Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-08-15
soLoNoN's SCHOOL DISTRICT.
The Boards Recompsnse Voluntarily
Given by the Patrons.

The News and Monitor Of this city
have no method Of warfare left with
which to assail the Republican candi,
dates, except to make this a regular
mudslinging campaign. They have
thrown their principles to the wind
and have entered into a conspiracy,
to overthrow the Republican party,
by attempting to unite two incongru-
Gus elements, one Of which is the
Grover Cleveland Democracy which
appoints and keeps in Office the edi-
tor OF the News, and the other the I'M
savory relics Of dwellings corrupt
administration to the tail Of whose
kite the editor Of the Monitor hung
with such ghoulish glee.
Their first attempt at mudslinging
appears in a TRADE against Mr..
Hopkins, the Republican candidate
for county commissioner. They in
sinuate that he is capable Of COM
hitting all the crimes in the category,
except possibly the "crime Of 1873"
The immediate ground for their as
sault upon Mr.. Hopkins is that the
people of Solomon school district
have for three or four years seen
proper to make an annual appropria-
ton Of a 800 to pay its school board
for its services in behalf Of the dis
trict, and that Mr.. Hopkins has per-
formed services in that capacity and
has accepted the money therefor
which was voted to be thus appro-
priatcd, the same as the other men,
bers OF the board. OF course these
mongrel sheets studiously avoid stat
ing any Of the facts in relation to the
matter. Facts would not suit their
purposes. Insinuations and asser-
tions are their most formidable
weapons.
1t appears from the records Of the
regular annual school meeting Of the
DESTRUCTION 1892, that the question Of
compensation for the members Of the
school board came up and was dis
cussed, and after taking into consid-
Grafton the size Of the district and the
amount of work and time required of
the members of the board, the tax
payers voluntarily by motion, agreed
to tax themselves, to the amount OF
800 annually, to partially compen-
safe the members of the board for
their services. This was made a
matter of record of the meeting, and
the board received this amount for
each of the years, 1892, 1898 and
1894. Mr. Hopkins as president Of
the board received $25 each year OF
this sum, the treasurer each year re-
ceived s25 and the clerk $50. During
this time the other school board mem
bers were J. H. Spratt and X. G.
Fleming, now deceased. This year
W. T. Harris takes Mr.. Flemings
place.
At the regular annual meeting in
July of this year, this same question
of compensation to the members of
the board again came up for consider
alton, and the taxpayers voted to,con-
tinue to tax themselves in the sum Of
800 annually for this purpose, and
they placed upon record in their pro-
ceedings a resolution to that effect
At the same meeting this year the
taxpayers reelected Mr.. Hopkins to
the position of president of the board,
in which capacity he has served the
district for the past nine years. 1t
would seem that the taxpayers
of Solomon who have been paying
this 800 to their school board every
year for years, and who have just
voluntarily taken upon themselves
the burden of paying it again this
year, ought to have as much interest
in this matter as the mongrel politi-
cal combine living in Abilene. The
fact that they have by their votes re-
elected Mr.. Hopkins to the same posi-
ton he has held so long, and voted to
continue compensation to the mem
bers of the board ought to teach these
libelers q lesson in decency, and that
it would be well enough in the future
for them to attend to their own per-
sonal business, and let the voters and
taxpayers of Solomon City attend to
theirs.
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