Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-03-28
SANTA FL THE LOSER.
Condition Of Public Schools Detrimental to
the Advancement Of the Oity-Good
Men Needed on Board of Educa-
tion-Some Suggestions.
Editor of the New Mexican.

Editor of the New Mexican.
Santa Fe, n. NJ, March 70. ls9s.-It
is difficult to over-rate the Importance OF
the coming city election. A good loca1
government Is essential to the prosper.
ity OF the town and the comfort of It's
people. A good set of public-spirited
men could revolutionize the appearance
of Santa Fee without one dollar Of addi.
tional expense.
But however important other officials
are, a good school board Is altogether
the most essential thing. Santa Fe is
suffering more from lack of schools than
anything else. Apart from their educa-
tlonal Importance, we are losing far
more than their cost in actual money.
Every year a dozen or 20 boys and girls
are sent away because we lack proper
public schools here. In a number of
cases others Of the family accompany
them. This causes a direct loss to those
who supply food, clothes, shoes, etc,
and indirectly to every n in the CON-
munity, Again, dozens of families are
annually kept from coming to locate
here through lack of proper schools for
their children, and others are leaving us
to 60 to more fortunate towns for the
same reason. Every one knows cases
of this kind. We cannot attract desir-
able population till we have good schools
for the children; that is the first subject
OF inquiry from every n who thinks OF
coming.
But these things are too plain for
argument; the practical thing Is to act.
To have good schools we must have a
good board of education and that
is only to be had by electing
the best men. They should be the
very best in the community, low
ers of education, familiar with modern
methods, and with public spirit to de-
vote themselves to the work. No II is
too high or too good for this place, for
1t Is the most important office that we
have. The right way would be for the
good citizens of each ward, irrespective
Of party, to meet and select the very
best man in that ward and insist on his
serving in that Office.
But so long as party machinery is
used here let US insist that each party
puts up first-class men; and the way to
make that determination felt is by vot-
ing for the best man, and resolutely
scratching off every inferior name. In
that way we a soon teach conventions
to nominate none but the best.
There are plenty of good men in the
city for the purpose, such as s. H. Day,
Amado Chaves, Geo. Fl. Wallace, G.. w.
Knaebel, Jose D. Sena, E. A. Fiske,
Judge Emmett, DR.. Harroun, Jose Segura,
Grant Rivenburg, w. J. Mcpherson, A.
P. Hogle, c. L. Bishop, Judge Laughlin,
G. F. Easley, B. M. Read and a host of
others. No one will refuse to serve
when he understands that his colleagues
are to be of high character. And the
right men can easily be elected, for the
people have walked up to the necessity
of good schools. Suppose, for instance,
the Republican candidates are as fol-
lows, who could possibly defeat them?
First ward, j.. d. Sena; Second ward,
Fritz Muller; Third ward, Or. Harroun
or Jacob Weltmer; Fourth ward, s. Ii.
Day. With good candidates we are sure
of success; and if we nominate inferior
ones they ought to be overwhelmingly
defeated. Let all good citizens exert
themselves to ensure the nomination
and election of the very best. h.
PROGRESS.