Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-26
THE FINAL GROAN.
The Morning Papers Piteous
Call to Arms.
PLEA FOR UHYoEs CANDIDACY

PLEA FOR KINY0ES CANDIDACY.
Shall Il be . Fight or . suErsnder the
Psesivs Oesry-A Littls ssggsstaon n
Rsply-Ths Only Altsrnativs Indssd-A
Very Pretty Spectacle.
"Must the Hope of Impartial Cam
didates be Dropped" asks the Union
In its double decked head to final
appeal on the school question this
morning. Following this comes the
declaration: "Dr. Kinyon a Logical
Candidate on One Side-A Fight or q
Surrender" Then follows q disser-
tation on Ament as the issue, q re-
hearsal Of the situation from the dis
tinctly Ament standpoint. and the
modest assumptions: at seems to
the Union that he completely exon
Grated himself. and that he showed
qualities of the highest value in con-
nection with the administration of
our public schools. He did not,
however. succeed in removing the
personal hostility of the teachers; in
fact. he did not try to, and there re-
NAMED the original question OF har-
monious relations between the super
intendent and the teachers to be
disposed Of"
1t is because of the same narrow
failing on the part of the Union to
discern the relations of cause and ef-
feet that it is indulging' in its pres.
ent attitude. A paper that will re-
fer to the scholarly attachments and
logical deductions of man whose
chief argument is venom and bill
liogsgate, and imagine because the
mind of its editor has been affected
by the Ament trash to the extent of
regarding it as complete exoaera-
ton, need not be expected to compre-
bend the public estimate of things
here until it is recorded at the polls
next Tuesday.
Kinyon - the Candidate.
The morning paper in the same
connection insists that in view of the
contest being as The ARGUS main.
tains. Ament, and DR.. Kinyon hav-
ing led the issue in his behalf, the
last named gentleman becomes. the
logical candidate on the opposition
side to the ticket in the fielaF That
SO far, however, and election day is
very close at hand. no ''leaders have
appeared to raise the election above
one plain issue. and it looks as if it
must be fought out. the friends of
Mics Kirkpatrick, Mr.. Halsey and
other aggressive teachers, rally,ng
around Charles B. Marshall and
Richard A. Donaldson to down
Ament;' the friends of Ament select
ing two of their number pledged to
his reinstatement. Any other alter
native? Why We might. purely out
OF consideration for the teachers,
who must find it hard to sustain SO
long and so determinedly an illogi-
cal position, quietly drop this vigor-
Gus, aggressive, progressive Ament
and all his plans to advance our
school system and provide for all the
children-and let the election go bv
default. Pusilanimous? Pusilani-
nous would be no name for it."
A Solution.
With this high-spIrited peroration
the Union apparently submits its
case. But it Is not happy. While its
suggestion of the name Of DR.. Kin
yOn alone reflects what has been the
suspected aim Of the Amenities right
along-to attempt by a still hunt to
defeat one of the popular candidates
it might be added for its comfiture,
though. that despite the fact that but
a few days intervene now until cleo
tion, that There has been abundant
time TO secure leaders for the Ament
standard since Msssrs. Marshall aud
Donaldson came out in the ir uneuuiv-
ocal stand in behalf Of the teachers,
and that il no others can be brought
out the editor OF the Uuion might 90
on with the doctor to fill out the
ticket. This would be a fitting
roundup Of the journalistic freakism
to which he has been given of late.
The public would be glad of the in
fluence that would get Dr.. Kinyon.
who has been as detrimental to the
schools in his underhanded and sub
tie methods on the board as Ament
himself has, and would seize with
eagerness the opportunity to pop
two birds with one stone by putting
the good doctor and the superinten-
dent out OF the business together.
In the meantime with the editor
Of the Union on the ticket. the
comedy side to the tragedy would
not be lost sight OF in the develop
ment OF the two Miss Nancys in
stead OF one.