes the Union.
All ND for Duffvl
Typhoid fever begins to Inquire
prominently IN tue list OF prevalent
diseases, as 1t always does at THIS sea-
son OF the year when people are re-
turning TO the city from the noun
tains and seashore. There Is appar-
entity no logical connection between
these two occurrences, but 1t Is TACT
that typhoid Is TAR more prevalent
here IN september ana Octooer than
III any other months OF the year. anu
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