Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-06-16

eight votes. or by giving IL to one of the
many ambitious statesmen In the Sew.
cnteenth Ward he could secure the
same result. 80 that 1t n as Mr.. Brcn.
nan himself claims u ''cinch'' that Con.
gresham NOOnan will he retired and
william +. Mlahoney he the next Con-
gresham from the Fifth District. The
district Is safely Democratic. and no
doubt Il entertained that man 50
strong and popular as ex.Ald. Mahoney
can carry II easily.
Another Congressional nomination
which will make n change in the III.
nois delegation. and which has been
practically decided upon by the mana.
gers II that of Building Commissioner
McAndrews In the Fourth District.
This will retire Hon. Thomas Cusack.
who. 1t Is said. does not desire a re-.
nomination. Mr.. McAndrews' oppO.
nent on the Republican ticket will he
former Congressman Dan Wax Mills.
Both gentlemen are Twelfth. Warders.
Charles +. Nngl will put up re,l.hot
fight as an independent Republican
candidate for Coroner. Mr.. Nagl re-.
sides In the Twelfth Ward.
Hon. Dewitt &. Jones will make u
strong fight for the state Senate In the
Second Senatorial District as an indie
pendent Republican. Hon. Jno. y. Var.
ley will also rum independent for the
lower house.
The question Of school textbooks,
upon which the School Management
Committee Of the Board Of Education
expects to prepare report this week,
IN one of vital Importance to the COM
munity. Attention already has been
called to the absurdlties Of the present
system Of selecting books. and Indeed
OF many Of the books In use. The latter
frequently IRE totally unsuited to tho
purpose for which they are used. and
In addition to this they are too numer.
Gus. As was pointed out by an eX.
perienced educator In the Evening
Post last Saturday. the utter lack of
uniformity In the methods In vogue In
the various schools IL largely respOnsI.
ble for the number. The same books
are not In use for the same purpose In
all the schools. and pupils are FREE
quently required to make needless p,,r.
chases.
This. Of course. Il all wrong. II Is an
imposition upon tho parents and min
imixes the benefit to the children. IL
results In confusion that cannot fail to
h@ hurtful to the school system. The
hest hooks are required. and they
should be the same In all schools. They
should not he devoted to the explOlta-
ton of fads. but to the dissemination
OF useful knowledge. And there should
, he as few hooks M will answer the pur-
pose for which the schools are estal-
llshed. Unfortunately, the superln-
intendents who We're asked to make
recommendations do not seem to have
risen to the occasion. In their report
TO the committee they recommended
four different sets Of readers, instead
OF one. They did not seem to realize
that the present desire IL. not alone tn
do away with the many useless ana nm
suitable hooks that have found their
way into the schools. hut also to aboi-
ISL the multiplicity that entails need
less expense as well as confusion. How
ever. their revised report probably will
not he open to this criticism.
The greatest care must be taken IN
systematixlng this feature Of educa-
tiOnal work. 1t II of the utmost I'M
pOrtance II the best results are to he
secured. ami when the question comes
before the full board # should receive
the most thoughtful consideration. The
success AMI standing Of Chlcag0's
school system largely depends upon the
eradication Of existing textbook alb
sur,lities.-POst..
That Idea Of setting Aldermen to
watch over the condition Of the pave
ments In their various wards Ia not y
had one. all points considered. An Al
derman's constituents will not waste
any extra time In telling him of the
disgraceful conditions too common
throughout the city. and the Alderman.
with the question thus set squarely he
fore him, eau take his choice between
offending his friend. the contractor. or
lmperiling his standing ana chances OF
reelection with the people Of the ward.
who are systematically robbed every