Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-06
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10 0HAHaE TIE SCHOOL SYSTEM


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The fact that the official notice o
City Clerk Hussing. calling the city
election for Tuesday. April 6. con
tains no provision to upset the pres
emit school system 10 causing thu
Union . great deal Of anxiety. That
particular thing was what IL seemi
to have been looking for above IL
else. City Clerk Huesing stated thia
morning that the proposition VA
not included because he had received
NO official notification that it should
be put in. Clerk Marshall, Of thu
board Of Of education, stated that II
days notice was all that the board
of education WAS obliged to give
and that It would sec that all the re-
quirements Of the Law were com-
piled with in accordance with thu
petition in the boards hands.
Tho concern Of the Union In this
matter Il interesting. Il feigns
to have NO interest in the matter, and
Processes to seek now 70 have IL CON
sidered on its merits, and therefore
invites discussion. In other words,
its columns are open to anonymoul
communications. % in al matters
where it adopts the side of an issue.
The AkaUs much regrets this posi-.
tion of the Union. The proposition
which the morning paper now
seeks to renew was defeated last
June, because of the interests with
which it was identified. There 10 nc
reason to believe it il not still asso-
ciated with the same influences
which have been 80 destructive "a
the school interests Of the city. TIL
ARGUS deprs Gates the course Of the
Union, because it had hoped
that the peace and harmony
which the board and the new
superintendent have lsbored % earn.
estly to promote in the present
school year. would be permitted to
prevail. There 10 nothing 20 do.
structive to the school system ~
undue agitation. Yet that 10 the
very thing the Union invites. The
people voted down the proposition
the morning paper wants once. be-
cause they knew the source from
which it originated, and 1t may be
said now that the Persistency with
which it Is revived forebodes NO good
to the school system. The
movement to change the school
system at this stand.
ing any merit that it may possess il q
general sense-is born in the camu
of the enemy of the school system.
aud is being nurtured and fostsred
BY . single aim. and that 10 revenge.
For this reason it 10 not worth con.
sideration, much less favor sble ac.
ton. There 10 no stronger evidence
OF the evil that 10 back Of it than the
spirit that would disturb again the
schools in the management Of which
order and good government have only
been restored
The Union hastens to remark, too,
that the women are denied the priv.
ilege OF voting on the proposition to
change the school law. - it becomes
q part Of the Australian ballot, and |,
feature of the municipal elsc.ion
But the women we're not the only
ones who voted to oust the factors in
school affairs, which were destruc-
tive. lsst June. ana the last effort
that comes now from the repud.sted
source will fare Likewise, a. II
should. The people viii understand
that the best appeal to reason and
not to PREJUDICE" which the Union
suggests. will be answered in Re. D.
ing the school system free from
prejudice and turmoil
The schools are now being csps-
bly, and economically managed. Let
rs leave them alone.
me Hanalnx Beads.
As will be seen BY City Clark Hue
sings official call. the city 10 to vote
on the refunding of the city . Coy ear
bonds. amounting to $40. QUO, aud
also Tor additional bonds amour ting
in all to go. 600. to dispose of out
standing city warrants for water
works extension, refunding Of nav
ing assessments, ETC.. and thus clean
up the financial affairs Of the city.
The total amount Of bonds win
therefore be $50. 900. and It viii
enable the city to put its affairs in
better shape than for the past 10
yesrs. The funding bonds. which
must be taken mp now BY issuing
new bonds ct less rate Of interest.
were voted Aug. 81, 1877. and were
20-year bonds. dating from Sept 1,
Of that year. The vote ON the prop-
osition vas very light, the total
being 991. OF which 207 were for ana
IA against the issue.