Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-06-03

that is what the state Law here viii do IL
IL goes into effect; DOW il IL in the supreme
court. In short, the law proposes to estab
lish state uniformity and hx prices II books
are not furnished at the prices set. which
are about 70 per cent. Of the prices now
charged. The state appropriates $1,000
for the purchase Of manuscripts to be own
ed and published By the state. How far
$1,000 will go. may beludged from the fact
that the manuscript Of Appleton's Readers
alone are said to have cost the publishers
over $4,000. Good statiticians say that the
change will cost the state $40O, 600 before 1t
can be put into operation.
Many changes of bribery were made in
connection with the passage OF this law and
they are under investigation now, in fact
am not sure that the law would have passed
at all IL there had not been SO many charges
of bribery brought against the legislature
that it was al a mans reputation was worth
to vote against it.
The legislature interfered with the state
educational institutions as never had been
done before in the history of the stale. Il
even took upon itself duty belonging ex-
clusively to the various boards of regents
that OF fixing salaries, and the result was
what was to be expected-every salary,
with the exception of that of Prof. l.. L..
Chancellor Shows of the state university
being reduced from 5000 to $500. AZ a
consequence the state schools are losing
some of their best men. Chancellor Snow
will remain, not because he could not do
much better financially, bat because he has
been in the university for more than thirty
years-his whole soul WAS bound up in il;
he has seen it grow from four professors
and fifty students 70 q faculty numbering
nearly sixty and an attendance numbering
over one thousand students. Money is a
secondary consideration with such man
as Chancellor Snow.
But the agricultural college suffered the
greatest magnify. In the appointing of
the board of regents, several terms having
expired, which were filed by Republicans,
Populists we're put into their places. At the
first meeting afterward every member of
the faculty and every employee of the insti-
tuition was discharged, then those we're in
stituted whose "vlews corresponded with
the fundamental PRINCIPLES of the admin
tratioD," to quote the words of the presi-
dent of the board. No charges of incom-
potency or neglect of duty we're brought
against them or even implied. 1t was
a purely political move nothing else is ev-
or pretended.
President Fairchild has been in his office
for eighteen years. and under his admins
tration the college has grown to be one of the
most famous schools, not only in the United
States but in the world. 1t is the frs. time
that politics hes ever entered into the man.
agement of the state schools, that is Off
oially. Years ago politics succeeded in
driving from the state one of the best men
Kansas ever had-Chancellor James II.
Garfield, now of the OIio State University,
but that was done by the sensless howl of
republican press, not by the board of
regents. IL Kansas keeps on thus distipgu-
lshing itself, it will have an unenviable repu-
tation before long.
1t was intended to 30 arrange things that
a clean sweep would be made at the State
University also, but the bill removing Chan
ceilor Snow from the board of regents fail
ed to pass the Senate. If it had passed,
a Popuiist would have been appointed and
the same misfortune would have bsfallen
that institution. There is a scheme on foot
SO it said, to displace President Taylor of
the State Normal School, and put State
Stryker in his place at the
close OF Stryker's term of Office, but /
doubt that being accomplished, as the peo-
Pile are alive to the situation and will not al
low things to go SO far again. They we're
aiken by surprise this time. @. L. q.