The Advocate and news., 1897-11-24
PARTISAN COwARD1CE.

some 1t Is cowardly work and entirely
unworthy Of any citizen who has age
and ability enough intelligently to con-
slider public affairs. The duty OF the cit
izen In matters Of this sort Is very sim
ple If he is really in possession Of
knowledge proving inefficient manage
ment Of any State institution he must
in good conscience at once enforce a
righting of the wrong; and to do this Is
not at all difficult task when the wrong
Is there. But II he has merely a per-
sonal doubt or political prejudice 1t Is
as manifestly his duty to avoid inter
ference until time has produced results.
But between what Is done and what
should be done there is wide gulf
fixed. A prominent Disagreement of the
leading parties in Kansas Is the ex
crescence formed of the haR-baked
clapper jawed, three quarter mouthed
persons who build up the character of
the opposition by their filth singing. It
is the especial delight Of these mongers
to direct destructive efforts toward all
work that should receive the hCartiest
aid from all who make pretensiOns to
right-mindedness Consequently the
State institutions suffer. Their perfect
management is problem which Is a
long way from being solved, but these
childish truants from citizenship are not
troubling themselves about its intrica-
Cies. They have other and baser work
The chief requisite in obtaining COM
petent management of State institu-
ton is filled in securing the proper head
and In allowing him time to carry out
his plans This latter Is especially i'm
portant, but how often do the jackasses
in this State allow time for fair trial
before setting up their bray? Take, as
an example, the case OF the Agricultural
College. Whatever may be thought
about the action Of the regents In their
removal of the former faculty, 1t must
be admitted that the present incumbents
are known educators, some Of them hav
ing more than nationalreputation, except
perhaps, in Kansas. In this State they
were jumped on as though they were
the foot ball team instead of the repre-
sentatiVes Of the other end Of the Col
lege, and no opportunity was given for
determination of any plan of the regents
looking toward the improvement Of the
college. 1t Is not now necessary to de-
fend the institution. The faculty has
already shown that 1t is intending to
accomplish an advance in the work of
the school, and 1t is doing so in spite of
unintelligent opposition,
Nothing is more ridiculous than the
attempt to make political capital out of
the recent cattle sale. The tuberculin
test has been tried again and again and
there has never been an instance in
which 1t has failed to disclose the exist
for sale had been twice tested and were
perfectly sound; and on this point there
could be no better authority than that
backed by DIR. Law, the foremost vet
erinarian in the United States, DR..
Geddes, the government expert, and DR..
Paul Fischer, Of the college faculty. The
sale was made to allow the substitution
Of dairy herd for fancy stock, and
the tests gave the best evidence procur-
able Of the soundness or the animals.
Yet hue and cry was raised against
the disposal OF the stock by men who
had not made the slightest objection to
the known existence of tuberculosis in
the herd in past years True consistency
Is good thing, but it's elimination from
the practices of some men has become
fine art.
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