The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-10-11

than words as to the wearing qualities

than words as to the wearing qualities
of the two men.
Itisspossible that George Myers may
beat Prof Won Ceefln for the Office of
county superintendent but there can be
no question as to the comparative |
ability or education of the two men. I'll
is seldom indeed that any county has
the opportunity of securing the SER
vices of such an able educator as Prof.
| Won Coelln for its county schools We
| have often said that we believed
George Myers did the best he knew
/ how and it has been a source of SUR
prise to US that with his very limited
education and his evident lack OF ex-
perience, that he has done as we'll as
he has. Mr.. Myers never attended a
school of higher education, he has
never taught save in a country school,
4 he knows nothing about school work
except what he has picked up in this
county. With these haniicaps George
has done well, not well enough to de-
serve third term. but we wish to give
him full credit for what he has done.
i Prof. Won Coelln is d man of spendid
education, an education begun IN Ger
many and continued in America He
has been at the headof large and inn
portant places and above all he was
one OF the best state superintendents
Iowa has ever had. Is it not logical to
relieve that the man who successfully
managed the schools of the entire
state is capable of helping the standard
OF the schools of Crawford The office
OF county superintendent should not be
a political one The schools of the
country ought to be placed on plane
above politics and political favor, but
so long as they are not it is the duty of
every voter to lay aside even personal
friendship to vote for the man who is
the best equipped to superintend the
education of the youth 1t will be a
disgrace to the county if its voters do
not accept the opportunity to place an
educator of more than statewide repu.
tat:on at the head of the schools.
The surveyorship is in much the
same situation. There is not a person
IN the county. who if he had any priv.
ate surveying TO do would not rather
=! employ Morris McHenry. the man who
first surveyed the county, who knows
4 the location of every corner stone ant
! every line, than Harry Huntington
who has proven conclusivaly that he
knows nothing about it. Harry is {
good fellow, but he is not a surveyor
Y and one of the things we like abou
, him best is that he knows it and doe:
1 not claim to be. He is capable O
4 drawing his salary and iollying the
g board OF supervisors. In some kinds
@ of work he might make success bu
/, surveying is not his forte, Let us be
o sensible and have surveyor who car
survey.
+ That the republicans have named {
! common sense ticket is further evi
b denced by the fact, that they have
n nominated for coroner physician who
d lives at the handiest place in the county
y for quick service in case of an accident
: Ii appeals to ones common sense. tha
$ instead OF paying expert witness fee;
q to physician to determine the cause
; of death, the coroner should be s
J man who has the expert knowledge
e We can see no more reason for employ
. ing an undertaken as coroner. thar
| there would be for employing a press
$ man to write volume of poems. L
5 DR.. Evans were elected he would give
r the undertaking work toditferent firms
5 throughout the county and there would
; be no monopoly of it as there is at pre-
sent. We do not blame Mr.. Klinkel
: for patronizing himself whenever pos
, sible, we would probably do the same
! thing were we in his place, and we dc
' not believe he over charges simply be
5 cause he has the opportunity. He i;
S too honest for that, but we see no rea
son why the voters should not select g
nan who is qualified by education an6
: experience for the work, who lives at
point within easy reach of any place ir
the county or again, why it should be
considered necessary for Nh. Klinkel
! to be given cinch on all the under
. taking work of the county as we'll a:
the coronership.
The consideration of the county
ticket ends with word about the sup
: ervisor. Properly the county shoul6
: De dlyiaaasas are many other counties
: into supervisor districts. This woulG
] insure that each district and thus each
5 part of the comfy should be represent
! ed all the time.
In this county four townships would
5 constitute district and the election
would be left to them. The democratic
, BOARD has not done this for partisan
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